METAL BLADE NEWS 23RD JULY EDITION

July 23, 2009, 10:58 AM

RAZOR OF OCCAM released their critically acclaimed debut album 'Homage To Martyrs' in March of this year!



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ARMORED SAINT releases FREE demo download!

ARMORED SAINT is releasing a FREE demo version of a new song titled 'Loose Cannon'. This demo (performed with a drum program) gives you all a glimpse into ARMORED SAINT’s writing process and is also a nice taste of what’s to come on the band’s forthcoming full-length studio release. The demo for 'Loose Cannon' will be available today, and will be available at the band’s MySpace page (streaming) Armored Saint on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads <Armored Saint on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads> and at the Metal Blade Records website (FREE download HERE <http://www.metalblade.com/mp3/Loose_Cannon.zip> !) And for those of you who will be attending the Rock Gone Wild Festival in Algona, Iowa on August 23rd, the Saint will be performing this new song 'Loose Cannon' in their set.

ARMORED SAINT has finished up writing and will begin recording in early fall for a spring 2010 release on Metal Blade Records.

Catch Armored Saint frontman JOHN BUSH as he helps out ANTHRAX by re-joining them for one show only at SONICSPHERE at Knebworth on August 1st, 2009

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The Absence and Ultimate-Guitar.com announce guest guitar shred-off contest!

THE ABSENCE is gearing up to record their third full length album and follow up to 2005's From Your Grave and 2007's Riders Of The Plague. The band is known for their catchy guitar melodies and soaring solos, as well as involving their fans in their music as much as possible. They're taking things a step further this time around and want to know: do you think you have what it takes to play a guitar solo on THE ABSENCE's new album? They're giving one lucky fan/guitar shredder an opportunity to play a solo on a new track!

Our friends at Ultimate-Guitar.com are presenting this guitar melee - clickHERE <The Absence Contest @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com> to check out all of the official rules, how to enter and the deadline for submissions!

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New ERYN NON DAE. video clip to premier on vs-webzine.com! Post-apocalyptic French metal monsters ERYN NON DAE. shot a clip to their new song ‘The Decline And The Fall’. The artistic short movie will celebrate its world exclusive premier on July 23rd at www.vs-webzine.com <http://www.vs-webzine.com/> . Please click this LINK <http://www.vs-webzine.com/new.php?pa...tw&id_news=978> to watch the video that is very different to the average metal clip.

‘Hydra Lernaia’, ERYN NON DAE.’s debut album, was released some weeks ago on
Metal Blade Records. It’s been recorded, mixed and mastered by Mobo at ConKrete
Studio in Bordeaux, France.



Buy ‘Hydra Lernaia’ HERE <Metal Blade Records - Mailorder> !

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SIX FEET UNDER recording ‘Graveyard Classics 3’
Mighty SIX FEET UNDER are busy again recording a new album which will be nothing less but ‘Graveyard Classics 3’! Here´s an update from singer Chris Barnes:

“Just wanted to let all of our fans know that we are currently in the studio working on ‘Graveyard Classics 3’. We are about 60 % finished with tracking. Everything is going great and we are having a lot of fun laying these songs down. More info and track listing to come! On a side note – we are really looking forward to headlining Party.San festival in Bad Berka, Germany next month on August, 8th – can´t wait to see all of our brutal German fans once again!”

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METAL BLADE BANDS ON TOUR IN THE UK AND IRELAND

THE ROTTED

July 2009

31st TAUTON – METAL FEST @ Perfect 5th

THE ROTTED + ANTERIOR

August 2009

15th BLOODSTOCK – Catton Hall

AMON AMARTH + MALEFICE + DARKNESS DYNAMITE

August 2009

16th BLOODSTOCK – Catton Hall

BOLT THROWER + Benediction + Beholder

August 2009

29th BIRMINGHAM – The Asylum

THE ROTTED

August 2009

30th NORWICH – Revolution Festival @ The Boundary

MALEFICE

September 2009

12th PETERSFIELD – Butserfest 2009

HELL ON EARTH 2009
Earth Crisis, NEAREA, Sworn Enemy, War From A Harlots Mouth, Waking The Cavadar, War Of Ages and Thy Will Be Done

September 2009

21st PLYMOUTH – White Rabbit
23rd BIRMINGHAM – Eddie’s
24th LONDON – Electric Ballroom

Chimaira + UNEARTH + Throwdown

October 2009

12th LONDON – Electric Ballroom

DevilDriver + Behemoth + Suicide Silence + Trigger The Bloodshed + MALEFICE

October 2009

16th LONDON – The Garage (Doors 5pm)
17th LONDON – The Garage (Doors 5pm)
18th LEEDS – Rios (Doors 6:30pm)
19th NOTTINGHAM – Rock City (Doors 6pm)
20th GLASGOW – Garage (Doors 5pm)
21st MANCHESTER – Academy 2 (Doors 6:30pm)
23rd WOLVERHAMPTON – Wulfrun Hall (Doors 6:30pm)
24th NEWCASTLE – Academy 2 (Doors 5pm)
25th NORTHAMPTON - Roadmender

AMON AMARTH

October 2009

22nd CARDIFF – Souls
23rd BELFAST – Spring & Airbrake
24th DUBLIN – Academy
26th NOTTINGHAM – Rock City
27th NORWICH – Waterfront
28th WOLVERHAMPTON – Wulfrun Hall
29th NEWCASTLE – Northumbria University
30th GLASGOW – Garage
31st MANCHESTER – Academy 2

November 2009

1st LONDON – Koko

CANNIBAL CORPSE + Dying Fetus + Trigger The Bloodshed + Annotations Of An Autopsy

October 2009

28th COLCHESTER – Arts Centre
29th LONDON – Koko
30th SHEFFIELD – Corporation
31st GLASGOW – ABC

November 2009

1st LEAMINGTON SPA - Assembly

Absu + Nachtmystium + RAZOR OF OCCAM + Zoroaster

November

1st NOTTINGHAM – Rock City
2nd MANCHESTER – Moho Live
3rd LONDON – Underworld
4th DUBLIN (IRE) – Academy 2
5th PLYMOUTH – White Rabbit

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