Meinl Cymbal artists are the cover stories for the November US drum magazines, Modern Drummer and DRUM!.

Mastodon's Brann Dailor is on the cover of the November issue of Modern Drummer and Shadows Fall's Jason Bittner is on the cover of the November issue of DRUM!.

That's right!

Meinl Cymbal artist Tommy Clufetos and Rob Zombie will be destroying a city near you beginning this October 29th on The HELLBILLY DELUXE 2 TOUR. The tour will blast off with Phoenix, AZ on October 29th, Las Vegas, NV on the 30th, and a very special Halloween event on the 31st in Hollywood, CA. This will be Zombie's first headline tour since 2007, ushering in Zombie's forthcoming album HELLBILLY DELUXE 2.

Selling over fifteen million albums worldwide, Rob Zombie is one of Geffen Record's top selling and longest running artists on the label. 

TOUR DATES:
Date / City / State / Venue
10/29/09 Phoenix, AZ Dodge Theatre
10/30/09 Las Vegas, NV The Pearl
10/31/09 Hollywood, CA Hollywood Palladium
11/3/09 San Jose, CA San Jose Event Center
11/5/09 Salt Lake City, UT Great Salt Air
11/6/09 Denver, CO The Fillmore
11/8/09 Tulsa, OK Brady Theater
11/11/09 Houston, TX Verizon Wireless Theater
11/17/09 Akron, OH Civic Theatre
11/20/09 Minneapolis, MN Roy Wilkins Auditorium
11/21/09 Des Moines, IL Val Air Ballroom
11/22/09 Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom
11/24/09 Louisville, KY Broadbent Arena
11/27/09 Detroit, MI The Fillmore
12/1/09 New York, NY Hammerstein Ballroom
12/2/09 Boston, MA House of Blues
12/3/09 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
12/4/09 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
12/5/09 Washington, DC 9:30 Club 

We would like to congratulate our Austrian Endorser Dominik Immler and his band "The Sorrow" for winning the Amadeus Music Award in the Hard & Heavy Category.

Check out Derek Roddy's new video where he's explaing all of his Meinl Cymbals in his setup, including his signature Serpents Ride.

Don't miss your chance to meet Meinl Cymbal artist Chis Adler of heavy metal titans Lamb of God next Wednesday, September 16 from 5pm to 6pm at Memphis Drum Shop.

Memphis Drum Shop

878 S Cooper St

Memphis, TN 38104

(901) 276-2328

We are pleased to announce the date for our 2010 Meinl Drum Festival: It will take place here on our premises in Gutenstetten, Germany on the 26th and 27th of June 2010.

At this point there are no confirmed participants yet. Plannings for the line-up have started. Stay tuned on meinlcymbals.com for news.

Check out Meinl Cymbal artist Jason Bittner's and Shadows Fall's performance on the Jimmy Fallon show from last night! Click here!

Meinl Cymbal artist Jason Bittner and his band Shadows Fall are set to unleash their new album Retribution in late September. Meinl Cymbals has teamed up with Jason and company for a slamming contest that is too good to pass up.

COUNTDOWN TO RETRIBUTION

This just in from the Shadows Fall camp itself!...

Shad Fans listen up, we have an absolutely MASSIVE contest launching today. 

With only 14 days until our new album RETRIBUTION is in stores, we bring you the

COUNTDOWN TO RETRIBUTION!!!

Starting NOW go to this link: www.shadowsfall.com/countdown and enter to win the ULTIMATE RETRIBUTION prize pack. This is the biggest prize pack we have ever put together with a lot of help from Shadows Fall sponsors and supporters!!!!

ONE LUCKY GRAND PRIZE WINNER WILL WIN: 

1 year subscription to ALTERNATIVE PRESS MAGAZINE

1 year subscription to GUITAR WORLD MAGAZINE

1 year subscription to REVOLVER MAGAZINE

Clothes from ATTICUS

$100 gift card to HOT TOPIC

$100 gift card to DING LIFE

$25 gift card from SMART PUNK

MAXON OD 808 Pedal

Jason Bittner’s signature MEINL Mb10 20" Bell Blast Ride Cymbal

Paul Romanko’s signature IBANEZ bass

Matt Bachand’s signature IBANEZ guitar

Cables from PLANET WAVES

TAMA snare drum

Drum sticks from PRO–MARK

Q8 Microphone from SAMSON

H2 Recorder from ZOOM 

Plus even more great prizes from AMERICAN ROCKSTAR ACADEMY, IESB, HUDSON MUSIC, FERRET, EXCLAIM MAGAZINE, METAL INJECTION, METAL INSIDER, METAL SUCKS, SMN NEWS & SICK DRUMMER 

Contest ends at 11pm on Thursday September 24th.

Pre–order RETRIBUTION including regular, limited, vinyl and deluxe versions here: http://shadowsfall.merchnow.com/

Make sure you check us out on the Late Night With Jimmy Fallon show September 3rd Thursday night/early Friday morning at 12:35AM EST on NBC!!

Meinl Cymbal artist Jeff Gilbert and his band Kutless have just earned their first gold record award for sales of 500,000 for their album Strong Tower. They've also earned a gold award for their DVD release Live From Portland. Not bad in this day and age of digital piracy and file sharing...

Straight from the Kutless PR machine - 

BEC Recordings' Kutless have become a household name with radio hits such as "Sea of Faces," "Run," "Strong Tower," and "To Know That You're Alive." This week the band crossed another career milestone as they were awarded RIAA Gold Certification for their worship-based album "Strong Tower" in addition to Gold Certification for Long-Form video "Live From Portland." This certification is on the heels of the forthcoming "It Is Well" album set to release on BEC Recordings on October 20th.