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Freebie of the Week: Pariah Mountain

Loucifer — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:46:10 +0000

I know it’s unbelievable, but I’ve actually managed to get a Freebie of the Week on here on a Sunday! I feel that a celebration is in order… that’s why this is the first of TWO freebies for today. Don’t say I never give you anything…

In case you’re not familiar with the concept of “Freebie of the Week”, here’s a brief explanation… Each week I go on a little hunt through the vast wastelands of the Internet in search of FREE and LEGAL downloads. So, all of the downloads featured here will be obtainable through trustworthy means… and they’ll be guilt-free. For example, I will only ever feature music available from official band websites, profiles (such as MySpace, Reverbnation or Facebook) and Last.fm (or equivalent).

With their acoustic Southern / Blues Rock, Pariah Mountain may not seem like the obvious candidate for a feature on Loucifer Speaks… but, hey, I like ‘em. So there
Pariah Mountain features Eddie “E-Rock” Cousins on bass (formerly of Black Ritual – I really miss that band!) and Shane Smith on guitars and vocals. The band are currently looking for a drummer, so if you’re in the Charlotte, NC area, please get in touch with them.

Pariah Mountain currently have two tracks available to download. Grab ‘em from the Reverbnation widget below:

Info:

There’s not a whole lot of info available about this band yet (except that they used to be called the Dead South Poets), but keep an eye on the links below to keep up to date.

Line-Up:

Shane Smith – vocals, guitars
Eddie “E-Rock” Cousins – bass
Currently looking for a drummer

Links:

facebook.com/pages/Pariah-Mountain/118325281591098
reverbnation.com/pariahmountain

Black Ritual split up

Loucifer — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 21:02:39 +0000

NC’s Black Ritual have decided to call it a day. The following message was taken from their official Facebook page:

Black Ritual is no longer
by Black Ritual on Saturday, 05 March 2011 at 18:56

I unfortunately regret to say and announce that BLACK RITUAL is no longer, some members have decided to part ways with the rest… due to creative differences and the future of our music, along with personal issues. It’s a sad day. It’s been 7 years and 5 for me… we apologise to all our fans and and everyone who has supported us all these years. (amos southend and tremont music hall )
.you and all the bands will always be in our hearts…\m/…

the Black Ritual name could stay on, I do not know, we love and wish all the members of this band the best of luck with their lives and the future of their music.

WE WILL ALWAYS BE BROTHERS AND FRIENDS

I’d like to wish all of the guys the best of luck in whatever they decide to do next!

The band’s album, “1000 Yard Stare”, is still available from CD Baby. Click here for more information and to buy it.

facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000128976735

Black Ritual Update: New Members

Loucifer — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 18:14:46 +0000

North Carolina Metalheads Black Ritual have issued the following update on their official Facebook page.

Without further ado… Black Ritual would like to welcome our newest members into the family? No!! Not really because they have been in the family for a long time now… so we feel very lucky to be at the point we were or are and to be able to snatch up two very talented and seasoned musicians on such very short notice… which is almost impossible now days.

Jon Calebro on guitar (original Black Ritual member)
Jake Hawthorne on drums..

Both from “Rex -84″ and various other bands and projects — you’ve probably seen them with us or playing live with there own shows around Charlotte. So please welcome them with horns high and beer flying…

We are all good friends and are lookin forward to the changes we undertaking… it’s gonna take alot of work for all of us… to incorporate the new styles and learn a lot of songs and a whole CD’s worth of music — to keep the famous Black Ritual sound that we are not letting die!! We have been practicing for a while now and it is going way better then we could have dreamed of… its a good mix of professionalism and musical taste and opinions… soooo FUCK YEAH!!!! We’re ready… so keep your eyes pealed, ears open and horns ready for our explosion back into the scene… be ready because it is coming full force and in your fucking face as always.. we’re pushing forward… 100%

P.S Yeah we know the CD has taken two years… wow… really has, but all of us have been through a lot of shit that has held us back from gettin this fn thing done. We’ve gone through so many ups and downs these past 6 to 7 years… so many faces come and gone and come and gone… physicaly and mentaly… we’re no young bucks but we got heart and we are right on the last leg waiting to get vocals done and then solos and to send it off to Jamie King… We are still moving forward with this all the way… but with the holidays approaching it’s gonna hamper things a little more… but its nothing we aint used to… Don’t think we dont want it because we do more than anyone alive.
Hopefully we will be playing shows again soon in a couple months.

we are breaking this curse set on us…

Thanks Black Ritual

Rick..guitar
Chuck.. vocals
Jon..guitar
Jake..drums..and spoons
E-rock..bass

myspace.com/blackritual

Loucifer Speaks Presents: “A Very Metal Xmas” – FREE DOWNLOAD!

Loucifer — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 23:30:45 +0000

I’ve been rambling on about this “A Very Metal Xmas” album for a couple of months… and now the time has come when I can share it with you!

Check out the links below to get your FREE download! It’s 100% legal and 100% guilt-free. Please feel free to share this link with you friends, enemies, co-workers, etc. I’m sure they’re all in dire need of some Metal/Rock goodness.

Click here to see all of the tracks and download the ones you like the look of… OR, click here to download the WHOLE ALBUM (including notes!) as a .zip file.

Track List:
01 Trucker Diablo – “Drink Beer, Destroy”
02 I.C.O.N – “New Born Lie”
03 Idillicah – “Gone”
04 Plutonium – “Zero Swarm”
05 Theudho – “The Fall of Rome”
06 Zorormr – “The Antichrist”
07 Imperial Conquest – “Omnipotence”
08 Spine Extraction – “Blackened Soul”
09 Black Ritual – “War Within”
10 A Road Eternal – “Re-Intensifying Fear”
11 My Great Affliction – “Narcissus”
12 Slowtorch – “Lords of Tomorrow”
13 Mordecai – “White Horse”

ENJOY!!!

Tell us what you think of the album by leaving a comment below!

A Very Metal Xmas – UPDATE!

Loucifer — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 22:47:51 +0000

I thought it was about time that I gave a little bit of an update on this project…

A Very Metal Xmas is Loucifer Speaks’ present to YOU! It is (or, at least, it will be) a completely free (and legal!) downloadable album that will be available from this site in December. The album will feature an intense selection of Metal and Rock from across the globe!

So far, the following bands have donated tracks to project:
(in alphabetical order)

A Road Eternal – myspace.com/aroadeternal
Black Ritual – myspace.com/blackritual
ICON – myspace.com/iconrock
Idillicah – myspace.com/idillicah
Imperial Conquest – myspace.com/imperialconquestfl
Mordecai – myspace.com/mordecaiuk
My Great Affliction – myspace.com/mygreataffliction
Spine Extraction – myspace.com/spineextraction
Theudho – myspace.com/theudho
Trucker Diablo – myspace.com/truckerdiablo
ZORORMR – myspace.com/zorormr

There has also been interest from a few other bands and I will be following these up very soon. If you’re in a band and would like to donate a track to this project, please send an email to lou[at]louciferspeaks.com or leave a comment below.

The original “A Very Metal Xmas” post can be found here. Also, please feel free to discuss this project either using the comment feature below, or by posting on our forum.

I’d like to thank all of the bands who have donated tracks or expressed an interest in this project so far!

More bands announced for Download + Lou gets excited about a Fantasy Festival…

Loucifer — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:12:52 +0000

I mentioned yesterday that more bands would be announced for Download last night… and, unsurprisingly, they were! AC/DC and co will now be joined by Aerosmith (I’ve read that they will be fronted by Steven Tyler), Rage Against The Machine, Lamb of God, Five Finger Death Punch and Stone Sour. It looks like an amazing line-up so far, but I can’t help but feel a little disappointed. Why? Simply because I’d built my hopes up and convinced myself that Guns N’ Roses would be announced too. I guess there’s still time, but now that all of the headline slots have been filled, it kinda looks unlikely.

Anyway… Yesterday (a few hours before the announcement), I discussed with people (pretty much anyone who would listen) which bands I would like to play at Download this year. Once I’d finished it was helpfully pointed out that the festival was called Download and not LouFest. I must admit that the idea of LouFest is very appealing… so I started to think about who would play at LouFest… and this is what I came up with…

(Judging by this list, it may have to be several days long! …and this list isn’t really in order… although GN’R would probably be headlining)

Guns N’ Roses – Well, GN’R had to be there really, didn’t they? Since this is MY festival I get to pick which line-up of GN’R plays (it’s nice to play God at times)… Perhaps surprisingly, I’d like to see the current line-up. The YouTube videos and the bootlegs of the shows I’ve seen from Asia and Canada (and the surprise shows in New York) look and sound AMAZING! I’d have to be an idiot to not want to witness that firsthand! Also, since this would be MY festival, I’d like to suggest one or two songs for their set list – “Prostitute”, “This I Love”, “I.R.S”, “Estranged”, “Coma”, “Back Off Bitch”, “My Michelle”, “You’re Crazy”, “Shackler’s Revenge”, “Better”, “There Was a Time”, “Scraped”, “Madagascar”, “Street of Dreams”… well, you get the idea…

Black Ritual – There’s a chance that not everyone reading this will know who Black Ritual are. Well, I’ll bring you up to speed… they’re awesome! “1000 Yard Stare” was a crazily superb album and I’m really looking forward to the follow up. I’d be over the moon if they played “War Within”, “Terrified”, “These Pills” and “Below Zero”.

Lamb of God – Here’s another band that HAD to be there. Astoundingly good both live and on CD, it would be stupid not to include them on the bill. Songs I’d like to hear: “Reclamation”, “A Devil in God’s Country”, “Bootscraper”, “Now You’ve Got Something to Die For”, “Grace”, “Walk With Me in Hell”, “Redneck”, “Choke Sermon”… etc…

Omnium Gatherum – I love Omnium Gatherum. Really, really love them! And yet, I’m still not sure how to describe them… perhaps melodeath with a progressive edge? Whatever they are, they’re bloody brilliant! I would list songs I’d want to hear… but anything will do …especially “Just Signs”.

Devilish Impressions – I’ve had a bit of an obsession with Devilish Impressions since I first heard “Plurima Mortis Imago”. As far as I’m concerned, that album was (and still is) a masterpiece! Also, they’re bloody good live!

Vesperian Sorrow – Lou likes Vesperian Sorrow. A lot. The band can do no wrong!

Winterthrall – An awesome band that’s not afraid to work in different styles. I don’t care what they played so long as they did play! But, if they were up for taking requests, “Autumn Caskets” wouldn’t go amiss

Enfold Darkness – I’ve got so into this band recently. They are AMAZING!

Michael Monroe – Singer from Hanoi Rocks and solo stuff. Damn good… and he could always do a duet with Axl for “Dead, Jail or Rock ‘n’ Roll”.

Hate Ammo – Brilliant band! I can’t wait for their album to be released on CD (in the meantime you can listen to tracks on their MySpace). Definitely more than worthy of a spot here!

December Flower – This is a band that I discovered through the wonders of MySpace. Damn good.

Ozzy Osbourne – No explanation needed.

Sebastian Bach – I’ve really got into his “Angel Down” album recently (it’s amazingly good – if you haven’t listened to it yet, you should). A couple of duets with Axl would go down rather well too.

Tension Head – Another ‘MySpace’ band with a great sound! I’d love to hear “The Bear” and “Don’t Worry” live!

Metallica – I never used to be that into Metallica… but “Death Magnetic” changed all of that.

Finntroll – If you have not witnessed the majesty of Finntroll (either on album or live), then you have missed out.

Five Finger Death Punch – 5FDP are amazing live! I have to admit that I haven’t got into “War is the Answer” as much as “The Way of the Fist”, but if they played LouFest it would give them the opportunity to ‘sell’ those songs to me… as I’m sure they’ve all lost a lot of sleep over the fact that I didn’t like that album quite as much… That seems likely.

Aerosmith – Again, no explanation needed. However, Steven Tyler would HAVE to be there!

Thunder – I’d make Thunder reform for LouFest… If I smiled sweetly I’m sure they’d say ‘yes’.

Motorhead – No reason needed.

Alice Cooper – He’s a legend. He must play.

Meat Loaf – The first album I ever bought (on cassette!) was Meat Loaf’s “Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell” when I was 9. I’ve been a fan ever since.

Autumnal Reaper – Autumnal Reaper are one of those bands that I’d been meaning to listen to for ages… I recently got their latest album and was blown away.

Stigma – Love, love, love these guys! Can’t wait to hear the new stuff!

Crionics – Quazarre (Devilish Impressions) might find himself getting a bit tired, but Lou likes Crionics.

The Defiled – They’re bat-shit crazy, but in a truly wonderful way. And, well, they rock. So there.

Megadeth – It had to be done

Cor Scorpii – Listen to “Monument”. I don’t need to say anymore than that.

Bon Jovi – I know, I know… Jovi. I’ve lost interest in them for the past few albums, but if they played LouFest I would insist that they only play stuff from “New Jersey”, “Slippery When Wet”, “These Days” and “Keep The Faith”. I’m in charge, so I get to do things like that.

Terrorvision – Tequila, it makes me happy…

Skunk Anansie – Do I really need a reason? They’re brilliant!

Slipknot – I’m not a mega-fan of Slipknot, but I do like a lot of their stuff… and I’d love to see ‘em live… so that’s why they’re on the list!

Danko Jones – They recently toured Canada with Guns N’ Roses and Sebastian Bach and I read quite a few good things about them in relation to that tour… so I decided to check them out… and they rocked.

Sixx A.M. – DJ Ashba’s gonna be a bit busy, but I’ve really got into Sixx A.M.’s album.

A Road Eternal – A brutally awesome band. Everyone should worship them… Loucifer has spoken.

My Undoing – Another band from the same part of the world as Black Ritual and A Road Eternal. I think there’s something in the water there…

Buckcherry – They were fantastic at Sonisphere last year. I’m sure they’d be equally fantastic at LouFest.

Black Label Society – Zakk fuckin’ Wylde. I’ll say no more.

Arch Enemy – Brilliant vocals, brilliant guitar work… brilliantness…

Machine Men – Fantastic band… if you have not checked them out yet, you should do so… now!

Edguy – Great band! And, I want them to play “Trinidad”.

Balfor – Astounding Barbaric Black Metal.

Black Lotus – I’d imagine Black Lotus would be cool to chill out to.

Cancer Bats – Recently got into these guys – gotta catch ‘em live!

Ok… I gotta admit… I’m getting a bit tired of writing explanations now… so I’m just gonna give you a nice list!

Ironside
Swingshot
Destruction
Thin Lizzy *
Egypt Central
Winds of Plague
Ektomorf
Fragments of Unbecoming
H.I.M
Hell Within
Hexagram
I.C.O.N
Ignominious Incarceration
Nervecell
Powerwolf
Reverend Kill
Rumpelstiltskin Grinder
Secrets She Kept
Secrets of the Moon
Sammath
Slowtorch
Thirty 2 Life
Corrupted Truth
Queen *
Pantera *
Soilwork
Stemm
Stuka Squadron
Brother Grey
The Foreshadowing
Twisted Sister
Ugly Kid Joe
Extreme O.D.
Bite The Kerb
Sons of Beaches

…and that’s enough for now… perhaps…
(* I’m using my powers to bring people back from the dead for these ones)

I wish this was real

I’ve provided links where it was possible to do so… but where I haven’t, Google (or your prefered Search Engine) is your friend!

So… any thoughts on this? Wanna post your own Fantasy Festival line-up? Drop us a comment