Adrian Fitipaldes (vocalist) has been gracious enough to provide his Top Albums of 2013 list to us. You can find it below
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Guitar icon and Black Label Society frontman Zakk Wylde has announced a brand new LP freshly titled "Catacombs of the Black Vatican," due out Tuesday, April 8th, 2014. View a teaser below
Eve To Adam announced a February tour with veteran rockers Escape The Fate. The tour starts in California and travels through the west with their finale in Arizona. Fans can see an updated list of dates here.
Feb-15 Fresno, CA @ Strummer's (Tickets)
Feb-16 Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades (Tickets)
Feb-17 Reno, NV @ Knitting Factory (Tickets)
Feb-18 Eugene, OR @ WOW Hall (Tickets)
Feb-20 Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory (Tickets)
Feb-21 Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory (Tickets)
Feb-23 Colorado Springs, CO @ The Black Sheep (Tickets)
Feb-25 Tucson, AZ @ The Rock (Tickets)
Remember that really awesome tour we announced awhile ago? It's official; Emmure will be heading out in March with Volumes, Thy Art Is Murder, Gideon, and Sworn In. You can find the dates below
Rotting Out (you know, the band that beat the shit out of a security guard who was doing his job) have announced a US tour Dates are below
Three weeks after the standalone version of DayZ (originally an extremely popular ArmA II mod), DayZ has well over 800,000 in sales, all the while being released on Steam as an Early Access game, with no Steam Sale to help it out.
What do these kind of sales mean for DayZ? Well on Reddit, creator Dean Hall stated, "We had very ambitious plans for 2014 already, however this amount of sales was completely unexpected."
With such a strong start, it looks like DayZ is going to be massively popular in the new year. However, many are criticizing the standalone for how early Alpha the game is. There are many people complaining of it's rampant hacking and server hopping, along with it's glitch infested zombies.
But with these sales, there are sure to be major improvements in the future.
DayZ is on Steam for $29.99
At first listen, City Lights' new release “The Way Things Should Be” sounds reminiscent of bands like Yellowcard and Anberlin. With their pop-punk vocals and their speeding drum beats, City Lights' fits into the group of bands these days putting a spin on traditional pop punk with hardcore breakdowns and airy guitar leads. “The Way Things Should Be” shows that City Lights is sticking to a well known sound, and creating a very good one at that.
When Mr. Big Chocolate announced he was going to release the album, 'Deprive', for his one-man Slamming Brutal Death Metal band, Disfiguring The Goddess, the Metal world whipped into a frenzy at the idea of such a thing. Yep, people were excited but he then did something no one ever expected... he secretly worked on a second album. When he started streaming 'Deprive', he suddenly whipped out 'Black Earth Child' too. To say it was a surprise is an understatement. This album slams hard, from the get go. Seriously, the moment it begins, it doesn't slow down. It leaves you rather speechless at the end and I'm damn well surprised that this isn't some piece of ass he decided to conjure up real quick to get more money. Instead, he has taken time doing this, clearly showing he just wants to give more to his fans. And damn, he does just that in some hard hitting style.
Starting off is the self-titled effort. When I said it slams hard from the get go, I meant it. Seriously, the first sound you hear is a blast beat... it's pure slam, something that makes you want to punch someone in the face for no apparent reason. It kicks some serious ass with the tightest snare sound I've heard in a while. The guitars and bass are terrific and those vocals sound meaty as hell, bringing the brutality full circle. For a one man project, this is purely amazing. From there on in, it's slamming goodness for all. It goes through its tracks faster than a wrecking ball would go trying to hit Miley Cyrus. It's intense, with tracks 'The Mother's Hand, Sixteen', 'All That Is Flesh' and closing track 'Phantasmal Temptest' slamming your bones so hard together that you'd probably shatter if you moved afterwards. This is technical, tight and fierce, not letting up on its brutal feast until it's done. But the music isn't the only impressive thing. The mixing is done well and makes this sound like a proper Slam album, instead of overly producing it. It has that slightly raw feel to it, making it feel that slightly more in your face. Whether it is simply how it turned out or if it was intentional, either way it works beautifully.
So then, his secret second album was unleashed to the Metal masses like a caged monster and damn... what a monster this is. Now, this isn't the best slam on earth, for that you need to dig deep, but this is still bloody good! And considering it was done by one mastermind, it makes it extra special. I don't really have any faults with this, it's that damn good. If Cam keeps up this record of releasing astonishing albums, then he may well be one of the few people who will bring Slam to the forefront of Metal. Heavy, fast, aggressive and beautiful. Until the next time Cam, keep up the bloody good work!
9.5/10
- Asa
Ingested, for those who do not know, are a UK based Brutal Death Metal band. Although they are still an underground band, over the years they have developed a die-hard fan base and stirred up a few storms with each new release. Hailed by critics alike, they're a band that only ever gets better with each release. If you want proof, go listen to their 2011 slammer 'The Surreption' before listening to this. From making one of the best Death Metal albums in recent memory back in 2011 to improving on an E.P a few years later is quite the achievement. But for Ingested, it seems like no big deal. Like it was always going to happen. With the we-don't-care attitude they apparently have towards people who try and degrade them and their music, it's clear why more and more people are getting hooked onto one of the scene's best bands.
Starting off this brutal, four track assault is 'Titanomachy'. This is straight up, no-holds-barred brutality, that flows so freely. If you know the band then you can hear a change in production quality. The drumming is tighter, even more intense, the guitars slam harder than a brick to the face and the bass is so damn heavy that your jaw dropping would be the least of your worries. However, the biggest change is the vocals. They're firmer and more ferocious. They were pretty astonishing on 'The Surreption' but they've improved further here. The highs are more solid and have improved so much more, the lows are even lower and more terrifying than Satan himself and the range has improved even more. This is a sign of great things to come and shows that the band are serious about what they do and try to impress upon each bit of new material they release. And damn, they do just that. Next up is 'Regicide', a song that flows so smoothly after the first track that you hardly notice that it is the second track from this four track affair. This song slams harder than the first, somehow being even faster and more technical than before. It's down right amazing to listen and will get you tearing around your room like a cat on catnip in no time. Then, next thing you know, 'Uncrowned' begins with blast beats, fast riffing and one kick ass "EUGH!".
From that point on, the track only ever slows down to produce some seriously devastating riffs. Not to mention the breakdown part that feels like they just started to sand your face off. This is brutal riffs and blast beats galore, giving the drummer and guitarists a seriously intense workout. If you're still somehow breathing after this track then brace yourselves for the closing track. 'Endgame' was the first song they released for the album and it's... well, it's impressive. It has some unique drumming patterns in it to kinda deviate away from straight up blast beats and double bass pedals. And then there is the one part where it slows down to produce bone-crunching riffage, the likes in which are hard to find. The track ends as soon as it began, finishing one of the most brutal pieces of work in 2013.
It's impressive and an even bigger step forward for the band. If you're a fan of bands such as Aborted, Abominable Putridity and Amputated then this is a band you NEED to check out. They really are now 'Surpassing The Boundaries Of Human Suffering', pounding you into dust with every second of this brutal E.P. This has become by far one of my most loved releases of 2013, with only Strychnia being the other Death Metal band to surpass them with excellent Death Metal releases, saying something seeming as greats such as Gorguts, Vulvectomy and Death Metal big hitters Suffocation all released material within that same year. Yep, this is damn huge and I demand that if you like heavy, brutal and fast Metal than you need to go pick up a copy of this. Who knows what they'll release next but, whatever it may be, I'm most certainly going to pick it up. This is just... magnificent. Ingested, I think you're going places.
10/10
- Asa
Remember when we told you Joey left Slipknot? According to the above image, he says he was fired. What do you guys think about this?