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COMEBACK KID RELEASES DIE KNOWING TODAY

Posted in Artist Watch, New Music, News, Releases, Shows with tags , , , , , on March 6, 2014 by Randy

COMEBACK KID’s fourth studio album on Victory Records and first album in over three years, Die Knowing, has been lauded as the band’s best work since their Victory debut, Wake The Dead.
Get a taste of Die Knowing by watching the video for “Should Know Better”.
CD and vinyl versions of Die Knowing and exclusive COMEBACK KID merchandise are now available exclusively through VictoryMerch.com. You can find Die Knowing at Best Buy, FYE, and your favorite independent retailers. You can also download the album at iTunes or AmazonMP3.

“Die Knowing showcases a band understanding its importance in the hardcore community. Comeback Kid has unleashed its heaviest, most devastating release yet.” (Absolute Punk)
For Additional Information on COMEBACK KID:
http://www.victoryrecords.com/comebackkid https://www.facebook.com/Comeback.Kid “Should Know Better” Music Video Tour Dates: w/ Backtrack, Downpresser, Xibalba Mar 04 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade Mar 05 – Tampa, FL @ Epic Problem Mar 06 – Orlando, FL @ Backbooth Mar 07 – Lake Worth, FL @ The Speakeasy Lounge Mar 08 – Jacksonville, FL @ Atticus Bar Mar 09 – Birmingham, AL @ The Forge Mar 10 – Tupelo, MS @ Goodtime Charlie’s Mar 12 – Mission, TX @ Las Palmas Race Park Mar 15 – Houston, TX @ Walter’s on Washington Mar 16 – Grand Prairie, TX @ QuikTrip Park (South By So What?!) Mar 19 – Phoenix, AZ @ Pub Rock Mar 20 – Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction Mar 21 – Lancaster, CA @ Industry Theater Mar 22 – Oakland, CA @ The Oakland Metro Mar 23 – Ventura, VA @ Rock City Studios w/ Xibalba, The Greenery, Malevolence Mar 28 – Oberhausen, DE @ Resonanzwerk Mar 29 – Hamburg, DE @ Headcrash Mar 30 – Copenhagen, DK @ Beta Mar 31 – Oslo, NO @ John Dee Apr 02 – Helsinki, FI @ The Circus Apr 04 – Motala, SE @ Kulturakademin Apr 05 – Berlin, DE @ Cassiopeia Apr 06 – Leipzig, DE @ Conne Island Apr 07 – Ostrava, CZ @ Barrak Apr 08 – Budapest, HU @ Duer Kert Apr 09 – Graz, AT @ Explosiv Apr 10 – Roncade, IT @ New Age Apr 11 – Ljubljana, SI @ Kino Siska Apr 12 – Will, CH @ Remise Apr 13 – Saarbrucken, DE @ The Garage Apr 14 – Cardiff, UK @ Clwb Ifor Bach Apr 15 – Glasgow, UK @ Classic Grand Apr 16 – Manchester, UK @ Sound Control Apr 17 – London, UK @ Underworld Apr 18 – Brighton, UK @ Audio Apr 19 – Eindhoven, NL @ Dynamo Apr 20 – Hannover, DE @ Chez Heinz w/ COUNTERPARTS, Backtrack, The Greenery, Alpha & Omega May 01 – Jonquire, QC @ Le Klube** May 02 – Sherbrooke, QC @ Le Woodstock* May 03 – Quebec City, QC @ Chez Dagobert* May 04 – Gatineau, QC @ Legion Royale Canadienne* (Heart Fest) May 06 – Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rossa* May 07 – St Catherines, ON @ Coco Cabana Nightclub May 08 – Hamilton, ON @ Club Absinthe May 09 – Toronto, ON @ Virgin Mobile Mod Club May 10 – London, ON @ London Music Hall (Rum Runners) May 14 – Winnipeg, MB @ Park Theatre May 15 – Regina, SK @ The Exchange May 16 – Calgary, AB @ The Gateway May 17 – Edmonton, AB @ Bonnie Doon Hall May 20 – Kamloops, BC @ Cactus Jacks May 21 – Kelowna, BC @ Level Nightclub May 23 – Vancouver, BC @ Tom Lee Music Hall ** without COUNTERPARTS and Backtrack *without COUNTERPARTS

MISS MAY I Releases Official Music Video for New Single ‘Gone’

Posted in All Metal, Artist Watch, New Music, News, Previews, Releases, Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , , , , , , on February 28, 2014 by Randy

New Album ‘Rise Of The Lion’ Drops in North America on April 29, 2014 via Rise Records – Pre Order Today via www.MMIRiseOfTheLion.com

 

Upcoming “Up Close And Personal” Headline Tour Hits the U.S. East Coast in April/May 2014 with For The Fallen Dreams – Ticket Price Includes a Hard Copy CD!

MISS MAY I’s blistering new offering, Rise Of The Lion, is set to hit stores in North America on April 29, 2014 via Rise Records (April 28 in the UK, April 25 in Australia). This is MISS MAY I’s fourth album and the first to be produced by the legendary Terry Date (Pantera, Deftones, White Zombie, Bring Me The Horizon). The countless fan letters the band has received over the years are the inspiration for the tracks on Rise Of The Lion, and each track is written from the perspective of those fans or responses to them.

Today, the band slams out of the gate with a double dose of metal, offering up their brand new single ‘Gone’ along with its accompanying music video via the official Rise Of The Lion launch site, www.MMIRiseOfTheLion.com. Take a listen now and while visiting the site, check out the band’s three studio updates, as well as tour date information. Beginning today at the site, you can pre-order the album in digital, physical CD, and vinyl versions, as well as special pre-order packages including exclusive Rise Of The Lion shirts, necklaces, posters, and more!

“We wanted to release a video that showed the true bare bones of our band,” states frontman Levi Benton. “We really found ourselves on this new record and we felt we needed a video that had no bells and whistles and was just five guys jamming and thrashing. It also shows the creation of the album artwork, which is a real statement about MISS MAY I. The lion logo that is being tattooed represents our band as a whole.”

 

Levi adds, “‘Gone’ is about heartbreak and feeling like you are lost within that heartbreak. We know everyone has felt this, so as this record being letters back to our fans we wanted to address this. One too many times I have read a letter about someone feeling so broken they felt they felt like they couldn’t make it and that our music helped them find a way. This song is for them!”

 

The worldwide release of Rise Of The Lion will be supported by a brief headline tour of the United States this April and May, with support from For The Fallen Dreams. MISS MAY I’s “Up Close and Personal” Tour will stop in eight cities, including a closer in their home state of Ohio at Rock On The Range. Get this – each ticket price includes a copy of Rise Of The Lion hard copy CD!

 

MISS MAY I U.S. Tour Dates:

4/29     Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen

4/30     Grand Rapids, MI @ The Pyramid Scheme

5/1       Pontiac, MI @ The Pike Room at Crofoot Ballroom

5/2       Pittsburgh, PA @ Smiling Moose

5/3       New York, NY @ The Studio at Webster Hall

5/4       Baltimore, MD @ The Ottobar

5/6       Philadelphia, PA @ The Barbary

5/18     Columbus, OH @ Rock On The Range

 

After the resounding underground success of their debut full-length release Monument, MISS MAY I took a step beyond the metalcore world they had grown up in with the release of their album At Heart in 2012. The record, produced by renowned record producer Machine (Lamb Of God), proved to be one of the strongest and most surprising metal records of the last few years, spawning huge singles in the songs ‘Hey Mister’ and ‘Day By Day’. Entering the Billboard Top 200 charts in its first week at #32, At Heart saw the band embrace a more mainstream metal approach to their music. During their 2012 Vans Warped Tour main stage onslaught, the At Heart campaign made massive leaps, seeing MISS MAY I nominated for ‘Best New Talent’ award at the Revolver Golden Gods Awards, as well as headlining the Alternative Press 2012 Tour, and picking up support at Active Rock Radio for the first time. On the live side, the band was hand-picked for tours with the likes of Five Finger Death Punch, Killswitch Engage and Bullet For My Valentine.

SPARTAN RECORDS SIGNS NORWEGIAN HARDCORE BAND BARREN WOMB;

Posted in Artist Watch, New Music, News, Previews, Releases with tags , , , , , , on February 14, 2014 by Randy

Stream Barren Womb’s Hard Hitting New Track “Kill Hicks” Today At BrooklynVegan.com

Seattle based indie label Spartan Records is proud to announce the signing of Norwegian hardcore band Barren Womb and the upcoming release of their debut full-length album, The sun’s not yellow, it’s chicken, onMarch 11th .  The record will be available digitally and on limited edition vinyl, which can be pre-ordered now athttp://spr.tn/barrenwomb.

In anticipation for the upcoming release, BrooklynVegan.com has premiered the first new track, “Kill Hicks,” today.  Stream it now at http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2014/01/norwegian_hardc.html.
“”Kill Hicks” was one of the last songs we finished up for the record, and it came together fast,” says guitarist/vocalist Tony Gonzahl.  “We had this kind of bluegrass influenced riff kicking about for a little while, but hadn’t really had the chance to do much with it. Then one day we started jamming and that riff came up. A couple of hours later we had the song pretty much done.  Although there is a lot of beauty to humanity, I feel that right now the negative far outweighs the positive. This is not a holier-than-thou attitude, I most definitely see myself as part of the problem.  Lyrically Kill Hicks deals with apathy and the bleak future ahead of us if we continue on this path.”
Formed late 2011 in Trondheim, Norway, the duo, featuring Gonzahl and Timo Silvola (drums), blends hardcore punk with elements of black metal, rock ‘n’ roll, and country to create a nasty swill all of their own, while recalling some of the greats before them like Refused, Turbonegro, The Bronx, Drive Like Jehu and The Hives. Sometimes it’s fast and intense, other times slow and pulsating. Seldom however is it quite like anything heard before, always keeping somewhat to the left of the beaten path.
After a handful of successful singles and EP’s, the Norwegian noise mongers are now set to unleash their first full length, entitled The sun’s not yellow, it’s chicken, with their new label Spartan Records.
“We went to the top of the world to find our newest band and we couldn’t be more excited about releasing the debut full-length album from the Norway’s Barren Womb,” says Spartan Records’ label head John Frazier.  As only a duo, they have written one of the most interesting heavy records of the year – a record that is diverse from beginning to end and ripe with some strong commentary about the current state of our world.  We can’t wait for people to hear the record on March 11th!
From the first jangly chords of the opener “Kill Hicks,” The sun’s not yellow, it’s chicken quickly becomes apparent how much the band has grown since their previous efforts. The dynamics are broader, the songwriting more focused and the sound is heavier – all topped off with the bleakest lyrics they’ve written to date.
Recorded by Ole Spangrud of Mørkemakt at Better Than Your Fucking Studio Studios and mixed by the band themselves, The sun’s not yellow, it’s chicken features 13 blisteringly honest noise punk ditties, all set in the key of apocalypse.  Look for it at digital outlets and on limited edition vinyl on March 11th on Seattle’s Spartan Records.
Follow Barren Womb now at https://www.facebook.com/barrenwomb for additional news and updates.
The sun’s not yellow, it’s chicken Track Listing:
1. Kill Hicks
2. Will you be God’s art or Satan’s graffiti?
3. Evil prevails
4. Only Rain Man doesn’t change
5. Nábrók
6. Obi-Wan Chernobyl
7. From robot jobs to robot homes
8. Live fast, die.
9. Bong Aqua
10. Zombies never go out of style
11. Assmasters of reality
12. Nexus Diplomis
13. Segway to heaven
For More Information:
http://www.barrenwomb.org/
https://twitter.com/barren_womb

Review: Stolen Babies @ Chicago House of Blues 1/28/2014

Posted in All Metal, Artist Watch, New Music, News, Photos, Reviews, Shows with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 7, 2014 by Randy

Circulating on rock radio right now is a very intriguing band that goes by the name of Stolen Babies. Their sound is very reminiscent of early Industrial Metal, mixed with a strong Shock Rock influence. Sprinkle a little accordion in there, maybe some 55 gallon drum, then choose either a guitar or bass (never both at the same time), and wa-lah.

Stolen Babies are currently embarked on tour with two power house bands in rock (Stone Sour and Pop Evil), and most dates on this tour have been sold out. We were fortunate to cover the Chicago House of Blues stop, and honestly, we were mind blown. They are the opener for this tour, and with only 3 bands on the bill, they had ample time to melt faces. From the first note, to the last riff, they managed to strangle hold the crowd. Regardless if they’ve never been heard, their arsenal of songs is a crowd mover…exploding with an instant pit, full of elbows and crowd surfers.

The band consists of Dominique Lenore Persi (vocals), Rani Sharone (bassist and guitarist) and Gil Sharone on drums. One interesting thing about the band and their sound is Dominique…and she isn’t just a vocalist. On certain songs she beats away at that 55 gallon barrel hanging from what appears to be an engine hoist, giving a slight percussion that you’d expect to hear in bands like Slipknot and Mushroom Head. But, there’s more: the unique sound doesn’t stop there because she also plays an accordion… YES, AN ACCORDION! This throws a completely different aspect into this band’s sound that has already separated them from traditional rock/metal bands. To say the least, these guys are a true experimental rock band and have certainly found their niche in an industry constantly looking for new sounds.

-Pop Evil highlights included Leigh Kakat coming out and climbing on the crowd to sing
-Stone Sour’s Corey Taylor played Alice in Chains’ “Nutshell” solo, and also the first 2/3 of “Through Glass” before the band erupted
-Within each set, there were some sound issues

Only a few more dates remain on this tour…check them out below. If you aren’t able to make it to a show, definitely get on your computer and check out Stolen Babis online and hear their fascinating sound for yourself.

-Randy Hall and Logan Rendulic © The Rock Tribune, 2014

Feb 6  Thu   Anaheim, CA
Feb 8  Sat     Las Vegas, NV
Feb 9  Sun    Tempe, AZ
Feb 11 Tue   El Paso, TX
Feb 13 Thu  Dallas, TX
Feb 14 Fri    Houston, TX
Feb 15 Sat   San Antonio, TX

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Stolen Babies, a set by logan.rocktribune on Flickr.