Golden Tanks have had a rollercoaster year, following making it to the finals of the Red Bull Bedroom Jam, only to have their drummer fall ill with meningitis and subsequently, 2 members leave. However, their EP was self-released yesterday for free download on their bandcamp (http://goldentanks.bandcamp.com/).What can you expect? A fast paced assault of bruising riffery and unrelenting energy that evokes the fist pumping, neck wrenching energy of Cancer Bats and The Bronx.
Metal juggernauts DEMON HUNTER are excited to announce their summer tour plans just a few short weeks after the impressive debut of their mammoth new album, True Defiance.
European Tour with DEADLOCK, NIGHTRAGE and INSENSE:
April 30 Kouvola, Finland @ Vappugospel *
May 1 Stuttgart, Germany @ Universum
May 2 Luzern, Switzerland @ Schüür
May 3 Bochum, Germany @ Matrix
May 4 Brussels, Belgium @ Magasin 4
May 5 London, UK @ O2 Islington Academy2
* Just DEMON HUNTER
SCREAM THE PRAYER (Headlining Following Dates):
June 22 - Nashville PA @ Rockettown
June 23 - Douglasville, GA @ The 7 Venue
June 24 - Jacksonville FL @ Murray Hill Tavern
June 26 - Charlotte NC @ Amos Southend
June 27 - Richmond VA @ Kingdom
June 28 - Baltimore MD @ Sonar
June 29 - Shirleysburg PA @ Creationfest Northeast
June 30 - Dayton OH @ The Attic Club
July 1 - Joliet IL @ Mojoe’s
THE TRUE DEFIANCE TOUR:
July 26 - Portland OR @ Hawthorne Theater
July 27 - Sacramento CA @ Ace of Spades
July 28 - SoCal @ TBD
July 29 - Phoenix AZ @ Marquee
July 30 - Albequerque NM @ Sunshine Theater
July 31 - Dallas TX @ The Door
Aug 1 - Houston TX @ Warehouse
Aug 2 - Midland TX @ Rock The Desert
Aug 3 - Denver CA @ Summit
Aug 4 - Salt Lake City UT @ Complex
Aug 5 - Boise ID @ Knitting Factory
Horns up Austin! Get ready for some skull crushing metal and hardcore because All In Merchis on as a featured presenter to make sure that everyone at the music festival gets to experience the heavier side of things. Jesse Brust, owner of All In Merch, is a major partner with New England Metal And Hardcore Festival and wanted to help bring this music and lifestyle to Texas. “If it wasn’t for All In Merch there would be no way we could have put this together”, says Scott Lee - the event co-founder. “Jesse made his first trip out to Austin last year and knew it was important to team up this year because this type of music inspires his company and his life. He wants others to have free access to these bands in hopes that it inspires them to support their hometown scene and continue to make it grow.”
This is THE not to be missed day party. Why? Well, besides being free to anyone (no badge needed) - this is the show where fans scream the loudest and rage the hardest. If you thought 2011 was a blast, then this time around it’s going to be on a whole different level. A day packed with non-stop metal and hardcore. Let the madness begin!
About All In Merch: The company was founded in 2006 and is the retail home of the finest metal and hardcore bands. Please check out allinmerch.com, twitter.com/allinmerchand facebook.com/AllInMerchandise.
Can’t be there in person? Keep up with our adventures next week via our facebook and twitter (links below) as we report live (yes with video, pics and updates) from Texas starting Tuesday March 13th with all the behind the scenes craziness with bands, staff and All In Merch who made this FREE day party possible.
In addition to All In Merch, other sponsors this year include MI Annex, Iron Fist Clothing, Sound Rink, Break Thru Music, MassConcerts, Plug Your Holes, Green Vans, Century Media Records, Prosthetic Records, Mediaskare Records, Metal Blade Records, Blk Heart Group, Facedown Records, Solid State Records and Rock And Shock Horror & Music Convention.
MI ANNEX presents New England Metal And Hardcore Festival Does Austin 2012
presented by ALL IN MERCH
MI ANNEX
FRIDAY MARCH 16 @NOON - Free Show / All Ages
522 E. 6th St - Austin, TX 78701
(corner of Red River & 6th)
IWRESTLEDABEARONCE 5:05-5:35
HOLY GRAIL 4:35-4:55
LIONHEART 4:05-4:25
CANCER BATS 3:35-3:55
VOLUMES 3:05-3:25
MOLOTOV SOLUTION 2:35-2:55
GIDEON 2:05-2:25
BETRAYAL 1:35-1:55
TO EACH HIS OWN 1:05 -1:25
TO SPEAK OF WOLVES 12:35-12:55
SURROUNDED BY MONSTERS 12:05-12:25
Cancer Bats will release Dead Set On Living in North America on April 24 via Metal Blade Records.
Tracklisting
1. R.A.T.S
2. Bricks and Mortar
3. Road Sick
4. Breathe Armageddon
5. Dead Set On Living
6. The Void
7. Old Blood
8. Drunken Physics
9. Bastards
10. Rally The Wicked
11. New World Alliance
Thomas, the guitarist of Stray From The Path (one of the best hardcore bands on the scene) talked with Kill The Music to discuss their new music video, his view on the current music scene, and his thoughts on Warped Tour.
You guys just filmed a music video; any hints as to what song it is? Is it one of the three songs with guest vocalists?
Tom: It is one of the 3 songs on the record that has a guest appearance, and yes they will be in the video. That’s all I’ll say!
What is your opinion on the current state of the music scene?
That’s a difficult question. I usually judge it by “am I mad all the time or stoked?” lately I’m stoked. This week alone lots of great records coming out, lots of great tour packages together and I didn’t re-new my alternative press subscription, so I’m not as angry. A lot of people have bought our new record, more than we expected, so I’m stoked on music and the people.
Growing up, how was the scene back home in Long Island?
Growing Up? Phenomenal. Local bands would sell out shows, and the bands were so good. Any tours that came into town were in small clubs….I saw Norma Jean, Bleeding Through and Every Time I Die in a fucking garage. I saw American Nightmare and Poison the Well in a cafe! Shit ruled…but it is coming back, for awhile long island was AWFUL, but now it’s really great.
Would you guys play Warped Tour if you got offered a spot even though you’d be out of your element surrounded by bands like the ones in iMember?
We are trying very hard to get Warped Tour. The kids that like these bands, like them because the scene that they know are the Warped Tour bands. We want to infiltrate and show kids that there is more out there than characters, gimmicks and Black Veil Brides. Our element is where the people are, we want to tour with everything, from underoath to terror, we have no restrictions, just as long as we feel we have a purpose on the stage.
Who are a few bands that you feel everyone should be listening and/or not listening to right now? Like say, the bands you call out in iMember…
Should be? Structures new record is amazing, Counterparts new record is amazing, Backtrack, Close your Eyes, Sights and Sounds, The Contortionist.
Shouldn’t? Do I have enough space? Haha..no there is a fine line between calling out and shit talking…and shit talking is juvenile….so I’ll leave it at that. You know the bands that suck, fake, weak, full of gimmicks, characters…it’s endless. But one thing we want to avoid is judging the people that actually enjoy that music. We aren’t elitists, and it would make us dick suckers to make fun of someone because of what they listen too. We just want to open their eyes and ears and show them our opinion that they are being deceived, lied to, and in a sense…stolen from. A lot of our fans listen to Asking Alexandria or Attack Attack just as much as Deftones or terror….last thing we want is to make them feel like we are making fun of them.
Is iMember aimed at any bands on your record label? (Sumerian)
The song was not aimed at anybody specific…not even Attack Attack. We used that clip because it is evidence that these people in these bands don’t have a single clue of what this scene is about. The bands are everywhere .
