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DEATH BY STEREO BUMP UP ALBUM RELEASE
Serjical Strike Records
Serjical Strike Records have announced Death Is My Only Friend the upcoming full length by Death By Stereo will be released on July 7th. This will be a week sooner than the original release date announced. According to the label, whose President is Serj Tankian (System Of A Down) the record will have a new national distributor in ADA and it was more beneficial to everyone to move the release date up a week.
The band is currently on a national tour with Strung Out and press coverage is confirmed for Outburn, Revolver, Alt Press and more. Death Is My Only Friend is the band's first album in four years. This work finds Death by Stereo¹s sound venturing into uncharted musical waters. "We cover all ends of the musical spectrum with this album." Guitarist Dan Palmer explains, "There are songs with blast beats and songs with no guitars at all." Diverse and melodic this is the band that Decibel said wrote "hardcore songs you could
actually remember" and Outburn praised for "biting down on personal emotions and social issues through some heavy and dramatic music." More info and music can be found at www.myspace.com/deathbystereo.
News Article Posted: June 14, 2009
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CLASSIC, OH MAN, JUST CLASSIC
10 For $10 Hardcore Tour
Legendary 90’s metal-core outfit Disembodied have been announced as special guests at the St Paul Minnesota stop at Station 4 of the $10 For 10 Hardcore Tour. The reunited band recently took part in shows in Chicago and California. Speaking on the $10 For 10
appearance bassist Tara said “This is a good show for us as it will give us the opportunity to play for a bunch of new kids who may have never heard us before. It also will give us another opportunity to play with Poison The Well who we have done many shows with in the past.” Also nostalgic is the fact that Disembodied where one of the first artists to release music on Ferret Music, who are one of the tour’s main sponsors. For more info on the tour head to http://www.myspace.com/10for10tour
News Article Posted: June 14, 2009
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10 FOR $10 HARDCORE TOUR ANNOUNCED!
10 For $10 Hardcore Tour
HEADLINED BY POISON THE WELL, MADBALL, VISION OF DISORDER & BANE
APPEARANCES BY TERROR, CRIME IN STEREO, VISION, WAR OF AGES, DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR, TRAPPED UNDER ICE, THE GHOST INSIDE, THE MONGOLOIDS, THIS IS HELL, AND MORE
IndieMerchStore.com is bringing back the hardcore matinee! Amid economy woes, rising show costs and the dilution of hardcore packages, they will present the 10 For $10 summer tour. Ten quality bands for ten dollars, headlined by Poison The Well, who will be performing on every date, and on separate legs of the tour headline spots from Madball, Bane and Vision Of Disorder. Also appearing will be established bands with rabid followings such as Terror, Death Before Dishonor, War Of Ages, Crime In Stereo, Trapped Under Ice, The Mongoloids, The Ghost Inside, This Is Hell and Vision. Speaking on the creation of the tour booking guru Tim Borror of The Agency Group said, “This tour is important because hardcore music is a lifestyle and has been an inspiration to the people who get involved and know what the movement and music is all about. In the last few years the crowds have been a bit smaller than what they should be and we hope an idea like this where kids are getting an opportunity to check out a lot of bands for cheap will inspire some new kids to come out, get involved and become a part of this scene to help it grow.”
Echoing the sentiment Freddy Cricien of Madball said, “This 10 for 10 tour concept is way overdue in my opinion. I'm glad and thankful, that the people involved, stepped up to actually make something like this happen! Our genre (Hardcore) in the states, is in a "strange" place right now. There is somewhat of a lack of appreciation for this "sub-culture". A lot of people want to say they know certain bands, or are affiliated with this underground scene,etc,etc... Because it gives them some credibility, it sounds cool! Well, this is everyones chance to re-introduce themselves, and actually get involved with a very unique and authentic genre/movement. It's also a chance for all of us, the bands, to show our stuff as well!”
Poison The Well's guitarist, Ryan Primack, says, "This tour is really exciting to us as it shows some massive diversity that occurs in the hardcore scene. I think it’s really amazing that Tim put this group of bands together. Some of bands on this tour have really shaped the good things that are happening in hardcore right now. Without some of the bands on this tour I doubt we would even be a band. Were honored and privileged to be sharing the stage with them." Poison The Well's new album, The Tropic Rot, will be released via Ferret Music July 7th.
10 for $10 has been made possible by these companies: Facedown Records, Century Media Records, Pitchfork Hardwear, Bridge Nine Records, Peta2, Black N Blue Productions, Hollywood Music TV, Ferret Music, The Agency Group, and all the bands taking the stage!
Date City Venue
7.09 Philadelphia, PA The Trocadero
7.10 New York, NY Terminal 5
7.11 Baltimore, MD Sonar
7.12 Jacksonville, NC Hooligans
7.13 Knoxville, TN Valarium
7.14 Louisville, KY Headliners Music Hall
7.15 Atlanta, GA Masquerade
7.16 New Orleans, LA The Hanger
7.17 Houston, TX Java Jazz
7.18 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit
7.19 Dallas, TX The Max
7.21 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theater
7.22 Pomona, CA Glasshouse
7.23 San Francisco, CA The Grand Ballroom
7.24 Los Angeles, CA House Of Blues
7.25 Chico, CA Senator Theater
7.26 Seattle, WA King Cat Theater
7.28 Edmonton, AB Starlite
7.29 Calgary, AB Warehouse
7.31 St. Paul, MN Station 4
8.01 Kansas City, MO Midland Theater
8.02 Denver, CO Gothic Theater
8.04 Chicago, IL Metro
8.05 Grand Rapids, MI Intersection
8.07 Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights
8.08 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
8.09 Worcester, MA Palladium
8.10 Montreal, QC Fou Founes
8.11 Toronto, ON Opera House
8.12 Detroit, MI The Majestic
8.13 Cleveland, OH Peabody’s
8.14 Buffalo, NY Xtreme Wheels
News Article Posted: May 18, 2009
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VEIL OF MAYA MEMBER CHANGE
Sumerian Records
VEIL OF MAYA is gearing up for their co-headline tour (THE CRUSH EM' ALL TOUR) with AFTER THE BURIAL, ABACABB and FELL SILENT. If you haven't yet, be sure to check out all the dates on the bands Myspace pages to make sure you do not miss this amazing line up performing in your town!
The band also has some important news for you all… VOM's original bass player, Kris "The Higler", has decided to part ways with the band. Kris decided to part ways to pursue other things going on in his life. There are no hard feelings between them what so ever as the band wishes him all the best to whatever he pursues next in life.
So who takes his place you ask….? Ex- BORN OF OSIRIS Guitar player and long time best friend… Matthew Pantelis takes the position as the new full time bass player in the band. Here's what Matt has to say about joining VEIL OF MAYA… "As far as any of you are concerned... I used to be in a band with (Vocalist) Brandon for some time that used to jam along side with Veil around Chicago. So when I found out that Kris split, I was enthralled to help out my buddies! Bass is sick and being with good friends of mine all the time is even more amazing. But the best part is making the change up permanent. Upon all that being said, the next album released by us will mask you. Come say hi at THE CRUSH EM ALL TOUR, and Marc, Sam, Brandon and I will teach everyone how to say Veil of Maya!"
News Article Posted: Jan 26, 2009
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IMPENDING NEW MATERIAL!
Facedown Records
Facedown Records’ Impending Doom are gearing up for the release of The Serpent Servant, out March 31st, by retooling their myspace. Today the band posted the title track from the upcoming album on their myspace. “We’ve broken down the musical boundaries for this album” Guitarist Manny Contreras said, “We’re just playing what we love and bringing together several different genres while staying true to who we are as a band.” Impending Doom has also launched a new myspace layout themed with the new album, designed by PhillM at Sons of Nero.
The band is currently out on the road in anticipation of the new record with Unearth, Emmure, and Born of Osiris. They’ll take off again in February with Bleeding Through, The Acacia Strain, and As Blood Runs Black. To listen to the new song, check out the new layout, or get information on the upcoming album and tour dates, check out: http://www.myspace.com/impending.
News Article Posted: Jan 22, 2009
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THE FACELESS TOUR AND PRESS!
Sumerian Records
The Faceless who will be on tour with Meshuggah and Cynic in February have been banned from playing the Anaheim House of Blues date, which is the first show. The kick off date to take place February 1st will continue without The Faceless who will join the tour on February 2nd. The Disney owned venue, must approve of all bands playing and The Faceless were not approved for undisclosed reasons. Austrian death metallers, Belphegor were also recently not approved by Disney to play the Anaheim House of Blues. Though that venue is against The Faceless playing, many fans and media outlets have been giving big thumbs up to the band who released their sophomore full-length Planetary Duality recently. Press quotes galore are below and the album debuted at #119 on the Billboard Top 200 chart! The band’s guitarist Michael Keene, who also produced the new record, just wrapped up an appearance at the NAMM convention last week.
“Necrophaging tech death that should have Cynics seeing the light at the end of the tunnel and Atheists hailing their new gods” – Revolver
“SoCal’s technical death metal prodigy club” – Decibel 8/10
“An unbelievably intricate blend of death metal, grind, and progtastic displays of instrumental skill… …This shit is the future, you can either get with it or go home” – Metal Edge
8.5/10 “Now this is technical/progressive death metal with flair, uniqueness, and accessibility.” – Blabbermouth
4/5 “It could easily be argued that the sweeping prog riffery and obtuse song structures on display here aren't all that removed from the likes of Opeth, Cynic or hell, even Dream Theater. But through a well balanced combination of vocoder, piano, melodic vocals and more, the group have skillfully combined a wholly impressive display of colorful genre tinges and depth with an intimidating amount of brutish aural punishment.” – thePRP
8/10 “Planetary Duality is an impressive new take on a genre that has been done so many times before in a much less inspired fashion.” – Lambgoat
“The Faceless just might be the heaviest fucking progressive rock band of all time.” - #2 Album of the year, Axl, Metalsucks
“The Faceless have delivered an album that stands as one of this years stellar tech death releases.” Teeth of the Divine
News Article Posted: Jan 20, 2009
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THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA ARE ROAD WARRIORS
Ferret Music
The Devil Wears Prada has announced a massive amount of dates for 09. The band has confirmed they will be one of the headlining mainstage acts at the Cornerstone Festival in Marietta, IL this fourth of July. This is the band’s first appearance in three years at the festival. Also announced is the band’s appearance on the main stage of Warped Tour this entire summer.
The Dayton, OH based band is currently in the studio recording their new album with co-producer Joey Sturgis to be released this spring. Following recording the band will embark on a headlining run with A Day To Remember, Sky Eats Airplane and Emarosa. (dates below)
ALL DATES W/ A DAY TO REMEMBER, SKY EATS AIRPLANE, AND EMAROSA UNLESS OTHERWISE MARKED
Date City Venue With
02/20 Toledo, OH Centre Stage TBD
03/14 Plano, TX Plano Center Tour Package
03/15 Memphis, TN New Daisy Theatre Tour Package
03/17 Little Rock, AR The Village Tour Package
03/18 Houston, TX Java Jazz Tour Package
03/19 Austin, TX Emo’s SXSW
03/21 San Antonio, TX The White Rabbit Tour Package
03/22 New Orleans, LA House of Blues Tour Package
03/23 St Petersburg, FL State Theater Tour Package
03/24 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Culture Room Tour Package
03/25 Orlando, FL House of Blues Tour Package
03/26 Charlotte, NC Tremont Music Hall Tour Package
03/27 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade Tour Package
03/28 Richmond, VA The National Tour Package
03/29 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live! Tour Package
03/31 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero Tour Package
04/01 New York, NY The Fillmore Tour Package
04/02 New York, NY The Fillmore Tour Package
04/03 Worchester, MA The Palladium Tour Package
04/04 Montreal, QC Club Soda Tour Package
04/05 Toronto, ON Phoenix Concert Theatre Tour Package
04/06 Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights Tour Package
04/07 Buffalo, NY The Town Ballroom Tour Package
04/08 Cleveland, OH House of Blues Tour Package
04/09 Pontiac, MI Clutch Cargo’s Tour Package
04/10 Chicago, IL House of Blues Tour Package
04/11 St. Paul, MN Station 4 Tour Package
04/12 Des Moines, IA People’s Court Tour Package
04/14 Englewood, CO Gothic Theatre Tour Package
04/15 Salt Lake City, UT Salt Air Tour Package
04/16 Spokane, WA Service Station Tour Package
04/17 Seattle, WA El Corazon Tour Package
04/18 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre Tour Package
04/19 Orangevale, CA Club Retrot Tour Package
04/21 San Francisco, CA Slim’s Tour Package
04/22 Los Angeles, CA Henry Fonda Theatre Tour Package
04/23 Pomona, CA The Glass House Tour Package
04/24 San Diego, CA Soma Tour Package
04/25 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre Tour Package
04/26 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theatre Tour Package
04/27 Tulsa, OK Cain’s Ballroom Tour Package
04/28 Oklahoma City, OK Diamond Ballroom Tour Package
04/30 Nashville, TN Rocketown Tour Package
05/01 Cincinnati, OH Bogarts Tour Package
06/19 North Lawrence, OH ALIVE 09 / Clays Park Festival
06/26 Pomona, CA Warped Tour
06/27 San Francisco, CA Warped Tour
06/28 Ventura, CA Warped Tour
06/30 Phoenix, AZ Warped Tour
07/01 Las Cruces, NM Warped Tour
07/02 San Antonio, TX Warped Tour
07/03 Houston, TX Warped Tour
07/04 Marietta, IL Cornerstone
07/05 Dallas, TX Warped Tour
07/07 Indianapolis, IN Warped Tour
07/08 Cleveland, OH Warped Tour
07/10 Toronto, ON Warped Tour
07/11 Montreal, QUE Warped Tour
07/12 Hartford, CT Warped Tour
07/14 Washington DC Warped Tour
07/15 Buffalo, NY Warped Tour
07/16 Scranton, PA Warped Tour
07/17 Camden, NJ Warped Tour
07/18 Uniondale, NY Warped Tour
07/19 Oceanport, NJ Warped Tour
07/21 Boston, MA Warped Tour
07/22 Virginia Beach, VA Warped Tour
07/23 Charlotte, NC Warped Tour
07/24 Orlando, FL Warped Tour
07/25 Miami, FL Warped Tour
07/26 Tampa, FL Warped Tour
07/28 Atlanta, GA Warped Tour
07/29 Cincinnatti, OH Warped Tour
07/30 Milwaukee, WI Warped Tour
07/31 Detroit, MI Warped Tour
08/01 Chicago, IL Warped Tour
08/02 Minneapolis, MN Warped Tour
08/03 St Louis, MI Warped Tour
08/04 Kansas City MO Warped Tour
08/07 Boise, ID Warped Tour
08/08 Salt Lake City, UT Warped Tour
08/09 Denver, CO Warped Tour
08/12 Calgary, ALB Warped Tour
08/14 Vancouver, BC Warped Tour
08/15 Seattle, WA Warped Tour
08/16 Portland, OR Warped Tour
News Article Posted: Jan 14, 2009
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FERRET SIGNS HELLMOUTH!
Ferret Records
Ferret Music has announced the signing of Michigan’s Hellmouth. With nods to bands like Celtic Frost, Black Flag, Venom, Black Sabbath and Disfear, Hellmouth is drawing from its members' past while carving its own disgusting sound. Hellmouth's grim reality could only have been spawned from the likes of Detroit. With the worst economy in the country, corrupt politicians and Ted Nugent, it's no wonder the members band’s music turned out this raw and punishing. The band have sold out of their nine song demo released earlier this year and are currently writing for their Ferret debut to be released later this year. Speaking on the signing Alex from the band said “Ferret's a mature label that can really help us out with publicity, shows and most importantly getting our music heard by as many people as possible. On the flipside, I think our diligence as a band will in turn help ferret by pushing Hellmouth into the public as much as possible. and most importantly by recording a fucking evil monster of an album.” http://www.myspace.com/666hellmouth
News Article Posted: Aug 25, 2008
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HASTE THE DAY RELEASE NEW SONG ON ITUNES!
Solid State Records
Solid State Records’ Haste the Day has announced that on September 9th they will release their first single, “Madman” via I-Tunes. The song is from their forthcoming album Dreamer, which is due out October 14th. Singer Stephen Keech commented, “The entire album is about the fall of man and humanity’s imperfections. The song ‘Madman’ plays off of that. It’s about a man who is stuck in a jail cell because he’s been ratted out by his accomplice and how he goes nuts, writing on the walls and trying to deal with the guilt and feeling of betrayal.”
A video clip has been posted on the band’s YouTube site in promotion of the single that can be viewed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usoldk_3tDg. For album updates, additional tour dates and more, check out http://www.myspace.com/hastetheday.
News Article Posted: Aug 25, 2008
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THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA SIGNS WITH FERRET MUSIC
Ferret Records
The Devil Wears Prada have announced their signing to Ferret Music today. The band shared the good news from the stage while playing their first set on Warped Tour in Pomona, CA. The band will appear on Warped Tour for the rest of the summer. Speaking on the signing Jeremy DePoyster (guitar/vocals) of the band said “It’s the best situation we could ask for. Ferret is run like an independent label where you know everyone there and work with them but they have the resources of a major label. We’ve also become really good friends with Carl (Severson of Ferret) and everyone there really believes in what we are doing. It helps when the people you work with and who work for you are just as stoked on your music as you are.” Carl Severson of Ferret echoed the sentiment by saying “The band and I met over a year a ago and just clicked. It was the right vibe, reminiscent of the kinship I've felt with some of the long time ferret artists.”
The Devil Wears Prada have been riding high over the last couple of years with their newest album Plagues scanning over 65,000 in the U.S. and their first album Dear Love… at over 50,000 copies. Multi page features have run recently in Alternative Press, Revolver and Metal Edge among other places. Most recently the band composed of DePoyster, Daniel Williams (drums), Mike Hranica (vocals), Chris Rubey (guitar), Andy Trick (bass) and James Baney (keys) have returned from a headlining run of the UK and a slot of the prestigious Download Festival. They plan to begin recording a new album at the end of the year for a 2009 release.
News Article Posted: June 04 , 2007
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