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Cannibal Corpse accused of blasphemy

22/09/2014 by skinbackalley, posted in News

Cannibal Corpse may be banned from performing in Russia after a religious group accused them of blasphemy.

The band are set to embark upon a Russian tour on the 2nd of October in support of their new album, A Skeletal Domain, released last week.

Dimitry Tsorionov, the head of Russia’s God’s Will movement is leading a bid to have the tour scrapped, however. He says: “We sent the prosecutor the description of the concerts. Their songs describe in detail rape and murder.”

“We will try to resolve this issue with the help of law enforcement. If it does not work there may be a mass protest in various forms.”

“We’re always a little bit annoyed when people think we’re writing serious songs for people to read and be crazy,” says Cannibal Corpse frontman Corpsegrinder. “They’re just stories. It’s a short story with music – a horror film with a metal soundtrack.”

Russian authorities have recently passed stringent anti-blasphemy laws, with punishments for breaching them including fines and prison sentences. Metal band Behemoth were jailed and then deported whilst touring Russia in May. The following month Marilyn Manson had to cancel one show owing to a bomb scare and another as a result of religious concerns.

It’s not the first time that Cannibal Corpse have fallen foul of authorities. In 1995 they were the subject of a political campaign in the US that aimed to have the band dropped from their record label. In 1996 Australian authorities banned the sale of their albums. They have also been subject to sales restrictions in Germany.

New music releases, 22nd September 2014

22/09/201419/09/2014 by skinbackalley, posted in News

Here are the new and notable music releases for this week, 22nd September 2014:

A Skeletal Domain, Cannibal Corpse

Condemned To Hope, Black Moth
Popular Problems, Leonard Cohen
Encyclopedia, The Drums
Dead Man’s Town: A Tribute To Born In The USA, Various artists
This Is All Yours, Alt-J
Different Shades Of Blue, Joe Bonamassa
Strut, Lenny Kravitz
The Apple Years Box Set, George Harrison
Sukierae, Tweedy
For The Journey, Threshold
Plain Spoken, John Mellencamp
Gary Clark Jr. Live, Gary Clark Jr
Sex In The Seventh Circle, Hang The Bastard
River (Remastered), Terry Reid
Live On The Sunset Strip, Pretty Boy Floyd
Leave Me Alone, Nick Oliveri’s Uncontrollable
Rites Of Perversion, Antropomorphia
Let It Ride, Dark Horse
Evilution, Wolfen
Monnos, Conan

You can buy all the above – and many more – via the Skin Back Alley Music Store.

Cannibal Corpse to release new album “A Skeletal Domain”

01/07/2014 by skinbackalley, posted in News

American death metal legends Cannibal Corpse are to release a new album.

Titled A Skeletal Domain, the band’s thirteenth studio album will be released on the 15th of September via Metal Blade records.

This time around, the band opted to work with Mark Lewis (The Black Dahlia Murder, DevilDriver) in the producer’s chair at Audio Hammer Studios. But even though the producer and venue have changed, preparation for the album didn’t vary a great deal from previous releases.

Says bassist Alex Webster: “At the end of the day, we’re still making a death metal record, no matter where it’s being recorded. Consistency is often confused with repetition. We are established with what we do as a band, and we could relax and not push ourselves, but we try to push the envelope. That’s what makes this exciting.”

“Anyone who really listens to this album with an open mind will hear that it’s not same-old same-old,” he added.

Listen to new song “Sadistic Embodiment” below:

The full tracklisting for A Skeletal Domain is as follows:

“High Velocity Impact Spatter”
“Sadistic Embodiment”
“Kill Or Become”
“A Skeletal Domain”
“Headlong Into Carnage”
“The Murderer’s Pact”
“Funeral Cremation”
“Icepick Lobotomy”
“Vector Of Cruelty”
“Bloodstained Cement”
“Asphyxiate To Resuscitate”
“Hollowed Bodies”

Meanwhile, this September the band will unleash their first-ever official authorised biography. Written by Joel McIver, author of Justice For All: The Truth About Metallica and biographies on Black Sabbath, Slayer, Slipknot, and Queens Of The Stone Age, Bible Of Butchery – Cannibal Corpse: The Official Biography will contain over 150 pages loaded with photos from the band’s collection.

To pre-order the album, head over to the Metal Blade records website.

Metal supergroup launches crowdfunding campaign

19/06/201424/06/2014 by skinbackalley, posted in News

Project Rogue campaign artwork

Hold the horses! Stop the press! What the hell is all this then?!

A veritable feast of metal music stars, including members of System Of A Down and Fear Factory, have launched one of the most ambitious music-related crowdfunding campaigns ever seen.

Under the band name Project Rogue, the campaign aims to raise $70,000 (£40,000) to create an album called Titans, that will feature performances from Lamb Of God’s Chris Adler, Napalm Death’s Mitch Harris, Cannibal Corpse’s Rob Barrett, alongside Paul Masdival from Cynic.

System Of A Down bass player Shavo Odadjian and Fear Factory’s founding drummer Raymond Herrera are also involved, alongside various established and up-and-coming metal musicians.

Designated Project Rogue leader Herrera says: “Ive been looking into the crowdfunding aspect of the music industry and it’s been pretty interesting to see how people have taken to it. Something like this is very unique because it allows us to deal or work directly with the fans, where they actually invest or be involved in something that is direct with the artist.”

JD Schmidt of Nociceptor adds: “It’s awesome for a band to be able to seek out to a financial resource without having to sign their lives away to a bank to see a project through. And on the other side of the coin it’s great for fans to be a part of the music that they love in whatever way they can.”

“I was floored when they asked me to be a part of it. Deeply humbled and kind of overwhelmed. I think I peed a little bit.”

Odadjian describes crowdfunding as “the future” and says he will offer his bass playing skills as well as writing and arrangement to the songs.

Pat Lachman of Damageplan says he hopes the album will “scare the shit out of people.”

A host of funding options are available for investors, including a digital copy of the album priced at $10 (£6), up to $10,000 (£6,000), a level of contribution which will see your very own composition worked into the music of the album.

To find out more about the project, along with all the details of the levels of funding that are available, head on over to the Project Rogue IndieGoGo campaign page. The project has until the 8th of July to reach it’s target.

Watch the Project Rogue official campaign video below:

The result of metal masterminds, or a sizeable and grand folly? We’re hoping for the former and will be watching with anticipation. Let us know what you think about the news!