Swedish tech-death destroyers Volturyon have been confirmed to take part in the Eastern Death Infernal Tour 2011 with Demonical. The tour will run from October 26th to November 12th, focusing mainly on Baltic and Eastern European territories. Shows in Warsaw, Budapest, Bucharest and Berlin have been booked with the rest of the dates to be confirmed soon. Additional support will come from Hungary’s Slytract.
Winnipeg-based bruisers Annex Theory are gearing up for a ten-date assault that will see the band storm across the Canadian countryside with progressive death metallers Laika in support of their recently-released digital EP Beneath The Skin. When asked about the upcoming outing, guitarist/vocalist Sam Jacobs had the following to say.
Music Theories, a division of the Mascot Label Group, has announced a September 27 release date for Derek Sherinian’s Oceana. Recognized by many as the premiere rock keyboardist of his generation, Sherinian has performed for millions via the vehicles of Black Country Communion (of which he is a current member alongside Glenn Hughes, Jason Bonham, Joe Bonamassa), Dream Theater, Alice Cooper, Buddy Miles, and as an off-stage performer accompanying KISS.
Alabama’s Grave Ritual have been added to the lineup for this year’s Gathering of the Bestial Legion at The Proud Bird in Los Angeles, CA on August 27th. Grave Ritual will join legends like Incantation and Autopsy, Dark Descent Records labelmates Goreaphobia and several others for one of the most extreme death metal shows 2011 has seen thus far.
On August 23rd, 2011 Portland deathrockers Atriarch will release their debut album, Forever the End, on vinyl and digital formats via Seventh Rule Recordings. still over a month away from it’s official release, this four-song opus is already catching the attention of some very recognizable ears with Buzz Osborne of The Melvins and Decibel Magazine both offering endorsements.
The putrid and unsettling atmosphere of early Swedish death metal is set to be exhumed! The mighty Deathgasm Records has scheduled September 6th as the date on which MORDBRAND’s Necropsychotic will be culled from a shallow grave. Featuring GOD MACABRE vocalist P. Boder, the six-song MCD embodies the true spirit of the old days with unrelenting hymns to the rotten!
They say “everything’s bigger in Texas” – this summer, the infamous saying couldn’t hold more truth. Coming together in the southern state, The ALL STARS Tour and SCREAM THE PRAYER Tour are combining into one ultimate concert event by putting on three days of absolute rock mayhem in what may actually be the biggest thing to hit Texas.
