CROWBAR’s new album SEVER THE WICKED HAND sold 3.7k copies in its first week in stores making it the biggest first week of sales in their twenty year career. The record fared well on Billboards various charts as well: #4 Heatseekers #22 Independent # 16 on Hard Rock Chart #58 on Canadian Soundscan Indie Chart #59 on Canadian Soundscan Hard Music Chart Kirk Windstein offers his comment. “A huge thanks to all of the CROWBAR fans who bought SEVER THE WICKED HAND this week! This was by far the biggest first week we’ve ever had! Equally big thanks to all at eOne, Jamey Jasta and Steve Ross for believing in us. Let’s keep it up, spread the word and stay HEAVY!” The band is getting ready to kick off the inaugural...
The face of black metal as we know it is set to change today (2.15.2011) as Nordvis Produktion unleashes the melancholic majesty that is Towards The Shores Of The End upon the world. Featuring two of today’s most compelling acts in UK’s FEN and Sweden’s DE ARMA, this split promises to deliver some of the most cerebral and darkly emotive music set to tape.
THE HUMAN ABSTRACT will be releasing their next full length entitled “Digital Veil” on March 8, 2011 via eOne Music. Preorders are now live at MerchNOW [], offering numerous added incentives not offered in stores. The track listing and cover can be seen below. 1. Elegiac 2. Complex Terms 3. Digital Veil 4. Faust 5. Antebellum 6. Holographic Sight 7. Horizon To Zenith 8. Patterns The band will be part of the Atticus Metal III tour with Darkest Hour, Born Of Osiris, As Blood Runs Black and more running from February 25-March 27. Dates can be found below. Visit http://www.facebook.com/atticusmetaltour for more info. 2/25-Washington, DC @ 930 Club (Darkest...
Ten tracks of aggressive, yet technical Swedish death metal with thrash elements. That’s what VOLTURYON’s Coordinated Mutilation is all about. What more could you possibly want than one well written song after the next with cool riffs, solos, intensely growled vocals and a tight rhythm section. Coordinated Mutilation will be released on February 25th via United Guttural Records.