Wednesday, May 26. - Knitting Factory Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY.
Thursday, May 27. - Kungfu Necktie, Philadelphia, PA
Friday, May 28. - Sonar, Baltimore, MD (friday night headliner of Maryland Death Fest) http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=137107
Blackie of VoiVod will be running sound so it will sound amazing.
I am proud to announce that I have signed with Meinl Cymbals! Here is my new configuration:
17" Sound Caster Custom Powerful Crash 17" Sound Caster Fusion Medium Crash 18" MB20 Heavy Crash 18" MB20 Heavy Rock China 18" MB8 China 13" Byzance Traditional Medium Hihats 13" Sound Caster Fusion Medium Hihats 10" Generation X Electro Stack 12" Generation X Electro Stack 22" MB10 Heavy Ride 22" Soundcaster Fusion Powerful Ride
Well, I've been siting here reviewing what I have ahead of me this year and it's looking kind of full, so I figured I should let everyone in on it, so we don't have any incorrect rumors.
For the record, No, I'm not joining KISS!. You can feel rest assured that I will not be assuming the role of the cat man anytime soon.
So yea, the Gorguts thing is going amazing. I just returned from Menegroth studios in Queens NY. Menegroth is the official NYC home of Goroguts... we basically finished up the live set that we will be presenting at the end of May. There will be 3 East Coast shows leading up to The Maryland Deathfest 2010 performance on Friday, MAY 28. I will have dates and venue info on the 3 warm-up shows as soon as they become available.
For now though, I must put Gorguts on hold and return to my home State of Kansas for a week of warm-up with Origin. As recently announced, Origin is touring New Zealand, Australia and central Europe during the month of April. In Aus/Zealand, we have Origin with Misery Index and Psycroptic in support of Decapitated. In Europe we are with Beneath The Massacre and Dying Fetus. Both tours, I am sure are to be largely successful, and it's rare that we get as excited as we are about this tour. We are going places we have never been before, and we are touring with some of our favorite friends/bands. What's not to get excited about?
Upon returning from the Origin whirlwind in early May, I get to immediately restart work with Gorguts towards the end of May and finally unveil the new re-worked monster that everyone has been asking about.
Then comes June! June will be special, as we will see three more projects being furthered. Dim Mak, Caricature and Crator. Details on these three as I get closer to them. As for now, if you know who I am, you know what to expect from Dim Mak... Caricature will see me heading in a more progressive direction (though still not as mainstream as KISS hahahaha) and Crator is full out death-grind, not to far off from Origin, featuring three additional musicians from upstate NY that I will name later. There has to be at least SOME mystery to this one, boys n'girls.
BUT WAIT... There's more... and you will hear about it later! Take care ladies n'gentlemen, boys n'girls, and thank you for tuning in!
"I have become death.........the destroyer of tours, 2010"
Origin and Extreme Management Group, Inc. are proud to announce the first set of dates for Origin's 2010 spring/summer tour campaign. Origin will be visiting Australia and New Zealand for the first time ever and will also be returning to Europe. We can not wait to return to our European friends and fans, and look forward to meeting new people in Australia and New Zealand.
As it's been speculated elsewhere, James Lee is no longer a part or Origin. After 9 plus years with the band, it unfortunately came time for Lee and Origin to part ways.
On these tours, please welcome to the stage Mica (Maniac) Meneke (Sol Asunder, Ontogeny, The Faceless, Legion Victorious) on vocals. We are confident that Origin will raise the bar in 2010. We have a few surprises in store, so get ready.
-Sincerely, Origin and Extreme Management.
The dates arent complete yet, so i dont have an answer about indonesia, russia, afghanistan, or antarctica...........but heres aus/nz, europe, and cim.
"I Have Become Death...........the Destroyer of Tours 010"
Im leaving NY tomorrow to attend NAMM in Anaheim CA! I will be doing an autograph signing for Regal Tip on Friday. Hope some of you can make it out and hang!
The Second of three BLAST from the PAST Halloween Treats from Me & Sick Drummer Magazine... There will be one other posted tomorrow...
Malicious Intent. Demo 1995: This is the first recording I was ever a part of and my starting point, or ground zero. Believe it or not, that snare drum you hear is a 14"x 8" Premier brass and I wish I never gave it away. The rest of the kit, very first self bought kit (pearl export) was last heard on "Hammer of Gods" by Angelcorpse and has since been donated to a church in celebration of a key member nosediving Angelcorpse into the ground.
I am still in contact with the rhythm guitarist/vocalist Chad Bryan. He is currently playing guitar in a sick, traditional toned metal band from L.A called White Wizzard. (http://www.myspace.com/whitewizzard)
The first of three Halloween Treats from Me & Sick Drummer Magazine... There will be two others posted later today or tomorrow... Enjoy!
There is no real documented footage or audio of me with The Red Chord(that i am aware of) so this is me playing Live w/ The Red Chord, in Tallahassee, FL 2004: Probably one of the only times my drumming and the rest of the band lined up and sounded right. People ask about this and wonder why it didn't work out. My general response is, "we just had vastly different mentalities as musicians". In my humble opinion, this is arguably the most metal, or better yet, death metal the band ever sounded. You can be the judge here.
17" Sound Caster Custom Powerful Crash
