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Montreal, QC – September 26, 2014

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Humorcore Kings PSYCHOSTICK Announce New Album ‘IV: Revenge of The Vengeance’ + CD Release Tour w/ Downtown Brown, Fungonewrong (IL,WI,OH,IN,MI,PA,NJ,NY,VT,RI,VA,MO,NE,KS)

IV: Revenge of The Vengeance

1. Revenge of The Vengeance (0:42)
2. Obey the Beard (3:53)
3. President Rhino (2:12)
4. H-Flat (0:20)
5. So. Heavy. (4:48)
6. Dogs Like Socks (1:09)
7. Super Legit OFFICIAL Teaser #2 Explode (0:31)
8. Quack Kills (3:29)
9. Blue Screen (4:37)
10. NSFW (3:13)
11. Danger Zone (3:50)
12. New To The Neighborhood (0:53)
13. Loathe Thy Neighbor (4:57)
14. AWESOME! (3:32)
15. Choking Hazard (3:14)
16. Fight to the Death (3:18)
17. Bruce Campbell (2:40)
18. Trick or Treat (0:40)
19. Dimensional Time Portal (3:21)
20. The Power of Metal Compels You (2:04)
21. Outtakes IV: The Outtakening (3:47)

Album Length: 57:13

Chicago, IL based comedy rock kings PSYCHOSTICK are excited to share their latest offering nine months after a successful crowd-funding campaign to build a studio with a promise of new material. Now that day has come and the humorecore masters are ready to unleash their 4th full length installment ‘IV: Revenge of The Vengeance’ due out on November 4th, 2014. This latest album from the band’s laugh factory is the follow up to 2011’s ‘Space Vampires VS Zombie Dinosaurs in 3-D’ and 2013 singles the beard anthem ‘Obey The Beard‘ (debut at #14 on US radio metal charts) and ‘Dogs Like Socks‘ (over 1 million views on youtube), which also appear on the new album along with tons of new tracks such as’Quack Kills’, ‘So. Heavy’, ‘Blue Screen’, ‘Bruce Campbell’ (a tribute to the 21st century’s most beloved action super hero ) plus guest appearances by Bill Manspeaker (founder of Green Jello), Neil Patterson and Rob Nichols from Downtown Brown and many many more comedy sing-a-longs ready for the road.

“We’re excited to get back on the road after the lengthy studio-building and album-recording process. The early reaction to the album has been fantastic and we’re ready for everyone to finally get the chance to hear it.” comments vocalist Rob Kersey.

The laugh makers will be venturing out on the road from October 31st to November 23rd promoting the release with tickets going on sale Monday, September 29th. (dates listed below)

To check out the various pre-order packages for ‘IV: Revenge of The Vengeance’, please visit the following link: http://psychostick.com/preorder

Pre-Order Video – http://youtu.be/2pUTiaMOKvs

Videos:

‘Obey The Beard’ – http://youtu.be/q0kSuZFOwFE

‘Dogs Like Socks’ – http://youtu.be/swmuqGWgZCc

Tour Dates:

Oct 10 – Tulsa, OK @ The Vanguard

Oct 11 – Dallas, TX @ The Door (Party Madness 64)

Oct 31 – Cherry Valley, IL @ Take 20

Nov 1 – Ringle, WI @ Q and Z Expo Center

Nov 3 – South Bend, IN @ Cheers Pub

Nov 4 – Cleveland, OH @ Agora Ballroom

Nov 6 – Woodstock, IL @ Offsides Bar & Grill

Nov 7 – Fort Wayne, IN @ Piere’s

Nov 8 – Flint, MI @ The Machine Shop

Nov 9 – Erie, PA @ BT Theater

Nov 11 – Trenton, NJ @ Championships Bar & Grill

Nov 12 – Amityville, NY @ Revolution

Nov 13 – South Burlington, VT @ The Venue Nightclub

Nov 14 – Cranston, RI @ Oak Bar & Grill

Nov 15 – Winchester, VA @ Blue Fox Billiards

Nov 16 – Reading, PA @ Reverb

Nov 18 – Milford, OH @ Bocca Live

Nov 19 – Sauget, IL @ Pop’s

Nov 20 – Joplin, MO @ Rock 3405

Nov 21 – Omaha, NE @ Shamrocks Pub & Grill

Nov 22 – Merriam, KS @ Aftershock

Nov 23 – Bloomington, IL @ The Castle Theatre

For more info, music and tour dates, please visit the following links:

http://www.psychostick.com

http://www.facebook.com/psychostick

http://www.twitter.com/psychostick

EPK – https://ashermediarelations.com/epks/epk-psychostick/

About:

Harnessing their crazy sense of humor and love of all things metal, vocalist Rob “Rawrb” Kersey and guitarist Josh “The J” Key joined forces with drummer Alex “Shmalex” Dontre and bassist Matty J “Moose” to create Pyschostick, a band they’ve coined as humorcore. With hilarious lyrics, heavy riffs, notorious stage antics and high-energy performances, the band has caused millions of laughs around the world and hundreds of mosh pits across the US of A, often simultaneously, since its birth in Phoenix, AZ in 2000.

Now residing in Chicago, IL, with four full-length albums behind them – “We Couldn’t Think of a Title” (2006), their holiday album “The Flesh Eating Rollerskate Holiday Joyride” (2007), “Sandwich” (2009), and “Space Vampires vs. Zombie Dinosaurs in 3D” (2011), the almost 100 percent do-it-yourself laugh factory, Psychostick returns with their signature sound (Chimaira, Machine Head and Hatebreed sexing Tenacious D and Weird Al Yankovic) to showcase their latest offering, the crowd funded album ‘IV: Revenge of The Vengeance’ (fan thank you video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSeQHqMCfJI) due out on November 4, 2014. Featuring a hilarious track listing that includes previously released singles the beard anthem ‘Obey The Beard’ and popular ‘Dog Like Socks’ plus new tracks such as ‘Quack Kills’, ‘So. Heavy’, ‘Blue Screen’, and a tribute to the 21st century’s most beloved action super hero ‘Bruce Campbell’. Psychostick are crazy to share with fans many more comedy sing-a-longs on the road and more!

Fun facts about Psychostick

14 million Youtube video views with nearly 50,000 subscribers
Approaching 100,000 Facebook fans.
Completed 28 nationwide tours, in 47 states, since July 2006.
Completed nationwide tours with Mushroomhead, Dog Fashion Disco, American Head Charge, Green Jelly, Nashville Pussy, Blacklight Burns,Polkadot Cadaver, One Eyed Doll, The Bunny the Bear, Powerglove, Bobaflex, Look What I Did, Downtown Brown, Wild Throne
Successfully crowd funded $38,000 through Indiegogo (126% of goal) to build a recording studio and fund new album in 2013
“Dogs Like Socks” video went viral, was featured on “Right This Minute” daily syndicated viral video tv show in 2013
“Beer” was #1 sold song for Rock Band Network in 2012
Played “Dirtfest” 4 years in a row (2011-2014) with acts such as Killswitch Engage, Clutch, Sevendust, Nonpoint, Powerman 5000, Chimaira, All That Remains, Trapt, Hed PE, Asking Alexandria, Pop Evil, In This Moment
Played “WIIL Rock Fest” 2013 with acts such as Volbeat, HIM, Nonpoint, Hurt, All That Remains, Trapt, Adam Gontier, Soil
Played “South By South West” 2013 with Hed PE
Played “Rockstar Mayhem Festival” in St. Louis, MO in 2012, with acts such as Slipknot, Slayer, Motorhead, Anthrax, As I Lay Dying, The Devil Wears Prada, Asking Alexandria, White Chapel,
Played “Warped Tour” in 2011 (5 dates)
Played “Earthday Birthday 18” in Orlando, FL in 2011, with Sevendust, Coheed and Cambria, Finger Eleven,Nonpoint, Drowning Pool, Hollywood Undead, A Day To Remember, All That Remains, The Supervillians, Hail the Villain, and Pop Evil
Played “Rockapalooza” in 2013 with Candlebox, Saliva, Taproot, Adam Gontier, Mushroomhead, Hed PE, Hurt, Smile Empty Soul, 12 Stones, Boy Hits Car
Played the “5th Annual Breast Fest Biker Bash” in 2013 with Drowning Pool, Nonpoint, Pop Evil, Soil, Primer 55, Gemini Syndrome
Played the “Jagermeister Music Tour” in Kansas City and St. Louis, MO in 2011, with Buckcherry, Hellyeah, All That Remains, and The Damned Things
Played the “Rockstar Mayhem Festival” in St. Louis, MO in 2010, with acts such as KORN, Rob Zombie, Lamb of God, Five Finger Death Punch, Hatebreed, Chimaira, Norma Jean, Atreyu, Winds of Plague, In This Moment,Shadows Fall, and 3 Inches of Blood
Played “The Gathering of the Juggalos” in southern Illinois, 2010, with acts such as Insane Clown Posse, Tech N9ne, Method Man/Red Man, and Twiztid
Played “Skatopia” in southern Ohio, 2010, with acts such as GWAR, Green Jelly, Fishbone, Meat Puppets, 7 Seconds, Murphy’s Law, Agent Orange, Mustard Plug, and Downtown Brown
Played the “Jagermeister Music Tour” in St. Louis and Columbia, MO in 2009, with Pennywise and Pepper
Played the “Rockstar Mayhem Festival” in Phoenix, AZ in 2008, with acts such as Slipknot, Disturbed,Dragonforce, Mastodon, Machine Head, Underoath, Black Tide, Walls Of Jericho, 36 Crazyfists, and Five Finger Death Punch

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“The opening set by Psychostick — a band best known in Kansas City for its 98.9 The Rock staple “Beer!” — was deeply amusing. Heavy metal is ripe for parody, and the jokers in the Arizona band mercilessly mock the genre’s inherent silliness. Psychostick’s presence reflected the night’s theme of good, dirty fun.” – Kansas City Star

“”The grooves are infectious and easy to nod along to”- Metalunderground.com

“”Psychostick continues to be the most fun band in rock’n’roll with “Sandwich,” twenty-four tracks that will have you banging your head while you laugh your ass off at the same time.” – RoughEdge.com

“I found myself laughing out loud, track after ridiculous track, eager to hear what nonsense was to follow.” – Metal-Rules.com

“If you like humorous metal like Polkadot Cadaver you might just laugh yourself to death by this new album (Space Vampires vs Zombie Dinosaurs in 3D by Psychostick. It’s actually very like a comedy show on metal music. Totally awesome and insane.” – MetalLikey

“A crazy musical storm truly one of the most entertaining and energetic show’s we’ve covered in a long time and most defiantly the most humorous!” – OrlandoBands.com

“Do you want to metal? Psychostick wants to metal. On their newest, heaviest and funniest effort Sandwich, the clowned princes of humorcore metal their mad-hatted heads off.” – HeavyMetal.About.com

“Listening to a Psychostick album is like eavesdropping on college bros riffing on each other or just jamming in their garage.” – ThatDevilMusic.com

“When listening to a Psychostick album, you can usually expect two things: outstanding guitar riffs and hooks and then, and most importantly, you can almost always expect to laugh…at least once or twice.” – TheFrontReport.com

“Psychostick is notorious for a few things, two of which being off-the-wall album titles (2003’s We Couldn’t Think of a Title” and 2009’s Sandwich) and hilarious lyrics meshed with face-melting instrumentals.” – TheFrontRowReport.com

“…the Weird Al Yankovic of Metal.” – examiner.com

“…the more you listen, the funnier and harder it becomes.” – rocknycliveandrecorded.com

“It’s a magical moment when you see a band doing exactly what they love to do.” – TheRealAtlanta.com

“Psychostick wrapped more amazingness into about 35 minutes than I have ever really seen in concert.” – behindthehype.com

“Psychostick may come off as idiot savants considering a lot of what they sing about are everyday common crap such as oranges, hoagies, salsa and taking showers, but the Texas taco munchers who once released an album called We Couldn’t Think of a Title in 2006 are smarter than you think.” – The Metal Minute

“Psychostick release another solid album with over-the-top hilarity.” Sputnik Music – Review of Sandwich

http://www.earshot-online.com/charts/2014/July/loud.cfm

Rank	Artist	Title	Label
1	Mastodon	Once More ‘Round The Sun	Reprise
2	Fucked Up *	Glass Boys	Arts & Crafts
3	Arch Enemy	War Eternal	Century Media
4	White Lung *	Deep Fantasy	Domino
5	Kobra And The Lotus	High Priestess	Titan
6	Hero’s Last Rite *	The Mirror’s Face	Self-Released
7	Greys *	If Anything	Buzz
8	Judas Priest	Redeemer Of Souls	Epic
9	USA Out of Vietnam*	Crashing Diseases and Incurable Airplanes	Self-Released
10	Every Time I Die	From Parts Unknown	Epitaph
11	Psychotic Gardening*	*Hymnosis*	Self-Released
12	Doomeastvan *	Tis We	Self-Released
13	Expain *	*Just the Tip*	Self-Released
14	Triptykon	Melana Chasmata	Century Media
15	Vampires *	Every Kind Of Light EP	Self-Released
16	Amity Affliction	Let the Ocean Take Me	Roadrunner
17	Advertisement *	Advertisement	Self-Released
18	Boris	Noise	Sargent House
19	Dub Rifles *	No Town, No Country: 1981 – 1984	Sundowning Sound Recordings
20	Beartooth	Disgusting	Red Bull

TW	LW	Artist	Title	Label
earshot The National Loud ChartFor the Week Ending: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 More Sharing ServicesShare \| Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on email Share on print \| PermaLink \|
Other charts: Top 50 Electronic Hip Hop International Jazz Loud Folk/Roots/Blues Reporters: *!earshot* \| CFRU CFUV CHRW CILU CJAM CJLO CJSR CJSW CJUM RadL
1	5	Psychotic Gardening	Hymnosis	Self-Released
2	6	Fucked Up	Glass Boys	Matador
3	3	Doomeastvan	Tis We	Self-Released
4	re	Death	III	Drag City
5	re	Throne Of Vengeance	Live Evil	Self-Released
6	re	Perfect Pussy	Say Yes To Love	Captured Tracks
7	2	Comeback Kid	Die Knowing	Distort
8	re	Scythia	Of Conquest	Self-Released
9	—	Crowbar	Symmetry In Black	eOne Music (E1)
10	—	PUP	PUP	Royal Mountain
	re = re-entry to chart

TW	LW	Artist	Title	Label
earshot The National Loud Chart For the Week Ending: Tuesday, June 10, 2014 More Sharing ServicesShare \| Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on email Share on print \| PermaLink \|
Other charts: Top 50 Electronic Hip Hop International Loud Folk/Roots/Blues Reporters: *!earshot* \| CFBX CFOU CFUV CHRW CILU CJAM CJLO CJSW CJUM CKUT CSCR RadL
1	re	Triptykon	Melana Chasmata	Century Media
2	2	Comeback Kid	Die Knowing	Distort
3	1	Doomeastvan	Tis We	Self-Released
4	re	Off!	Wasted Years	Vice
5	re	Psychotic Gardening	Hymnosis	Self-Released
6	—	Fucked Up	Glass Boys	Matador
7	—	The Greenery	It’s Looking Grim	New Damage
8	4	Cynic	Kindly Bent To Free Us	Season Of Mist
9	—	The Oath	The Oath	Rise Above
10	—	Hey Sugar!	The Smell of Burning Wood	Self-Released
	re = re-entry to chart

Tag: 2014

0 The Headbanging Moose – Concert Review – Indie Week – Laugh At The Fakes

0 The Scene Magazine – Indie Week – Laugh At The Fakes

0 NEWS: Humorcore Kings PSYCHOSTICK Announce New Album ‘IV: Revenge of The Vengeance’ + CD Release Tour w/ Downtown Brown, Fungonewrong (IL,WI,OH,IN,MI,PA,NJ,NY,VT,RI,VA,MO,NE,KS)

0 AhornTV: Wacken METAL Battle Canada 2014 champions MUTANK interview from Wacken Open Air (starts at 13:50) Thanks to Gibson for letting them use the guitar bus during the interview!

0 July 2014 – Top 20 Loud Charts – Canadian College Radio – #11 Psychotic Gardening, #13 Expain

0 Psychotic Gardening #1 on !earshot The National Canadian College Radio Loud Chart – For the Week Ending: Tuesday, June 24, 2014

0 #1 Psychotic Gardening, #5 Throne of Vengeance – earshot The National Loud Chart For the Week Ending: Tuesday, June 17, 2014

0 Psychotic Gardening #5 – Canadian College Radio Loud Chart – For the Week Ending: Tuesday, June 10, 2014