New Aosoth Song Streaming

Decibel Magazine has recently conducted an interview with French black metallers AOSOTH concerning their new album "IV: Arrow In Heart" (out now on Agonia Records) and their stateside debut at Maryland Deathfest this May. "Our set now consists of a majority of material off IV: An Arrow In Heart" - comments the band on their first ever US show. "We’re using samples and things like that, to complete that feeling of immersion and oppression. It should be a pretty interesting experience for the listeners, although it might also be unpleasant to some." The full interview, along with a new song premiere "One With The Prince With A Thousand Enemies" is available here:

http://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/streaming-aosoth-one-with-the-prince-with-a-thousand-enemies-interview/


"IV: Arrow In Heart" is a natural improvement over bands previews release, entitled "III", which already was "a major step forward for Aosoth in creating their own distinct sound" (Sputnik Music). Commented by the band itself, the new release holds yet a bigger spiritual meaning: "We've spent such a huge amount of time on defining a darker identity, yet open to a wider range of influences. Those tracks still haunt us, as delivering them was a painful and excruciating experience, and left some of us even physically wounded... Which gives that album even more of a spiritual value, as it involved a form of sacrifice."  The band also added: "This fourth full-length release is without a doubt a great step forward for us in term of music writing, and sound."

The album consists of 6 original tracks and 56 minutes of music.

Tracklist:
1. An Arrow in Heart

2. One With The Prince With A Thousand Enemies

3. Temple of Knowledge

4. Under The Nails and Fingertips

5. Broken Dialogue 1

5. Broken Dialogue 2

6. Ritual Marks of Penitence

Band's upcoming shows:
May 25th: Maryland Death Fest (USA)

November 17th/18th: Black Flames of Blasphemy (Helsinki, Finland)

More news on the band: https://www.facebook.com/aosoth

Pest Reveals New Song "Volcanic Eyes"

Swedish blackened metal outfit PEST premired the first song off their forthcoming album "The Crowning Horror". The release will hit the shops on the 18th of June in Europe and 9th of July in North America via Agonia Records, and the debut track - a song straight out off the cult old-school metal niches, that may appeal to both heavy and extreme metal public -  can be streamed at the this link:

https://soundcloud.com/agoniarecords/pest-volcanic-eyes

Thrilled to return after a five-year break, PEST is once again back on its own turns, exposing a characteristic brand of old-school black metal to passion and mixing melodic yet haunted guitar licks with speed, rawness and chaos. "The Crowning Horror" was mixed by Fred Estby (Dismemebr/Carnage/Necronaut) at Gutterview Recorders and mastered by Andy Jackson (Pink Floyd's engineer, Grammy nominee) at Tube Mastering, UK.

"The Crowning Horror" will be available on a noble 8 panel digipack CD, digitally and on vinyl (first 100 copies on a solid, purple wax vinyl). The album is preceded by a 7" EP titled "Black Oath c/w Morbid Revelations" released on April 16 worldwide.

PEST is strongly recommended for fans of Bathory, Hellhammer, Celtic Frost, Nifelheim, Darkthrone, Aura Noir, older Deströyer 666 and similar.

The band commented: "After years of silence a new wave of black death will finally strike the world. The plague is upon us. Bring the darkness!"

 
Tracklist:

1. The Funeral Hours

2. A Face Obscured By Death

3. Volcanic Eyes * streaming on-line now!

4. Devil’s Mark

5. Holocaust

6. The Abomination of the God

7. Thirteen Chimes

8. Demon

9. The Crowning Horror

10. Eternal Curse

Band's website: www.pest.se

Author & Punisher To Tour W/ Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals

As the imminent unleashing of AUTHOR & PUNISHER’s Women & Children full-length draws near, industrial sound savage/engineer/former robotics major Tristan Shone is very pleased to announce a run of North American tour dates supporting Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals! Set to commence July 31st in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the Technicians Of Distortion Tour will rampage its way through 15 cities, coming to a sweltering close on August 20th in Atlanta, Georgia. Additional support will be provided by Warbeast.

Comments Shone: “I am extremely excited that Phil invited me on this tour...I think for A&P to be able to play through these sound systems in rooms this size with a ravenous audience will be killer. I can't wait!” See confirmed dates below.

AUTHOR & PUNISHER mercilessly manipulate the principal conventions of doom, industrial and heavy bass music relying on cold steel and soulless machinery to sonically replicate the despondency of life. Described most succinctly as “industrial doom,” this one-man project utilizes primarily custom designed and fabricated machines and speakers, devices that draw heavily on aspects of industrial automation and robotics and focus upon the eroticism of interaction with machine. Through his maniacal audio decomposition, Shone paints an often disturbing soundscape of a diseased world.

In celebration of Shone’s compelling creations, today Nation Public Radio hurls forth third track “Melee.” Fittingly notes NPR: “Bloated, muddled beats hang in the air like zeppelins until Shone's steel-toed boot of a chorus comes crashing down. The structure is something like Nine Inch Nails’ strongest songs: the build, the climax, then the chaos. The last minute of ‘Melee’ sounds like a death march led by a million-strong war cry. The machines have taken over. You have 20 seconds to comply.”

Check out the “Melee” RIGHT HERE.

And if you missed it, you can still hear title track “Women & Children” streaming at Stereogum at THIS LOCATION as well as “In Remorse” courtesy of Pitchfork HERE, where you’ll also find in in-depth interview with Shone.

AUTHOR & PUNISHER - Technicians of Distortion Tour 2013

w/ Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals, Warbeast

7/31/2013 Cain's Ballroom - Tulsa, OK

8/02/2013 Wooly's - Des Moines, IA

8/03/2013 First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN

8/04/2013 House of Blues - Chicago, IL

8/06/2013 House of Blues - Cleveland, OH

8/07/2013 The Intersection - Grand Rapids, MI

8/09/2013 Royal Oak Music Theatre - Royal Oak, MI

8/10/2013 Danforth Music Hall - Toronto, ONT

8/11/2013 Heavy MTL Festival - Montreal, QC

8/13/2013 The Palladium - Worcester, MA

8/14 /2013 Upstate Concert Hall - Clifton Park, NY

8/16/2013 Best Buy Theatre - New York, NY

8/17/2013 Union Transfer - Philadelphia, PA

8/18/2013 The Fillmore - Silver Spring, MD

8/20/2013 The Masquerade - Heaven Stage, Atlanta, GA

Women & Children will be released via Seventh Rule Recordings on June 11, 2013. Preorder bundles are currently available at THIS LOCATION.

“It’s the kind of music that renders the listener helpless but to listen again and again.” – Steel For Brains

“Shone’s apocalyptic noise blends elements of industrial, doom, and dubstep, and contorts that mass into some chilling, unrecognizable form…” – Stereogum

“Once again the envelope has been pushed, the box stepped outside of and the tenants of doom and industrial have been refracted through the prism of the mind of a true innovator and they sound all the better for it. There are so few unique and wonderful things left in music, but AUTHOR & PUNISHER truly is one of them.” –The Sleeping Shaman

“…an all-consuming trip into the realm of mental destruction that amazes with its potent use of musical machinery. Shone certainly knows how to draw from many influences without making them painfully obvious, and this new album only refines his knack for crafting electronic music that's chiefly ingrained in industrial and doom metal. Both greatly daring and innovative, the record is destined to be one of the most coveted underground releases of the year.” – Sputnik Music

http://www.tristanshone.com
http://authorandpunisher.bandcamp.com
A&P Facebook
http://www.seventhrule.com

Evile Confirmed For Taiwan's Formoz Festival

EVILE have been confirmed for this year's Formoz festival in Taiwan, which takes place on August 3rd and 4th.

Formoz started in 1995 as a street festival and has since developed into an iconic international rock festival, regularly boasting the most anticipated line-ups of any music event in Taiwan.  The festival will mark EVILE's first appearance in eastern territories.

EVILE lead guitarist OL DRAKE comments:

"We can't wait to finally get over to the east side of the world.  We'd like to thank Formoz festival for inviting Evile!  Get ready Taiwan!  Evile are coming!"

For tickets and more information about Formoz festival, go to http://www.formoz.com

EVILE's new album, SKULL, is due to be released on Monday, May 27th in Europe via Earache Records, and on June 11th in the USA via Century Media/Earache Records.

SKULL was recorded with producer RUSS RUSSELL (NAPALM DEATH, DIMMU BORGIR) at Parlour Studios in Kettering, England.  The artwork for the album was painted by artist ELIRAN KANTOR (TESTAMENT, SODOM, HATEBREED).

SKULL is available to pre-order now in a huge selection of formats and bundles from the Earache Webstore in Europe at http://bit.ly/c7wbbN and in North America at http://bit.ly/9aOHhw

SKULL is also available on iTunes, including an instant-grat track which you receive as soon as you pre-order the album.  Pre-order SKULL now on iTunes at http://bit.ly/itunesskull

Two songs from SKULL are available to listen to now online.  Check them out below:

"Underworld" - http://youtu.be/gckfqefea_0
"Head of the Demon" - http://youtu.be/Yt-0OOWH9Uo

See EVILE live at the following shows:

Jun. 14 - Wervik, Belgium - SkullFest
Jun. 28 - Lesmahagow, UK - Les Fest
Jul. 07 - London, UK - Electric Ballroom (w/ SUICIDAL TENDENCIES)
Aug. 03/04 - Taipei, Taiwan - Formoz Festival
Aug. 24 - Werrington, UK - Scar Fest
Sep. 26 - Cardiff, UK - Cardiff University
Sep. 27 - Dublin, Ireland - Button Factory
Sep. 28 - Manchester, UK - Academy 2
Sep. 29 - Glasgow, UK - Audio

View the SKULL UK tour flyer at http://earacherecords.com/myspace/evile_uk_sep13.jpg

Get more EVILE news and info at:

Official website - http://www.evile.co.uk
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/evileuk
MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/evileuk
Twitter - http://twitter.com/evileuk
Tumblr - http://evile.tumblr.com

Mayhem Festival – Announcing “Devil Of A Good Time” Ticket Offer

Check out all of GREAT things happening with the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL this year:

Ø  If you’ve been to Mayhem before, you know it’s a damn good time! Starting June 6^th, you and several friends can share that good time together for a very low price with the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL “Devil of A Good Time” offer! This offer features your choice of paying JUST $66 for a 6-pack of lawn tickets, or $69 for a pair of tickets in the reserved section (plus fees)! This offer begins on Thursday, June 6^th at 9:00am local time and ends on Sunday, June 9^th at 9:00am local time. NOT PARTICIPATING: Boise, ID / Mountain View, CA / Bangor, ME / Boston, MA. Check your local listings for more information.

Ø  The ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL was on hand at the 2013 Revolver Golden Gods and caught up with a few of the bands playing this summer. Jason Hook and Jeremy Spencer of FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH talk their upcoming album and what we can expect from FFPD this summer on Mayhem:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ouaVMpaRR4

ROB ZOMBIE and the gang were on the Black Carpet and stopped by to tell us a little bit about the Mayhem Zombie is going to unleash this summer. John 5 and Rob talk about their latest album, Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor and Zombie's latest film, "Lords of Salem" out now. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6ZAcHgW31M

Be sure to check out all the interviews and highlights from the Golden Gods, artists past and present talk about their favorite moments from the tour, and more: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRtdtY9BEgj3QF8YPtCRixDTC66pTUG_0

Ø  Again this year, ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL’s METAL OF HONOR is giving back. Starting Wednesday, May 1^st at 12 noon (all local time zones), members of the military and veterans will have their chance to purchase Military Discount tickets to THE ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL, General Admission tickets only. You must be in the military to qualify for this pricing. Go to Veteran Tickets Foundation at www.veteranticketsfoundation.org to receive discount and to purchase discounted tickets online.  There are limited discounted tickets, so get yours now! NOTE: Toronto is excluded from this offer.

Ø  Take the official ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL survey now! By completing this survey, you could be selected as a Mayhem Reporter member to receive a FREE VIP PASS to the 2013 ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL date of your choice. The fest will be selecting 10 members for each date of the tour and selected reporters will be announced via email and posted on www.mayhemreporters.com on June 15, 2013.

Ø  If you or someone you know is Living The Dream despite suffering from a terminal illness, submit your story to dreamday@ltdfoundation.org  for your chance at a VIP day to meet your favorite bands on tour!

Ø  Hey Nonprofits… MAYHEM Wants You! Here is your chance to meet your local community, while engaging and educating people about your organization and cause. The ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL is now accepting applications for local and regional non-profit organizations to participate for FREE at a Mayhem Festival show, in your area. All 2013 ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL show dates are listed on the official tour website (http://rockstarmayhemfest.com/dates) and to apply, just click here (http://www.unitetheunited.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Mayhem-Non-Profit-Application.pdf ), complete this form and return it to us at:MayhemNonprofit@gmail.com.

For more information on these items and more, visit www.rockstarmayhemfest.com.

Take a look at what some of this year’s festival artists are doing RIGHT NOW:

• FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH’s ‘Lift Me Up’ (Featuring Rob Halford of Judas Priest) debuted at #18 first week on Active Rock, the highest single debut at radio for the band in their career so far. Upon its debut, it was also the #1 rock single at iTunes in the US and Canada simultaneously. Also right now, it is the "most shared" song on Spotify!

Read more here and here!

• Premier Guitar recently spoke to CHILDREN OF BODOM’s frontman/guitarist Alexi Laiho about the recording sessions for the band’s eighth studio album, Halo Of Blood (due out in North America on June 11th), the inspiration provided by his guitar heroes, and why he’s finally retired his Lee Jackson preamp. Read the entire interview here:http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/2013/Jun/Interview_Children_of_Bodoms_Alexi_Laiho_Fast_and_Slow.aspx

• Recently melodic death metal legion AMON AMARTH revealed a trailer for their forthcoming mini-documentary, which can be viewed at http://www.metalblade.com/amonamarth. Fittingly titled Forging Mjölnir, the short film will appear as a three-part series with each official segment slated to premiere via the band's microsite athttp://deceiver.amonamarth.com.

• MOTIONLESS IN WHITE has premiered a new lyric video for their single ‘America’, off of their latest album Infamous. Check out the video and make sure to catch them on the Musicians Institute Stage this summer!  http://youtu.be/Jo4HcMIarEA 

• This week, BUTCHER BABIES announced a July 9th release date for their upcoming album of Goliath on Century Media Records. The Los Angeles-based band wrapped their tour with Marilyn Manson in late-February and went straight into the studio with producer Josh Wilbur [Gojira, Lamb Of God, Hatebreed]. Forget everything you think you know about the BUTCHER BABIES, because they've got their sights set to slay on Goliath.

• War of Will, the sophomore album from Detroit, MI's BATTLECROSS, will be in stores on July 9th. You've seen them on tour with FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, Killswitch Engage, In Flames, and more, now see them bring the Mayhem all summer! More info: http://www.metalblade.com/battlecross

• Jill Janus of HUNTRESS will be hosting the Jagermeister Shred-Meister guitar competition all summer long.  Festival attendees can go to the Jagermeister tents on site and audition for a chance to shred for 10 seconds on the main stage.   Each day, one of the 10 finalists will win a custom Jägermeister guitar from Schecter and the overall winner at the end of the tour will win a custom Jägermeister full stack and head courtesy of Peavey Electronics.

HUNTRESS revealed their LIKE YOU TO DEATH campaign which revealed a new song on their upcoming album STARBOUND BEAST (in stores July 2.)  Go to the band's facebook page and click LIKE to listen to a new song co-written by Lemmy of Motorhead! www.facebook.com/huntresskills

Artists performing this year include main stage metal and horror legend, festival closer ROB ZOMBIE, plus, the triple gold certified FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH and a monster lineup that includes additional main stage bands MASTODON and AMON AMARTH. The festival area is led by stage closers CHILDREN OF BODOM and MACHINE HEAD as well as BEHEMOTH, JOB FOR A COWBOY, EMMURE, BORN OF OSIRIS, MOTIONLESS IN WHITE, BUTCHER BABIES, BATTLECROSS, HUNTRESS, THROWN INTO EXILE and CITY IN THE SEA.

The ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL will stop in 26 cities across the United States and Canada as it makes its way to the Gexa Energy Pavilion in Dallas, Texas on August 4th, 2013. Dates and venues are listed below. Fans can go to www.rockstarmayhemfest.com to keep up with additional details as they are released.

Tour dates are as follows:

Date    City                             Venue

6/29     San Bernardino, CA     San Manuel Amphitheater

6/30     Mountain View, CA    Shoreline Amphitheatre

7/2       Boise, ID                    Idaho Center Amphitheatre

7/3       Auburn, WA                White River Amphitheater

7/5       Phoenix, AZ                Desert Sky Pavilion

7/6       Albuquerque, NM        Isleta Amphitheatre

7/7       Denver, CO                 Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre

7/10     Toronto, ON                Molson Canadian Amphitheatre

7/12     Burgettstown, PA         First Niagara Pavilion

7/13     Scranton, PA                Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain

7/14     Darien Center, NY       Darien Lake PAC

7/16     Mansfield, MA            Comcast Center

7/17     Bangor, ME                 Bangor Waterfront

7/19     Camden, NJ                 Susquehanna Bank Center

7/20     Saratoga Springs, NY   SPAC

7/21     Hartford, CT                The Comcast Theatre

7/23     Holmdel, NJ               PNC Bank Arts Center

7/24     Bristow, VA                 Jiffy Lube Live

7/26     Noblesville, IN            Klipsch Music Center

7/27     Tinley Park, IL             First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre

7/28     Clarkston, MI DTE      Energy Music Theatre

7/30     Atlanta, GA                 Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood

7/31     Tampa, FL                   Live Nation Amphitheatre at the Florida State Fairgrounds

8/2       Austin, TX                   Austin360 Amphitheater

8/3       The Woodlands, TX    Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

8/4       Dallas, TX                   Gexa Energy Pavilion

Sponsors for the 2013 ROCKSTAR ENERGY MAYHEM FESTIVAL include title sponsor ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK and stage sponsors JAGERMEISTER, MUSICIANS INSTITUTE, and SUMERIAN RECORDS. Festival sponsors include IBANEZ GUITARS,

ZIPPO, METAL BLADE RECORDS, NAPALM RECORDS, SQUATCH SNACK STICKS, FUCK CANCER and KEEP A BREAST. Media partners include REVOLVER MAGAZINE and ZUUS MEDIA. 

About ROCKSTAR: Rockstar Energy Drink is designed for those who lead active lifestyles – from Athletes to Rockstars. Available in over 20 flavors at convenience and grocery outlets in over 30 countries, Rockstar supports the Rockstar lifestyle across the globe through Action Sports, Motor Sports, and Live Music. New from Rockstar for 2013, Rockstar Energy Water is a non-carbonated and sugar free enhanced water beverage that is now available throughout the U.S. in three refreshing flavors. For more information visit: www.RockstarEnergy.com

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