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Massacre On North American Tour With Obituary, Rivers of Nihil, Euro Tour in February

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Death To All Tours 2014

Veteran Florida death metallers Massacre will be taking part on the Swamp Leper Stomp North American Tour 2014 with Death (DTA), Obituary and Rivers of Nihil, as well as an upcoming European run in February 2015. Dates are below.

The band released Back From Beyond, their first record in nearly 20 years, with Tim Vazquez of CGM Studios recording and mixing. Massacre features original members, guitarist Rick Rozz along with bassist Terry Butler (Obituary, ex-Death, Six Feet Under), vocalist Ed Webb (ex-Diabolic, Eulogy) and drummer Mike Mazzonetto (ex-Pain Principle). Check out the official video for Back From Beyond here.

MASSACRE- live in North America 2014:
Nov 11: The Rail Club Fort Worth, TX (w/OBITUARY, RIVERS OF NIHIL)
Nov 13: LVCS – Las Vegas, NV (w/OBITUARY, RIVERS OF NIHIL)
Dec 20: TBA – Mexico City, Mexico https://www.facebook.com/events/375627912589617/

DEATH (DTA), OBITUARY, MASSACRE, RIVERS OF NIHIL – Swamp Leper Stomp North American Tour 2014:
Nov 14: Club Nokia- Los Angeles, CA
Nov 15: Mainstage – Ramona, CA
Nov 16: DNA Lounge – San Francisco, CA
Nov 18: Studio Seven – Seattle, WA –
Nov 19: Rickshaw Theatre – Vancouver, BC *
Nov 21: Mac Ballroom – Calgary, AB *
Nov 22: Riddell Centre – Regina, SK *
Nov 23: Park Theatre – Winnipeg, MB *
Nov 24: Amsterdam – Minneapolis, MN *
Nov 25: Metro – Chicago, IL
Nov 26: Agora Theatre – Cleveland, OH
Nov 27: Phoenix Concert Hall – Toronto, ON
Nov 28: Le National – Montreal, QC
Nov 29: Brighton Music Hall – Boston, MA
Nov 30: Best Buy Theater – New York, NY
Dec. 03: Empire – Springfield, VA
Dec. 04: Tremont Music Hall – Charlotte, NC –
Dec. 05: Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
Dec. 06: Tampa, FL – The Orpheum
Dec. 07: Grand Central – Miami, FL
*=plus UNTIMELY DEMISE

DEATH (DTA), MASSACRE, ABYSMAL DAWN, LOUDBLAST – Symbolic European Tour 2015:
Presented by: Metal Hammer, Legacy, Slam Magazin, metalnews.de, Noizeletter. BLAST
Feb 27: Matrix – Bochum (Germany)
Feb 28: Dynamo – Eindhoven (The Netherlands)
Mar 01: Trix – Antwerp (Belgium)
Mar 02: Electric Ballroom – London (UK)
Mar 03: Academy – Dublin (Ireland)
Mar 04: Club Academy – Manchester (UK)
Mar 05: Trabendo – Paris (France)
Mar 06: Alte Kaserne – Zürich (Switzerland) –
Mar 07: Theaterfabrik – München (Germany)
Mar 08: Rockfabrik – Ludwigsburg (Germany)
Mar 09: RnR Arena – Milan (Italy)
Mar 11: Rockhouse – Salzburg (Austria)
Mar 12: Szene – Wien (Austria)
Mar 13: Fabryka – Cracov (Poland)
Mar 14: B 90 – Gdansk (Poland)
Mar 15: Progresja – Warsaw (Poland)
Mar 16: K 17 – Berlin (Germany)
Mar 17: Posthalle – Würzburg (Germany)
Mar 18: Markthalle – Hamburg (Germany)
Mar 19: Sticky Fingers – Gothenburg (Sweden)
Mar 20: Klubben – Stockholm (Sweden)
Mar 21: Vulkan – Oslo (Norway)
Mar 22: Amager Bio – Copenhagen (Denmark)

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Obituary – Inked in Blood

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Death Metal legends Obituary are back with their first album in five years. Times may change and the band might have embraced the crowdfunding model for funding, but the music is still firmly in the bloody grave of the 1980s. Inked In Blood (Relapse) is the ninth album from the Florida five-piece, currently made up of John Tardy (vocals), Donald Tardy (drums), Kenny Andrews (lead guitar), Trevor Peres (rhythm guitar) and Terry Butler (bass). Andrews and Butler make their studio debut after the departure of Ralph Santolla and long-time bassist Frank Watkins.

That the new album was funded through crowdfunding site Kickstarter and raised six times its original goal of $10,000 shows the band are still in high demand, even after 25-odd years. And with that $60,000 Obituary have delivered a decent slab of classic, straightforward death metal.

Opener ‘Centuries of Lies’ storms straight for the jugular, full of aggression and power. ‘Violent By Nature’ is a sinister mid-tempo slasher, while ‘Violence’ is a classic brutal thrashers. The riffs and downtuned and mean with squealing solos, the double-kick drums rarely let up, and John Tardy’s vocals are as evil as ever.

New guitarist Andrews does a good job of replacing Santolla and delivers simple, straight the point chainsaw riffs. Much of the album sounds like a lost relic from the late 80s or early 90s, which is no terrible thing, but does sound somewhat dated. The slower sings get bogged down and rarely pique the interest; the likes of ‘Back on Top,’ ‘Deny You,’ ‘Out for Blood’ and the title track kill off much of the momentum gathered by the early thrashers. Unfortunately from there on, despite some strong songs, the urgency is lost.

The likes of Carcass and At The Gates have shown age is nothing but a number when it comes to staying relevant in an overcrowded scene. Sadly Obituary arena’ up to the same standard. Inked in Blood is another decent, if uninspiring release from the Florida legends. There’s plenty of enjoyable moments, but little we’ve not heard before and can at times all get a bit pedestrian.

7.0/10

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DAN SWINHOE


Massacre – Back From Beyond

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It has been 23 years since Rick Rozz and Terry Butler last released anything of note under the banner of Massacre, and that two decades plus hiatus has allowed their debut From Beyond to achieve the legendary status its Bay Area-meets-Death quality deserves, a great collection of straight down the line death metal songs that set the tone for literally millions of bands to follow.

With such an iconic release in their catalogue, but with years of less than stellar activity individually, expectations for Back From Beyond (Century Media) are mixed. The first thing that strikes is the powerful production as guitars barrel out of the traps (once the pointless intro has meandered on by) into ‘As We Wait To Die’. New vocalist Ed Webb does a decent enough job, sounding like (the heavier of) Burton C. Bell (‘s voices), but lacking the distinctive and charismatic tones of non-returnee Kam Lee.

While Massacre always leant to the thrashy, (pre-Chaos AD) Sepultura end of American Death Metal, it’s interesting to see how much groove and chug metal is in their newer sound; ‘Hunters Blood’ wouldn’t be out of place on a Lamb of God album. That isn’t to say the trademark Massacre DM has been abandoned, as ‘Ascension of the Deceased’ throwback like a Thursday, ‘Shield Of The Son’ thrash-snaps the neck, while ‘Evil Within’ and ‘Beast With Vengeance’ pay homage to Chuck.

Sticking resolutely in the mid-tempo and to a simple but effective riffing style with only the odd venture out of their stomping ground, Back From Beyond settles into a pattern of mixing late 90’s groove with old school Death Metal riffing. In the main, with each track in isolation, it works to good effect, but as a whole due to a lack of dynamics and colour, no track to rival a ‘Cryptic Realms’ and an overly long running order (14 tracks!? You have to be amazing to stay interesting for 14 tracks!) Back From Beyond is an enjoyable, solid yet unspectacular return. Nothing to rival From Beyond but serves as a better follow-up than (the-Massacre-album-that-shall-not-be-named).

7/10

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Steve Tovey