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They have two local shows in LA and then they’ll be heading out on the Conquer And Curse Tour with Abigail Williams, Daath, Abysmal Dawn and Success Will Write Apocalypse Across The Sky. That sounds like a pretty good show to. Request the song on XM and get it some play. Tour dates are after the fold.

06/24 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
06/25 Jacksonville, FL Jack Rabbits
06/27 Raleigh, NC Volume 11
06/28 Virginia Beach, VA Peppermint Beach Club
06/29 Baltimore, MD Sonar
06/30 Louisville, KY Uncle Pleasants
07/01 Waterloo, IA Spicoli’s Grill
07/02 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
07/03 Thunder Bay, ON Black Pirate Pub
07/04 Winnipeg, MB Royal Albert Arms
07/05 Regina, SK Exchange
07/06 Saskatoon, SK Walkers
07/07 Edmonton, AB Starlite Room
07/08 Calgary, AB The Underground
07/10 Victoria, BC Sugar Nightclub
07/11 Vancouver, BC The Biltmore
07/12 Seattle, WA El Corazon
07/13 Portland, OR Satyricon
07/14 San Francisco, CA Thee Parkside
07/15 West Hollywood, CA Whiskey
07/16 San Marcos, CA Jumping Turtle
07/17 Las Vegas, NV Cheyenne Saloon
07/18 Farmington, NM Gators Bar Grill
07/19 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
07/20 Kansas City, MO The Riot Room
07/21 Nashville, TN The Muse
07/22 Danville, VA Plan B
07/23 New York, NY The Blender Theatre
07/24 West Springfield, VA Jaxx Nightclub
07/25 Hartford, CT Webster Theater
07/26 Montreal, QC Foufounes Electriques
07/27 Toronto, ON Wreck Room
07/28 Rochester, NY Penny Arcade
07/29 Cleveland, OH Peabody’s
07/30 Mokena, IL The Pearl Room
08/01 Milwaukee, WI The Rave
08/02 Edelstein, IL The Hub
08/03 Tulsa, OK Marquee
08/04 Oklahoma City, OK The Conservatory
08/05 Houston, TX Scout Bar
08/06 San Antonio, TX Scout Bar
08/07 Ft Worth, TX Lola’s
08/08 Austin, TX Red 7
08/09 Amarillo, TX The War Legion Underground
08/10 Albuquerque, NM The Compound
08/11 Tucson, AZ The Rock
08/12 Mesa, AZ U.B.’s Bar

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Chimaira

Sadly, Daath only sold around 1300 copies of The Concealers while lesser known band, Seventh Void did pretty well, selling about 1800.

Black Label Society did well with their Best of album, Skullage, selling about 4600 copies.

I really hope that Daath album catches on and takes off. I hate to beat off a dead horse, but this album is awesome.

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We got a new Lamb Of God album that I still think is not as good as everyone else thinks; and a new Mastodon album that is musically amazing but people seem to bitch about because it’s not heavy enough or something.

Cannibal Corpse release an album that is, well, another good Cannibal Corpse album. Nothing extravagant enough to go on a murder spree, but a good album. Cattle Decapitation almost convince me to not eat beef while Sepultura almost gave me hope that I could listen to them again. That didn’t last. Psyopus almost convince me that something is wrong with my ears.

Thrash is still alive and vibrant with new releases from Kreator and neo-thrashers Lazarus A.D. bringing an old school sound with a modern touch. God Dethroned give us a WW1 History lesson.

The members that try to steal the name of the black metal band that they didn’t own the rights to, lose and start their own band. Something they should have done in the first place instead of wasting money in court.

God Forbid releases a killer, new album and then they lose a key member. Arsis also kind of loses another member and a Hatebreed member leaves the band. Arsis and Hatebreed get old members back. James Malone comes clean about his problems with anorexia, while Dallas Coyle prefers to keep his exit reasoning’s of GF private. I commend both of them for that.

Fuck Limp Bizkit. Oh, and Papa Roach too.

Dave Mustaine and Kerry King grow up and schedule tour dates with each other. Metallica gets inducted in to the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Both bassist’s thank the bands that helped launch their career, while James Hetfield doesn’t thank anyone that helped them launch theirs. Lars Ulrich claims that he downloaded Death Magnetic to see how this internet thingy works. I publish a spoof that says that Warner music file lawsuit against him and numerous sites copy me and one even publishes their own version as an April Fools joke.

Metal has two new doc[rock]umentaries that are getting rave reviews. Iron Maiden’s Flight 666 is a fan favorite and most haven’t even seen it yet. Anvil beat Hannah Montana’s ass in opening weekend of their flick The Story Of Anvil. Disney is pissed and vows revenge, citing that Anvil will never play at The House Of Blues.

I’ve yet to get an Infection from Chimaira, but Daath’s The Concealers is currently in my top 10 of 2009.

Fear Factory reunites, kind of, sort of, even after Burton C. Bell says that metal was never his thing. He then shows up at a Ministry show where him and Dino kiss and make up. Well, okay, they just talked.

I know I’ve missed a bunch of cool, or not so cool shit that has happened in ‘09, but I have to close this out somehow. There is a lot of great things in metal to come this year. More great albums, tours and surely a few more reunions, with the economy in the shitter.

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Download Dååth’s Sharpen The Blades from Roadrunner Records.

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I sampled The Infection but I just couldn’t bring myself to buy it…yet. I had about 8 good CD’s in my hand and I had to narrow that down to 3. Unfortunately I still don’t feel that I would be satisfied with another Chimaira CD.

So far I am on my 4th spin of the CD. It would probably around 6 or 7 by now but I’ve been alternating between The Faceless’ Planetary Duality and The Concealers. In the most simple of words, it slays, it kills, it kicks ass and then it does it one more time in that order.

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Abigail Williams

Abigail Williams, Success Will Write Apocalypse Across The Sky and Abysmal Dawn

• 6/19 – Owensboro, KY – The Brothers
• 6/20 – Fredricksburg, VA – The Refuge
• 6/21 – Charlotte , NC – Casbah
• 6/22 – Wilmington, NC – Soapbox
• 6/23 – Birmingham, AL – The Nick

Goatwhore, Abigail Williams, Daath, Abysmal Dawn and Success Will Write Apocalypse Across The Sky

• 6/24 – Atlanta , GA – Masquerade
• 6/25 – Jacksonville, FL – Jack Rabbits
• 6/26 – St Petersburg, FL – The Garage
• 6/27 – Raleigh, NC – Volume 11
• 6/28 – Virginia Beach , VA – Peppermint Beach Club
• 6/29 – Baltimore, MD – Sonar
• 6/30 – Louisville, KY – Uncle Pleasants
• 7/01 – Waterloo, IA – Spicoli’s Bar and Grill
• 7/02 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th St Entry
• 7/03 – Thunder Bay, ON – Black Pirate Pub
• 7/04 – Winnipeg, MB – Royal Albert Arms
• 7/05 – Regina, SK – The Exchange
• 7/06 – Saskatoon, SK – Walkers
• 7/07 – Edmonton, AL – Starlite Room
• 7/08 – Calgary, AL – The Underground
• 7/10 – Victoria, BC – Sugar
• 7/11 – Vancouver, BC – The Biltmore
• 7/12 – Seattle, WA – El Corazon
• 7/13 – Portland, OR – Satyricon
• 7/14 – San Francisco, CA – Thee Parkside
• 7/15 – Los Angeles, CA – Whiskey a Go Go
• 7/16 – San Marcos , CA – Jumping Turtle
• 7/17 – Las Vegas , NV – Cheyenne Saloon
• 7/18 – Farmington, NM – Gators
• 7/19 – Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge
• 7/20 – Kansas City, MO – Riot Room
• 7/21 – Nashville, TN – The Muse
• 7/22 – Danville, VA – Plan B
• 7/23 – New York, NY – The Blender Theatre at Gramercy
• 7/24 – Springfield, VA – Jaxx
• 7/25 – Hartford, CT – Webster Underground
• 7/26 – Montreal, QC – FouFounes Electriques
• 7/27 – Toronto, ON – Wreck Room
• 7/28 – Rochester , NY – Penny Arcade
• 7/29 – Cleveland, OH – Peabodys
• 7/30 – Mokena , IL – Pearl Room
• 7/31 – Urbana, IL – Canopy Club
• 8/01 – Milwaukee, WI – The Rave

Goatwhore, Abigail Williams, Abysmal Dawn and Success Will Write Apocalypse Across The Sky

• 8/02 – Edelstein, IL – The Hub
• 8/03 – Tulsa, OK – Marquee
• 8/04 – Oklahoma City, OK – The Conversatory
• 8/05 – Houston, TX – Scout Bar
• 8/06 – San Antonio, TX – Scout Bar
• 8/07 – Ft Worth, TX – Lola’s
• 8/08 – Austin, TX – Red 7
• 8/09 – Amarillo, TX – The War Legion Underground

Abigail Williams, Abysmal Dawn and Success Will Write Apocalypse Across The Sky

• 8/10 – Albuquerque, NM – The Compound
• 8/11 – Tucson, AZ – The Rock
• 8/12 – Phoenix, AZ – U.B.’s

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It’s been another crazy, busy week. I’m still trying to recover from the Suffocation show and my neck is killing me. I have a bunch of stuff from press releases and such I’m going to dump out here all in one and then get on with the normal days work.

• Unearth shooting a video for Grave Of Opportunity today. Unearth is set to tour with Testament and Lazarus A.D. starting on May 2nd. The video will premiere sometime after the tour starts.
• Daath’s new album is coming on April 21st. You can Preorder it from CM Distro. They’ll be heading out on tour with Cynic and…Dragonforce? Yeah, I don’t know who put this one together.
• You can check out a teaser of As I Lay Dying’s new DVD, This Is Who We Are over at Bravewords.com.
• Sweden’s Wolf made their new album, Ravenous, available for streaming through Metalkult.com. See the video for the song Voodoo below.
• Prosthetic Records The Unholy out of Syracuse, NY have set a release date of May 12th for the debut album on that label. New Life Behind Closed Eyes is the title and you can stream a new track from it called Seeker Immortal at their Myspace. Preorder packages are available here.
• Toronto based “ambient/shoegaze/drone duo” NADJA have recorded a cover of Slayer’s Dead Skin Mask and Headbangers Blog have the Mp3 available fore free. Go HERE to read up on NADJA and download the mp3.

Wolf video after the fold

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Unearth

• January 9 Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew’s Hall
• January 10 Milwaukee, WI @ The Eagles Club
• January 11 Iowa City, IA @ Picador
• January 12 St. Paul, MN @ Station 4
• January 13 Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
• January 14 Tulsa, OK @ The Marquee
• January 16 Springfield, MO @ Remington’s Downtown
• January 17 Louisville, KY @ Headliner’s Music Hall
• January 18 Nashville, TN @ Rocketown
• January 19 Columbia, SC @ New Brookland Tavern
• January 20 Augusta, GA @ Club Hollywood
• January 22 Raleigh, NC @ Lincoln Theatre
• January 23 Asheville, NC @ The Orange Pee
• January 24 Richmond, VA @ Canal Club (Downstairs Lounge)
• January 25 Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon Club
• January 27 Ottawa, ON @ Babylon
• January 28 Quebec City, QC @ L’Anti
• January 29 Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance
• January 30 Portland, ME @ The Station

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