ANTHRAX, TESTAMENT AND DEATH ANGEL: FALL 2012 DATES ANNOUNCED!

ANTHRAX, TESTAMENT, and DEATH ANGEL are having the time of thier lives on tour and have just announced another run of North American dates set for the fall of 2012.

FROM ANTHRAX:
9/14 Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades
9/15 Portland, OR @ Roseland Theatre
9/16 Kennewick, WA @ Toyota Center
9/17 Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory
9/20 Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theater
9/21 Calgary, AB @ MacEwan Hall
9/22 Edmonton, AB @ Edmonton Event Centre
9/24 Saskatoon, SK @ Odeon Event Center
9/25 Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings Theatre
9/29 Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall
9/30 Quebec City, QC @ Capitole du Quebec
10/2 Montreal, QC @ Metropolis
10/3 Portland, ME @ State Theater
10/5 Montclair, NJ @ Wellmont Theatre

MORE DATES TBA


Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l- 

METAL HUMOR: How To Tell The Difference Between Metal Genres

METAL HUMOR. Found this and it made us smile :)

How To Tell The Difference Between Metal Genres

* POWER METAL
The protagonist arrives riding a white unicorn, escapes from the dragon, saves the princess and makes love to her in an enchanted forest.

* THRASH METAL
The protagonist arrives, fights the dragon, saves the princess and fucks her.

* HEAVY METAL
The protagonist arrives on a Harley, kills the dragon, drinks a few beers and fucks the princess.

* FOLK METAL
The protagonist arrives with some friends playing accordions, violins, flutes and many more weird instruments, the dragon falls asleep (because of all the dancing). Then all leave…….. without the princess.

* VIKING METAL
The protagonist arrives in a ship, kills the dragon with his mighty axe, skins the dragon and eats it, rapes the princess to death, steals her belongings and burns the castle before leaving.

* DEATH METAL
The protagonist arrives, kills the dragon, fucks the princess and kills her, then leaves.

* BLACK METAL
The protagonist IS the dragon, dwells in the heart of the night with in a castle full of hellhounds and eternal flames. He kills the sassy knight, fucks the noble steed and sacrifices the princess to Satan.

* GORE METAL
The protagonist arrives, kills the dragon and spreads his guts in front of the castle, fucks the princess and kills her. Then he fucks the dead body again, slashes her belly and eats her guts. Then he fucks the carcass for the third time, burns the corpse and fucks it for the last time.

* DOOM METAL
The protagonist arrives, sees the size of the dragon and thinks he could never beat him, then he gets depressed and commits suicide. The dragon eats his body and the princess as dessert. That’s the end of the sad story.

* PROGRESSIVE METAL
The protagonist arrives with a guitar and plays a solo of 26 minutes. The dragon kills himself out of boredom. The protagonist arrives to the princess’ bedroom, plays another solo with all the techniques and tunes he learned in the last year of the conservatory. The princess escapes looking for the ‘HEAVY METAL’ protagonist.

* GLAM METAL
The protagonist arrives, the dragon laughs at the guy’s appearance and lets him enter. He steals the princess’ make up and tries to paint the castle in a beautiful pink colour.

* NU METAL
The protagonist arrives in a run down Honda Civic and attempts to fight the dragon but he burns to death when his moronic baggy clothes catch fire.

* GRINDCORE
The protagonist arrives, screams something completely undecipherable for about two minutes and then leaves…

* Gothic Metal
The princess in a velvet costume starts singing soprano. The protagonist completes the duet when he shows up, they sing while the dragon plays the flute. Suddenly the dragon swallows up the pipe and accidentally scorches the beauty and the protagonist, and then he suffocates to death. All their souls are damned in hell for eternity.

* Industrial Metal
The protagonist arrives wearing greasy overcoat, makes an obscene gestures towards dragon, and gets escorted out of fairy tale land by security guards.

* Speed Metal
Suddenly there is a short solo, the dragon is confused; someone’s screaming weird stuff; the princess realizes she’s been deflowered; the dragon and the princess are still looking for the one who caused this.

* Christian Metal
The protagonist rides in on his way home from Church and sings a mushy power ballad to the dragon about how much Jesus loves him and that the dragon should turn to Him. The Dragon is immediately converted, and when the princess wants to ‘thank’ the protagonist he replies, “Sorry, but I don’t believe in having sex before marriage.”

* SYMPHONIC METAL
The protagonist enters the lair of the dragon with a full choir and orchestra, and the princess sings notes so high-pitched that she makes the dragon go deaf. The dragon tries to burn them all to death, but all of the members of the choir sing so loudly and unified, that it creates a protective bubble, which only grows in strength from the lead guitarist’s solo later in the song, and the flames bounce back and the dragon ends up killing itself while everyone escapes.


Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l- 

KATATONIA: Album title/track list/artwork/release dates revealed

Swedish progressive metal warriors KATATONIA have unleashed the tracklisting, art work and release date for the bands anticipated new release entitled "Dead End Kings".

FROM KATATONIA: Katatonia, the Swedish purveyors of dark rock/metal, have announced that their ninth studio album, due to be released on Peaceville Records on August 27th (EU) and August 28th (US), will be titled ‘Dead End Kings’. A continuation of 2009’s inspired & acclaimed ‘Night is the New Day’, as well as a leap forward into the unknown, ‘Dead End Kings’ sees the quintet conjure yet another milestone in audial melancholy & angst.

Amongst their most poignant & ambitious material to date, ‘Dead End Kings’ was recorded at Ghost Ward Studios & The City Of Glass. The album was produced by founding duo Anders Nyström & Jonas Renkse themselves, & mixed by David Castillo, known for his prior work with the band, as well as Opeth & Bloodbath.

‘Dead End Kings’ sees the recording debut of guitarist Per Eriksson for Katatonia, as well as recent bassist Niklas Sandin. Additionally, Katatonia is joined once again by Frank Default & his invaluable expertise on sampling & atmospherics, plus a special guest appearance by Norwegian vocalist Silje Wergeland of Dutch legends The Gathering/ex-Octavia Sperati.

Jonas (vocals) comments on the album title:

“Dead End Kings is about the corridors of our mind from where there is no return. Be a king or queen in your own right in these hallways, even at the dead end. Carry your burden with pride. That's what we are doing, twenty years and counting. Kings, because we believe in what we are creating, in our own disturbing faith”.

Anders (Guitars) comments on the end result:

“This album has doors revolving into many different genres of music but remain disguised within the Katatonia trademark. We have walked the fine line between attempting not to repeat ourselves but also not to distance us away from what people know and love. We're now ready to hand over the evidence and whatever the direction this has taken is now for you to decide. We're confident the creativity and passion on this album is something that will be echoing even beyond the dead end”.

Artwork is once more supplied by long-time visual collaborator Travis Smith.

Tracklisting for ‘Dead End Kings’ (not in final running order):

• THE PARTING
• HYPNONE
• UNDO YOU
• THE RACING HEART
• BUILDINGS
• LEECH
• THE ONE YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS NOT HERE (featuring Silje Wergeland)
• FIRST PRAYER
• AMBITIONS
• LETHEAN
• DEAD LETTERS

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-

ITP V.012 UPDATE: What part of NO don't people understand the N or the O

ITP V.012 UPDATE: We at ITP V.012 are militant and straight edge and don't like drug addicts or anyone making threats towards the straight edge community nor towards innocent metal heads or the gay community.  ITP's author reserves the right to not accept friend requests regarding wingnuts or disreputable people and we WILL put away any drug addicts or wing nuts making random threats toward innocent people and bullying metal heads. You're fucking done. We know what you're doing, Harris (sexual harassment, pervert, alcohol/drug addiction) , Paul, you guys are in world of SHIT, we caught them lying. URGENT will be called.

Anyone whom puts ITP V.012's author in the middle of anyone elses drama, will be sued (for slander defamation of character) and/or criminalized.

ITP V.012 UNCOVORED will posted tonight.

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-

VREID: DISCREDIT FALSE TOUR RUMORS

Norwegian black and rollers VREID have sent this statement discrediting false tour rumors.


FROM VREID:
Alive & well, despite of false tour rumors!!!

We have have got lots of mails and questions asking why we did not show up on the European tour of Paradise Lost. The answer is simple. We did never join that tour, and was never supposed to. This is all due to rumors and poor work by those marketing these shows. We had a fantastic UK tour with Paradise Lost in April, which we enjoyed very much. After that tour we went back to Norway and started working on our new album as planned. We are alive and well, and having a blast working on new material. Concerning touring: We will return to Europe in the autumn. We have established a great line up, and look forward to announce a tour for you next week.


Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l- 

KATATONIA: ANDERS NYSTROM (GUITARIST) SICK, KATATONIA WILL PLAY RUSSIAN TOUR WITHOUT NYSTROM

Swedish atmospheric doom metal warriors KATATONIA have sent this statement as guitarist ANDERS NYSTROM is sick and won't be able to play the bands previously scheduled RUSSIAN dates. KATATONIA are due to unleash a new offering and a  full North American tour in the fall.


FROM JONAS RENSKE:
Got stuck in Munich on our way to Russia. Tomorrow will be a weird day for sure, gigging as a four piece. But it's only rock 'n' roll, and it's fun.


FROM KATATONIA:
We are currently on our way to Russia, but we have some bad news. Unfortunately Anders is very sick and unable to travel with us, so we send our regards and wish him a speedy recovery. The show must go on and we didn't want our fans to miss out so we have decided to carry on and play the concerts without him. We look forward to seeing you all over the next couple of days.

May 27	Arctica Club	Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
	May 28	Milk Club	Moscow, Russia
	Jun 08	Sweden Rock Festival	Norje, Sweden
	Jul 08	Night of Prog Festival

Sankt Goarshausen, Germany

	Jul 15	Seven Festival	Wegorzewo, Poland
	Jul 21	Costa de Fuego	Benicassim, Spain
	Aug 18	Summer Breeze Open Air

Dinkelsbühl, Germany

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l- 

LEVON HELM: BIRTHDAY RAMBLE 5/26/2012 THE BARN, WOODSTOCK, NY

 
                                                                                                                            The LEVON HELM estate is throwing a birthday ramble for the late drummer of legendary rock pioneers THE BAND 5/26/2012 @ THE BARN, WOODSTOCK, NY with many special guests. Today, 5/26/2012 would have been LEVON HELM's 72nd birthday.. LEVON HELM passed away from complications of throat cancer 4/19/2012.

FROM THE LEVON HELM ESTATE:

Barbara O'Brien

Happy Birthday, Levon! I know you're with us. We love you.

May 26, 2012

Today would have been Levon’s 72nd Birthday. We all felt the need to be together today, to honor his life and to celebrate his birthday with music. We wanted to share the celebration with his extended family by hosting our first show since his passing in April. 

The show will be very organic and will be very different from a Ramble. The music and being with friends, family and fans will be part of the healing process. This is how Levon would’ve wanted it. He wouldn’t want those four walls to be silent.

Members of The Levon Helm Band will play – in various configurations – throughout the night and will be joined by local musician/friends who asked to be part of it. The audience will also be filled with friends and neighbors who have so passionately supported us throughout the years.

The ‘barn’ will definitely resonate with love tonight.

Happy Birthday, Levon. We love you and we miss you, but we feel that you are with us.

FROM YNN.COM: 

WOODSTOCK, N.Y. - They say, "the show must go on." And Saturday night in Woodstock -
it did.

"It was his dream to continue this. It's all our dreams to continue it," said Levon Helm Band member Larry Campbell.

The Midnight Rambles made famous by music legend Levon Helm rock-on. The first concert since Levon's death in April plays to a sold out crowd of hundreds. The "Ramble" of course taking place inside the barn known as Levon Helm Studios.

"There's going to be tears tonight I know that. But we want to celebrate the man's life, not mourn the fact that he's gone," said Mike Selk of White Plains.

"More than keeping his memory alive, it keeps his spirit alive, because he had such a generous spirit,"said Sarah Pirozek of Brooklyn.

Those who knew him well say this special event is sure to aid in the healing process.

"He never wanted a minute to go by without music resonating from these walls. So. I know we've got his blessing," said Levon Helm Studios Manager Barbara O'Brien.

If he were still alive, Saturday would've been Levon Helm's 72nd birthday.

"Obviously, it's the first time being at a Ramble without Levon being here. It's a sad occasion, but at the same time a happy occasion that the family is putting this back together. Levon will live on forever," said John Benedek of New York City.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEVON HELM, YOU 
ARE MISSED, BRO