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SUICIDE SILENCE set to release ENDING IS THE BEGINNING: The Mitch Lucker Memorial Show

Posted in All Metal, Artist Watch, Featured, New Music, News, Photos, Previews, Releases, Reviews, Shows, Uncategorized, Videos with tags , , , , , , , , , , on December 18, 2013 by Randy

SUICIDE SILENCE set to release ENDING IS THE BEGINNING: The Mitch Lucker Memorial Show   

 (CD/DVD and CD/BLU-RAY)

February 18 via CENTURY MEDIA in North America, March 17 in Europe

On December 21, 2012, the metal community came together in an amazing way to celebrate the life of Mitch Lucker & raise money for his daughter’s future education with an unforgettable evening of collaborative performances between past/present Suicide Silence members and elite heavy vocalists that created a defining emotional event forever captured on video and audio.

Suicide Silence – Ending Is The Beginning: The Mitch Lucker Memorial Show will be released on February 18, 2014 in North American and March 17th 2014 In Europe as a CD/DVD digipack & CD/Blu-ray combo pack. Directed by Jeremy Schott of MentalSuplex Productions & Zafer Ulkucu of Backseat Conceptions, the concert’s first official trailer can be seen here:

http://youtu.be/omEXkGZaZD8

Throughout the historic event, Suicide Silence band members played as guest vocalists covered their songs. The official track listing and performers is as follows:

Track listing:

1.       Destruction of a Statue with Jonny Davy

2.       Distorted Thought of Addiction with Greg Wilburn

3.       Ending is the Beginning with Brook Reeves

4.       Bludgeoned to Death with Ricky Hoover

5.       Unanswered with Phil Bozeman

6.       Girl of Glass with Myke Terry

7.       Price of Beauty with Danny Worsnop

8.       No Pity For A Coward with Johnny Plague

9.       Disengage with Cameron “Big Chocolate” Argon

10.     No Time To Bleed with Burke VanRaalte

11.     Smoke with Anthony Notarmaso

12.     Wake Up with Tim Lambesis

13.     March To The Black Crown

14.     Slaves to Substance with Eddie Hermida

15.     OCD with Austin Carlile

16.     Fuck Everything with Chad Gray

17.     Die Young with Robb Flynn

18.     Roots Bloody Roots with Max Cavalera

19.     Engine #9 with Mitch Lucker

20.     You Only Live Once with Randy Blythe

LAMB OF GOD Partners with Specticast for Worldwide Distribution of “As The Palaces Burn” Feature Film

Posted in All Metal, Artist Watch, Featured, New Music, News, Photos, Previews, Releases, Reviews, Shows, Uncategorized, Videos with tags , , , , on December 13, 2013 by Randy

LAMB OF GOD is pleased to announce that they have entered in to a worldwide distribution deal with Specticast (Led Zeppelin Celebration Day, Paul McCartney Rock Show) for their Don Argott (Last Days Here, Art of the Steal, School of Rock) directed feature film “As The Palaces Burn”. Filming for the feature began in 2012 and concluded in March of 2013.

“As The Palaces Burn”, not to be confused with the making-of documentary packaged with the recent re-release of the 2003 LAMB OF GODalbum of the same name, was conceived to be a documentary focused on the power of music and its impact on cultures around the world and its ability to bring together people of all nationalities regardless of religious or political differences. After a worldwide casting call, filming took place in Colombia, Venezuela, Israel, India, and the United States. As filming reached its conclusion, the documentary was forced to take a major turn when the band’s lead singer, Randy Blythe, was arrested in the Czech Republic and charged with the murder of a fan in June 2012. Granted unique access to Blythe’s continuing saga, Argott’s filming covered Blythe’s 38 day imprisonment in Prague, his release and the band’s return to live performances, and finally Blythe’s trial for murder in Prague in February 2013.

“As The Palaces Burn” will debut worldwide on February 27th. Following the film, a 30 minute Q&A with the entire band and director Don Argott will be shown. The Q&A was conducted by VH1 Classics Eddie Trunk and filmed at the final show of the band’s North American tour in support of their most recent release, Resolution.

The trailer for the film can be found at www.asthepalacesburn.com.

COMEBACK KID Announce Headlining Tour and New Album Title

Posted in Artist Watch, Featured, New Music, News, Previews, Releases, Reviews, Shows, Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , , , , on December 13, 2013 by Randy

2014 is off to a killer start as Victory Records is excited to announce thatCOMEBACK KID will embark on a headlining tour this February and March. The ‘Die Knowing’ tour pulls its name from the title of the upcoming new studio album from COMEBACK KID, which is tentatively scheduled for a March release date that will be announced later! Support on the trek comes from BACKTRACK, XIBALBA, DOWNPRESSER and TO THE WIND!

Tour Dates:
2/19 – Burnsville, MN @ The Garage

2/20 – Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen

2/21 – Grand Rapids, MI @ The Pyramid Scheme

2/22 – Pontiac, MI @ Pike Room

2/23 – Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theater

2/25 – Boston, MA @ Middle East

2/26 – New York, NY @ Santos Party Haus

2/27 – West Springfield, VA @ Empire

2/28 – Reading, PA @ Reverb

3/01 – Charlotte, NC @ The Casbah

3/02 – Nashville, TN @ Rockettown

3/04 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade

3/05 – Tampa, FL @ Epic Problem

3/06 – Orlando, FL @ Backbooth

3/07 – Lake Worth, FL @ Speakeasy

3/08 – Jacksonville, FL @ Atticus Bar

3/09 – Birmingham, AL @ The Forge

3/10 – Tupelo, MS @ Goodtime Charlie

3/12 – McAllen, TX @ Never Say Never Festival

3/14 – Austin, TX @ SXSW (TBA)

3/15 – Houston, TX @ Walters

3/16 – Dallas, TX @ South By So What

3/19 – Phoenix, AZ @ Pub Rock

3/20 – Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction

3/21 – Lancaster, CA @ Industry Theater

3/22 – Oakland, CA @ The Metro

3/23 – Ventura, CA @ Rock City Studios

MACHINIMA ANNOUNCES ALL EPISODES OF HAIL TO THE KING WILL BE AVAILABLE ON DECEMBER 15

Posted in All Metal, Artist Watch, Featured, New Music, News, Previews, Releases, Shows, Videos with tags , , , , , , , , on December 10, 2013 by Randy

ALL-NEW ANIMATED SERIES COMBINES THE MUSIC AND CREATIVE MINDS OF AVENGED SEVENFOLD WITH THE PRODUCERS OF METALOCALYPSE

All-New Series Trailer Available Now on Avenged Sevenfold’s YouTube Channel

Avenged Sevenfold’s Hail To The King is well on its way to living up to its name. The album, released by Warner Bros. Records, earned the band its second No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart, selling upwards of 159,400 units, making it the biggest first-week sales debut for a rock album this year.  Hail To The King also went to No. 1 in the UK, handing the band its first chart-topping album in Britain, as well as in Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Ireland, and Finland. Avenged Sevenfold has just wrapped up sold-out tour dates in the U.S. and Europe, including a sold-out show at Wembley in the UK. With all of this momentum, Machinima, the number one global video entertainment network for young males, has announced that the Hail To The King animated series will be released on December 15 for binge-viewing on Machinima’s HappyHour channel (YouTube.com/HappyHour).

From the creative minds of Avenged Sevenfold, one of rock music’s global heavyweights and a trailblazing force in fusing the worlds of music and video games, Hail To The King is a six-episode animated series, which is directed by Metalocalypse producer Jon Schnepp. The unique and innovative series tells the fictional story of the Deathbat – the band’s longtime trademark, and serves as the prologue to their highly anticipated mobile video game, “Hail to the King: Deathbat.” Accompanying the launch of the series will be a trailer for the game, which will be available early 2014. With the series launching in just days, Machinima has released an all-new trailer.

  http://youtu.be/ZeUhpV5kmBw