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OVERKILL TO BE ENTERING THE STUDIO ON SEPTEMBER 2ND, TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED

Nersey Metal legends, Overkill are entering the studio on September 2nd to begin tracking their next record due out sometime next year. The new material will be tracked at Gear Recording and mixed by Greg Reely, who also mixed The Electric Age.

Overkill will be appearing on “The Battle Of San Bernardino” on September 13th supporting Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Testament and Anthrax. Tickets are on sale and can be purchased here.

The band will then hit the road harder than ever with Kreator on the Legends Of Thrash 2013 tour stretching coast to coast capped off by two nights in New York city.

Overkill tour dates:

October:

30 Baltimore, MD Soundstage Kreator close
31 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero Overkill close

November:

1 Worcester, MA Palladium Overkill close
2 Montreal, QUE Club Soda Kreator close
3 Toronto, ON Opera House Kreator close
4 Pittsburgh, PA Altar Bar Kreator close
5 Columbus, OH Al Rosa Villa Overkill close
6 Joliet, IL Mojoes Overkill close
7 Lawrence, KS Granada Kreator close
8 Englewood, CO Gothic Theater Kreator close
9 Salt Lake City, UT In the Venue Overkill close
11 Vancouver, BC Rickshaw Thtr Kreator close
12 Seattle, WA El Corazon Overkill close
13 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre Kreator close
14 San Fran, CA Filmore Kreator close
15 Anaheim, CA The Grove Kreator close
16 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre Kreator close
17 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Thtr Overkill close
18 Dallas, TX Trees Overkill close
19 San Antonio, TX Backstage Live Kreator close
21 Louisville, KY Diamond Pub Kreator close
22 W. Springfield, VA Empire Overkill close
23 NYC, NY Stage 48 Overkill close
24 NYC, NY Stage 48 Overkill close

For more information, please visit wreckingcrew.com.

STONE TEMPLE PILOTS NEW EP, FEATURING CHESTER BENNINGTON, TO BE RELEASED ON OCTOBER 8TH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stone Temple Pilots with Chester Bennington have announced their debut EP will be titled High Rise, and will be released through their own label, Play Pen/ADA on October 8th. The EP features 5 tracks, including the band’s #1 mainstream and active rock radio single, Out Of Time, which can be heard below.

Stone Temple Pilots featuring Chester Bennington tour dates:

September:

4 Sands Bethlehem Event Center Bethlehem, PA
6 Starland Ballroom Sayreville, NJ
7 House of Blues – Showboat Atlantic City, NJ
9 House of Blues Boston, MA
10 The Paramount Huntington, NY
13 OKC Downtown Airpark w/ Mötley Crüe, Hinder, Oklahoma City, OK
14 First Council Casino – Outdoors Newkirk, OK
17 BB&T Center Sunrise, FL
18 House of Blues Orlando, FL
20 The Township Auditorium Columbia, SC
21 Rockwave Fest w/ Jane’s Addiction, Fort Myers, FL
24 La Hacienda Event Center Midland, TX
26 Marquee Theatre Tempe, AZ
27 The D Las Vegas at Fremont Street Experience Las Vegas, NV

For further info and tour updates, go to www.stonetemplepilots.com .

STRYPER POSTS LYRIC VIDEO FOR “REVELATION” ONLINE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stryper have released a lyric video for the song Revelation, from the band’s forthcoming album, No More Hell To Pay. Watch it below.

No More Hell To Pay will be released on November 5th. Read more about the album, here.

ROB ZOMBIE’S “GREAT AMERICAN NIGHTMARE BATTLE OF THE BANDS” OFFERS UNSIGNED BANDS A CHANCE TO PLAY

Fullerton, California’s The Slidebar has partnered with Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare to host the Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare Battle Of The Bands live local music showcase this September and October. Unsigned talent will have a chance to compete for a chance to play the Monster Energy Main Stage on one night of Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare.

Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare–the ultimate Halloween music and horror event–will be held every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from October 10th-November 2nd at FEARPlex in Pomona, just outside Los Angeles.

The live music showcase nights for Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare Battle Of The Bands will begin with preliminaries at Slidebar on September 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 25th, and will culminate with the four finalists competing on October 6th. One winner will earn the honor of performing on the Monster Energy Main Stage at Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare. The performance date for the winning band will be announced at the final battle at Slidebar on October 6th.

To enter the competition, bands should email slidebarvenuebooking@yahoo.com by September 13, 2013. Each entry should include: Band Name, Genre, Facebook Page, Twitter, Contact Name, and Contact Email. Bands will be chosen from these entries to perform at the weekly battles, each featuring five bands. Also visit the SlideBLOG at www.SlidebarFullerton.com for more details.

Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare will feature 15 nights of music, culminating with a November 2nd headlining performance by Rob Zombie himself. This bone-chilling experience will combine the most advanced haunted house attractions with a not-to-be-missed music festival from top artists in the realms of hard rock/metal, rock alternative, EDM, and Latin music. Each Thursday night will feature rock alternative music, Fridays EDM, most Saturdays will feature hard rock/metal, and most Sundays will be Latin music focused. Please visit www.GreatAmericanNightmare.com for the full list of music performances by date.

In addition to Rob Zombie, Great American Nightmare music performances will include: 3OH!3, 45 Grave, Andrew W.K., Beware Of Darkness, Blaze Ya Dead Homie, Blood On The Dance Floor, Butcher Babies, DirtyLoud, Dirtyphonics, DJ Bl3nd, Doctor P, Duane Peters, Eagles Of Death Metal, Emilie Autumn, Evol Intent, Fei-Fei, Ghost Town, Goldfinger, HeavyGrinder, Kottonmouth Kings, Metalachi, Mod Sun, Motionless In White, One More Time (Daft Punk Tribute), Ozomatli, Powerman 5000, Reel Big Fish, TSOL, Terravita, The Dickies, The Used, The Vandals, Twiztid, Wallpaper, William Control, and Zomboy. One night will also feature pro-wrestling sensations Lucha Libre USA.

A creative collaboration between masters of the macabre Rob Zombie and preeminent haunted house producer Steve Kopelman, the fully immersive haunted house experience will feature three attractions based on Zombie’s own horror films: Lords Of Salem Total Black Out, The Haunted World Of El Superbeasto 3D, and Haunt Of 1,000 Corpses.

The Great American Nightmare’s Bloody Boulevard will offer outdoor screenings of classic horror films, a DJ, food vendors, beer, wine and spirits, and much more, with freak show characters roaming throughout the grounds each night.

Tickets for Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare are available starting at only $30 at www.GreatAmericanNightmare.com Each ticket includes access to all haunted house attractions, concerts and Bloody Boulevard activities. Tickets will also be available for purchase onsite during the Los Angeles County Fair at Pomona Fairplex (August 30th-September 29th). VIP packages are available for purchase at www.GreatAmericanNightmare.com.

Hours for Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare will be 6:30 PM until 11:00 PM on Thursdays and Sundays, 6:30 PM until 1:00 AM on Fridays and Saturdays.

FEARPlex (Fairplex) is located at 1101 W. McKinley Avenue in Pomona, CA, centrally located in the heart of Southern California. Fairplex is also home to the LA County Fair, the largest county fair in the world.

THE METAL GOD, ROB HALFORD, DISCUSSES ROCK N’ ROLL FANTASY CAMP AND JUDAS PRIEST’S NEW RECORD

Gary Graff of Billboard reports:

Rob Halford is curious to see who — and what — turns up in Las Vegas early next year when he and his Judas Priest bandmates reign over the first all-metal edition of Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp.

“I’m sure some of those Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Campers will be full-on,” Halford tells Billboard. “I will be interested to see if there’s some Metal God, Rob Halford lookalikes wandering around Vegas in metal and studs and whatnot — although,” he adds with a laugh, “I’m sure you can find that in Vegas on any given day, right?”

Halford will be joined by Priest guitarist Richie Faulkner, bassist Ian Hill and drummer Scott Travis at the Camp, which runs February 27th-March 2nd at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino; the group’s Glenn Tipton will be busy mixing the band’s next album, which they are in the midst of recording. Also serving as counselors will be Zakk Wylde, embattled Queensryche singer Geoff Tate, Lita Ford, Quiet Riot alumnus Rudy Sarzo, Vinny Appice (Dio, Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell) and Phil Soussan (Ozzy Osbourne). Registration is open; details are available at www.rockcamp.com.

Halford says the fantasy camp organizers wanted Priest to participate “for quite a long time, actually. Just because of various points on the colander we were never able to attend and to be involved.” But he promises the group members will offer instruction that was well worth waiting for.

“I think they’re just looking for some professional tips and want to hear from the voice of experience,” Halford says. “It’s one thing to sing in the shower and it’s another thing to sing on stage. They’re two totally different worlds. So it’ll be an opportunity for me to do the best I can to answer questions — How do you sing this note? How do you manage to scream like that? How do you breathe? How are you able to keep up that type of intensity? I’ll try to explain myself as best as possible and give some insight into what it’s like to be a metal singer.”

Halford says that by fantasy camp time Priest should be finished recording its new album, the follow-up to 2008’s conceptual Nostradamus.

“The writing process is complete,” he reports. “Now it’s the painstaking work of making sure that you get every single note, every single nuance of the vocal, every tiny aspect…right. We’re still tracking (instruments). It’s just a very laborious but enjoyable part of making the record.”

Priest is producing the album itself at the moment, but Halford notes that “there’s always a possibility somebody might come in to overview some of the things we’re doing.”

Halford describes the project’s sound as “hard. It’s heavy. It’s something we think our Priest fans will be thrilled with. We know we have a reputation to maintain, and we know we have to deliver something really strong and solid. The album is going to be full of all the great things you love about Judas Priest — I don’t think I can say anything more than that without being hung, drawn and quartered.”

Priest plans to tour in support of the album, though not quite as extensively as it has in the past. Next year will also mark the 40th anniversary of the group’s debut album, Rocka Rolla, which Halford says will be commemorated in some way.

“We’ll be working furiously and manically in the studio cellars and conjuring up some special moments for next year, I’m sure of that,” he says. “That just makes the (fantasy camp) another tremendous moment for Priest, to be in Vegas kicking of the 40th anniversary year, meeting our fans, making this special metal moment happen together.”

source: billboard.com