Blackened Music Series & Sickdrummer.com want to send 2 people to see Repulsion, Brutal Truth & Pig Destroyer on July, 31st in Brooklyn, NY.

Erik Burke of Brutal Truth has often done covers from one of the all time pop / singer-songwriting legends. He also performs songs by this same famous singer from time to time in Rochester, NY. The first person who emails ian[at]sickdrummer.com and can tell me what famous pop singer I am talking about, wins the tickets! Good luck...

BROOKLYN, NY - The greatest grindcore bands of the 80s, 90s, and 00s meet for the first time ever at the debut of the Blackened Music Series, a new Brooklyn-based music series featuring the greatest artists in heavy music. These three bands have never shared the same stage before, and come together in a once-in-a-lifetime triple-headlining bill on July 31, 2009.

In the 1980s, Repulsion, from Flint, Michigan, fused thrash, hardcore, and a primitive form of death metal into a sound that was way ahead of it's time - and became to be known as grindcore. It all came together on Horrified, recorded in 1985 and passed around on cassette for years before officially being released in 1989. The first and definitive grindcore album, Horrified entered extreme music bible Decibel Magazine's Hall of Fame and is prominently featured in their Precious Metal: The Decibel Hall of Fame book, out in July on Da Capo Press. In addition Decibel Magazine named Horrified the #1 grindcore album of all time. This show marks Repulsion's first-ever NYC performance, and they will play Horrified in it's entirety, as a special Decibel Hall of Fame set.

In the 1990s, no band was as aggressive, innovative, and just plain brutal, as Brutal Truth. Formed in Queens, NY, Brutal Truth defied expectations through the 90s, becoming both more visceral, political, and experimental with each release. The band was dormant for 8 years before reforming in 2006, and released their first album in a decade, the absolutely thrilling Evolution Through Revolution, this year. This show marks their triumphal return to their hometown.

In the 2000s, Virginia's Pig Destroyer upped the ante by making the music just plain terrifying. Shocking found sounds and movie samples are interspersed between maniacal blasts of virtuosic, assaultive grind. Powered by the master riffs of guitar legend Scott Hull and the tormented character sketches of lyricist/screamer J.R. Hayes, Pig Destroyer create a shockingly explosive powder keg of pure grind terror. This is their first NYC-area show in four years.

Sick Drummer Magazine is giving new life to the Brutal Beatings Compilation. Brutal Beatings was originally produced in 2008 and featured hard copy CD's with 13 bands from around the world. We have decided to take the compilation to a digital format and feature a new volume in each issue of Sick Drummer Magazine, utilizing an interactive SD Media Player. The tracks on the compilation will run for two months and link directly to the band webpage or shopping cart url specified. The player will also be featured on sickdrummer.com.

The New Brutal Beatings Electronic Compilation will hold a varied number of tracks and will remain available through archival to our subscribers on the website. We currently have near 30,000 subscribers and followers to our social content and growing weekly. If you are a record label and wish to feature more than one of your bands, please inquire about multi-track offers.

For pricing, additional information or to reserve your space on the Brutal Beatings Electronic Compilation, please email: craig[at]sickdrummer.com

The September Issue of SD Magazine will hold the following content and more...

HellHammer (Mayhem, Dimmu Borgir)
Inferno (Behemoth)
Tim Yeung (Divine Heresy, World Under Blood)
Adrian Erlandsson (Paradise Lost)
Daniel Erlandsson (Arch Enemy, Carcass)
Richard Christy (Charred Walls of the Damned)
George Kollias (Nile)
Justin Foley (KSE)
John Bocklein (Devildriver)
Shannon Lucas (Black Dahlia Murder)
Trym Torson (Emperor)
Zack Simmons (Goatwhore)
Aaron Harris (Isis)
KC Howard (Decrepit Birth)
Cory Grady (ex Black Dahlia Murder)
Samus Paulicelli (Abigail Williams)
Chason Westmoreland (Burning The Masses)
Elliot Hoffman (Carbomb)
Gavin Harrison (Porcupine Tree)
Sean Kinney (Alice in Chains)
Jess Margera (CKY)
Bobby Blotzer (Ratt)

Lessons/Columns:

Sean Reinert (Cynic, Death)
RVP (Devin Townsend Project, Terror Syndrome)
Matt Thompson (King Diamond)
Dross (Sothis)
Paul Wandtke (The Sammus Theory)
Death Song "Bite The Pain" Transcribed w/ Video example

All Things Xtreme:

Mike Vallely (Pro Skateboarder)

The contestants for the Sickest Dirt Fest Drummer are registered... Click here to check out links to their bands, videos and for voting .

The winner will be crowned "Sickest Dirt Fest Drummer" and will be featured in the September issue of SD Magazine...

Luke Smith - Eye of The Beholder
Matt Moy - Bahamut
Tyler Johnson - The 2nd System
Adam Wilson - Ghost of Maine
Cody McCoy - Algore
Chuck Pemberton - Deadringer
Skylar Hendrix - Alls Quiet
Paul Bissonnette Jr - I Decay
Mike Kreger - Battlecross
Corey Newsom - An Oath In Blood
Adam Hampton - Desiring Dead Flesh

Good Luck Guys!

After one full year we have come a long way and are very proud of issue #7. Please login to WWW.SICKDRUMMER.COM and choose issue7 from the magazine menu on the left hand side. This issue features Dave Lombardo, Vinnie Paul, Pete Sandoval, Bobby Jarzombek, Kai Hahto, Mario Duplantier and much, much more... Enjoy!

 

Sick Drummer Magazine's own Andon Guenther and Enemy Reign are being featured on a pretty sick compilation CD being produced by Maritime Recordings.

The CD features 22 bands / 22 tracks of blistering metal from some of today's best. Out june 23rd!

Includes new music from: Bleeding Through, Meshuggah, Suicide Silence, Winds of Plague, Bring Me The Horizon, Soilwork, All Shall Perish, God Forbid, Misery Signals, Genghis Tron, Arsis, Abigail Williams, & More!

Plus music from some of today's best unsigned bands including Enemy Reign, The Serpent Son, Locusta, Cipher System, & More!

Help support Enemy Reign...  Get a copy now for only $5.00!

All orders placed before June 23rd will receive a free limited edition poster!

Friday, 05 June 2009