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CANNIBAL CORPSE: Reigning Kings Of Death Metal Set To Release Twelfth Studio Album
Artwork, Track Listing And First Single Revealed
America's reigning kings of brutality, CANNIBAL CORPSE, will unleash their twelfth studio offering this March via Metal Blade Records. Aptly titled Torture, the follow-up to 2009's Evisceration Plague offers up 12 tracks of maniacally precise, soul-searing death metal. Torture was again produced by Hate Eternal's Erik Rutan at his own Mana Recording Studio in St. Petersburg, Florida as well as Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas, and features the maniacal cover art by longtime CANNIBAL CORPSE artist, Vincent Locke, viewable HERE.
While Torture marks the latest progression in the band's sound, it also witnesses a return to what drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz accurately terms "the frenzied attack of Butchered At Birth (1991) or Tomb Of The Mutilated (1992)," infusing the band's advanced musicianship with the raw savagery that haunted their earlier releases, and in the process conceiving the definitive CANNIBAL CORPSE record. Adds bassist Alex Webster on the outcome of the record: "We're extremely happy with how Torture turned out. Erik Rutan did an amazing job with the production, and the songwriting and performances may be our strongest yet. We can't wait until our fans get to hear the whole thing!"
Witness the gutting sounds of "Demented Aggression," the band's first single, as well as studio footage, at the official CANNIBAL CORPSE landing page, at THIS LOCATION.
Torture Track Listing:
01. Demented Aggression
02. Sarcophagic Frenzy
03. Scourge of Iron
04. Encased in Concrete
05. As Deep As the Knife Will Go
06. Intestinal Crank
07. Followed Home Then Killed
08. The Strangulation Chair
09. Caged…Contorted
10. Crucifier Avenged
11. Rabid
12. Torn Through
As a precursor to the release, CANNIBAL CORPSE will perform a special one-off show at the Culture Room in West Palm Beach, Florida on January 22nd then head to the seas to take part in this year's edition of the 70,000 Tons Of Metal Cruise. The band will get a short break before a near month-long march through Europe on the Full Of Hate 2012 tour with labelmates Behemoth.
Torture will be released in North America on March 13, 2012.
CANNIBAL CORPSE:
Alex Webster - Bass
Paul Mazurkiewicz - Drums
Rob Barrett - Guitar
Patrick O'Brien - Guitar
George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher - Vocals
https://www.facebook.com/cannibalcorpse
http://www.metalblade.com/cannibalcorpse
LAY DOWN ROTTEN launch landing page for 'Mask Of Malice' and post first new song, reveal cover art!
New album to be released February, 28th in North America
German Death Metallers LAY DOWN ROTTEN have finished the recordings for their upcoming new album Mask Of Malice to be released February, 24th in G/A/S, 27th in the rest of Europe and the UK, and 28th in North America!
Metal Blade has now launched a landing page that includes pre-order links as well as the brand new song Deathchain! Head over to metalblade.com/laydownrotten to check it out!
Comments the band:"After three years we are back at the front with our new album MASK OF MALICE that features 10 death metal grenades! We are honored to present our new guitarist and songwriter Kensington who is responsible for most of the killer riffs on this album. MASK OF MALICE is our darkest record to date concerning both the music and the lyrics. Our main interest was to reflect the nature of human malice in our recent music which express in straight forward up-tempo smashers and pounding mid tempo songs. We are grateful for everyone who was involved in this recording of this album!"
Track listing Mask Of Malice:
1. Deathchain
2. A Darker Shade Of Hatred
3. Nightfall
4. Mask Of Malice
5. …And Out Come The Wolves
6. Swallow The Bitterness
7. Hades Resurrected
8. The Devil Grins
9. La Serpenta Canta
10. The Loss
LAY DOWN ROTTEN formed in 1999 and have released seven studio albums since then. Their new album Mask Of Malice is their eighth and successor to Gospel Of The Wretched (2009), an album that was mixed and mastered by scene icon Dan Swanö. Martin van Drunen, Marc Grewe as well as Swanö himself contributed guest vocals on the album. LAY DOWN ROTTEN have been playing shows and tours throughout Europe including prestigious festival appearances at Summer Breeze, Party.San, With Full Force, Deathfeast and Fuck The Commerce.
LAY DOWN ROTTEN:
Jost Kleinert – vocals
Nils Förster – guitars
Daniel 'Kensington' Seifert – guitars
Uwe Kilian – bass
Timo Claas – drums
LAY DOWN ROTTEN live:
28/01/12 – DE – Neuss – Battles In The Norf 9 @ Greyhound
10/02/12 – DE – Leipzig – Burning Ballroom
24/02/12 – DE – Siegen – Vortex (release party)
27/04/12 – DE – Paderborn – Metal Inferno Festival 8
09/06/12 – DE – Reichenbach – ChronicalMoshers Open Air
http://www.laydownrotten.com
http://www.myspace.com/mylaydownrotten
http://www.facebook.com/laydownrotten
THE DEVIL'S BLOOD: New Track Streaming Via Decibel Magazine
With just one week away from its North American release, Decibel Magazine is currently streaming "Die The Death" from The Thousandfold Epicentre, the forthcoming new full-length from occult rock conjurers, THE DEVIL'S BLOOD. "Die The Death" is the third track off a record Decibel calls "a rollicking adventure somewhere between early '80s heavy metal and '70s Canterbury scene."
Noted founder/band leader SL of the offering: "The Thousandfold Epicentre has become a beautiful and horrible child, a child that is about to be offered up unto the Bull headed God. Within the flames of its creation we have heated our irons for the branding of the world. Within its words and music lies the entrance to the path towards the crossroads, towards the unending singularity and beyond. Our children for Moloch! Hail Satan!"
Witness "Die The Death" HERE.
"…an 11-track opus of maximum cosmic significance." -- Decibel Magazine
"THE DEVIL'S BLOOD set the underground alight with an occult-rock conflagration that manages to invoke the misty gallop of Heart and Fleetwood Mac, the bizarre prophetism of Roky Erickson and the jangly doom boogie of Pentagram." -- Terrorizer Magazine
"On their sophomore album, Dutch act THE DEVIL'S BLOOD deliver NWOBHM-kissed riffs and melodic female vocals like its 1980 all over again." – Noisecreep
"THE DEVIL'S BLOOD are entity onto themselves, and could very well be considered metal's most valid Satanic band." – Blistering
"The Thousandfold Epicentre is capable of alluring visions, a veritable siren's song of majesty and grace." -- Bloody Good Horror
"Fronted by a sultry female vixen who spouts about riding on the wings of demons and ghastly horrors, the band is like some LSD-fueled trip through '70s rock. It's hard to resist, and packs almost 75 minutes of content into its frame." -- About.com
http://www.thedevilsblood.com
http://www.facebook.com/thedevilsblood
http://www.metalblade.com/thedevilsblood
POWERWOLF to play special show in Saarbrücken/Germany on February, 19th!
On February 19th, mighty POWERWOLF will perform a special show metal mass at the Garage club in Saarbrücken, Germany. A special set list, pyro madness and extended lightning mayhem included, so don't miss this unholy night.
As a special souvenir, every visitor will get this free exclusive Din A1 Art-Poster designed by Matthew Greywolf.
Ticket presale: http://www.saarevent.com
POWERWOLF will embark on a headlining tour in spring 2012 to celebrate the metal mass at full length. The Wolfsnächte tour 2012 will be completed by MYSTIC PROPHECY and STORMWARRIOR. Opening up will be the French fellow pack of LONEWOLF. Be prepared for unholy nights full of metal madness.
Presented by Metal Hammer, Rock It, Legacy, Noizeletter, Heavy, Musix, BLAST!
Wolfsnächte-Tour 2012
POWERWOLF
+ MYSTIC PROPHECY
+ STORMWARRIOR
30/03/12 – DE - Lindau - Club Vaudeville
31/03/12 – AT – Wörgl – Komma
01/04/12 – DE - Ludwigsburg – Rockfabrik
05/04/12 – DE – Hannover – Musikzirkus
06/04/12 – NL – Kerkrade – The Rock Temple
07/04/12 - CH – Zizers – Eventstage
08/04/12 – BE – Mons – PPM Fest
09/04/12 – DE - Augsburg – Spectrum
13/04/12 – DE – Langen – Stadthalle
14/04/12 – DE – Berlin – C-Club
27/04/12 – DE – Speyer - Halle 101
28/04/12 - DE - Geiselwind – Musichall
29/04/12 - DE - Hamburg – Markthalle
30/04/12 - DE - Bochum – Matrix
Order your ticket + the rare 4-song tour-EP 'Wolfsnächte' now at: www.hardticket.eu.
The tour EP features previously unreleased and rare songs from all the bands of the tour lineup. There are rare Japanese bonus songs from both Mystic Prophecy and Stormwarrior and headliners Powerwolf even contribute an exclusive brand new studio track entitled "Living on a Nightmare".
tracklist of the "Wolfsnächte 2012 Tour EP":
1. Powerwolf - Living on a Nightmare
2. Mystic Prophecy - World Of Emptiness
3. Stormwarrior - Metal Legacy (live)
4. Lonewolf - Army Of The Damned
Watch POWERWOLF's video for "We Drink Your Blood" at http://www.youtube.com
POWERWOLF's latest album Blood Of The Saints has been released July, 29 (G/A/S) / August, 1 via Metal Blade Records in Europe. The album is out as a regular CD, a limited edition Digibook 2-CD and on vinyl. The album entered the German album charts on position 23 and the Swiss album charts on position 75!
http://www.metalblade.com/powerwolf
http://www.powerwolf.net
http://www.facebook.com/powerwolfmetal
http://www.myspace.com/powerwolfmetal
Cattle Decapitation Begins Recording New Album!
Cattle Decapitation entered Denver, CO's FLATLINE AUDIO on January 7th to record the highly anticipated follow-up to their critically-acclaimed album The Harvest Floor (2009 on Metal Blade Records).
Front man Travis Ryan has this to say: "We spent the first two days mapping out tempos and getting things situated, drums mic'd all that stuff. Just started tracking drums today and everything is sounding great! We're excited to start laying down some tones and getting this beast finished and in the hands of our fans and friends."
The band has a small crew filming all steps of the way so fans of the band can look forward to studio video reports via the band's YOUTUBE channel and getting the full album details in the coming weeks when album title, cover image and track listing as well as immediate U.S. and European tour plans are revealed!
The new album will be the follow up to the critically acclaimed The Harvest Floor. The album is widely accepted as the band's most accomplished and best release to date. The CD garnered heaps of praise from fans and press alike.
"Lyrically and musically, The Harvest Floor is an impressive work of art…there's a sophistication to every aspect of this album that wasn't present on earlier efforts." Alternative Press Magazine
"It's a requiem in the slaughterhouse. Guts swamp the floor, and Cattle Decapitation are bursting at the seams." Decibel Magazine
"This isn't just some angry metal band, these are musicians and artists out to create something genuine or die trying." CraveOnline.com
"Cattle Decapitation have the sort of skills that put them squarely at the head of grind's noisy pack." MetalSucks.net
"The Harvest Floor is the band's most brutally intense work to date." Thrasher Magazine
The Harvest Floor CD and picture disc vinyl are available now at indiemerch.com.
Stay up to date with all things Cattle Decapitation at the following locations:
http://www.youtube.com/officialcattledecap
http://www.facebook.com/cattledecapitation
http://twitter.com/cattledecap
http://www.cattledecapitation.com/
JIM FLORENTINE and DON JAMIESON set to tour with Andrew Dice Clay!
Metal Blade recording artists and That Metal Show hosts Jim Florentine and Don Jamieson will be hitting the road at the end of February. They'll be performing their comedy routines on a short string of dates as the openers for the legendary Andrew Dice Clay. The tour begins February 26th at Comedy Zone in Charlotte, NC. The list of dates is below, along with links to each club's website for more info and to order tickets.
Don Jamieson comments on the tour: "Me, Jim Florentine and Dice - The Sideburns, the Voice & the Living Legend. It's the ultimate rock 'n roll comedy show!". Jim Florentine adds: "It's an honor to be working with 2 of my friends on this short run of dates. Knowing the jokes we all do, the tour should be called '3 Slobs!'"
Jim Florentine released his latest standup CD/DVD, Cringe 'n' Purge, on October 25th, 2011 and debuted at #5 on the Billboard Comedy charts and #3 on the iTunes comedy charts! Florentine appeared on Jimmy Kimme Live! in 2011 to promote his part in the film A Little Help, starring The Office's Jenna Fischer. Florentine is best known for his work on Comedy Central's show Crank Yankers where he performed the voice of Special Ed, a mentally challenged teenager, and Bobby Fletcher, a despicable, alcoholic slob who is the older cousin of Ed.
Don Jamieson first ever live standup CD, Live & Hilarious, was released on April 26th, 2011. Jamieson started his career as one of the young and talented comedy minds at MTV helping to launch the careers of comics like Jon Stewart, Kevin James, Pauly Shore (sorry) and Tom Green. Amongst his many accomplishments, Jamieson won an Emmy for his work on HBO's Inside the NFL.
Andrew Dice Clay, known as "The Undisputed Heavyweight Comedy King", has been touring in the comedy circuit for over 30 years and is the only comedian ever to sell out Madison Square Garden two nights in a row. Most recently, he appeared as himself in a recurring role on the final season of HBO's Entourage.
JIM FLORENTINE and DON JAMIESON
Tour w/ Andrew Dice Clay
02/26 Charlotte, NC Comedy Zone
02/27 Atlanta, GA The Punchline
02/28 Birmingham, AL Stardome
02/29 Nashville, TN Zanie's Comedy Club
03/01 Louisville, KY Louisville Improv
http://www.jimflorentine.com
http://www.donjamieson.com
http://andrewdiceclay.com
Cory Smoot CD Release / Memorial Show is Huge Success
On Saturday night, January 7th, 2012, the metal community took another step in dealing with the tragic death of long-time GWAR guitarist Cory Smoot by holding the first of two events in a three-show schedule of shows designed to support the Smoot Family Foundation and honor the life of this prolific artist, who died of a heart attack this past November at the age of only 34.
Cory had played the role of Flattus Maximus in the world’s most infamous band for eleven years, as well as participated in many side projects, while at the same time producing and engineering tons of records at his always busy Karma Studios. In doing so he had become a treasured part of the local and national metal scene, and they turned out in force to both events, opening their hearts to Cory’s family in a completely selfless display of solidarity, respect, and generosity.
Cory’s widow, Jaime, who is pregnant with Cory’s child, had this message for the fans-
"I want to sincerely thank ALL the friends and fans for their amazing donations and support!! Thanks to Eve and Brent for organizing the events, to the businesses that contributed raffle prizes, and to the venues and bands for making the shows awesome!! You guys made Cory, the baby and me very proud!"
Show highlights included Lamb of God lead singer Randy Blythe singing for thrashers Cannabis Corpse. Blythe was later joined by Municipal Waste lead singer Tony Foresta in shearing off five years of hair from GWAR lead singer Dave Brockie’s head, which was raffled off to a lucky winner but ended up everywhere. But the most stirring performance came from Cory’s band mates Mensrea, who pulled themselves together for a powerful and emotional tribute to the life of this truly amazing man.
The show Saturday night at the Canal Club was also the CD release party for Cory’s solo record, "When Worlds Collide", which will be coming out on Metal Blade Records soon. The next planned event is on March 16th, when GWAR, Municipal Waste, and Ghoul will play at the National Theater. All funds raised at the show will go to the Smoot Family Fund. For those who can’t make it and still wish to donate, they can do so HERE.
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