Sweden's Laethora, featuring members from Dark Tranquillity and The Provenance, are getting ready to unleash their second magnus opus, THE LIGHT IN WHICH WE ALL BURN, on May 11th.
Laethora is proud to share the track A.S.K.E with fans and critics alike, in addition to Humanae, which is already on the band's MySpace page. Mastered by Peter In de Betou (Dark Fundera, Meshuggah, Hypocrisy), THE LIGHT IN WHICH WE ALL BURN is an epic thirteen-track album taking into account all of the members' eclectic tastes in music, featuring violent and powerful death/grind metal performed with intense passion and ferocity. The limited edition CD and T-shirt bundle is currently available for pre-order through the Omega Order and includes an exclusive shirt design that won't be for sale anywhere else. Check it out here. www.myspace.com/laethoraTHE LIGHT IN WHICH WE ALL BURN track listing: 1. Ekpyrosis 2. I as Infernal 3. A.S.K.E 4. World Deluge 5. A New Day 6. Humanae 7. The Sightless 8. Saevio 9. Uproar 10. Cast to Ruin 11. To the Point 12. Damnable Doctrine 13. Alogia
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Daniel Lioneye, the side project from members of HIM, is gearing up to release VOL. II on April 27th. Consisting of Linde (HIM) on guitars, bass and vocals, Burton (HIM) on keyboards and Bolton (Enochian Crescent) on drums, the band has always embraced breaking boundaries and taking new directions, which is exactly what they did on their sophomore release.
Formed in 2001, Daniel Lioneye's debut album, The King of Rock 'n' Roll, was only released in Finland and Germany and was a "tongue in cheek" psychedelic stoner rock album. Earning the group quite a bit of attention, the band played at handful of festivals in Finland which resulted in the title track being the theme song for Bam Margera's TV show, Viva La Bam. Simply called VOL. II, the band's North American debut is heavier than the band's prior release, making it an extreme rock n' roll album with influences from black metal.
VOL. II Tracklisting:
1. Euroshaman
2. Flatlined
3. Saturnalia
4. Neolithic Way
5. I Saw Myself
6. The Mentat
7. I Have Never Wanted To Be Number One
8. Who Turned The Lights Out
9. Kiss of the Cannibal
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The End Records is excited to announce the latest edition to our roster. Sweethead, the new project from Troy Van Leeuwen of Queens Of The Stone Age, will release their debut self-titled album on May 11th. Named after a Bowie B-Side, Sweethead includes Serrina on vocals, Norm Block on drums (Mark Lanegan Band, Plexi) and Eddie Nappi on bass (Mark Lanegan Band, Handsome).
NME proclaim “Troy has always been the besuited Queen and, with cherrybomb singer Serrina providing the glam and members of the Mark Lanegan Band providing the grit, they may just set the world on fire.” Serrina mixes the fierceness of Chrissie Hynde and Shirley Manson with the playfulness of Debbie Harry, while the band supports her with their driving rock melodies that don’t miss a beat.
Sweethead’s debut contains the slithering rock gem “Traumatized And Dumb," which was previously included on their EP Traumatized and Dumb, which was only released in Europe. From the punk influenced track “Turned Our Backs” to the gritty “City Of Dirt” SWEETHEAD is a potent reminder of the sheer thrills of rock 'n' roll decadence.
Sweethead has spent time on the road with Them Crooked Vultures, Eagles Of Death Metal, Puscifer and Snow Patrol, and plan on spending this year on the road supporting their debut album.
www.myspace.com/sweethead
www.sweethead.net
Twitter.com/sweethead
Track Listing:
1. The Sting
2. Turned Our Backs
3. P.I.G
4. City Of Dirt
5. Amazing Vanishing Conquest
6. Meet In The Road
7. Running Out
8. Sinkhole International
9. Other Side
10. Traumatized And Dumb
11. The Great Disruptors
12. A.W.O.L
13. The Last Evening
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The End Records, under exclusive license from Sony Music Entertainment Germany, is pleased to announce the North American release of OOMPH! TRUTH OR DARE , out April 27th
With a career spanning 20 years and 12 albums provided by the original line up since day one, OOMPH! has remained an innovative driving force in the German rock scene. After their 20th anniversary in 2009, the band didn’t think of taking it easy but instead began looking ahead towards the new decade. What do you do when you’ve already reached the top on the ladder of success? Well, just start all over again – but elsewhere!
TRUTH OR DARE is OOMPH’S! greatest-hits collection and will feature re-recorded versions of the band's most popular songs performed in English. Incorporating many styles of music such as metal, industrial, electronica, alternative, and goth to create their distinct sound, the band has dominated the charts in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the rest of Europe. TRUTH OR DARE will mark the band’s first full length album recorded in English.
The first video for the release, "Ready Or Not" premiered exclusively on MySpace today. View it here.
TRUTH OR DARE track listing:
1. Ready Or Not (I'm Coming)
2. Burning Desire
3. Song Of Death
4. Labyrinth
5. Sandman
6. The Final Match
7. God Is A Popstar
8. Wake Up
9. Land Ahead
10. Sex Is Not Enough
11. Crucified
12. The Power Of Love
13. True Beauty Is So Painful
14. The First Time Always Hurts
15. Dream Here (With Me)
16. On Course
Line up:
Dero (vocals, drums),
Crap (guitar, keyboards)|
Flux (guitar, sampling)
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The End Records is very excited to announce that our SXSW showcase will take place on Thursday, March 18th at The Ale House. This year's lineup includes:
Goes Cube (9pm)
Creature With The Atom Brain (10pm)
Dirty Little Rabbits (11pm)
The Candles (12pm)
Evan Dando (1am)
Goes Cube has steadily gained attention as one of the most dynamic bands in both their hometown of New York City and beyond. Their music is an intense blend of metal, punk and full-on rock and is performed with an urgency rarely witnessed or experienced anymore. They're simply three friends who are obsessed with making each song heavier, more intense, more melodic and just plain better than the last. The LA Times simply states "This is as loud as loud gets. Brooklyn's latest bellow is a powerful volley for avant-punk... the energy is utterly captured," while Gothamist praise "their live show will make your brain shake, your body move and your soul scream."
Belgian rockers Creature With The Atom Brain recently released their sophomore album TRANSYLVANIA on February 2nd and have been giving Americans a taste of what The AV Club describes as "a slice of fuzzed-out neo-psychedelia of the Witchcraft school, blended with grungy ’90s-style throwback rock and moody keyboard-driven groove" while on tour with Alice In Chains. Kerrang! has gone on to say TRANSYLVANIA is "A laid back fusion of '60s psychedelia, sludgy guitars and spaced out vocals. Wonderfully eerie, "Spinnin' The Black Hole" echoes Queens Of The Stone Age's darker moments, while the title-track wows instantly with its hypnotic grooves."
Dirty Little Rabbits are gearing up to release their self-titled full length debut later this spring. The brain child of Shawn "Clown" Crahan of Slipknot, DLR first made a splash on the scene when they released the SIMON EP last year. Earthy and ethereal, warm and welcoming, with an underlying eeriness, Dirty Little Rabbits' hypnotizing brand of organ-led rock is timeless. With a live show that has been described as 'oddly compelling, spastic in nature and finely executed,' Dirty Little Rabbits have made quite a name for themselves on the road, and has shared the stage with the likes of Stone Sour, Mindless Self Indulgence and Lacuna Coil.
The Candles, which is the first solo project of Josh Lattanzi, encompasses the varied styles and influences he's picked up while recording and touring with artists such as Ben Kweller, Albert Hammond, Jr., Tinted Windows and The Lemonheads. While finishing BETWEEN THE SOUNDS in NYC earlier this January, Josh enlisted one of his many band mates, James Iha to contribute to the track "Anywhere Tonight." The west coast sounds of the '70s that snaked like a vine from Gram Parsons through Evan Dando and Ryan Adams nestle up nicely to Josh on such tunes as "Let Me Down Easy" and "Between The Sounds," while "Here Or Gone" finds the singer delivering a big 'roll down the car windows' chorus that would make Tom Petty smile. BETWEEN THE SOUNDS will be released April 13th.
Evan Dando of The Lemonheads will close out the show, and chances are, if you shout out a song of his you'd like to hear, he'll probably play it! The band's repertoire goes back to 1987 so there will be plenty to choose from. The Lemonheads released a cover album last year entitled VARSHONS which was produced by Gibby Haynes of the Butthole Surfers and includes appearances from Liv Tyler, Kate Moss and John Perry of The Only Ones.
We hope you can make it out to the show, and if you'd like to be added to the guest list, please let me know. This show is open to all badge members on a first-come, first-served basis.
The Ale House ( Map) 310 East 6th Street 512-474-6722 |
CREATURE WITH THE ATOM BRAIN TO RELEASE TRANSYLVANIA TOMORROW
TOUR WITH ALICE IN CHAINS TO START TOMORROW IN VANCOUVER
PERFORMANCE CONFIRMED AT THIS YEAR’S SXSW
Creature With The Atom Brain is thrilled to announce that TRANSYLVANIA will be released tomorrow, February 2nd via The End Records. Marking the band’s North American debut, Creature With The Atom Brain landed an impressive thirteen-date slot opening for Alice In Chains, which also kicks off tomorrow at the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver.
Mixed by Chris Goss (Queens Of The Stone Age, Masters Of Reality) and including appearances by Mark Lanegan, TRANSYLVANIA showcases the band’s blend of psychedelia, garage rock, and hypnotizing grooves, while also combining African rhythms, making this album a striking standout from most contemporary independent music. Q Magazine gave the album 4 out of 5 stars and went on to say “long endorsed by Josh Homme, these Belgians’ stoner/psych credentials are impeccable even before Mark Lanegan and Chris Goss signed up for this sublimely lysergic release.”
Creature With The Atom Brain will also make their debut at this year’s SXSW, playing at The End Record’s showcase on Thursday, March 18th at The Ale House. More details to follow.
www.myspace.com/creaturewiththeatombrain
Tour Dates with Alice In Chains:
February 2nd Orpheum Theater, Vancouver, BC
February 4th Paramount Theater, Seattle, WA
February 5th Paramount Theater, Seattle, WA
February 6th Salem Armory, Salem, OR
February 8th Knitting Factory, Boise, ID
February 10th Knitting Factory, Reno, NV
February 11th Fox Theater, Oakland, CA
February 13th Palladium, Los Angeles, CA
February 17th Dodge Theatre, Phoenix, AZ
February 19th Fillmore, Denver, CO
February 21st Midland Theatre, Kansas City, MO
February 22nd Pageant, St Louis, MO
February 23rd Louisville Palace, Louisville, KY
SXSW:
March 18th The Ale House (The End Records Showcase) Austin, TX
TRANSYLVANIA track listing:
I Rise the Moon
The Color of Sundown
Something Is Wrong
Transylvania
Lonely Night (Featuring Mark Lanegan)
Spinnin' the Black Hole
Darker Than a Dungeon
Sound of Confusion
Make Noise
The Lonesome Whistle
Is That Lady Sniff? (Bonus Track)
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The End Records, under exclusive license from Sony Music Entertainment Germany, is pleased to announce the North American release of Helloween's long awaited album UNARMED - Best Of 25th Anniversary, out March 30th.
Helloween, one of the most eminent melodic metal bands worldwide and - along with the Scorpions and Accept - Germany’s ultimate metal export, got their start exactly 25 years ago. A total of eleven headlining world tours took the band all over the globe, and their sensational show at the Monsters Of Rock in Castle Donington in front of more than 100,000 metalheads. Spectacular tours alongside Iron Maiden, Dio and Ozzy Osbourne, as well as their MTV Headbangers Ball US tour with Anthrax and Exodus remain unforgotten. Helloween have sold more than five million records and garnered 14 gold and 6 platinum awards globally, receiving two gold records in Germany. Now Andi Deris (vocals), Michael Weikath (guitar), Sascha Gerstner (guitar), Markus Großkopf (bass) and Daniel Löble (drums) have set out to prove that their great anthems ooze that special Helloween flair even with totally new arrangements.
UNARMED – Best Of 25th Anniversary is Helloween’s ‘thank-you’ to millions of fans old and new and will prove their exceptional position on the international metal scene. Instead of putting together a regular greatest hits compilation featuring their most successful tracks to celebrate this anniversary, the five band members completely rearranged the greatest melodies they had written in the course of their career to date. The album features Supercharge’s exceptional saxophonist Albie Donnelly, Hellsongs’s vocalist Harriet Ohlsson, pianist Matthias Ulmer, plus the 70-piece Prague Symphonic Orchestra and the choirs of the Gregorian singers!
As a special surprise, Helloween have come up with ‘The Keeper´s Trilogy’ a stunning 17-minute medley of the songs ‘Halloween’, ‘Keeper Of The Seven Keys’ and ‘The King For A 1000 Years’, recorded in cooperation with the Prague Symphonic Orchestra and likely to send shivers of delight down the spine of every Helloween fan.
UNARMED – Best Of 25th Anniversary sees Helloween commemorate their 25th anniversary in their very own way. “We aren’t one of those bands who like to celebrate themselves,” says Weikath. “We wanted to say thank you in a special way to all our fans who have followed us through the past 25 years - to us, this album stands for an official celebration. We had a lot of fun recording our most important tracks in an entirely new ‘outfit’ and with new arrangements. Now we can’t wait to find out how our fans will react.”
Watch the video for "Dr. Stein" here.
www.myspace.com/helloween
www.helloween.org
Twitter.com/helloweenorg
UNARMED - Best Of 25th Anniversary Track Listing:
01. Dr. Stein
02. Future World
03. If I Could Fly
04. Where The Rain Grows
05. The Keeper's Trilogy
06. Eagle Fly Free
07. Perfect Gentleman
08. Forever & One
09. I Want Out
10. Fallen To Pieces
11. A Tale That Wasn't Right
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The Candles, the first solo project from singer/songwriter Josh Lattanzi encompasses the varied styles and influences he’s picked up while recording and touring with the likes of Ben Kweller, Albert Hammond, Jr. (The Strokes) and Tinted Windows. On April 13th, Between The Sounds will mark the debut release from Josh Lattanzi, who will also tour with The Lemonheads’ Evan Dando beginning January 29th at Maxwell’s in Hoboken, NJ.
With the first significant free time he’s had in years, Lattanzi began the process of crafting his debut in June 2008, writing and recording demos in his New York City apartment. The recording process then moved to a studio in Celeste, TX and the album was finished in NYC in early 2010. The west coast sounds of the seventies that snaked like a vine from Gram Parsons through Evan Dando and Ryan Adams nestle up nicely to Lattanzi on such tunes as “Let Me Down Easy” and “Between The Sounds,” while “Here Or Gone” finds the singer delivering a big “roll down the car windows” chorus that would make Tom Petty smile.
On January 26th, the digital single for “Here Or Gone” will be available for purchase on iTunes and will also include the track “Let Me Down Easy.”
www.thecandlesmusic.com
www.myspace.com/thecandlesband
Twitter.com/thecandlesmusic
Tour Dates with Evan Dando:
January 29th Maxwell’s Hoboken, NJ
February 3rd Great Scott Allston, MA
February 4th Iron Horse Music Hall Northampton, MA
February 5th M Room Philadelphia, PA
February 6th IOTA Club & Café Arlington, VA
February 16th Old Rock House St. Louis, M
February 17th Radio Radio Indianapolis, IN
February 18th Majestic Theatre Detroit, MI
February 19th Double Door Chicago, IL
February 20th 400 Bar Minneapolis, MN
March 6th Mercury Lounge New York, NY
Between The Sounds track listing:
1. Waiting for the Truth
2. Here or Gone
3. Let Me Down Easy
4. Anywhere Tonight (Featuring James Iha of The Smashing Pumpkins on guitar)
5. Not Enough
6. Between the Sounds
7. On My Side
8. Who We Are
9. Road Song
10. Life Will Shine
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Super 8-bit Brothers, the video game obsessed duo consisting of Rob Kleiner and Kevin Gibson of Tub Ring are thrilled to announce the release of their synth-heavy debut entitled Brawl, which was inspired by both the sounds and games of Atari 2600 and Nintendo.
All Music Guide describes Brawl as “sounding like the soundtrack straight out of an early-80’s video game” while Blog Critics praises the album as “a cross of NES console games blended with the likes of Kraftwerk, Nine Inch nails and Devo.” With songs such as “Goodbye Cruel World (Of Warcraft)” to “2600 Refugee” which pays homage to the classics of the video game world, Brawl easily melds the world of both old and new school music and video games together.
Brawl Tracklisting:
1. Cyber Space Sirens / Computer Casanovas
2. The Shadow Me
3. Blinky Loves Pepper
4. Skillz
5. 2600 Refugee
6. Roll It Up
7. Armies Unlimited
8. 8 Bit Lullaby
9. Goodbye Cruel World (of Warcraft)
10. All Directions
11. Cheap-O
12. Don’t Sell the Barrels to the Monkey
13. Brawl
14. Geeks No More
15. Next Generation
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Japanese metal band Sigh is proud to announce the release of their eight studio album, Scenes From Hell, which is out today in the US.
Already gaining attention from the likes of AOL Noisecreep, Decibel, Terrorizer and Zero Tolerance, The AV Club raves "No better fusion of Japanoise and black metal has ever even been attempted, let alone succeeded; Scenes From Hell manages to be both devastating and daring, fun and terrifying, not just from song to song, but from moment to moment in the same song." Metal Sucks hails Scenes From Hell as ”the first great metal album of 2010,” while Blistering praises “Whether using classical instruments or working the sounds through keyboards, Sigh is truly a symphonic black metal act."
Revolver recently premiered the band’s video for “Prelude to the Oracle” which you can watch here.
Available at all stores now in addition to an exclusive T-Shirt/CD/Vinyl bundle available at The Omega Order.
www.myspace.com/sighjapan
www.twitter.com/sighjapan
Scenes From Hell Track listing:
1. Prelude to the Oracle
2. L’art de Mourir
3. The Soul Grave
4. The Red Funeral
5. The Summer Funeral
6. Musica in Tempora Belli
7. Vanitas
8. Scenes from Hell
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Fresh off a European tour with The Dead Weather, Creature With The Atom Brain are gearing up for yet another exciting adventure. The band is thrilled to announce that they have just been invited by the recently reunited Alice In Chains to support them on a big part of their upcoming and practically sold out North American tour. The tour will coincide with the US album release of TRANSYLVANIA, their North American debut, out February 2nd.
TRANSYLVANIA is a collection of tracks featuring the band’s fusion of 70’s grooves with haunting indie rock. Rock Sound rave the band “keeps things deceptively simple and doggedly psychedelic,” while NME praises “any band that name checks forgotten ‘60s psych heroes The 13th Floor Elevators is alright by us. But Creature With The Atom Brain go one better by managing to sound like the first QOTSA album; that is, a heady, psychotropic descent into the underworld of drone-this is fantastic."
www.myspace.com/creaturewiththeatombrain
Tour Dates with Alice In Chains:
February 2nd Orpheum Theater, Vancouver, BC – SOLD OUT
February 4th Paramount Theater, Seattle, WA – SOLD OUT
February 5th Paramount Theater, Seattle, WA – SOLD OUT
February 6th Salem Armory, Salem, OR
February 8th Knitting Factory, Boise, ID – SOLD OUT
February 10th Knitting Factory, Reno, NV
February 11th Fox Theater, Oakland, CA – SOLD OUT
February 13th Palladium, Los Angeles, CA
February 17th Dodge Theatre, Phoenix, AZ
February 19th Fillmore, Denver, CO
February 21st Midland Theatre, Kansas City, MO – SOLD OUT
February 22nd Pageant, St Louis, MO – SOLD OUT
February 23rd Louisville Palace, Louisville, KY – SOLD OUT
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Johnston IA – Iowa natives Dirty Little Rabbits are happy to announce that they will be taking their energetic live show overseas to Europe for the first time.
Dirty Little Rabbits will be heading out on a week long run across the UK and France January 29th through February 8th. Lacuna Coil will be headlining all of the shows. The band is excited to get to Europe and share their music and exciting performances with the fans who have been patiently awaiting the band’s European debut.
Dirty Little Rabbits will be playing a number of fan favorites from their earlier EPs, and some music from the upcoming full length, which will be released this spring on The End Records. In the meantime, check out the track "Professional Hit" on their MySpace page.
Said Rabbits drummer M. Shawn Crahan of the tour, “I’ve always loved Europe in the wintertime and I can’t think of a better time to come over and introduce the Rabbits to the world. I’ve been friends with Lacuna Coil for years and we’re looking forward to sharing our art with their fans.”Be sure to make it out to the show in your area!
Dirty Little Rabbits with Lacuna Coil:
1/29 – Academy – Dublin
1/31 – Academy – Manchester
2/01 – O2 Academy – Birmingham
2/02 – The ABC – Glasgow
2/04 – O2 Academy – Bristol
2/05 – Shepherds Bush Empire – London
2/08 – Bataclan - Paris
www.myspace.com/dirtylittlerabbits
twitter.com/dirtyltlrabbits
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Borknagar, Norway’s progressive metal band is gearing up to release their eighth studio album entitled UNIVERSAL, out March 2nd in North America. The album will be available in four different formats including regular jewel case CD, limited digipack (including bonus disc), CD box with extras and gatefold LP with double vinyl.
Borknagar’s founder and guitarist Øystein G. Brun comments, "We are extremely satisfied with the result! The album turned out even better than we dared to hope for when starting this journey with a complexity and atmosphere that will challenge the most sophisticated parts of mind. UNIVERSAL features all the elements that made Borknagar the band it is, and this album will be a huge piece of ear candy for those who have followed the band through the years. This is by far the most complete album Borknagar has created to date — musically and production-wise – and the world awaits its debut!”
UNIVERSAL is a complex concoction of attitude and energy designed to appeal the most primal side of man!
www.myspace.com/borknagar
www.indierec.net
UNIVERSAL Track Listing:
1. Havoc
2. Reason
3. The Stir of Seasons
4. For a Thousand Years to Come
5. Abrasion Tide
6. Fleshflower
7. Worldwide
8. My Domain
Borknagar, Norway’s progressive metal band is gearing up to release their eighth studio album entitled UNIVERSAL, out March 2nd in North America. The album will be available in four different formats including regular jewel case CD, limited digipack (including bonus disc), CD box with extras and gatefold LP with double vinyl.
Borknagar’s founder and guitarist Øystein G. Brun comments, "We are extremely satisfied with the result! The album turned out even better than we dared to hope for when starting this journey with a complexity and atmosphere that will challenge the most sophisticated parts of mind. UNIVERSAL features all the elements that made Borknagar the band it is, and this album will be a huge piece of ear candy for those who have followed the band through the years. This is by far the most complete album Borknagar has created to date — musically and production-wise – and the world awaits its debut!”
UNIVERSAL is a complex concoction of attitude and energy designed to appeal the most primal side of man!
www.myspace.com/borknagar
UNIVERSAL Track Listing:
1. Havoc
2. Reason
3. The Stir of Seasons
4. For a Thousand Years to Come
5. Abrasion Tide
6. Fleshflower
7. Worldwide
8. My Domain |
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The End Records is thrilled to offer AMALGAMATE, a seventeen track sampler on iTunes for only .99 cents. Featuring an exclusive track from Dir En Grey, plus unreleased songs from upcoming albums by Creature With the Atom Brain, Sigh and Early Man, AMALGAMATE showcases The End's heavier artists conveniently on one album. See the link and track listing below.
Kicking things off in 2010 will be Sigh with their classically infused orchestral metal on SCENES FROM HELL, and the video game inspired electro indie rock from Super 8-bit Brothers on BRAWL, both out January 19th. The highly anticipated album from Creature With the Atom Brain will be released on February 2nd, which combines 60s inspired rock with dark and hypnotic psychedelic grooves. Norway’s Shining will also release their hard hitting hybrid of jazz and metal entitled BLACKJAZZ on February 2nd. Laethora, which features Niklas Sundin of Dark Tranquility, are set to release THE LIGHT IN WHICH WE ALL BURN on April 27th, which consists of thirteen epic tracks of violent and powerful death/grind metal performed with intense passion and ferocity.
More albums will be announced shortly.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/amalgamate/id339259315
www.myspace.com/theendrecords
www.twitter.com/theendrecords
AMALGAMATE track listing:
1. Dead Girls Are Easy – The 69 Eyes
2. Dozing Green (Live) – Dir En Grey
3. Transylvania – Creature With the Atom Brain
4. Liar – Emilie Autumn
5. Running Out of Roads to Ride – Cable
6. Grinding the Knife Blade – Goes Cube
7. Someone Else’s Nightmare – Early Man
8. Rapture of the Empty Spaces – Karl Sanders
9. A Eulogy for the Living Lost – November’s Doom
10. The Best Way – Suicide City
11. Der Weg (Live) – Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
12. L’art de Mourir – Sigh
13. Architect – Hull
14. The Indweller – These Are They
15. Milorg – Vreid
16. Old – Sarke
17. Sin Goddammit – Fenriz Red Planet & Nattefrost |
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17 tracks for the price of 1! "Amalgamate" is on sale for .99 cents on iTunes. Featuring an exclusive track from Dir En Grey, plus unreleased songs from Creature with The Atom Brain and Sigh, "Amalgamate" features The End's artists conveniently on one album. Check it out here http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/amalgamate/id339259315 |
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LAETHORA ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM THE LIGHT IN WHICH WE ALL BURN OUT APRIL 27th, 2010
NEW TRACK “HUMANAE” NOW STREAMING ON MYSPACE
Laethora, the Swedish death/grind band featuring Dark Tranquility guitarist Niklas Sundin and members of progressive metal band The Provenance will release their second album THE LIGHT IN WHICH WE ALL BURN worldwide through The End Records on April 27th, 2010.
Mastered by Peter In de Betou (Dark Funeral, Meshuggah, Hypocrisy), THE LIGHT IN WHICH WE ALL BURN is an epic thirteen track album taking into account all of the members’ eclectic tastes in music, featuring violent and powerful death/grind metal performed with intense passion and ferocity.
From the opening calm-before-the-storm beginning of “Ekpyrosis” to the thrashing rage of “World Deluge” and the open-chord ecstasy of “Humanae”, the album truly shines in its diversity and dedication. The instrumentation is flawlessly executed with an organic and vibrant approach far from today’s sterile extreme metal delivery.
“Humanae” is currently streaming on the band’s MySpace.
www.myspace.com/laethora
www.laethora.com
\Tracklisting:
1. Ekpyrosis
2. I As Infernal
3. A.S.K.E
4. World Deluge
5. A New Day
6. Humanae
7. The Sightless
8. Saevio
9. Uproar
10. Cast To Ruin
11. To The Point
12. Damnable Doctrine
13. Algoia |
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Norwegian quintet Shining are about to unleash their fifth full
length album entitled Blackjazz on February 2, 2010. Their
determination to create new sounds and cross boundaries has only been further
stepped up with their latest ear-crushing achievement.
An
unstoppable force made out of small bits and pieces that hit in the right place
at the right time, Blackjazz is a synchronized launch of attacks in Shining’s hard
hitting hybrid of jazz and metal. Joining forces with the technical prowess and
extensive musical knowledge and experience from renowned producer/engineer Sean
Beavan (NIN, Marilyn Manson, Slayer), Blackjazz
elevates and intensifies the band’s vision with a more extreme sound and an undeniable
aggressiveness and catchiness rarely found in metal. The album also features vocals by Grutle Kjellson (Enslaved) on a cover
of King Crimson’s classic “21st Century Schizoid Man.”
Spanning
the past decade, Shining’s career has caught the attention of press worldwide. Praised by Pitchfork,
All Music Guide, Soundfix, Sonic Frontiers, Jazzwise, Paper Thin Walls, Stylus
and others, The New York Times has
called the band’s progressive metal “a study in coordinated whiplash,” while The BBC go on to say “Shining’s
juggernaut headbanging is orchestrated with intellectual precision.”
Click
here to check out the band perform “Fisheye”
live at NRK Store Studio in Norway.
Track
listing:
1. The Madness and the Damage Done
2. Fisheye
3. Exit Sun
4. Exit Sun
5. Healter Skelter
6. The Madness and the Damage Done
7. Blackjazz Deathtrance
8. Omen
9. 21st Century Schizoid Man
http://www.shining.no
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New York, NY – Evan Dando, singer, songwriter, and guitarist of The Lemonheads, will be setting out on a solo tour in early 2010 that begins January 29 at Maxwell’s in Hoboken and currently wraps up March 6 back in New York at Mercury Lounge. See all current dates below.
Evan will be performing an intimate set featuring songs from his solo album and plenty of classic Lemonheads tunes along with several inspired covers, including some from his most recent covers album, Varshons (06/09, The End Records). Produced by Butthole Surfers ringleader Gibby Haynes, Varshons was inspired by mix tapes that Gibby used to send to Evan. The collection is filled with strange bedfellows - from G.G. Allin to Texas troubadour Townes Van Zandt and garage rockers The Green Fuz. The Lemonheads make each track their own, with help from actress Liv Tyler, singing back up on Leonard Cohen’s “Hey, That’s No Way To Say Goodbye,” and Kate Moss, who sings over the dance groove of Arling & Cameron’s “Dirty Robot,” which also features lead guitar by John Perry on loan from The Only Ones. “Evan Dando has always had a magic touch with cover songs…the laconic alt-rocker nimbly transforms songs until they sound like they could be his own,” commented The Boston Globe. Spin Magazine stated, “Between ‘Mrs Robinson’ and ‘My Hero Zero,’ covers have accounted for some of the Lemonheads’ most memorable moments.” All Music added, “Varshons is easily the strangest Lemonheads record in maybe two decades and it's not so coincidentally one of their best, perched between the ragged, formless mess of their earliest records and Dando's enduring love for sweetly weathered country-rock.” Evan Dando on tour:Nov 20 – Santiago de Compostela, Spain @ Capitol Nov 21 – Bilbao, Spain @ Kafe Antzokia Nov 23 – Paris, France @ Fleche D’or Nov 24 – Antwerp, Belgium @ Trix Nov 27 – Utrecht, Holland @ Tivoli -Le Guess Who Festival Nov 30 – Munster, Germany @ Gleiss 22 Dec 01 – Cologne, Germany @ Underground Dec 02 – Berlin, Germany @ Magnet Dec 03 – Hamburg, Germany @ Logo Dec 05 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Vega Dec 06 – Oslo, Norway @ John Dee Dec 07 – Stockholm, Sweden @ Debaser Dec 08 – Gothenburg, Sweden @ Sticky Fingers 2010 US tour: Jan 29 – Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell’s Jan 30 – New York, NY @ Joe’s Pub Jan 31 – Bordentown, NJ @ The Record Collector store Feb 03 – Allston, MA @ Great Scott Feb 04 – Northampton, MA @ Iron Horse Music Hall Feb 05 – Philadelphia, PA @ M Room Feb 06 – Arlington, VA @ IOTA Club & Café Feb 09 – Charlotte, NC @ Tremont Music Hall Feb 10 – Athens, GA @ 40 Watt Feb 11 – Gainesville, FL @ Common Grounds Feb 12 – Tampa, FL @ Crowbar Feb 13 – Orlando, FL @ The Backbooth Feb 16 – St. Louis, MO @ Old Rock House Feb 17 – Indianapolis, IN @ Radio Radio Feb 18 – Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre Feb 19 – Chicago, IL @ Double Door Feb 20 – Minneapolis, MN @ 400 Bar Feb 21 – Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room Feb 23 – Dallas, TX @ The Prophet Bar Feb 24 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s Alternative Lounging (Outdoor) Feb 27 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hotel Café Feb 28 – San Francisco, CA @ Café Du Nord Mar 03 – Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern Mar 06 – New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge www.evandando.co.uk
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Fresh off a tour with Valient Thorr, Early Man are heading out on the road for four weeks with Canadian metal band, Priestess. Early Man released their EP last year entitled Beware The Circling Fin and received critical acclaim from the likes of Paste, PopMatters, BlogCritics, and Oh My Rockness, while Decibel raved “Beware the Circling Fin closes in on a moment that not even the former reigning champs of thrash, [Metallica], can capture." The band is set to release their full length album in early 2010. Feel free to reach out if you’d like to attend one of the shows below. TOUR DATES: Nov 19 2009 National Montreal, Quebec Nov 20 2009 Mavericks Ottowa, Ontario Nov 21 2009 Lee’s Palace Toronto, Ontario Nov 22 2009 Rok Bar Hamilton, Ontario Nov 24 2009 Black Pirates Thunder Bay, Ontario Nov 25 2009 Pyramid Winnepeg, Manitoba Nov 26 2009 Distrikt Regina, Saskatchewan Nov 27 2009 Distillery Calgary, Alberta Nov 28 2009 Starlite Room Edmonton, Alberta Nov 30 2009 GLC Whistler, British Columbia Dec 1 2009 Sugar Victoria, British Columbia Dec 2 2009 Queens Nanaimo, British Columbia Dec 3 2009 Commodore Vancouver, British Columbia Dec 4 2009 Dante’s Portland, Oregon Dec 5 2009 The Comet Seattle, Washington Dec 8 2009 7th Street Entry Minneapolis, Minnesota Dec 9 2009 Empty Bottle Chicago, Illinois Dec 10 2009 Blind Dog Windsor, Ontario Dec 11 2009 Mohawk Buffalo, New York Dec 12 2009 Charleston Brooklyn, NY
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Creature with the Atom Brain will release their sophomore album, TRANSYLVANIA, on February 2, 2010, marking their debut on The End Records. Creature with the Atom Brain, once the solo project of Aldo Strufy (Millionaire, The Mark Lanegan Band) has transformed into a four-piece band consisting of members from Millionaire, Evil Superstars and Mauro and The Grooms. Often compared to acts such as The Thirteenth Floor Elevators and Queens Of The Stone Age, TRANSYLVANIA boasts Creatures’ blend of psychedelia, garage rock and hypnotizing grooves, with what NME describes as “a heady, psychotropic descent into the underworld of drone.” This Is Fake DIY go on to say “Creature With The Atom Brain are one part 'vintage rock' and two parts 'Desert Session', making a burly cocktail of lysergic grunge-fuelled 6 minute guitar romps, with plenty of monster riffage and a hard-edge shine.” TRANSYLVANIA was mixed by Chris Goss (Masters Of Reality, Kyuss and Qotsa). The band is fresh off a European tour with The Dead Weather, and has shared the stage with The Jesus and Mary Chain, Queens Of The Stone Age, and The Butthole Surfers. TRANSYLVANIA track listing:I Rise the Moon The Color of Sundown Something Is Wrong Transylvania Lonely Night Spinnin' the Black Hole Darker Than a Dungeon Sound of Confusion Make Noise The Lonesome Whistle Is That Lady Sniff? (Bonus Track) www.myspace.com/creaturewiththeatombrain www.creaturewiththeatombrain.com |
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