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The producers of the "April and Wayne Show" have come up with a segment that is meant to expose Heavy Metal bands. Their description reads as follows:
"Metal destroys the lives of many youth and leads millions of souls to hell. Metal has caused many youth to turn to drugs, become rebellious and become sexually promiscuous (including bisexuality). Metal promotes self destruction (including suicide). Rock music gets millions of youth to experiment with drugs. The core of Metal is sex, drugs and Rock N' Roll! Metal artists have sold their souls to the devil and satan uses Metal bands to lead millions of souls to hell."
Here is part 1 of this ridiculous segment and remember that Jesus is the only way! Hahahaha!
In preparation for their upcoming European tour, progressive djentlemen VILDHJARTA have been practicing and fine-tuning their set list. To give fans a behind-the-scenes look, the band has now posted a rehearsal video of the track "All These Feelings", which can be viewed here:
VEIL OF MAYA, BETRAYING THE MARTYRS, STRUC/TURES, and VOLUMES will join VILDHJARTA on their "European Eclipse 2012" tour, so be sure to attend. A complete list of tour dates is below, so check to see when this epic line-up will be coming to a city near you!
- April 27: Backstage Halle in Munich, Germany - April 29: Pirate Satellite Festival in Stuttgart, Germany - April 30: Club Vaudeville in Lindau, Germany - May 1: Matrix in Bochum, Germany - May 2: Sub89 in Reading, United Kingdom - May 3: The Well in Leeds, United Kingdom - May 4: Underworld in London, United Kingdom - May 5: O2 Academy2 in Newcastle, United Kingdom - May 6: Moho Live in Manchester, United Kingdom - May 7: O2 Academy 3 Birmingham in Birmingham, United Kingdom - May 8: Baroeg in Rotterdam, Netherlands - May 9: DE KLINKER in Aarschot, Belgium - May 10: Batofar in Paris, France - May 11: Kiff in Aarau, Switzerland - May 12: New Age Club in Roncade Tv, Italy - May 13: Viper Room in Wien, Austria - May 14: Durer Kert in Budapest, Hungary - May 15: Conne Island in Leipzig, Germany - May 16: Pumpehuset in Copenhagen West, Denmark - May 17: Markthalle in Hamburg, Germany - May 18: Sputnikhalle in Munster, Germany
For this year's "Summer Slaughter Tour", fans get to choose which up-and-coming band will join the tour as the opening act for CANNIBAL CORPSE, BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME, THE FACELESS, and other extreme Metal bands-- so make your voice heard! To vote for the band of your choice, head over to the official "Summer Slaughter" Facebook page and "like" to reveal the voting tab with this year's contenders! See the link below.
Progressive djentlemen VILDHJARTA are representing Century Media Records in "The Summer Slaughter Tour" contest. To bring the Swedish septet to the States (for their first ever North American tour), be sure to vote for them often!
Above are the bands that are on the run for opening the 2012 "Summer Slaughter Tour"!
Swedish djentlemen VILDHJARTA recently released their full-length debut, 'måsstaden', to critics' delight, winning over skeptics with their sheer heaviness and structured, progressive chaos. To show off their technical prowess, the band's own Daniel Bergström has now launched a guitar play-through of the track "benblåst", which can be viewed below.
Swedish djentlemen VILDHJARTA recently released their full-length debut, 'måsstaden', to critics' delight, winning over skeptics with their sheer heaviness and structured, progressive chaos. For their efforts, the band has now also earned the coveted title of #1 album of 2011 on Got-Djent.com! This is what they had to say about this epic Metallic release.
Medieval. If I were allowed to choose only one word to describe 'Måsstaden', Vildhjarta's debut full-length release, then it would be this. The utter darkness and despair that this album manages to conjure up, along with moments of shimmering beauty and a sense of timelessness, is truly magical. The direct yet hugely challenging guitar work, hauntingly dissonant and wielding terrifying power, is layered thickly yet somehow gives the illusion of having spades of room in which to work. The ambiences are stunning, and the perfectly distorted vocal duo Daniel Ädel and Vilhelm Bladin give huge weight and direction. The storytelling, through both words and music, to me is on a level with the writing of Shakespeare, Tolkien and the Greek mythological storytellers, whose works clearly influence it greatly. As a musical journey, it is comparable in style and magnitude to a symphony that Mahler, Sibelius or Shostakovich may have written.
Upon listening to this release, you will descend into a narcotic tale of evil intent and impending doom, epitomised throughout in the lyrics and music combined. This album leaves a trail of destruction in its wake, conveyed in brutal manner by the bone-crushing riffery and hellish abuse of melody by the impossible guitar lines, a kind of which I have heard nothing like before: such is the magnitude of the albums production that, when the low notes fall, you physically shudder as their gravity crushes your insignificant mind. One of the central concepts is perpetual impurity and the presence of evil within all things; this goes hand in hand with the other underlying themes, namely religion, apocalypse and the negative effects of globalisation. However, the story within this album is far from clear-cut: reality is very unclear throughout, giving a listener a lot of creative space in which to conjure up his own sequence of events, something all good concept albums, such as Uneven Structure’s 'Februus' and Meshuggah’s 'Catch Thirtythree', create within the plot.
So, is Måsstaden something that will change music for all who encounter it, even sceptics? The words speak for themselves on this: “I defy the curse and then define a new set of rules.” This album will be revered for decades to come. - Zyglrob
Vildhjarta - Måsstaden: a vast progression from 'Omnislash', far and away the heaviest record of 2011 and a twisted yet perfect narrative which captures something of the trials of existence in under an hour. Just fucking listen to it.
måsstaden is available on iTunes here for $9.99 with two exclusive bonus tracks ("All for the Sake", "Of Others"), so download your copy today!
One of the most arduous tasks that we have to put up with year after year, is selecting our "best of" lists. When the calendar hits the month of December, we usually have a good idea of which albums should be on our "best of" lists. However, instead of applying the typical method that most outlets out there use, which is usually based on their first impressions. We went back and listened to over 50 albums that were released in 2011, and reanalyzed our tentative list very carefully. This took a lot of our time, but we wanted to compile what we believe are twenty albums that made 2011 heavy, exciting, and very dangerous. Here you go!
20) Lies Beneath - "Death Of The American Dream"
19) Chimaira - "The Age Of Hell"
18) Kittie - "I've Failed You"
17) Charred Walls Of The Damned - "Cold Winds On Timeless Days"
16) Generation Kill - "Red, White and Blood
15) Unearth - "Darkness In The Light"
14) Ikillya - "Recon"
13) No Remission - "Through Blackened Skies"
12) The Black Dahilia Murder - "Ritual"
11) DevilDriver - "Beast"
10) Revocation - "Chaos Of Forms"
9) Jasta - "Jasta"
8) Crowbar - "Sever The Wicked Hand"
7) A Pale Horse Named Death - "And Hell Will Follow With Me"
Drummers (and drum enthusiasts) take heed: progressive djentlemen Vildhjarta have now released a drum play-through of their single "dagger"! Below you can check out the band's own David Lindkvist behind his kit, courtesy of Sick Drummer.
Vildhjarta's recently released, full-length debut, "måsstaden", is now available online and in stores for purchase. Download your copy of the Swedish septet's conceptual masterpiece here on iTunes for $9.99, along with two exclusive bonus tracks ("All for the Sake", "Of Others")- you'll be glad that you did!
Today, Swedish djent masters Vildhjarta, are unleashing their first ever studio album entitled "måsstaden"! While the soundscape that Vildhjarta offers contains some Meshuggahesque elements, the band delivers a very intriguing and original concept. Some may say that having two singers and three guitarists in one band is overwhelming and unnecessary. In the case of Vildhjarta, we actually think that this elements add a lot more dynamics and this makes the listeners ear buds a lot hungrer.
If you haven't previewed "måsstaden" in its entirety yet, join the album listening party here at Guitar World.com!
Track listing for "måsstaden":
1. shadow
2. dagger
3. eternal golden monk
4. benblåst
5. östpeppar
6. traces
7. phobon nika
8. måsstadens nationalsång
9. when no one walks with you
10. all these feelings
11. nojja
12. deceit
13. the lone deranger
14. to be continued (CM Distro pre-order track ONLY)
Vildhjarta's axe men, Daniel Bergström and Calle Thomér, are also answering fans' questions on Got-Djent's forum , so give the album a listen and ask Vildhjarta's djentlemen about their new release. Click here to start a thread, converse with fellow fans, or post a few "thalls"!
"måsstaden" is available online and in stores for purchase in North America! Download your copy of the Swedish septet's conceptual, progressive masterpiece on iTunes now for $9.99, along with two exclusive bonus tracks ("All for the Sake", "Of Others")!
Recently, Vildhjarta premiered their new video clip for the song "dagger"! Directed by Jakob Arevarn, "dagger" is the second music video from the Swedish septet's forthcoming debut album, "måsstaden", which will be released via Century Media Records on November 28th in Europe and November 29th in North America. You can watch the clip below.
Progressive djentlemen Vildhjarta are now giving fans the chance to listen to their new album, "måsstaden", in its entirety at Guitar World.com (see link below)! Set to be released on November 28th in Europe and November 29th in North America via Century Media Records, "måsstaden" is a concept record that tells the tale of a hidden and isolated town, narrated in a classic fable manner.
To reserve your copy of "måsstaden", head over to CM Distro for an exclusive pre-order that includes a download of the non-album track "to be continued", which will be emailed to customers on street-date. See below for måsstaden's track-listing.
1. shadow
2. dagger
3. eternal golden monk
4. benblåst
5. östpeppar
6. traces
7. phobon nika
8. måsstadens nationalsång
9. when no one walks with you
10. all these feelings
11. nojja
12. deceit
13. the lone deranger
14. to be continued (CM Distro pre-order track ONLY)
Last week, Vildhjarta premiered their new video clip for the song "dagger"! Directed by Jakob Arevarn, "dagger" is the second music video from the Swedish septet's forthcoming debut album, "måsstaden", which will be released via Century Media Records on November 28th in Europe and November 29th in North America. You can watch the clip below.
Progressive djentlemen VILDHJARTA have teamed-up with Metal Hammer (Germany) for the exclusive premiere of their new video clip "dagger"! Directed by Jakob Arevarn, "dagger" is the second music video from the Swedish septet's forthcoming debut album, "måsstaden", which will be released via Century Media Records on November 28th in Europe and November 29th in North America. You can watch the clip below.
VILDHJARTA's conceptual masterpiece is now available for pre-order on CM Distro, so be sure to reserve your copy here. All pre-orders will include a download of the non-album track "to be continued", which will be emailed to customers on street-date. See below for måsstaden's track-listing.
1. shadow
2. dagger
3. eternal golden monk
4. benblåst
5. östpeppar
6. traces
7. phobon nika
8. måsstadens nationalsång
9. when no one walks with you
10. all these feelings
11. nojja
12. deceit
13. the lone deranger
14. to be continued (CM Distro pre-order track ONLY)
The band's previous music video, "benblåst", can be viewed below. In this mind-bending video clip, director Rob Mestas draws us into the obscure world of "måsstaden", a concept record that tells the tale of a hidden and isolated town, narrated in a classic fable manner.
