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ALTER BRIDGE Announce Two Very Special Nights At The Royal Albert Hall!

June 12, 2017 darkartconspiracy Leave a comment

Following their jaw-dropping set at Download Festival this weekend, US rock giants ALTER BRIDGE have announced their return to the UK for two very special headline shows on October 2nd and 3rd.

Appearing at the legendary Royal Albert Hall in London for the first time, the band will treat the audience to an array of songs never before played live as well as fan favourite hits, drawn from their acclaimed five album catalogue. In another first, the group will also be accompanied by the Parallax Orchestra – a 52-piece London-based symphony orchestra conducted by Simon Dobson – adding an impressive new dimension to their already captivating live show.

Tickets for the two nights go on general sale at 10am on Friday 16th June. Pre-sales begin 10am Wednesday 14th June via O2 and 10am Thursday 15th June via Live Nation and the Royal Albert Hall. To buy tickets from 10am on Friday, click HERE or call the Royal Albert Hall box office on 0207 589 8212.

ALTER BRIDGE will release a new live album and rarities collection, ‘Live At The O2 Arena + Rarities’, on September 8th via Napalm Records. One of the biggest moments of the band’s career to date was the monumental show at London’s O2 Arena on November 24th, 2016, which was captured in its entirety. The ‘Rarities’ disc adds another ten rare/never released before songs. This incredible selection will be available in multiple formats. In addition to a standard 3-CD audio version, fans can pick up one of the limited deluxe editions (including a 4-LP set and a CD/DVD Earbook) which also include an exclusive ALTER BRIDGE documentary featuring extensive interviews with the band, their crew, and family, giving an amazing glimpse behind the scenes at the O2 Arena show. Watch a trailer HER

The album can be preordered HERE

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World of Tanks collaborates with Swedish Heavy Metal Band SABATON!

June 12, 2017 darkartconspiracy Leave a comment

Metal gods collide on June 12th as indigo at The O2 plays host to the 15th annual Metal Hammer Golden God Awards, in association with Orange Amplification. The event attracts greats from the rock and metal industry and fans from across the world. So, it’s natural that Wargaming andWorld of Tanks are involved, which marks the beginning of a long-term collaboration between the game and the heavy metal band SABATON.

For Wargaming and its millions of players, the combination of history and epic music is a huge part of their gaming scene. Not only is SABATON a big influence for fans of the game, but the band themselves love playing World of Tanks when they have some time between the shows. It just goes to show that this kind of united inspiration brings a massively diverse bunch of people together to share their passion…and blow stuff up.

This year won’t be SABATON’s first tour of the Metal Hammer Golden God Awards. In 2011, the band won the Breakthrough Band Award and was nominated in 2012, which was sponsored by Wargaming. Having performed in 2012, it only seems right that on the 15th anniversary of the event SABATON returns.

“It’s fantastic to see that SABATON’s members are an active part of World of Tanks,” said Maxim Chuvalov, World of Tanks marketing manager. “We know our players’ interests don’t just stop at gaming — their talents go far beyond. With this collaboration, we wanted to celebrate the musical talent from our World of Tanks community because it’s an extremely important part of the in-game experience. This was our chance to share the music in and around our games with the global gaming communities and help inspire them even more.”

“History is a great source of inspiration to us,” said Joakim Brodén, lead singer of SABATON. “We like to tell stories that influenced the lives of a lot of people. We’ve all been playing World of Tanks, and seeing the company step outside of just gaming in lots of cool ways is an awesome thing to be a part of.”

Fans of Wargaming and SABATON can expect some cool surprises on the way, so you’d better stay tuned for more information. And, of course, rock on!

About World of Tanks
World of Tanks is a team-based massively multiplayer online action game dedicated to armored warfare of the mid-20th century. Throw yourself into the epic tank battles of World War II with other steel cowboys all over the world. Your arsenal includes over 500 armored vehicles from the United States, Germany, the Soviet Union, France, Great Britain, Japan, China, Sweden and Czechoslovakia carefully detailed with historical accuracy.
Official website: www.worldoftanks.eu

About Wargaming
Wargaming is an award-winning online game developer and publisher and one of the leaders in the free-to-play MMO market. Founded as a privately held company in 1998, Wargaming has shipped over 15 titles. Currently, Wargaming is focused on its team-based MMO war series dedicated to the mid-20th century warfare that includes the armored World of Tanks, the flight combat World of Warplanes, and the naval World of Warships. The three intertwined titles form a common gaming universe integrated within the portal www.wargaming.net.

As part of its multiplatform line-up, the company has introduced World of Tanks on Xbox andWorld of Tanks Blitz on mobile platforms, Windows 10 PCs and Mac OS X. Launched in 2014 and 2015, World of Tanks on Xbox introduced epic tank-on-tank battles to console gamers and offers the first cross-platform gaming experience between Xbox 360 and Xbox One. In 2016, Wargamingreleased World of Tanks for PlayStation®4, continuing its console campaign.
Official website:http://www.wargaming.com

Order SABATONs recent album »The Last Stand« now: http://nblast.de/SabatonLastStandNB
Get »The Last Stand« digitally: http://nblast.de/SabatonDownloads

More on »The Last Stand«:
‘The Lost Battalion’ OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jTgkTEDDog
‘Blood Of Bannockburn’ OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi7xBe5-M8k
‘Shiroyama’ OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylyqoxh-cXk
‘Sparta’ OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1SlBlB5pzU
‘The Art Of War’ OFFICIAL LIVE CLIP:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYoK1N90KDk

Get new merch here: http://www.nuclearblast.de/de/shop/artikel/gruppen/79904.1.bandmerch.html?article_group_sort_type_handle=rank&custom_keywords=SABATON

SABATON live:

16.06. F          Clisson – Hellfest
17.06. A          Nickelsdorf – Nova Rock
18.06. B          Dessel – Graspop Metal Meeting
24.06. N         Halden – Tons Of Rock
28.06. S          Norrköping – Bravalla
29.06. FIN       Seinäjoki – Provinssi
30.06. FIN       Helsinki – Tuska Open Air
08.07. E          Viveiro – Resurrection Fest
13.07. CZ        Vizovice – Masters Of Rock
29.07. D         Kempten – Rock The King
30.07. D         Ludwigsburg – KSK Music Open
12.08. E          Villena – Leyendas Del Rock
19.08. S          Falun – Sabaton Open Air

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Finnish Extreme Metal band Enragement released album “Burned, Barren, Bloodstained”

June 10, 2017 darkartconspiracy Leave a comment

Finnish, Helsinki-based extreme death metal band Enragement released their second album “Burned, Barren, Bloodstained” today via Inverse Records. Listen to it on Spotify: http://spoti.fi/2r1qpQi

A conspicuous music video was released earlier from the track “Blood For The Sun God” and it is available here:

The band have influences from various styles such as technical, brutal, old school and slam death metal, black metal and grindcore. There are three equal-footed growlers in the band which makes them very versatile. The album was recorded at Suomenlinnan Studio by Viktor Gullichsenin (Brymir) and he is also featuring in the album’s opening track “River Of Corpses”

Track list:
01. River of Corpses

02. Dead Flesh Treasury

03. Raining Bodyparts

04. Mass of a Thousand Suns

05. Divine Catatonia

06. Ashen Unity

07. As the Acid Burns

08. To Become Earth

09. Blood for the Sun God

10. Armed Redeemer

11. Smite the Impure

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Prosthetic Records Adds Canadian Post-Metal Four-Piece LOVIATAR to its Ever Growing Roster

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LOVIATAR (pronounced low-vye-ah-tar), are the latest addition to the Prosthetic Records family. Hailing from Canada, this four-piece borrows equally from the hazy gloom of My Bloody Valentine and the crushing riffs of Isis. With clearly sung vocals and equal parts somber and soaring, their thunderous elements of doom and post-metal contrast with hypnotic moments of atmospheric introspection to set them apart from others in the genre.

Formed in 2010, LOVIATAR have independently released a series of singles and EPs, and have been tapped to support such acts as Red Fang, Skeletonwitch and Blood Ceremony. In 2014, they shifted production to their newly built Wolf Lake Studios deep in the forested hills outside the nation’s capital and began work on their first full length LP. Self-titled and set for a worldwide release date on July 28, 2017, the album features two monolithic tracks available on all digital platforms, digipack CD and a limited edition gold and black swirl LP.

LOVIATAR Track Listing:

1. Nascent (Stygian Wyrm Part I) – 6:11

2. Discordant (Stygian Wyrm Part II) – 3:39

3. Ascendant (Stygian Wyrm Part III) – 8:07

4. Blind Goddess of the Nine Plagues – 19:03

LOVIATAR is:

JD: Vocal, Rhythm Guitar

JP Sadek: Drums, Backing Vocal

Shane Whitbread: Lead Guitar

Mike Bond: Bass

DISCOGRAPHY

Eternal Sons (Single) 2011
Widows Flame (EP) 2012
Druid’s Curse (EP) 2013
Diva’s Hymn (Single) 2014
Loviatar (LP) 2017

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Extreme Metal Originators VENOM INC. Return with New Full-Length Album, “Avé”

June 10, 2017 darkartconspiracy Leave a comment

“Blood Stained Earth” Headline Tour with Goatwhore, Toxic Holocaust and The Convalescence Begins September 1 – Meet & Greet Packages Available!

Regardless of your take on black metal forefathers Venom, they are the undisputed originators of extreme metal as we know it. Almost 40 years after their inception, the revitalized 1989-1992 line-up of guitarist Jeff “Mantas” Dunn, vocalist/bassist Tony “Demolition Man” Dolan and drummer Anthony “Abaddon” Bray have returned with a monster of an album.

After months of anticipation, VENOM INC. will release their upcoming full-length opus, entitled Avé, on August 11, 2017 via Nuclear Blast. Pre-orders for the new album are available now at: www.nuclearblast.com/venominc-ave

VENOM INC. was born during an impromptu live set at 2015’s Keep it True Festival in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany. The on-stage reunion was a rousing success amongst Venom fans and music industry personnel alike, and although it was originally only set up for fun, Dolan began receiving numerous show offers for VENOM INC. from booking agents around the world. What started as a live set to celebrate Venom‘s legacy immediately turned into a serious reunion discussion. The rest is history.

While unexpected at the outset, the end result of this reunion is an album that true Venom fans will gladly add to the top of their playlists. Vocalist/bassist Tony “Demolition Man” Dolan says, “We tried to shape Avé so that it comes at you dark, then it gets bright and heavy and just keeps growing into some kind of monster.”

Avé track listing:

01. Ave Satanas

02. Forged In Hell

03. Metal We Bleed

04. Dein Fleisch

05. Blood Stained

06. Time To Die

07. The Evil Dead

08. Preacher Man

09. War

10. I Kneel To No God

11. Black N Roll

Going in to writing Avé, VENOM INC. realized their live performance was the key to creating an album that would be a metal classic. It was clear that any songs the trio came up with had to have the intensity, the honesty and the aggression that was happening for VENOM INC. in a live situation. Simply put, they needed to translate what they do on stage onto a record. Not once did they look back on the Venom catalogue and think, “We have to write another ‘Black Metal’ or another ‘Schizo’…” The focus is on VENOM INC. and everything the rejuvenated three-piece do in the here and now.

Dolan adds, “Expect 100% pure, honest, solid, hard, dark, thought-provoking metal… like it was, is and forever shall be. Classic old-school, but with the ferocity and energy that we display in our live show. We are proud of this album and our new home at Nuclear Blast, as well as our whole team – management, PR, agents, sponsors and most of all, YOU. Thank you! See you somewhere on this Blood Stained Earth!”

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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE premiere ‘Don’t Need You: Live at Brixton Academy’ video clip

June 10, 2017 darkartconspiracy Leave a comment

Bullet For My Valentine have released an official live video clip for ‘Don’t Need You’, evidencing the pure fire (literally and figuratively) of their two consecutive sold-out performances at the world famous Brixton Academy, London, last December.

The shows in question saw Bullet For My Valentine perform career-spanning setlists in addition to select performances of their classic 2005 debut album, The Poison, in full.

Pre-orders for Bullet For My Valentine – Live From Brixton: Chapter Two are now live here.

Fans will now be able to experience the intensity of both “Night One” (December 9’s “career-spanning” performance) and “Night Two” (December 10’s The Poison performance) via DVD, Blu-ray, CD, and Vinyl.

Full format details are below:

“Night One” CD (career-spanning setlist)

“Night Two” CD (The Poison in its entirety setlist)

DVD (featuring both nights)

Blu-ray (featuring both nights)

Triple disc Red Vinyl (“Night Two” only)

Additionally, BFMV have started work on a new studio album, which is their first for Search and Destroy/ Spinefarm Records.

Upcoming tour dates:

22nd June – Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto, Canada

23rd June – Montebello Rock Fest – Montebello, Canada

19th August – ELB RIOT Festival – Hamburg, Germany

21st August – Moscow Stadium, Russia