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San Francisco guitar/drum doom band Black Cobra have announced an October 30 release date for their latest assault, Feather and Stone . The eight-track album showcases the band expanding on the gritty hardcore/sludge depravity they laid down on previous outing Bestial.
Below are a list of Black Cobra dates supporting the Sword.
10/17/2007 12 Galaxies - San Francisco CA w/U.S.S.A., Oxbow, Weedeater
11/24/2007 Hemlock Tavern - San Francisco CA
11/25/2007 Relax Bar - Los Angeles CA
11/26/2007 *TBA Arizona
11/27/2007 Burt's Tiki Lounge - Albuquerque NM
11/28/2007 Whiskey Dix - Lubbock TX
11/29/2007 Red 7 - Austin TX w/Slough Feg, The Flood
tour with The Sword and Valient Thorr begins
11/30/2007 The Jackrabbit Lounge - Shreveport LA w/The Sword, The Roller
12/01/2007 One Eyed Jacks - New Orleans LA w/The Sword, The Roller
12/02/2007 The Bottletree - Birmingam, AL w/The Sword, The Roller
12/03/2007 The Earl - Atlanta, GA w/The Sword, The Roller
12/05/2007 Black Cat Backstage - Washington DC w/The Sword, Valient Thorr
12/06/2007 Bowery Ballroom - New York NY w/The Sword, Valient Thorr
12/07/2007 First Unitarian Church - Philadelphia PA w/The Sword, Valient Thorr
12/08/2007 Middle East Downstairs - Cambridge, MA w/The Sword, Valient Thorr
12/11/2007 Mohawk Place - Buffalo, NY w/The Sword, Valient Thorr
12/12/2007 Grog Shop - Cleveland OH w/The Sword, Valient Thorr
12/13/2007 Reggies Live - Chicago IL w/The Sword, Valient Thorr
12/14/2007 The Rave Bar - Milwaukee WI w/The Sword, Valient Thorr
12/15/2007 Triple Rock Social Club - Minneapolis MN w/The Sword, Valient Thorr
12/16/2007 Picador - Iowa City IA w/The Sword, Valient Thorr
12/17/2007 Record Bar - Kansas City MO w/The Sword, Valient Thorr
12/18/2007 *TBA Denver CO
12/19/2007 *TBA Salt Lake City UT
12/20/2007 *TBA Reno NV
www.blackcobra.net
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The Pacific Northwestern black metal eco-terrorists Wolves In the Throne Room's first full US tour is underway this week, in support of their new full length, Two Hunters.
WITTR will be playing with such acts as Ludicra, It's Casual, Jesu, Witchcraft and more along the way. Check out the following dates:
10/02/07 Slim's - San Francisco, CA w/Ludicra, Graves At Sea
10/03/07 Paul Sweet House (3950 Paul sweet road) - Santa Cruz, CA
10/04/07 The Casbah - San Diego, CA w/Jesu, Earthless
10/05/07 Relax Bar - Los Angeles, CA w/Ludicra, Manslaughter, It's Casual
10/06/07 The Sets - Tempe, AZ w/Jesu
10/07/07 Launchpad - Albuquerque NM w/Jesu
10/09/07 Hailey's - Denton TX w/Jesu, USSA
10/10/07 The Mohawk - Austin, TX w/Jesu, Weedeater, USSA
10/11/07 Walter's - Houston, TX w/Jesu
10/12/07 Spanish Moon - Baton Rouge, LA w/Jesu
10/13/07 Club Downunder - Tallahassee, FL w/Jesu
10/15/07 The Social - Orlando, FL w/Jesu
10/16/07 The Earl - Atlanta, GA w/Jesu
10/17/07 Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, NC w/Jesu
10/18/07 Carnegie Mellon University - Pittsburgh, PA
10/19/07 Death By Audio - Brooklyn, NY - w/Witchcraft, Danava, Steve Moore
10/20/07 The Union - Athens, OH w/Skeletonwitch
10/21/07 Mac's Bar - Lansing, MI
10/22/07 In-store at Restless Records-Chicago, IL
10/22/07 Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL w/Lair of the Minotaur, Indian
10/23/07 Vaudeville Mews - Des Moines, IA w/Black Market Fetus
10/24/07 Box Awesome - Lincoln, NE
10/25/07 3 Kings - Denver, CO
10/26/07 Broken Record Bar - Salt Lake City, UT
10/27/07 TBA Boise, ID
10/28/07 Ground Kontrol - Portland, OR w/Walken, Floating Goat, DJ Nate C
Municipal Waste is taking the party to you! Today marks the first day of their U.S. headlining tour. Do you have what it takes to face the inebriator? The come and see them on these dates:
9/21/07 - Kingston, Pennsylvania @ Backstage
9/22/07 - Trenton, NJ @ The Championship
9/23/07 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
9/25/07 - Brooklyn, NY @ Europa
9/26/07 - Providence, RI @ The Living Room
9/27/07 - Worcester, MA @ The Palladium (upstairs)
9/28/07 - Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Loft
9/29/07 - Buffalo, NY @ Showplace Theatre
9/30/07 - Cleveland, Ohio @ Now Thats Class
10/2/07 - Minneapolis, Minnesota @ Triple Rock Social Club
10/3/07 - Arlington, Illinois @ Arlington Heights K Od C Hall
10/5/07 - Detroit, MI @ Harpo's
10/6/07 - Toronto, ON @ Metal Bar
10/7/07 - Springfield, MA @ The Waterfront
10/9/07 - Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
10/10/07 - Harrisonburg, Virginia @ Guzmans
11/3/07 - Asbury Park, NJ @ Convention Hall Complex
Municipal Waste is featured on the first episode of a new metal DVD series from the mind of Matt Zane called Radium. As described by director, Zane, Radium is a mixture of the latest metal videos, band interviews, and "loads of hot and heavy porn."
Check out the trailer below:
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Glenn Danzig will hit the road beginning in late October for a handful of live concert dates on both the East and West coasts. Joining Danzig on these dates will be bassist Steve Zing (Samhain) and guitarist Todd Youth (Danzig, Murphy's Law); former Misfits axe man Doyle Von Frankenstein and his new band Gorgeous Frankenstein, will support on all dates.
Glenn and Doyle have been in the studio recording Doyle's first solo album, "Gorgeous Frankenstein," which Danzig produced and will release on October 16 on his label, evilive. According to Glenn, he and Doyle recorded "eight blood-curdling tracks" that include "Man or Monster," "Devilgirl," "Reverse of God," and "Made In Hell." The two played all instruments on the album.
Check out this classic video for Danzig's "Mother":
These Danzig dates are also in support of The Lost Tracks of Danzig, the two-CD set that was released May 29, as well as Glenn's limited edition book Drukija, Contessa of Blood, loosely based on the legend of 17th century vampire, Countess Elizabeth Bathory, and illustrated by long time collaborator Simon Bisley. The Lost Tracks is comprised of 26 previously unreleased tracks that span Danzig's entire career and were originally recorded during the band's seven-album "arc" that began with 1988's Danzig.
Follows are the confirmed Danzig east and west coast dates. Other than these shows, Danzig has no plans to do any touring in the foreseeable future.
October
23 Rams Head Live, Baltimore, MD
24 Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA
25 Palladium, Worcester, MA
27 Nokia Theatre, New York, NY
30 House of Blues, Las Vegas, NV
31 Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
NOVEMBER
1 The Grove, Anaheim, CA
2 Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA
The Burial Chamber Trio—Oren Ambarchi, Greg Anderson (Sunn O)))) and Attila Csihar (Mayhem)—have announced that their first and only show in the U.S. will be occur on Sunday, October 21st at Chop Suey in Seattle, WA. Burial Chamber will be supported by Earth and Lesbian.
Burial Chamber Trio have reportedly played gigs around the world under the following names: Grave Temple Trio (Israel only), Sunn O))), Mayhem, Tormentor and the Menstruation Sisters.
Check out the following video from their show in Berlin on January 28, 2007.
Death Metal outfit Deicide have begun work on their ninth studio album at Florida's Morrisound Studios, the follow up to their 2006 album The Stench of Redemption.
With a confirmed title of Till Death Do Us Part', the record promises to be Deicide's most savage and aggressive to date. Drummer Steve Asheim has begun the process by laying down drum tracks on a set of tracks that retain all the high speed intensity of the last album, but throw in a few surprises along the way.
Drummer Steve Asheim has this to say on the process so far:
"The songs will have a very evil and chaotic nature to them and will include the extensive arrangements and riffage that made Stench so great."
Check out the following video for "Homage for Satan," from The Stench of Redemption.
Fans worried about recent stories concerning the demise of the band can rest easy according to Asheim. "There's no mistaking...it's Deicide. It feels like a cross between Stench and Legion, and is definitely the next logical step for Deicide."
Once the music is down, the final stage will be for Glen Benton to contribute his unique vocal approach, with recordings scheduled for completion as early as November. Till Death Us Do Part is expected to be released early 2008.
"We keep pushing what we do," concludes Asheim. "The guitars are even more sinister...the drums even more brutal. Deicide fans may be shocked at how fast this came around, but they're going to eat it up."
Poland's Selfmadegod Records announce the release of their first ever compilation CD, Thrash Metal Warriors. Licensed from Hirax' own Black Devil Records Thrash Metal Warriors is a thrash metal compilation with rare and unreleased tracks from eight worlwide bands. The disc includes both legendary acts such as Hirax (USA), Kat (Poland), Sabbat (Japan) as well as terrific entrants of the genre: Toxic Holocaust (USA), Slaver (Brazil), Strike Master (Mexico), Execution (USA), Hatchet (USA). Approximately a half an hour of sincere, raw and to-the-point thrash; in a day and age when heavy music has been watered down this disc is a true testament to true, untamed and uncompromising metal.
The release date is scheduled for late September 2007.
1. Hirax (USA) "Chaos and Brutality"
2. Toxic Holocaust (USA) "All In The Name of Science"
3. Sabbat (Japan) "Samurai Zombies"
4. Kat (Poland) "Puppets On The Strings"
5. Slaver (Brazil) "Nuclear Attack"
6. Strike Master (Mexico) "Up for the Massacre"
7. Execution (USA "Dismantle the Cross"
8. Hatchet (USA) "Storm the Gates"
Al Jourgensen's band Ministry may be releasing their final studio album - The Last Sucker - on September 18th on 13th Planet/Megaforce Records, but that doesn't mean Jourgensen is saying good-bye to the inside of a recording studio.
Jourgensen plans to spend significantly more time in the studio doing what he loves best - collaborating. And collaboration is at the root of Cover Up, a soon-to-be-released album of some of Al's personal favorite songs being recorded by Ministry Co-Conspirators in his El Paso, TX compound, 13th Planet Studios. Ministry and Co-Conspirators' Cover Up is expected to hit streets
in April 2008.
In addition to core Ministry members guitarist Sin Quirin (Revolting Cocks) and bassist Paul Raven (Killing Joke/Prong/Mob Research) Jourgensen enlisted an impressive group of co-conspirators for Cover Up - Fear Factory front man Burton C. Bell (also Ascension of The Watchers) sings on the Rolling Stones' "Under My Thumb," Tony Campos (bass) and Wayne Static (vocals) from Static X are on the Beatles' "I Want You (She's So Heavy)," and Prong's Tommy Victor (vocals) and Mountain's Leslie West (guitar) do justice to Mountain's classic "Mississippi Queen." Cover Up will also include Ministry's cover of the Doors' "Roadhouse Blues" (which can also be found on The Last Sucker), as well as Ram Jam's "Black Betty," Deep Purple's "Space Truckin," Louis Armstrong's "Wonderful World" and "Radar Love" by Golden Earring. Additional featured artists, including Cheap Trick's Robin Zander (vocals) and Rick Nielson (guitar), and trax are in the works.
"It's a work in progress," states Jourgensen, "based on who's on tour and comin' through town. It keeps everything spontaneous. By now, everyone knows if they're droppin' by the studio, I'm gonna put them to work. I've got a few more surprises up my sleeve for this one.
"I'm just waiting on a few more return calls," says Jourgensen, "Seems like lately if you visit the 13th Planet compound, you'll end up on Cover Up or I'll end up signing you to my label - or both," sites Jourgensen in reference to 13th Planet Records recent signing of Victor's Prong and Bell's Ascension of The Watchers.
Ulver vocalist Kristoffer Rygg (aka Garm, Trickster G) and programmer/keyboardist Tore Ylwizaker will be attending, as well as DJ-ing, the CD release party for their upcoming album Shadows of the Sun (out October 2nd on The End Records) Thursday September 20th, 2007 at Europa Night Club in Brooklyn, New York.
MetalKult is proud to sponser this event.
Both members of Ulver will be DJ-ing throughout the night, as well live band support for the show will come from experimental rock act The Austerity Program and stoner rock/metal duo Lapdog of Satan (featuring members of Priestbird).
Here are some specifics:
EUROPA NIGHT CLUB
98-104 Meserole Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11222
$6 / 18+ to attend / Doors @ 7pm / Lots of giveaways!
http://www.europaclub.com/
For more info check out,
ULVER Website: http://www.jester-records.com/ulver/ulver.html
ULVER @ MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/ulver1
THE AUSTERITY PROGRAM @ MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/theausterityprogram
PRIESTBIRD @ MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/priestbird
Swedish rock band Witchcraft has completed work on its new album, entitled The Alchemist. The follow-up to 2005's Firewood LP will see an October 23, 2007 U.S. release via Candlelight USA.
Witchcraft—Magnus Pelander - vocals, electric guitar, John Hoyles - electric and acoustic guitars, Ola Henriksson - bass and Fredrik Jansson - drums and percussion—who formed in 2000 in tribute to Pentagram, create heavy, blues-based rock augmented with touches of psychedelica and late '60's pop flourishes.
The Alchemist was recorded at Stockholm's UpandRunning studios with Producer Tom Hakava using only vintage amplification. An advance listen to what Witchcraft's new album holds in store is available now as the record's smashing lead track "Walk Between the Lines" has been posted online at this location:
www.myspace.com/witchcraftswe.
Written in a hotel room in Seattle during the fall of 2006 and evoking the spirit of the many early seventies British bands which have colored the Witchcraft sound; "Walk Between The Lines", according to guitarist John Hoyles, came together simply because he "wanted to write a short up-tempo song in the old classic rock vein".
He adds, "I think it has an early Wishbone Ash, Stray or Incredible Hog vibe to it. Or that's what I wanted it to sound like." Described by frontman Magnus Pelander as being "essentially about not losing yourself and reminding yourself what you enjoy in life", "Walk Between the Lines" was the first track the band recorded as part of the album's sessions and its basic tracks were nailed on the second take.
The final track listing for "The Alchemist" is as follows:
1.) Walk Between the Lines
2.) If Crimson Was Your Colour
3.) Leva
4.) Hey Doctor
5.) Samaritan Burden
6.) Remembered
7.) The Alchemist (parts 1, 2 & 3)
Witchcraft will tour the U.S. in support of The Alchemist this fall, with details expected to be announced in the immediate future.