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18 сен 2009


ALICE IN CHAINS: New Album Samples AvailableAudio samples of the tracks that will appear on ALICE IN CHAINS' much-anticipated new album, "Black Gives Way To Blue", can be heard in the YouTube clip here. Due on September 29, the CD was recorded with producer Nick Raskulinecz (RUSH, FOO FIGHTERS) at Studio 606 in Northridge, California and Henson Studios in Hollywood.
The track listing for the album is as follows:
01. All Secrets Known
02. Check My Brain
03. Last Of My Kind
04. Your Decision
05. A Looking In View
06. When The Sun Rose Again
07. Acid Bubble
08. Lessons Learned
09. Take Her Out
10. Private Hell
11. Black Gives Way To Blue
ALICE IN CHAINS singer William DuVall recently told The Flint Journal about the new CD, "I think you can expect a really dense, really heavy but really ethereal and cathartic sonic experience.
"We took our time with this record. There was certainly no shortage of thoughts and feelings to address with everything that's gone down. It's a snapshot of our journey from early 2006 to this point right now. It's the story of our coming together. It's also the story of a band that is both celebrating its legacy but also opening the door to the future, and mourning the loss of a friend, one of the great singers of all time, Layne Staley. But it really is a testament to for every door that closes, there's another one that opens, if you chose to open it. They lost somebody but they also gained somebody." 11
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18 сен 2009


IN SLUMBER: \'Arcane Divine Subspecies\' Trailer AvailableA trailer for "Arcane Divine Subspecies", the forthcoming third album from Austrian death metallers IN SLUMBER, can be viewed here. Due on November 6 via Twilight-Vertrieb, the CD was mixed and mastered in Denmark by Peter "Ziggy" Siegfriedsen and Tue Madsen.
IN SLUMBER features in its ranks vocalist Wolfgang Rothbauer (THIRDMOON, EISBLUT) and bassist Kay Brem (ELUVEITIE.
The band's sophomore album, "Scars: Incomplete", was released in March 2007 via Massacre Records.
Formed in 2002, IN SLUMBER recorded its debut CD "Stillborn Rebirth" the following year.
IN SLUMBER is:
Wolfgang Rothbauer - Vocals
Kay Brem - Bass
Robert Bogner - Guitar
Simon Öller - Guitar
Markus "Max" Pointner - Drums
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18 сен 2009


PARADISE LOST \'Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us\' Format Details RevealedBritish gothic metal act PARADISE LOST will release its highly anticipated new album, "Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us", via Century Media Records on the following dates:
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux, Italy: September 25
Spain, Portugal: September 29
Sweden, Finland, Hungary: September 30
Rest Of Europe: September 28
USA: October 6
The limited formats of this landmark gothic metal opus will include two orchestral versions of the album tracks "Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us" and "Last Regret", which were recorded by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra in July 2008.
Video footage from the orchestra recording sessions can be viewed here.
The limited-edition deluxe two-CD includes special packaging (DVD-sized Mediabook with O-Card in a special leather look) and a bonus track, "Cardinal Zero", on Disc 1 plus a separate bonus CD featuring the "Lost In Prague" tracks. All vinyl lovers will be delighted to hear that the album is going to be available as limited edition gatefold LP, including the bonus track "Cardinal Zero", the orchestra mixes on a separate bonus 7" EP, the entire album on CD (in a blank sleeve), and an exclusive poster.
The highly anticipated follow-up to 2007's "In Requiem", "Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us" was recorded at Fascination Street Studios in Örebro, Sweden with producer Jens Bogren.
The track listing for the CD is as follows:
01. As Horizons End
02. I Remain
03. First Light
04. Frailty
05. Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us
06. The Rise Of Denial
07. Living With Scars
08. Last Regret
09. Universal Dream
10. In Truth
The album's artwork (see here), which is based upon a "Danse Macabre" woodcut by Hans Holbein the Younger (first published in 1538), was created by Stefan Wibbeke at Medialogistics (LACUNA COIL, POISONBLACK). 9
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18 сен 2009


GUANO APES: Performance Footage Of New Song With Soundboard Audio AvailableVideo footage of the German band GUANO APES performing a new song, "All I Wanna Do" (with soundboard-quality audio), on May 30, 2009 at Universiada Hall in Sofia, Bulgaria can be viewed here. Also available is a two-part video report from the show.
GUANO APES was one of Germany's most successful bands both domestically and abroad for more than a decade. In 2000, the band won the MTV Award for "Best German Act" and went on to win countless other awards, including the Echo, the Viva Comet, the 1LIVE Krone and the IFPI award for over one million sales of the APES' debut, "Proud Like a God". All three of the band's studio albums attained gold status, while their singles landed regularly in the Top 10 of the German charts. 13
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18 сен 2009


MÅNEGARM: New Song Posted Online"Mina Fäders Hall", a brand new song from the Swedish "Viking metal" act MÅNEGARM, can be streamed on the band's MySpace page. The track comes off the group's new album, "Nattväsen" (English translation: "Night Creatures"), which is scheduled for release on October 22 via Regain Records.
"Nattväsen" track listing:
01. Mina Fäders Hall
02. Nattsjäl, Drömsjäl
03. Bergagasten
04. I Den Svartaste Jord
05. Hraesvelg
06. Vetrarmegin
07. Draugen
08. Nattväsen
09. Delling
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18 сен 2009


W.A.S.P.: New Song \'Crazy\' Available For Streaming"Crazy", a brand new track from W.A.S.P., is available for streaming at DemolitionRecords.com. It can also be heard using the audio player below.
"Crazy" comes off W.A.S.P.'s new album, "Babylon", which is due on October 12 through Global Music (via Demolition Records). The CD is themed around biblical visions of "The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse," and is described in a press release as "a metal masterpiece that will make fans both old and new craving for more."
The track listing for the album is as follows:
01. Crazy
02. Live To Die Another Day
03. Babylon's Burning
04. Burn
05. Into The Fire
06. Thunder Red
07. Seas Of Fire
08. Godless Run
09. Promised Land
Audio samples of all the tracks that appear on "Babylon" are available at Amazon.co.uk. 9
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18 сен 2009


ELUVEITIE Begins Recording New AlbumSwiss pagan horde ELUVEITIE entered Newsound Studios two and a half weeks ago with producer Tommy Vetterli (CORONER, KREATOR, VOODOO CULT) to begin recording its new album for an early 2010 release via Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to the acoustic/folk masterpiece "Evocation I: The Arcane Dominion" will be a full-scale metal album effort, and it will be mixed by acclaimed British producer Colin Richardson (BEHEMOTH, MACHINE HEAD, SLIPKNOT, AS I LAY DYING, TRIVIUM, KREATOR, SEPULTURA).
Commented ELUVEITIE vocalist Chrigel Glanzmann: "Drums and most of the guitars [for the new CD] are already nailed! And so far we are really, really satisfied. I mean, REALLY!
"So far, it is hell of a pleasure to work with [Tommy], engineering and recording the album! It's great to profit of his enormous experience (both as producer/engineer as well as musician) on one hand, but also to work and have a good time with him as a very likeable and down-to-earth guy on the other hand. And judging after how the so far recorded tracks sound, this album will definitely cleave your heads open!"
He added, "Some of the songs on this new album I began to write quite a long time ago, some others developed in a very short time during the last two months. All in all, I think that this album becomes our most dark and severe release so far; brimmed with mystical, convoluted and partly insanely fast Celtic folk melody lines, but at the same time with pure, juggernautish metal. The album's probably more 'metal' than any other release we did so far."
"Evocation I: The Arcane Dominion" was released in April via Nuclear Blast Records. It contains 15 folk songs, most of them written in ancient gaulish language.
The CD registered the following first-week chart positions:
Switzerland: #20
Germany: #60
ELUVEITIE last year announced the addition of Paede Kistler (bagpipes, whistles, acoustic guitars) and Kay Brem (bass) to the group's ranks. 5
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17 сен 2009


HYPOCRISY: \'A Taste Of Extreme Divinity\' Trailer AvailableA trailer for "A Taste Of Extreme Divinity", the new album from HYPOCRISY, the Swedish extreme metal band led by guitarist/vocalist Peter Tägtgren (also of PAIN), can be viewed here.
"A Taste Of Extreme Divinity" is scheduled for release in Europe on October 23 and in the U.S. on November 3 via Nuclear Blast Records.
The track listing is as follows:
01. Valley Of The Damned
02. Hang Him High
03. Solar Empire
04. Weed Out The Weak
05. No Tomorrow
06. Global Domination
07. Taste The Extreme Divinity
08. Alive
09. The Quest
10. Tamed "Filled With Fear"
11. Sky Is Falling Down
Check out the CD cover artwork here.
HYPOCRISY will kick off a U.S. tour in support of "A Taste Of Extreme Divinity" on November 5, with ENSIFERUM as the headliner.
HYPOCRISY reissued its 2002 album "Catch 22" under the title "Catch 22 V2.0.08" in May 2008. Peter Tägtgren re-recorded the guitar parts, his vocals and remixed and remastered the LP for the new version of the album, which featured bonus material.
The band previously stated about its decision to re-release the CD, "We still think it is a great fucking album but it got slammed and misunderstood because of the vocal style and the drum sound and so on."
HYPOCRISY's latest album, "Virus", came out in September 2005 via Nuclear Blast Records. 9
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17 сен 2009


OPETH Frontman To Record Acoustic Solo AlbumGuitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH has revealed to Holland's FaceCulture that he is contemplating recording a singer-songwriter acoustic solo album.
"My views [regarding songwriting] have broadened a little bit," Mikael said. "I guess when I discovered Nick Drake, that's when I really got into that whole simplistic type of music that really needs something strong — strong material in order to make it come across with so little."
He continued, "I've always been wanting to do a thing like that. I've got a bunch of lovely acoustic guitars back I wanna use more. Even though OPETH could probably do an album like that, I wanna do it on my own, and in that sense, I wanna record it on my own — in my house, basically. I think I can do it well. I think I can do a good album like that.
"I'd like to maybe simplify it even more [than the OPETH acoustic stuff], and have it just chords playing, and maybe some finger-picking stuff, so I could be able to perform it if I would wanna do that. So I don't want it to be lots of tracks, like overdubbing guitars with lots of melodies; I want it to be fairly simplistic so if I wanted to, I could play it live on my own... on a stool. [laughs]"
For now, the plans only exist in Åkerfeldt's head. No songs have been written or recorded yet, but Mikael is certain the singer/songwriter solo album will see the light of day. "I'm getting ready to write because every time I sit down and play, I come up with something that I like," he said. 6
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17 сен 2009


ANTHRAX\'s \'Among The Living\' Digitally Remastered And Expanded For CD+DVD Deluxe EditionWhat many consider to be ANTHRAX's greatest album, 1987's "Among The Living", has been expanded with bonus tracks and a concert DVD, and digitally remastered for the first time, for the CD+DVD package "Among The Living (Deluxe Edition)" (Island/Megaforce/UMe), released November 10, 2009.
Issued simultaneously will be the two-CD set "Caught In A Mosh: BBC Live In Concert" (Island/Megaforce/UMe), which brings together 1987 U.K. concerts from the "Among The Living" world tour recorded at Hammersmith Odeon and the Donington festival. Making its U.S. debut, "Caught In A Mosh: BBC Live In Concert" was originally released internationally in 2007.
"Among The Living", originally produced by Eddie Kramer and ANTHRAX, was the band's third full-length album and featured the lineup of singer Joey Belladonna, lead guitarist Dan Spitz, rhythm guitarist Scott Ian, bassist Frank Bello and drummer Charlie Benante. Building on an underground following with signature tracks such as "I Am The Law", "Caught In A Mosh" and "Indians", the album catapulted ANTHRAX to widespread recognition and earned the group's first gold award. "Among The Living" also marked the height of the band's use of horror and comic book inspirations, with the title track and album cover image based on the Stephen King novel "The Stand", "A Skeleton In The Closet" on King's novella "Apt Pupil", and "I Am The Law" on the comic book character Judge Dredd.
Added for the new "Among The Living (Deluxe Edition)" version are previously unreleased studio outtakes of "Indians", "One World" and "Imitation Of Life", an instrumental of "I'm The Man", a live-in-Dallas 1987 version of "I Am The Law", and "Bud E Luv Bomb And Satan's Lounge Band", originally released as the "I Am The Law" b-side. The bonus DVD is the live-in-London concert film "Oidivnikufesin (N.F.V.)", which went gold when issued on video in 1987. "This record was done at a time when life was moving so fast for us, and I think the music reflects that pace. I really enjoyed going back into 1986/87 and found some great stuff in my vault I had forgot about. I think ANTHRAX fans will enjoy this remastered collection; the high end and low end is back as how it was intended to sound. Thrash metal is alive and well in 'Among The Living'," says drummer Charlie Benante.
"Among The Living (Deluxe Edition)" ( cover) track listing:
Disc One (CD):
Original Album
01. Among The Living
02. Caught In A Mosh
03. I Am The Law
04. Efilnikufesin (N.F.L.)
05. A Skeleton In The Closet
06. Indians
07. One World
08. A.D.I./Horror Of It All
09. Imitations Of Life
Bonus Tracks
10. Indians (Alternate Lead)
11. One World (Alternate Take)
12. Imitation Of Life (Alternate Take)
13. Bud E Luv Bomb And Satan's Lounge Band
14. I Am The Law (Live in Dallas)
15. I'm The Man (Instrumental)
Disc Two (DVD):
"Oidivnikufesin (N.F.V.)"
Live in London 1987
01. Intro
02. Among The Living
03. Caught In A Mosh
04. Metal Thrashing Mad
05. I Am The Law
06. Madhouse
07. Indians
08. Medusa
09. Efilnikufesin (N.F.L.)
10. Armed And Dangerous
11. A.I.R. / I'm The Man / A.I.R.
12. Gung Ho
"Caught In A Mosh: BBC Live In Concert" track listing:
Disc One - Hammersmith Odeon February 15, 1987:
01. A.I.R.
02. Metal Thrashing Mad
03. Panic
04. The Enemy
05. I Am The Law
06. Madhouse
07. The Howling Furies
08. Medusa
09. Armed And Dangerous
10. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
11. God Save The Queen
12. Gung Ho
Disc Two - Donington Festival August 22, 1987:
01. Among The Living
02. Caught In The Mosh
03. Madhouse
04. I Am The Law
05. Medusa
06. Indians
07. God Save The Queen
08. A.I.R.
09. I'm The Man 5
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16 сен 2009


NILE: New Album Track Listing, Artwork UnveiledThe reigning kings of technical, historically-themed brutality NILE have revealed the track listing and artwork for their latest state-of-the-death-metal-art release, "Those Whom the Gods Detest". Produced and mixed by Neil Kernon (NEVERMORE, CANNIBAL CORPSE, QUEENSRŸCHE), along with a stellar drum-production job by Erik Rutan (CANNIBAL CORPSE, VITAL REMAINS, GOATWHORE), "Those Whom the Gods Detest" features the band's strongest production and perhaps its best material to date! The cover artwork was created by Michal "Xaay" Loranc, whom NILE guitarist/vocalist Karl Sanders had previously worked with on his second solo album, "Saurian Exorcisms".
"Those Whom the Gods Detest" track listing:
01. Kafir!
02. Hittite Dung Incantation
03. Utterances of the Crawling Dead
04. Those Whom the Gods Detest
05. 4th Arra of Dagon
06. Permitting the Noble Dead to Descend to the Underworld
07. Yezd Desert Ghul Ritual in the Abandoned Towers of Silence
08. Kem Khefa Kheshef
09. The Eye of Ra
10. Iskander D'hul Karnon 15
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16 сен 2009


OPETH Mainman: New KATATONIA CD Is Greatest \'Heavy\' Record I\'ve Heard In The Last 10 YearsGuitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH has issued the following update:
"KATATONIA's [forthcoming album] 'Night Is The New Day' is possibly the greatest 'heavy' record I've heard in the last 10 years.
"Most people know my history with them and also my friendship with the guys. Jonas [P. Renkse, KATATONIA vocalist] and I have been best buddies for the last 18 years or so.
"Every time OPETH or KATATONIA has a new record [coming out], we arrange a small private listening party. Usually with myself, Anders [Nyström, KATATONIA guitarist] and Jonas. For years we've managed to record albums around the same time and had both the new OPETH album and the new KATATONIA album played back on the same session. It's always great fun, however disciplined.
"You can't talk during playback (death penalty), you listen to the album all the way through twice, and then we have the 'comments.' Everything is washed down with beer or wine...there might be snacks on the table.
"Well, two days after the new KATATONIA album is mastered, here we are, holed up in a friend's apartment ready to go through the new masterpiece by KATATONIA. And it truly is a masterpiece! I have not been this taken back by an album for a long time. I almost had tears in my eyes. It's an absolutely stunning piece of music! Easily their most progressive and emotional record, as far as I'm concerned.
"The finale is almost too much to bear. Here we have some guest vocals by ENTER THE HUNT kingpin Krister Linder (Chris Lancelot to some) and it's quite fucking moving, to say the least.
"I've always been a fan of KATATONIA. Ever since I heard their first demo back in 1991 or 1992, and I thought they sounded like OPETH, haha! This record, however, is their crown jewel so far. It's an album that is 'more' than the music that's on there.
"How often do I plug something that's not from 1971? It gives you an indication where I stand on the matter maybe?"
Subscribers to the Peaceville Records mailing list are being given the first opportunity to download a free song from KATATONIA's eighth studio album, "Night Is The New Day". Entitled "Forsaker", the track is now available for streaming in the YouTube clip below.
"Night Is The New Day" is scheduled for release in Europe on November 2 (November 10 in North America) via Peaceville Records.
"Night is the New Day" track listing:
01. Forsaker
02. The Longest Year
03. Idle Blood
04. Onward Into Battle
05. Liberation
06. The Promise Of Deceit
07. Nephilim
08. New Night
09. Inheritance
10. Day & Then The Shade
11. Ashen (*Swedish edition CD and vinyl edition bonus track)
12. Departer 16
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16 сен 2009


PINK CREAM 69: \'Live In Karlsruhe\' CD, Past And Present\' DVD Complete Details RevealedFrontiers Records has set an October 16 European release date for PINK CREAM 69's celebration release, including the live two- CD set "Live in Karlsruhe" and the "Past and Present" two-DVD package.
Two years after the highly acclaimed "In10sity" album, PINK CREAM 69 are back with two impressive releases at once. Vocalist David Readman, the guitar team of Alfred Koffler and Uwe Reitenauer, bassist Dennis Ward and drummer Kosta Zafiriou have packed their DVD "birthday release" with an impressive amount of content:
* The live concert from the band's 20th anniversary show in their hometown Karlsruhe, filmed in January 2009;
* The legendary "Size It Up – Live In Japan" video from 1992, for the first time ever to be released on DVD, featuring the band's original singer Andi Deris (now with HELLOWEEN);
* A 55-minute documentary with interviews and rare footage;
* All eight official video clips;
* Bonus live material from the band's appearances at Masters of Rock (five songs) and Das Fest (three songs) festivals in 2007.
The double CD "Live In Karlsruhe", contains the entire Karlsruhe concert as well as two bonus tracks recorded at Das Fest festival in Karlsruhe.
This truly is the ultimate package, not only for PINK CREAM 69 fans: "Past & Present" (with a total running time of more than 4.5 hours) and "Live in Karlsruhe" includes everything a rock fan needs to have from PINK CREAM 69.
"The two products," says drummer Kosta Zafiriou, "give a great overview of the band's activities in 20 years: the live in Japan video from 1992, this year's concert in Karlsruhe, lots of festival footage as additional bonus, all video clips the band ever did and an hour interview and backstage footage with the band members reflecting the band's history — you can't get more PINK CREAM 69 than on these DVDs!
"The concert portrayed in the 'Live in Karlsruhe' night was a very special one for us — 20 years since the release of the first record, 10 studio albums, a concert in our hometown to be recorded for our first DVD ever! The feelings were overwhelming: A mixture between a nostalgic look back and the excitement about the night and the show to come… simply great!"
"Live in Karlsruhe" track listing:
CD1:
01. Children Of The Dawn
02. Do You Like It Like That
03. Hell's Gone Crazy
04. Lost In Illusions
05. The Hour of Freedom
06. I'm Not Afraid
07. Talk to the Moon
08. Carnaby Road
09. Break The Silence
10. One Step Into Paradise
11. That Was Yesterday
12. The Spirit
CD2:
01. Livin' My Life For You
02. Welcome the Night
03. Seas Of Madness
04. Keep Your Eye on the Twisted
05. No Way Out
06. Shame
07. So Lonely / No Woman No Cry
08. One Step Into Paradise
09. Better Days (European bonus track)
"Past and Present" includes:
DVD 1:
Live in Karlsruhe, Germany – January, 24, 2009 - Running Time: 1:28:00
01. Children of the Dawn
02. Do You Like It Like That
03. Hell's Gone Crazy
04. Lost In Illusions
05. The Hour Of Freedom
06. I'm Not Afraid
07. Talk To The Moon
08. Carnaby Road
09. Break The Silence
10. One Step Into Paradise
11. That Was Yesterday
12. The Spirit
13. Livin' My Life For You
14. Welcome The Night
15. Seas Of Madness
16. Keep Your Eye On The Twisted
17. No Way Out
18. Shame
Live at Das Fest, Karlsruhe, Germany - July 20, 2007 - Running Time: 13:55
01. One Step Into Paradise (acoustic version)
02. The Spirit (acoustic version)
03. Better Days (acoustic version).
Insight: Interviews and backstage Footage - Running Time: 55:40
DVD 2
Size It Up – Live in Kawasaki, Japan, January 31 , 1992 - Running Time: 58:03
01. Take Those Tears
02. Welcome The Night
03. Do You Like It Like That
04. Signs Of Danger
05. Where The Eagle Learns To Fly
06. Livin' My Life For You
07. Rolling Down A Thunder
08. Talk To The Moon
09. Hell's Gone Crazy
10. One Step Into Paradise
11. Detroit Rock City
12. White Men Do No Reggae
Live at Masters of Rock, Vizovice, Czech Republic - July 5, 2007 - Running Time: 24:50
01. Do You Like It Like That
02. Lost In Illusion
03. The Hour Of Freedom
04. Seas of Madness
05. Shame
The Videos: Total Running Time: 31:25
01. One Step Into Paradise
02. Livin' My Life For You
03. Signs of Danger
04. Face In The Mirror
05. Keep Your Eye On The Twisted
06. 20th Century Boy
07. Only The Good
08. Shame
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