“What’s good dwellers of the Lazarus legion?!? Giving you a quick update from the road on our last-second venture with Ensiferum and Blackguard. Shit has been pretty awesome thus far. We left late Friday night, after the guys went and saw Job for a Cowboy, Gwar, and LoG in our hometown, the show was pretty fucking sick, headed off to Allentown, PA where the infamous Croc Rock pizza awaited…it wasn’t so hot haha! We really had no idea what to expect as this tour as it’s a little bit different genre-wise. It’s been hit or miss, but for the most part I think it’s getting through. Hopefully Peter and Alexi can get into the country asap so Hypocrisy can start tearing it up every night as well! The second night we played at Volume 11 in Raleigh, NC…and we have a little history there. As our previous three visits we laid a goose egg on merch every time, this time through, we finally got some good merch sales and had some very generous friends smoke us out, which meant our perception of Volume 11 did a huge 180! We grilled out that night with the guys from Blackguard (totally awesome brothers and an amazing band, definitely check them out!) shared a bottle of Jay-mo and woke to the sound of angry businessmen telling us to move our vehicle from their parking lot. We obviously denied the mess of beer cans strewn about the outside of the bus haha, but hey, I didn’t know anything about that!! After Atlanta we drove straight to Jacksonville, FL where some friends of ours reside, just dodging Ida on the way, very lucky there, our bus and trailer don’t mix with tropical storms. Our show was cancelled in Ft. Lauderdale which totally blew cuz we all were really looking forward to heading to the beach down south. SO, we made up for it and spent the day at Universal Studios, and needless to say, it was fucking awesome. Most of us had never been there before and it’s easily one of the most fun parks I’ve ever been to. It was a pretty cloudy day so NOBODY was there; we went on everything multiple times through. We shared some drinks and lunch at the Hard Rock (we saw Dime’s Crown Royal Guitar and Vinnie’s full Pearl set used at the show where Dime was shot, pretty intense shit). Met up with the guys from Blackguard and hit some coasters with them. We grabbed a hotel and passed the fuck out as I had been up for 36 hours straight ensuring we could make this awesome day happen in time. Last night was Orlando, FUCK downtown Orlando parking. We had to park a mile away after we unloaded, after we played had to come back again, and then there was some confusion with payment as we were playing this Anti Pop festival, which had a million shows going on, the city was fucking packed, so we sat double parked on a one way street in front of the venue until payment was received haha…and it was. Long drive ahead to Texas and then to CALI!! Can’t fucking wait, I’ll be throwing some more updates at ya next week, until then spread the word that we are on “The Tour from Afar” with Ensiferum, Hypocrisy, and Blackguard, then hopping on with Vader and Warbringer for a couple weeks, see all you fucks on the road!!! Oh and there’s a video coming soon of what we do most while on the road…COD…constantly haha! Light em up and drink em down!”

[image: Metal Blade]

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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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“American Carnage” will kick off on January 18 in Seattle, WA for a 26-date trek across North America that will include the six Canadian dates postponed earlier this month. Tickets for most shows go on sale this Friday, November 20. Ticketmaster is offering a special presale for most shows from Wednesday November 18 at 10am until Thursday November 19 at 10pm.

“American Carnage” is the first time that Slayer and Megadeth will have toured the U.S. together since 1991’s epic “Clash of the Titans” tour. To celebrate that and in recognition of the tough economic times that many of their fans are having, Megadeth and Slayer have decided to roll back the price of a chunk of tickets at every U.S. show to the “1991 price” of $10.00. These specially-priced tickets will be limited and when they’re gone, they’re gone. Megadeth has also teamed with iloveallaccess.com to provide an Ultimate Fan Package including premium seats, meet and greets, pre-show parties and more.

In addition, Testament – who was also on the “Clash of the Titans” bill, will be Special Guests on the entire tour, marking the first time that all three bands have shared a stage together in more than 18 years, and making this a “must see” metal event.

Both Megadeth and Slayer will hit the road supporting new albums: Megadeth’s 2009 album, ENDGAME, while Slayer’s World Painted Blood, the band’s 10th studio venture, hit stores November 3. Testament’s The Formation of Damnation: Special Tour Edition, will be released on February 23, 2010, with special unreleased bonus tracks.

Slayer and Megadeth have already massacred territories together outside of the U.S. – first with four explosive dates in June, 2009 across Western Canada – “Canadian Carnage” – marking the first time the bands had shared a stage anywhere in 18 years; and then six co-headlining “Carnage” dates in Australia followed in October.

According to various Canadian press outlets last summer:

“It was a night of thrash impossible to trash…” “Tales about war, death, destruction, Satan, aliens and serial killers have never been so much fun…” “The two heavy metal heavyweights …went head-to-head on a level playing field. Both bands brought their ‘A’ game. And the results were anything but pretty – unless you include pretty freakin’ loud and pretty freakin’ awesome.”

Slayer. Few bands come close to matching the intensity that Slayer – guitarists Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman, vocalist/bassist Tom Araya and drummer Dave Lombardo – brings to its live shows, having been named “Best Live Band” by numerous media outlets including Revolver, SPIN, and Metal Hammer. World Painted Blood offers a Slayer-ized point of view of our world – God’s terrifying global genocide, the chaos of our broken political system, the way-too-close proximity of world horrors that technology has brought us, and a chilling hypothesis of how the rest of the world might view America. The album was recorded in Los Angeles over two time periods, during October 2008 and then between late January and March 2009. World Painted Blood was produced by Greg Fidelman, who’s spent time in the studio with Metallica, the Gossip, the (International) Noise Conspiracy, Slipknot and others, and executive produced by long-time Slayer colleague, Rick Rubin, who suggested Fidelman for the project. One reviewer called the album “the heaviest, bloodiest and best album in almost two decades.” Fans got a couple of early morsels of the brutal new Slayer material — “Psychopathy Red,” a Hanneman song inspired by the heinous Russian serial killer Andrei Chikatilo, who confessed to savagely murdering 56 children, was recorded last October and then leaked online. Then, the King-penned track, “Hate Worldwide,” was made available in July as a limited-edition single through Hot Topic. For “American Carnage,” Slayer’s Tom Araya promises, “no ballads, no acoustic numbers, no slow tempos.”

Megadeth. 2009 saw the release of ENDGAME, what has been heralded as Megadeth’s best album in years. It’s the record where it all comes full circle in a career that has not only set standards in hard rock and metal, but defined them. Megadeth’s signature shredding and rousing lyrics are the hallmarks of ENDGAME, with vocalist/guitarist Dave Mustaine once musing and making declarations about the world we live in, having named the album after a government document that should strike fear in the hearts of Americans! But that’s Mustaine and Megadeth, using the vehicle of music to shake things up, to make a point and to rattle your brain, literally, figuratively and sonically. Revolver magazine said of ENDGAME, “One of their best albums.” VH1’s That Metal Show deemed it, “One of the metal albums of the year”, and Popmatters said, “the record positively scorches with an intensity not heard since Rust in Peace.”

Legendary thrash metal titans Testament, whose latest award-winning release (2008 Album of the Year, Metal Hammer’s Golden God Award) The Formation of Damnation, displays them as the quintessential modern heavy metal band, whose experience and accumulated skill allows them to attack with reserves of anger, energy and finesse that make them more powerful than ever. Lead singer Chuck Billy says,

“Uniting these bands is the heavy metal event of generations. We are so proud to be a part of it.”

Slayer and Megadeth are also re-scheduling the east coast leg of the “Canadian Carnage” tour, postponed from this fall.

JANUARY
18 WaMu Theatre, Seattle, WA*
19 Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR – tickets sold via www.rosequarter.com
21 Cow Palace, San Francisco, CA*
22 Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA* (tickets on sale 11/21)
23 Dodge Theatre, Phoenix, AZ**
25 Magness Arena, Denver, CO*
26 Tingley Coliseum, Albuquerque, NM*
27 El Paso Coliseum, El Paso, TX*
29 Verizon Wireless, Houston, TX**
31 Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, TN*

FEBRUARY
1 Gwinnett Arena, Duluth, GA* (tickets on sale 11/20)
2 Broadbent Arena, Louisville, KY* (tickets on sale 12/4)
4 Roy Wilkins Auditorium, Minneapolis, MN* (tickets on sale 12/4)
5 UIC Pavilion, Chicago, IL* (tickets on sale 12/4)
6 Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI*
9 Chevrolet Theatre, Wallingford, CT**
11 Izod Center, East Rutherford, NJ*
13 Susquehanna Center, Camden, NJ*
14 Tsongas Arena, Lowell, MA*
16 Pavillon de La Jeunesse, Quebec City, QC – tickets sold via Billetech.com
18 John Labatt Centre, London, ON – tickets on sale 11/27 via JohnLabattCentre.com
19 Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON – tickets sold via Ticketmaster.ca
20 Bell Centre, Montreal, QC – tickets sold via Admission.com
22 Moncton Coliseum, Moncton, NB – tickets sold via MonctonColiseum.com
23 Metro Centre, Halifax, NS – tickets sold via TicketAtlantic.com

* tickets sold through Ticketmaster
** tickets sold through LiveNation.com

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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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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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ODERUS, BEEFCAKE AND BALSAC SERVE AS CELEBRITY JUDGES FOR THE 14th ANNUAL BURTON SNOWBOARD DOG-COSTUME CONTEST

2009 truly has been the year of GWAR. They released their 25th anniversary album Lust in Space on Metal Blade Records; they are currently on their 25th anniversary tour with Lamb of God and The Red Chord. ODERUS URUNGUS has become the “Interplanetary Correspondent” for Fox News Red Eye, and now ODERUS URUNGUS is featured in the latest issue of SPIN Magazine.

The feature in the November 2009 issue of SPIN Magazine takes place at the Slave Pit in Antarctica and it is entitled “In My Room”. GWAR’s warty front-thing takes an exuberant amount of pride in showing off his room and all of his unique possessions, including his dead dog “Pookie” who has been with him since the beginning as his lover and his pet.

Speaking of pets and more specifically dogs, ODERUS URUNGUS, BEEFCAKE THE MIGHTY and BALSAC THE JAWS OF DEATH served as celebrity judges in the 14th Annual Burton Snowboard Pet Costume Contest on October 27th in Burlington, VT.

"GWAR loves animals and underprivileged children, usually cooked, sometimes raw..." - Oderus Urungus

Unphased by success, GWAR continues on their course as “the people’s band”. Band members ODERUS URUNGUS, BEEFCAKE THE MIGHTY, and BALSAC THE JAWS OF DEATH are seen above judging the 14th Annual Burton Dog-Costume Show. The event is held every year to benefit CHILL, a charity group dedicated to giving underprivileged children a chance to try snowboarding and other winter sports.

DON’T FORGET ABOUT THE SPECIAL GWAR MEAT AND BEAT SESSIONS IN THE FOLLOWING CITIES:

Oct 31 Worcester , MA @ The Palladium
Nov 02 Toronto, ON @ Sound Academy
Nov 14 Tempe, AZ @ Marquee City
Nov 16 Los Angeles, CA @ The House of Blues
Nov 24 San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Center
Nov 28 Spokane, WA @ The Knitting Factory
Nov 29 Seattle , WA @ The King Cat Theater
Nov 30 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
Dec 02 Edmonton, AB @ Edmonton Events Centre
Dec 03 Calgary, AB @ MacEwan Hall Ballroom
Dec 07 Chicago, IL @ The House of Blues
Dec 10 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
Dec, 12 Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory

Head over to the GWAR merch booth to claim your spot.

GWAR’s 25th Anniversary epic of earthen escape Lust in Space is undeniably still out on Metal Blade Records. Go out and buy a copy even if you have already.

SEE GWAR ON TOUR THIS FALL

10/29 Halifax, NS @ Cunard Center (With Lamb Of God)

10/30 Moncton, NB @ Moncton Coliseum –HALL C (With Lamb Of God)

10/31-Worcester, MA @ The Palladium (With Red Chord)

11/1 Montreal, QC @ Club Soda (With Job For a Cowboy and Red Chord)

11/2 Toronto, ON @ Sound Academy (With Job For a Cowboy and Red Chord)

11/4 Louisville, KY @ Expo 5 (With Job For a Cowboy and Red Chord)

11/5 Ft. Wayne, IN @ Piere’s (With Lamb Of God)

11/6 Milwaukee, WI @ The Eagles Club (With Lamb Of God)

11/7 Springfield, MO @ Shrine Mosque (With Lamb Of God)

11/8 Dallas, TX @ The Door(With Job For a Cowboy and Red Chord)

11/9 Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom (With Job For a Cowboy and Red Chord)

11/11 Denver, CO @ Gothic Theater (With Job For a Cowboy and Red Chord)

11/12 Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater (With Job For a Cowboy and Red Chord)

11/13 Tuscon, AZ @ Rialto Theater (With Job For a Cowboy and Red Chord)

11/14 Tempe, AZ @ Marquee (With Job For a Cowboy and Red Chord)

11/15 San Diego, CA @ House of Blues (With Job For a Cowboy and Red Chord)

11/16 Los Angeles, CA @ House of Blues (With Job For a Cowboy and Red Chord)

11/18 Ventura, CA @ Ventura Theater (With Job For a Cowboy and Red Chord)

11/19 Chico, CA @ Senator Theater (With Job For a Cowboy and Red Chord)

11/20 Reno, NV @ The New Oasis (With Job For a Cowboy and Red Chord)

11/21 Salt Lake City, UT @ Salt Air Pavilion (With Job For a Cowboy and Red Chord)

11/23 Pomona, CA @ Glasshouse (With Job For a Cowboy and Red Chord)

11/24 San Francisco, CA @ The Grand (With Job For a Cowboy and Red Chord)

11/25 Bend, OR @ Midtown (With Job For a Cowboy and Red Chord)

11/27 Portland, OR @ Roseland (With Job For a Cowboy and Red Chord)

11/28 Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory (With Job For a Cowboy and Red Chord)

11/29 Seatlle, WA @ King Kat Theater (With Job For a Cowboy and Red Chord)

11/30 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore (With Job For a Cowboy and Red Chord)

12/2 Edmonton, AB @ Events Center (With Job For a Cowboy and Red Chord)

12/3 Calgary, AB @ Macewan Hall (With Job For a Cowboy and Red Chord)

12/4 Regina, SK @ Riddel Center (With Job For a Cowboy and Red Chord)

12/5 Winnipeg, MB @ Garrick (With Job For a Cowboy and Red Chord)

12/7 Chicago, IL @ House of Blues (With Job For a Cowboy and Red Chord)

12/9 Charlotte, NC @ Tremont Music Hall (With Job For a Cowboy and Red Chord)

12/10 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club (With Job For a Cowboy and Red Chord)

12/11 Albany, NY @ Northern Lights (With Job For a Cowboy and Red Chord)

12/12 Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory (With Job For a Cowboy and Red Chord)

12/13 New York, NY @ Irving Plaza (With Job For a Cowboy and Red Chord)

[images: Adrenaline PR]

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Wisconsin’s Lazarus A.D. recently returned from their first ever trip overseas to Japan’s Loud Park festival in Tokyo. Needless to say, the band had an amazing experience. They were the third band to play on the Big Rock stage on October 18th. The stage was headlined by Slayer and also featured Children Of Bodom, Hatebreed and Papa Roach among others. Lazarus A.D. sampled some foreign cuisine, was surprised by eager fans waiting at their hotel room door to sign autographs and take photos, and played to over 10,000 people. Multiple circle pits tore through the crowd as Jeff Paulick, Dan Gapen, Alex Lackner and Ryan Shutler played their music overseas for the first time.

Lead guitarist Dan Gapen checks in;

“Loud Park was a blast! It was great sharing the stage with all those amazing bands. Not to mention having the chance to play in front of all the great people of Japan was a dream come true! We can’t wait to come back to Japan and get another chance to blow the roof off the mother*#$^er once again…”

Keep an eye on Lazarus A.D.’s MySpace page for more Loudpark updates from the band. Photos and possibly even some behind the scenes digital camera video footage is yet to be posted.

Just after the Thanksgiving holiday, Lazarus A.D. will be saddling up in their van and trailer to join forces with Vader! Those dates are below.

LAZARUS A.D.
Tour w/ Vader
11/27 San Marcos, CA Jumping Turtle
11/28 Anaheim, CA Chain Reaction
11/29 Los Angeles, CA Key Club
11/30 Mesa, AZ U.B.’s Bar
12/01 Tucson, AZ The Rock
12/02 Farmington, NM Gator’s
12/03 Salt Lake City, UT Club Vegas
12/04 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater
12/05 Tulsa, OK Marquee
12/06 San Antonio, TX Scout Bar
12/07 Houston, TX Scout Bar

[image: Metal Blade Records]

Post from: Metal Martyr

Last Rites Tattoo Theatre

Please read on for special details…

Paul Booth and Crew will be following normal protocol used for conventions and touring. This means one-sitting freehand style work with an approx. 3 hour time limit on a piece. If you are looking to start a multiple sitting project such as a sleeve or backpiece, then this is not a day for such. Our best advice to you is to give our accomplished artists your theme and trust them with the artistic freedom to run with it for you. 3 hours can get a good sized piece done so don’t let the time issue concern you. We do this to be fair to everyone that desires Last Rites Art. We also suggest getting here earlier than opening time if you are really serious about getting work. The doors will open at 12 noon and anyone behaving overly aggressive, intoxicated or under the influence of drugs will not be tolerated. This event will be filmed for an upcoming Last Rites DVD so costumes are encouraged but not mandatory!

• Meet and Greet the artists and fellow clients all day and night!

• Crazy Performers will be unearthing themselves throughout the day for everyone’s twisted amusement!

• Food, Drink and visual stimuli all day long… No Cover! Costumes Welcome!

Paul Booth states,

“We want to show our fans our true appreciation for their support, by allowing them the opportunity to avoid the waiting list… and get tattooed convention style. I have been spending quite a bit of time here at home focusing on my larger projects and I find myself occasionally missing the road. Now I can sort of go on tour without leaving home and get a good dose of that convention energy I have come to know so well. I have always liked the idea of bringing our fans together to meet each other as they have always shown a strong like-mindedness. This is why I want to make it a meet & greet day as well.”

For more information, check out www.darkimages.com!

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Post from: Metal Martyr