Suffocation have been busy finishing up their forthcoming album, Blood Oath. I’ve got my tickets for Tuesday’s show in Raleigh and hopefully I’ll have an interview as well. If you have the means, hit the Blood Apocalypse tour with Whitechapel, Beneath The Massacre, Veil Of Maya, Decrepit Birth and Psycroptic. Dates are after the studio update (From drummer Mike Smith I believe).

“We’ve just completed another shift at Full Force Studios (6pm – 2am, typical shift). As for a progress report – we’ve completed all the drum tracking and rhythm and bass guitars as of this past Sunday. What we’ll have left to do starting today is record guitar solos and getting Frank (Mullen) in there to lay down the vocals. We’re looking to wrap it up next week and start rehearsing a set for the up coming ‘Blood Apocalypse Tour’ soon after that. All in all, we can honestly say this record is SLAMMIN’ HEAVY and we got some nice little twists for ya’ too. We look forward to crushing some stages for you all real fucking soon!

Suffocation, Whitechapel, Beneath The Massacre, Decrepit Birth, Veil Of Maya

• 03/14/09  Jaxx – Springfield, VA
• 03/15/09  The Norva – Norfolk, VA
• 03/16/09  The Soapbox – Wilmington, NC
• 03/17/09  Volume 11 – Raleigh, NC
• 03/18/09  Matthew’s Bar & Grill – Birmingham, AL
• 03/20/09  Grant Street Hall – Lafayette, LA
• 03/21/09  Ridglea Theatre – Ft. Worth, TX (w/ Carcass, Suicide Silence)
• 03/22/09  House of Rock – Corpus Christi, TX
• 03/23/09  The Zoo – Amarillo, TX
• 03/24/09  Chic’s Bar and Billiards – El Paso, TX
• 03/26/09  The Crossing – Palmdale, CA
• 03/27/09  The Marquee Theater – Phoenix, AZ (Arizona Metal Fest)

Suffocation, Whitechapel, Decrepit Birth, Veil Of Maya, Psycroptic

• 03/28/09  The Grove – Anaheim, CA (California Metal Fest)
• 03/29/09  The Boardwalk – Sacramento, CA
• 03/30/09  Modesto Virtual – Modesto, CA
• 03/31/09  House of Blues – Las Vegas, NV
• 04/01/09  Club Sound – Salt Lake City, UT
• 04/02/09  The Black Sheep – Colorado Springs, CO
• 04/03/09  Tequila Jungle – Lubbock, TX
• 04/04/09  Red Seven – Austin, TX
• 04/05/09  El Cine Rey Theatre – McAllen, TX
• 04/06/09  Java Jazz – Houston, TX
• 04/07/09  The Village – Little Rock, AR
• 04/08/09  The Muse – Nashville, TN
• 04/09/09  The Valarium – Knoxville, TN (w/ Chimaira)
• 04/10/09  Emerson Theatre – Indianapolis, IN
• 04/11/09  The Loft – Madison, WI
• 04/12/09  The Pearl Room – Mokena, IL
• 04/14/09  Crazy Donkey – Long Island, NY
• 04/15/09  Maverick’s – Ottawa, ON – CANADA
• 04/16/09  Le Medley – Montreal, QC – CANADA (w/ The Haunted, Nachtmystium, Intronaut)
• 04/17/09  The Palladium – Worcester, MA (New England Metal Fest)
• 04/18/09  Crocodile Rock Café – Allentown, PA

Studio update and tour dates via Nuclear Blast newsletter.

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First up is Firewind’s The Premonition. I wasn’t sure what to make of this band when I first saw the Mercenary Man video on Headbanger’s ball. I’m not usually one for Power Metal, but when I saw these guys at on the Tyranny And Bloodshred tour this summer they blew me away. Gus is an amazing shredder and Apollo is an amazing singer. I like the Allegiance album a bit more than The Premonition but if I had to pick one song from this album it would be Head Up High.

Kataklysm’s Prevail is just a brutal album from beginning to end. Before this I had only heard Manipulator Of Souls on the Nuclear Blast 20th Anniversary set. I thought it was pretty good but wasn’t sure if it was a band that I could get in to. When I bought Prevail it became an instant favorite. The first single Taking The World By Storm is a great metal anthem style tune, with a great rhythm, but I have to pick the title song Prevail as my favorite.

This Is Exile from Whitechapel is a dark and ridiculously heavy album that I’m really into this summer. While it’s not anything really different from most of the extreme metal genre stuff out there right now, it’s still a great album and I can’t wait to see these guys play next month.To All That Are Dead is my pick off of this album.

Amon Amarth is a band that I just got into this weekend. Although this has came out two years ago, With Oden On Our Side is amazing from beginning to end. Heavy riffs, cool vocals and a story being told in between. If you were to close your eyes and listen along you can almost imagine the songs in a visual way…and everyone likes a good Viking story. Ruins To My Memory is my favorite from With Oden On Our Side.

The Black Dahlia Murder is yet another band that I’ve only come to like here recently. For a long time I couldn’t get into the vocals of Trevor Strnad, but same was the case for a lot of bands that I have come to like in the last year. A quick pick from Nocturnal would have to be Of Darkness Spawned.

Seeing Carcass have graced us with a full blown reunion tour, I figured this was a good throw in. Call them grindcore, deathcore, whatever. Carcass is bad ass all the way around. Heartwork, the album and song have always been and probably always will be my favorite. A lot of Carcass fans will say the same thing. Heartwork is an amazing song with great breakdowns, solos etc. Just the way it starts with that tornado sounding introduction that just build up into that pinch harmonic and then a flurry of guitar. Embodiment is another cool song from the Heartwork album. Seeing them live for the first time next month is going to be exhilarating.

Love them or hate them, Slipknot put on a great show and with a new record coming in a little over a week we can expect a lot of buzz about favorites from All Hope Is Gone. From the two that I’ve heard (No I didn’t make the listening party at Hot Topic), being All Hope Is Gone and Psychosocial, I like Psychosocial. I like the chorus and if it’s any sign that more of the album is going to have that side of Corey Taylor to it, then I will probably love it and a bunch of Slipknot fans are going to hate it and say that it sounds too much like Stone Sour. I don’t care either way because I like both bands.

Soulfly’s Conquer still amazes me. I mean, I can’t believe that it’s a Soulfly album. Max is shooting 2 for 2 this year, with Conquer and The Cavalera Conspiracy. My pick from Conquer is Touching The Void. It’s not the fastest song on the album, but it’s one of my favorites on this album.  While I’m mentioning The Cavalera Conspiracy, I might as well pick one from that as well. Black Ark is just one of many cool songs from Inflikted as is the first single Sanctuary.

Lastly, to keep the number a nice round 10, I have picked Children Of Bodom’s One Day You Will Cry from Blooddrunk. The first couple of times I listened to this album I really didn’t think it was all that great. While it’s not my favorite COB album, it’s still good. With all the songs on this album, picking one that stands out to me was tough. See, with Blooddrunk all the songs are good, but besides the cover of Ghostriders In The Sky, they all just sound like typical Children Of Bodom songs. So I had to pick one that I liked the most and it was One Day You Will Cry.

There are so many others that deserve a mention but I would be here all day. So what would your list look like?

All IMages from AMazon.com with the exception of the top picture which is ©MetalMartyr.Com 08

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TOUR DATES:

Aug. 28 – Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
Aug. 30 – Orangevale, CA @ The Boardwalk
Aug. 31 – San Jose, CA @ MACLA
Sept. 1 – Fresno, CA @ The Exit
Sept. 2 – Bakersfield, CA @ Jerry’s Pizza
Sept. 3 – Palmdale, CA @ Palmdale Vets Hall
Sept. 4 – San Diego, CA @ Soma
Sept. 5 – Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
Sept. 6 – Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
Sept. 7 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Brickhouse Theatre
Sept. 8 – Las Vegas, NV @ Jillian’s
Sept. 9 – Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad
Sept. 11 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Bricktown Ballroom
Sept. 19 – Dayton, OH @ The Attic Club
Sept. 20 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Stratus Nite Club
Sept. 21 – Buffalo, NY @ Xtreme Wheelz
Sept. 22 – Manchester, NH @ Rockos
Sept. 23 – Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
Sept. 24 – Lemoyne, PA @ Champion Ship
Sept. 25 – Fredericksburg, VA @ KC’s Music Alley
Sept. 26 – Wilmington, NC @ Lucky’s Pub

I’ll be checking these guys out with White Chapel and Through The Eye Of The Dead. That’s gonna be a cool show.

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THE GATES OF SLUMBER – TRAPPED IN THE WEB

BORIS – STATEMENT

SLIPKNOT – PSYCHOSOCIAL

MUNICIPAL WASTE – SADISTIC MAGICIAN

TERROR – NEVER ALONE

CARCASS – HEARTWORK

SHADOWS FALL – FOREVERMORE

SOULFLY – UNLEASH

WHITECHAPEL – THIS IS EXILE

GRIM REAPER – SEE YOU IN HELL

ARISE AND RUIN – BOUND BY BLOOD

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Also check out White Chapel’s Guitar Giveaway!!

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South Carolinian death metal quintet THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD have been confirmed as direct support to Whitechapel for the upcoming Bang Your Head ‘Til We Raise The Dead Tour, which is scheduled to start August 28 through the end of September, and will also feature Impending Doom, A Different Breed of Killer, and, on a handful of dates, Molotov Solution. The month of dates marks the band’s first time back out on the road since earlier this spring on a string of dates that included a stop at this year’s tenth annual New England Metal and Hardcore Festival.

“We’re very excited to be an addition to the ‘BANG YOUR HEAD ‘TIL WE RAISE THE DEAD’ tour,” guitarist Justin Longshore says. “After wrapping things up on the tour with Animosity in April, we’ve been home this summer for a much needed rest and writing tons of new riffs and ideas for our next record.  Everything is coming along really well and we are pumped to finally be back out on the road again. Make sure you do not miss out on this tour!”

THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD continues to support its latest effort, ‘Malice,’ which saw an August 2007 release through Prosthetic Records. Featuring artwork by Paul Romano (The Red Chord, Mastodon, Trivium), ‘Malice’ is the band’s second full-length and was recorded with Erik Rutan (Hate Eternal, Cannibal Corpse), which has led to the live shows across North America both headlining and alongside the likes of As I Lay Dying, The Red Chord, As Blood Runs Black, Animosity, labelmates Beneath The Massacre and All That Remains and more. The video for “Failure In The Flesh,” directed by David Brodsky is available online here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=E3SFLxevbJ0. 

THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD on tour

(Bang Your Head Til We’re Dead Tour with Whitechapel, Through The Eyes of the Dead, Impending Doom, A Different Breed of Killer)

• 8/28 Seattle, WA – Studio Seven
• 8/30 Orangevale, CA – The Boardwalk (with Molotov Solution)
• 8/31 San Jose, CA – MACLA (with Molotov Solution)
• 9/01 Fresno, CA – The Exit (with Molotov Solution)
• 9/02 Bakersfield, CA – Jerry’s Pizza (with Molotov Solution)
• 9/03 Palmdale, CA – Palmdale Vets Club (with Molotov Solution)
• 9/04 San Diego, CA – Soma (with Molotov Solution)
• 9/05 Anaheim, CA – Chain Reaction (with Molotov Solution)
• 9/06 Anaheim, CA – Chain Reaction (with Molotov Solution)
• 9/07 Phoenix, AZ – The Brickhouse Theatre (with Molotov Solution)
• 9/08 Las Vegas, NV – Jillian’s
• 9/09 Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad
• 9/11 Oklahoma City, OK – Bricktown Ballroom
• 9/19 Dayton, OH – The Attic Club
• 9/20 Pittsburgh, PA – Stratus Nite Club
• 9/21 Buffalo, NY – Xtreme Wheelz
• 9/22 Manchester, NH – Rockos
• 9/23 Worcester, MA – The Palladium (upstairs)
• 9/24 Lemoyne, PA – Champion Ship
• 9/25 Fredericksburg, VA – KC’s Music Alley
• 9/26 Wilmington, NC – Lucky’s Pub

** More dates TBA **

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NEURAXIS interview featured at HardTimes.ca; THE THIN LINE BETWEEN in stores now

Upon release of the band’s latest album, ’The Thin Line Between,’ HardTimes.ca has posted interview footage of Montreal tech-death band NEURAXIS online here (http://www.hardtimes.ca/node/6536), featuring commentary from guitarist Rob Milley and new vocalist Alex Leblanc. The album saw release earlier this week through the band’s new home, Prosthetic Records, and an online e-card for for the album, with several songs streaming, is online here (http://www.prostheticrecords.com/ecards/neuraxis/). Featuring the studio debuts of new NEURAXIS members guitarist William Seghers and Leblanc, ‘The Thin Line Between’ was recorded with Anonymus guitarist Jef Fortin and features artwork from Dennis Sibejin of Damnengine Art (Job For A Cowboy, Chimaira) earlier this year in Canada, and is the follow-up to last year’s live disc, ‘Live Progression,’ which saw release through Galy Records.

NEURAXIS is taking part in the Summer Slaughter Canada Tour in August alongside Necrophagist, Dying Fetus, Beneath The Massacre and more, while Stateside dates are currently scheduled for this fall. More details on that will be available shortly. There are a series of in-studio updates featuring footage from the making of ‘The Thin Line Between’ available online here (http://www.youtube.com/neuraxismetal).

NEURAXIS on tour
(Summer Slaughter Canada with Necrophagist, Dying Fetus, Beneath The Massacre, Into Eternity, Whitechapel, Veil Of Maya, Divinity, and Common Grave)
8/14 Quebec City, QC – Imperial
8/15 Montreal, QC – Club Soda
8/16 Toronto, ON – Opera House (featuring Brutal Truth)
8/18 Thunder Bay, ON – Kilroy’s
8/19 Winnipeg, MB – Garrick Center
8/20 Regina, SK – Riddell Center
8/21 Calgary, AB – The Warehouse
8/22 Edmonton, AB – Starlite
8/23 Prince George, BC – Roll-a-dome

Image Source: Prosthetic Records
8/25 Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom (no Common Grave, Divinity)

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WHITE CHAPEL – THIS IS EXILE

LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR – WAR METAL BATTLE MASTER (Uncut)

MUNICIPAL WASTE – SADISTIC MAGICIAN

DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN – BLACK BUBBLEGUM

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA – HTML RULEZ DOOD

SLAYER – RAINING BLOOD

LAMB OF GOD – WALK WITH ME IN HELL

Sony/BMG is a bunch of Nazis so if you want to watch this one go here

KATAKLYSM – TAKING THE WORLD BY STORM

SOULFLY – UNLEASH

LIVING COLOUR – TIME’S UP

THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER – EVERYTHING WENT BLACK

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