“Your Decision” is the new single off of the hugely successful album, Black Gives Way To Blue, which entered Billboard’s Top 200 Albums Chart at No. 5, with first-week sales exceeding 126,000 copies.

The band are currently in the middle of a European tour, and will be touring North America in the new year.

North American tour dates are as follows:

Dec. 11 Las Vegas, NV The Joint (KXTE radio show)
Dec. 12 Los Angeles, CA Gibson Amphitheatre (KROQ Acoustic Xmas)
Feb. 2 Vancouver, BC Orpheum Theatre
Feb. 4 Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre
Feb. 6 Salem, OR Salem Armory
Feb. 11 Oakland, CA Fox Theatre
Feb. 17 Phoenix, AZ Dodge Theatre
Feb. 19 Denver, CO Fillmore
Feb. 21 Kansas City, MO Midland
Feb. 22 St. Louis, MO Pageant
Feb. 23 Louisville, KY Louisville Palace
Feb. 25 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle
Feb. 27 Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues
Mar 1 Nashville, TN Municipal Auditorium
Mar 2 Charlotte, NC Fillmore
Mar 3 Washington, DC DAR Constitution Hall
Mar 5 Richmond, VA The National
Mar 6 Mashantucket, CT Foxwoods
Mar 8 New York, NY Terminal 5
Mar 12 Atlantic, City, NJ Borgata
Mar 13 Philadelphia, PA Tower Theatre
Mar 14 Boston, MA Orpheum
Mar 16 Montreal, QC Metropolis
Mar 17 Toronto, ONT Sound Academy
Mar 19 Detroit, MI Fillmore State Theatre
Mar 20 Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom
Mar 21 St. Paul, MN Roy Wilkens Auditorium

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GWAR’s “AMERICA MUST BE DESTROYED” DELUXE EDITION  WITH “TOUR DE SCUM” AND “PHALLUS IN WONDERLAND” OUT NOW!

You might think that servicing the needs of GWAR in this, the midst of their 25^th Anniversary Tour would be a full-time job. And it is! But for the artists of Slave Pit Inc., the production company that created and maintains GWAR lust for all things rubber, a constant slew of side-projects is business as usual. This holiday season sees the artists behind the most notorious band in metal history involved in a bevy of extra-curricular delights.

Besides portraying GWAR’s bellicose lead singer Oderus Urungus, Dave Brockie is a painter, writer and avid snowboarder…and has just released his own signature snowboard! When old buddy, huge GWAR fan, and ex-pro rider Ron Bureta got his own company going, the long-held idea of a Brockie snowboard finally became a reality.

Says Bureta, “Since “HELL-O!” I have been a huge GWAR fan, scaring the jocks in high school by singing lyrics from “Slutman City” out loud. During my Pro Snowboarder days, I always wanted to do a GWAR graphic but my sponsors thought that it wouldn’t be cool. Now that I own my own company I’m doing things my way. Teaming up with Dave Brockie for this project is a dream come true for me and is the next best thing to becoming a GWAR Slave.”

Check it out at http://oderus.com/timewasters/sined/index.html

Brockie’s behind the scenes look at the birth of GWAR, “GWAR, Me, and the Onrushing Grip of Death” has reached its 13^th episode at http://rvanews.com/sections/columns/gwar

Meanwhile, Brockie continues to churn out collectible art pieces for private collections worldwide. Check out his work at http://oderus.com/timewasters/artmoney/index.html

But Brockie isn’t alone in his fanatical zeal to create art and somehow make a living off of it. His Slave-Pit confederates Bob Gorman and Matt Maguire also have their bloody little fingers in a multitude of pies.

GORMAN’S TROLLS AS FEATURED IN SPIN MAGAZINE

Bob Gorman is one of GWAR’s lead slaves and portrays GWAR’s hapless killing creates t-shirt designs and logos, custom illustration, and paintings. He also designs and fabricates custom props and costumes for GWAR and other clients and manufactures and sells concrete “Garden Trolls”, as featured in the Nov. 2009 issue of Spin magazine. Finally, he designs and fabricates full custom bicycles. He can be reached at bobgorman.com or gwarofficial@myspace.com

MATT MCGUIRE’S “FRIENDS” THINK “BLOOD IS YUMMY”.

Slave-Pit artist Matt Maguire is one of the main figures on the Slave-Pit shop floor and GWAR’s live show. This talented artist, who plays GWAR’s mixed up Scumdog cohort Sawborg-Destructo, also builds lots of the props and costumes for used by GWAR, also designs many of the shirts and other graphic elements of GWAR’s assault on humanity, and also serves as GWAR’s stage manager. Yet somehow he finds time to produce all kinds of collectible art. He does custom drawings, paintings, and tattoo designs, and creates limited runs of a host of bizarre creatures, including the “Blood is Yummy”, and “Friends” figures. Matt and Bob Gorman collaborate on the slave-trade.net site, and he can be reached through mattmaguire.com or at slavetrade.net for graphics, tattoos, and costumes one of a kind art, and fabrication work. He has a line of t- shirts, stickers and limited runs of latex “friends”, figures .and small blood is yummy guys coming soon on  slavetrade.net. Bob Gorman and I will also have limited prints soon.

In other GWAR news the Scumdogs have unleashed upon the unwitting populace of North America a special collection of classics from the GWARchives. America Must Be Destroyed, GWAR’s 1992 opus, can now be purchased in a special edition digipak that’s also crammed with a DVD that includes the seminal GWAR films Tour De Scum and Phallus In Wonderland. Never before have they all been available in one package for you to get your clammy human hands on!

GWAR Tour w/ Job For A Cowboy, The Red Chord

11/18    Ventura, CA                   Majestic Ventura Theatre

11/19    Chico, CA                      Senator Theatre

11/20    Sparks, NV                    New Oasis

11/21    Magna, UT                    The Great Salt Air

11/23    Pomona, CA                   Glasshouse

11/24    San Francisco, CA          Regency Center

11/25    Bend, OR                       Midtown Music Hall

11/27    Portland, OR                  Roseland Theatre

11/28    Spokane, WA                 Knitting Factory

11/29    Seattle, WA                   The King Cat Theatre

11/30    Vancouver, BC               Commodore Ballroom

12/02    Edmonton, AB                Edmonton Events Centre

12/03    Calgary, AB                   MacEwan Hall Ballroom

12/04    Regina, SK                     Riddell Centre

12/05    Winnipeg, MB                The Garrick Centre

12/07    Chicago, IL                    House Of Blues

12/09    Charlotte, NC                 Tremont Music Hall

12/10    Washington, DC             9:30 Club

12/11    Clifton Park, NY             Northern Lights

12/12    Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory

12/13    New York, NY                Irving Plaza

[images: Adrenaline PR]

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The mighty Behemoth will once again be returning to North American soil in 2010! This is their first tour in the region since their massively successful summer with the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Fest. Following Mayhem, Behemoth’s Evangelion reached enormous heights, coming in at #56 on the Billboard Top 200, #61 on Canada’s Top 200, and three weeks straight at #1 in Poland before being certified gold in their home country.

The fans have spoken and Behemoth’s return to North America will be a triumphant conquest presented by Revolver Magazine in association with Affliction, ESP Guitars and with on-line media partners KillerTours.com and VampireFreaks.com. Supporting Behemoth on the Evangelia Amerika tour will be Septic Flesh from Greece and Shining from Sweden.

Tickets will go on sale beginning on November 20th with a November 19th pre-sale through Artist Arena here!

BEHEMOTH
Evangelia Amerika tour presented by Revolver
In association w/ Affliction and ESP Guitars
Tour w/ Septic Flesh, Shining
w/ specials guests TBA on select dates
01/07 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of the Living Arts
01/08 W. Springfield, VA Jaxx
01/09 Raleigh, NC Volume 11
01/10 Atlanta, GA Masquerade
01/11 Tampa, FL State Theatre
01/13 Austin, TX Emo’s
01/15 Tucson, AZ The Rock
01/16 Los Angeles, CA House of Blues
01/17 San Francisco, CA Slims
01/18 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theater
01/19 Seattle, WA El Corazon
01/21 Calgary, AB Republik
01/22 Edmonton, AB The Starlite Room
01/23 Regina, SK The District
01/24 Winnipeg, MB WECC
01/25 St. Paul, MN Station 4
01/26 Chicago, IL House of Blues
01/27 Cleveland, OH Peabody’s
01/28 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Smalls
01/30 New York, NY Gramercy Theatre

[image: Metal Blade]

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BE A PART OF THE SHADOWS FALL MERCH DESIGN CONTEST BROUGHT TO YOU BY ULTIMATE-GUITAR

Boston metallers SHADOWS FALL are pleased to announce their annual hometown holiday concert for December 26^th, 2009.  It will take place in Northampton, MA at Pearl Street.  Tickets are on sale now and you can purchase yours at :

http://www.nbotickets.com/default.asp?mode=artist&name=4922

SHADOWS FALL and Ultimate-Guitar.com are giving you a chance to design your own SHADOWS FALL merchandise item.  The guys have set up a few guidelines, read below:

“We’re giving our fans the opportunity to design a new Shadows Fall shirt. Check out the instructions for submitting your design below.

CONTEST STARTS NOW!
We’ve recently launched a merch design contest with Ultimate Guitar and want you to submit your designs for the next Shadows Fall shirt. We wanted to give everyone a chance to submit designs and we have extended the original deadlines.

Here are all the dates and details:

STEP 1: Create a new Shadows Fall design. Final files must be in 300 DPI or higher. Layered photo shop, illustrator, or corel files are best.

STEP 2: Place your design on one of our merch templates. The design needs to have the Shadows Fall logo. You can download the logo and shirt templates here: http://www.sendspace.com/file/c6dm6m. Please, do not send us the artwork file. Only use sendspace.com. All artwork files will be deleted and not entered into the contest!

STEP 3: Upload your file to www.sendspace.com

STEP 4: Email us the link to download your design at shadowsfallbandcontests@gmail.com BEFORE NOVEMBER 29, 2009.

Voting begins at Noon EST on December 2nd, 2009 and ends at Noon EST on December 9th, 2009. Winner will be announced on www.ultimate-guitar.com on 11 AM EST December. 10th, 2009.

We will go through all the submissions and pick our 5 favorite designs. Those designs will be posted on http://www.facebook.com/shadowsfall. Vote for your favorite design and the winner will actually become a real Shadows Fall merch design.

Grand Prize Winner:

2 pieces of the merch created, their myspace and facebook links on band’s page, and a Shadows Fall box set!

2 Runners Up:

Choice of 1 Shadows Fall t-shirt from merch store!

We can’t wait to see all the awesome ideas you guys have. Good luck!”

In more SHADOWS FALL news, the band has partnered up with Machinma.com and has created a video with the SHADOWS FALL song “Still I Rise” for the new video game Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.  Check out the video at: http://modernwarfare2.infinityward.com

DELUXE BOX SETS, LIMITED EDITION CD/DVD VERSION AND T-SHIRTS AVAILABLE HERE

[image: Adrenaline PR]

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The album features the single “Again” and was produced by Howard Benson (Voivod, Pretty Boy Floyd). On working with the band Benson said,

“For me, I like bands that have something they believe in, regardless of what it is, and the fact that they believe in something so strongly is fairly attractive to me”.

Guitarist Sameer beams about Memento Mori saying,

“We’ve grown a lot as musicians and songwriters…we’ve done a lot of growing up in the last few years, and I think a lot of that comes out in our songs and lyrics. A lot of real life experiences, honesty, and hope”.

Rhythm guitarist/backup vocalist Jared Hartmann was kind enough to answer a few questions for MetalMartyr.com about the band, the new album and performing for the troops in Afghanistan. Check it out below!

Metal Martyr: Hi, Jared! Thanks for taking the time to answer some questions. First, could you introduce yourself and the band? What does each member uniquely contribute to Flyleaf?

Jared: Flyleaf consists of Lacey, Pat, James, Sameer and myself(Jared) everyone contributes to the songwriting in their own unique way.  For me I mostly just write guitar parts and I also do the bands Twitter.  Lacey, Sameer and Pat are the main songwriters they come to the band with ideas, melodies, and full songs which we all contribute too. James is the backbone of all the songs and he can fix anything.

Metal Martyr: The band hosted several listening parties for the new album a couple months ago… how did those go?

Jared: The listening parties were alot of fun and we got to interact with the fans like we did when we were in a van.  The venues were all pretty small so we got to talk to most of the people that came which is hard to do when we play at bigger shows.

Metal Martyr: Do you have any cool stories from the road that you’d like to share?

Jared: We were playing in San Antonio a couple years ago and it was a sold out show.  The opening bands has all played and there had been thunderstorms off and on all day.  Well we had our guitars on and were walking to the stage when a lighting bolt hit right outside the venue.  I think I had just stepped on stage and all the power went out so the crowd booed and waited.  After 30 min the power wasn’t coming back so we took a couple acoustic guitars and Lacey sang acapella.  It was really cool because the crowd sang so loud we couldn’t hear what we were playing.

Metal Martyr: There has been some debate over whether to call Flyleaf a Christian band, how important is your faith in regards to your music?

Jared: Everyone in Flyleaf is a Christian and we can’t separate our faith from our lives so of course its going to come out in the music in some way.

Metal Martyr: Being a former U.S. soldier myself, I’d like to personally thank you for performing in Afghanistan for the troops over there. How was that experience?

Jared: Performing for the troops in Afghanistan was one of the most rewarding things I have ever done.  We were there for 2 weeks and got a little taste of how much they sacrifice for us so it made really proud and grateful for everyone in the military. Also they let us shoot alot cool guns including the second biggest one the army has the howitzer 777.

Metal Martyr: How is Memento Mori different from your self titled album?

Jared: I think the biggest difference between Momento Mori and the self titled album is that besides maturing alot I think its alot more personal.  Not only in the song content but in the art as well which Pat created for us.

Metal Martyr: What can we expect to see from Flyleaf in the future?

Jared: You can expect us to be touring alot next year and we will be traveling overseas as well.

Metal Martyr: Any last words for your current and soon-to-be fans?

Jared: I would like to thank everyone who has supported us over the years and we appreciate all your encouragement and hope to see you at a show soon.

Thanks Jared!

Check out a video recap of The Road to Memento Mori below, then watch their video for “Again” here!

Buy your copy of Memento Mori via Amazon now!

[images: Total Assault]

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The image seen above is cover of MUDVAYNE’S self-titled album due out on December 22, 2009 when seen under a black light.  The artwork was created exclusively by the “King of Rock Tattoos” Paul Booth.

The world renowned tattoo artist had the following to say about the concept and artwork:

“This project has been absolutely killer to work on! The whole black light concept was totally experimental and quite the challenge, so of course, as an artist, I was drawn to it like a moth to a bugzapper.  I am happy to see bands focusing more energy on their album art… something I thought the internet had killed. Hailz to MUDVAYNE and everyone at the label for going the extra mile!”

The guys from Mudvayne are just as excited about the artwork and packaging:

The album will be available in the following formats:

***1. Super Deluxe – “Limited Edition” run of only 1,000 copies which will be sold direct to the consumer from the band’s site. Pre-Order it at mudvayne.com starting next Tuesday 12.10.09 and receive the digital album 2 weeks before release!

It contains:
a. The deluxe version of the album
b. The album on glow-in-the-dark vinyl (also blacklight-reactive)
c. A 24 inch blacklight
d. A 24×24 poster designed by Paul Booth in blacklight reactive ink
e. An 8×8 blacklight reactive decal designed by Paul Booth

***2. Deluxe – “Limited Edition” first run of 100,000 copies. Pre-Order it at Mudvayne.com starting Tuesday 12.24.09 and receive the digital album 2 weeks before release!

It contains:
a. The album in jewel case
b. A LED, keychain-sized blacklight
c. Special blacklight reactive packaging designed by Paul Booth

***3. Vinyl
a. Glow-in-the-dark vinyl (also blacklight-reactive)
b. Blacklight-reactive art designed by Paul Booth

***4. Jewel Case
a. Blacklight-reactive art designed by Paul Booth

Now that you have seen what the album artwork looks like, Mudvayne wants to give the fans a chance to hear another track off of the forthcoming album. Mudvayne has teamed up with Noisecreep.com to debut the track “SCREAM WITH ME”. Head over to http://www.noisecreep.com starting Tuesday morning to listen to an exclusive stream of the song.

[image: Adrenaline PR]

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‘WITCH guitarist Scott Hedrick commented;

“We’re very pleased to be a part of the Blackened Music Series. Blackened is relatively new and has already put together some great shows. And we’re stoked to play with Black Anvil who we’ve heard great things about. See you in Brooklyn”

There’s a limited amount of tickets which can be purchased HERE.

This show falls the day after the band will wrap up two months of touring the US supporting CHILDREN OF BODOM, then THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER. The band will then head to Europe for a co-headlining tour with old friends TOXIC HOLOCAUST and GOATWHORE.

Dates after the jump.

The dates are:
11/4 Webster Underground – Hartford, CT*
11/5 Champion Ship- Lemoyne, PA (No BDM)
11/6 Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH*
11/7 The Intersection – Grand Rapids, MI*
11/8 Uncle Pleasants – Louisville, KY*
11/9 Belvedere’s- Pittsburgh, PA (No BDM)
11/10 Lost Horizon – Syracuse, NY*
11/11 Mohawk Place – Buffalo, NY*
11/12 The Chance – Poughkeepsie, NY*
11/13 The Kave – Bucksport, ME*
11/14 Union Pool- Brooklyn, NY (Blackened Music Series)
11/27 Doornroosje- Nijmegen , Netherlands#
11/28 Minus One- Gent , Belgium#
11/29 White Rabbit- Plymouth UK#
11/30 Ivory Blacks- Glasgow UK#
12/1 Coporation- Sheffield, UK#
12/2 Underworld- London, UK3
12/3 Eddies- Birmingham, UK##
12/5 Hard Rock Hell- Prestatyn Sands, UK#
12/8 Exhaus- Trier, Germany#
12/9 Hafenklang- Hamburg, Germany#
12/11 Cassiopeia- Berlin, Germany#
12/12 Eastclub- Bischofswerda, Germany#
12/13 Wagon- Wrcoclaw, Poland#
12/14 007- Prague, Czech Rep #
12/15 Feierwerk- München, Germany#
12/16 Soundcheck- Arcene (Bergamo), Italy#
12/17 Abart- Zürich, Switzerland#
12/18 Steinbruch Theatre- Darmstadt , Germany#
12/19 Turock- Essen, Germany#
*w/The Black Dahlia Murder, Toxic Holocaust, Trap Them
# w/ Goatwhore, Toxic Holocaust

SKELETONWITCH released “Breathing the Fire” via PROSTHETIC RECORDS on October 13. It debuted at number 151 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart and number 2 on the magazine’s “Heatseekers’ Chart.”

[image: Prosthetic Records]

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“Pat is an amazing artist. We’ve kinda assigned him to doing all the artwork on the record, videos, and for photo shoots.” He later exclaims, “The whole texture of woodcutting and the way it looks, it has a really beautiful feel to it.”

In the 4th webisode the band talks about the photo shoots for Memento Mori, as well as the album packaging (the scenery for which was also created by bassist Pat Seals). Vocalist Lacey describes the meaning behind the scenery:

“The scene comes out of a story about a King who won a battle and came home victorious, where a slave (me), traveled behind him saying, ‘Memento Mori’ (remember mortality).”

Later on in the clip Pat talks about brainstorming ideas for music videos.

“Sameer has actually been taking the reigns on brainstorming ideas with different directors we have….it kind of freed up some of the weight off the location and the theme of the video. It allowed for some of the creative aspects to come through us.”

Memento Mori arrives in-stores everywhere on 11/10.

The band is currently on tour with Paper Tongues throughout the fall. Dates are as follows:

Nov. 3rd in Seattle, WA @ Neumos Crystal Ball Reading Room
Nov. 4th in Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
Nov. 6th in Salt Lake City, UT @ Murray Theater
Nov. 7th in Boulder, CO @ Fox Theatre
Nov. 9th in Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater
Nov. 10th in Chicago, IL @ The Bottom Lounge
Nov. 11th in Pittsbug, PA @ Mr. Smalls Theatre
Nov. 13th in Toronto, ON @ Mod Club
Nov. 14th in Montreal, QB @ Cafe Campus
Nov. 17th in Boston, MA @ Middle East Club
Nov. 18th in New York, NY @ The Gramercy Theatre
Nov. 20th in Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
Nov. 21st in Philadelphia, PA @ TLA
Nov. 23rd in Atlanta, GA @ The Loft at Center Stage Arena
Dec. 18th in Detroit, MI @ Fillmore Detroit (89X FM’s “The Night 89X Stole Xmas 12)

[image: Total Assault]

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Tour dates:

(10/31-11/13 with Ice Nine Kills & Stray From The Path)
(12/11-12/19 with Amarna Reign)
10/31 Spartanburg, SC Ground Zero
11/1 Richmond, VA Alley Katz
11/3 Baltimore, MD Otto Bar
11/4 Vineland, NJ Hangar 84
11/5 Poughkeepsie, NY The Loft
11/6 Wilmington, DE Harmony Grange
11/7 Manheim, PA Warehouse 54
11/8 S Hackensack NJ School Of Rock
11/9 Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock
11/10 Rochester, NY Water Street Music Hall
11/11 Charleroi, PA Club Octane
11/12 Dayton, OH The Attic Club
11/13 Toledo, OH Frankie’s Inner City
12/11 Bloomington, IN Rhino’s Youth Center
12/12 Franklin, IN The Gear
12/14 Fairdale, KY Bulldog Café
12/15 Lansing, MI Mac’s Bar
12/16 Grand Rapids, MI Mix Tape
12/18 Ft Wayne, IN Sunsett Hall
12/19 Indianapolis, IN Emerson Theatre

[source: Warm Fuzzy PR]

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SHADOW GALLERY

Lead guitarist and bassist Gary Wehrkamp had the following to say about the release of Digital Ghosts,

“This is a day we have been looking forward to and I know we are not alone in saying that. Coming off the tragedies of last year, we forged ahead determined to give our very best in every way we could. Recording is a labor of love, and we really enjoyed completing this record. The band is thrilled to present our sixth release to our patient friends in America.”

After the tragic passing of lead singer Mike Baker in October 2008, Digital Ghosts introduces new lead singer Brian Ashland and not only sees the entire band once again sharing additional vocal duties but also features guest vocal appearances by Ralf Scheepers (Primal Fear) and Clay Barton (Suspyre) to compliment the release. With Digital Ghosts, SHADOW GALLERY’s members Brendt Allman, Carl Cadden-James, Gary Wehrkamp, new addition Brian Ashland and returning drummer Joe Nevolo (who appears on two songs of the record) have focused their powerful energies on creating a seamless blend of progressive, metal, and symphonic rock as a transcendent work of musical art that advances the boundaries of these genres into new directions.

[image: Adrenaline PR]

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