From hardcore to hardback, Parkway Drive is knocking down the traditional borders of metal with the announcement of their plan to release a 300 page hard-cover book that gives the reader a inside look into their travels and experiences over the last decade.
"10 Years of Parkway Drive," as it is called, will consist of released and unreleased photos, band interviews, and other special moments that highlight Parkway Drive's memorable times from 2003 to now.
Mark your calendars now people, because this must have book is hitting the shelves on September 27th. Make sure you tell you friends, your coworkers, and your crazy uncle Ned to support the extreme music scene by picking up a copy of "10 Years of Parkway Drive."
The Australian Metalcore kings are back at it with a brand new music video. This time for the hard hitting track "Wild Eyes" from the latest Parkway Drive record, "Atlas". The video itself begins with a gritty monologue and a stage dive. The metal chaos erupts onward from there. Look down under to check the new video along with more recent goods from Parkway Drive, including the full album stream of "Atlas"!
Speaking of the geography, Parkway Drive will be destroying Europe this Summer and will be having their 10 year anniversary tour through Australia in September. Hide yo kids, hide yo wife, grab yo tickets.
AC/DC! Ok that's kinda obvious...oh gosh, we're here for an exploration! Give us something new! Ok...Australia definitely has a prestigious history when it comes to metal and hard rock. But in the last few years, from 2000 onward, a lot of new bands started to gaining worldwide exposure. Two big names, Airbourne and Wolfmother, picked up the heritage of AC/DC but Australia has recently developed a really fecund underground metal scene with a lot of talented bands emerging from every genre of modern metal. Let's try to make a small recap of the best things that this great nation has to offer to the world, since a lot of people don't even know that some of these bands are actually from another continent.
Let's start by taking a look at the local metalcore scene. The first huge name we all immediately think of is Byron Bay's Parkay Drive. This band definitely became one of the world's leading metalcore bands, especially in the wake of their last two albums "Deep Blue" (2010) and "Atlas" (2012).
A strong push to the Australian metalcore scene was also given by the local label We Are Unified which discovered almost all of the following metalcore bands, some of which also got signed by Roadrunner Records. For example, the party hardcore of Deez Nuts is currently enjoying huge success and it's taking them on tour all over the world. They have a new album coming out at the end of the month called "Bout It!" and it's looking to be a hit. Another band which is kicking ass world-wide is The Amity Affliction, recently signed by Roadrunner Records. Also Buried In Verona, who are currently on tour with Chelsea Grin, Attila, Betraying The Martyrs and Within The Ruins and will soon be trekking across Europe with Emmure and Obey The Brave too! Other bands like In Hearts Wake or Dream On Dreamer also have a good fan-base internationally and were both launched by We Are Unified.
There's plenty more to find if we talk about death-related genres. Thy Art Is Murder took the world by storm with their huge 2012 album "Hate", which led directly to their record deal with heavy metal giant Nuclear Blast Records who are now planning to re-release the album. Huge sounds, aggressive and groovy riffage, raw talent and creativity got this band to a really high level during the past few months. Now they even have a nomination as "best new band" at the Metal Hammer's Golden Gods Awards! A really important technical deathcore band is the amazing Signal The Firing Squad. They released a full-length album in 2012 too which was called "Abnegate". It was easily one of the best deathcore albums of the year. Should also mention Make Them Suffer, a young talented symphonic death metal band who's earning big time recognition everywhere thanks to their latest album, "Neverbloom". Psycroptic is another technical death metal band which is well known everywhere by now. They were also signed by Nuclear Blast Records and released a new album in 2012 called "The Inherited Repression". Last but not least you should really give a listen to Universum, a good melodic death metal band which had the honor of working with a lot of amazing guest musicians from bands like Soilwork, Scar Symmetry, Nightrage, MyGrain, and Mors Principium Est!
But some of the most intresting proposals are coming from the progressive scene. The "Toolish" progressive sound of Karnivool, for example, has earned them a ton of followers and the same thing is happening currently for the djent-influenced progressive metalcore band Northlane, which just released their new album "Singularity", brought to you by We Are Unified, again. But the greatness doesn't stop there. What about Dead Letter Circus and their amazing take on progressive rock? The incredible experimentation of Ne Obliviscaris? The sharp cyber-metal delivered by Synthetic Breed? ONAN's incredible guitar skills? The beautiful and symphonic-influenced instrumental soundscapes created by Bend The Sky? The high level music of Circles? The Schoenberg Automaton and their hyper-technical math metal? And there's even more! Halcyon, Memoirs, Escapist etc... Australia is STACKED.
It's safe to say there's a lot of amazing stuff coming out of Australia right now. So many that it looks impossible to make a complete recap of the awesome music you can find down under. So many that I'm sure I forgot someone. We couldn't provide music from every band for obvious reasons, but if you're interested in listening, go ahead and search The Circle Pit or on Youtube / music provider of your choosing. Great stuff \m/
The line-up for Download Festival 2013 has officially been announced. No doubt some bands are much more appealing than others, but all in all it's looking like a great time waiting to happen.
The three headliners are IRON MAIDEN, Rammstein, and Slipknot. And there is plenty of great talent to back them up including Motorhead, Mastodon, Architects, Parkway Drive, Converge, Katatonia, Amon Amarth, The Ghost Inside, Turisas, After The Burial, and The Algorithm among many others.
There will be several stages boasting several artists over the course of three days in Nottingham, England. If this sounds like fun to you, check the flyer below, grab your tickets here, and get stoked for June!
Australian metal kings Parkway Drive are streaming their upcoming record "Atlas" in it's entirety. Great stuff. Listen to the whole thing right here, right now! And you like what you hear, go buy the album when it drops in a few days! The release dates are 10/26 for Australia/New Zealand, 10/29 for Europe, and 10/30 for 'merica. Select a region and grab your pre-orders here!
I feel like I was just talking about these guys. Oh right, I was. Australian metalcore band Parkway Drive just put out a new music video for their environmentally friendly song "Dark Days" from the upcoming album "Atlas". It's pretty rad. Give "Dark Days" a watch and listen below. And pre-orders are now available if you wanna buy the record.
Australian kings Parkway Drive have just announced 2 upcoming tours. First off they will trek through Europe with Strucutres, The Word Alive, and Emmure. Next up they will tour through their homeland with the reformed I Killed The Prom Queen, Northlane, and Survival. These shows will be insane. I'm talking HUGE pits. So if you live close you should definitely look at the tour flyers below. Everyone else should listen the heavy music we have provided. MOSH.
From hardcore to hardback, Parkway Drive is knocking down the traditional borders of metal with the announcement of their plan to release a 300 page hard-cover book that gives the reader a inside look into their travels and experiences over the last decade.
