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29.08.2005
today news about RUNEMAGICK
- NASUM
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Runemagick
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Swedish "dark death
metal" act RUNEMAGICK
have uploaded audio samples from their
upcoming album, "Invocation of
Magick", at this
location. The album, which was recorded
in part at Los Angered Recording
(owned by Andy LaRocque of KING
DIAMOND) will be issued in a limited
edition of 999 handnumbered copies. The CD,
due in November, will feature eight brand
new tracks, including the 14-minute epic "Black
Magick Sorceress".
"Invocation of Magick"
track listing:
01. Preludium Apocalypsis (4:47)
02. Invocation of Doom Runes (10:35)
03. Black Magick Sorceress (14:12)
04. Fisher of Souls (10:28)
05. Lower Worlds (1:02)
06. The Devils / Imperium Magnus
Infernalis (9:29)
07. Conjuration of the Black Shape
(7:00)
08. Witchcraft Gateways (12:22)
A 10" picture disc, entitled "Black
Magick Sorceress", will be released
in October in a limited edition of 333
copies. The disc will include the title
track as well as two other non-album cuts.
"Black Magick Sorceress"
(10" pic vinyl) track listing:
A) Black Magick Sorceress
B) 1. The Rising 2. Wizard with
the Magick Runes (remix)
Check out the artwork for the CD and picture
disc at this
location.
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Nasum
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NASUM
drummer Anders Jakobson has posted
the following message on the group's
official web site:
"This past week the artwork and
booklet design for the last (?)NASUM
release, the collection 'Grind Finale',
was finalized and sent to the printer. Now
I finally can give you a preview of the
front cover for this release.
"The cover
has been made by Relapse's art
department — Orion Landau did the
front cover and disc design and Jonathan
Canady did the booklet design. I've
worked very closely with these guys and
the result is quite stunning, if you ask
me. I am totally satisfied with
everything.
"One of the most important things
about the collection has been the
packaging. I wanted this release to be
something special, something that made it
worth buying instead of downloading, which
sadly has been the option for many people
these days. Not surprising Relapse
shared this idea and worked with me to
find the ultimate package.
"We decided to do the same kind of CD
package as TOOL used for their 'Salival'
release a couple of years ago. The package
has hard covers with the two discs on the
inside and between the covers an 80-page
(!) booklet with liner notes, lyrics and
lots of photos and artwork, some
previously not seen before. I guarantee
that 'Grind Finale' will be worth
the money it costs! (Note that we will not
have the traycase and plastic box that 'Salival'
has!)
"The release dates are as follows:
USA: October 25th; Europe: October 31st;
Japan: November (the Japanese edition will
not include any bonus stuff!).
"So it’s roughly two months left
until 'Grind Finale' is released.
Remember that you can download 21 samples
from the compilation at the audio/video page
and read more about 'Grind Finale'
in this statement
and in this detailed information."
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28.08.2005
today news about Denis
"Piggy" D'Amour - ALL THAT REMAINS -
TAPPING
THE VEIN
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Denis
"Piggy" D'Amour
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VOIVOD
guitarist Denis
"Piggy" D'Amour passed
away Friday night (August 26) at approximately
11:45 p.m. due to complications from advanced
colon cancer — so advanced that the disease
had spread to his liver. D'Amour
slipped into a coma Thursday night and died
less than 24 hours later in the palliative
care unit of a Montreal hospital, surrounded
by family and friends. He was 45 years old.
Quebec City newspaper Le
Soleil reported on 26th August that D'Amour
— who was diagnosed with colon cancer
earlier in the summer — first entered the
hospital for a routine operation, but several
complications led his doctors to suspect more
problems. Then the grim verdict was revealed:
the cancer, already too advanced, was
inoperable.
Only two months ago, D'Amour was in the
studio working on the 14th album from the
Canadian thrash-metal pioneers VOIVOD.
More than two dozen tracks are believed to
have been demoed for the CD, for which the
group recently inked a deal with The End
Records. However, the band were forced to
put studio work on hold while bassist Jason
Newsted (ex-METALLICA) was treated
for tendonitis.
Prior to his hospitalization, D'Amour
laid down guitar tracks for a reunion CD from
the legendary AUT'CHOSE, a '70s band
from Montreal. That album is expected to
surface next summer.
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All That Remains
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ALL THAT
REMAINS, the
Massachusetts-based act featuring former SHADOWS
FALL vocalist Philip Labonte,
have announced the addition of bassist Jeanne
Fagan to the group's ranks. Fagan,
who has been playing with the group for the
past few weeks as a session bassist, has
accepted the offer to join the band as a
permanent member. "We welcome Jeanne
to the team as she brings an invaluable
amount of talent and charisma to the
band," the group write on their web
site.
ALL THAT REMAINS' sophomore album, "This
Darkened Heart", is available now
on Prosthetic Records. The follow-up
to 2002's "Behind Silence and
Solitude" was produced by KILLSWITCH
ENGAGE guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz.
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Tapping The Vein
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According to Heather Thompson's
post at TTV
official forum, all details have been worked
out and TTV will begin recording on Sept
3rd with Neil Kernon. http://www.auslander.net .
Hether says:
"Neil is an extremely talented and sought
after producer and we feel quite proud to be
working with him."
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25.08.2005
today news about ALABAMA
THUNDERPUSSY - PUNGENT
STENCH - HUNTENPOP
FESTIVAL - KALIDON
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Alabama Thunderpussy
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ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY have announced the following U.S tour dates:
Sep. 17 - Raleigh, NC @ Lincoln Theatre (w/ CONFESSOR, SOULPREACHER)
Oct. 20 - Brooklyn, NY @ The Hook (w/ BRAIN POLICE)
Oct. 21 - Reading, PA @ The Silo (w/ BRAIN POLICE)
Oct. 22 - Richmond, VA @ Alley Katz (w/ CONFESSOR, BRAIN POLICE)
Oct. 23 - Baltimore, MD @ Otto Bar (w/ BRAIN POLICE, TREPHINE, MOUTH OF THE ARCHITECT, DARSOMBRA)
Oct. 25 - Charlotte, NC @ The Milestone
Oct. 26 - Savannah, GA @ The Jinx
Oct. 27 - Birmingham, AL @ The Nick
Oct. 28 - New Orleans, LA @ House of Shock
Oct. 30 - Beaumont, TX @ Art Studio
Oct. 31 - Baton Rouge, LA @ Northgate Tavern (w/ COLLAPSAR, CATHOLICON)
Nov. 01 - Mobile, AL @ Cell Block
More dates will be announced soon.
Relapse Records will release a remastered, repackaged edition of ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY's 1999 album, "River City Revival", on August 30. Originally issued on cult label Man's Ruin on the heels of their "Rise Again" debut, ATP's "River City Revival" is a raw, rough-and-tumble capture of an Amercian hard rock band finding their voice. Featuring three highly sought-after bonus tracks, the "River City Revival" reissue documents ATP's ascent to the forefront of the worlds hard rock/stoner rock uprising of the late '90s.
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Pungent Stench
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Pungent Stench will replace Hate Eternal at the Harvest Festivals
2005
Here is the line-up:
NILE
UNLEASHED
BEHEMOTH
PUNGENT STENCH
INCANTATION
BELPHEGOR
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Huntenpop
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Deutsche
Topbands Juli und
In
Extremo auf Huntenpop
Am
Samstag, den 3. September treten auf dem
Huntenpop-Festival in Varsselder, kurz hinter
der Grenze bei Emmerich, nicht weniger als 33
Bands auf. Dies geschieht auf fünf
verschiedenen Bühnen in fünf gewaltigen
Festivalzelten. Es ist hierbei die Rede von
einem manigfaltigen, internationalem
Programmablauf. So kommen u.a. aus Deutschland
die Topbands Juli, In Extremo und AK4711.
In
Extremo ist eine berliner Band, die
musikalisch schwer zu beschreiben ist. Sie
kombinieren Heavymetal (à la Rammstein) mit
Dudelsackmusik und Einflüssen von The Pogues.
Bei Live-Auftritten verausgaben sie sich
restlos mit einer gewaltigen, spektakulären Bühnenshow
inkl. Feuerwerk, so dass es eigentlich keine
andere Wahl gibt als: Auf zum Huntenpop 2005,
um diese einmalige Band zu sehen!
AK4711
AK4711
ist eine Girlband, wie es sie noch nicht
gegeben hat, die es jedoch, wenn man richtig
drüber nachdenkt, schon lange hätte geben müssen.
Insbesondere in Deutschland und insbesondere
genau jetzt. Anja, Caro, Cindy und Kerstin
sind das absolute Gegenteil von gutmütig,
bescheiden und wohlerzogen. Der massive
Rammelpop dieser vier Musikerinnen aus Berlin,
Belgien und Hamburg mischt die Popmusikszene
so richtig auf. Einmal rocken sie, was das
Zeug hält, ein anderes Mal bezaubern sie mit
herrlichen Popmelodien oder puren
Elektrosounds, wobei man bei ihren Texten nie
weiß, ob man einfach nur lachen oder auch über
die Inhalte nachdenken soll. Letztendlich tut
man beides, und .... man tanzt.
Juli
Juli
ist der Name einer weiteren deutschen Topband,
die man auf dem Huntenpop hören und sehen
wird. Diese Band ist inzwischen hierzulande äußerst
populär. Überzeugender Beweis hierfür ist
zweifelsohne der Erfolg ihres Albums “Es ist
Juli”: alle Singles, die aus diesem mehr als
600.000 (!) mal verkauften Album ausgekoppelt
wurden, standen lange an der Spitze der
deutschen Charts. Trat man anfangs noch hautpsächlich
im Vorprogramm anderer Bands auf, ging Juli
zuletzt auf eine komplett ausverkaufte Tournee
unter eigener Flagge. Auch der Huntenpop kann
in diesem Jahr den Auftritt dieser
erfolgreichen deutschen Gruppe bieten, die
sich selber lieber als Album- und weniger als
Singlegruppe betrachtet.
Weitere
Bands während des Huntenpop 2005:
ADMIRAL
FREEBEE
(Belgien)
* ATREYA (Spanien) * CHARING-X
* CONCUBINE
* JULIAN
SAS BAND
* LOHUES
& THE LOUISIANA BLUES CLUB
* HAZE * GABRIEL
RIOS
(Belgien/Puerto Rico) * JE
MOEDER
* GROLSCHBUSTERS
* EPICA * L.I.N.E.
* DANDIMITE
AND THE FANATICS * INTWINE
* ROOSBEEF
* LITTLE
AXE
(England/USA) * THE
ANALOG PROJECT
* MADRUGADA
(Norwegen) * STRAWL
AND OUT OF MANY
* MOSTLY
AUTUMN
(England) * XYSTUS
* NECK (Irland) * NEMESEA
* ROFFENTOFF * NOVASTAR
(Belgien)
* STREETCARB
* PARADISE
LOST
(England) * THE
CLEMENTINES
(SIEGER DES ERIK WEVER AWARD) * ROY
PACI & ARETUSKA
(Italien) * SARAH
BETTENS/K'S CHOICE
(USA/Belgien)
Karten
im Vorverkauf bei:
Hanna
Music in Bocholt
NRZ
Ticketshop in Kleve
NRZ
Ticketship in Emmerich
Oder
online zu bestellen unter www.huntenpop.nl
(auch für Reservierungen von Camping- und Frühstücksangeboten)
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Kalidon
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Kalidon:
"Songs For The Revenant", first
4.100 copies already sold!
The
special limited edition of the new Kalidon's
album "Songs for the Revenant", now
on sale by all Italian MediaWorld stores
together with the DVD "L'esorcista III,
La Genesi" (Eagle Pictures), has reached
in a few months the quote of 4'100 copies sold
(out of 5'000 available).
Source:
http://blastedmanagement.splinder.com
Kalidon's
Official Website: www.kalidon.it
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24.08.2005
today news about DARK
FUNERAL
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Dark Funeral
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DARK
FUNERAL
ARTWORK FOR "ATTERA TOTUS SANCTUS"
REVEALED !
The artwork is made by Morbid (Daniel
Valeriani) who previously created the Artwork
for our Diabolis Interium album. Check out the
preview at http://www.darkfuneral.se/skivomslag/RR070_preview.jpg
1. King Antichrist (04:39)
2. 666 Voices Inside (04:38)
3. Attero Totus Sanctus (05:37)
4. Godhate (05:06)
5. Atrium Regina (05:33)
6. Angel Flesh Impaled (05:53)
7. Feed On The Mortals (05:41)
8. Final Ritual (05:44)
Total Playing Time: 42:58
Recorded & Mixed at Dug Out Studios,
Uppsala (Sweden)
Anno Satanas May 23rd - July 15th and Aug 8th
- Aug 19th
Produced by Daniel Bergstrand and Örjan Örnkloo
Mixed & Engineered by Daniel Bergstrand
and Örjan Örnkloo
Mastered by Tomas Eberger at Cutting Room,
Stockholm (Sweden)
In Stores October 24th via Regain Records
www.regainrecords.com
In Stores November 29th via Candlelight US
www.candlelightrecordsusa.com
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20.08.2005
today news about DARK
FUNERAL - ex-Vader drummer Doc dead - BELPHEGOR
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Belphegor
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Video premiere for BELPHEGOR
: the new videoclip of the song
"BLEEDING SALVATION" from their
latest album GOATREICH - FLESHCULT - is
available for download!
(.ZIP file, 18 MB).
The clip was produced and directed by Mr.
Florian Werner. More at the official website www.belphegor.at
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Former
VADER Drummer DOC
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Former VADER
drummer Krzysztof "Docent"
Raczkowski (a.k.a. Doc) has passed
away at age 35. No further details about his
death are currently available. [UPDATE: This
has now been confirmed by VADER's
official web site, Vader.pl]
In a March 2005 statement announcing Doc's
departure from the group, VADER
frontman Peter said, "Doc
pretty hard tried to 'fight' against his
weaknesses, which were troubles for all of us.
Finaly he had not prevailed over that
battle... All in all, he attempted. . . VADER
today is not just a friendship anymore —
it's our life with armies of man involved in
music, releases and — first of all — fans
waiting for shows or new albums... This is a
high responsibility, not too many know about.
If a person, even the most talented one,
cannot stand it — [he] has to leave... That
was Doc's decision as well."
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Dark Funeral
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DARK
FUNERAL - ATTERO TOTUS SANCTUS
1. King Antichrist (04:39)
2. 666 Voices Inside (04:38)
3. Attero Totus Sanctus (05:37)
4. Godhate (05:06)
5. Atrium Regina (05:33)
6. Angel Flesh Impaled (05:53)
7. Feed On The Mortals (05:41)
8. Final Ritual (05:44)
Total Playing Time: 42:58
Recorded & Mixed at Dug Out Studios,
Uppsala (Sweden)
Anno Satanas May 23rd - July 15th and Aug 8th
- Aug 19th
Produced by Daniel Bergstrand and Örjan Örnkloo
Mixed & Engineered by Daniel Bergstrand
and Örjan Örnkloo
Mastered by Tomas Eberger at Cutting Room,
Stockholm (Sweden)
In Stores October 24th via Regain Records
www.regainrecords.com
In Stores November 29th via Candlelight US
www.candlelightrecordsusa.com
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16.08.2005
today news about REQUIEM
- DARKMOON - NEURAXIS - DARK TRANQUILLITY + TRIVIUM
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Requiem
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Swiss death metallers REQUIEM
have inked a five-album deal with Massacre
Records. The group's new CD, "Government
Denies Knowledge", was recorded by Dede
Felix at Dedx Studios in Wil,
Switzerland and was mixed by Jean-François
Dagenais (KATAKLYSM) at JFD
Studio in Laval, Québec, Canada. The
complete track listing for the album is as
follows:
01. Government Denies Knowledge
02. Extinct By Evolution
03. Inconsistent Consequences
04. Bloodcult
05. Signal Zero
06. Sonderkommando 12
07. Diary Of A Damaged Brain
08. Supremacy
09. Setting The Score
10. Two Sides Within
A full-length MP3 of the song "Diary
of a Damaged Brain" is available
for download at this
location.
REQUIEM will be joining VITAL
REMAINS for two weeks on their upcoming Vital
Brutality Tour 2005 between September 2
and September 16. More information is
available at this
location.
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Darkmoon
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Swiss Melodic Death metallers
DARKMOON
(www.darkmoon.ch)
have announced
that they have inked a deal with CCP Records
(www.ccprecords.com)
. Their
first full length "...of bitterness
and hate" will be released on 26
September 2005.
The complete track listing for the album is
as follows:
1 of bitterness and hate
2 the cell
3 damned
4 the fallen one
5 dust in my eyes
6 drowning
7 the beast
8 bitter end
9 lost soul
10 on her grave
11 evil goddess of the night
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Neuraxis
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Montreal-based NEURAXIS
finished mixing and mastering their fourth
album, "Trilateral Progression",
for a September 13 release via Willowtip
Records. A European release will follow
on Earache Records. The album was
engineered by Yannick St-Amand (DESPISED
ICON) and was mixed by Jason Suecof
(CAPHARNAUM). The mastering duties
were handled by Scott Hull (PIG
DESTROYER). A full-length MP3 from the
album can be downloaded at this
location.
"Trilateral Progression"
track listing:
01. Introspect
02. Clarity
03. Thought Adjuster
04. Shatter The Wisdom
05. Monitoring The Mind
06. A Currative Struggle
07. Chamber Of Guardians
08. Caricature
09. Axioms
10. The Apex
NEURAXIS will be embarking on a
U.S./Canadian tour this September/October.
The following dates have been confirmed:
Sep. 11 - Montreal, QC @ El Salon
Sep. 13 - Wallingford, CT @ Wallingford
American Legion
Sep. 14 – New York, NY @ Pyramid Club
Sep. 15 - Baltimore, MD @ TBA
Sep. 16 - Lynchburg, VA @ TBA
Sep. 17 - Atlanta, GA @ TBA
Sep. 20 - Baton Rouge, LA, TBA
Sep. 21 - Houston, TX @ Fat Cats
Sep. 22 - Corpus Christi, TX @ Equal Eyes
Sep. 23 - Dallas, TX @ Blood room
Sep. 26 - Phoenix, AZ @ Metal Devastation
Sep. 27 - Hollywood, CA @ Studio S
Oct. 01 - Winnepeg, ONT @ The Zoo
Oct. 09 - Sherbrooke, QC @ Theatre Granada
Nov. 12 - Trois-Rivieres, QC @ Maquisart
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Dark Tranquillity +
Trivium
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DARK
TRANQUILLITY and TRIVIUM
have been confirmed as the support acts
for
ARCH
ENEMY on their upcoming
European headlining tour. The dates are as
follows:
Sep. 26 - Manchester, UK @ Academy II*
Sep. 27 - Cardiff, UK @ Coal Exchange*
Sep. 28 - Wolverhampton, UK @ Wolfrun
Hall*
Sep. 29 - Glasgow, UK @ QMU*
Sep. 30 - London, UK @ Forum*
Oct. 02 - Paris, FRA @ Bataclan
Oct. 03 - Haarlem, NETH @ Patronat
Oct. 04 - Köln, GER @ Live Music Hall
Oct. 05 - Eindhoven, NETH Effenaar
Oct. 06 - Stuttgart, GER Longhorn
Oct. 08 - Ternat, BEL @ Ternat Rock
Festival
Oct. 10 - Hamburg, GER @ Markthalle
Oct. 11 - Berlin, GER @ Columbia Club
Oct. 13 - Oslo, NOR @ Rockefeller
Oct. 14 - Gothenburg, SWE @ Karen
Oct. 15 - Stockholm, SWE @ Klubben
Oct. 16 - Copenhagen, DEN @ Pumpehuset
*No TRIVIUM on U.K. dates
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11.08.2005
today news about AFTER
ALL - BATTLELORE - DRACONIAN - ENTHRONED - KORPIKLAANI -
LACRIMAS PROFUNDERE - MIDNATTSOL - VISIONS OF ATLANTIS
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After All
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WWW.MYSPACE.COM/AFTERALLMETAL
Check out After All page at Myspace.com.
It has an MP3-player with a couple of
tracks from the "Mercury Rising" and
"The Vermin Breed" albums.
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Battlelore
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Battlelore
has entered the Finnish Top-40 album charts
at number 38!
Battlelore
has just released a new music video for the
track "Storm of the Blades". The
Video was produced by Markku Kirves who also
edited
Korpiklaani's "Kädet Siipina"
video clip. You may download the clip
from www.battlelore.net
or www.napalmrecords.com.
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Draconian
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Due
to personal setbacks, keyboardist Andreas
Karlsson will not perform live at the Summer
Breeze Open Air. Draconian have been
rehearsing with session-member Sanne
Karlsson, who will replace Andreas
temporarily. She will fill in for Andreas
during his absence. Her commitment to
Draconian is highly appreciated by the band.
Peter Lautsen, bass player for Swedish Death
Metal acts such as Cold Existence and
Maleficio, will also perform at Summer
Breeze, as well as other live dates this
year. Whether or not he will become Jesper
Stolpe's replacement has yet to be decided.
Draconian
is preparing to record a so-called bonus
album this fall. The album will feature
three new songs (incl. "The Dying"
and "Of Love and Shadows"), new
versions of two to three demo songs (incl.
"The Gothic Embrace") and three
covers (incl. "Gothic" by Paradise
Lost). "The Burning Halo" is the
album's working title and should be released
via Napalm Records in November, at the
latest.
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Enthroned
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Sabathan
will join Demonic Christ from USA on bass
and will record the next Demonic Christ
album in September.
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Korpiklaani
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Jarkko
Aaltonen continues as Korpiklaani's
permanent bass player. Arto, who began
his military service in July, has
decided not to return to the clan,
citing his busy personal life.
Nevertheless,
the band is more than happy with his
replacement, who will keep Korpiklaani's
rythmic artillery firing away.
Like
Jonne, Jarkko hails from the forests of
Vesilahti.
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Lacrimas Profundere
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Following
a successful tour with Subway to Sally
and 69 Eyes, as well as live
performances on the German festival
tour, Lacrimas
Profundere
return to the drawing board to soon
deliver "Ave End's" follow up.
The first 10 songs have been written and
recorded in a rough mix.
Furthermore, the band is currently
negotiating the details for their next
tour, which should take them to many
national and international destinations.
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Midnattsol
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Having
cemented their status as a live act
with numerous shows through Germany
with the likes of IN EXTREMO, SUBWAY
TO SALLY and SCHANDMAUL, Nordic folk
metal act MIDNATTSOL
are now in the process of writing new
songs. According to the band, the new
material is more folk oriented than
the songs on their debut album, Where
Twilight Dwells, and a little bit
heavier. The band has been toying with
the idea of using male growling (read:
trollcore) vocals as an enhancement on
some of the new material, but
according to vocalist Carmen Elise
this is nothing more than a thought at
the moment.
In
other news, the official MIDNATTSOL
forum has been up and running,
enabling fans to chat with one another
and the band members themselves. Go to
this www.midnattsol.com/forum
to check it out.
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Visions of Atlantis
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Visions
Of Atlantis
are currently busy with songwriting
for the next album! Studio time is
estimated for January 2006!
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10.08.2005
today news about ABORTED
- RIGOR MORTIS - CRYPTOPSY - BESEECH - ANGTORIA -
NUCLEAR ASSAULT
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Aborted
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Century
Media Records has announced the
worldwide signing of Belgian death/grinders ABORTED.
"It's been a very hectic, intense and
heavy year for ABORTED," says
founder and lead vocalist Sven De Caluwé.
"Yet a year in which we have done tons
of amazing things, went to amazing places
and met a lot of cool new people. One of
those amazing things is being signed to a
label we believe will be able to lift this
band to new heights. They believe in us 200
percent and are going to help us take the
next step in our careers."
The band is gearing up for a North American
tour this fall with SUFFOCATION, CRYPTOPSY
and DESPISED ICON. This will serve as
the band's first-ever full U.S. tour.
"With our North American tour we will
finally be able to get out to the U.S. and
Canada and do some damage," De Caluwé
says. "Needless to say, we are
extremely thrilled to hit the road and to be
a part of the growing Century Family,
a company that stands for nothing but
quality releases and that strongly supports
every cool act under their wings."
ABORTED's latest offering, "The
Archaic Abattoir", was licensed in
North America via Century Media/Olympic
Recordings on May 17.
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Rigor Mortis
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The original RIGOR
MORTIS line up of Bruce
Corbitt, Mike Scaccia (MINISTRY,
REVOLTING COCKS), Casey Orr
(GWAR, X-COPS, THE
HELLIONS, THE BURDEN BROTHERS),
and Harden Harrison (PERVIS,
SPEEDEALER, MITRA) have
announced their first shows together in 15
years. The Re-Animate tour starts
with a handful of Texas dates in October,
with tentative plans to continue after the
first of the year followed by a new album.
Dates so far are as follows:
Oct. 21 - The Backroom - Austin, TX
Oct. 22 - The Galaxy - Dallas, TX
Oct. 23 - Jacks - San Antonio, TX
Oct. 24 - Lucy's - San Marcos, TX
Oct. 28 - Fitzgerald's - Houston, TX
Oct. 29 - The Axis - Ft. Worth, TX
More dates will be announced soon.
For more information, visit RIGOR
MORTIS' MySpace.com page at this
location.
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Cryptopsy
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Century Media Records
has set an October 18 release date for the
fifth album from Canadian death metallers CRYPTOPSY,
entitled "Once Was Not".
The new CD, featuring the long-anticipated
return of vocalist Lord Worm, was
recorded at Studio Vortex in St-Constant,
Canada by producer Sebastien Marsan,
and again infuses extreme music with
awe-inspiring precision, rabidly dynamic
rhythms, and mouth-foaming viciousness.
The album was mastered by UE Nastasi
at Sterling Sound in New York City
and features artwork by François Quévillon,
Filip Ivanovic and Martin
Lacroix. With eleven tracks totaling
about 50 minutes, "this is a concept
album where every song has its own
identity. We made sure to have a lot of
flavors and different rhythms and tempos
throughout the whole process, the
variations in the tracks may surprise some
of you," the band write on their web
site.
CRYPTOPSY will be steamrolling
across North America with SUFFOCATION
and ABORTED from late September to
November.
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Beseech
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Swedish "gothic metallers"
BESEECH
have uploaded their animated video for the
song "Innerlane" at Beseech.net
(available in both Windows Media and Quicktime
formats).
"Innerlane" comes off the
group's upcoming CD, "Sunless
Days", due in Europe on September 5
via Napalm Records (September 27 in the
U.S.).
The follow-up to last year's "Drama",
"Sunless Days" was recorded
at StudioMega in Varberg, Sweden and is
set to include a a cover of the DANZIG
track "Devil's Plaything" as
well as a re-recording of the song "Manmade
Dreams" (on the digipack version
only) from BESEECH's second album, "Black
Emotions".
"Sunless Days" track listing:
01. Innerlane
02. The Outpost
03. A Bittersweet Tragedy
04. Everytime I Die
05. Devil's Plaything (DANZIG cover)
06. Lost
07. Last Obsession
08. Emotional Decay
09. Restless Dreams
10. The Reversed Mind
The digipack version of "Sunless
Days" will also include:
11. Manmade Dreams (remake, 2005
version)
12. Lost (emotional & shorter
version)
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Angtoria
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ANGTORIA, www.angtoria.com
the new Swedish/British orchestral/metal band
formed by female singer
Sarah Jezebel Deva (CRADLE OF FILTH, THERION,
MORTIIS),
Chris Rehn (ABYSSOS) and
Tommy Rehn (MOAHNI MOAHNA),
have signed a three-month management deal with
Fortress Music and Artist
Development. To further enhance this
development, a completely new cover
design for the demo has been made, along with
new wallpaper and banner
design.
ANGTORIA are currently in the studio making a
pre-production recording of
the rest of the songs that will be included on
the group's upcoming debut
album. A full-length MP3 of the ANGTORIA demo
track "Six Feet Under's Not
Deep Enough" has been made available for
download at www.angtoria.com
ANGTORIA last summer completed a five-song
"industry-only" demo at Virtual
Symphony Studios in Sundsvall, Sweden and are
currently seeking a record
deal.
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Nuclear Assault
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Reunited New York thrash metal
veterans NUCLEAR ASSAULT
have been confirmed for the Gates of Hell 2005
festival, set to take place Saturday,
September 17 at the Reverb/Kathedral club (651
Queen St.) in Toronto, Ontario. Also scheduled
to appear at the event are ANVIL, RAZOR and
EXCITER. More information is available at Toronto
Undead.
SPV/Steamhammer Records has set an August 30
release date for the new album from NUCLEAR
ASSAULT, entitled "Third World
Genocide". The group's first collection
of new material in ten years is said to be
"a rich blend of NUCLEAR ASSAULT's
lethal, politically conscious metal and songs
showcasing the band's wicked sense of
humor."
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08.08.2005
today news about SLIPKNOT
+ UNEARTH + AS I LAY DYING - DREAM EVIL - MINISTRY
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Slipknot
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SLIPKNOT
have tapped UNEARTH
and AS I LAY DYING
to open for them on their fall tour. Unlike SLIPKNOT's
spring outing, which saw the Iowa-based
nine-piece performing in arenas, the upcoming
month-long trek will consist primarily of
multiple dates in smaller venues. So far, only a
three-show run in New York City has been
announced:
Oct. 30 – Nov. 2 – New York City, NY @ Nokia
Theatre
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Dream Evil
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Vocalist Niklas Isfeldt
and bassist Peter Stålfors have
officially left DREAM EVIL, the
Swedish band featuring acclaimed producer Fredrik
Nordström (HAMMERFALL, IN
FLAMES, DIMMU BORGIR, SPIRITUAL
BEGGARS, etc.) and drummer Snowy Shaw
(KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE, MEMENTO
MORI, NOTRE DAME). Peter
and Niklas' statement on the matter
reads as follows:
"Because of personal issues and the
fact that Niklas has problems with
constantly recurring health problems, we
have taken the painful decision to leave the
band.
"All our friends are telling us that
it's a bad idea to leave the band now when
it's starting to get big, but you may come
to a point in your life where you have to
make a choice. We have now come to this
point in our lives and the choice we have
made is to put more time into our families
and work.
"We've known for a long time that the
bigger DREAM EVIL becomes, the more
time it will take from the other important
things in our lives, and in time it was
inevitable to make a decision. Therefore, we
have decided to leave Dream Evil.
"There are no hard feelings between us
and the other guys in DREAM EVIL.
We're still the best of friends and they
totally understand the position we are in.
"So it is with the best confidence we
now pass over the mantle to the new members Jake
E Berg and Tommy Larsson [bass;
ex-JAGGERNAUT, CHASTISEMENT].
They have our blessings and we are confident
they will fill our shoes just perfectly and
leave nothing for the fans to be desired.
"We wish to thank all fans for the
support through the years and for making the
time in DREAM EVIL a memory for
life."
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Ministry
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An audio sample of the track "No
W Redux", taken from MINISTRY's
upcoming 25th anniversary collection,
entitled "RaNtologY", has
been posted online at this
location.
As previously reported, "RaNtologY"
is scheduled for release on September 27 via
Sanctuary Records. The 15-track
release features "redux, remixes and
alt mixes" by MINISTRY mainman Al
Jourgensen and the previously unreleased
"The Great Satan",
heralding the forthcoming 2006 MINISTRY
release, "Rio Grande Blood",
according to a posting on the group's web
site
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05.08.2005
today news about
PARTY.SAN - ARCH ENEMY -
BRAND NEW SIN - DIVINE EMPIRE
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Party.San
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"Unfortunally KAAMOS have to cancel their gig at
PARTY.SAN 2005. The fact
that the mother of Chris Piss(drums) died very unexpected makes it
unrealizeable for the band to play at Party.San Open Air.
The german kings of Death Metal NECROPHAGIST will jump in the spot of
Kaamos. Get all infos via: www.necrophagist.de"
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Arch Enemy
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ARCH ENEMY's
video for the song "Nemesis"
has been posted online at Yahoo!
Music. The clip was shot in late June
with director George Bravo, who
previously worked with the Swedish/German
extreme metallers on their "We Will
Rise" video.
"Nemesis" is the first
single/video off ARCH ENEMY's new
album, "Doomsday Machine" (Century
Media Records), which has sold 12,000
copies in the United States in its first
week of release, according to Nielsen
SoundScan. The CD was co-produced by the
band and Rickard Bengtsson at Slaughterhouse
Studio in Sweden and was mixed by Andy
Sneap at Backstage Studios in
Derbyshire, U.K.
ARCH ENEMY are currently touring the
U.S. as part of this year's Ozzfest,
which kicked off July 15 in Mansfield,
Massachusetts.
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Brand New Sin
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The Syracuse-based hard rock quintet
BRAND NEW SIN are currently preparing to embark on the "Summer of Rock" tour next week, which is a three-week trek alongside SUPAGROUP and DOG FACED GODS. The group just completed a national U.S. tour with SCUM OF THE EARTH and SOCIETY 1, their first nationwide trek since 2002, to rave reviews. Their latest video for the track "Black and Blue", shot by acclaimed director Dale Resteghini (THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, HATEBREED), is now in heavy rotation on Fuse TV's "Metal Asylum" and MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball". BRAND NEW SIN recently completed a new video for the track "Days Are Numbered", once again with Resteghini.
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Divine Empire
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Phoenix, Arizona-based Crash Music, Inc. has announced that they have signed a licensing agreement with Century Media Records to issue in the U.S. the new
DIVINE EMPIRE album, "Method of Execution". A November 1 release is expected.
Produced once again by Jeremy Staska (MALEVOLENT CREATION, HATEPLOW, REMEMBERING NEVER, NONPOINT, POISON THE WELL), "Method of Execution" sees the band moving away from their straight-ahead death metal origins "to include a variety of influences, helping distance them from their MALEVOLENT CREATION brethren," according to a press release. "Stronger melodies, catchier song structures and hints of classical, doom, black, and even classic rock all rear their ugly heads."
DIVINE EMPIRE bassist/vocalist Jason Blachowicz (ex-MALEVOLENT CREATION) recently announced the addition of Marco Martell (guitar), David Kinkade (drums) (both from Chicago) and Frank Cusimano (guitar; from Pennsylvania) to the group's ranks. The new DIVINE EMPIRE line-up will be re-locating to Florida in the next few weeks to get the songs tight and ready for annihilation supporting "Method of Execution" in 2006.
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03.08.2005
today news about KATAKLYSM
- STARKWEATHER - OVERKILL and
PRONG - DEICIDE - DESOLATE WAYS - PLAY
FAST OR DON'T FESTIVAL II
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Kataklysm
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KATAKLYSM
vocalist Maurizio Iacono has issued the
following update:
"The artwork contest is now over... We would like to thank everyone, from our fans to artists from the 4 corners of the world that have sent in their visions. The response was great!!... Now we've got to go through all of them (there's shitloads to look at!) and make a decision with our record label Nuclear Blast, so bare with us and we'll let you know who the winner is soon...
Just flew back to Chicago this morning from Montreal. I finished all my vocal tracks for the new album and I must say this was the most difficult album I've had to record! Some of these songs have crazy tempos and I had to step it up a notch, but I'm very happy with the end result... According to J-F the album should be finished in a few weeks.
- Maurizio"
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Starkweather
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STARKWEATHER
NEW MP3 & EUROPEAN TOUR
Philadelphia's
cult metal/hardcore outfit STARKWEATHER
have revealed another track from their
upcoming album "Croatoan",
entitled "Machine Rhythm
Confessional", check it out
here (www.myspace.com/starkweather666).
The official releasedate for the
2xLP on Belgium's Hypertension Records
has been set at September 5th, no word
about a release date for the CD at this
time. "Croatoan" was recorded
early 2004 by Pierre Remillard (CRYPTOPSY,
GORGUTS, OBLIVEON). The deluxe gatefold
vinyl version will feature
exclusive artwork by Paul Romano
(MASTODON, HATE ETERNAL, EARTH).
In
other news, Starkweather have announced
the first dates of their late summer
European trek, here's the schedule sofar:
08/25/05
Amsterdam, NL, Winston, w/ Amen Ra
08/26/05
TBA
08/27/05 Ieper, BE, Ieperfest, w/ Amen
Ra
08/28/05 Canterbury, UK, tba, w/
Amen Ra, November Coming Fire, Rise And
Fall
08/29/05 Manchester, UK, Star and
Garter, w/ Amen Ra
08/30/05 London, UK, The Underworld, w/
Amen Ra
08/31/05
TBA
09/01/05 Strasbourg, FR, Molodoi, w/
Amen Ra
09/02/05 Gent, BE, The Frontline, w/
Amen Ra
09/03/05 Goudvishal, Arnhem, NL, w/ Amen
Ra, Rancor, Every Snake Is Sleeping
STARKWEATHER
is brutal, beautiful and haunting,
combining an unparalleled level of pure
emotion and the most twisted lyrics,
with the most awe-inspiring, brutal and
eerie music you'll ever hear. Their
newest endeavor Croatoan is an album
that’s been 2 years in the making.
They’ve endured periods of dormancy,
but now they have "officially"
reawakened with Croatoan, featuring the
core lone up of Resmini, Forkin, and
Rosa, with contributions by Liam Wilson
on bass (THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN) and
Jim Winters on guitar (EARTH CRISIS,
TURMOIL, THE PROMISE), and with
additional percussion provided by Tim
Simmons. While it’s their first
release in nearly a decade, it’s fresh
yet vicious, kinda like a grizzly on its
first hunt for food after awaking from
its hibernation period. Fans of TODAY IS
THE DAY, CONVERGE, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE
PLAN, OVERCAST and GORGUTS will rejoice.
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Overkill and Prong
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OVERKILL
and PRONG
will be teaming up for a U.S. tour early next
year. Confirmed dates so far are as follows:
Feb. 16 - Jacksonville, NC @ Planet Rock
Feb. 17 - Fayetteville, NC @ Jesters Pub
Feb. 18 - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
Feb. 19 - Towson, MD @ Recher Theatre
Feb. 20 - New York, NY @ B.B. King's Blues
Club
Feb. 21 - Rochester, NY @ Penny Arcade
Feb. 22 - Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
Feb. 23 - Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's Down Under
Feb. 24 - Detroit, MI @ Harpo's
Feb. 25 - Battle Creek, MI @ Planet Rock
Feb. 26 - Chicago, IL @ House Of Blues
OVERKILL are continuing to tour in
support of their "ReliXIV"
album
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Deicide
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Floridian death metallers DEICIDE will be performing a "surprise" club show at the Rolling Hall in Seoul, Korea on August 8. This will be DEICIDE's first-ever appearance in Seoul. Support at the gig will come from local acts SAHON and DOXOLOGY.
As previously reported, DEICIDE have been confirmed for the fifth annual Busan Rock Festival, set to take place August 5-7, 2005 in Busan, South Korea. DEICIDE will make their Korean live debut on Saturday, August 6. Also scheduled to perform at the festival POWERMAN 5000, DOMAIN, VASSLINE and CRASH.
DEICIDE's lineup for the Korean concerts will be as follows:
Glen Benton - Bass/Vocals
Steven Asheim - Drums
Jack Owen (ex-CANNIBAL CORPSE) - Guitar
Ralph Santolla (ex-ICED EARTH, DEATH, SEBASTIAN BACH) - Guitar
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Desolate Ways
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Desolate
Ways
launched a website at MySpace.com where it's
available the band's biography, pictures and
four songs from the first full length, Eternal
Dreams. The address is www.myspace.com/des0lateways
Desolate
Ways will be making their last
concert to promote the debut Eternal
Dreams, in 7º River Rock Festival (www.riverrock.com.br)
between 12 and 14 of August. After this
festival the band will concentrate on the
recordings of their second full length. In the
last week, Ricardo Giordano finished the drums
sessions for the new album.
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Play fast or don't
Festival II
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PLAY FAST OR DON´T FESTIVAL II.
"Attention
!!! Festival
was moved from Pardubice to SVOJSICE (near
Prelouc). There is great areal, 20 km from
Pardubice, there will be special festival
buses running from Pardubice to Svojsice"
19-.20.8.2005, SVOJSICE,
CZECH REPUBLIC, open air
Friday start at 16,00 pm, sat. start at 12,00
am. Price:15 Euro for both days, camping for
free, huge distro market, exposition of HC
photos etc. Info, maps, mp3 of the bands on: www.outofcontrol.wz.cz
http://www.psychotherapy.wz.cz
www.needfulthings.wz.cz
,
email contacts ondra: fastcore@centrum.cz
Otto: psyrec@post.cz
HELLNATION [US], BOXED IN [UK], ENTROPIA [ITA],
SAYYADINA [SWE],
THE HORROR [UK,ex VOORHEES], MASSGRAV [SWE],
BLOCKHEADS
[FRA], QUATTRO STAGIONI [GER], FUBAR [HOL],AUTORITAR
[GER], CONTRASTO
[ITA],DHIBAC [FRA], BLOOD I BLEED [HOL],
ENTRAILS MASSACRE [GER], KRUSH
[HOL], DESECRATOR [FRA], RUIDOSIA IMMUNDICIA [CHILE,RAK],GRIDE
[CZ],
MALIGNANT TUMOUR [CZ], LAHAR [CZ], FESTA
DESPERATO [CZ],
CEREBRAL TURBULENCY [CZ], GUIDED CRADLE [CZ],
KOBRA 11 [CZ],
NEEDFUL THINGS [CZ], LYCANTHROPHY [CZ], DANSE
MACABRE [GER), BETON (SK),AGREGAT (SK), HUMAN
ERROR (HUN), PRAWO JAZDY (POL), INSTINCT OF
SURVIVAL (GER), SKR8T (GER), DEAD HAUSES
KASPAR (GER), ad.
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26.07.2005
today news about CRYPTOPSY
- BEHEMOTH
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Cryptopsy
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Canadian death metallers CRYPTOPSY
completed work on their fifth album,
"Once Was Not", last week.
"Sébastien Marsan, at his Studio
Vortex in St-Constant (Quebec, Canada),
did a wondrous job of mixing and
engineering," the band write on their
web site. "The album was mastered by
UE Nastasi at Sterling Sound in New York
City and features artwork by François Quévillon,
Filip Ivanovic and Martin Lacroix. With
eleven tracks totaling about 50 minutes,
this is a concept album where every song
has its own identity. We made sure to have
a lot of flavors and different rhythms and
tempos throughout the whole process, the
variations in the tracks may surprise some
of you."
"Once Was Not" is scheduled for
release in October via Century Media
Records.
In the meantime, CRYPTOPSY are still
looking for a second guitarist following
the recent departure of Daniel Mongrain
(MARTYR). All interested parties should
send their bios to contact@cryptopsy.net
and send your CDs and DVDs to this
address:
Cryptopsy
P.O.Box 37534
159 25th Avenue
St-Eustache (Quebec)
J7P 5N2
Canada
Upcoming CRYPTOPSY shows:
Aug. 21 - Trenton, NJ - Sovereign Bank
Arena
w/ SUFFOCATION, ABORTED and DESPISED ICON:
Sep. 28 : Farmingdale, NY : Downtown
Sep. 29 : Nashville, TN : The Muse
Sep. 30 : Tulsa, OK : The Pinkeye
Oct. 01 : Houston, TX : Mary Jane's
Oct. 02 - McAllen, TX - Villa Reel
Convention Center
Oct. 04 - San Antonio, TX - White Rabbit
Oct. 05 - Ft Worth, TX - Ridglea Theater
Oct. 06 - Albuquerque, NM - Launch Pad
Oct. 07 - Tempe, AZ - The Clubhouse
Oct. 08 - San Diego, CA - Soma
Oct. 11 - Anaheim, CA - House of Blues
Oct. 12 - West Hollywood, CA - House of
Blues
Oct. 13 - Orangevale, CA - The Boardwalk
Oct. 14 - San Francisco, CA - The Pound
Oct. 15 - Portland, OR - Meow Meow
Oct. 16 - Seattle, WA - Studio Seven
Oct. 17 - Victoria, BC - Sugar
Oct. 18 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore
Ballroom
Oct. 19 - Prince George, BC - The
Generator
Oct. 20 - Calgary, AB - Warehouse
Oct. 21 - Edmonton, AB - Starlite Room
Oct. 22 - Regina, SK - Riddel Center
Oct. 23 - Saskatoon, SK - Roxy on Broadway
Oct. 24 - Winnipeg, MB - Pyramid
Oct. 25 - Minneapolis, MN - Ascot Room
Oct. 26 - Chicago Heights, IL - Mr.
Kelleys
Oct. 27 - Cleveland, OH - Peabody's
Oct. 28 - Detroit, MI - Harpo's Concert
Theatre
Oct. 29 - Toronto, ON - The Opera House
Oct. 30 - Ottawa, ON - Capital Music Hall
Oct. 31 - Rouyn-Noranda, QC - Petit
Theatre du Vieux Noranda
Nov. 01 - Chicoutiml, QC - Poly Laure
Conan
Nov. 02 - Rimouski, QC - La Coudee
Nov. 03 - Quebec City, QC - L'Imperial
Nov. 04 - Montreal, QC - Medley
Nov. 05 - Worcester, MA - The Palladium
Nov. 06 - West Springfield, VA - Jaxx
Nov. 07 - New York, NY - BB King's
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Behemoth
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Polish death/black metallers BEHEMOTH
have once again joined forces with Joanna
Rechnio, one of the leading video producers in
Poland (who also directed BEHEMOTH's
"Conquer All" clip), to shoot a
video for the song "Slaves Shall
Serve" from their latest album,
"Demigod". Due to controversial
scenes in the clip, MTV has reportedly
requested a "soft" version for
possible airplay.
Commented BEHEMOTH mainman Nergal: "I'm
still pretty pissed about [having to tone down
certain scenes in the video]. I mean, check
out all those hip hop or MARILYN MANSON
videos. Are they any less controversial than
this? I doubt it. I hate going to any
compromise but what the hell, I'm pretty sure
that most of the video channels (read: most
liberated and tolerant ones) worldwide will
play the unedited version. The truth is that I
had this need to express myself in a
more…extreme way. For me it's just another
act of great transgression and manifestation
of sincere and unrestrained ART. I guess that
some of you, especially religious people,
would find it offensive…but hey, I'm not
here to please any of you but to eventually
make up your minds. This is how I see things
and how I want you to receive me. Like it or
not, this doesn't really matter much to me. I
did what I wanted and I'm damn proud of it. I
felt like our statements in 'No Sympathy For
Fools', 'Christians to the Lions' or 'Slaves
Shall Serve' have already been misinterpreted
many times, therefore making the 'Slaves'
video essential to show our attitude towards
all that has anything to do with Christianity
(or in this case ANY stagnated, organized and
institutional religions)."
Known primarily as a producer of rock and pop
artists in her home country (Poland), Rechnio
had never worked with an extreme metal act
prior to her collaboration with BEHEMOTH.
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22.07.2005
today news about DECAPITATED
- NIGHT IN GALES - SOLITUDE AETURNUS
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Decapitated
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Polish death metallers DECAPITATED
will enter Hertz Studio in Bialystok,
Poland on August 1 with producers Slawek
and Wojtek Wieslawski to begin
recording their new album, entitled "Organic
Hallucinosis". The follow-up to
2004's "The Negation" will
feature artwork and layout by Seth (ROTTING
CHRIST, PARADISE LOST) and is
tentatively scheduled for release in
January/February 2006.
DECAPITATED will embark on a European
headlining tour in September, with support
from GOREROTTED, DETONATION
and DAM. A U.S. tour with VADER
and DEW-SCENTED will follow in
November.
DECAPITATED recently parted ways with
vocalist Sauron and replaced him with
Covan, formerly of ATROPHIA RED
SUN.
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Germany's NIGHT IN GALES
are finishing up the songwriting process for
their as-yet-untitled fifth album.
"There are 12 new pieces of melodic
death metal you shouldn't miss," the
band write in a newsletter. The group, who
are currently unsigned, are expected to
release the new CD sometime in 2006.
As previously reported, NIGHT IN GALES
are offering their entire "Ten Years
of Tragedy" EP as a free download
from their official web
site. The complete track listing for the
EP is as follows:
01. Deathaddiction
02. Ashes and Ends
03. The Woundwalker
04. Get Killed or Die Trying
NIGHT IN GALES' most recent
full-length album, "Necrodynamic",
was released in 2001 via Massacre Records.
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Solitude Aeturnus
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The third annual "Robb's
MetalWorks Showcase", a yearly
event held by San Antonio, cult-cable show "Robb's
MetalWorks", marked the first
appearance of Arlington, Texas doom
metallers SOLITUDE AETURNUS in the
area in over four years. The band made their
live debut with their new lineup, which
includes guitarist/founder John Perez,
vocalist Rob Lowe,
bassist-turned-guitarist Steve Moseley,
along with new members, drummer Steve
Nichols and bassist Ron McCain. SOLITUDE
AETURNUS performed many of their
classics and highlighted new material, which
— according to the interview completed
with "Robb's MetalWorks"
— should see the light of day by year's
end.
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19.07.2005
today news about THERION
frontman explains Metal Meeting Festival
cancellation - OBITUARY
- SOILWORK - ALEXANDER KRULL - JAG PANZER
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Therion and Metal
Meeting Festival
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THERION frontman Christofer
Johnsson has posted a lengthy explanation
on the band's official web site for the
cancellation of the group's scheduled
performance at at the Metal Meeting
Festival in Zadar, Croatia on July 16.
Read it at this
location.
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Obituary
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OBITUARY's video for the
track "Insane" has been posted
online at this
location (Windows Media).
"Insane" (mp3)
comes off the group's new album, "Frozen
In Time", which comes out today (July
19) via Roadrunner Records.
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Soilwork
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Sweden's SOILWORK will be
embarking on a European headlining tour in
October. Confirmed dates so far are as follows:
Oct. 05 - Tampere, FIN @ Pukkahone
Oct. 06 - Jyväskylä, FIN @ Lutakko
Oct. 07 - Oulu, FIN @ TBA
Oct. 08 - Helsinki, FIN @ Nosturi
Oct. 11 - Stockholm, SWE @ Klubben
Oct. 12 - Malmö, SWE @ KB
Oct. 13 - Hamburg, GER @ Markthalle
Oct. 14 - Essen, GER @ Zeche Carl
Oct. 15 - Amsterdam, NETH @ Melkweg
Oct. 16 - Vosselaar, BEL @ Biebob
Oct. 22 - Salzburg, AUT @ Rockhaus
Oct. 23 - Vienna, AUT @ Planet Music
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Alexander Krull
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ATROCITY/LEAVES'
EYES singer/producer Alexander Krull
was named "Producer of the Year" by
the American magazine True Alternatives,
according to a posting on the LEAVES' EYES
web site. Krull received the award for
his work on the following projects: "Atlantis"
(ATROCITY), "Lovelorn"
and "Vinland Saga" (both LEAVES'
EYES), "Dark Clouds in a Perfect
Sky" (ELIS), "Where
Twilight Dwells" (MIDNATTSOL)
and "Goatreich-Fleshcult" (BELPHEGOR).
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Jag Panzer
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Colorado power metallers JAG
PANZER have replaced SOLITUDE
AETURNUS on the billing of the Keep
It True V festival, set to be held
November 5 at Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Königshofen,
Germany. JAG PANZER will play a
special "Ample Destruction"
set and may end up using the the audio/video
recordings from the festival for their first
live CD/DVD. The festival billing is shaping
up as follows:
VIRGIN STEELE
RAVEN
JAG PANZER
RUFFIANS
INTRUDER
SLOUGH FEG
SKULLVIEW
STORMWARRIOR
FORSAKEN
IGNITOR
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18.07.2005
today news about PURGATORY
- CHTON - RUNEMAGICK
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Purgatory
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Über ANIMATE Records wurde heute unsere Digi-CD "Luciferianism" (limitiert auf 1000 Kopien) im alternativen Coverartwork und Bonus DVD veröffentlicht. Die DVD beinhaltet unsere Releaseshow auf dem Party-San Open Air am 12.08.2004 in Bad Berka und kommt in Surround Audio- und Video-Qualität!
The LUCIFERIANISM Digi-CD (strictly limited to 1000 copies) with different coverartwork and Bonus DVD is finally out now by ANIMATE Records. The DVD contains our releaseshow at Party-San Open Air 08/12/2004 in top quality surround audio and video quality.
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Chton
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Vegar "Vyl" Larsen
(also in Keep of Kalessin) is now Chton's
permanent drummer. Go to www.chton.com for
more info.
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Runemagick
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Swedish "dark death
metal" act RUNEMAGICK are continuing
work on their new album, tentatively due in
November. "All additional guitars and
effects are now recorded at Magick Sound
studio," the band write on their web site.
"Next mission will be the bass for Emma,
maybe next week... Then all vocals will be
recorded at Los Angered Recording [owned
by Andy LaRocque of KING DIAMOND]
later this summer."
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16.07.2005
today news about LORD
BELIAL - LIV KRISTINE - LALU - OVERKILL and PRONG
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ILL
NINO
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Lord Belial
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Sweden's LORD BELIAL have completed work on their sixth full-length album, "Nocturnal Beast", at Andy La Rocque's (KING DIAMOND) Los Angered Recording studios in Gothenburg, Sweden. "The result is 11 songs including intro and outro and the playing time is about 43 minutes," the band write on their web site.
"We are very satisfied with the sound and we would like to thank Mr. Andy LaRoque for a splendid work once again! Right now we are just waiting for the album cover and the layout to be completed."
"Nocturnal Beast" is tentatively scheduled for release this fall via Regain Records.
As previously reported, LORD BELIAL have been confirmed as the headliners of the fourth annual Jalometalli Festival, set to be held August 19-20 in
Oulu, Finland. Also scheduled to perform at the festival are
EXMORTEM, EMBRAZE, FOR MY PAIN… and OMNIUM
GATHERUM, among others.
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Liv Kristine
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"Deutsch:
Nach den Chart-Erfolgen von LEAVES' EYES ist LIV
KRISTINE mit den Gesangsaufnahmen für
ihr zweites Soloalbum beschäftigt. Der
langerwartete Nachfolger von "Deus ex
Machina" heißt "Enter my
Religion" und wird bei Roadrunner Records
erscheinen. LIV KRISTINE: "Die Aufnahmen
laufen wunderbar. Wir haben so viele neue Songs
produziert, dass uns die Auswahl noch sehr
schwer fallen wird. Die Lieder sind sehr
abwechslungsreich, von sanften Balladen über
rhythmische Pop-Songs ist bis zu richtig
rockigen Nummern alles dabei. Das Ganze ist eine
sehr spannende Zeit für mich, da wir auch mit
einigen sehr exotischen Instrumenten arbeiten. Für
mich ist das eine weitere tolle Herausforderung,
da ich jetzt viele Ideen ausarbeiten kann, von
denen ich schon lange geträumt habe."
Einmal mehr wird LIV KRISTINE ihr einzigartiges
Talent untermauern und mit den verschiedenen
Facetten ihrer Stimme verzaubern.
Englisch:
After reaching successful positions with LEAVES'
EYES in the German Charts LIV KRISTINE is
already busy with producing her second solo
album. The well-expected follower to "Deus
ex Machina" will be called "Enter my
Religion" and will be released on
Roadrunner Records. LIV KRISTINE: "The
recordings are going very well. We have produced
so many new songs that it will be hard to make a
desicion concerning the final album tracks.The
songs are very diverse - you will hear soft
ballads, cadanced pop songs and also rocking
tracks. It's all so ineteresting for me as we
are working with some very exotic instruments.
This is a new challenge for me as an artist
because I can realize so many new ideas I've
been dreaming of for a long time." Once
more, LIV KRISTINE will proof her unique talent
and enchant with the different facettes of her
voice."
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Lalu
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LALU, the new heavy/progressive project featuring French composer Vivien Lalu alongside drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen (DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND) and bassist Russell Bergquist (ex-ANNIHILATOR), will release their new album, "Temporal", in early 2006 through the Finnish label Lion Music. Two tracks on the CD will feature Virgil Donati (PLANET X, SOUL SIRKUS) on drums and Gary Wehrkamp (SHADOW GALLERY) as a guest guitar soloist. Those two songs, initially planned for the SHADRANE project (which has been in the works for three years now), were included on "Temporal" instead, for stylistic reasons. Martin LeMar (vocals; TOMORROW'S EVE) and Joop Wolters (guitar), who previously appeared on LALU's "Oniric Metal" CD, also contribute to the new CD.
"Temporal" track listing:
01. Temporal
02. Lanterns Dance
03. Madoka
04. Mirrorbreak
05. Requiem For A Rose
06. She Writes
07. Rainy
08. Red Alert 1917
09. The Sinking
10. Alone In Paradise
11. Soul Wedded
12. Babies In the Bath
13. Forever Without You
14. Winter Of A Life
www.lalusworld.com
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Overkill and Prong
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OVERKILL
and PRONG
will apparently be teaming up for a U.S. tour
early next year. So far the following two
dates have been released:
Feb. 18 - West Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
Feb. 20 - New York, NY @ B.B. King Blues Club
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Ill Nino
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A brand-new ILL NINO track, entitled "This Is War", is available for download from Roadrun.com.
"This Is War" comes off the group's new album, "One Nation Underground", due on September 27 via Roadrunner Records.
The follow-up to 2003's "Confessions", "One Nation Underground" (view cover
here) was produced by Scrap 60 (ANTHRAX, ILL NINO, CRADLE OF FILTH, BLEEDING THROUGH). The track listing for the CD is as follows:
01. This Is War
02. My Resurrection
03. What You Deserve
04. La Liberacion Of Our Awakening
05. Turns To Gray
06. All I Ask For
07. De La Vida
08. Corazon Of Mine
09. Everything Beautiful
10. In This Moment
11. My Pleasant Torture
12. Violent Saint
13. Red Rain
The album's first single, "What You Deserve", is expected to go for radio adds around August 29.
ILL NINO will be supporting DISTURBED on a six-week North American tour beginning on August 3 in Ventura, California.
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| 15.07.2005
today news about MACHINE
MEN - DESTRUCTION
- STRATOVARIUS |
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Machine Men
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Century Media Records has pushed back the release date of the new MACHINE MEN album, "Elegies", to August 22 due to "logistical reasons." >. Check out the cover artwork at this location. The CD art was conceived by Norwegian artist Christian Ruud, who has previously worked with TRISTANIA and MADDER MORTEM, among others.
"Elegies", was recorded by THUNDERSTONE's Nino Laurenne at Sonic Pump Studios (OMNIUM GATHERUM, THUNDERSTONE) and mastered at the established Finnvox Studios. The CD includes nine catchy and profoundly melodic new songs as well as a cover version of BRUCE DICKINSON's "Freak".
MACHINE MEN's new single, entitled "Falling", entered the Finish single chart at position No. 4.
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Destruction
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German thrashers DESTRUCTION have replaced OVERKILL on the billing of this year's Earthshaker Fest, a three-day event set to take place July 21-23 in Geiselwind, Germany. DESTRUCTION will perform at the event on Saturday, July 23.
DESTRUCTION have uploaded the cover
artwork for their upcoming album, "Inventor
of Evil", at this
location.
DESTRUCTION have confirmed that they have
tapped nne diferent world-renowned metal singers
from all different heavy metal styles to make a
guest appearance in their track "The
Alliance of Hellhoundz", to be included
on "Inventor of Evil", due on
August 22 via AFM Records. The confirmed
guest musicians are as follows:
Biff Byford (SAXON)
Doro Pesch
Shagrath (DIMMU BORGIR)
Björn "Speed" Strid (SOILWORK)
Paul Di'Anno (ex-IRON MAIDEN, KILLERS)
Messiah Marcolin (CANDLEMASS)
Mark Osegueda (DEATH ANGEL)
Peter "Peavy" Wagner (RAGE)
Peter Tägtgren (HYPOCRISY, PAIN)
Commented DESTRUCTION bassist/vocalist Marcel
"Schmier" Schirmer, "The
all-star song 'The Alliance of Hellhoundz'
will make metal history: from Paul Di'Anno
to Messiah, we'll have the best metal
singers in ONE fuckin' song!"
DESTRUCTION recorded "Inventor of
Evil" with producer Peter Tätgtren
(HYPOCRISY, PAIN), V.O. Pulver
(GURD) and their live engineer Franky
Winkelmann at studios in Germany and
Switzerland. The mix was done by Tätgtren
at the Abyss Studios in Sweden. A
"making of" studio clip, featuring an
unmastered rough-mix recording of the song "Soulcollector",
is available at this
location.
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Stratovarius
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Sanctuary Records has
set a September 13 U.S. release date for the
new self-titled STRATOVARIUS album. A
video for the album's first single, "Maniac
Dance", was shot on April 15 in
Helsinki by director and guitarist Timo
Tolkki's old schoolmate Antti Jokinen
(BEYONCÉ, WYCLEF JEAN, KORN,
MISSY ELLIOT, NIGHTWISH, SHANIA
TWAIN, CELINE DION).
STRATOVARIUS will be teaming up with INTO
ETERNITY for a North American tour
beginning in mid-September.
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| 12.07.2005
today news about GOD
FORBID and 2nd ANNUAL
AGGRESSIVE MUSIC |
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God Forbid
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GOD FORBID TO STAND IN FOR SOILWORK AT 2ND ANNUAL AGGRESSIVE MUSIC FESTIVAL
New Jersey’s God Forbid will be taking the place of Soilwork at the 2nd Annual Aggressive Music Festival, set to take place on Saturday, July 16 at the Glens Falls Civic Center. The band will be joining an already much-anticipated lineup including
Mudvayne, Hatebreed, Killswitch Engage, Shadows Fall, As I Lay Dying, Trivium and Swedish metal legend In Flames.
God Forbid will grace the stage from 4:10-4:35PM, taking the time slot Soilwork was set to perform in. The band will also be participating in the FYE autograph booth, where fans will have the opportunity to get their purchased albums signed by the bands. Day of show interview requests may also be granted.
The band promised a crowd of over 300 fans at Saratoga Winners in Latham, NY on Friday night that they’d “see all of [the fans] next weekend.” While it is unfortunate that Soilwork will not be participating in Aggressive Music Festival, the appearance of as dynamic a band as God Forbid is highly anticipated among fans and attendees of the summer blockbuster.
This event is not to be missed. Doors open at 12 noon and the show begins at 3PM. Tickets for Aggressive Music Festival are still on sale via Ticketmaster and at the Civic Center box office (1 Civic Center Plaza, Glens Falls).
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| 09.07.2005
today news about SVARTSYN
- ENTWINE - WOODSHOCK
FESTIVAL - NEVERMORE -
OPETH |
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The Cure in Sicily
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Fans dei Cure scatenati,
in meno di 48 ore venduti tre quarti dei biglietti
disponibili.
Sabato 20 AGOSTO 2005 - TEATRO ANTICO di TAORMINA
Incredibile risposta del pubblico all’annuncio del concerto italiano dei CURE.
L’apertura delle prevendite per il concerto che
Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Porl Thompson, Jason Cooper
terranno Sabato 20 Agosto al Teatro Antico di Taormina segna un piccolo record: oltre 3000 biglietti venduti in 48 ore, attraverso il solo circuito Ticketone e le prevendite
siciliane, sono un numero ragguardevole per una band che attualmente non ha dischi in promozione e che ha pianificato un po’ a sorpresa 9 date estive in
Europa.
Per il concerto siciliano restano poche decine di posti in platea (60 euro)
e circa 2000 biglietti di gradinata (40 euro).
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Svartsyn
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The Black metal
band from Sweden SVARTSYN (Sound Riot Records)
got their first webpage on the internet, there
is band history, band pictures and free mp3's!
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Entwine
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Good
news to all Entwine fans and fellows! The band
releases an EP throughout Europe on 10th of
August, entitled as 'Sliver'. It'll consist of
two new songs, one cover and two live songs.
Tracklist
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1. Break
Me
2. Carry On Dancing
3. Still Waiting
4. Still Remains - live
5. The Pit - live
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Woodshock Music
festival
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CHIMAIRA, SIX FEET UNDER, 3 INCHES OF BLOOD, ALL THAT REMAINS and WALLS OF JERICHO are among the bands confirmed for the ninth annual Woodshock Music Festival, set to take place August 12-13 at Zane Shawnee Caverns in Bellefontaine, OH. Also scheduled to perform at the festival are FIVE.BOLT.MAIN (featuring former singer of FLAW), AMERICAN MOTHERLOAD, LEGBONE, and GENUFLECT (featuring former singer and guitar player of REVEILLE).
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Nevermore
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NEVERMORE have lined
up the following European headlining dates
in support of their upcoming "This
Godless Endeavor" album.
Sep. 16 - (NL) Tilburg 013
Sep. 17 - (B) Antwerpen Hof Ter Loo
Sep. 18 - (NL) Haarlem Patronaat
Sep. 20 - (UK) Dudley JB´s
Sep. 21 - (UK) Glasgow Cathouse
Sep. 22 - (UK) Dublin Wheelans
Sep. 23 - (UK) Bradford Rio
Sep. 24 - (UK) Nottingham Rock City
Sep. 25 - (UK) London Scala
Sep. 27 - (D) Bochum Zeche
Sep. 29 - (I) Milan Rolling Stone
Oct. 01 - (A) Salzburg Rockhaus
Oct. 02 - (SLO) Ljubljana VPK Mediapark
Oct. 03 - (HUN) Budapest Petofi Hall
Oct. 05 - (D) Frankfurt Batschkapp
Oct. 06 - (D) Hamburg Markthalle
"This Godless Endeavor" is
scheduled for release on July 26 via Century
Media. A full-lengh MP3 of the track "Final
Product" has been posted online at this
location. A video for "Final
Product" was filmed on June 11 in
Los Angeles with director Kevin Leonard,
who also directed the clip for NEVERMORE's
"I, Voyager". Check out
photos from the video shoot at Yahoo!
Music.
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Opeth
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Roadrunner Records
has set an August 30 release date for the
new OPETH album, "Ghost
Reveries".
"Ghost Reveries" was
mastered on June 16 at the Cutting Room
facilities in Stockholm and will feature a
running time of 66 minutes. The full track
listing for the CD is as follows:
01. Ghost of Perdition
02. The Baying of the Hounds
03. Beneath the Mire
04. Atonement
05. Reverie/Harlequin Forest
06. Hours of Wealth
07. The Grand Conjuration
08. Isolation Years
Check out the album cover artwork (designed
by Travis Smith) at this
location.
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| 01.07.2005
today news about BYZANTINE
- ASTRIAAL - BEHEMOTH - SKYLARK |
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Byzantine
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Astriaal
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Australia's ASTRIAAL
have issued the following update via their
official web site:
"In answer to the myriad of emails, and
as highlighted in the previous news updates,
ASTRIAAL is currently in the midst of
an extended hiatus which we envisage will
encompass most of 2005. It appears rumours
are abounding that we have parted ways,
however be sure that if and when we put this
beast to rest — you will all be advised of
all of intentions and/or reasons via this
official site. The flame still burns,
however when or if we will return if the
live arena — we cannot foresee. It could
be three months, could be never. We will
still endeavour to reply to messages sent to
the band email address, however during this
period we hope you can understand if our
focus is elsewhere. That is all."
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Behemoth
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Polish death/black metallers BEHEMOTH
have confirmed their participation in the "Blackest
of the Black" U.S. tour beginning in
late September. BEHEMOTH will join
headliners DANZIG alongside CHIMAIRA,
HIMSA, MORTIIS and THE AGONY
SCENE for what will be the group's third
U.S. tour in support of their latest album, "Demigod".
The tour will kick off in San Diego and end on
the West Coast on Halloween.
Commented BEHEMOTH mainman Nergal:
"We were honored to be a part of the
first edition of 'Blackest of the Black'
festivals in 2003. But back then we opened for
the whole festival package and this time we
will play a 30-minute set right before CHIMAIRA
and DANZIG.
"This sounds just exciting to be back to
U.S. again, I can tell you, but what thrills
me the most is the fact that BEHEMOTH
is gonna share the stage with one of my
all-time favorite artists, Glenn Danzig.
This tour is gonna be HUGE, I can assure
you!"
BEHEMOTH will kick off the fall leg of
the "Demigod" tour on
September 2 in Milton Keynes, England and
cover most of the European countries.
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Italian symphonic power metallers
SKYLARK have parted ways with drummer Carlos
Cantatore. "Former drummer Federico
Ria played [with the band at the] Ragnarock
Festival [in Holland] and he [will] be the
drummer for the next gigs of the Fairytour,"
the group write on their web site. "At the
moment the band doesn't know if Federico
will be the permanent member of SKYLARK
and play on the next album, but it will be
discussed before the end of the year."
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| 30.06.2005
today news about THE
PROJECT HATE - BESEECH - LOUDNESS - THE DILLINGER ESCAPE
PLAN |
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THE PROJECT HATE, the
Swedish band featuring Jörgen Sandström
of ENTOMBED/GRAVE fame on lead
vocals, will release their new album, "Armageddon
March Eternal (Symphonies of Slit
Wrists)", on October 5 via Threeman
Recordings. The follow-up to 2003's "Hate,
Dominate, Congregate, Eliminate"
was produced by Dan Swanö and
features a special guest appearance by EVERGREY
bassist Michael Håkansson, who
completed his tracks at his studio in
Gothenburg before the entire recording was
shipped off to Swanö to be mixed and
mastered
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Beseech
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Swedish "gothic
metallers" BESEECH have revealed
via their web site that their upcoming fifth
album, "Sunless Days", will
include a cover of the DANZIG track "Devil's
Plaything".
The follow-up to last year's "Drama",
"Sunless Days" was recorded
at StudioMega in Varberg, Sweden and
is set to include a re-recording of the song
"Manmade Dreams" from BESEECH's
second album, "Black Emotions".
Other songtitles expected to appear on the
upcoming CD include "Everytime I
Die", "Last Obsession"
and "A Bittersweet Tragedy".
A September European release via Napalm
Records is expected.
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Loudness
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Veteran Japanese metallers LOUDNESS
have inked a European deal with Drakkar
Records. The group's latest studio album, "Racing",
will receive a European release on September
26.
"Racing" (view cover here)
was released in Japan last November via Tokuma
Communications. The complete track listing
for the CD is as follows:
01. Racing
02. Exultation (Real Audio: Broadband,
Dial-Up)
03. Lunatic
04. Believe It Or Not
05. Power Generation
06. Speed Maniac
07. Live For The Moment
08. Crazy Samurai
09. Tomorrow Is Not Promised
10. Telomerase
11. R.I.P.
12. Misleading Man
13. Don't Know Nothing
14. Unknown Civilians
LOUDNESS' current lineup consists of
the following:
Akira Takasaki – Guitar
Minoru Niihara – Vocals
Masayoshi Yamashita – Bass
Munetaka Higuchi – Drums
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Plan
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Video footage of two songs
from THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN's
recent tsunami relief benefit show has
been posted online at MetalInjection.net.
The event took place at Virgin Megastore
in New York City, and the footage is proof
that metal and public spaces don't usually
mix. Security was especially tight for the
event which was being staged for the Music
For Relief fund, with guards ejecting
anybody who started to mosh. The footage
is available at this
location. Also featured on the episode
are videos from A LIFE ONCE LOST, CANDIRIA
and FULL BLOWN CHAOS.
THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN will be
on the road all summer on the Gigantour
with MEGADETH, DREAM THEATER,
FEAR FACTORY and NEVERMORE,
among others.
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| 21.06.2005
today news about KATAKLYSM
- MANES
- ETHEREAL
COLLAPSE - RELAPSE RECORDS
(reissue of Atheist) - FEAR
FACTORY - CRYSTAL BALL |
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Kataklysm
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The show in Edinburgh at the
Subway has been cancelled and replaced with
GLASGOW,Scotland on july 4th with special
guest MAN MUST DIE + guests at THE
BARFLY club.
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Manes
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The entire gig in our
hometown Trondheim at Bybroen Scene will be
broadcast LIVE online as a co-operation with LegioMedia.
Saturday July 25th -
approx. 23:00 CET
WWW.MANES.INFO
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Ethereal Collapse
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Wilkes-Barre, PA-based
four-piece metal band ETHEREAL
COLLAPSE have inked a deal with
Innerstrength Records. The group will enter
the studio at the end of this month to begin
recording their full-length debut, tentatively
due late summer. A demo track is currently
available for streaming and download at MySpace.com.
For more information, visit www.innerstrengthrecords.net.
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Relapse Records and
Atheist
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Relapse
Records has announced the forthcoming
reissue of the entire recorded works of seminal
technical metal pioneers ATHEIST.
ATHEIST was one of the first truly adventurous
bands to break out of the late '80s death metal
underground. In addition to ATHEIST's albums
(1989's "Piece of Time", 1992's
"Unquestionable Presence", and 1993's
"Elements") being benchmarks of
quality and progression, the band's musical
vision directly influenced many noteworthy
artists both past (CYNIC, later-era DEATH,
PESTILENCE) and present (THE DILLINGER ESCAPE
PLAN, NECROPHAGIST, SPIRAL ARCHITECT).
Relapse will start by issuing a limited edition,
foil-stamped box set containing LP versions of
each of the ATHEIST full-lengths, as well as the
R.A.V.A.G.E. (pre-ATHEIST) "On They
Slay" 7" EP exclusive to this edition.
The LP box will be strictly limited to 1,000
copies and surface in July. The CD re-issues
will follow in the late summer/early fall,
starting with "Elements" on August 30
(U.S.) and September 5 (Europe).
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Los Angeles-based cyber-metallers
FEAR FACTORY have
finalized the track listing for their new album,
"Transgression", due on August 23 via
Trillion Records. Trillion is the new imprint
from Liquid 8 Records and Entertainment founder
and CEO, Mike Cattain, who has created Trillion
as a home for FEAR FACTORY and new bands seeking
a creative haven grounded in growth.
FEAR FACTORY entered Track Record Studios in
North Hollywood, California on May 5 with
producer Toby Wright (ALICE IN CHAINS, KORN,
SOULFLY) to begin recording the follow-up to
last year's "Archetype". In addition
to Toby Wright, there is a list of guest
musicians collaborating on
"Transgression", including bass player
Billy Gould of FAITH NO MORE fame. Billy
contributes to two songs: "Echo of My
Scream" and "Super Nova". Also
included on "Transgression" is
"New Promise", which was co-written
with Mark Morton of LAMB OF GOD.
"Transgression" track listing:
01. Transgression
02. Contagion Empire
03. Empty Vision
04. New Promise
05. Supernova
06. 540,000 Degrees Fahrenheit
07. Spinal Contagion
08. Moment of Impact
09. Ammunition
10. Echo of My Scream
11. Anthem (GODFLESH)
12. Millenium (KILLING JOKE)
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Swiss melodic metallers CRYSTAL
BALL have uploaded the cover artwork
for their fifth album, "TimeWalker",
at this
location.
"TimeWalker" is scheduled for
release on August 29 via Nuclear Blast
Records. The follow-up to 2003's "Hellvetia"
was once again produced by Stefan Kaufmann
(ACCEPT, U.D.O.) and will include 12 tracks. A
headlining tour of Europe is tentatively
planned for the fall.
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| 17.06.2005
today news about CELTIC
FROST - THE PROVENANCE - OPETH |
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Reunited Swiss avant-garde metallers
CELTIC FROST have selected HYPOCRISY/PAIN mainman Peter Tägtgren to co-produce their long-awaited comeback effort, tentatively titled "Dark Matter Manifest". The band willl enter Horus Sound Studio in Hannover, Germany on August 1 to begin recording their first collection of new material since 1990's "Vanity/Nemesis". Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Incantation against You", "Obscured", "Ain Elohim" and "Temple of Depression".
CELTIC FROST, who have been mixing new demo material at Oakland Recording in Winterthur, Switzerland, have yet to secure a record deal for their upcoming CD.
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Swedish progressive goth/death
metallers THE PROVENANCE have uploaded their
video for the track "Catching Scarlet in
the Sun" at TheProvenance.com.
"Catching Scarlet in the Sun" comes
off the group's third full-length effort,
"How Would You Like To Be Spat At",
available now on Scarlet Records.
The 53-minute follow-up to 2003's "Still
At Arms Length" was recorded over a
two-month period at Gesperrt Studios and is
said to contain ten "brutally honest and
rigid songs."
THE PROVENANCE will re-enter Gesperrt Studios
on July 11 to begin recording the follow-up to
"How Would You Like To Be Spat At",
tentatively due before the end of the year.
our review
"Hou would you like to be spat at"
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Opeth
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Sweden's OPETH
and Jens Bogren have finished the recording and
mixing of the group's latest opus, "Ghost
Reveries". The album was mastered on
Thursday (June 16) at the Cutting Room
facilities in Stockholm. The total running time
will be around 65 minutes. The full track
listing for the CD is as follows:
01. Ghost of Perdition
02. The Baying of the Hounds
03. Beneath the Mire
04. Atonement
05. Reverie/Harlequin Forest
06. Hours of Wealth
07. The Grand Conjuration
08. Isolation Years
Check out the album cover artwork (designed by
Travis Smith) at this
location.
A release date has yet to be confirmed, but it's
planned for late August/early September
worldwide through Roadrunner Records
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| 16.06.2005
today news about AKERCOCKE
- SEVERE TORTURE |
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U.K. death metallers AKERCOCKE
have once again entered their very own Goat of
Mendes studios in West London to record their
fourth album. Tentatively titled "Words
That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone",
the CD promises to be the band's most ambitious
project to date.
"The new material is a progression again
from 'Choronzon'," explains frontman Jason
Mendonca. "The core AKERCOCKE elements are
there — harrowing dissonances, bludgeoning
brutality and cacodaemonic sonic assaults all
feature but once again we have expanded the
AKERCOCKE sound to include more rich and diverse
textures, not necessarily bound by the confines
of death and black metal.
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Earache Records has announced
the signing of Dutch death metallers SEVERE
TORTURE to a worldwide deal.
The deal will bear immediate fruit in the form
of the band's highly anticipated new album,
"Fall of the Despised", scheduled for
a September release, followed by a European tour
to support the album.
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| 11.06.2005
today news about SAMAEL |
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Samael
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S A M A E L
have been confirmed on the main stage of the
famous Paléo
Festival, as special guest. The band will play
40' minutes set right
before Rammstein. In other news, Samaël will
take part of the Estivale
Open Air, also set to take place in Switzerland.
Current festival dates for this summer are as
follow:
18.06.05: Bretthart Open Air - Limbach, Germany
25.06.05: Graspop Festival - Dessel, Belgium
26.06.05: Fury Fest. - Le Mans, France
22.07.05: Paléo Festival - Nyon, Switzerland
29.07.05: Estival Open Air - Estavayer le Lac,
Switzerland
05.08.05: Wacken Open Air, Germany
New single "On Earth" is out on Monday
everywhere in Europe!
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| 10.06.2005
today news about SONIC
SOLSTICE FESTIVAL - KATAKLYSM |
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Sonic Solstice
Festival
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ARCTURUS,
CONFESSOR, RED HARVEST, NATTEFROST
and TSJUDER
have been confirmed for the first-ever Season
of Mist festival, dubbed Sonic Solstice,
on September 24 at Rockefeller in Oslo, Norway.
Tickets are 200 NOK + 25 NOK fee. Doors open at
8:00 p.m.
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Canadian death metallers KATAKLYSM will be headlining the Extreme Distortion Festival on July 22 in Laval, Quebec. A possibility exists that a few more Canadian dates will be added for August.
In the meantime, don't miss the worlwide live premiere of the song "Crippled & Broken", from the forthcoming album "In the Arms of Devastation", exclusive to all summer shows only.
As previously reported, KATAKLYSM will enter Studio Victor on July 10 to being laying down the drum tracks for their new album with the highly anticipated return of oginal drummer Max Duhamel. The rest of the album wil be recorded at guitarist J-F Dagenais's JFD studios over the remainder of the summer.
"In the Arms of Devastation" is schedualed for a February 2006 release, which will mark the band's 15th anniversary and will be celebrated with the band's first-ever DVD, "The Test of Time". The disc, which is scheduled for release later in 2006, will feature documentary-style footage spanning the band's career from 1991 to 2005, including the "making of" the new album, live footage, clips, interviews and tons of other goodies.
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| 07.06.2005
today news about SOULFLY
- HUNTENPOP FESTIVAL |
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Soulfly
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SOULFLY have finalzed the track
listing for their new album, "Dark
Ages", due on September 13 via Roadrunner
Records.
"Dark Ages" was produced by SOULFLY
mainman Max Cavalera and was mixed by Terry Date,
who has previously worked with PANTERA and
DEFTONES, among others.
"Dark Ages" final track listing:
01. The Dark Ages
02. Babylon
03. I And I
04. Carved Inside
05. Arise Again
06. Frontlines
07. Inner Spirit
08. Corrosion Creeps
09. Molotov
10. Riot Starter
11. Bleak
12. (The) March
13. Fuel The Hate
14. Stay Strong
15. Soulfly V
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Huntenpop
Festival
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35
Gruppen mit u.a. deutschen Bands In
Extremo und AK 4711
Huntenpop
Festival
übersteht
alle Stürme
Nach
der überaus mäßigen Teilnahme des Publikums am
‘Pinkpop’ in diesem Jahr ist eine heftige
Diskussion über Konzerte und Festivals in den
Niederlanden ausgebrochen. Sie
sollen zu teuer sein, es sollen zu viele sein und
die Planung und Koordination soll nicht gut sein.
Das Huntenpop Festival jedoch nimmt sich von dieser
Diskussion nichts an. Mit
einer Achterhoeksen Nüchternheit wird am Samstag,
den 3. September ein Festival mit insgesamt 35
Bands präsentiert, wofür der Besucher nur €
30,00 bezahlt. Dass der Huntenpop ein Dauerbrenner
ist, beweist die Tatsache, dass das Festival
bereits zum sechszehnten Mal stattfindet.
Austragungsort des Huntenpop Festivals ist ein Terrain in der Nähe von
Varsselder bei Doetinchem, ca. 30 km von Arnheim
entfernt. Durch
den Auftritt von 35 Bands auf fünf Bühnen an
einem einzigen Tag werden alle möglichen
Musikrichtungen angeboten, so dass die
Musikliebhaber aus diversen Stilrichtungen auswählen
können: Vom Blues über Techno bishin zu Dance
und Hiphop.
Die
Bands stammen aus verschiedenen Ländern
Westeuropas. Beginnend natürlich mit den Gruppen
aus Deutschland, darunter AK 4711 und In
Extremo. Aus den Niederlanden kommen
Intwine, die Julian Sas Band, Epica,
Grolschbusters, Nemesea und Daniël Lohues &
The Louisiana Blues Club. Aus Belgien reisen Gabriël
Rios, Admiral Freebee und Novastar an, die
auch auf dem Pinkpop Festival zu sehen waren. Zu
den weiteren Bands zählen Mostly Autumn und Paradise
Lost aus England, die irische Gruppe Neck
sowie Roy Paci & Aretuska aus Italien.
Tribute
Night
Dem Huntenpop Festival am Samstag, den 3. September geht ein Abend unter dem
Titel TRIBUTE TO’ voraus. Am Freitag, den 2.
September ab 20.00 Uhr können Liebhaber dann
bereits die ‚Optimal FM Tribute Night’ genießen,
bei der Tribute-Bands wie Herman Brood, U2, Golden
Earring und Genesis zu hören sein werden.
Besucher, die das ganze Wochenende kommen wollen,
haben die Möglichkeit, auf einem Campingplatz
neben dem Festivalterrain zu übernachten. Die
Nutzung des Campingplatzes kostet € 7,50. Für
den gleichen Betrag erhält man auf Wunsch ein
frisch zubereitetes Frühstück.
Eine der sechs Bühnen am Samstag ist für die zehn Gewinner des „Music
Awards Gelderland Competitie“ reserviert.
Huntenpop bietet auf diese Weise jungen Bands jährlich
die Möglichkeit, Bühnenerfahrung zu sammeln und
Kontakte zu den sogenannten „großen Brüdern“
aus dem In- und Ausland zu schließen.
Festivalmarkt
Das Huntenpop Festival legt auch in diesem Jahr traditionsgemäß großen
Wert auf Theater und andere Vergnügungsarten auf
dem Festivalgelände. Aus diesem Grund wird in
diesem Jahr der Einteilung des Geländes mehr
Bedeutung zugewiesen, wobei insbesondere der jährliche
Festivalmarkt auf der Geländemitte eine
wesentlich günstigere Platzierung erfährt. Dabei
wird der traditionelle Festivalmarkt mit einer CD-
und Plattenbörse kombiniert. Anmeldungen hierfür
liegen bereits aus den Niederlanden, Belgien und
Deutschland vor. Interessenten können sich noch
über die Webseite www.huntenpop.nl
(markt) anmelden.
Der Vorverkauf für das Huntenpop Festival ist bereits angelaufen. Karten können
über die Webseite www.huntenpop.nl
bestellt werden. Für Freitagabend, den 2.
September sind die Karten ausschließlich an der
Abendkasse erhältlich, somit nicht im Vorverkauf
zu bekommen.
16.
HUNTENPOP FESTIVAL
Freitag,
den 2. und Samstag, den 3. September
2005
Festivalterrain:
Varsselder (30 km hinter Arnheim)
Eintritt
am Freitag: € 8,-- an der Abendkasse (kein
Vorverkauf)
Eintritt
am Samstag: € 30,-- (Vorverkauf) und € 35,-- (Abendkasse)
WWW.HUNTENPOP.NL
thanks to Leo Preusting
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| 03.06.2005
today news about KEEP
OF KALESSIN - SLAYER |
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Norwegian black metallers KEEP
OF KALESSIN, featuring Obsidian C.
(a.k.a. Arnt Grønbech, also a touring
guitarist for SATYRICON) on guitars/bass/synth,
have reportedly been confirmed for the upcoming IMMORTAL
tribute album, "Epimythion - Tribute to
Immortal", tentatively due this fall via
Greece's Townsend Avalanche Music. KEEP
OF KALESSIN have yet to announce which IMMORTAL
track they will be covering for the collection,
which will be mastered at Strype Audio in
Oslo, Norway by Tom Kvalsvoll.
"Epimythion - Tribute to Immortal"
will feature the following track listing:
KEEP OF KALESSIN - TBA
SUNN O))) – "Cursed Realms Of The
Winterdemons"
BEYOND DAWN - "Storming Through Red
Clouds And Holocaust Winds"
VREID - "As The Eternity Opens"
OCD+BRAINCONTROLLER - "Pure
Holocaust"
ENDWARFMENT - "Unsilent Storms In The
North Abyss"
TRAGEDY BEGINS - "The Sun No Longer
Rises"
ZWEIZZ - "Blacker Than Darkness"
ENTHRONED - "Eternal Years on the Path
to the Cemetary Gates"
AURA NOIR - t.b.c.
SETH - "Battles in the North"
FUNERAL PROCESSION - "A Perfect Vision
of the Rising Northland"
KEEP OF KALESSIN recently entered the
studio to begin recording their new album, "Armada",
tentatively due in September via the Norwegian
label Tabu Recordings, a division of Tuba
Records. Vyl will be playing the drums
on the album and a new bass player, Wizziac,
will be introduced. MAYHEM singer Attila
Chisar will be doing some additional vocals,
but he will not be the frontman anymore. The band
will try out different vocalists in the studio to
find the one who matches the music best. The
group's complete lineup will be revealed when the
recording sessions are completed
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Slayer
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SLAYER have NOT set October 11, 2005 as the official release date for their follow-up to 2001's "God Hates Us
All".
SLAYER kicked off a European tour on May 27 at the Festimad in Fuenlabrada, Spain. The band are expected to stay on the road in Europe until early July, after which they will presumably return to the studio to resume work on the new album, which will surface late 2005/early 2006 via American/Warner.
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today news about HOLE
IN THE SKY FESTIVAL - PARADISE
LOST - THE
LIZARDS |
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Hole in the Sky
Festival
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OBITUARY, OPETH, NILE and BEHEMOTH are among the confirmed bands for the
Hole in the Sky festival, set to be held August 24-27 in Bergen, Norway. Also scheduled to appear at the festival are HIGH ON FIRE, TAAKE, BLOOD RED THRONE, AUDIOPAIN and SAHG (featuring members of GORGOROTH, AUDREY HORNE and MANNGARD).
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Paradise Lost
are pleased to announce that they have signed a licensing deal with
Century Media to release the new album in all territories except for Europe and Japan where its still licensed to GUN/Sony BMG.
The tentative UK release date is still set to be August
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The Lizards To Play U.S. With UFO
Hard Rockers The Lizards, hot off the heels of a recent
European tour with Ian Hunter and UFO, will be performing a series of gigs in the
U.S. with legendary metal outfit UFO. The dates and venues are as followed:
SUMMER 2005 - USA
Tues July 5th - Farmingdale - NY - The Downtown
Wed July 6th - NY - BB Kings
Thurs July 7th - Hampton Beach - NH - Casino
Fri July 8th - Baltimore - MD - House Of Rock
Sat July 9th - Philadelphia - PA - The Trocadero
Tues July 12th - Cleveland - OH - House Of Blues
Weds July 13th - Pittsburgh - PA - Rex Theater
Thurs July 14th - Milwaukee - WI - Shank Hall
Mon July 18th- Chicago - IL - House Of Blues
Tues July 19th - Chicago - IL - House Of Blues
The Lizards, featuring Bobby Rondinelli (BOC/Rainbow/Sabbath) and Mike DiMeo
(Riot), will be performing at the Sweden Rock Festival on June 10, and will be
playing selections from their latest release Cold Blooded Kings (which
recently received a 4 star review in Classic Rock magazine.) The band will also be
appearing with hard rock legends Mountain at B.B.Kings June 29.
For more information: www.thelizardswebsite.com
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| 31.05.2005
today news about AFTER
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After All
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AFTER ALL TO SUPPORT METAL CHURCH
After All have been invited to support classic US band Metal Church during
their scheduled shows in Holland, on June 2 and 3.
Other upcoming After All shows include two club dates with Bay Area legends
Heathen in July and appearances at Kleudde Metalfest and Izzefest, later
this summer.
METAL CHURCH (USA) + guests AFTER ALL
02/06/2005 - Haarlem (NL)
venue: Patronaat
03/06/2005 - Helmond (NL)
venue: Plato
HEATHEN (USA) + guests AFTER ALL
14/07/2005 - Sint-Niklaas (B)
venue: The Starz
15/07/2005 - Geleen (NL)
venue: Ed & Rocco's
KLEUDDE BACKYARD METALFEST
13/08/2005 - Zemst (B)
AFTER ALL + TANKARD (D) + more
IZZEFEST
03/09/2005 - Izegem (B)
AFTER ALL + GOJIRA (F) + more
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| 29.05.2005
today news about TAPPING
THE VEIN - CHTON - CRADLE OF FILTH |
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Tapping The Vein
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My space URL for TTV:
http://www.myspace.com/tappingthevein .
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Chton
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CHTON, the Norwegian death metal band featuring Kenneth of KEEP OF KALESSIN and Torstein of MANES, have parted ways with drummer Vidar. "The split is totally amicable and has been something we've seen coming for a little while now," the band write on their web site." As the activity in camp CHTON has only increased, he has chosen to step down and focus on his family life. The gig we did at Nattrock was the last thing Vidar did with us. Horns raised to everyone that was there! We have found a replacement, and will announce this as we post pictures of the new line-up. Thanks to Vidar for his dedication to CHTON, and good luck for the future!"
CHTON played a support gig for the project Bunker Dora on Thursday, May 26. "It has been a heated debate in Norwegian press lately concerning the location of a planned national centre for rock and pop that will include a music archive and a museum," the band write on their web site. "This support gig, which had 25 bands on the bill, was in support of placing this centre in Trondheim. Other bands that played was (among others) TNT, LUMSK, TERJE TYSLAND, TUNGTVANN, SUZUKA etc. Picture from the CHTON gig can be found here and a backstage picture with members of CHTON + members of LUMSK, SUZUKA, JAA9 & ONKELP, Margaret Berger from 'Idol' (crap 'talent' search TV show) etc. can be found here."
CHTON's debut album, "Chtonian Lifecode", was recorded, mixed and mastered at Godt Selskap Studio between April and June 2004 and was released last August through Retribute Records. The album includes guest vocals by Attila Csihar (MAYHEM, ex-TORMENTOR) and Frediablo (NECROPHAGIA, GRIMFIST). A full-length MP3 of the album track "Unholy Communion" can be downloaded at this location.
Upcoming CHTON shows:
Jun. 04 – Trondheim, NOR - Krigsseilerplassen/Royal Garden
Jul. 23 – Bjugn, NOR - FosenRock
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British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH will be embarking on a U.K. headlining tour in December. Confirmed dates are as follows:
Dec. 01 – Southampton, UK @ Guild Hall
Dec. 02 - Norwich, UK @ Uea
Dec. 03 - London, UK @ The Forum
Dec. 05 - Cardiff, UK @ University
Dec. 06 - Birmingham, UK @ Academy
Dec. 08 - Glasgow, UK @ Academy
Dec. 09 - Newcastle, UK @ Academy
Dec. 10 - Leeds, UK @ University
Dec. 11 - Manchester, UK @ Academy
Dec. 12 - Nottingham, UK @ Rock City
CRADLE OF FILTH are currently putting together a live DVD filmed over two sold-out shows in Paris, France on April 2-3, 2005. The disc will include extra behind-the-scenes footage spanning the last three years of the band's existence. It will also feature promotional videos and exclusive band interviews and other extras. It scheduled for release in October.
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| 25.05.2005
today news about ALL
THAT REMAINS |
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Matt Dies has decided to leave All That
Remains. All that Remains wish him the best in his future endevors
and are now on the hunt for a new bass player.
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| 24.05.2005
today news about WITCHCRAFT
- WINDIR -
TESTAMENT
- KOLDBORN - OPETH - HEATHEN |
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Witchcraft
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Candlelight Records with Rise Above
Records are gearing up for a hot summer with the
release of the new album from WITCHCRAFT.
Titled "Firewood", the album will hit
stores on July 26. The band is expected to
premiere material from the album at this weekend's
Emissions of the Monolith festival, where the band
will make a one-off, headline performance on
Saturday, May 28 at the seventh annual doom
festival.
Working again with Jens Henriksson (producer),
"Firewood" was recorded in England
"Firewood"
track listing:
01. Chylde of Fire
02. If Wishes Were Horses
03. Mr. Haze
04. Wooden Cross (I Can't Wake the Dead)
05. Queen of Bees
06. Merlin's Daughter
07. I See A Man
08. Sorrow Evoker
09. You Suffer
10. Attention!
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Defunct Norwegian black metallers WINDIR will release their posthumous DVD, "Sognametal", on July 25 via Tabu Recordings.
"Sognametal" DVD features the complete WINDIR concert from September 3, 2004. The show, which was staged as a tribute to WINDIR frontman and founder Valfar (who died in January 2004), featured WINDIR guitarist Sture on most of the vocals, as well as guest vocals by Cosmocrator (MINDGRINDER) and Valfar's brother Vegard. Also included on the DVD are WINDIR live clips from Gaupne (1996), Sogndal (2001 and 2002) and the Inferno Festival in Oslo 2002, plus backstage material, an interview with Valfar from Norwegian national TV, and a photo gallery. VREID guitarist Ese produced the DVD at Hváll's Studio 1184 last fall. The DVD's cover artwork was designed by Norwegian painter Abolph Tidemand.
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Testament
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TESTAMENT
and friends will be playing a benefit concert on
July 9, 2005 at The Pound in San Francisco.
Proceeds from the "Thrash of the
Titans"-style show — the band's first
in the San Francisco area in over two years —
will aid in the financial recovery for families
dealing with life-altering medical diagnosis.
For more information on the
upcoming benefit concer, click here
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Download a rehearsal recording of the new
KOLDBORN track "Neural Bound" at
this
location.
KOLDBORN's latest EP, "Devil of All Deals", was recorded and mixed at Borsing Recordings by Jacub "Ilmer" Bredahl and is the band's first CD to feature new members Bjørn Bihlet (guitar) and Lars Bjørn-Hansen (vocals).
The group, who split with longtime frontman Martin Leth in early 2003, issued their debut album, "First Enslavement", in October 2002 through Diehard Music.
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Opeth
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Sweden's OPETH have posted the following message on their official web site:
"We can now officially announce that OPETH has signed a worldwide contract with Roadrunner records. The rumours were true! The new album is set to be released sometime in the late August or early September of 2005.
"OPETH has cancelled their Vienna/Austria Aerodrome festival appearance (May 27) due to the recording taking longer time than expected. We are very sorry for the fans who expected to see OPETH there, but we hope to return to Austria as soon as humanly possible!
"The recording process is going well. One song is mixed and done, another one in the process of being mixed. Solos are being recorded as well as death screams. Some songtitles? 'Ghost of Perdition', 'The Baying of the Hounds', 'Isolation Years' and 'Harlequin Forest'. The record plan to be done by June 1.
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Heathen
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San Francisco Bay Area metallers HEATHEN have issued a short statement regarding the passing of their former bassist Mike "Yaz" Jastremski. The statement reads as follows:
"We are truly stunned by the news of the passing of our metal brother Mike 'Yaz' Jastremski. He passed on this morning [May 23]. We will all miss him dearly. May he rest in peace."
Jastremski performed on HEATHEN's classic 1987 debut "Breaking the Silence" before leaving the group a short time later to form PIGS. He eventually rejoined HEATHEN in time for their appearance at the August 2001 Thrash of the Titans benefit concert for TESTAMENT frontman Chuck Billy.
HEATHEN parted ways with Jastremski in June 2004 over what was rumored at the time to be Yaz's "continued drug and drinking problems." He was replaced in the group by Jon Torres, who had previously participated in such bands as THUNDERHEAD, WARNING SF, ULYSSES SIREN, LAAZ ROCKIT and ANGEL WITCH.
HEATHEN guitarist Lee Altus said at the time of Yaz's final departure from the band, "We're sorry to see [Yaz] go and wish him all the best. He is a good friend and I'm glad that we parted ways without any animosity and can still remain best of friends."
www.heathenmetal.com
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today news about MARDUK
- OVERKILL - TYPE O NEGATIVE - DORO |
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Marduk
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MARDUK's official web site has been updated with the following message:
"MARDUK will be back on the road touring at the end of August. According to the management, Europe will be hit first, followed by South America. The first tour dates will be posted soon..."
MARDUK were forced to cancel their European tour earlier in the year after drummer Emil Dragutinovic's arm was broken in a fight back in February.
The band recently put the finishing touches on the videos for the songs "Throne of Rats" and "The Hangman of Prague".
MARDUK's ninth full-length album, "Plague Angel", was released in the U.S. in March. The album came out in Europe last November via Blooddawn/Regain Records.
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Overkill
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Drummer Tim Mallare has
offically left OVERKILL,
according to a posting on the group's web site. Mallare
is said to have exited the group of "his own
accord. His contribution over the last 14 years
have been at the highest level. He will be missed!
Joining OVERKILL as the permanent
replacement for Mallare is Ron Lipnicki,
formerly of HADES. "[Ron's]
work and talents have been tireless through the
band's Euro tour," according to a post on the
band's web site. "OVERKILL looks
forward to presenting their newest member to YOU
on the road!"
Tim Mallare originally came into the group
prior to the recording of 1993's "I Hear
Black".
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Type O Negative
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Despite
a message on the band's official web site that
seems to suggest otherwise, TYPE
O NEGATIVE frontman Peter Steele HAS NOT
DIED.
The band, who are famous for their dark sense of
humor, have spent much of the last few months
preparing material for their SPV Records debut,
which is expected to be recorded later in the
year.
TYPE O NEGATIVE cancelled their U.S. tour last
fall in order to allow Steele to undergo further
tests after "undisclosed anomalies" were
discovered during a medical exam. A February 11,
2005 update on Peter's condition from TYPE O
NEGATIVE drummer Johnny Kelly stated, "There
really isn't much to report other than he's doing
fine and his health is improving daily."
from
Blabbermouth
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Doro
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According to a posting on
Doro Pesch's official web site, the former WARLOCK frontwoman recently underwent surgery for an undisclosed ailment and "she is already recovering." As a result, all of her previously announced tour dates scheduled for this month had to be cancelled. No further information is currently available.
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| 12.05.2005
today news about COLT |
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Colt/Living With
Eating Disorders
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From the ashes of
Living With Eating Disorders grew a brand new animal...
Andrea Kerr, Jared Christian Hawkes and Mark Bishop, keen to move beyond the controversy surrounding the name, and the increasing concern over Andrea’s self-injury, took some time away from gigging to concentrate on recording an album. Time away from the stress of the London gigging circuit gave the band a clearer outlook to decide what was important to them and reassess their reasons for making music. Still convinced that making music together was what they wanted to do most, they decided to leave behind the name, the pressure that went with it and create a new beast!
Colt have an album in place and will return with some live dates in the summer.
http://www.coltmusic.co.uk
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| 10.05.2005
today news about ENSLAVED
- SUSPERIA |
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Enslaved at South Park
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After the highly successful release of their newest album,
ISA, in the US, it is now confirmed that the extreme metal band
Enslaved will host as guests at the popular South Park series.
First draft of the animations is already
here.
It is not determined when the episode will air.
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Susperia
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OSLO, NORWAY - SUSPERIA, the extreme melodic metal band from Norway have announced details of a high profile European tour in May. The band have been confirmed as the main support act for bay area thrash legends TESTAMENT on their upcoming European 'Reunion Tour'. Also appearing on the tour will be Divine Empire from the USA and Demolition from Austria.
Dates confirmed are UK London - Koko May 8, FRANCE Paris - La Locomotive 9, LUXEMBOURG Esch Sur Alzette -Kulturfabrik 10, ITALY Milan - Rolling Stone 11, AUSTRIA Innsbruck - Hafen 12, GERMANY Lichtenfels - Stadthalle 13, GERMANY Munster / Dieburg - Live Arena 14, BELGIUM Gavere - Racing 15.
The band Athera - vocals, Memnock - bass guitar, Tjodalv - drums, Elvorn and Cyrus - guitars, recently completed a video for the album track "Devil May Care" from their third full-length album, Unlimited. It features highlights from SUSPERIA's recent and most successful tour of Europe, including footage from their impressive performance at 2004's Inferno Festival.
Susperia are expected to start work on their 'official' 4th album in late summer. In the meantime the band have bowed to pressure from fans and will release the cover songs that they have occasionally been performing at selected shows. The songs 'Lack Of Comprehension' originally recorded by Death, 'Wild Child' originally recorded by WASP and the much sought after version of 'The Sun Always Shines On TV' - a worldwide hit for fellow Norwegians A-Ha, are set for inclusion on a special edition album entitled 'Devil May Care' , which is scheduled for release in Europe in May. The album will also include the 'Unlimited' album track 'Devil May Care' as well as a new song 'Venting The Anger'. As an added bonus the release will contain the promo videos for 'Chemistry' and 'Devil May Care'.
Susperia released their third full length album 'Unlimited' , last year through the TUBA label in Europe and Candlelight in the USA. The album went on to become a firm favourite with both fans and media around the world, being recognised with a nomination in the 'Metal' category for Norway's respected Alarm awards. The video for the song 'Chemistry' continues to receive regular TV airplay on stations including MTV Headbangers Ball, Havoc TV,NRK, Scuzz.
Testament - Susperia - Divine Empire - Demolition
MAY 2005
Sun 8th LONDON - Koko (Formerley The Camden Palace) (UK)
Mon 9th PARIS - La Locomotive (FR)
Tue 10th ESCH SUR ALZETTE - Kulturfabrik ( LU )
Wed 11th MILAN - Rolling Stone (IT)
Thu 12th INNSBRUCK - Hafen ( AT )
Fri 13th LICHTENFELS - Stadthalle (DE)
Sat 14th MUNSTER - DIEBURG - Live Arena (DE)
Sun 15th GAVERE - Racing ( BE )
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| 05.05.2005
today news about IX
METAL FORCES |
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IX Metal Forces
Festival
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Neues
vom Metal Forces Festival.
Dew-Scented werden doch nicht auf dem Metal Forces
Festival spielen, da die Band ein Angebot bekommen
hat in den USA zu touren. NECROPHAGIST
werden als Ersatz spielen!!!
Weitere Infos unter: www.metalforcesfestival.de
Dew-Scented
will not play the IX Metal Forces, cause the band
received a proposal to tour in the USA.
Necrophagist will susbstitute them!!
more
infos at www.metalforcesfestival.de
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| 02.05.2005
today news about 18
SUMMERS + AETERNITAS - DANZIG
- MALEVOLENT
CREATION - DEW SCENTED |
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18 Summers +
Aeternitas at the WGT 2005 with signing sessions
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18
SUMMERS - LIVE IN LEIPZIG!__________________
Felix Flaucher und Frank Schwer werden am Montag,
den 16. Mai 2005 live
auf dem 14. Wave Gotik Treffen in Leipzig zu
sehen sein.
Es ist ein
Akustik-Set zu erwarten, wie es minimalistischer
nicht sein könnte.
Nur mit
akustischer Gitarre und Gesang werden die beiden
einen Querschnitt
durch die Welt
von 18 Summers bieten.
Felix Flaucher:
"Am liebsten wären uns auf der Bühne
Sofas, Sessel und
ein paar
Stehlampen. Die Leute sollen das Gefühl haben,
sie sind ganz
entspannt bei uns
zu Hause zu Besuch."
Alle Freunde der Musik von 18 Summers sollten
sich den Auftritt der
beiden Ausnahmekünstler nicht entgehen lassen,
sind doch vorerst keine
weiteren Konzerte geplant... www.18summers.de
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on stage @ WGT 2005
VENUE:
GEYSERHAUS
SHOW DATE: Monday,
16.05.2005
doors open: 18:00
PAUL ROLAND 19:00
- 19:50
ANNE CLARK
20:20 - 21:20
18 SUMMERS 21:50
- 22:50
>> SIGNING SESSIONS
@ WGT 2005
15.05. Sunday @ 22:00 h at the ZILLO stand (AGRA
hall)
16.05. Monday @ 16:00 h in the DARKFLOWER club
18 Summers Autogrammstunde. Die Band ist
komplett anwesend.
AETERNITAS______________________
„La Danse
Macabre“ Live Show
Mit der
Veröffentlichung ihres zweiten Albums „La
Danse Macabre“ im Juli 2004
haben sich
AETERNITAS den Gothic-Theatre-Metal auf ihre
Fahnen geschrieben.
Dass es sich
dabei nicht bloß um laue Versprechungen
handelt, werden die neun Jungs
und Mädels von
AETERNITAS mit ihrer theatralischen Bühnenshow
eindrucksvoll unter
Beweis stellen.
Die Stücke ihres Totentanzes werden nicht bloß
live präsentiert,
sondern der Tod
wird sich wahrhaft auf der Bühne seinen
Opfern nähern und sie
ohne Gnade in
sein Reich ziehen. Mit aufwendigen Kostümen,
Requisiten und
Hintergründen
werden AETERNITAS eine neue Form des gotischen
Theaters
präsentieren,
die sicherlich viele alte und neue Fans
begeistern wird.
>> SIGNING SESSIONS @
WGT 2005
15.05. Sunday @ 15:00 h at the ZILLO stand
(AGRA hall)
>>
ON STAGE @ WGT 2005
VENUE:
AGRA hall 4.2
DATE:
Sunday, 15.05.2005 at 19:00 h
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Danzig
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DANZIG's "Il Demonio Nera", a brand-new DVD collection of videos, video outtakes, alternative versions and previously unreleased material from DANZIG's "Danzig 4" (2000) and "Danzig 5" (2002) projects, will be in stores on Tuesday, June 14.
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Malevolent Creation
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MALEVOLENT CREATION,
ORIGIN, DIVINE EMPIRE and ANIMOSITY
will be teaming up for a U.S. tour beginning in
early July. Confirmed dates are as follows:
Jul. 02 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ The Factory
Jul. 03 - St. Petersburg, FL @ State Theatre
Jul. 05 - Orlando, FL @ Backbooth
Jul. 06 - Jacksonville, FL @ Thee Imperial
Jul. 07 - New Orleans, LA @ TBA
Jul. 08 - Houston, TX @ Fat Cat's
Jul. 09 - San Antonio, TX @ The Sanctuary
Jul. 10 - Dallas, TX @ Phoenix Music Complex
Jul. 11 - Oklahoma City, OK @ Purgatory
Jul. 12 - Gallup, NM @ Red Rock State Park
Auditorium
Jul. 13 - Phoenix, AZ @ Metal Devastation 2
Jul. 14 - Tijuana, MX @ TBA
Jul. 15 - San Diego, CA @ Brick By Brick
Jul. 16 - Corona @ Showcase Theatre
Jul. 17 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Hanging Jury
Jul. 19 - San Francisco, CA @ TBA
Jul. 20 - Sacramento, CA @ TBA
Jul. 21 - Portland, OR @ TBA
Jul. 22 - Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
Jul. 23 - Spokane, WA @ Fat Tuesday
Jul. 25 - St. Paul, MN @ The Lab
Jul. 26 - Davenport, IA @ Quad City Live
Jul. 27 - Chicago, IL @ TBA
Jul. 28 - Cleveland, OH @ TBA
Jul. 29 - Dayton, OH @ Elbo's - Bloodfest
Jul. 30 - Saginaw, MI @ Jamestowne Hall
Jul. 31 - Buffalo, NY @ TBA
Aug. 01 - Rochester, NY @ TBA
Aug. 02 - Boston, MA @ TBA
Aug. 03 - Long Island, NY @ TBA
Aug. 04 - Middleton, NY @ Club NY
Aug. 05 - Raleigh, NC @ The Brewery
Aug. 06 - Atlanta, GA @ TBA
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Dew-Scented
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DEW-SCENTED have posted the cover
artwork for their upcoming album, "Issue
VI", at
this
location.
"Issue VI" is scheduled for release in
Europe on June 20 via Nuclear Blast Records. North
American and Japanese release dates have not yet
been announced.
"Issue VI" track listing:
01. Processing Life
02. Rituals of Time
03. Turn to Ash
04. Ruins of Hope
05. Out of The Self
06. The Prison of Reason
07. Bled Dry
08. In Defeat
09. Never to Return
10. Vortex
11. Conceptual End
12. Evil Dead (ZEKE cover)
The Japanese version of "Issue VI" (via
Soundholic Records) will include an exclusive
bonus track, "Full-Blown Revenge".
The follow-up to 2003's "Impact",
"Issue VI" was recorded at Stage One
studios in Borgentreich, Germany with producer
Andy Classen (CALLENISH CIRCLE, TANKARD, OCCULT).
Classen, who produced the previous DEW-SCENTED
albums "Inwards" (2002) and
"Impact", "did an outstanding job
once [again] and definitely managed to deliver his
best production (for us, at least...) ever!"
the band write on their web site. The first
pressing of the album will contain an exclusive
bonus DVD featuring the "Turn to Ash"
video clip (shot recently over a two-day period in
Leipzig) plus 17 live tracks recorded at various
shows, including those in Paris (La Locomotive),
Strasbourg (La Laiterie), Ludwigsburg (Rockfabrik),
Summer Breeze festival, Wacken Open Air festival
as well as a brand new show captured last weekend
in Ludwigshafen (Das Haus) at the Metal Meeting
XVII festival in front of 700 people.
DEW-SCENTED, who were recently rejoined by
guitarist Marvin Vriesde (also in BLO.TORCH and
SEVERE TORTURE), will be teaming up with HIGH ON
FIRE and MISERY SIGNALS for the "Extreme The
Dojo Vol. 14" Japanese tour in June.
Confirmed dates are as follows;
Jun. 06 – Nagoya, JPN - Club Quattro
Jun. 07 - Osaka, JPN - Club Quattro
Jun. 09 - Tokyo, JPN - Club Quattro
DEW-SCENTED have been confirmed for this year's
Minneapolis Mayhem 2 festival, set to take place
on May 6-7 at Star Central in Columbia Heights,
Minnesota. Also appearing on the bill will be
SODOM, SADUS, USURPER and NOVEMBERS DOOM, among
many others.
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