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31.12.2005
today news about BELPHEGOR
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Belphegor
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Friday,
30. December 2005
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album details |
Helmuth
comments on the new
album:
Cheers
demons, guess some of
you are hungry for
info on the
recordings. Well, the
first two sessions are
finished and let me
tell you working with
Andy Classen is just
awesome, never before
recorded on better
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Belphegor’s
sound has
never been so
massive and
fresh, and I'm
more than sure
that this
album gained a
new dimension
for the band (
for example,
i’m doing
all the
chanting and
backing vocals
on my own, I
practised a
lot to handle
that
epic-sounding
shit haha, and
i’m very
proud of the
result...).
This album
will be a new
step forward
for Belphegor,
I spent all my
energy in the
last months on
this album. A
lot of new
elements and a
higher level
of composition
and structure
are added as
well, besides
you will hear
the most
aggressive and
rawest vocal
work I’ve
ever done.
No bullshit
when I say we
will give you
the strongest
opus we’ve
ever made, be
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| On
Wednesday the 25th of
January ‘06 the band
are beginning the 3rd
and last
studio-session,
recording the
chaos-lead-guitars,
Helmuth will be
grunting’ in the
missing vocal work for
three tunes, and the
crew will create some
samples and in/outro
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Sigurd
(guitar -
foundation
member)
mentioned some
of the titles:
Hi
all out there,
the 9 tracks
have reached a
"new
level" of
dynamic, we
try to bring
out the best
of the
potential we
have, we
worked for the
first time
with two
different
guitar tunes -
and very
unconventional
moods in the
hertz area, to
let it all
sound more
monumental.
The album
title isn’t
set yet, but
will follow
soon, here are
a list of some
new
sound-collages,
"Throne
Of
Sacrilege",
"Flammandus
Et Contemtus",
"Bluhtsturm
Erotica",
"Belphegor
– Hell’s
Ambassador",... |
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the pics of
the 2nd
recordings here! |
| New
European
campaign in
process |
BELPHEGOR
will be
supporting
CANNIBAL
CORPSE on
their upcoming
European tour
for two shows
at the No
Mercy
Festivals in
April 06, - get
the dates here!
Helmuth: We
are all
looking
forward to
this
‘hell-shows’,
and are very
exited to be
sharing the
stage again
with one of
our all-time
faves. |
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booking agents
negotiate already with
several
summer-festivals for
2006, confirmed
appearances coming
soon, so check back
for more
activities.... |
"We
wish you all the beAst
for 2006, thanks for
all the support and
respect the passing
year, see ya all
soon"
Sigurd, Barth,
Nefastus, Helmuth. |
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29.12.2005
today news about METALLIGA
OPEN AIR - ROTTING
CHRIST - UNMERCIFUL
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Metalliga Open Air
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EXCRUCIATION,
EXCREMENTORY GRINDFUCKERS,
NEAERA and TREMORS
have been confirmed for next
year's Metalliga
Open Air
festival, set to take place
June 16-17 in Dornbirn –
Lustenau, Austria. The
festival billing is shaping
up as follows (in
alphabetical order):
BITTERNESS (GER)
BORN FROM PAIN (NL)
CADAVERES (HU)
CONTRAPTION (GER)
DARK FUNERAL (SWE)
DEW-SCENTED (GER)
ENDSTILLE (GER)
EXCREMENTORY GRINDFUCKERS
(GER)
EXCRUCIATION (CH)
L'ESTARD (GER)
NEAERA (GER)
PROJECT PEACEMAKER
(GER)
TREMORS (GER)
TYRANTS (A)
UNLEASHED (SWE)
V8 WANKERS (D)
VENDETTA (A)
More confirmations will be
announced soon.
The two-day ticket will cost
€38 (camping included).
Pre-sale starts in February.
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Rotting Christ
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ROTTING
CHRIST
have announced two live
shows in the city of
Larissa, Greece which will
be recorded for their
first live release. The
pioneers of the Greek
metal scene will put on
two special two-hour shows
featuring songs covering
their entire catalog.
These live shows will be
held on February 3-4 at
Blive Music House in
Larissa, and will be the
only concerts to be
recorded for the upcoming
CD. The shows will mark
the band's 18 years in the
metal scene and fans from
around the world are
expected to attend.
As previously reported, ROTTING
CHRIST will play a
very special show
consisting exclusively of
material from their first
three albums — "Passage
To Arcturo"
(1989), "Thy
Mighty Contract"
(1992) and "Non
Serviam" (1994)
— on January 14, 2006 at
An Club in Athens, Greece.
A poster for the show can
be viewed at this
location.
ROTTING CHRIST
recently inked a deal with
Season of Mist. The
band are expected to enter
the studio during the
coming months to begin
recording a new studio
album, tentatively due in
2006. The band's "Passage
To Arcturo" and "Non
Serviam" albums
(both with bonus tracks)
will be reissued on
January 24, 2006 via the
new The End Records
sub-division Unruly
Sounds, which focuses
on uncompromising and
unique sounds of metal
music, from yesteryear to
today. More information is
available at this
location.
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Unmerciful
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UNMERCIFUL,
the new band featuring
former ORIGIN
members Clinton
Appelhanz (guitar,
vocals), James King
(drums) and Jeremy
Turner (formerly a
touring guitarist for CANNIBAL
CORPSE), have inked a
two-album deal with Unique
Leader Records. The
group, who describe their
musical style as
"modern blasting
American death
metal," have already
completed work on their
debut album for a
tentative early 2006
release. The
as-yet-untitled CD, which
features a guest
appearance by CANNIBAL
CORPSE bassist Alex
Webster (on one
track), will be mastered
by Colin Davis of Imperial
Mastering. Check out
three songs from the
upcoming album — "Masochistic
Rampage", "Seething
Darkness" and "Mass
Execution" — at
the band's official web
site, www.unmerciful.us.
UNMERCIFUL is:
Clint Applehanz -
Guitars, Vocals
James King - Drums
Tony Reust - Vocals
Jeremy Turner -
Guitar, Vocals
Derek Engemann -
Bass
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24.12.2005
today news about DARK
FUNERAL - PLATITUDE
- METALLIC NOISE FESTIVAL
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Dark Funeral
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Swedish
black metallers DARK
FUNERAL have
announced the following
festival appearances
during 2006:
Jun. 17 - Dornbirn, AUT -
Metalliga Open Air
Jul. 15 - Spital am
Semmering, AUT -
Kaltenbach Open Air
Jul. 29 - Gernika, SPA -
Metalway Festival
Sep. 16 - Anröchte, GER -
Braincrusher Festival
A complete listing of
upcoming DARK FUNERAL
shows can be found at DarkFuneral.se.
As previously reported, Regain
Records will be
releasing picture-disc and
gatefold LP versions of DARK
FUNERAL's latest
album, "Attera
Totus Sanctus",
on February 20, 2006.
"Attera Totus
Sanctus" was
recorded and mixed by Daniel
Bergstrand (MESHUGGAH,
STRAPPING YOUNG LAD,
IN FLAMES, BEHEMOTH)
and Örjan Örnkloo
(MISERY LOVES CO.)
at Dug-Out studios
in Uppsala, Sweden between
May 23 and July 15, and
August 8 and August 19,
2005. Mastering duties
were handled by Tomas
Eberger at the Cutting
Room in Stockholm,
Sweden. The CD features a
guest appearance by former
MESHUGGAH bassist Gustaf
Hielm.
DARK FUNERAL
currently features
vocalist/bassist Emperor
Magnus Caligula,
guitarist Lord Ahriman,
guitarist Chaq Mol,
and drummer Matte Modin.
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Platitude
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Swedish
progressive power metal band
PLATITUDE
recently shot a video for
the track "Silence
Speaks". Check out
pictures from the video
shoot at this
location.
"Silence
Speaks" is the
title track from PLATITUDE's
new album, which was issued
in Japan this week through King
Records. A European
release will follow in
February 2006 via Germany's Metal
Heaven.
The follow-up to 2004's "Nine"
was recorded at Panicroom
Studios in Sweden and Jailhouse
Studios in Denmark and
was produced by Tommy
Hansen and PLATITUDE.
The mixing and mastering
duties were handled by Hansen
at Jailhouse.
"Silence
Speaks" (view cover
here)
track listing:
01. Tell the Truth
02. Nobody's Hero
03. Silence Speaks
04. Empty Inside
05. Fear (It's Over Now)
06. Don't Be Afraid
07. Falling Down
08. After the Storm
09. Walk with Me
10. You
As previously reported, PLATITUDE
recently parted ways with
keyboardist Andreas
Lindahl. Andreas
left the group in order to
"fully [concentrate] on
his other projects, mainly LOCH
VOSTOK as well as his
session work with WUTHERING
HEIGHTS and MANTICORA,"
according to a posting on
the band's web site.
PLATITUDE's sophomore
album, "Nine",
was released in April 2004
through Italy's Scarlet
Records. The follow-up
to 2003's "Secrets
of Life" was
recorded at Jailhouse
Studios with producer Tommy
Hansen (HELLOWEEN,
PRETTY MAIDS) and
features cover artwork by Mattias
Norén.
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Metallic Noise
Festival
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Long-running
German thrashers HOLY
MOSES have been
confirmed as the first
headliners of next year's Metallic
Noise Festival,
set to take place July
14-15, 2006 in
Burgstetten-Erbstetten,
Germany. The festival
billing is shaping up as
follows (in alphabetical
order):
BRESCHDLENG
COCKROACH
CRISIS NEVER ENDS
DARK WIRE
DAVIDIAN
DESASTER
DOOMSHINE
HOLY MOSES
KARKADAN
MUCUPURULENT
NOCTE OBDUCTA
SCENES
SUBCONSCIOUS
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21.12.2005
today news about ANOREXIA
NERVOSA - THE LEGION - ANGTORIA
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Anorexia Nervosa
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Hreidmarr
vocalist for raging
symphonic black metallists ANOREXIA
NERVOSA
has left the band and
comments :
"
Leaving ANOREXIA
NERVOSA was
definitely not the easiest
thing to do as we've shared
so much during our time
together as this band had
become a vivid part of my
daily life. For 7 years, the
band has been giving me so
many opportunities on a
musical and human level and
has heavily contributed
to become the person
I'm today.
Still,
I honestly thought I had
reached the end of a
personal era with the
album 'Redemption
Process'
and I now feel the need to take
a different path. I'm also
absolutely proud of what I
have been able to achieve
with the rest of the band
members who will
always remain my best
friends and I wish them the
very best for the
future."
and
send demos to : Anorexia
Nervosa, BP
1064, 87051
Limoges Cedex France.
ANOREXIA
NERVOSA
have recently released their
latest record : 'The
September ep'
in limited edition digipack.
from Irascible Distribution
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The Legion
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THE
LEGION CONFIRM NEW
VOCALIST AND NEW BASS
PLAYER
On
the verge of releasing
their new album 'Revocation',
Swedish blasters THE
LEGION
announce line up changes
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After a long search we
have finally found a new
vocalist for THE
LEGION. He's
name is Kjetil Hektoen and
he's also known for
his participation in Crest
of Darkness and Enthral.
We have already started to
work on material for a
third album together
with Kjetil and we believe
that his contribution to
the band will increase the
quality in our music on
many levels. A big
thanks goes out to all the
people that has auditioned
for us or sent us vocal
material.
Secondly, we want to
announce the departure of
our bassist Lars
Martinsson. Lars has
decided to leave the band
to continue with his
studies. We wish him the
best of luck and thank him
for all the years of
dedication to the band.
Kristoffer Andersson
from Sargatanas Reign will
be filling in for Lars as
a session member."
THE
LEGION
now has a stable line up
and will be working on
live dates as soon as the
opportunity comes in.
from Irascible Distribution
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Angtoria
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More
guest appearances on ANGTORIA´s
debut Album "God has
a plan for us all"
have just been made
official
and
below is the official
statement issued by
Sarah regarding this
matter:
Statement from Sarah:
"With a few technical
hitche's but thing's
running to plan, we have
finally
recorded the bass! My
search for a bassist
wasn't hard, I had two in
mind,
equally as talented and
equally as amazing! Ryan
Sinn from The Distillers
&
Dave Pybus from Cradle of
Filth/Six Six Six
Record's.
Due to budget & time,
Dave did the dirty job. It
made sense because he
does´nt live far from me.
Personally it's a shame we
couldn´t have had two
bass players! The track's
were recorded in
Springvale Recording
Studio's by
Mark Harwood, who is
famous for various Cradle
Of Filth work &
Extreme Noise
Terror, amongst other's.
Finally, a dream come true
for me! A song with Aaron
from My Dying Bride.
I´ve waited year's to
sing with his immaculate
voice! It's at last
happened.
No title for the track as
of yet but the lyric's
have been written by the
both of us"
All information regarding
the recording and the
progress can be found in
the
official Studio Report
section of the Official
Website
www.angtoria.com
from Angtoria
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19.12.2005
today news about ATARFE
VEGA ROCK FESTIVAL - KING
DIAMOND
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Atarfe Vega Rock
Festival
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W.A.S.P.
and IMPALED NAZARENE
have been confirmed for next
year's edition of the Atarfe
Vega Rock festival,
set to take place March
10-11, 2006 at Nave Medina
Elvira in Atarfe, Granada,
Spain. The festival billing
is now shaping up as follows
(in alphabetical order):
BEHEMOTH
BRAINSTORM
CREMATORY
GAMMA RAY
IMPALED NAZARENE
IN EXTREMO
MASTERPLAN
MOONSORROW
NUCLEAR ASSAULT
TO/DIE/FOR
TEN,
TESTAMENT
TWISTER SISTER
VICIOUS RUMORS
VIRGIN STEELE
W.A.S.P.
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King Diamond
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KING
DIAMOND
have announced more
confirmed dates for their
upcoming European tour,
which is scheduled to take
place in April/May 2006. The
dates are as follows (venue
details will follow):
Apr. 21 - Gothenburg, SWE @
TBA
Apr. 22 - Oslo, NOR @
Rockefeller
Apr. 24 - Stockholm, SWE @
TBA
May 09 - Warzsaw, POL @ TBA
May 20 - Thessaloniki, GRE @
TBA
May 21 - Athens, GRE @ TBA
May 24 - Treviso, ITA @ New
Age
May 25 - Firenze (Prato),
ITA @ Cencios
May 26 - Milano, ITA @ Live
Music Club
May 27 - Reggio Emilia, ITA
@ Tempo
May 30 - Granada, SPA @ TBA
May 31 - Madrid, SPA @ TBA
Jun. 02 - Barcelona, SPA @
TBA
Jun. 03 - Bergara, SPA @ TBA
Jun. 10 - Hellendoorn, NETH
@ TBA
Jun. 11 - Tilburg, NETH @
TBA
As previously reported, the
Scandinavian leg of the tour
will feature LOCH VOSTOK
and SECRET SPHERE,
while support on the rest of
the trek will come from GRIFFIN
and one more
as-yet-undisclosed act
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18.12.2005
today news about MALEVOLENT
CREATION - SKYLARK - SOIL
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Malevolent Creation
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Phil Fasciana
from Malevolent
Creation has posted on
the official website following
statement:
"I
wanted to tell you is that
Kyle has just announced that
he can't do the tour in europe
with us due to personal
reasons and instead of
canceling another tour because
of Kyle and his personal
problems we have contacted
original vocalist Brett
Hoffman to do the tour and he
accepted our offer and is
flying down to Florida next
week to rehearse with the band
until we leave in Jan 3rd. We
simply cannot keep canceling
tours because of Kyle and let
down our fans and the
promoters and booking agent's
who spend a lot of time and
money on these tours.We cannot
afford to lose our credibility
as a touring band so this is
how it has to be if we wish to
continue!!!!
This is really great news for
a lot of fans and also marks
the return of the original 4
band members(me.Jon
Rubin,Jason Blachowicz and
Brett Hoffman)together for the
first time since our first
european tours in 1991 and
1994 with this line up.If all
goes well on this tour we may
replace Kyle with Brett and
finish writing and recording
our 10th album and then do a
massive world tour for the
next 2 years!!!!
No One Can Destroy This
Malevolent Creation!!!!!!
Phil"
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Skylark
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Italian
symphonic power metallers SKYLARK
have just come back from New
York where they mastered two
acoustic songs (voice,
orchestra, acoustic guitar)
with George Marino at
the Sterling Sound.
These two new songs will be
included in a special
section of the band's
upcoming record, entitled "Divine
Gates Part 3 - The Last
Gate". No further
information is currently
available.
SKYLARK earlier in
the year issued a
compilation, entitled "In
the Heart of the
Princess", through Scarlet
Records. Conceived to
celebrate the band's 10-year
anniversary, this double
"best of" includes
all the major SKYLARK
hits chosen by Japanese fans
after a web poll. There are
also two brand-new songs, "Mt.
Fuji" (edit
version) and "Last
Battle", plus three
remakes, "Little
Girl", "The
Princess' Day" (this
one fully revisited) and
"Dream".
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Soil
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Chicago's SOIL
are currently mastering
their new album for a
tentative February/March
2006 release via DRT
Entertainment.
Commented the band's
guitarist Shaun Glass:
"The album is being
mastered now. This is the
final stages of audio,
making sure this thing
sounds even bigger than it
does now. Also, a new song
will be going out after the
holidays for all you net
junkies. We promise the
track will pack a punch and
a hook that won't leave your
head. Also we have been
jamming on some new and
classic SOIL songs
preparing for the U.K. tour
in January 2006. We think it
will be a good balance of
our songs. Don't expect any
covers as we will leave that
up to the bar band that is
out there playing our songs
(instead of their own; how
sad)."
SOIL's follow-up to
last year's "Redefine"
was recorded and mixed at Bomb
Shelter studios in Los
Angeles, California with
producer Ulrich Wild
(STATIC-X, TAPROOT).
The upcoming CD will be the
group's first to feature
singer A.J. Cavalier,
who previously fronted the
California-based DIESEL
MACHINE (also featuring
ex-DAMAGEPLAN
frontman Patrick Lachman
on guitar). The band's
original vocalist, Ryan
McCombs, has since
joined the Texas act DROWNING
POOL.
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16.12.2005
today news about
SAMAEL - MYSTIC CIRCLE - LACUNA COIL - MELECHESH -
MAJESTY
OF SILENCE - DON CABALLERO
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Samael
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Switzerland's SAMAEL
will make their Israeli live
debut on December 28 at Barbi
in Tel Aviv.
As previously reported. Century
Media Records have
re-released SAMAEL's "Ceremony
of Opposites"
(originally issued in 1994)
and "Worship Him"
(1991), both as "deluxe
editions," featuring
bonus material.
SAMAEL's Vorph
and Xy are currently
reworking their "Era
One" project
(originally completed and
delivered to Century Media
Records in September 2002)
for a January 2006 release
through Century Media.
SAMAEL will spend the
next few months writing
material for the follow-up to
last year's "Reign of
Light" album. The
group's as-yet-untitled new CD
is not expected to surface
until late 2006 at the
earliest. The band will also
be teaming up with OBITUARY
for a European tour beginning
in early January.
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Mystic Circle
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German
"dark Satanic metal
band" MYSTIC
CIRCLE have
finished recording their
seventh full-length album, "The
Bloody Path of God",
due on February 27, 2006 via Dockyard
1, the new company formed
by Dirk Putzke, Christine
Stephan (both ex-Sanctuary/Noise
Records) and Piet
Sielck (IRON SAVIOR).
The new CD was recorded at a
studio in Ludwigshafen,
Germany with former MYSTIC
CIRCLE drummer Necrodemon
at the production helm. The
album contains nine songs, two
intros and a cover version of CELTIC
FROST's "Circle of
the Tyrants".
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Lacuna Coil
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Italian
female-fronted metallers LACUNA
COIL have announced
a one-off show at the Forum in
London, U.K. on March 5, 2006.
LACUNA COIL's new
album, "Karmacode",
is tentatively scheduled for
release in March 2006 via Century
Media Records. The highly
anticipated follow-up to
2002's "Comalies"
was co-produced once again by Waldemar
Sorychta was mixed by Ronald
Prent (RAMMSTEIN, H.I.M.,
IRON MAIDEN).
Songtitles set to appear on
the CD include "What I
See", "Fragile",
"In Visible
Light", "Fragments
of Faith", "Within
Me" and "Our
Truth".
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Don Caballero
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DON
CABALLERO SIGN TO RELAPSE
RECORDS
Relapse
Records is proud to
announce the signing of
seminal instrumental super-rock
outfit DON
CABALLERO.
The
Pittsburgh-based band is
currently recording
their as-yet-untitled
Relapse debut
full-length with
longtime producer Al
Sutton (THE LAUGHING
HYENAS, BIG CHIEF) at Sutton's Rustbelt Studios
in Detroit, MI. Some
early track titles
include "World
Class Listening
Problem", "And
And And, He Lowered the
Twin Down",
"Palm Trees in the
F**king Bahamas",
and "Theme From
Bricktop Clowns". A
release date is still tba.
DON
CABALLERO,
which is
spearheaded by founder
and drummer
extraordinaire Damon
Che, has expanded to a
four piece and also
includes CRETA
BOURZIA guitarist and
bassist Jeff Ellsworth and
Jason Jouver as
well as guitarist Gene
Doyle. This lineup
has completed several
North American tours in
recent years and the
forthcoming record will be
the unit's first
recorded work together.
DON
CABALLERO
has previously released
four critically-acclaimed
and highly influential
full-length recordings
as well as an extensive singles
collection via its
previous label Touch
and Go Records
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Majesty of Silence
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Majesty
of Silence haben die
Aufnahmen zu ihrem dritten
Album beendet und im Cutting
Room in Schweden mastern
lassen. Erscheinen wird „Lichtstille“
zu Beginn 2006 bei Quam Libet
Records / K-tel. Ein Konzert
am 04.03.06 im W3nk in Aarau
mit Midwinter (D) steht
bereits fest.
Recordings for the third album
by Majesty of silence,
“Lichtstille” (“Silence
of the Light”), have been
completed, and the tracks have
been mastered at Cutting Room,
Sweden. The album will be
released by Quam Libet Records
/ K-tel in early 2006.
Majesty of silence live: March
04, 2006, at W3nk, Aarau (AG)
with Midwinter (GER).
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from Quam Libet Records -
Metal as you like it
www.quamlibetrecords.ch
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Melechesh
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Invoking the
Emissaries
Melechesh
to record their 4th album
The Inventors of Mesopotamian
Thrashing Black Metal -
Melechesh will enter Woodhouse
Studios (Samael, Grip Inc,
Therion, Moonspell etc.)
in Hagen, Germany to record
their Fourth full length album
in January 2006. The Mixing
will take place in Amsterdam,
The Netherlands with renowned
producer Attie Bauw (a.o.
Judas priest, Halford,
Scorpions, Fight .). The
tracking will take 3 weeks and
mixing circa 2 weeks.
'EMISSARIES' is the chosen
album name and some track
titles are:
· Sand Grain Universe
· Deluge of Delusional
Dreams:
- Act I. Cast Tempest From the
East
- Act II. Ashur's Retaliation
· Touching the Spheres of
Sephiroth
'Emissaries' will include
approximately 10-11 tracks
that will clearly carry the
Melechesh flag thematically
and musically. When asked on
the subject matter Ashmedi
stated "The album will
encompass what Melechesh have
always stood for:
Sumerian/Mesopotamian and
other dark Near Eastern mythos
and mysticism including the
cosmic connection and the
Occult. Musically the songs
will have the Melechesh
characteristic sound with a
variation and evolution just
like we have done for every
album; I am now busy with the
pre production and demoing the
last couple of songs ,
however, I prefer letting the
music speak for itself".
'Emissaries' is tentatively
scheduled for a release circa
April/May 2006 through Osmose
Productions for Europe and the
rest of the world(s), in North
America the release will be
through Osmose Productions
/The End Records.
from Osmose
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13.12.2005
today news about EVOLUTION
FESTIVAL - CREST OF
DARKNESS - IN FLAMES - AGAINST NATURE
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Evolution Festival
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DESTRUCTION,
THE GATHERING, FINNTROLL,
SECRET SPHERE
and ARTHEMIS
are the first
confirmed bands for
next year's edition of
the Evolution
Festival,
set to take place July
15-16, 2006 at
Toscolano Maderno
Campo Sportivo in
Brescia, Italy. More
confirmations will be
announced soon.
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Crest of Darkness
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Norwegian
black metallers CREST
OF DARKNESS
are scheduled to perform
at Tribute in Sandnes,
Norway on December 16.
More dates will be
announced soon.
As previously reported, CREST
OF DARKNESS have set
"Give Us the
Power to Do Your
Evil" as the
title of their fifth
full-length album,
tentatively due next
year.
CREST OF DARKNESS'
fourth album, "Evil
Knows Evil",
was released in early
2004 through My
Kingdom Music. The
follow-up to 2000's "Project
Regenration"
was recorded at MLP
Studio in Gjvik,
Norway with
co-producer/engineer Nils
H. Mhlum. Mastering
took place at Outer
Sound Studios with Giuseppe
Orlando (NOVEMBRE).
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Against Nature
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AGAINST
NATURE, the new
band featuring former
members of the
Maryland-based doom metal
act REVELATION
(guitarist/vocalist John
Brenner, drummer Steve
Branagan and bassist Bert
Hall, Jr.), have been
confirmed for the Doom
Shall Rise IV
festival, set to take
place March 31-April 1,
2006 in Göppingen,
Germany. Other bands
scheduled to perform at
the festival include DAWN
OF WINTER, DOOMRAISER,
GLOW, HEAVY LORD,
IRON HEARSE, JACK
FROST, LOW MANS
TUNE and VERSUS THE
STILLBORN-MINDED. A
short AGAINST NATURE
European tour may follow.
AGAINST NATURE will
be recording a cover of MANILLA
ROAD's "Crystal
Logic" for an
upcoming tribute album, to
be released via Solemnity
Music. No further
details are currently
available.
AGAINST NATURE
recently made their second
release, "Panoply",
available for free
download on their web site
www.againstnature.us.
AGAINST NATURE's
debut CD, "Appease",
was also released on Bland
Hand Records.
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In Flames
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More dates have
been announced for IN
FLAMES' upcoming
North American headlining tour
in support of their highly
anticipated new album, "Come
Clarity". Support at
the shows will come from
Orlando's TRIVIUM,
California's DEVILDRIVER
and Greensburg, Pennsylvania's
ZAO. The dates are as
follows:
Jan. 25 - Tempe, AZ - Marquee
Theatre
Jan. 26 - Las Vegas, NV -
House Of Blues
Jan. 27 - San Diego, CA - Soma
Jan. 28 - Hollywood, CA - The
Avalon
Jan. 29 - San Francisco, CA -
The Fillmoreq
Jan. 30 - Portland, OR -
Roseland Theater
Jan. 31 - Vancouver, BC -
Croatian Cultural Centre
Feb. 01 - Seattle, WA -
Showbox
Feb. 03 - Magna, UT - The
Great Salt Air
Feb. 04 - Englewood, CO -
Gothic Theatre
Feb. 06 - Austin, TX - The
Back Room
Feb. 07 - Houston, TX -
Meridian
Feb. 09 - Nashville, TN -
Rockettown
Feb. 10 - Detroit, MI - Harpo´s
Feb. 11 - Columbus, OH -
Newport Music Hall
Feb. 12 - Chicago, IL - House
Of Blues
Feb. 14 - Latham, NY -
Saratoga Winners
Feb. 15 - New York, NY -
Webster Hall
Feb. 16 - Washington, DC -
9:30 Club
Feb. 17 - Philadelphia, PA -
TLA
Feb. 18 - Worcester, MA - The
Palladium
Feb. 19 - Montreal, QC - Le
Medley
Feb. 20 - Quebec City, QC -
Theatre Capitole
Feb. 21 - Toronto, CNT - Kool
Haus
Feb. 22 - Rochester, NY -
Water Street Music Hall
Feb. 23 - Norfolk, VA - Norva
Theater
Feb. 24 - Charlotte, NC -
Tremont Music Hall
Feb. 25 - Atlanta, GA - Roxy
Feb. 26 - Orlando, FL - House
Of Blues
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08.12.2005
today news about IMPALED
NAZARENE
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Impaled Nazarene
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"We
have finished PRO PATRIA
FINLANDIA recordings. W will
mix the fucker in January
2006 at Sonic Pump Studios
with Tapio Pennanen. The
album will be mastered by
Mika Jussila at Finnvox
studios. Street date (in
Europe) is 28th
of March 2006. Our friend
Ritual is doing the album
cover and lay-out right now."
Final
track listing (not in any
particular order):
- WEAPONS
TO TAME A LAND
- SOMETHING
SINISTER
- CONTEMPT
- FOR
THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN
- CANCER
- NEIGHBOURCIDE
- THIS
CASTRATED WORLD
- LEUCORRHEA
- KUT
- I WAGE
WAR
- GOAT
SODOMY
- ONE
DEAD NATION UNDER DEAD
GOD
- PSYKOSIS
- HATE
– DESPISE –
ARROGANCE
Impaled
Nazarene will be heading
for a long European tour
between April – June
2006
from
Osmose
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06.12.2005
today news about DIVINE
EMPIRE - BRAND NEW SIN - OPETH
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Divine Empire
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Century
Media/Crash
Music recording
artists DIVINE EMPIRE
have announced the
addition of second
guitarist Chris Defaut
from Florida to the
group's ranks. Defaut
joins recently acquired
members, Marco Martell
(guitar) and David
Kinkade (drums) (both
from Chicago), alongside DIVINE
EMPIRE
bassist/vocalist Jason
Blachowicz (MALEVOLENT
CREATION).
DIVINE EMPIRE's
latest album, "Method
of Execution",
received its long-overdue
U.S. release last month.
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."
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Brand New Sin
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BRAND
NEW SIN recently
completed a highly
successful U.S. tour with BLACK
LABEL SOCIETY and are
now gearing up for three
headlining shows. They will
then kick off the New Year
with a few dates on the Jägermeister
Music Tour opening for DISTURBED
in support of "Recipe
for Disaster",
their highly acclaimed new
album. The video for their
new single, "Days
Are Numbered", shot
by Dale Resteghini (SHADOWS
FALL, HATEBREED),
is currently in rotation on "Headbanger's
Ball" and can also
be seen on AOL Music,
Music Choice and Yahoo!
Music.
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Opeth
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Sweden's OPETH
will appear in Greece and
Turkey at the end of March
next year. In addition, the
band will play a gig in Tel
Aviv, Israel for the fist
time. OPETH will also
be heading Down Under once
again and this time they
will appear in Auckland, New
Zealand.
Upcoming OPETH shows:
Dec. 06 - Paris, FRA @
Locomotive
Dec. 07 - Toulouse, FRA @
Ramier
Dec. 08 - Bergara, SPA @
Sala Jam
Dec. 09 - Madrid, SPA @
Arena
Dec. 10 - Barcelona, SPA @
Apolo
Dec. 11 - Lyon, SPA @ Le
Transbourder
Dec. 13 - Milan, ITA @
Rolling Stone
Dec. 14 - Florence, ITA @
Flog
Dec.
15 - Zurich, SWI @ Abart
Dec. 16 - Munich, GER @ New
Backstage
Dec. 17 - Vienna, AUT @
Szene Wien
Dec. 18 - Budapest, HUN @
Petofi Hall
Dec. 19 - Prague, CZR @ Roxy
Dec. 20 - Hanau, GER @ Halle
2
Dec. 21 - Stuttgart, GER @
Die Röhre
Dec. 22 - Zoetermeer, NETH @
Boerderij
Mar. 27 - Thessaloniki, GRE
@ Ydrogeios Club
Mar. 28 - Athens, GRE @ Club
22
Mar. 29 - Istanbul, TUR @
Kemanci Izmir
Mar. 30 - Izmir, TUR @ Yeni
Melek
Apr. 01 - Tel Aviv, ISR @
Theatre Club
Apr. 20 - Perth, AUS @ Loout
Apr. 21 - Adelaide, AUS @
The Barton Theatre
Apr. 23 - Melbourne, AUS @
The Forum
Apr. 24 - Melbourne, AUS @
The Forum
Apr. 25 - Sydney, AUS @ Big
Top/Luna Park
Apr. 27 - Brisbane, AUS @
The Arena
Apr. 29 - Auckland, NZ @ St
James Theatre
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05.12.2005
today news about SUMMER
BREEZE - NOVEMBERS DOOM
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Summer Breeze
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FINNTROLL
and FEAR MY THOUGHTS
are the latest confirmed
bands for next year's
installment of the Summer
Breeze festival, set to
take place August 17-19,
2006 in the Ostalbkreis
district in Germany. Also
scheduled to appear are NEAERA,
SCARVE and LUMSK.
More bands will be announced
soon.
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November's Doom/ Heathen
Crusade Festival
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Chicago's NOVEMBERS
DOOM, who are
currently in the writing
process for their
still-untitled follow-up
to 2005's successful "The
Pale Haunt Departure"
(due out sometime in 2006
on The End Records),
will be taking a break
from studio work to take
part in the inaugural Heathen
Crusade Festival in
Minnesota in January.
About the upcoming
festival appearance,
singer Paul Kuhr
comments: "On January
21, 2006 NOVEMBERS DOOM
will be performing at the Heathen
Crusade Festival in
Minnesota, and it looks as
if this will be our only
live appearance until we
complete writing and
recording the new CD in
early 2006. For this
reason, we are very
excited to take a break
from the process to play
live. The fantastic lineup
for the Heathen Crusade
makes the break more then
worth while, as this is
looking to be one of the
best metal festivals in
the country so far, and
we're proud to be a part
of it.
"The last opportunity
we had to play in
Minnesota, I fell quite
ill, and the crowd was
treated to a NOVEMBERS
DOOM performance where
the vocal duties were
handled by guitarist Larry,
so this year, I get to
make it up to Minnesota
fans. We'll be playing a
mixture of material
spanning most of our CD
catalog, and a possibility
you may hear something
from the upcoming CD as
well. Make your travel
arrangements for this one,
it's going to be worth
it!"
Also scheduled to appear
are Finland's MOONSORROW,
Ireland's PRIMORDIAL,
Sweden's THYRFING, THE
CHASM, TYPHUS
and TODESBONDEN.
Tickets are $25 in
advance, $30 day of show.
More information is
available at
www.heathencrusade.com.
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04.12.2005
today news about KATAKLYSM
- HUBI MEISEL
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Kataklysm
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Canadian death
metallers KATAKLYSM
will release their new album, "In
the Arms of Devastation",
as a limited-edition
double-disc featuring a bonus
live DVD, entitled "The
End of Serenity: Live in
Strasbourg".
"The DVD was
professionaly filmed in France
during the 'Serenity in
Fire' touring
campaign," the band write
in a newsletter. "Theres
some pretty sick footage of
fans ripping the place and the
stage apart...crazy
stuff."
As previously reported, a
rough-mix version of a
brand-new KATAKLYSM
track, entitled "Like
Angels Weeping (The
Dark)", has been posted
online at this
location. The song comes
off the "In the Arms
of Devastation", due
on February 20, 2006 via Nuclear
Blast Records. The CD was
mixed in Denmark by acclaimed
producer Tue Madsen.
KATAKLYSM have tapped
director Maurice Swinkels
from LowlifeMedia (EXODUS,
ABORTED, GOREFEST)
to film the band's video for
the track "Crippled
& Broken", from
the upcoming album. The
conceptual clip will be shot
in Amsterdam, Netherlands in
early March, shortly prior to
the band's European
co-headlining tour as part of
the No Mercy festival.
KATAKLYSM have been
confirmed for the "Metal
Crusaders" North
American tour, set to take
place in May/June next year.
Also appearing on the bill
will be VADER and NUCLEAR
ASSAULT. "Seeing the
legendary NUCLEAR ASSAULT,
one of my personal fave thrash
bands ripping 'Game Over',
'Survive' and 'Handle
with Care' classics will
be a personal high for
me!" stated KATAKLYSM
frontman Maurizio Iacono.
The first confirmed date is
May 26, 2006 at le Medley in
Montreal, Quebec, Canada. All
Canadian dates will be
headlined by KATAKLYSM
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Hubi Meisel
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Hubi
Meisel's new concept album,
which is entitled "KAILASH",
will be released through Lion
Music on February 27, 2006.
This time the concept story is
all about the Himalayas &
Tibet and the secrets of
ancient Buddhist/Hindu
mythology and culture.
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03.12.2005
today news about PAPA
ROACH - VADER - AGALLOCH
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Papa Roach
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MTV.com
is reporting that PAPA
ROACH have
commenced work on the
follow-up to "Getting
Away with Murder"
in Los Angeles.
"We're renting a
mansion together and we're
gonna take a month and write
music and live together and
just go crazy
monk-style," frontman Jacoby
Shaddix told MTV.com.
"This is the first time
we've done that. It was kind
of inspired by LED
ZEPPELIN going and doing
records in a castle [and] RED
HOT CHILI PEPPERS in the
Houdini mansion up in the
Hollywood Hills. It's kind
of a long time coming and
just a dream that we've had,
so I'm excited."
"Murder"
producer Howard Benson
will again be behind the
boards, and Shaddix
said to expect an even more
drastic transition from
their rap-rock sound of the
past (à la "Last
Resort") to
straight rock.
"Floor-to-floor rock
and roll, dirty nasty, a
little more filth, a little
more fun," he said of
their intended evolution.
"I've been listening to
a lot of records like AC/DC,
MÖTLEY CRÜE, but
definitely listening to a
lot of roots rock that I was
listening to growing up and
also a lot of current stuff
too. I'm a music whore. I
mix it up."
PAPA ROACH have just
released a DVD, "Live
& Murderous in
Chicago", which
combines live footage with
backstage material, or
"typical rock-and-roll
debauchery," as Shaddix
put it.
"Chicago's one of our
favorite cities to rock and
we set up there and we just
murdered it," he added.
"The thing is we didn't
shoot like four different
shows and pull the best
stuff. We just set up one
night, got the camera crew
there and had one shot to
nail it or one shot to
destroy it. And we
definitely nailed it."
"Getting Away with
Murder" has sold
1.02 million copies in the
United States, according to Nielsen
SoundScan.
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Agalloch
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Portland,
Oregon's AGALLOCH
have entered the studio to
begin pre-production work
for their third
full-length album,
entitled "Ashes
Against the Grain".
The recording process will
begin December 10 and the
band hopes to have the
album finished by
mid-January. As usual the
band will be working with Ronn
Chick, who has
engineered and produced
both of their previous
albums.
Commenting on the new
material,
guitarist/vocalist John
Haughm said, "It
is huge, bleak, and more
rock-based than previous
albums. I am confident
this will be our darkest
and most sonically intense
record yet."
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Vader
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Polish
death metal veterans VADER
will headline the American
portion of the "Metal
Crusaders Tour"
in May/June 2006, teaming
up with bands like KATAKLYSM
(headliner of the Canadian
leg of the tour), NUCLEAR
ASSAULT, SPEED\KILL/HATE
(featuring members of OVERKILL)
and THE ABSENCE.
As previously reported, Candlelight
Records USA has set a
January 24, 2006 release
date for the new mini-CD
from VADER,
entitled "The Art
of War". This
special mini-album
contains six brand new
songs ("Para
Bellum!!!", "This
Is The War", "Lead
Us!!!", "Banners
On The Wind", "What
Colour Is Your
Blood?", "Death
In Silence") and
was recorded at Hertz
Studio in Bialystok,
Poland, with the Wieslawscy
brothers at the helm. The
MCD also features the
band's new video clip
(created by Arek Jurcan
in 3D systems, well known
from computer games) for
the track "This Is
The War".
VADER will perform
a benefit show on December
11 at the Proxima Club in
Warsaw in memory of the
group's late drummer
Krzysztof "Doc"
Raczkowski (1970-2005).
Other acts scheduled to
appear include CETI,
HATE, DEAD
INFECTION, LOST
SOUL, CORRUPTION,
AZARATH, CHAINSAW
and VIRGIN SNATCH.
The bands will play there
for free, to raise money
to help Doc's wife
and daughter.
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01.12.2005
today news about VENOM
- PRIMORDIAL - NORTHER
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Venom
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British black
metal pioneers VENOM
have set "Metal
Black" as the title
of their new studio album, due
in March 2006 via Castle
Records/Sanctuary Group.
According to an official press
release, "Metal
Black" "sees
original founder band member Cronos
creating a new masterpiece of
metal together with [drummer] Antton
and [guitarist] Mykvs.
With 14 brand new roaring and
vital tracks, VENOM are
again taking the goat by the
horns and reinventing their
own original style . . . 'Metal
Black' [is] an album that
harkens back to the writing
style of the '80s VENOM
with a powerful production to
incinerate any sound system,
truly demonic in every sense
and with the delivery of a
charging beast."
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Primordial
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Irish metal
titans PRIMORDIAL
have been confirmed for the
2006 instalment of Ireland's
Day of Darkness festival.
The fifth edition of
Ireland's only international
metal festival will take
place in Ballylinan, Co
Laois on Saturday July 8,
2006. The event brings
together bands from
Ireland's thriving domestic
metal scene with a number of
their international peers.
Tickets for Day of
Darkness will go on sale
in February 2006.
PRIMORDIAL, who
headlined the very
first-ever Day of
Darkness in 2002,
released their acclaimed new
album, "The
Gathering Wilderness",
through Metal Blade
Records in February of
this year. The band will
play two dates on the
upcoming European X-Mass
Festivals tour with HYPOCRISY,
EXODUS, ENTOMBED,
NAGLFAR, ONSLAUGHT,
WINTERSUN, ABORTED,
INQUEST and FEAR
MY THOUGHTS. The details
are as follows:
Dec. 18 - 013 - Tilburg,
NETH
Dec. 19 - Hof Ter Lo -
Antwerp, BEL
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Norther
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Finnish
metallers NORTHER
have announced the addition
of drummer Heikki Saari
(VIRTUOCITY) to the
group's ranks.
NORTHER have lined
up the following dates in
February/March:
Feb. 25 - Kuopio, FIN -
Henry´s Pub
Mar. 10 - Helsinki, FIN –
Tavastia
NORTHER have set "Till
Death Unites Us"
as the title of their new
album, due on January 25,
2006 via Spinefarm. A
single, entitled "Scream",
will precede the album
before the end of the year.
NORTHER's last
release was an EP, entitled "Solution
7". The band's
third full-length album, "Death
Unlimited", was
issued last year through Spinefarm
Records.
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