FEAR FACTORY Announce The 'Demanufacture' Tour

FEAR FACTORY's 'Demanufacture' changed the face of Heavy Music, period. Their revolutionary third studio album (including EP 'Fear Is the Mindkiller') introduced a futuristic sound to Metal that quickly turned heads and caught the attention of ear buds from all over the planet. 'Demanufacture' changed the lives of not only the band members, but also the ones of millions of Metal fans.

It was the band's first album with their classic line-up - Burton C Bell, Dino Cazares, Raymond Herrera - adding NEW bassist Christian Olde Wolbers. Many regard it as the band's best album and a Metal classic. It was also one of the first Metal albums to use drum triggers, which is what ultimately what helped the band find their signature sound.

As previously reported, FEAR FACTORY will be performing 'Demanufacture' in its entirety at Round 4 of 70000 Tons Of Metal! Today (May 28), the band has announced the 'Demanufacture' tour in Australia! Here is the official tour poster:

Related links:
Fear Factory's official site 

70000 Tons Of Metal  

BLACK SABBATH Debut New Song "Loner" In Australia - Video Available!

Oh yes! Today you can listen to another NEW BLACK SABBATH song called "Loner". The legendary band debuted the song last night (Wednesday, May 1) at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. Watch the fan filmed video below.

Produced by Rick Rubin (seven-time Grammy winner, two of those as Producer of the Year), 13 features the original BLACK SABBATH: OZZY OSBOURNE, TONY IOMMI and GEEZER BUTLER.



Following the overwhelming response to the initial announcement of just four tour dates, BLACK SABBATH have now confirmed a full 20-city North American trek.

Be the first to get information about the new Black Sabbath album: http://bitly.com/BlackSabbathMailingList.

Related links:
Ozzy's official site
BLACK SABBATH's Official Website

John Dette Talks About The Experience Of Performing With Both SLAYER & ANTHRAX - Video Available!

As previously reported drummer Jon Dette (Testament, Slayer) was recently recruited by SLAYER and ANTHRAX to fill in for Dave Lombardo and Charlie Benante, respectively. As you probably heard, Lombardo didn't make it to Australia because of contract issues within the band, while Benante wasn't able to travel outside of the United States to some legal issues he is currently facing.

So Dette is now drumming for BOTH bands during Australia's Soundwave Fest. Dette recently took a few minutes out of his busy rehearsal and touring schedule to tell TAMA what the experience has been like.

Related links:
TAMA Drums 
Slayer 
Anthrax 

METALLICA: Rob Trujillo Celebrates 10 Years In The Band At SOUNDWAVE - Image Gallery Available!

Today in 2003: Roberto Trujillo began playing electric bass for Thrash Metal titans METALLICA. Trujillo received one million dollars from the band as an advance for joining Metallica. His audition and hiring appear in the documentary film "Some Kind of Monster".

Earlier today, the 'Tallica boys headlined the Soundwave Festival down in Sydney. It was the second of five Aussie dates that are on the schedule for 2013 (remaining tour dates below).

The setlist included: 

Hit the Lights, Master of Puppets, Holier Than Thou, Harvester of Sorrow, Welcome Home (Sanitarium), Ride the Lightning, Broken, Beat & Scarred, Sad But True, Fade to Black, Orion, One, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Blackened, Nothing Else Matters, Enter Sandman, Creeping Death, Fight Fire with Fire and Seek & Destroy.

 Image gallery

In other METALLICA news, tomorrow (February 25) the band will announce the lineup and all the details about the second edition of Orion Music and More. More info HERE!




METALLICA in Australia:

02.25.13	Sydney, Australia	Big Top Luna Park, Sydney, Australia		Tickets
03.01.13	Melbourne, Australia	Soundwave Festival 2013		Tickets
03.02.13	Adelaide, Australia	Soundwave Festival 2013		Tickets
03.04.13	Perth, Australia	Soundwave Festival 2013		Tickets

Related links:
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Soundwave Festival

A heartless concert goer “seriously burned and disfigured” a young girl in the crowd at SOUNDWAVE Festival!

This should never happen! According to MusicFeeds.com, a member of the audience at Soundwave 2013 in Sydney smuggled in a magnesium flare, and the ignited it in the middle of the crowd during either METALLICA's set or Bring Me The Horizon's set, and “seriously burned and disfigured” a young girl in the crowd, according to promoter AJ Maddah.

Reports are unclear at this stage but it seems that there were TWO flares lit tonight at Soundwave Sydney, one during each bands set.

As expected, AJ has launched an all-out assault on this idiot, calling for blood. “Dear piece of shit who lit the flare in BMTH pit: Tonight you seriously burned and disfigured a young girl. I hope you fucking get yours,” he tweets. 

Twitter user @DanielTome tweeted, “Some idiot just lighted a flare during Metallica #soundwave he got hosed down.”

Maddah is calling for action from Soundwave attendees: “If anyone can correctly identify this son of a bitch I will shower you with so much tickets, backstage and cash you wont know what to do.” He also asks those who see anyone with a lit flare to take a photo and pass it on to him so he can give it to the authorities.

At this stage, there is no news on the condition of the girl, other than that she has been “seriously burned and disfigured” with a “massive, awful burn on her forearm”.

Know more? Let AJ know on Twitter.

Note: AJ is already tweeting he has “multiple angles” of the alleged perpetrator. Keep them coming!

Here are some images and video footage of this absurd incident: http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/breaking-audience-member-lights-flare-disfigures-girl-at-soundwave-2013/

Related links:
Soundwave Festival 

Soundwave Festival: SLAYER & SICK OF IT ALL Added To The EPIC Bill!

As previously reported, Australia's Soundwave Festival is shaping up to be quiet the festival! It has been confirmed that the METALLICA will be co-headlining this massive 5 day event with a reformed BLINK 182.

SLAYER, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, BRING ME THE HORIZON and SICK OF IT ALL have all been recently added to the fest.

Soundwave dates:

- Brisbane: Saturday, February 23
- Sydney: Sunday, February 24
- Melbourne: Friday, March 1
- Adelaide: Saturday, March 2
- Perth: Monday, March 4

Tickets are priced at $189 including fees and public transport and go on sale Thursday, August 23, with a pre-sale commencing seven days prior.

Confirmed bands thus far (more to be added soon):

- A PERFECT CIRCLE
- ANTHRAX
- BILLY TALENT
- BLINK-182
- BLOOD ON THE DANCEFLOOR
- BRING ME THE HORIZON
- BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE
- CANCER BATS
- CEREBRAL BALLZY
- CHUNK NO CAPTAIN CHUNK
- CONFESSION
- CYPRESS HILL
- DANKO JONES
- DEAF HAVANA
- DRAGONFORCE
- DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED
- FLOGGING MOLLY
- FOZZY
- FUCKED UP
- GALLOWS  
- GARBAGE
- KINGDOM OF SORROW
- KYUSS LIVES!
- LINKIN PARK
- MADBALL
- MEMPHIS MAY FIRE
- METALLICA
- MINDLESS SELF INDULGENCE
- MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK
- OF MICE AND MEN
- PARAMORE
- PIERCE THE VEIL
- POLAR BEAR CLUB
- RED FANG
- SICK OF IT ALL
- SIX FEET UNDER
- SLAYER
- SLEEPING WITH SIRENS
- STONE SOUR
- SUM 41
- SYLOSIS
- THE AMITY AFFLICTION
- THE BLACKOUT
- THE DEAR HUNTER
- THE EARLY NOVEMBER
- THE LAWRENCE ARMS
- THE OFFSPRING
- THE WONDER YEARS
- THIS IS HELL
- TOMAHAWK
- VERSES THE WORLD
- VISION OF DISORDER


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Between The Buried And Me Announce Japanese, Australian & New Zealand Tour Dates!

The announcement comes as the Charlotte, North Carolina band are in the midst of a North American tour, co-headlining Summer Slaughter Tour with a handful of headlining dates later this month.  Between The Buried And Me follow the U.S. dates with an extensive European tour, which begins on October 1st in Reading, UK. A list of tour dates is available below.

'The Parallax II: Future Sequence' marks the quintet's most ambitious release to date and their first-full length release on Metal Blade arrives on October 9th. The 12-track, conceptual release was described by Tommy Rogers (vocals, keyboards) as: "A conceptual journey that takes the listener to worlds that seem familiar and worlds that make you scratch your head. From start to finish this is music we want to create, not music we think people want us to create. We create songs that keep us (and hopefully you) excited about Heavy Music." The first single from the release, "Telos," can be streamed below.



Between The Buried And Me have sold in excess of 400,000 records since their 2002 self-titled debut. "The group's ability to layer long, melodic arcs over squibs of dissonance has never been more surgical and soulful," said Alternative Press of the band's prequel to 'The Parallax II' (2011 EP 'The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues'). Revolver described the set as "a cohesive piece of art" and added "Between The Buried And Me are on a level of songwriting skill that few bands hope to reach..."

BTBAM tour dates:

All dates below are Summer Slaughter:

- Aug. 17: Milwaukee, WI at The Rave
- Aug. 18: Louisville, KY at Expo 5
- Aug. 20: Denver, CO at Summit Music Hall
- Aug. 22: Seattle, WA at Showbox SODO
- Aug. 23: Portland, OR at Roseland Theatre
- Aug. 24: San Francisco, CA at The Fillmore
- Aug. 25: Anaheim, CA at The Grove

All dates below with Periphery and Job For a Cowboy opening:

- Aug. 27: Tucson, AZ at The Rock
- Aug. 29: Oklahoma City, OK at Diamond Ballroom
- Aug. 30: Springfield, MO at Remington's

All dates below with Periphery and The Safety Fire opening:
 
- Oct. 1: Reading, UK at Sub 89
- Oct. 2: Wolverhampton, UK at  Slade Rooms
- Oct. 3: Glasgow, UK at The Garage
- Oct. 4: Newcastle, UK at 02 Academy 2
- Oct. 5: Manchester, UK at Club Academy
- Oct. 6: Leeds, UK at Cockpit
- Oct. 7: Bristol, UK at 02 Academy
- Oct. 8: Southampton, UK at The Broo
- Oct. 10: Antwerp, Belgium at Trix
- Oct. 11: Amsterdam, Netherlands at Melkweg
- Oct. 12: Koln, Germany at Luxor
- Oct. 13: Munster, Germany at Sputnikhalle
- Oct. 14: Copenhagen, Denmark at Vega
- Oct. 16:  Stockholm, Sweden at Debaser Slussen
- Oct. 17: Gothenberg, Sweden at Sticky Fingers
- Oct. 18: Hamburg, Germany at Logo
- Oct. 19: Berlin, Germany at Lido
- Oct. 20: Prague, Czech Republic at Rock Cafe
- Oct. 22: Bratislava, Slovakia at Randall Club
- Oct. 23: Budapest, Hungary at Durer Kert
- Oct. 24: Wien, Austria at Szene
- Oct. 25: Munchen, Germany at Backstage
- Oct. 27: Novara, Italy at Rock'n'Rol l Arena
- Oct. 28: Zurich, Switzerland at Dynamo
- Oct. 29: Stuttgart, Germany at Universum
- Oct. 30: Frankfurt, Germany at Batschkapp
- Oct. 31: Paris, France at La Maroquinerie
- Nov. 2: London, UK at Shepherds Bush Empire

All dates below with Animal as Leaders opening:

- Nov. 8: Osaka, Japan at Avenue A
- Nov. 9: Nagoya, Japan at 3Star
- Nov. 10: Tokyo, Japan at Aube
- Nov. 11: Tokyo, Kichijoji at Club Seata
- Nov. 13: Perth, Australia at Amplifier
- Nov. 14: Adelaide, Australia at Fowlers
- Nov. 15: Brisbane, Australia at The Zoo
- Nov. 16: Melbourne, Australia at Corner Hotel
- Nov. 17: Sydney, Australia at The Metro
- Nov. 19: Wellington, NZ at Bodega
- Nov. 20: Auckland, NZ at The Kings Arms

Available on Metalblade.com/btbam are exclusive pre-order bundles, including a pre-order only t-shirt and a limited edition BTBAM spacesuit. Quantities on the deluxe bundles are limited, so order yours early.

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Related links:
Between The Buried On Me
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Soundwave Festival: METALLICA, BLINK 182, LINKIN PARK, A PERFECT CIRCLE, ANTHRAX, STONE SOUR, VISION OF DISORDER & More Confirmed For Next Years Event!

Once again, Australia's Soundwave Festival is shaping up to be quiet the festival! It has been confirmed that the METALLICA will be co-headlining this massive 5 day event with a reformed BLINK 182. Joining them will be LINKIN PARK, A PERFECT CIRCLE, ANTHRAX, STONE SOUR, VISION OF DISORDER and many more!

Soundwave dates:

- Brisbane: Saturday, February 23
- Sydney: Sunday, February 24
- Melbourne: Friday, March 1
- Adelaide: Saturday, March 2
- Perth: Monday, March 4

Tickets are priced at $189 including fees and public transport and go on sale Thursday, August 23, with a pre-sale commencing seven days prior.

Confirmed bands thus far (more to be added soon):

- A PERFECT CIRCLE
- ANTHRAX
- BLINK-182
- CANCER BATS
- CHUNK NO CAPTAIN CHUNK
- DANKO JONES
- DEAF HAVANA
- DRAGONFORCE
- DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED
- FLOGGING MOLLY
- FOZZY
- GARBAGE
- KINGDOM OF SORROW
- KYUSS LIVES!
- LINKIN PARK
- MADBALL
- MEMPHIS MAY FIRE
- METALLICA
- MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK
- OF MICE AND MEN
- PARAMORE
- PIERCE THE VEIL
- RED FANG
- SIX FEET UNDER
- SLEEPING WITH SIRENS
- STONE SOUR
- SUM 41
- THE BLACKOUT
- THE LAWRENCE ARMS
- THE OFFSPRING
- THE WONDER YEARS
- TOMAHAWK
- VISION OF DISORDER

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Related links:
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SHADOWS FALL Reveal Track Listing For 'Fire From The Sky'

New England Metallers Shadows Fall are gearing up for the release of their seventh studio album entitled 'Fire From The Sky', set released on May 8th via Razor & Tie records. The NEW Shadows Fall album was recorded at Zing Studios in Westfield, Massachusetts with producer and friend of the band Adam Dutkiewicz, guitarist for Killswitch Engage and Times Of Grace. Adam D. was also involved in the writing process of the album. 

Here is the track listing for 'Fire From The Sky':

01. The Unknown
02. Divide And Conquer
03. Weight Of The World
04. Nothing Remains
05. Fire From The Sky
06. Save Your Soul
07. Blind Faith
08. Lost Within
09. Walk The Edge
10. The Wasteland



Shadows Fall will be joining forces with Fear Factory, The Browning, The Devasted, and Legacy Of Disorder.  The tour kicks off in San Antonio, Texas on May 1. The complete list of dates are:

- 5/01/2012: Backstage Live – San Antonio, TX
- 5/02/2012: Trees – Dallas, TX
- 5/03/2012: Scout Bar – Houston, TX
- 5/05/2012: State Theater – St. Petersburg, FL
- 5/06/2012: Culture Room – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- 5/07/2012: Masquerade, Atlanta, GA (NEW)
- 5/09/2012: Ziggy’s – Winston-Salem, NC
- 5/10/2012: Theater of Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA
- 5/11/2012: Wally’s Pub – Hampton Beach, NH
- 5/12/2012: Gramercy Theatre – New York, NY
- 5/13/2012: Sonar – Baltimore, MD
- 5/15/2012: McGuffy's House Of Rock – Dayton, OH (NEW)
- 5/16/2012: The Crofoot Ballroom – Pontiac, MI
- 5/17/2012: Bottom Lounge – Chicago, IL (NEW)
- 5/20/2012: Summit Music Hall – Denver, CO
- 5/23/2012: Yost Theater – Santa Ana, CA (NEW)
- 5/01/2012: Backstage Live – San Antonio, TX
- 5/02/2012: Trees – Dallas, TX
- 5/03/2012: Scout Bar – Houston, TX
- 5/05/2012: State Theater – St. Petersburg, FL
- 5/06/2012: Culture Room – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- 5/07/2012: Masquerade, Atlanta, GA (NEW)
- 5/09/2012: Ziggy’s – Winston-Salem, NC
- 5/10/2012: Theater of Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA
- 5/11/2012: Wally’s Pub – Hampton Beach, NH
- 5/12/2012: Gramercy Theatre – New York, NY
- 5/13/2012: Sonar – Baltimore, MD
- 5/15/2012: McGuffy's House Of Rock – Dayton, OH (NEW)
- 5/16/2012: The Crofoot Ballroom – Pontiac, MI
- 5/17/2012: Bottom Lounge – Chicago, IL (NEW)
- 5/20/2012: Summit Music Hall – Denver, CO
- 5/23/2012: Yost Theater – Santa Ana, CA (NEW)

Related links:
Official Site of Shadows Fall
Shadows Fall on MySpace

SHADOWS FALL Reveal Album Cover For 'Fire From The Sky'!

As previously reported, New England Metallers Shadows Fall are gearing up for the release of their seventh studio album entitled 'Fire From The Sky', set released on May 8th via Razor & Tie records. The NEW Shadows Fall album was recorded at Zing Studios in Westfield, Massachusetts with producer and friend of the band Adam Dutkiewicz, guitarist for Killswitch Engage and Times Of Grace. Adam D. was also involved in the writing process of the album. 

The bands latest album, 'Retribution', was released in the Fall of 2009. The CD sold around 13,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 35 on The Billboard 200 chart.

Shadows Fall will be joining forces with Fear Factory, The Browning, The Devasted, and Legacy Of Disorder.  The tour kicks off in San Antonio, Texas on May 1. The complete list of dates are:

- 5/01/2012: Backstage Live – San Antonio, TX
- 5/02/2012: Trees – Dallas, TX
- 5/03/2012: Scout Bar – Houston, TX
- 5/05/2012: State Theater – St. Petersburg, FL
- 5/06/2012: Culture Room – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- 5/07/2012: Masquerade, Atlanta, GA (NEW)
- 5/09/2012: Ziggy’s – Winston-Salem, NC
- 5/10/2012: Theater of Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA
- 5/11/2012: Wally’s Pub – Hampton Beach, NH
- 5/12/2012: Gramercy Theatre – New York, NY
- 5/13/2012: Sonar – Baltimore, MD
- 5/15/2012: McGuffy's House Of Rock – Dayton, OH (NEW)
- 5/16/2012: The Crofoot Ballroom – Pontiac, MI
- 5/17/2012: Bottom Lounge – Chicago, IL (NEW)
- 5/20/2012: Summit Music Hall – Denver, CO
- 5/23/2012: Yost Theater – Santa Ana, CA (NEW)



Related links:
Official Site of Shadows Fall
Shadows Fall on MySpace

Watch COAL CHAMBER's Entire Set At The Soundwave Festival In Australia!

When Coal Chamber arrived to the Heavy Music scene in 1994, their music was assimilated by millions of fans worldwide thanks to their fresh sounding mix of Heavy Metal and Alternative Music blended with elements of Industrial Metal. Aside from their music, their gothic imagery also helped to captivate a ton of eye balls that were rather confused at what Coal Chamber was feeding to them. After a successful run that spanned from 1994 to 2003, Dez Fafara left the band due to internal problems. Shortly after he left the band, Dez formed DevilDriver and we all know the results of this crushing band by now: uncompromised hard hitting Heavy Metal!

This past Sunday (February 26), Coal Chamber performed at the Olympic Park in Sydney, Australia as part of Soundwave Festival. This is what vocalist and co-founder Dez Fafara had to say about the reunion of Coal Chamber.

"Unbelievable. Full circle. I mean, to get those guys back in my life and clean off hard drugs and want[ing] to do shows, it's incredible. The feeling is incredible and the love had been just incredible as well. I woke up at 4:30 the other morning with my phone ringing off the hook and my Twitter, everything going crazy, it's so good to see. After all these years, we haven't played together in 10 years... We've been going over the setlist and it's been nothing but fun right now. I mean, going back and forth about a setlist with these guys just turns into jokes and hours of e-mails of jokes and we forget what we're doing. So you realize that these guys are a big, big part of my life and I don't even know if I'd be here with DEVILDRIVER for Meegs [guitar] and Mikey drums], so it's good to have them back in my life and getting ready to go do COAL CHAMBER shows."

As previously reported, Coal Chamber drummer Mikal "Mikey" Cox broke two fingers during the Brisbane concert on February 25.



Related links:
Coal Chamber

MESHUGGAH Perform NEW Song "Break Those Bones Whose Sinews Gave It Motion" LIVE In Australia - Video Available!

By now you HAVE to know that MESHUGGAH’s eighth studio album entitled 'KOLOSS' will be released in North America on March 27th via Nuclear Blast Records. The North American deluxe digi-pak version will include a bonus DVD. Additionally, the band has already announced their first leg of their North American tour in support of 'KOLOSS' (a list of tourdates is available below). This past weekend, the Swedish Metal masters performed their NEW song "Break Those Bones Whose Sinews Gave It Motion" at the Soundwave Festival in Australia. Check out this kickass footage now!



Track listing for Meshuggah's 'KOLOSS':

01. I Am Colossus
02. The Demon's Name Is Surveillance
03. Do Not Look Down
04. Behind The Sun
05. The Hurt That Finds You First
06. Marrow
07. Break Those Bones Whose Sinews Gave It Motion
08. Swarm
09. Demiurge
10. The Last Vigil

“The Ophidian Trek” tour dates with BARONESS & DECAPITATED:

4/29/12 House of Blues - Houston, TX
4/30/12 House of Blues - Dallas, TX
5/01/12 Emo’s - Austin, TX
5/03/12 Marquee Theatre - Tempe, AZ
5/04/12 House of Blues - Anaheim, CA
5/05/12 House of Blues - Hollywood, CA
5/06/12 The Fillmore - San Francisco, CA
5/08/12 Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, BC - CANADA
5/09/12 Showbox Sodo - Seattle, WA
5/11/12 Odgen Theatre - Denver, CO
5/13/12 First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN
5/15/12 House of Blues - Chicago, IL
5/16/12 St. Andrews Hall - Detroit, MI
5/17/12 Sound Academy - Toronto, ON - CANADA
5/18/12 Theatre of the Living Arts - Philadelphia, PA
5/19/12 Palladium - Worcester, MA
5/20/12 Olympia de Montreal - Montreal, QC - CANADA
5/22/12 The Fillmore - Silver Springs, MD
5/23/12 Terminal 5 – New York, NY

KOLOSS can be pre-ordered now from Amazon.com.

Related links:
Nuclear Blast Streaming Room
Meshuggah's Official Site
Meshuggah on Facebook
Meshuggah on Twitter
Meshuggah on YouTube

SHADOWS FALL Reveal NEW Album Details

New England Metallers Shadows Fall are gearing up for the release of their seventh studio album. Today drummer Jason Bittner revealed that the NEW Shads album is entitled 'Fire From The Sky' and that it will be released on May 8th via Razor & Tie records. The NEW Shadows Fall album was recorded at Zing Studios in Westfield, Massachusetts with producer and friend of the band Adam Dutkiewicz, guitarist for Killswitch Engage and Times Of Grace. Adam D. was also involved in the writing process of the album.

The bands latest album, 'Retribution', was released in the Fall of 2009. The CD sold around 13,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 35 on The Billboard 200 chart.

Recently, Shadows Fall kicked off a series of headlining warm-up shows in select cities before heading to Australia for this year's Soundwave Festival.

Remaining dates:

- Feb. 17: Syracuse, NY at Station 58
- Feb. 18: Clifton Park, NY at Trickshots
- Feb. 19: Turners Falls, MA at Shea Theatre



Related links:
Official Site of Shadows Fall
Shadows Fall on MySpace

CHIMAIRA Unleash Rehearsal Footage As They Prepare For European Tour - Video Available!

CHIMAIRA have released a behind the scenes video of the band rehearsing for their upcoming appearance on Australia's Soundwave Festival and European/UK dates to follow after. View the video below.

The band released their most recent record, 'The Age Of Hell' over the summer to much critical praise. "Despite being conceived in the face of such upheaval, this is easily one of Cleveland mob's best efforts to date," says KERRANG! Magazine.

REVOLVER Magazine touts the record as "Raw and Ripping, the album is also impressively eclectic.

Related links:
Click to order Chimaira's "The Age Of Hell" on iTunes
Chimaira
E One Music

Neurosis Frontman Scott Kelly to Perform in the U.S., New Zealand & Australia!

The previously-announced Western U.S. acoustic tour from Scott Kelly and friends begins tomorrow in Seattle, Washington.


On this tour, the Neurosis/Shrinebuilder frontman will mesmerize open-minded locals and followers of his infamous, dark solo material to audiences across the western half of the country. Kelly hand-picked the opening acts for the tour, including outlaw country rocker Bob Wayne and Country/Folk artist Jay Munly, the goal of the tour to promote the underground Folk/Country Rock movement for these hard-working artists and their vision of what American music can stand for, across the grain of our society’s habitually mainstream musical frame of mind.

Following the tour, Scott Kelly is also now confirmed to play a one-off show in Chicago the first week of the year, where he’ll be performing alongside ambidextrous solo artist Bruce Lamont; the show is free if you RSVPhere.

Also just announced, Scott Kelly will tour Australia and New Zealand for the first time as a solo artist this February. John Baizley (Baroness) will be performing his first ever solo dates as support for Kelly on these dates as well.

Scott Kelly Western U.S. Tour w/ Jay Munly, Bob Wayne:

- 11/29/2011 Tractor Tavern - Seattle, WA
- 11/30/2011 Mississippi Studios - Portland, OR
- 12/01/2011 Neurolux - Boise, ID
- 12/02/2011 Garage on Beck Roadhouse & Grill - Salt Lake City, UT
- 12/03/2011 Hi Dive Club - Denver, CO
- 12/05/2011 Low Spirits - Albuquerque, NM
- 12/06/2011 Rhythm Room - Phoenix, AZ
- 12/07/2011 Club Congress - Tucson, AZ
- 12/08/2011 Bar Pink - San Diego, CA
- 12/09/2011 Juke Joint - Anaheim, CA
- 12/10/2011 Echo - Los Angeles, CA
- 12/11/2011 Alex’s Bar - Long Beach, CA
- 12/13/2011 Fulton 55 - Fresno, CA
- 12/14/2011 The New Parish - Oakland, CA
- 12/15/2011 Brick and Mortar - San Francisco, CA
- 12/16/2011 Crepe Place - Santa Cruz, CA

Scott Kelly Solo Headlining Show:

- 1/04/2012 Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL w/ Bruce Lamont [free RSVP here]

Scott Kelly New Zealand/Australian Tour w/ John Baizely:

- 2/02/2012 King's Arms - Auckland
- 2/03/2012 SF Bath House - Wellington
- 2/04/2011 The Civic - Perth
- 2/05/2012 Fowlers Live - Adelaide
- 2/06/2012 The National Hotel - Geelong
- 2/08/2012 ANU - Canberra
- 2/09/2012 The Zoo - Brisbane
- 2/10/2012 Corner Hotel - Melbourne
- 2/11/2012 Manning Bar - Sydney
- 2/12/2012 The Brisbane Hotel - Hobart



Related links:
Scott Kelly on Facebook
Official Site of Neurot Recordings
Neurot Recordings

Coal Chamber Reunites!

When Coal Chamber arrived to the Heavy Music scene in 1994, their music was assimilated by millions of fans worldwide thanks to their fresh sounding mix of Heavy Metal and Alternative Music blended with elements of Industrial Metal. Aside from their music, their gothic imagery also helped to captivate a ton of eye balls that were rather confused at what Coal Chamber was feeding to them. After a successful run that spanned from 1994 to 2003, Dez Fafara left the band due to internal problems. Shortly after he left the band, Dez formed DevilDriver and we all know the results of this crushing band by now: uncompromised hard hitting Heavy Metal!

Today, it was announced that Coal Chamber is reuniting! This is what vocalist and co-founder Dez Fafara had to say about this.

“Coal Chamber is playing Soundwave Down Under! These reunion shows are for the fans that want to see us again as well as all the people that never got to see Coal Chamber. It is and always will be a very special part of my life, so these few shows are for those people and for us. If you’re not from Australia, better get a ticket now to come see this event!”

“Australia has never seen us, nor have we seen them,” adds guitarist Meegs Rascón. “It will be an extraordinary exchange of energy and adrenaline. Hello Aussies, nice to meet you!”



Coal Chamber is highly-regarded for their countless high-energy performances with several of today’s biggest names and selling millions of albums worldwide.

Formed in 1993 by Dez and Meegs, Coal Chamber was busy selling out venues like The Roxy in West Hollywood, bringing out bands like System of a Down and Static X, and launching a new genre of Metal in Los Angeles before they were even signed to Roadrunner Records in 1995. After what seemed like endless touring, the band recorded and released their debut self-titled album in February 1997. The album went RIAA Certified Gold in the United States. The band went on to tour several times with Pantera, Black Sabbath, and soon broke out in the UK while on tour with Machine Head and Napalm Death. During the first album cycle, Sharon Osbourne began managing the band.

Following the band’s headline run with Machine Head as direct support and Slipknot as opener (whom the band also helped bring to the masses), Coal Chamber released their next album, "Chamber Music", in 1999. The album charted at #28 on the Billboard Top 100 chart and yielded a hit track, ‘Shock The Monkey’, featuring Ozzy Osbourne.

In 2002, the band followed-up with their third and final album, "Dark Days", which landed at #34 on the Billboard Top 100 chart. Coal Chamber released a compilation of several demo tracks and alternate studio recordings in 2003, entitled "Giving The Devil His Due".

“This reunion will mark a decade since we last played together, so staring at my brothers on stage face to face will be an emotional rollercoaster for me,” says Meegs. “Tears of joy would be an understatement to say the least. You know, all of us have gone through our separate journeys in life, but we’re coming back to rekindle this and throw the past in the past and put the future in our hands.”

Drummer Mike Cox adds, “Of all the great achievements Coal Chamber made in the past, getting back together after all we’ve been through will be the greatest achievement to date.”

“We've all grown up and put the personal past behind us now and are moving forward with these few shows in a spirit of friendship through music,” states Dez. “You must remember where you came from in order to know where you are going.”



Related links:
Coal Chamber

Australia's "Soundwave Revolution" Festival Canceled!

We regret to inform to all our Australian headbangers that these years edition of the "Soundwave Revolution" Festival, has been canceled after the co-headlining band (which was supposed to be announced on August 1st) had to drop off from the show. Here is the Official statement from festival promoter AJ Maddah, who spoke with Australia's Nova 969 radio station,

"The festival as we know it has been canceled. The situation is that we were scheduled to make a second announcement on the first of August, which had our festival co-headliner on that announcement. Their circumstances changed at the last minute and they had to pull out. And unfortunately we don't have enough time to replace them. And we didn't really want to go ahead with an incomplete lineup.

"We were supposed to make the public announcement this evening anyway. But what we wanted to do — because a lot of those bands are still coming and we are creating packages and what have you, for them to do in clubs and other venues — we wanted to be able to make the full announcement at 1 PM. So that we could say the festival in its format is no longer happening [and] that these shows are taking its place. Unfortunately, one of those artists [drummer Stix Zadinia of STEEL PANTHER — Ed.] jumped the gun [and leaked the news of the festival cancellation via Twitter].

"The people that have already bought their tickets — I think it's nice enough that people that have already purchased their tickets by credit card, in which case those tickets are automatically refunded. And the small percentage that might have bought it from outlets, they'll be able to get a refund, I expect.

"Had we had been able to have our second headliner and make our second announcement, I think we wouldn't have had any issues with [the festival]. And it wasn't for the fact of not being able to attract the artists, I guess we were victims of certain artists' circumstances or what have you. I think the Australian festival market is still very strong.

"Obviously we love our fan base and we try to do what's best for them. And we could have taken the option of limping through with the lineup as we have [it] now. It still would have obviously been a much better financial outcome for us than to go through the road we have — but we just didn’t want to put an inferior product on the market.

"Revolution was a one-off, but yes, Soundwave 2012 will be back in February and the lineup is massive."

Related links:
Soundwave Revolution

Deftones 2011 Tour

The deftones are taking over New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia, Japan, The Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Canada, and the United States! Part of the proceeds from this tour will go to their bassist Chi Cheng, who has been in a come after he was in a serious car crash in 2008! So pick up your tickets, rock with the sexy grooves of the deftones, and lets wake Chi back up by letting him know how much we love and care about him! Here are the tour dates:

DOWN UNDER & ASIA:
Fri, 01/21/2011 - Auckland, New Zealand (Big Day Out)
Sun, 01/23/2011 - Gold Coast, Australia (Big Day Out)
Wed, 01/26/2011 - Sydney, Australia (Big Day Out)
Thu, 01/27/2011 - Sydney, Australia (Big Day Out)
Fri, 01/28/2011 - Sydney, Australia (The Roadhouse @ Uni of NSW)
Sun, 01/30/2011 - Melbourne, Australia (Big Day Out)
Mon, 01/31/2011 - Melbourne, Australia (Palace)
Fri, 02/04/2011 - Adelaide, Australia (Big Day Out)
Sun, 02/06/2011 - Perth, Australia (Big Day Out)
Tue, 02/08/2011 - Jakarta, Indonesia (Tennis Indoor Senayan)
Thu, 02/10/2011 - Tokyo, Japan (Club Quattro)
Sat, 02/12/2011 - Manila, Philippines (World Trade Centre)
Mon, 02/14/2011 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (KL Live)
Tue, 02/15/2011 - Bangkok, Thailand (Thunderdome)
Wed, 02/16/2011 - Singapore (Fort Canning Park)

NORTH AMERICA:
Thu, 04/14/2011 - Seattle, Washington (Paramount Theater) - Tickets (avail. Jan 15 at 10am)
Sat, 04/16/2011 - Portland, Oregon (Crystal Ballroom) - Tickets (avail. Jan 8 at 11:30am)
Mon, 04/18/2011 - Vancouver, Canada (Commodore Ballroom) - Tickets (avail. Jan 14 at 10am)
Fri, 04/22/2011 - Denver, Colorado (Ogden Theatre) - Tickets (avail. Jan 8 at 10am)
Mon, 04/25/2011 - Kansas City, Missouri (Harrah's) - Tickets (avail. Jan 15 at 10am)
Tue, 04/26/2011 - St. Louis, Missouri (The Pageant) - Tickets (avail. Jan 14 at 5pm)
Thu, 04/28/2011 - Minneapolis, Minnesota (First Avenue) - Tickets (avail. Jan 8 at 10am)
Fri, 04/29/2011 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin (The Rave) - Tickets (avail. Jan 8 at 10am)
Sat, 04/30/2011 - Chicago, Illinois (Riviera Theatre) - Tickets (avail. Jan 15 at 10am)
Sun, 05/01/2011 - Detroit, Michigan (Fillmore Theatre) - Buy Tickets (avail. Jan 15 at 10am)
Wed, 05/04/2011 - Montreal, Canada (Metropolis) - Tickets (avail. Jan 15 at 12pm)
Thu, 05/05/2011 - Hampton, New Hampshire (Hampton Beach Casino) - Tickets (avail. Jan 14 at 10am)
Fri, 05/06/2011 - Providence, Rhode Island (Lupo's) - Tickets (avail. Jan 8 at 12pm)
Sat, 05/07/2011 - Hartford, Connecticut (Webster Theatre) - Tickets (avail. Jan 8 at 10am)
Mon, 05/09/2011 - Boston, Massachusetts (House of Blues) - Tickets (avail. Jan 8 at 10am)
Tue, 05/10/2011 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Electric Factory) - Tickets (avail. Jan 15 at 12pm)
Wed, 05/11/2011 - Sayreville, New Jersey (Starland Ballroom) - Tickets (avail. Jan 8 at 12pm)
Fri, 05/13/2011 - New York, New York (Best Buy Theatre) - Tickets (avail. Jan 8 at 12pm)
Sat, 05/14/2011 - New York, New York (Best Buy Theatre) - Tickets (avail. Jan 8 at 12pm)





Related links:
Deftones on iTunes
Deftones Official Site
Deftones on MySpace
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