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Zombie Walk Seoul 2013

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One of the highlights of my year is the Zombie Walk . I can be in NYC or Phoenix or anywhere: if there is a Zombie Wal k... I"m so there! This year is no exception. I attended the Zombie Walk Seoul on September 28, 2013. This is the 3rd year it's been run and it was stellar! Over 600 people said they'd attend via Facebook and a good 50 to 60 were there at the beginning of the walk. This bloomed to a good 200 on the walk itself. The route wound its way through the HongDae area of Seoul, Korea. This is near the Hong Ik University. It is a great route. You'd think this happens every day. Spectators varied from the interested to the "I'll record this on my phone." to those truly scared to those who couldn't give a toss. Everyone was super cool and fun. I think it's the zombie make-up and characters that are affected when in costume. It brings out the best in people. The after shenanigans occurred in HongDae Park with live music, an impromptu dance

Ill Nino 2013 Tour Dates

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OK - Epidemia is an album I like. Epidemia review for This Is Not A Scene  I blast it frequently on the subway and subsequent walk home. I'm sure I'm singing (very badly) at the top of my lungs. Luckily, the Koreans and Foreigners in my neighbourhood are too polite to do anything but stare and smile. Unluckily, I'll be in same said Korean neighbourhood when Ill Nino hits the road this fall. This is a tour you HAVE TO check out. They kill it live and are supporting an album that is just gobsmackingly heavy. North America Epidemia Tour 2013 9/28/13 Houston, TX - Scout Bar ... 9/29/13 San Antonio, TX - Tequila Rock Room 10/1/13 Dallas, TX - Trees 10/2/13 Oklahoma City, OK - The Chameleon Room 10/3/13 New Orleans, LA - Hangar 13 10/4/13 Winter Park, FL - The Haven Lounge 10/5/13 Jacksonville, FL - Brewster’s Rock Bar 10/6/13 St. Petersburg, FL - The State Theater 10/8/13 Spring Lake Park, MN - POV’s 10/9/13 Milwaukee, WI - The Rave Bar 10/10/13 Joliet, IL - Mojoe

An open letter from Nadezhda Tolokonnikova of Pussy Riot

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Passing this along from The Guardian. It's an open letter from Pussy Riot's Nadezhda Tolokonnikova. It's a brutal read. A huge miscarriage of justice in a place that knows no justice. An artist, musician, soul is suffering.  Photo by Ben Hoyle N adezhda Tolokonnikova theguardian.com ,        Monday 23 September 2013  Beginning Monday, 23 September, I am going on hunger strike. This is an extreme method, but I am convinced that it is my only way out of my current situation. The penal colony administration refuses to hear me. But I, in turn, refuse to back down from my demands. I will not remain silent, resigned to watch as my fellow prisoners collapse under the strain of slavery-like conditions. I demand that the colony administration respect   human rights; I demand that  the Mordovia camp  function in accordance with the law. I demand that we be treated like human beings, not slaves. It has been a year since I arrived at Penal Colony No 14 in the Mordovian

Cauldron - Nitebreaker (video)

Cauldron 's latest album, Tomorrow's Lost , is available now on CD and limited edition coloured vinyl LP.  Get the album now in North America at  http://uswebstore.earache.com/ cauldron  or in Europe at  http://webstore.earache.com/ cauldron     Tomorrow's Lost  is also available now on iTunes at  http://bit.ly/MFZT9G Cauldron - Nitebreaker Get more  Cauldron  news and info at: Facebook -  http://www.facebook.com/ cauldronmetal Tumblr -  http://cauldronmetal.tumblr. com Twitter -  http://twitter.com/ cauldronmetal

The Browning Tour Dates (Fall 2013)

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Sep. 20 - Portage, IN - Camelot Hall Sep. 21 - Indianapolis, IN - Old National Centre Sep. 22 - Muskegon, MI - Club Envy Sep. 24 - Flint, MI - The Machine Shop Sep. 27 - Providence, RI - Loft 71 Sep. 28 - Lemoyne, PA - Championship Sep. 29 - New York, NY - Tobacco Road Oct. 01 - Allentown, PA - Crocodile Rock Oct. 02 - Jeannette, PA - Gators Oct. 03 - Stanhope, NJ - Stanhope House Oct. 04 - Trenton, NJ - Championships Oct. 05 - Richmond, VA - Kingdom Oct. 06 - Frederick, MD - Cafe 611 Oct. 08 - Fayetteville, NC - The Drunken Horse Pub Oct. 09 - Winston-Salem, NC - Ziggy's Winston Inc. Oct. 10 - Spartanburg, SC - Ground Zero Oct. 11 - Orlando, FL - The Backbooth Oct. 12 - Ybor City, FL - Orpheum Oct. 13 - Jacksonville, FL - Jack Rabbit Oct. 17 - Little Rock, AZ - Downtown Music Hall Oct. 19 - St. Louis, MO - The Mag Magician Oct. 20 - Oklahoma City, OK - The Chameleon Room Oct. 22 - Austin, TX - Dirty Dog Bar Oct. 23 - San Antonio, TX -

When The Deadbolt Breaks - The Scavengers Daughter

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You want some nice old fashioned southern groove in your guitars? Want that mixed with a wall of sound that's almost doomy? How about some spacey vocals that swim just below the surface? If you answered yes to any of these questions, I give you... When The Deadbolt Breaks . "The Scavengers Daughter" is the first track from the upcoming album Drifting Towards the Edge of the Earth. The first single is a seven and a half minute opus that has shades of Metallica , shades of death metal, shades of southern rock, shades of 70s trippy prog metal. Yet the song flows awesomely. Throughout the song, it never looses the GROOVE!!! The song is nothing short of fantastical. I anticipate the album being just as extensive as it's over two hours spread on a double CD. You can pick up When The Deadbolt Breaks fourth CD Drifting Towards the Edge of the Earth on October 1. When The Deadbolt Breaks on Facebook

Dark Horse Takes Home Three HARVEY Awards!

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DARK HORSE TAKES HOME THREE HARVEYS! MILWAUKIE, OR, September 11—This past Saturday, Dark Horse Comics , the premier independent publisher in the industry, took home an impressive number of awards at this year’s Harvey Awards ceremony. The Harvey is one of the comic book industry’s oldest and most respected awards. Held annually at Baltimore Comic-Con, the Harveys recognize outstanding achievements in over twenty categories, ranging from Best Artist to the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame. They are the only industry awards both nominated and selected by the full body of comic book professionals. Below is a list of Dark Horse’s wins: Best Anthology Dark Horse Presents ,  edited by Mike Richardson. A multiple Eisner Award (2012, 2013) and 2012 Harvey Award winner,  this legendary, premier anthology is back and here to stay! The eighty-page spectacular   Dark Horse Presents   returns with all-new stories . Best American Edition of Foreign Material Blacksad: A Silent He

Cara Neir - Portals to a Better, Dead World

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Every once in a while you need music that is cathartic. You need music that is an assault on the senses. You need music that will draw you in, make you sweat, and then spit you out. This is my first experience with Cara Neir . Cara Neir 's new album Portals to a Better, Dead World exposes your deepest darkest demons. The album is relentless. The vocals menacing. The guitars a constant barrage. Portals doesn't pause to let you catch a breath. Sometimes you can't put into words what an album is truly like and Portals to a Better, Dead World is one of those albums. Cara Neir created something visceral. Portals to a Better, Dead World has to be experienced; felt. It's music that washes over you and creates colours and patterns and emotion. I suspect "Peridot", "Closing Doors", "Red Moon Foreboding", "Dust Collector", "Forlorn Love", "Exalting the Shadow Proprietor", and "3,380 Pounds" will touch some

Skeletonwitch - I Am of Death

OK - I am biased. I totally love Skeletonwitch. They are beyond bitchen live. Their albums are furious. And hey, they are just totally nice dudes (well, they were to me!) Bloody Disgusting presents: Skeletonwitch - I Am of Death Oh, you want an actual review of the song? It's frakking awesome! You will headbang until your heart's content. Growly vocals done right. Guitar riffage that is gobsmackingly amazing. Solid frenetic drumming. Skeletonwitch have put the right foot forward yet again! Ten years ago, brothers Nate and Chance Garnette joined forces with Scott Hedrick in a new band they opted to call  SKELETONWITCH . A decade later, the blackened metal powerhouse commemorates their anniversary with the world premiere of the slasher/classic horror-themed music video for "I Am Of Death (Hell Has Arrived)," a new song from the group's highly anticipated fifth studio offering,  Serpents Unleashed.   Comments Nate, "It's never a bad time whe

Savage Messiah and Havok 2013 Tour DAtes

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Two great tastes that go great together! SAVAGE MESSIAH have announced a European tour with US thrashers HAVOK. The "Unnatural Selection" European tour is due to kick off   in Edegem, Belgium, shortly after SAVAGE MESSIAH's headlining UK mini tour.   SAVAGE MESSIAH guitarist JOFF BAILEY comments: "We're really excited to announce the news that we'll be hitting the road across Europe this November/December with Havok!  We really can't wait to hit European shores again and tear it up with all the Savages over there!  We've been shut away in the studio all summer working on the new record (which is sounding absolutely brutal by the way!) so when they finally let us loose for our headline tour in October and now across Europe a couple of weeks later with Havok, well, needless to say, we'll burst out fuckin' swinging!  I may even put in place a strict diet of Maiden, Metallica and Rocky montage scenes to fire us up even more!  See you on the roa