Arch Enemy is on the verge of releasing their 9th studio album Khaos Legions!

Drummer Daniel Erlandsson comments on the album:

We had a very inspiring and creative time writing this album. I think this is definitely evident when listening to the new songs. There’s tons of variation in the material, ranging all the way from very melodic to extremely heavy. As you can expect there’s no shortage of killer riffs and intricate guitar work; the Amott brothers [Michael and Chris] have come up with some very cool yet demanding ideas! This album has some of the fastest songs I’ve ever recorded, along with a bunch of heavy pounding mid-tempo songs. As always, it’s difficult to describe music in words, but rest assured — this album will be one heavy f!*ker!

Khaos Legions will be out on June 7 (May 30th in Europe) but is available for pre-order now with a handful of options.

The album’s track listing is below:

01. Khaos Overture (instrumental)
02. Yesterday Is Dead And Gone
03. Bloodstained Cross
04. Under Black Flags We March
05. No Gods, No Masters
06. City Of The Dead
07. Through The Eyes Of A Raven
08. Cruelty Without Beauty
09. We Are A Godless Entity (instrumental)
10. Cult Of Chaos
11. Thorns In My Flesh
12. Turn To Dust (instrumental)
13. Vengeance Is Mine
14. Secrets
15. The Zoo
16. Snow Bound (acoustic)

Get even a better of the album from a Khaos Legions Showcase Documentary:

Man Man has planned an extensive nation-wide tour in support of their anticipated new album Life Fantastic due out May 10th (currently available for pre-order). The first single from the album entitled “Knuckle Down” is now available for purchase digitally at iTunes and Amazon. Get it and try to convince yourself you aren’t excited for the new release…because you can’t!

This spring’s tour dates:

04.27 Charlottesville, VA Jefferson Theatre
04.28 Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle
04.29 Charlotte, NC Visulite Theatre
04.30 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse
05.01 Birmingham, AL The Bottletree
05.02 New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jacks
05.03 Houston, TX Fitzgeralds Upstairs
05.05 Austin, TX Emo’s – Outside
05.06 Dallas, TX Sons of Hermann Hall
05.07 Oklahoma City, OK Academy of Contemporary Music
05.09 Albuquerque, NM Launchpad
05.10 Tempe, AZ The Clubhouse
05.11 San Diego, CA The Casbah
05.13 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre
05.14 San Francisco, CA Bimbo’s
05.16 Seattle, WA Neumos
05.17 Vancouver, BC Rickshaw Theatre
05.18 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
05.20 Salt Lake City, UT In The Venue
05.21 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater
05.22 Omaha, NE Slowdown
05.23 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
05.24 Chicago, IL Metro
05.25 Pontiac, MI Eagle Theatre
05.26 Toronto, ON Lee’s Palace
05.27 Montréal, QC Cabaret du Mile-End
05.28 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
05.29 Danbury, CT Bring Our Music Back Fest (BOMB Fest)
05.31 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg
06.01 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg
06.03 Washington, DC Black Cat
06.04 Philadelphia, PA The Roots Picnic - Festival Pier
06.11 Manchester, TN, Bonnaroo Music Festival

Vans music is expanding by the day! We’re stoked to welcome Between The Buried and Me to our roster of bands- and just in time, too. The band is soon hitting the road for a headline tour and releasing The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues on April 12th. The conceptual effort is a 3-song, 30 minute story connected by 2 humans living millions of light years apart. If that doesn’t make you want to check it out, I don’t know what else will! You can hear a sample of from one of the songs below:

Between the Buried and Me “Specular Reflection” (Sample) by Metal Blade Records

The album is currently available for pre-order until it’s April release.

           

And don’t forget to enjoy the guys this spring!

04/15 Farmingdale, NY – The Crazy Donkey
04/16 Worcester, MA – The Palladium
04/17 Lancaster, PA – Chameleon Club
04/18 Pittsburgh, PA – Altar Bar
04/19 Williamsville, NY – Club Infinity
04/20 Montreal, QC – Le National
04/21 Toronto, ON – Opera House
04/22 Toledo, OH – Headliners
04/23 Pontiac, MI – The Crofoot Ballroom
04/25 Milwaukee, WI – Eagles Ballroom
04/26 Lawrence, KS – Granada
04/27 Denver, CO – Summit Music Hall
04/29 Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theatre
04/30 Seattle, WA – El Corazon
05/01 Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre
05/03 Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades
05/04 San Francisco, CA – Slim’s
05/05 Pomona, CA – Glasshouse Music Hall
05/06 San Diego, CA – Soma
05/07 Mesa, AZ – Nile Theatre
05/09 Dallas, TX – The Door
05/10 Tulsa, OK – The Marquee
05/11 Memphis, TN – New Daisy Theatre
05/12 Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
05/13 Nashville, TN – Rockettown
05/14 Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel

Darkest Hour’s new album The Human Romance is now available for pre-order until the February 17th release. There are 5 different packages offered in the DH store, some with limited edition items like a key bottle opener. All the options are listed here. European pre-orders have a different package available.

    

Package A) CD only

Package B) CD & exclusive tee

Package C) CD, exclusive tee, iPod/iPhone skin, “key” bottle opener keychain & 11”x17” poster

Package D) CD, exclusive zip-up hoodie, iPod/iPhone skin, “key” bottle opener keychain & 11”x17” poster

Package E) CD, exclusive tee, exclusive zip-up hoodie, iPod/iPhone skin, “key” bottle opener keychain & 11”x17” poster

    

The Death Set debuted their latest music video for “Slap Slap Slap Pound Up Down Snap” earlier this week. Answer me this: Who doesn’t like a double-headed tiger setting stuff on fire while driving a moving truck?

The track is the first single from Michel Poiccard. It’s available for download now while the rest of the album can be pre-ordered. Just check out the video and the song because they are both awesome. You can also get brought up to speed with the prequel instructional video from last week.

1. Already Gone
2. Sick, Sick, Sick
3. Mona Lisa
4. Its Not A Bad Little War
5. Sinking and Swimming on Long Island
6. Seeing Sound
7. The Wrong Way
8. On Love, On Life
9. The New Flesh
10. Killing Time

Give the first single “Already Gone” a listen:



The album is available for pre-order now for a measly $10- and it includes $5 off towards a limited run 7” with an exclusive track of “Sick, Sick, Sick” (acoustic) and “Already Gone.” That makes it half price…and that makes me pretty happy.

You do know what Hourglass is, correct? Lamb of God’s anthologies? Out on June 1st? Well now the time has come to get your pre-orders in for one of, and I kid you not, 7 different package offers with prices ranging from $10.99 to $999.99.

             

You read correctly- $1000. I’ll let drummer Chris Alder explain the crazy amount of stuff that get’s you:

I understand that if you are the biggest Lamb of God fan maaaay not be able to splurge on the Super Deluxe Edition, so take a look at all the packages the band has to offer:

Hourglass: Vol 1 - The Underground Years
13 of the most choice Lamb of God songs from their early years. Culled from their first album Burn The Priest , their debut as Lamb of God , New American Gospel , and the album that put them on the map, As The Palaces Burn .

Hourglass: Vol 2 - The Epic Years
13 of the most choice Lamb of God songs from their career on Epic Records to this point. Both Grammy nominated songs “Redneck” and “Set To Fail” are surrounded by fan favorite anthems and crushing riffs from Ashes Of The Wake to Sacrament to 2009’s #2 debut Wrath .

Hourglass: The 3 CD Anthology
The ultimate Lamb of God retrospective. 44 tracks on 3 CDs. Vol 1 and 2 join Vol 3 containing 18 rare or never heard before songs. Included are Japanese issued bonus tracks, multiple rehearsal demos, along side the 8 songs recorded prior to Burn The Priest .

Hourglass: The Vinyl Box Set
All 6 Lamb of God Studio albums for the first time on 180 Gram vinyl in a Linen-wrapped collectors box. Includes Burn The Priest , New American Gospel , As The Palaces Burn , Ashes of the Wake , Sacrament , and Wrath .

Hourglass: The USB Box Set
All 6 Lamb of God studio albums on individual USB drives in a cigarette box shaped collectors package. Includes Burn The Priest , New American Gospel , As The Palaces Burn , Ashes of the Wake , Sacrament , and Wrath .

Hourglass: The Deluxe Set
The collectors set including The 3 CD Anthology, The Vinyl Box set, The USB Box Set, and a Linen bound 144 page book of the art of Lamb of God as created by K3n Adams including designs for tour passes, albums, t-shirts, and his commentary on them.

Hourglass: The Super Deluxe Set
The limited edition definitive collectors set including The 3 CD Anthology, The Vinyl Box Set, The USB set, the Book, a Mark Morton Signature Series Jackson Dominion D2, A 4’x6’ Pure American metal Flag, an Hourglass sticker, and a signed 8x10 in a personalized Lamb of God Coffin Case.

The time has come, the Walrus said, to talk of many things
Of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings
And why the sea is boiling
And whether you have been insane and not pre-ordered this album yet because it rules

(That’s how it actually is supposed to go)

                

Trash Talk’s latest release Eyes & Nines is finally available for pre-order- and you have 5 different packages to choose from.

You can grab a CD + Digital Download, a Digital Download only, a 12” vinyl + Digital Download or, and get this, vinyl set with 4 records (limited to 100 pressings). The 5th option? You can add a shirt to any order for only $10. Oh yes- they went there. Plus all orders come with an immediate download of the video and mp3 of “Explode.”

So pre-order. It’s not really a request, but more that I’m telling you to do so. Not so sure what you are waiting for. Maybe you’d like to have a taste of what you’ll be getting? Look no further: