Bloodshot Dawn Announce New Album Guests

UK melodic extreme metallers Bloodshot Dawn have announced some of the guests that are set to appear on their second album which is set to be recorded this summer. Sven De Caluwé from Belgian death metal band Aborted will be weighing in with vocals, Swedish guitar maestro Per Nilsson of Scar Symmetry and Wintersun’s Teemu Mäntysaari will also be adding pieces to the forthcoming album.

The band announced recently that album number two would be a crowd-funded project that will launch on 16th April. Bloodshot Dawn have since then started releasing a series of videos on the build up to the launch offering sneak previews of the new album content including artwork, music, etc.

Crowd-Funding Project Announced & First Glimpse Of New Drummer Janne Jalmona

Artwork Sneak Preview & Guitar Ideas

Album Guests Announced & Bass Ideas

Catch Bloodshot Dawn this summer at Underwall Festival, Croatia and Bloodstock Festival, UK. The band are also touring Japan November 2014 with Krisiun & Gorguts.

Bloodshot Dawn ‘Vision’ – Official Music Video

www.facebook.com/bloodshotdawn

Buffalo Summer to open the ‘Lords of the Riff vol.1’ tour

One of the UK’s finest up n’ coming rock bands Buffalo Summer have been confirmed to open the ‘Lords of the Riff vol.1’ tour with Monster Truck and Scorpion Child.

The dates, which are sponsored by Metal Hammer and Classic Rock magazines, will also take Buffalo Summer into France, Austria and Switzerland before they join The Graveltones on tour in Germany.

Taking a break from the studio, where they’re working on pre-production of their 2nd album, the Welsh rockers latest tour announcement follows an extensive run of tour dates in the past/coming months across the UK and Europe; including guest slots supporting Skid Row, Buckcherry, The Cadillac Three and Slam Cartel, as well as inclusion at Planet Rock Radio’s ROCKSTOCK Revisited.

Buffalo Summer’s debut album is out now on Cargo Records.

‘Down To The River’ music video

Buffalo Summer 2014 tour dates8th March – EVI Institute, Ebbw Vale Wales (headline show)

21st March – O2 Academy, Oxford England (w/ Slam Cartel)28th March – Planet Rock Radio presents ‘Rockstock Revisited’ – Guildhall, Gloucester

Lords of The Riff vol.1 tour w/ Monster Truck & Scorpion Child

16th March – Exchange, Bristol England
18th March – Arts Centre, Colchester England
20th March – O2 Academy 3, Birmingham England
21st March – Corporation, Sheffield England
22nd March – King Tuts, Glasgow Scotland
23rd March – O2 Academy 2, Newcastle England
25th March – Rock City, Nottingham England
26th March – Underworld, London England
27th March – Roadhouse, Manchester England
29th March – Fleche D’Or, Paris France (w/ Scorpion Child only)
31st March – Chelsea, Vienna Austria (w/ Scorpion Child only)
1st April – Kinski, Zurich Switzerland (w/ Scorpion Child only)

The Graveltones – Germany tour 

3rd April – Strom, Munich

4th April – Goldmarks, Stuttgart

5th April – Alte Hackerei, Karlsruhe

7th April – Noch Besser Keben, Leipzig

9th April – Tante Anna, Saarbrücken

10th April – Pitcher, Düsseldorf

11th April – Hansa Club, Braunschweig

12th April – Heardbreak Hotel, Bremen

13th April – Bielefeld, Forum

14th April – Nachtleben, Frankfurt

16th April – Austerclub, Berlin

17th April – Rosis Bar, Dresden

18th April – White Trash, Berlin

19th April – Markthalle (Tattoo Convention) Hamburg

20th April – Markthalle (Tattoo Convention) Hamburg

21st April – Schüttorf (tba)

w/ Skid Row & Buckcherry:

17th June – Razzmatazz, Barcelona Spain

18th June – Shokolive, Madrid Spain

19th June – Sanata 27, Bilbao Spain

22nd June – Kulturfabrik Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

Buffalo Summer are:
Vocals – Andrew Hunt

Guitar – Jonny Williams

Bass – Darren King

Drums – Gareth Hunt

Official website – www.buffalosummer.net
Facebook – www.facebook.com/buffalosummer
Twitter – www.twitter.com/BuffaloSummerUK

 

KYNG ANNOUNCE TOUR DATES WITH KILL DEVIL HILL

 Southern California rock trio KYNG announce tour dates with co-headliner Kill Devil Hill and supporting act Crobot. The tour kicks off April 28 in Atlanta, GA. The band is currently on the road with Lacuna Coil and supporting acts Eve to Adam and Nothing More.KYNG is touring in support of their new studio album Burn The Serum out on April 15th through Razor & Tie. The album was produced by Andrew Alekel (Foo Fighters, No Doubt, Queens of The Stone Age, Clutch) and James A. Rota (Sound City, Fireball Ministry) and was recorded at Grandmaster Recorders LTD and Sword & Shield in Hollywood, CA as well as at Studio 606 in Northridge, CA. Pre-orders are available now at iTunes HERE and the Merch pre-order is HERE.

Listen to “Electric Halo,”

Listen to “Burn The Serum”

On their second full-length album and first for Razor & Tie, the band harks back to the essence of heavy rock ‘n’ roll, forging thunderous percussion to lightning hot riffs driven by a divine vocal howl. At the same time, they keep their eyes wide open towards the future. KYNG find grandiosity in simplicity. The Los Angeles outfit may only boast three members-Eddie Veliz [vocals/guitar], Pepe Clarke [drums], and Tony Castaneda [bass/backup vocals]—but their collective roar could easily tip the Southern California Richter Scale.

Formed in 2008, KYNG broke out of the City of Angels in 2011 with the group’s independent debut Trampled Sun. The album landed shining critical acclaim for its “California Heavy” sound merging the metallic meanderings of Soundgarden and Queens of the Stone Age with the timeless scope of Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin. They hit the road with everybody from The Sword and Clutch to Trivium and Megadeth-even being picked to play at Metallica’s first-ever Orion Music + More festival. Loudwire raved, “a hard hitting fusion of rocking goodness,” and Ultimate-Guitar added, “if they keep churning out records as good as Trampled Sun, they will be mentioned right up there with Mastodon and the like.”

Pre-Order Burn The Serum At iTunes

Burn The Serum To Be Released On April 15th On Razor & Tie

KYNG Tour Dates
w/Lacuna Coil, Eve to Adam, Nothing More
Tues/ Mar 25 | Boise, ID | Knitting Factory
Thurs/ Mar 27 | Cheyenne, WY | Atlas Theatre
Fri/ Mar 28 | Colorado Springs, CO | The Black Sheep
Sat/ Mar 29 | Farmington, NM | Top Deck
Sun/ Mar 30 | Tempe, AZ | Marquee Theatre
Tues/ Apr 1 | West Hollywood, CA | Roxy Theatre
Wed/ Apr 2 | Tucson, AZ | Rialto Theatre
Thurs/ Apr 3 | Albuquerque, NM | Sunshine Theater
Fri/ Apr 4 | Abilene, TX | The Lucky Mule
Sat/ Apr 5 | San Antonio, TX | Malls of America
Sun/ Apr 6 | Corpus Christi, TX |Brewster Street Ice House
Tues/ Apr 8 | Little Rock, AR | Juanita’s
Wed/ Apr 9 | Shreveport, LA | Strange Brew
Fri/Apr 11 | Pensacola, FL | Vinyl Music Hall
Sat/ Apr 12 | Orlando, FL | Earthday Birthday*
Wed/ Apr 16 | Flint, MI | The Machine Shop
Thurs/ Apr 17 | Libertyville, IL | Austin’s
Fri/ Apr 18 | Spring Lake Park, MN | POV’s
Sat/ Apr 19 | Madison, WI | Majestic Theatre
Mon/ Apr 21 | Pittsburgh, PA | Rex Theater
Tues/ Apr 22 | Syracuse, NY | Westcott Theater
Wed/ Apr 23 | Baltimore, MD | Rams Head Live!
Thurs/ Apr 24 | Pittsburgh, PA | Rex Theater
Sat/ Apr 26 | Ft. Meyers, FL | FORT ROCK*
Sun/ Apr 27 | Jacksonville, FL | WELCOME TO ROCKVILLE* w/Kill Devil Hill and Crobot
Mon/ Apr 28 | Atlanta, GA | The Masquerade
Tues/ Apr 29 | Wilmington, NC | Ziggys By The Sea
Fri/May 2 | Virginia Beach, VA | Farm Bureau Live*
Sat/ May 3 | Concord, NC | CAROLINA REBELLION*
Tues/ May 6 | New York, NY | Marlin Room @ Webster Hall
Wed/ May 7 | West Springfield, VA | Empire
Thurs/ May 8 | Lancaster, PA | Chameleon Club
Sat/ May 10 | Bangor, ME | Rise Above This Fest
Sun/ May 11 | Worcester, MA | Upstairs @ The Palladium
Thurs/ May 15 | Flint, MI | The Machine Shop
Fri/ May 16 | Columbus, OH | ROCK ON THE RANGE*
Sat/ May 17 | Nashville, TN | Cannery Ballroom
Wed/ May 21 | St. Louis, MO | The Firebird
Fri/ May 23 | Pyor, OK | ROCKLAHOMA*
Sat/ May 24 | RIVER CITY ROCKFEST*
Mon/ May 26 | Joliet | Mojoes
*Festival
KYNG LINKS
www.kyngband.com/
www.facebook.com/KyngRocks
twitter.com/Kyngband 

 

FOR TODAY RELEASE NEW VIDEO FOR “BREAK THE CYCLE”

For Today have released a new music video for “Break The Cycle”
The video was directed by Frankie Nasso (Asking Alexander, Escape The Fate, Emmure) and is the second music video from their new studio album Fight The Silence. The album was produced by Will Putney (Winds of Plague, Suicide Silence).For Today has been announced as one of the first five acts confirmed for the 2014 Van’s Warped Tour and will perform on the entire nationwide run from June 14th through August 3rd. For Today is currently on tour in Australia until the end of April.

New Studio Album – Fight the Silence – Out Now At iTunes Store

 

Lamb Of God’s Randy Blythe indicted on manslaughter

Czech news site Novinky.cz,  have said the State Attorney in Prague, Czech Republic has officially indicted Lamb Of God singer Randy Blythe on the manslaughter charge,relating to the death of a fan at a Lamb of God concert in Prague two years ago,this means that the court will now has three months to set a date for the  trial or send the case for further investigation.

we will keep you posted on all further developments as they happen.

 

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Lamb of God Confirmed as Bloodstock 2013 Headliners

Lamb of God have been announced to headline 2013 Bloodstock festival.

They will be making their only UK festival appearance of 2013 at the UK’s top metal festival, and will be joined by fellow new additions Dark Funeral and Amorphis.

They all join previously announced headliner King Diamond, plus thrash icons Anthrax, German heavy metal legends Accept, Greek power metallers Firewind and WWE Star Chris Jericho’s US heavy metal band Fozzy.

Bloodstock 2013 takes place from August 8-11 at Catton Hall, Derby, with many more bands yet to be announced. Head to www.bloodstock.uk.com and grab your tickets immediately, alright? Alright.

 

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download announce 6 more bands to 2013 line up.

6 more names have been added to the already amazing Download 2013 lineup! Motörhead, Queens Of The Stone Age, Alice In Chains, HIM, The Gaslight Anthem and 30 Seconds To Mars have all joined the bill. They will be performing at the festival with  headliners Slipknot, Iron Maiden and Rammstein.

Download 2013 takes place at Donington Park from June 14-16 2013. Weekend with camping tickets are on sale now from www.downloadfestival.co.uk. You know you’re in on this.

Download RIP ticket packages are on sale now and can be purchased via www.livenationexperience.co.uk or by phoning 0207 009 3484.

Stay tuned to http://www.thebitemagazine.com/ for more announcements.

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Silent Leges Inter Arma releases debut album

 

German black metallers SILENT LEGES INTER ARMA releases their debut full-length album via Eisenwald today! This self-titled album comes in Deluxe Digipack with booklet, executed with black cartone/paper and fine gold ink.

 

Formed in 2007 and having released one EP via Deviant Records in 2009, this self-titled album is the band’s long-brewing debut full-length. Offering eight tracks of varied and contemporary black/death metal packed in a powerful yet sonically natural production. The band represents once more their own unconsumed, ambitious, and honest way of “modern European black metal”!

 

“Silent leges inter arma” was a quote from the Roman politician and philosopher Cicero. Roughly translated, it means “Under the weapons the laws keep silent.”

 

Tracklist:

1. We Are

2. Falcon-Headed One

3. I Will Hunt You Down

4. Beyond The Light

5. Shades

6. For The Dead

7. Wings

8. In Shadows Again

 

Buy here: http://www.eisenton.de/shop/

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RAVEN LORD have signed a two-album deal with Mausoleum Records

Multinational metallers RAVEN LORD have signed a two-album deal with Mausoleum Records. The group’s debut album, “Descent to the Underworld“, is scheduled for a release January 25, 2013 in Europe and February 12, 2013 in North America.

The complete track listing for the CD is as follows:

01. The rebel, 02. Attila the Hun, 03. Let the show go on, 04. Seal of the cross, 05. Settle the score, 06. Promised Land, 07. Black Friar, 08. World out of steel, 09. Revelation, 10. Metal Knights, 11. Sun God

 

The CD was mixed by acclaimed Swedish producer Fredrik Nordström (AT THE GATES, ARCH ENEMY, NIGHTRAGE, IN FLAMES, DREAM EVIL, OPETH) and mastered by US mastering engineer Maor Appelbaum (SEPULTURA, HALFORD, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, ANGRA, DOKKEN). The cover artwork for the effort (see below) was made by Caio Caldas “CadiesArt“, who has previously worked with DORO, PAUL D’IANNO, SEVEN KINGDOMS, DOMINANZ and VIOLET SUN, among others.

 

The brand new song “Black Friar“, can be streamed below:

http://soundcloud.com/rockngrowl/raven-lord-black-friar

 

RAVEN LORD are:

Csaba Zvekan (KILLING MACHINE, SARDONYX, EMERGENCY) – Vocals

Joe Stump (HOLYHELL, REIGN OF TERROR) – Lead Guitar

George Karafotis (VERMILLION DAYS, OPERATION X) – Guitar

Jamie Mallender (TONY MARTIN) – Bass

Lawrence “Larry” Paterson (BLAZE BALEY, STUKA SQUADRON) – Drums

[to be announced] – Keyboards

 

 

 

Details of live dates, including some high-profile shows for the Summer 2013, are expected to be announced soon.

 www.facebook.com/ravenlordmusic

www.raven-lord.com

www.myspace.com/raven-lord

www.youtube.com/user/ravenlordmusic/videos

 

 

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Subversion Interview at UK Tech Fest

Chaz: Vocals

Kai: Vocals/Guitar

Spenser: Vocals

 

So the story of Subversion, how did it all begin?

Chaz:   “This is a long story, before 2008, Kai recorded some songs and put them on the internet, and a friend of ours called J said that he should start a band. J and Kai started together, with Steve Fowler on bass.  Ant came in on drums, and Spenser on vocals and I joined after the original keyboardist left. We recruited drummers, got Steve Cross on drums, who is “Lars Ulrich’s younger brother”, they look identical. When Steve left, we got Rich, and ages before that actually, J left on guitar and we found Sean. That’s pretty much what happened, we started playing gigs in 2010, so practiced for two years before playing live.”

So describe your sound to the people unaware of your existence?

Kai:     “We like to mix the really heavy and the really melodic”

 Spens:” It’s all about dynamic, if you listen to our first album, it doesn’t follow any    genre, what we’re trying to do for the next one is a lot more technical. If anything, were technical, melodic with a mix of new-wave metal”

As musicians, who/what are your biggest influences?

Kai:     “Soundtracks”

Chaz:   “Yeah, big soundscapes and film scores. Bandwise, bands like Meshuggah and Threat Signals, Kai is a massive fan of both of these bands, that’s how he started writing music, through them. But of course we can go back to old school metalcore bands like Atreyu”

 Kai:     “It’s quite a vast list to be honest with you, we could go on”

So I over heard that you guys haven’t played for 9 months, care to shed any light on this?

Kai:     “We had a slip up with woman troubles, not mentioning who, but everyone started hating each other and we all got in fights over it, we didn’t want to do it anymore. Then after a while we started missing each other and here we are”

 So what’s next after Tech Fest?

Chaz:   “Well, this is something we’ve been discussing, whether to do an EP, or straight in with a new album, we’re not sure yet”

 Finally, if you guys could tour with 5 bands, who would they be?

Chaz:   “So let’s have one each, and two joint decisions”

Kai:     “The one I’ll choose we’ve already played with, Tesseract”

Spens:  “Mnemic, I love them”

Chaz:   “Think mine would be System of a Down, be a dream to play with those guys. Now two together, Periphery, be great to play with those guys and Threat Signal. All are in arms reach, except SOAD, will never happen”

 

By Ryan Spearman

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