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Stream The Safety Fire’s Grind The Ocean; Win A Free Copy + Signed Poster!

Filed Under: Audio, Contests, New music, Once More With Streaming

Apr.10, 2012

British prog metalcore powerhouse The Safety Fire‘s debut album Grind The Ocean is finally available in North America! To celebrate, InsideOut Music hooked us up with the full album stream! Grind the Ocean is without a doubt one of the year’s highlights, calling to mind bands like Architects and Periphery while maintaining and building a wholly unique sound. It’s been out in Europe since February, but if you haven’t heard it yet, you no longer have an excuse! Stream Grind the Ocean below:

If you’re liking what you hear and would like a copy, listen up! We’re also giving away FIVE copies of this record, complete with signed posters! To enter, send an email with the subject “The Safety Fire Giveaway” along with your name and address to mail(at)heavyblogisheavy(dot)com. We’ll give you until next Tuesday at midnight to enter! Entries will be picked at random, so good luck!

Winners have already been selected. Thanks to everyone who entered!

The Safety Fire are currently on tour in the US with Protest the Hero, Periphery, Jeff Loomis, and Today I Caught The Plague. To catch up with them on their remaining dates, visit them on Facebook. Be sure to check back for our review later today!

- JR

Tags: Grind The Ocean, InsideOut Music, Jeff Loomis, Periphery, Protest the Hero, The Safety Fire, Today I Caught The Plague

One Day

Filed Under: Tours and Rumors of Tours, Upcoming releases, Video

Apr.09, 2012

Remaining US Tour Dates (with Protest the Hero, Periphery, Jeff Loomis, Today I Caught The Plague)

Mon/Apr-09 – ST LOUIS MO – Pops
Tue/Apr-10 – MILWAUKEE WI – The Rave II
Wed/Apr-11 – DETROIT MI – Magic Stick
Thu/Apr-12 – COLUMBUS OH – The Outland Ballroom
Fri/Apr-13 – CLEVELAND OH – Grog Shop
Sat/Apr-14 – BALTIMORE MD – Sonar
Mon/Apr-16 – ATLANTA GA – Masquerade
Tue/Apr-17 – ORLANDO FL – The Social
Wed/Apr-18 – RALEIGH NC – Lincoln Theater
Fri/Apr-20 – NEW YORK NY – Gramercy
Sun/Apr-22 – PHILADELPHIA PA – Trocadero

- JR

Tags: Jeff Loomis, Periphery, Protest the Hero, The Safety Fire, Today I Caught The Plague

Is Summer Slaughter Not Hardcore Enough For Your Tastes? Southern Lord’s Got Your Back

Filed Under: Tours and Rumors of Tours

Apr.06, 2012

While I am BEYOND EXCITED for Summer Slaughter Tour this year, some metal fans out there aren’t too keen on the likes of Periphery, Veil of Maya, etc. Understandable, I suppose; we all have our tastes and there’s nothing wrong with that so long as you’re not an asshole about it. For those waiting for a more underground package tour to come to fruition, you’re in luck, because Southern Lord’s putting something together.

Here’s the scoop from the press release:

Southern Lord this week confirms a devastating label tour package for this June and July, bringing some of the label’s newest and most promising acts as well as some major players on the eclectic but lethal roster together for a near month-long trek across the face of America.

Organized and booked by Southern Lord founder Greg Anderson, the core acts for the tour include the Ontario-based hardcore/rock outfit BURNING LOVE (featuring ex-Cursed vocalist), the dark lords of Swedish crust MARTYRDOD making their debut U.S. appearance, Milwaukee’s punk/hardcore crossover outfit ENABLER and Seattle’s powerhouse d-beat/death-infused hardcore bastards BLACK BREATH. Special additional performances from POISON IDEA, NOOTHGRUSH, PELICAN, POWERTRIP, WILD/TRIBE, DEAD IN THE DIRT, THE SECRET, ALL PIGS MUST DIE and more will join some of the shows regionally as well.

The final routing is still being plotted and finalized, and a fully confirmed itinerary will be publicized in the next two weeks as it all takes shape.

So there you go, hardcore fans! Dates are to be announced soon, and we’ll fill you in when they’re available.

- JR

Tags: All Pigs Must Die, black breath, Burning Love, Dead in the Dird, Enabler, Martyrdod, Noothgrush, pelican, Periphery, Poison Idea, Powertrip, Southern Lord Records, The Secret, The Summer Slaughter Tour, Veil of Maya, Wild/Tribe

Between the Buried And Me Announce European Tour; New Album News

Filed Under: General News, Tours and Rumors of Tours, Upcoming releases

Apr.04, 2012

The world already knows how much I’m in love with Between the Buried and Me, so I’m just gonna skip all the foreplay and dive right on into the news. BTBAM have announced a European tour with Periphery and The Safety Fire, set for this Fall. Here are the dates:

10/10 Antwerp, BEL – Trix (without Periphery)
10/11 Amsterdam, NET – Melkweg
10/12 Koln, GER – Luxor
10/13 Munster, GER – Sputnikhalle
10/14 Copenhagen, DEN – Vega
10/16 Stockholm, SWE – Debaser Slussen
10/17 Gothenburg, SWE – Sticky Fingers
10/18 Hamburg, GER – Logo
10/19 Berlin, GER – Lido
10/20 Prague, CZE – Rock Cafe
10/22 Bratislava, SLO – Randall Club
10/23 Budapest, HUN – Durer Kert
10/24 Wien, AUT – Szene
10/25 Munchen, GER – Backstage
10/27 Novara, ITA – Rock’n’Roll Arena
10/28 Zurich, SWI – Dynamo
10/29 Stuttgart, GER – Universum
10/30 Frankfurt, GER – Batschkapp
10/31 Paris, FRA – La Maroquinerie

It should be a really cool tour, and coincides with the release of their new album, so you silly Europeans will get to hear the new songs live first. Lucky devils; hopefully America will get a little something during Summer Slaughter! Speaking of the new album, bassist Dan Briggs was recently interviewed by AbsolutePunk for the upcoming Trioscapes debut, and was asked about the new BTBAM album. To cut to the good stuff for you guys, here’s what we’ve learned:

Writing is done!
They’ll back to working with Jamie King from May 14, recording for five-six weeks. Even longer for mixing.
Dan describes the album as, “[not having] much in common soundwise with Parallax. It’s pretty fucking out there.”
It’s more cohesive between songs as a solid piece of music, even moreso than Colors.
It will be out this Fall.

If the thought of a BTBAM concept album that’s even more cohesive between songs than Colors doesn’t get you excited, check your pulse. I’m obviously biased, but no other album on the horizon is as exciting as this. Keep your eyes out for Parallax II, out this Fall on Metal Blade.

- JR

Tags: Between The Buried and Me, Jamie King, Metal Blade Records, Periphery, The Safety Fire, Trioscapes

Cerebral Bore Opening Summer Slaughter Tour!

Filed Under: Tours and Rumors of Tours

Mar.22, 2012

While they weren’t my first choice, I’m excited that Cerebral Bore have won the fan-voting contest to open Summer Slaughter Tour 2012. This makes them the first band with a female vocalist to ever be on the tour. Awesome! That just makes the lineup that much more exciting! Congratulations go out to those guys, as they deserve it. Let’s hope they get the visas sorted this time!

For those who haven’t been keeping track, here’s the lineup as it stands as of 3/22:

Cannibal Corpse
Between the Buried and Me
The Faceless
Periphery
Job For A Cowboy
Veil of Maya
Goatwhore
Exhumed
????? [likely Fleshgod Apocalypse]
Cerebral Bore

This is likely the best tour you’ll see this year in America. EVERY BAND is killer. I cannot wait for the dates to be announced. We’ll relay those to you as they come in!

- JR

Tags: Between The Buried and Me, Cannibal Corspe, Cerebral Bore, Exhumed, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Goatwhore, Job For A Cowboy, Periphery, The Faceless, Veil of Maya

UPDATE: Mayhem Festival Leaks Summer Slaughter Lineup?!

Filed Under: Tours and Rumors of Tours

Mar.19, 2012

UPDATE [03/20, 1:40 PM]: The Summer Slaughter Tour have confirmed that JFAC and Periphery are officially on the bill!

UPDATE [03/19, 1:30 PM]: Metal Injection confirms that JFAC and Periphery are 100% on the bill. Rob was just at SXSW last week, so it’s very likely he ran into someone who knows the deal. Huzzah!

UPDATE: Metalsucks was told that the page in question didn’t appear to be the official Mayhem page. Even still, the lineup looks pretty legitimate considering the evidence. We’ll be sure to let you know when there’s an official announcement.

It looks like Summer Slaughter’s lineup had a few surprises after all. While we’ve been harping on and on for weeks about the rumored lineup, it turns out one of the leaked bands didn’t make it to the final cut. While Job For A Cowboy are making it out, Hate Eternal won’t be on the tour, it seems. Major sads, but you can’t win em all right?

Here’s the lineup, as announced (strangely enough) by Mayhem Festival. Hold on to your asses.

CANNIBAL CORPSE
BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME
JOB FOR A COWBOY
PERIPHERY
THE FACELESS
VEIL OF MAYA
GOATWHORE
FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE
EXHUMED
*FAN CHOSEN OPENER

Surprise! Periphery and Fleshgod Apocalypse from out of fucking nowhere! This tour is officially unmissable if this is true. A lot of the Cannibal Corpse fans will likely be pissed off over Periphery, but as Noyan put it to me, “Cannibal Corpse fans are always pissed.” Fair enough! I however, enjoy most of the bands on the tour. I don’t hate the ones I don’t enjoy either, so the show should be killer for me while everyone else is pouting.

I find it strange that The Faceless aren’t higher up on the bill than they are here, considering how predominately they’re featured on the teaser image and how they were direct support for Decapitated a couple of years ago. But then again, this year’s lineup is bigger.

The winners of the fan-voting contest are yet to be announced, but it looks like Pathology is (imo, unfortunately) going to win. I’m not excited about that at all (I was rooting for Vildhjarta and Fallujah. Hell, I’d settle for Cerebral Bore), but what can you do besides show up late or complain? If you’re like me, that’ll be your chance to get comfortable and browse some merch tables.

Dates are set to be available soon, and we’ll have them for you when they’re ready!

[Thanks to reader David Bautista]

- JR

Tags: Between The Buried and Me, Cannibal Corpse, Decapitated, Exhumed, Fallujah, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Goatwhore, Hate Eternal, Job For A Cowboy, Pathology, Periphery, The Faceless, The Summer Slaughter Tour, Veil of Maya, Vildhjarta

Periphery’s Spencer Sotelo is a Heretic

Filed Under: Audio, lolwut

Mar.14, 2012

Photo via Sahisnu Photography

I have no idea why, but Periphery singer Spencer Sotelo has gathered with a few friends to cover Slipknot‘s classic ‘The Heretic Anthem’.

Alright people…. As promised, I give you THE HERETIC ANTHEM. Taylor Larson on guitars, Will Donnelly on bass, Misha Mansoor and Matt Hellporn on drums and myself on vocals. Enjoy fuckers! -Spencer

I used to listen to this song all the time during 6th grade, so I’m intimately familiar with it, and Spencer absolutely nails it. He captures all the anger and nuances of Corey Taylor‘s voice. I wasn’t expecting much, but this is definitely insane. I hope Spencer sounds this vicious on the upcoming Periphery album too!

- NT

Tags: Corey Taylor, Periphery, Slipknot, Spencer Sotelo

Here’s Your New Double-Dose Of New Jeff Loomis!

Filed Under: New music, Upcoming releases, Video

Mar.12, 2012

New Jeff Loomis music has been dropping quite frequently lately, and I couldn’t be happier. Over the weekend, we got a glimpse at two new Loomis tracks via a guitar playthrough and a stream. Let’s walk through them, shall we?

The first bit of news is a video of Jeff and his rhythm guitarist Joe Nurre playing through and rehearsing a new song called ‘Mercurial.’ Check that out below:

The second is what is most exciting to me personally, a stream of the track ‘Surrender’ featuring Ihsahn! I’ve been dying to hear this collab since it’s been announced, and you can listen to it over at Blabbermouth. This leads me to believe that these two need to pair up more often — and they will on Ihsahn’s next solo album!

Both songs are absolutely excellent and they bode quite well for his sophomore album Plains of Oblivion, which will be available April 10th on Century Media Records. In the mean time, catch him on tour with Protest the Hero, Periphery, and The Safety Fire!

- JR

Tags: Ihsahn, Jeff Loomis, Periphery, Plains of Oblivion, Protest the Hero, The Safety Fire

Rush Set Release Date For Clockwork Angels

Filed Under: Upcoming releases

Mar.08, 2012

And the prog community collectively lets out a sigh of relief.

Rush are at that stage of their career where they can take their time releasing new material but, for me, the wait for Clockwork Angels seems to have dragged since they first announced they were working on it way back in 2009. This is probably due to absolute cocktease that was the Caravan two track EP released last year, which was a left hook straight out of nowhere — showcasing some bands heaviest material to date. No mean feat when you consider that all three members are well into their fifties but if you have any doubts, just listen to that heavy, off-kilter groove that opens ‘BU2B‘.

For a site that loves prog, there’s an unfortunate lack of Rush‘s presence here, but fear not! I shall keep you all updated/whine incessantly in the near future as last night it was announced that they will be releasing their long awaited new album Clockwork Angels on the ridiculously spread out dates of May 23rd and 29th, for Japan and the US respectively. No mention yet of a release date for Europe, but I can only assume it will be just after that, maybe even early June. So, if you haven’t already, here’s your chance to listen to the guys that were making interesting, progressive and technical music when Meshuggah and Periphery were but a twinkle in a pierced condom wrapper. I’ve included a couple more choice tracks after the jump for your viewing entertainment.

[via Blabbermouth]

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Tags: Caravan, Clockwork Angels, Meshuggah, Periphery, Rush

Peruse Some Samples Of The New Jeff Loomis Record

Filed Under: New music, Upcoming releases, Video

Mar.07, 2012

With the new Jeff Loomis album Plains of Oblivion *ahem* looming on the horizon (sorry), I’ve been anticipating this record with a bit of excitement. The established shredder served his time in Nevermore and throwing out guest solos left and right, gaining much more momentum and popularity since his debut solo record Zero Order Phase. This new album boasts guest appearances from the likes of Marty Friedman, Tony MacAlpine, Christine Rhoades, Attila Voros, Chris Poland, and the one I’m most excited for, Ihsahn, who does vocals for the track ‘Surrender’.

Above, you can check out some samples from the new Loomis record Plains of Oblivion. So far, this album sounds amazing. I’m really digging the inclusion of vocals on some tracks, as well. Any excuse to hear Ihsahn’s signature rasp is fully welcomed, but Christine Rhoades is sure to be one of the highlights on this record.

Plains of Oblivion is due out April 10th on Century Media. Be sure to catch Jeff Loomis on tour with Protest the Hero, Periphery, The Safety Fire, and Today I Caught The Plague. Dates for that are available after the jump!

- JR

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