Rage Against The Machine - Exclusive UK VIdeo

Legacy Recordings UK , the catalogue division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release Rage Against the Machine - XX, commemorative 20th anniversary editions of the eponymous debut album by a great American rock band, on November 26th, 2012.

 

To celebrate the release here is a UK exclusive video of the incendiary KNOW YOUR ENEMY filmed on June 6th 2010 at the Finsbury Park Victory Concert

The codes are at the bottom of this press release so you can upload it to your site

Originally released in November 1992, Rage Against the Machine signaled the arrival of a revolutionary musical force, a band straddling the worlds of hip-hop and heavy metal with a scorching streetwise sound that rapped and rhymed hardcore across a musical backdrop as menacing and inspirational as graffiti. Rage Against the Machine entered the popular lexicon as more than just a revolutionary American rock band, the group's very name provided a rallying battle cry for the ongoing struggles for liberation--psychic and political--on planet earth.

Formed in 1991, Rage Against The Machine opened the gates of a new boundary-obliterating rock-rap musical alliance with the band's literate and politically-charged debut album. Driven by Tom Morello's unmistakeable guitar wallop and vocalist Zack de la Rocha's salient bulletins from the front, Rage Against the Machine became a critical and commercial success, selling millions of copies around the world while attaining legendary status among alt-rock fans. To this day the album, and the band, remain standard-bearers for uncompromising incendiary rock.

Newly remastered for this anniversary release, Rage Against the Machine - XX will be available as a CD in three configurations: 1) 20th Anniversary Edition Deluxe Box Set housing two CDs, two DVDs, one 12" 180gm vinyl LP, one 40 page booklet and two-sided poster; 2) 20th Anniversary Special Edition featuring two CDs and a bonus DVD featuring six tracks in an oversized softpack and 3) 20th Anniversary Edition single compact disc (with three bonus tracks). 12" 180gm vinyl editions--a picture disc and a facsimile reproduction--of the original LP, remastered (no bonus tracks) will also be available.

Compact Disc One of the newly remastered Rage Against the Machine - XX will include the original album, in its entirety, as well as three collectible b-sides from era.

Compact Disc Two presents the original Rage Against the Machine demo tape. Recorded in 1991 and sold for $5 at the merch table at early Rage shows, the tape achieved mythical word-of-mouth status amongst music fans while helping to seal the band's deal with Epic Records. The 20th anniversary releases of Rage Against the Machine - XX marks the first time the entire RATM demo tapes have seen a full official release.

DVD #1 included in the Deluxe Box Set features Rage Against the Machine's historic free concert in Finsbury Park on June 2010, performed as a thank-you to UK fans for making "Killing in the Name" the UK's Number One Single during Christmas week 2009. Also included is the band's groundbreaking music videos plus live concert performance clips.

DVD#2 takes you back to the release of Rage’s debut album focusing on live performance from 1991-1994 which features the full set of RATM’s first public performance as well as various live, rare clips.

Rage Against the Machine - XX will include new liner notes, penned especially for the band's 20th anniversary by longtime fan and hip-hop pioneer Chuck D.

 

Updated November albums, The Revival Tour and Buckcherry Reviews.

As another month comes to a close, check out the updated November album reviews over at Mudkiss, including :

Bat For Lashes – The Haunted Man
The Cubicle - Arise Conglomerate
James Iha - Look to the Sky
Neurosis – Honor Found in Decay
Incassum  - Rite of Passage
Amenra - Mass V
Sorry & The Sinatras - King Of Shambles Street
Torpedo Head - Greetings From Heartbreak Key
Caro Emerald - Drum Rolls and Heartbreaks
Turrentine Jones - 'Show Me Mercy' [single]

Benjamin Gibbard - Former Lives
Dragged into Sunlight – Widowmaker
James Johnston – Hassan Falls to his Death

http://www.mudkiss.com/novalbums12.htm

And the debut live articles from Eva Jostakova, in Portsmouth for The Revival Tour and Paul Hastings visit's Birmingham for Buckcherry.

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

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

Insane new album from genre defying mentalists THE ALGORITHM

Not often does an album come along as ground breakingly outstanding as the debut from The Algorithm, "Polymorphic Code". A complete sound clash of genres, electro metal infused with dubstep and trance, plus much, much more.  This, music impossible to predict on first hearing, breakdowns, drops and rests transpire from absolutely nowhere, keeping the listener constantly on their sonic toes.  A work of completely warped genius and available to stream in full on Soundcloud.

Strap yourselves in and prepare for a complete mind fuck of a ride. You might never feel the same ever again.

http://soundcloud.com/basickrecords/sets/the-algorithm-polymorphic-code

DRAGGED INTO SUNLIGHT - VERY LIKELY MY ALBUM OF THE YEAR

DRAGGED INTO SUNLIGHT return with their new opus, ‘WIDOWMAKER’ – a viciously haunting voyage into the macabre from the forefront of British extreme metal. Here, DRAGGED INTO SUNLIGHT grab the metal underground by the throat with some of the most important British extreme metal recordings to emerge in recent years. An eerie masterpiece that pieces together a colossal atmosphere belonging as much to Swans or Neurosis as it does to Autopsy and Burning Witch.

 

2012 has been a potent year for DRAGGED INTO SUNLIGHT, developing on the underground acclaim of their “Hatred For Mankind” debut, originally released on Mordgrimm Records (Anaal Nathrakh) and re-released worldwide by Prosthetic in 2010. This mysterious outfit captivated audiences with devastating shows at this year’s Roadburn Festival and the Maryland Death Fest, before heading out on a debut trek across the US, commanding more initiates to their cult as they went. The buzz developed throughout the year, which is crowned by the release of WIDOWMAKER. A merciless foray into more experimental territory perhaps, leached with mournful strings and restrained introspection between the crushing funeral dirge. Three mammoth tracks over forty blackened minutes presented with suitably creepy artwork and packaged in special gatefold digi-wallet and limited die-hard vinyl edition.

 

The band are also completing a video project as a companion piece to the album, directed by Dwid Hellion of Integrity and audio mastering by Billy Anderson (Neurosis / High On Fire). More news on this to follow. 

 

Terrorizer chronicle DRAGGED INTO SUNLIGHT as “crushing, sweeping and just plain riffing,” praising their “crusty blackened doom” and “delicious black majesty.” Meanwhile, Metal Hammer distinguished their sound as “a torrent of seething riffs so caustically expansive, they feel as though they’re about the burst out of your skin.  It’s also the sheer, pre-meditated malice that drives them on a systematic rite of destruction, whose domineering, scorched-Earth tactics leave no synapse or nerve-ending unscathed.”

 

With “Widowmaker”, DRAGGED INTO SUNLIGHT further their claim to the crown of the UK underground. This grueling three-track, 40-minute release has been described by the band as “a concept album from beginning to end. It’s different yet still leaves the listener thinking whether jumping out of a 4th  floor window might actually be the best idea they’ve ever had.”  

A rewarding, often beautiful and more often than not disturbing proposition, this album is one of the most powerful pieces of music you will hear all year. 

http://www.facebook.com/draggedintosunlight

Damnation Festival 2012 review

Absolutely amazing day over in Leeds last weekend for Damnation Festival 2012. Brilliant line-up of the best in extreme music.

If you missed it this year, make sure you keep your eyes open for November 2013, a must for any fans of metal.

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

AMENRA unleash brand new album track and video plus 2013 EU tour announced

It's been some time since I've become all consumed by a band, but after witnessing AMENRA at Damnation Festival, just impossible to stop listening.  The sheer unadulterated passion, power and intensity within their music totally mind blowing.  

 Image by Jeroen Mylle

 After stealing the show at Damnation Festival in Leeds this weekend AMENRA are firmly focussed on the release of their new studio album Mass V  which will see the cold light of day later this month on 26 November via Neurot Recordings. Having previously showcased their album opener "Dearborn and Buried" - we explode into the new week with another new album track "Boden", complete with lyrics and accompanying video. Check out "Boden - Spijt" on YouTube right now...

 

 

 Boden lyrics

carry within

a fear
that blossoms on skin

forever alone

sorrow says
bury my bones

carry within
regret
for everything

tear old pain away

I renounce this day and
I renounce every wound
made in my flesh
made by my flesh

are you awake? what did you see?

I'm a sudden hissing,
right behind your ear.
a white noise

but it's quiet now

I am reason
I am fear

inflict.

I call out
and you fear me

I call out
and all the brothers in the world they hear me

but the pain remains the same

AMENRA are also proud to announce new live appearances and 2013 EU tour dates all in support of the staggering Mass V.

You can check them all out here:

 

SAT 1/12 : LE GUESS WHO FESTIVAL - Db's, UTRECHT NL w/ OATHBREAKER

SAT 22/12 : AB, BRUSSELS BE w/ OATHBREAKER, TBHR, SCOTT KELLY

FRI 11/01 : EUROSONIC FESTIVAL - MACHINEFABRIEK, GRONINGEN NL

SUN 10/02 : DEKREUN, KORTRIJK BE w/ ELEANORA

SAT 16/02 : WINTERFEST - PERRON, IEPER BE

FRI 22/02 BURGERWEESHUIS, DEVENTER NL w/ TBHR

SUN 24/02 : MOD, HASSELT BE w/ HESSIAN

FRI 19/04 : Tilburg, Netherlands - Patronaat Church @ Roadburn Festival

EU TOUR 2013

4/25/2013 Glazart - Paris, FR  w/ TBHR

4/26/2013 Epicerie Moderne - Lyon, FR

4/27/2013 Boulevard rock club - Misano Adriatico (RN), IT

4/28/2013 Traffic live club - Roma, IT

4/29/2013 Lo fi club - Milano, IT

4/30/2013 Gaswerk - Winterthur, Swiss

5/01/2013 Arena - Wenen, AU 

5/02/2013 Feierwerk - Munchen DE

5/03/2013 Conne Island - Leipzig DE w/ Syndrome

5/04/2013 Klub Firlej - Wroclaw, Poland @ Asymmetry Festival

5/05/2013 TBC  DE

SUN 26/05: STUK, LEUVEN BE w/ Oathbreaker

 

 Pre-orders for the vinyl and limited CD will commence on 12 November via www.soulslayer.net. This version of the album contains different artwork, additional sounds and alternative mixes, by Billy Anderson and mastered by James Plotkin (Khanate, Scorn, working with SUNN0))), Earth, Isis and more...). You can also pick up a copy of their DVD Mass III. 

 

Don't forget to check out these three short tour documentaries, filmed and artistically presented by Jeroen Mylle, captured on the road with the band over recent months and catch AMENRA on the road soon:  

 

AMENRA I. from daydreams on the road there is no waking - http://youtu.be/Om90RlaaqyU

AMENRA II. you stand now alone - http://youtu.be/69AU4TBffK8

AMENRA III. a change of light - http://youtu.be/vi99bx-l2I4

MUDKISS SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER UPDATE

HI TO ALL FRIENDS OF MUDKISS.

OUR UPDATES FOR

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2012

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Well the Festival season is slowly coming to a close, and the dismal dark nights are drawing in. We've done quite a few Festivals again this year, not as many as we might like to do, but still keeping our hand in. Of course this year was a first for us at the  great explosion of colour at Rebellion in Blackpool, what a superb weekend that was. I think we are still recovering, and of course being supportive with our local music Festivals, the Warrington Festival and Rochdale. Also we managed to get press accreditation for Boomtown Fair, Liverpool Sound City, Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia, Cambridge Folk Festival, Dot To Dot, and Nice & Sleazy.
We had our  very own Northern Mudkiss music Event and it was a great success. All proceeds from the night went to the bands taking part. Maybe another in Manchester this next year....who knows? [I have yet to do a little write up about it, but we have been so busy since then]

DO YOU WANT TO JOIN US?
Are there any budding music reviewers keen to join Mudkiss? We are looking for dedicated and committed writers, maybe you are a student keen to have a go? We are getting a steady influx of newly released albums, singles and EP's. We would look at the very least 3 albums a month for you to review. So if you think you might have what it takes send a message to editor@mudkiss.com -with some evidence of your work. All we ask is that you don't mess us about.

INTERVIEWS:

Keith Levene's Search For Absolute Zero - Interview by Kathy DiTondo
http://www.mudkiss.com/keithleveneinterview.htm

The Rubys: Shake You Free - Interview By Nigel Cartner
http://www.mudkiss.com/therubysinterviewreview.htm

Chris Fox: At Odds With The World? - Interview By Melanie Smith
http://www.mudkiss.com/chrisfoxinterview.htm

Rebekka Karijord: Embracing Life - Interview by Melanie Smith
http://www.mudkiss.com/rebekkakarijord.htm

John Curran: Eight Years Of Incassum, Not In Vain - Interview by Andy Barnes
http://www.mudkiss.com/incassuminterview.htm

LIVE SHOWS:

Ian Hunter & The Rant Band / Otis Gibbs @ Komedia, Bath 23/10/10 by Andy Barnes
http://www.mudkiss.com/ianhunterkomediabath.htm

Terry Reid @ Blue Cat Cafe, Stockport 11/10/12
http://www.mudkiss.com/terryreidlive.htm

Chris Isaak / Paul Freeman @ Bridgewater Hall, Manchester 04/10/12
http://www.mudkiss.com/chrisisaakreview.htm

Twisted Wheel / Deadbeat Echoes @ Sound Control, Manchester 04/10/12
http://www.mudkiss.com/twistedwheelreview.htm

The Virginmarys / Book Thieves @ 02 Academy, Liverpool 10/10/12
http://www.mudkiss.com/thevirginmarysreview.htm

Ren Harvieu @ HMV Ritz, Manchester 09/10/12
http://www.mudkiss.com/renharvieulive.htm

The Rubys: Shake You Free @ Day & Night Cafe, Manchester 28/09/12
www.mudkiss.com/therubysinterview.htm

The Loaded Dice @ Joshua Brooks, Manchester 30/09/12
http://www.mudkiss.com/loadeddicelive.htm

Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia @ Camp & Furnace 29/09/12 
http://www.mudkiss.com/psychedeliafestival.htm

Cheap Cuts @ Carsons, Middleton, Manchester 21/09/12
http://www.mudkiss.com/cheapcutsreview.htm

Beth Jean Houghton & The Hooves Of Destiny @ Manchester's Deaf Institute 25/09/12
http://www.mudkiss.com/bethjeanshoughtonreview.htm

Sam Forrest / Dark Town Jubilee @ Blue Cat Cafe, Stockport 19/09/12
 http://www.mudkiss.com/samforrestreview.htm

Rae Morris @ Matt & Phred's Manchester 26/09/12
http://www.mudkiss.com/raemorrisreview.htm

The Cult /The Mission @ Manchester Apollo 10/09/12
http://www.mudkiss.com/thecultlivereview.htm

Rochdale Feel Good Festival 2012 @ Rochdale Town Centre 01/09/12
http://www.mudkiss.com/rochdalefest2012.htm

BOOKS:

“But I Was So Much Older Then” - Den Browne’s September Round-Up

• Johnny Rogan: Byrds: Requiem for the Timeless, volume 1
• Zoe Howe - Florence + the Machine: an Almighty Sound
• David Buckley: Kraftwerk: Publikation Bill Sykes: Sit Down! Listen To This!: The Roger Eagle Story
• Shaun Ryder: Twisting My Melon

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

MUSIC REVIEWS:

Octobers MAMMOTH singles and EP reviews from Chumki
http://www.mudkiss.com/chumkioctobersingles.htm

October album reviews by Andy Barnes, Lucy Holt, Matt Crane, Paul Hastings

• The Sir Admiral Cloudesley Shovell – “Don’t Hear It…….Fear it”
• Judas Priest – Screaming for Vengeance
• Woods – Bend Beyond
• Kamikaze Test Pilots – Kamizake Test Pilots
• Bellowhead – Broadside
• Howl Griff – Fragile Diamond
• The Peacocks - Don't Ask  
• One Mile An Hour – Self Titled 
• The Features – Wilderness

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

Single/Ep's reviewed for September by Chumki Banerjee
http://www.mudkiss.com/septchumki.htm

New sounds for September: Reviews from Andy, Les, and Lucy
http://www.mudkiss.com/septembermusic.htm

• The Datsuns – Death Rattle Boogie
• Ian Hunter and The Rant Band  - When I’m President
• Gwyn Ashton - Radiogram
• I’ll Eat Your Face – Hot Brains Terror
• Neil Diamond – Hot August Night
• Kindest of Thieves - Serial Mothers and Terminal Hunchbacks
• Robert John - The Liar
• Mark Mulholland and Craig Ward - Waiting for the storm
• Spector – Enjoy it While It Lasts
• The Helio Sequence - Negotiations
• Band of Horses – Mirage Rock
• The Milk – Tales From The Thames Delta
• Golden Fable – Star Map
• Rebekka Karijord  - We Become Ourselves
• SlyDigs – Never Be Tamed
• The Fresh & Onlys – Long Slow Dance
• Mammal Hum - What's Behind Us Is Not Important