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The Human Abstract “Midheaven” out today! Full album stream MySpace!

August 20, 2008

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THE HUMAN = ABSTRACT
=A0=93MIDHEAVEN=94 OUT = TODAY!
FULL ALBUM STREAMING AT MYSPACE.COM
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=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 The Human Abstract have just = released their new album Midheaven.=A0 The album is currently streaming = in it=92s entirety at My = Space.com=A0 front page as = well as at myspace.com/thehumanabstract.=A0 Midheaven has been wowing critics including Metal Edge who just ran a = feature on the band at popular metal forum Metal Sucks.net which = proclaimed =A0it =93easily, one of the best albums I=92ve heard = all summer, a fantastic blast of fresh air to clear away the August = doldrums.=94=A0 The album is an ambitious concept following an entire = cycle of man from creation to it=92s downfall.=A0 Just as epic as the storyline, The Human Abstract plays = a style of metal with fluid and fiery guitar lines and huge sounding = melodic vocals that anchored the classic metal approach of bands like = Metallica and Queensryche with the prog-rock songwriting that catapulted = bands like Pink Floyd, Tool, Muse and Porcupine Tree and a modern = metal-core twist.=A0 The Human = Abstract have just wrapped up a summer on the Warped Tour and are = gearing up for a big fall supporting Trivium, All That = Remains and 36 Crazy Fists = starting September 9th.=A0 Following that the band will be special guests on Dir En Gray=92s November U.S. = Tour
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9/9-10/9 WITH TRIVIUM, ALL = THAT REMAINS, AND 36 CRAZYFISTS
9/4-9/8 ARE = HEADLINING DATES
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New Song Posted!

August 20, 2008

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For immediate release:=A0Tasmanian tech-death = masters,=A0PSYCROPTIC,= have uploaded a brand new track and cover art to the bands Myspace (=A0Nuclear Blast = Records=A0and fourth = overall. =93Ob(Servant)=94 will be released on October = 14th=A0in North = America.=A0=A0Dave = Haley=A0commented:=A0
=93′Immortal Army of One’ is one of my personal favorites = on =93Ob(servant)=94. The riffs on it are catchy as hell and = stick in your head, and it is a very brutal song. Yet, it has a lot of = dynamics throughout and is quite technical. It=92s very=A0PSYCROPTIC=A0sounding, yet there are a lot = of new sounds and ideas introduced. Just an all round cool track both to = listen to and play.
Lyrically, the song explores = the the idea of a suicidal god like being =96 one who has omnipotence = yet wants to relinquish it. A twisted thought - a being who has the = choice to do anything desired, except giving up such a power; all = powerful yet powerless at the same time.=94=A0
=93Ob(Servant)=94 was mixed and = mastered by former=A0MACHI= NE HEAD=A0and=A0SOULFLY=A0guitarist=A0Logan Mader=A0(DIVINE HERESY,=A0GOJIRA) and recorded = once again by guitarist=A0Joe = Haley.

PSYCROPTIC=A0recently returned home after a = very successful US debut on this years=A0Summer Slaughter=A0tour, which included=A0THE BLACK DAHLIA = MURDER,=A0KATAKLYSM,=A0CRYPTOPSY,=A0THE FACELESS,=A0DESPISED ICON,=A0ABORTED=A0and=A0WHITECHAPEL.=A0

Charles Elliott
Publicity/Radio
NUCLEAR BLAST = RECORDS
2323 W. El Segundo Blvd., 2ND = FLOOR
Hawthorne, CA=A0 90250
[P] 323.418.1400, ext. 139
[F] = 323.418.0118=A0

Coming = Soon:=A0All Shall = Perish -=A0Awaken the = Dreamers=A0(9/16/08), = Hackneyed -=A0Death = Prevails=A0(9/02/08), = Sonic Syndicate -=A0Love = and Other Disasters,Success Will Write Apocalypse Accross the = Sky=A0- The Grand = Partition and the Abrogation of Idolatry

Out = Now:=A0Belpheg= or -=A0Bondage Goat = Zombie, Death Angel -=A0Killing Season, The = Destiny Program=A0- = Subversive Blueprint,=A0Eluveitie -=A0Slania, Kataklysm = -Prevail, Keep of Kalessin -=A0Kolossus, Korpiklaani = -=A0Korven Kuningas, = Soilwork -=A0Sworn to a = Great Divide,=A0Testament= -=A0The Formation of = Damnation=A0=A0

Educate = Yourself:=A0http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/=A0&=A0AMORPHIS and SAMAEL w/Leaves Eyes & Virgin = Black

09/27=A0=A0=A0=A0 Tremont Music = Hall =96 Charlotte, NC
09/28=A0=A0=A0= =A0 Jaxx =96 W. Springfield, VA
09/29=A0=A0=A0=A0 BB Kings Blues Club =96 New York, = NY
09/30=A0=A0=A0=A0 The Trocadero =96 = Philadelphia, PA
10/01=A0=A0=A0=A0 The Chance =96 = Poughkeepsie, NY
10/02=A0=A0=A0=A0 The Palladium = =96 Worcester, MA
10/03=A0=A0=A0=A0 Fou Founes = Electriques =96 Montreal, QC
10/04=A0=A0=A0=A0 The Opera House =96 Toronto, = ON
10/05=A0=A0=A0=A0 Peabody=92s Down = Under =96 Cleveland, OH
10/06=A0=A0=A0= =A0 The Pearl Room =96 Mokena, IL
10/07=A0=A0=A0=A0 Station 4 =96 St. Paul, = MN
10/09=A0=A0=A0=A0 Knitting Factory =96 = Spokane, WA
10/10=A0=A0=A0=A0 El Corazon =96 = Seattle, WA
10/11=A0=A0=A0=A0 Rock N Roll = Pizza =96 Portland, OR
10/12=A0=A0=A0= =A0 Slim=92s =96 San Francisco, CA
10/13=A0=A0=A0=A0 House of Blues =96 Hollywood, = CA
10/14=A0=A0=A0=A0 Brickhouse =96 = Phoenix, AZ
10/16=A0=A0=A0=A0 Lola=92s =96 = Ft. Worth, TX
10/17=A0=A0=A0=A0 Scout Bar =96 = San Antonio, TX
10/18=A0=A0=A0=A0 Scout Bar =96 = Houston, TX
Summer = Slaughter Tour w/The Black Dahlia Murder, Vader, Cryptopsy, The = Faceless, Despised Icon, Aborted, Born of Osiris, Psycropatic & = Whitechapel
06/20=A0=A0=A0= =A0 Majestic Theatre =96 Detroit, MI
06/21=A0=A0=A0=A0 Peabody=92s =96 Cleveland, = OH
06/22=A0=A0=A0=A0 Headliner=92s Music = Hall =96 Louisville, KY
06/24=A0=A0=A0= =A0 The Chance =96 Poughkeepsie, NY
06/25=A0=A0=A0=A0 The Trocadero =96 Philadelphia, = PA
06/27=A0=A0=A0=A0 The Palladium =96 = Worcester, MA
06/28=A0=A0=A0=A0 Starland = Ballroom =96 Sayreville, NJ
06/29=A0=A0=A0=A0 The National =96 Richmond, = VA
06/30=A0=A0=A0=A0 Ground Zero =96 = Spartanburg, VA
07/01=A0=A0=A0=A0 The = Masquerade =96 Atlanta, GA
07/02=A0=A0=A0=A0 Jannus Landing =96 St. Petersburg, = FL
07/04=A0=A0=A0=A0 The White Rabbit =96 = San Antonio, TX
07/05=A0=A0=A0=A0 Meridian =96 = Houston, TX
07/06=A0=A0=A0=A0 House of = Blues =96 Dallas, TX
07/08=A0=A0=A0= =A0 Sunshine Theater =96 Albuquerque, NM
07/09=A0=A0=A0=A0 Club 101 =96 El Paso, = TX
07/10=A0=A0=A0=A0 Marquee Theater =96 = Phoenix, AZ
07/11=A0=A0=A0=A0 House of = Blues =96 Los Angeles, CA
07/12=A0=A0=A0= =A0 The Dome =96 Bakersfield, CA
07/13=A0=A0=A0=A0 SOMA =96 San Diego, = CA
07/14=A0=A0=A0=A0 Vault 350 =96 Long = Beach, CA=A0
07/15=A0=A0=A0= =A0 The Fillmore =96 San Francisco, CA
07/17=A0=A0=A0=A0 Hawthorne Theater =96 Portland, = OR
07/18=A0=A0=A0=A0 Studio Seven =96 = Seattle, WA
07/19=A0=A0=A0=A0 Big Easy = Concert House =96 Spokane, WA
07/20=A0=A0=A0=A0 Big Easy Concert House =96 Boise, = ID
07/21=A0=A0=A0=A0 Club NVO =96 Logan, = UT
07/23=A0=A0=A0=A0 Cervantes Ballroom = =96 Denver, CO
07/24=A0=A0=A0=A0 Sokol = Underground =96 Omaha, NE
07/25=A0=A0=A0= =A0 First Ave. =96 Minneapolis, MN
07/26=A0=A0=A0=A0 The Rave =96 Milwaukee, = WI
07/27=A0=A0=A0=A0 Pop=92s =96 St. = Louis, MO
07/28=A0=A0=A0=A0 House of = Blues =96 Chicago, = IL

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Metallica prepare in video for upcoming tour

August 19, 2008

Video = footage of METALLICA rehearsing the songs “The Memory Remains” and = “Cyanide” backstage prior to the band’s August 14, 2008 headlining = performance at the Rock en France festival at Grand d’Arras in Arras, = France can be viewed below. Also available is performance footage of the = track “No Remorse” from the Arras concert. Support at the event came = from GOJIRA and WITHIN TEMPTATION.
The group’s setlist was as = follows:
01. Creeping Death
02. For = Whom The Bell Tolls
03. Ride = The Lightning
04. The Memory = Remains
05. Welcome Home = (Sanitarium)
06. Cyanide
07. …And Justice For All
08. No Remorse
09. Fade = To Black
10. Master Of = Puppets
11. = Whiplash
12. Nothing Else = Matters
13. Sad But = True
14. One
15. Enter Sandman
- - - - = -
16. Last = Caress
17. So What
18. Seek And Destroy
METALLICA = has officially set Friday, September 12 as the “worldwide” release date = for its new album, “Death Magnetic”. The CD will be available to = download for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock on the same day the album = arrives in stores.
The band is offering the record for sale in numerous = configurations, ranging from a digital-only release to a deluxe “coffin = box” that will come with a bonus CD, a DVD, a T-shirt, guitar picks and = other goodies.
METALLICA debuted a new song called “Cyanide” during = its headlining set on August 9 at Ozzfest, which took place at Pizza Hut = Park in Dallas. This marked the first time that the band has performed = any material in concert from “Death Magnetic”. The rest of METALLICA’s = 17-song Ozzfest set featured a number of the band’s classic tunes as = well as a medley of songs from underground metal act MERCYFUL FATE, for = which they were joined onstage by that Danish act’s singer, King = Diamond.

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DEBUT ON BILLBOARD TOP 200 ALBUMS CHART AT #29 WITH ‘THE ANTI MOTHER,’ COMMERCIAL RADIO BUZZ FOR FIRST SINGLE ‘ROBOTS 3, HUMANS 0,’ ALBUM #1 MOST ADDED AT FMQB LAST WEEK

August 19, 2008

Richard = Tanana

CT = COMMUNICATIONS
OPERATORS = OF:

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NORMA = JEAN

‘THE ANTI = MOTHER“ROBOTS 3, HUMANS = 0,”

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ALBUM #1 MOST ADDED FMQB LAST = WEEK

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NORMA=A0=A0have entered the=A0Billboard=A0Top 200 Album Chart at #29 by = selling over 16,000 copies of their much-anticipated new album=A0THE ANTI MOTHER=A0in its first week of = release. The CD also debuted at #2 on the=A0Billboard=A0Top Christian Albums Chart and = #4 on the=A0Billboard=A0Hard Music = Chart.
“THE ANTI MOTHER=A0is finally out, it’s almost = unreal to us. We worked so hard from AM to PM writing…and PM to AM = recording,” says lead singer CORY BRANDAN. “We’re ecstatic so many = people bought the record, we’re already seeing a great response to these = songs live and can’t wait till our fall headlining tour to play this = album more. Buy records, support southern = rock.”
THE ANTI = MOTHER–the group’s = fourth full-length offering–marks the highest CD debut for NORMA JEAN = as well as an artistic and creative high point for=A0the Atlanta = based five-piece.
In early radio news,=A0THE ANTI MOTHER=A0was #1 most added at FMQB last = week. The buzz is now building at commercial radio for NORMA JEAN’s = first single “Robots 3, Humans 0,” as well as the standout tracks “Birth = of The Anti Mother” and “Vipers Snakes and Actors” with adds at: KDLD = “Indie=A0103.1″ (Los Angeles, CA), WZOR = (WI), KHBZ (OK), WKGB (NY), KFLY (OR), KROX (TX), KJML (MO), KFTE (LA), = WOBX (NC), KDJE (AR), WCPR (MS), WCHZ (GA) and WYBB (SC),=A0as well as Sirius Satellite, = XM=A0Satellite and Music = Choice. Check out some early reaction for=A0THE ANTI MOTHER=A0from radio = programmers:
“This = band is a perfect example of positive growth. They always manage to = reinvent themselves while maintaining a sound that belongs entirely to = them. They kick so much ass.”

–Kevin Manno, Q101, Chicago (Crash = Test Radio)
“The Anti Mother=A0is the ‘redeemer’ for Norma = Jean. This album has an abundance of vocal and instrumental melodies = which were previously unheard in the band’s other works, while = delivering the unrelenting beatings we’ve come to expect from metal’s = ‘Slam of the South’.”

–Full Metal Jackie, = KDLD Indie 103.1, Los Angeles
“With the=A0evolving = songwriting skills on=A0their latest album,=A0The Anti Mother, Norma = Jean are poised to conquer an entire new = audience.”
–Lacey, = WOBX (NC), Music Director
“Another = refreshing dose of metal, Norma Jean is back with more infectious = grooves that will have you screaming along from first = listen!”
– Scott Crynock, SIRIUS SATELLITE = RADIO
“Norma Jean takes a huge, brutal step forward with = the release of=A0The = Anti Mother. The heaviness you love from Norma Jean with a new, = melodic vocal direction. Let the neck breaking = begin!”
–Scott Less, = KXFX=A0(Santa Rosa, = CA)
“Norma Jean returns with a disc that promises to = wake the neighbors.=A0The = Anti Mother=A0is = definitely their hardest record yet. The best is yet to come from this = group.”
– Troy = Bradley,=A0WCHZ (Augusta, = GA)
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“Every artist attempts to step up and push = the boundaries with each new work… NJ is no exception… Sh*t is = through the Roof!”
–Gary Susalis, = MUSIC CHOICE
“It’s been about two years in the waiting for the = new Norma Jean release…and it was well worth the wait! These bros know = how to smoke!”
–NORMA JEAN–CORY BRANDAN=A0(lead vocals, = guitars),=A0SCOTTIE HENRY=A0(guitars),=A0JAKE SCHULTZ=A0(bass),=A0CHRIS DAY(guitars) and=A0CHRIS RAINES=A0(drums)–=A0just = wrapped their mainstage run on this summer’s entire Vans Warped Tour = this past Sunday, August 17 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA. The = group will announce a major nationwide headlining Fall U.S. tour = soon.
THE ANTI = MOTHERthe = follow-up=A0to their = 2006=A0critical= ly lauded=A0Redeemer–is already garnering major critical = praise:“The = backstory surrounding Norma Jean’s latest album is fraught with domestic = strife and great personal challenges. Not surprisingly, it’s also=A0the best record of their = career.”
–ALTERNATIVE PRESS, September = 2008
“…=A0THE ANTI MOTHER=A0is an unexpected record for = Norma Jean:It’s heavy without = being dense; melodic, but not basely so… “..the=A0=A0crunching “Opposite of = Left and Wrong” (with Page Hamilton) and the lush (Chino) Moreno = collaboration “Surrender Your Sons,” are not only musical firsts for the = band but two=A0signposts to their bright = future…”
–Andrew Kelham,=A0ALTERNATIVE PRESS=A0(FEATURE), September = 2008
heaping distortion, = drums and panicked/pained screams=A0together. …[The song ‘Robots 3, Humans 0′ employs] = shifting rhythms featuring frantic drumbeats that sound like a = frustrated writer banging on a = typewriter.
–CMJ=A0“Essential CDs”,=A0Tiffany = Kilfeather=A0(8/11/08)
=A0‘Self Employed Chemist,’=A0the Atlanta Christian = crew=A0unleash another scything blast of ragged = guitars and melodic vitriol to get their fans = salivating…”
–KERRANG! = (7/26/08)
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=A0a swinging, furious = urgency…”
Tim Grierson,=A0REVOLVER=A0(FEATURE), (September = 2008)
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“…THE ANTI MOTHER=A0offers up another batch of = cathartic, pummeling metal. Although the bandmates still flaunt an = ability to grind their audience’s eardrums into powder,=A0Norma Jean’s hidden strength lies in their dedication to melody, = which hides behind walls of sound and rears its head during key = moments.=A0‘Self Employed Chemist’ and ‘Robots 3 = Humans 0′ are prime examples, mixing distortion with melodic hooks and = vocal harmonies.=A0Norma Jean’s members aren’t = softening in their old age; rather,=A0they’ve learned to add variation to the metalcore pattern, = injecting bursts of melody=A0and offering cameo = spots to members of the Deftones, Mighty Six Ninety, Saosin, Helmet, and = others.=A0THE ANTI MOTHER=A0ultimately boasts the best of = both worlds: heavy riffage with manic, tortured shrieking, and = aggressive melodies sung with equal parts passion and = grit.”
–Andrew Leahey,=A0ALL MUSIC GUIDE=A0(August, = 2008)