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In this week's Album of the Week poll, you, the fans, voted Philip H. Anselmo & the Illegals to the top spot, for their album Walk Through Exits Only. Check out the top five vote-getters below:
1. Philip H. Anselmo & the Illegals - Walk Through Exits Only
2. Stomach Earth - Stomach Earth
3. Witches Mark - Witching Metal Ritual
4. Seven Witches - Rebirth
5. Dead Boots - Verónica
Stay tuned for this week's poll, which will be live tomorrow on RevolverMag.com. Until then, you can check out Philip H. Anselmo & the Illegals' "Bedridden" off Walk Through Exits Only below:
A Storm of Light will release their new album, Nations to Flames, on September 17. In anticipation, the band has teamed with Revolver to premiere a song from the record, "Fall." Check it out below and let us know what you think in the comments.
Comments A Storm of Light founding vocalist-guitarist Josh Graham, "These songs are much more focused. Even the more 'epic' songs are shorter but still accomplish the same journey as the longer songs used to. We've ditched the rock elements of the last record and let our early influences of Killing Joke, Bad Brains, Metallica, and Crash Worship seep in. We are bringing back the intensity of Black Ocean but with the speed and precision ore akin to our metal influences. While there are still some slower/sludgy tunes, some songs are twice as fast as the older material."
For more on the band, visit AStormOfLight.com.
The Winery Dogs, featuring Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater, Avenged Sevenfold), Billy Sheehan (Steve Vai), and Richie Kotzen (Poison), are set to release their new self-titled album on July 23. "It's very exciting for me to be in a solid rock trio," Portnoy says. "Stylistically, the bulk of my career has been spent playing progressive music, so this was an opportunity for me to do something that wasn't prog or metal. It's more classic rock and, at the end of the day that's what I grew up with and that's the biggest influence in my life." In anticipation, the supergroup has teamed up with Revolver to launch the Q&A video below, in with Portnoy talks about the band's album and music. Check it out and let us know what you think in the comments.
Los Angeles' Alpha & Omega will release their second full-length, No Rest, No Peace, July 23 via Bridge Nine. On the record, the band draws from a variety of influences including hardcore mainstays such as Cro Mags and Integrity as well as crossover and metal groups like Crowbar and Metallica. The result, according to vocalist Luis Hernandez, is an album that is "…100% us. Every lyric, every riff is real," he says. "This album truly reflects Alpha & Omega as a whole."
Check it out below and let us know what you think in the comments.
Today, RevolverMag.com presents the exclusive premiere of the fourth episode of Five Finger Death Punch's new "track by track" video series.
In the clip below, the 5FDP crew preview two new tracks — "Anywhere But Here" and "Dot Your Eyes" — from their upcoming album, The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 1, which will be available July 30.
The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 1 is available for pre-order on iTunes and Amazon. There's also a deluxe edition of the album (available for pre-order here) that comes with a bonus 15-track live CD, Purgatory [Tales From The Pit]. The physical pressing of the album also comes with a redeemable limited-edition T-shirt.
A collectible limited-edition set featuring a 5FDP lunch box, the deluxe version of the album with the bonus live CD, plus assorted collectible items, can be checked out on the band's web store.
The track listing of The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 1 is "Lift Me Up" (featuring Rob Halford of Judas Priest) | "Watch You Bleed" | "You " | "Wrong Side Of Heaven" | "Burn MF" | "I. M. Sin" | "Anywhere But Here" (featuring Maria Brink) | "Dot Your Eyes And Cross Your Teeth" | "M.I.N.E. (End This Way)" | "Mama Said Knock You Out" (featuring Tech N9ne) | "Diary Of A Deadman" | "I.M. Sin" (featuring Max Cavalera) | "Anywhere But Here" (Duet with Maria Brink) and "Dot Your Eyes And Cross Your Teeth" (featuring Jamey Jasta).
Five Finger Death Punch are co-headlining this summer's Rockstar Engergy Drink Mayhem Festival alongside Rob Zombie. For all the Mayhem dates, visit rockstarmayhemfest.com. In the fall, FFDP are kicking off a headline Canadian tour. For their full itinerary, visit fivefingerdeathpunch.com/tour.
For more about Five Finger Death Punch, visit their official website and Facebook page.
Revolver photographer Rob Fenn is traveling the country with the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival. Here are some shots from the tour featuring all the bands! Stay tuned all summer long for more exclusive photos and videos from the road!
Today, RevolverMag.com presents the exclusive premiere of Asymmetry, the new album by Australian rock band Karnivool.
The album, which is being released through Density Records, will be available digitally July 23 and in stores August 6. Fans can pre-order the album digitally on iTunes or pre-order the deluxe version of the album at kingsroadmerch.com.
Asymmetry, the band's first new release in more than four years, is the followup to Sound Awake. Its 14 tracks were recorded and mixed by producer Nick DiDia (Pearl Jam, Rage Against The Machine, Mastodon) in Byron Bay, New South Wales.
"I think each time Karnivool walk into another record, we all want to explore new ground," says vocalist Ian Kenny. "We want to open the door to our musical basement, switch the light off and tumble down the stairs into god knows what. Each time we switch the light on again, we are a different band."
"We wanted this record to be a natural evolution from Sound Awake," adds guitarist Drew Goddard. "It needed to be more honest and raw, sound-wise and song-wise, exploring uncharted territory for the band while holding true to the things that make Karnivool ... Karnivool."
Karnivool formed in Perth, Australia, in 1997. The band's current lineup is Ian Kenny (vocals), Drew Goddard (guitar, vocals), Jon Stockman (bass), Mark Hosking (guitar, vocals) and Steve Judd (drums).
For more about the band, visit their official website and Facebook page.
West Coast metal deviants Armed for Apocalypse will release their new album, The Road Will End, via Ironclad Recordings on July 23. In anticipation, the group has teamed with Revolver to stream the record in its entirety right here right now.
Lead guitarist Cayle Hunter says of the album, "The Road Will End is the best group of songs any of us has ever been associated with. We put this album through an extremely strong filter and put every single riff under the microscope. We kept challenging each other to not just write a riff, but to write thee riff. If it didn't force us make that 'oooh' face and bang our heads in the practice spot, it got cut. We wanted to make an album that was stacked with heaters from beginning to end—no filler tracks—and we feel we've accomplished that. We hope it gets the stamp of approval from our fellow metal heads around the world!"
Adds vocalist-guitarist Kirk Williams: "We are incredibly pumped on this record. It's been a long time in the making and has turned out to be exactly what we wanted: A one hundred percent accurate and sincere representation of us as musicians and people. In many ways I feel like it's the first real Armed for Apocalypse record. It practically wrote itself, like we collectively vomited this heavy, disgusting thing that was growing in our guts for years."
For the latest on the band, visit Facebook.com/ArmedForApocalypse.
Oderus Urungus takes the task very seriously when we ask him to pick the top monsters to ever stomp, snarl, snap, shape-shift or drool across the silver screen. "Being a full-time professional monster has given me a unique perspective into all things evil and awful," GWAR vocalist Oderus Urungus says first. "Therefore it takes quite a bit of monstrous behavior in order for anything to even register on my wretched radar as vaguely vile.
"Now keep in mind that I eliminated all real monsters from the running," he continues. "In other words Bigfoot, the other members of GWAR, and Nancy Grace were immediately off the list. Secondly, I got rid of all the giant monsters. Giant monsters take up more space, and if I put Godzilla on it — which I would have to do — then there would be no space left for anything else. Which would be unfortunate, because I love King Ghidorah almost as much as I love Godzilla. But then I heard that both of them were just dudes in rubber suits anyway. I tried to keep away from the more obvious ones — I mean, everybody loves the Creature From the Black Lagoon and Alien — or is it 'the' Alien? But enough of this confusion, let's get to the top five!"
1. The Kandarian Demon
Everybody loves Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2, and most people like Army of Darkness, except me. The Kandarian Demon is the biggest reason why, and it's a reason even bigger than Bruce Campbell's chin. This shape-shifting, trap-door-lifting, written-on-human-skin-book-gifting has got more looks than an NFL defensive unit, and it isn't afraid to break into song or give us some comedy. We'll swallow your soul!
2. Nosferatu
Vampires were never supposed to be "hot," unless of course they were being burned alive by a horde of angry villagers, and they certainly were not supposed to turn into diamonds when exposed to sunlight! From True Blood to Twilight, vampires have become the stuff of soap operas, which makes my love for the original movie vampire, Max Schrek's Nosferatu, all the most intense. This stiff-as-a-board, dog-toothed nightmare is so terrifying that even the remake is scary.
3. The Demon from 'Curse of the Demon'
Usually the scariest things are the things that we cannot see. Our imaginations run amuck as the mind conjures all kinds of horrors to rationalize the fact that we just peed our pants. This beastie has always been one of my favorites and you don't even see the entire thing until the very last scene of the movie. A true classic, this little-known English film from the Fifties has yet to be topped, and it had such an impact on me that I stole my entire look from it. It was also released under the title Night of the Demon, so keep your eyes peeled. That sounds like it hurts.
4. The dead medium from 'Black Sabbath'
This is another little-known classic, the title of which has absolutely nothing to do with maybe the greatest metal band ever. The movie is made up of three short films, two of which are entirely forgettable, but completely forgivable, due to the fact that this creature — the animated corpse of a medium who dropped dead in the middle of a séance — forces me to wear Depends adult diapers every time I see it. The pinprick pupils, the death's head grimace, the fact that it's not a computer animated blob of pixels — all of these add up to a ghost that will haunt the hair off your privates. What's that? Why do I wear diapers when I see it? Because it scares the shit out of me!
5. The Thing from John Carpenter's 'The Thing'
I know I said I was going to stay away from big-time movie monsters, but this creature rules the screen in what is probably my favorite movie. Every piece of anatomy from any human or animal that ever walked, stalked or crawled across the surface of this mud-ball planet is mushed together into an ever-changing orgy of pulsating flesh, crab-like appendages and sled-dogs gone hideously awry. The Thing defies logic, physiology and Kurt Russell in it's never-ending quest to somehow feel at home, and I always cry when it gets blown up at the end, mostly because you never get to see it having sex. Or maybe you did.
Chicago metalcore/hardcore band Sworn In will release their debut full length album, The Death Card, on August 20th on Razor & Tie. In anticipation, the group has teamed up with Revolver to premiere new song "Hyposcrisy"—check it out below and let us know what you think in the comments. The Death Card is available for preorder at MerchNow.