Razorwyre's Another Dimension

Wellington trad Heavy Metal band, Razorwyre are due to release their debut album "Another Dimension" in 2012.

Check out their facebook: http://www.facebook.com/razorwyre

What I assume is a vinyl pressing: a limited Edition Pressing of only 300 copies worldwide released in cooperation with Underground Power/Germany -- www.underground-power.de
CD's will be available worldwide in cooperation with Inferno Records - www.inferno-records.net/

It seems you can still download their "Coming Out" E.P at http://www.razorwyreband.com/

Playlist for 26th December 2011

MUSTASCH- Mine
THE SONIC BATS- Wellywood (NZ band)
GWAR- Isn't this Disgusting (Dayglo abortion cover)
STEEL PANTHER- Sexy Santa
MINISTRY- 99%
HERESIARCH- Carnivore (NZ band, new album )
SOILWORK- Stabbing the Drama
SUICIDAL ANGELS- No more than illusion
HIGH ON FIRE- Frost Hammer
KYUSS- Shine (Request)
DEVIN TOWNSEND- Bad Devil
RINGWORM- Hellbound
SIGN OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS- Doomswagger
RESPORN- Solace (NZ band)
ZAO- Human cattle masses marching forward
BLACK ANVIL- The Evil of all roots
A DAY TO REMEMBER- 2nd Sucks
AFTER THE BURIAL- Sleeper
GOATWHORE- Carving out the eyes of God
ABORTED- Global flatline
PSYCROPTIC- Carriers of the Plague

Playlist for 19th December

KORPIKLAANI- Metsalle. (New Single)
CLAIM THE THRONE- Set Sail on Ale.
AUSTRIAN DEATH MACHINE- It's Turbo Time.
KULUS- Falling Sleepless. (NZ Band)
EMMURE- You sunk my Battleship.
SYBREED- Synthetic Breed.
PSYCROPTIC- Carriers of the Plague (New Single)
DYING FETUS- Your Treachery will Die with you.
KRISIUN- The Extremist.
ABIGAIL WILLIAMS- The Departure.
MACABRE- The Black Night.
CAVALERA CONSPIRACY- Electric Funeral (Cover)
ACID BATH- Paegen Love Song. (Request)
PSYCHOSTICK- Because Boobs. (Request)
INFINITED HATE- Demon King. (Request)
THE RED SHORE- Knives and Wolves (Request)
KLONE- The Spell is cast.
OUR LAST ENEMY- Carrion.
INDICATOR DOGS- Hell Money. (NZ Band)
DARKLIGHT CORPORATION- The Fallen. (NZ Band)

Playlist for 12th December 2011

GRAVEYARD- Ungrateful are the Dead.
GHOST- Con Clav Con Dio.
RAGE- Into the Light.
RAMMSTEIN- Benzine (Mehuggah)
IN DREAD RESPONSE- Concrete Sanctuary.
DORO- Merry Metal Xmas.
TENACIOUS D- Double Team.
LAMB OF GOD- Ghost Walking.
NORTHLANE- Dispossession.
MISS MAY I- Relentless Chaos.
AUSTRIAN DEATH MACHINE- I'm not a Pervert.
AUSTRIAN DEATH MACHINE- Get to the Choppa.
COAL CHAMBER- Untrue.
NILE- Lashed to the Slavestick.
NAPALM DEATH- Time waits for no slave.
FRANKENBOK- Gods gift to no-one.
TERROR- Boxed In.
CARNIFEX- Curse my Name.
VENOM- Damnation of Souls.
GENERATION KILL- Depraved Indifference.
SEPULTURA- Relentless.
KORPIKLAANI- Keep On Galloping.

Nephelium debut album out Feb 7, 2012.

Nephelium (http://www.reverbnation.com/nephelium follow the link for a free download of their song "Merciless Annihilation".) who originate from the sandy shores of Dubai, now based in Canada will release their debut "Coils of Entropy" February 7th, 2012.
Also, check out: http://nephelium.bandcamp.com/

I'll be back with a bit of a review of their album closer to the official release date (Feb 7th), you know, once I've had a good listen.

R.I.Y.L. – Cannibal Corpse, Death, Deicide, Vader, Morbid Angel, Napalm Death, Aeon, Nile, Kronos, Suffocation

Thanks to Jon Asher http://ashermediarelations.com/ for bringing these guys to my attention. He's also worked with Omega Crom, Titans Eve, Fallstaf, Fatality and heaps more.

Free music from Nuclear Blast Records, in time for the holidays

Nuclear Blast have released a massive 25 song sampler, rounding up a year of big Nuclear Blast releases.
Just go to their facebook page, 'like' it and you're away, to be linked to a page were you have to type in your email address and await a download link to be emailed to you (if it's anything like my experience the email with the download link will have instructions in german (in the top half)) http://www.facebook.com/nuclearblasteurope
Tracklisting:
01 Destruction - The Price
02 Hell - Save Us From Those Who Would Save Us
03 Demonaz - All Blackened Sky
04 Scar Symmetry - lluminoid Dream Sequence
05 Chrome Division - Bulldogs Unleashed
06 Hammerfall - One More Time
07 Pain - Dirty Woman
08 Rhapsody Of Fire - Aeons Of Raging Darkness (edit)
09 Symphony x - Dehumanized
10 Communic - Destroyer Of Bloodlines
11 Vader - Come And See My Sacrifice
12 Seven - Get It
13 Fleshgod Apocalypse - The Violation (edit)
14 Tasters - Please Destroy This World
15 Cipher sytem - Communicate The Storms
16 Anthrax - Fight'em Till You Can't
17 Biohazard - Vengeance Is Mine
18 Textures - Singularity
19 We Came As Romans - Mis/understanding
20 Threat Signal - Fallen Disciples
21 Texas In July - 1000 Lies
22 Graveworm - See No Future
23 Like Moths To Flames - You Won't Be Missed
24 Gotthard - Remember It's Me
25 Battle Beast - Enter The Metal World

THE BIG DAY AFTER (followed by a big hangover)

Sinate
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sinate/266998407037

Dawn of Azazel
facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dawn-of-Azazel/39641391009

Cripple Mr Onion
facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cripple-Mr-Onion/107632759264381
website http://www.cripple.co.nz/
this http://www.itunes.com/cripplemronion

Septicide
facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Septicide/137134639652917

Osmium
faecbook http://www.facebook.com/osmiumbandnz

Just One Fix
facebook http://www.facebook.com/justonefixnz

Invasion of Piracy
facebook http://www.facebook.com/InvasionofPiracy

Free music from Basick records, in time for the holidays

http://basickrecords.bandcamp.com/album/basick-2012-sampler
Free download, no email or facebbok 'like' required.
tracklist:
1. Chimp Spanner – Dark Age of Technology
2. Circles – Act III
3. Monuments – The Uncollective
4. Skyharbor – Celestial (edit)
5. Uneven Structure – Awaken (edit)
6. 7 Horns 7 Eyes – The Winnowing
7. Blotted Science – A Sting Operation – Human Barbequed
8. Ion Dissonance – This Is The Last Time I Repeat Myself
9. The Arusha Accord – The Resurgent
10. Aliases – The Reality of Beliefs
11. Visions – Oceans
12. The Algorithm - Isomety

Free music from Prosthetic Records, in time for the holidays

Free sampler from Prosthetic Records. It's a facebook download, so you'll have to 'like' their page to get it.
http//www.facebook.com/prostheticrecords
Tracklisting:
1. Skeletonwitch- Reduced To The Failure Of Prayer
2. Animals as Leaders-  An Infinite Regression
3. Junius- A Universe Without Stars
4. Everything Went Black- Lifeless
5. Landmine Marathon- Cutting Flesh And Bone
6. Wolves Like Us- Deathless
7. Century- Iconoclaust
8. White Arms of Athena- Ascend
9. Last Chance to Reason- Temp Files
10. Scale the Summit- Gallows
11. Black September- Creation of Chaos
12. The Greenery- Highest

Free music from Earache Records, in time for the holidays.

Earache Records are offering a free download of a new 13-track Winter Sampler over at this location. The sampler features tracks from Rival Sons, Evile, White Wizzard, Savage Messiah, Cauldron, Diamond Plate, The Browning, Wormrot, Cerebral Bore, SSS, The Soulless, Hour Of 13 and Woods Of Ypres.
http://earache.com/misc/downloads/sampler/
This might not be the newest of free downloads, but they are (or seem to be) the latest and active.

Free Music from Relapse Records, in time for the holidays

If you go to Relapse Records' facebook page, they'll have a tab or app to allow you to download their 2011 sampler; featuring songs from; Baroness, Red Fang, Black Tusk, Revocation, Obscura, Abysmal Dawn, Cephalic Carnage, Dying Fetus, Msery Index, Howl, Black Anvil, Tombs, Kingdom of Sorrow, Toxic Holocaust, Noisear, Murder Construct, Kill the Client, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Brutal Truth, Mose Giganticus, Royal Thunder, Titan, Cough, Horseback, Circle of Animals and a remastered Death track!
Being a facebook download, you will have to 'like' the page first, but big deal given the free songs, right?

facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/RelapseRecords
Or go straight to the free download: http://www.facebook.com/RelapseRecords?v=app_162097493835692

Free music from Century Media, just in time for holiday season.

Follow the link below, enter your email, to which will be sent a confirmation email with a link to follow to download (individually) the songs listed in the image under the link.
You can pick and choose which songs you want, and after you've downloaded them you can chuck 'em on your mp3 player or whatever and drown out the festive weekend with metal.

For free music go to: http://www.centurymedia.com/specials/winter_sampler/

Indicator Dogs, Subtract, Sonic Altar at Kings Arms, Jan 13th.

Awesome night of mix genre madness, hard rock meets metal meets glam/trad metal.

Indicator Dogs
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Indicator-Dogs/156536981051428
reverbnation: https://www.reverbnation.com/indicatordogs
website: http://indicatordogs.com/

Subtract
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Subtractband

Sonic Altar:
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SonicAltar
website: http://www.sonicaltar.com/

We're not breaking for the holidays

The 95bfm Hard, Fast and Heavy show will not be stopping for the holidays, as per usual, this year. You will still be able to tune into us on Boxing day (night) and Jan 2nd, as if it were any other night of the year.

The station office closes over the break, so podcasts will probably not be updates, but I have yet to confirm that.

As they say: no rest for the wicked.

Osmium: The Misery Harvesy NZ Tour 2012

Invercargill's Osmium hit the road again.
Download Osmium's Debut "Relentless, Primal Being" from here: http://osmiumnz.bandcamp.com/
Go fan the bands facebook page and keep up with the Southern Groove metal band from the bottom of the world. http://www.facebook.com/osmiumbandnz

Soundwave sidewave 'mini-fests' for NZ

**UPDATE:**
Twitter, by means of facebook, has informed me that the NZ soundwave mini-fests have hit a snag, apparently, the council doesn't like the idea of 2 nights in a row of noise from Soundwave type bands, and probably the crowds it would draw into the seemingly, and based on my experience last time I was there a few years ago, non-residential area surrounding Trust Stadium: crosby, stills & nash  and the cranberries are much better than a soundwave type crowd (they're upcoming events at the venue: http://www.thetrustsstadium.co.nz/ )

Granted, all this news, including the NZ mini-fest idea is all completely unconfirmed & unofficial at the moment, but it all stems from the twitter account of the promoter.

To check out tweets related to  soundwave coming to NZ: https://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23SWNZ (i hope this works, I don't really know how to use twitter but the thing to search is #SWNZ )
the Soundwave promoters twitter account:  https://twitter.com/iamnotshouting
** **

Thanks in getting my attention to the situation: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bring-Soundwave-to-New-Zealand/108918035819405 The organiser for the Aussie touring festival answered a tweet in his twitter page stating that there will be a major soundwave event in NZ, namely two mini-festivals at Trusts Stadium, over two consecutive nights, Feb 22nd & 23rd the bands will be different each night with roughly 5-6bands in the lineup per night.

NOTE:

• A Day to Remember is (apparently and according to a tweet reply) on the bill,
• Marilyn Mason is not,
• System of a Down has some heavy rumours 
• Lamb of God, The Black Dahlia Murder and Unearth are playing their own show, March 7th at the studio on K Rd.
• Having just had a quick squizz over the soundwavefestival.com site- there are roughly 94 bands on the lineup, which leaves 86 other bands that potentially could fill out the remaining bulk of the lineups for the two nights.

It all sounds like something that is currently in progress, but I don't know how these things work so whether AJ even mentioning it means its one band's confirmation way from being announced or only one band on the bill so far, I don't know.
I haven't heard of any offical annoucements dates (specifics, just wait til next week), or any offical annoucements (beyond tweets) for that matter.

Notes for show; 6th Dec 2011

• Shadows fall putting final touchs on new (7th) album with KSE's Adam D. tbh; I did think their 2009 Retribution was better than 2007s Threads of life.
• Killswitch Engage have 8 demos ready for a new album.
• Canadian metallers CANCER BATS have set "Dead Set On Living" as the tentative title of their fourth album, due in early 2012.
• Wacken 2012 is sold out for the seventh time in a row. All 75,000 tickets. Sort of. There are still two ways you can make the trip. Google it/check out the wacken website to find out.
• Caliban announce new album, artwork and tracklisting: Album title: I Am Nemesis.
• The legends that are, Venom have their new album, "Falling Angels" out now.
• Regarding the Meshuggah & Periphery tracks; i.e. djent- it's a 'genre' that the copycat-ism etc rather than the sounds themselves, could have been removed from 2011, for the better.
• Dreams of the Dead, playing this Thursday @ Kings Arms, good times=yes.

 
 
 
 

Playlist for 6th December 2011

SAVAGE MESSIAH- Plague of Conscience.
STICKY FILTH- Crimson Red and Indigo.
COBRA KHAN- Borderlands.
DREAMS OF THE DEAD- King of the Snakes.
SHADOWS FALL- Still I Rise.
CANCER BATS- We are the Undead.
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE- Temple from Within.
CALIBAN- It's Our Burden to Bleed.
FUELSET- Sounds of a Dying Seagull.
VENOM- Damnation of Souls.
VENOM- Hellhound.
AMON AMARTH- Wrath of the Norsemen.
DIMMU BORGIR- Progenies of the Great Escape.
NORTHLANE- Dispossession.
TIMES OF GRACE- Where the Spirit Leads me.
PERIPHERY- Insomnia.
MESHUGGAH- Combustion.
DAWN HEIST- Time Wave Zero.

Big Day After 2012

http://www.facebook.com/events/314696311891925/

If you happen to be up in auckland around the time of next years Big Day Out and want to release from mosh withdrawl, and to farewell Sinate, check this out..

 

From the Facebook events page:

Saturday 21st January

Kings Arms

With nowhere near enough Metal at the Big Day Out, come to the BIG DAY AFTER!
Sinate's 3rd album release gig and last Auckland show before moving back to Europe, with
Dawn Of Azazel, Cripple Mr Onion, Just One Fix, Septicide, Osmium, Invasion Of Piracy, with 1 more band to be announced.
http://www.facebook.com/events/314696311891925/





Sinate
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sinate/266998407037

Dawn Of Azazel
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dawn-of-Azazel/39641391009

Cripple Mr Onion
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cripple-Mr-Onion/107632759264381

Just One Fix
http://www.facebook.com/justonefixnz

Septicide
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Septicide/137134639652917

Osmium
http://www.facebook.com/osmiumbandnz

Invasion Of Piracy
http://www.facebook.com/InvasionofPiracy

Claim the Throne U.K dates.

Claim the Throne, who very briefly visited NZ for a few shows up and down the country in september this year, are tagging along with Alestorm (also played a NZ earlier this year) for a string of UK dates in February next year.

This is some awesome news, it's one thing to support an international band when they come to town, but to support them in their own backyard is something else!


Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/claimthethrone
Merch: http://claimthethrone.bigcartel.com/

From Press release:

Greetings dudes! In February 2012 we'll be hitting the road for our biggest headlining UK tour EVER, including our first ever shows in Ireland! Along with us will be our Australian buddies Claim The Throne, who are really good at getting drunk. Here's the dates:

2012.02.04 - Plymouth - White Rabbit
2012.02.05 - Stoke-on-Trent - Green Star
2012.02.06 - Sheffield - Corporation
2012.02.07 - Bristol - The Fleece
2012.02.08 - Southhampton - Talking Heads
2012.02.09 - Manchester - Moho Live
2012.02.10 - Glasgow - Garage
2012.02.11 - Belfast - Speakeasy
2012.02.12 - Dublin - The Pint
2012.02.13 - Leicester - Sub 91
2012.02.14 - Brighton - The Haunt
2012.02.15 - Wrexham - Central Station
2012.02.16 - Leeds - The Well
2012.02.17 - Wolverhampton - Slade Rooms
2012.02.18 - London - O2 Academy
2012.02.19 - Norwich - Waterfront

Riding high on the success of the latest album TRIUMPH AND BEYOND and huge Australian tours with ALESTORM, FINNTROLL and their own headlining tour in 2012 , CLAIM THE THRONE are well primed to bring their all conquering and frothy guzzling live show to the mother land. Putting the ‘fun’ in funnels since 2005, CLAIM THE THRONE have built a reputation for outrageous live performances and a unique take on the folk metal genre. With a newly refined line-up in 2010, TRIUMPH AND BEYOND displays the band at their peak with 12 tracks of fearless victory and its festive aftermath.

Resporn, everybody: Resporn.

Since April, Resporn have been hard at work; releasing their first EP, "Divisionary" (available on iTunes), the official release gig in June which was a great success & the release of their first music video for the song "Blessed Wings".

Between all of this and a few select shows, Resporn have started work on their first full length album, as yet untitled.

Writing and recording "Divisionary" was a huge achievement that they are very proud of but say the next album is going to be a huge leap in an entirely different direction. And with current influences being so varied between band members, the follow up to Divisionary is going to be filled with more complexity, depth and dynamics than even they could have imagined. 

Reverbnation: http://www.reverbnation.com/resporn
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Resporn

Stay tuned for further updates...

Still tuning in?

Resporn will be joining Cripple Mr Onion, Fuelset and Catalyst at the Coda Lounge, February 4th 2012

Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/events/173095086120154/

No doubt Cripple Mr Onion will be warming up for their Lamb of God, The Black Dahlia Murder, Unearth gig & then Fuelset with their new (ish) vocalist.

In Dread Response & Molest the Episcopate gigs

a licensed/all ages In Dread Response gig, with Molest the Episcopate (who, from the 1 time I seen them play, seem to injure the crowd more than any other band I've seen lately; concussions and bloodshed & not necessarily from the mosh pit) This gig is likely to be pretty bad ass, and should blow out a few cobwebs for the older patrons as bright youngens spaz over IDR, and the darker lot injure themselves to MTE.

Auckland Venue: The basement bar http://www.basementtheatre.co.nz/

In Dread Response:

facebook: http://www.facebook.com/indreadresponse

Reverbnation: http://www.reverbnation.com/indreadresponse

Merch: http://dreadstorm.printmighty.co.nz/

Molest the Episcopate:

facebook: http://www.facebook.com/molesttheepiscopate

website: http://www.molesttheepiscopate.com/

Merch: http://mte.printmighty.co.nz/

Depths

facebook: http://www.facebook.com/depthsnz

merch: http://depths.printmighty.co.nz/

Advocates

facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AdvocatesNZ

Hamilton supports:

Forever Facing Up

facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ForeverFacingUp

Before Ones Face

facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Before-Ones-Face/126713814011365

Playlist for 28th nov 2011

STEEL PANTHER- (In the Future) Super Sonic Sex Machine
SLEEPIN' BRAINS- Lights Out
VAN CANTO- The Seller of Souls
THE HAUNTED- Catch 22
3 INCHES OF BLOOD- Destroy the Orcs
BAND OF ORCS- Wyrd of the Winter Wolf
**Phone call/ interview with Evan Short from Cobra Khan, talking about their new album "Adversities"**
*NZ* COBRA KHAN- Blackened Royalty
*NZ* COBRA KHAN- Hound
GENERATION KILL- Red white and Blood
HAVOK- D.O.A
ONE MORNING LEFT- IWrestledWithMyHairOnce
IWRESTLEDABEARONCE- I'm gonna shoot
*NZ* DARKLIGHT CORPORATION- Black Out
*NZ* THE HOUSE OF CAPRICORN- In the Devil's Days
*NZ* ULCERATE- Tyranny
*NZ* LEGION- The Great Deceiver
*NZ* RESPORN- Of Innocence
TOXIC HOLOCAUST- The Liars are burning
*NZ* DISSOLUTION- Plague of Violence
*NZ* TAINTED- Worthless
GAMA BOMB- Last Ninjas Unite

re: Cobra Khan intereview

When the podcasts update (to this weeks, the 28th November show) you'll be able to check out my call to Cobra Khan's Evan Short: again it starts at about 30min in (after the 'A Band of Orcs' track)

Here's a screen shot of the itunes store home page (or whatever you wish to call it) with Cobra Khan's new album "Adversities" listed on the right hand side, which I mentioned in the interview \m/

Gotta be honest, I don't feel all that comfortable with having this pic on the site

Remember: we podcasting..

To listen to the current podcast, follow: http://www.95bfm.com/default,18,bcasts.sm?cast=202634

Pros:

1. It's a heavy metal podcast.
2. It is FREE.
3. It's updated weekly.
4. No email addresses required.
5. No captcha required.
6. It's from a real radio broadcast, with all the awesome pitfalls that implies (i.e. no second takes).
7. Can listen to it on apple products like the itouch (and I assume others like ipads, iphones etc)
8. Can listen to it on laptops that are connected to the internet.
9. Can listen to it on P.C's that are connected to the interent.
10. Can listen to it with headphones so no one around can eavesdrop in on your tunes.
11. Sometimes we have interesting non-song stuff, like interviews and me farting or more likely burping as I persist with fizzy, carbonated drinks when talking on air.
12. You can listen to it at any time during the week before it is replaced, so you don't have to worry about staying up to 1am on Monday night/Tuesday morning to hear the live-broadcast.
13. You can listen to it, potentially, when I (the guy who talks ) will be asleep or otherwise occupied and thus nowhere near a radio microphone.
14. We publish the playlist on the 95bfm website with the podcast link as well as on here, hardfastheavy.com, so you can keep up with all the songs that are playing: if you missed the forward and back announcements of the songs...

Cons:

1. Requires internet connection.
2. Requires ability to perceive audio to take full advantage.
3. Helps to be a fan of Heavy metal, and hard fast and heavy music in general.
4. Requires volume on internet-capable device to not be on mute or so low you can't hear it.

That is all.

Notes for the show (28th Nov 2011)

ULCERATE: Playing at the Rising Sun (on K Rd in Auckland, New Zealand) this Friday (December 2nd) with Stone Angels and Scaphist.
JUST ONE FIX: playing at the Coda Lounge, in New Lynn, this Saturday with Bury the Ordinary, As Colour Fades and The Blacklight Configuration (I hope The Blacklight Configuration don't gig with The Darklight Corporation any time soon: I'd be left tongue-tied and/or confused).
STEEL PANTHER: Have announced side shows to Soundwave, the australian festival next year.
THE HAUNTED: Early December, playing 3 shows in China.
3 INCHES OF BLOOD: Video log of the bands 1st day of recording for their new, upcoming album is now online.
A BAND OF ORCS: Currently recording a new album.
HAVOK: Music video now online for their song, "D.O.A" off their latest album, "Time is Up"
GENERATION KILL: Rob Dukes, former Exodus front-man's new outfit, has a music video now online for their song "Red white and Blood"
COBRA KHAN: New album "Adversities" out now, gigs: Stonerfest- north and south islands, Dec 17th at Thirsty dog.
RESPORN: have a music video for their song, "Blessed Wings"
TAINTED: Worthless, from chartdisc vol.5, also appearing on album #3
DISSOLUTION: Working on new album?

Playlist for 21st November 2011

Playlist for 21st November 2011: Interview with Craig (vocals) Sticky Filth.
ICED EARTH- The Mob Rules
*New* STICKY FILTH- Said the Labourer
IN FLAMES- Where Dead Ships Dwell
AUSTRIAN DEATH MACHINE- Who told you, you could eat my cookies
SISTER- Bullshit & backstabbing
SLAYER- World Painted Blood
*New* STICKY FILTH- Crimson Red & Indigo
MACHETE JUSTICE- Eyes on the Crown
CALIBAN- Sonne
*Request* LAMB OF GOD- Set to Fail
CANNIBAL CORPSE- Hammer Smashed Face
*New* SAVING GRACE- Deathless
*New* VILE- What Lies Beyond
DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT- Deconstruction
*New* STICKY FILTH- The Witch that got away
IN DREAD RESPONSE- Forgotten Wasteland
*Request* JURASSIC PENGUIN- I'm the Problem
SEPTIC FLESH- Rising
ABSU- Earthripper


(NOTE: this playlist is full of links to band facebook pages, facebook events pages, and relevant news stories that I talked about on air)

Sonic Alter, Machete Justic, D.O.H at 4.20, Nov 25th

Playlist for 14th November 2011.

Playlist for 14th November 2011.
BLACK SABBATH- Children of the Grave.
*New* RAMMSTEIN- Mein Land.
STEEL PANTHER- It won't suck itself.
GIANT SQUID- Throwing a Donner Party at Sea.
PAIN DIVISION- Balls to the Wall.
HEATHEN EYES- Leach.
KULUS- Wings (Of Fallen Angels).
*New* KULUS- Breath of Death.
GOJIRA- Adoration of None.
ULCERATE- Becoming Cold.
ABSU- Night Fire Canonization.
ALL SHALL PERISH- Royalty into Exile.
PSYCROPTIC- Ob(servant).
PERDITIONIST- Existence Devoured.
KRISIUN- Rise and Confront.
JUNGLE ROT- Their Finest Hour.
*New* BLUT AUS NORD- Epitome X
*New* WHITECHAPEL- Section 8.
BATTLECROSS- Push, Pull, Destroy.

Album/ signing news: Psycroptic & Gojira

Favoured French extreme metal act, Gojira, have signed to Roadrunner Records, confirmation coming from the labels Aussie office's facebook page (I started to get sick of seeing 'Gojira signing to Roadrunner?" on all the metal music news blog/sites). The band have an E.P of a few songs, due to hopefully be released soon, for charity (Sea Sheppard).
http://www.facebook.com/GojiraMusic

Tasmanians, Psycroptic, who were just in New Zealand for a Bastardfest show in early October, have released details of their next, 5th album, due out early Feb 2012. Go check out: http://www.psycroptic.com for more info.

Title: "The Inherited Repression"
Tracklist:
1. Carriers of the Plague
2. Forward to Submission
3. Euphorinasia
4. The Throne of Kings
5. Unmasking the Traitors
6. Become the Cult
7. From Scribe to Ashes
8. Deprivation
9. The Sleepers Have Awoken

Absu, 1 NZ show; Jan 18 2012, K.A

American black metallers, Absu, a band that would've been right up the alley of former hfhshow host, Random Guy, are playing one New Zealand Show.

Check out www.chaosnz.com for the website of the corwd bringing them to NZ, and the gigs facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=285656731469195

Exordium Mors
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/exordiummors
website: http://www.exordiummors.com/

Heresiarch
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/heresiarchcult

BDO 2nd announcement

Cavalera Consiracy, Parkway Drive are the new draw cards for metal fans in the 2nd announcement.

This is added to Beastwars and Soundgarden to the BDO 2012 metal lineup, for the full lineup go check out: http://www.95bfm.com/default,201953,95bfm-presents-big-day-out-2012.sm

Death and Damnation tour- AKL show

November 26th at the Kings Arms.
www.chaosnz.com

Dying of the Light
Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/dyingofthelight
facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Dying-Of-The-Light
 

Bullet belt:
myspace: www.myspace.com/bulletbeltnz
youtube: http://www.youtube.com/bulletbeltnz
twitter: http://twitter.com/Bulletbeltnz
last.fm: http://www.last.fm/music/Bulletbelt

Jammin for Jethro

This is a charity gig for a good cause. More/all the info is on the Jammin for Jethro fb event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=285515568135115

Black frog events
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Black-Frog-Event-and-Artist-Management/268610389724

Sinate
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sinate/266998407037
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinate

Heathen Eyes
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Heatheneyes
 
Roache
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Roache/119199154819242
 
Team Kill (Hamilton)
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/team.kill.metal
 
Space Between
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SpaceBetweenNZ
 
Black Science
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/blackskyence
 
Bleeding View
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BleedingView

new podcast up

The Podcast for the show on the 7th November is up on: http://www.95bfm.com/default,18,bcasts.sm?cast=202634

Ulcerate signs to Relapse Records!

In awesome news that was posted on blabbermouth mere moments after I'd gone to sleep (after doing the hardfastheavy show and mucking around etc), NZ band Ulcerate have signed a deal of some kind with Relapse Records.
Here's the news from the Relapse site: http://www.relapse.com/label/news/ulcerate-sign-to-relapse-records.html

On an unprofessional note: It's good to see a NZ band making it big overseas, and have over-seas people want to see 'em live etc, and the venue for the gig the poster below is promotes, is a 15minute bus ride (and a bit of a walk..) away from my place. For once, on occasions like this, metal fans in New York, the UK etc kinda go, Uuuuhhh, where as all I'm all like, "Where'd I put my bus card?" I take this opportunity now, 'cos I know any given week/month/year has more wicked metal acts rolling through their towns than we get in a decade..

Ulcerate:
Catch the band live in NZ ;p Dec 2nd http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=125695770869437
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Ulcerate
website: http://www.ulcerate-official.com/

Playlist for 7th Nov 2011

*New* STICKY FILTH- Happy Birthday
*New* COBRA KHAN- Borderlands
*New* ISOLE- When all is Black
BRUCE DICKENSON- Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
MEGADETH- Guns, Drugs and Money
SAXON-Hellcat
LAMB OF GOD- 11th Hour
*New* DEATHSTARS- Metal
STEEL PANTHER- Tomorrow Night
GWAR- The Ultimate Bohab
GWAR- Zombies, March
DECAPITATED- United
PERDITIONIST- For I am Death
CRIMINAL- Order from Chaos
IN DREAD RESPONSE- Multiplex
*New* KRISIUN- The Extremist
SKELETONWITCH- This Horrifying Force (The Desire to Kill)
JIM FLORENTINE- Opening for Slayer
*New* THE ROTTED- Surrounded by Skulls
AT THE GATES- Slaughter of the Soul
ANTERIOR- Blood in the Throne Room
DEVIN TOWNSEND- New York, New York

Free sampler from Seige of Amida Records

Like their facebook page; https://www.facebook.com/siegeofamidarecords go to http://www.siegeofamida.net/sampler for the download, it'll need to check that you've liked their page
Tracklist:
1. Boris The Blade - Like Wolves
2. Diskreet - Graves
3. Molotov Solution - Injustice For All
4. Ancient Ascendant - Titan
5. Ingested - Manifesting Obscenity
6. Dyscarnate - A Drone In The Hive
7. As They Burn - City Ov Pyramids
8. TRC - Blame It On Vegas
9. Eradication - Fascination In Torture
10. Against The Flood - Idle Hands
11. Awaken Demons - Phoenix
12. The Breathing Process - Metamorphosis
13. Heart In Hand - Tunnels
14. Cult Cinema - A Distant And Disconsolate Heart
15. Shaped By Fate - Give Me Hope
16. DripBack - Under The Floor
17. Martyr Defiled - Isolate
18. Annotations Of An Autopsy - Reznov
19. Ichor - The Gorgon
20. The Bridal Procession - Atypical Pestilence
21. Ageless Oblivion - Time Of The Empty Throne
22. Betraeus - Towards The Sun (Radio Edit)
23. Demoraliser - Bitter Springs
24. Armed For Apocalypse - The Demon Who Makes Trophies Of Men
25. Waking The Cadaver - Snapped In Half
26. Terakai - Fractured Skies

Free Music #canadian

Free Download – Canuck Metal Vol. 1 Presented by Loudtrax.com & Heavy Metal Music Association of Canada (H.M.M.A.C.)

The Heavy Metal Music Association of Canada (H.M.M.A.C.) and LoudTrax.com have teamed up to present Volume 1 of Canuck Metal, a free download compilation part of series to showcase Canada’s up and coming head banging talent.

Canuck Metal – Volume 1. features the following bands and tracks:
3 Mile Scream – Everything Slips Away
22Hertz – Detonate
All Else Fails – This World In Flames
Avery’s Descent – Rock n Roll Bitch
Bolero – Pints Held High
Dissension – Set To Kill
Endast – Black Cloud
Fallstaf – The Cost
Fatality – Thrash Fuck Eat Sleep
Kill Matilda – Geisha With A Switch Blade
Ninjaspy – Skaingkh (The Skank)
Scythia – For The King
Slaves On Dope – No One To Blame
Tantrumn – Coward
Titans Eve – Becoming The Demon

To download the free compilation please visit Loudtrax.com at the following link here and type in promo code: HMMAC

RIP Flattus

http://www.gwar.net/news/the-passing-of-guitarist-cory-smoot-aka-flattus-maximus

GWAR Guitarist since 2002 and 5th enhabitor of the character Flattus Maximus, Cory Smoot mysteriously passed away recently 2 weeks into a 6week US/Canada tour.
GWAR has decided to continue with their tour, as what I understand to be as much about their own mourning as well as respect for Smoot.
Speaking of 'out of respect for' the Flattus Maximus character will be retired, in GWAR lore he returned to his home planet, "Planet Home" 'and will never return to this mudball planet again. And this is a sadder place for that.' (http://www.gwar.net/)


The band and as much of the live show as they could bring (props etc but not Gor-gor their pet dinosaur) were in Auckland last December for the No Sleep Til fest, with Megadeth and 3 Inches of Blood, and as apart of the lead up I got to interview front man Oderus Urungus.

RIP Cory Smoot/ Flattius Maximus

Saving Grace Auckland Album release party

Saving Grace "the King is coming" Official cd release party with :In Dread Response, Depths, Edge of Fury. Saturday 19th November at the Basement Bar in Auckland.

If you're not into the christian element but dig their sound and general hardcore vibe, then go check 'em out.

-------------------------------

Saving Grace:
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/savingxgrace
website: http://www.savingxgrace.com/

In Dread Response:
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/indreadresponse
Reverbnation: http://www.reverbnation.com/indreadresponse
Merch: http://dreadstorm.printmighty.co.nz/

Depths:
facebook:http://www.facebook.com/depthsnz
myspace: http://www.myspace.com/depthsnz
Merch: http://depths.printmighty.co.nz/

Edge of Fury:
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Edge-of-Fury/150803141608736
big cartel: http://killtherecords.bigcartel.com/artist/edge-of-fury
myspace: http://www.myspace.com/edgeoffury
Merch: http://edgeoffury.printmighty.co.nz/

More info on new Lamb of god album

It's a few days old now (I caught the news on the show last monday, 31st Oct) that the name of the new Lamb of God album is "Resolution". Once some professional journos sorted this story out, they brought up some album cover art too

And something about a 30second 'preview' that you can view here: http://player.vimeo.com/video/31344231

The album is out January 24th so there's several weeks we NZ fans have to listen to 'Resolution' before their show here at the Studio, with The Black Dahlia Murder, Unearth and Cripple Mr Onion.

Tracklist:

1. Straight For The Sun
2. Desolation
3. Ghost Walking
4. Guilty
5. The Undertow
6. The Number Six
7. Barbarosa
8. Invictus
9. Cheated
10. Insurrection
11. Terminally Unique
12. To The End
13. Visitation
14. King Me

It seems to me to be a bit early to get Lamb of God fans raging with even more anticipation in their computer chairs with a track-by-track, given theres 2/3months wait for its release, but I guess MH know you gotta get in early if they want this article and their name printed/linked to on the album global press release in Jan 2012. 

ADDED: From http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/top-posts/lamb-of-god-our-track-by-track-guide-to-resolution/

Resolution Track-By-Track

Straight For The Sun
By the sounds of the Iommi-friendly monster of a riff that opens this album up, Willie Adler has been listening to a lot of Black Sabbath recently. Slow, doomy and fucking massive. Unexpected, but not unwelcome. Here we go…

Desolation
Two tracks in and we already have a potential single on our hands. Kicking off with a riff that isn’t a million miles away from ‘Redneck’, this is classic Lamb Of God – big riffs, big grooves and a big chorus begging for big crowds. So basically, big.

Ghost Walking
This starts off with a bit of a curveball thanks to a spoken-word count-in and a cheeky bit of Southern-fried acoustic strumming, before exploding into a monstrous, swaying riff and some more of those untouchable Lamb of God grooves.

Guilty
Oh hey there fifth gear! This is the fastest song on the album so far, with a real face-ripper of an intro and some great hooks, with Randy Blythe in snarlingly vicious form. LOG are definitely back. We’ve missed you, boys.

Undertow
Not only does this keep the pace flying, but the catchiness of the chorus has “festival crowd” written all over it. Randy’s “I am the one who’s left to take the falllllll!” line is epic and could be one of the singalong moments of the year. You heard it here first!

The Number Six
…which is the sixth track, handily. Another big, big chorus, this one’s a swaying, chug-laden juggernaut with some nifty hardcore-style backing vocals thrown into the mix. Interesting…

Barbarosa
We can’t be sure if this handy musical interlude is named after the 1982 cowboy flick starring Willie Nelson, but given the acoustic melodies and eerie sound effects wah-wahed in, we wouldn’t be surprised. Still; it neatly cuts the album in half and gives us a breather…

Invictus
…aaaand we’re back. More shout-along backing vocals mixed in with some seriously thrashy moments and a monolithically big breakdown or two. One for the circle pits if ever there was one.

Cheated
Was that a “One-two-onetwoFUCKYOU!” we just heard? Either way, this is the fastest and most brutal track on the album by a mile, glancing back at the band’s Burn The Priest days while still bristling with the hooks we’ve come to know and love them for.

Insurrection
Slowing the tempo down a touch works nicely here, with Randy switching to cleaner (by his standards) vocals over an epic, sprawling wall of menacing riffs.

Terminally Unique
This is straightforward, groove-chundering, riff-spitting Lamb Of God at their best, with an almost galloping midsection giving it some real pace. “Your life is passing…..BYYYYYYYYYYYYY!” screams Randy, who is sounding more and more possessed and wretched as this album goes on.

To The End
There’s some real Pantera-isms to this bad boy, which is probably the most out-and-out groove metal track on the whole album. Another possible live favourite? We think so.

Visitation
If not ‘Desolation’, then this could make another great leading single. Crushing riffs and great hooks, and still catchy as fuck? Suits us.

King Me
Now this is how you finish an album. A slow, brooding intro with Randy’s Southern drawl giving spoken-word lyrics a real tinge of wretchedness, before a full-on orchestra kicks in to take things stratospheric. But ‘S&M’ this ain’t; this is dark, epic, heavy fucking metal, and when the strings do pop up again for the chorus, they only add to the thunderous grandeur of the whole thing. It’s different, but it’s definitely still Lamb Of God. Now, we reckon we might just have to start again…

Cripple Mr Onion (who're supporting Lamb of God on their show in NZ, March 7th 2012)

Website: http://www.cripple.co.nz/

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cripple-Mr-Onion/107632759264381

I got deets for a free double pass to the Beastwars auckland show this wkend

Flick us an email : dale@hardfastheavy.com so we can get ya to get hold of a free double pass to the Beastwars, Arc of Ascent, Mountaineater gig at 4:20 on Krd this Saturday.

**UPDATED: http://www.hardfastheavy.com/2011/10/beastwars-mountaineater-and-arc-of.html **

Beastwars:
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/beastwars666
Bandcamp: http://beastwars.bandcamp.com/
Lake of Fire music vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Btg5TcsYUc
Arc of Ascent:
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/arcofascent
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/arcofascent

Mountaineater:
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/mountaineater
myspace: http://www.myspace.com/mountaineaterband

We're now podcasting, officially.

Thanks to Max, Manu and the Bfm team for officially putting this weeks hard fast and heavy show onto the internet for the listening pleasure of you all.

I'll keep an updated link under the "Podcast" page so you can go directly to the hardfastheavy show podcast on the 95bfm website, alternatively just go to 95bfm.com and hunt down this show under 'bcasts'


http://www.95bfm.com/default,18,bcasts.sm?cast=202634

Given that it was Halloween, I had a wee friend in the studio with me, watching the levels etc.

Playlist for October 31st 2011

Playlist for October 31st.
ROB ZOMBIE- Call of the Zombie/ Super beast
TYPE O NEGATIVE- Black No. 1
*New* KORN- Narcissistic Cannibal
HELLOWEEN- Are you Metal?
GWAR- Metal Metal Land
DEVIN TOWNSEND- Ziltiodia Attaxx!!!
*New* STEEL PANTHER- Supersonic Sex Machine
*New* MEGADETH- Sudden Death
CRADLE OF FILTH- Tonight in Flames
DETHKLOK- Awaken
*NZ* BEASTWARS- Call out the Dead
RAMMSTEIN- Rammlied (Rammin' the Steins remix)
*New* ABORTED- Global Flatline
ZOMBIE DESTRUKTION- Gunslingin' Son of a Gun
TRIVIUM- Built to Fall
CHIMAIRA- Losing my Mind
ANTERIOR- Venemous
MACHINEHEAD- Locust*NZ* INDICATOR DOGS- Hell Money

Draems of the Daed do music at a stripclub

Dreams of the dead + co at Las Vegas strip club.

Facebook events page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=277193762303032

Dreams of the Dead:
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/DREAMS-of-the-DEAD/130200736862
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/dreamsofthedeadband

Downfall of Humanity:
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/downfallofhumanity
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/downfallofhumanity

Playlist for 24th October 2011

SABATON- Metal Ripper
HEAVEN AND HELL- The Mob Rules (live)
HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE- Grey Wednesday
STEEL PANTHER- 17 Girls in a Row
FALLSTAF- The Cost
ANTHRAX- Metal Thrashing Mad
MORTAL SIN- Psycology of Death
CARNIFEX- Creation Defaced
HEAVEN SHALL BURN- Black tears
I KILLED THE PROM QUEEN- Bet it all on Black
KITTIE- Whisper of Death
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER- Conspiring with the Damned
DAKOTA SCREAM- Primal justice
FUCK THE FACTS- Cold Hearted
UNEARTH- Eyes of Black
VOLUMES- Wormholes
CIPHER SYSTEM- The Failure Starts
DISSOLUTION- Thrash Hammer
BLACK TUSK- Mass Devotion

Mothra gig

Mothra, who are to get Aaron Harris (Isis) to start mixing in December, are playing a gig.

Website: http://mothraband.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mothrasound
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/mothraband

In Dakota Scream news..

Local Alt-thrashers, Dakota Scream, are playing one last gig before hunkering down to concentrate on their upcoming album.

Facebook event page; http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=275033689193975

Dakota Scream Links:
Website: http://www.dakotascream.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dakota-Scream/167755453269409
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/dakota_scream
Metalunderground.com news post: http://www.metalunderground.com/bands/details.cfm?bandid=11322

Fuelset Links:
Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/fuelsetnz
Website: http://www.fuelset.net/

Check out the band on bottom line, above the 12 of 2012

Hint: I'm talking about NZ band, Ulcerate. Looks like a pretty frikkin sweet lineup, pity its like 14,000kms (almost 9000mile) away.

Go bask in the glory: http://www.marylanddeathfest.com/

Ulcerate Links:

Website: http://www.ulcerate-official.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Ulcerate
December 4th gig facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=125695770869437

Second Soundwave 2012 announcement

It's a few days old now, but I was busy as all buggery up til now.

The poster of the second announcement is (should be) below, I think I heard there's 5 more bands to be announced.
New Zealand fans not heading over can be relieved that from this announcement, we can see Unearth in early March next year.
**FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT http://www.hardfastheavy.com/2011/10/1st-announcement-for-soundwave-2012.html **
**UPDATED: http://www.hardfastheavy.com/2011/10/lamb-of-god-black-dahlia-murder-unearth.html **

Cripple Mr Onion added to Lamb of God show

Thanks to the wonder of facebook and instant communications, a recent update from a member of the Auckland-based Christchurch band, Cripple Mr Onion seems to suggest they have secured an opening slot to support Lamb of God, The Black Dahlia Murder and Unearth when they play at the Studio, March 7th 2012.

facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=278188748867942
UTR tickets: http://www.undertheradar.co.nz/utr/tickets/ID/1776/Lamb-of-God.utr
During down time on their previous visits, Lamb of God members are known to explore the wonders of Auckland (possibly NZ, but dunno) with visits to the harbour bridge bungey (a pic of which appeared in Revolver mag or some other such American publication) I've heard they've wandered around the CBD, and popped in to sit in on a Cripple Mr Onion band practice.



Cripple Mr Onion links:
Website: http://www.cripple.co.nz/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cripple-Mr-Onion/107632759264381
Auckland, Nov 19th gig, facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=257078257663131
Wellington, Nov 26th gig facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=256942311014367


**UPDATED FROM: http://www.hardfastheavy.com/2011/10/lamb-of-god-black-dahlia-murder-unearth.html **

playlist for October 17th 2011

STEEL PANTHER- 17 Girls in a Row
CHARRED WALLS OF THE DAMNED- The Beast outisde my Window
VAN CANTO- Bed of Nails
MEGADETH- Never Dead
WAYNE STATIC- Thunder Invader
THE BROWNING- Standing on the Edge
THEKILLBOTFACTORY- Tosita
CIPHER SYSTEM- Objection
TEXAS IN JULY- Cyclops
THREAT SIGNAL- Face the Days
GRAVEWORM- See No Future
FRANKENBOK- Gods Gift to No-one
REVOCATION- Dissolution Ritual
IMMOLATION- What they Bring
THE UNDERCLASS- Battery Mens
GENERATION KILL- Wish
MACHINEHEAD- Darkness Within
WARD 10- To be Normal
IN DREAD RESPONSE- Tortured Vocation
NILE- Worship the Animals
IMMORTAL SOULS- Evil Believer

The House of Capricorn album release tour

The House of Capricorn Album release show, auckland = free!!

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thehouseofcapricorn
Bandcamp page: http://thehouseofcapricorn.bandcamp.com/

Defamer New Zealand tour

Defamer(AUS) Nz shows:

In Ulcerate news...

Auckland's Ulcerate, who's latest album "The Destroyers of All" met with well deserved critical acclaim from all sorts of international metal-blog sites, are according to facebook, are playing a show in Auckland early December. Go to it!

If you check out their official website, it says they're apart of the lineup for the 2012 Maryland Deathfest http://www.ulcerate-official.com/ as well as some European

Facebook copy-pastism: from http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=125695770869437

the mighty scoop presents

ULCERATE

with guests
STONE ANGELS (Christchurch) and SCAPHIST

Friday 2nd December 2011
Rising Sun, K Road
Auckland


Ulcerate:
Catch the band live in NZ ;p Dec 2nd http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=125695770869437
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Ulcerate
website: http://www.ulcerate-official.com/

Free download of Immolations new E.P

http://www.scionav.com/collection/808/Scion-A/V-Presents:-Immolation---Providence

Relapse records on bandcamp

I only just realised this, the extreme metal record label, Relapse Records have a band camp page: http://relapserecords.bandcamp.com/

There's like 123 odd artists listed on there, I presume you can listen to the whole albums and that most albums by the band is also listed.

Free songs by Cynic, Abomination, Graveworm, Hypocrisy

Free download of Cynics "Carbon Based Anatomy"
http://www.season-of-mist.com/common/downloads/cynic/Cynic-Carbon-Based-Anatomy.mp3

Free download of Abomination;s "Face in the Crowd" all takes is to tyoe in your email address.

http://media.nuclearblast.de/download/gratisdownload/index.php?link_kampagne=Abomination-FaceInTheCrowd

Free download of Graveworm's "See No future" (again type in your email address)

http://media.nuclearblast.de/download/gratisdownload/index.php?link_kampagne=Graveworm-SeeNoFuture

Free download of Hypocrisy's "Roswell 47 (live)"

http://media.nuclearblast.de/download/gratisdownload/index.php?link_kampagne=Hypocrisy-Roswell47live

NZ show: Lamb of God, The Black Dahlia Murder, Unearth

What seems like the first (of what will hopefully be many) Soundwave 2012 sideshows in NZ has been announced. Headliner, Lamb of God would have only just played in Perth with the traveling alternative music fest, a mere 2 days prior to their NZ show.

The Black Dahlia Murder and Unearth have no announcements regarding Soundwave (that I've heard) but it would be kinda sweet for any kiwi's heading over, if all bands on this NZ show were also at soundwave....

NOTE: By the time of the gig all these bands will, or should have new albums out: LOG- working on it now, or around the time of that New York hurricane/ the 911 tenth anniversary. Black Dahlia Murder :"Ritual", Unearth:"Darkness in the light"

Metal isolationists, or elitists or internet metal warriors or "I'm not listening to these bands because I've read about them in Metal Hammer mag/blabbermouth etc rather than judging them based on an unbiased, self-made opinion of how I feel about their music" types will have crap to say about this show, and that's all I have to say about that: my goal for this paragraph was the use of isolationists and the itallicised statement..

I might sound like I'm showing my age in a youthful way, but Lamb of God vocalist, D. Randal Bythe was the subject of my 1st phone interview not long after I took over the reigns of hardfastheavy back in 2006, since then I've also phone interviewed Mark Morton and John Campbell, but none of the Adler brothers. I've seen the band perform in Aussie in '06 and all times in NZ. Randy was also a judge at this years GWAR-B.Q.

I'm loving the Black Dahlia Murder's latest album, "Ritual" & I have a pic on this website of myself with BDM drummer Shannon Lucas from when they performed at the Kings Arms for the 1st time,  that seems to be popular.

UTR tickets: http://www.undertheradar.co.nz/utr/tickets/ID/1776/Lamb-of-God.utr

copypasta from the Fb events page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=278188748867942

 RW ENTERTAINMENT and THE METAL BAR presents

LAMB OF GOD

with THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER and UNEARTH

STUDIO, AUCKLAND (18+)
WEDNESDAY MARCH 7th

Tickets available 9am Friday October 14th from www.undertheradar.co.nz and Real Groovy