Cartoon Network Dethklok , the stars of the animated series ‘Metalocalypse’, find their latest release ‘Dethalbum III’ debuting at No. 10 on the Billboard 200 chart with roughly 20,000 units sold. It also hit the No. 1 slot on the Hard Music Albums chart. This was Dethklok’s highest chart debut to-date, and the band’s real life voice and creator Brendon Small is grateful. “Thanks to the fans for actually buying music in a world where they don’t have to.” Loudwire’s review of ‘Dethalbum III’ says it “is able to take a super serious (and often gore-slathered) genre like death metal and make it ‘deth metal.’ That is, it fuses skilled playing with a sense of humor, which is often not the case in the genre’s offerings.” Dethklok will be kicking off a North American headline tour with Machine Head , All That Remains and the Black Dahlia Murder on Tuesday, Oct. 30. When discussing the upcoming tour, Small said, “Dethklok are excited to be a part of the best tour of 2012. We spared no expense on production for the tour. We are unleashing tons of new animation, new comedy, and new sketches and are very excited to play many new songs and can’t wait for new people to see our show. I’ll be honest, I don’t know when we will be able to pull off anything this massive again, so don’t miss it.” To celebrate the album and the impending Dethklok tour kickoff, Loudwire, the band and Gibson Guitars are teaming up to give away an Epiphone “1958” Korina Explorer. Enter the contest below. Season 4 of ‘Metalocalypse’ will also be released on DVD and Blu-ray Oct. 30 as the tour launches. All 12 episodes from the show’s fourth season are included along with more than two hours of bonus material, highlighted by the 90 minute feature film ‘Nathan Reads Shakespeare 4: Comedy of Errors.’ [button href=”http://loudwire.com/dethklok-epiphone-guitar-giveaway/” title=”Enter the Dethklok Epiphone Guitar Giveaway” align=”center”]
Williams Street Dethklok are back and they’re coming to kill you … but they’ll probably wait until after their third full length album, ‘Dethalbum III,’ comes out. Before you go out and buy ‘Dethalbum III,’ do yourself a pre-demise favor and check out the band’s new video for ‘The Galaxy.’ Dethklok told the story of an Egyptian pharaoh with a flaming ding-a-ling in their ‘ I Ejaculate Fire ‘ video, but in the new clip for ‘The Galaxy,’ vocalist Nathan Explosion has been taken capture by evil space robots and chained inside their death metal-hating space ship. Determined to save their singer, Toki Wartooth, William Murderface, Pickles and Skwisgaar Skwigelf fly their own ship through the stars, ready to intercept Nathan Explosion from the menacing androids. Suddenly, the band’s spaceship is attacked by hoards of enemy drones! To fight off the impending ambush by doing what they do best; playing some brain-melting metal. Dethklok plug their instruments into the ship’s defense systems and battle their enemies by shredding and blasting them away. But what happens to the captured Nathan Explosion? You’ll have to watch the video to find out. Dethklok are set to blast off on a headlining fall North American tour with Machine Head , All Shall Perish and the Black Dahlia Murder . Dethklok, ‘The Galaxy’ [button href=”http://loudwire.com/brendon-small-talks-dethkloks-cancelled-tour-new-album-metalocalypse-more/” title=”Dethklok Mastermind Brendon Small Talks ‘Metalocalypse'” align=”center”]
MachineHead1.com Congrats are in order for Machine Head guitarist Phil Demmel and his new bride, Bleeding Through keyboardist Marta Peterson. The couple wed in Las Vegas over the weekend after two years of dating. Just after the beginning of 2012, the couple revealed their engagement . Demmel stated in an interview last fall, “I met the girl of my dreams in Australia the last time we were down there. One of the greatest things that has ever happened to me was on that run. I have very special memories of Australia and know that I was in love for the first time when I was in Brisbane.” The two bands toured through Australia and Japan in early 2010. Demmel’s bandmates were among the first to wish the happy couple the best. In a Facebook posting , they stated, “A hearty congratulations to newlyweds Phil Demmel and Marta Peterson from the entire Machine Head family.” In addition to their marital and musical partnership, Demmel and Peterson have launched the neoFatal lifestyle brand within the past year. You can find out more about the brand here . [button href=”http://loudwire.com/machine-head-aesthetics-of-hate-top-21st-century-metal-songs/” title=”Next: Machine Head: Top 21st Century Metal Songs” align=”center”]
Facebook: Machine Head There’s one chant that Machine Head fans worldwide recite when in the presence of their metal heroes — “Machine F—ing Head!” With the organically grown mantra having graced t-shirts, patches and other Machine Head paraphernalia, the motto will soon be the title of an upcoming live double-album, set for release on Nov. 13. Undoubtedly a fantastic live act, Machine Head illicit fan responses like few others can. ‘Machine F—ing Head’ is long overdue, as the band’s last live record, ‘Hellalive,’ was released nine years ago, with albums ‘Through the Ashes of Empires,’ ‘The Blackening’ and ‘Unto the Locust’ having been unleashed since ‘Hellalive’ hit stores in March 2003. ‘Machine F—ing Head’ was recorded throughout various tour stops from around the world during 2011, and will feature new and old fan favorites such as ‘Imperium,’ ‘Aesthetics of Hate,’ ‘Locust,’ ‘Ten Ton Hammer,’ ‘This is the End,’ ‘Halo’ and many more. “The Head Cases have been so intense on this tour cycle that we had to start capturing the shows, especially with technology making it so much easier to record,” says frontman Robb Flynn . “We culled some of the best nights where the band and crowd were on fire and made a bad ass, nearly tw0-hour, double live album, which is a great documentation of where the band is at 18 years deep.” Machine Head will hit the road for a North American tour alongside Dethklok , All That Remains and the Black Dahlia Murder beginning Oct. 24. in Louisville, Ky. [button href=”http://loudwire.com/machine-head-aesthetics-of-hate-top-21st-century-metal-songs/” title=”Machine Head: Top 21st Century Metal Songs” align=”center”] Machine Head, ‘Machine F—ing Head’ Live Album Track Listing 1. I Am Hell (Sonata in C#) 2. Be Still and Know 3. Imperium 4. Beautiful Mourning 5. The Blood, The Sweat, The Tears 6. Locust 7. This Is the End 8. Aesthetics of Hate 9. Old 10. Darkness Within 11. Bulldozer 12. Ten Ton Hammer 13. Who We Are 14. Halo 15. Davidian
The awesome tour announcements just keep rolling in, and we couldn’t be more pumped. Cartoon Network’s ‘Metalocalypse’ death metal heroes Dethklok will be headlining a North American tour with some of the strongest supporting acts you’ll see from any upcoming tour. Joining Dethklok will be Machine Head, All That Remains and the Black Dahlia Murder. Dethklok were set to tour with Lamb of God and Gojira this summer, but the arrest
Machine Head have unleashed a video for their latest single ‘Darkness Within’ off of their seventh studio album ‘Unto the Locust,’ and we here at Loudwire are thrilled to bring you the exclusive premiere of the clip. ‘Darkness Within’ knows how to invoke different levels of emotion as it takes your ears on a rollercoaster ride by playing with pace and the video does exactly the same with its visually
Nearly 45 years after Deep Purple was assembled, some of rock and metal’s most celebrated acts such as Metallica, Iron Maiden and Black Label Society have paid tribute to the legendary act in the upcoming compilation ‘Re-Machined: A Tribute to Machine Head.’ ‘Machine Head’ is one rock music’s most celebrated albums, containing immortal tracks such as ‘Smoke on the Water,’ ‘Highway Star’ and ‘Space Truckin.’ The compilation will feature eclectic