Thursday 22 July 2010

Sonisphere Bill Completed

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Another Sonisphere Announcement


With a little over a week until the festival starts there has been quite a large announcement and it is spread over all the days and stages so pay attention.



Enforcer
Additions to the BOHEMIA stage: ENFORCER, true heavy/speed metal riffsters from Sweden and London based groove laden hardcore metallers THE DEFILED. 


The Defiled

The JAGERMEISTER stage will see performances from stoner demi-gods KARMA TO BURN, Oxford based rockers WINNEBAGO DEAL and British metalcore industrialists OCTOBER FILE on the Friday night. Saturday will see a set from personal favourites and progressive groove laden metalcore/death metal heroes MALEFICE (a live band NOT to be missed if you are a fan of heavy music) and Brooklyn based self proclaimed jungle punks CEREBRAL BALLZY. Sunday will see Belfast heavy metal legends SWEET SAVAGE (considered amongst the likes of Iron Maiden, Saxon, Def Leppard and Motorhead to be pioneers of the NWOBHM movement in the early 80s).


Malefice

The REDBULL BEDROOM JAM stage will see the UK debut of French hardcore supremos HEADCHARGER on the Sunday along with Steve Hewitt's (ex-Placebo) current project LOVE AMONGST RUINS, hardcore crew HEIGHTS, female pop-punkers HEARTS UNDER FIRE, electronic "popcore" group SACRED BETRAYAL. On the Friday the stage will host trance rock troupe YOU AND WHAT ARMY, Essex based screamo mob NEVER MEANS MAYBE, Norther Irish grungers NO MEAN CITY, Geordie progsters THIS IS DIVINE and Belfast's STAND UP GUY. 

UK debut of French metallers Headcharger

And finally the STRONGBOW BOWTIME BAR has announced Glaswegian hardcore infused death metal heavyweights BLEED FROM WITHIN and straight off the back of a great tour with legendary mathcore pioneers Converge, Norweigan rockers KVELERTAK who combine rock, hardcore and black metal to great effect. 


Bleed From Within "Call us Bring Me The Horizon again wee laddy and we'll give ye a Glasgow kiss so we will"

It was said before the announcement that this would be the last and that now the line up is complete but you never no there could be more in store from the festival organisers. Tickets are still available online but the deadline is approaching, if you miss that deadline you will have to buy them at the box office on the day of the festival. With a line up boasting exclusive UK festival appearances from the likes of IRON MAIDEN, RAMMSTEIN, MOTLEY CRUE, IGGY AND THE STOOGES, ALICE IN CHAINS, SLAYER and more as well as a wealth of British talent like GALLOWS, FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND, SYLOSIS, MALEFICE, BLACK SPIDERS and SKINDRED plus performances from world renowned acts like CONVERGE, KYLESA, SABATON, FEAR FACTORY and SOULFLY you would be a fool to miss it! Head over to the site here for more details and ticket information.

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Architects Announce Final Support Band For Headline Tour

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Architects Announce Final Support Act For Headline Tour


Watford based up and coming hardcore quartet LOWER THAN ATLANTIS are the final band to be added to the Rock Sound Presents... Powered By Fender tour. This is the tours inaugural year and features ARCITECTS as the headline act with support from American Christian metalcore crew NORMA JEAN and progressive ambient hardcore mob DEVIL SOLD HIS SOUL. 

The Watford band have come along way in the last few years, due to lots of changes in the line up there almost came a time that the band did not even exist at all. Now they are back on the rise with latest album "Far Q" enhancing the Metal Hammer favourites reputation and have a busy touring schedule ahead! They will tour with fellow UK hardcore up and comings TRC before touring with ARCHITECTS and then supporting THE GHOST INSIDE on tour in December. All this starts after a few festival appearances including the Sonisphere and Hevy Festivals.

Lower Than Atlantis

The tour starts at the end of September and the full dates are below, the tour should be a fantastic one especially sporting 3 of the UK's brightest hardcore hopes. Note the venue change at the Bristol date, this is how popular this tour is becoming.


SEPTEMBER
30 - LEEDS COCKPIT
OCTOBER
01 - BIRMINGHAM O2 ACADEMY 2
02 - MANCHESTER CLUB ACADEMY
03 - GLASGOW GARAGE
04 - NEWCASTLE O2 ACADEMY 2
06 - NOTTINGHAM RESCUE ROOMS
07 - NORWICH WATERFRONT
08 - LONDON KOKO
09 - BRISTOL O2 ACADEMY *VENUE UPGRADED*


Check with the desired venues for ticket prices and where to purchase them or try all the usual ticket vendors.

Architects - Myspace page 
Norma Jean - Myspace page
Devil Sold His Soul - Myspace page
Lower Than Atlantis - Myspace page

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Party Thrashers Municipal Waste Cancel All Upcoming European Dates

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Municipal Waste Cancel All Upcoming European Dates

The good time loving party thrashers Municipal Waste from Virginia in the US  have cancelled all of their upcoming European tour dates because of a "family emergency". Lead vocalist Tony Foresta Tweeted: “Sorry to cancel Europe. We’ll make it up to you. Family first!” Full details are not currently available but a full statement is expected in the next couple of days.


This of course means that they will not be able to perform on the Bohemia stage at this year's Sonisphere festival like they were supposed to. This is a big loss for the festival as they are well known for their fun, high energy live performances! 


Whatever the family emergency is Scorpio PR wishes the band all the best!

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Wednesday 21 July 2010

36 Crazyfists "Collisions And Castaways" Release Imminent And Taster Tracks Available Online

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36 Crazyfists "Collisions And Castaways" Release Imminent And Taster Tracks Available Online

Alaskan hardcore heavyweights 36 Crazyfists are preparing for the release of their 5th album "Collisions and Castaways" via Roadrunner Records (in the UK, though on Ferret Music in the US) on July 26th. This will be the bands first Roadrunner release since leaving the label after the release of 2004's "A Snowcapped Romance". 
There is a lot of fuss being made about the new record and early reports from Metalhammer UK indicate that this is their best work yet. Kerrang Magazine recently released their amazing review, stating, “Collisions and Castaways tweaks and improves on their sound to a truly brilliant effect,” and, “…an album that ebbs and flows so superbly and, while their sonic palette retains the same colors it always has, 36 Crazyfists are still finding vibrant new ways to use them.” All Music Guide states, “In an age when it seems like more and more bands fall by the wayside after only and album or two, 36 Crazyfists are certainly one of metal's most reliable workhorses, as evidenced throughout Collisions and Castaways.”
Lead vocalist Brock Lindow claims that this album is what the band wanted to "write 10 years ago" and is arguably the band's heaviest album yet despite also being incredibly melodic. 
He says, "If this was the end of the band, this record is exactly what I wanted our band to do at one time, Maybe a lot of people will think we're just metalcore, but it's so much more than that. It's a heavy record with some big choruses and everything we've been about for a long time with a cool metal feel to it that I've been wanting."
"It's definitely about life, my life and possibly all our lives," Lindow says. "It's just something I wanted to get off my chest. All these years, I have been saying if you can quit making some of these mistakes, your life is going to change and you're going to better and you have to be proactive about it. I thought I was doing it myself, but I wasn't. I really wanted to talk about what has hampered progress for me in my life. It's about trying to be the best human being you can be and really putting some things to rest and moving forward."

Not really heard 36 Crazyfists before and not sure what to expect from the new album? Then you are in luck because there are two tracks taken from the new album "Reviver" and "Whitewater" available to listen to on their Myspace here

36 Crazyfists are currently on tour in the US with Fear Factory, After the Burial and Divine Heresy, although they are returning to the UK for a co-headline tour with UK label mates DevilDriver playing what will be their biggest headline shows (albeit co-headline) in the UK since their inception. 

NOVEMBER 5th – NEWCASTLE ACADEMY
NOVEMBER 6th – LEEDS ACADEMY
NOVEMBER 7th – GLASGOW ARCHES
NOVEMBER 8th – NOTTINGHAM ROCK CITY
NOVEMBER 9th – WOLVERHAMPTON WULFRAN HALL
NOVEMBER 10th – BOURNEMOUTH ACADEMY
NOVEMBER 12th – BRISTOL ACADEMY
NOVEMBER 13th – LONDON FORUM
NOVEMBER 14th – MANCHESTER ACADEMY

This is a tour definitely worth checking out because 36 Crazyfists are well known for their live performances. If that isn't enough to convince you to attend then the fact that they are playing with DevilDriver should. Dez and his metal behemoth are steam rolling back into the UK and are another band known for their live abilities and the world's biggest mosh pits! Get yourself a ticket or miss out. Check the venue websites and usual ticket vendors for prices and full details.
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Winds Of Plague Set To Headline UK Tour And Discuss Collaboration With Hardcore Legend On Upcoming Album.

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Winds Of Plague Set To Headline UK Tour And Collaborate With Hatebreed Legend

Californian symphonic deathcore crew Winds Of Plague are set to headline 6 UK dates in November as part of a headline European tour. On the back of a successful tour supporting Parkway Drive and Despised Icon in April of this year, Johnny Plague and co will be wrecking a venue near you soon! Support on the tour comes from the Orange County hardcore crew Stick To Your Guns, Christian metalcore group For Today and UK progressive metalcore/djent group Monuments.

8/11/10   -  NORWICH, THE MARQUEE
9/11/10   -  MANCHESTER, CLUB ACADEMY
10/11/10 -  LONDON, CAMDEN UNDERWORLD
11/11/10 -  NOTTINGHAM, ROCK CITY
12/11/10 -  NEWPORT, SIX FEET UNDER
13/11/10 -  PLYMOUTH, WHITE RABBIT


This is a tour containing some of the best up and comers from the US, do NOT miss it. Tickets are available from Seetickets, Ticketmaster, Ticketweb, Alt-tickets and Ticketline. If you cannot find the tickets you are after on these sites then check the venue sites for the gig you are after.



As well as announcing a headline European tour Winds Of Plague have announced that hardcore legend and frontman of Hatebreed and Kingdom Of Sorrow Jamey Jasta will collaborate and provide guest vocals on a track on their next album. The band are currently on the Mayhem Festival tour alongside Korn, Rob Zombie, Lamb Of God, Atreyu, In This Moment and more. Work on the next album starts when this summer tour finishes and is set to be produced by Matt Hyde (Hatebreed and Slayer).

You can see the interview with Jamey Jasta and Johnny Plague here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVm3vSmIcDA.

Winds Of Plague - http://www.myspace.com/windsofplague
Stick To Your Guns - http://www.myspace.com/styg
For Today - http://www.myspace.com/fortoday
Monuments -  http://www.myspace.com/thisismonuments

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Damnation Festival Announce Lawnmower Deth And More

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Damnation Festival Announce Thrash and Black Metal

Legendary thrashers Lawnmower Deth and Scouse crossover thrash starlets SSS (Short Sharp Shock) have been announced to play this years Damnation Festival at The University of Leeds Union. Also announced were Cheshire's symphonic black metallers Hecate Enthroned and UK atmospheric black metallers Fen.


Gavin McInally, Festival Director, had this to say: 
"Anyone who witnessed Lawnmower Deth's fantastic set at Download last month can look forward to a second helping of good-old thrash fun at Damnation while S.S.S. are sure to live up to their moniker and provide a short, sharp, shock for the thrash fans who've enjoyed sets by the likes of Onslaught, Kreator and Evile over the years.

"And for those who prefer their music more grim, it's a pleasure to be able to announce Hecate Enthroned and Fen who'll deliver their distinctive takes on black metal this year.

"The latest additions mark another diverse lineup for Damnation Festival, adding to stages already bursting with the best in extreme, progressive and alternative talent such as The Dillinger Escape Plan, Anaal Nathrakh, Earthtone9 and Alcest." 


These bands join the sixth instalment of the Damnation Festival which already boasts a line up consisting of  The Dillinger Escape Plan, Earthtone9, Anaal Nathrakh,  Rolo Tomassi,  Alcest and Fukpig. The festival takes place on Saturday, November 6th at Leeds University Union.


Tickets are priced £27 and are available from:
See Tickets http://www.seetickets.com/ , Ticketline http://www.ticketline.co.uk/ and Leeds Tickets: http://www.leedstickets.com/

For more information visit the official Damnation Festival sites

Web - http://www.damnationfestival.co.uk/
Myspace - http://www.myspace.com/damnationfestival
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/damnationfestival
Twitter - http://twitter.com/damnationfest  
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Tuesday 20 July 2010

Bloodstock Festival Add Final Metal 2 The Masses Winner And A New Addition To The Sophie Lancaster Stage

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Bloodstock Festival Add Final Metal 2 The Masses Winner And A New Addition To The Sophie Lancaster Stage

The Bloodstock Festival has always prided itself on promoting unsigned bands and introducing new talent to the world of metal. Over the years this stage has helped to further the careers of now established and rising bands such as Evile, Exit Ten, Forever Never, The Defiled, Ted Maul and The Bezerker. This year will see Evile play the main stage of Bloodstock Festival and the Bohemia Stage at Sonisphere Festival as their stock will continue to rise. Snakebite are another main stage band at this year's Bloodstock Festival who won the unsigned band of the festival at last year's Bloodstock that has also meant that they will have the chance to play at this year's Wacken Open Air Festival. Wacken is Europe's largest and certainly most prestigious metal festival.

With less than four weeks until the start of this years Bloodstock Festival the final Metal 2 The Masses winners have been announced. For those of you who are not aware of this competition it is a travelling battle of the bands format competition with many of the UK's unsigned talent competing for the chance to play on Bloodstock's unsigned stage.




Bournemouth's M2TM winner is FLAYED DISCIPLE a Somerset based Death/Trash Metal band that have already played alongside Trigger The Bloodshed, The Rotted and Descecration amongst others. Check them out on their Myspace and on their official site.



There has been another addition to the Sophie Lancaster stage too as Bloodstock are proud to announce the addition of British up and comers Collapse. They combine the sound of European metal acts such as The Haunted and Carcass with the groove of US acts like Pantera and Lamb Of God which should fair well with the Bloodstock faithful.




Collapse frontman Duncan Wilkinson had this to say: “We can’t wait to play Bloodstock! And on Friday the 13th too! Not only is it perfect timing for us as we’ve just finished in the studio, but it will also see us sharing the stage with some of our personal heroes and musical influences. Bloodstock has gone from strength to strength and this year looks set to be a real stormer. See you down the front “

You can check them out on their Myspace page.



This year sees the Bloodstock Open Air festival celebrate its 10th year of existence though it was based solely indoors until 2005 when it moved outdoors. Over the 10 years Bloodstock has risen in stature and is now the biggest and most prestigious independent metal festival in the country. Legendary Heaven & Hell were due to headline the festival until the unfortunate passing of Ronny James Dio. This year sees headline performances from Twisted Sister, Opeth, Children Of Bodom, Fear Factory and a special guest appearance from Meshuggah. Bloodstock can boast more exclusive festival appearances than any other festival of a similar nature in the country and has a star studded line up of some of the world's greatest metal acts: Behemoth, Bloodbath, Cannibal Corpse, Gojira, Sonata Artica, Edguy, Obituary, Suffocation, Gwar, Korpiklaani as well as up and coming British acts such as Sylosis, Evile and Black Spiders. 


 Any fans of metal should get themselves a ticket while they still can and come and enjoy the festivities with close to 12,000 other metal heads. The atmosphere is unlike anything you have ever experienced and the crowds are much smaller than the likes of Download, Sonisphere or Leeds/Reading (plus it is a damn sight cheaper). Visit the official website for more details here
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Lostprophets Guitarist Starts Own Clothing Line

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Lostprophets Guitarist Starts Own Clothing Line


Mike Lewis, rhythm guitarist for Scorpio faves Lostprophets has become the latest man in the music business to set up his own line of clothing. He recently unveiled Dead Heroes which was formed in conjunction with Cardiff based entrepeneur Pete Staunch and Sean McKee.


Initially the company will be using designs from their in-house team but collaborations with other brands and designers is set to follow in the near future. Take a look at http://deadheroesclothing.com/site/

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Wednesday 14 July 2010

SLAVES TO GRAVITY SET TO SUPPORT LACUNA COIL

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SLAVES TO GRAVITY SET TO SUPPORT LACUNA COIL
London based new age grungers Slaves To Gravity have today announced possibly their biggest news to date... They will be supporting the world-wide known, female fronted gothic alternative metallers, Lacuna Coil on every single UK Tour date this year.

Scorpio hope to bring you a full review from the Nottingham date of their tour, and maybe even join the guys for another little chat backstage, We hope you lot see sense and also join them on tour, they're well worth it!

Lacuna Coil: FULL UK Tour Dates 2010
 26/09/2010 - OXFORD  / ACADEMY
27/09/2010 - LIVERPOOL / ACADEMY
28/09/2010 - SHEFFEILD / CORPERATION
30/09/2010 - GLASGOW / KING TUT
S01/10/2010 - STOKE / SUGAR MILL
02/10/2010 - LEEDS / COCKPIT
04/10/2010 - NOTTINGHAM / RESCUE ROOMS
05/10/2010 - EXETER / LEMON GROVE
06/10/2010 - PORTSMOUTH / WEDGEWOOD ROOMS
08/10/2010 - LONDON / GARAGE
10/10/2010 - COLCHESTER / ARTS CENTRE
11/10/2010 - NORWICH / WATERFRONT
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Monday 21 June 2010

BLOOD FOR BLOOD - REUNION & TOUR

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BLOOD FOR BLOOD - REUNION & TOUR
In an official statement released to press, Boston based hardcore rockers BLOOD FOR BLOOD have confirmed there 6 year long hiatus is finally over... The statement read:
"First off, we would like to thank all our fans for hanging in there over the last six long years.  As of December 2010 Blood for Blood will embark on our first tour since 2004.  
 Blood for Blood has agreed to join the Persistence Tour in Europe sharing a stage with long time friends Sick of it All as well as other acts soon to be announced.
 
The decision to play again was not an easy one to make.  Over the last few years we have tried time and time again to contact Rob about a possible Blood for Blood reunion, but he has ignored every single attempt we have made.  Therefore, we were left with no other choice but to find someone else to fill in for his BFB responsibilities. Now, let’s make this perfectly clear: we have no ill will towards Rob whatsoever.
We wish him well and Blood for Blood will always be open to him.

That being said, we were left with the conundrum of finding a fill-in for Rob.  After some careful thought we believe we found a perfect fill-in.  We are pleased to announce that Billy Graziadei of Biohazard will be joining Blood for Blood on stage for Persistence Tour 2010.
Again thanks for all the countless emails and support letters from all our fans over the years.  We are looking forward to seeing all your ugly faces again".

FULL TOUR DATES WILL BE LISTED AS & WHEN THEY ARE CONFIRMED
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