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Terror Cancels Czech Republic Show To Support Randy Blythe

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Hardcore band Terror is currently touring the world in support of their latest release Keepers Of The Faith. However, going over their world tour schedule, the band has decided to cancel a planned show in Czech Republic to show their support for Lamb Of God singer Randy Blythe. The band released the following statement:

TERROR is going to cancel their show in the Czech Republic this month. We feel obligated to stand up for Randy Blythe. This situation seems to be taken too lightly. Randy comes from punk and hardcore roots, just like TERROR. He still supports underground music and has always supported TERROR– even singing on stage alongside us when we play Richmond. This hits really close to home for us having members of the band and our crew from the hometown of LAMB OF GOD.

We love our Czech fans very much and have amazing shows there, but we need to ‘stick tight’ to our friend Randy, which is why we have chosen to cancel the show. As a band that could easily be in this same position at any given show, we don’t think we can play there and act like this is OK – it isn’t.

This is bigger than a hashtag or a clever t-shirt– we as a community need to take action and speak up. Free Randy Blythe.

Read on for my reaction.

Personally, I think this is the wrong move to make. Rather, the band SHOULD go through with their performance and use that opportunity to have serious, logical, and civilized conversations with fans on how to get involved, politicians on what can be done, and, if at all possible, stop in and visit Randy to let him know that the metal world has his back.

The Czech fans aren’t the ones who are persecuting Blythe. They should not have to suffer because the judicial system there is incredibly confusing to us and causing unbearable impatience and frustration. Metal bands should be showing their commitment to their community by not ostracizing fans for something that simply isn’t their fault.

The statement from the band is one of solidarity with Blythe’s predicament. However, it is also a statement of fear. “As a band that could easily be in this same position at any given show…” This is a statement that applies to all bands in any country. There is always a fear that fans can get injured or harmed in some way. However, the vast majority of fans know the rules of attending a metal concert. Personally, I’ve never seen people intentionally try to hurt others at a metal show. The camaraderie and mutual understanding of the “rules of a metal show” always supersede such trivial hostilities. And usually it’s someone’s own fault should they become injured.

Will performing there put money into the Czech Republic government? Of course. Taxes, fees, permits, etc… all require money. But giving information and receiving it back is priceless. That is what everyone (Randy, Czech fans, the metal community around the world, other bands) needs right now. Information. Terror has an opportunity to be an ambassador. It’ll be a shame if they pass it up.

What are your thoughts? Is Terror making the right move by canceling or should they push forward as originally planned?

Upcoming Terror tour dates:
8/1–Triple Rock–Minneapolis, MN **with BANE, NAYSAYER, ROTTING OUT**
8/2–Bottom Lounge–Chicago, IL **with BANE, NAYSAYER, ROTTING OUT**
8/3–The Rave Bar–Milwaukee, WI **with BANE, NAYSAYER, ROTTING OUT**
8/4–Magic Stick–Detroit, MI **with BANE, NAYSAYER, ROTTING OUT**
8/5–Grog Shop–Cleveland Heights, OH **with BANE, NAYSAYER, ROTTING OUT**
8/6–The Funeral Home–Buffalo, NY **with BANE, NAYSAYER, ROTTING OUT**
8/7–Upstairs @ The Palladium–Worcester, MA **with BANE, NAYSAYER, ROTTING OUT**
8/8–Bogies–Albany, NY **with BANE, NAYSAYER, ROTTING OUT**
8/9–Union Transfer–Philadelphia, PA **This is Hardcore Festival**
8/11–Endless Summer Open Air–Torgau, Germany
8/12–Ieper Fest–Ieper, Belgium
8/13–Der Katakombe–Aschaffenburg, Germany
8/14–Bastard Club–Asperg, Germany
8/15–Garage–Saarbrücken, Germany
8/16–Ehrlich und Laut Festival–Alsfeld, Germany
8/17–Summer Breeze–Dinkelsbühl, Germany
8/18–Punk Rock Holidays–Tolmin, Slovenia
8/19–Durer Kert–Budapest, Hungary
8/20–Barrak Music Club–Ostrava, Czech Republic
8/21–Punk & Radio Luxembourg–Warsaw, Poland
8/22–Ucho–Gdynia, Poland
8/23–Musikzentrum–Hannover, Germany
8/24–NOAF–Wörrstadt, Germany
8/25–Essigfabrik–Köln, Germany
8/26–Dynamo–Eindhoven, Netherlands
8/27–Stadtpalast–Rostock, Germany
8/28–Logo–Hamburg, Germany
8/29–Beta–Copenhagen, Denmark
8/30–Fängelset–Gothenburg, Sweden
8/31–Kulturhuset–Stockholm, Sweden
9/1–Spraypaint The Walls Festival–Herning, Denmark
10/17–Fibber Magee’s–Dublin, Ireland
10/18–Underworld–London, United Kingdom
10/19–Kasbah–Coventry, United Kingdom
10/20–Waterfront–Norwich, United Kingdom
10/21–Rescue Rooms–Nottingham, United Kingdom
10/22–The Well–Leeds, United Kingdom
10/23–Ivory Blacks–Glasgow, United Kingdom
10/24–Central Station–Wrexham, United Kingdom
10/25–Moho Live–Manchester, United Kingdom
10/26–CF10–Cardiff, United Kingdom
10/27–Fleece–Bristol, United Kingdom
10/28–White Rabbit–Plymouth, United Kingdom
10/29–Joiners–Southampton, United Kingdom
10/30–The George–Andover, United Kingdom
10/31–The Forum–Kent, United Kingdom
11/1–De Baroeg–Rotterdam, Netherlands
11/2–Woodys–Schleiz, Germany
11/08–Chain Reaction–Anaheim, CA
11/09–Che Café–La Jolla, CA
11/10–The Cobalt Café–Canoga Park, CA
11/11–La Hacienda–Soledad, CA

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‘Lost Themes IV: Noir’ – John Carpenter Announces New Album & Releases New Music Video!

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(l-r) Cody Carpenter, John Carpenter, Daniel Davies - Photo Credit: Sophie Gransard

John Carpenter has been teasing big news for a couple weeks now and all has been revealed this morning. Carpenter is back with Lost Themes IV: Noir from Sacred Bones Records!

Lost Themes IV: Noir is the latest installment in a series that sees Carpenter releasing new music for John Carpenter movies that don’t actually exist. The first Lost Themes was released in 2015, followed by Lost Themes II in 2016 and Lost Themes III: Alive After Death in 2021.

John Carpenter called the first Lost Themes album “a soundtrack for the movies in your mind.”

From John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies, Lost Themes IV: Noir is set for release on May 3 via Sacred Bones Records. The album pays tribute to Noir cinema!

In conjunction with the announcement, they’ve shared a music video for the album’s first single, “My Name Is Death”, a miniature noir film directed by Ambar Navarro, starring Natalie Mering (Weyes Blood), Staz Lindes (The Paranoyds) and Misha Lindes (SadGirl). “Noir is a uniquely American genre born in post-war cinema,” states Carpenter. “ We grew up loving Noir and were influenced by it for this new album. The video celebrates this style and our new song, My Name is Death.”

Sacred Bones previews, “The scene-setting new single marks new territory for Carpenter and his cohorts, propelled by a driving post-punk bassline that is embellished by washes of atmospheric synth, pulsing drum machine, and, at the song’s climax, a smoldering guitar solo.”

“Sandy [King, John’s wife and producer] had given John a book for Christmas, of pictures from noir films, all stills from that era,” Davies says of the lightbulb moment for Lost Themes IV. “I was looking through it, and I thought, ‘I like that imagery, and what those titles make me think of. What if we loosely based it around that? What if the titles were of some of John’s favorite noir films?’ Some of the music is heavy guitar riffs, which is not in old noir films. But somehow, it’s connected in an emotional way.”

Sacred Bones notes, “Like the film genre they were influenced by, what makes the songs on Lost Themes IV ‘noirish’ is sometimes slippery and hard to define, and not merely reducible to a collection of tropes. The scores for the great American noir pictures were largely orchestral, while the Carpenters and Davies work off a sturdy synth-and-guitar backbone. The noir quality, then, is something you understand instinctively when you hear it.”

“It’s been a decade since John Carpenter recorded the material that became the initial Lost Themes, his debut album of non-film music and the opening salvo in one of Hollywood’s great second acts,” the label explains. “Those vibrant, synth-driven songs, made in collaboration with his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, kickstarted a musical renaissance for the pioneering composer and director. In the years since, Carpenter, Carpenter, and Davies have released close to a dozen musical projects, including a growing library of studio albums and the scores for David Gordon Green’s trilogy of Halloween reboots. It helped that they grew up in a musical environment. Daniel’s dad is The Kinks’ Dave Davies, and he would pop by the L.A. studio – the same one the Lost Themes records are made in today – to jam, or to perform at wrap parties for John’s films. That innate free-flowing chemistry helps Lost Themes IV: Noir run like a well-oiled machine—the 1951 Jaguar XK120 Roadster from Kiss Me Deadly, perhaps, or the 1958 Plymouth Fury from John’s own Christine. It’s a chemistry that’s helped power one of the most productive stretches of John’s creative life, and Noir proves that it’s nowhere near done yielding brilliant results.”

Here’s the full Lost Themes IV: Noir track list:

1. My Name is Death
2. Machine Fear
3. Last Rites
4. The Burning Door
5. He Walks By Night
6. Beyond The Gallows
7. Kiss The Blood Off My Fingers
8. Guillotine
9. The Demon’s Shadow
10. Shadows Have A Thousand Eyes

The following physical variants will be available:

  • Sacred Bones Exclusive Red on Clear Splatter vinyl w/ Screen Printed 7” bonus track “Black Cathedral”, a Silver Foil Stamped Jacket and poster.
  • Sacred Bones Society Exclusive on Black and White Splatter on Clear w/ Screen Printed 7” bonus track “Black Cathedral”, a Silver Foil Stamped Jacket and poster.
  • All retail Transparent Red, with a Gold Foil Stamped Jacket and poster.
  • Indie Exclusive Tan and Black Marble, w/ Screen Printed 7” bonus track “Black Cathedral”, a Gold Foil Stamped Jacket and poster.
  • Rough Trade Exclusive Oxblood Red and Black Splatter, w/ Screen Printed 7” bonus track “Black Cathedral”, a Gold Foil Stamped Jacket and poster.
  • Shout Exclusive Black and Clear cloudy, w/ Screen Printed 7” bonus track “Black Cathedral”, a Gold Foil Stamped Jacket and poster.
  • Black LP, with a Gold Foil Stamped Jacket and poster.
  • CD
  • Tape

You can pre-save Lost Themes IV: Noir right now!

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