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!
Puscifer Entertainment Rock and metal music’s greatest workaholic, Maynard James Keenan , has announced the upcoming release of new Puscifer material. Keenan is famous for his work with Tool and A Perfect Circle , but Puscifer is another beast entirely, mixing electronic elements with bizarre imagery and gorgeous songwriting. Puscifer’s next release, ‘Donkey Punch the Night,’ is set to drop on Feb. 19 and will consist of eight tracks. The EP will showcase the talents of Keenan, singer-songwriter Carina Round , Mat Mitchell, Josh Eustis and A Perfect Circle musicians Matt McJunkins and drummer Jeff Friedl; the same solid lineup featured throughout the band’s 2011 album, ‘Conditions of My Parole.’ Out of the eight tracks featured on the record, there will be two original songs: ‘Breathe’ and ‘Dear Brother.’ ‘Donkey Punch the Night will also house various remixes, along with covers of Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ and Accept’s ‘Balls to the Wall.’ Keenan spoke about the inclusion of the two covers on the band’s forthcoming EP. “While continuing our tradition of releasing a few new songs at a time,” explained Keenan. “I also had an itch that needed scratching, and that itch was ‘Balls to the Wall.’ Which was followed by an even harder to reach itch known as ‘Bohemian Rhapsody.’ And scratch them we did.” Check out the full track listing for Puscifer’s ‘Doney Punch the Night’ EP below. Puscifer, ‘Donkey Punch the Night’ Track Listing: 1. ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ – “O.G. Mix” 2. ‘Breathe’ 3. ‘Dear Brother’ 4. ‘Balls To The Wall’ – “PIllow Fight Mix” 5. ‘Breathe’ – “Drumcell rework” 6. ‘Dear Brother’ – “Denton rework” (Big Black Delta) 7. ‘Balls To The Wall’ – “Silent Servant El Guapo Mix” 8. ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ – “Sonoio rework”
Ron Galella Archive, Wire Image, Getty Images Since the news broke of a new documentary chronicling the life of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain , there have been conflicting reports as to whether the legendary musician’s widow Courtney Love will be a part of its creation. Brett Morgen, directior of HBO’s new documentary on the Rolling Stones, ‘Crossfire Hurricane,’ was recruited by Love to oversee the Cobain project, but it seems as if that will be Love’s only contribution to the project. Morgen recently told the New York Post , “Courtney [Love] is the one that brought me into this… We’ve been trying to find the right time to put this film together and the time is now. We are going to do the movie sort of like a third-person autobiography — [as] if Kurt was around and making a film about his life.” This quote led to the assumption that Love would assert creative control over the documentary, but a representative for the Hole frontwoman has asserted otherwise. Morgen has now gone on-record to clear up any misunderstandings concerning Love’s role in the film. “Back in 2007, I had a meeting in L.A. with Courtney Love to discuss my possible involvement in a Kurt Cobain documentary,” he told EW in a statement. “She had seen my film ‘The Kid Stays in the Picture,’ and thought that I had the right vision and passion to bring Kurt’s story to life. Since that time, I have been speaking exclusively with Kurt Cobain’s estate, who have given me their full cooperation in order to make the film.” He continues, “Courtney isn’t currently involved with the project in any capacity. The estate and I will be releasing more information about our plans in the coming weeks. Production on the film will begin in the coming months and we are aiming for a 2014 release.” This news comes shortly after rumors that Courtney Love was planning to create a Nirvana-based musical to Broadway or the big-screen; a claim Love was quick to deny. Stay tuned for more news on the upcoming Kurt Cobain film as news continues to break. [button href=”http://loudwire.com/best-grunge-bands/” title=”Next: 10 Best Grunge Bands” align=”center”]