New Heavy Metal CD Releases: January 22, 2013

Aeon Zen - Enigma (Nightmare)

Andy Winter - Incomprehensible (The End)

Black Rose - Turn On The Night (Doolittle)

Blockheads - This World Is Dead (Relapse)

Clamfight - I Versus The Glacier (Maple Forum)

Cloud Rat - Moksha (Halo Of Flies)

Continents - Idle Hands (Victory)

Corsair - Corsair (Shadow Kingdom)

Crashdiet - The Savage Playground (Frontiers)

Deceptor - Chains Of Delusion EP (Shadow Kingdom)

Denouncement Pyre - Almighty Arcanum (Hells Headbangers)

Fall City Fall - Victus (Victory)

Fen - Dustwalker (Code666)

Giant X - I (SPV)

Golden Resurrection - One Voice For The Kingdom (Doolittle)

Head Of The Demon - Head Of The Demon (Ajna Offensive)

Helloween - Straight Out Of Hell (The End)

Holy Grail - Ride The Void(Prosthetic)

In Solitude - In Solitude Re-Release (Season Of Mist)

Jorn - Symphonic (Frontiers)

 Koldbrann - Vertigo (Season Of Mist)

Kromosom - Live Forever (Southern Lord)

Lancer - Lancer (Doolittle)

The Last Stand - The Time Is Now (Eulogy)

Lightning Swords Of Death - Baphometic Chaosium (Metal Blade)

Love & Death - Between Here And Lost (Tooth and Nail)

Nervochaos - To The Death (Greyhaze)

Nightfall - Cassiopeia (Metal Blade)

Otep - Hydra (Victory)

Phinehas - The Bridge Between EP (Red Cord)

Pink Cream 69 - Ceremonial (Frontiers)

Rivera Bomma - Infinite Journey Of Soul (Retroactive)

Rotten Sound - Species At War EP (Relapse)

Royal Hunt - 20th Anniversary Box Set (Frontiers)

Saille - Ritu (Code666)

Sammal - Sammal (Svart)

Septicflesh - Mystic Places Of Dawn (Season Of Mist)

Snakecharmer - Snakecharmer (Frontiers)

Sons Of Aeon - Sons Of Aeon (Lifeforce)

Tellus Requiem - The 11th Hour (Nightmare)

Vandroya - One (Inner Wound)

Thy Art Is Murder - Hate (Distort)

Viisikko IIII (Svart)

Voivod - Target Earth (Century Media)

Void Of Sleep - Tales Between Reality and Madness (Aural)

Vomitor - The Escalation (Hells Headbangers)

Wartorn - Iconic Nightmare (Southern Lord)

Yayla - Nihaihayat (Merdumgiriz)

Heavy Metal Release for Tuesday, January 8th 2013

Here’s the first batch of metal releases for the year!

Æther Realm - One Chosen by the Gods   (Primitive Ways)

Black Veil Brides - Wretched and Divine: The Story Of The Wild Ones   (Lava)

Corpus Mortale - FleshCraft   (Deepsend)

Entrapment - The Obscurity Within   (Soulseller)

Heaven’s Cry - Food For Thought Substitute Re-Release   (Prosthetic)

Heaven’s Cry - Primal Power Addiction Re-Release   (Prosthetic)

Kontinuum - Earth Blood Magic   (Candlelight)

Nine Covens - On the Dawning of Light   (Candlelight)

Pagan Altar - Judgement Of The Dead   (Shadow Kingdom)

Philip Anselmo and Warbeast - War of the GargantuasSplit   (Housecore)

Wallachia - Shunya   (Debemur Morti)

Zatokrev - The Bat The Wheel and the Long Road to Nowhere   (Candlelight)

STRIFE Guitarist Issues Year End Update, First Show of 2013 Supporting Cro-Mags at Key Club February 1st

Via - Rei Nishimoto

 

December 23, 2012 (Los Angeles, CA) – Completing a successful year with their long awaited return to the hardcore scene with Witness A Rebirth (6131 Records), Los Angeles hardcore band STRIFE guitarist Andrew Kline issued a year end message:

I want to personally thank everyone that has support Strife throughout 2012... Every blog post, every interview, every tweet, every friend that was told to listen to our new record... It all helps. We put alot of hard work into Witness A Rebirth and I want to thank all of you for helping it be a success!

As we a wrapping up 2012, we are definitely looking towards the future, and we cant be more excited. We will be hitting the road as much as we can, and we can't wait to play some of the new songs live and hang out with friends all over the world. Next year you can catch as in Europe... Playing Groezrock for the first time, as well as playing countries like Portugal and Poland for the first time ever! We will also be touring Scandinavia for the first time since 1995!

We are working on returning to some of our favorite places including Japan, Mexico, Australia, and South America... Of course we will do our best to return to Brazil, where we tracked a lot of Witness a Rebirth as well!

Thanks again for making 2012 a year to remember!

Andrew

Top 10

Agnostic Front – Live at CBGB’s (Re-issue)

Bad Brains – Into The Future

Black Breath – Sentenced to Life

Converge – All We Love We Leave Behind

Expire – Pendulum Swings

Fire and Ice – Not of This Earth

Stick to Your Guns – Diamond

Take Offense – Under the Same Shadow

Vision of Disorder – The Cursed Remain Cursed

Xibalba – Hasta La Muerte

They will be doing their first show of 2013, opening for CRO-MAGS at the Key Club in Los Angeles, CA on February 1, 2013.

STRIFE was recently added onto rotation on Sirius XM’s Liquid Metal Channel. Andrew was recently interviewed by host Zeena Koda and “Torn Apart” was debuted on their channel.

 

 

 

 

 

STRIFE To Appear On Sirius XM’s Liquid Metal Thursday, December 13th 10 AM EST, ‘Torn Apart’ On Rotation

Via - Rei Nishimoto

December 12, 2012: Los Angeles hardcore band STRIFE will be appearing on SIRIUS XM’s Liquid Metal Show Channel 40 with host Zeena Koda. The interview will be running on Thursday, December 13^th at 10 am EST and Saturday, December 15^th at 12 noon EST.



 

 

Guitarist Andrew Kline will be appearing on the show to speak about Witness A Rebirth, and will be playing songs from the record including ‘Torn Apart,’ which is now airing on Liquid Metal.

To request Strife on Liquid Metal, call 877-87-HEAVY or email liquidmetal@siriusxm.com.

Strife recently completed a string of East Coast dates, giving fans their first taste of their latest album, as well as older favorites.

El N Gee in New London, CT recorded the band’s complete set from their November 30^th show and made it available for viewing at http://vimeo.com/55325214?action=share&post_id=757070228_305744942876266#_=_

The band’s set at the Armory in Philadelphia, PA from December 1^st is also available at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxFBcEH2BCc&feature=youtube

 

EXODUS, HAVOK, NECRONOMICON, SEITA, And HEADCRUSHER Announced For BARGE TO HELL!

Let the world-wide EXODUS for BARGE TO HELL begin! Paying tribute to their global customer base, they've also added: SEITA from Brazil and The Netherlands, HAVOK from the USA, NECRONOMICON from Germany and HEADCRUSHER from Colombia!

BARGE TO HELL's customer service team is working around the clock to get everything ready for those that are booked to perform online check-in. Booked passengers can expect to receive their online check-in invitation on Monday.

The madness begins on December 3rd, when 40 of the most extreme Metal Bands and 2,000 headbangers from all over the world will go to the Caribbean to take over a luxury cruise ship for a 5 day and 4 night trip to the undead! See each of the 40 bands play two live shows on two different days. That's 80 shows with unrestricted festival access to the three stages, each with it's own unique atmosphere:

- The luxurious "A Chorus Line" theater where they spare no expense to have the benches removed on the floor. Because at a Metal show, who actually wants assigned seating in front of the stage?

- The cozy "Spectrum" that gives you the real club feeling.

- And their jewel: The open air stage on the pool deck. The biggest festival stage to sail the Oceans.

You can also get all your memorabilia signed at the Meet& Greet sessions. Be part of their infamous Metal Karaoke and many other special activities with the Artists. And last, but not least: Don't forget that they have bars on board that never close! What are you waiting for? You might even need a vacation from this vacation when all is said and done.

BARGE TO HELL: The World's Most Extreme Metal Cruise!

The following 35 of 40 bands are known. Who will be the last 5?

ARTILLERY
AT THE GATES
BEHEMOTH
BONDED BY BLOOD
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY
ENSLAVED
EXODUS
GRAVE
HACKNEYED
HAVOK
HEADCRUSHER
HOLY MOSES
HYPOCRISY
KAMPFAR
KRISIUN
LOCK UP
LOUDBLAST
MAYHEM
MOONSPELL
MORGOTH
MUNICIPAL WASTE
NACHTMYSTIUM
NAPALM DEATH
NECRONOMICON
PARADISE LOST
POSSESSED
ROTTING CHRIST
SACRED REICH
SANCTUARY
SEITA
SEPULTURA
SIX FEET UNDER
SODOM
SOILWORK
SOLSTAFIR

BARGE TO HELL will sail Monday, December 3, 2012 from Miami, FL to Nassau, Bahamas and will not return you to the real world for five days until Friday, December 7, 2012.

Ticket prices start at US$666 plus US$289 taxes and fees per person and include all on-board entertainment, non-alcoholic and non-carbonated beverages, all meals at the dining rooms, most on-board restaurants and even 24 hour room service!

What are you waiting for? You might even need a vacation from this vacation when all is said and done! Less than one month until sailing! Don't miss out and grab the last few cabin NOW!   

 

 

 

 

 

STRIFE Featured On BBC Radio 1’s Punk Show With Mike Davies, Witness A Rebirth Out Now

Via - Rei Nishimoto

Rick Rodney - Vocals, Andrew Kline - Guitar, Chad Peterson - Bass, Todd Turnham - Guitar
 Pepe Magana - Drums

 

November 15, 2012 – Southern California hardcore band STRIFE was the featured guest on BBC Radio 1’s Punk Show With Mike Davies this week. Guitarist Andrew Kline and bassist Chad Peterson appeared on air with host Mike Davies, while playing ‘Torn Apart,’ ‘Never Look Back,’ ‘Carry The Torch’ and ‘Life Or Death’ from Witness A Rebirth, their brand new album out now on 6131 Records.
 

On the show, the two members discussed the making of Witness A Rebirth, the state of hardcore music, along with playing a variety of their favorite punk and hardcore songs.
 

Witness A Rebirth is available for streaming at http://noisey.vice.com/blog/stream-witness-a-rebirth-strifes-new-record
 

Listen to the show at the link below:
 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0114807
 

Strife will be playing these select upcoming shows:
 

November 17– Aladdin Jr – Pomona, CA

November 18 – 924 Gilman Street– Berkeley, CA

November 30– El N Gee – New London, CT

December 1– The Barbary – Philadelphia, PA

 

 

 

 

Diminished 7 - Hollow Haven - Album Review

Diminished 7       

Hollywood, CA

Label: --

Current Sound: Gothic Rock, Rock

By Ava Mimose    


On October 30th Los Angeles based Gothic rock band Diminished 7 released their second album Hollow Haven. The 10 track album encompasses everything that is ‘Ethereal’. Starting with the albums opener Absorbing Darkness. It sounds like you are being led to unchartered territory of emotions where there are not only shades of black and white but where there are areas that clearly have a spectrum of grays as well. The piano solo is the only instrument that can either lead you to happiness or forever be your tormentor.

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Two new songs on this album Hours Freeze and The Room are just breathtakingly beautiful in sound and atmosphere. The piano seems to be a constant on Hollow Haven and if not that then it’s the Acoustic guitar. Especially on a cover song from A Perfect Circles ‘Orestes’

 

You'll also be in for a treat to find that earlier this year they released the single ‘Queen in Nuclear Rain’. It is now on this album.

 

And if you’ve followed the band from the very beginning then you’ll have notice familiars on this album. Tracks like Taste a Vampire, Her Bloodlust at Sunset, She Lost Her Heart in Hollywood and Midnight Divine are all performed acoustically. It’s more of a stripped down version of these song from their 2009 release Dim World and they are done beautifully. Its clear that there was no rush to do this album and for that I am glad.

The album over all is wonderfully produced. Time, love and passion was infused into Hollow Haven. All I can say right now is - Can not wait for album #3 to be mention on the bands Website and Facebook page!!!

Diminished 7

Photo Credits:
Photo by Manu pix © 2012 at Industrial Metal Gathering V
 

To get more of the bands updates, interviews and tour info please checkout the following website below:

Diminished 7:   Website

Diminished 7:    Facebook

Diminished 7:    Twitter

Diminished 7:    Official Store