Tuesday, September 07, 2010

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News

Earache Records Unveils Video Website

Renowned British independent record label Earache Records has unveiled a brand new video web site, Earache.TV.

Earache Records has long been an innovator in the world of extreme music, and its latest project, powered by MUZU.TV, aims to make all of its videos available to be watched online, completely free.

Check out the new website with its huge selection of videos and watch them all for free at www.earache.tv.

Earache.TV contains not only the usual selection of promotional music videos from all of its bands, but also, for the first time ever, a huge selection of full live shows from many of the artists. Also included on the new web site are a number of interviews with band members, as well as numerous documentaries and clips from the label's various DVD releases.

Earache aims to make every single video and concert that the label has ever recorded available for fans to view for free, all in one easy-to-find location.

Life Of Agony Confirmed For Holland's Speedfest

LIFE OF AGONY and THE EXPLOITED have been confirmed bands for the fifth edition of Speedfest, set to take place December 11, 2010 at Klokgebouw in Eindhoven, Holland.

The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order):

AIRBOURNE
ANTISEEN
CENOBITES
LIFE OF AGONY
MUNICIPAL WASTE
PETER PAN SPEEDROCK
PRO-PAIN
THE DEVIL'S BLOOD
THE EXPLOITED
THE NOMADS
TRIGGERFINGER

More bands will be announced soon.

For more information, visit www.speedfest.nl.

Son Of Drowning Pool Singer Severely Injured

Ayden Rose, the three-year-old son of DROWNING POOL/ex-SOIL singer Ryan McCombs, was severely injured in a riding lawn mower accident that left severe damage to his right leg. Ayden will need multiple surgeries and has a long road of recovery ahead of him.

McCombs' family and friends are asking those who can to help raise funds for the astronomical medical bills.

To help lighten the financial burden, a benefit show will be held with auction and raffle items that have been donated by friends in the music and sports industry to aid this cause.

September 19, 2010
2 p.m. to 12 a.m.
18+ Event
Cover @ the door $10.00
Reno's Chop Shop
210 North Crowdus Street
Dallas, TX

Live performances by:

JUST JOE
HELLGOAT
DC4
EVILSTRUCK
SWEETOOTH
WAITING FOR SUNDAY

Promoters Good To Their Word - Pull Plug On Guns N' Roses Late Set

According to NME.com, GUNS N' ROSES' appearance at the Reading festival earlier tonight (Friday, August 27) was cut short after the organizers pulled the plug on the band's performance due to curfew issues.

GUNS N' ROSES kicked off the show at 10:30 p.m. — over an hour later than scheduled — and managed to play the majority of its set until roughly midnight despite earlier warnings from festival organizer Melvin Benn that he would not tolerate the band playing past 11:30 p.m.

GUNS N' ROSES walked offstage after playing "Nighttrain" and tried to return for an encore, at which point the band's sound was cut. According to NME.com, the group "still tried to launch into 'Paradise City', though only the drums could be heard as all other instruments had been switched off. As the crowd started to sing the track, [singer Axl] Rose tried to greet members of the audience while singing through a megaphone." This went on for roughly five minutes, before the GN'R bandmembers came together on the stage for a final bow and walked off.

Read more at NME.com.

Watain To Tour With Goatwhore and Black Anvil

Swedish black metal overlords WATAIN, who unleashed their "Lawless Darkness" full-length earlier this summer, will shower their blasphemy upon North American soil later this fall. The unholy trek will commence on November 6 at Mr. Smalls in Pittsburgh and bludgeon its way through over two dozen cities before coming to close on December 4 at the Opera House in Toronto. Support will come from GOATWHORE and BLACK ANVIL.

The dates are as follows:

Nov. 06 - Mr. Smalls - Pittsburgh, PA
Nov. 07 - Reggie's - Chicago, IL
Nov. 08 - Station 4 - St. Paul, MN
Nov. 10 - Marquis Theatre - Denver, CO
Nov. 11 - Club Vegas - Salt Lake City, UT
Nov. 12 - Branx (Loveland) - Portland, OR
Nov. 13 - Studio Seven - Seattle, WA
Nov. 16 - Boardwalk - Orangevale, CA
Nov. 17 - DNA Lounge - San Francisco, CA
Nov. 18 - The Ruby Room - San Diego, CA
Nov. 19 - The Whiskey - Hollywood, CA
Nov. 20 - Clubhouse - Tempe, AZ
Nov. 21 - Club 101 - El Paso, TX
Nov. 22 - The Loft - Dallas, TX
Nov. 23 - Emo’s - Austin, TX
Nov. 24 - Numbers - Houston, TX
Nov. 27 - Back Booth - Orlando, FL
Nov. 29 - Masquerade - Atlanta, GA
Nov. 30 - Sonar - Baltimore, MD
Dec. 01 - Peabody’s - Cleveland, OH
Dec. 02 - Santo's New York, NY [No Goatwhore]
Dec. 03 - Les FouFounes - Montreal, QC [no GOATWHORE]
Dec. 04 - Opera House - Toronto, ON [no GOATWHORE]

"Reaping Death", the new CD single from WATAIN, which was exclusively distributed in Sweden via Sweden Rock Magazine, was certified gold in the band's home country on April 21 by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry for sales in excess of 10,000 copies. (Note: Each copy of the magazine sold in Sweden counted towards the certification.)

"Reaping Death" comes off WATAIN's fourth album, "Lawless Darkness", which entered the official chart in Sweden at position No. 26 and dropped to No. 37 the following week.

"Lawless Darkness" sold around 1,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 42 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.

"Lawless Darkness" was released in Europe on June 7 in a limited three-panel digipack edition with die-cut and a cover of DEATH SS' "Chains of Death" as a bonus track.

WATAIN will embark on a European headlining tour in the fall. Support on the trek will come from DESTROYER 666.