The previously mentioned new Machine Head single ‘Days Turn Blue To Gray’ will now be released on December 6th.
Open Hand have confirmed the tracklisting for their forthcoming album will be: 1. Pure Concentrated Evil 2. Her Song 3. Tough Girl 4. You and Me 5. Tough Guy 6. Jaded 7. The Ambush 8. Take No Action 9. Newspeak 10. Crooked Crown 11. The Kaleidoscope 12. Waiting for Katy 13. Trench Warfare 14. Hard Night One bonus track will be added for Europe.
As promised yesterday, the brand new MP3 for Wednesday 13 track ‘Rot For Me’ is now posted. Download it from the MUSIC section.
A message from Every Time I Die, following the recent change of touring plans in the UK. “We here at Every Time I Die apologize sincerely for our recent and unexpected cancellation of the December tour with Atreyu which was to take us to and fro (though mostly fro and/or thither) across the supple expanses of your glorious 241,590 sq miles full of rugged hills and low mountains with level to rolling plains in east and southeast, through your bustling cities where the population of 60, 270, 708 grows annually at a rate of 0.29% and consists of an impressive 17% either living on or below the poverty line, though your GDP has risen by .4% in Q3 2004, which is unfortunately down .9% from the previous quarter. And lest we forget the true freedom we Americans cannot fully understand that is delegated by your constitutional monarchy, whose laws are mandated partly by statutes, partly by common practice instead of an antiquated document issued by a constitution based federal republic with strong democratic traditions. The truth of the matter is, we have only been to the UK twice and are terribly afraid of things we don’t understand or recognize on a map. Until recently, the only source of information we had about the United Kingdom was that they assumedly made our British Knight sneakers. Please forgive us, and come to see us when we return early next year. We love and need you.”
The following Machine Head shows are now sold out! MANCHESTER NEWCASTLE LEEDS GLASGOW
If you like the bands on Trustkill, or ones in that kind of vein, but you don’t much know about the little lot on Trustkill, you should definitely pick up the new issue of Big Cheese magazine (issue 57, Nov issue). Turn to page 48, and read the next 6 pages (do note the cool competition on page 53 too). Profiles on the following bands: Eighteen Visions It Dies Today Roses Are Red Terror Hopesfall Most Precious Blood Arms Bend Back Poison The Well Walls Of Jericho Bleeding Through Throwdown Nora Open Hand
Before the Unholy Alliance tour kicked off, we offered our street team, the chance to interview Hatebreed. The teamer who sent in the best questions, would be able to ask the band their questions, and have the answers posted here. The winner was chosen, and here is PART THREE, the final installment of his interview with Sean Martin, Hatebreed’s guitarist. Teamer: What have been the lowlights and highlights of your careers so far? Sean: I guess the low points are personal loss and sacrifice for the band, which, in turn, leads to the high points. We’ve all sacrificed a lot to do what we’re doing and to be out here. We’ve sacrificed relationships, we’ve sacrificed homes. We’ve sacrificed a lot of stuff where we’ve just walked away and said, ‘you know what, we’re going to devote our lives to Hatebreed and to hardcore.’ A few of us have had our own personal trials but the high points are being here every day and being on tour with Slayer and playing to kids playing hardcore music is as high as it gets. Not having to go back to the day job is amazing. Teamer: Are any members of the band Straight Edge, as the tune ‘Kill an Addict’ might suggest? Sean: No, no one’s Straight Edge. You don’t have to be Edge to hate a drug addict, you know. Everyone’s got their demons. All of us have dealt with the ravages of addiction and we’ve dealt with the terrors of it personally. ‘Kill an Addict’ is about a fucking scumbag addict who fucked you over, took your trust and stabbed you in the back. You don’t have to be Edge to hate a junkie. At the same time, we totally support Straight Edge, and, even though we’re not personally, we believe that everybody should go out and do what they want to do. A great amount of my friends are Straight Edge and we don’t separate when it comes to that. We’ve never been an Edge band, contrary to popular belief (laughter). Teamer: Hatebreed are renowned for violent dancing at shows. Is this something you condone or condemn? Sean: I condone it (laughter). Go out and have a good time! I’d rather someone beat the shit out of a hundred people in a mosh pit and get the shit kicked out of him than take out that aggression negatively and beat people down for no reason. If you don’t like it then stand at the back and if you want to be part of it then move up front – it’s part of hardcore, it’s part of punk rock and it’s part of metal. Just don’t be an asshole. If you want to dance and have a good time then go for it. Teamer: With other band members appearing on records by Candiria, Biohazard, and Buried Alive amongst others, what other bands would you like to have the opportunity to work with? Sean: You know, there’s not too much I could offer apart from a pick slide. I’d be honoured to work with anybody if they asked me to. I’ve done some stuff I just did a track with Necro called ‘Insaneology’ on his new record, and a couple of songs on the new Handsome Boy Modelling School record. I’ve done some stuff but outside the realm of Hatebreed – I’ve played guitar on stuff that’s not metal or hardcore. I’d love to do a pick slide on an Entombed album (laughter). Teamer: Having spread the Hatebreed message across the globe, what else, as a band, would you like to achieve before you call it a day? Sean: I think we’re doing a good job of what we’d like to achieve, by going out there and touring non-stop and putting out records. There are still a lot of places we haven’t been yet in the world so we’d love to hit those spots and keep being Hatebreed – that’s all I could ask for.
Ahha! It is coming! The very first MP3 from Wednesday 13’s new solo album. Called ‘Rot For Me’, a rough mix was been posted in the MUSIC section earlier for you to download…. However, we only want you to have the best quality, so the old MP3 is now gone, and the brand spanking new MP3 will be up in the morning!
ATTENTION all LA fans of Killswitch Engage! The boys from MA are the main feature in this month’s Skinnie Entertainment Magazine. If you are in the LA area, you can pick it up on newsstands. For all non-Californians, Skinnie has put up a PDF file with the entire issue online at their site: http://www.skinniezine.com/main_site.php Killswitch Engage are currently on the USJagermeister Tour with SLAYER and MASTODON in support of their album The End of Heartache which is in stores now!
Cradle Of Filth kicked off their new tour in Quebec City on Halloween! Webzine CapitaleDuMetal was there, and they have posted a bunch of pictures from the show HERE. What did they think? “The Quebec City metalheads had a special treat for their Halloween last night as Cradle Of Filth launched their brand new tour at Le Capitole de Quebec in front of a bit more than 1300 metal maniacs. The show had been sold out for a few weeks already and people got treated to a night of horror and they loved every minute of it. We got a good look at Cradle’s new stage gear and it looks really great!! Theatrics of the last few Cradle’s tour have been put to rest as they now rely more on a sort of triple arch that features projections of all kind. The drum kit is set up a good 3 feet in the air on the left of the stage while the keyboards are at about the same height on the right of the stage and are hidden by an evil kind of flag (or drapery).”