Crystal Viper Seeking Fan Screams For Upcoming Album

Polish female-fronted heavy metal act Crystal Viper is working on a fifth studio album, which will have its premiere on December 13th via AFM Records. The band has now announced a surprise for fans: everyone can be a special guest on the new album! Crystal Viper comments:

“It seems people really enjoy concept albums we do, so our next release will be concept album as well, but more twisted you all can imagine! Inviting special guests that were recording with us is already kind of tradition for Crystal Viper, but this time we decided to go one step further, and we decided to invite people who are most important for us, people who give us energy and strength to continue: our fans!

“Here’s the deal: we want to have YOUR scream on the next Crystal Viper album! How to do it? Simply record yourself screaming: use your Iphone, smartphone, computer, or any other recording device you can find, and send mp3 or wav file with the recording to mail@skolrecords.com – just type ‘CRYSTAL VIPER SCREAM’ in the subject line, and don’t forget to tell us your full name, as you will be listed in the booklet of the next Crystal Viper album as a special guest!”

Fans can submit their recordings until August 15th, 2013. For more info, head over to the band’s Facebook profile here.

Bands To Design Custom Zippos For Rockstar Uproar Festival 2013

Zippo Encore has announced sponsorship of the Rockstar Energy Uproar Festival and will join the touring rock festival on the road in North America from August 9th through September 15th, 2013. Full dates for the Uproar tour are available after the jump.

The fourth annual Rockstar Energy Uproar Festival will include a lineup featuring Alice In Chains, Jane’s Addiction, Coheed and Cambria, and Circa Survive. The Zippo Encore Festival Stage powered by Ernie Ball will host performances from Walking Papers (with Duff McKagan), Middle Class Rut, New Politics, Danko Jones, Chuck Shaffer Picture Show, and the local Ernie Ball Battle Of The Bands winner in each market.

A highlight of Zippo Encore’s Uproar involvement will be the Rockstar Energy Uproar Festival Zippo Encore Artist Custom Series program. Several bands on the tour will create custom lighters featuring their own unique designs. These lighters will only be sold at the Zippo booth at UPROAR shows.

In addition, fans can submit their own artwork for a chance to have their design become the official Rockstar Energy Uproar Festival Zippo Lighter. The grand prize winner will receive two pit tickets to any Rockstar Energy Uproar Festival show of their choosing. The contest runs from now until August 2nd, 2013. Visit this location for full details and to enter the contest.

Fri 9-Aug Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain
Sat 10-Aug Hartford, CT The Comcast Theatre
Sun 11-Aug Darien Center, NY Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
Tue 13-Aug Saratoga, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Wed 14-Aug Mansfield, MA Comcast Center
Fri 16-Aug Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live
Sat 17-Aug Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
Sun 18-Aug Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
Tue 20-Aug Toronto, ON Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
Thu 22-Aug Tinley Park, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Fri 23-Aug Noblesville, IN Klipsch Music Center
Sat 24-Aug Clarkston, MI DTE Energy Music Theater
Tue 27-Aug Oklahoma City, OK Zoo Amphitheater
Wed 28-Aug Dallas, TX Gexa Energy Pavilion
Thu 29-Aug The Woodlands, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Sun 1-Sept Denver, CO Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
Mon 2-Sept Salt Lake City, UT USANA Amphitheatre
Sat 7-Sept George, WA The Gorge Amphitheatre
Sun 8-Sept Ridgefield, WA Sleep Country Amphitheater
Wed 11-Sept San Francisco, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
Fri 13-Sept Phoenix, AZ Desert Sky Pavilion
Sat 14-Sept Chula Vista, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre
Sun 15-Sept Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

Subscale Posts New Music Video For “Interception”

Subscale has posted a music video online for the track “Interception,” taken from the band’s debut album “The Last Submission,” which which was released in March via Geenger Records and IDM music.

The “Interception” music video was shot and edited by SmartCube Productions in association with Subscalar Studios. Check it out below.

Cycle Of Pain Working On New EP And Music Video

New Jersey marauders Cycle of Pain, currently in studio working on a new EP, recently signed to Sliptrick Records.

The EP is due to hit the streets this summer and will see Cycle of Pain unleashing its brand of groovy, funk influenced heavy rock. A video featuring Don Jamieson from “That Metal Show” is also currently under production.

Cycle of Pain is:

John “JD” Deservio (Bass)
Joe Taylor (Lead Guitar)
Gregg Locascio (Vox, Guitar)
Bob Pantella (Drums)
Troy Cromwell (Keys)

Mouth Of The Architect Streaming New Song “Sharpen Your Axes”

This year marks the ten-year anniversary of spine-crushing band Mouth of the Architect, and today Metal Sucks is hosting an exclusive premiere of the new song “Sharpen Your Axes.” Check it out here or in the player below.

“Sharpen Your Axes” comes off new album “Dawning,” due out on June 25th. The album’s track listing is:

1. Lullabye
2. It Swarms
3. Sharpen Your Eyes
4. How Will This End (streaming here)
5. Patterns
6. The Other Son

Catch the band live with Intronaut and Scale the Summit:

6/19: West Chester, PA @ The Note
6/20: Allston, MA @ Great Scott
6/21: Baltimore, MD @ Metro Gallery
6/22: Charlotte, NC @ The Casbah @ Tremont Music Hall
6/23: Nashville, TN @ Exit / In
6/24: Atlanta, GA @ The Drunken Unicorn
6/25: Orlando, FL @ The Social
6/26: Tampa, FL @ Orpheum Theater
6/28: Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald’s-Downstairs
6/29: Austin, TX @ Red 7
6/30: Dallas, TX @ Club Dada
7/2: Santa Fe, NM @ Warehouse 21
7/6: Hollywood, CA @ Roxy Theater

WHITECHAPEL unleashes video update exclusively on the band’s YouTube channel

- June 19th, 2013 –

Head over to WHITECHAPEL’s YouTube channel to check out a brand new video update from the Knoxville, Tennessee sextet that offers a personal look into the band’s lives on the road during the Asking Alexandria tour and stay tuned to the band’s website for an announcement coming soon. Fans can also subscribe to vocalist Phil Bozeman’s channel, which focuses on gaming as well as responses to questions from fans, at youtube.com/phillybo1985 and to guitarist Alex Wade‘s official YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/AlexWadeOfficial, which focuses on song play throughs, gear demos, and a home studio tour.

WHITECHAPEL recently finished up a successful US tour with Asking Alexandria in support of both their most recent self-titled full-length album, and the re-issue of their debut album, The Somatic Defilement. The band is currently enjoying some time at home before the group embarks on a European run that will see WHITECHAPEL performing at Germany’s Summerbreeze Outdoor Festival and Wacken Festival, UK’s Bloodstock, and the Czech Republic’s Brutal Assault Festival to name a few. See the band’s full tour listing below.

WHITECHAPEL
08/02 Wacken, DE Wacken Open Air
08/03 Karlsruhe, DE New Noise Festival
08/05 Wien, AT Szene w/ Devildriver
08/06 Cervia Ra, IT Rock Planet w/ Devildriver
08/07 Dornbirn, AT Conrad Sohm w/ Devildriver
08/08 Josefov, CZ Brutal Assault Festival
08/10 Ieper, BE Ieperfest
08/11 Derby, UK Bloodstock Open Air
08/13 K

THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER’s “Everblack” debuts at #32 on Billboard Top 200

- June 19th, 2013 –

THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER’s new album, “Everblack,” has debuted at #32 on the Billboard Top 200! The album also landed at #3 on the Billboard Current Hard Music Albums chart (behind Black Sabbath and Queens of the Stone Age). Additional chart debuts include #3 on the Billboard Hard Music Albums, #9 on the Billboard Independent Albums, and #30 on the Hits Albums Chart. Additionally, the album peaked at #15 on the iTunes album chart, and #2 on the iTunes Metal chart, second only to living legends Black Sabbath.

Internationally, “Everblack” posted debuts on the Canadians charts at #8 on the Hard Music Chart, #30 on the Top Albums chart, and boasted day of release chart peaks on iTunes at #20 on the overall albums chart, #4 on rock, and #2 on the metal chart. In the UK, the album debuted at #25 on the rock and metal albums chart, and #45 on the independent albums chart. In Germany, “Everblack” heralds the band’s first ever debut on the German Album Charts Top 100 at #91, as well as earning the band debuts on the German Media Markt Top 100 Album Charts at #59, and the Weekend trend charts for Media Control Top 100 at #58.

Trevor Strnad reacts to the success of the album: “We are thrilled that “Everblack” is being so well received by the fans and we thank them truly from the heart for picking the album up. It’s been an amazing ride so far and the new album is our proudest moment yet. THANKS!!”

The cover art for Everblack was painted by renowned artist Nick Keller with Weta Workshop (nickkellerart.com), whose recent projects include: The Hobbit, Avatar, Chronicles of Narnia, and more. Recording was completed at Audiohammer Studios (lead guitars and vocals), Rustbelt Studios (drums), and Regal Fecal (guitar and bass). Mixing was handled by Jason Suecof and Ryan Williams, mastering was completed by Alan Douches at West Westside. Trevor Strnad’s horror-inspired lyrics persist on Everblack, beginning with In Hell is Where She Waits for Me,a reference to the murder from which the band took for their moniker.

Fans can stream “Into the Everblack” and order the album now at metalblade.com/bdm and see the band live all summer as part of the Vans Warped Tour.

THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER
w/ Vans Warped Tour
06/19 Chula Vista, CA Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
06/20 Pomona, CA Pomona Fairplex
06/21 Pomona, CA Pomona Fairplex
06/22 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
06/23 Ventura, CA Ventura County Fairground At Seaside Park
06/26 Las Cruces, NM NMSU Practice Field
06/27 Mesa, AZ Quail Run Park
06/28 Las Vegas, NV Silverton Casino Parking Lot
06/29 Salt Lake City, UT Utah State Fairpark
06/30 Denver, CO Sports Authority Field at Mile High
07/03 Noblesville, IN Klipsch Music Center
07/05 Toronto, ON The Flats At Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
07/06 Darien Center, NY Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
07/07 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
07/09 Virginia Beach, VA Farm Bureau Live At Virginia Beach
07/10 Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion
07/11 Mansfield, MA Comcast Center
07/12 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
07/13 Uniondale, NY Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
07/14 Hartford, CT The Comcast Theatre
07/16 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion
07/17 Burgettstown, PA First Niagara Pavilion
07/18 Cuyahoga Falls, OH Blossom Music Center
07/19 Auburn Hills, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills
07/20 Tinley Park, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
07/21 Shakopee, MN Canterbury Park
07/23 Kansas City, KS Cricket Wireless Amphitheater
07/24 Maryland Heights, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
07/25 Atlanta, GA Aaron’s Amphitheater at Lakewood
07/26 St. Petersburg, FL Vinoy Park
07/27 West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheatre
07/28 Orlando, FL Central Florida Fairgrounds
07/29 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
07/30 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
07/31 Milwaukee, WI Marcus Amphitheatre
08/02 Dallas, TX Gexa Energy Pavilion
08/03 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
08/04 Houston, TX Reliant Center Parking Lot

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Enter to win tickets to this year’s Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Fest!

- June 19th, 2013 –

Fans can now enter to win a prize package from Keep A Breast and a pair of tickets for select shows on the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Fest 2013! The contest has been launched at metalblade.com/us/contests. Winners will be randomly selected on Monday, June 24th, so enter now HERE*!

*Open to US residents only. Winners will receive tickets by mail prior to the event: transportation and lodging are not provided; this contest is for tickets ONLY.

Artists performing this year include main stage metal and horror legend, festival closer ROB ZOMBIE, plus, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH and a 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 JOB FOR A COWBOY, EMMURE, BORN OF OSIRIS, MOTIONLESS IN WHITE, BUTCHER BABIES, BATTLECROSS, HUNTRESS, THROWN INTO EXILE and CITY IN THE SEA. Tickets are available now at http://rockstarmayhemfest.com/dates.

AMON AMARTH’s new album, “Deceiver of the Gods,” is available for preview and pre-order at http://www.metalblade.com/amonamarth. Fans can catch a glimpse of what the band’s set on Mayhem will be like from pro-shot footage of their performance of “Deceiver of the Gods” at Rock Am Ring HERE.

BATTLECROSS’s new album, “War of Will,” is available for preview and pre-order at http://www.metalblade.com/battlecross. Live bootlegs from the band’s recent performance as part of Orion Music & More have flooded youtube, with a few highlights: Push Pull Destroy, War Ensemble (Slayer cover), Fucking Hostile (Pantera cover).

JOB FOR A COWBOY’s most recent album, “Demonocracy,” is available on-line and in stores now, and can be previewed at http://www.metalblade.com/jobforacowboy. Additionally, fans can read guitarist Tony Sannicandro’s guitar instructional/advice column at metalsucks.net.

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New Bassist Announced By Power Theory

Lineup changes continue for Pennsylvania metal act Power Theory, as the band announced that bassist Drew Foster would be departing the band due to the constraints and commitments of his job. Foster will continue to fill in for live shows when if there was a need and he would continue to work on the side project with guitarist BB Ballinger. The new bassist is Alan D’Angelo (Ex-Sleepy Hollow/Livesay).

The band’s announcement reads as follows: “We are…very pleased to announce Alan D`Angelo (Livesay, ex-Sleepy Hollow) will be taking over duties as Power Theory bassist for Warriors of Metal IV – Open Air and the fall ‘Metal Masters Tour’ with Vicious Rumors, Leather Wolf, Seven Witches, and Power Theory’s support role starting 10/03/13 in our home town, Philadelphia, and the forthcoming ‘Driven By Fear’ final recording sessions. Alan is a kick ass bass player and has great stage presence.”

The band was forced to cancel its upcoming appearance in Delaware this weekend: “Unfortunately, we will have to cancel our 6/22/13 date with label mates Widow and good friends Infernal Opera at Mojo 13 in Wilmington, Delaware to prepare with Alan for our Warriors of Metal IV set in Ohio, on 6/29/13, but will attend to support the bands, and rest assured we will be in top form for our scheduled set at WOM IV.”

Power Theory recently hired new vocalist Jeff Rose last month.

Debut LP “Swedish Iron” Announced By Tungsten Axe

Swedish traditional metal act Tungsten Axe will release the debut LP “Swedish Iron” on June 28th via Iron Shield Records with distribution through Pure Steel Records. The band was founded in 2009 and released a self-titled demo in 2011. However, one day eight tracks were added to the Tungsten Axe songbook and the visions of a full length started to take form.

A friend of the band who is heavily into analogue recording technique offered studio time and on November 16, 2012 the band recorded what would become “Swedish Iron.” The 4-track promo demo with outtakes from the recording session was sent out to appropriate labels and bookers. The album was intended as a vinyl LP as the first priority, but strong support from Iron Shield Records came with an offer to release it as a CD, which fueled the band. According to the press release the album is a “rough, honest and unedited live recording with only vocals, guitar solos and sound effects added on.”

The track listing for “Swedish Iron” is:

1. Prelude
2. Star of Mount Paekdu
3. Heavy Metal
4. Divided
5. Devil’s Children
6. Swedish Iron
7. The Steel is Sacred
8. Elna K. Eriksson
9. Times