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The Deftones will be embarking on a summer tour with Incubus. Check out the dates below.

July 22 – Clarkston, Mich. @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
July 23 – Tinley Park, Ill. @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
July 25 – Cincinnati, Ohio @ Riverbend Music Center
Aug. 4 – Holmdel, N.J. @ PNC Bank Arts Center
Aug. 5 – Wantagh, N.Y. @ Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
Aug. 7 – Mansfield, Mass. @ Xfinity Center
Aug. 8 – Camden, N.J. @ Susquehanna Bank Center
Aug. 9 – Charlotte, N.C. @ PNC Music Pavilion
Aug. 12 – Atlanta, Ga. @ Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood
Aug. 13 – Tampa, Fla. @ MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
Aug. 14 – West Palm Beach, Fla. @ Coral Sky Amphitheatre
Aug. 16 – New Orleans, La. @ Bold Sphere Music at Champion's Square
Aug. 17 – Austin, Texas @ Austin360 Amphitheater
Aug. 19 – Houston, Texas @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Aug. 20 – Dallas, Texas @ Gexa Energy Pavilion
Aug. 24 – Morrison, Colo. @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Aug. 26 – Mountain View, Calif. @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
Aug. 30 – San Diego, Calif. @ Sleep Train Amphitheatre

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Byzantine have premiered a new music video for "The Agonies." Check it out below and let us know what you think in the comments!

The band's new album, 'To Release Is to Resolve,' is out now.

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photograph by Photo: Travis Shinn

Of Mice & Men have released a new music video for "Another You." Check it out below and let us know what you think in the comments!

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photograph by Photo: Stephanie Cabral

Los Angeles metal act Armored Saint have premiered a new song, "Mess." Check it out below and let us know what you think in the comments!

Armored Saint's latest album, 'Win Hands Down,' will be out on June 2 via Metal Blade Records.

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Chris Krovatin is the author of multiple young adult novels, including Heavy Metal & You, Venomous, and Gravediggers: Mountain of Bones. He is a contributing writer for Revolver and generally comes off as a good-natured pain in everyone's collective ass. This column represents his opinions–and probably only his opinions.

 

 

Weedeater with King Parrot

Sunday, April 5 at Lost Lake Lounge, Denver, C.O.

  • Pre-game stations: TRVE Brewing on Broadway, Lion's Lair on Colfax.
  • Level of chemical enlightenment reached: You've unlocked Slurring Dirtbag!
  • Old friend in attendance: Brandon Geist, former Editor in Chief of Revolver, who is visiting Denver with his family.
  • Last show seen with Brandon: Mastodon, Gojira, and Kvelertak at Terminal 5 in New York.
  • Tragedy about New York: We couldn't buy Sweet Grass edibles in public then.
  • State of the Lost Lake Lounge upon arrival: Fragrant.
  • Crowd breakdown: A really weird mix. You have your crusties and your hippies, but there are also a lot of everyday neighborhood people and bearded hipster-looking types present.
  • Philosophical question posed: Is the 'hipster' aesthetic basically a Brooklynification of the Denver aesthetic? You're average hairy gentleman?
  • Level up: You've unlocked Pretentious Douchebag!
  • Up first: King Parrot from Australia.
  • Sounds like: Pig Destroyer meets new Darkthrone.
  • Number of times members cuddle onstage: At least three.
  • Crowd reaction: Hugely positive. These guys fucking rule.
  • Favorite song played: "Epileptic Butcher."
  • Note to the reader: Go check out these guys' videos when you have a chance. Guitarist Ari White's husky cooing is the stuff of hilarious nightmares.
  • Easy pickings of the night: Vocalist Matt Young calling out crowd members by their shirts to get them moshing. "Hey, GG Allin, move your ass up here! You, Celtic Frost, don't be a pussy."
  • Honest confession: I was Celtic Frost.
  • Undignified response: Going absolutely nuts after he called me out. I'm too old for this shit.
  • Level up: You've unlocked Wheezing Thrasher!
  • Could I ever rock a King Parrot T-shirt: Man, I would've said no before this set, but…
  • Hygienic state post-King Parrot: Fragrant.
  • Phrase proving complicated: "New Belgium, please."
  • Deep, personal worry: I might be all headbanged out for Weedeater.
  • Wave of relief: Weedeater is stoner metal. I can just bob and stomp around like a sedated Labrador.
  • Dixie Dave quote of the night: "Ah, whiskey! Cures every fucking thing that ails you!"
  • Substances that make up Dixie Dave's vocal cords: Gravel, lighter fluid, chips of leather, rattlesnakes,
  • And now: Weedeater from North Carolina.
  • Sounds like: Taking a resin hit in the bathroom at a Black Sabbath concert.
  • Level up: You've unlocked Sedated Labrador!
  • Last time this reporter saw Weedeater: Saint Vitus in Brooklyn earlier this year. I got a grinder.
  • Call to fans: Bring drugs to the Weedeater show as merch tips! Do you your civic duty!
  • Things about Weedeater that are just absolutely crushing: Every last goddamn one.
  • Beautiful trait of a stoner metal show: It gives you a chance to stride around headbanging like one of the Fabulous Freak Brothers or Wayne Campbell.
  • Honest observation: Man, Wayne's World would have been so much fucking cooler if Wayne and Garth were listening to Eyehategod and Electric Wizard.
  • State post-show: Tenderize, dripping sweat, dazed beyond belief.
  • Items consumed with Brandon Geist post-show: Mexican cheeseburger at Pete's Kitchen, pentagram donuts at Voodoo Donut.
  • Level up: You've unlocked Volcano Guts!
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photograph by Photo: Paul Brown

As Sixx:AM make their way around the country with Apocalyptica and Vamps in support of their new album, 'Modern Vintage,' they will blogging about their experiences for Revolver.

Entry by James Michael.

As the bus pulled up to the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco, the excitement and anticipation of Sixx:AM's opening night of the Modern Vintage tour was insane. Nikki, DJ and I had been dreaming of this moment for seven long years. Our first headlining tour was about to begin. I wondered if Nikki and DJ would have the same level of excitement as I did because they both have had so much touring experience...but my curiosity was immediately answered because they both looked exactly like I felt...we were three kids that made up songs, started a band and were about to go conquer the world!

The night was magical. From the minute Vamps hit the stage the energy was over-the-top. They delivered a stunning set. Apocalyptica tore it up and got the crowd going like only they can do. I LOVE that band!

And then it was time for Sixx:AM to go out and bring these songs to life like we had all imagined for so long. From the very first note of "Let's Go," we and the crowd knew that this was a very special night for all of us and one we would not soon forget. To be able to look out and see so many people singing every single word to every single song really elevated the evening to a place that until now had only existed in my most outrageous childhood dreams.

For an hour and a half of pure adrenaline, we fed off of the crowd's enthusiasm and devoured every single moment as though it might never happen again. I can't remember ever being so grateful.

I love my brothers DJ Ashba and Nikki Sixx. I am honored to be on this journey with them. I love our new family members Melissa, Amber and Dustin. We are a gang. We are fortunate beyond words. We are Sixx:AM.

Off to Vegas!

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High on Fire have announced a release date for their new album, 'Luminiferous.'

The album is set to release on June 23 via eOne Music, and will be the band's first release since 2012's 'De Vermis Mysteriis.'

When talking about the message of the album, vocalist Matt Pike said "We're doing our part to expose The Elite and the fingers they have in religion, media, governments and financial world downfall and their relationship to all of our extraterrestrial connections in the race to control this world."

The band have also revealed the cover art and track listing for the upcoming release.

1.) The Black Plot
2.) Carcosa
3.) The Sunless Years
4.) Slave the Hive
5.) The Falconist
6.) Dark Side of the Compass
7.) The Cave
8.) Luminiferous
9.) The Lethal Chamber

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Orlando hard rock act Blessing a Curse recently released their new single, "Down the Rabbit Hole." Today, the band has teamed up with Revolver to premiere their new music video for the track. Check it out below and let us know what you think in the comments!

Vocalist Joshy Singer said, "The song itself is about me rejoining Blessing a Curse after parting ways with the band for a year and struggling with depression after my dad passed away. The video symbolizes how sometimes you have to fight your toughest battles on your own in order to find the true friends who will stick by you through your darkest times, even in spite of the pain you've caused them."

For more on Blessing a Curse, follow them on Facebook and Twitter.

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You may remember Dissimulator vocalist Jared Dines from his viral videos, "Things Guitarists Say in the Studio"  and "Things Bands Say to Labels." Check out "Things Parents Say to Metal Musicians" below and let us know what you think in the comments!

For more on Jared Dines, follow him on YouTube and Facebook.

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Breaking Benjamin have premiered a new song titled, "Angels Fall." Check it out below and let us know what you think in the comments!

Breaking Benjamin's latest album, 'Dark Before Dawn,' is due out June 23 via Hollywood Records.

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