On January 9th, 2009, 36 Crazyfists filmed their very first live DVD in their hometown of Anchorage, Alaska. The effort, aptly titled Underneath A Northern Sky was directed by good friend Todd Bell, who joined the band for a weeks worth of revisiting old stomping grounds, listening to stories of the formation of the band and all the antics that come along with a band who is in their 15th year and counting.

The DVD will include footage of the very first 36 Crazyfists show as well as countless other rare scenes of globetrotting by a band from Alaska who has defied the odds of coming from a place of obscurity to touring and playing major festivals around the world. Along with the live show, ridiculous backstage antics and band member interviews, all the bands videos are also present on the DVD.

This amazing DVD is available for pre-order now in an exclusive bundle that includes a 36 Crazyfists t-shirt and the DVD for a low price.  You can pre-order it by clicking here!

Look for Underneath A Northern Sky to hit stores October 27, 2009!

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Alice in Chains performed their song “Check My Brain” from their new album Black Gives Way to Blue on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night. If you missed it, check it out below!

Don’t forget to enter the Alice in Chains guitar giveaway when you finish watching the video. One lucky fan will receive a G&L Rampage Jerry Cantrell Signature model guitar signed by the band! Just click the banner below to enter!

Evergreen Terrace have just premiered their new video for “Sending Signals”. The band’s new album Almost Home is now available via Metal Blade Records. The group recently finished a tour with Emmure are gearing up for a headlining tour from Texas to Florida including some West Coast and Midwest dates. The tour will include support from For The Fallen Dreams, Asking Alexandria and Unholy. Dates after the jump!

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The Kings of the Sunset Strip, Steel Panther, have just released the most anticipated album of all time, Feel The Steel, on iTunes. The band has just returned from a string of raunchy shows in the UK and are now back home and ready to kidnap your girlfriend! On Rocktober 5th the band will be performing at a special red carpet event at the Key Club in Los Angeles to celebrate the release of Feel the Steel. The album hits store shelves everywhere 10/6!

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Hot off the heels of their latest chart topping release Retribution, SHADOWS FALL is currently tearing across the US with FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, OTEP AND 2 CENTS. In celebration of the current tour and new CD, SHADOWS FALL singer Brian Fair has come up with a contest for all the fans attending their current tour.  Brian had the following to say about the contest:

“I wanted to let everyone know that for the rest of the tour I will be using my Twitter and Facebook account for daily giveaways for each show of this tour.  Each show day at 3PM local time I will be posting instructions or a code word.  By following the instructions or using the code word some lucky fans that are attending that night’s show get FREE STUFF.  The quantities will be extremely limited so make sure you check out the posts, then get to the show early and get yourself some free stuff!!  Can’t wait to see you at the show.”

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Thanks to Alison @ Screamstress for pointing this out to me:

Fangoria has posted news that Corey Taylor (Slipknot/Stone Sour) will be appearing on Loveline tonight to discuss the upcoming Fangoria Trinity of Terrors. Corey will be talking with Dr. Drew Pinsky and Stryker from 10pm to 12am PST, which may run at different times locally. If you want to listen online and uncensored, check it out here!

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To celebrate today’s release of Black Gives Way To Blue, Metal Martyr has teamed up with Alice in Chains and Total Assault to give one fan a chance to win a brand new guitar. Not just any guitar, of course, but a G&L Rampage Jerry Cantrell Signature model signed by the band!

Entering is simple, just click on the banner at the top of this post, enter your birthday in the form near the bottom of the page then enter your name and email address, and you’re in!

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Taiwanese metallers CHTHONIC just kicked off their United States tour in support of their new album Mirror of Retribution.  The tour features Satyricon, Bleeding Through and Toxic Holocaust and runs through October 27^th in Montreal, Quebec.

Bassist Doris Yeh comments:

“After 2 years, we finally have our new album Mirror of Retribution out on Spinefarm Records, and this is our second North American tour. We’re very excited to see the fans here, and we just met the members of Bleeding Through, they’re very nice people, but including the members of the band and staff, there will be a total 15 people on the bus!! Whew! That will be a huge family on the bus! This tour will be an awesome one, and the fans will kill themselves if they miss the show!!!!!!!!!!!!”

Kill themselves? Really, Doris?

CHTHONIC is touring to support their latest release, Mirror of Retribution, which is in stores now on Spinefarm Records.  After years of controversy surrounding how to classify CHTHONIC, the band has clearly asserted themselves on Mirror of Retribution. There is no proper label for the type of dark, melodic, extremely heavy sound the band conveys on their latest release. This sound conveys the deep sadness and despair from old Eastern mythos as well as the unforgivable wrath from the history that Taiwan has experienced.

Full tour dates after the jump.

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Washington DC’s own DARKEST HOUR have posted a brand-new webisode, documenting the band on the 2009 edition of the “Summer Slaughter Tour”  The tour webisode is available NOW on the band’s YouTube page, www.youtube.com/darkesthourdudes or you can view it below.

DARKEST HOUR recently kicked off a fall tour with Trivium, Dirge Within, and Whitechapel. The complete list of tour dates is below. Visit DARKEST HOUR’s revamped MySpace for tour updates at http://www.myspace.com/darkesthour.

Drummer Ryan Parrish had the following to say about their current tour:

“We are totally stoked to be reaching new fans with our style of melodic death metal.  The bands on this tour have definitely turned it up a notch, and this is a tour not to be missed.  Come bang your heads with the real metal dudes!”

DARKEST HOUR ON TOUR WITH TRIVIUM, WHITECHAPEL, AND DIRGE WITHIN

9/28-Chico, CA @ The Senator Theater

9/29-Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst

10/1-Pomona, CA @ Glasshouse

10/2-Ventura, CA @ Ventura Theater

10/3-Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues

10/5-Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom

10/6-Austin, TX @ Emo’s

10/7-Corpus Christi, TX @ Concrete Street Amphitheater

10/9-Charleston, SC @ Music Farm

10/10-Fayetteville, NC @ Jesters Pub

10/11 Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel

10/12 Richmond, VA @ The National

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Metal Blade Records is very proud to announce that death metal act The Black Dahlia Murder have cracked the top 50 in Billboard’s Top 200 chart coming in at #43 with the release of Deflorate. The album dropped on September 15th in North American and sold over 12,000 units in just its first week of release making it the band’s strongest first week to date.

Check out their new music video for the track “Necropolis” shot by Majesty DVD director Robbie Tassaro at Garden Bowl in Detroit, Michigan here:

In addition to hitting the #43 position in Billboard’s Top 200 charts, The Black Dahlia Murder came in at #5 on Billboard’s Top Independent Albums chart, #4 on Billboard’s Top Hard Music Albums chart, and #50 on HITS Top 50 Albums chart. The carnage doesn’t stop here though as The Black Dahlia Murder’s Deflorate also landed on Canada’s Billboard Charts coming in at #52 in the Top 200 chart, #3 in the Top Independent Albums chart, and #6 in the Top Hard Music Albums chart.