A roundup of the latest news from Metal Blade Records including updates on Cannibal Corpse, Dimebag Darrell’s Dimevision, Cattle Decapitation, Ram and Mother Feather.
Cannibal Corpse have just released their 14th full-length, Red Before Black, via Metal Blade Records.
Listen to the new single, “Scavenger Consuming Death
To hear the previous singles (“Code of the Slashers” and “Red Before Black”), please visit:
metalblade.com/cannibalcorpse
Red Before Black standard track-listing
1. Only One Will Die
2. Red Before Black
3. Code of the Slashers
4. Shedding My Human Skin
5. Remaimed
6. Firestorm Vengeance
7. Heads Shoveled Off
8. Corpus Delicti
9. Scavenger Consuming Death
10. In the Midst of Ruin
11. Destroyed Without a Trace
12. Hideous Ichor
The Red Before Black 2CD Digipak also includes a bonus disc of covers:
CD 2 – Blood Covered
1. Sacrifice (Sacrifice cover)
2. Confessions (Possessed cover)
3. No Remorse (Metallica cover)
4. Demon’s Night (Accept cover)
5. Bethany Home (A Place to Die) (The Accused cover)
6. Endless Pain (Kreator cover)
7. Behind Bars (Razor cover)
www.nervegas.com.au/cannibalcorpse
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Metal Blade Records recently announced the follow up to 2006’s poignant Dimebag Darrell video memorial set, Dimevision Vol 1: That’s The Fun I Have, dubbed Dimevision Vol 2: Roll With It Or Get Rolled Over – another true celebration of Dimebag and how he lived his life. The DVD/CD set – which will include more raw footage, true gems and classic moments – will hit retailers on November 24th.
The set will also include five previously unreleased demos, picked from a vast catalog Dimebag accrued since longtime girlfriend Rita Haney gave him his first 4-track in 1984.
Dimebag’s personally-written lyrics, dates and notes on those tracks will also be included.
Dimevision Vol 2: Roll With It Or Get Rolled Over continues in the same vein as Dimevision Vol 1: That’s The Fun I Have with the inclusion of hilarious video segments that will bring back great memories for any fan of Dimebag Darrell and his bands. Following up on last week’s release of the CPAP machine fitting clip, today, Rita Haney and Co. have revealed another clip – this time showcasing a few of Dime’s favorite costumes and funny personas.
Watch the clip here:
Rita Haney comments: “Exclusively from Dimebag’s own Props Room at The Fortress!!! C’mon over and Getcha Pull off some new items…just posted! Here comes your chance to own a piece of Dimevision History! Props and custom-made costumes (by Dime’s own hand) available now in our PledgeMusic store only!!! Extremely limited!!! Red stiletto chair, along with many more items will be uploaded all weekend…So keep checking back – or you may miss your chance to own one of Dime’s favorite tees or hats!!!”
A PledgeMusic campaign has also been launched to support the release of the set, also acting as a pre-order. The PledgeMusic campaign includes an assortment of rare items to buy, including props and costumes that belonged to Dimebag and that you can see in his home videos/Dimevision volumes, rare stage clothing, and other merchandise. Visit the PledgeMusic page here: https://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/dimevision2
Going into making Dimevision Vol 2: Roll With It Or Get Rolled Over, Rita Haney worked in collaboration with Daryl “Bobby Tongs” Arnberger, who was not only one of Dimebag’s closest friends both on and off the road, but also worked as an official videographer for Pantera, Damageplan and a plethora of A-list musicians, from Slipknot to Dolly Parton, along with film editor Rob Fenn. After cataloguing hundreds of tapes, they chose 43 segments to create Dimevision Vol. 2.
“He had a unique way of seeing things, and he always lived with a video camera,” says Haney. “No matter where we went he was always capturing what was going on, and myself and others around him were filming a lot too. In putting out these videos I just want people to see the way he was, 24/7. What you saw on stage and backstage, that was how he lived.”
Haney adds, “There were some really touching, deep, heavy and emotional moments in the first one, where he’s talking about himself to the camera while in the shower. Filming himself like that was something he did a lot, and you’d have no clue until you’re looking through the tapes and come across them, and when you do the goosebumps crawl all over you. People that love and know Darrell are going to be touched by what he has to say, because it’s him telling you for the first time.”
Pre-orders for Dimevision Vol 2: Roll With It Or Get Rolled Over are now available via Metal Blade at:
www.metalblade.com/dimevision
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Cattle Decapitation recently embarked on a European trek, during which director Paul McGuire / Obscenery Films (https://obsceneryfilms.com/) travelled with the band and captured behind-the-scenes and live footage.
Watch the music video for “The Prophets of Loss”, taken from 2015’s The Anthropocene Extinction:
Watch a bass play-through by the band’s own Derek Engemann for “Clandestine Ways (Krokodil Rot)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kER5Bmu-jow
The Anthropocene Extinction is out now
www.nervegas.com.au/cattledecapitation
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Swedish heavy metallers RAM have just released their striking new album, Rod, via Metal Blade Records! Watch the third and final single from Rod: “Incinerating Storms” below
RAM comments about Rod: “We are very proud to release our fifth studio album entitled ‘Rod’.
On this album for the first time ever we wrote a conceptual story over 6 songs, something that we always wanted to do but never got right. This album contains probably our most epic moments to date but it is still definitely Heavy Metal Tyranny!”
Rod track-listing
1. Declaration of Independence
2. On Wings of No Return
3. Gulag
4. A Throne at Midnight
5. Ramrod the Destroyer, Pt. 1: Anno Infinitus
6. Ramrod the Destroyer, Pt. 2: Ignitor
7. Ramrod the Destroyer, Pt. 3: The Cease to Be
8. Ramrod the Destroyer, Pt. 4: Voices of Death
9. Ramrod the Destroyer, Pt. 5: Incinerating Storms
10. Ramrod the Destroyer, Pt. 6: Ashes
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Currently finishing work on their sophomore album with Grammy-nominated producer Joshua Valleau (Kanye West, John Legend, Snoop Dogg, Common, Imani Coppola, Alice Smith),
Mother Feather has launched a new lyric video for the track “Trampoline”,
Watch it here
The lyric video was created by King Z (Dylan Bowman), a young artist Mother Feather’s Ann Courtney met fortuitously at one of the band’s live shows in Brooklyn a couple years ago. “He made quite a first impression on me,” says Courtney. “It was his first NYC rock show ever and he was totally wild-eyed afterwards, a fireball of pure enthusiasm. I liked him right away. Dylan made the move to Brooklyn to attend art school at Pratt shortly thereafter and I’ve become a big fan of spectacularly psychedelic style, which is on full display in his webseries, ‘King Z.’ I was thrilled when he agreed to collaborate and lend his style to a lyric video for ‘Trampoline.'”
Mother Feather will release their upcoming album in 2018 via Metal Blade Records. “The newest songs for the album were written last fall and winter in the midst and aftermath of the US presidential election,” Courtney comments. “The political climate and outcome were personally devastating, but it also re-ignited my sense of purpose. I locked myself away to write, face my depression, and stare down some uncomfortable feelings. Truthfully, I went to some very dark and lonely places. So there’s a lot of fever – and intimacy – in the new music. When I emerged from my self-exile, I discovered my band waiting for me on the other side, so there’s exuberance and catharsis there too. It’s good to have friends, ya know?! Together, we worked to develop the songs and shape them into some of Mother Feather’s best, most eclectic work yet. We couldn’t be more excited for this opportunity to continue our work with Metal Blade.”
Mother Feather released their self-titled album last year via Metal Blade Records; for their efforts, the group has garnered massive buzz for their unique brand of rock, vibrant Bowie-esque costumes and makeup, and enthralling live show. Having been featured on IFC.com, TeamCoco.com, and HuffingtonPost.com (who declared them as “a great New York City band in the tradition of Great New York City Bands”), Mother Feather was also named “new band of the week” by Metal Hammer, and has received much play on Daniel P. Carter’s Rock Show on BBC Radio 1. To preview and purchase Mother Feather, please visit: metalblade.com/motherfeather
