Ferret Music has announced the signing of San Diego’s Lower Definition!

Keep checking :

www.myspace.com/lowerdefinition

www.ferretstyle.com      for details and info.

36 CRAZYFISTS FORCED TO PUSH BACK RELEASE DATE OF THE TIDE AND ITS TAKERS AND CANCEL EUROPEAN TOUR

36 Crazyfists look forward to getting out on the road and seeing their fans in 2008.  Remember to mark your calendars with the new date of April 28th, 2008 for The Tide and Its Takers hitting stores.

Metal Blade Records is proud to announce AS I LAY DYING’s  Grammy Nomination for BEST METAL PERFORMANCE for “Nothing Left,” the first  single from their newest release, AN OCEAN BETWEEN US.
 
“I thought someone was pulling my leg when I first heard that we’re nominated for a Grammy this year,” says vocalist, Tim Lambesis. “I’m completely honoured! Who would have thought you could play metal and still make your parents this proud? Now I’ll have to go out and rent a tux to wear for the third time in my life. I knew I should have just bought one the first time…”
 
This band that Alternative Press calls “…one of the best pure-metal bands America has to offer” had their highest BILLBOARD Top 200 debut of their career with this album (#8) – also the highest debut in their label’s 25-year history.  Metal Blade owner and CEO Brian Slagel comments on the label’s 2 Grammy nominations: All of us at Metal Blade Records are extremely honoured to have As I Lay Dying and King Diamond, nominated for Grammy awards. They both truly deserve this honour for the great artistry they have accomplished on these tremendous releases.
 
The acclaim for AS I LAY DYING’s AN OCEAN BETWEEN US is widespread. Decibel Magazine (USA) states “…to these battered ears (this album) is a revelation…” and Kerrang! (UK) says “(this album is) by far the most aggressive, in your face statement they have ever made.”  Abort Magazine (Canada) adds of their progression “An Ocean Between Us is their largest notch yet. Growing technically and musically as a band, this recording shows a much fuller sound then in previously album. These twelve tracks show a definite maturity and diversity to the band, there is something here for every fan of tight, fast, smart metal.”
 
The bleak, futuristic video for “Nothing Left” was shot in Van Nuys, California at Sound City Studios with Brian Thompson (Killswitch Engage, Angels & Airwaves) lending his directorial talents.  “The high concept storyline mixed with the bands ripping performance should make this video a metal favourite,” says Thompson.  The story, which was conceived by the band and fine-tuned by Thompson, follows a female character through a series of events which takes place within a decaying, future landscape.  The video saw its initial debut on MTV2’s Headbanger’s Ball on August 11th and continues to run periodically on the show.

AS I LAY DYING VISIT THE UK WITH SOME SHOWS LINED UP
Plus Special Guests TBAMarch 2008Thurs 20th : YORK : FIBBERS
Fri 21st : ABERDEEN : BARFLY
Sat 22nd : LIVERPOOL : BARFLY
Sun 23rd : CARDIFF : BARFLY
Mon 24th : CAMBRIDGE : BARFLY

VIEW ‘NOTHING LEFT’ VIDEO

http://www.myspace.com/asilaydying  /  http://www.asilaydying.com/

The Bluehorses have a new album ready for release, titled ‘Thirteen Fires’ it will have ten new tracks with a video version possibly in the pipeline in the new year. Bluehorses have placed six of the tracks online on their myspace page and the growing popularity of the bands youtube page is growing in leaps and bounds. The Celtic Rock burnished with a tinge of metal is proving a big hit.

KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES JOIN THE ROADRUNNER RECORDS FAMILY

DEBUT ALBUM SET FOR LATE SPRING 2008

‘EASY TIGER’ SINGLE SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 2008

KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES is:
ALED PHILLIPS (vocals) / JOEL FISHER (guitar) / IAIN MAHANTY (guitar) /
ANDREW SHAY (bass) / PHILIP JENKINS (drums)
 

Cardiff based quintet Kids In Glass Houses, one of the hottest unsigned bands the UK had to offer in 2007, will end the year with a record deal to their name.

 The hook-laden rockers signed with Roadrunner Records on Saturday evening, just hours before taking to the stage to begin their current UK tour supporting Funeral For A Friend. The band recently completed the recording of their forthcoming debut album with producer Romesh Dodangoda (Funeral For A Friend, Bullet For My Valentine, The Blackout), which will see a release on the label in the Spring.

 It’s just over a year since the then unknown five-piece burst onto the UK’s underground circuit, armed with a humorously titled, five track demo outing, ‘E-Pocalypse’. Praise for the now out-of-print effort, also produced by Dodangoda, came from a plethora of well respected figures within the rock media, including writers at Kerrang! Magazine, as well as Daniel P Carter and Zane Lowe at BBC Radio 1. The aforementioned backing helped the band secure their first major support slots, alongside Lostprophets and Cute Is What We Aim For.

 The early stages of 2007 saw the band declared as one of ‘The 10 Hottest New Bands On The Planet’ by Kerrang! magazine, record a Maida Vale session for the BBC Radio 1 Rock Show, as well as tours supporting the likes of Hundred Reasons and 30 Seconds To Mars. The group then also became the first unsigned band to headline Klub Kerrang! at London’s Koko venue. By the time June had come to a close, the band were fresh off their first headline tour of the UK, with the majority of dates having sold-out in advance. The tour was proceeded by backing up their seemingly ever-present hype machine, with impressive performances at the Give It A Name, Full Ponty, Download and Hyde Park Calling festivals.

 Further touring, combined with the groups relentless work ethic, was rewarded in early August, when the band were announced as nominee’s for the ‘Best British Newcomer’ category at the Kerrang! Awards. Despite losing out to Gallows, the band proved they were more than worthy of their nomination with sensational performances at the Carling Weekend in Reading and Leeds to capacity Carling Stage tents. As a result, the NME ranked the band at number 3 in their ‘10 Best New Bands’ at the festival report.

 After taking the majority of September off, in order to complete the writing process for their debut full-length, the band re-emerged in October for another headline tour. This time culminating in a Halloween show at London’s Islington Academy. Never ones to do things by halves, the band opened their set with a cover of Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’, with the band sporting zombie makeup and attire. But it was frontman, Aled, who drew the most attention, dressed exactly as Jackson appears in the now classic accompanying music video.

 The incredible and inspiring journey the band has undertaken, is made even more impressive when you consider that the band have only officially released one very limited edition single, limited to just 500 signed and numbered vinyls. 2008 will no doubt see the band catapult further into the spotlight with an albums worth of their infectious brand of rock, bursting at the seams with pop sensibilities.

 Roadrunner Records MD for the UK, Mark Palmer, says:  “We’re very excited to welcome Kids In Glass Houses to the Roadrunner family. We have been watching the band closely for well over a year now and have seen them develop into amazing live performers with incredible songs. They will be a massive priority for Roadrunner in 2008.”

KIGH vocalist, Aled Phillips, says: “We couldn’t be happier signing with Roadrunner Records. Everyone at the company gets and loves what we’re doing and what we hope to achieve, and that’s the most important thing. It’s been a long process, but we definitely feel we’ve made the best decision and feel totally at home. We can’t wait to get the record out!”
http://www.myspace.com/kidsinglasshouses

New UK Tour Announced For April 08 - Tickets on sale November 23rd

New single ‘Saving My Face’ released 19th November
This week also sees the release of KT’s new single. A rollicking gem of a pop song inspired by a plastic surgery documentary KT watched, which she describes as being ‘about 50 year old women trying to look like teenagers’, ‘Saving My Face’ is the second single to be lifted from the Brit Award winner and Grammy nominee’s highly acclaimed album ‘Drastic Fantastic’ (out now on Relentless), which entered the UK charts at No.3 in September and is the follow up to her 4 million selling debut “Eye To The Telescope’.

Following her critically acclaimed sold out UK tour last month multi award winning singer songwriter KT Tunstall is set to tour the UK again in April 2008.

Tickets for KT’s April 08 tour go on sale Friday Nov 23rd. Dates are as follows: -
APRIL:
Sun 6 Cambridge Corn Exchange 01223 357 851
Mon 7 Southampton Guildhall 023 8063 2601
Tue 8 Ipswich Regent 01473 433 100
Wed 9 Wolverhampton Civic 0870 320 7000
Fri 11 Hammersmith Apollo 08448 44 47 48
Sun 13 Grimsby Auditorium 0870 060 2331
Tue 15 Preston Guildhall 01772 258 258
Wed 16 Sheffield Academy 0844 477 2000
Thur 17 Carlisle Sands Centre 01228 625 222
Sat 19 Glasgow SECC 08444 999 990 / www.gigsinscotland.com
Sun 20 Aberdeen AECC 08444 999 990 / www.gigsinscotland.com

When Pelican last toured the UK with These Arms Are Snakes in April of this year, Metal Hammer were moved to say “for two hours tonight Pelican become the only band on the planet, no one else matters,” and they’re damn right. And the good news is, they’re back. Even better, they’re back with High On Fire and Priestbird on the same bill. It must be Christmas or something…
FULL UK DATES (with Pelican and Preistbird where stated)

10-Dec Belfast Limelight
11-Dec Dublin Whelans
12-Dec Sunderland Independent (+ Priestbird)
13-Dec Glasgow Oran Mor (+ Priestbird)
14-Dec Bristol Cooler (+ Priestbird)
15-Dec Birmingham Barfly (+ Priestbird)
16-Dec Sheffield Corporation (+ Priestbird)
17-Dec London ULU (+ Priestbird

Latest album ‘City Of Echoes’ is available now on Hydra Head Records.

http://www.hydrahead.com/pelican
Myspace

Roadrunner have partnered with Myspace to offer you a free download of “Blackjack”, a song taken of Airbourne’s upcoming and (INCREDIBLE) album “Runnin’ Wild”.

To get your download go to Airbourne’s www.myspace.com/airbourne Myspace profile and click on the “Blackjack” banner.

Runnin’ Wild will be released on the 28th of January 2008
View & Buy The Album Here -

USA

View & Buy The Album Here -

UK

THIN LIZZY and the marathon 17-date UK tour started at the De Montfort Hall on Thursday November 22nd and finishes up at London’s Hammersmith Apollo on Thursday December 13th to celebrate the legendary Live album ‘Live And Dangerous’ recorded at the Rainbow 30 years ago, The ‘Live And Dangerous’ set the standard for live concert recordings and truly reflects the status of Thin Lizzy as one of rock’s best live bands. The tour also dovetails the recent release of ‘Live and Dangerous ‘ on DVD.

THIN LIZZY : Live And Dangerous : Tour Dates

Thur 22 November Leicester De Montfort Hall
Fri 23 November Cambridge Corn Exchange
Sat 24 November Ipswich Regent
Mon 26 November Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
Tue 27 November Birmingham Academy
Wed 28 November Cardiff St David’s Hall
Fri 30 November Glasgow Academy
Sat 1 December Aberdeen Music Hall
Sun 2 December Newcastle City Hall
Tue 4 December Sheffield City Hall
Wed 5 December Manchester Apollo
Thur 6 December Liverpool University
Sat 8 December Bristol Colston Hall
Sun 9 December Southampton Guildhall
Mon 10 December Exeter University
Wed 12 December Folkestone Leas Cliff
Thur 13 December Hammersmith Apollo

Below is the show set:
Jailbreak
Emerald
Southbound
Rosalie/Cowgirl’s Song
Dancing In The moonlight
(It’s Caught Me in its Spotlight)
Massacre
Still In Love With You
Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy the Weed
Cowboy Song
Boys Are Back In Town
Don’t Believe A Word
Warrior
Are You Ready
Suicide
Sha La La
Baby Drives Me Crazy
Rocker

Rock3 Review Of The Show

MUSIC FOR RELIEF has launched a benefit auction on eBay to raise funds for the survivors of Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh and Linkin Park has donated VIP ticket packages, signed customized x-box and Mike Shinoda DC Remix sneakers for the cuase.

You can support the fundraising effort by bidding on these Linkin Park items or donations from other artists such as instruments, signed posters, DC Shoes and more, click here and scroll all the way down to view auction items and to bid.

Please join Linkin Park and Music for Relief to help those in need. Click here to make a donation to aid the survivors in Bangladesh.

About Cyclone Sidr: On November 15th Cyclone Sidr brought winds of up to 150 miles an hour, creating a 15 foot sea surge, devastating coastal regions in Bangladesh. The storm killed approximately 3,500 people, left over 40,000 injured while over 800 people are still missing. 8.5 million people have been affected by the cyclone and tens of thousands of people are still in urgent need of food, shelter, medical supplies and clean drinking water. Music for Relief is responding to the disaster by raising funds for the survivors, thank you for your support.

About Music for Relief: Founded by members of the band Linkin Park, Music For Relief is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization dedicated to providing aid to victims of natural disasters and the prevention of such disasters. Since its inception in 2005, Music for Relief has raised over $2 million for the victims of the tsunami tragedy in Southeast Asia and hurricanes Katrina and Rita. MFR has organized a benefit concert featuring multi-platinum artists & numerous celebrity guests, sent musicians and volunteers to Southeast Asia and the U.S. Gulf Coast to help rebuild and donate supplies to people in need, and planted over 355,000 trees to help reduce global warming. www.musicforrelief.org

CLUTCHING AT STARS TOUR 2007

Fish and his Clutching at Stars Tour will hit Portugal during this week. On 5th December, Wednesday, in Aula Magna - Lisboa & on 6th December, Thursday, in Europarque at Stª Maria da Feira. For the second time Forgotten Suns will be the opening act for both shows. This is another great chance to see one of the best, if not the best, Marillion album - Clutching at Straws - performed in it’s entirety. Forgotten Suns are proud of being part of this event and to represent the portuguese progressive scene once again.

FORGOTTEN SUNS LIVE AT pROCK FESTIVAL 2008

The band will be performing live at pRockfest in Bünde/Westfalen - Germany - on 8th November 2008! “…it’s a great opportunity for some of our older fans across Europe to see us live, we know we have many german and dutch fans over the years so it will be great. We know that some of the bands we enjoy like Flower Kings(Swe), Pendragon(UK) and Riverside(POL) were there on previous editions, so it’s a quality window of prog in Germany…”

NEWS FROM THE STUDIO

The band has spent the last month performing live and moving to a new studio to finish the writings, pre-produce and start recording the 3rd album. Now with lead singer Paulo ‘the Snake’ Pacheco feeling even more confortable on the ranks, the band is tighter musically and ready to make some serious upgrades on the songs in order that this 3rd album becomes a progressive masterpiece. Half December and full January will be the necessary days to re-write some songs and do the pre-production, according to guitar player Ricardo Falcão: “…we still feel that this album can be more representative of the way we see prog music today; with the concerts we made we’re aware of Paulo’s capabilities and the extension of his vocal technique, so, the band is entering another musical dimension, a much wider one - these tracks will be the living proof of that…”

QUEENSRYCHE EUROPEAN TOUR

The Queensryche European Tour was delayed to 2008. Forgotten Suns were invited to be the openers on 19th November at Porto but according to the promoters of the event they will only come in 2008 (there’s no scheduled date yet) with a full Operation Mindcrime show I and II.

Portugals premier prog band www.forgotten-suns.com

Nickelback’s ‘Rockstar’ climbed to #19 in the OFFICIAL CHARTS yesterday
(its highest position to date!) WATCH THE VIDEO HERE

From a garage in a Los Angeles suburb in 1982 to becoming the leading true INDEPENDENT Heavy Metal record label in the world, METAL BLADE RECORDS continues to lead the way in introducing artists to the Heavy Metal world, which we have continually defined.

To commemorate 25 years of the LOUDEST, HARDEST, HEAVIEST and the very best HEAVY METAL on the planet, METAL BLADE RECORDS is set to release the definitive LIVE METAL DVD. Recorded on April 28th, 2007 at the NEW ENGLAND METAL & HARDCORE FESTIVAL in Worcester, MA, This live DVD captures LIVE pro shot performances from UNEARTH, CANNIBAL CORPSE, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, THE RED CHORD and JOB FOR A COWBOY as well as current and past METAL BLADE artists, coming together for the first time to celebrate a milestone in HEAVY METAL history.

The DVD will also include a second disc containing 14 official video clips of bands like AS I LAY DYING, AUTUMN, EVERGREEN TERRACE, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, UNEARTH or GOATWHORE.

The set also includes 35 minutes of bonus footage of various musicians and METAL BLADE bands commenting on the 25th anniversary of the label - METALLICA, AS I LAY DYING, UNEARTH, JOB FOR A COWBOY among others…

The set will be available on MID-PRICE once it is released on January 28th (Europe)!

DISC 1 (New England Metal & Hardcore Fest 2007)

1. BEYOND THE EMBRACE “Plague”
2. BEYOND THE EMBRACE “Insect Song”
3. HALLOWS EVE “Speed Freak”
4. DEMIRICOUS “Never Enough Road”
5. DEMIRICOUS “Matador”
6. SINCE THE FLOOD “At the End”
7. SINCE THE FLOOD “Laid to Rest”
8. SHAI HULUD “A Profound Hatred of a Man”
9. THREE “Monster”
10. THREE “Amazed Disgrace”
11. GOATWHORE “Alchemy of the Black Sun Cult”
12. GOATWHORE “In the Narrow Confines of Defilement”
13. IMPIOUS “Purified by Fire”
14. IMPIOUS “Wicked Saints”
15. GOD DETHRONED “Villa Vampiria”
16. GOD DETHRONED “The Warcult”
17. LIZZY BORDEN “Notorious”
18. LIZZY BORDEN “Psychopath”
19. JOB FOR A COWBOY “Embedded”
20. JOB FOR A COWBOY “Altered from Catechization”
21. THE RED CHORD “Black Santa”
22. THE RED CHORD “Antman”
23. THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER “Contagion”
24. THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER “When the Last Grave Has Emptied”
25. CANNIBAL CORPSE “Unleashing the Bloodthirsty”
26. CANNIBAL CORPSE “Murder Worship”
27. UNEARTH “Giles”
28. UNEARTH “The Great Dividers”
DISC 2 (Video Clips)

1. UNEARTH “Sanctity of Brothers”
2. AMON AMARTH “Cry of the Blackbirds”
3. SIX FEET UNDER “Ghosts of the Undead”
4. JOB FOR A COWBOY “Embedded”
5. GOATWHORE “Forever Consumed Oblivion”
6. AS I LAY DYING “Nothing Left”
7. THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER “What a Horrible Night for a Curse”
8. THE RED CHORD “Dread Prevailed”
9. EVERGREEN TERRACE “Chaney Can’t Quite Riff Like Helmet’s Page Hamilton”
10. UNEARTH “This Glorious Nightmare”
11. SIX FEET UNDER “Doomsday”
12. THREE “All That Remains”
13. AUTUMN “Satellites”

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