_'Justice' is served - now also for European fans of Matenrou Opera, because Gan-Shin Records is going to release the latest album 'Justice' all over Europe on July 6th. This is great news for every Visual-Kei fan, especially because of the fact that the Japanese band gained already a lot of attention by former releases and tours.
Founded in 2007 by vocalist Sono, Matenrou Opera, almost emerged like the phoenix from the ashes, selling out their first live show ever along with their first single. Already in 2008 the band played their first European tour along with the mighty Versailles, fascinating their western audience with incredible musical capabilities and proving that Matenrou Opera is the biggest name in the up and rising groups of Visual kei. Following their trial of success, the band decided to sign with a major record label in 2009 and shared stages with the GazettE, D'espairsRay and even Marilyn Manson from that date! Matenrou Opera dark outfits accentuate the gloomy atmosphere, delivered by their heavy but melodic Rock sound. Along with vocalist Sono who is able to master even the highest pitch, Matenrou Opera are truly a class of their own! http://www.gan-shin.de/
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_Europe and UK fans can finally breathe a sigh of relief; New Yorkers, Emmure are heading back to continue their wrath of fury. They will be supporting Parkway Drive on their November 2012 Europe/UK tour, with The Word Alive and Struc/tures.
Emmure has returned home to the US after recently performing for hundreds and thousands of fans across 22 cities in Europe and the UK. They had the opportunity to headline GHOSTFEST and play DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL with notable acts such as BLACK SABBATH, SOUNDGARDEN, MEGADETH, LAMB OF GOD and more! They are currently gearing up for TRESPASS AMERICA FESTIVAL, which will take over the US starting July 13 in Broomfield, Colo. Joining them on stage will be label-mates and fellow east coasters, God Forbid. Emmure will continue to be a huge force in the metal community across the world for years to come, so if you haven’t had a chance to pick up their new album, 'Slave To The Game', now is your chance! Copies are available for sale on the Victory Records Webstore. Fans should stay tuned for the release of their upcoming music video for “MDMA” that will be released exclusively through VEVO on July 9. Check out their video for, “Protoman” here while you wait! http://www.facebook.com/emmure http://www.victoryrecords.com/emmure Tour Dates: 11/13 Tilburg, NET – 013 11/14 Birmingham, UK – Ballroom 11/15 Manchester, UK – Academy 11/16 Leeds, UK – University 11/17 London, UK – Roundhouse 11/18 Lint, BEL – Eurocam Media Center 11/19 Hamburg, GER – Große Freiheit 36 11/20 Oslo, NOR – Sentrum Scene 11/21 Stockholm, SWE – Debaser Medis 11/22 Gothenburg, SWE – Trädgårn 11/23 Berlin, GER – Huxleys 11/24 Oberhausen, GER – Turbinenhalle 11/25 Wiesbaden, GER – Schlachthof 11/26 Zürich, SWI – Komplex 11/27 Trezzo Sull’Adda, ITA – Live Club 11/28 München, GER – Kesselhaus 11/29 Budapest, HUN – Dürer Kert 11/30 Prague, CZE – Meet Factory 12/01 Dresden, GER – Eventwerk Norwegian Black Metallers Ragnarok have released a new video for the title track from their last album 'Collectors of the King'. The video is produced by William Brovold, directed by Stefan E Pedersen and the cinematography is by Lasse Roed.
Drummer and Ragnarok founder Jontho comments: "It’s the first official video we’ve done for the band, and for a band that’s been around as long as we have, you could say it’s been a long time in coming. It’s a very dark piece in every sense of the word and perfectly conveys the atmosphere and subject matter of the track itself. We’re very pleased with the result, and now we’ve got a taste for it, it certainly won’t be the last video we make and you can rest assured that the new album will provide plenty of material for the next one". The 'Collectors of the King' video can be seen here. The band recently inked a deal with Agonia Records and entered the Endarker Studios in Sweden on the 24th June to record what will be their seventh full-length album. At the production helm is studio owner and Marduk bassist Devo. So far all the drum and guitar tracks have been recorded for the as yet untitled album which is due for release later this year. The band’s next live appearance will be in August at this year’s Party.San Open Air Festival in Schlotheim, Germany. http://www.facebook.com/ragnarokofficial http://www.ragnarokhorde.com http://soundcloud.com/ragnarokofficial http://www.myspace.com/ragnarok http://www.reverbnation.com/ragnarokhorde http://www.agoniarecords.com _King Of Asgard made an astonishing impact on the scene with their debut album 'Fimbulvintr', released in 2010. After playing a bunch of festivals and club shows in 2010 and 2011, King Of Asgard are now ready to unleash their second album '…to North'.
Recorded at the infamous Sonic Train Studios with engineer Andy LaRocque (King Diamond) at the helm '…to North' shows a band that has perfected it's songwriting skills. In collaboration with Metal Hammer Germany King Of Asgard are now launching the second single taken off the new album. Click here to check out 'Gap Of Ginnungs!' King Of Asgard speaks of Gap Of Ginnungs: "We picked this song out as the second single taken off the "…to North" album as it represents the more epic side of King of Asgard. The opposite of "The Nine Worlds Burn" really which is a typical straight forward King of Asgard song. Gap of Ginnungs carries different elements of the band such as choirs and broad melancholic songwriting. Here we also present the second guest musician, Jimmy Hedlund. He is playing the lead guitar solo where we felt that the song needed something extra and this was his void to create upon. He did, and according to us, with a marvelous result and the circle was closed. This one is for you - followers of the King!" Tracklisting: 1 Intro 2 The Nine Worlds Burn 3 The Dispossessed 4 Gap of Ginnungs 5 Bound to Reunite 6 Nordvegr 7 Up on the Mountain 8 Plague-ridden Rebirth 9 Harvest (The End) 10 … to North 11 Vinterskugge (Digi-CD bonus only!) '…to North' will be released July 30th via Metal Blade Records as a Digi-CD and on vinyl! The limited first edition Digipak will include as a bonus the Isengard cover version 'Vinterskugge'. The bonus track will also be included as a separate 7" in the vinyl edition! http://www.kingofasgard.com/ http://www.facebook.com/kingofasgard http://www.myspace.com/kingofasgardsweden http://www.youtube.com/user/kingofasgardsweden http://www.metalblade.com/kingofasgard _Today Dew-Scented post the second single taken off 'Icarus'! Premiered by Rock Hard magazine Germany, make sure to click here to check out 'Thrown To The Lions!' here
Vocalist Leif Jensen comments about 'Thrown To The Lions': "TTTL is among my personal fave-tracks on 'Icarus' and one that we all knew right away would become a good addition for our new live-set! This song is viciously straight-forward and comes with some pretty wicked guitar riffing. Lyrically the edge was to portray the truly barbaric bloodlust in ancient times at gladiator fights and the brutality of the so-called 'damnatio ad bestias'. That's some of the most extreme punishment in history, especially since it was turned into such a public celebration ritual! It's definitely a gruesome topic that effortlessly supports the heaviness of the song…and the subliminal tortured screams on the second lead-guitar part are quite intense too!" 'Icarus' will be released as a limited first edition Digipak including 3 bonus tracks as well as on vinyl (black and limited coloured versions) on July 30th via Metal Blade Records in the UK! Track List 01. Hubris 02. Sworn to Obey 03. Thrown to the Lions 04. Storm Within 05. Gleaming Like Silver 06. By My Own Hand 07. The Fall of Man 08. Reawakening 09. Destined to Collapse 10. A Final Procession 11. Perpetuated 12. In Dying Mode (bonus track) 13. Steady Decline (PRONG-cover/bonus track) 14. No Spiritual Surrender (INSIDE OUT-cover/bonus track) Dew-Scented are: Leif Jensen ˆ Vocals Marvin Vriesde ˆ Guitars Rory Hansen ˆ Guitars Joost van der Graaf ˆ Bass Koen Herfst ˆ Drums Don't miss Dew-Scented on stage at the following shows: 20/07/12 ˆ DE ˆ Rotenburg/Wümme - Metalsplash Festival V 21/07/12 ˆ DE - Steinbach-Langenbach / Suhl ˆ Queens Of Metal Festival 11/08/12 ˆ NL - Leeuwarden ˆ Into The Grave Festival 12/08/12 ˆ DE ˆ Berlin ˆ Postbahnhof w/SIX FEET UNDER 13/08/12 ˆ DE ˆ München ˆ Backstage w/SIX FEET UNDER 14/08/12 ˆ CH ˆ Pratteln ˆ Galery w/SIX FEET UNDER 15/08/12 ˆ DE ˆ Essen ˆ Turock w/SIX FEET UNDER 16/08/12 ˆ NL ˆ Kerkrade ˆ Rock Temple w/SIX FEET UNDER 17/08/12 ˆ DE ˆ Dinkelsbühl ˆ Summer Breeze Festival 18/08/12 ˆ DE ˆ Hamburg ˆ Grünspan w/SIX FEET UNDER www.dew-scented.net www.facebook.com/dewscented www.facebook.com/dewscented www.twitter.com/dewscented www.metalblade.com/dewscented _On the 16th July Metal Blade will release the following picture discs:
AMON AMARTH - 'Fate Of Norns' CIRITH UNGOL - 'Frost And Fire' POWERWOLF - 'Blood Of The Saints' All three picture discs will be limited to 500 copies each so make sure to pre-order your copies before they are gone! www.metalblade.de www.facebook.com/metalbladeeurope http://twitter.com/mbeurope http://www.emp.de/metalbladeshop _On the 13th of August LA's most headbanging band Armored Saint will re-issue their first EP with bonus tracks on vinyl!
Track List. 1. Lesson Well Learned 2. No Reason to Live 3. False Alarm 4. Stricken by Fate 5. On the Way All five songs will be on side A, side B will feature a nice etching! Armored Saint will be heading back to Europe next week. At Sonisphere in France, they will be playing on the same day as Ghost, Evanescence, Wolfmother, Soulfly, Lacuna Coil, and more. Bang Your Head's list of confirmed bands includes Arch Enemy, Exodus, Thin Lizzy, Primordial, and more. Dong Open Air also features Napalm Death, Sepultura, and many others. Along with the festival appearances, Armored Saint will be playing three headlining shows with UK's Collapse as the supporting act. John Bush elaborates on the dates: "I'm very excited for our upcoming summer dates. First, Armored Saint has never played in France. Not only are we doing the awesome Sonisphere show, we are also doing a headline club show in Paris. About fucking time. Also, we're extremely pumped to play the Bang Your Head festival again. It's one of the best metal shows in Germany. Plus, we get to be part of the DONG festival. First time there. The tour wouldn't be complete without playing in Holland, which is the first country Armored Saint ever played in Europe back in 1989; and Zurich, where it will be our first time to headline in the beautiful country of Switzerland. Armored Saint doesn't tour all that often so come out and join us, cause you're never sure when or if we'll be touring again. We'll be playing songs from our entire catalog as well as from our most recent record, La Raza, which we're extremely proud of. See ya this summer." European Tour 2012 08/07/12 ˆ FR ˆ Amneville - Sonisphere Festival 10/07/12 ˆ FR ˆ Paris - La Maroquinerie w/ Collapse 11/07/12 ˆ NL ˆ Kekrade - Rock Temple w/ Collapse 13/07/12 ˆ DE ˆ Balingen - Bang Your Head Festival 14/07/12 ˆ DE ˆ Neukirchen - Dong Festival 15/07/12 ˆ CH ˆ Zürich - Dynamo w/ Collapse http://www.metalblade.com/armoredsaint http://www.facebook.com/thearmoredsaint http://twitter.com/thearmoredsaint _France's Dreamcatcher have released a new music video for their track "Into The Light", which is taken from the band's latest full-length album "Emerging From The Shadows".
The video, which was produced and directed by Ewan Floyd can be viewed here. Produced in France by Olivier Didillon, “Emerging From The Shadows” was issued on March 31th through Brennus Music / Replica and features 10 themes that characterises Dreamcatcher’s ability to play a nice mix of heavy and thrash metal with some progressive touches. The album can now be ordered on CD Digipack from the band E-Shop here. Or at Brennus' Official E-Shop here: www.dreamcatcherfrance.com www.myspace.com/dreamcatcherfrance www.facebook.com/Dreamcatcherfrance |
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