Mastodon - Mother Puncher

Mastodon is out on tour and are soon commming to my home town, Stockholm.
As you all know they released a new album last year "The Hunter"

The Tour:

Jan 11Tampere, Finland - Pakkahuone
Jan 12Helsinki, Finland - Circus
Jan 14Stockholm, Sweden - The Annex
Jan 15Oslo, Norwa - Sentrum Scene
Jan 16Copenhagen, Denmark - VEGA
Jan 17Aarhus, Denmark - Voxhall
Jan 19Brussels, Belgium - Encienne Belgique
Jan 20Paris, France - Le Bataclan
Jan 22Lisbon, Portugal - Coliseum
Jan 23Madrid, Spain - Riviera
Jan 24Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz
Jan 26Milan, Italy - Xtra
Jan 28Zurich, Switzerland - Xtra
Jan 29Frankfurt, Germany - Batschkapp
Jan 30Munich, Germany - Backstage Halle/Werk
Jan 31Berlin, Germany - C-Club/Astra
Feb 2Cologne, Germany - Essigfabrik/E-Werk
Feb 3Tilburg, Holland - 013
Feb 5Bristol, UK - 02 Academy
Feb 6Manchester, UK - Academy
Feb 7Glasgow, UK - Barrowlands
Feb 9Norwich, UK - UEA
Feb 10Birmingham, UK - HMV Institute
Feb 11London, UK - O2 Academy Brixton
Feb 25Brisbane, Australia - Soundwave Festival
Feb 26Sydney, Australia - Soundwave Festival
Feb 27Melbourne, Australia - Billboard
Mar 1Sydney, Australia - The Hi-Fi
Mar 2Melbourne, Australia - Soundwave Festival
Mar 3Adelaide, Australia - Soundwave Festival
Mar 5Perth, Australia - Soundwave Festival

Be sure to catch them, This Is Big!!!!



Homesite here!


Im gonna play an oldie that we didnt have here on Tune Of The Day.

Dudes and Dudettes, here is Mastodon from 2005.

Cheers, Thetania





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Pagans Mind - Intermission

Thetania´s #2 Is Pagans Mind´s new album "Heavenly Ecstasy".
Its their 5th album.



This Norwegian band came to Stockholm couple of years ago, and Cheezuz
I liked it a lot...its like a mix of Dream Theater and old Saga.

The bass player Steinar is really funny and a competent bass player, Guitar man Jorn is a great guitar player, Ronny on the keyboard is fabulous, drummer Stian is a great drummer and a great guy and then last one.. Nils the vocalist, has a dream voice!!



Ladys and Gents, This is Pagans Mind!

Cheers, Thetania



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Opeth - Pyre

Now its time for Thetania´s #5 !

This is a group that done a sorta diffrent album this time...
little Lighter but more complex, not that hard but cooler..

Opeth and the album Heritage.



I do love this one....Saw them at Hovet some time ago, and they were lovely.
Im in the middle of all X-Mas cooking here so...lets get down to the Video.

Folks, here is Opeth!!!

Merry Christmas peeps, Love, Thetania




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Mastodon - Stargasm

My #9 album is Mastodon with their album "The Hunter".




I didnt think they would or could make even better album, but this is a giant!
The riffs, the heavy groove that I just love! A taste of psycadelic doesnt make it worse :)



The album is their fifth studio album and was released in September 2011, in an interview with MTV Germany, it was revealed that the new album will be called The Hunter in honor of Brent Hinds's brother who unexpectedly passed away while hunting during the making of the album. Speaking to AOL's Noisecreep, drummer Brann Dailor described the new material as not so much proggy as riff-oriented and "a little more stripped down," akin to that of Leviathan (2004) and "like a really super-heavy Led Zeppelin or something." Asked if Brent Hinds is again responsible for most of the initial songwriting", Dailor replied, "I think it's a little more collaborative, with everyone chipping in."

Folks, This is #9 Mastodon!

Thetania

Sorry couldnt find a video but its sound,



This is a video about making "The Hunter"



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Mastodon - All the Heavy Lifting

Today when I got home, was there as usual a pile of mail at the door, but it was not just a bunch of bills, advertisements and other junk, which stuck up a "jiffy" bag it brown and nice and shouted, open me now! It was not quite what I expected, impatient as I am, opened it immediately and to my great surprise, it was a painting there and not just any painting, it was "Mastodon's The Hunter" painted in 8-bit interpretation of the cover; created by none other than Slusk ... wow what a cool thing, was actually quite speechless for a moment and thought was this a late birthday gift???


No, not directly, it turned out that some Slusk had a contest, Slusk lacked inspiration and needed a nudge on the road and shouted for help. My suggestion was that he could do his interpretation of the Mastodon album "The Hunter" which he did and I got in the mail. Shit what arbitrarily, this will get a place of honor at home.

So what about today's tune then... It's obvious that Mastodon is the main theme of today and the suitable tune for this is this beautiful song with the following lyrics "Can you show me, Where to find a stream" thinking of course of the artistic direction.

Todays tune "All the Heavy Lifting" is taken from the latest album "The Hunter" and is dedicated to Slusk, thank you!




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Opeth - The Devil's Orchard

The progressive metal band Opeth is releasing a new album on the 15 of September.

Named "Heritage", I found a sound track on it that I wanted to play for u all.

It is a really mystified tune with a real progressive sound in it, love it.







Heritage will signal a departure for Opeth from the musical style of their past albums. Originally, the first two songs Mikael Åkerfeldt wrote for the album were in the style of Watershed, but he scrapped them soon after. After writing "The Lines in My Hands" and speaking with Martin Mendez, Åkerfeldt decided to write the rest of the album in that style.



Heritage will feature no death growls, which have been present on every Opeth album except Damnation. Unlike Damnation, however, the music will have a prominent fusion influence. The album's title track is influenced by Jan Johansson and Swedish folk music.







Åkerfeldt said in the album's press release:

“It will be our 10th album/observation. I dig it; we all do. In fact, it feels like I've been building up to write for and participate on an album like this since I was 19. It's quite intense at times in some 'old' murky way, and quite beautiful and stark at times, if I may say so myself. It's obvious I'm going to say nice things about it since I wrote, basically, the whole piece, but I guess it will raise a few eyebrows and it certainly is an acquired taste. I think you'll need a slightly deeper understanding of our music as a whole to be able to appreciate this record. I've realized my influences for this album are so diverse that I can't really say what it sounds like. If I can compare it to any other band, it would have to be Opeth, but it's different from the stuff we've done before. I've listened a lot to Alice Cooper for the last year, yet I can't say it sounds like No More Mr. Nice Guy. I hope you'll like it once you hear it."







The current members are:

Mikael Åkerfeldt on lead vocals, guitars

Martin Mendez on bass guitar

Martin "Axe" Axenrot on drums, percussion

Fredrik Åkesson on guitars, backing vocals



Lets hear it,



Peace, Thetania

Queensryche - I Don't Believe In Love

Today I was cleaning and I found a cd that I forgot I had, "Operation: Mindcrime" from 1988. A rock opera, its story follows a man who becomes disillusioned with the society of the time and reluctantly becomes involved with a revolutionary group as an assassin of political leaders. The album is highly regarded within the heavy metal community, often labelled as one of the genre's finest works.



Its a very toutching story.

I have to say that I do belive in love :D tonight my Stones and our children comes home from up north aaahhh thats gonna be sooo nice. I had to go home to do some gigs here in Stockholm so I flew down here Tuesday afternoon. One of the gigs were a Chines company convention, total hilarious, Im gonna tell u all about it later on.

Queensryche just released their 12th album named "Dedicated to Chaos" havent heard it yet but after this I just have to, they have change a bit in their music but its worth a peak I think.



Geoff Tate says regarding the new album like this:
"The sound and the writing direction is probably more focused on rhythm than any of our records have been. Scott and Eddie are contributing a lot to the composition of this record, so there's a lot of focus on rhythm structure and keeping things very rhythmatic and moving. It's got a lot of very intricate bass/drum work on it that perhaps hasn't been featured on earlier albums. Therefore it's going to have a very modern sound to it. Music these days, outside of hard rock and metal, is really rhythm-oriented. There's a lot of movement to it. So we're kind of going with that as a feature on this record. Still, there's a lot of interesting guitar work as we try to push the guitar into different areas as well, while trying to stay away from the bone-head stuff like the chunk-chunk-chunk kind of thing. We're using the guitars in a more melodic sense."



Their tour look like this:

Date City Venue Country
07/23/11 London High Voltage Festival UK
07/24/11 Bournemouth Bournemouth Bic United Kingdom
07/27/11 Lisbon Atlantico Pavilion Portugal
07/29/11 New York, NY Irving Plaza United States
07/30/11 Hartford, CT Webster Theater United States
07/31/11 Poughkeepsie, NY The Chance United States
08/02/11 Allentown, PA The Croc United States
08/03/11 Morristown, NJ Mayo PAC United States
08/04/11 Westbury, NY Capital One Bank Theater United States
08/05/11 Hampton Beach, NH Hampton Beach Casino & Ballroom US
08/06/11 Boston, MA House of Blues United States
08/07/11 Rochester, NY Nola’s Outdoor Concert US
08/09/11 Washington DC 930 Club United States
08/10/11 Englewood, NJ Bergen Performing Arts Center US
08/11/11 Glenside, PA Keswick United States
08/12/11 North Tonawanda, NY Molson Canal Concert Series US
08/13/11 Pittsburgh, PA Palace Theatre United States
08/14/11 Charlotte, NC The Fillmore United States
08/16/11 St. Louis, MO The Pageant United States
08/17/11 Grand Rapids, MI Orbit Room United States
08/18/11 Cleveland, OH ouse of Blues United States
08/19/11 Detroit, MI The Fillmore United States
08/20/11 Chicago, IL Congress Theater United States
08/21/11 Milwaukee, WI The Rave United States
08/25/11 Palmer, AK Alaska State Fair United States
08/27/11 Auburn, WA White River Amphitheatre US
08/28/11 Hillsboro, OR Washington County Fairgrounds US
09/06/11 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory United States
09/07/11 Missoula, MT Wilma Theater United States
09/08/11 Boise, ID Knitting Factory United States
09/09/11 Reno, NV Knitting Factory United States
09/10/11 Chico, CA Senator Theater United States
09/11/11 Sacramento, CA Ace of Spades United States
09/14/11 Tucson, AZ Rialto United States.
09/15/11 Phoenix, AZ The Foundry United States
09/16/11 Albuquerque, NM Hard Rock Hotel & Casino US
09/17/11 Denver, CO Ogden Theater United States
09/19/11 Tulsa, OK Cain’s Ballroom United States
09/20/11 San Antonio, TX Majestic Theater United States
09/22/11 Dallas, TX House of Blues United States
09/23/11 Biloxi, MS Hard Rock Hotel & Casino US
09/24/11 Houston, TX House of Blues United States
09/25/11 Austin, TX Emo’s East United States
09/28/11 Anaheim, CA House of Blues United States
09/29/11 San Diego, CA House of Blues United States
09/30/11 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues United States
10/01/11 Los Angeles, CA House of Blues United States
10/02/11 San Francisco, CA The Regency Ballroom United States
11/14/11 - 11/19/11 Cozumel Shiprocked Cruise United States



Wanna know more about em plz click here to come to their homesite.

Okey Folks, Lets hear the oldie :D

Cheers, Thetania




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Amorphis - Magic & Mayhem

This is a band that goes on and on, on my ipod.
This tune is soft in the beginning but staggering its deepness after awhile.
Its sort of a heavy rock band from 70´s but with twentieth century metal touch.
I just love it!!



Amorphis comes from Finland as many good Metal band, almost the same as Swedens Gothenburg that have many good ones too :)

The singer Tomi Joutsen has so long hair that he must have problems when taking a shit, I bet :D



AMORPHIS, whose title derives from the word 'Amorphous' meaning without shape or form, have ploughed their own distinct furrow by combining Death Metal with elements of 70's inspired Progressive Rock and even Psychedelia.

The members are:
Tomi Joutsen – Vocals
Esa Holopainen – Guitar
Tomi Koivusaari – Guitar
Santeri Kallio – Keyboards
Niclas Etelävuori – Bass
Jan Rechberger – Drums



In January 2011, the band put the finishing touches on its tenth regular studio album. "The Beginning Of Times" is due for release at the end of May and will be preceded by the single You I Need in April.


This is their tour dates:
May
07.05. Karmøygeddon, Haugesund (NO)
27.-29.5. Metalfest, Mining (AT)
27.-29.5. Metalfest, Pratteln (CH)
27.-29.5. Metalfest, Dessau (DE)
June
10.-12.6. Rock Hard Festival, Gelsenkirchen (DE)
14.06. Shibuya-Ax, Tokyo (JP)
15.06. Club Quattro, Nagoya (JP)
17.06. Namba Hatch, Osaka (JP)
18.06. Bay Hall, Yokohama (JP)
19.06. Legacy, Taipei (TW)
23.-25.6. Nummirock, Kauhajoki (FI)
26.06. Graspop, Dessel (BE)
July
7.-9.7. Rock Harz, Ballenstedt Airfield (DE)
8.-10.7. Ruisrock, Turku (FI)
13.07. Hegyalja Fesztival, Tokaj (HU)
14.07. Masters Of Rock, Vizovice (CZ)
15.07. Bang Your Head, Balingen (DE)
16.07. Metalcamp, Tolmin (SL)
24.07. Tuska, Helsinki (FI)
August
13.08. Rock im Betonwerk, Chemnitz-Mittelbach (DE)
27.08. Summer’s End Festival, Andernach (DE)



Todays tune comes from the album they released in 2010,
"Magic & Mayhem – Tales From The Early Years"

Ladys and Gents, Here is Amorphis...


Cheers, Thetania


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Mastodon - Divinations

Sonisphere Festival 2011
Slipknot, In Flames, Mastodon, Mustasch, Airborne, Dead By April, Kvelertak and Graveyard. We proudly present this year's great artist arrangement for the international festival of Sonisphere Festival 2011th Saturday, July 9 Stockholm's new festival area, with scenes of both Söderstadion and Globentorget - Globe Arena Open Air! Tickets will be released February 25 at 09:00

MASTODON



American Mastodon will also come to Sonisphere Festival with their explosive, intelligent and powerful metal. They formed in 1999 when drummer Brann Dail and guitarist Bill Kelliher moved to Atlanta and met bassist Troy Sanders and guitarist Brent Hinds at a gig. Quickly they realized that they all four liked bands like Melvins, Neurosis and '70s Thin Lizzy. Mastodon was a fact.

Twelve years and four albums later, countless tributes in such as "new Metallica" is not unusual, and a variety of tours in the back is Mastodon hotter than ever. After completing their tour with Metallica in 2009, Mastodon went together in 2010 with bands as Deftones and Alice in Chains and created the tour "Blackdiamondskye" which was a success in U.S. and Canada. And now, in 2011, the come to Sonisphere in Stockholm. Powerful!


SLIPKNOT


This summer's major rock event in Stockholm, Sonisphere, culminating in a show of U.S. metal gods SLIPKNOT! last time they were in Sweden was the summer of 2009 when they got Metal Town in Gothenburg to completely explode. The year before they got a sold out Hovet in Stockholm to shake, literally speking. Now it's time again for 'The Maggots "to take the capital of Sweden. As a tribute to original member Paul Gray, who tragically died last year, they promise that no one should be indifferent in the summer. Slipknot is back!

Slipknot is one of the most important and dynamic profile band that came from the late 90's metal scene. The band has influenced many bands from that era up until today. Using a series of Ozzfest tours, and countless other tours and a bunch of successful albums cemented the band from Des Moines quickly his role as one of the top names in modern metal. Slipknot has now sold over 14 million albums, but everyone knows that it is through their energetic, explosive and unforgettable live shows you will experience the nine Slipknot members derrsed in a mask!

Slipknot says:

“We’re looking forward to spending our summer in Europe. This tour is about us. It’s about celebrating the life of our brother, Paul and his legacy. The door is neither open nor closed. This tour is about burning down that door. See you this summer.”

We cant w8!

IN FLAMES



Flames have been on fire with as strong and proud flame since its inception in 1990 and the band is now Scandinavia and the world´s biggest metal acts. Many members have come and gone over the years but the course has always been kept stable by the band's founder Jesper Strömblad. Flames mixes hard, heavy, melodic and finely tuned to a multi-dimensional wall of sound that no other band managed to create since Black Sabbath's early years. In Flames have sold over two million records and received a huge sackful of awards. They have undoubtedly had a few great years since gold record-winning album "A Sense of Purpose" released in 2008.

Two years ago, the band ended the festival Metal Town in Gothenburg in a quite majestic way for an overwhelming audience. 2010 made the Flames their biggest headline gigs ever on Swedish soil. As many as 19 000 people saw the band for three great evenings. Now we are enormously proud to present the Flames on the main stage during the Sonisphere Festival in Stockholm. This would not be missed, not us, not you!

MUSTASCH



On February 28 Mustasch celebrates its tenth anniversary, it was ten years on this day since their debut album "The True Sound of the New West" was released. Mustasch has subsequently including won the Grammy in the category Metal of the Year for both the album "Latest Version Of The Truth" (2007) and "Mustache" (2009). Now celebrating the tenth year, on release her new album "The New Sound of the True Best".
It is recorded with producer Tobias Lindell who have recorded their best songs over the years again. The disc also includes the newly written song "Angel's Share".
The album release February 28th followed by a spring tour, there is no doubt that the highlight of the Mustasch anniversary definitely will be the gig at Sonisphere this summer.

AIRBOURNE



Airborne is a band with class gives Australian heavy metal tradition after AC / DC. Airborne was created in 2003 by brothers Joel and Ryan O'Keeffe and has already been, support to bands like Motley Crue, The Rolling Stones and Motorhead.

The sound can be described as smelling of the eighties, diesel, AC / DC, vocal loops that are exactly where they should be. In March last year released the sequel to their debut album, No Guts, No Glory, and with it in the back touring Australians worldwide in spring 2010. This summer, Sweden and Stockholm is next. Sonisphere Festival presents Airborne!

DEAD BY APRIL



Dead by April, a metal band from Gothenburg that released 2009 their eponymous debut album. But a year before their debut got the awards for "Best New Artist" from the "Swedish Metal Awards" and "Bandit Rock Awards. In Sonisphere context is the experienced, they did an awesome gig at the Hultsfred festival's 2009. This summer's concert in Sonisphere will be something special - hard, energetic and fantastic!

KVELERTAK



From Stavanger, Norway, the six-strong Kvelertak. With a fantastic mix of rocknroll, heavy metal and hardcore punk sounds not unlike their compatriots in Turbonegro, but Kvelertak take it if possible to another level. A little harder, a little more rocknroll, a little more hell and more Norwegian. Those of you who have not seen or heard Kvelertak have something to look forward to, and you who already seen or heard them know what we are talking about when we say that Kvelertak then u can not miss this at this year Sonisphere Festival!


GRAVEYARD



Graveyard was formed in Gothenburg 2006 and released years after their debut album. Graveyard is based both their sound and their look of a solid "back ground " - but is certainly much more than just a repetition of the past. This is very evident on the band's upcoming album - produced by Don Alsterberg (José Gonzales, Juniper, Soundtrack of Our Lives, The International Noise Conspiracy) - where the band with Don has managed to create an analogy, recorded and mixed production, which tastefully combines the 70's classic rock with a strong modern sound. Everyone who has seen the Graveyard live, know that they deliver something extraordinary. David Noaksson from a newspaper wrote after a gig last fall:

Graveyard's a bit like a bastard between Black Sabbath, Deep Purple and Cream, which come forward and challenge the throne. Perhaps the best gig I've seen in Sundsvall. "

We are extremely proud to give you Graveyard of Sonisphere Festival this summer.


Information
Sonisphere Festival was established in 2009 and received the award "Best New Festival" at the 2009 UK Festival Awards. That year the festival visited six countries. Now just two years later, Sonisphere Festival has grown even bigger, 2011, twelve countries we will have this festival. We are delighted and proud that Sweden and Stockholm is one of those. See you this summer!

Ladys and Gents, Let me present: Mastodon!

Peace, Thetania




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