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07:44 - BoxCar Willy Sweet, picked up over 60 punk CDs and cassettes today. w00t.
07:37 - psykometal Guess I've been fortunate enough to not attract any such people...lol
07:37 - psykometal Well, I don't associate with anybody who listens to such rubbish. Not because I avoid those people like an elitist, just that literally none of my friends listen to that kind of music.
07:33 - Jaeryd17 You haven't heard of One Direction yet? Lucky you, you must shelter yourself well from the barrage of pop-bullshit that's all over the place. They're a really dull, cliche, by the numbers boy band. Like 5 of Justin Bieber.
05:36 - psykometal Oh One Direction is a band? Lol, I was wondering what he meant be a "one direction tour banner". I thought he meant the banner only went in a single direction. Lol. Grammar fail ftw.
05:33 - huascaman There's no such ad. It's your subconscious telling you that you want to go see one direction. :}
A couple of days ago, Russian Circles began recording their new album in Chicago at Electrical Audio with long time allies Brandon Curtis (Geneva, Empros) producing again and Greg Norman engineering. This will be the band's 5th full length album and the follow up to 2011's Empros. The album is scheduled for release later this year through Sargent House Records.
Down Among The Dead Men is the new musical project from the minds of Rogga Johansson and Dave Ingram which are currently working on material for its full-length debut, to be released later this year via Cyclone Empire Records. Joining them are Rogga's fellow Paganizer and Ribspreader members, Dennis Blomberg and Brynjar Helgetun. More information will be released soon but the project's "musical style has been specified as crust-riddled punk with a definite death metal edge".
Black metallers Melechesh will be returning to North America this June for a headlining tour in support of their fifth studio album The Epigenesis. Support will come from Norway's Vreid and two bands from Los Angeles: Lightning Swords Of Death and Reign Of Lies. Additional dates will be announced soon but you can check out the shows confirmed so far below.
Following Träume Einer Nacht, Schwarzer Engel are about to release their new EP Schwarze Sonne and as a foretaste, you can now listen to snippets from each song that will appear on the EP at this location. The Schwarze Sonne EP will be released on May 24th, 2013 via Massacre Records.
Brazilian group Eminence have revealed the artwork for their fourth full-length album, to be titled The Stalker, due to be released on August 2013. The artwork was crafted by Viktor Koen and you can take a look at it on the video teaser available below. The new album comes five years after the release of their latest The God Of All Mistakes.
So, veterans Megadeth premiered the title track "Super Collider" last month from their upcoming new album and it got some pretty mixed up reactions. Today it is time to listen to another brand new song, "Kingmaker", which just debuted online via two fans' Twitter accounts. It is now available on the YouTube video below for you to enjoy. What do you think about this one?
Last month, Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night Blackmore's Night announced the details of their upcoming new album Dancer And The Moon and now the band has premiered its first single "The Moon Is Shining (Somewhere Over The Sea)" as a foretaste of the opus which comes out in June. You can enjoy the new song at this location.
Spread The Metal Records will host the Spread The Metal Festival 2013 in Toronto, Ontario at The Opera House this upcoming September 7th and 8th. The festival will see 100% of its profits donated to Kiva, a non-profit organization, which helps people around the world to lift themselves out of poverty.
Finnish metallers Battle Beast are currently streaming their eponymous second album exclusively here or at this location. The album was officially released yesterday and follows 2011's Steel. Battle Beast was produced and mixed by the band in JKB Studios Helsinki and mastered by Mika Jussila at Finnvox Studios.
Traditional heavy metal band Huntress has unveiled the first song from their upcoming album Starbound Beast. The track entitled "I Want To Fuck You To Death" was co-written for singer Jill Janus by legendary Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister and produced by Zeuss. If you want to hear how the collaboration came out, head over to their Facebook page and listen to the song here at the price of one 'Like'.
After "Saint Patrick's Day", Civil War have recently premiered online yet another new song off their debut album The Killer Angels, their newest single "First To Fight". You can listen to the song at this location while you wait for the release of the album on June 11th, 2013 through Despotz Records.
Deep Purple's new video for the song ''Vincent Price'', their first video clip in over 20 years, shows their humorous side with a black-and-white horror film homage and has just premiered online. You can view it below. ''Vincent Price'' is taken from the group's latest album NOW What?! which came out in April.
Impending Doom have entered The Machine Shop studio in Belleville, NJ this week to start working on a next LP with producer Will Putney. This currently untitled new effort will be the band's follow-up to Baptized In Filth, which was released in March last year via eOne Music. The band has also revealed a string of US tour dates, scheduled for this coming summer. Check them out below.
Dutch singer/pianist Anneke Van Giersbergen has unveiled the release date of her new single and upcoming album. Single will be released on August 23rd, while the album will be out on September 27th, 2013. Anneke has also announced an European tour for this coming October/November. All confirmed dates can be found below. Support on the road will be Swedish rock band Minora (dates from 16.10. to 02.11.).
Just one week away from the official release of Ultraviolet, the time has come to listen to the album which is available in full at this location. After releasing most recently Static Tensions and Spiral Shadow in quick succession, fans have come to expect great things from Kylesa. Immerse yourself in Ultraviolet and let us know how was the experience.
