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Sumerian signees Structures promised, as per the above poster, to release a demo of a new track called ‘Hydroplaning‘ today at 12pm EST. Well, it’s 12pm EST, SO WHERE’S MY DAMN CHOON?

HERE’S YOUR DAMN SONG. CHUH!

Thoughts?

Some of us are sold on Structures, and some of us aren’t, but either way they will be on the Slaughter Survivors Tour this month with VolumesRings of SaturnScale The SummitThe Contortionist, and Conducting From The Grave, which we think will be infinitely better than the Summer Slaughter tour, which said bands weren’t selected for.

- CG

Admittedly, compared to last year’s lineup, this one’s lacking quite a bit. The only band I felt I had to walk away from was Carnifex; this year, there are three or four bands on the bill I could go without seeing. And the fact that there are no Sumerian artists on the bill is kind of odd, but whatever works I guess.

So we knew the lineup for some time, but now we know the dates:

07/22 Los Angeles, CA – House Of Blues
07/23 Anaheim, CA – The Grove
07/25 Portland, OR – Roseland Theatre
07/26 Seattle, WA – King Cat Theatre
07/28 Sacramento, CA – Ace Of Spades
07/29 San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
07/30 San Diego, CA – House Of Blues
07/31 Scottsdale, AZ – The Venue Scottsdale
08/02 Denver, CO – Summit Music Hall
08/04 Louisville, KY – Expo Five
08/05 Detroit, MI – St. Andrews
08/06 Milwaukee, WI – The Rave
08/07 Cleveland, OH – House Of Blues
08/08 Chicago, IL – House Of Blues
08/09 Toronto, ON – Sound Academy
08/10 Montreal, QC – Olympia
08/11 New York, NY – Irving Plaza
08/12 Worcester, MA – The Palladium
08/13 Philadelphia, PA – Theatre Of Living Arts
08/14 Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
08/16 Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
08/17 Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Revolution
08/19 Houston, TX – House Of Blues
08/20 San Antonio, TX – Backstage Live
08/21 Dallas, TX – House Of Blues

And there you have it! No date around here, so I wouldn’t be able to catch the show if I wanted to. At any rate, if you can make it out and dig the lineup, then go see it and have a blast!

- JR

I don’t get to go to metal shows very often, so I have to pick and choose wisely. It seemed to me that Summer Slaughter’s stop fell on a Friday within a 4 hour distance and had arguably the best lineup, so that’s what I set my sights on. I was ready to have a good time, and all in all, I did.

However, things started off in the shitter. I was planning on and looking forward to interviewing The Red Chord’s Guy Kozowyk, but upon arriving at the box office I was turned away. Apparently, the guy at the ticket booth was not given any names under The Red Chord’s list, leaving me a bit confused, annoyed, and somewhat embarrassed. Seeing my genuine look of confusion, he offered to go and talk to the band and see what was up while I waited. After a few minutes had passed, he came back to tell me that there was too much going on backstage to get a hold of anyone and that it would be a good 20 minutes before he could reach anyone. I then noticed that people were being let in, so I said “I guess I’ll just buy a ticket and come back later,” and joined my friend (who had never heard of most of the bands on the bill) in line. Sadly, the shit didn’t stop there. Apparently it had hit the fan and sprayed all over the stage.

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Heavy Blog Is Heavy will be hitting up this year’s Summer Slaughter tour with Decapitated, The Faceless, The Red Chord, All Shall Perish, Veil of Maya, Cephalic Carnage, Decrepit Birth, Carnifex, Animals as Leaders, and Vital Remains. It really is the biggest extreme metal tour hitting America this summer. I mean, what other option is there? Mayhem and Ozzfest? Get the fuck out of my office.

So I’ll be hitting up the Cincinnati date here in a couple of weeks and I’ll be interviewing The Red Chord’s Guy Kozowyk, and I thought I’d open the floor up to some questions, so to speak. So, if you have any questions for me to ask Guy, let me know in the comments section.

Check to see if they hit a town near you after the jump!

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Everyone’s favorite progressive instrumental metal project Animals as Leaders has put up a previously unreleased song, “Wave of Babies” on iTunes for purchase. Apparently, the band’s myspace player featured the track at one point and was ripped and posted on YouTube last year (above), so you can give the song a listen before you buy it (or get it through legally questionable means, but Tosin Abasi‘s gotta eat, man.)

Animals as Leaders’ self titled debut is out now on Prosthetic Records. You can catch AAL opening on this year’s Summer Slaughter Tour.

- JR

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