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Hello, what’s up UK!! I am really happy to announce this short message for all DECAPITATED fans: As you all know, 2 years after the tragedies we had to suffer, I decided to continue the band. There’s no sense in stopping this amazing thing we built up so many years ago together with Witek, Sauron, Martin and Covan. We chose to do our first tour in the UK because we have only good memories from this place and we are sure that you guys will support us… we need you!! I am very pleased to announce the new killer line-up of DECAPITATED: Kerim “Krimh“ Lechner on Drums – he’s a new blood, very talented and used to play in bands like THORNS OF IVY and TONE INTIMACY, amazing Rafał Piotrowski comes from bands like KETHA and FORGOTTEN SOULS and will take over vocal duties, where masterous Filip “Heinrich” Hałucha from VESENIA, ROOTWATER, UNSUN and MASACHIST will be destroying the bass! See you all soon! We honestly can’t wait! Vogg / DECAPITATED

“Wow, first let me start off saying how amazed I am at the generosity of all the friends and artists who have come forward for this auction. We, Deftones are so very grateful to all for your donations and time you’ve put into making this a success. I myself had no idea it would be this big. Just goes to show how many good friends and good will Chi has made over the last 20 years, just being the good dude he is. If you were lucky enough to befriend Chi over the last couple decades you would know that there is not a more kind, or more giving person. It’s so great to see it all coming back around for him. I really want to thank everyone that has kept him in their thoughts, prayers, and kept all the positive energy and love flowing his way. I truly believe he will return to us one day when he is good and rested with a great story to tell in his off the wall Cheng sense of humor. Chi is one tuff “MF” and if anyone can make it through this, it’s gonna be him. Chi, I miss you and love you and so does the world. Hope to see you soon.”

“Thank you all from the bottom of our hearts.”

“What's good dwellers of the Lazarus legion?!? Giving you a quick update from the road on our last-second venture with Ensiferum and Blackguard. Shit has been pretty awesome thus far. We left late Friday night, after the guys went and saw Job for a Cowboy, Gwar, and LoG in our hometown, the show was pretty fucking sick, headed off to Allentown, PA where the infamous Croc Rock pizza awaited…it wasn't so hot haha! We really had no idea what to expect as this tour as it's a little bit different genre-wise. It's been hit or miss, but for the most part I think it's getting through. Hopefully Peter and Alexi can get into the country asap so Hypocrisy can start tearing it up every night as well! The second night we played at Volume 11 in Raleigh, NC…and we have a little history there. As our previous three visits we laid a goose egg on merch every time, this time through, we finally got some good merch sales and had some very generous friends smoke us out, which meant our perception of Volume 11 did a huge 180! We grilled out that night with the guys from Blackguard (totally awesome brothers and an amazing band, definitely check them out!) shared a bottle of Jay-mo and woke to the sound of angry businessmen telling us to move our vehicle from their parking lot. We obviously denied the mess of beer cans strewn about the outside of the bus haha, but hey, I didn't know anything about that!! After Atlanta we drove straight to Jacksonville, FL where some friends of ours reside, just dodging Ida on the way, very lucky there, our bus and trailer don't mix with tropical storms. Our show was cancelled in Ft. Lauderdale which totally blew cuz we all were really looking forward to heading to the beach down south. SO, we made up for it and spent the day at Universal Studios, and needless to say, it was fucking awesome. Most of us had never been there before and it's easily one of the most fun parks I've ever been to. It was a pretty cloudy day so NOBODY was there; we went on everything multiple times through. We shared some drinks and lunch at the Hard Rock (we saw Dime's Crown Royal Guitar and Vinnie's full Pearl set used at the show where Dime was shot, pretty intense shit). Met up with the guys from Blackguard and hit some coasters with them. We grabbed a hotel and passed the fuck out as I had been up for 36 hours straight ensuring we could make this awesome day happen in time. Last night was Orlando, FUCK downtown Orlando parking. We had to park a mile away after we unloaded, after we played had to come back again, and then there was some confusion with payment as we were playing this Anti Pop festival, which had a million shows going on, the city was fucking packed, so we sat double parked on a one way street in front of the venue until payment was received haha…and it was. Long drive ahead to Texas and then to CALI!! Can't fucking wait, I'll be throwing some more updates at ya next week, until then spread the word that we are on “The Tour from Afar” with Ensiferum, Hypocrisy, and Blackguard, then hopping on with Vader and Warbringer for a couple weeks, see all you fucks on the road!!! Oh and there's a video coming soon of what we do most while on the road…COD…constantly haha! Light em up and drink em down!”

Nov. 20 Antwerp, Belgium Trix Zaal
Nov. 21 Weisbaden, Germany Schlachthof
Nov. 23 Dortmund, Germany FZW
Nov. 24 Prague, Czech Rep. Lucerna
Nov. 25 Warsaw, Poland Stodola
Nov. 27 Budapest, Hungary Petofi Csarnok
Nov. 29 Vienna, Austria Gasometer
Nov. 30 Munich, Germany Thearterfabrick
Dec. 2 Milan, Italy Alcatraz
Dec. 3 Fribourg, Switzerland Fri-Son
Dec. 4 Paris, France Bataclan
Dec. 6 Nottingham, UK Rock City
Dec. 7 London, UK Brixton Academy
Dec. 11 Las Vegas, NV The Joint (KXTE radio show)
Dec. 12 Los Angeles, CA Gibson Amphitheatre (KROQ Acoustic Xmas)
Feb. 2 Vancouver, BC Orpheum Theatre
Feb. 4 Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre
Feb. 6 Salem, OR Salem Armory
Feb. 11 Oakland, CA Fox Theatre
Feb. 17 Phoenix, AZ Dodge Theatre
Feb. 19 Denver, CO Fillmore
Feb. 21 Kansas City, MO Midland
Feb. 22 St. Louis, MO Pageant
Feb. 23 Louisville, KY Louisville Palace
Feb. 25 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle
Feb. 27 Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues
Mar 1 Nashville, TN Municipal Auditorium
Mar 2 Charlotte, NC Fillmore
Mar 3 Washington, DC DAR Constitution Hall
Mar 5 Richmond, VA The National
Mar 6 Mashantucket, CT Foxwoods
Mar 8 New York, NY Terminal 5
Mar 12 Atlantic, City, NJ Borgata
Mar 13 Philadelphia, PA Tower Theatre
Mar 14 Boston, MA Orpheum
Mar 16 Montreal, QC Metropolis
Mar 17 Toronto, ONT Sound Academy
Mar 19 Detroit, MI Fillmore State Theatre
Mar 20 Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom
Mar 21 St. Paul, MN Roy Wilkens Auditorium

It’s about rock ‘n’ roll, women, fighting, and drinking!

Greetings people of Earth, it is I, ODERUS URUNGUS, lead singer of the BLOODIEST band in metal history, the mighty GWAR! And it is with a sense of toe-curling delight and impending DOOM that I announce the addition of the GWAR to the mammoth BLOODSTOCK Open Air Metal Festival to be held this summer in England. That’s right, from the frozen depths of Antarctica, GWAR brings what BLOODSTOCK needs...BLOOD! Prepare yourself for the most colossal, disgusting, and completely politically incorrect show in metal history! We'll bring the swords, you bring the bodies, and together we shall turn the slam-pit into a seething mass of DEATH not seen in Europe since the fall of Berlin! GWAR is playing BLOODSTOCK...and may the Pope choke on it!

We are very glad to get a chance to play in Bloodstock Open Air again after a few years. Last time was our first festival in England and the audience was wild and good as always there. We are looking forward to the festival very much already, and we hope there is enough cold beer like the last time.

We're ridiculously excited about starting work on the next album. We're definitely progressing as a band, incorporating some new influences to make an album that's more mature, darker and generally a lot heavier. I've been writing riffs thinking things like „what if (TOOL guitarist) Adam Jones played guitar in DEATH“ haha. The songs are a little longer this time around and a bit more complex and technical which is something that's just happened naturally. We're just about to start tracking the drums for ten days with producer Scott Atkins. We contemplated using other producers but we all really enjoyed working with Scott and we were really happy with the production on the last album. He really pushes for tightness and understands where we're coming from musically. In terms of the production, this time we're going to aim for a much more organic, raw sound. Rob 's really progressed as a drummer in the last year so I can't wait to hear him lay this stuff down in the studio. Once the drums are complete we head off on tour with DRAGONFORCE so we wont end up recording the guitars, bass and vocals etc until January.

Oy's record entitled First Box Then Walk is so playfully unpredictable and colorful, that if it were a screenplay, it could easily be the next Michel Gondry film. Inspired by the Dadaist spirit, the love for improvisation and loosely based on childhood memories, this seasoned sounding debut is truly a heartfelt roller coaster odyssey through the outer limits of music. Joy Frempong's light hearted storytelling filled with a child like wonder, a sense of surprise and a wholesomely absurd, giddy sense of humor provides the perfect backdrop for this musical exploration. In a sense this record is all about rediscovering the magic in music.

It should come as no surprise then that a whole army of children's toys comes to life on First Box Then Walk to form a big band supporting a tribal chant in an imaginary language, or that the sound of a noisy street in the background effortlessly morphs into a delicate harmony. Time and time again we are challenged as listeners and reminded by the artist that nothing here is what it appears to be and that everything is possible.

From the very beginning of the album the idea of genre is deemed inoperative, but traces of Jazz, Soul, 70s progressive Rock, Avant-Pop and contemporary experimental Electronica can be found throughout. The whole spectrum of voices on this record from the over-the-top theatrics' spoken word recitals to the soaringly soulful hook lines, the abstract backing Electronica soundtrack and the more classically inclined compositions supporting them - that's all Joy from beginning to end. And what's important to point out - she can singlehandedly bring it all back to life on stage.

Four long years in the making, often interrupted by endless tours and all sorts of musical collaborations, but a unique solo artist was finally born!

The first single to be taken from the album, Snake is a good example of Oy's incredible childhood universe.OY, First Box then Walk, Web Advert from Damien Pascoe on Vimeo.

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Oy
'Snake' Single
Out 1/26/09 on Creaked Records



Tracklist:
1. Snake
2. Snake (Jason Waterfalls Remix)
3. Snake (Mexicans with Guns Remix)
4. Snake (Reverse Engineering Remix)
5. Snake (Tidykid Remix)

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Oy
'First Box, Then Walk'
Out 2/9/10 on Creaked Records



Tracklisting:
1. First Box, Then Walk
2. Trolls
3. Gap
4. Hatching
5. World Whale
6. Camp Tiki
7. Tooth
8. Waha!
9. Kumakey
10. Snake
11. Sex
12. Dangeroo
14. Twenty
15. The Kitten
16. Aeh
17. Positivilly Two
18. Cloudy Gallery
19. Dogrose Battle
20. Toilet Witch
21. Naughty Girl
22. I'll Build My Church
23. Laundry
24. Bone Bells
25. New Year
26. Rosa
27. Tonight

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“It’s kind of a desperation album, a darker album; it’s definitely angrier. We’ve been in a crazy place during the whole album, and you can hear that,” he explains. “But we’re trying to give people truly soulful music, which is hopefully inspirational. I want to ease their minds and give them a little break from reality.”

When White Lies asked Violens (pronounced 'vy-lenz') to join them on their November tour, Violens started thinking about creating something special to take to the UK with them. Having recently worked on remixes for numerous other bands who would in turn remix Violens, the New York band decided to collate these remixes with new tracks they have been playing at US shows. The result is their excellent Winter Mixtape which is available free at www.violens.net - the mixtape is a great way to understand all the influences and styles that inspire Violens' songwriting and is also a showcase for some great songs.

The Winter Mixtape features special tracks including remixes and covers of White Lies, Wire, MGMT, The Byrds, Caroline Polachek (Chairlift), Saint Etienne and My Bloody Valentine amongst unreleased songs by Violens. Lead singer of Violens Jorge Elbrecht says of the project; "a mixtape seemed like a really exciting vehicle for this stuff, especially if there was a way to incorporate other music that has informed or inspired Violens all this time".

The material sampled or rearranged for the mixtape presents an introduction of where Violens' influences stem from. Speaking of their innovative remix of The Byrds 'I See You' where the four piece add their own guitars plus vocals from My Bloody Valentine, Jorge adds; "as a songwriter/producer it feels just as gut-wrong as it does liberating and fresh to take a recording you love and try to join a new voice in with it, alter the structure, or twist it into something else all together". The mixtape shows, in Jorge, a songwriter and producer who is willing to push the boundaries of rock music to wonderful results.

Violens will be releasing their next single in February next year, the brand new track 'Until it's Unlit'. Catch them this week when they return to London for a few select shows before joining White Lies on their full UK tour.

“This new mix-album is basically an overview of what I've been up to this year as a producer, remixer and DJ. Sellout Sessions 03 features some of my favourite remixes I did this year for artists like Cassius, Stereo MC's, Linus Loves, Cagedbaby, One eskimO, Dragonette and others. The mix also features three of my most successful dancefloor productions of this year: ‘Hooligans’, ’Too cool for school’, ‘Disco Disco Disco’ and a brand-new track called ‘Teen Scream Machine’ which will be released in 2010. The rest of the tracklist was filled in by simply selecting some of the tunes that have been doing well for me in my DJ sets, including tracks by Tiga, Simian Mobile Disco, Bloc Party, Fake Blood and The Prodigy. All in all I think this mix perfectly showcases my own sound in many different ways, which is not always easy to capture on one disc or in general for that matter!”

As 2006 saw a new wave of indie dance-rock hit the radars, with bands like the Klaxons, CSS, Crystal Castles and The Teenagers quickly hijacking the attentions of music lovers and critics all over the world, an up and coming five-piece from British Columbia named You Say Party! We Say Die! (or YSP!WSD! for short) were quickly developing a name for themselves minutes over the Northern borders of Canada (where they have currently been residing comfortably at #1 on college radio for the past 6 weeks). From their humble beginnings, this exciting, indie-punk five piece have worked fans into a dancing frenzy far and wide, from their home in a small Canadian farm town to overseas in Camden town.

However, despite having two full lengths in the bag since 2006, with several successful tours and various magazine covers across Canada beneath their belts already, the mystery of why this rousing five-some have been absent across these borders is a classic rock and roll tale.

Click HERE to download.

Weezer, the rock group who brought the world hits like "Troublemaker," "Buddy Holly, and "Hash Pipe," are looking to warm up the holiday season for fans by offering an unbeatable deal. Weezer's three self-titled albums, affectionately known as the Blue, Green and Red albums, are currently available on iTunes as one bundle for the low, low price of $19.99. Hits on the three albums include "Pork and Beans," "Island In The Sun," "Say It Ain't So," "Troublemaker," "Buddy Holly, "Hash Pipe," and "Undone - The Sweater Song."

Also new from Weezer is their latest album, Ratitude which can be purchased on iTunes or with the very special Weezer Snuggie.

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