Goatwhore, Revocation tour dates

Goatwhore and Revocation will team up for a handful of spring tour dates. Here you go:

5/28 Las Vegas, NV @ Cheyanne Saloon
5/29 Mesa, AZ @ Mesa Underground
5/30 Gallup, NM @ Wowie's Activity Hall
5/31 Albuquerque, NM @ Launch Pad
6/1 Lubbock, TX @ Tequila Jungle
6/2 Austin, TX @ Emo's w/ Pestilence, Warbringer, Vital Remains
6/3 Fort Worth, TX @ Ridglea Theater w/ Pestilence, Warbringer, Vital Remains
6/4 Laredo, TX @ Cool Party w/ Threat Signal
6/5 Houston, TX @ Warsaw Ballroom w/ Threat Signal
6/6 Shreveport, LA @ The Rustic Cowboy
6/7 Tallahassee, TN @ Big Daddy's w/ Threat Signal
6/8 Tampa, FL @ Brass Mug w/ Threat Signal
6/9 Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn w/ Threat Signal
6/10 Charlotte, NC @ The Milestone w/ Threat Signal, Withered
6/11 Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar w/ Misery Index
6/12 Newport News, VA @ Buddha's Place w/ Misery Index
6/13 Columbia, SC @ New Brookland Tavern

Tour Rumor: ALICE IN CHAINS, DEFTONES And MASTODON

ALICE IN CHAINS, DEFTONES and MASTODON are rumored to be teaming up for a U.S. tour in the fall.

A video teaser for the trek can be viewed below.

The tour's official lineup and dates are expected to be announced on Monday, May 3.

Summer Slaughter Tour 2010 Dates

Tour dates for the 2010 Summer Slaughter Tour have been released. You can check out the official bands and lineup here, or read the sentence below. Confirmed tour dates are also below:

2010 Summer Slaughter Bands and Lineup

* Decapitated
* The Faceless
* All Shall Perish
* The Red Chord
* Veil Of Maya
* Cephalic Carnage
* Decrepit Birth
* Carnifex
* Animals As Leaders
* Vital Remains

2010 Summer Slaughter Tour Dates:

July 17 – San Diego, CA @ Soma
July 18 – Los Angeles, CA @ House of Blues
July 20 – El Paso, TX @ Club 101
July 21 – San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
July 22 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s
July 23 – Ft. Worth, TX @ Ridglea Theatre
July 24 – Houston, TX @ Warsaw Ballroom
July 26 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution
July 27 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
July 29 – Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts
July 30 – Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
July 31 – Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
August 1 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
August 2 – Quebec City, QC @ Imperial
August 3 – Montreal, QC @ Club Soda
August 4 – Toronto, ON @ Opera House
August 5 – Cleveland, OH @ Peabody’s
August 6 – Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s
August 7 – Detroit, MI @ Harpos
August 8 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
August 9 – Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
August 10 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Ave
August 11 – Indianapolis, IN @ Emerson Theatre
August 13 – Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall
August 14 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Club Sound
August 16 – Calgary, AB @ Republik
August 17 – Edmonton, AB @ Starlite
August 19 – Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre
August 20 – Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
August 21 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theatre
August 23 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore

As I Lay Dying, Underoath and Between The Buried And Me To Take Part In “Cool Tour”

Talk about a tour with a crap load of cool (no pun intended) bands on the same bill. This summer, As I Lay Dying is teaming up with Underoath and Between The Buried And Me for the Cool Tour this summer. Also on the line up will be Blessthefall, The Acacia Strain, Architects, Cancer Bats and War Of Ages



The package tour will hit theaters through July and August, kicking off on July 12 in Orlando, Florida. Tickets go on sale to the public between April 30 and May 2, with each date varying. Check out the full list of dates for the inaugural Cool Tour below.



July 12 – Orlando, FL @ House Of Blues (no The Acacia Strain)
July 13 – Atlanta, GA @ The Tabernacle
July 14 – N. Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues SC
July 15 – Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore Charlotte
July 16 – Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
July 17 – Toronto, ON @ Sound Academy
July 18 – Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre*
July 20 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues Boston
July 21 – Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
July 22 – Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory
July 23 – Columbus, OH @ The LC Pavilion
July 24 – Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Complex
July 25 – St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
July 27 – Houston, TX @ Verizon Wireless Theater
July 28 – Dallas, TX @ The Palladium Ballroom
July 30 – Mesa, AZ @ Mesa Amphitheatre*
July 31 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium
Aug 1 – San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield

* = Tickets Not Available Via Ticketmaster.

EXODUS Announces Two Album-Release Shows With HEATHEN

San Francisco Bay Area thrasher EXODUS will play two album-release shows with HEATHEN in Los Angeles and San Francisco before they fly out to Europe to tour the festival circuit. The dates are are as follows:



June 11 - Los Angeles, CA - Key Club (w/ HEATHEN, BONDED BY BLOOD)
June 12 - San Francisco, CA - Slim's (w/ HEATHEN, ANVIL CHORUS, PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE)

Fans worldwide are invited to tune in this coming Monday, April 19 for the live EXODUS webstream with the band's frontman, Rob Dukes, at this location.

You can post your questions for Dukes by clicking here.

Nuclear Blast USA's webshop is now taking pre-orders for the exclusive North American mail-order edition of EXODUS' new album, "Exhibit B: The Human Condition". This release features the bonus track "Devil's Teeth" and a slipcase with different artwork.



The pre-order bundles to choose from are:

* Heads t-shirt & CD: $21.00 (link)
* Grenade t-shirt & CD: $21.00 (link)
* Both t-shirts & CD: $33.00 (link)

"Class Dismissed (A Hate Primer)", a brand new song from EXODUS, is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The track comes off "Exhibit B: The Human Condition", which is scheduled for release in North America on May 18 via Nuclear Blast Records.

Commented guitarist Gary Holt: "We decided to give everybody another taste of the new record… and it's about one of America's favorite pastimes, the school shooting. This song was primarily inspired by the massacre at Virginia Tech, as well as Columbine and the many other instances of unhinged individuals who decided to take out their wrath on their classmates, going all the way back to [University of Texas at Austin’s 1966 tower sniper] Charles J. Whitman."

EXODUS filmed a video for the track "Downfall" on April 1 in Los Angeles. The clip was directed by Jon Schnepp, who was the creative force behind the band's "Riot Act" video. He is also known for his work on "Metalocalypse" (the animated program about DETHKLOK, the world's most popular death metal band) on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim.

"Exhibit B: The Human Condition" was recorded this past December in Northern California with producer Andy Sneap (MEGADETH, ARCH ENEMY, KREATOR).

EXODUS recently took part in the "Rust In Peace 20th Anniversary Tour" with MEGADETH and TESTAMENT.

ANEW REVOLUTION ANNOUNCES “ECONOMIC STIMULUS TOUR”

New York, NY - ANEW REVOLUTION will be hitting the road on the "Economic Stimulus Tour" along side Poughkeepsie New York's SUGAR RED DRIVE. "This tour was created as a way to give back to the cities we're playing and their local economies. We're going into these cities and venues and literally adding jobs. Whether it be by hiring local crew or promotion outlets, or just bringing people into the venue to in turn the spend some money to see a good show and maybe buy some merch." says bassist Frank Salvaggio.

One of the main focuses of this tour is to create at least 2 real jobs the day of the show by hiring 2 part-time workers to help with load-in, set up, and local transportation for the bands. Salvaggio continues, "We're also showing that even a modest touring band has to do whatever it takes to survive in these tough economic times."

ANEW REVOLUTION also plan on keeping the ticket prices at a lower than average price of just $10 as well as donating 50% of the ticket proceeds to a local, not national, charitable cause. Be sure to visit www.myspace.com/anewrevolution and http://twitter.com/anewrevolution for more info. More dates will be announced soon

4/23/2010 Hartford, CT @ On The Rocks
4/29/2010 Charlston, SC @ Halligans
5/2/2010 Gainsville, FL @ Backstage Lounge
5/3/2010 Jacksonville, FL @ The Pit
5/4/2010 Biloxi, MS @ Thunders Tavern
5/5/2010 Jackson, MS @ FIRE
5/6/2010 Nashville, TN @ The Muse
5/9/2010 Parkersburg, WV @ Inferno
5/11/2010 Ft.Wayne, IN @ 4 Dees
5/12/2010 Flint, MI @ The Machine Shop
5/13/2010 Battle Creek, MI @ Planet Rock
5/14/2010 Cincinnati, OH @ Big Eds
5/16/2010 Chicago, IL @ Penny Road Pub



ANEW REVOLUTION will release their third studio record entitled "iMERICA" on May 18th, 2010 via E1 Music. Produced by Ben Schigel, a musician, record producer and vocalist from the band SWITCHED who has produced for such bands as STEMM, DROWNING POOL, WALLS OF JERICHO, CHIMAIRA & many more. A brand new song called "Head Against The Wall" is streaming via their myspace page now [www.myspace.com/anewrevolution]. The band also just finished shooting a video for the same song in Austin, TX last week with famed director David Brodsky (GOD FORBID, THE RED CHORD, ALL THAT REMAINS, KITTIE).

Formed in Austin, Texas by singer/guitarist Joey Duenas, bassist Frank Salvaggio, drummer Rob Urbani in 2004, and later rounded out by Austin-area shredder Shaun Stockton on lead guitar, ANEW REVOLUTION stand by the promise in their name. Though they’ll happily recall the milestones set by their former bands – Duenas’ Ünloco, Urbani and Salvaggio’s Slaves on Dope, they’ll also be the first to remind you of just what ANEW REVOLUTION means.

Type O Negative’s Peter Steele Reported Dead (1962-2010)

It was reported late last night that Type O Negative vocalist/bassist Peter Steele passed away from heart failure earlier in the day (April 14). While at first there was no official statement released by the band’s management or any other close sources, many close friends have revealed the rumors to be true.

Fuse TV’s Mistress Juliya stated via Twitter that Steele “past of heart failure today. Just spoke to Kenny” (referring to Type O Negative guitarist Kenny Hickey). Revolver Magazine’s editor-in-chief Brandon Geist revealed similar news on his Twitter page, saying “Hoping [the rumors] are not true, but the source is good.” In 2005, Steele joked of his death by posting a picture of a tombstone that read “Peter Steele – 1962 – 2005 …. Free At Last” on the band’s website. However, Type O Negative keyboardist Josh Silver has confirmed to Blabbermouth.net early this morning that Steele has passed away, though an official cause of death has not yet been released. Steele, born Petrus T. Ratajczyk, was 48 years.



Though Steele played in metal groups like Fallout and Carnivore, he was best known for his role in Type O Negative. Formed in 1990, the Brooklyn band became a heavy contributor to the gothic metal genre, mixing thrash and doom metal to create a unique sound. Their sophomore album, Bloody Kisses, was the first album for Roadrunner Records to go platinum, with the single “Black No. 1 (Little Miss Scare-All)” gaining an enormous amount of radio airplay. Their most recent album, Dead Again, was released in 2007 and debuted at #27 on the Billboard charts. Steele’s low bass heavy voice was one of the key attributes to the band’s dark sound that helped further define goth metal.

Conducting From the Grave vocalist leaves band.

Conducting From The Grave vocalist Lou Tanuis recently left the band to concentrate on caring for his son (he now has sole custody). A video message from Tanuis regarding his departure can be found here.

Tanuis has subsequently joined Connecticut death metal band Forsaken The Sky. According to the group, "He's the piece we've been missing to this pissed off puzzle we call a band. Expect to see an improved sound and attitude."

The Deftones has released a new video for the song “Diamond Eyes.”

Deftones - Diamond Eyes (Official)

Deftones | MySpace Music Videos

God Forbid Complete Contract With Century Media, Offer New Album Update

God Forbid guitarist Doc Coyle recently checked in with a lengthy update regarding the bands recent touring and their plans for their next album.



Speaking on the latter, he offered the following:

“Now we immerse ourselves back in the writing process for the next God Forbid album for an unknown record label as our contact with Century Media has ended. It’s always difficult to tell how a new album will sound this early in the process, but I can say that our new guitar player Matt Wicklund is contributing tons of material.

His stuff is very hook oriented with a Scandinavian twinge. The stuff I’ve been writing has been varied from evil Morbid Angels, black metal shit to mid tempo/power groove Machine Head type stuff, and signature GF material that is a logical progression from our previous albums. The process has changed with all of the touring and space between members, there’s been more writing and demoing on our own.



I’m finally utilizing technology. It’s cool. I like it a little more than recording my out of time riffs into a tape recorder with my old Peavey practice amp. Now it’s Garageband, Line 6 tone port and EZ Drummer. I may yet still become a professional.”

Soilwork Announce Track Listing For “The Panic Broadcast”

Soilwork have revealed the track listing for their new album “The Panic Broadcast“, it can be found below. The band recently completed work on the effort with a final studio blog now available online here. The album is officially set to surface in North America through Nuclear Blast on July 13th.



01 – “Late For The Kill, Early For The Slaughter”
02 – “2 Lives Worth Of Reckoning”
03 – “The Thrill”
04 – “Deliverance Is Mine”
05 – “Night Comes Clean”
06 – “King Of The Threshold”
07 – “Let This River Flow”
08 – “Epitome”
09 – “The Akuma Afterglow”
10 – “Enter Dog Of Pavlov“

War of Ages Frontman Was Kidnapped by the Paperboy

Leroy Hamp, lead screamer for the Erie, Pa. metalcore act War of Ages, is a bestial war animal on stage. But in person, he is as mild-mannered and considerate as could be. His personality, he said, has always been this way, but it unfortunately has lead him into serious trouble. "I was a very helpful kid," he told Noisecreep. "I liked helping everyone, and I had that personality. The paperboy needed my help and he kidnapped me. [He was a] 16-year-old boy."

It isn't difficult to lure an innocent preschooler into helping you out if they are willing, and the kidnapper took advantage of that fact. "He actually just said, 'Yeah you can help me deliver papers,'" Hamp recollected. "He took me further and further away from home, and I started noticing. And I was like, 'Hey, can I please go back home now?' And I was too far away for me to go myself. I didn't know where I was."

Implying that the perpetrator had lecherous plans for his captive, Hamp continued, "He took me far away from home and would not take me home, unless I 'helped him out' in a few areas. So I was a scared kid. I was in pre-school."


Luckily for Hamp and metalcore fans everywhere, he was returned to his guardians safe and sound. Regardless of that, Hamp still had to overcome the trauma that comes with being taken from home. "It's definitely taken some time to get over," he said. "I'm definitely over it. I went through to proper stages and channels to fight through something like that, but it was definitely a hard thing for sure. I could've been a lot worse."



While the incident certainly caused emotional problems in Hamp's life, the after-effects haven't trickled down into any War of Ages lyrical content. "I don't really touch base with too much abuse," Hamp said of his writing. "It's more so overall problems ... I deal more with 'overall picture' things than individual issues. It's not about these little things in life that happen; it's about who you are as a person and how you're going to get through those things. That's what War of Ages deals with."

War of Ages' will be on a U.S. tour with As I Lay Dying and Demon Hunter starting late April, to support their forthcoming album, 'Eternal.'

Exclusive: Snapcase Guitarist Reveals Reunion Is 'Just Some Shows'

We recently revealed that Buffalo post-hardcore groundbreakers Snapcase were reuniting to play a spate of shows in Europe and one domestically on May 8. Guitarist Frank Vicario -- who was extremely busy on the eve of the iPad launch, since he works for Apple -- took the time to give Noisecreep the lowdown on the goings on. While sadly it's not a full-fledged reunion or tour, don't despair. If planets align, we could be seeing more of Snapcase. Or not.

"As of right now, it's just some shows," Vicario told Noisecreep. "We never got the chance to do any sort of 'last hurrah' in Europe, so when this opportunity presented itself, we couldn't refuse. Also, we couldn't neglect to play in our hometown for our fans, friends and families, so we put together the Buffalo show with some old friends and new ones in hopes of making something special for everyone."

The reunion was hastened by everything simply falling into place. "We had talked about playing together in some limited capacity as far back as the benefit shows in 2007," Vicario said. "We had so much fun, playing together again without any pretense. We actually met up and jammed a number of times throughout 2009, just hanging out and having fun. We toyed with the idea of playing again, usually musing about doing a Buffalo show or being surprise guests at another show, but nothing ever came to fruition."


Earlier this year, guitarist Jon Salemi received an email from the band's European booking agent, since Snapcase had an invitation to play the Groezrock festival. "We were immediately excited, yet tentative. [Drummer] Tim [Redmond] is a school teacher, which makes it very difficult for him to get any sort of time off. The dates fell right on his spring break, so we decided to do it, as well as book a few shows in Germany to give Europe the proper send-off, albeit belated, it deserved."

Damn you, Europe! But we Americans love Snapcase, too!

There are no plans for a U.S. tour, with Vicario saying, "We're still close friends and we love the thought of playing together in any context, but with families and careers outside of playing music, it's difficult to do any substantial touring. I'm not saying something couldn't fall into place in the future. But for now, this is it."

While the band has almost a full album's worth of songs that were written before the 2005 split, there are no plans to record them or write new material. "We do love playing together, so who knows what the future may bring," Vicario admitted. "For the tour, we're concentrating on giving the fans what they want and playing the songs they're familiar with. Not to say that people wouldn't be interested in hearing new material, but with the limited amount of time we have to work with on stage and the back catalog we're pulling from, it's difficult to fit in all the standards fans want to hear, let alone worrying about fitting in new material. We'd love for folks to hear some new stuff some day, but these shows probably aren't the best vehicle for that."

Besides fixing computers for Apple, Vicario turned the former Snapcase rehearsal space into a studio and had worked with Buffalo bands until he closed up shop last summer. He plans to build a new studio shortly and enjoys the opportunity to teach young bands what he has learned through the years.



While the jury is out on the comeback beyond the "few shows," Vicario said, "We're five old friends who like playing music together, and this is an amazing gift of an opportunity we've been given to do that another time. Sorry if that's not the prophetic answer everyone is hoping for. We'll take it one day at a time and see what the future holds."

See you in Buffalo, Frank and Snapcase!

THE ACACIA STRAIN To Enter Studio Next Week

Massachusetts-based metallic juggernauts THE ACACIA STRAIN will enter Planet Z Studios in Hadley, Massachusetts on April 14 with producer Chris "Zeuss" Harris to begin recording the follow-up to 2008's "Continent".

Commented vocalist Vincent Bennett: "It's been a long time coming. It's going to be hard to follow 'Continent', but I'm confident that everyone will be as pleased with this record as we are. With this album we're not trying to reinvent the wheel, per say, but prove ourselves viable in today's music scene."




Written and (to be) recorded in its entirety on eight-string guitars, "this record will be the heaviest record of 2010, hands down," according to a press release.

Bennett added: "This is not the heaviest record EVER written, but it IS the heaviest ACACIA STRAIN record to date."

"The Most Known Unknown", the debut DVD from THE ACACIA STRAIN, has entered Billboard's Top Music Videos chart at position No. 10.



Disc one of the "The Most Known Unknown" DVD documents a sold-out show at the Worcester Palladium shot in December 2008, while disc two contains footage of a show at the much smaller and more intimate Waterfront on the band's home turf of Holyoke, Massachusetts, as well as three music videos, a documentary covering the formative years of the band and a "10 Seconds of Fame" bonus segment, in which select fans were given 10 seconds on camera to do whatever they wanted.

"The Most Known Unknown" features cover art by Paul Romano, who was also responsible for the cover of THE ACACIA STRAIN's latest album, "Continent", as well as covers for MASTODON, TRIVIUM and many more.

THE ACACIA STRAIN sold almost 5,600 copies of "Continent" in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 107 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD debuted at No. 2 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.

Despised Icon Break Up

Canadian deathcore band Despised Icon have decided to break up. Over the course of the band’s eight years together, they released four albums, with the most recent, Day of Mourning, debuting at #162 on the Billboard top 200. Fans of theirs will still have a chance to see them, as they’ll be doing a series of farewell tours in the United States, Canada and Europe. It makes us feel a little old that deathcore bands have been a) around for eight years and b) are breaking up. We’ll feel about 20 years older in a few years when they announce their reunion tour . A statement from the band in which they explain why they’re splitting is below.



“The time has come for us to move on. Some of us have recently reached a new chapter in their lives, starting families, buying houses and pursuing other careers to make it all happen. Writing music, touring and leaving home for months at a time is slowly becoming impossible because of that. We all decided that it’d be best to pull the plug now and end things right.

It’s hard to believe we started this band almost 10 years ago already. At first, Despised Icon was mostly just an excuse to hang out, write brutal slam riffs and play local shows once in a while. With your support, we got the opportunity to actually play music for a living, make friends around the world, be MVPs and travel to places we never even dreamed of visiting in our lifetime. Thank you all for some of the best times of our lives.

We’re currently working on setting up our final tours in Canada, USA and Europe. Expect to see us in a town near you sometime before the end of the year. If all goes as planned, we’ll also be touring Australia and Asia for the first time in the fall. We’ll keep you posted on everything. These last shows will be fucking epic! See you guys then!”




“If it wasn’t clear enough, we want to assure everyone that we will be playing all the tours and all the shows that we’ve been announcing for the rest of 2010.

This means that we will be doing all the European shows scheduled for the next months, including the France/Spain/Portugal tour starting next Friday along with the Parkway Drive Tour that is to take place in a few weeks.

Also you can count on us to be part of the major summer festivals next August as this will be our last run in Europe. We are working right now at booking final tours in all the major areas we’ve been touring for the past 5 years.

Rest assured, we are NOT cancelling a single show! So please, come hang out one last time with us!”