Violent Reaction Streaming “No Pride”

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Violent Reaction. Photo Credit: Angela Owens

Violent Reaction. Photo Credit: Angela Owens

UK hardcore/oi outfit Violent Reaction is streaming “No Pride,” off their new album Marching On, out March 31, 2015 via Revelation Records below.

Stream “Leave Me Out” below.

The band has booked an upcoming US run with dates posted below.

Mar 31: Cafe Saint-Ex – Washington, DC (w/ Public Suicide and Earth Girls)
Apr 01: Golden Tea House – Philadelphia, PA
Apr 02: The Acheron – Brooklyn, NY
Apr 04: HC Stadium – Boston, MA (w/ Arms Race, No Tolerance, Chain Rank, Anarchy Boys (+ after party at the Boilerroom)
Apr 05: The Bug Jar – Rochester, NY
Apr 06: Refuge Skateshop – Detroit, MI
Apr 07: Old Mt Happy – Chicago, IL
Apr 08: TBA – Indianapolis, IN
Apr 09: The Rock Bottom – Pittsburgh, PA

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Sacral Rage Streaming “Lost Chapter E: Sutratma”

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Greek metallers Sacral Rage is streaming “Lost Chapter E: Sutratma”, off their debut full length album Illusions in Infinite Void, out now in North America via Cruz Del Sur Music below.

Stream “En Cima Del Mal” below.

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1. Harbinger
2. En Cima Del Mal
3. Lost Chapter E.: Sutratma
4. Panic in Urals (Burning Skies)
5. Waltz in Madness
6. Into Mental East
7. Inner Sanctum Asylum
8. A Tyrannous Revolt
9. Lost Chapter E.: Amarna’s Reign

SACRAL RAGE is:
Vaggelis F. – Drums
Marios P. – Guitar
Spyros S. – Bass
Dimitris K. – Vocals


Gust Streaming “Reality Chokes” Music Video

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Gust. Photo Credit: Magnus Larsen

Gust. Photo Credit: Magnus Larsen

Trollhättan, Sweden’s disparaged hardcore crust outfit Gust is streaming their first official music video for “Reality Chokes,” directed by Jimmy Olausson and is out via Southern Lord. Watch it below.

Gust released their self-titled, sophomore LP via Southern Lord in September 2014, a breakneck, nearly half-hour-long album displaying a unique style of crust-infused hardcore and talented songwriting from the young act. Self-recorded at Fvck Life Studios, and mastered by Brad Boatright (Warcry, From Ashes Rise, Deathreat) at Audiosiege, who also supplies guest vocals, Gust is a crushing and dynamic album where the band unleashes a maelstrom of cutting edge demolition, with cerebral elements continually emerging from the shadows with an almost ethereal effect. Fans of Cursed, Oathbreaker, Rise And Fall, and now-labelmates The Secret, Baptists and Dead In The Dirt will no doubt find themselves addicted to the band’s harsh output. Stream all of Gust and order the digital and/or blood red vinyl below.

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Minsk Streaming “The Way Is Through”

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Minsk is streaming „The Way Is Through“, off of their forthcoming album The Crash & The Draw, out via Relapse Records in North America on April 7th, 2015, April 3rd, 2015 in Germany, Benelux and Finland and April 6th, 2015 in the UK and rest of the world here.

The Crash & The Draw was captured by the band alongside Sanford Parker (Twilight, Voivod, Eyehategod, Yob etc.), mixed by Parker and Minsk at Hypercube and mastered by Collin Jordan (Eyehategod, Indian, Wovenhand, Voivod etc.) at The Boiler Room with additional vocal tracking by Scott Evans (Kowloon Walled City, Old Man Gloom, Floor etc.) at Antisleep Audio and further tracking, editing, and mixing by Kevin Rendleman at Trash Rocket Audio and Aaron Austin at We Know Who You Are.

In related news, Minsk will bring their sonic rituals to the stages of Europe next month commencing with an appearance at this year’s Roadburn Fest with additional live ceremonies to be announced in the months to come.

MINSK:
Apr 09: Roadburn Festival – Tilburg (NL)
Apr 10: Doom Over Leipzig – Leipzig (DE)
Apr 11: Hafenklang – Hamburg (DE)
Apr 12: Cassiopeia – Berlin (DE)
Apr 13: Hydrozagadka – Warsaw (PL)
Apr 14: 007 – Prague (CZ)
Apr 15: P.M.K. – Innsbruck (AU)
Apr 16: Feierwerk – Munchen (DE)
Apr 17: Freakout – Bologna (IT)
Apr 18: Lo Fi Club – SoloMacello Fest – Milano (IT)
Apr 19: Le Romandie – Lausanne (CH)
Apr 20: Escape B – Paris (FR)
Apr 21: La Scene Michelet – Nantes (FR)
Apr 22: La Peniche – Lille (FR)
Apr 23: FZW – Dortmund (DE)
Apr 24: Desertfest – London (UK)
Apr 25: Kavka – Antwerp (BE)

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Your Favorite Enemies Supporting And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead On Upcoming Tour

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Montreal alt rockers Your Favorite Enemies will be supporting …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead across the US. Stream the music video for “Where Did We Lose Each Other” below.

The six piece first came together in 2006, and quickly gained an enormous following world-wide. Through their own imprint Hopeful Tragedy Records, Your Favorite Enemies has sold over 150,000 copies of their studio efforts independently and garnered massive critical acclaim, including being nominated by the Juno Awards for Rock Album Of The Year 2015. Their vivacious live performances led to numerous tours in over ten different countries (including a historical show at the millennial temple Otagi Nenbutsu-Ji as part of a benefit tour in Japan), as well as to sharing stages with everyone from Story Of The Year to Iron Maiden. While actively touring and recording, the band is also heavily involved with social causes as Amnesty International spokespersons.

Your Favorite Enemies will be offering fans a free EP during each stop of their North American tour with …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead (while supplies last).

Your Favorite Enemies Upcoming North American Dates (more TBA):
Apr 24: Conservatory – Oklahoma City, OK
Apr 25: Ready Room – St. Louis, MO
Apr 26: Hifi – Indianapolis, IN
Apr 27: Thalia Hall – Chicago, IL
Apr 28: The Loving Touch – Detroit, MI
Apr 29: Lees Palace – Toronto, ON
Apr 30: Mr. Smalls – Pittsburgh, PA
May 01: Music Hall of Williamsburg – Brooklyn, NY
May 02: Le Poisson Rouge – New York, NY
May 03: Brighton Music Hall – Boston, MA
May 04: Underground Arts: Black Box – Philadelphia,
May 06: Rock N Roll Hotel – Washington, DC
May 10: Gasa Gasa – New Orleans, LA
May 11: Fitzgeralds – Houston, TX
May 12: Korova – San Antonio, TX
May 13: Club Dada – Dallas, TX
May 14: Holy Mountain – Austin, TX

Your Favorite Enemies are:
Alex Foster (vocals)
Jeff Beaulieu (guitar)
Sef (guitar)
Ben Lemelin (bass)
Miss Isabel (vocals and keyboard)
Charles Moose Allicie (drums)

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Steve N Seagulls Streaming “You Shook Me All Night Long”

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Finnish viral sensations Steve’N”Seagulls is streaming their rendition of AC/DC’s “You Shook Me All Night Long,” off their forthcoming album Farm Machine, out May 12, 2015 via Spinefarm Records. Watch it below to understand what this is all about.

Sporting possibly the greatest band name in history, S’N’S, comprised of an acoustic guitarist/vocalist; a banjo player; a double-bassist; a big dude wearing overalls and a beaver hat playing mandolin/keyboards/accordion/whatever-he-gets-his-hands-on; and a cajon-straddlin’ percussionist, have delivered a 13-track album featuring rural riffs and villager vocals, filled to the brim with “hillbillified” versions of immortal heavy metal standards—the track listing is below.

It’s a body of work best enjoyed with a bathtub of moonshine close at hand, but really, as foot-stompingly enjoyable as S’N’S are on record, you ain’t seen nothin’ ’til you’ve experienced The ‘Gulls live.

Track Listing:

“Grand Opening”
“Black Dog”
“Thunderstruck”
“The Trooper”
“Ich Will”
“Paradise City”
“Nothing Else Matters”
“Over the Hills and Far Away”
“Seek and Destroy”
“Holy Diver”
“Run to The Hills”
“You Shook Me All Night Long”
“Cemetery Gates”


Melt Banana Announce Upcoming North American Tour Dates

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Torche have announced a summer co-headlining tour with Melt Banana in July. Melt Banana will be doing a solo run prior to the co-headline tour. All dates are posted below.

Headline:

May 06: The Crescent – Phoenix, AZ
May 08: The Launchpad – Albuquerque, NM
May 09: Opolis – Norman, OK
May 11: The Firebird – St. Louis, MO
May 12: The Cactus – Milwaukee, WI
May 13: Pyramid Scheme – Grand Rapids, MI
May 14: The Pike Room – Detroit, MI
May 15: Skully’s – Columbus, OH
May 16: Mohawk – Buffalo, NY
May 17: Lee’s Palace – Toronto, ON
May 19: AS220 – Providence, RI
May 21: Great Scott – Boston, MA
May 22: Johnny Brenda’s – Philadelphia, PA
May 23: St. Vitus – Brooklyn, NY
May 24: Maryland Deathfest – Baltimore, MD
May 25: Cat’s Cradle Backroom – Carborro, NC
May 27: Jack rabbit’s – Jacksonville, FL
May 28: The Backbooth – Orlando, FL
May 29: The Church Hill – Miami, FL
May 30: The Orpheum – Tampa, FL
Jun 01: The Earl – Atlanta, GA
Jun 04: Spanish Moon – Baton Rouge, LA
Jun 05: Fitzgerald’s – Houston, TX
Jun 06: Three Links – Dallas, TX
Jun 07: Red 7 – Austin, TX
Jun 10: Club Congress – Tucson, AZ
Jun 11: The Slide Bar – Fullerton, CA
Jun 12: The Catalyst Atrium – Santa Cruz, CA
Jun 13: Harlows – Sacramento, CA

With Torche:

Jul 02: Dante’s – Portland, OR
Jul 03: Chop Suey – Seattle, WA
Jul 04: Venue – Vancouver, BC
Jul 06: Pawn Shop Live – Edmonton, ON
Jul 07: The Gateway at SAIT – Calgary, AB
Jul 08: Amigos Cantina – Saskatoon, SK
Jul 10: Pyramid Cabaret – Winnipeg, MB
Jul 11: The Aquarium – Fargo, ND
Jul 13: The Hi-Fi – Indianapolis, IN
Jul 14: The Empty Bottle – Chicago, IL
Jul 15: High Noon Saloon – Madison, WI
Jul 16: Wooly’s – Des Moines, IA
Jul 17: The Waiting Room – Omaha, NE
Jul 20: Exit/In – Nashville, TN
Jul 21: Rose Music Hall – Columbus, MO
Jul 22: Record Bar – Kansas City, MO
Jul 24: Larimer Lounge – Denver, CO
Jul 25: Urban Lounge – Salt Lake City, UT
Jul 26: The Bunkhouse – Las Vegas, NV
Jul 28: The Casbah – San Diego, CA
Jul 29: The Casbah – San Diego, CA
Jul 31: The Roxy – Los Angeles, CA
Aug 01: Oakland Metro Operahouse – Oakland, CA


Juliet Simms and Andy Biersack (Black Veil Brides) Support LGBT Youth Program

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Juliet Simms and Black Veil Brides vocalist Andy Biersack have joined forces with the Alive Music Project and the It Gets Better Campaign to support LGBT youth, challenge homophonia and expose new communities to the message of equality through music.

Watch the video below about the projects and the Prizeo campaign offering rewards such as signed photos, t-shirts, signed guitars, and even a personalized tattoo design. One lucky entrant will win a trip to 2015 Vans Warped Tour on August 7th in Portland, OR from anywhere in the world and will receive VIP tickets and travel on Juliet and Andy’s tour bus to Seattle, WA on August 8th.

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Stearica Streaming “Shāh Māt”, Colin Stetson Guests

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Italian instrumental rockers Stearica is streaming “Shāh Māt” featuring Colin Stetson (Tom Waits, Arcade Fire, Bon Iver, etc.), off of their forthcoming album Fertile, out April 13, 2015 via Monotreme Records below.

The sprawling new single from the long-running Stearica trio, “Shāh Māt,” showcases the beautifully diverse textures of this and the immaculate presentation and production of their impending sophomore album, Fertile. But as a special added feature with this track the band is also proud to share the fruits of their collaborative efforts with acclaimed multi-instrumentalist Colin Stetson, who has also worked with such luminaries as Tom Waits, David Byrne, The Arcade Fire, Lou Reed, The National, TV On The Radio, Bon Iver and others. Providing a mystical brass orchestration of flute, French horns and tenor and bass saxophones on “Shāh Māt,” Stetson is one of several guest appearances on Fertile, as Scott McCloud (Girls Against Boys) provides vocals for “Amreeka,” and Ryan Patterson (Coliseum) provides vocals on “Nur,” these guest inclusions just one example of Stearica’s undoubted exploration into vast new territories with their songwriting and delivery.

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Stearica — comprised of Francesco Carlucci (guitars, bass, synths, electronics), Davide Compagnoni (drums, percussions, samples) and Luca Paiardi (bass) — captured Fertile at Blu Room, Chivasso, Cavoretto Hills, Cavoretto and Wave Life, Torino, the album recorded by Daniele Mattiuzzi and Francesco Carlucci and produced by Carlucci, after which it was mixed by Daniele Mattiuzzi and Carlucci at Wave Life, and mastered by Michael Fossenkemper at Turtle Tone Studios, New York City. Corralling the primordial nature of the trio’s dynamic live performances — at times brutal, chaotic, mysterious, tranquil — Fertile is music born of our time: instinctively revolutionary.

Fertile Track Listing:
1. Delta
2. Halite
3. Bes
4. Geber
5. Nur
6. Tigris
7. Siqlum
8. Amreeka
9. Shāh Māt

Stearica will be performing live throughout the UK in April, with additional tour dates to be announced in the near future.

Stearica Tour Dates:
Apr 25: The Blue Room – Blackpool (UK)
Apr 27: The Hope and Ruin – Brighton (UK)
Apr 28: The Old Blue Last – London (UK)

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Apophys Streaming “Miscreants”

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Dutch death metallers Apophys is streaming “Miscreants,” off their forthcoming debut full length Prime Incursion, out April 7, 2015 via Metal Blade Records below.

Mixed by vocalist Kevin Quilligan and mastered by Stefano Morabito at 16th Cellar Studio (Fleshgod Apocalypse, Hour Of Penance etc.), the record boasts nine vicious hymns of Sci-Fi-tinged death metal centered on themes ranging from transcendental travel, rapid evolutionary progression, and global epidemics, to artificial intelligence in all-out war with their maker.

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