HIGH ON FIRE Announces North American Headlining Tour!

Oakland, CA heavy metal juggernaut HIGH ON FIRE has announced a full North American tour in support of its new album De Vermis Mysteriis. The eagerly anticipated run -- the band's first since the release of the new LP -- will kick off on November 15 in Austin, TX and is slated to run through December 22 in San Francisco, CA. Support on the HIGH ON FIRE headlining tour will come from Goatwhore and Lo Pan with special guests Primate (featuring Mastodon's Bill Kelliher and Kevin Sharp of Brutal Truth) joining the trek from November 23 to December 1 and Corrosion of Conformity hopping on the caravan from December 18-21. Simply put, HIGH ON FIRE will hit the road with all guns blazing for what will undoubtedly be one of 2012's best heavy music tours!

On December 20 at the Mayan in Los Angeles, HIGH ON FIRE will headline a special "Power of the Riff" show that will also feature COC and Sunn O)))).

 HIGH ON FIRE fall North American tour:
     (all dates include Goatwhore & Lo Pan)
     (Nov. 23 - Dec. 1 also includes Primate)
     (December 18-21 also includes COC)


     November 15      Austin, TX                     Emo's
     November 16      San Antonio, TX          Korova
     November 17      Dallas, TX                    Tree's
     November 19      New Orleans, LA        One Eyed Jacks
     November 20      Pensacola, FL             Vinyl Music Hall
     November 21      Savannah, GA             Jinx
     November 23      Washington, DC         Rock & Roll Hotel
     November 24      Boston, MA                   Sinclair
     November 26      Toronto, ON                 Opera House
     November 27      Montreal, QC                La Tulipe
     November 28      Portland, ME                 Port City Music Hall
     November 29      Philadelphia, PA          Union Transfer
     November 30      New York, NY                Bowery Ballroom
     December 1        Brooklyn, NY                  Music Hall of Williamsburg
     December 3        Buffalo, NY                     Mohawk
     December 4        Cleveland, OH              Grog Shop
     December 5        Columbus, OH              Ace Of Clubs
     December 6        St. Louis, MO                 Firebird
     December 7        Chicago, IL                    Double Door
     December 8        Minneapolis, MN           Turf Club
     December 9        Madison, WI                   High Noon
     December 10      Kansas City, MO           The Riot Room
     December 11      Denver, CO                    Bluebird
     December 13      Boise, ID                        Neurolux
     December 14      Seattle, WA                    Neumos
     December 15      Portland, OR                 Dante's
     December 16      Vancouver, BC              Venue
     December 18      Santa Cruz, CA             The Catalyst
     December 19      San Diego, CA              Brick By Brick
     December 20      Los Angeles, CA          Mayan  (* Power of the Riff w/ COC, Sunn O))) )
     December 21      Santa Ana, CA              Observatory
     December 22      San Francisco, CA       Slims 

 HIGH ON FIRE just unleashed the first music video from De Vermis Mysteriis, for the potent new track "Fertile Green".  Described as the "wildest video in heavy metal history", "Fertile Green" was directed, animated and edited by Phil Mucci (Passion Pit, Islands) and is a described as "frantic psychedelic experience" that expands on De Vermis Mysteriis' deeply mystical undercurrent and story of "the Christ Twin", combining scenes of the past and future with "the story of Balteazeen's sacrifice to the Oracle of Green."

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WITCHCRAFT: "Legend" Album Preview Posted Online!

Swedish psychedelic rockers WITCHCRAFT have posted the following YouTube video, which includes sound clips previewing every song from their upcoming release Legend.



You can now pre-order the new album, Legend, here. Check out several bundle package options which include such items as an exclusive t-shirt, digipak, colored double vinyl LP, and colored 7 inch vinyl.

WITCHCRAFT have also made a SongPier App for smartphones/tablets available for FREE. Visit http://songpier.com/witchcraft and save it to your homescreen. There you'll find two tracks from the band's upcoming album, Legend  (“It's Not Because Of You” and “Ghosts House”) as well as info on the band/album and band pictures.

The first single, “It's Not Because Of You“, is now available for purchase digitally via iTunes (www.itunes.com/witchcraft).

Legend will be released September 21 (Europe) and  September 25, 2012 (North America) via Nuclear Blast. The follow up to 2007's The Alchemist was produced by the renowned Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios (KREATOR, OPETH, AMON AMARTH, PARADISE LOST, KATATONIA).

VENOMOUS MAXIMUS to Release New Album "Beg Upon the Light" on October 30, 2012

Texas occult metal band VENOMOUS MAXIMUS will release its new album Beg Upon the Light on October 30 via Occulture Records. The award winning group recorded at Origin Sound in Houston with a head space described as "somewhere between a Alejandro Jodorowsky film and a New Orleans voodoo den." Beg Upon the Light's striking cover art was designed by artist Dann Miller and builds on the band's ever-evolving thematic that involves, among other things, magic, alchemy, extra-sensory perception and astrology; wide-eyed themes that lay "on the outermost fringe of accepted forms of knowledge and discourse." This is some heavy shit, people.

VENOMOUS MAXIMUS is one of the most successful metal bands to emerge from Houston in years, beloved of headbangers and headbanging blogs from across the U.S. and points beyond (maybe even astronauts). Since its formation in 2010, the group has become the go-to metal band in the country's third-largest city, winning back-to-back titles at the Houston Press Music Awards as the Space City's "Best Metal Band" and has shared the stage with the like-minded Mastodon, Pentagram, Saint Vitus, The Sword, Graveyard and more. Now, with the release of Beg Upon the Light, VENOMOUS MAXIMUS is ready to show the world that its reputation precedes it for a reason.

VENOMOUS MAXIMUS' sound combines intense, unabashed metal riffing that locks into heavy rock grooves featuring interjected dual leads and surprisingly darkened atmospheres. Add to it the distinctive voice of towering front man Gregg Higgins and his unorthodox, unsettling tone, unholy sinister laugh and unchained lyrics described as "primal psychomagic", detailing "paths of doom", dying witches, moon worship, haunted graveyards and travel through space and time, and the speed of the band's bat out of hell success becomes surprisingly clear. 

     When asked to describe the band's sound in eight words or less, Higgins replied "Dark, Chrome, Leather, Snuff, Smoke, Sweat, Death, Apparitions." When asked to comment on the new album, the singer arcanely answered: "It's something you can't describe with words. You're either born hearing it or not. When it finally has a mind of its own, the best you can hope for is that it will keep talking to you." 

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BLOODY HAMMERS Inks Deal With Soulseller Records

BLOODY HAMMERS the psychedelic/doom/occult rock project has inked a deal with Soulseller Records. The band's self titled album Bloody Hammers will be released in late November/Early December.

 “I am thrilled to join the SoulSeller roster, and have complete confidence in their ability to successfully promote and distribute the album," said vocalist Jerry Anders. “Jorn and SoulSeller are very ambitious, yet very easy to work with.”

Bloody Hammers was recorded and produced by Jerry Anders at Greystone Studios in North Carolina. The result is a melodic and heavy hard rock debut.

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