@EYERAHAZE: New Full Track ‘Quiet Storm’ and Second Video Blog Available Now at HeavyBlogisHeavy.com.

New York City alternative/progressive quintet EYE RA HAZE and HeavyBlogisHeavy.com are teaming up today to release the band's new track 'Quiet Storm', which actually resembles a "calm before the storm" – beginning solemnly and peaking into a heavy explosion of sound by the latter end. The post also features singer Natasha's most recent video blog, as well as Nicole's most recent guitar cover video, this time featuring the song 'Here to Stay' by Korn. Head to HeavyBlogisHeavy.com now to check out the new videos and track!

Stay tuned for more exclusive music and videos coming soon from EYE RA HAZE.

EYE RA HAZE recently finished recording their haunting new EP, Eye Of The Storm, with world-famous producer Chris "Zeuss" Harris (Shadows Fall, Soulfly, Hatebreed). Featuring three new tracks, 'New Beginning', 'Quiet Storm' and 'Warships', the EP is set to release on June 11, 2013. The band is planning a string of live shows in the Northeast this spring and plans to return to the studio in July 2013 to record a full length with hit songwriters Bob Marlette (Saliva, Shinedown) and Jasen Rauch (Korn/Breaking Benjamin).

EYE RA HAZE features drummer Kevin Corcoran (ex-Buried Alive) and Berklee-schooled bassist Chris Marrone, as well as the female triple-threat of vocalist Natasha Nicholson, guitarist Nicole Papastavrou (ex-Through this Defiance), and classical pianist Karine Catenacci.

EYE RA HAZE is the natural formation of five heavy music lovers who shared the dream of sculpting a nonpareil sound in the alternative and progressive genres. Their blend of delicate, ardent melodies and tumultuous rhythm riffs force EYE RA HAZE to stand apart from the crowd. They craft each song like a passionate, personal encounter, using dynamics to translate their mood and intentions. During the tremors of their live set, EYE RA HAZE exposes a crude display of skills, taking the audience from love to rage and leaving them hung; craving to know the source of their enigmatic dark side, and their intimidating show of beauty.

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Man Overboard Announce Series of In-Store Signings + Acoustic Sets Around Release of ‘Heart Attack.’

New Jersey's Man Overboard have lined up a series of 3 in-stores with local independent music stores, around the upcoming release of their new LP, Heart Attack, which drops on Tuesday, May 28.

The events will take place on:

Thursday 6/6:  7pm @ Siren Records in Doylestown, PA
Saturday 6/8: 12pm @ Tunes in Hoboken, NJ
Saturday 6/8: 7pm @ Tunes in Voorhees, NJ

The band will be playing an acoustic performance and doing signings at each location. Receipts from the individual store from the purchase of Heart Attack can be redeemed for entry.  There is limited capacity for each event.

Catch Man Overboard on the Vans Warped Tour all summer.  

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@SOUNDOFCONTACT TO RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM TITLED "DIMENSIONAUT" ON TUESDAY, MAY 28.

SOUND OF CONTACT are set to release their debut concept album, Dimensionaut, on Tuesday, May 28th in the United States and are currently out on tour in Europe as part of the InsideOut Music 20th Anniversary shows with Spock's Beard and Beardfish.
 
Dimensionaut is about a man who has the ability to travel through space, time and alternate realities and yet struggles with his desire to keep a sense of grounded reality on Earth, with each song an episode and sub-story within the larger contact of the 72-minute album.
 
Recently a select few industry members and close friends and family were treated to a screening of the band's fantastic debut music video for "Not Coming Down," the first single to be taken from Dimensionaut.
 
That video premieres today, Wednesday, May 15, and is now viewable in all its six-and-a-half minute glory here, presented by ClassicRockRevisited.com:
 
The band had this to say about the video's concept and making...
 
"We're excited to be premiering the music video for our single, 'Not Coming Down,' as it is not only the first full song most people will be hearing from our debut album, Dimensionaut, but it is also a significant moment in our concept album's storyline," says Simon Collins, co-writer/producer, vocalist and drummer for SOUND OF CONTACT. "Each of the music videos being made for our new album are like an episode in the overall story and this one reveals an event in our character's journey where he hits rock bottom from a state of spiritual poverty. He is faced with the delicate balance of life and this acts as the catalyst for the realization of who he truly is, a Dimensionaut."
 
"The song is also about a point of no return which can so easily be reached when certain lines are crossed, states Dave Kerzner, co-writer/producer and keyboardist for SOUND OF CONTACT. "Radical life changes can happen in any given moment to anyone. We sometimes forget how fragile we are..."
 
In the video, Simon Collins, son of legendary musician Phil Collins, is on vocals and drums, Dave Kerzner is on keyboards, Matt Dorsey on bass and joining them for the video is touring guitarist John Wesley (Porcupine Tree, Fish). They are accompanied by a string quintet. Collins also plays the character "Dimensionaut" in the video, who is continually trying to escape who he really is. Actress Michelle Martinez plays his love interest and is faced with difficult challenges witnessing the resistance he has to his highly unusual life as well as a strange flying object that begins hovering above him as his condition deteriorates. She does her best to save him from his ultimate climactic moment of transformation.
 
The brainchild of Simon Collins and keyboardist/co-producer Dave Kerzner, SOUND OF CONTACT marks the beginning of something that Collins had always to wanted to put his hand to after ten years of promoting his own solo career. With the help of Kerzner as well as Matt Dorsey, Kelly Nordstrom and Hannah Stobart (Wishing Tree), and with an album mixed by Nick Davis (Genesis, XTC, Marillion), this vision has come to fruition.
 
The music can be described as a refreshing blend of modern and classic rock with influences ranging from Pink Floyd and The Beatles to Genesis, Yes and modern artists such as Radiohead, Sigur Ros and Coldplay.
 
To give everyone a first impression of what to expect from Dimensionaut, the band put together a teaser video with snippets of each song.
 
You can check it out here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb4JcGQnOhI
 
For more information on SOUND OF CONTACT, please see the band's official website at www.soundofcontact.com.
 
Sound of Contact Online:
 
http://www.soundofcontact.com
http://www.facebook.com/soundofcontact
http://www.twitter.com/soundofcontact
http://www.youtube.com/soundofcontact
 
Sound of Contact / May 2013 European Tour Dates Remaining with Spock's Beard and Beardfish
 
Wednesday, May 15 - Colos-Saal in Aschaffenburg, Germany
Thursday, May 16 - Das Rind in Russelsheim, Germany
Friday, May 17 - Zeche in Bochum, Germany
Saturday, May 18 - De Boerderij in Zoetermeer, Netherlands
Sunday, May 19 - Markthalle in Hamberg, Germany

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@ButcherBabies Announce July 9 Release Of Debut Album 'Goliath.'

BUTCHER BABIES are proud to announce the July 9 release of 'Goliath' on Century Media Records.  

The Los Angeles-based band - frontwomen Carla Harvey and Heidi Shephard, guitarist Henry Flury, bassist Jason Klein and drummer Chris Warner - wrapped their tour with Marilyn Manson in late-February and went straight into the studio with producer Josh Wilbur [Gojira, Lamb Of God, Hatebreed]. The results offer an undeniable mission statement to the metal community: forget everything you think you know about the BUTCHER BABIES, because they've got their sights set to slay on 'Goliath.' 

"Working with Josh Wilbur was an incredible experience because he helped us explore ourselves as musicians and further develop the unique sound that is the BUTCHER BABIES," says the band of their recording experience. "Being a debut album, this has been in the works since we were young, and we are so proud to have created a collaboration of all our personal influences into one complete sound."

'GOLIATH' Track Listing:

1. "I Smell A Massacre
2. "Magnolia Blvd."
3. "C8H18 (Gasoline)"
4. "Grim Sleeper"
5. "Goliath"
6. "In Denial"
7. "Give Me Reason"
8. "The Mirror Never Lies"
9. "Dead Poet"
10. "The Deathsurround"
11. "Axe Wound"

BUTCHER BABIES will celebrate the album's release as part of this summer's Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, where they will be a mainstay on the Jagermeister stage and spend the summer alongside heavyweights including Rob Zombie, Five Finger Death Punch, Machine Head, Mastodon and Amon Amarth. The tour kicks off June 29 at the San Manuel Amphitheatre in San Bernardino, CA and runs through August 4 in Dallas, TX - see complete itinerary below.

JUNE

29: San Bernardino, CA - San Manuel Amphitheater
30: Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre

JULY

03: Auburn, WA - White River Amphitheatre
05: Phoneix, AZ - Desert Sky Pavilion
06: Albuquerque, NM - Isleta Amphitheatre
07: Englewood, CA - Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
10: Toronto, ON - Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
12: Burgettstown, PA - First Niagara Pavilion
13: Camden, NJ - Susquehanna Bank Center
14: Darien Center, NY - Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
16: Mansfield, MA - Comcast Center
17: Bangor, ME - Bangor Waterfront
19: Scranton, PA - Toyota Pavillion
20: Saratoga Springs, NY - Saratoga Performing Arts Center
21: Hartford, CT - The Comcast Theatre
23: Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
24: Bristol, VA - Jiffy Lube Live
26: Noblesville, IN - Klipsch Music Center
27: Tinley Park, IL - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
28: Clarkston, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre
30: Atlanta, GA - Lakewood Amphitheatre
31: Tampa, FL - 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre

AUGUST

02: Austin, TX - Tower Amphitheatre
03: The Woodlands, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
04: Dallas, TX - Gexa Energy Pavilion

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