MEGAHERZ Signs to Napalm Records

(Photo From L-R Thomas Caser, Napalm Records VP – Chrstian Bystron, Megaherz, Werner Weninger, Megaherz – Pascal Amann, Napalm Records RA)

German based rockers in MEGAHERZ have announced their signing to the Austrian Powerhouse label Napalm Records! Following their highly lauded break through album Kopfschuss and subsequent critically acclaimed releases, the band is currently working on a new album, to be released this fall on Napalm Records

Alexander Wohnhaas & Christian Bystron of MEGAHERZ commented on the signing,“This is an important step for us. Napalm Records is a partner with a lot of experience and will present great opportunities for us. For the next album we absolutely want to go the extra mile and we already confident in a very good company like Napalm. It was important for us to sign with Napalm as they fully identify themselves with the band and we share the same goals. We´re looking forward to a successful, long-term cooperation!”

Napalm Records Vice President Thomas Caser is very excited about the upcoming cooperation with MEGAHERZ: “We are unbelievable proud to welcome MEGAHERZ at Napalm Records. Napalm Records will be doing everything to get the band to the top, where such a talented and eclectic act simply belongs!”

COMEBACK KID STREAM NEW ALBUM VIA ABSOLUTEPUNK

 

Head to Absolute Punk for the exclusive stream of COMEBACK KID’s Die Knowing. Set for release on Monday, March 3^rd, Die Knowing serves as COMEBACK KID’s return to the top of the hardcore genre, featuring their heaviest-hitting tracks to date.

Hear Die Knowing NOW!

Pre-order packages for COMEBACK KID’s Die Knowing are now available exclusively through VictoryMerch.com.

More Details Revealed On HOLY MOSES’ New Album Redefined Mayhem

HOLY MOSES no longer have anything to prove to the international metal scene. Their multi-faceted thrash metal, front woman Sabina Classen’s charismatic voice and their unique mix of traditional attitude and experimental evolvement have been instrumental in establishing the band as a known quantity since the beginning of their career in the early 1980s. Their current album release Redefined Mayhem is a prime example of an album, which expertly blends past and present. “HOLY MOSES have never released standard thrash songs, and we never will,” Sabina Classen explains with some pride. “We write songs which we like ourselves and don’t compromise in terms of trends and concessions to wrong expectations. We don’t have to please everybody, we’re our own brand, we have our own sound, which includes the occasional odd beat, technically demanding passages and unusual chord structures as well as interesting lyrics which deal with the dark side of people and their minds.”

That HOLY MOSES mark 2014 don’t show any symptoms of fatigue is mainly due to their perfect balance consisting of founder members and musicians who have played in other groups: vocalist Sabina Classen has been the voice and face of HOLY MOSES since 1981, bassist Thomas Neitsch has been in the band for six years, drummer Gerd Lücking joined the fold three years ago, and guitarist Peter Geltat was enlisted in 2012, supporting his colleagues immediately in a number of successful shows such as the Barge To Hell Cruise 2012. The current line-up is ready to face new challenges in a permanently evolving metal genre. “This is HOLY MOSES mark 2014, and Redefined Mayhem defines a new chapter of our band history,” explains Sabina Classen, adding: “We had to redefine ourselves as a band and gel as a team. There were people who voiced their doubts that it would work. But the new songs prove beyond all doubt that HOLY MOSES continue to be a force to be reckoned with.”

There can be no doubt: Redefined Mayhem sees HOLY MOSES 2014 reach a new pinnacle of their creative work. Their fans can look forward to a contemporary thrash metal oeuvre, which reflects the band members’ influence while skilfully forging an arch to the group’s successful past with classics such as Finished With The Dogs (1987) and The New Machine Of Liechtenstein (1989). Classen: “It’s still first-rate thrash metal, fast-paced and powerful, chaotic at times but with a modern touch and amazingly multi-faceted guitars and drums.”

Redefined Mayhem will be released in Scandinavia on April 23rd, in Germany on April 25th, in Europe on April 28th and in the USA on April 29th through SPV/Steamhammer as CD, double gatefold LP with colored vinyl plus onus track and the CD in a cardboard sleeve and as download. CD and LP have different covers.

 

TRACK LISTING:

CD Version:

1. Hellhound

2. Triggered

3. Undead Dogs

4. Into The Dark

5. Sacred Sorrows

6. Process Of Projection

7. Fading Realities

8. Liars

9. Redemption Of The Shattered

10. Whet The Knife

11. Delusion

12. One Step Ahead Of Death

13. This Dirt

 

Vinyl Version:

LP 1A:

1. Hellhound

2. Undead Dogs

3. Sacred Sorrows

 

LP 1B:

1. Triggered

2. Into the Dark

3. Process of Projection

 

LP 2A:

1. Delusion

2. Fading Realities

3. Liars

4. Entering The Now (Bonus Track)

 

LP 2B:

11. Whet the Knife

12. Redemption of the Shattered

13. One Step ahead of Death

14. This Dirt

 

HOLY MOSES live 2014

05.04. D-Otterbach – Pälzer Hell

24.04. E-Madrid – Sala Charada

25.04. E-Donosti – Sala Tunk

26.04. E-Zaragoza  – Sala Explosivo

27.04. E-Valencia – Sala Agora

07.06. D-Hauptmannsgrün – Chronical Moshers Open Air

CONAN New Album Blood Eagle Streaming in Full at Noisey!

The English CONAN follows the ideals of their namesake and continue their path without compromises. The second album Blood Eagle is a Doom Drone Metal monument filled with monolithic riffs, hypnotic melodies, brutal drumming and an archaic atmosphere. 

 

Blood Eagle will be released on March 11^th in North America via Napalm Records.  The album is available for pre-order on iTunes and Amazon.  Today Noisey.com VICE Magazine’s new music channel is hosting a full album stream of Blood Eagle.  Listen to Blood Eagle in its entirety HERE.

 

CONAN‘s video for the song “Foehammer” can be viewed HERE.

 

Epic hymns (e.g. “Crown of Talons” or “Gravity Chasm”) transport the listener directly onto blood-soaked battlefields. “Blood Eagle” has a unique and raw character that will enthrall fans of AHAB, EYEHATEGOD or SUNN O))) with the very first note.  The band will be touring Europe extensively throughout 2014; the first dates are listed below.

 

Blood Eagle Track Listing:

1) Crown of Talons

2) Total Conquest

3) Foehammer

4) Gravity Chasm

5) Horns for Teeth

6) Altar of Grief

 

Release Dates:

28.02.2014 GAS/FIN & BENELUX

03.03.2014 UK/Rest of Europe

05.03.2014 ESP/SWE/NOR

11.03.2014 USA/CAN

 

On Tour:

14.03.14 UK – Nottingham / Stuck On A Name Studio

15.03.14 UK – Bournemouth / The Anvil

16.03.14 UK – Birmingham / The Asylum 2

17.03.14 UK – Glasgow / Audio

19.03.14 UK – Manchester / Kraak Gallery

20.03.14 UK – Cardiff / Full Moon

21.03.14 UK – Brighton / The Prince Albert

22.03.14 UK – London / Electrowerkz

 

09.04.14 BE – Liège / le Hangar

10.04.14 NL – Tilburg / Roadburn Festival

11.04.14 DE – Würzburg / Cafe Cairo

12.04.14 DE – Leipzig / Doom Over Leipzig

13.04.14 DK – Copenhagen / KB18

14.04.14 NO – Oslo / Revolver

16.04.14 FI – Jÿvaskÿla / Lutakko

17.04.14 FI – Helsinki / Kuudes Linja

18.04.14 FI – Tampere / Klubi

19.04.14 FI – Oulu / Nuclear NightClub

21.04.14 SE – Stockholm / tba

22.04.14 SE – Lund / Hemgarden

23.04.14 DE – Berlin / Jaegerklause

24.04.14 DE – Wiesbaden / Kulturpalast

25.04.14 NL – Groningen / Vera

26.04.14 DE – Hamburg / Droneburg Festival

27.04.14 DE – Cologne / Underground

21.06.14 FR – Clisson / Hellfest

DEVILDRIVER Premiere Lyric Video for “Sail” on Loudwire

 

New Album Winter Kills Out Now on Napalm Records

The California Groove Machine known as DEVILDRIVER released their sixth studio album Winter Kills in August 2013 via Napalm Records.   Winter Kills hit charts all over the world, with some of the band’s best chart numbers to date.  In North America, Winter Kills came in at #32 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart (The band’s highest chart debut ever), #3 on the Billboard Hard Music Chart, #10 on the Billboard Rock Chart and #13 on the Billboard Independent Chart.   Winter Kills is available on iTunes. The album can also be ordered on Amazon 

 

One of the standout tracks on the album was the band’s groundbreaking cover of the AWOLNATION hit single “Sail”.  The song has become a staple of the band’s live set as well as a fan favorite.  “Sail” has also been receiving heavy airplay on Sirius XM’s “Octane”.

 

Recently the band completed work on a lyric video for “Sail” which is receiving its exclusive premiere today via Loudwire.  Check out the video HERE.

 

DEVILDRIVER is currently on tour as part of the Soundwave Festival in Australia, following those dates, the band heads to Japan for three special shows with Bay Area Thrashers Testament.  March 27^th sees the band kicking off a European headline tour in Cologne, Germany and it will run through April 19^th in Schijndel, Netherlands.

 

Plans for a North American tour are being finalized now and will be announced in the coming weeks.

 

DevilDriver Australian, Japanese and European Tour Dates:

2/28: Melbourne, Australia @ Soundwave Festival

3/1: Adelaide, Australia @ Soundwave Festival

3/3: Perth, Australia @ Soundwave Festival

3/5: Osaka-Shi, Japan @ Akason

3/6: Tokyo, Japan @ O-East

3/7: Nagoya, Japan @ Club Quattro

 

3/27: Cologne, Germany @ Underground

3/28: Fribourg, Switzerladn @ FRI-SON

3/29: Aarau, Switzerland @ Kiff

3/31: Munich, Germany @ Backstage Halle

4/1:Paris, France @ Le Trabendo

4/3: Cardiff, United Kingdom @ Solus

4/4: London, United Kingdom @ Electric Ballroom

4/5: Wolverhampton, United Kingdom @ Wulfurn Hall

4/6: Glasgow, Scotland @ Garage

4/7: Belfast, Ireland @ The Limelight

4/8: Dublin, Ireland @ The Academy

4/9: Manchester, United Kingdom @ O2 Academy 2

4/10: Southampton, United Kingdom @ Mo Club

4/11: Cambrai, France @ BETIZ FEST

4/12: Herford, Germany @ Club X

4/13: Aarhus, Denmark @ Voxhall

4/15: Stockholm, Sweden @ Klubben

4/16: Gothenburg, Sweden @ Sticky Fingers

4/17: Hamburg, Germany @ Gruenspan

4/18: Antwerp, Belgium @ Trix

4/19: Schijndel, Netherlands @ Paaspop

ADMIRAL SIR CLOUDESLEY SHOVELL to Release Check ’em Before You Wreck ’em April 15th on Rise Above Records in North America

  

Artwork and Track Listing Revealed

ADMIRAL SIR CLOUDESLEY SHOVELL are the last of a dying breed of Grease Rock Bastard musicians who somehow, despite and in spite of the last 3 decades trying their best to kill off balls out, non-bullshit rock’n’roll music, somehow, against all the fucking odds, still exist, surviving on a steady diet of God sent gigs, hire vans, broken down amps, split drum skins, greasy spoon fry ups, patched up jeans, roll-ups, cheap leather jackets, booze, weed and bathtub speed. 

 

Spare them your sympathy – no one made the silly bastards do it. They Just NEED to!! Right??

 

Facts to face – the SHOVELL are named after a 17th century English naval commander; Bill Darlington plays drums, Louis Comfort-Wiggett plays bass and Johnny Gorilla plays guitar and sings, they have been together as a band since 2008

 

Their debut 2011 Rise Above 7″, Return To Zero’/’Day After Day, sold out instantly and now commands £100 plus a copy; their 2012 debut long-player Don’t Hear It…Fear It received unilateral rave reviews and was described pretty accurately by one scribe as ‘the aural equivalent of stumbling into an 18 year-old male’s bedsit in 1973 – the kind of greasy hard-rock thrills rarely heard in this climate of blind nostalgia and misjudged authenticity. It’s hard ‘n’ heavy, without the marshmallow; it’s old-fashioned yet so NOW that it hurts!!”

 

They’ve toured and played with the likes of Orange Goblin, Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats, Incredible Hog, Gentlemans Pistols, Graveyard, Gonga and countless more, toured Europe and had chief Groundhog Tony McPhee playing on their first LP! 

 

On their new LP Check ’em Before You Wreck ’em the SHOVELL somehow carry on the lineage of the truly golden age of British heavy rock whose dog shit stained road was paved by the likes of Budgie, Sabbath, early Motorhead, Quo, Lizzy, The Groundhogs, Stray etc. Chuck in a healthy chunk of U.S. and Aussie proto metallurgists Sir Lord Baltimore, Dust, Bang, The Litter and Buffalo, as well as a healthy Vertigo ‘Swirl’ of dew picked mushrooms bad trip psych.

 

The SHOVELL thinks the world could do with another slice of no-nonsense re-gressive proto-rock ‘n’metal – one that you don’t need a Degree in doom-rock or a Masters in metal to appreciate – just a  love of when music was     

F U N!!!

 

Remember kids – CHECK ‘EM BEFORE YOU WRECK ‘EM!!!

 

Check ’em Before You Wreck ’em Track Listing:

1. Do It Now

2. 2 Tonne F*ckboot

3. Captain Merryweather

4. Running From Home

5. Happiness Begins

6. Shaker Your Head

7. Don’t Hear It … Fear It!

8. Bulletproof

9. The Thicker The Better

10. Late Night Mornings

ROB ZOMBIE Working On TV Series About MANSON Family Murders

According to Variety, Rob Zombie and “American Psycho” writer Bret Easton Ellis have teamed up with Alcon Television to develop a project for Fox that will revisit the people and events connected to the Manson murder spree in August 1969. The limited series will see Ellis writing the script and Zombie directing.

“I have been obsessed with this insane story since I was a kid, so obviously I jumped at the chance to be involved in this incredible project. After speaking with Bret, I immediately realized that we shared the same vision for this epic madness,” Zombie said.

The Manson slayings saw crazed cult leader Charles Manson brainwashing members of a commune known as The Family into butchering eight people, including film director Roman Polanski‘s pregnant wife Sharon Tate. Manson was eventually convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy charges even though he was never found to have committed a homicide himself.

In association with Alcon Television and Madhouse Entertainment, the project is in very early development for a possible event series, a Fox representative told TheWrap. The series will dive into the people and events, before and after the slayings, with connected storylines and characters, told from different points of view.

Zombie‘s last film, “The Lords Of Salem”, came out last year in limited theatrical release before heading to home video.

Zombie will kick off a 12-date run of shows on April 26 in Fort Myers, Florida at the Fort Rock festival, mixing other major rock festival stops with headlining shows before wrapping up on May 10 in Camden, New Jersey.

DORO: ‘Raise Your Fist – 30 Years Anniversary-Edition’ To Include METALLICA, LED ZEPPELIN, DIO Covers

In honor of her 30th anniverary as a performing artist, German metal queen Doro Pesch will celebrate with fans from all over the world with two separate-yet-unique shows on May 2 and May 3 at CCD Stadthalle in her hometown of Düsseldorf.

To coincide with Doro‘s anniversary concerts, Nuclear Blast will release “Raise Your Fist – 30 Years Anniversary-Edition”, containing the re-release of the “Raise Your Fist” record and a bonus CD, “Powerful Passionate Favorites”, featuring new and unreleased tracks, as well as Doro‘s cover versions of aongs by some of her favorite artists, such as LED ZEPPELIN, TINA TURNER, METALLICA and DIO. Another highlight is the French version of her hit “Raise Your Fist In The Air” as well as a new mix of “It Still Hurts”, a duet along with MOTÖRHEAD‘s Lemmy Kilmister.

“Powerful Passionate Favorites” track listing:

01. It Still Hurts

The ballad featuring Doro and Lemmy, with a new mix from Jacob Hansen (VOLBEAT)

02. Léve Ton Poing Vers Le Ciel

The French version of the single “Raise Your Fist In The Air”

03. Babe I´m Gonna Leave You

Doro’s cover version of the LED ZEPPELIN classic

04. Nutbush City Limits

Doro’s cover version of the TINA TURNER classic

05. Only You

New version of the track, written by Gene Simmons (KISS) in the year 1990 for Doro

06. Egypt (The Chains Are On)

Cover version of Doro’s favorite Ronnie James Dio song

07. Nothing Else Matters

Doro’s cover version of the most popular METALLICA classic

08. Warfare

New song, to be featured in the movie “Anuk 2”, in which Doro again stars as the warrior Meha.

09. NYC Blues

Home-recorded demo version of a new track, recently recorded at Doro’s apartment in New York

“Raise Your Fist” landed at position No. 65 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.

SLIPKNOT To Begin ‘Major, Major Work’ On New Album In March, Says COREY TAYLOR

SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor has told U.K.’s Kerrang! magazine that the band will begin “major, major work” on its fifth album in March. 17 demos are ready for SLIPKNOT‘s first CD since 2008’s “All Hope Is Gone” and the first since the 2010 death of bassist Paul Gray and December 2013 departure of drummer Joey Jordison, one of the band’s founding members and key songwriters.

Regarding the direction of SLIPKNOT‘s new material, Taylor said: “I can say that, to me — and this is only my opinion — it’s a cross between [2001’s] ‘Iowa’ and [2004’s] ‘Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)’, but that’s honestly just scratching the surface. I think fans are going to be very, very excited when they hear this stuff.”

He added: “I’ve written lyrics for everything that we have right now and it’s feeling pretty good. It feels like the story of the band so far, which is a totally different take on what I’ve been used to writing with SLIPKNOT, but I think, because of everything we’ve been through, it’s time to tell that story. Not just from our point of view, but from everything around us. So, yeah… it’s going to be interesting. It’s going to be everything you want in a SLIPKNOT album, and everything you wouldn’t expect.”

Taylor was unwilling to comment on anything “controversial” during his interview with Kerrang! and wouldn’t discuss Jordison‘s exit from the band, but he did hint at deeper family problems that needed to be resolved, as he reflected how his life was during the band’s break in activity.

“Last year, it felt like we put enough miles between the bad stuff and the good stuff — that we could start enjoying life again,” he said. “Personally, my family took a couple of hits in the last year and a half, and it felt good to be able to let go of that deep breath we’d been holding. Professionally, I got to do a lot of stuff I wasn’t expecting, which was cool, and now I’m feeling like it’s time to revisit the ‘KNOT and see where we’re at right there. My hopes for this year are to be creative — getting that creative itch. And with the new SLIPKNOT album, I’m starting to feel that side of things.”

SLIPKNOT guitarist Jim Root told The Pulse Of Radio late last year — before the news about Jordison broke — that he was feeling the urgency to make a new SLIPKNOT album. “You know, we haven’t done a record since Paul‘s been gone and it’s been pushing six years. And there’s a lot of people in SLIPKNOT and a lot of fans and me myself kind of feel like it’s time for that hurdle to be overcome. And for me, that’s really like my number one priority and the most important thing for me right now.”

SLIPKNOT has not disclosed the reasons for Jordison‘s exit, although the drummer issued a statement in January saying that he did not quit the band.

Root, who plays in both SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR with Taylor, sat out STONE SOUR‘s recent North American tour with POP EVIL and STOLEN BABIES in order to work on the new SLIPKNOT album.

Taylor told The Pulse Of Radio not long ago that he thought 2014 would be the year that SLIPKNOT came back with new music. “I know everybody is pretty keen on getting together and seeing what happens [this] year, so I mean, if it takes us a year to write an album, so be it,” he said. “The main goal is to just get us in the room and just see what happens, you know. If we can get past that first day, I think it’ll come together. Now that we’re all kind of in better places in our lives and whatnot, it’s making it a little easier to be excited about it again. It’s just starting to feel like it’s time.”

CROWBAR To Release ‘Symmetry In Black’ In May

New Orleans sludge metal veterans CROWBAR will release their new album, “Symmetry In Black”, in North America on May 27 via Entertainment One Music. The CD, which will be made available in Europe on May 26 through Century Media Records, was produced by CROWBAR guitarist/vocalist Kirk Windstein and Duane Simoneaux and was mixed by Josh Wilbur (LAMB OF GOD, GOJIRA).

Comments Windstein: “We are so proud and excited about what we have accomplished with this record! The focus, determination and attitude in the band is at an all-time high.

“We are 100% ready to get this juggernaut rolling and never touch the breaks again.

“CROWBAR will not be stopped!”

The release of “Symmetry In Black” will coincide with the 25th anniversary of the CROWBAR‘s inception. Windstein continues: “CROWBAR is my heart and soul. The music is a part of me that I am extremely proud of.

“It’s an amazing feeling to be putting all of my energy and focus into something that I created 25 years ago!

“We are extremely excited to release our 10th full length & to bring the riffs to as many people as possible on tour.”

Now that CROWBAR has finished recording, they’ll head over to the U.K. for a handful of dates with HANG THE BASTARD and DROPBACK. The band is also confirmed for a handful of European festivals this summer, including Roadburn and Bloodstock Open Air.

CROWBAR will make a bone-crushing appearance at Maryland Deathfest in the U.S.

Windstein exited DOWN in September 2013 in order to focus “100%” on CROWBAR. He was replaced in DOWN by the band’s longtime stage manager and HONKY founding guitarist Bobby Landgraf.

CROWBAR last year announced the addition of bassist Jeff Golden to the group’s ranks.

Jeff is from Bolton, Connecticut, but currently resides in Estero, Florida.

CROWBAR is:

Kirk Windstein (Guitar, Vocals)
Matt Brunson (Guitar)
Tommy Buckley (Drums)
Jeff Golden (Bass)