Away Team

Indiana progressive metal powerhouse THE CONTORTIONIST is pleased to announce their upcoming run with All Shall Perish, Carnifex, Fleshgod Apocalypse and Conducting From The Grave. The tour kicks off in Oakland, CA on March 29th and comes to a close in Sacramento, CA on April 28th.

“We’re really thrilled to be heading out with All Shall Perish and all of the other bands on the tour this March and April,” states guitarist Robby Baca. “This is a great tour and we’re excited to be performing with these bands. We saw All Shall Perish play recently and those dudes SHRED.”

THE CONTORTIONIST recently announced that they will be recording their upcoming full-length release at Audio Hammer Studios in Orlando, Florida with Jason Suecof and Eyal Levi (August Burns Red, The Black Dahlia Murder) in February. The new album is tentatively set to be released with GOOD FIGHT MUSIC in late spring/early summer 2012. The band also recently announced their new endorsement deal with Ibanez.

THE CONTORTIONIST released a picture-disc LP version of their debut album Exoplanet in the fall. A download card of Exoplanet will be included with each copy. Fans can purchase the LP at iTunes and MerchNow. THE CONTORTIONIST released all other versions of Exoplanet with GOOD FIGHT MUSIC on August 31st, 2010. Purchase your copy of Exoplanet now at Amazon.com, or on iTunes!

THE CONTORTIONIST tour dates with All Shall Perish, Carnifex, Fleshgod Apocalypse and Conducting From The Grave:
3/29 – Oakland, CA @ Oakland Metro
3/30 – Simi Valley, CA @ 118 West
4/01 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Clubhouse
4/02 – Albuquerque, NM @ Launch Pad
4/03 – Odessa, TX @ Dos Amigos
4/04 – Dallas, TX @ Trees
4/05 – Houston, TX @ The Warehouse (Fleshgod Apocalypse joins on this date)
4/06 – San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
4/07 – Tulsa, OK @ Marquee
4/08 – St. Louis, MO @ Fubar
4/09 – Joliet, IL @ Mojoes
4/10 – Indianapolis, IN @ Emerson Theatre
4/11 – Detroit, MI @ Harpos
4/12 – Louisville, KY @ Expo Five
4/13 – Nashville, TN @ The Muse
4/14 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
4/15 – Greensboro, NC @ Greene St.
4/17 – Springfield, VA @ Empire
4/18 – Stanhope, NJ @ Stanhope House
4/19 – New York City, NY @ Gramercy Theatre
4/20 – Worcester, MA @ NEW ENGLAND METAL FEST
4/21 – Syracuse, NY @ The Lost Horizon
4/22 – Cleveland, OH @ Peabodys
4/24 – Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theater
4/25 – Denver, CO @ Marquis Theatre
4/26 – Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue
4/27 – Sparks, NV @ The Alley
4/28 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades

For more THE CONTORTIONIST click here.

KATAKLYSM have begun the long process of putting together elements for their upcoming 20th anniversary DVD. Titled THE IRON WILL: 20 Years Determined, this documentary will begin with the band’s inception in 1991 and tell the lasting story behind of one of the most important extreme musical exports in Canada’s short 143-year history. Director & producer Tommy Jones (Lamb Of God, Soilwork, Death Angel) will catch the band’s heartbeat on the road and to put the memories together. Expected release date is Spring 2011.

The DVD will also include interviews with a wide range of characters, including the band’s infamous first frontman Sylvain Houde, who sang on the first three KATAKLYSM albums: The Mystical Gate Of Reincarnation (1993), Sorcery (1996), and Temple Of Knowledge (1999).

A single and a video clip for the title track “The Iron Will” will be recorded this summer. The massive content of the DVD will include KATAKLYSM’s upcoming headlining show at Summer Breeze Open Air in Germany where the band will perform classics from all of its eleven releases.

KATAKLSYM frontman Maurizio Iacono shares:
“This is something that we are doing first for ourselves to look back at the long and hard road traveled and to be grateful that twenty years later, this band is stronger than ever and still means something in the music world. It’s an accomplishment to exist this long and this DVD is dedicated to our fans who solely kept us alive in this destructive and turbulent scene. I decided to scrap my book idea (it was taking way too long and time is of the essence) and instead tell our story on THE IRON WILL in detail to get things off my chest once and for all. We’ve been the underdogs for so long and looking back, this is a good a place to be.”

KATAKLYSM’s “Spread The Venom 2010-2011 World Tour“ with All Shall Perish, Decrepit Birth, Conducting From The Grave, and Abysmal Dawn are as follows:
2/24 Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH
2/25 Reggie’s Rock Club – Chicago, IL
2/26 Harpo’s – Detroit, MI
2/27 Station 4 – St. Paul, MN
2/28 Park Theatre – Winnipeg, MB – CANADA
3/02 Starlite – Edmonton, AB – CANADA
3/03 Lake City Bowl – Kelowna, B.C. – CANADA
3/04 Rickshaw Theatre – Vancouver, B.C. – CANADA
3/05 Studio Seven – Seattle, WA
3/06 Branx – Portland, OR
3/07 Slim’s – San Francisco, CA
3/08 The Whisky – Hollywood, CA
3/09 Soma – San Diego, CA
3/10 Launchpad – Albuquerque, NM
3/11 El Cien – Amarillo, TX
3/12 Ridglea Theatre – Ft. Worth, TX
3/13 White Rabbit – San Antonio, TX
3/15 State Theater – St Petersburg, FL
3/16 Volume 11 – Raleigh, NC
3/17 Jaxx – Springfield, VA
3/18 Al Rosa Villa – Columbus, OH
3/19 Evening Star Music Hall – Niagara Falls, NY
3/20 Club Soda – Montreal, QC – CANADA









For more KATAKLYSM click here.

Montreal based extreme metallers KATAKLYSM have uploaded another song to the Rockband Network from their latest album Heaven’s Venom! The track, “Determined (Vows Of Vengeance)”, also happens to be the first to feature Rockband’s new double bass drum pedal application! This feature is now on Rockband versions 2 and 3 as can been seen here.

Created by Alt-Strum productions for Nuclear Blast Records the song showcases all trademarks of one of the best extreme metal bands out there. Start practicing your double bass chops and purchase this and other songs here today!

KATAKLYSM recently announced, in cooperation with Decibel Magazine and SickDrummerMagazine.com, the North American leg of their “Spread the Venom 2010 – 2011 World Tour“! Joining them will be groove ladden death shredders ALL SHALL PERISH, technical/progressive death masters DECREPIT BIRTH, Sumerian Records‘ touring juggernaut CONDUCTING FROM THE GRAVE, and Relapse Records‘ modern death metal merchants ABYSMAL DAWN. This will be just a part of a massive worldwide tour, that is rumored to be the bands last before a much needed break from the bands extensive performance schedule. Visit www.spreadthevenom.com for a complete list of dates and to hear about exclusive offers surrounding the tour.

NORTH AMERICA
KATAKLYSM, ALL SHALL PERISH, DECREPIT BIRTH, CONDUCTING FROM THE GRAVE, ABYSMAL DAWN
2/24 Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH
2/25 Reggie’s Rock Club – Chicago, IL
2/26 Harpo’s – Detroit, MI
2/27 Station 4 – St. Paul, MN
2/28 Park Theatre – Winnipeg, MB – Canada
3/02 Starlite – Edmonton, AB – Canada
3/03 Lake City Bowl – Kelowna, BC – Canada
3/04 Rickshaw Theatre – Vancouver, BC – Canada
3/05 Studio Seven – Seattle, WA
3/06 Branx – Portland, OR
3/07 Slim’s – San Francisco, CA (No ABYSMAL DAWN)
3/08 The Whisky – Hollywood, CA
3/09 Soma – San Diego, CA
3/10 Launchpad – Albuquerque, NM
3/11 El Cien – Amarillo, TX
3/12 Ridglea Theatre – Ft. Worth, TX
3/13 White Rabbit – San Antonio, TX
3/15 State Theater – St Petersburg, FL
3/16 Volume 11 – Raleigh, NC
3/17 Jaxx – Springfield, VA
3/18 Alrosa Villa – Columbus, OH
3/19 Evening Star Music Hall – Niagara Falls, NY
3/20 Club Soda – Montreal, QC – Canada









For more KATAKLYSM click here.

Virginia-based melodic tech death metal masters, ARSIS, have announced a very special addition to the bands on their upcoming headlining tour this upcoming December. Arsis will be performing the title track from A Diamond For Disease in it’s 12+ minute entirety.

Arsis vocalist/guitarist Jim Malone commented: “We have been scheming among ourselves for quite a while about this, and now it’s finally going to happen. We rehearsed the full version of ‘A Diamond For Disease’ last week and it came together even better than we had hoped! It needed the right tour and the right point in the life of the band, and we would not do it at all unless it was perfect. We’re finally there. So everybody who’s been asking us to play the entire thing every night for years and years… you finally get your (poisonous) medicine this December!”

A Tour For The Sick will include 8 bit metal heroes POWERGLOVE and the Sumerian Records touring juggernaut CONDUCTING FROM THE GRAVE.

Tour dates include:
December
1 – Championship Bar & Grill – Trenton, NJ
2 – Evening Star Music Hall – Niagara Falls, NY
3 – Pirates Cove – Cleveland, OH
4 – Harpo’s – Detroit, MI
5 – Reggie’s Rock Club – Chicago, IL
7 – Black Sheep – Colorado Springs, CO
8 – In The Venue – Salt Lake City, UT
9 – The Venue – Boise, ID
10 – Studio 7 – Seattle, WA
11 – Branx (Loveland) – Portland, OR
12 – Thee Parkside – San Francisco, CA
13 – The Whisky – Hollywood, CA
14 – The Clubhouse – Tempe, AZ
15 – Club Khaos – Amarillo, TX
16 – The Marquee Theatre – Tulsa, OK
18 – Jaxx – W. Springfield, VA

For more ARSIS click here.

Virginia-based melodic tech death metal masters, ARSIS, are pleased to announce their headlining tour set to take place this upcoming December! “A Tour for the Sick” is presented by MetalInjection.net and will include 8 bit metal heroes POWERGLOVE and the Sumerian Records touring juggernaut CONDUCTING FROM THE GRAVE.

ARSIS vocalist/guitarist Jim Malone commented:
“What does a band that is notorious for canceling tours, video game induced tendinitis, and a Noah Martin look-a-like all have in common? If you have spent the better part of your existence trying to play 16th triplet arpeggios at 250 bpm you will probably be overcome with joy (or something) to hear that we (meaning ARSIS dudes), POWERGLOVE, and CONDUCTING FROM THE GRAVE are teaming up for a US tour this December. We are beyond stoked for our first headlining tour in support of Starve for the Devil and hope to see you at one (or more) of the tour dates. We promise to ‘turn up the hell’ on this one and make your weekend (or week night) one that is ‘rock hard’ and metalificated.”

ARSIS, POWERGLOVE, CONDUCTING FROM THE GRAVE
12/01/10 Championship Bar & Grill – Trenton, NJ
12/02/10 Evening Star Music Hall – Niagara Falls, NY
12/03/10 Pirates Cove – Cleveland, OH
12/04/10 Harpo’s – Detroit, MI
12/05/10 Reggie’s Rock Club – Chicago, IL
12/07/10 Black Sheep – Colorado Springs, CO
12/08/10 In The Venue – Salt Lake City, UT
12/09/10 The Venue – Boise, ID
12/10/10 Studio 7 – Seattle, WA
12/11/10 Branx (Loveland) – Portland, OR
12/12/10 Thee Parkside – San Francisco, CA
12/13/10 The Whisky – Hollywood, CA
12/14/10 The Clubhouse – Tempe, AZ
12/15/10 Club Khaos – Amarillo, TX
12/16/10 The Marquee Theatre – Tulsa, OK
12/18/10 Jaxx – W. Springfield, VA

For more ARSIS click here.
For more POWERGLOVE click here.
For more CONDUCTING FROM THE GRAVE click here.

MYCHILDREN MYBRIDE is pleased to announce their direct supporting position on the upcoming “Time to Bleed Tour” featuring headliners SUICIDE SILENCE, and also including TONY DANZA TAPDANCE EXTRAVAGANZA, MOLOTOV SOLUTION, and CONDUCTING FROM THE GRAVE. This series of dates is sure to be one of the fall’s most popular touring packages, so make sure to stay tuned to the MYCHILDREN MYBRIDE MySpace for more information!

Current Suicide Silence & MyChildren MyBride dates:
10/2 The House of Blues – Las Vegas, NV
10/3 Marquee – Phoenix, AZ
10/4 Sunshine Theatre – Albuquerque, NM
10/7 White Rabbit – San Antonio, TX
10/8 Diamond Ballroom – Oklahoma City, OK
10/9 New Daisy Theatre – Memphis, TN
10/10 Rocketown – Nashville, TN
10/11 The House of Blues – Cleveland, OH
10/13 The Trocadero – Philadelphia, PA
10/14 Town Ballroom – Buffalo, NY
10/15 The Palladium – Worcester, MA (Rock and Shock Festival)
10/16 Webster Theatre – Hartford, CT
10/17 Starland Ballroom – Sayreville, NJ
10/19 The Intersection – Grand Rapids, MI
10/20 The Majestic – Detroit, MI
10/21 Bogart’s – Cincinnati, OH
10/22 Pop’s – St. Louis, MO
10/23 The Bull Moose Tap House – Iowa City, IA
10/25 The Summit Music Hall – Denver, CO
10/26 The Complex – Salt Lake City, UT
10/28 Soma – San Diego, CA
10/29 The Glass House – Pomona, CA
More dates TBA

For more MYCHILDREN MY BRIDE click here.