Monday Metal Update 7/7

Hell-fucking-o. After an extended weekend of not using a computer at all, we're finally getting back to the crustcake grind. It's 1:59 pm and we're just now starting to get caught up, but we really have no idea what's going on. Our RSS reader is just a blur of bullshit we don't care about and we can't seem to focus...

A couple tours did manage to pop up on our radar, however, so make the jump for those.

Philly's Javelina are heading out for a few dates:

07/10/2008 Nara Sushi - Richmond, VA w/Sourvein
07/11/2008 Talking Head - Baltimore, MD w/Sourvein
07/12/2008 M Room - Philadelphia, PA w/Sourvein, Gunna Vahm
07/14/2008 The Knitting Factory - New York, NY w/Demiricous, Monstrosity
07/27/2008 Mill Creek Tavern - Philadelphia, PA w/Skeletonwitch
08/16/2008 The Khyber - Philadelphia, PA w/Gridlink, Hayaino Daisuki, ASRA, The Claw

Early Man has signed with The End Records. They're heading out this week for an extensive North American tour and will be settling down in LA afterwords to mix a newly-recorded EP and begin work on a second full-length.

Early Man - 2008 Dates:

07/09/08 Wed @ Vixen - Sparks, Nevada
07/11/08 Fri @ Hawthorne Theatre - Portland, Oregon
07/12/08 Sat @ El Corazon - Seattle, Washington
07/13/08 Sun @ The Boulevard - Spokane, Washington
07/15/08 Tue @ The Playground - Park City, Utah
07/16/08 Wed @ Larimer Lounge - Denver, Colorado
07/17/08 Thu @ Jackpot Music Hall - Lawrence, Kansas
07/18/08 Fri @ Triple Rock - Minneapolis, Minnesota
07/19/08 Sat @ Reggie’s Live - Chicago, Illinois
07/20/08 Sun @ The Bluebird - St. Louis, Missouri
07/22/08 Tue @ Magic Stick - Detroit, Michigan
07/23/08 Wed @ Grog Shop - Cleveland, Ohio
07/24/08 Thu @ Diesel - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
07/25/08 Fri @ Bowery Ballroom - New York, New York
07/26/08 Sat @ Mojo 13 - Wilmington, Delaware
07/27/08 Sun @ The Black Cat - Washington, Washington DC
07/29/08 Tue @ Volume 11 - Raleigh, North Carolina
07/30/08 Wed @ Soapbox Laundro-Lounge - Wilmington, North Carolina
07/31/08 Thu @ Milestone Barcade - Charlotte, North Carolina
08/01/08 Fri @ Landshark Cafe - Jacksonville, Florida
08/02/08 Sat @ The Backbooth - Orlando, Florida
08/03/08 Sun @ Common Grounds - Gainesville, Florida
08/04/08 Mon @ The Earl - Atlanta, Georgia
08/05/08 Tue @ One Eyed Jack’s - New Orleans, Louisiana
08/06/08 Wed @ Rudyard’s Beer Bar - Houston, Texas
08/07/08 Thu @ House of Rock - Corpus Christi, Texas
08/08/08 Fri @ Club Dada - Dallas, Texas
08/09/08 Sat @ Red 7 - Austin, Texas
08/11/08 Mon @ Launchpad - Albuquerque, New Mexico
08/13/08 Wed @ The Clubhouse - Tempe, Arizona
08/14/08 Thu @ Karma - Victorville, California
08/15/08 Fri @ Troubadour - West Hollywood, California

That's it for us-- it really has been a slow week...

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Monday Metal Update 4/21

Remember that time we slagged Grails' drummer Emil Amos? Well, Mr. Amos (not the famous one) has been officially announced as Chris Hakius' replacement in Om. Hopefully Al Cisneros will teach the guy a thing or two about 'less is more.' Om will be releasing a 7" featuring the song "Gebel Barkal" later this year via Sub Pop.



Om - 2008 Tour Dates:

May 17 - Festival International de Musique Actuelle Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada
May 29 - De Kreun / Theater Antigone, Kortrijk, Belgium
May 30 - Parc del Forum, Barcelona, Spain (Primavera Festival)
June 4 - Shibuya O Nest, Tokyo, Japan
June 5 - Huck Finn, Nagoya, Japan
June 6 - Fandango, Osaka, Japan
June 8 - Z-1, Niigata, Japan
June 10 - Shibuya O Nest, Tokyo, Japan

Chris Hakius has also been replaced in the highly-anticipated Shrinbuilder project, here by Melvins' drummer Dale Crover. Speaking of the Melvins, they'll be touring this summer, again with Big Business, who've added a third member-- guitarist/keyboardist Toshi Kasai (Altamont)-- and announced a new album to be released by Hydra Head.

The insan-o-tour featuring Judas Priest, Motörhead, Heaven and Hell, and Testament has gone from rumor to fact.

'Metal Masters' Tour 2008:

Aug. 06 - Susquehanna Bank Center - Camden, NJ
Aug. 07 - Nissan Pavilion - Bristow, VA
Aug. 09 - PNC Bank Arts Center - Holmdel, NJ
Aug. 10 - Nikon at Jones Beach - Wantagh, NY
Aug. 13 - Molson Amphitheatre - Toronto, ON
Aug. 15 - Mohegan Sun Arena - Uncasville, CT *
Aug. 16 - Post Gazette Pavilion - Pittsburgh, PA
Aug. 18 - DTE Energy Music Theatre - Detroit, MI
Aug. 19 - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre - Chicago, IL
Aug. 22 - Superpages.com Amphitheatre - Dallas, TX
Aug. 23 - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion - Houston, TX
Aug. 24 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre - San Antonio, TX
Aug. 27 - Journal Pavilion - Albuquerque, NM
Aug. 28 - Cricket Pavilion - Phoenix, AZ
Aug. 30 - Glen Helen Pavilion - San Bernardino, CA
Aug. 31 - Shoreline Amphitheatre - Mountain View, CA
Sep. 01 - Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort - Las Vegas, NV

Halford and Co. will be releasing Nostradamus, their sixteenth album, on June 17 (US) and 16 (everywhere else). Hear the album's title track at Blabbermouth.

Black Cobra's kick-ass Feather and Stone will finally be available in vinyl format on May 27 via At A Loss Recordings. Black Cobra hit the road in Europe next month with Saviours.

Saviours, Black Cobra - 2008 Euro Dates:

05/15/2008 Magasin 4 - Brussels, Belgium
05/16/2008 013 - Tilburg, Holland
05/17/2008 Muziek O Droom - Hasselt, Belgium
05/18/2008 Het Podium - Hoogeveen, Holland
05/19/2008 La Zone - Luik, Belgium
05/20/2008 Hafenklang - Hamburg, Germany
05/21/2008 Pirate Cove - Berlin, Germany
05/22/2008 Rosenkeller - Jena, Germany
05/23/2008 Arena - Vienna, Austria
05/24/2008 PMK - Innsbruck, Austria
05/25/2008 Circolo Magnolia - Milano, Italy
05/26/2008 Le Sonic - Lyon, France
05/27/2008 Mojomatic - Montpelliers, France
05/28/2008 Le Férallieurs - Nantes, France
05/29/2008 Epicentre - Cherbourg, France
05/30/2008 La Mécanique Onlulatoire - Paris, France

In other news from At A Loss, the label will be releasing Arkansas-based metallers Deadbird's second full-length, Twilight Ritual on June 24 in North America. John Baizley (Baroness) did the cover art, which resembles-- wouldn't you know it-- a dead bird at twilight:



And speaking of Baroness, the fast-rising Georgian quartet has some dates scheduled with emo-prog-sometimes-guilty-pleasures (but don't tell anyone, especially our girlfriends) Coheed and Cambria as well as a few European Festival appearances.

Baroness - 2008 Dates:

May 19 - Roseland - Portland, Oregon *
May 20 - Showbox - Seattle, Washington *
May 21 - Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, British Columbia *
May 23 - Edmonton Events Center - Edmonton, Alberta *
May 24 - MacEwan Hall - Calgary, Alberta *
May 25 - Odeon Event Center - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan *
May 26 - Burton Cummings - Winnipeg, Manitoba *
May 28 - First Ave - Minneapolis, Minnesota *
May 29 - Orbit Room - Grand Rapids, Michigan *
May 30 - Gravity Nightclub At Ches Arena - Cheswick, Pennsylvania *
May 31 - The Sound Academy - Toronto, Ontario *
Jun 18 - Melkweg - Amsterdam
Jun 19 - Vk - Brussels
Jun 20 - HELLFEST - Clisson
Jun 21 - SUMMER BLAST Festival - Trier
Jun 23 - HOVE Festival - Arendal

* w/ Coheed and Cambria

Signings:

• Prosthetic has signed Seattle blackened death metallers Book of Black Earth. The band's Prosthetic debut, Horoskopus, "a concept album about the hidden astrological elements of the Christian church," will be recorded at The Red Room Studios in Seattle with Chris Common (Mouth of the Architect, These Arms Are Snakes).

• Black Market Activities signed The Indomitable Iron Sloth. Formerly known as The Abominable Iron Sloth, the band plays what can be most efficiently described as 'fast doom.'

• Seventh Rule Recordings has added Brooklyn's Wetnurse to their ranks.

That's it for us today, happy Monday!

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