Brand New Sin/United State review

Listened to the Brand New Sin "United State" and not finding much to like in this hard rocker, except for "Bed Of Nails" and a cover of Black Sabbath's The Wizard the rest of it is quite weak and sackless. Their version of AC/DC's "What Do You Do For Money" is note for note perfect without any of the rasp you'd expect from an AC/DC cover, they might as well have made it a ballad, avoid.

THRASH AND BURN TOUR 2011 TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED!

Come this November, WINDS OF PLAGUE will be hitting the road with CHELSEA GRIN, AS BLOOD RUNS BLACK, FOR THE FALLEN DREAMS, UPON A BURNING BODY, IN THE MIDST OF LIONS, LIKE MOTHS TO FLAMES, and VOLUMES for "Thrash & Burn Tour 2011"! In regards to this upcoming trek, WINDS OF PLAGUE's Johnny Plague (vocals) comments: "We are very excited that our first US headlining tour in support of our new record 'Against The World' will carry the Thrash & Burn brand. In my opinion, this year's lineup is one of the heaviest lineups I've seen in a while. Each band will deliver their unique brand of crushing metal, and it will prove to be one hell of an evening for fans of heavy music. Our set will consist of an even balance of songs between our three records. We are pulling out all the stops for this tour--if you have seen us before, you've never seen us like how we will be on this tour."

Dates for the trek are below:

Nov. 10 - San Diego, CA @ Soma (no FOR THE FALLEN DREAMS)
Nov. 11 - Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades
Nov. 12 - Salt Lake City, UT @ [to be announced]
Nov. 13 - Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall
Nov. 15 - St Paul, MN @ Station 4
Nov. 16 - Joliet, IL @ Mojoes
Nov. 17 - Indianapolis, IN @ Emerson Theatre
Nov. 18 - Detroit, MI @ Harpos
Nov. 19 - Dayton, OH @ The Attic
Nov. 20 - Louisville, KY @ [to be announced]
Nov. 21 - Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
Nov. 22 - St Petersburg, FL @ The State Theatre
Nov. 23 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ TBA
Nov. 25 - Richmond, VA @ Kingdom
Nov. 26 - Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock
Nov. 27 - Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
Nov. 28 - New York, NY @ Gramercy Theatre
Nov. 29 - Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
Nov. 30 - Portland, ME @ [to be announced]
Dec. 01 - Clifton Park, NY @ Northern Lights (w/ HATEBREED) (WINDS OF PLAGUE, CHELSEA GRIN, AS BLOOD RUNS BLACK only)
Dec. 02 - Montreal, QC @ Tulipe
Dec. 03 - Toronto, ON @ Opera House
Dec. 04 - Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's
Dec. 05 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Altar Bar
Dec. 07 - St. Louis, MO @ [to be announced]
Dec. 08 - Tulsa, OK @ Marquee Theatre
Dec. 09 - San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
Dec. 10 - Dallas, TX @ Unsilent Night Fest
Dec. 11 - Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
Dec. 12 - Corpus Christi, TX @ House of Rock
Dec. 13 - Austin, TX @ Emo's East
Dec. 14 - El Paso, TX @ Tricky Falls

Alice Cooper/Welcome 2 My Nightmare review

Thirty six years after the release of the conservative rocker Alice Cooper's debut solo album "Welcome To My Nightmare" comes the sequel Welcome 2 My Nightmare. The album is chock full of the kind of diversity one comes to expect from the elderly madman, with contributions from Ke$ha, Buck Cherry, Desmond Child, John 5. Stand out tracks such as The Congregation (with back up vocals by horror schlocker Rob Zombie, I'll Bite Your Face Off and When Hell Comes Home (which feature O.G. Alice Cooper Band members) will make this album one of your favorites in no time. This album like classics just gets better with repeated play, so do yourself a favor and buy this now here @ Itunes.

ANTHRAX, TESTAMENT, DEATH ANGEL TO HIT THE ROAD WITH THIS FALL'S DON'T-MISS THRASHFEST EXTRAVAGANZA

Thrash titans Anthrax and Testament, who haven't toured together in more than a decade, are set to co-headline a U.S. tour beginning Friday, October 14 in Grand Rapids, MI (itinerary below). Anthrax will close all shows, and Death Angel will be main support for the entire tour. The coast-to-coast trek will figure to decimate more than two dozen cities over a five-week period, with both Anthrax and Death Angel debuting brand new material from their new albums, both set for summer/fall release; Testament's new album is set to be released in 2012. The Anthrax fan club presale begins today at www.anthraxarmy.com, and the public on-sale kicks off Friday, September 9 at 10AM local time. For more information or to purchase tickets, log onto http://anthrax.com http://www.testamentlegions.com/ or http://deathangel.us/



"We've been tight with the guys in Testament for a long, long time," said Anthrax's Charlie Benante. "so we're really looking forward to hanging out with them on the road. And all of us in Anthrax are big Death Angel fans, so this is going to be a monster of a good time - for all of us and for the fans. Plus, with the incredible success of The Big Four shows over the last year, we wanted to tour with some of the 'second wave' of thrash bands."



The tour will follow Anthrax's Big Four "hometown" appearance at Yankee Stadium on September 14, with Metallica, Slayer and Megadeth.



"We're excited to do this tour because Anthrax was actually the first band we ever toured with," adds Testament vocalist Chuck Billy. "It's an accomplishment 20 odd years later that we're going to do it again. The tour kick-off date is actually about five days difference from the kick off date of the first tour 20 years ago. The first time we performed with Anthrax, we only had a total of ten songs, so obviously now we have many songs to pick from so it will be very different. It's good to see that a lot of the faces in the bands are the same as back when we first did this original tour 20 years ago."