Sounds Of The Underground 2007

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2007 SOUNDS OF THE UNDERGROUND LIMITED EDITION CD/DVD OUT JUNE 19 EXCLUSIVELY AT HOT TOPIC!!! IN LIMITED NUMBERS AND FEATURING OVER 30 DIFFERENT ARTISTS!!!

Tickets are on sale now for the Third Annual Hot Topic Presents: Sounds of the Underground Tour 2007. The tour kicks off in Dallas, TX on July 6. See dates at the bottom.

On June 19, Hot Topic will carry, exclusively, the pummeling 2007 Sounds of the Underground compilation. The set includes 2 CDs and 1 DVD, featuring 31 blazing tracks and 15 intense videos from all the bands on the tour including GWAR, Shadows Fall, Every Time I Die, Chimaira and a brand-new track from The Devil Wears Prada.

Only 10,000 compilations are being produced and are available exclusively at Hot Topic, this year's Sounds of the Underground sponsor. The three-disc set is priced at $9.99, so fans should be sure to pick up their copy before they're gone! Not only does the Sounds of the Underground CD/DVD feature music from all 15 artists performing on the tour, but it also includes great music from bands not on the tour such as Throwdown, Nora, Poison The Well, and Walls of Jericho PLUS a new track from A Life Once Lost. Read MORE...

For Immediate Release
April 30, 2007

Shadows Fall Added To Top Billing for the Third Annual Hot Topic Presents SOTU 2007 - tickets on sale now!

The best underground metal festival has just gotten better: Technical metal pioneers Shadows Fall have been added to this year's Hot Topic Presents Sounds of the Underground Tour. The band will play the final co-headline slot, alternating with already announced bands Chimaira and Every Time I Die and headliners GWAR.

Shadows Fall vocalist, Brian Fair states, "It is going to be another summer of insanity for the boys in Shadows Fall and we couldn't be more stoked. Not only are we looking forward to partying with our friends in Darkest Hour, Every Time I Die, Chimaira and Gwar, but also to check out some killer music at one of the summers most diverse festival tours. We are planning on playing a set that will include songs from the early days of Shadows Fall up to our new album Threads of Life and leaving a wake of devastation behind. So bust out the sun screen, put the beers on ice and get ready to rock cuz the SHADS are coming back to town".

Shadows Fall is without question the preeminent metal band of its day. The Springfield, Massachusetts-based five-piece's just-released new album, "THREADS OF LIFE", is shaping up as its most successful work to date. Currently on the cover of hard rock magazine Revolver, as well as Outburn and Modern Drummer, the band is slated for additional covers of future issues of Metal Edge and Hails and Horns. The album's first single, "Redemption", is already proving a monster hit at radio, reaching #1 at Metal outlets nationwide while also scoring top 5 adds at Active Rock. Currently 30 stations have added the track. Produced by Nick Raskulinecz (Rush, Foo Fighters, Velvet Revolver), "THREADS OF LIFE," which debuted at #1 on the Hard Music Album Core Stores chart and #6 on the Hard Music Album Chart, has drawn rapturous critical praise from a wide range of national publications.

Other groups on this year's Hot Topic Presents Sounds of the Underground Tour include: Job For a Cowboy, Necro, Darkest Hour, Amon Amarth, The Acacia Strain, The Devil Wears Prada, Heavy Heavy Low Low, The Number Twelve Looks Like You, Goatwhore, This Is Hell, and 2 Cents.

Don't miss the special area appearances! Thrash metal veterans Testament will play before GWAR at the Starland Ballroom on July 14 in New Jersey. Mushroomhead will close the show in their hometown of Cleveland, Ohio on July 21 and will also perform as special guests in Columbus on July 22, Chicago on July 23, and Minneapolis on July 24.The legendary Suicidal Tendencies will close shows in San Jose, California on August 3, Irvine, California on August 4, and Mesa, Arizona on August 5. Modern thrash titans Lamb of God will headline a recently added date on August 11 in Louisville, Kentucky and will be joined by special guests Hatebreed and Behemoth.

The organizers for this year's Hot Topic Presents Sounds of the Underground Tour, Paul Conroy and Carl Severson of Ferret Music, Tim Borror of The Agency Group, Larry Mazer of Entertainment Services, tour producer Live Nation along with partners Metal Blade Records, Prosthetic Records, Trustkill Records and The Syndicate, and tour sponsors Music Choice, Ibanez, Tama, Manhunt 2, Purevolume, AOL Radio, Revolver Magazine, Lambgoat and Full Metal Jackie, are excited to embark on this third year of mayhem!

You can find constant updates, tour dates, news, media, ticket and artist info at http://www.soundsoftheundergroundtour.com, http://www.livenation.com, and http://www.purevolume.com/SOTU07Tour.

Tickets for the Hot Topic Presents Sounds of the Underground Tour are NOW available through a special PRE-SALE! Fans can preorder tickets via Artist Arena at a discounted price for a limited time! A portion of the proceeds generated from the pre-sale will be donated to Cure Autism Now! Buy your tickets now at https://tixx1.artistarena.com/soundsoftheunderground/.

See you in the pit!

Lamb of God, Suicidal Tendencies, Testament, Mushroomhead, Hatebreed and Behemoth Announced As Special Guests on the Hot Topic Presents Sounds of the Underground Tour

Pre-Sale Tickets Available Today!

For Immediate Release
April 24, 2007

Tickets for the Hot Topic Presents Sounds of the Underground Tour are NOW available through a special PRE-SALE! Fans can preorder tickets NOW via Artist Arena at a discounted price for a limited time! A portion of the proceeds generated from the pre-sale will be donated to Cure Autism Now! Buy your tickets now at https://tixx1.artistarena.com/soundsoftheunderground/.
In addition to the previously announced stellar lineup, which includes headliners GWAR, Chimaira, Every Time I Die, and Job For A Cowboy the third annual Sounds of the Underground summer touring fest will feature additional bands in select cities. Hot Topic Presents proudly announces the following special guests on this year's outing.

o Thrash metal veterans Testament will play before GWAR at the Starland Ballroom on July 14 in New Jersey.

o Mushroomhead will close the show in their hometown of Cleveland, Ohio on July 21 and will also perform as special guests in Columbus on July 22, Chicago on July 23, and Minneapolis on July 24.

o The legendary Suicidal Tendencies will close shows in San Jose, California on August 3, Irvine, California on August 4, and Mesa, Arizona on August 5.

o Modern thrash titans Lamb of God will headline a recently added date on August 11 in Louisville, Kentucky and will be joined by special guests Hatebreed and Behemoth.

The regular lineup for Hot Topic Presents Sounds of the Underground includes headliner Gwar, with co-headliners Chimaira, Every Time I Die and a band to be announced soon rotating set times throughout the tour. The lineup will be rounded out by Job For a Cowboy, Necro, Darkest Hour, Amon Amarth, The Acacia Strain, The Devil Wears Prada, Heavy Heavy Low Low, The Number Twelve Looks Like You Goatwhore, This Is Hell, and 2 Cents.

Oderus Urungus, lead throat-thing of GWAR, rulers of Earth, when told of the addition of the various guests, responded, "I give my personal seal of filthy approval to this excellent selection of bands. Suicidal in particular played one of the first GWAR shows ever. Tonight I shall burn a baby upon the Altar of Eternal Syphillis." After this he grew to five times his normal size and farted himself into near-orbit.

Oderus was on his way from a super-secret meeting held at the Slave Pit in Lower Antarctica, where details of the new GWAR show were discussed. When asked to provide details, Oderus replied "No."

The organizers for this year's Hot Topic Presents Sounds of the Underground Tour, Paul Conroy and Carl Severson of Ferret Music, Tim Borror of The Agency Group, Larry Mazer of Entertainment Services, tour producer Live Nation along with partners Metal Blade Records, Prosthetic Records, Trustkill Records and The Syndicate, and tour sponsors Music Choice, Ibanez, Tama, Purevolume, AOL Radio, Revolver Magazine, and Lambgoat are excited to embark on this third year of mayhem!

SOTU is proud to announce the addition of Rockstar Games MANHUNT 2 as a tour sponsor. MANHUNT 2 is the follow up to 2005's Smash Hit MANHUNT and hits stores summer 2007!
You can find constant updates, tour dates, news, media, ticket and artist info at www.soundsoftheundergroundtour.com, www.livenation.com, and www.purevolume.com/SOTU07Tour.

See you in the pit!

World Premier - Hot Topic Presents Sounds of The Underground and Unveils A Killer Lineup for the Third Annual Tour Engagement Featuring GWAR, Chimaira, Every Time I Die, Job For A Cowboy and More!

With two stellar years behind them, Sounds of the Underground is thrilled to announce the lineup for their third neck-snapping, skull-splintering tour. With what might be their most high-powered offering to date, SOTU remains THE cutting-edge summer tour.

Following two straight appearances in the middle of the day, the event will be closed most nights by splatter metal champions, GWAR. Headlining will ensure a longer than ever, brand new set with unbelievable production! GWAR are the only artist to stomp their way through every Sounds Of The Underground to date! ODERUS, ruler of Earth, or at least the naughty bits, COMMANDS all humans to ritually mutilate their pets genitals and swear eternal allegiance to GWAR and to METAL and attend what will go down in history as the greatest, grossest GWAR show ever! And after 20+ years of providing the SICKEST show in rock history, GWAR stands ready to top even themselves! Returning from the bowels of the abyss, GWAR has the very legions of hell at their command, slavering to decimate all those who fail to appease their boundless
WRATH! HAIL GWAR!

Three other bands will rotate in the headlining position prior to GWAR bringing the house down: a block-buster artist yet to be announced, face-shredding metal pugilists Chimaira, and experimental noisemakers Every Time I Die.

The day will be completed with a devastating bill including Necro, Darkest Hour, Amon Amarth, The Acacia Strain, The Devil Wears Prada, Heavy Heavy Low Low, The Number Twelve Looks Like You, Goatwhore, This Is Hell, and 2 Cents. Expect additional special guest headliners to join the bill on select dates.

The monumental event launches in July and runs into August.

Mark Hunter, Chimaira vocalist boasts, "We are happy to announce that we will be taking part in this years Sounds Of The Underground. We played the first year and we had a fucking blast. This year we are going to up the production level and bring something special to our fans. Then we will get wasted every night with ETID and Gwar. See you this summer!"

After being involved with the tour for it's first two years, Hot Topic is proud to be stepping up to present the tour this summer. Continuing another tradition, Hot Topic will carry the 2007 version of the 2CD + 1 DVD Sounds Of The Underground Exclusive Compilation - look for it in stores and online in late June.

The organizers for this year's Sounds of the Underground Tour; Paul Conroy and Carl Severson of Ferret Music, Tim Borror of The Agency Group, Larry Mazer of Entertainment Services, with Tour Producer Live Nation along with partners Metal Blade Records, Prosthetic Records, Trustkill Records and The Syndicate, and tour sponsors Music Choice, Ibanez, Tama, Purevolume, AOL Radio, Revolver Magazine, and Lambgoat are excited to embark on this third year of mayhem!

Tickets will be available for PRESALE starting April 25th and EVERYWHERE May 11! You can find constant updates, news, ticket and artist info at http://www.soundsoftheundergroundtour.com