New England Metal & Hardcore Festival Sampler + Flyaway Contest

It's that time of year again when the metal community starts to gear up for the annual New England Metal & Hardcore Festival, taking place April 20^th - 22^nd in Worcester, MA.  This year f.y.e. & 'stache media have teamed up with MassConcerts to create the 2012 New England Metal & Hardcore FestivalCD sampler, featuring some of the bands playing this year's festival + more!

There is a contest running where one winner and a guest will receive a three-day pass to the festival, roundtrip airfare, and hotel accommodations. For details and official contest rules visit www.metalandhardcorefestival.com/Contest

The New England Metal & Hardcore Festival CD sampler is available at your local participating f.y.e. store (while supplies last).  Get the sampler for FREE when you purchase a $9.99 CD in stores from the featured bands below.

New England Metal & Hardcore Festival 2012 Sampler Tracklisting:

1. The Black Dahlia Murder - "Moonlight Equilibrium" (featured on Ritual)
2. Skeletonwitch - "Reduced To The Failure Of Prayer" (featured on Forever Abomination)
3. For Today - "Devastator" (featured on Breaker)
4. Vanna - "Black Bones" (featured on And They Came Baring Bones)
5. Fit For An Autopsy - "The Juggernaut" (featured on The Process of Human Extermination)
6. Chelsea Grin - "The Foolish One" (featured on My Damnation)
7. Within The Ruins - "Versus" (featured on Invade)
8. Attila - "Payback" (featured on Outlawed)
9. Counterparts - "Jumping Ship" (featured on The Current Will Carry Us)
10. Gideon - "Virtue" (featured on Costs)
11. Christian Mistress - "Haunted Hunted" (featured on Possession)
12. Dr. Acula - "Party 2.0" (featured on Slander)
13. Wretched - "My Carrion" (featured on Beyond The Gate)
14. Emmure - "Solar Flare Homicide" (featured on Speaker Of the Dead)
15. Carnifex - "Until I Feel Nothing" (featured on Until I Feel Nothing)
16. Close Your Eyes - "Valleys" (featured on Empty Hands and Heavy Hearts)

* Bonus track included from Break Thru Artist: Imagine the Escape - "Reclamation" (featured on What Once Existed EP)

Nile To Tour With The Black Dahlia Murder In The U.S.A.!

The reigning kings of technical, historically-themed brutality, NILE, are proud to announce they are heading back out on tour. Currently the band are still in the studio working on their upcoming release with Neil Kernon again producing. “We are all looking forward to our newest release and are planning worldwide touring in 2012 / 2013,” stated the band.  

The tour starts with two NILE headline shows in Pittsburgh – Altar Bar and Cleveland – Peabody’s.  NILE will then join as main support on Detroit, Michigan's melodic death metal outfit THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER tour. Additional support on this package to come from SKELETONWITCH and HOUR OF PENANCE. Those dates will kick off on March 24 in Grand Rapids, Michigan at The Intersection and wrap on April 20 in Worcester, Massachusetts at the New England Metal & Hardcore Festival.

The dates are as follows:
Mar. 22 – Pittsburgh, PA – Altar Bar** NILE only
Mar. 23 – Cleveland, OH – Peabody’s** NILE only

THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, NILE, SKELETONWITCH, HOUR OF PENANCE
Mar. 24 - Grand Rapids, MI - The Intersection
Mar. 25 - Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Club
Mar. 26 - Minneapolis, MN - Station 4
Mar. 27 - Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge
Mar. 28 – Lawrence, KS – Granada ** NILE only
Mar. 29 - Denver, CO - Marquis Theatre
Mar. 30 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex
Apr. 02 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon
Apr. 03 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theater
Apr. 04 - San Francisco, CA - Slims
Apr. 05 – West Hollywood, CA - House of Blues
Apr. 06 - Phoenix, AZ - Nile Theater
Apr. 07 - Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater
Apr. 09 - Dallas, TX - Prophet Bar
Apr. 10 - San Antonio, TX - White Rabbit
Apr. 11 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
Apr. 13 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
Apr. 15 – Detroit, MI - Blondies ** NILE only
Apr. 17 - Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live
Apr. 18 - Philadelphia, PA - Theater of the Living Arts
Apr. 19 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza
Apr. 20 - Worcester, MA - New England Metal & Hardcore Fest at The Palladium

 NILE have made the video clip for the song “Permitting the Noble Dead to Descend to the Underworld” available for streaming at the following location http://goo.gl/UYGi . The track come off the bands the latest release Those Whom the Gods Detest and was directed by Juan “Punchy” Gonzalez.

NILE’s latest state-of-the-death-metal-art release Those Whom the Gods Detest, was produced and mixed by Neil Kernon (NEVERMORE, CANNIBAL CORPSE, QUEENSRYCHE). Along with a stellar drum recording job by Erik Rutan (CANNIBAL CORPSE, VITAL REMAINS, GOATWHORE), Those Whom the Gods Detest features the bands strongest production and perhaps their best material to date!

For more info visit: www.NILE-CATACOMBS.net | www.myspace.com/NILECATACOMBS | www.facebook.com/nilecatacombs

The Black Dahlia Murder Announce Their First 2012 Headline Tour

Detroit Michigan's melodic death metal outfit THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER will be hitting the road this March marking the band's first headline run of 2012. Joining THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER will be Nile, Skeletonwitch, and Hour of Penance. The tour kicks off on March 24 in Grand Rapids, MI at The Intersection and wraps up on April 20 in Worcester Mass at the New England Metal &amp Hardcore festival.

Tickets for the upcoming tour will go on sale starting this Saturday, January 21.

THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER w/ Nile, Skeletonwitch, &amp Hour of Penance
03/24 Grand Rapids, MI The Intersection
03/25 Milwaukee, WI Eagles Club
03/26 Minneapolis, MN Station 4
03/27 Chicago, IL Bottom Lounge
03/29 Denver, CO Marquis Theatre
03/30 Salt Lake City, UT The Complex
03/31 Las Vegas, NV ** Extreme Thing ** buy tickets HERE
04/02 Seattle, WA El Corazon
04/03 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theater
04/04 San Francisco, CA Slims
04/05 Los Angeles, CA House of Blues
04/06 Phoenix, AZ Nile Theater
04/07 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theater
04/09 Dallas, TX Prophet Bar
04/10 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit
04/11 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
04/13 Atlanta, GA Masquerade
04/14 TBA TBA
04/15 Toledo, OH ** Jamboree Festival ** buy tickets HERE
04/17 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live
04/18 Philadelphia, PA Theater of the Living Arts
04/19 New York, NY Irving Plaza
04/20 Worcester, MA New England Metal & Hardcore Fest @ The Palladium – buy tickets HERE
**BDM only

Ritual is a collection of 12 tracks that see the band staying true to their sound and style while progressing in both writing and musicianship. Guitarist Ryan Knight has delivered truly searing leads that will without a doubt daze and lay waste the ears of both loyal Black Dahlia diehards and burgeoning fans alike. Music for Ritual was recorded in early 2011 in Detroit, MI with Mark Lewis (Deicide, All That Remains, Whitechapel) and the band producing with vocals and mixing taking place at Orlando, Florida based studio, Audio Hammer with Jason Suecof (BDM, Beneath the Massacre, Job for a Cowboy, All That Remains).

In its first week of release Ritual landed at the #29 spot on the Billboard Top 200, #6 on the Billboard Top Independent Album, #4 on the Billboard Top Hard Music Albums and #9 on the Billboard Rock Albums Chart. The record entered the UK's Rock & Metal Chart at #20 and #38 in the Indie Chart making Ritual the band's strongest first week release in the UK. In Germany, Ritual entered the German Media Control "Newcomer" charts at #15 and is in the official Media Market charts at #93. In addition, Ritual came in at #32 on Canada's Top 200 Chart, #5 on the Independent Charts and #4 on the Hard Charts.

"surprisingly dynamic…impressive…a creative rebirth for this talented band." Decibel Magazine

"an inexhaustible bout of melodic death metal that juggles more influences than most bands can name and balances effortlessly somewhere between Pantera, Suffocation, and Darkane." Revolver Magazine

"hands down one of the most vicious slabs of metal we'll get this year." MetalSucks.net

"epic power throughout…a real statement" 4.5/5 stars, Alternative Press Magazine

Keep up to date with The Black Dahlia Murder at the following locations:
http://www.metalblade.com/bdm/
http://www.facebook.com/theblackdahliamurderofficial
http://www.twitter.com/bdmmetal
http://www.youtube.com/blackdahliamurdertv
http://www.myspace.com/blackdahliamurder

Skeletonwitch Live Footage From CMJ Showcase Posted

Skeletonwitch were one of the headliners of the annual MetalSucks/MetalInjection/1000Knives which rocked Club Europa in Brooklyn, NY on Friday, October 21st.

 

Today, quality video footage of the band performing three songs (Upon Wings of Black, Submit To The Suffering, Crushed Beyond Dust) can be viewed at  this location.

Additional footage from the showcase of Kvelertak, Barn Burner, Turbid North and Battlecross can be seen here.



Kvelertak: U.S. Tour To Commence Next Week!

Norwegian blackened punk metal enigmas KVELERTAK are set to kick off a short string of long-anticipated U.S. shows next week with co headliners Skeletonwitch! The tour will commence on October 19 in Atlanta and steamroll its way through nine more cities. Zoroaster will also join in the festivities as direct support. See full itinerary below.

KVELERTAK - U.S. Tour 2011

10/19/2011 The Early - Atlanta, GA w/Skeletonwitch, Zoroaster
10/20/2011 Tremont Music Hall - Charlotte, NC w/Skeletonwitch, Zoroaster
10/21/2011 Europa - Brooklyn, NY w/Skeletonwitch
10/22/2011 Rocks Off Cruise - New York, NY w/Skeletonwitch
10/23/2011 Johnny Brenda's - Philadelphia, PA w/Skeletonwitch, Zoroaster
10/24/2011 The Summit - Columbus, OH w/Zoroaster
10/25/2011 Peabody's - Cleveland, OH w/Skeletonwitch, Zoroaster
10/26/2011 The Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL w/Skeletonwitch, Zoroaster, Gaza
10/27/2011 The Pyramid Schene - Grand Rapids, MI w/Skeletonwitch, Zoroaster
10/28/2011 Belvedere's - Pittsburgh, PA w/Skeletonwitch, Zoroaster

To purchase advance tickets, go to THIS LOCATION.

 

In related news, the band recently unleashed a new video for "Blodtørst." Check it out HERE.

  

KVELERTAK released a limited-edition, deluxe CD/DVD re-issue of their genre-defying self-titled debut via Prosthetic Records late last month in North America. The package includes four live audio tracks, two demos, three music videos, five live videos, documentaries, extended artwork, a poster and more. Produced by Kurt Ballou and mixed by Alan Douches with artwork by John Baizley and guest appearances by Hoest (Taake), Andreas Tylden (JR Ewing, Altaar), Ivar Nikolaisen (Silver), and Ryan McKenney (Trap Them), Kvelertak was certified Gold in Norway and one of 2010's most acclaimed underground releases. The new deluxe version is limited to 5,000 copies worldwide. .

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"KVELERTAK lives up to expectations, and is one of those CDs you can put on repeat and enjoy all day long." -- About.com 

 

"The sheer number of great songs on here is the most stunning part about it. Nothing even approaches filler." -- Blabbermouth

"Rock ‘n’ roll, metal, and punk all collide to form an absolutely raucous first album that’s loud, confrontational, largely indecipherable, and most of all, huge, huge fun." -- Popmatters

"Kvelertak the album abounds with such richness, openness, joy and hedonism. It somehow captures an entire history in its 49 minutes. It is timeless and multitudinous, but so urgent and immediate that it could not have existed in any other instant except this one." -- Long Island Press

"...the erudite and unstoppable three-axe riff barrage and leather razor strop vocals of Erlend Hjelvik make this a release that will fire up the polemics machine." -- Hellbound

“the best Norwegian band since A-Ha,” -- Kerrang! Magazine

.."an absolute monster of a record..." -- Blistering

 

"This simply rules." -- Exclaim

"...this record is the vinyl that's spun at the height of hedonism, these songs blast of blasphemy made flesh where the chemical-spiked Jager (don’t try that at home) flows as freely as water while the record spins at maximum volume for maximum impact." -- Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles

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