Below - Bid You Farewell

I don't normally post performance vids but there's something about the lighting in this one (and it's a cracking tune of course)

So that's the new single from their new album 'Across the Dark River' out on Metal Blade Records.

They are playing The Rainbow Complex in Birmingham on 24th August 2014 as well!

Goatwhore - Fucked By Satan + album & tour deets

This is what is known as a 'lyrics video'. They're usually really boring, but a useful way to hear new music. However, I think this one is rather cool. Given the subject matter the 'circles of hell via Terry Gilliam' design works particularly well -

The album - The Constricting Rage of the Merciless is coming out in July on Metal Blade Records -

and just check out the vinyl -

<swoon>

Anyway tour dates -

7/05/2014 Southport Hall - Jefferson, LA7/06/2014 The Levee - Longview, TX

7/07/2014 Zydeco - Birmingham, AL
7/08/2014 Exit/In - Nashville, TN
7/09/2014 New Daisy Theatre - Memphis, TN
7/10/2014 Fubar - St. Louis, MO
7/11/2014 The Vanguard - Tulsa, OK
Summer Slaughter Tour w/ Morbid Angel, Dying Fetus, The Faceless, Thy Art Is Murder, Origin, Decrepit Birth, Within The Ruins, Fallujah7/17/2014 The Regency Ballroom - San Francisco, CA
7/18/2014 The Observatory - Santa Ana, CA
7/19/2014 House of Blues - West Hollywood, CA
7/20/2014 Nile Theater - Phoenix, AZ
7/22/2014 Sunshine Theater - Albuquerque, NM
7/23/2014 Summit - Denver, CO
7/25/2014 House Of Blues - Houston, TX
7/26/2014 Scoot Inn - Austin, TX
7/27/2014 Gas Monkey - Dallas, TX
7/29/2014 State Theater St. - Petersburg, FL
7/30/2014 The Masquerade - Atlanta, GA
7/31/2014 The International - Knoxville, TN
8/01/2014 Agora Theatre - Cleveland, OH
8/02/2014 Mojoes - Chicago, IL
8/03/2014 Skyway Theatre - Minneapolis, MN
8/05/2014 The Rave - Milwaukee, WI
8/06/2014 Crofoot Ballroom - Detroit, MI
8/07/2014 Rapids Theatre - Niagara Falls, NY
8/08/2014 Irving Plaza - New York, NY
8/09/2014 The Palladium - Worcester, MA
8/10/2014 The Trocadero - Philadelphia, PA

Amon Amarth - Father of the Wolf + Fall tour deets

Amon Amarth are hitting the road later this year. This gives me a chance to post this incredible 'mini-film'. I've always said that The Lord Of The Rings films need to be re-scored with Death/Black/Pagan/Thrash Metal and Occult-Prog (Nurse with Wound, Current 93 and the whole of the current Italian scene) rather than the cod-celt music they actually went with. This little opus gives you an idea of how great it would be...

They should have cast me in the damned film as well...I didn't grow this beard for nothing...

Battlecross - New live footage + album + tour...again...

Oh Lord, some bands are just great live. It's a combination of practice, talent, practice and magic. Battlecross have definitely got that factor X! Needless to say, they're from Detroit...

they've put up a load of vids from their show at Lincoln Theatre in Raleigh NC, and it's great. Glad to see their singer has begun to sport the 'Wizard-look' too...

The current album is still War of Will on Metal Blade records and the remaining tour dates with Trivium & Killswitch Engage are

5/15/2014 Ram's Head Live - Baltimore, MD w/ Trivium, Nothing More

5/16/2014 The Machine Shop - Flint, MI w/ Trivium, Devil You Know (No Killswitch Engage)
5/17/2014 London Music Hall - London, ON w/ Trivium
5/18/2014 Town Ballroom - Buffalo, NY w/ Nothing More
5/20/2014 Iron City - Birmingham, AL w/ Trivium, Nothing More
5/22/2014 Minglewood Hall - Memphis, TN w/ Trivium, Nothing More
5/23/2014 Centerstage Bar & Grill - Kokomo, IN w/ Black Fast
5/24/2014 Fubar - St. Louis, MO w/ Black Fast
5/26/2014 The Black Sheep - Colorado Springs, CO The Black Sheep
5/27/2014 Sunshine Theater - Albuquerque, NM w/ Nothing More

5/21/2014 The Varsity Theatre - Baton Rouge, LA w/ Trivium (No Killswitch Engage)

5/25/2014 Aftershock - Merriam, KSw/ Black Fast

5/28/2014 Mesa Theater - Grand Junction, CO w/ Nothing More

End Tour

8/09/2014 Dirtfest @ Birch Run Expo Center - Birch Run, MI

Battlecross - Never Coming Back

Oh now this is JUST what I needed - some Detroit firepower

They really seem to enjoy themselves, and have a rep for being top chaps. The album 'War of Will' is doing well, out on Metal Blade 

Here they are laying waste to the Mayhem Fest last year - THIS is how you put on a show 

Brilliant! So go see them live and say hello

 

BATTLECROSS:
4/19/2014 New England Metal & Hardcore Fest - The Palladium - Worcester, MA

4/30/2014 Dingbatz - Clifton, NJ

5/01/2014 The Paramount - Huntington, NY w/ Killswitch Engage, Into Another, My Ticket Home
5/02/2014 The Loft - Poughkeepsie, NY w/ Beyond Dishonor, Soulstyce
5/03/2014 Mojo 13 - Wilmington, DE w/ Beyond Dishonor

5/04/2014 Reverb - Reading, PA w/ Killswitch Engage, Into Another, My Ticket Home

 

w/ Killswitch Engage, Trivium, Nothing More:
5/15/2014 Ram's Head Live - Baltimore, MD
5/17/2014 London Music Hall - London, ON
5/18/2014 Town Ballroom - Buffalo, NY (no Trivium)
5/20/2014 Iron City - Birmingham, AL
5/22/2014 Minglewood Hall - Memphis, TN

 BATTLECROSS:

5/23/2014 Centerstage Bar & Grill - Kokomo, IN

5/24/2014 Fubar - St. Louis, MO
5/25/2014 Aftershock - Merriam, KS

 w/ Killswitch Engage, Nothing More:
5/27/2014 Sunshine Theater - Albuquerque, NM
5/28/2014 Mesa Theater - Grand Junction, CO

TÝR - The Lay Of Our Love + tour dates

One of the great things about Heavy Metal is it is a place where the word 'excess' has no meaning, and I love them for that. Ok you can have someone with a lisp and a hoody barreling round the arse-end of urban decay, keeping it real. OR you can have a 5 mile high stone Angelina Jolie with large breasts; a jealous streak; and an ability to cause earthquakes. No competition! Folk Metal, operatic vocs and a killer gtr solo add to the magic

"makes me want to go out and mow the lawn, all angry and shit" as one of their fans put it!

Anyway, they are from the Faro Isles and have just swept the board at the Faroese Music Awards.

The album is called Valkyrja (Metal Blade records) and came out late last year

Their tour with Children of Bodom and Death Angel in the States still has a few dates left to go

3/21/2014 The Fillmore - Silver Spring, MC

3/22/2014 Theatre Of Living Arts - Philadelphia, PA

3/23/2014 House Of Blues - Cleveland, OH

3/24/2014 St. Andrews Hall - Detroit, MI

3/25/2014 House Of Blues - Chicago, IL

3/27/2014 Paradise Rock Club - Boston, MA

3/28/2014 Irving Plaza - New York, NY

3/29/2014 Irving Plaza - New York, NY

and this is what you can expect to see