Relapse On Feb. 16, 1990, metal pioneers Death unleashed ‘Spiritual Healing’ upon the masses. As just one part of a legendary discography, the album continues to be celebrated by fans and is well known as a tech death staple. While the band Death may no longer be around, metalheads will now be given a new chapter of the band with Relapse Records’ re-release of ‘Spiritual Healing.’ The album comes out on Nov. 20, but we’re honored to give you the entire reissue right now and exclusively here at Loudwire. With the re-release of ‘Spiritual Healing,’ the memory of legendary frontman Chuck Schuldiner is honored by the 3-CD deluxe special edition, gifting fans with some never-before-heard material. This new edition of ‘Spiritual Healing’ includes a remastered version of the album, 16 previously unreleased rehearsal outtakes, instrumentals and jams from the ‘Spiritual Healing’ recording sessions, along with a full live performance recorded on March 17, 1990, at Streets in New Rochelle, N.Y. A few weeks ago, we helped release the premiere of Death performing ‘Leprosy’ live from the new ‘Spiritual Healing’ reissue, but now we’ve got all three discs available for streaming right here. To pre-order the reissue of ‘Spiritual Healing,’ which comes out Tuesday (Nov. 20), check out the album’s official Relapse page or purchase the record through iTunes . Also, be sure to check out Death’s official Facebook page for more info. Without further ado, please enjoy the exclusive premiere of Death’s ‘Spiritual Healing’ reissue!
Liz Ramanand, Loudwire Dez Fafara of DevilDriver and Coal Chamber was the guest on Full Metal Jackie’s radio show this past weekend. Fafara spoke all about DevilDriver’s current trek with Gwar and their upcoming European tour with Cannibal Corpse and the band’s forthcoming record, as well as being open to performing more shows with Coal Chamber. Read the full interview with Dez Fafara below: DevilDriver are out on tour with Gwar, this isn’t the first time you guys have toured with together? No, we toured together about six years ago and it was the funnest thing we’ve ever done, especially this time of the season with a bunch of monsters is great. So we’re having a great time. There’s some news semi-recently with a label change so talk to us about about DevilDriver news and what’s happening right now. Well DevilDriver is with Napalm Records now worldwide except over in Australia, where we’re still with Roadrunner Records and we’ve got a new record coming out possibly end Fall time next year. We’re recording in December and I do the vocals in January and the record is sounding really killer. I’m really happy with the songs so far, it’s just real groove heavy . Let’s talk about Coal Chamber for a sec; Coal Chamber reunited last year for what you thought would be just a few shows but now there’s talk of maybe working on some new music. What changed your mind? Well we haven’t talked about new music, there’s a lot of rumors out there. We did Australia and it went incredibly well, we all got along great, we revisited the music and the fans. It was killer. Then we went and did South America and that was just absolutely amazing. We would like to do something in the States but we just don’t know when we’re going to have the time because I’m with DevilDriver right now so we’re just taking it slowly and having a good time with it. Offstage, how are Coal Chamber and DevilDriver different in terms of the collective personalities of each band? Everybody’s different in both bands, Coal Chamber offstage – they’re nuts, those guys are crazy. We’ve settled down a bit. DevilDriver, after shows, everyone’s kind of got a girlfriend or gotten married and this and that. It’s a good time touring with both of them and I’m definitely having a good time doing both sides of my music. Dez, you mentioned earlier that DevilDriver starts recording next month, leaving you with a short amount of time to track vocals before heading to Europe with Cannibal Corpse. How does the pressure of a tight schedule become a creative tool? I think pressure is a creative tool, I think it’s there when you have to do it then you have to get it done and that’s what’s happening with me. In January I’ve got to record and then we go right overseas with Cannibal Corpse and we do a co-headlining thing in February and March so we just pray that it all goes well. [Laughs] We’re going to be doing the record with Mark Lewis, he’s quick, we work well together. He’s already got the new music on him so he knows where we’re going with this. I’m really excited to get trackin’. You just released a song to raise money offset the medical cost of your sister’s cancer treatment. Has that given you any thought of more philanthropic efforts on a broader scale? I love music and I have so many different sides to me and so many different things I listen to and that’s why I have Coal Chamber – it’s a more dark, goth side and that’s why I have DevilDriver it’s more of a heavy side of me. ‘Dark Meadowlark,’ the song I did for my sister Kerri, is a totally different animal than either of those. So we’ll really have to see, time is what really matters – do I have time to do other things and right now I’m really concentrating on DevilDriver. Can you give information on how people can get the song? Sure and it would be very helpful to me and my family if you did so. You got to DezFafara.com and it’ll take you right to Kerri’s Corner, it takes you right to her page. You can download the song, it’s $2.50, some people are giving a thousand dollars, other people are giving ten dollars. Pick up the song and help somebody you don’t know and hopefully it’ll feel good for you. Full Metal Jackie will welcome Chris Adler of Lamb of God on her next show. Full Metal Jackie can be heard on radio stations around the country — for a full list of stations, go to fullmetaljackieradio.com .
Emmure and Whitechapel are set to head out on a 2013 North American tour completely filled with all things ‘core.’ The two co-headlining bands will be joined on the road by Unearth , Obey the Brave and the Plot in You beginning in early January. The ‘Brothers of Brutality’ tour will be presented by Revolver Magazine and Rockstar Energy Drink and will begin on Jan. 8, wrapping up on Feb. 11. Whitechapel guitarist Alex Wade shared his excitement for the upcoming tour in a recent press release. “We are really excited to announce our co-headlining tour with Emmure,” says Wade. “We have been friends with them for quite some time now, and this is something we have always talked about doing, so it’s awesome to see it finally come to light. Our first show ever was with Emmure in Nashville, TN before either of us were signed, so it’s incredible to see how we have both grown so much in the music industry and are able to come together and put together this co-headlining tour!” Whitechapel are currently riding high from their 2012 self-titled album, with Emmure still buzzing after the release of ‘Slave to the Game,’ which also dropped this year. Check out the full list of tour dates below. Emmure / Whitechapel 2013 ‘Brothers of Brutality’ Tour Dates: 1/08 – Knoxville, Tenn. @ The Valarium 1/09 – Atlanta, Ga. @ Masquerade 1/11 – Houston, Texas @ Fitzgerald’s 1/12 – San Antonio, Texas @ White Rabbit 1/13 – Dallas, Texas @ The Door 1/16 – Phoenix, Ariz. @ Nile 1/18 – San Diego, Calif. @ Soma 1/19 – Pomona, Calif. @ Glasshouse 1/23 – Portland, Ore. @ Hawthorne Theater 1/24 – Seattle, Wash. @ Studio Seven 1/26 – SLC, Utah @ In The Venue 1/27 – Denver, Colo. @ Summit 2/02 – Minneapolis, Minn. @ Brick 2/03 – Chicago, Ill. @ Mojoes 2/05 – Detroit, Mich. @ St. Andrews Hall 2/06 – Toronto, Ontario @ Danforth Music Hall 2/07 – Montreal, Quebec City @ Club Soda 2/08 – Worcester, Mass. @ Palladium 2/10 – Philadelphia, Pa. @ Theatre of the Living Arts 2/11 – NYC, N.Y. @ Irving Plaza
Independent Label Group Down recently visited Loudwire’s offices when they were on tour in New York City. The entire group swarmed on our little studio room to talk about their four-part series of ‘Down IV’ EPs, all the while anointing themselves the most handsome band in the history of handsome while knocking back a few beers. After releasing ‘Down IV Part 1 – The Purple EP’ in September, the band refused to put a timeline on the next EP. Frontman Philip Anselmo intimated that perhaps he might not be in the right mood to record another EP at this point, and that he may find himself inspired by flute music or technical death metal in the future. Guitarist Pepper Keenan then joked that it’ll take them 20 years to release all four EPs. Since the members of Down have so many other projects going at once, we had to ask them how they manage to hunker “Down” and and actually do Down. “We all know when it’s time to do Down, it’s time to do Down,” Anselmo said. “Down has a core audience that surpasses any of our current singular audiences.” ‘Down IV Part 1 – The Purple EP,’ featuring the single ‘Witchtripper,’ is currently available at iTunes . Down will return to the road this winter with Warbeast on ‘The Weed & Speed Tour: West Coast Throwdown in the Year of XIII.” Tickets for the tour are available here ; check out the dates below the video. Watch Down Talk EP Series, Commitment + More [Exclusive] Down The Weed & Speed Tour Dates: 1/11 – Houston, TX | Warehouse Live – Ballroom 1/12 – San Antonio, TX | Backstage Live 1/14 – Tempe, AZ | The Marquee 1/15 – Las Vegas, NV | Fremont Country Club 1/16 – West Hollywood, CA | Key Club 1/18 – Anaheim, CA | City National Grove of Anaheim 1/19 – Sacramento, CA | Ace of Spades 1/20 – San Francisco, CA | Regency Ballroom 1/22 – Seattle, WA | Showbox at the Market 1/23 – Portland, OR | Roseland Theater 1/24 – Boise, ID | Knitting Factory Concert House 1/26 – Denver, CO | The Summit Music Hall 1/28 – Minneapolis, MN | First Avenue 1/29 – Milwaukee, WI | The Rave 1/30 – Cincinnati, OH | Bogart’s 2/1 – Chattanooga, TN | Track 29 [button href=”http://loudwire.com/down-witchtripper-video/” title=”Next: Watch Down’s ‘Witchtripper’ Video” align=”center”]
Columbia After years and years of holding out on releasing their music digitally, legendary rockers AC/DC have now made their music available via iTunes. The band’s entire discography is now available, including every live album, contributions to soundtracks, box sets and a series of official AC/DC ringtones. The band’s holdout hadn’t seemingly affected their album sales in an extreme matter, as their 1980 ‘Back in Black’ album regularly sells more copies than many albums on the Billboard Top 200 at any time, while their 2008 album, ‘Black Ice,’ sold 784,000 copies in its first week. “From their 1976 debut ‘High Voltage,’” begins a press release issued by Apple, “to seminal classic ‘Back In Black’ and 2008 smash hit ‘Black Ice,’ every one of AC/DC’s 16 studio albums, along with four live albums and three compilation albums, are available for the first time ever on the iTunes Store. All tracks are mastered for iTunes, and fans have the ability to download full albums or simply purchase their favorite individual songs. Fans can also choose from two specially packaged digital compilations: The Complete Collection, the complete iTunes-exclusive AC/DC catalog; and The Collection, which includes all 16 studio albums.” For those about to rock digitally, we salute you! Check out the entire AC/DC catalog along with special deals on iTunes . [button href=”http://loudwire.com/woman-arrested-for-continually-blasting-acdc-anthem-highway-to-hell/” title=”Woman Arrested for Continually Blasting AC/DC’s ‘Highway to Hell'” align=”center”]
Eleven Seven Music Hellyeah are a band that have likely never said no to a party invite, so it seems only fitting that they’d write the perfect theme song to accompany any rockin’ affair. In their new video for their anthemic party tune ‘Drink Drank Drunk,’ Hellyeah get up close and personal, taking fans right up onstage with them during one of their summer festival appearances. And Loudwire is proud to bring the party to you with the exclusive premiere of the ‘Drink Drank Drunk’ video (watch below). The mix of onstage antics and crowd debauchery paint a perfect picture of exactly what fans can expect at any Hellyeah show, and drummer Vinne Paul couldn’t agree more. “Our new video for ‘Drink Drank Drunk’ was shot live at Rocklahoma,” remarks the legendary stickman. “It captures the energy and spirit of what Hellyeah and our audience are all about!! Hellyeah!!” That energy and spirit was an integral part of the making of the song ‘Drink Drank Drunk’ too. In a past interview with Loudwire, Vinnie Paul called it their “heaviest party song ever” explaining it as, “Hellagroove, great riffs, everything about it is just us, 100%.” ‘Drink Drank Drunk’ is the newest single from Hellyeah’s latest disc ‘Band of Brothers’ released on July 17. The group is currently out on the road in support of the disc; check out all the remaining tour dates here to get a live taste of ‘Drink Drank Drunk.’ Watch Hellyeah’s ‘Drink Drank Drunk’ Video [Exclusive Premiere] [button href=”http://loudwire.com/hellyeah-vinnie-paul-chad-gray-band-of-brothers-touring-more/” title=”Hellyeah’s Vinnie Paul and Chad Gray Talk ‘Band of Brothers,’ Touring + More” align=”center”]
Photos: Fearless Records / Rise Records Motionless In White and their tune ‘Devil’s Night’ beat out reigning champs Hollywood Undead over the weekend in the Cage Match, but will they be able to do it again versus today’s challengers? Miss May I shake things up with their single ‘Day By Day’ off of their third studio album ‘At Heart.’ The band is currently headlining this year’s AP tour along with the Ghost Inside, Like Moths to Flames, the Amity Affliction and Glass Cloud. For the remaining dates, go here . Will Motionless In White continue to dominate with ‘Devil’s Night’ or will Miss May I take a serious win ‘Day By Day’? Get in on the action and vote for your favorite track in the poll below! (This Cage Match will run until Wednesday, Nov. 21, at 8AM ET. Fans can vote once per hour! So come back and vote often to make sure your favorite song wins!) Listen to Motionless In White, ‘Devil’s Night’ Listen to Miss May I, ‘Day By Day’ Sorry, you need to have javascript running to see this poll. Email Me When Cage Match Winners Are Announced Enter your email address below to receive the Loudwire newsletter, which will include notification of the daily winner of the Cage Match, as well as our top stories of the day. Email Rules of Cage Match: Fans can vote once per hour for their favorite song. If a song remains the reigning champ for five straight cage matches, it is retired to the Loudwire Cage Match Hall of Fame. With so many great songs out there, we have to give other bands a chance!