Lamb of God - New Album

More big metal news as LAMB OF GOD are set to release new album RESOLUTION on January 23rd 2012

On November 15th, the band will announce the first leg of what will be a 2 year world tour. 







RESOLUTION tracklisting: 

1. Straight for the Sun
2. Desolation
3. Ghost Walking
4. Guilty
5. The Undertow
6. The Number Six
7. Barbarosa
8. Invictus
9. Cheated
10. Insurrection
11. Terminally Unique
12. To The End
13. Visitation
14. King Me


http://www.lamb-of-god.com/


http://www.roadrunnerrecords.co.uk/page/News

Machine Head video for "Locust"

And on the subject of melodic metal, Machine Head's video for Locust is now available exclusively on the NME website.

http://www.nme.com/nme-video/machine-head---locust/1243077787001

New video from Trivium

Check out the new video from Trivium "Built to Fall" from latest album "In Waves"

Great piece of melodic metal.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.co.uk/trivium/musicradar/

Mudkiss October album reviews

The underground once again produces a fantastic collection of albums this month.  Check out my Mudkiss album reviews including :

The Band of Holy Joy

Exit Ten












Not Above Evil











dEUS

Flashguns

The Cubical









http://www.mudkiss.com/andysoctalbums.htm

Manchester Metal Pt. 2

Part 2 of the recent Mudkiss interview, delving into the world of Manchester metal bands, including Spires, Wolfcrusher, Incassum and Not Above Evil along with PR / Management company Skratch the Surface.

Now I'm well áware metal isn't for everyone, but within these bands, they are some incredible musicians who really should reach a wider audience. 


Just give these guys a listen, you might be surprised at what you hear.


http://www.mudkiss.com/manchestermetalpt2.htm

Canadian metal - From Coast to Coast

As a comparison to the local Manchester metal scene, check out this compilation of Canadian Death Metal bands available as a free download.  There's some fantastically brutal material on here, proving our extreme brothers across the pond still have something to offer..

http://metalmadeincanada.bandcamp.com/album/from-coast-to-coast-death-metal-edition

Josh Ritter sampler - Free download

A nice little free download here from Noisetrade and Josh Ritter. Eight track sampler, ideal if you aren't aware of the man and his exquisitely written and constructed country / folk tinged material. 

http://www.noisetrade.com/joshritter

October Mudkiss album reviews - Callum, Josh and Lydia - Down with the Kidz

October album reviews from Callum, Lydia and Josh

http://www.mudkiss.com/threealbumsoct.htm#.Tpycjcq9BRc.facebook including

 Cosmo Jarvis - Is the World Strange or am I strange.

Kasabian - Velociraptor










Nazca Lines - Hyperventilation













Circus Envy - Secrets











The Wild Swans - The Coldest Winter for a Hundred Years

Airship - Stuck in this Ocean

Blitzen Trapper - American Goldwing











The Duke Spirit - Bruiser

Tom Waits new album stream

A stream available of the new album from Tom Waits.  Head to the link below and request a code.

http://badasme.com/

Album review - The Miserable Rich - Miss You in the Days.

Following on from the recent A-Z written by James of The Miserable Rich, here's my review of the new album.

http://www.mudkiss.com/andysoctalbumofthemonth.htm











And talking of the A-Z, we hit the midpoint of the The Miserable Rich A-Z, recording of new album "Miss You in the Days."  Do we perceive James feeling the pressure of such an epic portrayal?  And why do gastronomic Nazi's raise their ugly head in Norwich.

Read on. 

Think of this as "The only way is Essex" without the white stillettos and set in Norfolk!! 

http://www.mudkiss.com/themiserablerichatoz.htm 

The Miserable Rich - Miss You In The Days - A-Z

We're up to K & L within James De Maplaquet's A-Z of recording new album by The Miserable Rich, "Miss You in the Days." Read on to find out how who's "misdeeds are legend, his morals moribund, his merciless malignancy manifest" and why labradors, plus more football references constitute part of the musical equation.





http://www.mudkiss.com/themiserablerichatoz.htm

And also check out, The Miserable Rich Ghost Hour Mix - For the 50th Circle mix, and in anticipation of the release of The Miserable Rich’s ghostly third album 'Miss You In The Days' and Halloween tour, the band’s singer James de Malplaquet has sourced some of the best ghost-themed songs and spooky instrumentals, and asked strangers and friends alike to tell him about their own supernatural experiences. 



http://www.mixcloud.com/arcticcircle/50-the-circle-the-miserable-richghost-mix/

Free Download of White Denim Live

Here's one for all you fans of exhilarating, intricate and down right kick ass blues rock, a free EP download, with four tracks of White Denim Live at The Ghost Room.  Regarded as one of the great live bands on the circuit, surely one not to be missed.







http://www.noisetrade.com/whitedenimmusic

Mudkiss and Metal - We're mad for it.

It's been an extremely heavy few weeks for Mudkiss and here are the latest metallic installments.

I met with representatives from various Manchester metal bands to discuss the recent upsurge in extreme band.  Read Pt.1 below, The Scene......The Sausage Fests......The Dibble.  



http://www.mudkiss.com/manchestermetalinterview.htm

And Barnes junior braves the mosh pits to being you the best in live action with Enter Shikari at The Ritz.
 
http://www.mudkiss.com/entershikarilive.htm









And recent signing to EMI, Rise to Remain from The Roadhouse.

http://www.mudkiss.com/risetoremainlive.htm

The Miserable Rich - Miss You In The Days - A-Z

Part three of James De Malplaquet's epic A-Z hosted on Mudkiss Fanzine, outlining the recording of new album miss you in days. 

http://www.mudkiss.com/themiserablerichatoz.htm


If you head to the bands pledge page @  http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/themiserablerich,

you can order the album and receive a downloadable version a week prior to release and grab other Miserable Rich goodies at the same time.




http://www.mudkiss.com/themiserablerichatoz.htm

Noah and the Whale live - Manchester Academy

My first foray into the world of Noah and the Whale, certainly not the gig I expected.

http://www.mudkiss.com/noahandthewhaleacademy.htm#.TpC6EdZyTBo.facebook

Rise to Remain interview

Check out Callum's interview with Rise to Remain. He's definitely becoming a chip off the old metallic block.








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Cosmo Jarvis interview.

I certainly found out more about the workings of the mind of Cosmo Jarvis than I anticipated in my recent interview.  And, possibly more worringly, we had quite a bit in common.


http://www.mudkiss.com/cosmojarvisinterview.htm

The Miserable Rich - Miss You In The Days

 

 

Ever wondered about the workings of the musical mind, how a band goes about recording an album, the up's, the downs, the frustrations experienced whilst trying to bring a collection of songs to a conclusion. Well, here's your chance to access the inner sanctum.

 

 

In partnership with the wonderful The Miserable Rich, vocalist James de Malplaquet in particular, Mudkiss will be posting over the next couple of weeks, on an exclusive first read basis, an A-Z, written by James, outlining the recording process of the forthcoming, supernaturally influenced album "Miss You In the Days" released, aptly, on the 31st of October.

Also look out for the first single taken from the album, "On a Certain Night" available from October 24th.

http://www.mudkiss.com/themiserablerichatoz.htm#.ToocV-kwO74.facebook