THIS WEEK’S CONCERTS:
Tues. 11/26 The Orbit Room : Grand Rapids: Megadeth, Fear Factory & Nonpoint
Tues. 11/26 The Intersection : Grand Rapids: The Black Dahlia Murder, Skeletonwitch, Fallujah & Wolvhammer ***MoshPitNation will be there with MPN Gear
Wed. 11/27 The Machine Shop : Flint: The Black Dahlia Murder, Skeletonwitch, Fallujah & Wolvhammer
Wed. 11/27 The Crofoot : Pontiac: August Burns Red, Blessedthefall, Defeater & Beartooth
Fri. 11/29 The Intersection : Grand Rapids: Kamilla, Johnny Logic, Thunder Chicken, The Dead Last, Storied Life & Fred Thompson Trio ***MoshPitNation will be there with MPN Gear
Sat. 11/30 Diesel Concert Lounge Detroit : Chesterfield Fall Metal Fest 4 wsg. Mobile Deathcamp, Shores of Elysium, As Darkness Falls, Underneath it All, Hell Rides North, Guiensix, Forsake the Fallen, Define our Fate, The Worst Of… & Wake of Destruction ***MoshPitNation will be there with MPN Gear
SPECIAL EVENTS:
Monday, Nov. 25th, David Ellefson from Megadeth will be at Schuler Books on 28th St. signing his book “My Life With Deth: Discovering Meaning in a Life of Rock & Roll”.
Details from Schuler Books can be found at http://schulerbooks.com/event/david-ellefson-megadeth
METAL NEWS:
- The Black Dahlia Murder (along with 11 other bands), have been added to the lineup for the 2014 Download Festival in England. Luckily, none of us have to make the trip across the pond to see TBDM… they’ll be at The Intersection (Grand Rapids) on Tues. 11/26 and The Machine Shop (Flint) on Wed. 11/27! Congrats, guys!
- Black Sabbath released their new Live DVD “Gathered In Their Masses” today. Both the DVD and Deluxe Exclusive CD+DVD are available at Best Buy. A clip from the DVD was released today from Black Sabbath… check it out below in “Streaming Now”.
- Brian Fair (Shadows Fall) is working on another side project. Brian Tweeted “Just rocked out some demos of a new project I’ve been working on with some good friends. Details coming soon. #YupAnotherSideProject”
- Rage Against The Machine vocalist, Tom Morello, will be featured on Bruce Springsteen’s upcoming album “High Hopes” and playing on 7 of the album’s tracks. The album is set for release on January 14th.
- Kataklysm and Aborted will be touring North America beginning in April 2014. No dates have been announced for this leg of the tour, but I’ll keep an eye out for shows close to home!
- Scott Ian (Anthrax) will be penning his memoir titled “I’m The Man”, scheduled to drop Fall 2014.
- There’s a new “Rap” Metal Mixtape in the works from Ronnie Radke (Falling In Reverse). It will feature Jacoby Shaddix (Papa Roach), Danny Worsnop (Asking Alexandria), Andy Biersack (Black Veil Brides) and Craig Mabbitt (Escape The Fate). That should be… something. I guess we shall see!
STREAMING NOW:
* Feared “Vinter” (full album) http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=97701
* Black Sabbath “End of The Beginning” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk4ezFv_PNo
* Skindred “Kill The Power” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpKvVQHnEV4
* Crosses “Bitches Brew” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBN-1Q0_Fiw
