Beastwars tour poster, this May

Hand picked by Kyuss to open their Welly show, Wellington based Beastwars have a new album out or on the way, and here is the accompanying tour poster.

As stated in the poster, they'll be in Auckland at the Thirsty Dog on May 28th with Arc of Ascent and Lord of Tigers. Here's the facebook events page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=203665869664721

playlist for 25th April 2011

NORTHER- The Final Countdown
BOB KULICK- New York, New York (as sung by Devin Townsend)
THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN- Fight the Power
HELL-The Opressors
MAYAN- Drown the Demons
RESPORN- In Waves (N.Z, New; album, "Divisionary" http://www.facebook.com/pages/Resporn/36431638824 )
ARCANE SAINTS- The Death of Me (Request; check out the "free music" tab under International to find where to go to download a song or two for free)
BEASTWARS- Damn the Sky (N.Z. New album out soon, album release tour will be in Auckland at the Thirsty Dog May 28th http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=203665869664721)
THE AUTUMN OFFERING- Exhale the Locusts (Request)
BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME- Specular Reflection (New)
CANNIBAL CORPSE- She was Asking for it (Request)
SEPTIC FLESH- The Undead Keep on Dreaming
JOB FOR A COWBOY- Misery Reformatory
LEGION- Medicated (N.Z http://www.facebook.com/legionnz)
DEAD TEACH THE LIVING- Safari (N.Z http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dead-Teach-the-Living/102350526482862)
BEHEMOTH- At the left hand ov god (live)
PSYCROPTIC- Ob(Servant) (Check these guys out, live, at Bastard Fest at Kings Arms in early October)
CEREBRAL BORE- Maniacal Miscreation
EL BAJO- Switchblade (N.Z, new E.P coming soon, but you can check these guys out at the Kings Arms May 12th; http://www.facebook.com/elbajotheband)

Molest the Episcopate songs up

Two songs, "Pedophile at the Point of Consecration" and "Holy Writ as Hideous Smut" are up on the bands website available for streaming. Both songs will appear on the bands debut album, "Socialistica Nervosa" out soon. http://www.molesttheepiscopate.com/
In other news, the band will be supporting Whitechapel on their show at the Kings Arms in Auckland, Sept 22nd with The Dauntless.

Free Mayan song.

Fans might know that Epica guitarist/vocalist Mark Jansen has formed a new group, "Mayan" or some such thing, and they have a new album on the way- record label, Nuclear Blast, has offered a song, "Drown the Demon" for free download, just go to;  http://media.nuclearblast.de/download/gratisdownload/index.php?link_kampagne=Mayan-DrownTheDemon

Sinate upcoming gigs

Sinate have a few gigs coming up in Auckland;

May 15th; they support Alestorm at the Rising Sun with Just One Fix and Scurvy Dogs

And secondly, June 25th they're at the Kings Arms

For a full set of dates: check out their website or facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sinate/266998407037

Upcoming shows. Sunday May 15th-The Rising Sun, Auckland(With ALESTORM)...... Friday June 10th-Breakers Bar, Wanganui....Saturday June 11th-The Crave Club, New Plymouth.....Friday June 17th-Medusa Bar,Wellington....Saturday June 18th-Royal Hotel, Palmerston North......Friday June 24th-The Red Eye Bar, Whangarei....Saturday June 25th-Kings Arms, Auckland....Friday July 1st-Krazy Jacks, Tauranga.. More dates to come

Scurvy Dogs Competition

Dunedin Pirate rockers, Scurvy Dogs, are running a competition to win a double pass to see them support Scottish Pirate metallers, Alestorm, on their website http://scurvydogs.co.nz/alestorm-competition/

All the relevant details are up on their website, and they have a new 14 track Live record, entitled "Doggy Style"
Make sure you join; Knockin' Boots Cutler (Drums), Cap'n Shag (Gat), Firstmate Macarrr (Vocals) and Barnacle Ben (Bass) at the Rising Sun this May 15th.

Playlist for 18th April 2011

GRAVEYARD- Hisingen Blues (New)
PENTAGRAM- Treat Me Right (New)
HELL- On Earth as it is in Hell (New)
THE HAUNTED- Motionless (New)
NEVERMORE- Medicated Nation (Request)
SCAR SYMMETRY- Extinction Mantra (New)
PANZERCHRIST- Metal Tribes (New)
CEREBRAL BORE- Mangled Post-Burial (New)
NAPALM DEATH- From Enslavement to Obliteration (Request)
PERIPHERY- Frak the Gods (New)
WHITECHAPEL- The Darkest Day of Man (Request)
STRAPPING YOUNG LAD- S.Y.L
DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT- Hyperdrive
ZIMMERS HOLE- Hair doesn't grow on Steel
SEPTICFLESH- Apocalypse (New)
WINDS OF PLAGUE- One for the Butcher (New)
SINATE- Beyond Human (NZ, supporting Alestorm at Rising Sun, May 15th & then at Kings Arms June 25th; https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sinate/266998407037)
BEASTWARS- Red God (NZ, new; http://www.facebook.com/beastwars666)
BLUT AUS NORD- Epitome 1 (New)
ANTAGONIST A.D- Europe (NZ, new)
TITANS EVE- Tides of Doom
BENIGHTED- Let the Blood Spill between my Broken Teeth (New)
CAVALERA CONSPIRACY- I Speak Hate (New)

Playlist for 11th April 2011

GRAVEYARD- Ungrateful are the Dead
WIZARD- Messenger of Death
DARK AGES- Beast Within
DAKOTA SCREAM- Primal Justice
ALESTORM- Pirate Song (Playing in NZ on May 15th at Rising Sun; I'm interviewing one of the guys so tune in to the next show for the glory of pirate metal)
OBNOXIOUS- My Scorn
SATYROS- Riven
VAN CANTO- Kings of Metal (Manowar Cover)
ARCH ENEMY- Kill with Power (Manowar Cover)
MANOWAR- The Gods Made Heavy Metal
JALDABOATH- Da Vincis Code
SEPTICFLESH- Pyramid God
AMON AMARTH- Wrath of the Norsemen
BEASTWARS- Red God (http://beastwars.bandcamp.com/)
HAVOK- D.O.A
CAVALERA CONSPIRACY- Target
CRIPPLE MR ONION- NOVA (Stranger by Degrees)
IN DREAD RESPONSE- Forgotten Wasteland
TAINTED- Departed
LEGION- The Great Deciever (Check out "Free Music" tab for details on how to download this Demo)
FRACTURED- Mind without Rest
RAZORWYRE- Fuck You Tonight (Check out the "Free Music" tab on this page for details on how to download this E.P)
KRAPTOR- Keep it Thrashing or Die

The Burial, Shitripper, Oilbarrons, Legion, thirsty dog June 18

I want to check this out, least of all for Legion and Oil Barrons

Playlist for 4th April 2011

Playlist for 4th April 2011- Karl (Drums; Upraw) in studio discussing Upraws upcoming Gigs and album.

THE HAUNTED- Disappear
AMON AMARTH- Aerials (System of a Down cover- this song doesn't quite sit right with me- least the rest of "Sutur Rising" is wicked brutal)
WIZARD- Undead Insanity
UPRAW-S.L.I.T [smile like it's torture] ("Like" the guys and keep up with all their goings on at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Upraw/11331562151 )
PANTERA- The Great Southern Trendkill
DETHKLOK- Black Fire upon us
LAMB OF GOD- Hit the Wall
ARCH ENEMY- Yesterday is Dead and Gone
DEVIL DRIVER- Fortune favors the Brave
METALLICA- Dyers Eve
WINDS OF PLAGUE- For what it's worth (Cover)
OBSCURA- Ocean Gateways
MACHINE HEAD- Desire to Fire
BECOMING THE ARCHETYPE- The Magnetic Sky
CAVALERA CONSPIRACY- Thrasher
OCEANO- War (cover)
ILLDISPOSED- Step into my Winte
BENIGHTED- Hostile
MASTODON- Divinations
AS BLOOD RUNS BLACK- Resists

Whitechapel in Nz

**UPDATE: WHITECHAPEL have canceled this show- http://www.hardfastheavy.com/2011/09/whitechapel-cancel-nz-show.html**

Playlist for 28 March 2011

DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN- Fight the Power
ROSS THE BOSS- Death and Glory
AMON AMARTH- Destroyer of the Universe
AMON AMARTH- Doom over Deadmen
CAVALERA CONSPIRACY- Lynch Mob
ANTAGONIST A.D.- Same old Story
CAVALERA CONSPIRACY-Rasputin
LEGION- Demoniacal Heremetica
SEPULTURA- Bestial Devastation
THE HAUNTED- The City
SEPULTURA- Stronger than Hate
PROTEST THE HERO- The Reign of Unending Terror
CHILDREN OF BODOM- Was it worth it?
EMINENCE- The God of all Mistakes
SCAPHIST- Sculptures in Shadow
THE BROWNING- Time will tell
ROTTING CHRIST- Thou art Lord
DESTRUCTION- Stand up and Shout
DEBAUCHERY- Germany's Next Death Metal

Playlist for 21 March 2011

HOUR OF 13- Naked Star
HEATHEN EYES- S.U.N
THE HAUNTED- No Ghost
SECRET SPHERE- Line on Fire
ZERSTIREN- Agnosis
NEW WAY HOME- Anomaly
HAVOK- No Amesty
RESPORN- Blessed Wings
METALLICA- The Four Horsemen
METALLICA- For whom the bell tolls
AMION AMARTH- The Last Stand of Frej
DREAMS OF THE DEAD- Insurgence
THE BROWNING- Standing on the Edge
MOTHRA- Elements of Sleep
CHILDREN OF BODOM- Shovel Knockout
AS BLOOD RUNS BLACK- Echoes of an Era
DREAMS OF THE DEAD- King of the Snakes

Playlist for 14 March 2011

BULLET- Heavy Metal Dynamite
HELLOWEEN- Are You Metal?
GAMMA RAY- To the Metal
PRIMAL FEAR- Metal is forever
ACCEPT- Beat the Bastards
FALL OF MIRA- Thousand steps proir to none
LEGION- Medicated
PANTERA- Cowboys from Hell
PANTERA- Power metal
AMON AMARTH- Free will sacrifice
CHILDREN OF BODOM- Relentless Reckless forever
THE AMENTA- VO1D
BORN OF OSIRIS- Follow the Signs
CRUACHAN- The Voyage of Bran
BENIGHTED- A Quiet Day
THY ASSASSIN- Vultures
OF LEGEND- Batltleground
DEVILDRIVER- Blur
ERA DECAY- Ravaged Master
RESPORN- Blessed Wings
HAVOK- Get out of my way
DARKEST HOUR- Violent by Nature

New Falconer album

In a moment that almost requires a "Yes" in combination with laughing/chuckling; Folk/power metallers Falconer have announce the release date for their upcoming album, "Armod" as June 3rd via Metal blade records. Apparently, all the songs are gonna be in Swedish with 4 band favs sung in English.

Free, new Arch Enemy song

Download for free, the new Arch Enemy song, "Yesterday is Dead and Gone" off their upcoming album, "Khaos Legions" (out in May); http://www.centurymedia.com/specials/archenemy/

Lazy Sunday

• Hate Enternal's record label, Metal Blade, has setup a pre-order page for the bands upcoming album "Phoenix amongst the Ashes" where they've premiered the new track, "Haunting Abound"

• The End records have a Spring 2011 sampler up for 'free' download, check out http://theendrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-end-records-spring-2011-sampler and click where it says "Buy Now" there is now limit to how small a donation is needed (i.e. zero works fine) but all the money raised will go to The American Red Cross to help out in Japan.
• Watch out for albums in late 2011 from Canadian all-girlers Kittie, and the mighty brits, Venom.
• Free compilation downloads at: http://www.metalhit.com/free.htm the genre based compilation free-downloads includes; Thrash, Death metal, Black Metal Gothic Metal, Doom Metal, Folk metal.
• Dia De Los Muertos have released their album, "Satanico Dramatico" for free download at: http://www.ddlm.net/ 

• Forsaken, a melodic thrash/ Experimental metal band from Bengaluru have released their album "Disengage" as a free download on mediafire: http://www.mediafire.com/?37p6sono3d9hodt
• Haemic, a band from somewhere, have released their 2011 Demo as free download on: http://haemic.bandcamp.com/album/demo-2011
• German's Gravsahl have released their new demo, "When Everything Fades" as free download: http://www.mediafire.com/?w6u1cwibzp1uzxm
• Italians "Ritual of Rebirth" have released their album, "Of Tides and Desert" for free download; go to www.jamendo.com/it/album/86386 and click "Scarica" for the download- give your email address as well.
• German's Caliban have finished work on their upcoming E.P "Coverfield" which features covers from Type O Negative, The Beatles, At the Gates and Rammstein

• Check out this link; http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/balsac/the-blood-vomits-a-very-good-man for some strangeness from the creatures behind the mighty GWAR
• There's a new 'super group' coming out called ""The Resistance" featuring members (formerly in most cases) of In Flames, the Haunted, Grave & more- more info/releases from these guys to come.
• Free Wormrot album, "Dirge" details here: http://earachenews.blogspot.com/2011/03/wormrot-offer-entire-new-album-as-free.html