Machine Head - Locust

 

Today we announce the last band on "The Eighth Plague Tour" -package, the main act Machine Head. May tell you that during the soundcheck did their American sound engineer run all in on the volume to see how the stuff could work out, it was so high that the dust fell from the ceiling, the walls rattled and all the gauges went to the bottom. Not even earplugs helped here and sound engineers runned all this without earplugs no wonder he said WHAT in every other sentence.

Machine Head had a little video interviews, photoshoots etc during the evening before the doors, Roadrunner was there to do a review of both Robb Flynns and Phil Demmel guitar pedals and of course a meet and greet with fans.

After Bring Me The Horizon set was finished and while changeover is ongoing and Bring Me The Horizon stuff picked down, one could note that much of the audience changed to a slightly older and more mature crowd of metal fans, you hear how they warmed up with "Machine Fucking Head", now is all the bright tones gone.

Once it is time for the band to kick loose they will do it furious and it becomes an incredible tensile inside the arena for both music wise and audience wise. It's neat, wicked, mean and incredibly well played. The light is really nice and projector that plays on a backdrop and the two side sections fits in well in the harsh environment. The song "The Blood, The Sweat, The Tears" dedicated "LG" singer of Entombed, who was also is there this evening, as usual:) A Swedish flag throwns up on stage and "Flynn" wrap himselves in it while he holding a speech and invites the audience on a drink.

Overall, This package of awesome bands was an incredible successful move, they all did a really good show and maybe one of the best sofar with Machine Head. So

Read Robert Gustafssons live review at WeRock on Machine Head and Bring Me The Horizon

Here is some pictures from the show:

Soundcheck

Todays tune "Locust" is taken from their the seventh full-length studio album "Unto the Locust", released in on September 27, 2011. The album was produced and mixed by Robb Flynn. Unto the Locust was recorded in Green Day's Jingletown Studios.

Unto the Locust has been extremely well received by critics and music fans alike, with numerous top scores among music blogs around this one.



Setlist:

01. I Am Hell (Sonata in C#)
02. Be Still and Know
03. Imperium
04. Beautiful Mourning
05. The Blood, the Sweat, the Tears
06. Locust
07. This Is the End
08. Aesthetics of Hate
09. Old
10. Darkness Within
11. Bulldozer
12. Ten Ton Hammer

Encore:
13. Halo Play
14. Davidian

The Eighth Plague Tour dates:

November 12, Vienna, Austria, Gasometer
November 13, Milan, Italy, Alcatraz
November 15, Barcelona, Spain, Razzmatazz
November 16, Madrid, Spain, Riviera
November 17, Lisbon, Portugal, Coliseum
November 18, Oporto, Portugal, Coliseum
November 19, Bilbao, Spain, Rockstar
November 21, Zürich, Switzerland, Volkshaus
November 23, Paris, France, Le Zénith
November 24, Neu-Isenburg, Germany, Hugenottenhalle
November 25, Munich, Germany, Tonhalle
November 26, Ludwigsburg, Germany, Arena Ludwigsburg
November 28, Eindhoven, Holland, Klokgebouw
November 29, Brussels, Belgium, Forest National
November 30, Oberhausen, Germany, Turbinenhalle
December 1, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, Rockhal
December 3, London, England, Wembley Arena
December 4, Birmingham, England, National Indoor Arena
December 5, Glasgow, Scotland, SECC
December 6, Manchester, England, Manchester Central Convention Complex

More info @

Official Machine Head Web

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Switch Opens - Express Death

 

Switch Opens from Stockholm, Sweden started out in 2000 as Fingerspitzengefühl. They made two albums for Kooljunk Communications, “Fingerspitzengefühl” in 2004 and “Happy Doomsday” in 2006, and decided to continue as Switch Opens in 2008. The band has done extensive gigging on their own, but also supported bands such as Neurosis, Scars On Broadway and Entombed. The band has earned a reputation as an adrenalized live act, crushing everything in their way. Switch Opens signed to GMR Music Group in October 2008 and the self-titled record was released in Scandinavia in September 2009 and in the rest of Europe in the end of October. In January 2010, the album won P3 Guld, the Swedish national radio music awards, in the Rock/Metal category. In May 2011, the band changed label once again. A new album is scheduled for release early 2012 on Transubstans Records.

 Skull painted by Slusk

The Skull is from Switch Opens T-Shirt Design and this is included in Slusk's massive project

 "666 Skulls" check it up!

Switch Opens will play at Strand in Stockholm on October 4th (Today). They will be joined by In Solitude and it is a release party for the film about the history of Swedish heavy metal, called Så jävla metal (So Fucking Metal). Since Micke is going to Sicily to study the occult at the Aleister Crowley Abbey, Tobias Alpadie from Gordon Fights will fill in for him.

Todays tune "Express Death" is taken from Switch Opens self titled album.

Sound only!



Live Clip from Debaser Slussen, Stockholm, Sep 17, 2009



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Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God

Amon Amarth is a Swedish death metal band formed 1992 in Tumba. The band's debut album, Sorrow Throughout the Nine Worlds was released in 1996. The band's songs are often about Vikings and Norse mythology, but they classifie themselves not as a viking metal band. The latest and eighth studio album "Surtur Rising” was released on March 29, 2011.

Amon Amarth is on tour right now made ​​a stop at Tyrol in Stockholm on Saturday. Together as support acts are The Black Dahlia Murder and Evocation.

Amon Amarth is a band that I've seen a couple of times live, as it was at Arenan together with Entombed. The stage is clearly powerful, they have 19 stage raisers on the tour, all to build ramps and a giant drum spot. The orange and enormous backdrop shows that this will be an epic night, see photos.

This evening was a bit like the last time, but this was a little tighter and more stage presence. The light show was much better than last time, well done Chris. Amon Amarth is known to always deliver, and the concert itself lives up to expectations. Not so much tracks from the new album but more of a good, mixed bag of candy, see setlist below.

In addition, it was really fun to run into Steve Drennan (Bass Player in Engel) who once again took on the mantle as backline tech. Steve, who always is pleasant and always have something fun to tell.

Pictures from the gig:

Todays tune ”Twilight Of The Thunder God” (feat. Roope Latvala) is the title track taken from the seventh studio album "Twilight of the Thunder God” was released in September 2008. The album features several guest appearances featuring Entombed vocalist Lars Göran Petrov on "Guardians of Asgaard", Children of Bodom and Stone guitarist Roope Latvala who contributes a solo on the track "Twilight of the Thunder God", and Finnish cello metal band Apocalyptica as a guest appearance on "Live for the Kill”. The album artwork was done by Tom Thiel



Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God by Art Of Metal

Setlist:

War of the Gods
With Oden On Our Side
Destroyer of the Universe
Masters of War
Live for the Kill
Guardians of Asgaard
Doom Over Dead Man
Slaves of Fear
God, His Son and Holy Whore
Varyags of Miklagaard
For Victory or Death
Victorious March / Gods of War Arise / Death in Fire
Encore:
Twilight of the Thunder God
Runes to My Memory
The Pursuit of Vikings

All upcoming tour dates:

13.05.2011 (N) OSLO / Betong BILLETTER
14.05.2011 (S) STOCKHOLM / Tyrol SOLD OUT!!
15.05.2011 (S) GOTHENBURG / Trädgarn *
17.05.2011 (DK) COPENHAGEN / Vega KØB BILLET
18.05.2011 (D) HAMBURG / Grosse Freiheit 36 SOLD OUT!!
19.05.2011 (B) ANTWERP / Hof Ter Lo TICKETS
20.05.2011 (NL) AMSTERDAM / Melkweg TICKETS
21.05.2011 (D) COLOGNE / E-Werk SOLD OUT!!
22.05.2011 (F) PARIS / Le Bataclan SOLD OUT!!
24.05.2011 (D) MUNICH / Tonhalle TICKETS
25.05.2011 (I) MILAN / Magazzini Generali TICKETS
27.05.2011 (D) DESSAU / Metalfest Germany
28.05.2011 (A) MINING / Metalfest Austria
29.05.2011 (CH) PRATTELN / Metalfest Switzerland
*+ DeathDestruction, no Black Dahlia Murder

More info @ Official Amon Amarth Website

Sorry no Spotify on this one!

In Solitude - Serpents Are Rising

In Solitude is a Swedish Heavy Metal band from Uppsala. With their debut album in the trunk and a new in the pipeline, these brash youngsters stood on stage at The Strand to warm up the crowd before it was time for Ghost (which we wrote about yesterday) there is no doubt that these boys can play, classical heavy metal were delivered in the best possible way. The young fox fur-wearing frontman Pelle “Hornper” Åhman doesn’t use as much facepaint as his fellow brother in Ghost and he use no ecclesiastical dresses, he use a more straightforward rock and roll clothing. Overall it was good performance. This was the first time I heard them live, made ​​me crave more and it ended up that I went home with their debut album on vinyl in under my arm.

Uppsala sons signed earlier this year a global deal with Metal Blade and has just been in Nicke Andersson (Hellacopters, Entombed, Imperial State Electric) new studio Gutterview Recorders in Stockholm. Together with producer Fred Estby (Dismember, Death Breath, Carnage, Necronaut), they crafted, what might can be a real good metal album, I heard a few tunes and it sounded really good. If i get my hands on the full album i will do a review of it here or on WeRock.

The band's current lineup is as follows:

Hornper - Vocals
Niklas Lindström - Guitar
Henrik Palm - Guitar
Gottfrid Åhman - Bass
Uno Bruniusson - Drums

Here is some pictures from the gig:

Todays tune "Serpents Are Rising” is taken from their upcoming record "The World. The Flesh. The Devil” is out 5/24 via Metal Blade. You can pre-order it now. The band’s playing their first US show 5/28 at Maryland Death Fest.




In Solitude "Serpents Are Rising" by Metal Blade Records

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*PRE-ORDER* Solitude - The World. The Flesh. The Devil - CD/T shirt combo or

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Follow the Owl. Follow Your Own Burning Blood Into The Night!

More info @ Official In Solitude MySpace

No Spotify yet, will update as soon as it arrives.

Entombed - Night Of The Vampire

Easter Sunday, a day after two hard days in the punk / skin / oi the party, I feel really hungry for cruel, hard metal. Today is also two super acts playing in town, Entombedplaying at Garage in Märsta and Messuggah playing at Debaser.

However, the lot fell on Debaser, along with Chief Rebel and Thetania we will enjoythe unique nastily death thrash as they played.

Have lots of pictures from yesterday but not had time to fix them ready yet, come backtomorrow hopefully.

Chief Rebel had this song with Entombed and I can only agree that this is an amazingversion of Roky Erickson's "Night Of The Vampire”.





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