Lazarus A.D. Posts Exclusive ‘The Ultimate Sacrifice’ Video Shoot Photos

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Lazarus A.D. Posts Exclusive ‘The Ultimate Sacrifice’ Video Shoot Photos
on the Official Lazarus A.D. Facebook Page

New Video for ‘The Ultimate Sacrifice’
to Debut at MetalSucks.net on Monday, March 7th

New Album Black Rivers Flow is Out Now!

Wisconsin thrash metallers LAZARUS A.D. have just posted four exclusive photos taken on set during their music video shoot for ‘The Ultimate Sacrifice’. Head to the band’s official Facebook page to view the photos, and make sure to tune into MetalSucks.net next Monday, March 7th to witness the unveiling of the new video.

MetalInjection.net recently finished posting a series of video blogs chronicling “The Making of Black Rivers Flow”. Check out the final installment at this link. The behind the scenes footage for the series was filmed by the band and produced/edited by Clay Cook at Dirty Cheese Design & Development. Check out all of the previous installments at MetalInjection.net.

Black Rivers Flow was released on February 1st on Metal Blade Records and is already seeing some amazing numbers on the charts. The album landed at #35 on the Billboard Top New Artist Albums chart, and #86 on the Billboard Top Hard Music Albums chart. Black Rivers Flow also charted at #90 in Canada on the Hard Music charts. LAZARUS A.D. and Bonded by Blood are touring in Europe this spring. See below for all current European and U.S. tour dates.

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EUROPEAN TOUR w/ BONDED BY BLOOD

  • Mar. 09 – London, UK – O2 Academy 2
  • Mar. 10 – Bristol, UK – Area 81
  • Mar. 11 – Milton Keynes, UK – Crauford Arms
  • Mar. 12 – Leeds, UK – The Well
  • Mar. 13 – Glasgow, UK – Ivory Blacks
  • Mar. 14 – Nottingham, UK – The Maze
  • Mar. 15 – Southampton, UK – Joiners
  • Mar. 16 – Norwich, UK – Metal Lust @ The Brickmakers
  • Mar. 17 – Wiesbaden, Germany – Schlachthof
  • Mar. 18 – Zurich, Switzerland – Dynamo
  • Mar. 19 – Prague, Czech Republic – Modra Vopice
  • Mar. 20 – Ljubljana, Slovenia – Orto Bar
  • Mar. 21 – Vienna, Austria – 3Raum/Arena
  • Mar. 22 – Bologna, Italy – Blogs Club
  • Mar. 23 – Barcelona, Spain – Mephisto
  • Mar. 24 – Madrid, Spain – Hebe
  • Mar. 25 – Paris, France – Paris Extreme Festival
  • Mar. 26 – Bilbao, Spain – Santana 27 Black
  • Mar. 27 – Porto, Portugal – Porto Rio
  • Mar. 29 – Hamburg, Germany – Headcrash
  • Mar. 30 – Nijmegen, Netherlands – Merleyn
  • Mar. 31 – Copenhagen, Denmark – The Rock
  • Apr. 01 – Cologne, Germany – The Underground
  • Apr. 02 – Bruges, Belgium – JH Comma

Here’s what critics are already saying about Black Rivers Flow:

“LAZARUS A.D.’s Black Rivers Flow is meticulously perfect. The guitar solos are reminiscent of Slayer, the riffs remind me of Coroner, Atheist and Testament, and the precision of the guitar work brings to mind Metallica and Megadeth.” Altsounds.com

“This band is in no danger of suffering from a sophomore slump (the title track is especially wicked).” MetalSucks.net

“Grade-A modern American thrash metal.” Blabbermouth.net

“The album wraps up with the seven-minute ‘Eternal Vengeance’, which builds from a mellow vocal introduction reminiscent of James Hetfield’s (Metallica) somber moments to the crunching heaviness that defines the rest of the album. It too is a strong and, in a different way, expansive cut. LAZARUS A.D. have taken a big step forward with Black Rivers Flow and kept the killer instinct intact. No flash in the pan, this is a band to watch in 2011 and beyond.” Blabbermouth.net

“LAZARUS A.D. gets a lot of things right on Black Rivers Flow, namely the classic thrash feel, the headbangability and the incorporation of a second, very different vocal presence. Just be careful listening to this while driving. This album might make you a little reckless. RIYL: Metallica, Lamb of God, Pantera, Five Finger Death Punch, Goatwhore.” TheNewReview.net

For more information on LAZARUS A.D. visit the following locations:

 

Shenandoah & The Night Release Moody Noir-ish Folk on Self-Titled EP

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Shenandoah and The NightThe distinctive NYC-based quintet Shenandoah and the Night announces the May 15th release of their self-titled debut EP, a moody pop offering which draws on everything from doo wop, old time rhythm and blues, folk and country to retro-fitted German cabaret.

Led by the bewitching singer/songwriter/producer Shenandoah Ableman (of the San Francisco-based Yard Dogs Road Show), Shenandoah and the Night offer a haunting, noir-ish sound counter-balanced by bursts of joy and infectious energy. Rootsy enough for folk enthusiasts without sacrificing its modernist edge, Shenandoah and the Night cast a wide net across the spectrums of taste and time, blending and blurring a diverse set of influences that range from the operatic anguish of Nina Simone and Kurt Weill, to the dusky psychedelic sturm und drang of the Doors and Janis Joplin.

Preview 2 songs off the upcoming EP:

So Fine by Shenandoah and the Night

These Arms by Shenandoah and the Night

www.shenandoahandthenight.com

 

Outasight: Leakin’ Tracks, Makin’ Noise, SXSW

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OutasightIs Outasight on your radar yet? He should be. If you’ve ever enjoyed the soulful flair of Jamie Lidell, fine rhymes of A Tribe Called Quest, lyricism of Talib Kweli or throwback style of Mayer Hawthorne, this is definitely one to pay attention to. The Yonkers, New York bred musician weaves together the cadenced sounds of popular hip-hop and indie rock with the poignant sensibility of classic pop and soul music to create a fresh, new sound that is all his own.

Outasight (aka Richard Andrew) recently leaked a couple new tracks online. Just this week, OU dropped “It’s Like That,” which can be grabbed as a free download HERE and posted as a stream via Soundcloud HERE. “It’s Like That” video coming later this week. Additionally, the video for “Losing My Mind” (produced by 6th Sense), another new cut, can be seen HERE. The song can be downloaded for free in exchange for an email address HERE. And if you missed it a couple months back, OU put out a personal favorite of mine, the Freddie Gibbs assisted track “Near The End” which can be downloaded at RCRD LBL HERE.

OU confirmed for SXSW. He’ll be in Austin all week, playing showcases and doing press. Interested parties feel free to inquire about setting up some time with Outasight in Texas. OU Also confirmed for the Governor’s Ball in NYC with Girl Talk, Empire Of the Sun, Big Boi and more on June 18th.

SXSW Dates:

  • 3/17 – Austin, TX – Peckerheads (Ruby Hornet SXSW Showcase)
  • 3/17 – Austin, TX – Habana Bar (Warner Bros. Records Showcase)
  • 3/18 – Austin, TX – The Phoenix (Moodswings 360 SXSW Showcase w/Das Racist, Dev, The Cataracs)
  • 3/19 – Austin, TX – Emo’s (Biz3 SXSW Showcase)
  • 3/19 – Austin, TX – BMI SXSW Music Lounge

Look for Outasight’s debut album out on Warner Bros. Records later this year.

 

My M.O. Debut New Video “Bonfire Man”

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From Forthcoming EP Bonfire, Available on iTunes June 2011
Free for Limited Time Only

The Brooklyn-based indie-electro band, My M.O., unleash their latest video “Bonfire Man,” where they blow off their dead end jobs in the city, high-jack their bosses car and head to Woodstock to reconnect with the forces of nature.


“Bonfire Man” is the first single from their sophomore EP aptly titled Bonfire. For a limited time only, the Bonfire EP is available for free download athttp://mymo.bandcamp.com/album/bonfire-ep, and then will be officially released through iTunes on Unemployable Music this June.

Hailing from all points on the globe (Texas, Australia, Jamaica), My M.O. represents New York City’s convergence of cultures at its best. Erika Buestami aka Enki is a singer and rapper from Australia, who handles lead vocals and bass. Katy Walker is a veteran DJ, originally from Texas, who plays keys, contributes vocals and produces their songs. Dion Mac is a Jamaican-born rocker, who shreds guitar and adds to the medley of vocals.  Together, they subtly cull their broad range of influences into a tasty indie-pop blend of ethereal beats and saucy lyrics.

My M.O. formed in 2008 after the three frontwomen met through mutual friends while residing in Brooklyn. They started regularly playing live shows on the NYC circuit and released their 6-track debut, Monkey Remix EP, on Unemployable Music in August 2010. Their music video for first single “Monkey” created a viral buzz in the blogsphere, garnering a growing fanbase and praise from critics. “My M.O. is the type of independent group that have their act together,” claims The Fader.

In 2011, My M.O. gears up for their second EP Bonfire. “Bonfire Man” and the band are featured on the latest Samsung’s GALAXY Tab VCAM commercial for a special user-created Current TV campaign.


Sweden-based post-punk/melodic pop outfit THE BELL to release “Great Heat” on Badman Recording Co.

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On April 11, 2011, Portland and San Francisco-based independent recording label Badman Recording Co. will celebrate the release of The Bell’s “Great Heat,” the latest from a Sweden-based post-punk/melodic pop outfit.

Listen to “thebell_today“ from the new album Great Heat.

Samples of previous press for The Bell:

“Hot Indie Rock” feature – iTunes

“I Am History finds singer Mathias Stromberg waxing philosophic in a cold-wave deadpan that sounds like a less throaty version of House of Love’s Guy Chadwick.” – NPR ‘Song of the Day’

“No matter what comes next, I get the feeling a lot of people will be paying attention.” – KEXP ‘Song of the Day’

Hailing from Malmo and Stockholm Sweden, The Bell are a three-piece with a penchant for memorable melodies and drum machine-driven, classic, alternative songs. Vocals and instruments are shared by the trio of Nicklas Nilsson, Mathias Stromberg, and Jan Petterson. Though they live many miles apart, they co-wrote and recorded “Great Heat” together through e-mail, electronic file exchanges, and Skype.

“Great Heat” is the follow-up to their strikingly good 2007 release “Make Some Quiet.”

Being a band living in separate cities does have its challenges. All was going splendidly while recording the album until it came time to sequence it.

Nicklas says: “We were mainly working through mail and chat and I guess we should have had some more calls or a meeting to clear things more easy. A couple of days into the process everything went chaos. We rapidly cycled through stages of consensus to massive conflicts. Beasts from a biblical hell took turns in throwing series of harsh words at each other and I recalls some gloomy but now amusing quotes”:

“OK, I quit the band!”
“You can do whatever you want with that record. I’m not in it any more.”
“You can redo the vocals yourselves. I am not going to give in to just anything.”
“Fuck this! It’s really not worth it.”

“I am not sure how it happened,” he continues, “but we finally ended up with the first sequence that we had came up with and we are all very happy with it now. The group’s wiry and catchy post-punk pop has had some significant success with sync placements on television. Vampire Diaries, MTV:s Jersey Shore (we agree that one’s a bit weird) as well as the ABC shows Greek and Kyle X/Y have all featured tracks from the debut Make Some Quiet.”

Singer Mathias Stromberg cuts through like Depeche Mode’s Dave Gahan, The Editors’ Tom Smith or Julian Cope (The Teardrop Explodes).

Instrumentalists Nicklas Nilsson and Jan Petterson keep the music tense and propulsive. One is occasionally reminded of favorite, seminal band’s – such as Maps, Stars, Magnetic Fields and The Cure when spinning their music.

But, “Great Heat” comes with a more developed sound than their previous, wonderful offering, and leads like a trip through computerized sounds and a balanced choir of voices to support the nostalgic glam-rock style.

The riffs, the strings, the cold vocals – it’s all there. Colored with the brilliant splashes of history this is a new and fresh take on the breathy 80s daydream. “Great Heat” delivers an immediate impact of songs that stick in your head after just one listen.

Funeral for a Friend and AOL Noisecreep.com to Debut New Track ‘Spinning Over the Island’ Today

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New Album Welcome Home Armageddon to Release on March 15th, 2011 on Good Fight Music

Welsh post-hardcore kings FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND and AOL’s Noisecreep.com are pleased to debut a brand new track entitled, ‘Spinning Over the Island’, cut from their upcoming full length release Welcome Home Armageddon, set to hit stores stateside on March 15th, 2011. Head to this link to hear the track! Fans can pre-orderthe new album at the Good Fight Music merch store. The band just released their new video for the single ‘Sixteen’, and it can be viewed at BlankTV, here.

Welcome Home Armageddon will be released on the band’s new label, GOOD FIGHT MUSIC, and will reconnect them with the original label team that released the band’s first two major pieces of music, Seven Ways to Scream Your Name EP (2003), and Casually Dressed & Deep in Conversation (2003). This is their first offering of music since 2008’s Memory and Humanity, and promises to be a new musical direction for the band.

Tracklisting:

  1. This Side Of Brightness
  2. Old Hymns
  3. Front Row Seats To The End of The World
  4. Sixteen
  5. Aftertaste
  6. Spinning Over The Island
  7. Man Alive
  8. Owls (Are Watching)
  9. Damned If You Do, Dead If You Don’t
  10. Medicated
  11. Broken Foundation
  12. Welcome Home Armageddon

For more information on FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND, please visit these websites:

SonicAngel Tour stomps through Portland, March 4

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ANGEL SPIT TOUR WITH LORDS OF ACID,
RELEASE NEWEST ALBUM

Last tour under the current Angelspit line-up


March belongs to the raging cyberpunk musical force Angelspit, who team up with international acid house/industrial sensation Lords of Acid to stomp their way across the United States in their joint March 2011 “SonicAngel” tour.

The “SonicAngel” tour will span the month of March, encircling the United States from Los Angeles to Atlanta, Chicago to Phoenix and more. Joining the onslaught along the way are one-man acts Radical G and Chant. While details are being kept closely-guarded, it is known that the “SonicAngel” tour is Angelspit’s last tour under their current line-up.

During the tour, Angelspit will release Carbon Beauty, the second installment in Angelspit’s Hideous and Perfect remix series, through Metropolis Records on March 8. The album brings 10 remixed tracks and three exclusive songs. For further information on Carbon Beauty, visit www.angelspit.net/carbonbeauty.

About Angelspit

Angelspit are an electro-ballistic-punk act hailing from Sydney, Australia, known for vicious distortion, biting lyrics and harsh drums. Angelspit have churned out eight releases over the past seven years and have shared the stage with acts such as KMFDM, Skinny Puppy, Frontline Assembly, Sisters of Mercy and Nitzer Ebb. The band’s music and performance have been recognized and critically acclaimed through numerous media outlets. For further information, visit www.angelspit.net


 

 

Rosaline and AbsolutePunk.net Post New Music Video for ‘Model Ships’

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Chicago, IL’s ROSALINE and AbsolutePunk.net are thrilled to debut the brand new music video for ‘Model Ships’, cut from the band’s 2010 GOOD FIGHT MUSIC debut, The Vitality Theory.

Videographer and editor credits go to Brian Peyrot of BP Productions in Chicago, IL. The video for ‘Model Ships’ is the first music video on Peyrot’s roster of editing credits as he typically works in the realm of sports. The video was filmed in two locations in Chicago, IL; the live setting took place in a stadium-sized sports complex, and the side story was filmed in an abandoned brewery. The story behind the video reaches back to 2005 when the guys were in high school, as the lyrics on the wall are recreations representing the lyrics that the band wrote throughout the last six years.

ROSALINE and Rock Band recently announced that ‘Model Ships’ is available for Rock Band 2 and 3 on Xbox 360! There are two ways that fans can purchase the tracks: 1) at the in-game Music Store, or 2) through the links on the Rock Gamer Studios website where you can either buy the track or download a free trial. Click the link above to download the track!

The band is appearing on an upcoming U.S. headline tour with InVogue Records artist Sleep City. The tour will kick off on March 17th in Kent, OH and will run through the East coast and Midwest, ending back in Newark, OH on April 4th. See below for all current tour dates.

ROSALINE 2011 SPRING TOUR W/ SLEEP CITY:

  • 3/17 Kent, OH @ Outpost Concert Club
  • 3/18 Jamestown, NY @ Gateway Center
  • 3/19 Niagara Falls, NY @ Evening Star Concert Hall
  • 3/20 Rochester, NY @ Water Street Music Hall
  • 3/23 Providence, RI @ The Met
  • 3/24 Hartford, CT @ The Webster Theater
  • 3/25 Trenton, NJ @ The Backstage at Championship Bar
  • 3/27 Middletown, DE @ Mad Bros. Gaming
  • 3/29 Greenville, NC @ Player’s Retreat
  • 4/1 Evansville, IN @ Boney Junes
  • 4/2 Indianapolis, IN @ ES Jungle
  • 4/3 Covington, KY @ Mad Hatter
  • 4/4 Newark, OH @ Refuel Ignite

 

For more information on ROSALINE, please visit these sites: