TRIVIUM's Matt Heafy Reveals His Top 10 Favorite Records Of 2013!

Matt Heafy from TRIVIUM has always been a very diverse music fan. Not only with the music he writes, but also with the music that he enjoys listening to while on tour or at home. Here are his top 10 records, which include Ihsahn's 'Eremtia', Enslaved's 'Riitiir', Deathspell Omega's "Drought" and many more!

10) Blut Aus Nord - 777: Cosmosophy

9) Les Discrets - Ariettes Oubliees...  View

8) Alcest - Les Voyages de L'Ame  View

7) Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas  View

6) Borknagar - Urd  View

5) Taake - Noregs Vaapen  View

4) Winterfylleth - The Threnody of Triumph  View

3) Deathspell Omega - Drought  View

2) Enslaved - RIITIIR  View

1) Ihsahn - Eremita  View

Via Blabbermouth

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VIDEO Of The HORNS UP ROCKS Top 12 Records Of 2012!

The HORNS UP ROCKS Top 12 Records Of 2012!

There is no doubt in our minds that 2012 was a great year for OUR music, especially when it comes to NEW musical releases. In times in which EVERY single band is struggling in one form or another due to the decline of the music industry, the need for bands to release top notch quality music is more prevalent than ever before. Not only are the fans expecting a higher quality product, but they are also very distracted by today's modern technology. In other words, bands have very little time to catch the attention of their listeners.

Without further due, here are 12 records that surely grabbed the attention of many ear buds out there!

12

BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME: 'The Parallax II: Future Sequence' (Released on October 9, 2012 via Metal Blade Records)

11

GOATWHORE: 'Blood For The Master' (Released on February 13, 2012 via Metal Blade Records)

10

CANNIBAL CORPSE: 'Torture' (Released on March 13, 2012 via Metal Blade Records)

9

MESHUGGAH: 'Koloss' (Released on March 23, 2012 via Nuclear Blast Records)

 8

SOUNDGARDEN: 'King Animal' (Released on November 12, 2012 via Seven Four Entertainment)

7

DOWN: 'IV, Part 1 - The Purple EP (Released on September 18, 2012 via Down Records)

6

DEFTONES: 'Koi No Yokan' (Released on November 13, 2012 via Reprise Records)

5

LAMB OF GOD: 'Resolution' (Released on January 24, 2012 via Epic/Roadrunner)

4

VISION OF DISORDER: 'The Cursed Remain Cursed' (Released on September 18, 2012 via Candlelight Records)

3

SOULFLY: 'Enslaved' (Released on March 13, 2012 via Roadrunner Records)

2

TESTAMENT: 'Dark Roots Of Earth' (Released on July 27 and 31, 2012 via Nuclear Blast Records)

1: Record Of The Year

OVERKILL: 'The Electric Age' (Released on March 27, 2012 via Nuclear Blast Records)

Canadians: Meet CANNIBAL CORPSE's Guitarist Paul Mazurkiewicz - Details Available!

Cannibal Corpse drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz will be doing a meet and greet with local Montreal fans on Wednesday, May 16th at Boutique Labryinthe (486 Ste-Catherine West) from 2:30pm-3:30pm. 

Mazurkiewicz is in Montreal as a special guest judge for round 5 of Heavy MTL's En Route battle of the bands where the cities heaviest and loudest bands take to the stage for a chance to win one of two prized spots on the Heavy MTL 2012 lineup, which includes Cannibal Corpse at Parc Jean-Drapeau from August 11 to 12. Click here to see the full lineup for Heavy Metal TO

Cannibal Corpses's NEW album was released through Metal Blade Records earlier this Spring, and with 'Torture' the band proves that when it comes to combining unrestrained maliciousness, involved song writing and technical precision, there is no equal. On the twelfth full-length of their inspiring twenty-four year career, the Floridian quintet have never sounded so vital, the album building upon the wealth of powerful, dark, and memorable songs comprising 2006's Kill and 2009's 'Evisceration Plague' and pointedly upping the ante at every turn. CANNIBAL CORPSE are the pinnacle of Death Metal and the sledgehammer force of the forthcoming live cannibalism will yet again prove this beyond any doubt.

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SLIPKNOT & SYSTEM OF A DOWN To Headline The Heavy MTL Festival In Canada - Full Lineup Available!

The organizers of the Heavy MTL festival announced the lineup for the 2012 edition, which will take place on August 11th and 12th in Montreal. Further details on the festival are available here, and the currently announced lineup is as follows:

Saturday, August 11th:

- SYSTEM OF A DOWN
- DEFTONES
- FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH
- KILLSWITCH ENGAGE
- CANNIBAL CORPSE
- BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME
- JOB FOR A COWBOY
- KATAKLYSM
- PERIPHERY
- THE FACELESS
- VEIL OF MAYA
- GOATWHORE
- FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE
- ROSE FUNERAL
- ORIGIN
- EXHUMED
- DIEMONDS

Sunday, August 12th:

- SLIPKNOT
- MARILYN MANSON
- LAMB OF GOD
- DETHKLOK
- GOJIRA
- SUICIDAL TENDENCIES
- OVERKILL
- EMMURE
- HIGH ON FIRE
- SWORD (DC)
- PROTEST THE HERO
- DANCE LAURY DANCE
- CANCER BATS
- THE AGONIST
- IWRESTLEDABEARONCE

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Every Time I Die Release NEW Album Details!

Buffalo Metallic Punkers Every Time I Die are gearing up for the release of their brand NEW album entitled 'Ex Lives' (set to be released on March 6th via Epitaph Records). The bands sixth studio album was produced by Joe Baressi (The Melvins, Queens Of The Stone Age & Parkway Drive), and it offers a punishing mix composed of furious chaotic Hardcore.

'Ex Lives' Track Listing:

- 01. Underwater Bimbos From Outer Space
- 02. Holy Book Of Dilemma
- 03. A Wild, Shameless Plain
- 04. Typical Miracle
- 05. I Suck (Blood)
- 06. Partying Is Such Sweet Sorrow
- 07. The Low Road Has No Exits
- 08. Revival Mode
- 09. Drag King
- 10. Touch Yourself
- 11. Indian Giver
- 12. Grudge Music *
- 13. Business Casualty *
- 14. Starve An Artist, Cover Your Trash *

* Bonus Tracks

Here is the bands NEW video for their song "Underwater Bimbos From Outer Space". The clip was directed by Keith Buckley, who is the band's vocalist and lyricist. Here is what he had to say about the video:

"In order to write lyrics I had to pay attention to the defeatism that the music suggested. To compile this video I had to acknowledge the masochism I wrote of to myself. You don't get rewarded for your faith and you don't get celebrated for your heroism. Just when you find yourself attached, you have lost it. Everything is borrowed. C'est la vie."



Every Time I Die has announced that they will be joining forces with Terror, Stray From the Path, and Former Thieves, for a North American trek. The tour will kickoff at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, New York on February 17th, and will conclude at Club Vile in Huntington, West Virginia on March 8th.

Every Time I Die will also be a part of the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival in April as well as the Vans Warped Tour next summer.

Every Time I Die North American tour with Terror, Stray From the Path, and Former Thieves:

- 02/17: Brooklyn, NY, Knitting Factory
- 02/18: Syracuse, NY, Lost Horizon
- 02/19: South Burlington, VT, Higher Ground
- 02/20: Montreal, QC, Club Soda
- 02/21: Toronto, ON, Opera House
- 02/23: Thunder Bay, ON, Crocks
- 02/24: Winnipeg, MB, West End Cultural Centre
- 02/26: Saskatoon, SK, Louis
- 02/27: Edmonton, AB, Avenue
- 02/28: Calgary, AB, The Den
- 02/29: Spokane, WA, Epicenter
- 03/02: Colorado Springs, CO, The Black Sheep
- 03/03: Wichita, KS, the Scene-ary
- 03/04: Tulsa, OK, The 03quee
- 03/05: Memphis, TN, Newby’s
- 03/06: Mobile, AL, Alabama Music Box
- 03/07: Knoxville, TN, The Valarium
- 03/08: Huntington, WV, V Club Live

Related links:
Official Site of Every Time I Die

Every Time I Die & Terror Announce 2012 North American Tour!

Buffalo, New York's own Every Time I Die has announced that they will be joining forces with Terror, Stray From the Path, and Former Thieves, for a North American trek in early 2012. The tour will kickoff at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, New York on February 17th, and will conclude at Club Vile in Huntington, West Virginia on March 8th.

Every Time I Die will also be a part of the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival in April as well as the Vans Warped Tour next summer.

Every Time I Die North American tour with Terror, Stray From the Path, and Former Thieves:

- 02/17: Brooklyn, NY, Knitting Factory
- 02/18: Syracuse, NY, Lost Horizon
- 02/19: South Burlington, VT, Higher Ground
- 02/20: Montreal, QC, Club Soda
- 02/21: Toronto, ON, Opera House
- 02/23: Thunder Bay, ON, Crocks
- 02/24: Winnipeg, MB, West End Cultural Centre
- 02/26: Saskatoon, SK, Louis
- 02/27: Edmonton, AB, Avenue
- 02/28: Calgary, AB, The Den
- 02/29: Spokane, WA, Epicenter
- 03/02: Colorado Springs, CO, The Black Sheep
- 03/03: Wichita, KS, the Scene-ary
- 03/04: Tulsa, OK, The 03quee
- 03/05: Memphis, TN, Newby’s
- 03/06: Mobile, AL, Alabama Music Box
- 03/07: Knoxville, TN, The Valarium
- 03/08: Huntington, WV, V Club Live

Related links:
Official Site of Every Time I Die