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Kvelertak detail new album and stream brand new track

08/03/2016 by skinbackalley, posted in News

Photo: Paal Audestad

Kvelertak have shared details of their new album.

Nattesferd is the band’s third studio LP and will be released on the 13th of May via Roadrunner Records. The new collection marks the first time that Kvelertak have recorded in their Norwegian homeland.

Says Kvelertak frontman Erlend Hjelvik: “We are finally getting ready to release our third album Nattesferd on the world and however cliche it may sound, I’m not afraid to say that this is our best one yet.

“It’s an exquisite smorgasbord of riffs infused with everything between the best of classic rock and heavy metal. I’m certain it will blow the minds of both old and new fans.”

You can see the cover art for Nattesferd below and hear brand new album track “1985” now:

Kvelertak embark upon a North American tour in April and are due to return to UK shores this summer for appearances at the Reading and Leeds festivals on the 26th-28th of August.

Kvelertak North American tour dates:

Apr 12th: Portland Port City Music Hall, ME
Apr 13th: New York Irving Plaza, NY
Apr 14th: Philadelphia Underground Arts, PA
Apr 15th: Pittsburgh Altar Bar, PA
Apr 16th: Washington DC Brau, DC
Apr 17th: Cambridge Middle East Downstairs, MA
Apr 19th: Montreal l’Astral, QC
Apr 20th: Toronto The Opera House, ON
Apr 21st: Columbus A&R Music Bar, OH (Mutoid Man replace Torche)
Apr 22nd: Pontiac Crofoot Ballroom, MI (Mutoid Man replace Torche)
Apr 23rd: Chicago Bottom Lounge, IL
Apr 24th: Minneapolis Mill City Nights, MN
Apr 25th: St. Louis The Ready Room, MO
Apr 26th: Lawrence Granada Theatre, KS
Apr 28th: Denver Bluebird Theater, CO
Apr 29th: Salt Lake City In The Venue, UT
Apr 30th: Boise Neurolox, ID
May 01st: Seattle El Corazon, WA
May 02nd: Vancouver Rickshaw Theatre, BC
May 03rd: Portland Hawthorne Theatre, OR
May 05th: San Francisco The Independent, CA
May 06th: Los Angeles Henry Fonda Theater, CA

Slipknot confirm new album details and October release date

25/08/2014 by skinbackalley, posted in News

Slipknot have now confirmed the details of their fifth studio album, revealing that it will pay tribute to late bassist Paul Gray.

The new album will be titled 5: The Gray Chapter, and is slated for release on the 20th of October via Roadrunner Records.

The standard edition of the album will feature 14 new tracks, with a deluxe edition also being made available featuring an additional 2 new songs.

5: The Gray Chapter is the band’s first album since 2008’s All Hope Is Gone and their first since the death of founding bass player Gray, who died in 2010.

Slipknot have also announced the Prepare For Hell Tour, which will take in numerous dates across North America, with special guests coming in the form of Korn and King 810. The tour will begin on the 29th of October in El Paso, Texas.

Corey Taylor says: “We’ve been waiting a long time for this. Not only do we get to tour with friends who we respect, we’ve also chosen a band that represents the fury of the future. Slipknot is coming to your town. And hell’s coming with us.”

The full tracklist for 5: The Gray Chapter is:

“XIX”
“Sarcastrophe”
“Aov”
“The Devil In I”
“Killpop”
“Skeptic”
“Lech”
“Goodbye”
“Nomadic”
“The One That Kills The Least”
“Custer”
“Be Prepared For Hell”
“The Negative One”
“If Rain Is What You Want”
“Override” (Deluxe edition bonus track)
“The Burden” (Deluxe edition bonus track)

Slipknot made the albums official first single, The Devil In I, available to stream over the weekend, and you can listen to it below:

Yorkshire’s Marmozets to release debut album in September

05/08/201405/08/2014 by skinbackalley, posted in News

Here at Skin Back Alley, we like nothing more than to let you know about awesome homegrown musical talent. For SBA, that means it’s great to hear fantastic UK based bands. Even better when they’re Yorkshire born and bred.

So then, without further ado, slightly mad Yorkshire punks Marmozets have announced details of their forthcoming debut full length album.

The Weird and Wonderful Marmozets will be released on the 29th of September via Roadrunner Records, with a full tracklist as follows:

1. “Born Young And Free”
2. “Why Do You Hate Me?”
3. “Captivate You”
4. “Is It Horrible”
5. “Cover Up”
6. “Particle”
7. “Cry”
8. “Weird And Wonderful”
9. “Vibetech”
10. “Love You Good”
11. “Hit The Wave”
12. “Move, Shake, Hide”
13. “Back To You”

You can watch the teaser trailer for the album below:

Sounds bloody marvellous to us! And says Marmozets guitarist, Sam: “The only way you’re going to go up is to keep training yourselves, both individually and as a band. We haven’t come from out of nowhere, we’re not messing about: this is our lives.”

Marmozets will tour with Lonely The Brave and fellow Yorkshiremen Allusondrugs during October, with scheduled dates as follows:

Oct 1st: Manchester Deaf Institute
Oct 2nd: Glasgow King Tuts
Oct 3rd: Liverpool O2 Academy 2
Oct 4th: 4 Cardiff CF10
Oct 6th: Brighton Komedia
Oct 8th: Tunbridge Wells Forum
Oct 9th: Southampton Talking Heads
Oct 10th: London Kings Cross Scala
Oct 11th: Nottingham Rock City Basement
Oct 13th: Sheffield Corporation
Oct 14th: Newcastle O2 Academy 2
Oct 15th: Birmingham O2 Academy 3
Oct 16th: Norwich Open

The band will also be playing in support of Taking Back Sunday at the following gigs in December:

Dec 7th: Portsmouth Pyramids
Dec 8th: Bristol O2 Academy
Dec 9th: London Camden Roundhouse
Dec 11th: Birmingham Institute
Dec 12th: Manchester Ritz
Dec 13th: Glasgow O2 ABC
Dec 14th: Oxford O2 Academy

You can pre-order your copy of The Weird and Wonderful Marmozets at iTunes here.

Black Stone Cherry announce UK tour

25/03/2014 by skinbackalley, posted in News

Black Stone Cherry have confirmed that they will be touring the UK in October and November this year.

They will be joined by label mates Airbourne and Theory Of A Deadman for the shows.

The band’s fourth studio LP, Magic Mountain, is set to be released on the 5th of May via Roadrunner Records.

The UK dates follow the southern rockers’ recent run of low-key shows that saw them performing selected tracks and telling audiences about the stories and inspiration behind them.

Tickets for the tour go on sale at 9am this coming Friday (28th March) and the full list of confirmed dates is as follows:

Oct 26: Glasgow Hydro
Oct 27: Sheffield Motorpoint Arena
Oct 28: Cardiff Motorpoint Arena
Oct 30: Birmingham LG Arena
Oct 31: Manchester Phones 4U Arena
Nov 01: London Wembley Arena