05/01/08 The Machine Shop – Flint, MI (w/ TESTAMENT)
05/02/08 Peabody’s Down Under – Cleveland, OH (w/ TESTAMENT)
05/03/08 Crocodile Rock Café -Allentown, PA
05/04/08 Crazy Donkey – Long Island, NY
05/06/08 Northern Lights – Albany, NY
05/07/08 Sonar – Baltimore, MD
05/08/08 Jaxx – Springfield, VA
05/09/08 Volume 11 – Raleigh, NC
05/10/08 Steppin Out – Virginia Beach, VA
05/11/08 Lucky’s Pub – Wilmington, NC
05/13/08 The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
05/14/08 Boomerz -Seminole, FL
05/16/08 Scout Bar – Houston, TX
05/17/08 Ridglea Theatre -Ft. Worth, TX
05/18/08 Rock Bottom -San Antonio, TX
05/19/08 Club 101 – El Paso, TX
05/21/08 Gator’s – Farmington, NM
05/22/08 The Sets – Phoenix, AZ
05/23/08 Jillian’s – Las Vegas, NV
05/24/08 House of Blues – Hollywood, CA
05/25/08 Slim’s – San Francisco, CA
05/26/08 The Dome – Bakersfield, CA
05/27/08 Fat Cats – Modesto, CA
05/28/08 The Boardwalk – Sacramento, CA
05/30/08 Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR
05/31/08 Studio Seven – Seattle, WA
06/02/08 Marquis Theatre – Denver, CO
06/04/08 Pop’s – St. Louis, MO
06/05/08 Alrosa Villa – Columbus, OH
06/06/08 The Pearl Room – Mokena (Chicago), IL
06/07/08 Harpo’s Concert Theater – Detroit, MI
06/08/08 The Opera House -Toronto, ON – CANADA
06/09/08 Fou Founes Electriques – Montreal, QC – CANADA
06/10/08 L’Anti – Quebec City, QC – CANADA
06/11/08 BB Kings Blues Club – New York, NY

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FIREWIND – MERCENARY MAN
DEATH ANGEL – DETHRONED
THE SWORD – MAIDEN, MOTHER & CRONE
TWISTED SISTER – I WANNA ROCK
BEHEMOTH – AT THE LEFT HAND OF GOD (Headbangers Ball EXCLUSIVE premiere)

CAVALERA CONSPIRACY – SANCTUARY
FOREVER IN TERROR – THE CHOSEN ONE
CENTURY – BLACK OCEAN
DEMON HUNTER – CARRY ME DOWN
CHILDREN OF BODUM – BLOODDRUNK
IN FLAMES – MIRROR’S TRUTH
FORBIDDEN – STEP BY STEP
GWEN STACY – THE FEAR IN YOUR EYES (Headbangers Ball EXCLUSIVE premiere)
THE AUTUMN OFFERING – SILENCE AND GOODBYE
THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN – MILK LIZARD
ARCH ENEMY – I WILL LIVE AGAIN (Headbangers Ball EXCLUSIVE premiere)
KILLING JOKE – MONEY IS NOT OUR GOD
STRAIGHT LINE STITCH – REMISSION
OTEP – CONFRONTATION
AGNOSTIC FRONT – FOR MY FAMILY

List courtesy of RoadRunner Records Online

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Testament

San Francisco’s Bad-ass thrashers continue to put out great thrash albums without disappointment with their latest, unlike some other bay area legends I won’t mention. You can catch Testamenton tour this summer with Judas Priest, Motorhead and Heaven And Hell.

Frontman, Chuck Billy is a guest on fellow bay area female lead breakthrough Light This City who is currently recording their new album to be released this fall and will be on the In Thrash We Trust Tourwith God Forbid, Death Angel and Soilent Green. Don’t miss out!

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LIGHT THIS CITY offers third in-studio update for forthcoming record

San Francisco’s LIGHT THIS CITY has posted the band’s third in-studio video update exclusively at Revolver magazine’s website (http://www.revolvermag.com/). Focusing on vocal tracking, the footage features commentary from the band, snippets of music, and a brief look at Testament mainman Chuck Billy’s vocal contributions to LIGHT THIS CITY’s forthcoming record, the band’s fourth. Also contributing a guest vocal spot on the album is lead scream John from labelmates The Funeral Pyre.

“We have been in the studio in Oakland, CA with engineer Zack Ohren tracking the follow up to Facing the Thousand, which should see a release date in September,” said drummer Ben Murray. “We couldn’t be more excited on how these new songs have turned out, and we are SURE that you guys will love them. Stay tuned for more info on the album as well as more video journals as the recording progresses.”

LIGHT THIS CITY on tour

4/20 Bakersfield, CA – The Dome (420 Fest with Dragonlord, Animosity, more)

4/26 Reno, NV – Tonic Lounge

4/27 Boise, ID – The Myrtle Morgue

4/28 Sheridan, WY – Eagle’s Lodge

(In Thrash We Trust Tour with Death Angel, Soilent Green, God Forbid)

5/01 Flint, MI The – Machine Shop (with Testament)

5/02 Cleveland, OH – Peabody’s (with Testament)

5/03 Allentown, PA – Crocodile Rock

5/04 Long Island, NY – Crazy Donkey

5/06 Albany, NY – Northern Lights

5/07 Baltimore, MD – Sonar

5/08 Springfield, VA – Jaxx

5/09 Raleigh, NC – Volume 11

5/10 Virginia Beach, VA – Stepping Out (Virginia Death Fest)

5/13 Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade

5/14 Seminole, FL – Boomerz

5/16 Houston, TX – TBA

5/17 Ft. Worth, TX – Ridglea Theatre

5/18 San Antonio, TX – Rock Bottom

5/19 El Paso, TX – Chic’s

5/21 Farmington, NM – Gator’s

5/23 Las Vegas, NV – Jillian’s

5/24 Los Angeles, CA – House of Blues

5/25 San Francisco, CA – Slim’s

5/26 Bakersfield, CA – The Dome

5/27 Modesto, CA – Fat Cats

5/28 Sacramento, CA – The Boardwalk

5/30 Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre

5/31 Seattle, WA – Studio Seven

6/02 Denver, CO – Marquis Theatre

6/04 St. Louis, MO – Pop’s

6/05 Columbus, OH – Alrosa Villa

6/06 Mokena, IL – The Pearl Room

6/07 Detroit, MI – Harpo’s

6/08 Toronto, ON – Opera House

6/09 Montreal, QBC – Foufounes

6/10 Quebec City, QBC – L’anti

6/11 New York, NY – BB Kings

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Death Angel – Famine From The Album The Art Of Dying

In Flames – My Sweet Shadow From The Album Soundtrack To Your Escape

Hypocrisy – Abyss From The Album The Arrival

Exodus – BlackList From The Album Tempo Of The Damned

Edguy – King Of Fools From The Album Hellfire Club

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01.05.2008 – USA, Flint, MI
02.05.2008 – USA, Cleveland, OH
03.05.2008 – USA, Allentown, PA
04.05.2008 – USA, Farmingdale, NY
08.05.2008 – USA, Springfield, VA
09.05.2008 – USA, Raleigh, NC
10.05.2008 – USA, Virginia Beach, VA
13.05.2008 – USA, Atlanta, GA
14.05.2008 – USA, Seminole, FL
16.05.2008 – USA, Houston, TX
17.05.2008 – USA, Ft. Worth, TX
18.05.2008 – USA, San Antonio, TX
19.05.2008 – USA, El Paso, TX
21.05.2008 – USA, Farmington, NM
23.05.2008 – USA, Las Vegas, NV
24.05.2008 – USA, Los Angeles, CA
25.05.2008 – USA, San Francisco, CA
26.05.2008 – USA, Bakersfield, CA
27.05.2008 – USA, Modesto, CA
28.05.2008 – USA, Orangevale, CA
30.05.2008 – USA, Portland, OR
31.05.2008 – USA, Seattle, WA
02.06.2008 – USA, Denver, CO
05.06.2008 – USA, Columbus, OH
06.06.2008 – USA, Mokena (Chicago), IL
07.06.2008 – USA, Detroit, MI
08.06.2008 – CAN, Toronto, ON
11.06.2008 – USA, New York, NY

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Those are just a few that we have to look forward to. Some that have already been released or also released soon are Meshuggah’s new one obZen that comes out tomorrow on Nuclear Blast , Death Angel just released Killing Season, Byzantine put out Oblivion Beckons, a great record right before breaking up and Grief Of War, the Japanese thrashers released their 3 year old debut record for the first time in America on Prosthetic Records. Testament will be releasing their next record The Formation OF Damnation on April 29th. You can hear a song More Than Meets The Eye (No it’s not the Transformers theme song) from The Formation Of Damnation on Thier Official Myspace site. Damn the list goes on and on! Disturbed is releasing a new record this year as well and we are supposed to see a new Slipknot record too. Both of which bands are going to be on the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Tour. Light This City will be back in the studio some time this year. I’m not sure if the new record will be released in ‘08 or not but I’ll be checking on that from time to time. Lastly for all you haters out there, Trivium is supposed to release something new this year as well.

It used to be that a band would take 3 or four years before releasing a new record and often times it would be either well worth the wait or a substandard piece of cat shit. Now days metal bands take two years at the most and release great recording with no filler what so ever. And even between you have side projects from members of the bands that make for great head banging.

So in summary, 2008 is going to be a kick ass year in Metal!

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Mar. 30 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent (w/ LAAZ ROCKIT, SADUS)
Apr. 05 – Sayerville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
Apr. 06 – New York, NY – BB King Blues Club & Grill
Apr. 10 – Santa Ana, CA – The Coach House (w/ DEATH ANGEL, LAAZ ROCKIT)
Apr. 11 – Las Vegas, NV – The Canyon Club (w/ DEATH ANGEL, LAAZ ROCKIT)
Apr. 12 – Hollywood, CA – The Key Club (w/ DEATH ANGEL, LAAZ ROCKIT)
May 03 – Mokena, IL – The Pearl Room / Chicago Powerfest
May 30 – Cluj-Napoca, Romania – Maximum Rockfest
May 31 – Belgrade, Serbia – Legacy Festival
Jun. 05 – Solvesborg, Sweden – Sweden Rock Festival
Jun. 06 – Tampere, Finland – Sauna Open Air Fest
Jun. 07 – Athens, Greece – Gagarin 205
Jun. 08 – Thessaloniki, Greece – Hydrogios
Jun. 20 – Clisson, France – Hellfest
Jun. 21 – Istanbul, Turkey – Festival Valley
Jun. 22 – Prague, Czech Republic – Retro Music hall
Jun. 23 – Ostrava, Czech Republic – TBA
Jun. 27 – Grandola, Portugal – Festival Metal GDL
Jun. 28 – Bologna, Italy – Gods of Metal

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