Mastodon - Black Tongue

Atlanta-based metal band Mastodon released new song "Black Tongue". The track is taken from the band's upcoming album "The Hunter".

The album is the band's fifth album in order, this one was recorded in the Doppler Studios in Atlanta with producer Mike Elizondo, who previously produced Avenged Sevenfold hit album "Nightmare" from 2010.

The band have been performed at the Sonisphere Festival in Knebworth, France, Sweden, Turkey, Finland, and Poland, as well as in Germany's Rock Am Ring/Rock Im Park Festival during this summer. The show in Sweden was magnificent and i already looking forward for the next visit.
A full show would be brilliant to see and hear.

On June 28, 2011, Mastodon released an unreleased track from Crack the Skye called "Deathbound". It was released through Adultswim.com and had a music video made for it.

In July, the band's Youtube account debuted a 1-minute sample of another new song, entitled "Black Tongue”, this you can watch here, check below.

The artwork is made by AJ Fosik, a wood carver who is also responsible for the backdrop the band uses live. This marks a departure from Paul Romano, who did all their artwork to date.

On , a song from the album, titled "Black Tongue" was released - via iTunes, Spotify and Ovi Music.

Here is a “taste of what’s to come” with this trailer for “Black Tongue” off their upcoming album The Hunter, which is set for release in the end of September. Animation by Aaron Hymes.



Watch AJ Fosik's process when is making the sculpture from the cover of Mastodon's upcoming album "The Hunter.” All this is with the music of ”Black Tongue” witch was released on July 25 and is also valid thru the Spotify link below and of course it will be included in Tune Of The Days Spotify playlist, Enjoy!



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Slipknot - Psychosocial

Today I thought to mention some impressions from Sonisphere festival that took place this weekend. This is the third year this festival is held here in Sweden, this is also the third year that I've been working with it in one way or another. The first time it was in Hultsfred (South Of Sweden), second year on the ”Stora Skuggan (Big Shadow)" outside Stockholm, and this time it became a city festival almost in the center of Stockholm, when the area around the Globe was used for this eminent one-day festival.

Due, of much work at the beginning of the festival with various fix various I missed both SEVEN TRIBE and DEAD BY APRIL, no major loss i think, you could hear the tunes in the background. I did however got the chance to see a few songs with my Norwegian favorites KVELERTAK that cleared the net and brought back to life of the sun drowsy audience with their groovy mangle. A band that I prefer to see in a smaller environment such as the venue they had last time in Stockholm, Debaser Slussen. Unfortunately I missed the GRAVEYARDs gig, but ran into them in the hallways, nice guys indeed. MASTODON was to my satisfaction, and I managed to see around four songs before it was time to run away again. ARCH ENEMY did in my opinion an awesome gig, Angela Gossow is the woman with the power to get the usual deadly to fall like skittles. AIRBOURNE had a full blast from beginning to end and showed that they can rock like hell, fun to watch actually. IN FLAMES is always great to see live, but it was a shame that so few new songs were played, the new album is really high class. But as always, great to meet the guys behind the band, Biffen, Morgan Brown, Tobbe Berg, Fish and others. MUSTASCH I did not see, but i did hear them.

The festival's climax and headliner, SLIPKNOT have the honor of ending the stripped down Sonisphere this time, as they do in a brilliant way, enough crazy to stick around and enjoy the spectacle.

Paul Gray, who passed away a little over five years ago was hailed by his dress, it was hanging on the stage and his stand in was hiding behind it all. The show was pretty emotional, but crazy, just as one would expect from the guys.

Here is some pictures from my camera.

Here is some pictures from my friend and the great photographer Micke Sandströms camera.

Todays tune "Psychosocial” is the second single and fourth track from their fourth studio album, "All Hope Is Gone”. Percussionist Shawn Crahan told The Pulse of Radio what he could regarding "Psychosocial", saying, "One thing I can feel is like that song has got a lot of, I would say social anxiety. It's got a real good tempo. It's really fun and it's different. I think most of the stuff that we have is different.”



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Photographer Micke Sandström Website

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In Flames - Where The Dead Ships Dwell

My Moment at Sonisphere was In Flames!
I got goose bumps, I sang, I couldnt stand still, I laughed, I screamed (so noone saw it, haha)

Here I stand in the middle of seated people in red.

They were really good, the singer Anders is a great audience man. As he is from Gothenburg and we in Stockholm feel somehow threatened by that city and vice versa, there were some jokes were made about it :D He also told all that go and buy the new album and today in arrived in our mailbox :D LOOOOVE IT!!

Stones were out there and took some pics for me :D

This was In Flames first gig in Sweden after releasing the new album and it sounded darn good, much better than from the album, some band have so much "help" on the album so the live act sounds worse but this wasent the matter in this case. It helped me to LOVE some tunes that I didnt feel that much for b4.

What im trying to point out here is that IT WAS FUCKING GREAT GIG!!!!!!!

For you that dont know so much of In Flames Ill tell you some.

In Flames, along with Dark Tranquillity and At the Gates, pioneered what is now known as melodic death metal. The founding members of all three bands all lived in Gothenburg, Sweden and they were all friends who shared the same musical interests. Eventually, that group of friends branched off into three bands with the same musical direction, In Flames, Dark Tranquillity, and At the Gates all goodies.

Jesper Strömblad formed In Flames to write music that combined the melodic guitar style of Iron Maiden with the brutality of death metal, something which Jesper stated he had never heard any band do. In writing songs, Jesper also decided to make use of keyboards, something which was (at the time) uncommon in death metal. Ever since In Flames' debut studio album, Lunar Strain, the band has made use of keyboards, although other extreme metal bands such as Cradle of Filth had been using keyboards years before them. Despite their sometimes heavy use of keyboards in their music, they still refuse to recruit a full-time keyboardist.

Jesper has now left In Flames and a former guitarist Niclas Engelin came back instead, I do like Niclas although I love Jesper and what he done for In Flames I wish him a great future :D

Here is a pic on the backstage of Apollo stage.

Okey, Ladys and Gents, here´s, In Flames!

Love, Thetania

Live song


Only sound


In Flames - Sounds Of A Playground Fading (Official EPK)


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Arch Enemy - We Will Rise

Sonisphere came and went and when I read the comments from Sonisphere Facebook page I couldnt see any negative comment..Thats kinda cool :D
Stones worked his ass off all week there and now its time for some vacation.
I have a pretty tired and eaking man at home right now, after being on the roll since the 18 of June he is kinda tired, mildly said hehe. He took some pics on the festival that we will show to u.



DAAAMN, Wow I am frecking amazed over this Festival!!!
It was so much goodies, although I was kinda stucked at stage 1 (Apollo stage).
thats Arch Enemy was late made me happy cos they switched with Mastodon and played at Apollo stage. :D

She sings like a whole man :D the German girl, Angela Gossow, she is among a small number of females to front as a death metal singer. She has a mezzo-soprano vocal range, with a death growl. She is a vegetarian. Since 2008 she is a manager for Arch Enemy and Spiritual Beggars.



Arch Enemy did a very good gig, the whole audience rolled with the music.
It wasent like In Flames or Slipknot but it was damn goood :D

I had a very good spot to work at so I could look at the show now and then.

Here is the Apollo stage and arena b4 the show started.

Arch Enemy in action at Sonisphere, Stockholm Sweeeeedeeen!

They have just released a new album called "Khaos Legions" thats pretty good.

Their tour dates are as following:
Jul 10 Sonisphere Festival Knebworth, UNITED KINGDOM
Jul 12 Metal Camp Tolmin, SLOVENIA, SI
Jul 14 Lez' Art Scenique Festival, France
Jul 15 Getafe Open Air Sonisphere Madrid, ES
Jul 17 Kavarna Rock Fest Kavarna, BG
Jul 22 Tuska Open Air Helsinki, Finland, FI
Jul 30 MetaLmorphosis Festival Cyprus, CYPRUS
Aug 18 Summer Breeze Open Air Dinkelsbühl, DE, GERMANY
Sep 8 Rams Head Live Baltimore, Maryland , US
Sep 9 Best Buy Theater New York, NY, US
Sep 10 Palladium Worcester, MA, US
Sep 12 Imperial Theater Quebec City, Quebec, CANADA
Sep 13 Metropolis Montreal, Quebec, CANADA
Sep 14 Phoenix Concert Theatre Toronto, ON
Sep 17 The Garrick Centre Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA
Sep 19 MacEwan Hall Calgary, AB, CANADA
Sep 20 Edmonton Event Centre Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA
Sep 22 Commodore Ballroom Vancouver, BC, CANADA
Sep 23 Showbox SoDo Seattle, WA , US
Sep 26 The Regency Center San Francisco, California, US
Sep 27 Club Nokia Los Angeles, CA , US
Sep 29 Marquee Theatre Tempe/Phoenix, AZ , USA
Sep 30 Sunshine Theater Albuquerque, New Mexico, US
Oct 1 Gothic Theatre Englewood, Colorado, US
Oct 3 First Avenue Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
Oct 3 House of Blues Chicago, Illinois
Dec 7 Paradiso Amsterdam, NE , NL
Dec 9 013 Tilbourg, Holland, NL
Dec 19 Christmas Metal Festival 2011 Geiselwind, GERMANY
Dec 11 Rosenhof Osnabrück, DE
Dec 13 Essigfabrik Köln, NRW, GERMANY
Dec 14 La Cartonnerie Reims, FR
Dec 16 Le 106 Rouen, FRANCE
Dec 17 L'Echonova Vannes, France, FRANCE
Dec 18 CC John Lennon Limoges, FR
Dec 20 Backstage Werk Munich, DE
Dec 21 Garage Saarbrücken, Saarland, GERMANY
Dec 22 Z7 Pratteln, CH
Jan 20 Gagarin 205 Athens, GR
Jan 21 Block 33 Thessaloniki, GR

I sneaked onto my friend Danny album and saw 2 pics that i stole :D

Here they set things up for Arch Enemy..

Changing "points" b4 Arch Enemy gig (Points is the machines that holds up the
metal truss that u have to put lights and stuff on).

Im gonna take a tune from the 2003 album "Anthems of Rebellion"
Ladys and Gents, here is We Will Rise :D

Cheers, Thetania

Found a pretty good live at Sonisphere Stockholm video :)



Here is the official video on this tune:



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Airbourne - Born to Kill

Sonisphere is here!!!

One of the band that will come is the Austrailan band Airbourne.
Sounds like another Aussie band ;)
Airbourne started up 2003 and have done 3 studio albums and one live.
Last album came out 2010 and was named "No Guts. No Glory."



Rhythm guitarist David Roads confirmed the band would be entering the studio at the end of January 2009 to work on new material. In the 17 January issue of Kerrang! magazine, Joel O' Keeffe revealed that the band had begun writing the record in the Criterion Hotel, the pub they played their first gigs in their home town of Warnambool. "We're getting all our gear plugged in and getting set for Aussie pub rock written in an Aussie rock pub!", stated Joel.



"Born To Kill", a new song, was played live for the first time at the Logan Campbell Centre, Auckland, New Zealand on 7 October 2009. The song was the first new material to be played live since 2008, indicating it may appear on the new album. On 19 January 2010, another new song, "No Way But The Hard Way", was played on the BBC Radio 1 Rock show, and as the first single to the album it was made available on iTunes on 9 February 2010.

The band is:
Joel O'Keeffe on Lead vocals, lead guitar
Ryan O'Keeffe on Drums, percussion
David Roads on Rhythm guitar, backup vocals
Justin Street on Bass guitar, backup vocals



They have a vast tour going on and it is:

July 9 Sonisphere Stockholm, Sweden.
jul 10 Sonisphere Festival - UK Knebworth, UNITED KINGDOM
jul 12 Metal camp festival Tomin, Slovenia, SLOVENIA
jul 13 Hegyalja Festival Tokaj, Hungary, HU
jul 15 Masters Of Rock Vizovice, CZECH REPUBLIC
jul 16 Forest Glade Festival Wiesen, AUSTRIA
jul 20 SECC - supporting Iron Maiden Glasgow, UNITED KINGDOM
jul 21 AECC P&J Arena - supporting Iron Maiden Aberdeen, UNITED KINGDOM
Jul 23 Metro Radio Arena Newcastle UK
Jul 24 Motorpoint Arena Sheffield UK
Jul 27 trent FM Arena Nottingham UK
Jul 28 MEN Manchester UK
Jul 30 London Rescheduled Show London UK
Jul 31 NIA Birmingham UK
Aug 01 CIA Cardiff UK
Aug 04 Dicky Woodstock Popfestival Nl
Steenwijkerwold NL
Aug 05 Wacken Open Air Festival Hamburg DE
Aug 05 Wacken Open Air Wacken DE
Aug 06 Woodstock Festival Kostrzyn on Oder PL
Aug 06 Woodstock Festival Kostrzyn on the Oder PL

Ladys and Gents here is Airbourne with a tune from their latest album.

Cheers, Thetania



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In Flames, Slipnot, Mastodon, - Greetings from Sonisphere

SONISPHERE IS HERE IN STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN!

This weekend is the last chance to experience METAL FESTIVAL THIS GREAT HARD ROCK SUMMER IN SWEDEN!

With several hard rock festivals and a fantastic weekend at Ullevi with Iron Maiden and the Big 4 behind us now approaching the end of this Metal Summer, its hard metal rock finale. This takes place on Saturday, July 9, when the international traveling festival Sonisphere occupies Stockholm!







On 9th of June on Saturday the gang comes,
The gang is:

Slipknot
In Flames
Mastodon
Mustasch
Airbourne
Arch Enemy
Dead By April
Kvelertak
Graveyard
Seventribe

Dudes and Dudettes, Here is SONISPHERE!

See you there!!!!!!!

Cheers, Thetania


From In Flames



From Slipknot



From Mastodon



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