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Last week was a ginormous week for new metal releases, and with new ones from Killswitch and Suicide Silence this week promises to be the same. Topping last week’s crop was Dream Theater’s Black Clouds & Silver Linings which debuted at #6 on the Soundscan Charts. Wait a minute… Dream Theater debuted at #6?? Holy fuckity-fuck. Darkest Hour, The Mars Volta, Maylene and the Sons of Disaster and Goatwhore also had strong debuts. Click through for chart positions and sales numbers.

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Hello everyone! I’m on tour now. DAATH is traveling the United States and Canada this summer on the Conquer and Curse tour which features Goatwhore, Abigail Williams, Abysmal Dawn, Success Will Write Apocalypse Across The Sky, and us. My blog isn’t going to become a tour blog, but I do feel that its my duty to discuss amazing and fucked up things when they happen. And they do happen when you’re on the road.

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I couldn’t have put it better myself. I’ve been head-over-heels for Goatwhore ever since I first saw them on the stage. Dimmu Borgir might look a bit silly in their assorted armor and spikes, but these Louisiana boys strutted straight out in the lights decked out for battle and with such confidence it was frightening. I’ve rarely seen a band before or since so sure of themselves in their own delivery, and it’s no doubt a direct result of their relentless touring which is due to pick up again next week and end… oh, probably never. I’ve been so excited about their newest release, Carving Out the Eyes of God, that I was willing to brave a phone interview with imposing vocalist Ben Falgoust II (also of legendary forward-thinking Southgrinders Soilent Green) at the shockingly early time of 8:30 a.m. My groggy head was soothed, however, by the talkative monsieur’s charming Louisiana accent as we discussed strippers, New Orleans and SATAN!!! Click to read more…

There is no news this year I have been as happy to report as this.

All of the bands on this summer’s Conquer & Curse tour – Goatwhore, Abysmal Dawn, Daath, Abigail Williams and SWWAATS (I’m way too lazy to type out their full name, even if I could have totally typed out their full name in the time it took me to write about how I’m too lazy to type out their full name) – are having a pizza party at Criminal Records in Atlanta this Wednesday, June 24, at 6 p.m.

And Goatwhore’s Ben Falgoust is the DJ.

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MetalSucks and Metal Blade Records are teaming up to give away one ticket for every stop of this summer’s Goatwhore / Daath / Abigail Williams / Abysmal Dawn and Success Will Write Apocalypse Across the Sky tour! What we’ve heard so far of the new Goatwhore record Carving Out the Eyes of God fucking rips; that shindiggy comes out June 23rd. And we’ve made no secret about how much we love the new Daath record The Concealers; that shit is criminally good. And with the other three bands on the bill you’ve got a nice, well-rounded tour package there with a bit of something for everyone.

All you have to do to win is email goatwhoretickets [at] metalsucks.net as follows; in the subject line, write GOATWHORE TICKETS / CITY, STATE / DATE OF SHOW, filling in the details for the show you’d like to attend. In the body of the email include your FULL BIRTH NAME, as winners names will be added to Goatwhore’s guest list at the show to be claimed by presenting ID. Those who do not follow these instructions precisely will be disqualified from the contest. One winner per city will be drawn at random and contacted by a Metal Blade Records representative two days prior to the show.

The tour kicks off June 25th in Jacksonville, FL and wraps up August 9th in Amarillo, TX; check out the full list of dates after the jump, then enter for your chance to win.

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I’ve never particularly liked Goatwhore that much because…. well, I’m not really sure why. But let this be a lesson in why pre-conceived notions of a band should be left at the door, because the new Goatwhore track “Apocalyptic Havoc,” — now streaming on Metal Blade’s MySpace page — kicks all kind of ass. ALL kinds; badonkadonk, hairy, flat, skinny, you name it, the new Goatwhore track gets all up in there and rips it apart with the fury of diarrhea induced by a trip to a third world country. The riff that comprises the main section of the song is a fucking thrashy, southern, stoned-out steamroller of meaty guitar goodness. If the rest of the new album Carving Out The Eyes Of God (June 23) is like this track, consider me completely sold on Goatwhore. I’ll be sorry I ever uttered a negative word about these dudes.

-VN

So many of you have e-mailed us this week to instruct us to post news about the fact that Opeth and Enslaved are touring together that I’m fairly certain posting news about the fact that Opeth and Enslaved are touring together is a complete waste of time; I mean, clearly, everyone and their mother is already aware of this tour.

I’m not saying this isn’t an awesome package – clearly, it is – I’m just saying, you’ve all sent us the news and the tour dates, so what can we tell you that you don’t already know? How about this: we will be at the show at the Starland Ballroom in NJ, and we will be high. Actually, you probably knew that already, too.

I’m putting tour dates after the jump, although I don’t for the life of me know why.

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Congratulations to MetalSucks commenter Jim, who won himself a copy of Shai Hulud’s new CD Misanthropy Pure and Aletheian’s Dying Vine by coming up with the funniest caption for last week’s photo caption contest for the photo pictured at right:

“The secret government project to produce a genetic supermutant by splicing Ted Nugent’s DNA with Ann Coulter’s produced this being known as Superdouche. However, it still felt short of the targeted level of doucheiosity, which was believed to be in the Gene Simmons range.”

Nice one, Jim. This week we have a very special photo — MetalSucks reader Susan Helene Gottfriede sent us a frenzied email asking why the hell we didn’t post anything snarky about the picture that recently surfaced on TMZ.com of Yngwie Malmsteen showing up in court with his stage clothes on. Frankly, the only reason we didn’t post is that we couldn’t come up with anything. So we bring it you.

Our prize package this week is from Metal Blade Records, featuring Goatwhore’s A Haunting Curse and The Black Dahlia Murder’s Nocturnal. All you have to do to win is come up with a funny caption for the below photo of Yng-Yng and post it in the comments. Go!

So while it was rumored for awhile that this year’s edition of Ozzfest would be a two day event – but it has now been announced that it’ll be just one single day, on Saturday, August 9, at at Pizza Hut Park* in Dallas, Texas. The line-up will be as follows:

Main Stage
OZZY OSBOURNE
METALLICA
SERJ TANKIAN
HELLYEAH
JONATHAN DAVIS
CAVALERA CONSPIRACY
SHADOWS FALL
APOCALYPTICA
IN THIS MOMENT
All-Star Tribute To “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott

Second Stage
SEVENDUST
DEVILDRIVER
KINGDOM OF SORROW
SOILENT GREEN
WITCHCRAFT
GOATWHORE

Texas (Third) Stage
THE SWORD
DROWNING POOL
RIGOR MORTIS

Actually, that is, by no means, a terrible line-up; if the stages are staggered at all (and I imagine they will be), it would be plenty easy to keep oneself occupied during sets from In This Moment, Jonathan Davis, and HellNo. And I guess it’s honorable of Metallica to let Ozzy play last, even though, at this point, a) they’re much bigger than Ozzy and b) Ozzy has to be in bed by 8 pm. I mean, if I was Ozzy, and I’d spent recent Ozzfests getting blown off the stage by the likes of Maiden and Priest, I certainly wouldn’t wanna follow Metallica. But, y’know, nice of Ulrich and Hetfield to step aside for one night and let the Ozzman cometh.

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MetalSucks recently had the opportunity to have a quick chat with Arsis bassist Noah Martin after their show at BB King’s in New York City on February 4th, 2008 with Exodus, Goatwhore and Warbringer. Martin had some interesting things to say about life on the road, the young lads in Warbringer, and Arsis’ new album We Are the Nightmare which drops April 15th on Nuclear Blast. The full chat transcript after the jump.

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The clock struck 7pm sharp and Warbringer wasted no time, launching right into their abbreviated set and taking advantage of every minute of their alloted time slot. It’s not easy being up first on a four-band bill featuring established acts like Arsis and Goatwhore and legends like Exodus, and it’s also not easy being by far the youngest. But Warbringer did a fine job, rocking the 100 or so folks who had shown up early to catch their set of non-stop vintage thrash.

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