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| In Support Of “THE FORMATION OF DAMNATION”, TESTAMENT Announce US Tour. |
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 Bay Area thrash legends TESTAMENT are taking the stage once again for their first US headlining tour in support of the award-winning The Formation of Damnation. The band’s first new studio album in nine years won “Album of the Year” at the 2008 Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards. The tour will feature the classic lineup of vocalist Chuck Billy, guitarists Eric Peterson and Alex Skolnick, bassist Greg Christian, and drummer Paul Bostaph. TESTAMENT will be bringing along metalcore outfit Unearth and neo-thrashers Lazarus A.D. The tour kicks off May 2.
Singer Chuck Billy commented on the upcoming US headlining tour: “It was really exciting last summer touring with Judas Priest, Heaven and Hell, and Motorhead, playing in front of all the old-school as well as new-school metalheads. Now we look forward to CRUSHING on our first headline tour on the Damnation Vacation US run.
Heavy metal forever!!!”
The Formation of Damnation was named one of MySpace’s Top Albums for 2008 and found itself at the top of many year-end lists including #9 Rock Album of the Year on iTunes for 2008, #4 Album of 2008 in Revolver Magazine, #10 on Metal Edge Top 50 of 2008, #1 on Metal Maniacs Top 20 of 2008, and the #2 Brave Pick in Brave Words and Bloody Knuckles. The album also dominated metal radio, coming in at #1 on Sirius-XM’s metal channel, #1 on CMJ’s Loud Rock charts, and was the most played album on metal radio according to FMQB.
Testament US headlining tour starting May 2009:
(with Unearth and Lazarus AD)
5/2 – Seattle, WA – El Corazon
5/3 - Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory
5/4 - Vancouver, BC – Commodore
5/6 - Calgary, AB – MacEwan Ballroom
5/7 - Edmonton, AB – Edmonton Events Centre
5/9 - Winnipeg, MB – The Garrick Centre
5/10 - Maplewood, MN – The Rock
5/12 – Milwaukee, WI – Eagles Theater
5/13 – Sauget, IL – Pop’s
5/15 - Chicago, IL – House of Blues
5/16 - Detroit, MI – Harpos
5/17 - Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
5/18 – Cincinnati, OH – Bogart’s
5/20 - Toronto, ON – Sound Academy
5/21 - Montreal, QC – Metropolis
5/22 - Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
5/23 – Hartford, CT – Webster Theater
5/24 – Worcester, MA – The Palladium
5/26 – Baltimore, MD – Ram’s Head Live
5/27 – Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero
5/28 – Norfolk, VA – Norva
5/29 – Raleigh, NC – Lincoln Theater
5/30 – Atlanta, GA – Masquerade
5/31 – New Orleans, LA – House of Blues
6/2 – Houston, TX – Scout Bar
6/3 – San Antonio – Scout Bar
6/4 – Ft.
Worth, TX – Ridglea Theater
6/6 – Kansas City, MO – The Beaumont
6/7 – Denver, CO – Cervantes
6/9 – Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues
6/10 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues
6/11 – Los Angeles, CA – House of Blues
6/12 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
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| IRON MAIDEN: Documentary Film 'FLIGHT 666' In Cinemas April 21st. |
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 In 2008 Sam Dunn and Scot McFadyen, the same guys who brought us Metal: A Headbangers Journey, traveled with heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN to document the band's 2008 SOMEWHERE BACK IN TIME WORLD TOUR.
With camera's in hand, Sam and Scot traveled with the band and crew on Ed Force One, a customized Boeing 757 plane that carried the band, all their crew, 12 tons of stage equipment and was piloted by none other than Bruce Dickinson himself.
The band, crew, Sam and Scot traveled in Ed Force One for 50,000 miles across 5 continents for 23 concerts in just 24 days; something that had never been done until IRON MAIDEN rose to the challenge.
IRON MAIDEN: FLIGHT 666 is a full length documentary film about the first leg of the band's historic SOMEWHERE BACK IN TIME WORLD TOUR in February and March of 2008, considered to be the most ambitious and adventurous tour in rock history. The film is a revealing portrait of one of the world's most successful rock bands and an inspirational and often humorous account of the chaotic world of a band on tour around the stadiums of the world. If you want to know what it is like to be part of the most adventurous tour in Rock history, you can't miss seeing this. Taking you from Mumbai to Santiago, LA to Sydney, Tokyo to San Paolo and all points between, through exhaustion and fan pandemonium, travelling with band and crew on the plane, to and from shows, in the bar and during leisure time, this really is Access All Areas!!!
On Tuesday April 21st, metal fans will be descending upon select movie theaters across the world to watch the enthralling documentary film IRON MAIDEN: FLIGHT 666.
So get on board for the most adventurous tour in rock history and get your tickets now while they're still available.
Shot in High Definition, IRON MAIDEN: FLIGHT 666 will be released in digital cinemas around the world, with superb 5.1 surround sound, mixed by the band's producer Kevin "Caveman" Shirley.
Can you handle 45 days on the road on the most adventurous rock tour ever?
Check out a trailer for IRON MAIDEN: FLIGHT 666 and locate theaters and tickets here.
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| NAZXUL Guitarist Killed In Motorcycle Accident. |
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 Sydney's MORTAL SIN have issued condolences regarding the sudden death of NAZXUL's guitarist Greg Morelli:
"Our longtime friend Greg Morelli, guitarist of NAZXUL, was tragically killed in the early hours of Thursday morning, November 20th in a motorcycle accident. As many locals would know, a huge storm hit Sydney last night and Greg was riding his motorbike home and hit a greasy wet patch on Parramatta road North Strathfield.
"Greg's death will be a huge loss to the Australian metal scene and of course the international black metal scene. The new NAZXUL album had just been completed and Greg was really looking forward to getting back out on the road and we had also talked about the possibility of heading over to Europe for some shows next year. Greg explained to me that the new album was sounding like they finally wanted to sound like, and was really proud of what he had achieved.
"I hope all the black metal fans out there will raise their horns tonight for Greg.
"Rest in peace, mate, you're a fucking legend."
Everyone at HailMetal.Com would like to join in giving most sincere condolences to family and friends of the fallen warrior.
You will be remembered through your music. Hails brother!
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(comments?) Thursday, November 20 @ 03:57:27 EST (1561 reads) |
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| NECROPHAGIST, DYING FETUS, ABORTED, THE FACELESS To Team Up For Australian Tour. |
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 After the huge successes of THE SUMMER SLAUGHTER TOUR slaughtering audiences across the US, UK & Canada, Soundworks Touring brings to Australia the ultimate annual metal touring event in a run of slamming events never seen before in this country. Finally, Australian metal audiences have a real metal festival to sink their rabid teeth into each year, with the four international acts featured in 2009 in NECROPHAGIST (Germany), DYING FETUS (USA), ABORTED (Belgium), The Faceless (USA), all performing for the first time in this country on one face splitting bill. Joining the army will be Australian death metal tyrants The Red Shore!
Be part of extreme music history here & support the slaughter!
2009 Dates:
March 13 @ The Manning Bar, Sydney
March 14 @ The Red Room, Brisbane
March 15 @ Fowlers Live, Adelaide
March 16 @ Club Capitol, Perth (18+)
March 17 @ The Corner Hotel, Melbourne (18+)
Plus local openers at each show TBA! Tix on sale Nov 18th!
More info here.
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(comments?) Wednesday, November 12 @ 03:49:37 EST (1631 reads) |
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| THE AMENTA: 'n0n' Released In Australia. |
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 THE AMENTA have advised that their new album 'n0n' is now available in stores Australia wide. The band will commence a tour of Europe starting January followed by a full Australian tour with THE BERZERKER in February 2009.
THE AMENTA describes the new album's sound as a fusion of extreme metal, electronic noise and dub. The follow-up to 2004's "Occasus" will feature 12 tracks in total, including "Skin", "Rape", "Cancer", "Whore", "Dystrophy", "Atrophy", "Slave", "Vermin", "Dirt", "Spine", and "Junky". With each song featuring over 100 actual recorded tracks, THE AMENTA's new album pushes technology to its absolute limits.
The recording of the album spanned three different countries and seven different studios. "n0n" contains a myriad of different contributors and performers with no less than two drummers, six vocalists and two bass players recording on the album which features guest appearances from Jason Mendonca (AKERCOCKE), Alice Daquet (SIR ALICE), Alex Pope (RUINS) and more.
For more information and all the tour dates head over to the band's official MySpace page.
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(comments?) Sunday, November 09 @ 00:05:44 EST (1654 reads) |
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| Monday, July 27 | | » | DARK FUNERAL, DESTRUCTION, DESTROYER 666 Confirmed For Australia's SCREAMFEST. |
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| Wednesday, March 18 | | » | In Support Of “THE FORMATION OF DAMNATION”, TESTAMENT Announce US Tour. |
| » | IRON MAIDEN: Documentary Film 'FLIGHT 666' In Cinemas April 21st. |
| Thursday, November 20 | | » | NAZXUL Guitarist Killed In Motorcycle Accident. |
| Wednesday, November 12 | | » | NECROPHAGIST, DYING FETUS, ABORTED, THE FACELESS To Team Up For Australian Tour. |
| Sunday, November 09 | | » | THE AMENTA: 'n0n' Released In Australia. |
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