Metal Blade Records signs SYSTEM DIVIDE featuring members of Aborted, Malignancy, and Antenora!
Metal Blade Records is pleased to announce the signing of extreme modern metal act SYSTEM DIVIDE, featuring Sven De Caluwe (Aborted) and Miri Milman (ex-Distorted) on vocals, Cole Martinez (ex-Years Of Fire, Antenora) and Joseph Spiller (ex-The Binary Code) on guitars, Andrew Lenthe (Antenora) on bass, and Mike Heller (Malignancy) on drums. SYSTEM DIVIDE has already completed a video for the song The Apex Doctrine off the bands current EP, which will also be on the band’s full-length Metal Blade debut. Check out a trailer for the new video below and be sure to head over to SYSTEM DIVIDE’s MySpace page to listen to the tracks The Apex Doctrine and (n)Ether. Stay tuned for more information including when and where the video for The Apex Doctrine will premiere, track listing and release date of the band’s debut full-length album The Conscious Sedation, and tour dates.
Vocalist Sven De Caluwe comments: “We couldn't be more thrilled to be part of the Metal Blade roster, a label that has been pushing the boundaries of extreme music and putting lots of great new acts in the spot light. We know SYSTEM DIVIDE is in the hands of a competent team of driven music FANS in the first place who believe in what we do, and we're going to give them their money's worth!!
We are completing the songwriting for our first album The Conscious Sedation and are about to enter the studio to start tracking by the end of the month, for those who checked out our EP, get ready for some surprises and more extreme modern metal madness! Rock 'n roll!!”
"Heavy, Brutal, Extreme, Melodic In Your Face Metal. These ingredients result in a unique visual and audio assault that numbs the senses. Vocalists Sven De Caluwe (Aborted) and Miri Milman (ex-Distorted), deliver a one-two punch unseen in Metal. We are very proud to add them to the Metal Blade Records family” comments Michael Faley of Metal Blade Records
About the band:
Founded in the summer of 2008, SYSTEM DIVIDE set out to revolutionize the conventions of the over-saturated melodic death metal genre, proving that extreme metal can have more depth than blast beats, while female vocals do not have to conform to the precepts of the “Goth” genre. In mixing many styles, The Collapse, the band’s debut EP, breaks all the rules of extreme metal and is a landmark release for the new band.
As opposed to interjecting simple, predictable clean choruses into contrived song structures, SYSTEM DIVIDE unites serene female vocals and extreme vocals driven by lyrical themes that confront and seek to break everyday themes of disillusionment, societal materialism, and individual apathy. Musically, the band delivers myriad styles of riffing and grooves, while augmenting the entrancing soundscapes with hard-hitting drums and intricate bass lines. These elements together define the unique, spell binding, hypnotic sound of SYSTEM DIVIDE.
In order to achieve this complex calculus of sounds on The Collapse, Cole Martinez handled tracking duties at Conquistador Recordings. Mixing and mastering duties were handled by Jacob Hansen (Aborted, HateSphere, Volbeat) at Hansen Studios in Denmark in April and May 2009. Artwork for The Collapse was completed by Colin Marks (Strapping Young Lad, Aborted, Nevermore). The result is a sonic and visual masterpiece that metal has eagerly been waiting for.
The band recruited Joseph Spiller (ex-The Binary Code) as a second guitarist shortly after the release of The Collapse and continued writing for its first full length, The Conscious Sedation, due out early 2010. Following the philosophy of don’t break up a winning team, the band once again will record with producer/engineer Cole Martinez and mix with Jacob Hansen in Denmark. A video has been shot for The Apex Doctrine by Kevin Custer (Hatebreed, Testament, Dope, Dying Fetus, Suffocation) and will hitting airways soon.
Richard Christy’s Charred Walls Of The Damned release track listing to self-titled debut album ARTWORK FOR CHARRED WALLS OF THE DAMNED SELF-TITLED ALBUM NOW AVAILABLE
OFFICIAL CHARRED WALLS OF THE DAMNED MYSPACE PAGE LIVE!
As CHARRED WALLS OF THE DAMNED prepare for their self-titled, first-ever album out February 2nd 2010 – the group is gearing up for their official release by announcing the track listing and unleashing the album’s artwork upon the metal world. The self-titled debut by CHARRED WALLS OF THE DAMNED. contains 9 tracks, a bonus DVD: The Making of Charred Walls of the Damned, and comes in a Digipak.
CHARRED WALLS OF THE DAMNED
1. Ghost Town
2. From The Abyss
3. Creating Our Machine
4. Blood on Wood
5. In a World So Cruel
6. Manifestations
7. Voices Within the Walls
8. The Darkest Eyes
9. Fear in the Sky *Bonus DVD The Making of Charred Walls of the Damned
CHARRED WALLS OF THE DAMNED was produced by Jason Suecof and recorded at his Orlando, FL based studio, Audiohammer Studios, and boasts an all-star lineup consisting of some of metal’s most talented musicians. Richard Christy, former drummer for Death and Iced Earth, comedian, and radio personality on the legendary Howard Stern Show on Sirius-XM Satellite Radio, on drums. Famed producer Jason Suecof who has produced and/or mixed some of the most prominent albums from metal’s leading bands, including: Trivium, All That Remains, The Black Dahlia Murder, Chimaira, DevilDriver and many, many more, on guitars. Tim "Ripper" Owens, who fronted heavy metal legends Judas Priest from 1996 to 2002, performed alongside Richard in Iced Earth from 2003 to 2004, and currently performs with Beyond Fear and Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force, on vocals. And one of metal’s most heralded bassists, Steve Digiorgio, who played alongside Richard in the bands Control Denied and Iced Earth, and has also performed with Death, Autopsy, Testament, Vintersorg, and is a founding member of technical thrash pioneers Sadus.
Be sure to keep an eye on the band’s official MySpace page http://www.myspace.com/CharredWallsoftheDamned for an audio clip created by Richard Christy, which is a throwback to radio commercials for metal concerts of days past. The streaming ‘commercial’ features snippets of the first single “Ghost Town,” which will be available on iTunes 12/1. Pre-order information on CHARRED WALLS OF THE DAMNED’s Metal Blade Records debut and live shows will be announced over the coming months so be sure add the band as your friend on MySpace for further details.
Behemoth announces Evangelia Amerika tour presented by Revolver in association with Affliction and ESP Guitars!
The mighty Behemoth will once again be returning to North American soil in 2010! This is their first tour in the region since their massively successful summer with the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Fest. Following Mayhem, Behemoth’s Evangelion reached enormous heights, coming in at #56 on the Billboard Top 200, #61 on Canada’s Top 200, and three weeks straight at #1 in Poland before being certified gold in their home country.
The fans have spoken and Behemoth’s return to North America will be a triumphant conquest presented by Revolver Magazine in association with Affliction, ESP Guitars and with on-line media partners KillerTours.com and VampireFreaks.com. Supporting Behemoth on the Evangelia Amerika tour will be Septic Flesh from Greece and Shining from Sweden.
BEHEMOTH Evangelia Amerika tour presented by Revolver
In association w/ Affliction and ESP Guitars
Tour w/ Septic Flesh, Shining
w/ specials guests TBA on select dates
01/07 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of the Living Arts
01/08 W. Springfield, VA Jaxx
01/09 Raleigh, NC Volume 11
01/10 Atlanta, GA Masquerade
01/11 Tampa, FL State Theatre
01/13 Austin, TX Emo’s
01/15 Tucson, AZ The Rock
01/16 Los Angeles, CA House of Blues
01/17 San Francisco, CA Slims
01/18 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theater
01/19 Seattle, WA El Corazon
01/21 Calgary, AB Republik
01/22 Edmonton, AB The Starlite Room
01/23 Regina, SK The District
01/24 Winnipeg, MB WECC
01/25 St. Paul, MN Station 4
01/26 Chicago, IL House of Blues
01/27 Cleveland, OH Peabody's
01/28 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Smalls
01/30 New York, NY Gramercy Theatre
Impious “Death Domination” full album stream on TheGauntlet.com!
Swedish death metal veterans, Impious, are poised to unleash their third album on Metal Blade Records, Death Domination. We could tell you all day long how good this band is, how they’ve been crushing audiences worldwide since 1994, and how their new album is a crushing slab of death metal - OR, you could head on over to TheGauntlet.com and stream Death Domination in its entirety and judge for yourself!
Guitarist Valle Adzic adds about the album: “Death Domination is our sixth album, and I must say it's the first time I'm actually really happy about how the end result turned out. It just gets my engines pumping, you know? We're talking about ultra brutal death metal here, but still it has those memorable hooks somehow. Death Domination is a team effort that's as honest as it can get. We're not trying to be original or something, we've simply just worked hard on making the best songs we can come up with, and then get that on tape. I think people will notice that rock solid energy and confidence, and I hope they'll appreciate the album as much as we do. It's our fastest most aggressive record to this date for sure.”
Death Domination will be available on these dates in the following territories:
North America - 11.24.09
Germany/Austria/Switzerland: 20.11.09
Europe: 23.11.09
As I Lay Dying issues update from the studio! As I Lay Dying is currently holed up with Adam D. and Daniel Castleman at Lambesis Studios in San Diego, CA. They’re hard at work recording and writing their follow up to 2007’s An Ocean Between Us. The band will be recording and writing throughout the rest of 2009 and vocalist Tim Lambesis has issued the following update via the band’s myspace page:
“We've released little bits of information here or there in previous news posts and blogs, but there are still questions coming in concerning what we've been up to. Below is an unquestionably obvious outline concerning our future plans… 1) We started working on new album. 2) We started recording the new album a few weeks ago with Adam D & Daniel Castleman at the reigns (and JMR for a couple weeks). 3) There are only drums for 8 songs tracked so far. One of them we're undecided about, but maybe it'll feel different when the vocals are done. Either way, we need write more than 8 songs (since they aren't as long as the 8 songs on Master of Puppets). Therefore we're working on writing MORE new songs as soon as we finish recording what's been started. 4) The only break in working on the new album will be our short trip to Mexico and Sri Lanka to play two of the best shows of our career. 5) All of us can't stress enough how grateful we are to be writing music that we love while still receiving a paycheck. This can only be credited to OUR LOYAL FANS! Sometimes bands need to rush out a crappy record so they can start touring again to pay their bills. In our case, we plan to make a record worth listening to (hopefully), and start touring again when we're done. Thanks for your patience and understanding. We care and we're working. In fact, I haven't had a full nights rest since March when the coolest kid ever made me a DAD!”
As Tim mentioned, the band will be playing in Mexico City, Mexico and one very special show all the way over in Sri Lanka.
AS I LAY DYING
12/13 Mexico City, MX Jose Cuervo Salon
12/19 Colombo, Sri Lanka Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium
Tim Lambesis recently sat down for a video interview with Johnny Orlando Jr’.s Antibiotic Resistant Metal Show. The hilarious clip can be seen on youtube HERE.
To keep up with all of As I Lay Dying news and to interact directly with the band, make sure to follow, friend and become a fan the guys at the following places:
GWAR’s “America Must Be Destroyed” deluxe edition with “Tour De Scum” and “Phallus In Wonderland” out now!
The almighty GWAR have unleashed upon the unwitting populace of North America a special collection of classics from the GWARchives. America Must Be Destroyed, GWAR’s 1992 opus, can now be purchased in a special edition digipak that’s also crammed with a DVD that includes the seminal GWAR films Tour De Scum and Phallus In Wonderland. Never before have they all been available in one package for you to get your clammy human hands on!
The America Must Be Destroyed special edition is available everywhere now while GWAR continues to pummel audiences across North America on their headlining tour!
GWAR Tour w/ Job For A Cowboy, The Red Chord
11/13 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theatre
11/14 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre
11/15 San Diego, CA House of Blues
11/16 Hollywood, CA House Of Blues
11/18 Ventura, CA Majestic Ventura Theatre
11/19 Chico, CA Senator Theatre
11/20 Sparks, NV New Oasis
11/21 Magna, UT The Great Salt Air
11/23 Pomona, CA Glasshouse
11/24 San Francisco, CA Regency Center
11/25 Bend, OR Midtown Music Hall
11/27 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre
11/28 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory
11/29 Seattle, WA The King Cat Theatre
11/30 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
12/02 Edmonton, AB Edmonton Events Centre
12/03 Calgary, AB MacEwan Hall Ballroom
12/04 Regina, SK Riddell Centre
12/05 Winnipeg, MB The Garrick Centre
12/07 Chicago, IL House Of Blues
12/09 Charlotte, NC Tremont Music Hall
12/10 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
12/11 Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights
12/12 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
12/13 New York, NY Irving Plaza
SIX FEET UNDER unveils track listing to GRAVEYARD CLASSICS 3!
Tampa, FL's kings of groove laden death metal SIX FEET UNDER are back with their 3rd installment of the band's cover series, Graveyard Classics 3, due out on Metal Blade Records January 19th 2010. Graveyard Classics 3 was recorded at D.O.I. Digital Audio in Tampa, FL, was mixed at Audiohammer Studios by Mark Lewis, and was produced by Chris Barnes.
Here's what the godfather of gore and death Chris Barnes has to say about the band's latest chapter in the Graveyard Classics chain:
"We went about picking the tracks for this installment of Graveyard Classics by really just trying to search out songs from early on in our musical upbringing, as well as tracks from when we were just fans of heavy music, before we started playing in a band. Once again choosing songs that have really stuck with us over the years, also choosing the songs that we felt would sound interesting when played in the SFU 'death groove' style.
Through the years of doing covers, many of our fans have inquired about us covering a Slayer or a Metallica song. It was really something we wanted to do for some time, those two bands being our biggest influences, as well as influencing a generation of death metal musicians.
To sum it up…this is a tribute to honor the great teachers that have influenced us as well as the world of metal we all belong to. We hope our fans will enjoy."
Track listing for Graveyard Classics 3:
1. A Dangerous Meeting - Mercyful Fate
2. Metal On Metal - Anvil
3. The Frayed Ends Of Sanity - Metallica
4. At Dawn They Sleep - Slayer
5. Not Fragile - Bachman Turner Overdrive
6. On Fire - Van Halen
7. Pounding Metal - Exciter
8. Destroyer - Twisted Sister
9. Psychotherapy - The Ramones
10. Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck - Prong
Hail Of Bullets premiere new video for “Warsaw Rising” on MetalInjection.net!
MetalInjection.net, the internet’s source for the most (in quantity and substance) metal videos, is bringing you the latest assault from Hail Of Bullets! Warsaw Rising, from the EP of the same title, is a live video that features Martin Van Drunen and co.’s crushing live show. The video can be seen RIGHT NOW on MetalInjection.net!
Warsaw Rising features two new tracks, Warsaw Rising and Liberators, live tracks for Red Wolves Of Stalin, Nachthexen, The Crucial Offensive, and a cover of Twisted Sister’s Destroyer. You can purchase the EP on iTunes HERE. European fans can buy the EP on emp.de HERE.
“I don't know if it's their wealth of experience, pure talent, or sheer love of the music, but this band has just the right energy and atmosphere to unload classic, kick-ass death metal even in this day and age, without sounding too modern or like a complete throwback.” AversionOnline.com
“Rarely do Death Metal performances come across clean and powerful on live albums, but these three tracks are quite amazing.” Metal-Rules.com
“True to their World War II themes, "Warsaw Rising" and "Liberators" roll like tanks, while the doomy stomp of Twisted Sister's "Destroyer" is a surprisingly good fit.” InvisibleOranges.com
"When you think there's no hope left for brutal music, where every band sounds the same, HAIL OF BULLETS comes along and just level everything with the ground. Pretenders - move over!" Silenoz/DIMMU BORGIR
Behemoth’s “Evangelion” certified gold in Poland!
We are extremely proud to announce that the newest Behemoth album, Evangelion turned gold in Poland! The album had its premiere on August, 7th and debuted on the second place on the Polish charts. During the next 3 weeks the album was located at no. 1 in Poland.
Front man, Nergal comments: “Wow…big fuckin’ WOW! What else can I say? This is a HUGE day for Behemoth. From the bottom of our hearts we’d like thank all the people who bought the record and made it happen! Also massive thanks go to Mystic Prod. in Poland for giving us so much support and strength! You are more than awesome! Now we are stuck somewhere in the Austrian mountains, the tour is doing great even though most of us are battling with the flu. I’m on antibiotics and steroids so I can’t even celebrate tonight with the bottle of Jack D. in my hands…I just hope some of you can do it for me? Haha…Once again, thank you for all the support! Cheers!”
Evangelion also achieved a great success in the US, where it debuted at #55 on the Billboard Top 200, #5 on the Billboard Hard Music Albums and #6 on the Billboard Independent Albums.
Behemoth is currently promoting Evangelion in Europe on the "Evangelia Europa" tour. They’ll be back on tour in North America sometime in 2010!
Cannibal Corpse to head back to South America in February!
The mighty Cannibal Corpse are proud to announce that they are heading back to South America for a string of dates in February 2010! Cannibal Corpse has made regular trips to South America during their long and storied career and have always had a blast playing for some of the most ravenous metal fans in the world.
Bassist Alex Webster comments: “We are very excited to announce our 2010 Latin American tour. We have always had intense shows down there and we expect more of the same on this run. We are really looking forward to performing for all of our great fans in Central and South America…see you in February!”
CANNIBAL CORPSE
02/12 Monterrey, Mexico Café Iguana
02/13 Mexico City, Mexico Circo Volador
02/15 Caracas, Venezuela Complejo Ferial San Jancinto
02/17 Bogota, Columbia Teatro Metropol
02/19 Santiago, Chile Club Cadilac
02/20 Buenos Aires, Argentina The End
02/21 Sao Paulo, Brazil Santana Hall
Cannibal Corpse is currently touring in North America with Hatebreed, Born Of Osiris and label mates, Unearth and Hate Eternal, on the Decimation Of The Nation 2 tour. Those dates can be seen in their entirety on metalblade.com.
In other news, MetalReview.com is hosting a contest to give one lucky fan a copy of the limited edition Cannibal Corpse Evisceration Plague graphic novel signed by the entire band! The book features art by the legendary Vince Locke that depicts the songs and lyrics from Evisceration Plague. Fans can enter the contest now HERE.
There are limited amounts of the novel still available for purchase on metalbladestore.com. Cannibal Corpse will also be selling the comic at their merch booth throughout the Decimation Of The Nation 2 tour and once they’re gone, they’re gone! So get yours before it’s too late!
Lazarus A.D. issues update from Ensiferum/Blackguard tour!
Lazarus A.D.’s Jeff Paulick checks in from the road!
“What’s good dwellers of the Lazarus legion?!? Giving you a quick update from the road on our last-second venture with Ensiferum and Blackguard. Shit has been pretty awesome thus far. We left late Friday night, after the guys went and saw Job for a Cowboy, Gwar, and LoG in our hometown, the show was pretty fucking sick, headed off to Allentown, PA where the infamous Croc Rock pizza awaited…it wasn’t so hot haha! We really had no idea what to expect as this tour as it’s a little bit different genre-wise. It’s been hit or miss, but for the most part I think it’s getting through. Hopefully Peter and Alexi can get into the country asap so Hypocrisy can start tearing it up every night as well! The second night we played at Volume 11 in Raleigh, NC…and we have a little history there. As our previous three visits we laid a goose egg on merch every time, this time through, we finally got some good merch sales and had some very generous friends smoke us out, which meant our perception of Volume 11 did a huge 180! We grilled out that night with the guys from Blackguard (totally awesome brothers and an amazing band, definitely check them out!) shared a bottle of Jay-mo and woke to the sound of angry businessmen telling us to move our vehicle from their parking lot. We obviously denied the mess of beer cans strewn about the outside of the bus haha, but hey, I didn’t know anything about that!! After Atlanta we drove straight to Jacksonville, FL where some friends of ours reside, just dodging Ida on the way, very lucky there, our bus and trailer don’t mix with tropical storms. Our show was cancelled in Ft. Lauderdale which totally blew cuz we all were really looking forward to heading to the beach down south. SO, we made up for it and spent the day at Universal Studios, and needless to say, it was fucking awesome. Most of us had never been there before and it’s easily one of the most fun parks I’ve ever been to. It was a pretty cloudy day so NOBODY was there; we went on everything multiple times through. We shared some drinks and lunch at the Hard Rock (we saw Dime’s Crown Royal Guitar and Vinnie’s full Pearl set used at the show where Dime was shot, pretty intense shit). Met up with the guys from Blackguard and hit some coasters with them. We grabbed a hotel and passed the fuck out as I had been up for 36 hours straight ensuring we could make this awesome day happen in time. Last night was Orlando, FUCK downtown Orlando parking. We had to park a mile away after we unloaded, after we played had to come back again, and then there was some confusion with payment as we were playing this Anti Pop festival, which had a million shows going on, the city was fucking packed, so we sat double parked on a one way street in front of the venue until payment was received haha…and it was. Long drive ahead to Texas and then to CALI!! Can’t fucking wait, I’ll be throwing some more updates at ya next week, until then spread the word that we are on “The Tour from Afar” with Ensiferum, Hypocrisy, and Blackguard, then hopping on with Vader and Warbringer for a couple weeks, see all you fucks on the road!!! Oh and there’s a video coming soon of what we do most while on the road…COD…constantly haha! Light em up and drink em down!”
Lazarus A.D. post live videos for “Who I Really Am” and “Revolution”
Lazarus A.D. has posted live videos filmed at The Rave in Milwaukee from their show with Gojira on October 7th. Fans can check out raw footage of both songs and get a preview Lazarus A.D.’s live intensity!
The band has also uploaded a series of photos from the Loud Park ’09 festival from Japan on their facebook page HERE.
LAZARUS A.D. Tour w/ Ensiferum, Hypocrisy, Blackguard, Swashbuckle
11/13 Houston, TX Meridian
11/14 Austin, TX Emo’s
11/15 Fort Worth, TX Ridglea Theatre
11/17 Santa Ana, CA The Galaxy Theatre
11/18 Hollywood, CA The Key Club
11/19 San Francisco, CA DNA Lounge
11/20 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre
11/21 Seattle, WA Studio Seven
11/22 Vancouver, BC Rickshaw Theatre
11/23 Calgary, AB The Warehouse
11/24 Edmonton, AB Starlite Tour w/ Vader
11/27 San Marcos, CA Jumping Turtle
11/28 Anaheim, CA Chain Reaction
11/29 Los Angeles, CA Key Club
11/30 Mesa, AZ U.B.'s Bar
12/01 Tucson, AZ The Rock
12/02 Farmington, NM Gator's
12/03 Salt Lake City, UT Club Vegas
12/04 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater
12/05 Tulsa, OK Marquee
12/06 San Antonio, TX Scout Bar
12/07 Houston, TX Scout Bar
The Gates Of Slumber and Pentagram to team up for winter, 2010 US tour!
Two of Doom Metal’s most acclaimed acts will team up for a two week U.S. tour this winter as the legendary PENTAGRAM joins forces with celebrated “True Heavy Metal” band THE GATES OF SLUMBER. The 11 city tour will launch on January 15, 2010 in Springfield, VA.
The pairing of PENTAGRAM and THE GATES OF SLUMBER aligns 2 generations of Doom Metal majesty and will undoubtedly be a tremendous treat for both long time loyalists and wide-eyed newcomers alike. Formed in 1971, PENTAGRAM has a long and storied history that continues to play out almost 40 years later. Let by wildly charismatic vocalist Bobby Liebling, the band has forged an indelible mark in the “Heavy Metal Rock and Roll” pantheon and continues to influence scores of modern day acts. THE GATES OF SLUMBER has emerged as one of modern day metal’s most critically acclaimed bands whose decidedly throwback sound both pays homage to and builds upon “Heavy Metal” in its truest form. The band has been hailed as “a breath of fresh air within the doom / true metal underground” and its latest studio album Hymns of Blood & Thunder (Rise Above) is in stores now.
Pre-sales for the PENTAGRAM / THE GATES OF SLUMBER 2010 U.S. tour go on sale Friday, November 13.
THE GATES OF SLUMBER Tour w/ Pentagram
01/15 Springfield, VA Jaxx tickets
01/16 Philadelphia, PA Polaris tickets
01/17 New York, NY BB King Blues Club tickets
01/18 Richmond, VA The Hat Factory tickets
01/21 New Orleans, LA The Howlin’s Wolf tickets
01/23 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade tickets
01/26 Des Moines, IA Vaudeville Mews tickets
01/27 Madison, WI High Noon tickets
01/28 Cleveland, OH Peabody’s tickets
01/29 Detroit, MI Blondie’s tickets
01/30 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle tickets
What the press is saying about THE GATES OF SLUMBER:
“Holy. This is truly meat-and-potatoes metal at its best.” Stereogum.com
“huge riffs, demonic growls and sword-sharp solos…these battle-ready warriors hail from the hellish outlands” SPIN
"Musically, GATES OF SLUMBER are tapping into a St. Vitus, Black Sabbath, Pentagram-style doom sound…a certified crap-free oeuvre” Pitchforkmedia.com
“Fervently old-fashioned doom, THE GATES OF SLUMBER know exactly how a heavy album should sound. Euphorically gargantuan" Decibel Magazine
“Easily one of the best doom/heavy metal albums of 2008, "Conqueror" is the sound of a band peaking. It doesn't get much better.” Blabbermouth.net
“ripping doom…awesome” BrooklynVegan.com
"Just as it eclipses the limiting "doom-metal" tag by emphasizing structural dynamics and occasionally playing fast, the group transcends conventional thematic trappings by focusing on the primary inspiration of countless mystical creations: author Robert E. Howard…excellent" The Chicago Tribune
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October 27 - The Red Chord - Fed Through The Teeth Machine - CD
October 27 - 3 - Revisons - CD
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November 10 - Amon Amarth - Versus The World (Reissue) - 2CD
November 10 - King Diamond - House Of God (Reissue) - CD
November 10 - King Diamond - Voodoo (Reissue) - CD
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METAL BLADE TOUR UPDATE: AS I LAY DYING
12/13 Mexico City, MX Jose Cuervo Salon
CANNIBAL CORPSE
Tour w/ Hatebreed, Unearth, Born Of Osiris, Hate Eternal
11/13 Charlotte, NC Amos' Southend
11/14 Orlando, FL The Club at Firestone
11/15 St. Petersburg, FL State Theatre
11/16 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
11/17 Jacksonville, FL Plush
11/18 New Orleans, LA The Hangar
11/19 Houston, TX Meridian
11/20 San Antonio, TX Sunset Station
11/21 Dallas, TX The Door
11/22 Kansas City, MO The Beaumont Club
11/23 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
11/24 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theater
11/25 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre
Tour w/ Hatebreed, Trivium, Chimaira, Unearth, Whitechapel, Born Of Osiris, Hate Eternal, Dirge Within
11/27 San Francisco, CA The Warfield
11/28 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Palladium
Tour w/ Hatebreed, Unearth, Born Of Osiris, Hate Eternal
11/29 Victorville, CA Karma
12/01 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre
12/02 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
12/03 Seattle, WA The King Cat Theatre
12/04 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory Concert House
12/05 Calgary, AB MacEwan Hall Ballroom
12/06 Edmonton, AB Edmonton Events Centre
12/07 Saskatoon, SK Odeon Events Centre
12/08 Winnipeg, MB The Garrick Centre
12/09 Maplewood, MN The Rock
12/10 Chicago, IL House Of Blues
12/11 Sauget, IL Pop's
12/12 Milwaukee, WI The Rave
12/13 Grand Rapids, MI The Intersection
12/14 Buffalo, NY The Town Ballroom
12/16 Toronto, ON Sound Academy
12/17 Montreal, QC Metropolis
12/18 New York, NY Nokia Theatre
12/19 Worcester, MA The Palladium no Born Of Osiris
12/20 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
UNEARTH
Tour w/ Hatebreed, Cannibal Corpse, Born Of Osiris, Hate Eternal
11/13 Charlotte, NC Amos' Southend
11/14 Orlando, FL The Club at Firestone
11/15 St. Petersburg, FL State Theatre
11/16 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
11/17 Jacksonville, FL Plush
11/18 New Orleans, LA The Hangar
11/19 Houston, TX Meridian
11/20 San Antonio, TX Sunset Station
11/21 Dallas, TX The Door
11/22 Kansas City, MO The Beaumont Club
11/23 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
11/24 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theater
11/25 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre
Tour w/ Hatebreed, Cannibal Corpse, Trivium, Chimaira, Whitechapel, Born Of Osiris, Hate Eternal, Dirge Within
11/27 San Francisco, CA The Warfield
11/28 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Palladium
Tour w/ Hatebreed, Cannibal Corpse, Born Of Osiris, Hate Eternal
11/29 Victorville, CA Karma
12/01 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre
12/02 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
12/03 Seattle, WA The King Cat Theatre
12/04 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory Concert House
12/05 Calgary, AB MacEwan Hall Ballroom
12/06 Edmonton, AB Edmonton Events Centre
12/07 Saskatoon, SK Odeon Events Centre
12/08 Winnipeg, MB The Garrick Centre
12/09 Maplewood, MN The Rock
12/10 Chicago, IL House Of Blues
12/11 Sauget, IL Pop's
12/12 Milwaukee, WI The Rave
12/13 Grand Rapids, MI The Intersection
12/14 Buffalo, NY The Town Ballroom
12/16 Toronto, ON Sound Academy
12/17 Montreal, QC Metropolis
12/18 New York, NY Nokia Theatre
12/19 Worcester, MA The Palladium no Born Of Osiris
12/20 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
JOB FOR A COWBOY
Tour w/ Gwar, The Red Chord
11/13 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theatre
11/14 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre
11/15 San Diego, CA House of Blues
11/16 Hollywood, CA House Of Blues
11/18 Ventura, CA Majestic Ventura Theatre
11/19 Chico, CA Senator Theatre
11/20 Sparks, NV New Oasis
11/21 Magna, UT The Great Salt Air
11/23 Pomona, CA Glasshouse
11/24 San Francisco, CA Regency Center
11/25 Bend, OR Midtown Music Hall
11/27 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre
11/28 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory
11/29 Seattle, WA The King Cat Theatre
11/30 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
12/02 Edmonton, AB Edmonton Events Centre
12/03 Calgary, AB MacEwan Hall Ballroom
12/04 Regina, SK Riddell Centre
12/05 Winnipeg, MB The Garrick Centre
12/07 Chicago, IL House Of Blues
12/09 Charlotte, NC Tremont Music Hall
12/10 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
12/11 Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights
12/12 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
12/13 New York, NY Irving Plaza
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER
Tour w/ Skeletonwitch, Toxic Holocaust, Trap Them
11/13 Bucksport, ME The Kave
End Tour
11/14 Trois-Rivieres, QC Batisse Industrielle Trois-Rivieres Metal Fest
Scion Festival w/ Revocation
12/02 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
12/03 West Hollywood, CA Roxy Theatre
WHITECHAPEL
Tour w/ Trivium, Chimaira, Dirge Within
11/13 Pontiac, MI Clutch Cargo's
11/14 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
11/15 Rochester, NY Water Street Music Hall
11/17 Chicago, IL House of Blues
11/18 Minneapolis, MN The Cabooze
11/19 Winnipeg, MB Pyramid Cabaret
11/20 Saskatoon, SK Odeon Events Centre
11/21 Edmonton, AB Edmonton Events Centre
11/22 Calgary, AB MacEwan Hall Ballroom
11/24 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
11/25 Seattle, WA Showbox
Tour w/ Hatebreed, Cannibal Corpse, Trivium, Chimaira, Unearth, Born Of Osiris, Hate Eternal, Dirge Within
11/27 San Francisco, CA The Warfield
11/28 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Palladium
Tour w/ Trivium, Chimaira, Dirge Within
11/30 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre
12/01 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theatre
12/02 Englewood, CO Gothic Theatre
12/03 Kansas City, MO Beaumont Club
12/04 Sauget, IL Pop's
12/05 Tulsa, OK Cain's Ballroom
12/06 Dallas, TX House of Blues
12/07 Houston, TX House of Blues
12/08 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit
12/10 St. Petersburg, FL State Theatre
12/11 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Culture Room
12/12 Orlando, FL The Club @ Firestone
GWAR
Tour w/ Job For A Cowboy, The Red Chord
11/13 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theatre
11/14 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre
11/15 San Diego, CA House of Blues
11/16 Hollywood, CA House Of Blues
11/18 Ventura, CA Majestic Ventura Theatre
11/19 Chico, CA Senator Theatre
11/20 Sparks, NV New Oasis
11/21 Magna, UT The Great Salt Air
11/23 Pomona, CA Glasshouse
11/24 San Francisco, CA Regency Center
11/25 Bend, OR Midtown Music Hall
11/27 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre
11/28 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory
11/29 Seattle, WA The King Cat Theatre
11/30 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
12/02 Edmonton, AB Edmonton Events Centre
12/03 Calgary, AB MacEwan Hall Ballroom
12/04 Regina, SK Riddell Centre
12/05 Winnipeg, MB The Garrick Centre
12/07 Chicago, IL House Of Blues
12/09 Charlotte, NC Tremont Music Hall
12/10 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
12/11 Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights
12/12 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
12/13 New York, NY Irving Plaza
THE RED CHORD
Tour w/ Job For A Cowboy, Gwar
11/13 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theatre
11/14 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre
11/15 San Diego, CA House of Blues
11/16 Hollywood, CA House Of Blues
11/18 Ventura, CA Majestic Ventura Theatre
11/19 Chico, CA Senator Theatre
11/20 Sparks, NV New Oasis
11/21 Magna, UT The Great Salt Air
11/23 Pomona, CA Glasshouse
11/24 San Francisco, CA Regency Center
11/25 Bend, OR Midtown Music Hall
11/27 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre
11/28 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory
11/29 Seattle, WA The King Cat Theatre
11/30 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
12/02 Edmonton, AB Edmonton Events Centre
12/03 Calgary, AB MacEwan Hall Ballroom
12/04 Regina, SK Riddell Centre
12/05 Winnipeg, MB The Garrick Centre
12/07 Chicago, IL House Of Blues
12/09 Charlotte, NC Tremont Music Hall
12/10 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
12/11 Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights
12/12 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
12/13 New York, NY Irving Plaza
HATE ETERNAL
Tour w/ Hatebreed, Cannibal Corpse, Unearth, Born Of Osiris
11/13 Charlotte, NC Amos' Southend
11/14 Orlando, FL The Club at Firestone
11/15 St. Petersburg, FL State Theatre
11/16 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
11/17 Jacksonville, FL Plush
11/18 New Orleans, LA The Hangar
11/19 Houston, TX Meridian
11/20 San Antonio, TX Sunset Station
11/21 Dallas, TX The Door
11/22 Kansas City, MO The Beaumont Club
11/23 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
11/24 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theater
11/25 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre
Tour w/ Hatebreed, Cannibal Corpse, Trivium, Chimaira, Unearth, Whitechapel, Born Of Osiris, Dirge Within
11/27 San Francisco, CA The Warfield
11/28 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Palladium
Tour w/ Hatebreed, Cannibal Corpse, Unearth, Born Of Osiris
11/29 Victorville, CA Karma
12/01 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre
12/02 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
12/03 Seattle, WA The King Cat Theatre
12/04 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory Concert House
12/05 Calgary, AB MacEwan Hall Ballroom
12/06 Edmonton, AB Edmonton Events Centre
12/07 Saskatoon, SK Odeon Events Centre
12/08 Winnipeg, MB The Garrick Centre
12/09 Maplewood, MN The Rock
12/10 Chicago, IL House Of Blues
12/11 Sauget, IL Pop's
12/12 Milwaukee, WI The Rave
12/13 Grand Rapids, MI The Intersection
12/14 Buffalo, NY The Town Ballroom
12/16 Toronto, ON Sound Academy
12/17 Montreal, QC Metropolis
12/18 New York, NY Nokia Theatre
12/19 Worcester, MA The Palladium no Born Of Osiris
12/20 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
GOATWHORE
Waste The World Tour 2009 w/ Municipal Waste
11/13 Oklahoma City, OK Conservatory
11/14 Denton, TX Rubber Gloves
11/16 Tempe, AZ Clubhouse
EVERGREEN TERRACE
Tour w/ For The Fallen Dreams, Asking Alexandria
11/13 Tallahassee, FL Club Downunder
LAZARUS A.D.
Tour w/ Ensiferum, Hypocrisy, Blackguard, Swashbuckle
11/13 Houston, TX Meridian
11/14 Austin, TX Emo’s
11/15 Fort Worth, TX Ridglea Theatre
11/17 Santa Ana, CA The Galaxy Theatre
11/18 Hollywood, CA The Key Club
11/19 San Francisco, CA DNA Lounge
11/20 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre
11/21 Seattle, WA Studio Seven
11/22 Vancouver, BC Rickshaw Theatre
11/23 Calgary, AB The Warehouse
11/24 Edmonton, AB Starlite
Tour w/ Vader
11/27 San Marcos, CA Jumping Turtle
11/28 Anaheim, CA Chain Reaction
11/29 Los Angeles, CA Key Club
11/30 Mesa, AZ U.B.'s Bar
12/01 Tucson, AZ The Rock
12/02 Farmington, NM Gator's
12/03 Salt Lake City, UT Club Vegas
12/04 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater
12/05 Tulsa, OK Marquee
12/06 San Antonio, TX Scout Bar
12/07 Houston, TX Scout Bar
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11/14 Kingston, NY BSP
11/16 Sheldrake, NY Sullivan County Community College
11/18 Saugerties, NY The Pig
11/20 Kingston, NY The Basement
12/03 Kingston, NY Keegan Ales
12/04 Woodstock, NY Bearsville Theater
CATTLE DECAPITATION
Tour w/ Disengorified, Modern Day Escape, I Am Abomination
11/14 Santa Cruz, CA Vets Hall
End Tour
12/15 West Hollywood, CA Whisky A-Go-Go
ROSE FUNERAL
Tour w/ Vader
12/04 Johnson City, TN Stage 5
12/05 Tulsa, OK Marquee
12/06 San Antonio, TX Scout Bar
12/07 Houston, TX Scout Bar
12/08 Nashville, TN The Muse
12/09 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
12/10 Virginia Beach, VA Gil's Bar and Grill
12/11 Raleigh, NC Volume 11
12/12 Cheswick, PA Ches-A-Rena
12/13 Philidelphia, PA The Trocadaro
THE GATES OF SLUMBER
Tour w/ Pentagram
01/15 Springfield, VA Jaxx
01/16 Philadelphia, PA Club Polaris w/ Serpent Throne
01/17 New York, NY BB Kings
01/18 Richmond, VA The Hat Factory
01/21 New Orleans, LA Howlin' Wolf w/ Thou
01/23 Atlanta, GA Masquerade
01/26 Des Moines, IA Vaudeville Mews w/ Radio Moscow
01/27 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon
01/28 Cleveland, OH Peabody's
01/29 Detroit, MI Blondie's
01/30 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
End Tour
05/22 Dripping Springs, TX RP Campground
European Tour Dates
AMON AMARTH
Tour w/ Evile
11/13 Antwerp, BE Hof Ter Loo
11/14 Nancy, FR L'Autre Canal
11/15 Lyon, FR Ninaksi Kao
11/17 Milan, IT Alcatraz
11/18 Rome, IT Alpheus
11/19 Treviso, IT New Age
11/22 Zurich, CH Volkshaus
CANNIBAL CORPSE
08/12 Jaromer, CZ Brutal Assault Festival
08/13 Catton Hall, UK Bloodstock Open Air
08/14 Bad Berka, DE Party San Open Air
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER
Bonecrusher Fest
Tour w/ 3 Inches Of Blood, Necrophobic, Obscura, The Faceless, Carnifex, Ingested
01/08 Wiesbaden, DE Schlachthof
01/09 Oberhausen, DE Turbinenhalle
01/10 Hamburg, DE Markthalle
01/11 Malmö, SE KB
01/12 Aarhus, DK Voxhall
01/13 Berlin, DE Columbia Club
01/14 Prague, CZ Abaton
01/15 Nürnberg, DE Hirsch
01/16 Dresden, DE Reithalle
01/17 Wien, AT Arena
01/18 Budapest, HU Diesel
01/19 Ljubljana, SI Kino Siska
01/20 München, DE Backstage Werk
01/21 Bologna, IT Estragon
01/22 Milan, IT Magazzini Generali
01/23 Erstfeld, CH Transilvania Live Club
01/24 Esch-Alzette, LU Kulturfabrik
01/26 Barcelona, ES Salamandra 1
01/27 Madrid, ES Joy Eslava
01/28 Porto, PT Cine Teatro Júlio Diniz
01/29 Durango, ES Plateruena
01/30 Paris, FR Trabendo
01/31 Hasselt, BE Muziekodroom
02/01 Bristol, UK Academy
02/02 Leeds, UK Rios
02/03 Glasgow, UK Garage
02/04 Birmingham, UK Academy
02/05 London, UK ULU
02/06 Utrecht, NL Tivoli
JOB FOR A COWBOY
Tour w/ Lamb Of God
02/09 Birmingham, UK Academy
02/10 Newcastle, UK Academy
02/11 Glasgow, UK Barrowlands
02/12 Manchester, UK Academy
02/13 London, UK Brixton Academy
02/15 Paris, FR Batclan
02/16 Brussels, BE AB
02/17 Amsterdam, NL Melkweg
02/18 Koln, DE Live Music Hall
02/19 Stuttguart, DE Zapata
02/21 Bologna, IT Estragon
02/22 Milan, IT Alcatraz
02/23 Rome, IT Alpheus
02/25 Vienna, AT Arena
02/26 Zurich, CH Volkshaus
02/27 Munich, DE Backstage Werk
02/28 Wiesbaden, DE Schlachthof
03/02 Berlin, DE Columbia Club
03/03 Hamburg, DE Grosse Freiheit
03/04 Copenhagen, DK Vega
03/05 Stockholm, SE Klubben Arena
03/06 Umea, SE House of Metal Festival
03/08 Helsinki, FI House of Cultre
03/10 Oslo, NO Centrum Scene
03/11 Gothenburg, SE Tragarn
03/12 Lund, SE Mejeriet
SIX FEET UNDER
Christmas Metal Meeting Tour 2009
w/ Illdisposed, Black-Out Beauty
12/02 Flensburg, DE Roxy Music Hall
12/03 Rostock, DE Alte Zuckerfabrik
12/04 Berlin, DE K 17
12/05 Leipzig, DE Hellraiser
12/06 Ludwigsburg, DE Rockfabrik
12/07 Lindau, DE Club Vaudeville
12/08 Würzburg, DE Posthallen
12/09 Wien, AT Viper Room
12/10 Klagenfurt, AT Stereo Club
12/11 Bischofswerda, DE East Club
12/12 Lengerich, DE Satans Convention
End Tour
04/30 Tilburg, NL Neurotic Deathfest
WHITECHAPEL
Tour w/ Trivium, Chimaira
03/05 Cardiff, UK University
03/06 Nottingham, UK Rock City
03/07 Stoke-On-Trent, UK Victoria Hall
03/08 Leeds, UK Metropolitan University
03/10 Newcastle, UK Academy
03/11 Iverness, UK Ironworks
03/12 Glasgow, UK Barrowlands
03/13 Manchester, UK Academy
03/14 Norwich, UK UEA
03/16 Plymouth, UK Pyramid Centre
03/17 London, UK Koko
03/18 London, UK Koko
03/20 Oxford, UK Academy
03/22 Folkestone, UK Leas Cliff Hall
03/23 Wolverhampton, UK Wulfrun Hall
03/24 Bristol, UK Academy
GOD DETHRONED
Triple Headline Tour
w/ Endstille, Hollenthon
11/13 Klagenfurt, AT Kwadrat
End Tour
11/14 Oldenburg, DE OldenBang Festival
GOATWHORE
Tour w/ Toxic Holocaust, Skeletonwitch
11/27 Nijmegen, NL Doornroosje
11/28 Gent, BE Minus One
11/29 Plymouth, UK White Rabbit
11/30 Glasgow, UK Ivory Blacks
12/01 Sheffield, UK Corporation
12/02 London, UK Underworld
12/03 Birmingham, UK Eddie's
12/05 Prestatyn Sands, UK Hard Rock Hell
12/07 Nantes, FR Le Ferrailleur
12/08 Trier, DE Exhaus
12/09 Hamburg, DE Hafenklang
12/10 Copenhagen, DK Loppen
12/11 Berlin, DE Cassiopeia
12/12 Bischofswerda, DE Eastclub
12/13 Wroclaw, PL Wagon
12/14 Prague, CZ 007
12/15 München, DE Feierwerk
12/16 Arcene, IT Soundcheck
12/17 Zürich, CH Abart
12/18 Darmstadt, DE Steinbruch Theater
12/19 Essen, DE Turock
EVERGREEN TERRACE
Persistence Tour 2009
w/ Ignite, Biohazard, Walls Of Jericho, Death By Stereo
11/27 Torhout, BE De Mast
11/28 Oberhausen, DE Turbinenhalle
11/29 Eindhoven, NL Klokgebouw w/ Gama Bomb
11/30 München, DE Backstage Werk
12/01 Wien, AT Gasometer
12/02 Würzburg, DE Posthalle
12/03 Paris, FR Elysée Montmartre
12/04 Saarbrücken, DE Garage
12/05 Dresden, DE Alter Schlachthof
12/06 Hamburg, DE Docks
HAIL OF BULLETS
11/14 Oldenburg, DE Kulturetage
12/11 Braunschweig, DE Jolly Joker
12/12 Enschede, NL Atak
04/16 Paderborn, DE Metal Inferno Festival
BOLT THROWER
04/30 Tilburg, NL Neurotic Deathfest
05/13 Dessau, DE Metalfest Open Air
05/15 Mining, AT Metalfest Open Air
CATARACT
11/14 Chur, CH Kulturhaus
11/28 Quedlinburg, DE KUZ
01/09 Ulm, DE Roxy
NEAERA
12/04 Oberhausen, DE Saint
12/05 Esch/Alzette, LU Kulturfabrik
12/25 Leipzig, DE Werk 2 Darkness Over X-Mas Tour
01/08 Istanbul, TR Studio Live
DISILLUSION
02/19 Arnsberg, DE Winternachtstraumfestival
BORN FROM PAIN
11/20 Wroclaw, PL Liverpool Club
11/21 Burkhardtsdorf, DE Zwönitztal Rockt Festival
11/27 Gräfenhainchen, DE Makonde
11/28 Saalfeld, DE Clubhaus
11/29 Eindhoven, NL Klokgebouw
12/03 Bucharest, RO Fabrica
12/04 Athen, GR Sin City Club
12/05 Sofia, BG The Box
12/06 Istanbul, TR Kernanci Rock Bar
12/08 Skopje, MK Havanna
12/09 Beograd, RS SKC
12/12 Neuwied, DE Full Metal Fortress
12/19 Bad Freienwalde, DE Metal gegen Rechts
12/25 Oettingen, DE JUZ
12/26 Rosswein, DE Juha
12/27 Erfurt, DE Unikum
12/29 Osnabrück, DE Bastard Club
01/08 Konstanz, DE Kulturladen
01/09 Ulm, DE Roxy
01/10 Röthis, AT K-Shake
01/22 Karlsruhe, DE Alte Hackerei
01/23 Izel, BE Nightfestmetal
02/12 Magdeburg, DE Blow Up
02/20 Losheim, DE Dead Train Festival
02/26 Saint Nazaire, FR VIP
02/27 Macon, FR Cave a Musique
03/11 Berlin, DE Cassiopeia
03/13 Zwickau, DE Alter Gasometer
05/22 Henin Beaumount, FR Larsen Metal Fest
06/19 Clisson, FR Hellfest
10/10 Röthis, AT K-Shake
ERN NON DAE.
11/14 Palencia, ES Atmosphera Zero w/Nahemah, Black Stage
11/15 Braga, PT Bracara Extreme Fest
11/17 Lisboa, PT Prayer Fest Act 2
11/18 Irun, ES Sala Tunk
Tour w/ Buried Inside, Tombs
11/19 Bilbao, ES Santana 27
12/05 Bayonne, FR MVC Balichon
Tour w/ Hacride
02/18 Toulouse, FR Le Bikini
POWERWOLF
11/21 Dietikon, CH Sounddock 14
12/19 Konstanz, DE Kulturladen Metal Bash IV
04/03 Lübeck, DE Rocktower-Festival
04/17 Paderborn, DE Metal Inferno Festival
05/13 Dessau, DE Metalfest Open Air
05/15 Mining, AT Metalfest Open Air
DESASTER
11/20 Rome, IT Jailbreak Club
11/28 Lorrach, DE Metal Forces Festival
12/19 Bamberg, DE Christmal Metal Meeting
01/23 Hamm, DE Winternoise Festival
MALEFICE
12/06 Milton Keynes, UK SnoBar
12/11 Bournemouth, UK Sound Circus
12/12 Wales, UK Club Y Bont w/ Anterior
12/13 London, UK Garage
Tour w/ Kittie, It Dies Today
01/02 Wetzlar, DE Franzis
01/03 Hamburg, DE Hafenklang
01/05 Copenhagen, DK Vega Jr.
01/06 Berlin, DE Magnet
01/07 Cologne, DE Underground
01/08 Karlsruhe, DE Die Stadtmitte
01/09 Ravenna, IT Rock Planet
01/10 Zürich, CH Dynamo
01/12 Paris, FR Trabendo
01/13 Zaandam, NL De Kade
01/14 Dordrecht, NL Bibelot
01/15 Aarschot, BE JC De Klinker
01/16 Leeds, UK Rio
01/17 Newcastle, UK Academy 2
01/19 Reading, UK SubLive
01/20 Manchester, UK Moho Live
01/21 Stoke, UK Sugarmill
01/22 Birmingham, UK Academy 2
01/23 London, UK Underworld
AEON
Tour w/ Mayhem
11/25 Gothenburg, SE Musikens Hus
11/27 Stockholm, SE Klubben
11/28 Östersund, SE Gamla Tingshuset
ANTERIOR
12/12 Wales, UK Club Y Bont w/ Malefice
THE ROTTED
Tour w/ Alestorm, Eden's Curse
12/06 Manchester, UK Moho Live
12/07 Sheffield, UK Corporation
12/08 Dudley, UK JBs
12/09 Glasgow, UK Cathouse
12/10 Nottingham, UK Rock City
12/11 Wrexham, UK Central Station
End Tour
12/12 Enschede, NL Atak Headbanging Festival
LAY DOWN ROTTEN
11/21 Mörfelden, DE Knüppeldämmerung
12/12 Deutschlandsberg, AT Live Club
12/19 Wien, AT Escape
Tour w/ Disbelief, Gorilla Monsoon
01/13 Bremen, DE Tower
01/14 Ludwigsburg, DE Rockfabrik
01/15 Siegen, DE Blue Box
01/16 Essen, DE Turock
01/17 Ingolstadt, DE Paradox
01/18 Wien, AT Viper Room
01/19 Nürnberg, DE Z-Bau
01/20 Jena, DE Rosenkeller
01/21 Rostock, DE Alte Zuckerfabrik
01/23 Bischofswerda, DE East Club
ANIMA
11/13 Siegen, DE Blue Box
11/28 Marchtrenk, AT Volkshaus
12/05 Dresden, DE Beatclub
12/23 Amberg, DE Rockdomizil
02/26 Ilsenburg, DE Café am Heizhaus
05/22 Wien, AT Escape
Australian Tour Dates:
AMON AMARTH
11/24 Perth, AU Capitol
11/26 Brisbane, AU Hi-Fi
11/27 Melbourne, AU Billboard The Venue
11/28 Sydney, AU Metro
South American Tour Dates:
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER
12/04 Caracas, VE Moulin Rouge
12/05 Bogota, CO Teatro La Mamma
12/06 Quito, EC El Aguijon
12/08 Santiago, CL Galpon Victor Jara
12/09 Buenos Aires, AR Asbury Rock
12/10 Rosario, AR El Sotano
12/12 Sao Paulo, BR Inferno Club
Metal Blade Records is pleased to announce the signing of extreme modern metal act SYSTEM DIVIDE, featuring Sven De Caluwe (Aborted) and Miri Milman (ex-Distorted) on vocals, Cole Martinez (ex-Years Of Fire, Antenora) and Joseph Spiller (ex-The Binary Code) on guitars, Andrew Lenthe (Antenora) on bass, and Mike Heller (Malignancy) on drums. SYSTEM DIVIDE has already completed a video for the song The Apex Doctrine off the bands current EP, which will also be on the band’s full-length Metal Blade debut. Check out a trailer for the new video below and be sure to head over to SYSTEM DIVIDE’s MySpace page to listen to the tracks The Apex Doctrine and (n)Ether. Stay tuned for more information including when and where the video for The Apex Doctrine will premiere, track listing and release date of the band’s debut full-length album The Conscious Sedation, and tour dates.
ARTWORK FOR CHARRED WALLS OF THE DAMNED SELF-TITLED ALBUM NOW AVAILABLE
The mighty Behemoth will once again be returning to North American soil in 2010! This is their first tour in the region since their massively successful summer with the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Fest. Following Mayhem, Behemoth’s Evangelion reached enormous heights, coming in at #56 on the Billboard Top 200, #61 on Canada’s Top 200, and three weeks straight at #1 in Poland before being certified gold in their home country.
Swedish death metal veterans, Impious, are poised to unleash their third album on Metal Blade Records, Death Domination. We could tell you all day long how good this band is, how they’ve been crushing audiences worldwide since 1994, and how their new album is a crushing slab of death metal - OR, you could head on over to 
As I Lay Dying is currently holed up with Adam D. and Daniel Castleman at Lambesis Studios in San Diego, CA. They’re hard at work recording and writing their follow up to 2007’s An Ocean Between Us. The band will be recording and writing throughout the rest of 2009 and vocalist Tim Lambesis has issued the following update via the band’s myspace page:
The almighty GWAR have unleashed upon the unwitting populace of North America a special collection of classics from the GWARchives. America Must Be Destroyed, GWAR’s 1992 opus, can now be purchased in a special edition digipak that’s also crammed with a DVD that includes the seminal GWAR films Tour De Scum and Phallus In Wonderland. Never before have they all been available in one package for you to get your clammy human hands on!
Tampa, FL's kings of groove laden death metal SIX FEET UNDER are back with their 3rd installment of the band's cover series, Graveyard Classics 3, due out on Metal Blade Records January 19th 2010. Graveyard Classics 3 was recorded at D.O.I. Digital Audio in Tampa, FL, was mixed at Audiohammer Studios by Mark Lewis, and was produced by Chris Barnes.
MetalInjection.net, the internet’s source for the most (in quantity and substance) metal videos, is bringing you the latest assault from Hail Of Bullets! Warsaw Rising, from the EP of the same title, is a live video that features Martin Van Drunen and co.’s crushing live show. The video can be seen RIGHT NOW on 
We are extremely proud to announce that the newest Behemoth album, Evangelion turned gold in Poland! The album had its premiere on August, 7th and debuted on the second place on the Polish charts. During the next 3 weeks the album was located at no. 1 in Poland.
The mighty Cannibal Corpse are proud to announce that they are heading back to South America for a string of dates in February 2010! Cannibal Corpse has made regular trips to South America during their long and storied career and have always had a blast playing for some of the most ravenous metal fans in the world.
Lazarus A.D.’s Jeff Paulick checks in from the road!
Two of Doom Metal’s most acclaimed acts will team up for a two week U.S. tour this winter as the legendary PENTAGRAM joins forces with celebrated “True Heavy Metal” band THE GATES OF SLUMBER. The 11 city tour will launch on January 15, 2010 in Springfield, VA.
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