KTM Podcast #26 Kevin Lyman

Kevin Lyman is creator of touring music and extreme sports festivals called the Warped Tour, the Taste of Chaos and the Mayhem tours. He also is a partner at SideOneDummy Records. Past episodes can be found here. If you like the podcast, write a 5-star review for it and subscribe on iTunes. This episode is sponsored by Amazon.com. Before clicking and purchasing anything, make sure to delete your cookies. After that’s done, click through banner on this page and it will take you to Amazon’s site with a tracking link that will give us revenue any time you make a purchase. This won’t cost anything extra for you, Amazon pays us for the referrals and it is a great way to help financially support the show doing something you would have done anyway. Follow me on Twitter if you have suggestions for other guests!

5 More Bands announced for The Warped Tour

Last night Mayday Parade, Attila, Tear Out The Heart, Plague Vendor and The Protomen were announced in the lastest wave of bands to be added to The Warped Tour.

Dropkick Murphys Premiere The Season's Upon Us

Now that the holiday season is in full force, we wanted to spread some cheer with the Dropkick Murphys' cheeky holiday song "The Season's Upon Us." The audio and video for the track can be found below, with single art displayed above. Perfect for your holiday playlist!

Music video for "The Season's Upon Us" from the upcoming album "SIGNED and SEALED in BLOOD" (out Jan 8). Download song immediately & preorder album on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/DropkickSASIB Directed by Garrett Warren. http://dropkickmurphys.com http://facebook.com/dropkickmurphys

Kylesa Launch Retro Futurist Records

Kylesa (Phillip Cope, Laura Pleasants and Carl McGinley II) launch Retro Futurist Records in January with the Jan. 28 release of Canadian prog trio Sierra’s album Pslip. view a trailer for Retro Futurist and their artists below

Review: Evergreen Terrace - Dead Horses

Evergreen Terrace's newest release “Dead Horses” brings a sound that combines breakdowns like The Ghost Inside, singing melodies resembling A Day To Remember, and even a hint of influence from bands like Lostprophets. “Dead Horses” sports a bit more tamed material than the band's earlier sound but fans are reacting positively to it and overall the album was good. They bring a bit more originality to the hardcore style by mixing sounds of heavy breakdowns as well as punk singing but in a less traditional way.

The most notable song off the album that would represent the band's sound is “The Fortunate Ones”. This song shows each aspect of the band's style of ambiance, punk as well as hardcore. Each song on the album fits in well with the rest but has their own contributions. While listening to the album, I couldn't help but compare them to The Ghost Inside but not in a negative way. Evergreen Terrace takes such a similar sound but puts more creativity and style into it than I think The Ghost Inside does. Evergreen Terrace is a great example that the hardcore genre is growing and maturing every day. More sounds and styles are being developed by more and more bands out there and this album proves that.

Most of the negatives on the album are a bit nit-picky but still prevalent. Many of the clean vocal melodies resemble punk/post-hardcore bands like A Day To Remember a bit too much. I found that the singers voice and tone when singing cleans was a bit too generic. He seemed to play it safe by only staying on the same few notes during each clean part and while this is popular, it's not always interesting and can occasionally kill the mood.

Although the vocals could be a bit of a buzz-kill sometimes, the instrumentation more than made up for it. The backing to each song was some of the most interesting and original material I've heard. Seamlessly transitioning from punk to hardcore to ambient, Evergreen Terrace shows that mixing a bit of each style can prove to produce very fresh sound, when balanced. If you haven't had a chance to get your hands on this album, pick it up as soon as you can if you are looking for a new album to add to your collection of great music this year.

Rating: 9/10

- Nic

Dead Horses

$12.98

By Evergreen Terrace

Buy on Amazon

Lamb of God's "As The Palaces Burn" Film Gets a Release Date

Lamb of God is pleased to announce that they have entered in to a worldwide distribution deal with Specticast for their Don Argott directed feature film “As the Palaces Burn”. Filming for the feature began in 2012 and concluded in March of 2013.  You can view the trailer below

The official trailer for the upcoming documentary "As The Palaces Burn" that follows the band throughout the trial of their singer, Randy Blythe. Coming to a theater near you in 2014. Visit http://www.asthepalacesburn.com for showtimes and information.

Saul Goodman explains Puscifer

Bob Odenkirk asks "What Is Puscifer" in a new clip which can be seen below. Puscifer recently released What Is..., a two-hour sketch comedy show-meets-concert film builds upon and punctuates the multimedia format of the band’s live performances with skits from the stable of Puscifer characters such as Billy D, Hildy and Major Douche woven into the performance footage of the Maynard James Keenan led quintet.  A trailer for the film is available here: http://youtu.be/8CxcvzKQbrI.

Bob Odenkirk asks "What Is Puscifer?" * What Is..., the concert film, available now via iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/what-is.../id766924005 * What Is..., the soundtrack, available now via iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/what-is...-live/id734031233 * What Is..., the soundtrack on CD, available now via Puscifer.com: https://store.puscifer.com/ (under NEW)

Celldweller Releases "Unshakeable" Music Video

- Independent Artist/Producer Celldweller has released the Official Music Video for 'Unshakeable' from the album Wish Upon A Blackstar. Directed by Joshua Viola, author of award winning novel Bane of Yoto, as well as Celldweller's book project Blackstar, 'Unshakeable' "showcases what DJing is going to look like a decade from now" (DJZ).

Official Music Video for "Unshakeable" off the album "Wish Upon A Blackstar".

Throwdown Debuts New Song, "Avow"

THROWDOWN has debuted a new track today titled "Avow" from their upcoming new LP "Intolerance," due out January 21, 2014. "I’ve written a lot of lyrical content coming off as rehashed. I was meticulous if not a little obsessive about making all venture into similar territory," says frontman Dave Peters. "It's been two decades since I've been straight edge. 'Avow' is  about how it was important to me."

Comeback Kid Announce Headlining Tour And New Album Title

Comeback Kid will embark on a headlining tour this February and March. The ‘Die Knowing’ tour pulls its name from the title of the upcoming new studio album from Comeback Kid, which is tentatively scheduled for a march release date that will be announced later! Support on the trek comes from Backtrack, Xibalba, Downpresser and To The Wind!

Tour Dates:
2/19 – Burnsville, MN @ The Garage
2/20 – Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen
2/21 – Grand Rapids, MI @ The Pyramid Scheme
2/22 – Pontiac, MI @ Pike Room
2/23 – Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theater
2/25 – Boston, MA @ Middle East
2/26 – New York, NY @ Santos Party Haus
2/27 – West Springfield, VA @ Empire
2/28 – Reading, PA @ Reverb
3/01 – Charlotte, NC @ The Casbah
3/02 – Nashville, TN @ Rockettown
3/04 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
3/05 – Tampa, FL @ Epic Problem
3/06 – Orlando, FL @ Backbooth
3/07 – Lake Worth, FL @ Speakeasy
3/08 – Jacksonville, FL @ Atticus Bar
3/09 – Birmingham, AL @ The Forge
3/10 – Tupelo, MS @ Goodtime Charlie
3/12 – McAllen, TX @ Never Say Never Festival
3/14 – Austin, TX @ SXSW (TBA)
3/15 – Houston, TX @ Walters
3/16 – Dallas, TX @ South By So What
3/19 – Phoenix, AZ @ Pub Rock
3/20 – Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
3/21 – Lancaster, CA @ Industry Theater
3/22 – Oakland, CA @ The Metro
3/23 – Ventura, CA @ Rock City Studios