Metal Bands Talk About The Best & Worst Stage Moves In Metal

Everybody has stage moves, but does that mean they are good? As part of Metal Injection's ongoing "Ask The Artist" series, the question of best and worst stage moves was posted to members of Dragonforce, Black Dahlia Murder, All Shall Perish, Fit For An Autopsy, Obey The Brave, The Acacia Strain, Skeletonwitch, Last Chance To Reason, The Contortionist, Holy Grail, Periphery, iwrestledabearonce, Hung, Overkill, God Forbid and Unearth and the answers were pretty funny. 

Watch the video here: 

http://www.metalinjection.net/tv/view/9299/ask-the-artist-bestworst-stage-moves-ii

Watch the initial entry into the Best/Worst Stage Moves video from 2011:

http://www.metalinjection.net/tv/view/7506/ask-the-artist-what-are-the-best-and-worst-stage-moves-in-metal

Huntress Joins Dragonforce Tour Beginning April 21

Los Angeles, CA - Swords won't protect you. In fact, nothing will protect you from the onslaught HUNTRESS will unleash on North America beginning on April 21st. The metal band will join DragonForce for a thirty-show tour of the United States and Canada from April 21st to May 11th. Please see below for a list of tour dates.

 

HUNTRESS has signed a new management deal with Tenth Street Entertainment, joining the likes of Mötley Crüe, HELLYEAH, Drowning Pool, Papa Roach and others. The band is set to release their buzz-worthy debut album, Spell Eater on May 8th via Napalm Records and recently released the music video for the album's lead single "Eight of Swords." The video for the single, which is available on iTunes now (http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/eight-of-swords-single/id487242432), can be seen at http://youtu.be/Fo78chduJVA.

 

HUNTRESS was spawned from the unholy union of Jill Janus and the southern California metal band Professor. Janus began her reign as the leading lady and warrior princess of metal in the Catskill Hills of New York - where legends tell of the operatic banshee with a four-octave range. The Catskills were not enough to contain her, and in her teens she toured Europe as a young opera prodigy.

 

Upon her return to New York, Janus took Manhattan by storm where she became a part of the nihilistic club scene and hosted Filliniesque cabaret parties. A few years later she would make the journey to Los Angeles- where she would ultimately form HUNTRESS.  

 

HUNTRESS is the blend of thundering drums, heavy riffs, spectral solos, and catchy choruses that comes from the band's musical concoction of occult science and archaic sorcery. The powerful pentad signed to Napalm Records in November 2011 and began working on their debut album Spell Eater - which was produce by Chris Rakeshaw (Bad Religion, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Danzig).

 

 

Tour Dates:

April 21; Worcester, MA; The Palladium

April 22; New York, NY; Gramercy Theatre

April 23; Philadelphia, PA; Theatre of the Living Arts

April 25; Montreal, QC; Le National

April 26; London, ON; London Music Hall

April 27; Milwaukee, WI; The Rave

April 28; Minneapolis, MN; First Avenue

April 29; Winnipeg, MB; West End Cultural Centre

May 1; Edmonton, AB; The Starlite Room

May 2; Calgary, AB; Republik

May 4; Vancouver, BC; Commodore Ballroom

May 5; Seattle, WA; El Corazon

May 6; Portland, OR; Hawthorne Theater

May 8; San Francisco, CA; Slim's

May 10; Los Angeles, CA; Troubadour

May 11; Anaheim, CA; House of Blues

 

 

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Dragonforce To Kick Off North American Tour At 14th Annual NEMHF

Metal phenoms DragonForce will kick off their North American tour at the 14th Annual New England Metal and Hardcore Festival on Saturday, April 21.

The London-based group will release their fifth studio album "The Power Within" - band's first release with new singer Marc Hudson - on April 17, just days before the show.

"We are really excited to be playing the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival again, especially as it's the North American launch show for the new album," said guitarist Sam Totman. "Anyone who hasn't had a chance to see new singer Marc Hudson in action will witness what a great singer he is! It's been a long time since we last played the festival and are looking forward to seeing old friends again and giving everyone a great show."

DragonForce has gained a cult-like status in the metal community, growing from relative unknowns in the United States to an impossible-to-ignore.

The 14th Annual New England Metal and Hardcore Festival will take place Friday, April 20 through Sunday, April 22 at the Palladium in Worcester, Mass.
 

The complete lineup for Friday includes The Black Dahlia Murder, The Acacia Strain, Oceano (final show), All Shall Perish, Nile, Skeletonwitch, Carnifex, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Molotov Solution, The Contortionist, Conducting From The Grave, Fit For An Autopsy, Hour of Penance, Legion, Lionheart, First Blood, Gaza, Reign Supreme, Incendiary, Palehorse, Longshot, Rude Awakening, XFocus MindsX, and CDC.

Saturday's lineup is All That Remains, DragonForce, Overkill, Iwrestledabearonce, Protest the Hero, Periphery, Structures, Elitist, Suidakra, Hung, Diamond Plate, Trumpet The Harlot, Bane, Shipwreck, Cruel Hand, The Mongoloids, God Forbid, Naysayer, Rotting Out, Cockpunch, The Greenery, Expire, Wrong Answer, Revenge, and Manners.

Sunday will close out the weekend with Killswitch Engage, Every Time I Die, Vanna, For Today, Chelsea Grin, Attila, MyChildren MyBride, Texas In July, Volumes, Like Moths To Flames, The Air I Breathe, Glass Cloud, Sleeping Giant, Stick To Your Guns, On Broken Wings, For The Fallen Dreams, In The Midst Of Lions, Hundredth, No Bragging Rights, Counterparts, Gideon, Fire In The Skies, Recon, and To Speak Of Wolves.
 

The 14th Annual New England Metal and Hardcore Festival will take place at the Palladium in Worcester, Mass.

Tickets are on sale now.  Ticket prices are: $40 (Friday), $45 (Saturday), and $40 (Sunday) or $115 (three-day pass). Two special VIP fan packages are also being offered through Sound Rink (www.soundrink.com).
 

Sponsors this year include All In Merch, Monster, Tama, Ibanez, Zildjian, Metal Blade Records, Break Thru Music, Shook Clothing, Planet Wave, d'addario, Pro Mark, Evans., In Tune guitar picks, R&D Express, SSV Silver Surfer Vaporizers, and Hails & Horns.
 

Performers are subject to change.

 
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