John Mayall Reissues

The Sword Kick Off Tour

PR reports: The Sword is headed out on the second leg of the Gods Of The Earth tour, this time taking out Torche and Stinking Lizaveta.

The tour will make it's way down the east coast, ending up in Houston, TX.

After that, they'll be playing this year's Bonnaroo Festival followed by a short European tour with Metallica. - dates

Time Bomb For The Masses

PR reports: Opiate For The Masses have posted the new track "21st Century Time Bomb" on their MySpace page. This powerful, anthemic call to arms is the lead-off track on the group's much anticipated new album, Manifesto, which is set for a July 8th release.

Upon speaking about the song's origin, Ron Underwood (vocals) states: "21st Century Time Bomb was one of the first songs that Jim and I worked on for Manifesto. The title is actually a direct quote from a Metal Edge article- they called Opiate 'A 21st Century Time Bomb' in a review. So we took that and ran with it; used it as a template for the song itself.

The music had to be mechanical and militant, but brash like a guillotine- the soundtrack of a revolutionary uprising. The lyrics had to be the voice of the underdog lit to pop in the face of oppression. Who can't relate to that? Also to stay on course with the theme, we recorded the song at 120 beats per minute so that the back beat synchronizes with the second hand of a clock (for the time bomb effect) and it happens to be a good, fast marching tempo. I think it's the perfect opener for our new album Manifesto." - Myspace page

Bonded By Blood Bonus

PR reports: LA thrashers Bonded By Blood will be treating fans to two exclusive bonus tracks on their eagerly anticipated debut album, Feed The Beast, due out on June 9th in the UK/Europe and June 10th in the USA.

The two bonus tracks, titled "Severe Violation" and "Unusual Punishment", will come on a limited edition bonus disc included with the album.

Having taken the LA thrash scene by storm over the last year, Bonded By Blood are already establishing themselves as one of the youngest and most gifted bands to arise from the circuit. With an average age of band members at just 18, Bonded By Blood are expected to become a big name in thrash metal. - Myspace page

Sophism

PR reports: On August 5, 2008, STM Records' flagship artist, ism, will be releasing their new album titled Urgency. Urgency, ism's sophomore album on STM Records, poses unflinching questions about the human condition in songs equally as bold in construction. Smart, melodic and hypnotic, the 12 tracks produced by Joe Blaney (The Clash, Tom Waits, Prince) on Urgency builds on the solid foundation of 2006's critically acclaimed Monkey Underneath.

Andre Mistier, lead singer and songwriter for the New York-based quartet is joined by Mike Higgins on drums, fret master Gerard Toriello on lead guitar, and effects wizard Leigh Battle on bass. Behind the scenes, legendary A&R guru Michael Caplan served as patriarch of the project, assembling an impressive production team that shaped the final recording. Not only was Joe Blaney brought to the table, but the album was mixed by Mark Needham (the Killers, Hot Fuss), mastered by Vlado Meller at Universal Mastering Studios and a guest appearance by legendary Bernie Worrell, playing organ, clavinet and synthesizer on several tracks.

The first single for the album is "Sacred Cows" and its add/impact date for radio is June 10, 2008. The album is being distributed nationwide by RED Distribution. - Myspace page

Pride Tiger Tour

PR reports: Vancouver rockers Pride Tiger, who were recently nominated for a Juno Award for Rock Album Of The Year for their Caroline Records debut The Lucky Ones, will go south of the border for seven more dates in the U.S.

Pride Tiger was formed by three former members of the highly respected, still-going-strong metal act 3 Inches of Blood and one member of hardcore band S.T.R.E.E.T.S. Going for an authentic sound in the Thin Lizzy-vein, the result was The Lucky Ones which was called "The best album of the year" by Sleazegrinder.

Produced, engineered and mixed by Matt Hyde (Slayer, Monster Magnet, Fu Manchu) the record modernizes the glorious 70's rock style resulting in 13 songs that are powerful, sweaty, hooky, suitably head-banging and one big party. No need to dress up or wash your hair. - more on this story

Flotsam And Jetsam DVD Tracks

PR reports: On the 16th June 2008 Metal Mind Productions will release a new live DVD by Flotsam And Jetsam. The material entitled "Once in a Deathtime" features an extremely intense show the Band gave at the Metalmania Festival 2008, offering metalheads everything Flotsam and Jetsam came to be respected for: brutal non-conformist sound, a slaughter of powerful, furious and perfectly executed thrash riffs, as well as excellent song-writing.

With a great selection of songs from their discography, also including such classic compositions as "Doomsday for the Deceiver", "No Place for Disgrace", or "I Live You Die", the band treated their fans to one hell of a ride at this genuine thrash metal feast!

DVD: Metalmania Festival 2008 1. Hammerhead 2. Me 3. The Master Sleeps 4. Swatting at Flies 5. No Place for Disgrace 6. Doomsday for the Deceiver 7. Hard on You 8. Fork Boy 9. Never to Reveal 10. Escape from Within 11. I Live You Die 12. Smoked Out. The DVD also includes an interview with Craig Neilsen and Ed Carlson, biography, discography, photo gallery, desktop images, weblinks, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. - bonus CD tracks

Taking Back Sunday Lineup Change

antiMusic reports: What if you were once a "hot" band but now you make an major announcement about your lineup and it takes a few days for the media to pick up on it? That's what happened to Taking Back Sunday this week. They announced a lineup change on Monday and it took a fan emailing us to learn about it. They obviously still have rabid fans, but someone sure dropped the ball in the PR dept on this one.

Here is the big news, the band has finally found their new guitarist. You'll remember that Fred Mascherino made a sudden departure from the group last year. And now almost 7 months to the day later, they finally got around to replacing him.

Their new axeman is Matthew Fazzi of the band Facing New York, who had toured with the group in 2006. - Here is what the band had to say on their Myspace page about their newest member

Eddy Arnold RIP

AP reports: Eddy Arnold, whose mellow baritone on songs like "Make the World Go Away" made him one of the most successful country singers in history, died Thursday morning, days short of his 90th birthday.

Arnold died at a care facility near Nashville, said Don Cusic, a professor at Belmont University and author of the biography "Eddy Arnold: I'll Hold You in My Heart."

The reference book "Top Country Singles 1944-1993,'" by Joel Whitburn, ranked Arnold the No. 1 country singer in terms of overall success on the Billboard country charts. It lists his first No. 1 hit as "What Is Life Without Love," 1947, and for the following year ranks his "Bouquet of Roses" as the biggest country hit of the entire year. - more on this story

Kaiser Chiefs Added To Macca's Liverpool Event

antiMusic reports: The Kaiser Chiefs will appear alongside Paul McCartney at The Liverpool Sound event which has been organized to honor the Beatles home town. Organizers have also announced that more tickets will be made available for the event.

"It should be a whole lot of fun," McCartney said on Thursday. "Final details of the concert have yet to be announced, so I don't want to give too much away. But this is a great start."

Culture Company chief executive Kris Donaldson said: "We're really excited, the Kaiser Chiefs are one of the hottest and biggest selling bands in the UK." According to a statement on McCartney's websites, "further names for the June 1 concert at Anfield are to be announced in the coming weeks, including a very special international superstar guest." There are rumors that Paul may perform with Ringo but nothing solid has been announced. - the new ticket info

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