HASTE THE DAY…Farewell Tour

Metalcore giants HASTE THE DAY are calling it quits after a 1o year run.  They will be heading on the road one last time with friends THE CHARIOT, MYCHILDREN MYBRIDE and A PLEA FOR PURGING.  Don’t miss this one!

Jan 28 – St. Paul, MN @ Station 4
Jan 29 – Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews
Jan 30 – Wichita, KS @ Oz Cafe
Jan 31 – Denver, CO @ Marquis Theatre
Feb 1 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Club Sound
Feb 2 – Boise, ID @ The Venue
Feb 3 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
Feb 4 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater
Feb 5 – Orangevale, CA @ The Boardwalk
Feb 6 – Canoga Park, CA @ The Cobalt Cafe
Feb 7 – Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
Feb 8 – San Diego, CA @ Soma Sidestage
Feb 9 – Mesa, AZ @ Nile Theatre
Feb 11 – Lubbock, TX @ Jake’s Sports Cafe
Feb 12 – Dallas, TX @ The Door
Feb 13 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s
Feb 14 – San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
Feb 15 – Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
Feb 16 – Pensacola, FL @ American Legion Post 33
Feb 18 – St. Petersburg, FL @ State Theatre
Feb 19 – Orlando, FL @ The Social
Feb 20 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
Feb 21 – Birmingham, AL @ Zydeco
Feb 22 – Memphis, TN @ New Daisy Theatre
Feb 23 – St. Louis, MO @ Fubar
Feb 24 – Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
Feb 25 – Cleveland, OH @ Peabody’s Down Under
Feb 26 – Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick
Feb 27 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Altar Bar
Mar 1 – Montreal, QC @ Underworld
Mar 2 – London, ON @ Rum Runners/London Music Hall
Mar 3 – Toronto, ON @ The Annex Wreck Room
Mar 4 – Syracuse, NY @ The Lost Horizon
Mar 5 – Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
Mar 6 – New York, NY @ Gramercy Theatre
Mar 7 – Richmond, VA @ Canal Club
Mar 9 – Columbus, OH @ The Basement
Mar 10 – Louisville, KY @ Expo Five

HXC+NEWS (01/09/11)

 

BECOMING THE ARCHETYPE has a new album this year intitled Celestial Completion. The band is also in the process of booking a tour to promote the new release due out in March.

THE FAMINE new album The Architects of Guilt will be out on February 15th.  They have posted a new song “Ad Mortem” here.

SLEEPING GIANT is in the process of recording a new album.  Expect an early summer release.  Frontman Tommy Green has also released a book called Religo-cide which you can get on Amazon.

IMPENDING DOOM is writing new tunes.

GIDEON has just signed to Facedown Records.  Their new album Costs will be out March 1st.

ACE AUGUSTINE is set to release their new album, The Absolute on January 18th.

Old school hardcore heavy weights OVERCOME are back together and releasing a new album called The Great Campaign of Sabotage on February 1st.

HASTE THE DAY has announced the dates for their farewell tour.

TIMES OF GRACE have announced a tour in support of their album, Hymns of a Broken Man out on January 18th.

GNASHING OF TEETH have a new record out on Sancrosanct Records called Walking the Appian Way.

Also coming in 2011 from Facedown:  New albums from Onward To Olympas, As Hell Retreats, Hope For The Dying, Hands, A Hope For Home, My Epic, Take It Back! and more!

THE BEST OF 2010…A Year In Metal

A lot of good stuff came out this year.  There were some amazing records and some really good metal songs that pulverized our faces this year.  And here are my picks for the top 7.

+BEST ALBUMS+

1.  The Infinite Order – LIVING SACRIFICE

2.  The World Is A Thorn – DEMON HUNTER

3.  Take The World, But Give Me Jesus – ASCEND THE HILL

4.  Breaker – FOR TODAY

5.  Dynasty – AS THEY SLEEP

6.  There Will Be Violence – IMPENDING DOOM

7. Ø (Disambiguation) – UNDEROATH

+BEST SONGS+

1.  ”Rules Of Engagement” – LIVING SACRIFICE (The Infinite Order)

2.  ”Children Of Wrath” – IMPENDING DOOM (There Will Be Violence)

3.  ”Devastator” - FOR TODAY (Breaker)

4.  ”Descending Upon Us” – DEMON HUNTER (The World Is A Thorn)

5.  ”Bring It Down” – THE SHOWDOWN (Blood In The Gears)

6.  ”Collapse” – WAR OF AGES (Eternal)

7.  ”Vultures” – WRENCH IN THE WORKS (Decrease…Increase)

+BEST VIDEOS+

1.  ”In Division” – UNDEROATH Ø (Disambiguation)

2.  ”Overkill Exposure” – LIVING SACRIFICE (The Infinite Order)

3.  ”Shiver” – A PLEA FOR PURGING (The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell)

4.  ”The Machine” – IN THE MIDST OF LIONS (The Heart Of Man)

5.  ”Deathbed Atheist” – NORMA JEAN (Meridional)

6.  ”Parallels” – AS I LAY DYING (The Powerless Rise)

7.  ”Collapse” – WAR OF AGES (Eternal)

+TOP ALBUM COVERS+

1.  The World Is A Thorn – DEMON HUNTER

2.  There Will Be Violence - IMPENDING DOOM

3.  The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell – A PLEA FOR PURGING

4.  Dynasty – AS THEY SLEEP

5.  The Heart Of Man – IN THE MIDST OF LIONS

6.  Meridional – NORMA JEAN

7.  Attack Of The Wolf King – HASTE THE DAY

BACK IN BLACK…

Sorry it has been so long.  A lot has happened in my life in the last year and I’m just getting back to a place where I can focus on my love of all things metal.  There have been many awesome things (and not so awesome things) happening the scene in this year.  Here are some of the highlights…

LIVING SACRIFICE, DEMON HUNTER, THE SHOWDOWN, FOR TODAY, AS THEY SLEEP, UNDEROATH, ASCEND THE HILL, YOUR MEMORIAL, THE CHARIOT, HASTE THE DAY, AUGUST BURNS RED,  A PLEA FOR PURGING, IMPENDING DOOM, CORPUS CHRISTI, NORMA JEAN, MYCHILDREN MYBRIDE, I AM ALPHA & OMEGA, EMBRACING GOODBYE, TO SPEAK OF WOLVES, SENT BY RAVENS, AS I LAY DYING, WAR OF AGES and WRENCH IN THE WORKS…all released albums this year.  Some good, some bad, some so so.

HASTE THE DAY and WRENCH IN THE WORKS broke up…

Aaron left UNDEROATH…

BECOMING THE ARCHETYPE, SPOKEN and SLEEPING GIANT are writing new material…

Old school hardcore heavyweights OVERCOME is back together and releasing new material on Facedown Records…

TIMES OF GRACE are set to release their first album in Jan…

DEMON HUNTER released a Christmas song…

TOMMY GREEN of SLEEPING GIANT wrote a book and it will be available soon…

And I got to see LIVING SACRIFICE, ADVENT and SLEEPING GIANT destroy all!!!

More to come…