Lambesis was taken into custody on Tuesday, May 7  in Oceanside, California, after he solicited help from the detective, according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department. According to initial reports, the police were notified about this arrangement between Lambesis and a supposed “hitman.”

NOW HOLD ON EVERYBODY! This is AMERICA, you are innocent until proven guilty, so by the wings of the bald eagle, and the sweat of Abe Lincoln’s massive brow, sit tight and let this story unfold before you belligerently bastardize the story.  We all remember what happened with Randy Blythe, albeit a much different scenario…

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Pre-Order “Return to Helios”

From the docks, out of Sweden’s southmost harbor, IMMINENCE rises like the tide. The quintet conquers stage after stage with precision, presence and pure commotion to not leave anyone untouched in the audience. 
Their six-stringed progressive post metalcore is as heavy as admiralty-pattern anchors and the atmosphere as endless as the seven seas whilst the lyrics reflect the deepest parts of their minds.
With heavy weight references like Swedish WALKING WITH STRANGERS and American AUGUST BURNS RED, IMMINENCE keeps to unrestrainedly climb the wave of metal that will wash over the genre.

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Dates and Headliners:

10/30/13 Soundstage – Baltimore, MD *KREATOR headlines*

10/31/13 The Trocadero – Philadelphia, PA *Overkill headlines*

11/01/13 The Palladium – Worcester, MA *Overkill headlines*

11/02/13 Club Soda – Montreal, QC – CANADA *KREATOR headlines*

11/03/13 Opera House – Toronto, ON – CANADA *KREATOR headlines*

11/04/13 Altar Bar – Pittsburgh, PA *KREATOR headlines*

11/05/13 Al Rosa Villa – Columbus, OH *Overkill headlines*

11/06/13 Mojoes – Joliet, IL *Overkill headlines*

11/07/13 Granada – Lawrence, KS *KREATOR headlines*

11/08/13 Gothic Theater – Englewood, CO *KREATOR headlined*

11/09/13 In The Venue – Salt Lake City, UT *Overkill headlines*

11/11/13 Rickshaw Theater – Vancouver, B.C. – CANADA *KREATOR headlines*

11/12/13 El Corazón – Seattle, WA *Overkill headlines*

11/13/13 Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR *KREATOR headlines*
11/14/13 Fillmore – San Francisco, CA *KREATOR headlines*
11/15/13 The Grove – Anaheim, CA *KREATOR headlines*
11/16/13 Marquee Theatre – Tempe, AZ *KREATOR headlines*

11/17/13 Sunshine Theater – Albuquerque, NM *Overkill headlines*
11/18/13 Trees – Dallas, TX *Overkill headlines*
11/19/13 Backstage Live – San Antonio, TX *KREATOR headlines*
11/21/13 Diamond Pub & Billiards – Louisville, KY *KREATOR headlines*
11/22/13 Empire – W. Springfield, VA *Overkill headlines*

11/23/13 Stage 48 – New York City, NY *Overkill headlines*

11/24/13 Stage 48 – New York City, NY *Overkill headlines*

Pre-sale tickets are available now at EnterTheVault.com. VIP tickets include a pre-show Meet & Greet with both KREATOR and Overkill, plus a limited edition poster. For New York City fans, there will be a special limited number of tickets that will grant admission to both shows at Stage 48.

Frontman Mille Petrozza had this to say:

The mighty Overkill have been a major influence on Kreator and they are killer guys. Our friends from Warbringer will also join us. It does not get more brutal than this!”

Well Mille…it does, if we can deliver them packed shows for each date!

Pre-Order tickets here: http://www.enterthevault.com/artist.php?id=45

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Click for Glorious Full-Resolution

This Album is set for release on June 25th worldwide via Metal Blade Records.  The band is proud to present that they have multiple pre-order options and bundles that please everyone from the casual listener, to the die hard collector!

If you get the brutally badass bundle pictured above, you’ll receive:

CD #1 – “Deceiver of the Gods”
01. Deceiver of the Gods
02. As Loke Falls
03. Father of the Wolf
04. Shape Shifter
05. Under Siege
06. Blood Eagle
07. We Shall Destroy
08. Hel
09. Coming of the Tide
10. Warriors of the North

CD #2 – Bonus EP – “Under the Influence”
01. Burning Anvil of Steel
02. Satan Rising
03. Snake Eyes
04. Stand Up to Go Down

+ Limited Edition Collectible Loki Bust (Appox. 10 Inches Tall) + Multi-Panel Digipak with 16-Page Full-Color Booklet + Under the Influence Mini Poster + Limited Edition Fliptop Keep Case + Deceiver Of The Gods T-shirt + Limited Edition Vinyl Picture Disc

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They’ve been using the power of social media to make sure EVERYONE KNOWS that the Vikings are back and here to pillage your ear drums.  Earlier this week they unveiled the EPIC ALBUM ART via their Official Reddit…yeah reddit, how awesome is that? 

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And today they unveiled the title track off of the album for streaming via their official website.  However, there have been some streaming issues so you can listen to it here as well: http://official.fm/tracks/H8oa

You can expect us to bring you more on this already epic sounding LP.  Now we do have a special request for you. GO SEE THEM OPEN THE MAINSTAGE ON THE ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL.  Tour dates here.  This may be one of the only times you’ll have the opportunity to see Amon Amarth in a festival setting without having to recycle your beer bottle collection for that CA CRV, just to afford a damn plane ticket to Europe.  

Speaking of beer, have you seen AA’s custom brew? (That’s short for Amon Amarth…not Alcoholics Anonymous) Unfortunately, RAGNAROK, as it was so “appropriately” named, was only brewed once by the Three Floyds Brewing Company in Indiana, US.  At least we can look at bottle art! Huzzaahh.  

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Okay, I’ll stop over fluffing this post.  It just seemed so non-Viking to just post “album art…song link. K thanks”

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Iron Maiden is bringing the US another leg of the Maiden England tour! Megadeth will be their brothers in arms throughout the tour. They will be hitting North Carolina, Tennessee, Missouri, Texas, Las Vegas, as well as San Bernardino for all of you Southern Californians!

Will YOU Be attending the Battle for San Bernardino? Because we’re getting an all-star line-up of Megadeth, Anthrax, Testament, Overkill, and Sabaton as well!

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Iron Maiden + Megadeth
Sept 3. – Time Warner Cable Music Pavillion, Raleigh, NC
Sept 5. – Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN
Sept 7. – Sprint Center, Kansas City, MO
Sept 8. – Verizon Wireless, St. Louis, MO
Sept 10. – 360 Amphitheater, Austin, TX
Sept 12. – Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas, NV
Sept 13. – San Manuel Amphitheater, San Bernardino, CA *

*+ ANTHRAX, TESTAMENT, OVERKILL, SABATON

Official Statement from IronMaiden.com

IRON MAIDEN will make a brief return to the USA this September, playing seven specially selected shows en-route to Latin America where they will once again headline at the legendary Rock In Rio Festival, Brazil, on 22 September, their show there having recently sold out to 70,000 fans in just a couple of hours

These will begin with a first-ever visit to Raleigh, NC, for the opening show on September 3rd at the Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion followed by taking Metal back to country music capital Nashville, TN where Maiden haven’t played in over twenty years, at the Bridgestone Arena on September 5th. There will also be shows in Kansas City, MO, Sprint Center on September 7th, St Louis, MO, Verizon Wireless on September 8th and the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, NV on September 12th , all of which Maiden last visited way back in 2000 on the Brave New World Tour. Plus a return to Austin, TX for a show at the 360 Amphitheater on September 10th,  the first time the band have played in that city since the original Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son Tour twenty-five years ago!

Very special guests on all these dates will be MEGADETH.

Before they finally head south towards Brazil, Maiden will also headline a very special event at the San Manuel Amphitheater, San Bernardino, CA. The Battle Of San Bernardino will take place on Friday 13th September. Anthrax, Testament, Overkill and Sabaton will join tour special guests Megadeth for this performance only, making for a big, loud and exciting day out for Metal fans in Southern California. (Read more about The Battle Of San Bernardino)

Tickets for the Las Vegas and San Bernardino shows go on sale 12 April. Tickets for Raleigh, Nashville, St Louis and Austin go onsale 13 April. Tickets for Kansas City go onsale 17 May. See below for exact onsale times and links.

An exclusive first ticket pre-sale for Iron Maiden Fan Club members will run on Wednesday 10 April. Fan Club members will also be eligible in the draw to be ‘First To The Barrier’.

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Artist:  Thy Art is Murder
Album:  Hate
Genre:  Deathcore
Label:  Nuclear Blast
Release: April 2, 2013 (North America)

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While I already sound pessimistic, I come to you with good tidings, Thy Art is Murder is more than your average Deathcore band. With bands like Whitechapel and Winds of Plague making some of the largest influences on the scene, and not to mention the gravity that the passing of Mitch Lucker (Suicide Silence) has had on people across the spectrum, it often becomes difficult to stand out.  After playing Hate a few times, I see that TAIM combines technicality with melody much like that of a talented Melodic Death Metal band.  But this is far from Melodeath, so before the elitist begin to rant, just know that you can expect something more than just breakdowns, repetitive down-tuned riffs, and generic gutturals. 

Personally I got some grindcore vibes throughout the album, which reminded me of the newer style of Cattle Decapitation.  The open track “Reign of Darkness” is approachable and interesting, with fast and brutal drums provided by Lee Stanton.  The guitar work is technical, with some sweeps and scales thrown in to add melody to the “in your face” approach to opening up the album.  “Shadows of Eternal Sins” has subtle hints of black metal thrown in which is a bit refreshing, since songs like these really begin to merge together is played consecutively.  “Defective Breed” sounds more like a Death Metal song, a bit reminiscent of Decrepit Birth, if there wasn’t already enough pulsating metal in Hate. 

The boys in Thy Art is Murder have brought us something a bit off the beaten path for those who followed the footsteps of Suicide Silence.  They turned back the clocks and brought out the original influences from Suffocation, and making their breakdowns more than just a change in time signature that sounds hardly more interesting than a lawn mower.  It could be something in the water, over there in the Southern Hemisphere, or it could be an understanding that music is only music if it has substance.  And substance shouldn’t just be borrowed, it should be made.  That’s what Thy Art is Murder has done, they’ve created Hate, a great attempt at refreshing a rapidly staling genre.  Expect these Aussies to bring forth hatred in a venue near you with the Nuclear Blast team behind them every step of the way.  Crack open a Foster’s and begin the Hate!

 Check out our interview with THY ART IS MURDER 

The band has a request for you!

Vote for us to open the Summer Slaughter tour 2013! If we win, it will be our first US tour which means we can all hang out and go fucking mental! Vote here: http://bit.ly/taim-summerslaughter

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The US doesn’t see that many Australian metal bands come through often, however, you seem to have quite the following in the western states.  Why do you think your influence carries overseas?

Lee: I actually have no idea haha!
CJ: yeah, not really sure why, but all I know is that we a super stoked about it, we hope to come to US asap, so we can crush a load of shows and meet the people who’ve been supporting us since day one!

Brendan Van Ryn was your vocalist up till 2008, his lyrics seemed to be particularly popular amongst fans.  Was there difficultly adjusting the songwriting after his departure?

Lee: That was a long time ago. The whole band contributes to the lyrical content so no. 

This particular genre is characterized by crushing beats and grueling riffs.  In order to work harmoniously, every musician needs to be on the same level.  What drew you to choosing Chris McMahon as your new vocalist?

Lee: Again, this was 5 years. Ancient history in today’s world. CJ was a friend of ours who we had played heaps of shows with. He has always had a brutal voice! So it was a no brainer to get him on board.

In addition to Van Ryn, you’ve changed guitarists in the past.  With these lineup changes, do you think your sound is at its final stage, or is there room for evolution?

Lee: Those lineup changes were a while back. It’s natural for that to happen with young bands, I reckon a lineup staying solid is the exception not the rule. I think the band is as solid as we have ever been! We’ll keep growing with every new release as our abilities grow.

Your current album, titled Hate, will be releasing in the United States on April 5^th via Nuclear Blast Records.  How has the response been back home?

CJ: The response was massive, we had no idea that it would blow up as it did, we are really happy that it has done so well

Speaking of Nuclear Blast, how has the addition of the largest independent metal label in the known universe been beneficial for the band on an international level?

CJ: It has been amazing, they have really got behind us in every way possible. We visited the head office in Germany, they treated us like family. We never thought it would be possible to be part of that label but it happened, it’s wild. The Nuclear Blast team in the UK were great people, we’ve had a great time working with them, same with the US team. Nuclear Blast are truly the best at what they do.

The road to international appeal isn’t met by just successful releases which I’m sure you all know.  What are your current touring plans, if any, and where would you like to play?

Lee: We have an Australian tour with Cattle Decapitation in June, Then we are back over to Europe for some festivals and a few shows with Between The Buried And Me in June / July. We are up for the Summer Slaughter tour in the opening slot voting competition (you can chuck a vote on Facebook). We’ve got Asia, more Australia and more Europe for rest of the year!

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Your name, Thy Art is Murder, seems to be a bit cliché.  Is there any particular inspiration?

Lee: The vast majority of band names are stupid clichés, especially in metal. What do you expect a bunch of 15 year olds playing death metal to pick as their band name?! Pissing off mum is job number 1.

 Hate displays very bold album artwork.  Does it have any particular reference to the album?

 CJ: We got the designer to do what he thought when he listened to the record and he made the art work perfect. We are stoked with it, it’s mental.

 Music is great an all, but you have to have hobbies outside of the world of brutality.  What are some of the things you do for fun?

 Lee: I dont mind heading up to the pub to watch the footy and the occasional round of golf

 Lastly, do you have any final words for Der Metal Krieger and your fans across the world?

 Lee & CJ:  Cheers to anyone that’s supported us over the years! And cheers for the interview. Vote for us to open the Summer Slaughter if you want to see us in the USA soon!

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