BEFORE THEIR EYES Artwork and Track Listing for Untouchable Unveiled

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:53:18 -0500

Before Their Eyes
Launch New MySpace Layout With Two Brand New Songs;
Artwork and Track Listing For Band’s Upcoming Rise Records Release Untouchable Unveiled
Album Available Everywhere March 9th
Findlay, OH’s Before Their Eyes has just launched a new MySpace page with two brand new songs (“Sing to Me” and “Bulletproof”) off its upcoming Rise Records release Untouchable. The album’s artwork and track listing have also been unveiled. Untouchable will be available everywhere on March 9th.
Untouchable Tracklisting:
1. Hey Dude! 2. Sing To Me 3. Not Alone 4. Love Is Misery 5. My Match, Your Fire 6. Start With Today (Feat. Kristen Williams) 7. Bulletproof 8. Finding A Way 9. Rick Vs Nick 10. Hell Or High Water 11. Start With Today (Acoustic)
Pre-order Untouchable here: http://new.merchnow.com/catalogs/before-their-eyes.
Before Their Eyes is Nick Moore (Lead Vocals) Landon Tewers (Guitar) Jarrett Hottman (Drums) Anthony Damschroder (Bass)  Elliott Gruenberg (Guitar).

www.myspace.com/beforetheireyes

SUICIDE SILENCE Prepare for the Warped Tour

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:17:27 -0500

Begin The Songwriting For Next Album
America’s premiere, genre-defying metal band, SUICIDE SILENCE, will soon strike fear into the hearts of today’s impressionable youth as they take part in this summer’s highly anticipated Warped Tour. The group are excited to be one of the tour’s most extreme acts and to have the opportunity to annihilate thousands of new faces each day. They will join a very diverse, impressive list of artists ranging from Andrew W.K. and Sum 41 to Every Time I Die to The Dillinger Escape Plan, among many others. Be sure to either visit www.warpedtour.com or www.myspace.com/suicidesilence to view their complete touring itinerary.   SUICIDE SILENCE, will spend the next few weeks holed up together writing new material before embarking on a massive world tour this spring, which will see them hit territories such as Japan, East Asia and South America for the very first time.   Mitch Lucker (vocals) further states: “Everyone in the SUICIDE SILENCE, camp are so stoked for this summer’s Warped Tour. Summer festivals are the best since it’s all about jammin’ in the sunshine, BBQs and parties. It’s going to be a madhouse on wheels, so get ready. This year’s lineup is definitely one of the craziest and heaviest, so we are honored to be a part of it. SUICIDE SILENCE, is always full of surprises, so come out and see what we get into this summer. I promise we won’t let you down!”
There is little doubt in anyone’s minds that SUICIDE SILENCE, are the frontrunners of the scene as they became one of the most extreme bands to ever debut in the Billboard Top 200 charts at such a high number, entering at #32 with over 14,000 units sold.

THOSE WHO LIE BENEATH Opening Act on Machines of Grind Tour

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:58:58 -0500

MACHINES OF GRIND TOUR CO-HEADLINERS ABORTED, ROTTEN SOUND, THE RED CHORD
TOUR KICKS OFF APRIL 16 IN DENMARK AND WRAPS MAY 8 IN BELGIUM; UK LEG OF TOUR SPONSORED BY TERRORIZER MAGAZINE
DEBUT CD AN AWAKENING AVAILABLE NOW; BAND ON U.S. TOUR NOW
Death metal band Those Who Lie Beneath are preparing to tour overseas as part of the 3-way co-headline Machines Of Grind Tour with rotating headliners Aborted, Rotten Sound, and The Red Chord.
Kicking off April 16 in Denmark, the tour will wind down May 8 in Belgium. The UK leg of the trek will be sponsored by the newly launched Terrorizer Magazine.
Inspired by Scandinavian and modern American death metal, Those Who Lie Beneath combine amazing guitar work, razor sharp drumming and super brutal vocals that will surely devastate the most fickle heavy music fan.
Those Who Lie Beneath is currently on a U.S. tour with The Red Chord, and My Children My Bride wrapping up March 14 in Massachusetts. The band’s release, An Awakening, is out in the U.S. now on Rise Records.
For more information on the band please see www.myspace.com/thosewholiebeneath
Catch Those Who Lie Beneath On Tour Now:
Feb 5 - Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue
Feb 9 – St Louis, MO @ Cicero’s
Feb 11 – Douglasville, GA @ The 7 Venue
Feb 12 – Pensacola, FL @ The Vault
Feb 13 – Birmingham, AL @ 5 Points Music Hall
Feb 14 – Metairie, LA @ The High Ground
Feb 16 – Wichita Falls, TX @ The Hanger
Feb 17 – Tyler, TX @ Knight of Columbus Hall
Feb 18 – McAllen, TX @ The Incubator
Feb 19 – Corpus Christi, TX @ House of Rock
Feb 20 – Houston, TX @ Meridian
Feb 21 – San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
Feb 23 – Tucson, AZ @ The Rock
Feb 24 – Las Vegas, NV @ Area 702
Feb 25 – Bakersfield, CA @ Jerry’s Pizza
Feb 26 – Modesto, CA @ Modesto Virtual
Feb 28 – Palmdale, CA @ The Crossing
Mar 1 – Flagstaff, AZ @ The Joint
Mar 2 – Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad
Mar 3 – Amarillo, TX @ The War Legion Underground
Mar 4 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Bricktown Live
Mar 5 – Memphis, TN @ New Daisy Theatre
Mar 6 – Louisville, KY @ Uncle Pleasants
Mar 7 – Nashville, TN @ Rocketown
Mar 8 – Columbia, SC @ New Brookland Tavern
Mar 9 – Raleigh, NC @ The Brewery
Mar 11 – Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon Club
Mar 12 – South Hackensack, NJ @ School of Rock
Mar 13 – Hartford, CT @ Webster Underground
Mar 14 – Holyoke, MA @ Water Front Tavern

Machines Of Grind Tour:
Apr 16 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Pumpehuset
Apr 17 – Essen, Germany @ Turock
Apr 18 – London, UK @ Underworld
Apr 19 – Birmingham, UK @ 02 Academy 3
Apr 20 - Newcastle upon Tyne, UK @ O2 Academy 2
Apr 21 – Leeds, UK @ Rios
Apr 22 – Plymouth, UK @ White Rabbit
Apr 23 – Evreux, France @ Abordage
Apr 24 – Nantes, France @ Le Ferrailleur
Apr 25 – Durango, Spain @ Plateruena
Apr 26 – Madrid, Spain @ Ritmo & Compas
Apr 27 – Barcelona, Spain @ Apolo 2
Apr 28 – Luynes / Marseille, France @ Le Korigan
Apr 30 – Tilburg, Holland @ Neurotic Death Fest
May 1 – Leisnig, Germany @ Revolution Fest Open Air
May 2 – Rep Brno, Czech @ Faval
May 3 – München, Germany @ Feierwerk
May 4 – Vienna, Austria @ Arena
May 5 – Ljubljana, Slovenia @ Gala Hala
May 6 – Lonato Del Garda (Brescia), Italy @ Olden Live Club
May 7 – Zizersm, Switzerland @ Eventstage
May 8 – Durbuy, Belgium @ Durbuy Rock Fest

ROYAL FAMILY CLOTHING TOUR 2010!

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:05:12 -0500

FROM FIRST TO LAST, EYES SET TO KILL, CONFIDE, BLACK VEIL BRIDES & SLEEPING WITH SIRENS

Royal Family Clothing has announced it’s first ever package tour to kick off this March. The tour will feature From First To Last, Eyes Set To Kill, Confide, Black Veil Brides and Sleeping With Sirens playing 27 dates nationwide. Royal Family produces original apparel and special high quality t-shirt designs for bands such as Coheed & Cambria, Whitechapel, A Day To Remember and Attack Attack! usually in limited numbers.  Unique printing processes are used to insure the highest quality shirt, which is only available via the company's website or at the band's merch table at shows. Speaking on the idea for the tour Royal Fam President Cliff Wiener said “We have a great love of independent music and as an independent clothing line there is a natural fit between the DIY mentality of the bands and the brand. We’re helping to get good bands music out there via the tour and our clothing.”

From First To Last have been a band for over a decade with album sales nearing the half million mark. The band will release their fifth studio album Throne To The Wolves on March 16, 2010, their first for Rise Records. The band released the following statement about the tour saying “It’s going to be a fun tour! Lots of new tunes will be shredded! Parties will be had and good times will reign supreme!”

Eyes Set To Kill 2008 debut album Reach (BreakSilence Recordings) quickly became one of the highest moving records at national chain Hot Topic and online retailer SmartPunk.com. The album landed at # 29 on Billboard’s HeatSeekers chart and #77 on the Billboard Independent Music Chart. The band’s sophomore release The World Outside was released in summer of 2009 and debuted at #9 on the Heatseekers Chart. The band has recently completed their own national headlining tour and have toured with the likes of LoveHateHero, Gwen Stacy and Drop Dead, Gorgeous. Front-woman Alexia Rodriguez had this to say about the tour “First we get news about being added to the Warped Tour this summer and now we're headed out with From First To Last and a ton of other great bands! The Royal Family Tour is going to be an amazing time for all the bands and I'm sure by the end of the tour everyone will be like one big giant family."

“Los Angeles’s Confide erupts a blend of screamo trying to be held back on the ankle by metalcore” (HM Magazine). The band re-released their debut Shout The Truth on Tragic Hero Records last year. The new edition saw the band re-recording all vocals and tacking on three new songs including a cover of The Postal Service’s “Such Great Heights.” The band have a new album being released on May 2010 and vocalist Ross Kenyon said of the tour “This will be our first tour of 2010 and it's right before our brand new album comes out. We couldn't be happier with the line up of bands and we're stoked to play some new songs on the tour."

Coupled with Sid Vicious-meets-KISS like stage outfits and a abundance of fog, stage lights, and skeletal stage props, Black Veil Brides deliver a message of hope and strength wrapped up in all the theatrics and raw energy of an Alice Cooper show.   Their first music video for the single Knives and Pens has reached a whopping 3.9 millions views in just over 6 months on youtube.com. The band will release their full-length on Standby Records this summer. Vocalist Andy Six said of the tour "I can remember when I was younger, seeing kids at school wearing From First To Last t-shirts and being so curious about who they were or what it was. I remember the first time I heard them I was blown away, it was something so different from what was going on at the time. The same could be said for a band like Eyes Set To Kill. It is truly a thrill for us to get to join these bands every night on the road. This tour will be taking us to places we have had yet to play, so we are very excited to see a new group of dedicated BVB fans every single night in their war paint, singing their hearts out!"

Recently signed to Rise Records, Sleeping With Sirens is the newest band to come out of central Florida. Their full-length entitled, Eyes to Hear, Ears to See due out sometime in March 2010 and the band is currently on tour with LoveHateHero. About the tour the band said "We are more than excited to take part of such a great tour. Opening up for bands that have proven themselves in such a great manner is something we feel very proud of. The bands on this tour put so much passion into their live show that each night is going to be something special."

ROYAL FAMILY CLOTHING TOUR DATES
Date              City                                         Venue
3/12                West Palm Beach, FL          Ground Control
3/13                Pensacola, FL                      Sluggos
3/15                El Paso, TX                           The Sanctuary
3/16                Tempe, AZ                             The Phix
3/17                Hollywood, CA                       The Whisky
3/18                San Bernardino, CA             California State University (SMSU Event Center)
3/19                San Diego, CA                      Epicentre
3/20                Anaheim, CA                         Chain Reaction
3/21                Orangevale, CA                    The Boardwalk
3/23                Seattle, WA                           Studio Seven
3/24                TBA
3/25                Pocatello, ID                          Icon
3/26                Salt Lake City, UT                 Kilby Court
3/27                Denver, CO                            Marquis Theater
3/28                Wichita, KS                            Oz Cafe
3/30                St. Louis                                 Fubar
3/31                Lexington, KY                        Tattersails
4/1                   Terre Haute, IN                      THMV The Venue
4/2                   Grand Rapids, MI                  The Mixtape
4/3                   Pontiac, MI                             Eagle Theater
4/4                   Cleveland, OH                       Peabody's
4/6                   Manchester, NH                    Rockos
4/7                   Poughkeepsie, NY                The Loft
4/8                   Allentown, PA                        Crocodile Rock
4/9                   Lemoyne, PA                         Championship
4/10                Vineland, NJ                          Hangar 84
4/11                Richmond, VA                       Canal Club

DARK TRANQUILLITY Post New Tracks and Webisodes Online

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:56:46 -0500

Praised By Killswitch Engage
Swedish melodic death metal pioneers DARK TRANQUILLITY triumphantly return with We Are The Void, a scorching effort that will undoubtedly add an exhilarating new chapter to the genre’s storied history. The disc is set for a March 9th North American release and the band are extremely proud to kick off this massive, worldwide album touring cycle in the U.S. on Feb. 4th with the mighty Killswitch Engage and The Devil Wears Prada. Head over now to their newly revamped MySpace page (www.myspace.com/dtofficial) to stream the blistering new tracks, “At The Point of Ignition” and “Dream Oblivion” and to view their entire tour itinerary.
Killswitch Engage’s Mike D’Antonio (bass) states: “I am super excited to have one of my favorite bands, DARK TRANQUILLITY, on our next U.S. tour. They are one of the bands that started this current Swedish Metal craze that we love so much, and they are very well respected by KSE. It is now time to up the irons on this rager of a tour come February.”
 To follow the creation of this superb melodic death metal opus Anders Björler (The Haunted, At The Gates) filmed a detailed studio report series, which can be found at the link below. Episodes one through four are up now, so check it out at the link below! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4T3lBOGIW4

NO LABEL NEEDED CONTEST AND SERIES

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:51:29 -0500

SCION AND METALINSIDER.NET TEAM NOW ACCEPTING ENTRIES FOR THE NO LABEL NEEDED CONTEST AND SERIES

The No Label Needed Contest and Series presented by Scion, in collaboration with MetalInsider.net, will help one band leave labels behind and take on the industry all on their own. The series will show readers how it's done, all while helping one special contest-winning band get ahead in a spectacular way.   From 1/20 NOW EXPANDED through 2/8, unsigned acts can submit demo packages at www.metalinsider.net/nolabelneeded.
Twenty finalists will be selected and one winner will be voted on by the public and a panel artists, agents, writers and managers who work with the likes of Killswitch Engage, As I Lay Dying and Shadows Fall. Voting will run from 2/9 through 3/8. The grand prize winner, to be announced on 3/15, will win all the help and education they need to become a truly self-sufficient artist without having to sign a traditional record deal.
The winning band will receive a personalized, all-encompassing tutorial focused on the secrets and tips needed to achieve success in the music industry through DIY means of marketing. Winners will be mentored by the members of Shadows Fall, record an EP produced by Machine (Lamb of God, Every Time I Die, Suicide Silence), shop for their stage and photo shoot clothing with Maria Brink (In This Moment) and Rob “Blasko” Nicholson (Ozzy) and receive advice from the likes of Ben Weinman of The Dillinger Escape Plan. Their website will be re-designed, their merch re-imagined and radio and press campaigns mounted to promote their EP by the best in their fields.
The series is not only meant to be a learning experience for one band, it is meant to teach any dedicated musician who wants to learn how to properly market their craft. Readers will be able to interact with contest partners and contributing musicians and professionals through the site to get some real insight into specific areas of expertise.

GOD FORBID Prepare for Tour with Five Finger Death Punch

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:11:06 -0500

GOD FORBID Prepare For Massive North American Tour With Five Finger Death Punch This Month; Announce New Guitar Player
The pride of New Jersey, GOD FORBID, are back with a vengeance kicking off the New Year with a bang as they have just replaced Throwdown on the upcoming Five Finger Death Punch North American tour. This massive trek, which kicks off on Jan. 21st, will now lead the band directly into their final run of the Earthsblood album cycle with Kittie this March. Be sure to visit www.myspace.com/godforbid now to view their complete touring schedule.   Doc Coyle (guitars, vocals) further states: “This is quite a surprise to announce GOD FORBID’s participation in the Five Finger Death Punch, Shadows Fall and 2 Cents tour. This was a tour we were looking at when it was first being put together, so the fact that we eventually landed it, even though it was a last minute thing, is a stroke of good fortune. We do wish our friends in Throwdown well, and hope whatever happened turns out ok in the end. Big thanks to FFDP for bringing us out! We have become good friends with them over the last couple years, and the fact that they are making this huge gesture is awesome. We go all the way back with our brothers in Shadows Fall to our first tour in 2000, so this will be another trip around the rodeo with some old friends. We've never toured with 2 Cents, but know Adair from Manttis and the other guys seem super cool. Combined with the spring tour with Lamb of God and the summer Mayhem Festival, this will be the most successful US touring cycle GF has ever had, so it's a big reason to be positive in 2010!   “In other news, we will be heading out with our friends in Kittie for a few weeks in March mainly focusing on the northeast. One of the sickest new bands around, Periphery, will open the first part of the tour, and Gwen Stacy will open the 2nd part. This will more than likely be the last tour before getting back to working on a new album.   “This past fall and winter has been a refocusing period on a personal and business level for GOD FORBID figuring what the next phase of this band will be. Another announcement is that Matt Wicklund (Warrel Dane, ex-Himsa,) is our new guitar player. He relocated to New Jersey and immediately started contributing new material. Along with being a great guy, he fit in with all of us really well, and it seemed like a no brainer. It's hard to say what the new material will be like, but so far I can say it's going to be very hook oriented, and obviously without Dallas, it will have a different vibe. Matt and I have very similar musical tastes, but he comes from a more trained background in theory which should create an interesting dynamic. He is also a very good lead guitar player, so there will probably be more solos. As soon as we do a new photo shoot, we will update all of our websites with Matt. We'll see you on tour!"

LACUNA COIL Debut New Video For “I Won’t Tell You”

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:15:11 -0500

Shallow Life (Deluxe Edition) Set For Feb. 23rd North American Release
Italy’s greatest musical export, LACUNA COIL, have launched their much anticipated new video for the Active Rock hit single, “I Won’t Tell You,” exclusively through their newly revamped MySpace page. Head over now to http://www.myspace.com/lacunacoil. The clip was directed by the renowned Italian producer Saku, who also shot their previous video for “Spellbound.”   A very special Shallow Life (Deluxe Edition) is currently set for a Feb. 23rd release in North America. This double disc, specially priced set features the standard CD with an additional disc full of rare and previously unreleased material (acoustic renditions, live tracks and studio outtakes) and an extended, alternative artwork booklet. Official tracklisting to be released in the coming weeks.
Upon its original release in April 2009, LACUNA COIL’s Shallow Life - recorded with acclaimed producer Don Gilmore (Linkin Park, Pearl Jam) at the famed NRG Studios in Los Angeles - has marked the band’s highest Billboard chart entry, as well as the highest Billboard debut in the history of Century Media Records breaking into the charts at #16. Shallow Life also went straight into the official album charts in the following countries: Italy, Australia, UK, Germany, France, The Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Greece and Japan.
Andrea Ferro (vocals) further comments on the “I Won’t Tell You” video shoot: “Energy is the keyword for our new video-clip for ‘I Won't Tell You.’ For the first time we've invited our fans to be part of the clip and be the main attraction together with the band. To be gathered and work side by side has been a really valuable and funny experience. The fans were great actors and we will never be able to thank them enough. As I said, it's a really energetic video with some special FX and a great vibe.”

STONE SOUR HEAD INTO STUDIO TO RECORD THIRD ALBUM

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:00:23 -0500

Grammy nominated rock powerhouse STONE SOUR announced today the commencement of work on a new album for Roadrunner Records, their first in four years. The band will record their third album in Nashville at Blackbird Studio with Grammy Award winning producer Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Velvet Revolver, Rush, Alice In Chains), who also produced 2006’s gold certified Come What(ever) May. The new album is due out this summer.
Frontman Corey Taylor commented, “I cannot wait to make this STONE SOUR album. Everything already feels a million times stronger than anything we've done in the past. Plus getting back together with Nick is going to mean monstrous things. This is the year for Stone Sour.”
STONE SOUR’s last album Come What(ever) May and self-titled debut are both RIAA gold certified and approaching platinum status. The albums have a combined 1 million digital singles sales. The band has had three top 3 active rock hits with “Bother,” “Through Glass” and “Silly World,” one top 10 Active Rock hit with “Made of Scars,” and two Modern Rock hits with “Bother” and “Through Glass.” “Through Glass” remained at #1 on the Active Rock charts for a record 7 weeks. MTV, MTV2, VH-1, Fuse and Music Choice have continually offered major support. Stone Sour has to date received three Grammy nominations.

DEAN GUITARS "LIVE FROM NAMM" WEBCAST

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:56:53 -0500

Jose Mangin, on-air personality and program director for SiriusXM and guest host of MTV2's Headbangers Ball, along with Metal Sanaz, who has risen to great popularity with nearly 1,000,000 dedicated fans on Myspace and has served as Official Host of Myspace: A Place For Metal, will host the 2010 Dean Guitars "Live from NAMM" Webcast at http://www.deanguitars.com/webcast.   The artist appearance lineup for the Dean NAMM Webcast is a who's who of rock and metal royalty including Dave Mustaine and Shawn Drover of Megadeth, Eric Peterson of Testament, Vinnie Paul, Tom Maxwell and Bob Zilla from Hell Yeah, Michael Amott of Arch Enemy/Carcass, Michael Angelo Batio, David Vincent of Morbid Angel, Vinnie Moore, Uli Jon Roth, as well as members of Shinedown, Korn, Sevendust, Divine Heresy, Collective Soul, Scorpions and many more.   The Dean Guitars Webcast will feature an up-close look at over 25 new and exciting Dean instruments including the debut of the highly anticipated Deceiver Series of guitars, Dave Mustaine's Signature "ZERO" Series, the Hillsboro bass series and Shinedown's own Eric Bass' new signature Bass.
DEAN TO PRESENT FIRST EVER "LIVE FROM NAMM" MOBILE WEBCAST FOR THE iPHONE
 Dean Guitars is the first, and to date, only company to give guitar enthusiasts, music fans and musicians around the world a real-time, multi-camera look into this massive music-industry only event. The 2009 Dean "Live from NAMM" Webcast had over 350,000 viewers.   For 2010, Dean Guitars will be taking it to the next level, by presenting the first-ever "Live from NAMM" Mobile Webcast for the iPhone.   Dean is the first and only music instrument manufacturer to have produced a live Webcast from NAMM and it will now be the first to stream a mobile webcast for the iPhone.   Featuring 24 hours of content with over 100 exclusive interviews, Dean instrument spotlights, the lovely Dean girls and much more, the Dean Guitars "Live from NAMM" Webcast and iPhone Webcast are groundbreaking productions that will give viewers an all-access pass to the always exciting Dean Guitars 2010 NAMM action.   No one does NAMM like Dean Guitars!  DEAN GUITARS IS LOCATED AT BOOTH 5466B in the Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, CA.   http://www.deanguitars.com/webcast