HEAVY BLOG IS HEAVY Brings You A New Song By ODDLAND – “Flooding Light”

After spending many months working on their highly anticipated debut full-length, progressive atmospheric metallers ODDLAND will finally be unleashing their new album, The Treachery Of Senses, upon Europe on April 30th and North America on May 8th (as a digital release only). In anticipation of this release, the band is now premiering a second single, “Flooding Light“. To listen to the track, head over to Heavy Blog Is Heavy.

This is some great groovy progressive stuff maaaaaannnn……

The Treachery Of Senses track-listing:
1. Above And Beyond
2. Flooding Light
3. In The Eyes Of The Mourning
4. Aisle Of Array
5. Past The Gates
6. Still The Spirit Stays
7. In Endless Endeavour
8. Sewers
9. Lines Of Silver Blood
10. Ire

7 HORNS 7 EYES – Divine Amnesty (Instrumental) Free download!!!

Time to get a hold of the new 7 Horns 7 Eyes track, only this time it’s exclusively instrumental! I gotta say, after listening to both versions, I appreciate the music a little more now having heard this version. Check it out!!! The band will be releasing their debut album “Throes Of Absolution” on April 23rd 2012 via Basick Records.

Album Review! Exotic Animal Petting Zoo – Tree of Tongues

The name itself, Exotic Animal Petting Zoo, is enough to spark interest in many things. Especially if it’s a rock band, with a name like that you HAVE to see what they are about. I think it’s an incredible strategy because it immediately makes you want to read about the band, listen to the band and see what they have to offer. Well, once the music starts, Exotic Animal Petting Zoo come in and give us exactly what we should expect for the rest of their new album, “Tree of Tongues“. It’s a forceful impact of energy and just a huge wall of sound that isn’t like what I usually listen to. I’m usually the death, black, grind and doom kind of guy. With a few exceptions of course so when I saw that EAPZ was compared to bands like Deftones and Dillinger Escape Plan I was like “Yeah, fucking right. That’s some ballsy shit saying your sound is similar to their sound.” Well, they are pretty fucking close and so much more. Exotic Animal Petting Zoo’sTree of Tongues” is new, fun, fresh and really really really good. It’s an entirely new genre of music, due to the fact they have no barriers. The sound on Tree of Tongues is a unique sound and I am literally blown away after each and every listen.

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MASTODON, OPETH & GHOST – Tour Dates Are Available

TOUR DATES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(M) Indicates MASTODON closes the show
(O) Indicates OPETH closes the show

Apr. 04 – Portland, ME – State Theater (M)
Apr. 05 – Boston, MA – Orpheum Theater (O)
Apr. 06 – Montreal, QC – Metropolis (O)
Apr. 07 – Toronto, ON – Sony Centre (O)
Apr. 09 – Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory(M)
Apr. 10 – Wallingford, CT – The Dome (M)
Apr. 11 – New York, NY – Roseland Ballroom (M)
Apr. 13 – Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre(M)
Apr. 14 – Grand Rapids, MI – The Intersection (M)
Apr. 15 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE (M)
Apr. 16 – Knoxville, TN – TN Theater (O)
Apr. 18 – Oklahoma City, OK – Diamond Ballroom (M)
Apr. 19 – Dallas, TX – Palladium Ballroom (O)
Apr. 20 – San Antonio, TX – Back Stage Live (O)
Apr. 21 – Corpus Christi, TX – Concrete Street (O)
Apr. 23 – Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium (O)
Apr. 25 – Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues (M)
Apr. 26 – Los Angeles, CA – Gibson Amphitheatre (O)
Apr. 27 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theatre (O)
Apr. 28 – Reno, NV – Grand Sierra Resort (M)
Apr. 30 – Seattle, WA – The Paramount (O)
May 01 – Vancouver, BC – Orpheum Theatre (O)
May 03 – Edmonton, AB – Edmonton Events Center (O)
May 04 – Calgary, AB – MacEwan Hall (M)
May 05 – Saskatoon, SK – The Odeon (O)
May 06 – Winnipeg, MB – Burton Cummings Theatre (O)
May 09 – Washington, DC – The Fillmore (O)
May 10 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore (M)
May 11 – Myrtle Beach, SC – House of Blues (M)
May 12 – Atlanta, GA – Masquerade Music Park (M)

LATE AS FUCK FRETBOARD FRIDAY – MASTODON AND CATTLE DECAPITATION

Here are two videos from two bands I respect. The first video is a Mastodon running through their song Divinations off of their album Crack The Skye. This video is hilariously good because they nail the song even though the timing gets fucked up right after the solo. Here are the tabs for the song.

Next up is Josh Elmore from Cattle Decapitation playing some riffs from Regret and the Grave off of their latest album The Harvest Floor. Click here for the tabs and enjoy the video. (I could only find the Guitar Pro version, sorry)