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Car Bomb has announced a U.S. tour in support of their brand new album and Relapse debut Centralia. Car Bomb will begin this month long run of dates on August 5 in Lawrence, KS , working their way through the South and along the East Coast from there. Car Bomb will be joined by Last Chance to Reason for most of this sponsored by yours truly here at MetalKult. A listing of confirmed dates can be found below
with more to be announced shortly.
Car Bomb drummer Elliot Hoffman will be featured on SickDrummer.com later this month as their featured drummer PodCast interview. Hoffman's interview will go live on August 27 at 9:00 pm EST at this location.
Additionally, Car Bomb, who have been named one of the '100 Bands You Need to Know in '07' by Alternative Press magazine, have recently posted their video for Centralia track "M^6" on their MySpace site: www.MySpace.com/CarBombCult. The video was shot in New York with Jeremy Jackson of the Filmcore crew (Unearth, Cannibal Corpse).
Car Bomb Tour Dates:
August 5 Lawrence, KS The Jackpot Saloon
August 6 Oklahoma City, OK The Conservatory
August 7 Dallas, TX Tomcats
August 8 Beaumont, TX The Vortex
August 9 Metairie, LA The Bar
August 11 Rotonda West, FL Rotonda West Pavillion
August 12 Cocoa Beach, FL Surfers Pub
August 13 Orlando, FL The Dungeon
August 14 Marietta, GA Swayzes Venue
August 15 Spartanburg, SC Ground Zero
August 17 Charleroi, PA Vitamin Water Fest @ Club Octane
August 18 Muncy, PA Ritz Theater
August 19 Levittown, NY The Vintage Lounge
August 31 Tempe, AZ The Marquee Theatre (w/ Soulfly, Sacred Reich)
YeboT, a web-based TV network, will stream Slayer's concert at the San Diego Sports Arena on Saturday, August 25 starting just before 8:00PM PDT. This will be a live, real-time stream viewable to fans globally on www.YeboTV.com. In addition, fans can access the broadcast on
Slayer.net, HotTop.com, and esp.com.
The San Diego concert is a stop on Slayer's current North American co-headline tour with Marilyn Manson and is in support of the release of Slayer's Christ Illusion, Special Limited Edition CD/DVD (American Recordings) which hit stores on July 24.
In addition to viewing the show live, fans will have a virtual all-access pass to the behind-the-scenes locations and activities leading up to the concert. YeboTV.com will have five cameras posted at various locations at the San Diego Sports Arena, and fans can choose if they want to check out catering, watch the stage be set up, or see the members of Slayer arrive. YeboTV will have five video chat rooms where fans can converse about the show in real-time.
Beginning on August 1, Slayer fans can access daily video updates from the tour on their YeboTV.com profile pages - including interviews with the band and highlights from the tour leading up to the August 25th webcast.
Features include:
* Stream is viewable globally on multiple sites, including YeboTV.com, Slayer.net, HotTopic.com and esp.com
* Multiple cameras inside and around the venue
* Pre-show interviews
* Backstage footage and stage set up
* 5 chat rooms (only on Yebo.TV.com)
Hate Eternal announce their new permanent drummer will be Jade Simonetto.
But before you hear what guitarist/vocalist Erik Rutan has to say, check out this video of "The Victorious Reign" from
2005's I, Monarch
"Jade and I have been working together for 6 months or so and his incredible skill and dedication to extreme drumming and groove has made him the perfect drummer for Hate Eternal," says Rutan. "We gel on everything from all the old songs to the new and the creativity process has been amazing working with Jade on the new songs, so much diversity and signature drumming to the melodies and riffs.
We have been in the middle of pre-production right now for weeks and will be doing pre-production until the end of August and then start recording the drums tracks for our new album! I am super excited about the new material and Alex (Webster of Cannibal Corpse) is coming up with some incredible bass lines!!! This album is covering a lot more ground than previously and I am excited to be jamming with Jade and Alex and a surprise is in the works! A lot more groove and diversity in an extreme way. We will record and mix between now and October with an early 2008 release on Metal Blade Records. I will keep you all updated!!"
San Francisco's heavy rockers Black Cobra have announced new U.S. tour dates.
Black Cobra August U.S. tour
8/02 San Francisco CA @ The Eagle Tavern w/ Saviours
8/03 Portland OR @ Kelly's Olympian w/ Saviours
8/04 Seattle, WA @ El Corazon w/ Saviours
8/05 Missoula, MT @ The Palace w/ Saviours
8/06 Salt Lake City UT @ Burt's Tiki Lounge w/ Saviours
8/07 Denver, CO @ 3 Kings Tavern w/ Saviours
8/08 Lawrence, KS @ Replay Lounge w/ Saviours
8/09 Chicago, IL @ The Note w/ Saviours
8/10 Bowling Green @ Howards Club H
8/11 Lansing MI @ Mac's
8/12 Parma OH @ Jigsaw Saloon w/Rue
8/13 Rochester/Buffalo NY @ TBA
8/14 Boston MA @ O'Briens Pub
8/15 Providence RI @ AS220
8/16 New York NY @ Club Midway
8/17 Philadelphia PA @ North Star Bar
8/18 Baltimore MD @ North Star Bar w/Coalesce, Pig Destroyer
8/19 Asheville NC @ Joli Rouge
8/20 Atlanta GA @ Drunken Unicorn w/ Zoroaster, Music Hates You
8/21 Gainesville FL @ The Atlantic
8/22 Tampa FL @ Transitions Art Gallery
8/23 Athens GA @ Repent as part of Metalfest '07
8/24 Memphis TN @ Black Lodge w/Damn Your Eyes
8/25 Little Rock AR @ Downtown Music
8/26 Denton TX @ Rubber Gloves
8/27 Austin TX @ Emo's
8/29 Albuquerque NM @ TBA
8/30 Tuscon, AZ @ Vaudeville Cabaret
8/31 Phoenix, AZ @ Modified Arts
9/01 Los Angeles CA@ Relax Bar w/It's Casual, Lightning Swords of Death, etc.
'Cobra does Japan!!!
9/21 Nagoya, Japan @ Huck Finn w/Eternal Elysium, Nice View, Vex, Amber Vial
9/22 Hamamatsu, Japan @ Mescaline Drive w/Eternal Elysium, Shady Glimpse
9/23 Kawasaki, Japan @ Bottom's Up w/Eternal Elysium, King Goblin, Concrete Experience
9/24 Shinjuku, Japan @ Earthdom w/Eternal Elysium, Church of Misery, The Dead Pan Speakers
9/25 Fujisawa, Japan @ Oppa-La w/Eternal Elysium, Omega Supreme
9/28 Gifu, Japan @ 51 w/Eternal Elysium, Junky Waltz, Heartstar
9/29 Osaka, Japan @ Shinkagura w/Eternal Elysium, Birushanah, Ryokuchi
9/30 Nagoya, Japan @ Day Trip w/Eternal Elysium, The Sad Mile, Yung Guitar
Main photo by Jim Thompson.
In celebration of their upcoming release Wolfbiker Evergreen Terrace posted a new MP3 for the track "Chaney Can't Quite Riff Like Helmet's Page Hamilton" on their MySpace page located at the following location:
http://www.myspace.com/evergreenterrace
Wolfbiker will be in stores and online everywhere Tuesday July 24th so be sure to grab your copy! And if you haven't entered the Wolfbiker contest yet you still have time to get your video submissions in. One lucky winner will receive an autographed guitar from the band so be sure to send your entries in now. The band is looking for the wildest video of you and your friends at your Wolfbiker best. For contest details and to enter go here and don't forget to check the band out live when they come through your town with August Burns Red, The Warriors, and Casey Jones!
Wolfbiker track listing:
1. Bad Energy Troll
2. High Tide or No Tide
3. Wolfbiker
4. Chaney Can't Quite Riff Like Helmet's Page Hamilton
5. Where There Is Fire We Will Carry Gasoline
6. Rip This!
7. Starter
8. To The First Baptist Church of Jacksonville
9. Rolling Thunder, Mental Illness
10. The Damned
EVERGREEN TERRACE
Tour w/ August Burns Red, The Warriors, Casey Jones
7/20 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
7/21 Birmingham, AL Cave 9
7/22 Nashville, TN Rocketown
7/23 St Louis, MO Creepy Crawl
7/24 Lawrence, KS Bottleneck
7/25 Denver, CO Marquis Theater
7/26 Colorado Springs, CO The Black Sheep
7/27 Las Vegas, NV Jillian's
7/28 Corona, CA Showcase Theatre
7/29 Corona, CA Showcase Theatre
7/30 Bakersfield, CA Jerry's Pizza
7/31 Fresno, CA The Exit
8/03 San Diego, CA Soma
8/04 Tempe, AZ The Clubhouse
8/05 Albuquerque, NM Launchpad
8/06 El Paso, TX Chic's Bar and Billiards
8/07 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit
8/08 Houston, TX Java Jazz
8/10 St Petersburg, FL State Theater
8/11 Jacksonville, FL Fuel Coffeehouse
8/12 Orlando, FL The Social
Savannah sludge-rockers KYLESA have offered an update on the band from home:
"We're happy to announce that our video for 'Hollow Severer' will be airing on MTV2's Headbanger's Ball very soon," guitarist/singer Laura Pleasants says. "You can view it now on
YouTube. When viewed on Headbanger's Ball in the context of other heavy music videos, I think that our video will offer something a little different than the average live footage video. The depiction of the narration is abstracted and literal with the use of simple claymation and an overall raw energy is captured by David and Allie of My Good Eye [Goatwhore, The Acacia Strain]. They were great and easy to work with and we hope to work with them again in the future.
"In general news, we've toured pretty heavily the past few months supporting our latest release, Time Will Fuse its Worth, and everything went rather well. We've got a few shows starting today with awesome bands [Torche, Made Out Of Babies and Mouth Of The Architect], but we plan on taking some time off to write new material as we have a few projects coming up. Fun, creative projects, so stay in touch and we'll keep you updated."
Having already toured alongside Genghis Tron, The Hidden Hand, Lacuna Coil, Modern Life Is War and Converge as well as appearing at Los Angeles Murderfest 3.0 and South By Southwest, KYLESA continues to support Time Will Fuse Its Worth.
KYLESA
7/19 Orlando, FL - The Social (with Torche, Made Out of Babies, Mouth of the Architect)
7/20 Tampa, FL - Transitions Art Gallery @ Skatepark of Tampa (with Torche, Made Out of Babies, Mouth of the Architect)
7/21 Savannah, GA – Jinx (with Torche, Made out of Babies)
MetalKult is stoked about Fas – Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternvm (Ajna), the newest album from French black metal recluses Deathspell Omega. While Deathspell rarely give interviews, one can be found
here.
Below is a statement from their stateside label, Ajna Offensive:
The mighty Deathspell Omega returns. Their first release of new material since 2005's Kenose, Fas – Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternvm is conceptually the direct successor of Si Monvmentvm Reqvires, Circvmspice. It is centred on the notion of divine will, on the seed of perdition that is ontologically a part of Man and therefore of immanent judgement. Musically, it is a very dense album of a technical nature, where violence and dissonance blend into a merciless result, of such nature that it literally kills hope.
Fas... offers yet another step forward in the evolution of the world's most foreboding and impressive progressive black metal band. Musically, it is a league on its own. Black Metal, certainly, but it goes far beyond.
Formats: 6 panel digipak with 20 page booklet; gatefold LP with 20 page booklet and poster!
Go to http://www.theajnaoffensive.com to order your copy now.
Baroness have posted the first preview track, "The Birthing," from their first proper full-length album and Relapse debut, Red Album. "The Birthing" can be heard now exclusively via the following link:
Baroness recorded Red Album at the Jam Room in Columbia, SC with Phillip Cope (of Kylesa). The record was mastered by Scott Hull at Visceral Sound and is set for a September 4th North American release date (September 10th internationally). The CD is available for pre-order now at Relapse.com. The 12" vinyl of Red Album will see its release roughly the same time courtesy of Hyperrealist Records.
Additionally, Baroness has unveiled a recently re-designed website: yourbaroness.com.
Baroness Tour Dates:
August 17 Richmond, VA Alley Katz
September 19 Savannah, GA The Jinx
September 20 Athens, GA Repent (w/ Zoroaster, The Dumps)
September 21 Asheville, NC Static Age
September 22 Louisville, KY Keswick Democratic Club (w/ Skeleton Witch)
September 27 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Roboto Project (w/ Icon Gallery, Black Tusk)
September 28 Buffalo, NY Mohawk Place
October 3 Baltimore, MD Otto Bar
October 7 Richmond, VA Incubate
October 8 Raleigh, NC Volume 11 Tavern (w/ Tooth)
October 9 Charleston, SC Cumberlands
Maryland hard rockers THE HIDDEN HAND will be tearing it up in NYC with the almighty jam-masters Clutch and super-spoof rockers Beatallica on August 31st at Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY.
This show will be to celebrate the release of Royal Flush Magazine, Book 4, and will be hosted by Bam Margera.
Check out the following video preview of Royal Flush.
Tackling the comic world, Royal Flush features some well known work from Danny Hellman (Legal Action Comics), Shannon Wheeler (Too Much Coffee Man) and Ryan Dunlavey (Action Philosophers), among others. In addition to the Mastodon and My Chemical Romance posters done by incredible indie artists Tara McPherson and Brian Ewing, artwork from Seldon Hunt, R.Black, Jesse Phillips and Jason Goad can be found in the 136-page, full color issue.
Now in its sixth year, Royal Flush is read by more than 50,000 of the most serious fans of music, art, comics, rock and roll culture, street culture, skateboarding, graffiti, sneaker culture, pro wrestling, political satire and so much more. Generating a strong buzz with its provocative humor, stylish design and innovative art, Royal Flush is always working ahead of the curve. The magazine can be found at many strategic locations, including Barnes & Noble, Borders Books, Virgin Megastore, Hot Topic, Newbury Comics, Zia Records as well as on newsstands, at galleries, in comic stores, coffee shops and a whole lot more in major cities around the U.S. and Canada.
For more information check out www.royalflushmagazine.com.
To order tickets click here. To order the new issue go here: here or here.
2007 marks the return of industrial metal outfit KMFDM with their 15th studio album—Tohuvabohu—out August 21 via Metropolis Records and KMFDM Records.
Check the out the video below of KMFDM playing "WWIII" at First Avenue in Minneapolis, MN, on October 2, 2006.
KMFDM, now in their 24th year having been spawned in Paris, France on February 29, 1984, remain a musical entity to be reckoned with. Combining relentless experimentation and reinvention, the group continues to unleash a barrage of the ultra-heavy beats, allowing their fans to dance with abandon, bang their heads or dissect the group's balance of striking lyricism and political/societal observations. To date, the band has sold well over 2 million albums worldwide.
With Tohuvabohu—an Old Testament word meaning "wild and chaotic"—KMFDM re-establish themselves as a vital force. Leader and founder Sascha Konietzko (Vocals, Synthesizers, Machines), Lucia Cifarelli (Vocals) and Jules Hodgson (Guitar, Bass, Keys), Steve White (Guitar) and Andy Selway (Drums) expand the growing list of languages sung in their catalog, with German, Spanish, Latin, Hebrew and Lingala (an African language) all heard on Tohuvabohu. The group included a Spanish-language cover of the German cult-group Liasions Dangereuses' dancefloor favorite "Los Ninos Del Parque" which provides a perfectly retro/electronic departure.
Demonstrating once again that KMFDM (rough translation "No Pity For The Majority") belongs to the people and vice versa, the group invited fans from all over the world to call into a phone hotline and record personal stories of what KMFDM means to them. SASCHA or Käpt'n K., as he is known to the group's devoted horde, wove the voices throughout the album's opener "Superpower." Other highlights on the album include the danceable "Looking For Strange," the metal-tinged "Saft Und Kraft," the EBM-like "Spit Or Swallow" and the darkwave-powered "Tohuvabohu."
The complete track listing for Tohuvabohu is as follows:
1. Super Power
2. Looking For Strange
3. Tohuvabohu
4. I Am What I Am
5. Saft Und Kraft
6. Headcase
7. Los Ninos
8. Not In My Name
9. Spit Or Swallow
10. Fait Accompli
11. Bumaye
For more info log onto: kmfdm.net and myspace.com/officialkmfdm.