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New Show: Europa - 07/17/2008

Posted: 06/12/2008

New Show: Pyramid - 06/04/2008

Posted: 05/24/2008

Snowblind-Rage!

Posted: 02/23/2008

Greetings Metal Misters and Misses,

It's your self-oppointed Mayor of Mayhem, S.M. Graves here once again to point out something to put it as light as possible, fucking blows a dirty bum's dick...and today's subject is snow.

Snow is a plague that drops from the sky and makes people act in mysterious ways...one of which is the more popular...is that it makes everybody ooh and aww, which is fine if you're a 4-year old girl, but when full grown adults start mincing around like idiots...it grates my nerves.

But worse is that it just makes everything just slow to mouse-fart speed slow. You can't walk to the store get a paper, coffee, bagel in the morning, you can't go anywhere because your car has been entombed, and if you have to dig yourself out, we live in a society, people, digging should be left to ditchdiggers, it is in the job description, and speaking of jobs...Satan forbid, you have to work in this muck....Question? How many snowflakes does it take for the MTA to become clueless in what should be done? Answer: Just Fucking ONE!!!...snow is not magical, people, snow is fucked and besides from making everything look like a Swedish death metal cover, sucks...This is your pal Graves signing off saying "If it ain't the kinda snow you can snort off a stripper's titty, then it ain't no snow I know not to be shitty."

In The Lab

Posted: 01/11/2008

Hello kiddies! 2008 is going to be a big year for us. In case you've been wondering why we have no shows planned for the immediate future your old pals Shadow Of Demise have been toiling away until our fingers bleed to bring you some brand new brutal fuckin' metal to bang your ~~sisters~~ heads to. In the meantime, we'll be posting some video footage from our December show where we got to open for Obituary. We're also working on a few concepts for new t-shirt designs so you'll have some new swag to rock.

As far as playing live is concerned we're planning on starting out a fresh murderous rampage in the springtime and blowing your brains out all through the summer with enough metal to put U.S. Steel out of business.

Until next time... Stay fuckin brutal!

THANK YOU!...and more

Posted: 12/10/2007

A big thank you to all you sick fucks who came down to support us at the Obituary show on Saturday night. Despite the early slot, we had a fucking blast tearing shit up with you all. Thanks to everyone who made the gig possible, all of the bands that played that night and all our fans (new and old) that kept the beast alive and helped end the year on a real high note. You all fuckin' rule! We'll be spending the rest of winter continuing to write songs for the next record to be released sometime next year. In the meantime, be on the lookout for the possible future release of the first Shadow Of Demise DVD featuring this past Saturday's show at Europa. Stay brutal!

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EMIL FROM DAATH TALKS GUITARS
<big> </big> <big>Gear talk + Women = You drink alone.</big> "There have been quite a few comments posted on various websites and message boards concerning Daath's gear and tuning. Hopefully, this blog will inform without scaring away every female in the general vicinity. <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/shinimas/3.jpg" border="0" width="350" height="524" /> This is Brian. He co-owns and runs Elite Music Sales in Montgomery, Alabama. He's pretty much my go-to guy for everything guitar. Not only is he an incredible guitar tech, he's also an amazing player as well as an asshole that makes me laugh a lot. I generally stop in atleast once between tours. This visit I'm having my 1980 West Street LTD setup, and changing the pickups in my Silverburst Standard. <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/shinimas/1.jpg" border="0" width="394" height="592" /> Not too long ago Winn Krozack and Grover Duvall at PRS guitars dropped this beast on me. At the time I had the idea of doing something different with Daath other than my spruce hollowbody. I wanted something that was equally as organic, but a solid body. I enjoy hearing very non-metal solo tone over an obviously gated/overdriven rhythm. I didnt know exactly what to expect with the West Steet LTD, and the end result was the majority of the solos on The Concealers. <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/shinimas/2.jpg" border="0" width="394" height="591" /> I like to call this finish "Ghetto Sparkles," because I live in a fucking trash can. <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/shinimas/7.jpg" border="0" width="393" height="590" /> The Standard before the pickup change. Yes, that really is Ranch Dressing.. Eyal and I both play 10-46 gauge strings tuned C G C F A D (Drop C). A lot of people get a little caught off guard when I tell them the gauge of strings we play. Just like any other tuning, a guitar is going to respond best by being played with a proper setup. Instead of using extremely thick strings or a hybrid set to compensate for the tone of looseness, I have Brian pay close attention to string height and neck adjustment. It's a balancing act, if you will. My necks are slightly straighter than usual, and in my opinion, low string action is a bigger tone killer than smaller string gauge. <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/shinimas/8.jpg" border="0" width="394" height="262" /> It's safe for me to say that the SC 245 Bass is one of the best neck pickups I've heard in years. <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/shinimas/10.jpg" border="0" width="317" height="211" /> <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/shinimas/13.jpg" border="0" width="394" height="262" /> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="325" height="244" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never" /> <param name="allowNetworking" value="internal" /> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XB3MEy7-Zsk&hl=en&fs=1" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="325" height="244" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XB3MEy7-Zsk&hl=en&fs=1" allownetworking="internal" allowscriptaccess="never"></embed> </object> Here I am trying out a couple of different models. That sums it up. The standard sounds great. Inquiring about pickups is almost like watching the food network and having some crazy-ass like Rachel Ray explain to you how something tastes. Like taste, it's kind of hard to explain sound. In my limited experience it's usually good or bad. The only problem is that I won't settle for anything in between. Fortunately for me, I get great help with the quest for tone from all of the wonderful people at Paul Reed Smith Guitars. You can hear these guitars and how they sound on our soon to be released The Concealers. -Emil" <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/RoadrunnerRecordsLatestNews?a=vRnXbD"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/RoadrunnerRecordsLatestNews?i=vRnXbD" border="0"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RoadrunnerRecordsLatestNews/~4/359534884" height="1" width="1"/>
OPETH - THE FIRST WATERSHED HEADLINE TOUR!
Opeth, the Swedish metal titans who've been labeled as a "genre of one," will make their way back to American shores this fall for their first headline trek in support of the recently released Watershed. The tour will commence on September 16 in Buffalo and run for six weeks, with High on Fire serving as main support. Nachtmystium will open the first half of the tour, with Baroness taking over that slot on October 6. The tour makes for an evening of metal tailored for headbangers and tastemakers alike! Opeth enjoyed the main support slot on the first ever Progressive Nation Tour last spring, opening for labelmates Dream Theater. The band spent the summer on the European tour circuit but is thrilled to be bring its always unique blend of death/folk/prog metal back to American audiences this fall. Meanwhile, Watershed has been lauded as one of the prolific and revered band's best efforts to date, celebrated in the pages of Billboard ("one of the most unique bands straddling the line between progressive music and metal"), The New York Times ("typically engrossing"), Blender ("more spacious and majestic than ever"), Metal Maniacs ("definitively Opeth'ian"), PopMatters ("a major turning point for the band"), and Pitchfork ("Watershed has friction and friction brings heat"), to name a select few. Opeth are a metal institution, continuing to surprise and enthrall listeners and diehard fans with the musical breadth and dynamic scope of each album they release. Watershed is the band's ninth studio release and it finds them never compromising and boldly going where they've never gone before. The tour dates are as follows: Sept. 16 - Town Ballroom - Buffalo, NY Sept. 17 - The Trocadero - Philadelphia, PA Sept. 18 - Nokia Theatre - New York, NY Sept. 19 - The Palladium - Worcester, MA Sept. 20 - Imperial - Quebec City, QUE Canada Sept. 21 - Centennial Hall - London, ONT Canada Sept. 23 - House of Blues - Cleveland, OH Sept. 24 - House of Blues - Chicago, IL Sept. 25 - The Orbit Room - Grand Rapids, MI Sept. 26 - The Rave - Milwaukee, WI Sept. 27 - Myth - Maplewood, MN Sept. 29 - Garrick Center - Winnipeg, MB Canada Sept. 30 - The Odeon - Saskatoon, SAS Canada Oct. 1 - Edmonton Events Centre - Edmonton, ALB Canada Oct. 3 - Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, BC Canada Oct. 4 - Showbox - Seattle, WA Oct. 6 - Regency Center @ The Grand Ballroom - San Francisco, CA Oct. 7 - Wiltern Theatre - Los Angeles, CA Oct. 8 - House of Blues - Las Vegas, NV Oct. 9 - Marquee Theatre - Tempe, AZ Oct. 10 - Sunshine Theatre - Albuquerque, NM Oct. 11 - Odgen Theatre - Denver, CO Oct. 13 - The Pageant - St. Louis, MO Oct. 14 - The Beaumont - Kansas City, MO Oct. 15 - House of Blues - Dallas, TX Oct. 16 - The Monarch - Austin, TX Oct. 17 - Warehouse Live - Houston, TX Oct. 18 - House of Blues - New Orleans, LA Oct. 20 - Revolution - Ft. Lauderdale, FL Oct. 21 - House of Blues - Lake Buena Vista, FL Oct. 22 - Center Stage - Atlanta, GA Oct. 23 - Bogart's - Cincinnati, OH Oct. 24 - Lincoln Theatre - Raleigh, NC Oct. 25 - NorVa - Norfolk, VA Oct. 26 - Rams Head Live - Baltimore, MD <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/RoadrunnerRecordsLatestNews?a=UDaH3y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/RoadrunnerRecordsLatestNews?i=UDaH3y" border="0"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RoadrunnerRecordsLatestNews/~4/358854262" height="1" width="1"/>
HEAR ABOUT MUSIC FROM A LEGENDARY PRODUCER
<a href="http://wflmradio.podomatic.com/player/web/2008-08-04T13_53_20-07_00" target="_"><img src="http://wflmradio.podomatic.com/mymedia/thumb/31009/460%3E_1138144.jpg" border="0" /></a> WFLM Radio & The VM Undergroud show finally got to speak with legendary death metal producer Scott Burns. They discuss the past and what he's doing now. Scott worked with many great death metal bands in the late 80's and 90's such as Sepultura, Malevolent Creation, Gorguts, Deicide, Obituary and much more. <a href="http://wflmradio.podomatic.com/player/web/2008-08-04T13_53_20-07_00" target="_blank">Take a Listen Here</a>. <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/RoadrunnerRecordsLatestNews?a=bLJHBi"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/RoadrunnerRecordsLatestNews?i=bLJHBi" border="0"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RoadrunnerRecordsLatestNews/~4/358540679" height="1" width="1"/>

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