A live clip of the song “Dark Insanity” (originally featured on the Tyrants Of The Rising Sun – Live In Japan DVD), which is one of the many reworked tracks on this album, is available below:

Right now, the band is touring through Asia and mastermind Michael Amott has posted the following report:

“We’re on a tour of Asia, just about to hit the stage here in Manila, Philippines! A couple of days ago we played the LOUD PARK 09 festival at the giant Makahuri Messe Hall in Tokyo, Japan! I had a great time on stage at the LOUD PARK Festival as usual, the conditions are extremely professional and there is really nothing you can complain about – which is of course the level of greatness we have come to expect when we play in Japan!

We played a special setlist consisting of quite a few songs from our recently released “The Root Of All Evil” CD. Thank you to everyone who made noise for us, screamed, shouted, fistbanged, moshed – whatever you did, it was great and we felt your energy up there on the stage!”

Arch Enemy has been relentlessly touring through the course of 2009 and have just confirmed a huge North American headlining run in early 2010 with Exodus, Arsis and Mutiny Within.

The band’s European fans will be able to see Arch Enemy live in early December 2009.

ARCH ENEMY – ASIAN TOUR OCTOBER 2009:
21-October-2009 @ Hitec Auditorium – Kowloon (Hong Kong)
23-October-2009 @ The Star Live House – Beijing (China) + support act: Narakam
25-October-2009 @ Seoul Ax – Seoul (Republic Of Korea)
28-October-2009 @ Senayan Tennis Indoor Stadium – Jakarta (Indonesia) + Psycroptic

ARCH ENEMY – AUSTRALIAN TOUR NOVEMBER 2009:
01-November-2009 @ Capitol, Perth*
03-November-2009 @ Fowlers Live, Adelaide*
05-November-2009 @ The Forum, Melbourne**
06-November-2009 @ The Roundhouse, Sydney**
07-November-2009 @ The Hifi, Brisbane**
10-November-2009 @ Transmission Room, Auckland (New Zealand)***

* with Suffocation / ** with Suffocation & Winds Of Plague / *** with Subtract, Tainted

ARCH ENEMY – GREECE 2009:
27-November-2009 @ Block 33 Club (ex-Ydrogeios Club), Thessaloniki
28-November-2009 @ Gagarin 205 Club, Athens (Greece)

ARCH ENEMY- “Tyrants Of Evil” European Tour 2009

+ Destruction, Abigail Williams & Triosphere

Presented by iMusic1 (D), Metal Hammer (D), Heavy (D), Metal.de (D), Lords Of Metal (NL), Heavy Rock (ES), Kerrang (ES), mariskalrock.com (ES), themetalcircus.com (ES) and Monster Energy Drink.

01-December-2009 ES – Madrid, Sala Heineken ****
02-December-2009 ES – Sevilla, Sala Q ****
04-December-2009 P – Almada/Lisboa, Incrivel Almadense. ****
06-December-2009 ES – Villava/Pamplona, Totem ****
07-December-2009 ES – Barcelona, Razzmatazz ****
08-December-2009 FR – Montpellier, Victoire 2 **
09-December-2009 CH – Aarau, Kiff **
11-December-2009 NL – Amsterdam, Melkweg *
12-December-2009 D – Lengerich, Satans Convention / Festival *
13-December-2009 NL – Rijssen, Lucky *
15-December-2009 D – Hamburg, Markthalle *
16-December-2009 D – Saarbrücken, Garage *
18-December-2009 D – Andernach, JUZ Live Club ***
19-December-2009 D – Leipzig, Hellraiser *

* + Destruction, Abigail Williams & Triosphere

** + Abigail Williams

*** + Abigail Williams & Triosphere

**** + Abigail Williams, Angelus Apatrida

ARCH ENEMY “Tyrants Of Evil” North American Tour 2010
+ Exodus, Arsis, Mutiny Within

20-January-2010 – Towson, MD – Recher Theatre
21-January-2010 – Philadelphia, PA – Theatre Of Living Arts
22-January-2010 – New York, NY – Nokia Theatre
23-January-2010 – Worcester, MA – The Palladium
25-January-2010 – Montreal, QC – Le Medley
26-January-2010 – Quebec City, QC – Theatre Imperial
27-January-2010 – Toronto, ON – Phoenix Concert Theatre
29-January-2010 – Chicago, IL – House Of Blues
30-January-2010 – Minneapolis, MN – The Rock
31-January-2010 – Winnipeg, MB – The Garrick Centre
02-February-2010 – Calgary AB, – MacEwan Hall Ballroom
03-February-2010 – Edmonton, AB – Edmonton Events Centre
05-February-2010 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom
06-February-2010 – Seattle, WA – Showbox @ The Market
08-February-2010 – San Francisco, CA – Regency Center @ The Grand
09-February-2010 – West Hollywood, CA – House Of Blues

23-April-2010 – Karmøygeddon Metal Festival – Haugensund, Norway

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“Tyrants of Evil” Tour to Kick off in 2010

Arch Enemy has announced the dates for their “Tyrants of Evil” headlining tour, which will shred across North America in early 2010. Arch Enemy will be accompanied by Bay Area Thrashers Exodus, with Arsis and Mutiny Within rounding out the impressive lineup. This is the first Arch Enemy US and Canada headline tour in support of their latest release, The Root of All Evil, which hit stores last week (released via Century Media Records).

Arch Enemy vocalist Angela Gossow issued the following statement:

“Hells Yes! We are more than ready to return to the US and Canada for a head banging and neck breaking tour experience! Totally stoked about the killer package – Arch Enemy, Exodus, Arsis and Mutiny Within. We personally handpicked these bands for you! A full on extreme, versatile and so very METAL line-up. You will be hurting in a good way after we have been through town! The Tyrants Of Evil are ready to kill!!!”

Presale tickets for the upcoming dates will go on sale this Wednesday, October 14, at 3PM Eastern, at ArtistArena.com (https://tix.artistarena.com/archenemy/).

MetalSucks.net Presents:
Tyrants of Evil Tour
Featuring Arch Enemy, Exodus, Arsis, and Mutiny Within

Jan. 20 – Towson, MD – Recher Theatre

Jan. 21 – Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of Living Arts

Jan. 22 – New York, NY – Nokia Theatre

Jan. 23 – Worcester, MA – The Palladium

Jan. 25 – Montreal, QC – Le Medley

Jan. 26 – Quebec City, QC – Theatre Imperial

Jan. 27 – Toronto, ON – Phoenix Concert Theatre

Jan. 29 – Chicago, IL – House of Blues

Jan. 30 – Minneapolis, MN – The Rock

Jan. 31 – Winnipeg, MB – The Garrick Centre

Feb. 02 – Calgary, AB – MacEwan Hall Ballroom

Feb. 03 – Edmonton, AB – Edmonton Events Centre

Feb. 05 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom

Feb. 06 – Seattle, WA – Showbox at the Market

Feb. 08 – San Francisco, CA – Regency Center @ The Grand

Feb. 09 – West Hollywood, CA – House of Blues

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It was crowded for 7:30 when we got there. Epicurean was playing and they were extremely loud, but pretty good. I’m not familiar with the band but they have a thrashy, almost death metal sound to them. I guess one of their guitar players bailed on them.

Warbringer picked up the pace a bit and was really cool. I’ll definitely have to make an attempt to listen to more Warbringer soon. Their drummer broke his arm or wrist earlier in the tour so the drummer for Epicurean was helping them out, playing double duty. Needless to say, Wabringer’s set was a slightly shorter. Belphagor was pretty good. I wasn’t really in to them, though.

Exodus was awesome. In fact, it was so awesome that I had to get in the pit for a few minutes. I forgot how fun it was and yet how tiring it is at the same time. I found myself very winded, very fast.

Kreator was even better than Exodus. They had the crowd even more awake and moving than Exodus did. The pit was almost constantly moving and people were having a blast. I got in the pit for a few minutes (or less) during one of the last few songs, I think it might have been Enemy Of God. We left as Kreator was doing an encore but it was cool. My head was ringing and I was ready to go.

This is what made the show great, besides the bands. The environment and the attitude among everyone there. The pit was like an old school thrash pit with no karate moshers and everyone was having a good time. If someone fell, three or four people would try to help them up. If someone was crowd surfing and heading for an empty spot in the pit someone would try to catch them or guide them in another direction. There was no one acting stupid, nobody was being a dick and it was all fun. I think this had a lot to do with the fact that it was a slightly older, more mature crowd than most of the shows I’ve been to in the past year. I have a few sore spots and it feels like someone took a baseball bat to my right calf, but it was all worth it.

I’m not sure how many more shows are left on this tour, but go! If you have to skip work, school or whatever, go! It’s well worth it.

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Off of the top of my head I can think of two bands that should get inducted, well before Metallica, such as Judas Priest and Iron Maiden. There are other bands that I’d like to see get inducted…after the previously mentioned bands. I don’t want to see Dave Mustaine inducted under Metallica. He deserves to be inducted for his band, Megadeth, not a band that he contributed to. So with them on top, here are five bands of the Metal Genre that I believe should be inducted.

• Megadeth: A given. If Metallica can get inducted after releasing albums such as St. Anger then Megadeth deserve a nomination, right?
• Motorhead: A huge influence on so many of the rock and metal bands of today. How has this not happened yet?
• Pantera: Seriously, they had a huge impact on the metal scene and they don’t get enough credit for persevering and pushing through the grunge era.
• Danzig: With the contribution of The Misfits, Samhain and , well, let’s at least say the first four Danzig Albums, Glenn has made some great music that has influenced a lot of bands to include Metallica. Though I get tired of the satanic overtones in everything that he does these days, Glenn is a a great composer of music.
• Slayer: If Metallica can get inducted, why can’t Slayer? They had some totally awesome albums over the years, even though everything kind of went bland after Season In The Abyss. they still have had a huge impact on the metal scene since their inception.

Sure these are some old school names, but there aren’t many other bands that deserve recognition. There are a handful that deserve an honorable mention such as Exodus and Anthrax. Sadly Motley Crue will probably be inducted before any of these bands, even Maiden or Priest. That’s how the corporate jack-offs in the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame roll.

So, the ultimate question; who do YOU think deserves to be inducted in to the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame from the metal (in general) genre?

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Carcass US Tour Dates and Support

• 3/13  The Trocadero – Philadelphia, PA
• 3/14  Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH (w/ Abigail Williams)
• 3/15  The Pearl Room – Mokena, IL (w/ The Black Dahlia Murder)
• 3/16  Majestic Theater – Detroit, MI (w/ The Black Dahlia Murder)
• 3/17 Headliner’s  – Louisville, KY
• 3/18  Pops – St. Louis – Sauget, IL
• 3/20  Flytrap – Tulsa, OK
• 3/21  Ridglea Theater – Ft. Worth, TX (w/ Suffocation)
• 3/22  Meridian – Houston, TX
• 3/24  Gothic Theatre – Denver, CO
• 3/25  Sunshine Theatre – Albuquerque, NM
• 3/26  The Grand Ballroom – San Francisco, CA (The Faceless, Toxic Holocaust)
• 3/27  The Marquee Theatre – Phoenix, AZ (w/ Suffocation)
• 3/28  The Grove – Anaheim, CA (California Metal Fest w/ Suffocation, EXODUS, The Faceless etc.)

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Jesus, I go mow my lawn for a few hours and all hell breaks loose in Metal news. I hate mowing my lawn. Mainly because I have about an acre to mow and I have to push mow it. It’s good exercise though and hopefully it’s the last time I’ll have to mow it this year. The only really good thing about it is that I get to listen to a few cds all the way through. But seriously…nobody wants to hear me bitch about mowing the lawn.

Hatebreed has made available the full 22 song set from their Detroit filming session from the Live Dominance DVD. You can download it from iTunes for $9.99 HERE.

If you’re going to check out Exodus in Seattle on November 12th, plan on hearing the entire Bonded By Blood album played. According to the venue, El Corazon’s website, the band plans on playing the album in full during this tour date.

Daron Malakian doesn’t feel like his heart is in to touring right now, so if you had tickets to see Scars On Broadway or to watch them on Jimmy Kimmel Live, then you better get a refund and plan on watching something else because no plans to reschedule are in the works yet.

If you’re in to Tesla, their new CD comes out tomorrow and you can hear their entire record streaming today here. I’ll have a review up at The Rock Dose tomorrow. Never been big on them but Forever More is good album.

Metal Injection’s Rob kinda looks like Shrek…but then again I’m no Prince Fuckin’ Charming. Check out his interview with Black Tide here.

Tom from some blog that I have never heard of but obviously get’s better interview opportunities than I do, posted an interview with Metallica’s Lars Ulrich…you know… he’s that drummer dude that kind of talks funny. Check out that long-ass interview Here.

And lastly, I forgot to register to vote by the deadline, live a fool. But I’m still going to talk shit about the next President if he does a lousy job.

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NUCLEAR BLAST is very proud to announce the newest signing: Technical Brutal Death Metal institution DECREPIT BIRTH from Santa Cruz, California.

The band, founded in 2001, has so far released two highly acclaimed albums, “…And Time Begins” and “Diminishing Between Worlds” in 2003 and 2008.

Here’s a statement from the band:

“NUCLEAR BLAST has a special tradition for signing some of the best metal acts of all time including DEATH, DIMMU BORGIR, TESTAMENT and EXODUS just to name a few. We feel very lucky and honored to be a part of the family!

Our intention is to take the music to the next level and continue to release quality progressive death metal music with better tours and so on. We are confident to have NUCLEAR BLAST in our corner! We also want to thank Unique Leader Records very much for the years of dedication to DECREPIT BIRTH.

After we complete more touring in support of the current release, we will begin pre-production for the next album.”

Nuclear Blast USA comments:

“First of all, I have to thank Deron Miller (CKY, World Under Blood) because every time I saw him he’d tell me that I needed to sign this band, and he was right! The band has developed so much from their first record to the new one that it’s almost a whole different band. Technical Death Metal hasn’t sounded this good in years! We welcome Decrepit Birth to the Nuclear Blast family!!!”

Decrepit Birth MySpace Page

Decrepit Birth Official Website

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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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WARBRINGER Unleashes Their Ferocious Debut Album and Joins Nile For Spring Tour; New Video Makes Its Headbangers Ball Debut This Weekend.

Though their debut album, War Without End, was just released yesterday on Century Media, LA’s premier young thrashers WARBRINGER are in the middle of one of the year’s most diverse bills with some of the genre’s most respected bands, which includes Exodus, Goatwhore and Arsis. Now backed by overwhelmingly positive reviews from Revolver, Decibel and Metal Edge magazines, they’re bringing the long-developing LA thrash scene to the mainstream supporting War Without End. The vicious new video for “Combat Shock” is also set to make its MTV2 debut on Headbangers Ball this Saturday, Feb. 9th at 11PM EST/8PM PST.

Their unrelenting touring schedule continues on March 8th as they hook up with Nile, Suicide Silence and The Faceless for a month-long North American trek. See below or be sure to check out www.myspace.com/warbringer for their complete touring itinerary.

John Kevill (vocals) further comments on the band’s current tour: “The shows have been awesome so far, and all the other bands are way cool dudes. We just played an amazing show at the legendary BB Kings in NYC and were blown away by the crowd response. It seems as if we are gaining new legions of fans everywhere we go and we couldn’t be more excited. We are all hanging at the merch booth every night after our set, so please come by and say hello. This tour is just the beginning of our worldwide campaign to support this album and we can’t wait to bring this war ensemble to a city near you. Prepare for combat shock.”

WARBRINGER aren’t interested in rehashing old thrash riffs. One listen to the apocalyptic, almost ethereal opening to ‘At the Crack of Doom’ and you’ll understand that. As Decibel wrote in their review of the debut, these guys are “true students of the sound,” but what really sets them apart is their adoration of everything from the traditional metal of Iron Maiden and Judas Priest to Suffocation’s blistering death metal assault.

“A razor-sharp thrash attack” — Revolver
“Certain to please the Thrashliker” — Decibel
“Pure thrash the way it was intended: violent, heavy, loud, and most importantly, fun” — Lambgoat
“The head of the modern thrash class” — MetalSucks.net

WARBRINGER w/Exodus, Arsis, Goatwhore
02/06 Crocodile Rock – Allentown, PA
02/07 Webster Theatre – Hartford, CT
02/08 Mark’s Place – Bedford, NH
02/09 The Chance – Poughkeepsie, NY
02/10 Peabody’s Down Under – Cleveland, OH
02/11 Huntington Music Hall – Huntington, WV
02/12 Uncle Pleasants – Louisville, KY
02/13 Vnuk’s Lounge – Milwaukee, WI
02/14 Reverb – Cedar Falls, IA
02/15 Harpo’s – Detroit, MI
02/16 The Pearl Room – Mokena, IL
02/17 The Rock – Maplewood, MN
02/18 Garrick Centre – Winnipeg, MB
02/19 The Exchange – Regina, SK
02/20 The Warehouse – Calgary, AB
02/21 Bourbon St. – Spokane, WA
02/22 Studio Seven – Seattle, WA
02/23 Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR
02/24 Slim’s – San Francisco, CA
w/Suicide Silence, Arsis, Veil of Maya
03/04 The Blue Goat – Salina, KS
w/Suicide Silence, The Faceless
03/05 Pop’s – Sauget, IL
03/06 The Muse – Nashville, TN

w/Nile, Suicide Silence, The Faceless, Unexpect
03/08 The State Theater – St. Petersburg, FL
03/09 The Culture Room – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
03/11 The Back Booth – Orlando, FL
03/12 The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
03/13 The Parish – New Orleans, LA
03/14 Meridian – Houston, TX
03/15 White Rabbit – San Antonio, TX
03/16 Ridglea Theater – Fort Worth, TX
03/18 Launch Pad – Albuquerque, NM
03/19 The Clubhouse – Tempe, AZ
03/20 The Key Club – Hollywood, CA
03/21 The Boardwalk – Orangevale, CA
03/22 The Jumping Turtle – San Marcos, CA
03/24 Bluebird Theatre – Denver, CO
03/25 Sokol Underground – Omaha, NE
03/26 Metro/Smart Bar – Chicago, IL
03/28 Peabody’s Down Under – Cleveland, OH
03/29 The Palladium – Worcester, MA
03/30 BB Kings Blues Club – New York, NY
04/01 The Trocadero – Philadelphia, PA
04/02 Jaxx – W. Springfield, VA
04/03 Tremont Music Hall – Charlotte, NC
04/04 The Music Farm – Charleston, SC

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