Tour Starts June 29th in San Bernardino, CA. Get your Tickets NOW at www.rockstarmayhemfest.com or www.livenation.com
ATTIKA 7 (http://www.attika7.com) and SCORPION CHILD (http://www.scorpionchild.com) have just been added to the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL this summer. Both bands will be playing all tour dates with SCORPION CHILD headlining the Sumerian Stage and ATTIKA 7 playing the Musician’s Institute Stage. To see all the bands playing this summer on Mayhem, check out the Mayhem website at http://rockstarmayhemfest.com/bands.
What goes better with blistering heavy metal and hot summer weather than an ice cold beer? Nothing! Now you can refresh yourself at a low price of just $4 for a value beer at your local ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL stop this summer. Look for the value beer stations throughout the venue. ***NOTE: Beer will be $5 in Houston and prices vary in Bangor and Boise
Take the official ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL survey now! By completing this survey, you could be selected as a Mayhem Reporter member to receive a FREE VIP PASS to the 2013 ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL date of your choice. The fest will be selecting 10 members for each date of the tour and selected reporters will be announced via email and posted on www.mayhemreporters.com next week.
For more information on these items and more, visit www.rockstarmayhemfest.com.
Take a look at what some of this year’s festival artists are doing RIGHT NOW:
* CHILDREN OF BODOM guitarist & vocalist ALEXI LAIHO joins SiriusXM host Jose Mangin for an in-studio hang to talk about their 9th studio album Halo Of Blood, and about their summer run on the 6th annual ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL. Encore Broadcasts: Friday, June 14th @ 8pm ET / 5pm PT and Sunday, June 16th @ 11am ET / 8am PT and also available on SiriusXM On Demand
* HUNTRESS is having a “Virtual Yard Sale” to raise funds for the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL this summer! There are only 14 DAYS LEFT in the fundraiser! New perks added! Check out this hilarious video (http://youtu.be/TjhuNFP1gD8) they made and visit their indiegogo page for more info! More info: http://igg.me/at/huntress/x/3392973
In addition to the new bands announced above, artists performing this year include main stage metal and horror legend, festival closer ROB ZOMBIE, plus, the triple gold certified FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH and a monster lineup that includes additional main stage bands MASTODON and AMON AMARTH. The festival area is led by stage closers CHILDREN OF BODOM and MACHINE HEAD as well as JOB FOR A COWBOY, EMMURE, BORN OF OSIRIS, MOTIONLESS IN WHITE, BUTCHER BABIES, BATTLECROSS, HUNTRESS, THROWN INTO EXILE and CITY IN THE SEA.
The ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL will stop in 26 cities across the United States and Canada as it makes its way to the Gexa Energy Pavilion in Dallas, Texas on August 4th, 2013. Dates and venues are listed below. Fans can go to http://www.rockstarmayhemfest.com to keep up with additional details as they are released.
Tour dates are as follows:
Date City Venue
6/29 San Bernardino, CA San Manuel Amphitheater
6/30 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
7/2 Boise, ID Idaho Center Amphitheatre
7/3 Auburn, WA White River Amphitheater
7/5 Phoenix, AZ Desert Sky Pavilion
7/6 Albuquerque, NM Isleta Amphitheatre
7/7 Denver, CO Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
7/10 Toronto, ON Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
7/12 Burgettstown, PA First Niagara Pavilion
7/13 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain
7/14 Darien Center, NY Darien Lake PAC
7/16 Mansfield, MA Comcast Center
7/17 Bangor, ME Bangor Waterfront
7/19 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
7/20 Saratoga Springs, NY SPAC
7/21 Hartford, CT The Comcast Theatre
7/23 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
7/24 Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live
7/26 Noblesville, IN Klipsch Music Center
7/27 Tinley Park, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
7/28 Clarkston, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
7/30 Atlanta, GA Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood
7/31 Tampa, FL Live Nation Amphitheatre at the Florida
State Fairgrounds
8/2 Austin, TX Austin360 Amphitheater
8/3 The Woodlands, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Massachusetts Melodic Deathcore 5-piece A Wanted Awakening announce the addition of guitarist Mat Woodard of Charlton, Massachusetts to the band. Mat was formerly a member of Still Silent and Our Name is Legion. He is a longtime friend of the band and AWA looks forward to writing new music with him.
STATEMENT FROM MAT WOODARD:
“It is an absolute honor to be a part of this band, I’ve been a fan and friend of these guys for a very long time and the transition into the lineup felt natural and familiar. I’m excited to be able to shred next to some of my best friends and help achieve the goals A Wanted Awakening desires. Everyone has been awesome at welcoming me into the AWA family and I know I’ll do the fans proud by filling some very big shoes that Derek left behind.“
A WANTED AWAKENING released Catharsis on June 24th, 2012. Catharsis is a culmination of years of hard work and dedication by AWA to put forth their best work yet. The album consists of 10 songs that range from the trendy djent style, to epic power metal, to straight deathcore and anywhere in between.
REVOCATION‘s self-titled new album will be released in Europe on August 2nd, The UK August 5th and August 6th in North America via Relapse Records. This is their 4th full-length release and the first featuring new bassist Brett Bamberger. The artwork was created by Orion Landau (Dying Fetus, Obscura, Nile).
Today a trailer for the albums has been made available HERE. The trailer features 30 seconds of new music. Additionally, the album is now available for pre-order in exclusive bundle packages at The Relapse Records Online Store. The album will be available in a deluxe CD, standard CD, 2xLP and Digital Formats. The Deluxe CD and LP contain an exclusive bonus track, a cover of the Metallica classic “Dyers Eve”.
Throughout the recording process the band had cameras rolling capturing everything. From this footage REVOCATION has put together a series of videos detailing different aspects of the recording process. Today the band has posted
The first in-studio video focuses on the drums and bass and can be viewed HERE. Additionally the clip features 10 seconds of new REVOCATION music. The second video in the series focusing on the guitar and bass tracking and features 10 seconds of brand new REVOCATION material. Check it out HERE. The third video, which focuses on the recording of the vocals can be viewed HERE
REVOCATION will be taking part in this year’s Summer Slaughter Tour, alongside the likes of Dillenger Escape Plan, Cattle Decapitation and others. The tour starts July 19th in San Francisco, CA and runs through August 20th in Portland, OR. In addition to the Summer Slaughter dates, the band has announced a handful of headline shows leading up to the Summer Slaughter and immediately following the tour. All dates are listed below.
REVOCATION is available for interviews upon request. To speak with the band, please contact the relevant publicity contact listed below. Updated REVOCATION news and tour information will be made available at the Relapse Records website, the REVOCATIONFacebook page.
REVOCATION Tracklisting:
1. The Hive
2. Scattering the Flock
3. Arch Fiend
4. Numbing Agents
5. Fracked
6. The Gift You Gave
7. Invidious
8. Spastic
9. Entombed By Wealth
10. A Visitation
REVOCATION Headline Dates:
7/14 Reading, PA @ Reverb
7/15 Peoria, IL @ Brass Rail
7/18 Reno, NV @ Knitting Factory
***THE SUMMER SLAUGHTER TOUR. All Dates from July 19 – Aug 16 with/ The Dillinger Escape Plan, Animals as Leaders, Periphery, Norma Jean, Cattle Decapitation, The Ocean, Revocation, Aeon, Rings of Saturn, Thy Art is Murder***
7/19-San Francisco, CA @ The Regency
7/20-Los Angeles, CA @ House of Blues
7/21-Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory
7/24-Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom
7/25-Austin, TX @ Scoot Inn
7/26-Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
7/27-Houston, TX @ House of Blues
7/29-Orlando, FL @ House of Blues (NO CATTLE DECAPITATION)
7/30-Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
7/31-Knoxville, TN @ Old City Courtyard
8/01-Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues
8/02-Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore
8/03-Worcester, MA @ The Palladium (NO NORMA JEAN)
Today marks the release of Whatever It Takes, the new, hard-hitting album from Canadian heavy-metallers MAGNUS RISING. Check out a brand new review from ABORT Magazine at this link that states, “This album proves that [MAGNUS RISING is] willing to do whatever it takes to succeed, and definitely proves that they deserve it.” While you’re on the web, check out the official Whatever It Takes album teaser with some great studio and live footage here: http://vimeo.com/50507783.
In other news, MAGNUS RISING can now announce that they will be performing at a festival in Canada this August with headliners 3 Inches of Blood. More details will surface soon about this upcoming event. Also, the band is finishing up on their new music video for the ‘The Drill’ and will be releasing that to the web soon.
Today, the band is hosting an album release party at Rickshaw in Vancouver. Doors are at 7pm and the show begins at 8pm. See the event poster below for details.
Whatever It Takes is about making music on the band’s terms and defying the odds – and odds they have defied! MAGNUS RISING have soared, trekking back and forth across the country, always working to rock bigger crowds in more badass venues. In their western home, they’ve opened for metal powerhouses Iced Earth, Forbidden and Raven – bands who have showed them that time is irrelevant. Their dedication has paid off in droves building a sound all their own. Layered with emotion, feeling and aggression, MAGNUS RISING is reminiscent of a passionate punch in the jaw.
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Massachusetts metallers REVOCATION have completed work on the follow up to their critically acclaimed 2011 Relapse Records release Chaos of Forms. The new album is set for release this summer, with further details including release date, album art and album title coming soon.
Throughout the recording process the band had cameras rolling capturing everything. From this footage REVOCATION has put together a series of videos detailing different aspects of the recording process. Today the band has premiered the second video in the series focusing on the guitar and bass tracking. This video also features 10 seconds of brand new REVOCATION material. Check it out HERE.
The first in-studio video focuses on the drums and bass and can be viewed HERE. Additionally the clip features 10 seconds of new REVOCATION music.
REVOCATION will be taking part in this year’s Summer Slaughter Tour, alongside the likes of Dillenger Escape Plan, Cattle Decapitation and others. The tour starts July 19th in San Francisco, CA and runs through August 20th in Portland, OR.
REVOCATION is available for interviews upon request. To speak with the band, please contact the relevant publicity contact listed below. Updated REVOCATION news and tour information will be made available at the Relapse Records website, the REVOCATIONFacebook page.
***THE SUMMER SLAUGHTER TOUR. All Dates from July 19 – Aug 16 with/ The Dillinger Escape Plan, Animals as Leaders, Periphery, Norma Jean, Cattle Decapitation, The Ocean, Revocation, Aeon, Rings of Saturn, Thy Art is Murder***
7/19-San Francisco, CA @ The Regency
7/20-Los Angeles, CA @ House of Blues
7/21-Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory
7/24-Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom
7/26-Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
7/27-Houston, TX @ House of Blues
7/29-Orlando, FL @ House of Blues (NO CATTLE DECAPITATION)
7/30-Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
7/31-Knoxville, TN @ Old City Courtyard
8/01-Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues
8/02-Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore
8/03-Worcester, MA @ The Palladium (NO NORMA JEAN)
L-R: Mason Le Von – Drums | Spencer Le Von – Vocals/ Guitar | Adam Zlotnik – Bass | Eytan Gordon – Guitar
Canadian thrash monsters FATALITY are unleashing their new album entitled ‘Psychonaut’ for release on June 28th, 2013 along with an epic tour of Canada and the USA that will kick off in Oshawa, ON June 21st and wrap up in Buffalo, NY on August 28th.
Guitarist Eytan Gordon comments:
“We are very pleased with how Pyschonaut sounds and are very proud of the new single “Thoughts Collide”. We are incredibly excited to get back out on the road and play the new music for all our fans. Thanks to all who have contributed through our indiegogo campaign and helped further us along to make this coming year an unforgettable one!”
FATALITY are now streaming their first single ‘Thoughts Collide’ at the following link: http://snd.sc/11r4AeF.
(Track listing to be revealed soon.)
To fund their new album, upcoming tour and music video, FATALITY are reaching out to fans to raise $10,000 by June 4th through a crowd funding campaign on Indiegogo.com linked to http://fatality.ca. Successfully raising over $3,000 in just the first week, fans continue to support the campaign and album through this new initiative.
“Smarter, stronger and musically tighter than ever, FATALITY are now ready to unleash their sophomore album on their adoring public. Entitled Psychonaut, their new record is at once a darker and more mature effort, with more complex arrangements and sophisticated concepts, that still retains their trademark energy and commitment to drunken mayhem. Tracks like “Thoughts Collide” and “Before The Collapse” delve deep into the sodden minds of their creators, bubbling with the strange alchemy of pop culture. Set to be released June 28th, 2013 Psychonaut is an exploration of the inner landscape of the mind, where addled thoughts and horror-polluted dreams are held up to musical scrutiny. Monstrous, ambitious, and sardonically funny as ever, FATALITY are taking their unique sound and boundless energy to the next level.” – Natalie Zina Walschots of Golden Spruce Entertainment.
FATALITY is also planning on releasing a music video in support of the new single, which will be directed by Matthew Chrones Scott of BLEEDINGHEART Productions (bleedingheartproductions.ca) and is set for release this June.
Catch FATALITY on the road this summer supporting their new album:
June 21 – Oshawa, ON CD release @ The Atria
June 22 - TBA
June 23 – Belleville, ON @ Bell Pub
June 28 – Toronto CD release @ Sneaky Dee’s – CD Launch Show w/ Shotgun Cure, Call of The Wild – Events Details
About:Toronto, Canada’s high-energy, modern thrash monsters Fatality have been cranking out wise-cracking, beer-drenched nightmares together since 2003. Known for their wild, riotous live performances and their peerless work ethic, they have been independently booking and promoting their own shows, creating great merch, touring North America, and making some great tunes along the way. Few bands embody the DIY spirit as fully as Fatality consistently do, and no other bands have as much fun working their asses off.
Fatality’s debut effort, Beers From The Grave, was an irreverent, horror-themed album that eschewed seriousness in favour of hard living and good times. Decibel Magazine quipped that, on Beers From The Grave,“solos fly with reckless abandon, the bass is audible and practically so are the beers being cracked open. These guys must have awesome parties.” Hellbound.ca stated that Fatality are “a bundle of crass, explosive, obnoxiously positive energy spewing beer and shrapnel.” Part homage to classic zombie apocalypse horror and part retro-thrash ruckus, Beers From The Grave was an exciting, riotously messy debut.
After supporting Beers From The Grave with East coast Canadian tours, and being invited to share the stage with the likes of Exodus, Municipal Waste, Holy Grail and Razor, the thrash rockers went back to the studio and emerged with still more new material. Three rough-and-tumble, irresistibly catchy singles — “T.F.E.S.”, “Uppercut” and “Hammerfist” — were bundled together as a free EP. While most bands would have simply released a free record and called it a day, Fatality supported their singles with North American tours, winning hearts, destroying livers and splitting eardrums along the way. After those adventures, Fatality went into a period of hiatus. They emerged from this creative cocoon and re-instated their original drummer, Mason LeVon (brother to guitarist and vocalist Spencer LeVon, who replaced longtime friend and skinsman Andrew Suarez), and new musical vision. In early 2012, the band began writing a brand-new full-length, unquestionably their most ambitious project to date.
Smarter, stronger and musically tighter than ever, Fatality are now ready to unleash their sophomore album on their adoring public. Entitled Psychonaut, their new record is at once a darker and more mature effort, with more complex arrangements and sophisticated concepts that still retains their trademark energy and commitment to drunken mayhem. Tracks like “Thoughts Collide” and “Before The Collapse” delve deep into the sodden minds of their creators, bubbling with the strange alchemy of pop culture. Set to be released June 28th, 2013 Psychonaut is an exploration of the inner landscape of the mind, where addled thoughts and horror-polluted dreams are held up to musical scrutiny. Monstrous, ambitious, and sardonically funny as ever, Fatality are taking their unique sound and boundless energy to the next level.
Finnish horror-rock exports, SNOW WHITE’S POISON BITE have premiered a terrifyingly fun and gruesome new music video for the track “Will You Meet Me In The Graveyard?”, from their Victory Records’ debut album, Featuring: Dr. Gruesome and the Gruesome Gory Horror Show. The video is a treasure chest of classic horror flick visuals: a gory crime scene, an eerie undertaker, a foggy graveyard, zombie resurrections and a live burial that will have you at the edge of your seats.
The SNOW WHITE’S POISON BITE music video for “The End of Prom Night” quickly became a YouTube sensation in August 2011, collecting three million views to date.The staggering views have allowed the band to create a devout fan base they appropriately call the “Horror Crew”. With expectations high, SNOW WHITE’S POISON BITE continue to serve a mash up of punk, surf, pop and rock in their new music video, “Will You Meet Me In The Graveyard?”. The video features stop-motion animation, bringing skeletons to life, paying homage to the late Ray Harryhausen, legendary special effects artist. Watch behind the scenes footage of the video here.
See SNOW WHITE’S POISON BITE live as they tour the U.S., bringing their dynamic and fearless stage performance to a city near you! See a full list of tour dates here.
On Tour Now With Goatwhore; Summer Slaughter Tour This July!
Massachusetts metallers REVOCATION have completed work on the follow up to their critically acclaimed 2011 Relapse Records release Chaos of Forms. This is the first full length album with bass player Brett Bamberger who joined the band in 2012 and was featured on the band’s last EP Teratogenesis which was released by Scion AV. The new album is set for release this summer, with further details to be announced shortly.
Throughout the recording process the band had cameras rolling capturing everything. From this footage REVOCATION has put together a series of videos detailing different aspects of the recording process. Today the band has premiered the first video in the series focusing on the drums and bass. Additionally this clips features ten seconds of new REVOCATION music. Check it out HERE:
REVOCATION are currently on the road with Goatwhore, 3 Inches of Blood, and Ramming Speed. These dates run through May 3rd in Toronto.
REVOCATION will be taking part in this year’s Summer Slaughter Tour, alongside the likes of Dillenger Escape Plan, Cattle Decapitation and others. The tour starts July 19th in San Francisco, CA and runs through August 16th in Denver, CO.
REVOCATION is available for interviews upon request. To speak with the band, please contact the relevant publicity contact listed below. Updated REVOCATION news and tour information will be made available at the Relapse Records website, the REVOCATIONFacebook page.
***All dates with Goatwhore, 3 Inches of Blood and Ramming speed***
April 30 Burlington, VT Nectar’s
May 01 Middletown, NY Sounds Asylum
May 02 Rochester, NY Bug Jar
May 03 Toronto, ON Opera House
***THE SUMMER SLAUGHTER TOUR. All Dates from July 19 – Aug 16 with/ The Dillinger Escape Plan, Animals as Leaders, Periphery, Norma Jean, Cattle Decapitation, The Ocean, Revocation, Aeon, Rings of Saturn, Thy Art is Murder***
July 19 San Francisco, CA The Regency
July 20 Los Angeles, CA House of Blues
July 21 Santa Ana, CA The Observatory
July 24 Oklahoma City, OK Diamond Ballroom
July 26 Dallas, TX House of Blues
July 27 Houston, TX House of Blues
July 29 Orlando, FL House of Blues (w/o Cattle Decapitation)
July 30 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
July 31 Knoxville, TN Old City Courtyard
Aug 01 Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues
Aug 02 Silver Spring, MD The Fillmore
Aug 03 Worcester, MA The Palladium (w/o Norma Jean)
Gamma Ray have released a “rehearsal lyric video” for the song ”Master Of Confusion” and you can check it out below. The band’s new EP, Master Of Confusion, is set for a March 15 release. The complete album is set for a January 2014 release.
Gamma Ray always takes its music and the relationship with their fans very seriously, and the band wanted this release to be priced as a midprice mini-album.
Master Of Confusion track listing:
Side A
01. Empire Of The Undead (new studio track)
02. Master Of Confusion (new studio track)
Side B
03. Death Or Glory (HOLOCAUST studio cover version)
04. Lost Angels (SWEET studio cover version)
Side C *
05. The Spirit / 06. Wings Of Destiny / 07. Gamma Ray
08. Farewell / 09. Time To Break Free / 10. Insurrection
*Recorded live in Bochum
States frontman Kai Hansen: “We have been away for quite some time. We have released what we consider a very beautiful live product, ’Skeletons & Majesties Live’, but we felt it was time to release some new music by the Rayz…
“Yes, we planned to have an album ready by now but deadlines are not our best friends. No, seriously, although we have already started working on the new album, we did not want to wait any longer and thought we should let the fans listen to these two new songs before the world tour with Helloween. We have also recorded cover versions of two songs we have always loved and… before anybody could say that a CD can feature more minutes of music… we are also releasing the live material recorded for the ’Skeletons’ Blu-ray that could not be included on the live CD.
“OK, it’s not a new album. But it’s 60 minutes of music… call it the longest single in metal, if you like!”
Savage Annihilation have just released their brand-new debut music video for the track “Les catacombes de l’abomination (pt.1)” taken from their ten-years-in-the-making debut full-length Cannibalisme, hérésie et autres sauvageries released through Kaotoxin records on October 1st 2012.
The music video can be seen here while the album is available for full streaming at listen.kaotoxin.com but you can also check out the video below.
Savage Annihilation will embark on the “Black Market Cannibalism” mini-tour with France’s Disgraseed in April. Here are the dates:
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