The US Band TRAUMA will be live on stage at 70000 Tons Of Metal Festival 2017. The Festival is from 2nd February to 6th February 2017. 60 bands on 1 cruise ship. Tickets are available at http://www.70000tons.com.
TRAUMA drummer Kris Gustofson stated: “Trauma is delighted and honored to be playing on the 70000 tons of metal cruise with some of the best bands in Metal. This is going to be a blast and we look forward to putting the pedal to the Metal.” Also, a new hammer line-up was announced by the band.
LINE-UP 2017:
Donny Hillier (ex-Black Sunday Dream) – vocals Joe Fraulob (ex-Danzig, ex-Brutal Groove, ex-Deconstruct) – guitars Steve Robello (Dublin Death Patrol, ex-Heist, ex-Out Of Control, ex-Rock The Nation) – guitars Kris Gustofson (ex-St. Elmos Fire, ex-Mechanizm, ex-Moon Dog Mane, ex-Dunmore, ex-Threat) – drums Marcel Eaton (ex-Serpant & Seraph) – bass
Featuring Interviews with Members of ANTHRAX, TESTAMENT and More
GENE HOGLAN‘s highly-anticipated second DVD, The Atomic Clock: The Clock Strikes Two, is due to be released on February 3, 2017 and will feature the Clock himself breaking down some of his favorite beats, telling stories and playing along with tracks from several of his most legendary projects, including Strapping Young Lad, Testament and Death.
In advance of next week’s release, Hoglan is revealing what many extreme music fans may consider the most anticipated playthrough from the DVD, Strapping Young Lad’s “Skeksis” from their Billboard-charting 2005 release, Alien. Take a look at the blazing playthrough now via GENE HOGLAN’s YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/-eaIvh6ELVg
GENE HOGLAN recalls the original “Skeksis” writing and recording sessions: “Devin [Townsend] and I wrote the tune in late summer, early fall of ’04, at this shabby downtown Vancouver rehearsal space that kinda represented where we were both at mentally in our lives. I remember him mentioning that he’d love to have an ‘Almighty PunchDrunk’ (one of my all-time favorite bands whom I’ve also drummed for) feel and vibe to whatever was about to come out of us. To me, that meant to include, ‘the PunchDrunk beat’, which is this great, samba-esque, Latin-feel beat (that I am sure has a name, I’d love to know it) which PD proudly stole from the legendary Canadian band The Smalls. I’m sure you’ve all heard it a time or two.
Dev and I played around the beat the whole song, getting closest to it in the chorus, then really sinking into it in the last minute or so, in the part I refer to as the “girl fight” part, because that’s what it sounds like Dev is saying there. It is such a fun beat to play, and a real satisfying denouement to the song. A moment of crowning glory to a ruling tune. The version on the new DVD is a completely re-envisioned mix, where the vocals and samples are absent, really bringing out the rhythm guitars and basic tracks.”
Today marks the release of legendary Canadian thrash/heavy metal band ANNIHILATOR‘s Triple Threat – a three-disc collection of their music based in a trio of very different scenarios – out via UDR Music. Listen to a sample of the Un-Plugged: The Watersound Studios Sessions portion of the set
Triple Threat is available now in several formats, including DVD/2CDs, Blu-Ray/2CDs, a 2CD audio-only and digital download.
Extreme metal giants ARCH ENEMY have now launched a live video for “War Eternal”, filmed at Wacken 2016 and taken from their upcoming live DVD/Blu-ray “As The Stages Burn!” which will be released on March 31st, 2017!
The full Wacken 2016 show was recorded with 13 cameras, produced and directed by Patric Ullaeus. The audio was mixed by Andy Sneap.
The DVD/Blu-ray also contains Behind The Scenes footage from Wacken, as well as excerpts from the “Tokyo Sacrifice” live DVD, all “War Eternal” music videos and a new, previously unreleased video clip for “Time Is Black” as bonus material! The Deluxe Box Set will come with an Artbook incl. CD, DVD and Blu-ray, pop-up art, lanyard and “As The Stages Burn!” laminate.
Go get your ticket for the exclusive release shows with special support from LACUNA COIL and THE HAUNTED now!
30.03.2017 – Bochum (Germany), Zeche*
31.03.2017 – Leipzig (Germany), Hellraiser*
01.04.2017 – Colmar (France), Rock in Hell*
02.04.2017 – Edinburgh (UK), Heavy Scotland
04.04.2017 – Langen (Germany), Neue Stadthalle**
05.04.2017 – München (Germany), Backstage Werk**
06.04.2017 – Saarbrücken (Germany), Garage**
07.04.2017 – Durbuy (Belgium), Durbuy Rock Festival**
08.04.2017 – Cambrai (France), Betiz Fest*
09.04.2017 – Ludwigsburg (Germany), Rockfabrik** * with The Haunted ** with The Haunted and Lacuna Coil German shows presented by Metal Hammer and EMP
02.02.2017 – 70000 Tons Of Metal – Miami, FL
06.07.2017 – Rock Harz Festival, Ballenstedt, Germany
14.07.2017 – Gefle Metal Festival , Gävle, Sweden
05.08.2017 – Ostrava v Plamenech, Ostrava, Czech Republic
10.08.2017 – Leyendas Del Rock, Villena, Spain
11.08.2017 – Vagos Metal Fest, Vagos, Portugal
12.08.2017 – Into The Grave, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Last week, the storytellers of CELLAR DARLING announced their signing with Nuclear Blast. And while they are currently working on their first studio tale, that is scheduled to see the light of day in summer, the band already offers an insight into their work to give a first update to their fans.
Watch the trailer here and read the personal message from Anna Murphy, Ivo Henzi and Merlin Sutter: https://youtu.be/vCsovxervW4
With the start of the new year, we have officially begun recording our very first album at Tommy Vetterli’s New Sound Studio. Creativity is flowing, spirits are high, and we could not be happier with the results so far! We cannot wait to share this with you. In the meantime, we’ll keep you up to date right here:
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