Tour Dates: The New Black tour 2010

Select headlining dates, a small tour with Powerwolf, and select festival dates in the Summer between the recording of a second album…

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Fear Factory – Mechanize


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Reuniting guitar player Dino Cazares and vocalist Burton C. Bell for the first time since 2002 and the Digimortal album (2001), the recording of Mechanize forced the postponement of Summer 2009 tour dates, but 2010 finally sees them get underway…
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Hellfueled – Emission of Sins


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After a slightly disappointing, if matured, third album in 2007 which seemed to be treading water a little, Emission of Sins is a storming return to the big riffs of Born II Rock with the same hooks and instantly enjoyable songs…
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Heathen – Evolution of Chaos


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The long, long overdue return of Heathen was highly anticipated in thrash World when it came about in 2001 as part of the Thrash of The Titans charity event in aid of Chuck Billy and Chuck Schuldiner, but all the reunion produced was the Recovered EP and some live shows…
by Andy Lye

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Annihilator – Live At Masters of Rock


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Finally arriving some time after the North American and mainland European release Live At Masters of Rock is Annihilator's first ever full concert DVD, and a far better prospect than the Ten Years In Hell collection of clips, which represent their only other venture onto DVD and was rather disappointing in all areas…
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Bruce Kulick – BK3


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Former KISS and current Grand Funk Railroad and (when active) Eric Singer Project/Union guitarist Bruce Kulick spent a considerable amount of time on finally following up 2003's Transformer with more guests than his first two albums combined…
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Charred Walls of The Damned – Charred Walls of The Damned


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This lengthily-named outfit is a new project from former Iced Earth drummer and current writer for Howard Stern's radio show Richard Christy, featuring Steve DiGiorgio on bass and singer Tim "Ripper Owens" providing vocals between solo shows and touring with HAIL!
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Overkill – Ironbound


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Overkill promised an old-school thrash album with Ironbound, seemingly answering the calls from a particular section of thrash fans who were tiring of their groove-metal sound and wanted a more traditional album. They have delivered this in a way, but it's not quite as one-dimensional as it could have been, thankfully…
by Andy Lye

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Throwdown – Deathless


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Deathless represents Throwdown's first album of their new record deals with Nuclear Blast in Europe and E1 Music in North America, after leaving Trustkill Records in 2008 following their acclaimed Venom & Tears album…
by Andy Lye

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Ihsahn – After


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Now almost entirely focused on his solo material after finishing up with Peccatum in 2006, After is Ihsahn's third post-Emperor release, and delivers more of the same gradiosity and variation present on the first two discs…
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CodeJak – Hell Yeah


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Cumbrian alternative rock outfit CodeJak seem to be on a steady rise at the moment, picking up deals and endorsements on a regular basis, all leading to the release of their debut EP via the new record label arm of Alpha Wave Media Group, and from the evidence here, the attention is much deserved…
by Andy Lye

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