GOOD FIGHT MUSIC are pleased to be the new North American label home for the classic IN FLAMES catalog, starting with The Jester Race through Soundtrack To Your Escape. These titles, which until now have been unavailable in the marketplace, will be back on music retailer's shelves and available at digital stores (e.g. iTunes) starting on Monday, November 22nd, 2010. This new venture will once again reunite the band with the team that released and marketed their biggest commercial success in the United States - Come Clarity. It was GOOD FIGHT's current team at the helm of FERRET MUSIC when Come Clarity was released in 2006. The album became a benchmark in their career and further cemented the band's lofty place in the ranks of heavy metal's elite.
IN FLAMES have cemented their iconic status as one of the preeminent heavy metal bands throughout the world. They pioneered a signature sound that forged extreme metal with melody and powerful hooks. Their prolific writing and continual global touring has amassed countless fans and worldwide album sales of over 2.5 million. Starting Monday, November 22nd, just in time for the holiday rush, the North American metal community can once again lay claim to their all time favorite IN FLAMES albums:
The Jester Race
Whoracle
Colony
Clayman
Reroute to Remain
Soundtrack to Your Escape
Used and Abused….In Live We Trust (double disc DVD)
Reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT will embark on another North American headlining tour in Apri/May 2011. Support on the trek will come from Swedish metallers SABATON.
The dates are as follows:
Apr. 09 - Orlando, FL - The Club at Firestone Apr. 10 - Ft Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room Apr. 13 - West Springfield, VA - Jaxx Apr. 14 - Philadelphia, PA - The Trocadero Apr. 16 - New York, NY - Best Buy Theatre (w/ OVERKILL headlining) Apr. 17 - Montreal, QC - Club Soda Apr. 18 - Quebec City, QC - Imperial De Quebec Apr. 20 - Toronto, ON - Mod Club Apr. 21 - Detroit, MI - Blondie's Apr. 22 - Chicago, IL - Bottoms Lounge Apr. 24 - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theatre Apr. 26 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon Apr. 27 - Portland, OR - Peter's Room Apr. 28 - San Francisco, CA - The Grand Ballroom at the Regency Apr. 30 - San Diego, CA - House Of Blues May 01 - Santa Ana, CA - Galaxy Theatre May 02 - Ventura, CA - Ventura Theatre May 04 - Salt Lake City, UT - Club Vegas May 06 - Odessa, TX - Dos Amigos May 07 - Houston, TX - Scout Bar
"Blood Of The Nations", the new album from ACCEPT, sold around 2,900 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 187 on The Billboard 200 chart.
Released in North America on September 14 via Nuclear Blast Records, "Blood Of The Nations" was recorded at Backstage Studio in Derbyshire, England with acclaimed British producer and SABBAT guitarist Andy Sneap (MEGADETH, EXODUS, ARCH ENEMY, MASTERPLAN). The CD marks the recording debut of the band's latest addition, vocalist Mark Tornillo (ex-TT QUICK).
After debuting their new lineup to a sold-out audience in New York this past May and then traveling to Europe to devastate the masses with shows in 16 different countries in 80 days (including two shows opening for AC/DC), ACCEPT returned to tour the U.S. for the first time in 14 years on a co-headlining tour with KING'S X. ACCEPT's first show kicked off the eleventh annual ProgPower USA festival in Atlanta.
ACCEPT 2010 is:
Wolf Hoffmann: Guitar Peter Baltes: Bass Herman Frank: Guitar Mark Tornillo: Vocals Stefan Schwarzmann: Drums
"Uprising", the new video from SABATON, was filmed in Warsaw, Poland and is described as "a powerful and emotional tribute to those who lost their lives in the Warsaw uprising in 1944." The clip features an appearance by Swedish actor Peter Stormare ("Prison Break", "8MM", 'Fargo') as SS-Obergruppenführer von dem Bach and was directed by Jacek Raginis (who is related to decorated WWII hero Wladyslav Raginis).
"Uprising" comes off SABATON's fifth album, "Coat Of Arms", which sold around 450 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 124 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.
"Coat Of Arms" was released in Europe on May 21 via Nuclear Blast Records. The band's headlining tour, dubbed the "World War Tour", will kick off on August 27 and will consist of over 60 shows in more than 20 countries. The final concert will take place on December 11, after which SABATON "will regroup, rearm and prepare for yet another strike in 2011."
Kataklysm will team up with All Shall Perish, Decrepit Birth, Conducting From The Grave, and Abysmal Dawn for an early-2011 tour of North America. Confirmed dates are as follows:
2/24 Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's 2/25 Chicago, IL @ Reggie's Rock Club 2/26 Detroit, MI @ Harpo's 2/27 St. Paul, MN @ Station 4 2/28 Winnipeg, MB @ Park Theatre 3/02 Edmonton, AB @ Starlite 3/03 Kelowna, BC @ Lake City Bowl 3/04 Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre 3/05 Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven 3/06 Portland, OR @ Branx 3/07 San Francisco, CA @ Slim's (no Abysmal Dawn) 3/08 Hollywood, CA @ The Whisky 3/09 San Diego, CA @ Soma 3/10 Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad 3/11 Amarillo, TX @ El Cien 3/12 Ft. Worth, TX @ Ridglea Theatre 3/13 San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit 3/15 St. Petersburg, FL @ State Theater 3/16 Raleigh, NC @ Volume 11 3/17 Springfield, VA @ Jaxx 3/18 Columbus, OH @ Alrosa Villa 3/19 Niagara Falls, NY @ Evening Star Music Hall 3/20 Montreal, QC @ Club Soda
Metallica has said in the past how they love watching YouTube videos. Well, now guitarist Kirk Hammett gets to have his own YouTube embarrassing moment. During their show in Sydney, Australia this past Thursday (November 11), Hammett kicked a large black balloon (which the band drops a ton of from the roof at the end of each show) and by accident knocked a kid standing on the side of the stage to the ground. Sadly for Hammett (and lucky for the rest of us), video of the incident has already made its way online.
You can watch the video above (the incident starts around the twenty second mark). You have to feel bad for Hammett in this instance because you know he’s going to get shit for something he never meant to do. Hell, why was there a kid on the side of the stage (lucky bastard)? But the fact that it happened while the band was performing “Seek And Destroy” makes the unfortunate incident even funnier.
Guess Kerry King was finally tired of missing out on all the cool “Big Four Jams,” because the Slayer guitarist made the last night of the Jagermeister Music Tour (also featuring Megadeth and Anthrax) very special. King joined Megadeth onstage during their set in Los Angeles last night (October 21) and performed the song “Rattlehead” with them. Lucky for the rest of us who couldn’t be there in person, footage of the performance can be seen above.
This marks the first time in 26 years that King performed “Rattlehead” with Megadeth. For those of you who don’t recall, King was actually the second guitarist during Megadeth’s very first shows. However, his time in the band was very short lived and lasted only a few shows in February of 1984. You can check out unearthed footage of King performing with Megadeth back in 1984 below. As metal history nerd myself, it’s pretty surreal to see Mustaine and King performing next to each other in both videos. This could probably only be topped by seeing Mustaine performing “The Four Horsemen” with Metallica. It’s a long shot, but hell, the recent “Big Four Tour” made a lot of unlikely things possible.
(New York, NY) — DARKEST HOUR will heading over to Europe this winter and they couldn't be more excited to get back across the pond. "Put on your winter jacket and get ready for endless nights of good times, because were headed back to Europe. We're bringing the legacy tour overseas - playing songs from our entire catalog. We fell in love with Europe in 2000 and have enjoyed touring there for an entire decade. Playing from squats to arenas and everywhere in between, we’ve made some of our closest friends and have had some of the best times or our lives. Experiencing all forms of cultures and enjoying the beautiful diversity of the European continent has always been a joy for the entire band. Since our European bros are true purists I am sure they will enjoy the set we have cooked up for them." says guitarist Mike Schleibaum.
Coming along for the ride will be PROTEST THE HERO, BORN OF OSIRIS and PURIFIED IN BLOOD. Ticket info can be found at http://www.darkesthour.cc
DARKEST HOUR have been busy working on their upcoming full length with Peter Wichers (SOILWORK) for their debut eOne Music release due out early next year. For more information on DARKEST HOUR and their experience in the studio with Peter, visit http://www.darkesthour.cc for updates over the next few months.
In the meantime, they’ll be celebrating their 15 year anniversary as a band by touring the US on the “Legacy Tour” with VEIL OF MAYA, PERIPHERY and REVOCATION.
Capital Chaos, founded & created by Zoran Theodorovic was originally created as music video television show to be aired on public access in Sacramento, California. Our first show aired May of 1998 and still runs weekly to this day. In the middle of 2005 Mr Theodorovic invited Clint A. & William P. to participate in the show and a Youtube channel and a website were created. At some point in 2006 Clint went on his way leaving William & Zoran to soldier on, which they did together until January 2012 where William was let go due to irreconcilable differences. Capital Chaos currently enjoys the company of Amb Pirate and Kevin Champ. A new Youtube Channel was created & the website switched to Facebook(because let's face it everybody is on Facebook all the time now and who wants to go to some silly website and miss out on very important Facebook stuff. LOL!!!) and Capital Chaos continues on.
