The future of C.O.C. seems very bright; band on tour with DANZIG!

CORROSION OF CONFORMITY will perform at the Marquee Theatre in Tempe, Arizona tomorrow night as part of their trek with Danzig which began on April 17. The short tour allows the trio a momentary break from work on the follow-up to 2012’s self-titled album. The dates with Danzig follow the band’s recent festival appearance in Santiago, Chile; the band playing The Metal Fest alongside Down, Twisted Sister, Devin Townsend Project and others.

Vocalist/bassist Mike Dean comments, "We took time out from writing and recording to play Chile for the first time. We had a blast hanging out with Down. Of course Pepper [Keenan] played a couple of songs with us and I got to listen to Jimmy Bower and Pat Bruders sing Eagles songs for the entire flight back to the states. We picked up some rented gear in Los Angeles and drove through the desert to start the Danzig tour in Las Vegas. Things have been rolling since then and it has been really good travels. Denver and Albuquerque were particularly awesome. Austin was great too."

The band’s current set includes a mix of NEW and old songs, including “Deliverance,” “Priest Brains,” “Strong Medicine Too Late,” “Holier,” “Mad World,” “Hungry Child,” “Technocracy,” plus “Psychic Vampire,” “Your Tomorrow,” and “The Moneychangers” from their 2012 self-titled album. It merely taps the creative output of the legacy band that originally formed in 1982.

On the conclusion of the tour, CORROSION OF CONFORMITY, consisting of guitarist Woody Weatherman, drummer Reed Mullin, with Dean, will return to the rehearsal room to pick up on the remaining songwriting and album work before hitting the recording studio. Dean confirms, “We have a lot of lyric writing to refine but a lot of solid musical arrangements in place. We plan to begin basic tracking for half the songs as soon as we return to North Carolina.”

Continuing he notes, “During the recording of the Megalodon EP (Scion A/V 2012), we settled into a good style of collaboration with our long-time producer John Custer. The band, and myself in particular, get our hands dirty in creating the recording and this next round will be a continuation of that method. We actually can’t wait to get back to work on the new songs.”

CORROSION OF CONFORMITY is a confirmed performer at the upcoming Scion Rock Fest slated for June 1st. This year’s fest will include 32 artists performing at four separate venues around downtown Memphis. Entry to the event is free but interested parties must RSVP to obtain tickets. Visit http://www.scionav.com/rock for further details. You can follow the fest via Twitter at #scionrockfest. The band will also perform at Gwar’s 4th Annual BBQ slated for August 17th at Hadad’s Water Park in Richmond, Virginia.



Related links:
COC's Official Site
COC on Facebook
Candlelight Records

JULIUS SEIZURE: Exclusive Premiere Of Music Video For "TMSNEV"

After Months of anticipation, Julius Seizure have released their brand NEW single and Music video for "TMSNEV."

The single, originally recorded for the band's debut E.P. 'Beware The Ides Of March' was re-recorded with new vocalist and former Will Killmore drummer/bandmate Charlie Corletta.

"When I was told that I was going to re-record "TMSNEV," I was excited and eager to put my flair on a track that I felt to be the strongest on the band's E.P. I tried to remain true to (former vocalist) Yosef El's vision and delivery while still allowing my voice to be heard. Last thing I wanted was to be a hired gun. I had to establish myself as part of the band's signature sound and I am proud of the end result," said Corletta.

The following video was directed and edited by Jonathan Robertson at P1 Digital Media (Las Vegas)!



"TMSNEV" was produced & engineered by the band's guitarist Steve Toth, and mixed/mastered by Kevin Antreassian at Backroom Studios, Rockaway, NJ.

Julius Seizure are currently in the studio  working on their follow up E.P. as well as booking shows across the tri-state area.

Related links:
Julius Seizure's official site
Julius Seizure on Facebook

Follow Julius Seizure on Twitter

Follow Julius Seizure on Instagram

PUSCIFER Recently Filmed A Music Video For QUEEN's "Bohemian Rhapsody"; NEW EP Available Now!

Puscifer, the Northern Arizona-based band helmed by Maynard James Keenan (Tool, A Perfect Circle), are releasing an eight-song EP titled 'Donkey Punch The Night' today (February 19) via Puscifer Entertainment.

 "While continuing our tradition of releasing a few NEW songs at a time," explained Keenan. "I also had an itch that needed scratching, and that itch was 'Balls To The Wall'. Which was followed by an even harder to reach itch known as 'Bohemian Rhapsody'. And scratch them we did." Here is the hilarious music video that the band filmed of their version of QUEEN's "Bohemian Rhapsody".


                
The collection features two NEW songs written by Keenan and Puscifer cohorts Mat Mitchell, Carina Round and Josh Eustis: "Breathe" and "Dear Brother" as well as two covers: Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" and Accept's "Balls To The Wall."  Donkey Punch The Night was recorded in Jerome, Ariz. in Keenan's Caduceus Cellars (www.caduceus.org) with the same roster from 2011's 'Conditions of My Parole' (Keenan, Mitchell, Round, Eustis, Matt McJunkins and  Jeff Friedl) and guests Zac Rae (piano), Juliette Commagere (vocals), Josh Morreau (bass) and Claire Acey (vocals).

Remixes of the four songs round-out the release with contributions from Los Angeles techno wizard Drumcell, Big Black Delta (aka Jonathan Bates, formerly of Mellowdrone and touring guitarist for M83), Sonoio (Italian multi-instrumentalist Alessandro Cortini of Modwheelmood and touring keyboard player for Muse and NIN) and Central American DJ, Silent Servant, who is well known for his mash-up of post-punk and techno.

Donkey Punch The Night track list:

1.  Bohemian Rhapsody "O.G. Mix"
2.  Breathe
3.  Dear Brother
4.  Balls To The Wall "PIllow Fight Mix"
5.  Breathe "Drumcell rework"
6.  Dear Brother "Denton rework" (Big Black Delta)
7.  Balls To The Wall "Silent Servant El Guapo Mix"
8.  Bohemian Rhapsody "Sonoio rework"

Puscifer recently announced their first tour dates outside of North America with the band performing three shows in Australia as well as performances at Lollapalooza Brazil and Lollapalooza Chile.

- February 22: Brisbane, Australia at The Tivoli
- February 26: Sydney, Australia at Enmore Theatre
- February 28: Melbourne, Australia at The Palais Theatre
- March 31: Sao Paulo, Brazil at Lollapalooza Brazil
- April 6 & 7: Santiago, Chile at Lollapalooza Chile *

*Puscifer performance date TBA

Related links:
Official Site of Puscifer
Puscifer on Facebook
Puscifer on Twitter

CORROSION OF CONFORMITY Premiere Music Video For "Feed On"; FREE EP Available Now!

As previously announced, Scion A/V decided to join Raleigh, North Carolina's CORROSION OF CONFORMITY to create 'Megalodon'! What is 'Megalodon'? The NEW EP from C.O.C.! And guess what? You can legally download the 5 song masterpiece for FREE right now! Click HERE to get it!

The track listing is as follows:

1) Feed On
2) Priest Brains
3) The Megalodon
4) Strong Medicine Too Late
5) The Vulture

Today, the band is premiering a music video clip for "Feed On", watch it now!



In other C.O.C. news, Candlelight Records has re-released CORROSION OF CONFORMITY' Eye For An Eye in North America. This special reissue has been remastered/packaged and includes the EP "Six Songs With Mike Singing". Both titles have been out of print for years. It follows the successful release of the band’s self-titled album earlier this year. A deluxe digibook edition of the album, limited to 1000 for North America, will be available at limited retailers and via Candlelight’s official webstore. The digibook version includes extended liner notes and a rare pictorial gallery.

Related links:
COC's Official Site
COC on Facebook
Candlelight Records

TOOL's Maynard James Keenan Announces NEW Batch Of Songs, Including Covers By Queen, Accept & More!

       Photo credit: Tim Cadiente

Puscifer, the Northern Arizona-based band helmed by Maynard James Keenan (Tool, A Perfect Circle), will release an eight-song EP titled 'Donkey Punch The Night' on February 19th via Puscifer Entertainment.

 "While continuing our tradition of releasing a few new songs at a time," explained Keenan. "I also had an itch that needed scratching, and that itch was 'Balls To The Wall'. Which was followed by an even harder to reach itch known as 'Bohemian Rhapsody'. And scratch them we did."

The collection features two NEW songs written by Keenan and Puscifer cohorts Mat Mitchell, Carina Round and Josh Eustis: "Breathe" and "Dear Brother" as well as two covers: Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" and Accept's "Balls To The Wall."  Donkey Punch The Night was recorded in Jerome, Ariz. in Keenan's Caduceus Cellars (www.caduceus.org) with the same roster from 2011's 'Conditions of My Parole' (Keenan, Mitchell, Round, Eustis, Matt McJunkins and  Jeff Friedl) and guests Zac Rae (piano), Juliette Commagere (vocals), Josh Morreau (bass) and Claire Acey (vocals).

Remixes of the four songs round-out the release with contributions from Los Angeles techno wizard Drumcell, Big Black Delta (aka Jonathan Bates, formerly of Mellowdrone and touring guitarist for M83), Sonoio (Italian multi-instrumentalist Alessandro Cortini of Modwheelmood and touring keyboard player for Muse and NIN) and Central American DJ, Silent Servant, who is well known for his mash-up of post-punk and techno.

Donkey Punch The Night track list:

1.  Bohemian Rhapsody "O.G. Mix"
2.  Breathe
3.  Dear Brother
4.  Balls To The Wall "PIllow Fight Mix"
5.  Breathe "Drumcell rework"
6.  Dear Brother "Denton rework" (Big Black Delta)
7.  Balls To The Wall "Silent Servant El Guapo Mix"
8.  Bohemian Rhapsody "Sonoio rework"

Puscifer recently announced their first tour dates outside of North America with the band performing three shows in Australia as well as performances at Lollapalooza Brazil and Lollapalooza Chile.

- February 22: Brisbane, Australia at The Tivoli
- February 26: Sydney, Australia at Enmore Theatre
- February 28: Melbourne, Australia at The Palais Theatre
- March 31: Sao Paulo, Brazil at Lollapalooza Brazil
- April 6 & 7: Santiago, Chile at Lollapalooza Chile *

*Puscifer performance date TBA

'Conditions of My Parole' was released in October of 2011 and was quickly followed by a storied Halloween performance on The Late Show with David Letterman complete with Keenan in costume and a keyboard solo by Paul Shaffer. The band returned to late night television in February with a Jimmy Kimmel Live performance that was equally unique, featuring Keenan and Round singing behind video monitors a la human bobbleheads. Puscifer has completed two North American tours behind the sophomore release including a stop at this summer's Bonnaroo Festival.

Related links:
Official Site of Puscifer
Puscifer on Facebook
Puscifer on Twitter

CORROSION OF CONFORMITY: FREE EP 'Megalodon' Available Now For Legal Download!

Earlier this year, Scion A/V decided to join Raleigh, North Carolina's CORROSION OF CONFORMITY to create 'Megalodon'! What is 'Megalodon'? The NEW EP from C.O.C.! And guess what? You can legally download the 5 song masterpiece for FREE right now! Get it HERE!

The track listing is as follows:

1) Feed On
2) Priest Brains
3) The Megalodon
4) Strong Medicine Too Late
5) The Vulture

In other C.O.C. news, Candlelight Records has re-released CORROSION OF CONFORMITY' Eye For An Eye in North America. This special reissue has been remastered/packaged and includes the EP "Six Songs With Mike Singing". Both titles have been out of print for years. It follows the successful release of the band’s self-titled album earlier this year. A deluxe digibook edition of the album, limited to 1000 for North America, will be available at limited retailers and via Candlelight’s official webstore. The digibook version includes extended liner notes and a rare pictorial gallery.

Related links:
COC's Official Site
COC on Facebook
Candlelight Records

OBITUARY Recording NEW Music - Video Interview Available!

OBITUARY are back from the dead! Earlier this week, the band announced the "Carnival Of Death" tour with Broken Hope, Decrepit Birth, Jungle Rot and Encrust (details below)! Now, according to an interview that MetalBlast.net conducted with Trevor Peres (OBITUARY guitarist) at the 2012 edition of the "Dokk'em Open Air" festival at Spriens Raard in Dokkum, Netherlands, the Floridean Death Metallers are recording a NEW 3 song EP! Here are a few excerpts of the interview:

Plans for NEW music:

Trevor Peres: 

"We're actually… Before this tour, we started recording an EP. We were hoping to be finished recording before this tour, but a bunch of different personal things happened and we just didn't have time to finish it. But I've got all the guitar scratch tracks done and Donald [Tardy, drums] started doing scratch drum tracks. But when we get home from this, in one or two weeks we finish recording. It's like three NEW songs; it's an EP we're gonna do. We're actually gonna do a seven-inch picture disc — no CDs at all; just picture disc only. But then you [will be able to] download it from iTunes or Google Music and stuff. But then we've got another 10 songs we're gonna record after that. So, hopefully, by the end of the year — January, maybe — [there will be] a brand NEW full-length album."

On what the NEW Obituary music sounds like:

Trevor Peres: 

"It's pure OBITUARY. In fact, we've got some of the catchiest hooks on this album. These songs are so amazing. In fact, one of the first songs [we wrote] for it I'm always humming in my head. It pisses me off because it's stuck there all the time. So it's a good thing; it's, like, really catchy, groovy OBITUARY."



As previously reported, OBITUARY has announced their long-anticipated North American headlining tour. Brought to you by Rock The Nation and sponsored by Fender, the near month-long Carnival Of Death Tour 2012 will run through September and include additional audio demolition from Broken Hope, Decrepit Birth, Jungle Rot and Encrust! Tour dates and further info to be announced in the coming days…. You have been warned.

Related links:
Obituary's Official Site
Obituary on Facebook
Follow Obituary on Twitter
Obituary on MySpace

NEW Melvins EP "The Bulls & The Bees" Is Available Now Thanks To Scion A/V!

Photo credit: Jessie Rose

Scion A/V has partnered with the Melvins for an EP titled 'Scion A/V Presents: The Bulls & The Bees', a five-song collection that marks the band's first original material since their 2010 album 'The Bride Screamed Murder'. The release is available today as a FREE download via Scion A/V's website.

A video for "The War on Wisdom," which features a re-enacted, early incarnation of the Melvins is available now thanks to Brooklyn Vegan.com.



The Melvins formed in 1983, kicking off what would be a seismic shift in heavy music and focusing the epicenter of modern music firmly on the Pacific Northwest for the next decade plus. The band blended punk, metal, hard rock to create a new subgenre that has been tagged with a variety of labels including sludge, grunge and doom and won a cult of fans that have yet to waiver some twenty-nine years into the band's career. Buzz Osborne and Dale Crover have been the band's constants (Crover joined in 1984) with Big Business' Jared Warren and Coady Willis joining the band in 2006 for (A) Senile Animal.

"The Melvins have remained such a consistent presence in heavy music," says Jeri Yoshizu, manager of sales promotions for Scion. "It's an honor to have them create an original release for Scion A/V."

Osborne described Scion A/V Presents: The Bulls & The Bees as "amazing in its noisy calm intensity." The physical release will be available at Scion Partners retail stores. For more information about the Scion Partner program and to find retail stores, visit www.scionav.com/partners.

Scion A/V Presents: The Bulls & The Bees Track Listing:
1. The War on Wisdom
2. We Are Doomed
3. Friends Before Larry
4. A Really Long Wait
5. National Hamster

The EP release will be followed by a 21-date U.S. trek that kicks off on April 11 at The Blank Club in San Jose, California and wraps up exactly a month later on May 11 at The Galaxy Concert Theatre in Santa Ana, California. Dates are:

Tour Schedule:

- April 11: San Jose, CA at The Blank Club
- April 12: San Francisco, CA at Great American Music Hall
- April 13: Los Angeles, CA at The Troubadour
- April 14: San Diego, CA at The Casbah
- April 17: El Paso, TX at House of Rock
- April 19: Austin, TX at Mohawk
- April 20: Houston, TX at Warehouse Live
- April 21: New Orleans, LA at One Eyed Jack's
- April 23: Orlando, FL at The Social
- April 24: Gainesville, FL at Double Down Live
- April 25: Atlanta, GA at The Loft at Center Stage
- April 26: Charlotte, NC at Amos Southend
- April 28: West Chester, PA at The Note
- April 29: New York, NY at Webster Hall
- May 1: Milwaukee, WI at Turner Hall Ballroom
- May 2: DeKalb, IL at Otto's Nightclub
- May 3: St. Louis, MO at The Firebird
- May 4: Nashville, TN at Exit Inn
- May 7: Dallas, TX at Trees
- May 9: Santa Fe, NM at Santa Fe Brewing Company
- May 11: Santa Ana, CA at Galaxy Concert Theatre

Related links:
Official Site of The Melvins
The Melvins on Facebook
Scion's Official Site
Scion AV on Facebook
Scion AV Metal on Facebook
Scion on Twitter

Scion A/V Set To Release NEW Melvins EP 'The Bulls & The Bees' - U.S. Tour Dates Announced!

Scion A/V has partnered with the Melvins for an EP titled 'Scion A/V Presents: The Bulls & The Bees', a five-song collection that marks the band's first original material since their 2010 album 'The Bride Screamed Murder'. The release will be available as a FREE download on March 13 via Scion's OFFICIAL page with NEW song "The War On Wisdom" streaming this Friday on Pitchfork.com.

The Melvins formed in 1983, kicking off what would be a seismic shift in Heavy Music and focusing the epicenter of modern music firmly on the Pacific Northwest for the next decade plus. The band blended Punk, Metal, hard Rock to create a NEW subgenre that has been tagged with a variety of labels including sludge, grunge and doom and won a cult of fans that have yet to waiver some twenty-nine years into the band's career. Buzz Osborne and Dale Crover have been the band's constants (Crover joined in 1984) with Big Business' Jared Warren and Coady Willis joining the band in 2006 for '(A) Senile Animal'.

"The Melvins have remained such a consistent presence in Heavy Music," says Jeri Yoshizu, manager of sales promotions for Scion. "It's an honor to have them create an original release for Scion A/V."

Osborne described Scion A/V Presents: The Bulls & The Bees as "amazing in its noisy calm intensity."

Scion A/V Presents: The Bulls & The Bees Track Listing:

1. The War on Wisdom
2. We Are Doomed
3. Friends Before Larry
4. A Really Long Wait
5. National Hamster

The EP release will be followed by a 21-date U.S. trek that kicks off on April 11 at The Blank Club in San Jose, California and wraps up exactly a month later on May 11 at The Galaxy Concert Theatre in Santa Ana, California. Dates are:

Tour Schedule:

- April 11: San Jose, CA at The Blank Club
- April 12: San Francisco, CA at Great American Music Hall
- April 13: Los Angeles, CA at The Troubadour
- April 14: San Diego, CA at The Casbah
- April 17: El Paso, TX at House of Rock
- April 19: Austin, TX at Mohawk
- April 20: Houston, TX at Warehouse Live
- April 21: New Orleans, LA at One Eyed Jack's
- April 23: Orlando, FL at The Social
- April 24: Gainesville, FL at Double Down Live
- April 25: Atlanta, GA at The Loft at Center Stage
- April 26: Charlotte, NC at Amos Southend
- April 28: West Chester, PA at The Note
- April 29: New York, NY at Webster Hall
- May 1: Milwaukee, WI at Turner Hall Ballroom
- May 2: DeKalb, IL at Otto's Nightclub
- May 3: St. Louis, MO at The Firebird
- May 4: Nashville, TN at Exit Inn
- May 7: Dallas, TX at Trees
- May 9: Santa Fe, NM at Santa Fe Brewing Company
- May 11: Santa Ana, CA at Galaxy Concert Theatre

Related links:
Official Site of The Melvins
The Melvins on Facebook
Scion's Official Site
Scion AV on Facebook
Scion AV Metal on Facebook
Scion on Twitter

Alekhnine's Gun Set to Dominate Saint Vitus Bar This Friday - 'Meditations In Wrath' EP Online Now!

Ever since we first had Alekhine's Gun pointed to our heads, we have kept a close watch on this furious New York City band. Hailing from Brooklyn, the band is composed by Jessica Pimentel (voice of steel), Jeff Martinez (shredder), Angel Cotte (skin basher), and Daniel Martinez (groove meister). If music can be used as a weapon, this band is armed to the teeth and extremely dangerous.

The band is set's debut EP entitled 'Meditations In Wrath' is available now at the links below, just beware that your ears will become instantly addicted to their ferocious sounds.

This Friday, January 6th, Alekhine's will be performing at Saint Vitus Bar alongside Jesse Leach's The Empire Shall Fall, East Of The Wall, Bangladeafy, and Fashion Week. Additionally, the event will be hosted and DJed by Jo Schüftan from Horns Up Rocks. Here are all the details you need:

- Date/time: Friday, January 6th at 7 PM.
- Cost: $10 in advance, $12 at the door.
- Location: Saint Vitus Bar, 1120 Manhattan Avenue, Greenpoint, New York
- Click to RSVP!
- Click here to purchase tickets at a discounted rate!

Related links:
Click here to purchase 'Meditation In Wrath' on Bandcamp
Click here to purchase 'Meditations In Wrath' on iTunes
Alekhine's Gun on Facebook
Alekhine's Gun on Twitter