Bonded By Blood: Live Video from Show at Maric Lanes Bowling Alley In Astoria, NY 3-28-09

California thrash metalers Bonded By Blood made their first trip to the East Coast last month as part of the Masters of Disaster tour. The local tour stop was a free show at Maric Lanes in Astoria, Queens. To echo a comment from Bonded By Blood frontman Jose "Aladdin" Barrale, I never thought I'd be thrashing out on top of a bowling alley but it was a great show. I'd love to see more DIY-style thrash/metal shows put on in the NYC area.

Here is some live footage of Bonded By Blood playing "Mind Pollution" and "The Evil Within".



The Masters of Disaster tour (which features Bonded By Blood, Witchaven and Exmortus) wraps up next week with a few more West Coast dates:
4/24 San Jose CA- West Valley College
4/25 San Francisco CA-Thee Parkside
5/01 Hollywood CA-The Knitting Factory "Thrasho De Mayo IV" w/Exumer
5/02 Reno, NV- The Underground

Bonded By Blood's debut CD, Feed the Beast, is is available from Earache Records' Webstore in a limited edition 2CD pressing that contains two bonus tracks.

Links:
Bonded By Blood's MySpace profile

Bonded By Blood, Exmortus, Witchaven, Martyrd: Pictures from Free Show in Queens, NYC 3-28-09

After a series of venue switches, the Masters of Disaster tour hit Maric Lanes in Astoria last Saturday night. This was an old-school, up-close experience with four hard-hitting thrash bands playing on the top floor of this Queens bowling alley.



It was a great show - the bands gave it all and the crowd gave it right back. It was also nice to see that a good number of people made it out for the show, especially with this show having come together at the last minute.

The Masters of Disaster tour is currently in the Mid-West and are working their way toward the West Coast where they will be playing with Exumer on the final night of the tour (May 1st at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood).

Here is the complete list of upcoming tour dates:
4/4 Aurora IL-Dougs Rock House
4/7 Des Moines IA-Vaudville Mews
4/8 Kansas City MO-Riot Room
4/9 Lincoln Nebraska- Knickerbocker
4/10 Denver CO-Moes BBQ
4/11 Billings MT-FOE
4/15 Boise ID-Gustos
4/16 Seattle WA-King Cobra
4/17 Portland OR-Satyricon
4/18 Medford OR-Musichead
4/20 Daly City CA-Route92
4/22 Fresno CA- The Exit
4/24 San Jose CA- West Valley College
4/25 San Francisco CA-Thee Parkside
5/1 Hollywood CA-The Knitting Factory "Thrasho De Mayo IV" w/Exumer

Links:
Bonded By Blood's MySpace Profile
Exmortus' MySpace Profile
Witchaven's MySpace Profile
Martyrd's MySpace Profile