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Avatar Announces 2018 Headining Tour

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We have secured this official statement from the Royal house and wanted to share it with you readers at great urgency. Please indulge, be educated and inform your brethren.

The Statement:
The Royal department of International Relations and Fish wish to inform citizens in exile that tickets to the King’s State Visits in 2018, with his elite orchestra known as “Avatar” will be released tomorrow Friday! National security agencies are issuing warnings for riots – we therefor urge you to make sure to get yours peacefully, at the convenience of your own computer or “smart phone” machine as fast as you can Friday morning.

The Tour Dates:
Jan. 6 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
Jan. 7 – Toronto, ON – The Opera House
Jan. 9 – Montreal, QC – Astral
Jan. 11 – New York, NY – Gramercy Theatre
Jan. 12 – Boston, MA – Brighton
Jan. 13 – Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Soundstage
Jan. 14 – Philadelphia, PA – Theatre Of Living Arts
Jan. 16 – Louisville, KY – Mercury Ballroom
Jan. 17 – Atlanta, GA – The Buckhead Theatre
Jan. 18 – New Orleans, LA – House Of Blues
Jan. 19 – Houston, TX – House Of Blues
Jan. 20 – Dallas, TX – House Of Blues
Jan. 21 – San Antonio, TX – The Aztec Theatre
Jan. 23 – Tempe, AZ – The Marquee
Jan. 24 – Los Angeles, CA – Regent Theater
Jan. 25 – Sacramento, CA – Ace Of Spades
Jan. 28 – Seattle, WA – Studio Seven
Jan. 30 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex
Jan. 31 – Denver, CO – Summit Music Hall
Feb. 1 – Lincoln, NE – Bourbon Theatre
Feb. 2 – Chicago, IL – The Bottom Lounge
Feb. 3 – Green Bay, WI – Sand Lot
Feb. 5 – Lawrence, KS – Granada
Feb. 7 – Detroit, MI – St. Andrew’s Hall
Feb. 8 – Cleveland, OH – House Of Blues
Feb. 9 – Indianapolis, IN – Deluxe
Feb. 10 – Milwaukee, WI – The Rave II
Feb. 11 – Grand Rapids, MI – Intersection

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PiercingMetal Thoughts: So I’ve managed to see Avatar twice now over the years as some of the other gigs they were doing I was unavailable for but when I finally did I was an instant fan. It’s energetic, solid and a whole lot of fun. I am a big fan of “identities” in bands and by that I mean the costuming and the personalities that musicians become up on the stage and once you see the main Clown up there on the boards you will be hooked as well. I enjoyed the first single that was released and discussed HERE for those who didn’t pay any mind to our quick overview and I suggest that you fall into line with the rest of us and be prepared for your Metal audience with “The King”. If you are already a fan, you can let me know how excited you are for this tour down in the comments section below. I’m approving all topical notions immediately and its your duty as a citizen of “Avatar Country” to offer tribute to his emminence anyway so make it happen.

Official Website: http://www.avatarmetal.com

Music, Reviews

“A Statue Of The King” (Single) by Avatar

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Artist: Avatar
Title: “A Statue Of The King” (Single)
Label: E1 Entertainment
Release Date: 10/24/2017
Genre: Melodic Death Metal
Rating:

The next Avatar album is called “Avatar Country” and doesn’t come out for a while yet (I think I read January) but we’ve got ourselves a lead off single from this with the song “A Statue Of The King” and I’ve tossed together a few notes about their latest efforts. A straight forward guitar riff leads us into some clean vocals while the drive builds up and then The Clown arrives growling with ferocity and intent as they sing songs about their ruler. It then changes to an almost Queen like Operatic passage with wonderful group choruses on top of thundering double bass drums. Very interesting to say the least and not a direction I was expecting of them.
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Features, Tours and Festivals

Black Label Society Announces Tour With Corrosion Of Conformity

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You might laugh at this but I am still a little bit sore in the feet from my four days of wandering the recent NY Comic Con that took place over the past weekend at the Javits Center. With the borderline exhaustion slowly fading away I was happy to find some easy to post notices such as the new that Zakk Wylde will be bringing the Black Label Society to the masses with a tour that features both Corrosion Of Conformity and Red Fang as support. Take a look at the press release and all the dates below.

The Press Release:
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY will embark on a North American tour this winter in support of its upcoming album, “Grimmest Hits”. Joining them on the trek will be CORROSION OF CONFORMITY on all dates, with EYEHATEGOD and RED FANG appearing at select shows.

A special BLABBERMOUTH.NET presale for all shows will begin on Tuesday, October 10 at 2:00 p.m. local time and end on Thursday, October 12 at 10:00 p.m. local time. When prompted, type in the presale code “BLABBERMOUTH” to access tickets before the general public. The general on-sale for U.S. dates is Friday, October 13 at 10:00 a.m. local time. The general on-sale for Western Canadian dates is Saturday, October 14 at 10:00 a.m. local time.
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Ace Frehley @ B.B. King Blues Club (9/16/2017)

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Artist: Ace Frehley
Venue: B.B. King Blues Club (New York, NY)
Date: 9/16/2017
Label: e1 Entertainment

The man is electric and his electricity is contagious. Despite the nearby Megadeth and Scorpions show taking place just down the street at Madison Square Garden, Ace Frehley had the entirety of New York under his thumb right here at the Times Square staple B.B. King Blues Club. After all, this is his city. With a line of painted faces and a mix of KISS and solo Ace shirts forming outside at 3pm while the doors only open at 615pm, you could only expect that the Space Ace drew an international crowd of the most loyal fans fully ready to rock and roll all night. Sure enough, it was hard to even move in the club (unless, of course, the legend threw a guitar pick into the crowd, because everyone and their mother jumped and pushed for that square inch of magical plastic).

The Spaceman came in hot from Jendell between the hours of 8pm and 9pm and, without missing a beat, turned out a beautiful recreation of “Parasite,” a classic KISS fan favorite off of Hotter than Hell. The energy only intensified from then on out. His Space Invader hit, “Toys” was up next. Afterwards, the rock icon paused to appreciate 11 years of sobriety, but pointed out the fact that we were all still expected to drink just as long as we didn’t crash our cars on the way home, as he knows all too well how that feels. The night continued with Ace’s very own, “Rip It Out” off of his self-titled album, Ace Frehley followed by a version of Thin Lizzy’s “Emerald”. Each member of the Ace Fehley band had their night behind the mic, but first in rotation was Mr. Scot Coogan on drums who took lead on another KISS cover, “Love Gun”. After Ace sent a shout out to his former bandmate, Paul Stanley, Coogan performed doing the song a great justice and, no doubt, the crowd went wild for every reinvention of KISS. Ace grabbed back the lead with yet another KISS masterpiece, “Rocket Ride” and then took the energy right into his Anomaly release, “Sister”. Unlike most traditional rock bands (well, I guess KISS does it too), Ace gave way to a bass solo by Mr. Chris Wyse who proclaimed the integrity and significance of the bass guitar in rock music. Full of energy, Wyse took the lead on ANOTHER KISS favorite, “Strange Ways” again off of their 1974 release, Hotter than Hell.
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“Anomaly” (Deluxe Edition) by Ace Frehley

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Artist: Ace Frehley
Title: “Anomaly” (Deluxe Edition)
Label: eOne Entertainment
Release Date: 10/6/2017
Genre: Hard Rock
Rating: 4.5/5

Back in 2009, the world was excited as all heck about the return to recording by the legendary Ace Frehley, the forever Space Man of the band KISS where he used to sonically shred us on the lead guitar. The album was called “Anomaly” and at the time came care of Rocket Science Records. I reviewed that release on the website and you can see that care of THIS LINK. However, now that the Space Ace has been signed to the fine folks at eOne Entertainment AND re-issued this album as a spiffy Deluxe Edition, I am rehashing my original thoughts about the album (since they are the same as they were back then) and then closing out with words on the newly added Bonus Tracks. Take a look.

“Has it really been 20 years since the last Ace Frehley solo record was released? Yes my friends it has because in 1989, The Space Ace would release his final album with Frehley’s Comet “Trouble Walkin’” and eventually find his way back to KISS for reunion shows in full makeup. From this he would return to his solo career and that brings us to the present and to his stellar new release – “Anomaly”. I know what you are saying and that is probably something like “Twenty years? This better be good” and you have a right to be concerned because Guns ‘N Roses took sixteen to put out “Chinese Democracy” and that album was uhm well, let’s move along shall we. The great thing is that the Ace record does live up to expectations and delivers on all counts that one could have hoped it would have. We have been finding ourselves in the year of the throwback release and this means that a legacy artist is returning to a form that made them so special to us in the first place and as far as “Anomaly” is concerned, I would have to say that this is the natural successor to the groundwork first delivered on his 1978 solo release and then on his debut with Frehley’s Comet for their self titled album with just a touch of “Second Sighting” tossed in for good measure. I realize that I appear to be putting it on thick but in truth this is no exaggeration which the listeners will quickly understand as opening track “Foxy & Free” opens up with its crunching riff and rock solid drums. The first single Ace put forth for the release comes up next with “Outer Space” which is a good tune but not one I would have opted to make my first listen. A slight sarcastic wit comes out during “Pain In The Neck” where Ace shows us how not all relationships are peaches and cream. We get a tasty rendition of The Sweet’s “Fox On The Run” that while bearing none of the familiar synthesizers or high pitched vocals is still a nice cover.”
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