HAVOK – Premiere “Intention To Deceive” Music Video

March 1, 2017 darkartconspiracy Leave a comment

With the release of their new full length studio record, “Conformicide”, less than two week away, Thrash Metal stalwarts HAVOK have partnered with Metal Injection to premiere their new music video for the track “Intention To Deceive” off the forthcoming album.

The new track continues to display the band’s unwavering commitment to the indelible Thrash Metal ethos of diverting from the status quo and rejecting widespread corruption within the government and mainstream media. Check out the new video, which was directed by Evan Mann for Otherworldly Productions, exclusively on Metal Injection via the following link:

HAVOK Have No "Intention To Deceive" with This Neck-Breaking New Thrash Video

The new single can also be heard via Spotify here: http://bit.ly/HAVOKintentiontodeceive

If you pre-order a digital copy of “Conformicide” via iTunes or Amazon you will obtain instant access to the new single, “Intention To Deceive”. Click this link to direct you to selected stores and download/streaming platforms: http://smarturl.it/HAVOKconformicide

Previously, HAVOK launched two other singles for “Conformicide” already:
“Hang ‘Em High” (Lyric video): https://youtu.be/2HYIfA3p8jw
“Ingsoc” (Album track): https://youtu.be/jP2pzw8jV9s
“Conformicide” can be pre-ordered in its various physical formats from CM Distro in Europe here: http://smarturl.it/ConformicideDISTRO

Meanwhile, HAVOK continue to tour extensively throughout North American and are currently on the “World Gone Mad” tour with the iconic Suicidal Tendencies and Crowbar, followed by a brief West Coast trek (with Warbringer), before beginning their European headline tour with Warbringer, Gorod and Exmmortus. A comprehensive list of the band’s tour dates is here:

HAVOK – “World Gone Mad” US Tour supporting Suicidal Tendencies & Crowbar
28.02.2017 San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger
01.03.2017 Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
03.03.2017 Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
04.03.2017 Ft. Meyers, FL – Harborside Events Center
05.03.2017 Tampa, FL – State Theatre
07.03.2017 Memphis, TN – New Daisy Theatre
08.03.2017 Lawrence, KS – The Granada
09.03.2017 Omaha, NE – Lookout Lounge [No S.T.]
10.03.2017 Denver, CO – Summit Music Hall [Record release!]
11.03.2017 Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex

HAVOK – North American West Coast Dates with Warbringer & Exmortus
13.03.2017 Seattle, WA – Studio Seven *
14.03.2017 Vancouver, BC – The Venue *
15.03.2017 Portland, OR – Analog Café *
16.03.2017 San Francisco, CA – DNA Lounge *
17.03.2017 Sacramento, CA – Cafe Colonial *
19.03.2017 West Hollywood, CA – Whisky A Go Go *

HAVOK – European Headlining Tour with Warbringer, Gorod & Exmortus
Presented by Rock Hard Magazine (Germany)
01.04.2017 Edinburgh (UK) – Heavy Scotland Festival [HAVOK only!]
02.04.2017 Manchester (UK) – Rebellion
03.04.2017 Birmingham (UK) – Mama Roux’s
04.04.2017 London (UK) – Underworld
05.04.2017 Hasselt (Belgium) – Muziekodroom
06.04.2017 Tilburg (The Netherlands) – 013
07.04.2017 Hamburg (Germany) – Logo
08.04.2017 Aarhus (Denmark) – Royal Metal Festival
09.04.2017 Gothenburg (Sweden) – Sticky Fingers
11.04.2017 Helsinki (Finland) – Tavastia
13.04.2017 Stockholm (Sweden) – Fryshuset Klubben
14.04.2017 Copenhagen (Denmark) – Pumpehuset
15.04.2017 Berlin (Germany) – Cassiopeia
16.04.2017 Markneukirchen (Germany) – Framus & Warwick Concert Hall
17.04.2017 München (Germany) – Feierwerk
19.04.2017 Vienna (Austria) – Arena
20.04.2017 Ljubljana (Slovenia) – Orto Bar
21.04.2017 Brescia (Italy) – Circolo Colony
22.04.2017 Pratteln (Switzerland) – Z7
23.04.2017 Saarbrücken (Germany) – Garage
24.04.2017 Nantes (France) – Ferrailleur
25.04.2017 Bordeaux (France) – La Chapelle *
26.04.2017 Madrid (Spain) – Caracol
27.04.2017 Barcelona (Spain) – Salamandra 1
28.04.2017 Puget (France) – Le Rats
29.04.2017 Paris (France) – Petit Bain
30.04.2017 Essen (Germany) – Turock
“Conformicide” will be released on March 10^th, 2017 via Century Media Records

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festivals, news

LOUD AS HELL Fest Announce 2017 Line Up w/ BATTLECROSS, BISON, BLACK WIZARD, AGGRESSION + more

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Loud As Hell Metal Fest Announce 2017 Line Up w/ Battlecross, Bison, Black Wizard, Aggression and more!

Aug 4-6 – Drumheller, AB @ Dinosaur Downs Stampede Grounds

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Festival Bio:

Loud As Hell Metal Festival in Drumheller, Alberta, Canada will be celebrating year 6 in 2017. As always the festival takes place over August long weekend from August 4th-6th. They always work their hardest to deliver the best lineup in the West ready to melt your face off. Featuring over 30 of the top Canadian metal bands you won’t want to miss any of it. And don’t forget about their freak shows, burlesque dancers, clinics, vendors and dinosaurs!

Western Canada’s decibel breaking heavy metal festival Loud As Hell returns for its sixth consecutive year presented by Semchuk Productions, Jurassic Ink Custom Tattoo, Prairie Fire Events, and Asher Media Relations. Hosted in the Alberta badlands in Drumheller, this year’s three day festival from August 4th-6th features 40 bands from across Western Canada and beyond. Ready to resurrect the roaring echoes of the dinosaurs that once ruled the area millions of years ago, the 2017 headliners Detroit tyrants BATTLECROSS will be melting the faces off headbangers and sure to stir a massive pit along with stoner rockers Vancouver’s BLACK WIZARD will fellow city comrades sludge riffers BISON and Canadian 80’s thrash legendsAGGRESSION. The festival also includes various vendors, tattoo artists, suspension demos, guitar and drum clinics. Full line-up and set times listed below.

Weekend passes are now available at pre-sale price for $79 CAD until March 1st and will increase to the regular price of $99 CAD. Weekend passes include tent camping (additional onsite charges for RV’s, trailers, & motorhomes).
Tickets available at http://www.loudashell.com/tickets.

Loud As Hell – 2017 Line Up & Set Times
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/572801856244503/

Friday, August 4
Cocaine Mustache (Vancouver, BC) – 12:45am
Bison (Vancouver, BC) – 11:15pm
Exit Strategy (Calgary, AB) – 10pm
Mortillery (Edmonton, AB) – 9pm
Sentient (Calgary, AB) – 8pm
W.M.D. (Calgary, AB) – 7pm
Leave The Living (Red Deer, AB) – 6pm

Saturday, August 5
Shocker (Edmonton, AB) – 12:45am
Aggression (Vancouver, AB) – 11:15pm
Planet Eater (Regina, SK) – 10pm
Tyrants Demise (Winnipeg, MB) – 9pm
Expain (Vancouver, BC) – 8pm
VX36 (Northern California) – 7pm
Neck of The Woods (Vancouver, BC) – 6pm
Shark Infested Daughters (Calgary, AB) – 5:15pm
God Said Kill (Port Coquitlam, BC) – 4:30pm
Burning Effigy (Calgary, AB) – 3:45pm
Social Arsonist (Chile/Vancouver, BC)- 3pm
Hammerdrone (Calgary, AB) – 2:15pm
Cell (Winipeg, MB)- 1:30pm
Tides of Kharon (Edmonton, AB) – 12:45pm
The Cadavor Dog (High River, AB) – 12pm
Concrete Funeral (Calgary, AB) – 11:15am
Nuclear Oath (Medicine Hat, AB) – 10:30am

Sunday, Aug 6
Battlecross (Detroit, MI) – 11:15pm
Black Wizard (Vancouver, BC) – 10pm
Galactic Pegasus (Vancouver, BC) – 9pm
Scythia (Calgary, AB) – 8pm
Nylithia (Vancouver, BC) – 7pm
Dead Asylum (Vancouver, BC) – 6pm
Altars of Grief (Regina, SK) – 5:15pm
Skepsis (Edmonton, AB) – 4:30pm
Tales of The Tomb (Edmonton, AB) – 3:45pm
Tyrant of Chaos (Lethbridge, AB) – 3pm
Slaughterhauser (Mission City, BC) – 2:15pm
Sovreign Enemy (Winnipeg, MB) – 1:30pm
Statue of Demur (Calgary, AB) – 12:45pm
Gales of Avalon (Calgary, AB) – 12pm
Immunize (Edmonton, AB) – 11:15am
Caste of Shadows (Lethbridge, AB) – 10:30am

Loud As Hell 2017 social media hashtag is #LAH666.

For more info, please visit these links:

https://www.facebook.com/LoudAsHellFestival

http://www.loudashell.com
@Loudashellfest #LAH666
Video Links: https://www.youtube.com/user/SlimBzTV

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news, tour dates

LAMB OF GOD to Support SLAYER on 2017 Summer Tour, Also Featuring BEHEMOTH

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LAMB OF GOD to Support SLAYER on 2017 Summer Tour, Also Featuring BEHEMOTH

Beginning July 12, 2017 in Bemidji, MN

www.lamb-of-god.com

nternationally-renowned heavy rock leaders LAMB OF GOD will support headlining metal legends Slayer, along with fellow supporting death metal group Behemoth, on what is set to be this summer’s most-anticipated heavy music tour. The six-week expedition will rage across North America beginning July 12 in Bemidji, MN, winding up in Phoenix, AZ on August 20.

Slayer and LAMB OF GOD will also play Wisconsin’s Rock Fest 2017 (7/13) and Rock USA 2017 (7/15), and then meet up with Behemoth at the Chicago Open Air Festival on July 16. Tickets go on sale this Friday, March 3; log on to http://www.slayer.net/tour or http://www.lamb-of-god.com for all purchasing details.

Kerry King of Slayer says, “As metal tours go, this is the one that your fellow metal heads will be bragging about if you miss it! Not very often I get to go on tour where we are all friends to start. That being said, the potential for greatness at these events is mind blowing. I look forward to being a part of it, and hanging with old friends – bands as well as fanatical fans! Let the festivities begin!”

Randy Blythe of LAMB OF GOD says, “It’s been a while since we’ve toured with the almighty Slayer and even longer since we’ve hit the road with our friends in Behemoth – I can’t wait! This tour is gonna be the feel-good event of the summer- the gigs are gonna be like the Haight-Ashbury during the Summer of Love in ’67! Okay, so that’s complete bullsh*t, it’s gonna be absolutely nothing like that, so don’t show up with flowers in your hair looking for free hugs or anything stupid like that. It will definitely be a good f**king time though (as long as your definition of a good time means brutal, caustic, and hideously loud music) – see ya there!”

Adam “Nergal” Darskiof Behemoth adds, “It is with the utmost pride we are announcing the Slayer, LAMB OF GOD and Behemoth summer tour! We are beyond excited to be joining this bill with these living legends and… our friends one more time! We are also stoked about coming back to North American shores for the last time before kicking off the next album cycle. Come and join this EXTREME metal feast with us!”

Confirmed tour dates are as follows:

JULY

12 Sanford Center, Bemidji, MN

13 Rock Fest 2017, Cadott, WI (Slayer and LAMB OF GOD on this bill)

15 Rock USA 2017, Ford Festival Park, Oshkosh, WI (Slayer and LAMB OF GOD on this bill)

16 Chicago Open Air Festival, Toyota Park, Chicago, IL (Slayer, LAMB OF GOD and Behemoth on this bill)

18 Express Live!, Columbus, OH

20 Red Hat Amphitheater, Raleigh, NC

21 St. Augustine Amphitheater, St. Augustine, FL

23 Electric Factory Outdoors, Philadelphia, PA

25 Blue Hills Bank Pavilion, Boston, MA

27 Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

28 Pier Six Pavilion, Baltimore, MD

30 Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, TN

AUGUST

1 Providence Medical Center Amphitheater, Bonner Springs, KS

2 1^st Bank Center, Denver, CO

4 The Joint/Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas, NV

5 The Forum, Los Angeles, CA

9 Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, CA

11 The Cuthbert Amphitheater, Eugene, OR

12 WaMu Theatre, Seattle, WA

14 Encana Events Center, Dawson Creek, BC CANADA

15 SMS Equipment Stadium, Fort McMurray, AB CANADA

17 KettleHouse Amphitheater, Missoula, MT

19 Isleta Amphitheater, Albuquerque, NM

20 Comerica Theatre, Phoenix, AZ

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news, Videos

WINDSWEPT stream third track of debut album

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WINDSWEPT is the latest musical brainchild of Roman Sayenko. The DRUDKH mastermind is known to separate ideas that stylistically diverge from his main creative outlet into different projects such as OLD SILVER KEY, PRECAMBRIAN and RATTENFÄNGER among others.

WINDSWEPT remains relatively close to DRUDKH in comparison to other outlets of Sayenko’s inspiration as it stays within the classic expression of Ukrainian black metal. Yet ‘The Great Cold Steppe’ is deliberately kept harsh and raw, which reflects the album’s theme that was inspired by the hostile and fierce Eastern steppes during winter time.

‘The Great Cold Steppe’ was written and recorded in only three days without rehearsals and based on improvisation with instruments and vocals creating the feeling and grit of a live performance.

Better turn on the heating before listening as WINDSWEPT come in hard and merciless like a blizzard from ‘The Great Cold Steppe’.

Please note that WINDSWEPT do not give interviews, will not perform live, and do not provide pictures.

Line-up
V. – drums
K. – bass
R. – guitars, vocals

Style: Black Metal

Track-list
1. Black Horizon Is the Gates of a Blizzard
2. Shrouded in Pale Shining, So Sleeps Infinite Ancient Steppe
3. The Stars Are Cold and Indifferent, Sow Their Gleaming Ashes
4. The Great Shepherd Rides His Storms
5. Blinding and Bottomless Abyss Is Howling
6. A Spiteful Wind Buries All the Lonely Whispers

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Sólstafir premiere first new song of forthcoming album

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SÓLSTAFIR are now revealing the first magical song of their forthcoming sixth full-length. The new masterpiece of the enigmatic Icelandic rockers is entitled ‘Berdreyminn’, which means a “dreamer of forthcoming events” and will be out in stores on May 26th.

SÓLSTAFIR comment: “Our first premiere song ‘Ísafold’ came very spontaneously to light. It felt like the spirit of THIN LIZZY paid us a visit that day. Adding a classic Phil Rudd beat to that seemed the only right thing to do. This is not the most typical SÓLSTAFIR track but in some odd way it could be taken to represent this album. For such a short song, it offers many different sonic landscapes. And although we are not re-inventing the wheel and you will find many references to ‘classics’ as tributes, I find it quite different from anything that we have done before. That is the way, I like it and to me ‘Ísafold’ is already an all-time favourite among all our tracks.”

SÓLSTAFIR have previously released the cover art by Adam Burke and track-list of ‘Berdreyminn’, which can both be viewed below.

Track-list

1. Silfur-Refur
2. Ísafold
3. Hula
4. Nárós
5. Hvít Sæng
6. Dýrafjörður
7. Ambátt
8. Bláfjall

Line-up
Aðalbjörn Tryggvason: guitar, vocals
Svavar Austmann: bass
Sæþór Maríus Sæþórsson: guitar
Hallgrímur Jón Hallgrímsson: drums, backing vocals

Guest musicians
Brass, strings, and piano across the tracks

Recording: Sundlaugin Studio (IS), Birgir Jón Birgisson & Jaime Gomez Arellano

Mixing: Orgone Studio (UK), Jaime Gomez Arellano

Mastering: Sterling Mastering (US), Ted Jensen

www.solstafir.net
www.facebook.com/solstafirice

Style: Icelandic Rock & Metal

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SHORES OF NULL ANNOUNCE ‘BLACK DRAPES FOR TOMORROW’

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NEW ALBUM SET FOR RELEASE ON 14 APRIL VIA CANDLELIGHT / SPINEFARM RECORDS

Rome-based metal band Shores Of Null have announced their second album, ‘Black Drapes For Tomorrow’, which will be released via Candlelight / Spinefarm Records on April 14th, 2017.

Following their highly acclaimed debut “Quiescence”, the gloom maestros are back with an album full of wistful-yet-powerful riffs, blackened aggression and epic melancholy-ridden vocals.

Produced by Marco Mastrobuono at Kick Recording Studio (Fleshgod Apocalypse, Hour Of Penance), ‘Black Drapes For Tomorrow’ is a profoundly dark outing both musically and lyrically, forging a seamless and overflowing blend of genres into a boiling pot of multi-layered sounds.

Tracklisting:

Tributary Waters
Donau
Tide Against Us
House Of Cries
Black Drapes For Tomorrow
The Enemy Within
Carry On, My Tiny Hope
We Ain’t Ashes
A Thousand Storms
The Kolyma Route
Death Of A River

An intense live schedule in support of this release sees them embarking upon a European tour with Harakiri For The Sky and Sylvaine; they are also set to make several Italian appearances opening for Candlemass, with more shows still to be announced.

The album title leaves no room for misinterpretation; Shores Of Null are back with a burden of gloom and darkness.

www.facebook.com/shoresofnull

www.twitter.com/shoresofnull

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