February 5, 2010 CHARRED WALLS OF THE DAMNED DEBUT AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE NOW!
The Charred Walls of the Damned album is out everywhere now and there are tons of cool new things to tell you about!
Check out an awesome review of Charred Walls of the Damned at Ultimate Guitar here: Ultimate-Guitar.com/...
There's a new interview with me at the killer website Metal Asylum here: MetalAsylum.net/...
Thanks to all of the fans who came to the Charred Walls record release party this past Tuesday, you can check out pictures from the party here: Facebook.com/...
Tomorrow morning I will be calling in to The Bubba The Love Sponge Show on Sirius-XM Radio Channel Howard 101 at about 11:45am EST to talk about Charred Walls of the Damned!
This Sunday starting at 11pm EST I will be on The Pit with Drewcifer at Purerock.com. I've known Drewcifer for almost 18 years now so it was great catching up on old times and talking metal with my fellow Kansan! To listen to the show you can go here: PureRock.com/...
Here's yet another new interview with me at the site Icon Vs. Icon: IconVsIcon.com/...
I have a brand new Interview in the legendary New York newspaper The Village Voice! Being a New Yorker for the last 5 1/2 years this is huge! Here's a link to the article: VillageVoice.com/...
The Eddie Trunk Charred Walls of the Damned interview from Monday night is now online, you can listen to it: RoadRunnerRecords.com/...
Well, I think that's about it for now, make sure to pick up a copy of Charred Walls of the Damned and bang your head like a maniac! Take Care!
Richard Christy
January 30, 2010 Hot Topic $5.99 Pre Order Special for Charred Walls of the Damned debut album! AND New Audio Interviews!
This Tuesday February 2nd, 2010 is the release date for Charred Walls of the Damned's debut album! Tim "Ripper" Owens is here in NYC and we're doing tons of promotion for the album this weekend and next week and basically having a blast!
I'm so pumped because Hot Topic and Shockhound.com are teaming up to bring you the Charred Walls of the Damned album for only $5.99 as a limited pre order special! To hear and order the album go here! ShockHound.com/...
Charred Walls of the Damned is also on the Front Page of the Hot Topic website! Check it out here: Community.HotTopic.com
There's a new audio interview with me on Metal Eater Radio here! YouTube.com/...
Tomorrow at 1:30pm EST I will be a guest on KNAC.com on "The Vault"!
I was recently interview by my buddy Jimmy Duff at my favorite metal bar Duff's Brooklyn! It was a blast and we talked about a bunch of crazy stuff including Charred Walls of the Damned and our love for all things Metal! You can check it out here: DuffsBrooklyn.com/...
I was also interviewed by the awesome Canadian metal site Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles, you can check it out here: BraveWords.com/...
Brian Slagel, Richard Christy and Tim Ripper Owens invade the SiriusXM studios!
SiriusXM subscribers will have a bunch of opportunities to hear three of metals best personalities on their radios on Monday, February 1st. The guys will swing by for an interview with Liquid Metals Jose Mangin, which will air on Tuesday, Februay 2nd every hour near the top of the hour from 4pm-9pm EST/1pm-6pm PST. The guys will also drop by Eddie Trunks show on the Boneyard around 6:30pm eastern. Finally, they will wrap up the evening (for radio interviews, anyway!) on Howard 100 on the Scott Ferrall Show. That interview will air sometime around 8pm eastern. Times are all tentative, so make sure to tune in early so you dont miss the action.
On Friday of next week, Richard Christy will be LIVE on Bubba the Love Sponge around 11:40am eastern.
Thank you so much to all of the fans who've heard the Charred Walls of the Damned stream and emailed me to say they're loving the Charred Walls of the Damned album! I'm so proud of it and I'm so psyched for this Tuesday! Don't forget about the Charred Walls of the Damned Official CD Release party at Fontana's in NYC this Tuesday night! Take Care!
January 26, 2010 Charred Walls of the Damned Full Album Stream! New Magazine, Radio, and Online Video Interviews!
Hey Everybody,
This is shaping up to be a very busy and exciting week for my band Charred Walls of the Damned leading up to next Tuesday Feb. 2nd's release of our debut album!
I'm being interviewed tonight on the Metal Eater Radio show! Starting at 9pm EST/6pm PST you can listen here: metaleater.com
There's also a brand new interview with me conducted by metal legend Brian Slagel! You can check it out here: http://www.youtube.com, you can also see the Hi Def version of Charred Walls of the Damned's "Ghost Town" at this same site!
This week the first issue of my new column "Richard Christy's Horrorscope" in Decibel Magazine hits newsstands! There's also an interview with me about Charred Walls of the Damned in the same magazine! It's the March 2010 issue on sale this week! decibelmagazine.com
I recently did an interview with the New York City area newspaper The Queens Chronicle about my new band, how much I love living in Queens, and other things! You can check it out here: zwire.com/site/news...
Tomorrow night I will be on the Black Night Meditations Radio Show! The show runs from 10pm to 2am EST and I'll probably be on around 11pm EST. You can check it out here: bnm.podOmatic.com
Next Tuesday night, Feb. 2nd is the official release party for the Charred Walls of the Damned debut album at Fontana's in NYC! Come hang with Tim "Ripper" Owens and I and see some awesome metal bands, including me good buddies The Hixon from Philly! Here's all the info:
Tuesday, February 2
Scion and Tonesofdeath.com Present! FREE Charred Walls of the Damned CD release party and signing!
Richard Christy and Ripper Owens from Charred Walls of the Damned will be at the club signing copies of their new CD!
Buy the Charred Walls of the Damned CD from the FYE table get your CD signed and meet Richard Christy and Ripper Owens!
Signing starts at 8 PM
Live bands downstairs starting at 9
9pm: Judas Syndrome
10pm: The Hixon
11pm: Javlina
21+
Well, hope to see you all next Tuesday and I can't wait to hear what you all think of the album!!!! Take Care and as always Keep It Metal!
Richard Christy
January 21, 2010 'Ghost Town' Video Premier from Charred Walls Of The Damned, Album Release Party, That Metal Show, & Tons of Other News
Hey Everyone,
There's a lot of really cool things happening leading up to the Tuesday February 2nd, 2010 release date of the debut album from my band Charred Walls of the Damned!
Tomorrow is the debut of the first ever music video from Charred Walls of the Damned for the song "Ghost Town"! The video debuts at 11am Thursday Jan. 21st exclusively at AOL's Metal Music website NoiseCreep.com! The video turned out amazing and I'm really proud of it. It was directed by my good friend Mike Schiff from M.A.S. Productions. He did such an amazing job capturing the mood and tone of the song which deals with a sole inhabitant in a deserted town contaminated by years of environmental abuse. Mike worked really hard on this video and it really shows. We filmed at one of my favorite haunted houses in America - Shocktoberfest in Pennsylvania ShockToberFest.com. I'm a Halloween fanatic and I make the trek to Shocktoberfest every October so it was really exciting to film there in the off season and get a behind the scenes look at the place while we filmed the video!
There will be a FREE release party for the Charred Walls of the Damned album on Tuesday night Feb. 2nd, 2010 at Fontana's in New York City! FontanasNYC.com Tim "Ripper" Owens and I will be appearing at the party and starting at 8pm we will be signing copies of Charred Walls of the Damned's album which you can buy at the FYE table at the party! Starting at 9pm there will be three amazing heavy metal bands playing! My good buddies The Hixon from Philly will be playing, I host their Hixonfest every year and they are an amazing band! Also the killer heavy metal bands Judas Syndrome and Doomriders will be blasting some killer metal tunes! It's going to be a really fun night and I hope to see you all there!
Don't forget that you can now pre order copies of Charred Walls of the Damned's debut album Autographed by the whole band! You can also order the CD along with a special limited edition Charred Walls of the Damned T-Shirt! To order you can go to the Metal Blade Records store here: DistrictLines.com.
Today I filmed a guest spot on the awesome heavy metal TV show on VH1 Classic titled That Metal Show! It was a blast hanging with my buddies Jim Florentine, Don Jameson, and Eddie Trunk and as an added bonus my good friend and legendary bassist Rudy Sarzo was the featured guest for the show! It was so much fun hanging out and talking heavy metal with the guys and it was an honor to be a part of a show that I'm such a huge fan of! I've seen every single episode and it's great that there's a show on TV dedicated to classic and also new heavy metal! The show will air on VH1 Classic March 20th!
I'll be writing a monthly article for the awesome Heavy Metal magazine Decibel! DecibelMagazine.com The article is called "Richard Christy's Horrorscope" and it will feature some of my favorite classic and new horror films and also some of my favorite horror themed heavy metal bands and albums! My first article will be featured in the March 2010 issue which hits newsstands in early February and features Fear Factory on the cover. Heavy Metal and Horror Movies are two of my favorite things so I'm super psyched to be able to write about some of my favorites in Decibel Magazine!
Jason Suecof, the guitar player in Charred Walls of the Damned, and I will be featured in an upcoming issue of Guitar World magazine GuitarWorld.com hitting news stands February 2nd! We both did a really fun photo shoot with our guitars and also we each talked about writing the music for the debut album from Charred Walls of the Damned!
Well, I think that's about it for now! I'll have plenty more exciting news about Charred Walls of the Damned coming very soon leading up to the big day February 2nd, 2010! Take Care and Keep It Metal!!!
Richard Christy
January 13, 2010 Pre-Order Autographed Charred Walls of the Damned CD & Shirt!
Howdy all! First off thank you to everyone who has emailed me with nice words about the single "Ghost Town" from my band Charred Walls of the Damned! The single is doing great on iTunes and thank you so much to everyone who has purchased the single and said they can't wait for the full album to be released on Tuesday February 2nd, 2010! Also big thanks to all of the radio stations playing "Ghost Town" including the awesome metal channel Liquid Metal on Sirius-XM Radio (Request "Ghost Town" on Liquid Metal at their Facebook Page here! Big thanks to my boss Howard Stern for playing "Ghost Town" on The Howard Stern Show too! Thank you also to everyone at Metal Blade Records, you guys rule!
I also want to apologize to everyone that friended me on my personal Facebook page www.facebook.com who I can't add. Unfortunately I'm at my 5000 friend limit on my page and I have over 3000 friend requests that I can't add because
of Facebook's 5000 friend limit on personal pages. Because of this I've created an official Richard Christy Fan Page here: www.facebook.com Please join up and I'll be updating daily and putting
some cool videos and pictures on there!
There's a really cool brand new interview with me on an awesome website called www.MetalSucks.net about all things
metal, drums, and comedy, among other things! You can check it out here: www.metalsucks.net
Well, I think that's about it for now, I'll have plenty more updates in the coming weeks leading up to the
Tuesday February 2nd release of Charred Walls of the Damned's debut album! Including a February 2nd Record Release
party at Fontana's www.fontanasnyc.com in New York City sponsored by TonesofDeath.com where myself and Tim "Ripper" Owens
will be appearing and signing copies of the album! There will be some great metal bands playing live too! More details soon!
Take Care and Keep It Metal!
Richard Christy
January 3, 2010 Charred Walls of the Damned to be Released in February!
Hello Everyone,
Hope everyone had a Happy Holidays! It’s a new decade and I have a lot of things to update everyone about!
First off, it’s only one month away until the release of the debut album by my new band Charred Walls of the Damned on Metal Blade Records! Tuesday February 2nd, 2010 is the big day and I can’t even begin to describe how excited I am! The album turned out amazing and I can’t wait for everyone to hear it! I’m currently doing a lot of interviews with music press and some of them are currently available online. Here are links to two brand new interviews with me about my band Charred Walls of the Damned:
I’ll be posting links to all of my interviews here and also updating info about all of the magazine interviews that will be coming out in the next few months. Something that I’m really excited about is that I’ll be working with Decibel magazine writing a monthly article about one of my favorite subjects: Horror Movies! I will have more info about that coming soon too.
There will be tons of Charred Walls of the Damned news that I’ll be posting here this month, including info about videos, autographed pre orders of the CD at MetalBlade.com, Tshirts, and tons of other stuff!
The first single from the Charred Walls of the Damned album “Ghost Town” is available right now on Itunes! I want to thank all of the fans who’ve emailed me saying they love the song! If you like “Ghost Town” you are definitely going to love the whole album!
If you’d like to hear a sample of Ghost Town and a commercial for the single you can go to: charredwallsofthedamned.com
A lot of fans have asked if Charred Walls of the Damned is going to play live and the answer is definitely yes! We’re in talks now to do some shows this year and I’m so psyched to get back on stage and pound some drums!
Well, I think that’s about it for now! Hope everyone has a wonderful New Year! Take Care and keep it Metal!
Richard Christy
November 24, 2009 Tons of Charred Walls of the Damned News!
Hey Everybody,
First off Happy Thanksgiving! It's been a while since Ive updated any of my sites because I've been super busy with my job, the holidays, and my new band Charred Walls of the Damned! I have a ton of Charred Walls of the Damned news and a brand new website: myspace.com/CharredWallsoftheDamned! First off we're releasing the first single off of the album "Ghost Town" on December 1st on iTunes which I'm so psyched about! I can't wait for people to hear it! The official worldwide release date for the full album is Tuesday February 2nd, 2010! You will be able to buy it in pretty much any record store and anywhere online thanks to Metal Blade Records. I also want to give a shout out to my buddy Joel Plotkin at plotkinphotography.com who just took some killer pictures of me with my drums for some press photos and my website, thanks Joel! Well, to sum up all of the recent Charred Walls of the Damned news, here's an official press release from Metal Blade Records...
and until next time Happy Thanksgiving and keep Headbanging!
Richard Christy
October 20, 2009 Richard Christy Appearance at Fangoria Trinity Of Terrors for the movie 'Albino Farm'
Hey Everybody, just wanted to give a quick update on my Fangoria Trinity Of Terrors appearance on Halloween weekend at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. The following is my appearance schedule for Friday October 30th and Saturday October 31st:
Friday & Saturday, October 30th & 31st: 5:15 pm ALBINO FARM panel- Brenden Theaters
featuring stars Richard Christy, Chris Jericho, Tammin Sursok & co-director Sean McEwen
Richard Christy Autograph Signing at the Metal Blade Records Booth (All times Approximate and Subject to Change):
Friday October 30th - 7:00 pm
Saturday October 31st - 6:00 pm
I'm so psyched to be a part of the Fangoria Convention on my favorite weekend of the year, Halloween! It's gonna be a blast and I hope to see you all there! Also, as a reminder, if you'd like to check out the awesome horror film Albino Farm that I appear in before our panel at the Fango Con, you can purchase Albino Farm here: fortune3.com
For tickets and more info about Fangoria's Trinity of Terrors in Las Vegas Halloween Weekend you can go to: trinityofterrors.com
Well, Happy Halloween Everybody and hope to see you all in Vegas!
Richard Christy
September 30, 2009 Albino Farm, Trinity Of Terrors, Interview in Sick Drummer Magazne, Shannon Hamm, & Control Denied II
Howdy Everyone and Happy Halloween Season!
The Best time of the year is here and I'm so psyched about pumpkin coffee, pumpkin beer, the leaves falling and checking out haunts all over the country! I've had a lot of things going on lately and some really cool stuff coming up that I wanna let you know about so here we go!
My new band Charred Walls of the Damned is in the final mixing stages for our album right now and I'm so pumped with how everything is sounding! I'm so proud of this album and I cannot wait for everyone to hear it. We're looking at an early 2010 release and we're also in talks right now to play some live shows sometime next year which I'm also extremely psyched about! We also filmed tons of video in the studio which we're planning on doing something really cool with. I'll have tons of news about Charred Walls of the Damned coming up in the next few months!
A horror film that I have a role in entitled Albino Farm is out now on DVD! It's a really fun film and also features fellow metalhead Chris Jericho, Kevin Spirtas from the Subspecies films (I'm a huge Subspecies fan!) and Duane Whitaker from Pulp Fiction and The Devils Rejects! The movie is also based in the Ozarks of Missouri which is really amazing for me because I lived there for a while in the 90's and I used to go to the real Albino Farm near Springfield, MO back in the day! It's a perfect movie to watch during the upcoming Halloween Season! You can purchase the film right here: www.fortune3.com
Speaking of Horror Movies, Halloween and Albino Farm, I will be appearing at the Trinity of Terrors, Fangoria's Halloween weekend convention in Las Vegas at The Palms Casino Resort! I've always wanted to spend Halloween in Vegas and now I finally get the chance! I'll be signing autographs at the Metal Blade Records booth and also there will be a screening of Albino Farm and a panel featuring some of the stars from the movie! I'll have plenty more details soon, hope to see you all there, and for now you can go here for more info: www.trinityofterrors.com
I also recently did an interview with a really awesome online drumming magazine called Sick Drummer. I talked alot about my drumming influences, practice regimine and about my drumming on the new album from Charred Walls of the Damned! You can check out a mini issue of the magazine featuring the interview at: www.sickdrummermagazine.com
You can also go to www.sickdrummermagazine.com to get the full issue featuring my new interview and interviews with tons of amazing metal drummers!
Also, on a sad note, my dear friend and fellow bandmate in the band Death, Shannon Hamm, recently suffered a serious heart attack. He is doing better now but unfortunately he has incurred tons of medical bills and has no health insurance. If you would like to help out a metal brother here’s the info where you can donate to Shannon’s medical fund.
Please direct your donations to the following:
Wire transfer: Chase Bank – Attn Mandi Murphy
760 E. Merritt Island Cswy.
Merritt Island , FL. 32952-3509
(321)452-0482 phone / (321)452-2565 fax
I also want to remind everyone about a really cool giveaway and website that has been started to help raise funds to finish the second Control Denied album. The website has been started by my late friend Chuck Schuldiner’s family and if you’re a fan of Chuck’s music in Death and Control Denied, like me, you should definitely check it out! The website is: www.chuck-schuldiner.org
The website is a great tribute to my dear friend Chuck and there’s also an opportunity to win a really awesome giveway and to receive some cool Chuck related items.
Well, I think that’s about it for now. Until next time, everybody take care and Happy Early Halloween!
Richard Christy
August 24, 2009 Charred Walls of the Damned Update, Chuck Schuldiner Website and Giveaway, Albino Farm
Hey Everybody, just wanted to say hey as I drink a pumpkin beer and write this update, my favorite time of the year is coming up!!!! It’s never too early to start celebrating Halloween in my opinion!
First off, the vocals for the Charred Walls of the Damned album are finished and sound INCREDIBLE! Mr. Tim “Ripper” Owens definitely lived up to his name! Tim came in and did his vocals in a very short five and a half days! The vocals sound so heavy and super melodic, I’m so psyched for everyone to hear it! Next up is the mixdown and we’re still looking at an early November release for the album. I’ll have plenty of news about the album coming up in the next few months. Trust me, the album is going to crush! If you’re a heavy metal headbanger like me, you will not be disappointed!
I also want to remind everyone about a really cool giveaway and website that has been started to help raise funds to finish the second Control Denied album. The website has been started by my late friend Chuck Schuldiner’s family and if you’re a fan of Chuck’s music, like me, you should definitely check it out! The website is Chuck-Schuldiner.org The website is a great tribute to my dear friend Chuck and there’s also an opportunity to win a really awesome giveway and to receive some cool Chuck related items.
Also I want to remind everyone that a really cool horror movie that I am in entitled Albino Farm is coming to DVD on September 22nd. I’m a huge horror fan and I’m so psyched to be a part of this film because it rules! Plenty of scares and plenty of gore with some really cool special effects and a really cool story! It’s loosely based on a legend from Springfield, Missouri about a real Albino Farm which I’ve actually been to back when I lived in Missouri in the early 90’s! Check out the website for the movie at: AlbinoFarmTheMovie.com
Well, that’s about it for now, take care everybody and keep headbanging!
Richard Christy
July 16, 2009 Richard Christy’s 'Heavy Metal Hoedown' show on Sirius, & update on CHARRED WALLS OF THE DAMNED!
Howdy everybody!
It’s been quite a while since my last update because I’ve been super busy with work, doing comedy shows on the weekends and getting ready to record the debut album from my new band Charred Walls of the Damned! I just got back from Audiohammer Studios in Florida where for the last two weeks we recorded all of the drums, guitar, and bass. I must say that I’m totally blown away by how everything is sounding! Jason Suecof is playing guitar and producing and he did such an incredible job on the album. He’s not only an awesome guitar player but he’s an amazing producer, and I’m so psyched with how everything turned out. The drum sound that Jason and engineer Mark Lewis got for me is astounding! Jason and Mark rule! The bass God Steve Digiorgio also flew down to Florida to lay down some monster bass tracks that people will be blown away by when they hear! The whole experience was a blast, I LOVE Audiohammer Studios. Ronn Miller who works at the
studios made some killer BBQ for us everyday! I have to thank Jason’s buddy Jeremy also, he helped us out a ton with getting the guitars ready to record. The most awesome duck ever “Craig the Duck” came by every day to see us, he’s a wild duck that hangs out at the studios, you can see Youtube video of us and him if you type in Craig The Duck in a Youtube search. Also Jason’s dog Cain is one of the coolest dogs ever. Jason’s swimming pool rules too! I really want to thank all of the guys at the studio and everybody that came by to hang out! We’ll be finishing up with vocals from the amazing Tim “Ripper” Owens and also mixing the album very soon and Metal Blade is planning on releasing the album in early November so definitely keep an eye out for it and I’ll be posting plenty of updates here also.
I also want to let everybody know that I’ll once again be hosting the Hixonfest Heavy Metal Bash 2009! It’s Saturday night July 25 at The Pennant East in Bellmawr, New Jersey, near Philadelphia. First band starts at 9pm so get there early! This will be my third year hosting and I always have such a blast at Hixonfest! The guys from the band The Hixon are so cool and they’re an incredible band, plus this year an all female King Diamond tribute band named Queen Diamond and an all female Metallica tribute band named Misstallica will be playing! I’m psyched because I’m a huge fan of King Diamond and Metallica! There will also be raffles and prizes and tons of other cool things happening so make sure you come check it out!
For more info on Hixonfest go to hixonfest.com. Hope to see you there!
I’m also very psyched to be once again hosting my own hour long show on Sirius-XM Radio’s awesome Heavy Metal Channel, Liquid Metal! It’s called Richard Christy’s Heavy Metal Hoedown and I’ll be playing some of my alltime favorite metal bands like Wrathchild America, Nevermore, Amon Amarth to name a few and also I’ll be playing some of the bands that I’ve played in like Death, Iced Earth and Control Denied and I’ll be talking about one of my alltime favorite subjects - Heavy Metal! If you’re a metalhead like me, make sure you tune in! Here are the airtimes: (all times are Eastern Standard Time)
Thurs. 7/23 @ 4pm ET
Fri. 7/24 @ 2am ET
Fri. 7/24 @ 8pm ET
Sat. 7/25 @ 2pm ET
A horror film that I'm in entitled "Albino Farm" will be coming out this September and I'm so excited because the movie is awesome! I saw it at the Fangoria Weekend of Horrors 2008 and I'm so psyched because I'm a huge horror fan and I get to play a really cool part in this movie! My metalhead buddy Chris Jericho is also in the movie and he rules in it! Make sure you check it out this September. I'll have more info on it soon and you can also go to Albinofarmthemovie.com.
I also recently filmed a part in the movie "Serial Buddies" produced by Maria Menounos and directed by Keven Undergaro. Maria, Keven and the whole crew were so great to work with and the movie is going to be hilarious! The scene I was in was extremely funny and I can't wait to see it on the big screen! I'll definitely have more info about the movie to come in the next few months.
Speaking of movies, if you haven’t seen the movie Bruno yet, you must see it! It is the most outrageous and hilarious movie ever! I saw it last Friday and was exhausted from laughing! I plan on seeing it many more times. I highly recommend it for anybody that loves to laugh their ass off! Sasha Baron Cohen is a genius!
I’d also like to apologize to all the people who friend requested me recently on Facebook. It seems that I’ve maxed out my 5000 friends and I can’t add anymore! Hopefully Facebook will change this rule soon, if they don’t then I’ll probably add a fan page or something sometime soon. If anyone would like to reach me the best way is my website email Richard@RichardChristy.com. I personally check and answer every email that I receive.
Well, I think that’s about it for now, I hope I haven’t forgot anything. Thanks and take care everybody!
Sincerely,
Richard Christy
May 20, 2009 I've signed a contract with Metal Blade Records for my new band CHARRED WALLS OF THE DAMNED!
Hey Everybody,
The Richard and Sal Show: Starring Sal and Richard! A Night of Comedy and Tomfoolery, is coming to California this weekend! We're in Venice, CA on Friday night, San Diego on Saturday and Sacramento on Sunday. I can't wait to come and party with all of our awesome California fans!
