STARKILL Announces More North American Tour Dates

In addition to touring with HYPOCRISY, KRISIUN, ABORTED, and ARSIS this May, Chicagoland-based STARKILL will also be playing a few headlining and supporting shows after their stint on the trek. See below for all upcoming tour dates:

STARKILL tour dates

5/01 -- Gramercy - New York, NY*

5/02 -- Palace - Stafford, CT*

5/03 -- Foufounes Electriques - Montreal, QC*

5/04 -- WreckRoom - Toronto, ON*

5/06 -- Reggie's - Chicago, IL*

5/07 -- Station 4 - St. Paul, MN*

5/08 -- The Zoo - Winnipeg, MB*

5/09 -- The Exchange - Regina, SK*

5/10 -- Pawn Shop - Edmonton, AB*

5/11 -- Republik - Calgary, AB*

5/12 -- Branding Iron Pub - Armstrong, BC **

5/13 -- Rickshaw Theater - Vancouver, BC*

5/14 -- The Hop - Spokane, WA

5/15 -- The Red Room - Boise, ID

5/19 -- The Riot Room - Kansas City, MO***

5/20 -- The Vaudeville Mews - Des Moines, IA

* = with HYPOCRISY, KRISIUN, ABORTED, ARSIS

** = with ARSIS

*** = with 3 INCHES OF BLOOD

STARKILL will be touring in support of their new album, Fires of Life. Due out April 29th in Europe and April 30th in North America via Century Media Records, Fires of Life features a unique blend of symphonic black metal, power metal, and melodic death metal. For a preview of the album, fans can listen to the track "Sword, Spear, Blood, Fire" or watch the video for "Fires of Life".

 

Fires of Life track-listing

1. Whispers of Heresy

2. Fires of Life

3. Sword, Spear, Blood, Fire

4. Below the Darkest Depths

5. Immortal Hunt

6. New Infernal Rebirth

7. Strength in the Shadow

8. This is Our Battle; This is Our Day

9. Withdrawn From All Humanity

10. Wash Away the Blood With Rain

Formed in 2008 by Parker Jameson, Spencer Weidner and Charlie Federici, the band self-released an EP in 2010 under the moniker MASSAKREN and played numerous shows across the US. A buzz about the band soon developed in the metal underground, and in tandem with signing to global powerhouse Century Media Records, they decided to change their name to STARKILL to mark the next chapter in their musical career.

While most of their peers were listening to and playing to the "core" US-based bands, the members of STARKILL spent their days cutting their chops to European metal-- and the band makes no qualms about wearing their influences on their sleeves. Inspired by the likes of early CHILDREN OF BODOM à la the now classic Hatebreeder and Follow the Reaper, in addition to NIGHTWISH, AMON AMARTH and DRAGONFORCE, STARKILL aims to pay homage to these acts, while also putting their own spin on Euro-metal-- and their new album, Fires of Life, does just that.

Produced by the band's own Jameson and mastered by death metal legend, James Murphy (DEATH, TESTAMENT, OBITUARY), the album's concept, both lyrically and musically, is overlain in medieval fantasy-themed battles, mythology, and destruction. Fires of Life's artwork, created by renowned metal artist, Joshua Belanger, captures this perfectly.

Stay tuned for more news about STARKILL and Fires of Life coming soon!

ARSIS: Touring Musicians Revealed!

As previously announced, Virginia-based melodic tech-death metal masters ARSIS will be touring as part of the “Frets of Fury Tour” this October without guitarist/vocalist Jim Malone. The band are excited to announce the very talented musicians filling in for Jim in his absence.

"Mike Parks will be performing vocals for the tour in October,” commented the band. “He's the obvious choice as he has helped us out in the past when Malone lost his voice, and was actually the singer of the band that became ARSIS. He is a long-time friend and an extremely strong singer, and we're happy to have him with us.

We'd also like to introduce Brandon Ellis. This is something incredibly special. He is a young guy who plays with the kind of maturity that has become rare in the modern metal and shred scene. His presence will take the guitar chops in ARSIS to a new high. Talk is cheap, so see for yourself http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBUCWKt04AA.

WE ARE NOT CANCELING. ‘The Frets of Fury’ tour was built specifically around the participation of ARSIS and it would be dishonorable to back out and hang everybody out to dry. So we are bringing a brutal set of new music (some of which we've already shared online) and some old ones, which have never been played live despite a constant clamor for them. The lineup is AWESOME as all at the shows will soon discover."

Jim Malone recently commented on his not taking part in the tour:
"Due to professional and personal commitments I am unable to tour with ARSIS at this time. For the upcoming tour with FIREWIND, rather than drop off the tour entirely, we've decided to hire live musicians, some of whom have long been associated with my band. I have given Nick and Noah my blessing and am certain the lineup will be great. My sincerest apologies to anyone who is annoyed or disappointed by my absence. Please go and support ARSIS and check out some of our new songs, which they will be playing every night!”

Check out this video statement from guitarist Nick Cordle that includes pre-production demos of brand new songs that will be played on the tour here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2mzBXH5M9Q

ARSIS w/ LOCAL BANDS

10/06/11 Tremont Music Hall @ The Casbah – Charlotte, NC

10/08/11 Propaganda – Lake Worth, FL

FIREWIND, ARSIS, WHITE WIZZARD, NIGHTRAGE

10/09/11 The State Theater - St Petersburg, FL BUY TICKETS
10/10/11 The Masquerade - Atlanta, GA

10/11/11 Jaxx - Springfield, VA BUY TICKETS

10/12/11 Gramercy Theater - New York, NY BUY TICKETS

10/13/11 Wally’s - Hampton, NH BUY TICKETS

10/14/11 Les Foufounes Electriques - Montreal, QC - CANADA

10/15/11 Maverick’s - Ottawa, ON - CANADA BUY TICKETS
10/16/11 Peabody’s - Cleveland, OH BUY TICKETS
10/18/11 Mojoe’s - Joliet, IL BUY TICKETS

10/19/11 Station 4 - St Paul, MN BUY TICKETS

10/20/11 The Osborne Village Inn - Winnipeg, MB – CANADA BUY TICKETS

10/21/11 Pawn Shop - Edmonton, AB – CANADA BUY TICKETS
10/22/11 Duffers - Kelowna, BC – CANADA

10/23/11 Rickshaw Theater - Vancouver, BC – CANADA BUY TICKETS

10/24/11 Studio Seven - Seattle, WA BUY TICKETS

10/25/11 Hawthorne Theater - Portland, OR

10/26/11 Slim’s - San Francisco, CA BUY TICKETS

10/27/11 Whisky A Go Go - Hollywood, CA BUY TICKETS

ARSIS w/ LOCAL BANDS

10/28/11 The Underground – Mesa, AZ

10/29/11 Juggernaut – Gallup, NM

10/30/11 Marquis Theater – Denver, CO

11/01/11 Fubar – St. Louis, MO

11/02/11 The Mad Hatter – Covington, KY

ARSIS, recently released a demo of a brand new song can also be heard here.

Starve For The Devil was released in North America on February 9^th and debuted at No. 13 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.

The video clip for the ARSIS song “Forced To Rock” can be viewed on YouTube.

SUFFOCATION: Announce Two Exclusive One Off Shows

New York based extreme metal legends SUFFOCATION are proud to announce two exclusive one off shows, in the middle of the groups busy writing process for the follow up to their most recent release, Blood Oath. The following dates have been confirmed so far:

5/15 Santos Party House – New York, NY (w/ MISERY INDEX)
9/4 La Respuesta – Santurce, Puerto Rico

Tickets to their hometown show with special guests MISERY INDEX can be purchased here.

View the video clip for the track “Cataclysmic Purification” at this location. The footage was directed by David Brodsky (ARSIS, GOD FORBID, KATAKLYSM, SWASHBUCKLE) with animation by Tim Kellen.

For more info visit: www.myspace.com/Suffocation | www.Suffocation.us | www.facebook.com/Suffocation