In a little less than five months, the 7th Editon of the 70000 Tons Of Metal Cruise will set sail from the Port of Miami, to Labadee, Haiti, and back on a cruise made of metal music and fun.
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News: Children of Bodom Add New Headline Dates
Children of Bodom have announced a string of headline shows around their upcoming North American tour supporting Megadeth.
Feb 04-08: 70000 Tons of Metal – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Feb 09: Orpheum – Tampa, FL (Headline Date)
Feb 10: 1904 – Jacksonville, FL (Headline Date)
Feb 11: Saturn – Birmingham, AL (Headline Date)
Feb 12: Exit/In – Nashville, TN (Headline Date)
Feb 13: New Daisy Theatre – Memphis, TN (Headline Date)
Feb 15: The Ready Room – St. Louis, MO (Headline Date)
Feb 16: The Granada – Lawrence, KS (Headline Date)
Feb 18: House of Rock – Corpus Christi, TX (Headline Date)
Feb 19: Scoot Inn – Austin, TX (Headline Date)
Feb 20: Southside Ballroom – Dallas, TX (with Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies and Havok)
Feb 21: Bayou Music Center – Houston, TX (with Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies and Havok)
Feb 23: Fillmore – Denver, CO (with Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies and Havok)
Feb 24: The Complex – Salt Lake City, UT (with Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies and Havok)
Feb 26: The Pearl – Palms Concert Center – Las Vegas, NV (with Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies and Havok)
Feb 27: Comerica Theatre – Phoenix, AZ (with Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies and Havok)
Feb 28: Hollywood Palladium – Los Angeles, CA (with Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies and Havok)
Feb 29: Warfield Theatre – San Francisco, CA (with Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies and Havok)
Mar 01: Ace of Spades – Sacramento, CA (Headline Date)
Mar 03: El Corazon – Seattle, WA (Headline Date)
Mar 04: Hawthorne Theater – Portland, OR (Headline Date)
Mar 05: South Okanagan Events Centre – Penticton, BC (with Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies and Havok)
Mar 06: Grey Eagle Event Centre – Calgary, AB (with Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies and Havok)
Mar 08: Encana Events Centre – Dawson Creek, BC (with Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies and Havok)
Mar 09: Rexall Place – Edmonton, AB (with Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies and Havok)
Mar 10: Mosaic Place – Moose Jaw, SK (with Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies and Havok)
Mar 12: TBA – St. Paul, MN (with Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies and Havok)
Mar 13: Aragon Ballroom – Chicago, IL (with Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies and Havok)
Mar 15: Rapids Theatre – Niagara Falls, NY (with Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies and Havok)
Mar 16: Terminal 5 – New York, NY (with Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies and Havok)
Mar 17: Terminal 5 – New York, NY (with Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies and Havok)
Mar 19: Sands Bethlehem Event Center – Bethlehem, PA (with Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies and Havok)
Mar 20: Electric Factory – Philadelphia, PA (with Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies and Havok)
Mar 21: House of Blues – Boston, MA (with Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies and Havok)
Mar 23: Cross Insurance Center – Bangor, ME (with Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies and Havok)
Mar 24: Videotron Centre – Quebec City, QC (with Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies and Havok)
Mar 25: Corona Theater – Montreal, QC (Headline Show)
Mar 26: The Chance – Poughkeepsie, NY (Headline Show)
Mar 27: Broadberry – Richmond, VA (with Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies and Havok)
As promised – we have 15 additional live shows in the US and Canada to tell you about. We will be headlining these…
Posted by Children Of Bodom on Tuesday, December 15, 2015
At War With World Domination – Martin Larsson of At The Gates
Swedish extreme metallers At The Gates have been keeping themselves busy on the road, and venturing into new areas on each stop. Their venture took them to Knotfest in Devore, CA where they played to a packed second stage area on the Saturday of the two day event.
It has been over a year since they released At War With Reality, their first new album since 1994’s Slaughter of the Soul. Being away from the music scene under this moniker since the band stopped, guitarist Martin Larsson spoke about how different their writing approaches were, versus prior to their abrupt stop years ago.
“The actual writing [is] not much difference, but the collaboration is so much easier. Now we’re so spread out. In the 90s we were all in Gothenberg…um I wasn’t so nevermind…basically Gothenburg.”
“But now the drummer’s [Adrian Erlandsson] in London in the UK and three of us are in Gothenberg, and the bass player [Jonas Bjorler] is about three to four hours away in Sweden. With the internet and email and files to Dropbox and what have you, usually what happened on this album is Anders [Bjorler] made a demo and then once he’s satisfied, in a second we can all listen to it wherever we are and comment on it. Ideas bounce back and forth over the internet.“
“I think we spent the better part of a year just sending ideas back and forth and doing demos. We had such a full idea of the album already when we went into the studio. I think that’s the big difference – the whole collaboration is so much easier.”
Photo Credit: Hillarie JasonDuring the time away from the band, the various members were at various times involved in a number of other bands and projects. Frontman Tomas “Tompa’ Lindberg was involved in The Crown, Disfear, Skitsystem, Nightrage and Lock Up; guitarist Anders Bjorler was with The Haunted and now his solo project; bassist Bjorler is with the Haunted; and Erlandsson with Nehain, as well as his stints in Cradle of Filth and Paradise Lost. Larsson himself is currently playing with Agrimonia when At The Gates has down time.
Have doing other projects re-energized the members of At The Gates towards adding a new spark into the band? “Maybe in a way yeah. I guess doing other stuff always gets you excited to do At The Gates, I suppose. A lot of outside influences and ideas or whatever, so I guess so,” he said.
Photo Credit: Hillarie Jason
When it comes to the touring side, Larsson explained how they balance out who will be touring with what band and aligning schedules to make it work in the long run.
“With the other bands it’s first come first serve, so it’s an easy rule to follow. Whatever band gets the booking first has the privilege. All of us do regular stuff on the side or At The Gates is on the side. Mostly Tomas and Jonas have regular proper jobs. They work part-time during the week. We mostly play weekends. We’ve done that for this year since the album came out. We’ve done a couple of tours. We did a US tour for three weeks in March. Right after this we have a week in Australia and a couple of dates in Japan. It’s mostly weekends.”
“There’s a lot of travelling just doing weekends. I feel like I’ve been jet lagged constantly for about a year, but playing is such a pleasure. You don’t mind it at all. We’re privileged that we get to do this and that people still want to see us.”
Photo Credit: Hillarie Jason
Since the band has reformed, At The Gates has found themselves touring new territories they were unable to visit the first time around. Larsson spoke about some of their target areas they wish to hit.
“I’m a bit of an explorer myself. I always like going to places I haven’t been before. We’re going to South Africa in March. I’m stoked to do that. I’d like to play more in Eastern Europe and Asian countries. We’ll take it gradually.”
He spoke about their visit to China, one of the newest frontiers for many artists in recent years.
“We played China twice. Things haven’t really happened in China metal wise, but they’re starting to. First time we were there we played to 100 people, and the second time 200 people. There’s a progression. Things are happening. It’s exciting. It’s like when we started 25 years ago.”
Aside from their upcoming US tour with The Haunted and Decpaitated, he also unveiled another upcoming tour stop on a cruise. “The cruise in the Carribbean – 70,000 Tons of Metal. We’re playing that. This is the first time under that name. We did the Barge to Hell ones, which is kind of the same. That one had even more focus on the extreme metal. I guess this one is all around metal. It’s going to be great.”
Lastly, he talked about the possibilities of a new At The Gates record and whether it was realistic to talk about one yet. “No. I’m not saying we’re not gonna but we don’t know. The only plan we have at the moment is not quitting. So we’re going to take it as it comes. We’re already booked until August. Once this goes down we’ll just sit down and see.”
“We’re not going to push it. If there’s more music – fine. That’s good. I’d like it there to be more music but we’ll find out.”
Ensiferum Streaming “One Man Army” Music Video
Ensiferum is streaming the making of “One Man Army” video here, which will be out February 24, 2015 via Metal Blade Records.
The album was predominantly analog recorded by Anssi Kippo (Children of Bodom, Impaled Nazarene, Entwine) at Astia-Studios in Lappeenranta, Finland and delivers eleven punishingly epic odes alongside a four-track bonus CD featuring the band’s rendition of Barathrum’s “Warmetal,” Iron Maiden’s “Wrathchild,” Uriah Heep’s “Lady In Black,” and Judas Priest’s “Breaking The Law,” initially unveiled as the covermount CD of issue #94 of Germany’s long-running Legacy Magazine.
The band has confirmed a number of upcoming tour dates, including an appearance on 70,000 Tons of Metal Cruise, and supportomg Insomnium and Omnium Gatherum.
ENSIFERUM:
Jan 22-26: 70,000 Tons of Metal Cruise – Miami, FL
Feb 27: Pakkahuone – Tampere, FI
Feb 28: Rytmikorjaamo – Seianajoki, FI
Mar 06: Lutakko – Jyvaskyla, FI
Mar 07: Nosturi – Helsinki, FI
w/ Insomnium, Omnium Gatherum:
Mar 11: Zeche – Bochum, DE
Mar 12: Rockfabrik – Ludwigsburg, DE
Mar 13: Backstage – München, DE
Mar 14/2015 Masters of Rock Café – Zlin, CZ
Mar 15/2015 Club 202 – Budapest, HU
Mar 16/2015 Szene – Wien, AT
Mar 18/2015 Live Club – Milan, IT
Mar 19/2015 Les Docks – Lausanne, CH
Mar 20/2015 La Laiterie – Strasbourg, FR
Mar 21/2015 Z7 – Pratteln, CH
Mar 22/2015 Ninkasi Kao – Lyon, FR
Mar 23/2015 Le Bataclan – Paris, FR
Mar 24/2015 O2 Academy Islington- London, UK
Mar 25/2015 Patronaat – Haarlem, NL
Mar 26/2015 Hedon – Zwolle, NL
Mar 27/2015 Biebob – Vosselaar, BE
Mar 28/2015 Tivoli – Bremen, DE
Mar 29/2015 Grünspan – Hamburg, DE
Mar 30/2015 Vega – Copenhagen, DK
Mar 31/2015 Göta Källare – Stockholm, SE
Apr 01/2015 Sticky Fingers – Gothenburg, SE
Apr 02/2015 Inferno Metal Festival – Oslo, NO
Festivals Summer 2015:
Aug 13: Rockstadt Extremefest – Rasnov, DE
Jun 19-21: Hellfest – Clisson, FR
Jul 30- Aug 01: Wacken Open Air – Wacken, DE
Aug 06-08: Party San Open Air – Schlotheim, DE
Aug 09: Bloodstock Open Air – Walton-On-Trent, GB
Aug 13 -15: Summer Breeze – Dinkelsbühl, DE
Annihilator Rejoined By Vocalist Coburn Pharr For 70000 Tons Of Metal
Annihilator guitarist Jeff Waters has invited vocalist Coburn Pharr, their one time vocalist who appeared on the band’s 1990 release Never, Neverland to take part of their appearance on the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise, sailing to Jamaica in January 2015.
Waters comments:
“Seeing as how it is the 25th anniversary of my favorite ANNIHILATOR album, I thought it would be a lot of fun to invite Coburn with us to perform some of the songs he was a part of. I haven’t seen him since 1992 so I think the fans are going to spot us having lots of conversations about the old days (and my ’80s hairstyle)! Current ANNIHILATOR vocalist Dave Padden is very much looking forward to this as he is a huge fan of that album and Coburn, but also because he won’t have to play and sing those songs. [Laughs]”
Waters will also host the Jamming With Waters In International Waters All-Star Jam which will feature members from the 60 bands on board 70000 Tons Of Metal, including ARCH ENEMY, APOCALYPTICA, BEHEMOTH, BLIND GUARDIAN, CANNIBAL CORPSE, DESTRUCTION, MICHAEL SCHENKER’S TEMPLE OF ROCK, NAPALM DEATH, THERION, VENOM and many more.
70000 Tons Of Metal will sail Thursday, January 22, 2015 on board the Royal Caribbean “Liberty Of The Seas” from Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Ocho Rios, Jamaica and will not return to the real world until Monday, January 26, 2015.
Ensiferum Releasing One Man Army In February, Announce Tour Schedule
Ensiferum is releasing their sixth studio album One Man Army on February 24, 2015 via Metal Blade. The predominantly analog-recorded offering was tracked between September and November of this year with award-winning producer Anssi Kippo (Children Of Bodom, Impaled Nazarene, Entwine etc.) at Astia-Studios in Lappeenranta, Finland.
Stream “Warmetal” here.
Jan 22-26: 70,000 Tons of Metal Cruise – Miami, FL
Feb 27: Pakkahuone – Tampere, FI
Feb 28: Rytmikorjaamo – Seianajoki, FI
Mar 06: Lutakko – Jyvaskyla, FI
Mar 07: Nosturi – Helsinki, FI
w/ Insomnium, Omnium Gatherum:
Mar 11: Zeche – Bochum, DE
Mar 12: Rockfabrik – Ludwigsburg, DE
Mar 13: Backstage – München, DE
Mar 14: Masters of Rock Café – Zlin, CZ
Mar 15: Club 202 – Budapest, HU
Mar 16: Szene – Wien, AT
Mar 18: Live Club – Milan, IT
Mar 19: Les Docks – Lausanne, CH
Mar 20: La Laiterie – Strasbourg, FR
Mar 21: Z7 – Pratteln, CH
Mar 22: Ninkasi Kao – Lyon, FR
Mar 23: Le Bataclan – Paris, FR
Mar 24: O2 Academy Islington- London, UK
Mar 25: Patronaat – Haarlem, NL
Mar 26: Hedon – Zwolle, NL
Mar 27: Biebob – Vosselaar, BE
Mar 28: Tivoli – Bremen, DE
Mar 29: Grünspan – Hamburg, DE
Mar 30: Vega – Copenhagen, DK
Mar 31: Göta Källare – Stockholm, SE
Apr 01: Sticky Fingers – Gothenburg, SE
Apr 02: Inferno Metal Festival – Oslo, NO
End Tour
Jun 19-21: Hellfest – Clisson, FR
Jul 30:-Aug 01: Wacken Open Air – Wacken, DE
Aug 06-08: Party San Open Air – Schlotheim, DE
Aug 09: Bloodstock Open Air – Walton-On-Trent, GB
Aug 13-15: Summer Breeze – Dinkelsbühl, DE
Aug 13: Rockstadt Extremefest – Rasnov, RO
Venom Performing On 70000 Tons Of Metal Cruise
Veteran UK Metal Icons Venom have confirmed their slot on the upcoming 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise, on its voyage from Florida to Jamaica in January 2015. They will play two sets on board, as one will focus on greatest hits and the other will be an Exclusive Live World Premiere of their forthcoming new album From the Very Depths.
VENOM will join the 60 band roster of 70000TONS OF METAL 2015,
including Alestorm, Amorphis, Annihilator, Apocalyptica, Arch Enemy,
Artillery, Behemoth, Blind Guardian, Cannibal Corpse, Crucified
Barbara, D.A.D., Einherjer, Ensiferum, Equilibrium, God Dethroned,
Grave Digger, Heathen, In Extremo, Kataklysm, Korpiklaani, Lake Of
Tears, Michael Schenker’s Temple Of Rock, Municipal Waste, Napalm
Death, Origin, Primal Fear, Tank, Therion, Threshold, Triosphere and
Xentrix.
70000TONS OF METAL, The Original, The World’s Biggest Heavy Metal
Cruise, will sail Thursday, January 22, 2015 aboard the Royal
Caribbean “Liberty Of The Seas” from Fort Lauderdale, Florida to
Ocho Rios, Jamaica and will not return you to the real world until
Monday, January 26, 2015.
There are very few tickets remaining, prices start at US$666 plus
US$333 taxes and fees per person and include all on-board
entertainment, non-alcoholic and non-carbonated beverages, all meals
in the dining rooms, most on-board restaurants and even 24 room
service!
Venom Releasing ‘From The Very Depths’ in January
Veteran British extreme metallers Venom have confirmed the release of their new studio album From the Very Depths, out January 27, 2015 via Spinefarm Records. The band is led by original vocalist/bassist Conrad “Cronos” Lant.
Cronos says:
“This album is perfect, all three members are totally over-the-top confident with the new songs and the production. We had a great atmosphere in the studio while we were recording. Dante created pure thunder from his drums, while Rage tears the flesh off your face with his riffs, making everything fall into place so well. It’s a strong release and really shows the band maturing into an unstoppable force of pure Black Metal. We can’t wait to play the new songs live for the Legions… Hell Yeah!”
They have announced they will be taking part on this year’s 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise, on its voyage from Florida to Jamaica in January 2015. They will play two sets on board, as one will focus on greatest hits and the other will be an Exclusive Live World Premiere of their forthcoming new album.
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Napalm Death Releasing Apex Predator – Easy Meat in January, Euro/Japan Tour, 70,000 Tons of Metal
Napalm Death will be releasing their 15th studio album titled Apex Predator – Easy Meat via Century Media on January 26, 2015. Some song titles already revealed are “Copulating Snakes”, “Dear Slum Landlord” (aired at Roadburn 2014), “What Is Past Is Prologue” and “Stunt Your Growth”.
Vocalist Mark ‘Barney’ Greenway commented on the record:
“Sometimes you have to ponder long and hard for an album title, but following the Rana Plaza disaster of last year (collapse of a textile sweatshop building in Bangladesh), it spurred me on to try and craft an exposé of slave labour in the modern world (and the surrounding conditions propping it up).
Some in power like to declare that slavery is consigned to the history books. But if you look beneath the surface it is alive and well in many different forms – it just has a different face now, and exists in ways that may seem ethically ambiguous. Using the terminology of evolution particularly interests us, so in this case the ‘Apex Predator’ represents those who bring the slavery to bear (and capitalise from it), and the ‘Easy Meat’ is of therefore those who feel they have no option but to comply.
Fittingly, the music on ‘Apex Predator – Easy Meat’ is punishing. We feel it’s more ambient, more expansive, more unsettlingly discordant than ever, and importantly, still extremely rampant at excessive speed. We hope in every respect – both musically and lyrically – this album will make your eyes burn with the harsh sonics and harsh visions of the dumping ground of globalisation.”
Napalm Death have announced European and Japan tour dates in November, as well as an appearance on the 70,000 Tons of Metal cruise in January 2015.
Nov 07: Alibi – Wroclaw (Poland)
Nov 08: Arena – Chemnitz (Germany)- + Hatebreed
Nov 09 Capitol – Hannover (Germany)- + Hatebreed
Nov 10: Schlachthof – Wiesbaden (Germany) + Hatebreed
Nov 11: L’ Usine – Genf (Switzerland) + Hatebreed
Nov 12: Rockfabrik – Ludwigsburg (Germany) + Hatebreed & War Of Ages
Nov 13: Matrix – Bochum (Germany + Hatebreed & War Of Ages
Nov 14: Amadeus + Mörser – Oldenburg (Germany) * Sold out!
Nov 15: Metal Hammer Paradise – Weissenhäuser Strand (Germany)-
Nov 21: Le Trabendo – Paris (France)
Nov 22: Speedfest – Eindhoven (The Netherlands)
Nov 26: Liquidroom – Tokyo (Japan) + Brutal Truth
Nov 27: Club Quattro – Osaka (Japan) – + Brutal Truth
Nov 28: Electric Lady Land – Nagoya (Japan) – + Brutal Truth
Nov 30: Earthdom – Tokyo (Japan) – + Brutal Truth
Jan 22-26 2015: 70,000 Tons Of Metal Cruise – Florida/Jamaica
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