FEAR FACTORY begin filming the video for the song “Fear Campaign" from their anticipated new album, Mechanize today. Directed by the team of Ian McFarland and Mike Pecci (Meshuggah, God Forbid) with producer Ryan Kohler, the video is being filmed in and around the band’s original base of Los Angeles. It is expected for completion mid-January with broadcast and Internet premieres already in progress.

Director Ian McFarland comments, “what excites us about this song is the building and releasing of energy. We are planning to present a visual overload of images that will keep the viewer glued to the screen. The hope is to dissect the word 'fear' and to make a piece of art that will not only capture the power of the song and but the true intensity of FEAR FACTORY.”

In discussing the song’s lyrical concept, vocalist Burton C. Bell reveals, “it was not necessary to camouflage the insanity of the world of today within a science fiction setting like we've done in the past. The world today has become the world that writers predicted long ago. The controlling authorities are constantly, and successfully, utilizing fear tactics to control the masses. Fear is control.”

Due in stores February 9, Mechanize is already receiving early acclaim. Bravewords.com recently said, “all the intrinsic qualities of FEAR FACTORY are firmly in place yet have been reinvigorated and supercharged. Combining just the right elements of their own past, present and future, FEAR FACTORY have achieved instant excitement and an immediate adrenaline boost. Prepare to be blown away.”

FEAR FACTORY recently launched a series of new official web and social networking sites that fans should visit for official and regularly updated news. The sites will be the first to carry details of the band’s upcoming tour activities in support of Mechanize. Official site details are included below.

 

Swedish death metallers MY OWN GRAVE will embark on a 16-date European tour with country-mates Demonical and Finland’s Deathbound. Dubbed the Accession To The Throne 2010 Tour, the journey will commence on February 12, 2010 in Stockholm, Sweden and come to a close February 28, 2010 in Greifswald, Germany. Check out the tour poster here:
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Said MY OWN GRAVE vocalist Mikael Aronsson of the upcoming trek: “In February, we'll head out on the open, icy winter roads of Europe together with fellow madmen of Demonical and Deathbound. The madness will, I believe, be of epic proportions! Come out if you dare, and support the metal of death!"

MY OWN GRAVE Tour Dates 2010:
02/12/2010 Snövit – Stockholm, SWE
02/13/2010 Ungdomens Hus - Fredericia, DK
02/14/2010 Bastard Club - Osnabrück, GER
02/15/2010 Little Devil - Tilburg, NL
02/17/2010 De Verlichte Geest - Roeselare, BEL
02/18/2010 Das Haus - Neuss, GER
02/19/2010 Gleis 3 - Annaberg-Buchholz. GER
02/20/2010 Club Zentral - Stuttgart, GER
02/21/2010 Dynamo Werk 21 - Zürich, CH
02/22/2010 The Jack Hole - Vicenza, ITA
02/23/2010 Channel Zero - Ljubljana, SLO
02/24/2010 Toxic Music Club - Pecs, HUN
02/25/2010 Zeljeznicar - Zagreb, CRO
02/26/2010 Kawarna - Slavonice, CZE
02/27/2010 Hellraiser - Leipzig, GER
02/28/2010 Klex - Greifswald, GER

Since their beginnings in Venice, CA in the early ‘80s, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES have led the charge in the skate punk/thrash metal movement, consequently influencing an entire generation of bands along the way.
Fontana Distribution is proud to announce Live At The Olympic Auditorium, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES’ first ever DVD release! The DVD will street January 26, 2010 via the band’s own imprint, Suicidal Records. The approximately 80-minute DVD features 16 tracks including ST classics “Institutionalized,” “War Inside My Head,” and “Possessed To Skate” and captures SUICIDAL in their most natural environment: Onstage, uncensored and ready to tear you to shreds.

Elaborated ST founding vocalist Mike Muir: "The band started getting emails from some crazy guy that always said, 'I know you'll probably think I'm crazy, but I'm not. I'm wanna book ST for a show and I got this idea...'. Well, one by one we shot down the 'unique' ideas until one time he emailed and said the Olympic Auditorium was being bought by a Korean Church. Shouldn't it be sent off with a special last gig? The band agreed and then the work began. The promoter -- Evel Dick Donato who went on to win Big Brother -- tells a bit about the show, making of etc. on the intro. Lots of drama, none more than the day before the show when I woke up and couldn't walk. But the show must go on and the back surgery would have to wait till afterwards. SUICIDAL recorded live at the Olympic Auditorium in front of 4,000 Cycos...but now you can enjoy it in the safety of your living room."

Check out the cover art here:
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Tracklisting
01. “Intro”
02. “I Shot Reagan”
03. “War Inside My Head”
04. “Subliminal”
05. “Ain’t Gonna Take It”
06. “Suicidal Failure”
0 7. “We Are Family”
08. “Possessed To Skate”
09. “I Saw Your Mommy ”
10. “Waking The Dead ”
11. “Show Some Love...Tear It Down! ”
12. “Cyco Vision”
13. “Two-Sided Politics ”
14. “Won’t Fall In Love Today”
15. “Institutionalized”
16. “Pledge Your Allegiance”

The reigning kings of technical, historically-themed brutality, NILE, are happy to announce more tour dates on the bands ongoing world tour in support of Those Whom the Gods Detest. The new dates to be announced are:

NILE "Those Whom The Gods Detest" Latin American Tour 2010
3/5/10 Monterrey, Mexico (venue TBA)
3/7/10 March 7th.- Mexico City, Mexico @ Circo Volador
3/10/10 March 10th.-Santiago, Chilie (venue TBA)
3/13/10 Caracas, Venezuela (venue TBA)
3/14/10 Bogota, Columbia (venue TBA)

NILE’s latest state-of-the-death-metal-art release Those Whom the Gods Detest. Produced and mixed by Neil Kernon (NEVERMORE, CANNIBAL CORPSE, QUEENSRYCHE), along with a stellar drum recording job by Erik Rutan (CANNIBAL CORPSE, VITAL REMAINS, GOATWHORE), Those Whom the Gods Detest features the bands strongest production and perhaps their best material to date!

The cover artwork (attached) was brought to realization this time around by Michal "Xaay" Loranc, whom Karl Sander’s had previously worked with on his 2nd solo record Saurian Exorcisms.

Catch NILE on their North American headlining tour presented by Decibel Magazine and MetalSucks.net with legendary label mates IMMOLATION, the Brazilian death metal kings KRISIUN, ABIGAIL WILLIAMS and female fronted blackened/deathsters DREAMING DEAD.
NILE, IMMOLATION, KRISIUN, ABIGAIL WILLIAMS, DREAMING DEAD
01/15/10 Sonar – Baltimore, MD
01/16/10 The Palladium – Worcester, MA
01/17/10 The Trocadero – Philadelphia, PA
01/18/10 The Blender Theater at Gramercy – New York, NY
01/20/10 Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH
01/21/10 Metro / Smart Bar – Chicago, IL
01/22/10 Rave – Milwaukee, WI
01/23/10 Station 4 – St. Paul, MN
01/24/10 The Beaumont Club – Kansas City, MO
01/25/10 Bluebird Theater – Denver, CO
01/27/10 El Corazon – Seattle, WA
01/28/10 Hawthorne Theater – Portland, OR
01/29/10 The Boardwalk – Orangevale, CA
01/30/10 Slim’s – San Francisco, CA
01/31/10 House of Blues – San Diego, CA
02/02/10 House of Blues – Hollywood, CA
02/03/10 House of Blues – Las Vegas, NV
02/04/10 U.B.’s Bar – Mesa, AZ
02/05/10 The Rock – Tucson, AZ
02/06/10 Gator’s – Farmington, NM
02/08/10 House of Rock – Corpus Christi, TX
02/09/10 Scout Bar – San Antonio, TX
02/10/10 Scout Bar – Houston, TX
02/11/10 Trees – Dallas, TX
02/12/10 Marquee – Tulsa, OK
02/13/10 Headliner’s Music Hall – Louisville, KY
02/14/10 Jaxx – W. Springfield, VA
02/16/10 Gil’s Bar & Grill – Virginia Beach, VA
02/17/10 The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
02/18/10 Amos Southend – Charlotte, NC
02/19/10 Volume 11 – Raleigh, NC
02/20/10 Music Farm – Charleston, SC

One of the Midwest's most legendary extremists, ORDER FROM CHAOS will reunite for for six nights of hellish brutality beginning on January 2nd 2010 at The Riot Room in Kansas City, MO. Though inactive since 1995, the band's old-school blackened death/thrash attack is still sending shockwaves through the underground. Don't miss this night of post-New Year's blasphemy. Joining ORDER FROM CHAOS will be ARES KINGDOM, CHRISTHATE (featuring members UNMERCIFUL), EZRA and MEATSHANK. Tickets are available through www.ticketweb.com.

Order from Chaos, a trio consisting of Pete Helmkamp (vocals/bass), Chuck Keller (guitar) and Mike Miller (drums), was formed in Kansas City, Missouri during 1987, playing a mixture of old school thrash, black and death metal, influenced by the likes of Venom, Bathory and Celtic Frost. The band released a trio of demos in 1988, until a fourth (Crushed Infamy), which sold 1000 copies, attracted the attention of Putrefaction Records who released the Will to Power 7" EP, limited to 1100 copies. The band then signed a record deal with Wild Rags in 1989, who released cassette versions of the Crushed Infamy demo and Will to Power. A final demo, Alienus Sum, was released in 1992 by the band, featuring three rough mixes from their delayed debut album and a couple of rehearsal tracks; an official cassette version of the demo was released through Chilean label Hexateuc Torment.
Despite being recorded in April/May 1991, Order from Chaos' debut album, Stillbirth Machine, was finally released in 1993 through Wild Rags, despite the label dropping the band in November 1992. Around the same time, the album was also released by Greek label Decapitated Records (now Unisound Productions). This version, which differs from the Wild Rags in terms of artwork and layout and contains numerous textual errors, is apparently considered a bootleg version by the band. The album was given official re-relases by Osmose Productions in 1998 (including the Crushed Infamy demo) and Nuclear War Now! in 2008 (on both black and clear yellow vinyl).
A series of further EPs were recorded and released throughout 1994 on various labels (Jericho Trumpet on Gestapo, Live: Into Distant Fears on Eternal Darkness and Plateau of Invincibility on Shivadarshana), followed by a second full-length, Dawn Bringer, on Shivadarshana, before the band decided to call it quits in 1995. After Shivardashana folded, French label Osmose picked up tracks recorded in 1995 for Order from Chaos' third and final album and released An Ending in Fire in 1998, as well as re-releasing their debut.
Pete Helmkamp went on to form death metal act Angelcorpse, as well as writing a book on occultism, entitled The Conqueror Manifesto: Capricornus Teitan. Chuck Keller and Mike Miller went on to form retro black/thrash band Ares Kingdom and blackened death metal act Vulpecula. With interest in Order from Chaos still prevalent in the extreme metal underground, Merciless records released a compilation of demos, 1994 live tracks and rehearsal sessions, entitled Imperium - The Apocalyptic Visions, in July 2005.


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New York, NY: Sweden’s OPETH, easily one of the most revered and respected bands in the metal scene and beyond for the past two decades, will commemorate their twentieth anniversary in the of Spring 2010 with six exclusive shows that will take place across the globe in various international locales such as Stockholm, Sweden; Essen, Germany; Paris, France; London, UK; New York City, NY; and Los Angeles, CA.

Frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt had the following to say on behalf of the band: “I can’t believe it, but... fuck, we’re celebrating 20 years. I’ve been in this band ever since I was 16. It’s insane. As far as I remember, we’ve never had a release party, never celebrated anything officially. Well, now is the time, you hear? We’ve set up a string of shows, six of them actually, around the world. To say that they will be super-exclusive is beyond an understatement. We’ve discussed the set list already and it seems like we’ll pull out a few songs we’ve never played before, some of which fans all over the world have been demanding to hear for years and years. Our main agenda for these shows is to have ‘fun’ whilst trying to blow your fucking minds. You could say business as usual, but really, it’ll be special. I can’t stress enough how exclusive this will be. We will not add any more shows on top of the six that we’ve confirmed already, so please make up your mind early on whether you want to go or not - of course you fucking do- as I would assume there’s quite a few of our fans that might be interested in seeing a thing like this.”

Akerfeldt said the band will spend the better part of January through March rehearsing for this special series of shows. “All to make you fucking happy! OK, we’ll be tight, very tight indeed. Come see us.” It’s a celebration,” he finished.

At each show, the band will perform two sets. The first set will feature the band playing its breakthrough epic Blackwater Park in its entirety. The second set will consist of mixed material from the band’s extensive catalog. The band will be playing for over two hours at carefully selected venues in order to achieve an element of intimacy and exclusivity, and an overall “You had to be there” vibe!

The venues include the famed and prestigious Royal Albert Hall in London, as well as the luxurious Lichtburg in Essen, the oldest fully seated cinema in Germany.

The band will offer exclusive VIP ticket packages to all shows which include a laminated VIP pass exclusive to each show, access to sound check, a meet ‘n greet with Opeth, a t-shirt exclusive to that particular show, a signed tour program and a special edition CD/DVD of Blackwater Park, with a 5.1 mix and a 30-minute, never-before-seen documentary all nicely packaged in a hard cover digipack designed by artist Travis Smith. The special edition will be released in March 2010 through Sony Music. All the Opeth loot will be included in an Opeth rucksack. The VIP laminate will also allow early access to venues without seat allocation so that VIP’s can get the best seats in the house.

Below are the dates and venues:

March 30 – Cirkus – Stockholm, Sweden
April 1 – Lichtburg – Essen, Germany
April 3 – Bataclan – Paris, France
April 5 – Royal Albert Hall – London, UK
April 7 – Terminal 5 – New York, NY
April 9 – The Wiltern – Los Angeles, CA

Detroit death metallers AND HELL FOLLOWED WITH have entered Dreadcore
Productions in White Lake, MI to record a full length album that will
be released in 2010 on EARACHE RECORDS.

AND HELL FOLLOWED WITH guitarist, Kyle McIlmurray chimed in with what
the band aims to accomplish during their time recording. "We started
our sessions in the studio on Tuesday with our good friend, (produce)
Josh Wichman at 10am sharp. We've gotten great reactions to what we've
written so far and we feel that everything's going to pay off will.
We've taken the best of our strengths and poured it into each riff and
each lyric."

The band will be holed up in Dreadcore throughout the entire month,
breaking only for a number of one-off dates around Michigan. Focused
only on creating the best record they can, the band has a lot of work
to fill the many hours they will spend in the studio. "We'll be
recording about 11 or 12 songs," says McIlmurray, who adds, "we'll
probably up that number for bonus tracks and exclusives that we'll be
writing during the sessions."

Once the sessions are over, the AND HELL FOLLOWED WITH guitarist says
to expect the band to continue doing what they do best - "a lot of
touring and a lot of time on the road."

AND HELL FOLLOWED WITH's EARACHE RECORDS debut is set for release in
2010.

This past summer, EARACHE RECORDS signed AND HELL FOLLOWED WITH.
Formed 2

years ago in Detroit, MI, AND HELL FOLLOWED WITH has taken great
influence from death metal legends such as DECIDE and co-mingled them
with modern touches popularized by the likes of WHITECHAPEL and
OCEANO. The band has toured non-stop throughout middle America and the
west coast for a 2008 Statik Factory-released entitled DOMAIN. Over
the course of their relentless tour schedule, AND HELL FOLLOWED WITH
have opened eyes, broken jaws and kicked the door down into scenes
that many figured unreachable. With a solid combination of modern,
sub-woofer smashing extreme music perfection and a classy, hands-on
approach to their fanbase that's second to none, AND HELL FOLLOWED
WITH looks forward to waving the EARACHE flag for some time to come.