BUTCHER BABIES to Tour with Marilyn Manson; Band Added to Hell & Heaven Metal Fest 2013

With heavy metal and horror-inspired theatrics fascinating crowds worldwide, the BUTCHER BABIES has emerged as one of the biggest draws on the Sunset Strip in their hometown of Los Angeles, CA. Within a few short weeks BUTCHER BABIES has made two huge announcements: a record deal with metal label CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS and a 2013 North American tour with shock-rock icon MARILYN MANSON. A list of confirmed dates can be seen below.

In addition, BUTCHER BABIES is proud to announce that they have been confirmed to play Hell & Heaven Metal Fest 2013. The festival is on May 18th and 19th in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. MOTӦRHEAD, ANTHRAX, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, and MOONSPELL are already confirmed for the festival along with a number of other key acts. Additional details on Hell & Heaven Metal Fest 2013 will be released and more information on the event can be found here: www.hellandheavenfest.com

Fronted by Carla Harvey and Heidi Shepherd - named two of the year's 'Hottest Women in Rock' by Revolver Magazine - BUTCHER BABIES has brought their show worldwide wowing UK fans at this year's Download Festival and as support for ANTHRAX in Cardiff. Following their UK appearances, the band returned to America as direct support for OTEP and just wrapped up their first headlining tour.

Butcher Babies' track "Axe Wound" (listen here) is currently in rotation on Sirius XM Liquid Metal, and their short movie/video for the track "Mr. Slowdeath" can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YttVe6v31Yk. The band - vocalists Harvey and Shepherd, guitarist Henry Flury, bassist Jason Klein and drummer Chris Warner - is currently working on their full-length debut, slated for a worldwide release in Summer 2013 via Century Media Records.

Dates with Marilyn Manson:

01/18/13 - Milwaukee, WI @ Eagle's Ballroom

01/19/13 - Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart's

01/20/13 - Columbus, OH @ The LC Pavilion

01/22/13 - Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore

01/23/13 - Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues

01/25/13 - Wallingford, CT @ The Dome

01/26/13 - Boston, MA @ House of Blues

01/28/13 - Montreal, QC, CA @ Metropolis

01/29/13 - Oshawa, ON, CA @ General Motors Centre

01/30/13 - Hamilton, ON, CA @ Hamilton Place Theatre

02/01/13 - Sudbury, ON, CA @ Sudbury Arena

02/04/13 - Winnipeg, MB, CA @ MTS Centre

02/05/13 - Moose Jaw, SK, CA @ Mosiac Place

02/06/13 - Saskatoon, SK, CA @ TCU Place

02/08/13 - Calgary, AB, CA @ Stampede Corral

02/09/13 - Edmonton, AB, CA @ Shaw Conference Centre

02/11/13 - Vancouver, BC, CA @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre

02/13/13 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Theatre

02/19/13 - San Francisco, CA @ Warfield Theatre

02/20/13 - Anaheim, CA @ The Grove of Anaheim

02/21/13 - Los Angeles, CA @ Club Nokia

02/23/13 - Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues

Hell & Heaven Metal Fest 2013:

*Butcher Babies performance date TBA. The festival is 05/18/13 and 05/19/13.

Chris Vrenna Leaves Marilyn Manson to Focus on Production and New Projects

Chris Vrenna, the Grammy-award winning musician and producer who was most recently the drummer/keyboardist for Marilyn Manson, has left the band to focus on his growing film and video game scoring, production career and DJ outings as well as work on the forthcoming 2012 Tweaker release.

"I'm incredibly proud of the work I did with Manson and look forward to the release of Born Villain. I wish my brothers well but with the recording largely completed I felt it was time to return to other facets of my career which involves production work, film scoring, and future musical collaborations," explained Vrenna.

Vrenna rose to prominence in the early '90s as a full-time member of Nine Inch Nails, having been a permanent member of Trent Reznor's band since Nine Inch Nails' inception and for the following eight years. His production and programming credits include the aforementioned Nine Inch Nails, Smashing Pumpkins, Marilyn Manson, Guns'n'Roses and most recently work on Evanescence's self-titled 2011 album. Vrenna is also a sought after remixer working on tracks by U2, Nelly Furtado, Rammstein, and Slipknot.

Magician: demo song of new album available

Brazilian power metal band MAGICIAN, who recently announced Tiago Masseti (DAYDREAM XI) as its new vocalist, is now working on the pre-production of their second album. A demo version of "The Scorching Curse", one of the new songs, was posted online at www.myspace.com/magicianband

"This is the first Magician's release in the past four years, and it shows a new phase of the band. Even being just a demo you can feel the power of Tiago's voice and get a preview of the new album. I hope you like it and leave your comments on MySpace", commented Renato Osorio, Magician's guitarist.

MAGICIAN's first album, "Tales of the Magician", was released in 2008 and 2009 via Die Hard Records (Brazil), Dockyard 1 (Europe), Soundholic (Japan) and Locomotive Records (North America). The album was mixed and mastered by Dirk Schlächter (GAMMA RAY), Kai Hansen (GAMMA RAY, ex-HELLOWEEN) and Arne Lakenmacher. The band's debut entered japanese charts at position No. 10, surpassing known rock and metal acts like EXODUS, VELVET REVOLVER, MARILYN MANSON and LINKIN PARK.

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