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Legendary Brazilian/American thrashers SEPULTURA have posted the title track to their upcoming album Kairos.



Kairos by sepultura



SEPULTURA will release KAIROS, their 12th studio album and Nuclear Blast Records debut, on June 24 (EUROPE) and July 12 (North America). KAIROS was recorded once again at Trama Studios in São Paulo, Brazil and produced and mixed by Roy Z. (JUDAS PRIEST, HALFORD, BRUCE DICKINSON, HELLOWEEN). Mastering was handled by Maor Appelbaum at Maor Appelbaum Mastering. Cover artwork was handled this time around by artist Erich Sayers.

KAIROS track listing:
1. SPECTRUM
2. KAIROS
3. RELENTLESS
(2011)
4. JUST ONE FIX (MINISTRY cover)
5. DIALOG
6. MASK
(1433)
7. SEETHE
8. BORN STRONG
9. EMBRACE THE STORM
(5772)
10. NO ONE WILL STAND
11. STRUCTURE VIOLENCE (AZZES)
(4648)

KAIROS Deluxe Edition:
1. SPECTRUM
2. KAIROS
3. RELENTLESS
(2011)
4. JUST ONE FIX (MINISTRY cover)
5. DIALOG
6. MASK
(1433)
7. SEETHE
8. BORN STRONG
9. EMBRACE THE STORM
(5772)
10. NO ONE WILL STAND
11. STRUCTURE VIOLENCE (AZZES)
(4648)

Bonus tracks:
12. FIRESTARTER (THE PRODIGY cover)
13. POINT OF NO RETURN
Plus bonus making of DVD

SEPULTURA, BELPHEGOR, HATE, KEEP OF KALESSIN, NEURAXIS, BONDED BY BLOOD
05/20/11 Blondie’s – Detroit, MI
05/21/11 Montage Music Hall – Rochester, NY
05/22/11 Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH

SEPULTURA, HATE, KEEP OF KALESSIN, NEURAXIS, BONDED BY BLOOD
05/23/11 Expo Five – Louisville, KY
05/24/11 The Rave – Milwaukee, WI
05/26/11 The Zoo – Winnipeg, MB – CANADA
05/27/11 The Exchange – Regina, SK – CANADA
05/28/11 Dickens – Calgary, AB – CANADA
05/29/11 Starlite Room – Edmonton, AB – CANADA
05/31/11 Rickshaw Theater – Vancouver, BC – CANADA

For more SPEPULTURA click here.

Legendary Brazilian/American thrashers SEPULTURA have released the cover artwork for their upcoming album Kairos. Artwork was handled this time around by artist Eric Sayers.

“I started by researching Kairos for images and meaning as soon as the band gave me the title,” stated Sayers. “Kairos is about time, the actions we take, and the positive or negative repercussions that follow. I knew the image would have wings. I also knew I would somehow need to represent time, but in a way that is timeless. Speaking with Andreas, he had an idea for a gel skull. I was uncertain how I would make that happen, but I did and it is unique. Actions and their repercussions are represented by the arms, transitioning from the strong healthy arm on top and the decrepit hand below. The background is made from a couple of photos I took on a recent trip to Morocco. They give the composition a mystical quality. It was an honor for me to work with SEPULTURA. I am a long-time fan of this legendary band.”

Guitarist Andreas Kisser added:
“We were very lucky choosing the artist to design the cover of Kairos. His name is Eric Sayers and we met him backstage at a SEPULTURA concert in Los Angeles last January. He left us his card and when we checked his website we were very impressed by his awesome work. I explained to him the concept of Kairos and he fastly captured what we wanted, sending us ideas in that same week. He’s a very talented guy, who knew how to draw the concept of the album. The cover is different from all the other covers we did in the past but it’s ’old school’ at the same time, like the album itself. We’re very happy with the result“.

SEPULTURA will release KAIROS, their 12th studio album and Nuclear Blast Records debut, on June 24 (EUROPE) and July 12 (North America). KAIROS was recorded once again at Trama Studios in São Paulo, Brazil and produced and mixed by Roy Z. (JUDAS PRIEST, HALFORD, BRUCE DICKINSON, HELLOWEEN). Mastering was handled by Maor Appelbaum at Maor Appelbaum Mastering.

KAIROS track listing:
1. SPECTRUM
2. KAIROS
3. RELENTLESS
(2011)
4. JUST ONE FIX (MINISTRY cover)
5. DIALOG
6. MASK
(1433)
7. SEETHE
8. BORN STRONG
9. EMBRACE THE STORM
(5772)
10. NO ONE WILL STAND
11. STRUCTURE VIOLENCE (AZZES)
(4648)

SEPULTURA are currently on a massive headlining tour of North America! Joining them are a veritable united nations on metal in the form of Austria’s BELPHEGOR, Norway’s KEEP OF KALESSIN, Poland’s HATE, Montreal Canada’s NEURAXIS, and California based thrashers BONDED BY BLOOD.

SEPULTURA, BELPHEGOR, HATE, KEEP OF KALESSIN, NEURAXIS, BONDED BY BLOOD
05/05/11 Jake’s – Lubbock, TX
05/06/11 Sunshine Theater – Albuquerque, NM
05/07/11 The Clubhouse – Tempe, AZ (w/ D.R.I.)
05/08/11 Club DV8 – Tucson, AZ (w/ D.R.I.)
05/09/11 House of Blues – San Diego, CA
05/10/11 The Knitting Factory – Reno, NV
05/11/11 The Grand Ballroom at Regency Center – San Francisco, CA
05/12/11 Hawthorne Theater – Portland, OR
05/13/11 El Corazon – Seattle, WA
05/14/11 The Knitting Factory – Spokane, WA
05/16/11 Gothic Theater – Englewood, CO
05/18/11 Station 4 – St. Paul, MN
05/19/11 Reggies Rock Club – Chicago, IL
05/20/11 Blondie’s – Detroit, MI
05/21/11 Montage Music Hall – Rochester, NY
05/22/11 Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH

SEPULTURA, HATE, KEEP OF KALESSIN, NEURAXIS, BONDED BY BLOOD
05/23/11 Expo Five – Louisville, KY
05/24/11 The Rave – Milwaukee, WI
05/26/11 The Zoo – Winnipeg, MB – CANADA
05/27/11 The Exchange – Regina, SK – CANADA
05/28/11 Dickens – Calgary, AB – CANADA
05/29/11 Starlite Room – Edmonton, AB – CANADA
05/31/11 Rickshaw Theater – Vancouver, BC – CANADA









For more SEPULTURA click here.

LAZARUS A.D. is the most recent casualty in a slew of unfortunate band robberies to claim theft of their personal items and money from their touring van. The incident took place last night in Southampton, UK. After breaking a window to enter the band’s van, the burglars stole roughly $1,500 in cash, all of the bands personal items including Social Security cards, birth certificates, and clothing, and even their personal hygiene items. The band members luckily had their passports in their pockets and their gear inside the venue; otherwise they fear that those items would have been taken as well.

LAZARUS A.D. have many dates remaining on their tour with Bonded By Blood, so having no money or personal items will be a great strain on the band financially and personally. A PayPal donation link has been set up in order for fans to donate to the band in this time of need. Please head to this link to donate what you can spare.

See below for all upcoming European tour dates and please consider donating to LAZARUS A.D. so they can finish spreading their message and metal to their fans in the UK. Any help is sincerely appreciated.

EUROPEAN TOUR w/ BONDED BY BLOOD
Mar. 16 – Norwich, UK – Metal Lust @ The Brickmakers
Mar. 17 – Wiesbaden, Germany – Schlachthof
Mar. 18 – Zurich, Switzerland – Dynamo
Mar. 19 – Prague, Czech Republic – Modra Vopice
Mar. 20 – Ljubljana, Slovenia – Orto Bar
Mar. 21 – Vienna, Austria – 3Raum/Arena
Mar. 22 – Bologna, Italy – Blogs Club
Mar. 23 – Barcelona, Spain – Mephisto
Mar. 24 – Madrid, Spain – Hebe
Mar. 25 – Paris, France – Paris Extreme Festival
Mar. 26 – Bilbao, Spain – Santana 27 Black
Mar. 27 – Porto, Portugal – Porto Rio
Mar. 29 – Hamburg, Germany – Headcrash
Mar. 30 – Nijmegen, Netherlands – Merleyn
Mar. 31 – Copenhagen, Denmark – The Rock
Apr. 01 – Cologne, Germany – The Underground
Apr. 02 – Bruges, Belgium – JH Comma









For More LAZARUS A.D. click here.

DEATH ANGEL kicked off their NORTH AMERICAN RETRIBUTION TOUR 2011 with EARLY MAN, BONDED BY BLOOD, LAZARUS A.D. and HEXEN Sunday January 30th in Raleigh, NC at Volume 11 Tavern. The first night of their headlining tour didn’t go off without a few hiccups though. Early Man and Hexen didn’t make the show, so two local bands, Blatant Disarray and Gross Reality stepped up and opened the show. Then at the last minute Bonded by Blood apparently had some kind of accident and flipped their trailer on the way to the show, so they didn’t make it either. All was well in the Lazarus A.D. camp and they made the show and performed a solid set.
But, I was there to see Death Angel. It has been a few years since we’ve gotten a headlining show out of them so I was very excited to finally get a full set from them again, and the boys from the Bay Area did not disappoint.
Every album was represented in the set list I believe and the band evenly spread out their set with old and new stuff for us.
The highlights for me was a great version of Veil Of Deception, Bored, and a quick opening from ULTRA VIOLENCE.
The band is tight, Mark‘s voice is spot on, and they looked like they were having a blast on stage. It’s been way too long since the band toured properly for an album and hopefully this tour will be successful enough for them to continue to do so in the future. I’m telling you DEATH ANGEL has never sounded better. So do yourself a favor and regardless of who is opening for them on this tour…. GO SEE THEM. You’ll thank me later.

NORTH AMERICAN RETRIBUTION TOUR dates:
Feb. 03 – Rocko’s – Manchester, NH
Feb. 04 – Club Hell – Providence, RI
Feb. 05 – Montage Music Hall – Rochester, NY
Feb. 06 – Mod Club – Toronto, ON – CANADA
Feb. 07 – Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH
Feb. 08 – Blondie’s – Detroit, MI
Feb. 09 – Reggie’s Rock Club – Chicago, IL
Feb. 10 – Phoenix Hill Tavern – Louisville, KY
Feb. 11 – Riot Room – Kansas City, MO
Feb. 12 – Conservatory – Oklahoma City, OK
Feb. 13 – Numbers – Houston, TX (w/ D.R.I.)
Feb. 14 – Emo’s – Austin, TX (w/ D.R.I.)
Feb. 15 – White Rabbit – San Antonio, TX (w/ D.R.I.)
Feb. 16 – Rail Club – Ft. Worth, TX
Feb. 18 – Club DV8 – Tucson, AZ
Feb. 19 – Clubhouse – Tempe, AZ
Feb. 20 – Chain Reaction – Anaheim, CA
Feb. 21 – Cheyenne Saloon – Las Vegas, NV
Feb. 22 – The Key Club – Hollywood, CA
Feb. 23 – Brick By Brick – San Diego, CA
Feb. 24 – The Boardwalk – Orangevale, CA
Feb. 25 – Lost on Main – Chico, CA
Feb. 26 – Slim’s – San Francisco, CA

For more DEATH ANGEL click here.

SEPULTURA will return to the US for a massive headlining tour next April/May in support of their upcoming Nuclear Blast Records debut! Joining them will be a veritable united nations on metal in the form of Austria’s BELPHEGOR, Norway’s KEEP OF KALESSIN, Poland’s HATE, Montreal Canada’s NEURAXIS, and California based thrashers BONDED BY BLOOD. Starting May 23 Seattle Washington’s own insanely heavy, melodic metal kings NEVERMORE, will replace bondage obsessed blackened death metallers BELPHEGOR to finish out the tour.

Confirmed North American shows for 2011 are as follows:
SEPULTURA, ANGRA
1/14/11 House of Blues – Hollywood, CA

SEPULTURA, BELPHEGOR, HATE, KEEP OF KALESSIN, NEURAXIS, BONDED BY BLOOD
04/18/11 The Opera House – Toronto, ON – CANADA
04/19/11 Imperial de Quebec – Quebec City, QC – CANADA
04/20/11 Club Soda – Montreal, QC – CANADA
04/22/11 The Palladium – Worcester, MA
04/23/11 Starland Ballroom – Sayreville, NJ
04/24/11 The Trocadero – Philadelphia, PA
04/25/11 The Gramercy Theatre – New York, NY
04/26/11 Tremont Music Hall – Charlotte, NC
04/27/11 The Club at Firestone – Orlando, FL
04/28/11 Culture Room – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
04/29/11 The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
05/01/11 Clicks – Tyler, TX
05/02/11 Scout Bar – Houston, TX
05/03/11 Trees – Dallas, TX
05/05/11 Jake’s – Lubbock, TX
05/06/11 Sunshine Theater – Albuquerque, NM
05/07/11 The Clubhouse – Tempe, AZ (w/ D.R.I.)
05/08/11 Club DV8 – Tucson, AZ (w/ D.R.I.)
05/09/11 House of Blues – San Diego, CA
05/10/11 The Knitting Factory – Reno, NV
05/11/11 The Grand Ballroom at Regency Center – San Francisco, CA
05/12/11 Hawthorne Theater – Portland, OR
05/13/11 El Corazon – Seattle, WA
05/14/11 The Knitting Factory – Spokane, WA
05/16/11 Gothic Theater – Englewood, CO
05/18/11 Station 4 – St. Paul, MN
05/19/11 Reggies Rock Club – Chicago, IL
05/20/11 Blondie’s – Detroit, MI
05/21/11 Montage Music Hall – Rochester, NY
05/22/11 Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH

SEPULTURA, NEVERMORE, HATE, KEEP OF KALESSIN, NEURAXIS, BONDED BY BLOOD
05/23/11 Expo Five – Louisville, KY
05/24/11 The Rave – Milwaukee, WI
05/26/11 The Zoo – Winnipeg, MB – CANADA
05/27/11 The Exchange – Regina, SK – CANADA
05/28/11 Dickens – Calgary, AB – CANADA
05/29/11 Starlite Room – Edmonton, AB – CANADA
05/31/11 Rickshaw Theater – Vancouver, BC – CANADA

For more SEPULTURA click here.

Wisconsin metallers LAZARUS A.D. are pleased to announce the release of their first single, “The Ultimate Sacrifice”, via MySpace and YouTube after having premiered it exclusively this past week on SiriusXM’s Liquid Metal. ”The Ultimate Sacrifice” can be heard now on metalblade.com/lazarusad with pre-order packages coming soon! LAZARUS A.D.’s highly anticipated upcoming album, Black Rivers Flow, was recorded in July and August 2010 at Belle City Sound with Chris Djuricic and was mixed and mastered by James Murphy at Safehouse Production.

Track listing for Black Rivers Flow:
American Dreams
The Ultimate Sacrifice
The Strong Prevail
Black Rivers Flow
Casting Forward
Light A City (Up In Smoke)
Through Your Eyes
Beneath the Waves of Hatred
Eternal Vengeance

“First off, I have to say we are incredibly proud of Black Rivers Flow,” states bassist and vocalist Jeff Paulick. “It’s been three and a half years since we recorded our last album and we’ve grown a lot since then. During the writing process for Black Rivers Flow we were dealing with great personal tragedies. We found a way to draw strength from those tragedies and use it as inspiration to write what we feel is an incredibly more sound record than the last. On Black Rivers Flow, everyone stepped up their game; the riffs are heavier, the choruses catchier, and the vocals have improved and been diversified tenfold. We are on a mission to show the world that we are a force to be reckoned with and aren’t thinking about a trend, we’re thinking long term. I think our fans will hear these songs and be blown away. The energy and power this time around is undeniable, and we hope the reaction amongst the community reflects just that.”

LAZARUS A.D. are set to tour the U.S. this winter on the North American Retribution Tour alongside thrash metal legends Death Angel. Joining the tour will be Early Man, Bonded by Blood, and Hexen.

UPCOMING TOUR DATES
Jan. 28 – Broadway Joe’s – Buffalo, NY
Jan. 29 – Championship Bar and Grill – Trenton, NJ

NORTH AMERICAN RETRIBUTION TOUR 2011 w/ DEATH ANGEL, EARLY MAN, BONDED BY BLOOD AND HEXEN
Jan. 30 – Volume 11 – Raleigh, NC
Jan. 31 – The Casbah – Charlotte, NC
Feb. 01 – Jaxx – W. Springfield, VA
Feb. 02 – Crazy Donkey – Farmingdale, NY
Feb. 03 – Rocko’s – Manchester, NH
Feb. 04 – Club Hell – Providence, RI
Feb. 05 – Montage Music Hall – Rochester, NY
Feb. 06 – Mod Club – Toronto, ON – CANADA
Feb. 07 – Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH
Feb. 08 – Blondie’s – Detroit, MI
Feb. 09 – Reggie’s Rock Club – Chicago, IL
Feb. 10 – Phoenix Hill Tavern – Louisville, KY
Feb. 11 – Riot Room – Kansas City, MO
Feb. 12 – Conservatory – Oklahoma City, OK
Feb. 13 – Numbers – Houston, TX (w/ D.R.I.)
Feb. 14 – Emo’s – Austin, TX (w/ D.R.I.)
Feb. 15 – White Rabbit – San Antonio, TX (w/ D.R.I.)
Feb. 16 – Rail Club – Ft. Worth, TX
Feb. 18 – Club DV8 – Tucson, AZ
Feb. 19 – Clubhouse – Tempe, AZ
Feb. 20 – Chain Reaction – Anaheim, CA
Feb. 21 – Cheyenne Saloon – Las Vegas, NV
Feb. 22 – The Key Club – Hollywood, CA
Feb. 23 – Brick By Brick – San Diego, CA
Feb. 24 – The Boardwalk – Orangevale, CA
Feb. 25 – Lost on Main – Chico, CA
Feb. 26 – Slim’s – San Francisco, CA

For more LAZARUS A.D. click here.

Legendary Brazilian/American thrashers SEPULTURA, will return to the US for a massive headlining tour next April/May in support of their upcoming Nuclear Blast Records debut! Joining them will be a veritable united nations on metal in the form of Austria’s BELPHEGOR, Norway’s KEEP OF KALESSIN, Poland’s HATE, Montreal Canada’s NEURAXIS, and California based thrashers BONDED BY BLOOD. Starting May 23 Seattle Washington’s own insanely heavy, melodic metal kings NEVERMORE, will replace bondage obsessed blackened death metallers BELPHEGOR to finish out the tour.

“We are very happy to play once again in the US, especially after a long time away from the American and Canadian stages,” commented guitarist Andreas Kisser. “We’re also excited to start working with our new label Nuclear Blast. They have a rich history in the heavy music business and we are honored to have such a partner. We are currently working on a new record, that will be released together with the American dates, so it will be our first tour for the new album. Hope to see you all at the shows! We will play the whole history of the group and we’re going have a blast! See you on the Sepultour 2011!”

Confirmed North American shows for 2011 are as follows:

SEPULTURA, ANGRA
1/13/11 House of Blues – Anaheim, CA
1/14/11 House of Blues – Hollywood, CA

SEPULTURA, BELPHEGOR, HATE, KEEP OF KALESSIN, NEURAXIS, BONDED BY BLOOD
04/18/11 The Opera House – Toronto, ON – CANADA
04/19/11 Imperial de Quebec – Quebec City, QC – CANADA
04/20/11 Club Soda – Montreal, QC – CANADA
04/22/11 The Palladium – Worcester, MA
04/23/11 Starland Ballroom – Sayreville, NJ
04/24/11 The Trocadero – Philadelphia, PA
04/25/11 The Gramercy Theatre – New York, NY
04/26/11 Tremont Music Hall – Charlotte, NC
04/27/11 The Club at Firestone – Orlando, FL
04/28/11 Culture Room – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
04/29/11 The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
05/01/11 Clicks – Tyler, TX
05/02/11 Scout Bar – Houston, TX
05/03/11 Trees – Dallas, TX
05/05/11 Jake’s – Lubbock, TX
05/06/11 Sunshine Theater – Albuquerque, NM
05/07/11 The Clubhouse – Tempe, AZ (w/ D.R.I.)
05/08/11 Club DV8 – Tucson, AZ (w/ D.R.I.)
05/09/11 House of Blues – San Diego, CA
05/10/11 The Knitting Factory – Reno, NV
05/11/11 The Grand Ballroom at Regency Center – San Francisco, CA
05/12/11 Hawthorne Theater – Portland, OR
05/13/11 El Corazon – Seattle, WA
05/14/11 The Knitting Factory – Spokane, WA
05/16/11 Gothic Theater – Englewood, CO
05/18/11 Station 4 – St. Paul, MN
05/19/11 Reggies Rock Club – Chicago, IL
05/20/11 Blondie’s – Detroit, MI
05/21/11 Montage Music Hall – Rochester, NY
05/22/11 Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH

SEPULTURA, NEVERMORE, HATE, KEEP OF KALESSIN, NEURAXIS, BONDED BY BLOOD
05/23/11 Expo Five – Louisville, KY
05/24/11 The Rave – Milwaukee, WI
05/26/11 The Zoo – Winnipeg, MB – CANADA
05/27/11 The Exchange – Regina, SK – CANADA
05/28/11 Dickens – Calgary, AB – CANADA
05/29/11 Starlite Room – Edmonton, AB – CANADA
05/31/11 Rickshaw Theater – Vancouver, BC – CANADA

SEPULTURA have now added a special event VIP ticket for a pre-show meet-and-greet to take place one hour before doors. Each night, fans will get to meet and greet SEPULTURA. VIP and reduced service charge tickets on sale now exclusively through Enterthevault.com until December 28, at which time they go on sale through all other normal ticketing systems.

SEPULTURA recently inked a worldwide deal with Nuclear Blast Records. The band will enter the studio before the end of the year to begin work on a new studio album for a 2011 release.










For more SEPULTURA click here.

Bay Area thrash legends DEATH ANGEL have announced the following 2nd leg of North American tour dates in support of their latest release, Relentless Retribution. These come in addition to their upcoming headlining run next January/February with LAZARUS A.D., EARLY MAN, BONDED BY BLOOD, and HEXEN. Visit the bands newly redesigned website at www.DeathAngel.us for more info and a complete list of tour dates.

Vocalist Mark Osegueda commented:
“We are pleased to announce some additional dates to the North American Relentless Retribution tour! We added some key west coast cities that we hit on the SOILWORK tour and as promised, we are coming back to destroy them with our headlining set. Also included are certain territories of Canada that we haven’t played on since the Act III tour in 1990. I said before that this is going to be the most extensive tour of this band’s career and here is more proof! So, come out and witness the energy that is DEATH ANGEL live! Look forward to seeing some long lost friends and some brand new ones as well! See you on the road!”

DEATH ANGEL dates:
FIRST LEG
01/30/11 Volume 11 – Raleigh, NC
01/31/11 The Cabsbah – Charlotte, NC
02/01/11 Jaxx – W. Springfield, VA
02/02/11 Crazy Donkey – Farmingdale, NY
02/03/11 Rocko’s – Manchester, NH
02/04/11 Club Hell – Providence, RI
02/05/11 Montage Music Hall – Rochester, NY
02/06/11 Mod Club – Toronto, ON – CANADA
02/07/11 Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH
02/08/11 Blondie’s – Detroit, MI
02/09/11 Reggie’s Rock Club – Chicago, IL
02/10/11 Phoenix Hill Tavern – Louisville, KY
02/11/11 Riot Room – Kansas City, MO
02/12/11 Conservatory – Oklahoma City, OK
02/13/11 Numbers – Houston, TX (+ D.R.I.)
02/14/11 Emo’s – Austin, TX (+ D.R.I.)
02/15/11 White Rabbit – San Antonio, TX (+ D.R.I.)
02/16/11 Rail Club – Ft. Worth, TX
02/18/11 Club DV8 – Tucson, AZ
02/19/11 Clubhouse – Tempe, AZ
02/20/11 Chain Reaction – Anaheim, CA
02/21/11 Cheyenne Saloon – Las Vegas, NV
02/22/11 The Key Club – Hollywood, CA
02/23/11 Brick By Brick – San Diego, CA
02/24/11 The Boardwalk – Orangevale, CA
02/25/11 Lost on Main – Chico, CA
02/26/11 Slim’s – San Francisco, CA
SECOND LEG
04/08/11 Last Day Saloon – Santa Rosa, CA
04/09/11 Dante’s – Portland, OR
04/10/11 El Corazon – Seattle, WA
04/11/11 Biltmore – Vancouver, BC – CANADA
04/12/11 Dickens – Calgary, AB – CANADA
04/13/11 Pawn Shop – Edmonton, AB – CANADA
04/14/11 The Exchange – Regina, SK – CANADA
04/15/11 The Osbourne Village Inn – Winnipeg, MB – CANADA
04/16/11 Station 4 – St. Paul, MN
04/18/11 Larimer Lounge – Denver, CO
04/19/11 Club Vegas – Salt Lake City, UT
04/22/11 Ventura Theater – Ventura, CA
04/23/11 Avalon Theater – Santa Clara, CA









For more DEATH ANGEL click here.

In the wake of their new album, Death Potion, New York thrash metallers EARLY MAN have announced the Worst Music Video Contest.

The band is inviting the public to create the most cringe-inducing music video humanly possible for the song ‘Fight‘. The song, which appears on Death Potion, is also up for download on the contest site, where the guidelines are clearly outlined.

Submissions must be received by December 15th. Entries will be pared down to three finalists, with the winner being selected by the band. The grand prize winner will receive a host of prizes, among them an Early Man Snowboard furnished by Nitro Snowboards. Runners up will receive an autographed copy of Death Potion.

Death Potion, produced by the legendary Jack Endino, is now available at the special price of $6.99 at both iTunes and Amazon, and will remain so through March 2011. The band recently announced tour dates in support of DEATH ANGEL. Tickets are on sale now.

January (with Death Angel, Lazarus A.D., Bonded By Blood, Hexen)
30 – Volume 11 – Raleigh, NC
31 – The Cabsbah – Charlotte, NC

February (with Death Angel, Lazarus A.D., Bonded By Blood, Hexen)
1 – Jaxx – W. Springfield, VA
2 – Crazy Donkey – Farmingdale, NY
3 – Rocko’s – Manchester, NH
4 – Club Hell – Providence, RI
5 – Montage Music Hall – Rochester, NY
6 – Mod Club – Toronto, ON
7 – Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH
8 – Blondie’s – Detroit, MI
9 – Reggie’s Rock Club – Chicago, IL
10 – Phoenix Hill Tavern – Louisville, KY
11 – Riot Room – Kansas City, MO
12 – Conservatory – Oklahoma City, OK
13 – Numbers – Houston, TX (+ D.R.I.)
14 – Emo’s – Austin, TX (+ D.R.I.)
15 – White Rabbit – San Antonio, TX (+ D.R.I.)
16 – Rail Club – Ft. Worth, TX
18 – Club DV8 – Tucson, AZ
19 – Clubhouse – Tempe, AZ
20 – Chain Reaction – Anaheim, CA
21 – Cheyenne Saloon – Las Vegas, NV
22 – The Key Club – Hollywood, CA
23 – Brick By Brick – San Diego, CA
24 – The Boardwalk – Orangevale, CA
25 – Lost on Main – Chico, CA
26 – Slim’s – San Francisco, CA

For more EARLY MAN click here.

Fangoria.com is pleased to bring us the latest music video from Bay Area thrash legends DEATH ANGEL! The clip for the song “Truce” was shot by director Robert Sexton (SOULFLY, THE DWARVES, MONDO GENERATOR, AMEN) and can be viewed here. Sexton previously worked with DEATH ANGEL on the clip for the track “Dethroned” off the band’s 2008 effort “Killing Season“. Photos from the video shoot can also be viewed at the following location.











DEATH ANGEL recently announced their first North American headlining tour in support of their new album Relentless Retribution in early 2011! Meet and greet VIP packages for the tour, which includes LAZARUS A.D., EARLY MAN, BONDED BY BLOOD, and HEXEN, are now available on Ticketmaster.com and Slotix.com.

The ticket packages include the following:
- General Admission ticket
- Early entry to venue (where available)
- Meet & Greet with select members of the band
- Individual photo with select members of the band
- Autograph opportunity with select band members
- Commemorative Meet & Greet laminate
- Collectible Death Angel guitar pick
- Limited edition poster
- Death Angel patch
Visit the bands newly redesigned website at www.DeathAngel.us for more info and a complete list of tour dates.

Reactivated San Francisco Bay Area thrashers FORBIDDEN are set to embark on their first tour in 15 years, this time as direct support to Overkill! Immediately proceeding the trek the band will continue on their own headlining tour with Evile, Gamma Bomb, and Bonded By Blood.

“It’s been 15 years since FORBIDDEN has actually toured in North America,“ commented an enthusiastic Craig Locicero. “That blows my fucking mind to say it! The funny thing is that even when we did tour here, we never properly did it. It was always a very short cycle with little or no support from the labels. Well, times have changed and so has FORBIDDEN‘s situation. With Nuclear Blast having our backs and properly promoting and supporting Omega Wave, I feel a sense of hope for this band that we have never felt before. Strange feeling, really. But we will take it.
Our goal is to get better every night and eventually become the live band that we never got to be. That takes dedication and a lot of hard work. We’re digging in commiting to just that.
We hope our fans will appreciate us as much as we appreciate them. See you all on the road soon!“

OVERKILL, FORBIDDEN, EVILE, GAMMA BOMB, BONDED BY BLOOD
11/11/10 Volume 11 – Raleigh, NC
11/13/10 Club Firestone – Orlando, FL
11/14/10 Culture Room – Ft Lauderdale, FL
11/15/10 The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
11/16/10 Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH
11/17/10 Newport Music Hall – Columbus, OH
11/18/10 Diesel Nightclub – Pittsburgh, PA
11/19/10 Rocko’s – Manchester, NH
11/20/10 Starland Ballroom – Sayreville, NJ

FORBIDDEN, EVILE, GAMMA BOMB, BONDED BY BLOOD
11/22/10 Foufounes Electriques – Montreal, QC – CANADA
11/23/10 MOD Club – Toronto, ON – CANADA
11/24/10 Blondies – Detroit, MI
11/26/10 Phoenix Hill Tavern – Louisville, KY
11/27/10 Reggie’s – Chicago, IL
11/28/10 The Rave – Milwaukee, WI
11/29/10 Station 4 – St Paul, MN
12/01/10 Scout Bar – San Antonio, TX
12/02/10 Emo’s – Austin, TX
12/03/10 Scout Bar – Houston, TX
12/06/10 The Rock – Tucson, AZ
12/07/10 U.B.’s – Mesa, AZ
12/08/10 Whiskey a Go Go – Hollywood, CA
12/09/10 Ramona Mainstage – Ramona, CA
12/10/10 New Oasis – Sparks, NV
12/11/10 DNA Lounge – San Francisco, CA

For more FORBIDDEN click here.

EARLY MAN checks in from the road currently on tour with EVILE and BONDED BY BLOOD with the following band member changes:

“Hello shredders! I hope you’re all well.
I’m writing to you from a classy Holiday Inn in the always exciting city of Newport News, Virginia. We are currently 1 week into our US tour with EVILE and BONDED BY BLOOD. I haven’t had a chance to get to a computer until now so here’s a much needed update for you.
It’s been a crazy few weeks to say the least. About 5 days before this tour started I made the decision to part ways with Adam, our drummer of the past 7 years. A plethora of things were taken into consideration before making this difficult decision but as the leader and founding member of the band it is my responsibility to make decisions based on what I feel is best for myself and the band in both the short term and long term. I wish Adam the best in the future and have some fond memories of his time spent in the band.
That being said, my number one interest as always is to take Early Man to the next level, and that process continues. Early Man has been my musical creative outlet for nearly 15 years, the band is essentially an extension of me. As always, the creative vision and everything that the band has been about since it’s inception continues to be steered by me and remains unchanged. There have been numerous musicians involved with the band over the years and there will be more in the future and I appreciate the time spent with all of them. For me, the beat goes on. I’ve already recently turned my attention to writing songs for the next Early Man record and am eagerly looking towards the future with new found interest.
Speaking of time, I realize parting ways with a band member 5 days before the start of a US tour is far from ideal, but it is what it is. We’ll soon have another permanent drummer.
In the meantime and in order to salvage this tour, I found a drummer through a good friend by the name of Jabari Parker in Los Angeles who learned 6 of our songs in one day, something that I would’ve thought was impossible when I started spreading the word that I was looking for a fill in for this tour. Rather than cancelling any dates, I practiced with Pete (our other guitarist) and the new drummer for about 5 hours and then we got into a van and drove 24 straight hours to Tulsa Oklahoma to start our current tour.
We played 4 shows without a bass player and then we picked up an old friend of mine in Austin Texas who is the guitarist and singer of a band called Lions of Tsavo to play bass. Although it’s been a whirlwind of insanity, we are having a fucking blast! I honesty haven’t laughed this much in years. I can’t remember a time in the recent past where I was having this much fun on a tour, something that has been missing in the band at least for me for many years now. Everyone from the fans to the bands have been such a huge support and they’ve made it easy to keep the fire burning. So if we’re hitting your city over the next few weeks, come out and say hello, share a drink and bang your head.
I apologize for the fact that we are playing an abbreviated set (6-8 songs a night) but the important thing is we’re making it happen and to be honest, it sounds pretty goddamn amazing given the circumstances, which attests to the talent and ability of the the fill in drummer and bassist.

Listed below are our remaining tour dates for this tour, along with our January/February 2011 US Tour with Death Angel. Thanks again for all of the support, we’ll see you out there!”

October (with Evile, Bonded By Blood)
7 – Sonar – Baltimore, MD
8 – Championship Bar and Grill – Trenton, NJ
9 – Rocko’s Rock Club – Manchester, NH
10 – Europa – Brooklyn, NY
12 – Sneaky Dee’s – Toronto, ON
13 – Broadway Joe’s – Buffalo, NY
14 – Peabody’s -Cleveland, OH
15 – Blondies – Detroit, MI
16 – Mad Planet – Milwaukee, WI
17 – Reggie’s Rock Club – Chicago, IL
18 – The Riot Room – Kansas City, MO
19 – Larimer Lounge – Denver, CO
20 – Club Vegas – Salt Lake City, UT
22 – Dante’s – Portland, OR
23 – El Corazon – Seattle, WA (with GAMA BOMB)

January (with Death Angel, Lazarus A.D., Bonded By Blood, Hexen)
30 – Volume 11 – Raleigh, NC
31 – The Cabsbah – Charlotte, NC

February (with Death Angel, Lazarus A.D., Bonded By Blood, Hexen)
1 – Jaxx – W. Springfield, VA
2 – Crazy Donkey – Farmingdale, NY
3 – Rocko’s – Manchester, NH
4 – Club Hell – Providence, RI
5 – Montage Music Hall – Rochester, NY
6 – Mod Club – Toronto, ON
7 – Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH
8 – Blondie’s – Detroit, MI
9 – Reggie’s Rock Club – Chicago, IL
10 – Phoenix Hill Tavern – Louisville, KY
11 – Riot Room – Kansas City, MO
12 – Conservatory – Oklahoma City, OK
13 – Numbers – Houston, TX (+ D.R.I.)
14 – Emo’s – Austin, TX (+ D.R.I.)
15 – White Rabbit – San Antonio, TX (+ D.R.I.)
16 – Rail Club – Ft. Worth, TX
18 – Club DV8 – Tucson, AZ
19 – Clubhouse – Tempe, AZ
20 – Chain Reaction – Anaheim, CA
21 – Cheyenne Saloon – Las Vegas, NV
22 – The Key Club – Hollywood, CA
23 – Brick By Brick – San Diego, CA
24 – The Boardwalk – Orangevale, CA
25 – Lost on Main – Chico, CA
26 – Slim’s – San Francisco, CA

For more EARLY MAN click here.

San Francisco Bay Area thrash legends, DEATH ANGEL, have uploaded a video tour diary containing footage from their US tour with SOILWORK this past Summer. Watch all the mayhem below.

Photos from DEATH ANGEL’s public listening party are available at this link. The event took place this past September 2nd at Bender’s Bar and Grill in San Francisco, CA.

DEATH ANGEL will embark on their first North American headlining tour in support of their new album Relentless Retribution in early 2011! Joining them are some of the best names in the new wave of thrash metal today including LAZARUS A.D., EARLY MAN, BONDED BY BLOOD, and HEXEN. Reduced service charge tickets are now available through www.Enterthevault.com. On sale at all other major ticketing services after September 25, 2010. Meet and greet packages will go on sale September 25th as well. Packages will include a concert ticket, meet and greet, photo, autograph, merchandise and more! Details on where to obtain these will be announced shortly.

“North American Retribution 2011”
DEATH ANGEL, LAZARUS A.D., EARLY MAN, BONDED BY BLOOD, HEXEN
01/30/11 Volume 11 – Raleigh, NC
01/31/11 The Cabsbah – Charlotte, NC
02/01/11 Jaxx – W. Springfield, VA
02/02/11 Crazy Donkey – Farmingdale, NY
02/03/11 Rocko’s – Manchester, NH
02/04/11 Club Hell – Providence, RI
02/05/11 Montage Music Hall – Rochester, NY
02/06/11 Mod Club – Toronto, ON – CANADA
02/07/11 Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH
02/08/11 Blondie’s – Detroit, MI
02/09/11 Reggie’s Rock Club – Chicago, IL
02/10/11 Phoenix Hill Tavern – Louisville, KY
02/11/11 Riot Room – Kansas City, MO
02/12/11 Conservatory – Oklahoma City, OK
02/13/11 Numbers – Houston, TX (+ D.R.I.)
02/14/11 Emo’s – Austin, TX (+ D.R.I.)
02/15/11 White Rabbit – San Antonio, TX (+ D.R.I.)
02/16/11 Rail Club – Ft. Worth, TX
02/18/11 Club DV8 – Tucson, AZ
02/19/11 Clubhouse – Tempe, AZ
02/20/11 Chain Reaction – Anaheim, CA
02/21/11 Cheyenne Saloon – Las Vegas, NV
02/22/11 The Key Club – Hollywood, CA
02/23/11 Brick By Brick – San Diego, CA
02/24/11 The Boardwalk – Orangevale, CA
02/25/11 Lost on Main – Chico, CA
02/26/11 Slim’s – San Francisco, CA

Relentless Retribution will be released on September 14th (TOMORROW) in North America via Nuclear Blast Records. Preorder a copy of the album with or without an exclusive shirt design here.

For more DEATH ANGEL click here.
Photo courtesy of BARRY KNIAN.

San Francisco Bay Area thrash legends, DEATH ANGEL, will embark on their first North American headlining tour in support of their new album Relentless Retribution in early 2011! Joining them are some of the best names in the new wave of thrash metal today including LAZARUS A.D., EARLY MAN, BONDED BY BLOOD, and HEXEN. Reduced service charge tickets will go on sale today through www.Enterthevault.com. On sale at all major ticketing services after September 25, 2010. Meet and greet packages will go on sale September 25th as well. Packages will include a concert ticket, meet and greet, photo, autograph, merchandise and more! Details on where to obtain these will be announced shortly.

Vocalist Mark Osegueda commented:
“We are so excited, and proud to finally be doing our first headlining tour of North America since, the now infamous, Act III tour of 1990! We have put together a line up of bands that we feel will give all the fans what they deserve! An all out blow showcasing all the best elements of thrash metal found today! Ending of course with a full headlining set by DEATH ANGEL that we promise will leave everyone feeling relentlessly and sonically ravaged! See you on the road! In the pit! And at the bar!”

“North American Retribution 2011”
DEATH ANGEL, LAZARUS A.D., EARLY MAN, BONDED BY BLOOD, HEXEN
01/30/11 Volume 11 – Raleigh, NC
01/31/11 The Cabsbah – Charlotte, NC
02/01/11 Jaxx – W. Springfield, VA
02/02/11 Crazy Donkey – Farmingdale, NY
02/03/11 Rocko’s – Manchester, NH
02/04/11 Club Hell – Providence, RI
02/05/11 Montage Music Hall – Rochester, NY
02/06/11 Mod Club – Toronto, ON – CANADA
02/07/11 Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH
02/08/11 Blondie’s – Detroit, MI
02/09/11 Reggie’s Rock Club – Chicago, IL
02/10/11 Phoenix Hill Tavern – Louisville, KY
02/11/11 Riot Room – Kansas City, MO
02/12/11 Conservatory – Oklahoma City, OK
02/13/11 Numbers – Houston, TX (+ D.R.I.)
02/14/11 Emo’s – Austin, TX (+ D.R.I.)
02/15/11 White Rabbit – San Antonio, TX (+ D.R.I.)
02/16/11 Rail Club – Ft. Worth, TX
02/18/11 Club DV8 – Tucson, AZ
02/19/11 Clubhouse – Tempe, AZ
02/20/11 Chain Reaction – Anaheim, CA
02/21/11 Cheyenne Saloon – Las Vegas, NV
02/22/11 The Key Club – Hollywood, CA
02/23/11 Brick By Brick – San Diego, CA
02/24/11 The Boardwalk – Orangevale, CA
02/25/11 Lost on Main – Chico, CA
02/26/11 Slim’s – San Francisco, CA

DEATH ANGEL will perform on the “70K Tons of Metal” cruise occurring January 24th through 28th, 2011. Check out the band talking about the event at the following location.

Relentless Retribution will be released on September 14th in North America via Nuclear Blast Records. Preorder a copy of the album with or without an exclusive shirt design at the following location.









For more DEATH ANGEL click here.

Reactivated San Francisco Bay Area thrashers FORBIDDEN have debuted the artwork to their new studio album, Omega Wave, on their official MySpace page.

FORBIDDEN guitarist / songwriter Craig Locicero checks in about his collaborative process with artist Kent Mathieu, the visual elements that can be found in the album’s artwork, and his concern for the future of the human race:

“As soon as FORBIDDEN committed to writing a new record, I wondered where Kent Mathieu was. I’d always felt like Forbidden Evil and Twisted Into Form were pretty iconic album covers… when things like that actually seemed to matter.
“Then, the good people at Nuclear Blast actually located Kent! I got pretty excited and reached out to him immediately. He was equally excited to hear from us, too. The only real direction I gave Kent was to somehow tie the past into the future. Find a way to make the two skulls [from Forbidden Evil’s artwork] vital again. He had worked up about 12 sketches all kinds of variously cool stuff. Out of all of the pictures he sent me, I liked the way one of them was laid out because of it’s simplicity. After thinking about it for a long while, I had a concept for Kent to work with. The Omega Wave concept. The title wasn’t decided until I had a good idea for the cover.
“I don’t want to over-explain the actual picture because there is enough symbolism for everyone to interpret everything differently. That is always a plus, in my book. What I can tell you is that the skull in the center is based upon the crystal skull of Belize. This skull was found at some of the pyramid ruins in two perfect pieces, jawbone and upper cranium. It was always quite a mystery, but some years later Hewlett Packard scientists did extensive tests on the skull and found many anomalies.
“One of them was that there is no way, even with our most modern technology, that we could cut into the crystal the way this skull was formed. It would shatter with any instrument we have available, even today. Another thing was the fact that no matter what temperature the skull was placed in, the skull’s temperature would stay almost exactly the same. Scientists even believe the skull holds information that they could not tap into, like a giant computer chip with an impenetrable code.
“So I got to thinking: Does this skull – and the other ones found throughout the most ancient places on Earth – hold something that we would need to know to possibly save ourselves? This is not an entirely new concept, but it hit me pretty hard. What could we learn about ourselves that may save us at this all-important juncture for the human race?
“It seems as if we’ve reached our Omega stage as a civilization. Meaning, we as people seem to be in a hurry to reach some sort of ending… possibly all self-manifested by accepting some sort of pre-determined fate. Or possibly just pawns in a game that was played out before and will be repeated again and again in other times and dimensions. So Omega Wave is part science fact and part from my imagination.
“Kent Mathieu is a artistic genius who created something that respects this concept, as well as FORBIDDEN’s past, present and future! All of this with one very strong hand-painted picture. That’s right, no computer manipulation whatsoever. Something else we can all be proud of! We hope you approve.”

Omega Wave, FORBIDDEN’s fifth studio album after a 13-year recording hiatus, will be released in Europe on October 22nd and on October 26th in North America. It was recorded at Sonic Room/Audio Voyage Studios in Livermore, California, produced by FORBIDDEN guitarist / songwriter Craig Locicero with Tim Narducci, and mixed by Sean Beavan (Slayer, Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails).

FORBIDDEN 2010 features Russ Anderson on vocals, Craig Locicero on guitar, Steve Smyth on guitar, Matt Camacho on bass and Mark Hernandez on drums.

Song titles on Omega Wave include:
•Alpha Century
•Forsaken At The Gates
•Swine
•Immortal Wounds
•Hopenosis
•Adapt Or Die
•Inhuman Race
•Behind The Mask
•Dragging My Casket
•Overthrow
•Omega Wave

FORBIDDEN are confirmed for January 2011’s 70,000 Tons Of Metal cruise and will tour the U.S. this November supporting Overkill with Evile, Gamma Bomb, and Bonded By Blood.

FORBIDDEN will go on to headline their own tour with Evile, Gamma Bomb, and Bonded By Blood from November 22nd – December 11th. VIP tickets for pre-show Meet & Greet sessions with the band are now on sale at EnterTheVault.com. VIP ticket buyers will also receive a customized poster signed by the band.

Hear two FORBIDDEN demo tracks, “Adapt Or Die” and “Hopenosis,” and the entire Green album here.

For more FORBIDDEN click here.