Mind the Drift, the new album from bass/drum (and now guitar) heavies BIG BUSINESS is now streaming at mindthedrift.com.
“Mind The Drift” Tracklist
1. Found Art
2. Gold and Final (Click HERE To Download)
3. Cats, Mice
4. I Got It Online
5. The Drift
6. The Ayes Have It
7. Cold Lunch
8. Theme From Big Business II
Big Business US Tour w/ Tweak Bird:
Apr 22 2009 The Max Dallas, Texas
Apr 23 2009 Red Seven Austin, Texas
Apr 24 2009 Warehouse Live-Studio Houston, Texas
Apr 25 2009 Spanish Moon Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Apr 26 2009 Alabama Music Box Mobile, Alabama
Apr 29 2009 Common Grounds (formerly Covered Dish) Gainesville, Florida
Apr 30 2009 City Limits Delray Beach, Florida
May 1 2009 The Social Orlando, Florida
May 2 2009 Jack Rabbits Jacksonville, Florida
May 3 2009 The Drunken Unicorn Atlanta, Georgia
May 5 2009 Cat’s Cradle Carrboro, North Carolina
May 6 2009 The Ottobar Baltimore, Maryland
May 7 2009 Rock & Roll Hotel Washington DC, Washington DC
May 8 2009 The Note Westchester, Pennsylvania
May 9 2009 Union Pool Brooklyn, New York
May 10 2009 Mercury Lounge New York, New York
May 12 2009 Middle East Downstairs Boston, Massachusetts
May 13 2009 Grog Shop Cleaveland, Ohio
May 14 2009 The Basement Columbus, Ohio
May 15 2009 Headliners Music Hall Louisville, Kentucky
May 16 2009 Small’s Detroit, Michigan
May 17 2009 The Bottom Lounge Chicago, Illinois
May 18 2009 Triple Rock Social Club Minneapolis, Minnesota
May 20 2009 Larimer Lounge Denver, Colorado
May 21 2009 Bar Deluxe Salt Lake City, Utah
May 22 2009 Neurolux Boise, Idaho
May 23 2009 Dante’s Portland, Oregon
May 24 2009 Neumo’s Crystal Ball Reading Room Seattle, Washington
May 25 2009 The Big Room Olympia, Washington
May 27 2009 Bottom of the Hill San Francisco, C
New York progressive extreme metal outfit CAR BOMB have announced a three-week tour supporting GOJIRA. This May tour will kick-off in Springfield, VA and also include THE CHARIOT. A listing of confirmed tour dates and cites can be found below with more details to be announced soon.
CAR BOMB bassist Jon Modell commented on the tour; “We’re ECSTATIC to be heading out on the road with Gojira. When I met Joe Duplantier in Arizona 2 years ago for the Cavalera Conspiracy show, and subsequently saw him at our hotel for breakfast the next morning, I was amazed to find out he was really into Car Bomb. We spoke for about an hour about music and life and I believe he said to me that ‘the music Car Bomb plays is the music he hears in his head’ – WOW!! It is an honor and a privilege to have been selected to support Gojira on this tour. We have a bunch of new material we will be debuting and our show is crazier than ever.”
CAR BOMB are touring in support of their Relapse debut Centralia. In-between touring, the band has been writing for Centralia’s follow-up and expect to hit the studio later this year. Audio samples taken from Centralia can be heard now via the band’s MySpace page: MySpace.com/Carbomb.
ISIS will embark on a six week US tour in support of Wavering Radiant (Ipecac, May 5) on May 15, kicking off in San Diego. The band’s latest release finds the LA-by-way-of-Boston quintet teaming up with producer Joe Barresi (Queens of the Stone Age, Melvins).
Tour dates are:
May 15 San Diego, CA Casbah
May 16 Tempe, AZ The Clubhouse
May 17 Albuquerque, NM Launchpad
May 19 Austin, TX Emo’s
May 20 Dallas, TX Granada Theatre
May 21 Houston, TX Meridian – Red Room
May 22 Baton Rouge, LA Spanish Moon
May 23 Birmingham, AL Bottle Tree
May 25 Orlando, FL The Social
May 26 Gainesville, FL Common Grounds
May 27 Jacksonville, FL Jack Rabbit’s
May 28 Atlanta, GA The Earl
May 29 Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle
May 30 Washington, DC Black Cat
May 31 Baltimore, MD Sonar
June 2 New York, NY The Filmore at Irving Plaza
June 3 Philadelphia, PA TLA
June 4 Northampton, MA Pearl Street
June 5 Boston, MA Paradise
June 6 Montreal, QC The National
June 7 Toronto, ON Phoenix Theatre
June 9 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
June 10 Cincinnati, OH 20th Century Theatre
June 11 Detroit, MI Small’s
June 12 Chicago, IL The Bottom Lounge
June 15 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater
June 16 Salt Lake City, UT Club Sound
June 18 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theater
June 19 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
June 20 Seattle, WA Neumo’s
June 22 San Jose, CA The Blank Club
June 23 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
June 24 Los Angeles, CA Henry Fonda Theatre
Check out behind the scenes footage from the recording of Wavering Radiant below: (more…)
Paris, France-based black metal group Glorior Belli are about to release their third full-length (and first on Candlelight Records), Meet Us At The Southern Sign on June 2, 2009. Additionally, Glorior Belli will begin their first U.S. tour alongside labelmates Absu and Sothis this June.
Meet Us At The Southern Sign Track List:
1. In A Blood Red Moon
2. The Forbidden Words
3. Swamp That Shame
4. There Is But One Light
5. True Essence
6. In Every Grief-Stricken Blues
7. Nox Illuminatio Mea
8. The Blazing Darkness
9. Fivefold Thought
10. Fires Of The Sitra Ahra
11. Meet Us At The Southern Sign
To celebrate this wicked-sounding release, we are pleased to offer the exclusive preview of “In Every Grief-Stricken Blues.” Check it out below! (more…)
Classic German thrashers Kreator, who released their full-length Hordes Of Chaos earlier this year, will kick of their headlining North America tour next week with special guests Exodus, Belphegor, Warbringer and Epicurean.
“We can’t wait to see all our American friends again,” said vocalist/guitarist Mille Petrozza. “It has been a long time since the last tour!” The month-plus long tour will begin on April 7th at Sonar in Baltimore, MD and wind down on May 17th at Jaxx in West Springfield, VA. Bona fide metallers are advised not to miss this tour.
KREATOR: Hordes Of Chaos North America Tour 2009
With special guest EXODUS, Belphegor, Warbringer and Epicurean:
04/0 7/ 2009 Sonar – Baltimore, MD
04/08/ 2009 Nokia Theatre – New York, NY
04/09/ 2009 Trocadero – Philadelphia, PA
04/10/2009 Palladium – Worcester, MA
04/11/2009 Medley – Montreal, QC
04/13/2009 Imperial de Quebec, QC
04/14/2009 Opera House – Toronto, ON
04/15/2009 Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH
04/16/2009 Rave – Millwaukee, WI
04/17/2009 House of Blues – Chicago, IL
04/18/2009 The Rock – Maplewood, MN
04/19/2009 Garrick Centre – Winnipeg, MB
04/20/2009 The Distrikt – Regina, SK
04/21/2009 Warehouse – Calgary, AL
04/22/2009 Starlite Room – Edmonton, AL
04/24/2009 Plaza Club – Vancouver, BC
04/25/2009 Sugar – Victoria, BC
04/26/2009 El Corazon – Seattle, WA
04/27/2009 Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR
04/28/2009 Slims – San Francisco, CA
04/30/2009 House of Blues – Las Vegas, NV
05/01/2009 House of Blues – San Diego, CA
05/02/2009 House of Blues – West Hollywood, CA
05/04/2009 Gator’s – Farmington, NM
05/05/2009 Bluebird Theater – Denver, CO
05/06/2009 Diamond Ballroom – Oklahoma City, OK
05/07/2009 Ridglea Theater – Ft Worth, TX
05/08/2009 Scout Bar – San Antonio, TX
05/09/2009 Scout Bar – Houston, TX
05/11/2009 The Garage – St. Petersburg, FL
05/12/2009 Culture Room – Ft Lauderdale, FL
05/13/2009 Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
05/14/2009 Headliner – Louisville, KY
05/15/2009 Orange Peel – Ashville, NC
05/16/2009 Volume 11 – Raleigh, NC
05/17/2009 Jaxx – West Springfield, VA
Please contact EarsplitPR for review tickets and on-site interviews!
“Psychopathy Red,” the first new track from Slayer’s as-yet-titled full-length follow-up to 2006’s Christ Illusion, will be available as a 7-inch vinyl disc beginning Saturday, April 18, 2009 as part of the third annual Record Store Day. Only 5,000 of these limited edition discs will be manufactured worldwide, and will be available exclusively at participating independent record stores – log onto recordstoreday.com for the list of participating stores.
The blood-red vinyl “Psychopathy Red” 7-inch collectors item will be packaged in a special Russian crime scene “evidence envelope,” as the song was inspired by the heinous Russian serial killer Andrei Chikatilo, aka the Rostov Ripper, who confessed to brutally murdering 56 children. The song was recorded by the band – guitarists Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman, bassist/vocalist Tom Araya, and drummer Dave Lombardo – in a Los Angeles recording studio last October.
April 18 marks “Record Store Day,” the annual day that celebrates the unique culture surrounding the more than 700 independently owned record stores across the U.S. and hundreds of similar stores internationally. The members of Slayer chose to unleash “Psychopathy Red” on this day – and only through independent record stores – to acknowledge the support those outlets have offered to the band and to metal music over the years.
Slayer is currently in a Los Angeles studio recording a brand-new album due out this summer. The band will co-headline with Marilyn Manson on the five-week Mayhem Festival set to kick off July 10 in Sacramento, CA. In addition, Kerry King and Tom Araya are set to make a special appearance at the Ephiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards Awards to be held in Los Angeles on April 7, where they will present the “Best Live Band” award to Slipknot. Slayer was presented with its first Golden God Award in 2004 when the band was named “Best Live Band.”
We’ve just gotten word that Norwegian progressive black metallers ENSLAVED will be direct support for Opeth on the latter’s upcoming North American tour. The 23-show stint will launch on May 1st on Sayreville, New Jersey and end on May 27th in Washington D.C. ENSLAVED’s latest record, Vertabrae was released on Nuclear Blast Records last year.
Ivar Bjørnson, ENSLAVED’s songwriter and guitarist comments:
“I am stoked that we are going out with Opeth. We have been admirers of Opeth’s work for years, specially the direction of their newer works. This is great news for us to take back to our loyal fans and friends in North America at this point; the reception for our newest album Vertebrae has been fantastic and unforgettable. We can’t wait to present the songs live; we promise you won’t be let down! Finally, we wish to express our sincere gratitude to Opeth for giving us this opportunity.”
Check out our live videos of ENSLAVED HERE. Also, see below for the video for “The Watcher,” from Vertabrae.
CHROME DIVISION, the Norwegian rock-n-roll five-piece featuring DIMMU BORGIR frontman Shagrath (a.k.a. Stian Thoresen) on guitar, has issued the following update:
“There’s a lot of things happening in the CHROME camp nowadays. First off, the live situation is brighter than ever. Two more festivals in Germany are confirmed. Details will follow later. Then the Underworld Club of London, England will most certainly get Chromed in a near future. Then there’s rumours of a trip over to the U.S., more specific Los Angeles, to show the Americans what Norwegian doomsday rock’n'roll is all about.
It’s then appropriate that all the guitarists in CHROME DIVISION is newly sponsored by Peavey Amps and cabs for the ultimate live sound. Furthermore, the band is busy at rehearsals making more smokin’ rock for the third release. Four songs are ready and the fumes of burning rubber is rising once again.”
CHROME DIVISION’s debut, Booze, Broads and Beezlebub was released last year on Nuclear Blast Records.
Swedish/Texan doom legends CANDLEMASS have made their new album, Death Magic Doom, available for streaming at the following location: www.myspace.com/candlemass. Death Magic Doom will be available on the site until August 1st and will be for sale in Europe on April 3rd and North America on May 5th.
Death Magic Doom is the follow-up to last year`s massive Lucifer Rising EP and second full-length album with new vocalist Robert Lowe. Death Magic Doom was recorded at the famous Swedish Polar Studios.
MEGADETH have just been confirmed to headline the first annual EPIPHONE Revolver Golden Gods Awards, presented by the Honda Fury April 7 at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles. America’s first-ever hard rock and heavy metal music award show will be broadcast on MTV2 as a one-hour special debuting Saturday, May 2. The ultimate evening of heavy music will also feature performances from Killswitch Engage, Hatebreed, All That Remains, and Suicide Silence, along with a very special DJ set from Slipknot’s Corey Taylor to kick off the event. The night will culminate with rock legend Ozzy Osbourne being honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
MetalKult is pleased to offer you, our faithful readers, a chance to win one of SIX PAIRS of tickets for this sure-to-be-heavy evening. We’re also making it extremely easy for you to enter for a chance to win. All you need to do is send your NAME, AGE, HOMETOWN, E-MAIL, and PHONE NUMBER to metalkult666@gmail.com. You must be 16 years of age or older to enter. Only one prize per person.
The deadline to enter is March 30, and all winners will be randomly chosen shortly thereafter. We will then contact you with details on how to collect your tickets at the venue. So what are you waiting for: enter away!
Also, check out this quick video promo for the awards:
