Following up All Guts, No Glory, reunited gore-grinders Exhumed are releasing a new record entitled Necrocracy via Relapse on August 6. Guitarist/vocalist Matt Harvey referred to it as their “heaviest record to date.” You can judge for yourself based on the new album trailer.
The band also announced a run of North American dates for the fall.
Check out the tour dates and the album trailer here.
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Rejoice, vinyl & Gojira lovers! Two of their most acclaimed records will be getting gatefold double LP reissues courtesy of Prosthetic Records.
Their 2005 breakthrough, From Mars to Sirius, will be available in three 180-gram variants: “Eco-Green” (600 copies), “Mars Red” (200 copies) and “Sea Blue” (200 copies), the latter two of which are mail-order exclusives. The follow-up, The Way of All Flesh, will be offered in two colors: 180-gram clear (500 copies), and a mail-order exclusive, standard-weight blue/white split vinyl (500 copies).
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Renowned progressive metal outfit Dream Theater are set to release their latest record on September 24th via Roadrunner. Surprisingly, after a nearly three decade career, they’re finally doing a self-titled album. The lineup for Dream Theater is as follows: John Petrucci on guitar, John Myung on bass, James LaBrie on vocals, Jordan Rudess on keyboards and continuum, and Mike Mangini on drums. After drummer Mike Portnoy’s departure back in 2010, this is the first record to have new drummer Mangini fully integrated in the creative process.
Dream Theater was recorded at Cove City Sound Studios in Glen Cove, New York, with John Petrucci producing and studio luminary Richard Chycki (who has done work Aerosmith and Rush) engineering and mixing.
Petrucci had this to say about the new record:
“I see every new album as an opportunity to start over. To either build or improve upon a direction that has been evolving over time or to completely break new ground. This is the first self-titled album of our career and there is nothing I can think of that makes a statement of musical and creative identity stronger than that. We’ve fully explored all of the elements that make us unique, from the epic and intense to the atmospheric and cinematic. We’re incredibly excited about Dream Theater and can’t wait for everyone to hear it.”
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So I know we made a FB post about this yesterday when it was announced, but I figured we’d post the band’s full statement here regarding it. Your favorite Canadian dudebros Protest the Hero have parted ways with their longtime drummer Moe Carlson after Moe decided to go back to school. On the bright side, Chris Adler of Lamb of God filled in for the studio sessions, so we can be assured that the drumming of the new record will be fantastic. However, the statement doesn’t seem to say anything about who will be replacing Moe in the long run. We’ll keep you updated, of course.
If you want to check out the full statement, click here.
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Official press release:
“Slayer’s Tom Araya and Kerry King are very pleased to announce that Paul Bostaph has rejoined the band on a full-time basis. Bostaph will be behind the drum kit beginning June 4 when Slayer kicks off the first leg of its 2013 international tour in Warsaw, Poland. Gary Holt will continue to fill in for fallen guitarist Jeff Hanneman.
Slayer’s 2013 itinerary will have them playing 35 dates that will include headline shows as well as a number of major summer festivals in Europe, Eastern Europe and South America between June and October. The complete itinerary is below.
“Paul’s a great drummer and a good friend, and we’re very happy that he’s decided to rejoin the band,” said Tom Araya. “We’re still pretty numb from the loss of Jeff, but we don’t want to disappoint our European fans, and we need to begin moving forward…having Paul back in the band makes that a whole lot easier.”
“I’m very excited to be rejoining Slayer,” added Bostaph. “We spent a very intense ten years of our lives together, had a lot of fun, made a lot of great music, so for me, this feels like coming home.”
Bostaph was Slayer’s drummer from 1992 until 2001 and recorded four albums with the band – the Gold certified Divine Intervention (1994), the 1996 punk covers album Undisputed Attitude, Diabolus in Musica, (1998), God Hates us All (2001) that received a Grammy nomination for “Best Metal Performance,” as well as the DVD War at the Warfield (2001), also certified Gold. In addition to Slayer, Bostaph has been a member of Forbidden, Exodus, Systematic and Testament.”
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San Diego metalcore band As I Lay Dying’s frontman Tim Lambesis, who has been jailed since May 7th on charges of attempting to hire a hitman to kill his wife, has apparently made his two million dollar bail. Lambesis was incarcerated on these charges at the San Diego, CA jail until early Thursday evening.
Lambesis will be required to wear a GPS monitor at all times and must stay away from his wife and children. His next court date is set for June 10th.
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Tampa death metal band Six Feet Under have announced that they parted ways with drummer Kevin Talley and have replaced him former Brain Drill drummer Marco Pitruzzella. Pitruzzella will make his debut appearance with the band at Scion Rock Fest on Saturday, June 1, 2013.
Frontman Chris Barnes had the following to say:
“I’m proud to announce a new addition to the ranks of Six Feet Under. Replacing drummer Kevin Talley is our new friend and cohort, Marco Pitruzzella. Marco has worked with Jeff Hughell in their former band, Brain Drill, and is such an amazing talented and great guy. I’m very excited having him in the band and can’t wait to take the stage with Marco this Saturday in Memphis for Scion Rock Fest!
“It was good working with Kevin Talley for the past couple of years, but we are very ready and extremely focused on moving the band forward with a new, more stable and permanent lineup for writing as well as touring. Be prepared to be shredded! See you all soon!”
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Savannah thrash/sludge/etc band Black Tusk have announced the release date, and revealed the artwork, for their upcoming EP Tend No Wounds. The album was recorded by producer Phillip Cope at the Jam Room and is set for release on July 23rd via Relapse Records.
You can view the artwork and track listing here.
Tend No Wounds will be the bands first release since the 2011 Set the Dial and clocks in around 20 minutes. The album’s artwork was handled by Brian Mercer (Eyehategod, Lamb of God, Zoroaster).
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Those melodic headbangers from Greece are up to it again. Firewind just announced a new live album, called Apotheosis – Live 2012 to be released on June 24 via Century Media. The album contains 17 tracks from special anniversary shows in Greece along with European shows from their “Few Against Many” tour last year in support of their album of the same name. It was recorded just before the departure of vocalist Apollo Papathanasio, making it the last release with him.
Guitarist Gus G. had this to say about the new record:
“Apotheosis = the glorification of a subject to a divine level. That is the word that came to my mind while thinking of how I could best describe the feeling and the vibe of those four anniversary shows we played in our homeland Greece and our last European headline tour in 2012! So that had to be our live album’s title. You can feel the energy on these recordings, you can hear the screams of the most hardcore fans and the Firewind chants… it’s all there. No doubt about it, it’s the sheer love from our fans and supporters that has kept us alive and strong for 10 years and we wanted to celebrate all that with this album. We recorded all those shows, chose the best performances and now we can’t wait to release this one!”
Sounds like it’ll be a great release. You can check out the trailer and the album track listing here.
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Richmond, VA metal band GWAR’s frontman Oderous Urungus has put up his mask to benefit his the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. As a New Englander and a former Boston resident I can’t even tell you how amazing I think this is.
You can bid here.
GWAR, for those of you who don’t know, have been tearing it up since 1984 with the vast majority of their albums being released via Metal Blade.
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So remember when Gaza released an awesome record last year (No Absolutes in Human Suffering) and then broke up back in March? Well, cry no more. Last night, announced through the former band’s Facebook page, every member except vocalist Jon Barkin have apparently become a new band called Cult Leader. Here’s what they had to say:
That’s right. Boston techy headbangers (and personal favorite) Revocation have announced the details of their upcoming self-titled record (which we’ve previously reported on). It’s being released August 6 via Relapse. It’s also the first full-length with “new” bass player Brett Bamberger, who joined in 2012 and played on last year’s Teratogenesis EP. The insanely awesome cover art for the new album (shown at left) was made by Orion Landau, who has done work for Nile and Obscura, among others.
The track list for Revocation can be found here.
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With so many production companies around, it’s hard to tell whose really in it for the music, and whose in it for the “fame” and “back stage glory” that comes along with creating one of these companies.
So, we here at Metal Riot, are here to set at least one production company aside from all the rest.
Grizzly Booking Productions is a Southern California based company ran by founders Donald Dominguez, Dan Dominguez ,Cari Castanos and their crew of amazing graphic designers, photographers, and others who make sure that everything behind the scenes goes smoothly to make sure that everything you see on the stage runs smoothly.
Grizzly B. P. specializes in punk, hardcore and metalcore, but branches out to the world of underground hip-hop and more.
Their mission as a company you ask? Simple.
“Through Music we define our art, and strongly believe in servicing the Local Entertainment Market. We are true fans of music first, hold true to who we are, where we came from, and where we are heading.”
”The Vision: To Provide a High Quality of Live Entertainment. If it’s through Music, Photography, or as a Videographer, We want that community to arise with us and innovate a new way to see music in motion with the tools that are offered today. For the people, by the people.”
Here’s a closer view into the world of Grizzly Production:
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Creating a Booking Company isn’t all play and “backstage glory” like I mentioned earlier. It takes lots of hard work, tons of emails, gathering of the right souls who are in it for the right reasons, and more patience to deal with the crazy music industry than most would imagine. We’re glad to see that there are still companies out there doing it right.
Grizzly Production has an upcoming event that they’d like you all to know about, for that click here.
Keep up to date with everything Grizzly Booking Productions by visiting them on Facebook.
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If you would like to get in contact and book a show with Grizzly Booking Productions email them at: Grizzly.socalbooking@gmail.com
New York City’s Lower East Side was clamoring with metal aficionados Wednesday in celebration of Louder Then Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Heavy Metal. This eponymous tome chronicles the life of metal music and is told by the bands who lived it. It’s scribes, Jon Wiederhorn and Katherine Turman, have compiled and collected excerpts from the 300 plus interviews they have conducted over the past 25 years. You really need to buy this book.
What happens when you have a drunken blithering idiot sauntering dangerously close to a row of motorcycles? The sweet inevitable. Which I missed. In a non-surprising manner, the afore mentioned idiot plows into the bikes and then gets a hammer-fist smashed face from its owner. Metal as fuck. What a great start. Too bad I was watching burlesque show inside Bowery Electric, performed by a slinky little blonde and a nuclear blast of a ginger.
Amidst the show on the stage, the authors were in good spirits, toasting with the attendees as they worked the room. They provided some most excellent black and red cake pops, which were to be my dinner. Joe and Katherine took the stage so read some excerpts, from pages 69 and 666 no less, and to offer up some sweet Marshall headphones to some metal trivia.
The sincere humility and thanks found in the words of the authors was met with overwhelming applause and many sets of horns in the air, as they introduced Acrassicauda to the stage. This five-peice metal band hails from Baghdad, Iraq. These guys absolutely killed it. Great stage presence and barrier-breaking energy. I hope to see them again. I also met two brothers from Brazil in a band called Unconscious Disturbance. They’re kind of djazzy-prog with a hardcore vocal. It’s an interesting listen.
Jon Wiederhorn is a Senior Writer for Revolver and Katherine Turman is the producer for Alice Cooper’s radio show, Nights with Alice Cooper. Louder Than Hell is available now.
I didn’t want to post about this, and these guys only seem to make good on like 25% of their threats, but they forced my hand. The Westboro Baptist Church have announced that they will be protesting Jeff Hanneman’s Memorial Celebration on Thursday, May 23, 2013. I am not asking anybody to do anything, only because I am not sure how the boss men would feel about it, but I will not shed any tears if these guys end up in traction.
Check out their tweet here:
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Orange Goblin are pure rock n' roll... feared, respected and mentioned in whispers by awed rock fans and youngsters across the world. Orange Goblin are the modern UK metal heroes who never give up and always keep kicking ass. Back with their first live album, the pants-seat scorching A EULOGY FOR THE FANS (Candlelight), "The Goblin" just get better with age. Seriously, could this band be any more awesome? I think not.
