Deathstroke
07-22-2006, 04:06 PM
Welcome to the 29th edition of the 2006 HR/HM Update.
AUDIO & VIDEO LINKS OF THE WEEK
Iron Maiden has released the video for the first song from their upcoming new album A Matter Of Life And Death. It's the song "The Reincarnation Of Benjamin Breeg" and you can see the video online here! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNttRSMqOe0) Learn more about the song at http://www.benjaminbreeg.co.uk
You can check out three new Eternity Black songs ("Angel Into Pandemonium," "Fall," and "Death Becomes You") HERE. (http://www.eternityblack.com/audio.html) (Not really my cup of tea, but in general the music sounds decent.)
Here's five audio samples from the new CD Enter The Gate from the band Narnia. (I wasn't overly impressed.)
Into The Game (http://www.melodicrock.com/audio/Narnia01.mp3)
People Of The Bloodred Cross (http://www.melodicrock.com/audio/Narnia02.mp3)
Another World (http://www.melodicrock.com/audio/Narnia03.mp3)
Show All The World (http://www.melodicrock.com/audio/Narnia04.mp3)
Enter The Gate (http://www.melodicrock.com/audio/Narnia05.mp3)
http://www.melodicrock.com/narnia-enterthegate.jpg
Check out these four samples of the new Axel Rudi Pell CD Mystica. (I found these to be uniformly excellent. I am very interested in hearing the finished CD.
Fly To The Moon (http://www.melodicrock.com/audio/AxelRudiPell02.mp3)
Valley Of Sin (http://www.melodicrock.com/audio/AxelRudiPell04.mp3)
Living A Lie (http://www.melodicrock.com/audio/AxelRudiPell05.mp3)
No Chance To Live (http://www.melodicrock.com/audio/AxelRudiPell06.mp3)
Here's five samples from the self titled CD from the band Big Cock. (For a band with a stupid name, the music is really good.)
Fucked Up (http://www.melodicrock.com/audio/BigCock02.mp3)
Real Man (http://www.melodicrock.com/audio/BigCock03.mp3)
Ride On Me (http://www.melodicrock.com/audio/BigCock04.mp3)
Rock Hard (http://www.melodicrock.com/audio/BigCock05.mp3)
She's A Lady (http://www.melodicrock.com/audio/BigCock06.mp3)
Here's a Real Media video link (http://www.eighteenvisions.com/video/EighteenVisions_Victim_VidFull.ram) for the Eighteen Visions song "Victim."
Leatherwolf has a new CD out called World Asylum. Here's 3 samples to check out, and they are pretty solid tracks.
King Of The Ward (http://www.melodicrock.com/audio/Leatherwolf02.mp3)
Live Or Die (http://www.melodicrock.com/audio/Leatherwolf04.mp3)
Disconnect (http://www.melodicrock.com/audio/Leatherwolf05.mp3)
Here's the Quicktime video link (http://www.sevendust.info/video/sevendust_pieces_hi.mov) for the Sevendust song "Pieces."
SONG SPOTLIGHT OF THE WEEK - Jon Oliva's Pain has posted two new songs ("Through The Eyes Of The King" and "Playing God") on the band's Myspace page. (http://www.myspace.com/jonoliva) The songs are frelling awesome!
CD & DVD NEWS OF THE WEEK PART I
Faster Pussycat released a brand new album on July 13th called The Power and the Gloryhole. It was released through Full Effect Records. If you go to the band's new official site http://www.powerandthegloryhole.com, you can hear the first single from the album "#1 With A Bullet." (Special Thanks goes out to howyadoin for pointing me to this information.)
The new Speed\Kill/Hate album No Remorse, No Regrets is due from Escapi Records in the fall.
The new Megadeth album is due out on Halloween. It features 11 songs, plus one bonus track for the Japanese version of the disc. It's being called United Abominations.
A live CD from the band singer Jon Corabi was in before bolting to join Motley Crue, The Scream is due out soon. It's being called The Scream Live - The Official Bootleg. Details (http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=55106)
There's some more music from King's X guitarist Ty Tabor headed our way. Click here (http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=55142) for more information on the CD Home School (The Demos* Volume 1).
The 24-7 Spyz albums This Is...24-7 SPYZ and Strength In Numbers are being reissued. Click here (http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=55304) for more details on the reissues and the band.
The new Black Label Society CD Shot To Hell is due out from Roadrunner Records on September 19th. The track listing is:
01. Concrete Jungle
02. Black Mass Reverends
03. Blacked Out World
04. The Last Goodbye
05. Give Yourself To Me
06. Nothing's The Same
07. Hell Is High
08. New Religion
09. Sick Of It All
10. Faith Is Blind
11. Blood Is Thicker Than Water
12. Devil's Dime
13. Lead Me To Your Door
The DVD Clearing The Eye from the group Isis is due September 26th via Ipecac Recordings.
Though no title has been announced yet, there is a new Slipknot DVD due out on Halloween.
Brand New Sin has new CD due out October 3rd via Century Media Records called Tequila.
The new Vader CD Impressions In Blood is due out in Europe September 4th through Regain Records. You can hear one of their new tracks "Shadow Fear" via the US record label Candlelight Records USA's Myspace page (http://www.myspace.com/candlelightrecordsusa) (Sorry death metal fans, this is bloody awful.)
http://www.vader.pl/gfx/impressions-in-blood.jpg
Screaming Ferret Wreckords will release the new Meliah Rage CD The Deep And Dreamless Sleep on September 12th. You can check out the video for the track "Undefeated"right here. (http://www.meliahrage.com/video/meliahrage_undefeated_broadband.html) (I'll pass on this.)
Rhino Records will release the Jane's Addiction compilation Up From The Catacombs on September 19th. Details and track listing (http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=55414)
The Jack Frost solo album Out In The Cold is due out August 29th from Screaming Ferret Wreckords. Here's the track listing:
01. Wasting Your Luv
02. Hell Or High Water
03. Crucifixation
04. Out In The Cold
05. Sign Of The Gypsy Queen
06. Peter And Me
07. Cold As Ice
08. Covered In Blood
09. Hold On Loosely
10. Passage To The Classical Side
11. Head First
October 10th will bring the release of the new album from The Melvins called A Senile Animal. The CD is being released by Ipecac Recordings.
Crowbar's long out of print 1996 album Broken Glass will be reissued August 7th by Candlelight Records.
Bieler Brothers Records has signed Smile Empty Soul and will release their second album Vultures on October 24th. You can check out the song "Jesus Is The Manager At Wal-Mart" at the record company's Myspace page. (http://www.myspace.com/bielerbros) (Not a bad song, but the title does come across sounding very goofy in the song.)
The new CD from Evanescence is being called The Open Door It's due out October 3rd. You can see a trailer for the CD featuring the track "Lacrymosa" via this Youtube link. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmfEX75xjfk)
The new Into Eternity CD The Scattering Of Ashes is due in the fall from Century Media Records. Here's the really freaking cool cover art!
http://www.centurymedia.com/images/Intoeternity/ScatteringOfAshes.jpg
Ghoultown's new album Bury Them Deep will be released in the early fall by Zoviet Records. Details (http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=55360)
Deadsy's new CD Phantasmagore will be released by Elementree Records August 22nd. News Link (http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=55399)
Abacus Recordings has scheduled the new Planes Mistaken For Stars CD Mercy for an October 3rd release.
The new Godhead album The Shadow Line will be out in the US on August 29th and worldwide on September 4th from Cement Shoes Records. You can check out the video for the song "Trapped In Your Lies" via this link. (http://www.cementshoesrecords.com/godhead/) (Damn, I've never listened to this band before, but this is a kickass song!)
Sanctuary Records will release the classic Venom video The 7th Date Of Hell - Live At The Hammersmith Odeon on DVD. Follow the Link for details (http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=55143)
There are Queensryche live album plans! Here's the scoop! (http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=55050)
Metal Blade Records will release the new God Dethroned album The Toxic Touch in Europe on October 23rd. (Germany, Austria, and Switzerland on October 20th). The track listing is (while no date was announced for release, the Japanese version of the CD will include the bonus track "Bleeding Mirrors."):
01. Faithless
02. Hating Life
03. 2014
04. Falling Down
05. On The Wings Of Pestilence
06. The Day You Died
07. Away From Emptiness
08. Macabre World
09. Typhoid Mary
10. Fail To Exist
The new Eminence album The God Of All Mistakes is due in late 2006 or early 2007.
Locomotive Records will release the new Michael Schenker Group album Tales Of Rock 'N' Roll in North America on August 1st.
AUDIO & VIDEO LINKS OF THE WEEK
Iron Maiden has released the video for the first song from their upcoming new album A Matter Of Life And Death. It's the song "The Reincarnation Of Benjamin Breeg" and you can see the video online here! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNttRSMqOe0) Learn more about the song at http://www.benjaminbreeg.co.uk
You can check out three new Eternity Black songs ("Angel Into Pandemonium," "Fall," and "Death Becomes You") HERE. (http://www.eternityblack.com/audio.html) (Not really my cup of tea, but in general the music sounds decent.)
Here's five audio samples from the new CD Enter The Gate from the band Narnia. (I wasn't overly impressed.)
Into The Game (http://www.melodicrock.com/audio/Narnia01.mp3)
People Of The Bloodred Cross (http://www.melodicrock.com/audio/Narnia02.mp3)
Another World (http://www.melodicrock.com/audio/Narnia03.mp3)
Show All The World (http://www.melodicrock.com/audio/Narnia04.mp3)
Enter The Gate (http://www.melodicrock.com/audio/Narnia05.mp3)
http://www.melodicrock.com/narnia-enterthegate.jpg
Check out these four samples of the new Axel Rudi Pell CD Mystica. (I found these to be uniformly excellent. I am very interested in hearing the finished CD.
Fly To The Moon (http://www.melodicrock.com/audio/AxelRudiPell02.mp3)
Valley Of Sin (http://www.melodicrock.com/audio/AxelRudiPell04.mp3)
Living A Lie (http://www.melodicrock.com/audio/AxelRudiPell05.mp3)
No Chance To Live (http://www.melodicrock.com/audio/AxelRudiPell06.mp3)
Here's five samples from the self titled CD from the band Big Cock. (For a band with a stupid name, the music is really good.)
Fucked Up (http://www.melodicrock.com/audio/BigCock02.mp3)
Real Man (http://www.melodicrock.com/audio/BigCock03.mp3)
Ride On Me (http://www.melodicrock.com/audio/BigCock04.mp3)
Rock Hard (http://www.melodicrock.com/audio/BigCock05.mp3)
She's A Lady (http://www.melodicrock.com/audio/BigCock06.mp3)
Here's a Real Media video link (http://www.eighteenvisions.com/video/EighteenVisions_Victim_VidFull.ram) for the Eighteen Visions song "Victim."
Leatherwolf has a new CD out called World Asylum. Here's 3 samples to check out, and they are pretty solid tracks.
King Of The Ward (http://www.melodicrock.com/audio/Leatherwolf02.mp3)
Live Or Die (http://www.melodicrock.com/audio/Leatherwolf04.mp3)
Disconnect (http://www.melodicrock.com/audio/Leatherwolf05.mp3)
Here's the Quicktime video link (http://www.sevendust.info/video/sevendust_pieces_hi.mov) for the Sevendust song "Pieces."
SONG SPOTLIGHT OF THE WEEK - Jon Oliva's Pain has posted two new songs ("Through The Eyes Of The King" and "Playing God") on the band's Myspace page. (http://www.myspace.com/jonoliva) The songs are frelling awesome!
CD & DVD NEWS OF THE WEEK PART I
Faster Pussycat released a brand new album on July 13th called The Power and the Gloryhole. It was released through Full Effect Records. If you go to the band's new official site http://www.powerandthegloryhole.com, you can hear the first single from the album "#1 With A Bullet." (Special Thanks goes out to howyadoin for pointing me to this information.)
The new Speed\Kill/Hate album No Remorse, No Regrets is due from Escapi Records in the fall.
The new Megadeth album is due out on Halloween. It features 11 songs, plus one bonus track for the Japanese version of the disc. It's being called United Abominations.
A live CD from the band singer Jon Corabi was in before bolting to join Motley Crue, The Scream is due out soon. It's being called The Scream Live - The Official Bootleg. Details (http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=55106)
There's some more music from King's X guitarist Ty Tabor headed our way. Click here (http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=55142) for more information on the CD Home School (The Demos* Volume 1).
The 24-7 Spyz albums This Is...24-7 SPYZ and Strength In Numbers are being reissued. Click here (http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=55304) for more details on the reissues and the band.
The new Black Label Society CD Shot To Hell is due out from Roadrunner Records on September 19th. The track listing is:
01. Concrete Jungle
02. Black Mass Reverends
03. Blacked Out World
04. The Last Goodbye
05. Give Yourself To Me
06. Nothing's The Same
07. Hell Is High
08. New Religion
09. Sick Of It All
10. Faith Is Blind
11. Blood Is Thicker Than Water
12. Devil's Dime
13. Lead Me To Your Door
The DVD Clearing The Eye from the group Isis is due September 26th via Ipecac Recordings.
Though no title has been announced yet, there is a new Slipknot DVD due out on Halloween.
Brand New Sin has new CD due out October 3rd via Century Media Records called Tequila.
The new Vader CD Impressions In Blood is due out in Europe September 4th through Regain Records. You can hear one of their new tracks "Shadow Fear" via the US record label Candlelight Records USA's Myspace page (http://www.myspace.com/candlelightrecordsusa) (Sorry death metal fans, this is bloody awful.)
http://www.vader.pl/gfx/impressions-in-blood.jpg
Screaming Ferret Wreckords will release the new Meliah Rage CD The Deep And Dreamless Sleep on September 12th. You can check out the video for the track "Undefeated"right here. (http://www.meliahrage.com/video/meliahrage_undefeated_broadband.html) (I'll pass on this.)
Rhino Records will release the Jane's Addiction compilation Up From The Catacombs on September 19th. Details and track listing (http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=55414)
The Jack Frost solo album Out In The Cold is due out August 29th from Screaming Ferret Wreckords. Here's the track listing:
01. Wasting Your Luv
02. Hell Or High Water
03. Crucifixation
04. Out In The Cold
05. Sign Of The Gypsy Queen
06. Peter And Me
07. Cold As Ice
08. Covered In Blood
09. Hold On Loosely
10. Passage To The Classical Side
11. Head First
October 10th will bring the release of the new album from The Melvins called A Senile Animal. The CD is being released by Ipecac Recordings.
Crowbar's long out of print 1996 album Broken Glass will be reissued August 7th by Candlelight Records.
Bieler Brothers Records has signed Smile Empty Soul and will release their second album Vultures on October 24th. You can check out the song "Jesus Is The Manager At Wal-Mart" at the record company's Myspace page. (http://www.myspace.com/bielerbros) (Not a bad song, but the title does come across sounding very goofy in the song.)
The new CD from Evanescence is being called The Open Door It's due out October 3rd. You can see a trailer for the CD featuring the track "Lacrymosa" via this Youtube link. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmfEX75xjfk)
The new Into Eternity CD The Scattering Of Ashes is due in the fall from Century Media Records. Here's the really freaking cool cover art!
http://www.centurymedia.com/images/Intoeternity/ScatteringOfAshes.jpg
Ghoultown's new album Bury Them Deep will be released in the early fall by Zoviet Records. Details (http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=55360)
Deadsy's new CD Phantasmagore will be released by Elementree Records August 22nd. News Link (http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=55399)
Abacus Recordings has scheduled the new Planes Mistaken For Stars CD Mercy for an October 3rd release.
The new Godhead album The Shadow Line will be out in the US on August 29th and worldwide on September 4th from Cement Shoes Records. You can check out the video for the song "Trapped In Your Lies" via this link. (http://www.cementshoesrecords.com/godhead/) (Damn, I've never listened to this band before, but this is a kickass song!)
Sanctuary Records will release the classic Venom video The 7th Date Of Hell - Live At The Hammersmith Odeon on DVD. Follow the Link for details (http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=55143)
There are Queensryche live album plans! Here's the scoop! (http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=55050)
Metal Blade Records will release the new God Dethroned album The Toxic Touch in Europe on October 23rd. (Germany, Austria, and Switzerland on October 20th). The track listing is (while no date was announced for release, the Japanese version of the CD will include the bonus track "Bleeding Mirrors."):
01. Faithless
02. Hating Life
03. 2014
04. Falling Down
05. On The Wings Of Pestilence
06. The Day You Died
07. Away From Emptiness
08. Macabre World
09. Typhoid Mary
10. Fail To Exist
The new Eminence album The God Of All Mistakes is due in late 2006 or early 2007.
Locomotive Records will release the new Michael Schenker Group album Tales Of Rock 'N' Roll in North America on August 1st.