Fear Factory lands on Candlelight

Original Fear Factory members Dino Cazares (guitar) and Burton C. Bell (vocals) alongside bassist Byron Stroud (who played on the last two FEAR FACTORY albums in addition to touring and recording with STRAPPING YOUNG LAD and ZIMMERS HOLE) and legendary drummer Gene Hoglan (DETHKLOK, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, DARK ANGEL, DEATH, TESTAMENT) — will release its new studio album, “Mechanized”, on February 9, 2010 via Candlelight Records.

Regarding “Mechanized” musical direction, Bell says, “It has the raw aggression of what ‘Soul Of A New Machine’ was but it has… I would say it has the maturity of ‘Obsolete’. When I say ‘maturity,’ I mean that it has the songwriting skills that ‘Soul Of A New Machine’ did not have whereas ‘Obsolete’ did.”

SKELETONWITCH land on Billboard Chart

Skeletonwitch’s new record, Breathing The Fire, landed at number #151 on the Billboard Top 200 and #2 on the magazine’s Heatseekers Chart.

The band spent the last month on the road with Children of Bodom and are now supporting The Black Dahlia Murder alongside Toxic Holocaust and labelmates Trap Them. They will then head to Europe for a co-headline tour with Toxic Holocaust and Goatwhore. See them here.

10/30 Jack Rabbits – Jacksonville, FL

10/31 Sector 7G – Augusta, GA

11/1 The Soapbox – Wilmington, NC

11/2 Ottobar – Baltimore, MD

11/3 The Crazy Donkey – Farmingdale, NY

11/4 Webster Underground – Harford, CT

11/6 Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH

11/7 The Intersection – Grand Rapids, MI

11/8 Uncle Pleasants – Louisville, KY

11/10 Lost Horizon – Syracuse, NY

11/11 Mohawk Place – Buffalo, NY

11/12 The Chance – Poughkeepsie, NY

11/13 The Kave – Bucksport, ME

SLAYER takes over Myspace music

World Painted Blood 11/03/09

Celebrating Halloween and the release (11/03) of their new record World Painted Blood, Slayer will command MySpace Music starting at midnight.

Slayer will rock the site’s Music Home Page and brand new Music Video Home Page for the entire Halloween weekend. The first Halloween treat will be the exclusive premiere of the brand new album. check out the video graphic novel “Playing With Dolls,” which will be exclusively available for viewing on MySpace Music only through the weekend, and then on Tuesday as part of the World Painted Blood Deluxe Edition.

SLAYER to rock Jimmy Kimmel Live

From our friends at Blabbermouth. SLAYER will perform on ABC-TV’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Wednesday, November 4 (which will actually air the morning of Thursday, November 5).
World Painted Blood is scheduled for release on November 3 via American Recordings. The CD will initially ship with four special collector’s edition covers. Each of the four covers will display one-fourth of a provocative continental map illustrated with human skulls and bones; when placed together, the four images form a complete and grisly map of the world.

Exodus/Arch Enemy tour

Exodus and Arch Enemy will team up for a North American tour this coming January/Febuary.

Nuclear Blast Records has set a January 15 release date for Shovel Headed Tour Machine (Live At Wacken And Other Assorted Atrocities) from EXODUS.

The Root Of All Evil, the new album from ARCH ENEMY, features re-recorded versions of songs from the band’s first three LPs — Black Earth (1996), Stigmata (1998) and Burning Bridges (1999).

Confirmed dates:

Jan. 20 – Towson, MD @ Recher Theatre
Jan. 21 – Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts
Jan. 22 – New York, NY @ Nokia Theatre
Jan. 23 – Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
Jan. 25 – Montreal, QC @ Le Medley
Jan. 26 – Quebec City, QC @ Theatre Imperial
Jan. 27 – Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
Jan. 29 – Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
Jan. 30 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Rock
Jan. 31 – Winnipeg, MB @ The Garrick Centre
Feb. 02 – Calgary, AB @ MacEwan Hall Ballroom
Feb. 03 – Edmonton, AB @ Edmonton Events Center
Feb. 06 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox at the Market
Feb. 08 – San Francisco, CA @ Regency Center @ The Grand
Feb. 09 – West Hollywood, CA @ House of Blues

LAMB OF GOD and Billy Milano tear it up

LAMB OF GOD recently welcomed Billy Milano from SOD onstage to perform the classic “United Forces”.

Commented LAMB OF GOD drummer Chris Adler: “We were honored to share the stage with a legend. Billy and S.O.D. are our roots and I’ll remember this moment forever.”

Stated Billy Milano: “To share the stage with LAMB OF GOD was fucking amazing. It was a life-changing experience. Watching the video on YouTube, I couldn’t believe the size of the stage I was on. I don’t want to say it was the highlight of my career, but it truly was a milestone. Words are escaping me while trying to describe this event, which is strange, since I never shut the fuck up.”

Watch and enjoy. 

 

 

  

Black Sabbath: reunion don’t hold your breath

If there is one thing fans of Ozzy Osbourne have learned is that never take what he says too seriously. I mean why make a new Black Sabbath record when he can make  a jackass of himself with a Osmond like comedy show. His wife is to blame for that awful one episode train wreck.

In a recent interview with the Birmingham Post (U.K.) he said of a reunion with Sabbath, “I never say never anymore. Just not right now. If something came up and it was worth doing it’d be stupid not to do it.”

Come on man Geezer will teach you how to email and use an iPod.

Ozzy will guest on an upcoming WWE Raw show, so we get to look forward to that.

Nile founder offers guitar lessons

Karl Sanders, founder of the extreme technical death metal band NILE, will be offering guitar lessons across the U.S. during the group’s forthcoming tour in January and February of 2010.

Lessons will include, but are not necessarily limited to:

* Extreme metal guitar techniques,
* Melodic guitar application within a death metal context,
* Warm-up routines,
* Chops-building exercises.

Sessions are intended for intermediate-to-advanced students.

Lessons will be at the show venues in the cities along the routed dates of the NILE tour, and are on a first-come-first-served basis. The cost of lessons is $100 per hour.

 There will be a maximum of four students per day to insure that every student gets personal attention and a quality learning experience.

Students will be invited to stay to watch NILE’s sound-check after the lesson, and all students will be put on the guest list for the show.

E-mail NileGuitarLessons@gmail.com for more information and to reserve a lesson. For a list of dates click here.

NILE recently released the first taste of its latest album, Those Whom the Gods Detest.

New Music: recommended by HoM

Alright kiddos here are a couple of new records that will be available 10/13 or are on shelves now. These puppies are sure to please your listening palette and annoy the hell out of your neighbors. HoM will not steer you wrong when it comes to brain-crushing new music. Pick these albums up. For more info and listening samples click on the band name.

Megadeth – Endgame

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Black Dahlia Murder – Deflorate

 

 

 

 

 

 

Skeletonwitch – Breathing the Fire

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baroness – Blue Record

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Destro – Harmony of Dischord

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paradise Lost – Faith Divides Us…Death Unites Us

 

 

 

 

 

 

 The Red Chord – Fed Through the Teeth

 

 

 

 

 

 

Austrian Death Machine – Double Brutal

 

 

 

 

 

 Evergreen Terrace – Almost Home

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 – Revisions

MASTODON: Drummer schedules signings

Hey skinpounders check this out. Drummer Brann Dailor of Atlanta rockers MASTODON has scheduled the following signing sessions during the band’s tour with DETHKLOK and HIGH ON FIRE.  Whether you are a fan of the band or not Brann is one sick drummer. Any tips that may rub off  from him and onto you will help your percussion skills.

Oct. 10 - Rupps Drums – Denver, CO
Oct. 12 – Explorers Percussion – Kansas City, MO
Oct. 20 – Columbus Percussion – Columbus, OH
Oct. 21 – Huber & Breese – Fraser, MI
Oct. 30 – Sam Ash – New York City, NY
Nov. 01 – Sam Ash – King Of Prussia, PA
Nov. 07 – Drums 2 Go – Orlando, FL
Nov. 13 – Strait Music Center – Austin, TX
Nov. 16 – Hubbard’s Music and More – Las Cruces, NM
Nov. 19 – Sam Ash – Hollywood, CA