Sepultura have made two new tracks, “The Treatment” and “We’ve Lost You” available to stream online here. Both the cuts are taken from the bands upcoming new “A-Lex“, which is set for release on January 27 through SPV.
Dredg have posted yet another episode in its ongoing “Leaflet” studio documentary series online here. The bands still anticipates its new album to arrive in stores on March 24.
Primer 55 are set to enter a Des Moines, Iowa studio on January 1 to start recording its new album. The band has also lined up the following stint shows to prepare for the new record:
December 04th Waco, TX - Whisky River
December 05th Harker Heights, TX - The Vault
December 08th San Antonio, TX - The White Rabbit
December 09th Baton Rouge, LA - Northgate Tavern
December 10th Gainesville, FL - Backstage Lounge
December 11th St. Petersburg, FL - State Theater
December 13th Jacksonville, FL - The Pit
December 15th Charlotte, NC - Amos’ Southend
December 16th Fayetteville, NC - The Rock Shop
December 17th Murfreesboro, NC - Zakk’s
December 18th Lexington, KY - Main Street Live
December 19th Milwaukee, WI - The Rave
December 20th Mokena, IL - The Pearl Room
December 21st Neenah, WI - Revolutions Ballroom
December 22nd Geneva, WI - Foley’s Lake
January 09th Sandusky, OH - The Underground
January 10th Detroit, MI - I Rock Nightclub
January 16th LaSalle, IL - 9th Street Pub
January 17th Des Moines, IA - Hull Avenue Tavern
January 18th Salina, KS - The Blue Goat
Chimaira vocalist Mark Hunter has checked in with an update regarding the progress of vocal tracking and his overall lyrical direction, which can be read bellow:
“I hope our friends in the US and A had a good holiday. I spent the night tracking. I am a little behind schedule but there is good reason. I haven’t really spoken much about the lyrics and songs and themes for this record so I figured I’d let you in on a couple things.
“I intentionally came into the studio without one lyric or vocal idea. The majority of the songs written for this record were written on the fly by us jamming in the bus. Two hours later we had a song. After touring we continued that spontaneous style of writing and it was an amazing feeling feeding off of each others ideas and just seeing where the riffs would take us. I feel this is Chimaira in its purest and most vulnerable form.
“I felt that I wanted to harness that same raw talent on the microphone as well. I basically freestyle over a song, find patterns I like or words I might say and then build from there. I construct the lyrics and then go in to track it. After that I sit on it for a day, and then come back and fix things here and there.
“I’ve done this method in the past with songs like ‘Power Trip’, ‘Severed’, ‘Paralyzed’, ‘Down Again’, ‘Pure Hatred’, etc. so it’s not a new thing for me. But to do an entire record like this, that’s a first.
“I have four songs left at this point and I wish I had more. This is the most fun I’ve had doing vocals for a record ever.
“I also wanted to talk about how cool Chris’ [Spicuzza; electronics] samples are coming out. He is taking these songs to another level. He has always been able to do that with our songs, but this time around he is really prominent and some of his parts carry parts of the song rather than just adding a layer. We even have one song where it’s just him and I for a couple of parts. It’s definitely different and exciting.”
The band will release its new album on April 21 through Ferret Music.
Nonpoint recently performed an in studio acoustic set featuring its songs “March Of War,” “Endure” and “Bullet With A Name,” which can be viewed here.
Live footage from Metallica’s November 8 concert in Moline, Illinois has surfaced online and can be viewed here. The clip includes footage of the “Blackened” backstage jam session and the “Wherever I May Roam” performance.
Five Finger Death Punch vocalist Ivan Moody recently sat down for an interview with Alexandra Fernau of Access Unlimited-TV just before the bands September 30 headlining show in Colorado Springs, Colorado, which can be viewed here.