Former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach has issued the following update from his current South American tour as the support act for GUNS N' ROSES:
"You just can't make this stuff up.
"All the reports you have heard are true.
"I don't know where to begin this update!
"After what was certainly one of the best gigs of our career, Sao Paulo, things got completely crazy, only this time it was none of our fault!
"I spent the afternoon of the Rio concert [Sunday, March 14] on the beach getting some sun. I noticed some foreboding clouds forming in the sky around this time, but thought nothing of it; we've played in the rain before. Then I had dinner at 5 p.m. and got ready for the show as usual. About 7 p.m. I got a call from our tour manager saying, 'You have a night off tonight.'
"WHAT???
"The tornado that hit Rio de Janeiro completely demolished the stage. On top of that, on the way to Rio from Sao Paulo, our truck carrying all our equipment drove off a cliff and rolled down the hill.
"Thank God I am able to report that the driver is OK. Not so with the stage collapse.... Many local crew guys were hurt but thank God there are no fatalities to report. Which might not have been the case if this tornado hit Rio an hour later; the crowd would have been in the venue at that time.
"As evidenced by the pictures, there most certainly would have been massive carnage had the crowd been in the venue at the time of the stage collapse. I thank God yet again for the timing of this incident... we missed it happening while we were onstage by about only an hour. Obviously, we feel totally rotten for the fans who bought tickets to the show that didn't happen. I have heard we are trying to reschedule the show and I sure do hope this goes down! We are dying to play for you, Rio de Janeiro!
"Which brings us to tonight's show in Porto Alegre.
"When our truck rolled off the cliff, all the drums were smashed. Bobby's [Jarzombek] 'Angel Down' custom bass drum heads do not exist anymore (total bummer). Worse yet, when the truck was at the bottom of the cliff, locals came out and raided the scene, stealing whatever they could.
"All of Johnny Chromatic's guitars are missing right now. The airlines lost Johnny's luggage as well on the way to Rio.
"Johnny is right now on tour in South America with literally no instruments and no clothes. All he has right now is the shirt and shorts he is wearing. Lucky for him, it's warm down here!
"We all feel like total shit for Johnny.
"GUNS N' ROSES have been kind enough to offer us use of any equipment we need for the rest of the tour. Which means we can play the gigs!
"As I write this at 6 p.m. local time, we have no idea what time we're going on tonight. GN'R's backline is still not on the stage due to the 19-hour drive from Rio to Porto Alegre. We are shooting for a 9 p.m. set time but it could be later. It has taken us all everything we got to pull off tonight's show... the show must go on!
"See you in a couple of hours, Porto Alegre!
"Bobby Jarzombek had the balls to capture all of the Rio madness on film. Check out Bobby's unbelivable footage [below]!"
Reunited Massachusetts hard rockers EXTREME will release the "Take Us Alive" live CD and DVD on April 23 in Europe and May 4 in the U.S. via Frontiers Records.
In 2008, following a 13-year hiatus, EXTREME returned to the stage for its "Take Us Alive" world tour, which encompassed 75 cities and multiple continents in support of the band's new record, "Saudades de Rock".
This recording captures EXTREME at the peak of its game with a renewed enthusiasm led by Gary Cherone's spellbinding stage performance and powerful vocals, Nuno Bettencourt's ferocious guitar, Pat Badger's flawless bass and Kevin Figueiredo's pounding drums and spot-on back-up vocals.
This brilliant performance was recorded on the last night of their tour at the House of Blues on August 8, 2009 in EXTREME's hometown of Boston.
"We wanted to do something really special for our hometown fans that were there for us since the beginning… the club days," states Nuno. "It was the last night of the tour and we couldn't think of a better way to celebrate than by bringing it back to where it all started… Boston."
The concert showcases material from all five EXTREME albums and exhibits the band's broad stylistic abilities. Features include a blistering rendition of the LED ZEPPELIN-minded "Comfortably Dumb", the scorching "Play With Me", the funked-up "Cupid's Dead" as well as the anthemic "Get The Funk Out". Songs like EXTREME's #1 hit "More Than Words" and the Top 5 single "Hole Hearted" highlight the crowds enthusiasm and loyal support their fan base has had for this beloved foursome.
"As much as we enjoy recording, for me, I've always loved playing live for the fans," Cherone says. "We couldn't wait to get out there and play for our fans."
The DVD will contain four unreleased bonus videos from "Saudades de Rock" — "King of the Ladies", "Interface", "Run" and "Ghost". The clips were produced by Nuno Bettencourt.
"This DVD/CD is a culmination of all the years we played together and the chemistry the four of us put out live," explains Bettencourt.
"Take Us Alive" concert track listing:
01. Decadence Dance 02. Comfortably Dumb 03. Rest in Peace 04. It's a Monster 05. Star 06. Tell me Something I Don't Know 07. Medley - Kid Ego / Little Girls / Teacher's Pet 08. Play With Me 09. Midnight Express 10. More Than Words 11. Ghost 12. Cupid's Dead 13. Take us Alive 14. Flight of the Wounded Bumblebee 15. Get the Funk Out 16. Am I Ever Gonna Change 17. Hole Hearted
Bonus music videos (DVD only)
18. King of the Ladies 19. Interface 20. Run 21. Ghost
As America embarks on a New Year full of resolutions to lose weight and make tough life changes, VH1 celebrates the new decade with a fresh season of "Celebrity Fit Club: Boot Camp". This season boasts a cast full of pop culture personalities ready to bare their bodies and souls as they dig in for the most grueling fitness program on television — designed to help them drop not only their flab, but also their emotional baggage. At the end of eight weeks, they will be lean, mean, "Fit Club" machines ready to face the world and show off their new hard bodies.
Battling the bulge this season are Sebastian Bach (former lead singer of SKID ROW), legendary R&B bad boy Bobby Brown, Jay McCarroll (winner of "Project Runway", Season 1), KayCee Stroh ("High School Musical"), dancer and choreographer Kevin Federline, former "Baywatch" babe Nicole Eggert, actress Shar Jackson ("Moesha"), and infamous "Bad Girl" Tanisha Thomas ("Bad Girls Club", Season 2). The cast will be broken into two teams, competing for $200,000 in cash and prizes and the individual celeb who drops the most weight will win $50,000 in prizes.
Driving the cast through the punishing and life-changing eight-week boot camp is "Celebrity Fit Club" veteran and U.S. Marine Corps Drill Instructor Harvey Walden IV (RET). Using Harvey's unique brand of "tough love," he will guide the celebs over walls, through the mud and past their own limitations as they realize their true potential for the first time. Also leading the cast through their journey is nutrition and diet expert, Dr. Ian Smith, who will change the way the celebs look at food and their eating habits. New to this season is life coach Rhonda Britten. Rhonda will spend one on one time with the celebs and help mentor them through the journey of shedding excess weight.
Eight weeks of mud, sweat and tears promise to deliver the most exciting and emotional season of "Celebrity Fit Club" yet. The challenges will be brutal, but in the end, the results will be amazing.
"Celebrity Fit Club: Boot Camp" is executive-produced by Jonas Larsen for ITV Studios. Jeff Olde, Jim Ackerman, Christian McLaughlin and Mike Riley are executive producers for VH1.
The sixth episode of "Celebrity Fit Club: Boot Camp" premiered this past Monday night (March 15) on VH1 and can be viewed in its entirety below.
Nine year-old rockers THE THRASHERS have been friends since their pre-school days in the small town of Pacifica, California. Upon first look, one would assume these boys are no different than any other fourth graders… until they hit the stage. Masterminded by twin brothers Nick and Chris Rigling, the band can throw out original riffs comparable to any modern day headlining rock band.
The band, which consists of Nick (bass) and Chris Rigling (drums), Geddy Franco (lead guitar), Charley Rutledge (rhythm guitar), and Brandon Lurie (keys), has begun making waves in the Bay Area and has already sold out Broadway Studios, garnering more sales of merchandise and EPs than most acts triple their age.
THE THRASHERS will be the Whisky A Go Go's youngest performers to take stage on March 20 at 7:00 p.m.
"Nine", THE THRASHERS' independent debut release, in association with San Francisco Records, is available now via all major online retailers.
GUNS N' ROSES guitarist D.J. Ashba has uploaded more home-video-style footage from the band's current South American tour. Watch the five-and-a-half-minute clip below.
GUNS N' ROSES began its 11-date South American tour on March 7 in Brazil, with shows scheduled through April 1 in countries like Ecuador, Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Colombia.
Axl Rose recently revealed via Twitter that GUNS N' ROSES is now managed by Doc McGhee, who has handled the careers of BON JOVI, MÖTLEY CRÜE and KISS throughout the years. GN'R recently parted ways with powerhouse manager Irving Azoff, who helped to get the band's 2008 album, "Chinese Democracy", finally released after a 15-year wait.
Michael Lello of Weekender recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.
Weekender: "Rust In Peace" is considered to be a historic metal album. What's your opinion of it?
Mustaine: (Laughs) I like it. It's peculiar when people say that, because it's not one of our more challenging albums. It also reminds me of a very dark period in my life and my career. David Ellefson and I were living together, and we didn't really have a band at the time. We were putting all of the pieces together, and we were living with strangers. Every chance we would get, we would shack up some place and find some unsuspecting victim to take us an emotional hostage. So the record has a lot of different feelings for me.
Being on stage and playing it is fun for me, because a lot of the fans are mesmerized watching it happen. I think a lot of people don't think that this record could be played live, and, I mean, for Pete's sake, I wrote the damn record, so why couldn't I play it?
Weekender: How have Chris [Broderick, guitar] and Shawn [Drover, drums] taken to this material?
Mustaine: Well, Shawn was pretty much dyed-in-the-wool, so he knows the stuff pretty well, and Chris is an incredible student of the guitar and that's what he lives for, so he was able to learn all of the notation of the music. So then it was just a matter of moving pieces around, phrasing-wise, and just getting some of the hand shapes and the nuances of my right-hand picking patterns, my left-hand fretting technique and stuff just to make this record sound right, because some guy could play the same exact thing that I'm playing, (but) it won't sound the same. That's fairly obvious, but I'm talking about they could play it almost exactly like I play it and still not sound the same because of little teeny tricks that I have. When I show that to Chris and say, "Does that make sense," (he says), "Yeah, totally, man," and it's much better now. Whenever we clamp down on a part and we get into that pocket, everybody knows. This record has a very cold, jazzy kind of swing to it.
Weekender: Are there plans to bring any "Big Four" (METALLICA, MEGADETH, SLAYER and ANTHRAX) shows to the U.S.?
Mustaine: No. That's up to people that organize this. But I think that's going to require a lot of stuff to take place with some other people. If it happens, and it's good for us, like the thing happened with the Big Four overseas so far, great. Ya know, we're on a really good run right now, and inasmuch as the Big Four thing is super-successful, if it's successful it'll be great for all of us. The same can be said right now for the "Rust In Peace" tour — it's successful, and it's great for us. I take the same kind of commitment to this performance as I would to the performances this summer.
Weekender: I see you're only playing one song from "Endgame" on this tour.
Mustaine: Just one. We don't have a lot of time to play. We've been contracted for 75 minutes, which is not very long, and we actually play over that contracted period because it feels like it's cheating the fans. But that's just the way of the world right now, ya know? They'll book the band for 75 minutes, and if we play 75 minutes, then they'll get what they want and we get what we're paid for. But who gets cheated? Well, I do, because I don't get to play as much as I want, and the fans do, because they don't get to hear as much as they want. That's kind of one of the ugly sides of this business that people don't see. We've got to make the decision ourselves. Do we compromise and give more than what we're contracted for? And the answer to that is always a pretty resounding "yes."
Weekender: How did Dave Ellefson go from suing you for $18.5 million to you inviting him back into MEGADETH?
Mustaine: Well, I can't speak for him, but all I can say is that the opportunity presented itself, and I prayed about it, and I asked him if he wanted to come play, and he said "Yeah," and we worked it out.
Obviously, there were some things we had to work out because we had a very close relationship. When you're really close to somebody and then the relationship takes a pause or even stops, there's usually some hurt feelings, and we had to clear some of that stuff up. Now it's just a matter of just catching up for all the good times we had.
Every time we were looking to conquer the music industry and get on top, every time we got there something happened. It was just crazy. But right now everything is firing on all cylinders, and it looks like this is going to be our year.
Video footage of MEGADETH's March 12, 2010 concert at the Palace Theatre in Greensburg, Pennsylvania (approximately 30 minutes away from Pittsburgh) can be viewed below (courtesy of "digitallive").
"Portrait Of A Hanged Man", the new album from San Francisco Bay Area power/thrashers IMAGIKA, is available for streaming in its entirety at this location. Due in Europe on March 19 and in the U.S. on May 11 via Metalville, the CD was recorded at Fang Studios in San Mateo, California by IMAGIKA guitarist Steve Rice and was mixed at KING DIAMOND guitarist Andy La Rocque's Sonic Train Studios in Varberg, Sweden. In addition to mixing the effort, La Rocque makes a guest appearance on the instrumental "A God No More". Drummer Henry Moreno was once again responsible for designing all the art for the CD (see cover image below), which marks the recording debut of new bassist Jim Pegram.
Commented Moreno: "Well, obviously the [artwork] concept had to be something to do with the CD title so I created the first piece which was a person with a noose around their neck but it didn't have that 'CD cover' feel. Metalville and Steve made some suggestions and one thing they came up with was what if the hanging man was a silhouette. I thought that was a cool idea and ran with that and really just followed the theme of the song, which is about a person seeing the haunting vision of a portrait of man being hanged that comes to life. Metalville and the band really liked the finished product and so the CD cover was born! The original first piece is also included in the CD booklet.
"I really had fun with this project and I believe it's some of the best work I have done so far. I hope the fans enjoy it as much as we do."
"Portrait Of A Hanged Man" track listing:
01. Scared To Death 02. The Hit 03. Keep The Wolves At Bay 04. G.H.B. 05. Portrait Of A Hanged Man 06. Simple Servant 07. One Word 08. My Final Hour 09. A God No More (feat. Andy La Rocque) 10. Halo Of Flies
The first run will be a special digipack with the bonus track "Shadow Of The Cross".
IMAGIKA recently announced the addition of guitarist Robert Kolowitz to the group's ranks. A current member of Bay Area stalwarts HELLHOUND and former member of BLACKSTORM and RAPIDFIRE, Robert "brings years of experience and perseverance to the second-guitar slot," according to a press release. "His former bands have performed with ANTHRAX, DEATH ANGEL, LEGACY (pre-TESTAMENT), FORBIDDEN, MEGADETH, NITRO, VICIOUS RUMORS and SLAYER."
Metalville is the band and label pool launched by the Cologne, Germany-based company Flying Dolphin Entertainment Group UG.
IMAGIKA's last album, "Feast for the Hated" was released in the U.S. on May 20, 2008 via Locomotive Records. The CD was mixed at Sweden's Sonic Train Studio with Andy La Rocque.
Norwegian extreme metal veterans KEEP OF KALESSIN will release their new album, "Reptilian", in North America on June 8 via Nuclear Blast Records.
The track listing for the CD is as follows:
01. Dragon Iconography 02. The Awakening 03. Judgement 04. The Dragontower 05. Leaving The Mortal Flesh 06. Dark As Moonless Night 07. The Divine Land 08. Reptilian Majesty
The band will play a few select shows in Norway in support of the release.
Confirmed dates so far:
May 15 - Rockefeller, Oslo (headlining show) May 21 - Torget, Trondheim, Trondheim Rock Festival
KEEP OF KALESSIN took third place in the grand final of the national Eurovision Song Contest called "Melodi Grand Prix" which was held on February 6 at the Spektrum in Oslo. The band performed a song called "The Dragontower", which was originally written for the group's next album but had to be shortened from 5:20 minutes to 3:00 minutes for the performance. The full, unedited track will, of course, appear on the upcoming KEEP OF KALESSIN CD.
Video footage of KEEP OF KALESSIN's performance in the quarterfinals of the competition can be viewed below.
KEEP OF KALESSIN's last CD, "Kolossus", was released in June 2008. The album was made available via Indie Recordings and was licensed to Nuclear Blast for the following territories: Germany, Austria, Switzerland and rest of the world outside Europe (except Australia and Russia).
CADAVERIA, the Italian band featuring former OPERA IX vocalist Cadaveria and ex-OPERA IX drummer/NECRODEATH vocalist Marçelo Santos (a.k.a. Flegias), has entered the studio to begin recording its new album.
After performing live in Mexico at the end of June, CADAVERIA spent the second half of 2009 in the rehearsal room to complete the songwriting for its fourth full-length CD. The as-yet-untitled effort will contain eleven tracks and will be released in late 2010.
In January 2009, CADAVERIA announced the addition of Dick Laurent as the group's second guitarist. The new member's influence will be clearly felt in the new compositions which are described by singer Cadaveria as "heavy, obscure and insane."
Check out a report from the studio at this location.
Cadaveria recently made a guest appearance on Italian death metallers MECHANICAL GOD CREATION's new CD, performing backing vocals on the song "I Shall Remain Unforgiven".
Over the course of the last two years, Cadaveria worked concurrently on the project DYNABYTE. The industrial metal act has just finished mastering its new record that will be unleashed in June.
CADAVERIA's video for the song "Anagram" can be viewed below. The track comes off the group's latest album, "In Your Blood", which was released in May 2007 via Season of Mist.
CADAVERIA's sophomore album, "Far Away from Conformity", was released in early 2004. The follow-up to 2002's "The Shadows' Madame" was recorded and mixed at Capitan Woofer Studio in Italy and was mastered at the Mastering Room in Sweden.
Mexico's Search & Destroy recently conducted an interview with former EMPEROR vocalist/guitarist Ihsahn. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below.
"After", the new studio album from Ihsahn, sold around 900 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 31 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.
"After" was released on January 26 via Candlelight Records.
An e-card for the CD can be accessed at this location.
Recorded during the first half of 2009, "After" completes the musician’s planned trilogy of initial recordings. The CD showcases the Norwegian icon with drummer Asgeir Mickelson (SPIRAL ARCHITECT), bassist Lars K. Norberg (SPIRAL ARCHITECT), and saxophonist Jorgen Munkeby (SHINING).
"This is my first album written with eight-string guitars as basis which has been both challenging and inspiring," Ihsahn states about the creative process. "I also decided early on that I wanted to mix this album with Jens Bogren (OPETH, KATATONIA) and recorded the album with that in mind. Asgeir and Lars have again delivered superb performances. I've always wanted to implement the saxophone in my music; Jorgen's contributions truly added a silver lining to the album."
Recorded at Ihsahn's own Symphonique Studio, with additional work at Toproom Studio (co-engineered by Borge Finstad), "After" was meticulously laid out over an eight-month period. The intensity of the project has more than paid off with early listenings already proclaiming it to be the most poignant creations of his solo efforts. "I have felt more confident and more at ease with the material," relays Ihsahn. "In letting the songs themselves lead the way I just followed the natural impulses."
"After" track listing:
01. The Barren Lands 02. A Grave Inversed 03. After 04. Frozen Lakes On Mars 05. Undercurrent 06. Austere 07. Heavens Black Sea 08. On The Shores
Ihsahn interviewed by Search & Destroy (click on player below to launch audio):
Since 1910 musicians have associated visual arts with their sonic output in the form of the almighty album cover. And since 1987, Roadrunner Records has been a source of some visually stunning and visually disturbing images in the wide world of album art, nevertheless honoring the tradition. Whether using an image to set the tone for what's to follow on your speakers, or as a means of branding in forever associating a picture with a title, there is no question as to the power of the album cover — which is why the label took a look at every album released on Roadrunner Records U.S. to find the greatest covers in its celebrated history.
Voted on by the Roadrunner worldwide staff, showcasing the iconic vs. the blasphemous, the painted vs. the photographed, as well as the found art vs. the commissioned art, we give you the "Ten Greatest Album Covers in Roadrunner History" — one at a time.
Feast your eyes on #10 below, and check back at RoadrunnerRecords.com every day as the label counts down to number one.
#10: KING DIAMOND - "Abigail"
Released to critical acclaim in 1987, KING DIAMOND's premiere epic concept album, "Abigail", really put the ex-MERCYFUL FATE frontman on the map with his namesake project. Showcasing the singer's signature falsettos and brimming with metal theatrics, "Abigail" tells the ill-fated story of Miriam and Jonathan La'Fey, a couple inhabiting an old family mansion riddled with ghosts foreshadowing the return of the tempered soul of baby Abigail. But it's the "Black Horsemen" that act as the main messengers, and thus grace the cover of this dark tale.
Says King Diamond of the painting, "It was commissioned specifically for the album. The [artists] read the story, read the lyrics and then from that came the cover. The horse-drawn carriage came from their drawings [and we thought], 'Wow, that could be a really cool motif,' because 'Black Horsemen' is one of those main songs in that story. There were very little changes made before they started the painting; they could really visualize the story in a good way."
As for the overall reaction, King recalls, "A lot of people heard us for the first time with that album , and (laughs) a lot of people told us they were scared when they heard the album; it gave them the creeps. And I guess the cover had a lot to do with that, too. It certainly had that creepy, classic horror feel. The best thing about that is you can prepare the listener through the cover for what is coming when you start playing the music. Had it been a red and white Danish flag on the front, I don't think the story and the music would come across in the same way, because it does something to it to look at that cover and start hearing music — it puts you in a certain pre-mood. Then the music can live up to the cover and vice-versa and you have that nice combination where it just gels."
German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS kicked off their "Get Your Sting And Blackout Farewell Tour 2010" last night (Tuesday, March 15) at 02 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic.
The band's setlist was as follows:
01. Intro 02. Sting In The Tail 03. Make It Real 04. Bad Boys Running Wild 05. Loving You Sunday Morning 06. Is There Anybody There 07. The Zoo 08. Coast To Coast 09. Animal Magnetism 10. Pictured Life 11. We'll Burn The Sky 12. Always Somewhere 13. Send Me An Angel 14. Holiday 15. Raised On Rock 16. The Good Die Young 17. Tease Me Please Me 18. 321 19. Kottak Attack 20. Blackout 21. He's A Woman She's A Man 22. Big City Nights
Encore:
23. Still Loving You 24. Wind Of Change 25. Rock You Like A Hurricane
Check out photos from the show at this location. Video footage can be seen below.
SCORPIONS will guest on the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline" with host Bob Coburn on Wednesday, April 7 at 8:30 p.m. PT / 11:30 p.m. ET. Fans are encouraged to speak with SCORPIONS by calling 1-800-344-ROCK (7625).
Audio samples of all the tracks that appear on "Sting In The Tail", the final studio album from SCORPIONS, are available for streaming at this location. Due in Europe on March 19 and in North America on March 23 via Universal Music Enterprises, the CD was recorded at a studio in Hannover, Germany with Swedish producers Mikael "Nord" Andersson and Martin Hansen (the team behind THE RASMUS' "Dead Letters" CD).
Singer Lizzy DeVine has left the Swedish rock band VAINS OF JENNA. He says in a statement, "The last five years with this band have been the best years of my life. It's with a tear in my eye, but a whole lot of love and respect for the band, manager, endorsers and fans all over the world I announce that I'm no longer the lead singer/front man of VAINS OF JENNA.
"It's been a crazy ride. And I've loved every second of it. But now I must move on and let the band grow. I've done more with this band than I could ever have dreamed of but now it's time for new adventures!
"I love all of you."
VAINS OF JENNA — comprised of lead guitarist and main songwriter Nicki Kin (age 23), bassist JP White (26) and drummer Jacki Stone (23) — embraces this change with the following statement: "We have always been a family and have supported each other through the good times and the bad. Today we support and respect Lizzy's choice. We wish him all the best in the future and we part ways as friends.
"To our fans and friends everywhere, we are as shocked at this development as the rest of you. But we are real committed to our music and will go forward.
"We have been honored by all of your support over the years and cannot express enough our regrets to bring this news. But this is reality and we accept the challenge."
VAINS OF JENNA formed in 2005 in Falkenberg, Sweden. The band has been featured internationally on TV and radio, appeared in hundreds of print articles and performed over 400 shows in a dozen countries.
VAINS OF JENNA was originally signed by MTV star Bam Margera ("Jackass", "Viva La Bam") to Filthy Note/Universal in 2006. This was followed by major tours of North America tours with POISON, RATT and GWAR in 2007. The band returned to Europe in 2008 and toured Italy, England and Sweden, which included an appearance at the Sweden Rock Festival. In the summer of 2009, the band was back in Los Angeles to release "The Art of Telling Lies" (RLS/Raw Noize) which received five-star reviews around the globe.
"We are seeking a young, hungry, aggressive, dedicated, fresh face and voice to front our band. Someone who is one of us," the band states.
"If you think you're the guy for the job — then step to the plate now."
Spanish "doom thrashers" RHINO have inked a deal with Doomentia Records for the release of their third album, "Weight Of Coronation". Tentatively due this summer, the CD will be recorded in March at Koba studios in Bilbao with producer Xanpe and will once again feature artwork by renowed artist Rafa Garrés, who previously worked with the band on its second album, "Dead Throne Monarch".
According to a press release, RHINO's forthcoming LP will be its "heaviest without a doubt, but sure will follow the path marked by their two previous records, 'Breed The Chosen One' (2007, 7th Gate) and the above-mentioned 'Dead Throne Monarch' (2008, Arctic Music)."
According to LivingInPeru.com, 10,000 tickets to AEROSMITH's May 22 concert at the Monumental Stadium Esplanade in Lima, Peru have already been sold so far after tickets went on sale earlier today (Tuesday, March 16).
"A new record has been set," MVV Asociados, the public-relations agency responsible for the AEROSMITH concert, stated in a press release, adding that "this is the biggest first-day sale ever made by any band in Peru. It seems that the tickets will be completely sold out in only a few days."
Ticket prices range from 72 to hasta 624 soles (U.S. $24 to U.S. $208).
Due to a "retinal detachment," GAMMA RAY guitarist/keyboardist Henjo Richter has been hospitalized and will undergo surgery today (March 16).
A retinal detachment is a disorder of the eye in which the retina peels away from its underlying layer of support tissue.
In other news, the GAMMA RAY shows in Saarbrücken, Germany and Langen, Germany have been rescheduled. The show in Langen at Stadthalle has been moved to March 22 while the Saarbrücken concert at Garage will now be held on March 23.
For a list of upcoming GAMMA RAY shows, go to this location.
"To The Metal", the new album from GAMMA RAY, will be released in North America on March 16 via a new deal between DisManic Distribution and Knife Fight Media.
GAMMA RAY — Kai Hansen (vocals/guitar), Dirk Schlächter (bass), Henjo Richter (guitar) and Daniel Zimmermann (drums) — recorded a total of twelve new songs last fall at its own studio in Hamburg. Ten of the tracks appear on the regular album release, while the remaining two cuts are available on various editions of the album.
"iTunes" and "Valet In The Valley", two songs from comedian/actor Brian Posehn's brand new stand-up comedy album, "Fart And Wiener Jokes", are available for streaming at this location.
"Fart And Wiener Jokes" is scheduled for release on April 27 via Relapse Records. The follow-up to Posehn's "Live In: Nerd Rage" debut was recorded at various live gigs across the U.S. during 2009. The record will also include two musical tracks, "More Metal Than You" and a cover of the KENNY ROGERS classic "The Gambler". Posehn recorded these songs with the help of a number of "metal" all-stars, including Scott Ian (ANTHRAX), Jamey Jasta (HATEBREED, KINGDOM OF SORROW), Mark Morton (LAMB OF GOD), John Tempesta (EXODUS, THE CULT), Russ Parrish (STEEL PANTHER), and more.
Posehn will perform this week as part of South By Southwest, co-headlining the Relapse Records 2010 SXSW Showcase along with metal legends VOIVOD. He also has dates lined up in Irvine, California; Tempe, Arizona; and a special one-time performance with his all-star band featuring Scott Ian, Brendon Small, John Tempesta and Joey Vera at the Revolver Golden Gods Awards show in Los Angeles, California on April 8. This performance will be later televised on May 22 on VH1 Classic. Additional live dates will be announced soon.
According to the Toronto Sun, DISTURBED, AVENGED SEVENFOLD and STONE SOUR will team up for the Uproar 2010 tour late this summer. So far only one date has been released: August 24 at the Molson Canadian Amphitheatre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
DISTURBED recently the studio in its hometown of Chicago to begin recording its fifth album, with a tentative summer release date planned. The group has not yet announced a title for the project, which will follow up 2008's "Indestructible". Guitarist Dan Donegan told The Pulse of Radio that DISTURBED had 15 to 18 songs ready to go, adding that the band doesn't like to waste time once it gets started. "I mean, we definitely go in there very prepared," he said. "We never enter the studio unless we feel like, right now, if these are the songs we record, that we would have an album that we're proud of and we're excited about. And we put everything under the microscope and examine it the best we can to make sure that we're prepared. We don't like going in there wasting time. We go in there to work, and to try to make the best album we can."
Meanwhile, the band has set March 23 as the release date for the 10th anniversary edition of its debut album, "The Sickness". The set, which will also be available on vinyl, will feature B-sides, new artwork, and exclusive online content.
Around the same time, the group will re-launch its website with a special section, accessible only by a code included with new copies of "The Sickness", that will feature clips of the quartet in the studio recording their new album.
Digital Praise Inc., the leader in Christian-themed, family-friendly entertainment software and currently under pending merger agreement with Left Behind Games, has announced it has entered into a strategic relationship with STRYPER, the top-selling Christian metal band. Together, Digital Praise and STRYPER intend to develop new products leveraging the band's top live performance recordings.
"This is our first opportunity to license music directly from a top Christian artist," said Tom Bean, President and CEO of Digital Praise. "It is unbelievable to be working with STRYPER, the first openly Christian heavy metal band to gain recognition in the mainstream music world. The idea of creating the first band-specific expansion packs for our guitar and dance video games is another first for STRYPER."
"Since 1984, STRYPER has always been a band on the cutting edge that has broken down barriers," said Dave Rose of talent agency Deep South Entertainment, which represents STRYPER. "During their 25th Anniversary World Tour, legions of loyal STRYPER fans have been coming out to experience the energy of their favorite STRYPER songs performed live. So it's exciting that Digital Praise is planning on merging the world of interactive games and the live STRYPER experience. Both STRYPER and Digital Praise are once again on the cutting edge of technology and music. We're thrilled to be involved."
Digital Praise is excited to be working with STRYPER and has already started working with many of the live STRYPER recordings.
STRYPER recently added KISS' "Shout It Out Loud" to the list of songs its is recording for its upcoming album of covers, to be released later in the year.
The CD will include STRYPER's renditions of the following classics:
* JUDAS PRIEST - "Breaking The Law" * IRON MAIDEN - "The Trooper" * SCORPIONS - "Blackout" * OZZY OSBOURNE - "Over The Mountain" * SWEET - "Set Me Free" * VAN HALEN - "On Fire" * DEEP PURPLE - "Highway Star" * BLACK SABBATH - "Heaven And Hell" * UFO - "Lights Out" * KANSAS - "Carry On Wayward Son" * KISS - "Shout It Out Loud"
Photos and a review of MEGADETH's March 15, 2010 concert at 9:30 club in Washington, D.C. can be found at WashingtonPost.com.
The band's setlist was as follows:
01. Set The World Afire 02. Wake Up Dead 03. In My Darkest Hour 04. Holy Wars...The Punishment Due 05. Hangar 18 06. Take No Prisoners 07. Five Magics 08. Poison Was The Cure 09. Lucretia 10. Tornado Of Souls 11. Dawn Patrol 12. Rust In Peace...Polaris 13. Head Crusher 14. Trust 15. Symphony Of Destruction ------------------------ 16. Peace Sells 17. Holy Wars - Reprise
MEGADETH kicked off its "Rust In Peace 20th Anniversary Tour" on March 1 at the Knitting Factory in Spokane, Washington.
Photos of the band's performance can be found at Live 'N Loud Magazine (all pictures by Joseph R. Scozzari).
MEGADETH recently commenced filming a video for the song "The Right To Go Insane" in South El Monte, California. The track comes off MEGADETH's latest album, "Endgame", which was recorded at Vic's Garage, the band's brand new, self-built studio in San Marcos, California. The CD was helmed by MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine and British producer Andy Sneap (EXODUS, NEVERMORE, ARCH ENEMY, MACHINE HEAD).
Video footage of MEGADETH's March 12, 2010 concert at the Palace Theatre in Greensburg, Pennsylvania (approximately 30 minutes away from Pittsburgh) can be viewed below (courtesy of "digitallive").
"Atomic Chapel", a brand new track from Norwegian black metallers 1349, is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The song comes off the group's new album, "Demonoir", which is scheduled for release on April 26 in Europe via Indie Recordings and one day later in North America through Prosthetic Records.
The track listing for the CD is as follows:
01. Tunnel of Set - I 02. Atomic Chapel 03. Tunnel II 04. When I Was Flesh 05. Tunnel III 06. Psalm 7:77 07. Tunnel IV 08. Pandemonium War Bells 09. Tunnel V 10. The Devil of the Deserts 11. Tunnel VI 12. Demonoir 13. Tunnel VII
"Demonoir" will be available in North America as a digipack CD and a limited-edition 12-inch picture-disc LP.
Check out the cover artwork for the U.S. edition / European limited digipack edition and the European standard edition below.
According to a press release, "Demonoir" is "without a shadow of a doubt 1349's darkest, most sinister and brutal work to date, and in this case it comes to mean that the band has gone from the utterly extreme to the genre-expanding and mindboggling. Black metal cannot, and will never be the same.
"For the band's fifth full-length release, 1349 decided to suck out the fiercest and most potent energies from every single member and surroundings, channeling it into songs that are pulsating with uncanny atmospheres, rawness and nerve-shattering intensity. The whole process of getting the material on record was like one long, exhausting black magic summoning that could not be allowed to go wrong."
"Demonoir" will be available in three different versions:
* Regular CD * Limited digipack version with special artwork, including a bonus CD with cover versions. * Double 180-gram vinyl in gatefold sleeve. Includes cover versions.
1349 will embark on a North American tour in April and May as the support act for CANNIBAL CORPSE (alongside SKELETONWITCH and LECHEROUS NOCTURNE). (Note, 1349 will not appear on the last week of the tour.)
1349 rose from the ashes of ALVHEIM in 1997, and in 2003 they released their debut album, "Liberation". Since then, 1349 has added three more albums to its critically acclaimed catalog.
WORLD UNDER BLOOD, the melodic death metal side project featuring CKY guitarist/vocalist Deron Miller alongside Tim Yeung (DIVINE HERESY, VITAL REMAINS, HATE ETERNAL) on drums, Risha Eryavec (DECREPIT BIRTH) on bass, and Luke Jaeger on guitar, has finished recording its debut album, "Tactical", for a summer release via Nuclear Blast Records.
Commented Miller: "I flew out to [guitarist-turned-producer] James Murphy's [TESTAMENT, DEATH, OBITUARY] home studio to track the rest of the vocals and it was a very gratifying experience. I was in total awe of his vinyl collection and his cat Sasha, but most of all I was enamored by the professionalism and discipline he instilled during these sessions that really put me in my place.
"James really brought out the best in me and having only had two producers in my entire career, I can say that I'm lucky to be continually working with James Murphy and Chad Ginsburg. I've realized that in the end the only way to have a top-notch producer with an amazing ear is to be working with someone who has a musical history and a musical ability themselves. Not just some overpaid name/reputation dude that leaves Post-It notes on Pro Tools monitors. Those days are over.
"The goal for the eight original tunes that ended up on this album was that they would all be super-fast, extremely brutal and harsh, catchy, melodic, and occasionally offensive and disturbing. I also had to make sure that the entire band was satisfied with their work.
"Tim Yeung is easily the most impressive drummer in the world. He thinks that some kid is going to come along and dethrone him speed-wise, but as far as writing, arrangements, creative input and immediate knowledge of song structure, he will never be beat. It's like the guy can read my mind. I present a somewhat intricate song to him and 50 minutes later we're demoed and done.
"Luke Jaeger flew through his solos in less than eight hours.
"Murphy and I were thinking the same thing, 'These solos have to be incredible and memorable,' not just finger-flailing virtuoso garbage. He nailed them all.
"I wanted the best musicians for the job and I think we got it.
"Personally, I love this record and am very pleased with it. It's probably the first album I've worked on where I truly don't care what anyone else thinks. I'll be blasting it for years and I'm confident you will, too.
"Either way, we made a great record and i want to thank the band and Nuclear Blast worldwide for the opportunity. Also, the fans all over the world for their amazing support and encouragement.
"See you on tour!"
"Tactical" tentative track listing (not final sequence):
* Dead And Still In Pain * Under The Autumn Low * A God Among The Waste * Pyro-Compulsive * I Can't Stand His Name * Into The Arms Of Cruelty * Revere's Tears * Purgatory Dormitory * Wake Up Dead (MEGADETH cover; bonus track) * Alliance Or War (MALEVOLENT CREATION cover; bonus track)
James Murphy previously stated about the project, "WORLD UNDER BLOOD bridge a gap between genres that has never been bridged.... a few have tried with mixed results, but this is the first real resounding success of fusing brutal, blasting death metal with a melodic American rock vibe and it opens a door that will turn into a floodgate... I'm very happy to have been picked by Deron to mix this project ... he really pulls it together on this one musically and Tim's performance is stellar as well."
Deron Miller is widely credited for conceiving the long-delayed DEATH tribute project, "Within The Mind - In Homage To The Musical Legacy Of Chuck Schuldiner", as a means to help James Murphy raise money for his medical bills (Murphy is currently receiving treatment for a massive brain tumor with which he was diagnosed in August 2001).
The project, which has the blessing of the family of late DEATH mastermind Chuck Schuldiner (who passed away in December 2001 after a battle with pontine glioma, a rare type of brain tumor), has been in the works for the last few years and is expected to feature a number of special guest appearances, including those by members of SLIPKNOT, NEVERMORE, FEAR FACTORY, STATIC-X, and MALEVOLENT CREATION.
WORLD UNDER BLOOD is:
* Deron Miller (CKY) - Guitar/Vocals * Tim Yeung (DIVINE HERESY, VITAL REMAINS, HATE ETERNAL) - Drums * Risha Eryavec (DECREPIT BIRTH) - Bass * Luke Jaeger - Guitar
Video footage of METALLICA's March 12, 2010 pre-show press conference in Caracas, Venezuela can be viewed in two parts below (courtesy of the "Hiperespacio" progam, which airs on Venezuela's Canal I).
According to the AFP, organizers of METALLICA's concert in Venezuela heeded lessons learned during last Wednesday's (March 10) riots in Bogota, and called on a large contingent of police officers, civil protection officers, firefighters and private security agents to ensure an orderly concert in Caracas.
Violence and chaos broke out around Simon Bolivar Park in Bogota, Colombia on Wednesday night as hundreds of fans tried to crash METALLICA's first concert in the South American country in 11 years. According to Colombia Reports, three people were stabbed, a policeman injured, and more than 50 people were arrested, while property was vandalized and destroyed.
A local radio report claimed that there were posts on Facebook before the show urging fans to crash the gig.
Heavy security blanketed the show itself, including 1,500 police officers, four tanks and several police trucks. Estimates of the paid crowd at the show varied between 20,000 and 70,000.
120 people were arrested when rioting broke out outside a METALLICA concert in Santiago, Chile in January. Most of the arrests were made when hundreds of fans who did not have tickets attempted to force their way into the concert.
KINGDOM OF SORROW, the metal project created by Jamey Jasta (HATEBREED) and Kirk Windstein (DOWN, CROWBAR), has completed work on its second album for a tentative June release via Relapse Records. The CD was mixed by Chris "Zeuss" Harris at Planet Z Recordings in Hadley, Massachusetts.
Commented Jasta: "I'm really excited about the KINGDOM OF SORROW album because I feel like I really went all out this time. I love the first album but I brought way better riffs to the table this time and really brought a different vocal style on a lot of tracks. I think this new album is much more memorable and that the songs are really catchy but still heavy and raw.
"CROWBAR has some European touring to do but we may squeeze some KINGDOM OF SORROW shows in when I am not touring with HATEBREED this year."
KINGDOM OF SORROW released its self-titled debut in early 2008. The band embarked on a 70-city tour in support of the CD and took part in the Ozzfest and Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival tours. KINGDOM OF SORROW also released three music videos from the record, one of which can be viewed below.
"Option Paralysis", the new album from critically acclaimed rockers THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, can be streamed in its entirety on the band's MySpace page. Due on March 23, the opus, recorded in Orange County, California with longtime collaborator/producer Steve Evetts (THE USED, GLASSJAW, EVERY TIME I DIE), will be the debut release for the band's brand new label Party Smasher Inc./Season Of Mist.
"Option Paralysis" track listing:
01. Farewell, Mona Lisa 02. Good Neighbor 03. Gold Teeth On A Bum 04. Crystal Morning 05. Endless Endings 06. Widower 07. Room Full Of Eyes 08. Chinese Whispers 09. I Wouldn't If You Didn't 10. Parasitic Twins
Check out the CD artwork below.
"Farewell, Mona Lisa" was premiered this past Christmas exclusively on Sirius XM's Liquid Metal. The track is now available for digital download with exclusive artwork on iTunes, Amazon and all major download platforms worldwide.
According to guitarist Ben Weinman, "I Wouldn't if You Didn't" was one of the last songs written for the album, "taking DILLINGER to places [we] have never gone before." Meanwhile, "A Room Full of Eyes", which Ben dubs as a favorite on the album, is "one of the most intense songs we have ever written."
U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine recently reported that "Option Paralysis" will feature a guest appearance by 70-year-old Mike Garson, who has previously contributed to DAVID BOWIE's "Aladdin Sane" and NINE INCH NAILS' "The Fragile" albums.
Vocalist Greg Puciato previously stated about the band's new songs, "Wait 'til you hear what we've got for you now. The vibe when we recorded 'Ire Works' was defined by a feeling of struggle and hope and just staying alive in the face of almost falling apart, feeling triumphant in making it through the previous couple of years, and now the vibe is OK, now we're just gonna fuck everyone up.'"
GRAND MAGUS, the three-piece Swedish heavy rock band featuring "JB" Christofferson (guitar, lead vocals), Fox Skinner (bass, backing vocals) and Sebastian "Seb" Sippola (drums), will release its fifth album, "Hammer Of The North", this summer via Roadrunner Records. The CD was recorded at 301 studios outside of Stockholm and will feature artwork by Necrolord.
Commented JB: "Necrolord is a legend and has created some of the most striking and powerful images ever. He's also closely connected with Swedish metal. We just knew that he would deliver the perfect feel, mood and imagery for the new record. No one else would come close. It's an honor to have his artwork for 'Hammer Of The North'."
"Hammer Of The North" track listing:
01. I, The Jury 02. Hammer Of The North 03. Black Sails 04. Mountains Be My Throne 05. Northern Star 06. The Lord Of Lies 07. At Midnight They'll Get Wise 08. Bond Of Blood 09. Savage Tales 10. Ravens Guide Our Way
During the band's 10-year history, GRAND MAGUS has released two demos, one split EP and four full-length albums, and has received overwhelmingly positive reviews throughout. Their last opus, "Iron Will", was voted "Album of The Month" in the German Metal Hammer and Rock Hard magazines.
Drawing hefty influences from the hand-on-heart grandeur of the NWOBHM and the inspirational mythology of their forbears, GRAND MAGUS is steeped in pre-Christian tales of triumph, vengeance, betrayal, wisdom and death. But GRAND MAGUS also stands for energetic live performances, as seen at last year's European festivals such as Sweden Rock, Hellfest, Wacken, Summer Breeze and on tour in Europe with bands like AT THE GATES, CATHEDRAL, CANDLEMASS, TYRANT, SERPENTCULT and ELECTRIC WIZARD.
Universal Music Group (UMG), the world's leading music company, today announced the launch of Six-String on the App Store. Six-String is a new iPhone and iPod touch music app that delivers a dynamic guitar experience and includes chart-topping hits culled from real studio masters.
Six-String authentically recreates the guitar playing experience using tracks gathered from the real studio masters. So for the first time ever, players are provided with a truly engaging musical experience as they are required to pluck, strum and change chords. And since no experience is required, anyone anywhere can now play the guitar like a pro along with their favorite songs instantly!
Six-String comes with six chart-topping tracks, but players can easily add songs from the in-app store as they progress. The tracks included are: BON JOVI's "You Give Love A Bad Name"; TOM PETTY's "Runnin' Down A Dream"; FALL OUT BOY's "Thnks Fr Th Mmrs"; PETER FRAMPTON's "Show Me The Way"; and ORIANTHI's "According To You". It also contains the SCORPIONS' "Raised on Rock", from their new album, "Sting in the Tail", being released on March 23, which will be the first time a SCORPIONS recording has been included in any of the music game franchises.
The Six-String app also features more than 20 additional game tracks available for In-App purchase, including songs from 3 DOORS DOWN, ANGELS AND AIRWAVES, BECK, DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL, G.B.H., GARY GO, HINDER, HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD, KAISER CHIEFS, MAROON 5, NO DOUBT, PAPA ROACH, RISE AGAINST, ROBERT PALMER, SUM 41, WOLFMOTHER and many more to come! In addition, users can purchase the corresponding song, video and ringtone from iTunes through the app where available.
In Six-String, there are 2 different play modes: Practice Mode or Studio Mode. Practice Mode lets the player get familiar with a song and Studio mode allow the player to compete, earn points and work up to Six-String's high-score rankings. Moreover, there will be a contest running through the first month of the game's release, whereby the person with the highest score on the Six-String Hall of Fame leaderboard via the Plus+ network at exactly 6:00 p.m PST on April 6, 2010 will be eligible to win a Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster.
The app allows users to play each track at three different levels of difficulty. The sound can be adjusted to hear only the guitar or the guitar against the full master recording. Additionally, the game offers a free, thriving Six-String social community (via Plus+ network) which adds more excitement and competition to the game, allowing users to challenge each other's prowess on any song. In addition, players may choose to post score updates via Facebook, Twitter and email.
The Six-String app is available for $4.99 from the App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore/.
Stalkermusic recently conducted an interview with Tuomas Saukkonen (BLACK SUN AEON, BEFORE THE DAWN, THE FINAL HARVEST, DAWN OF SOLACE). Watch the chat below.
BLACK SUN AEON will release its second CD, "Routa" (Finnish for "ground frost"), on March 31. The follow-up to "Darkness Walks Beside Me" is a double album with a Finish-winter theme and consisting of two parts — "Side A", called "Talviaamu" ["Wintermorning"], and "Side B", dubbed "Talviyö" ["Winternight"].
Check out the "Routa" cover artwork below.
You can find the "Routa" studio blog at this location.
"Darkness Walks Beside Me" was released in March 2009 via Cyclone Empire. The CD featured guest vocals by Tomi Koivusaari of AMORPHIS, Ville Sorvali of MOONSORROW, Mynni Luukkainen of SOTAJUMALA and Mikko Heikkilä of SINAMORE.
Fan-filmed video footage of OBITUARY's March 10, 2010 performance at 02 Academy in London, England can be viewed below (courtesy of "mayerstoiad").
SIX FEET UNDER/ex-MASSACRE bassist Terry Butler is filling in for OBITUARY's Frank Watkins on the current trek.
OBITUARY's new concert DVD, "Live Xecution - Party.San 2008", was filmed at 2008's Party.San Open Air festival, which was held in Bad Berka, Germany.
Night Of The Vinyl Dead Records recently released a limited-edition vinyl version of OBITUARY's "Left To Die" EP. Only 500 hand-numbered copies were made available on hand-splattered bloody vinyl, including an insert.
"Left to Die" contains four songs: two new originals ("Forces Realign" and "Left To Die"), a 2008 studio recording of "Slowly We Rot", and a cover of "Dethroned Emperor" by CELTIC FROST.
"Darkest Day", the new album from OBITUARY, landed at position No. 32 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.
Metal Gods TV conducted an interview with Ben Hollyer of the U.K. act OCTOBER FILE at the Hammerfest II festival, which was held March 11-13, 2010 at Pontins, Prestatyn Sands, North Wales, United Kingdom. Watch the chat below.
OCTOBER FILE will release its long-awaited third album, "Our Souls To You", on April 5 via Candlelight Records. The CD is described in a press release as "a raging assault of post-apocalypse sonic heaviness on the senses from start to finish. . . Dark, aggressive, angular and downright angry are the closest descriptions. Musically, OCTOBER FILE deliver an even heavier and direct approach than the highly rated last album, 'Holy Armour From The Jaws Of God'."
An e-card for "Our Souls To You" can be accessed at this location.
"Holy Armour from the Jaws of God" was released as a limited-edition digipack (with a poster) and vinyl in October 2007 via Candlelight Records. A limited-edition seven-inch single (limited to 500 copies) containing the song "Octane Climate Changer" along with a demo version of "A Munitions Crusade" was released on the same day.
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