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15 янв 2011
SEPULTURA: Behind-The-Scenes Footage From the Studio
 The first in a series of webisodes featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the new SEPULTURA album can be viewed below.
SEPULTURA has tapped Roy Z. (JUDAS PRIEST, HALFORD, BRUCE DICKINSON, HELLOWEEN) to produce the group's new CD, tentatively due in May via Nuclear Blast Records. The album will once again be recorded at Trama Studios in São Paulo, Brazil.
SEPULTURA debuted a brand new song from its upcoming album during its October 17, 2010 appearance at the Fúria Festival at HSBC Brasil in São Paulo.
SEPULTURA performed its classic 1991 album, "Arise", in its entirety during the group's headlining performance at the 16-year anniversary of the Manifesto Bar in São Paulo, Brazil on December 11, 2010.
SEPULTURA will return to North America for a massive headlining tour next April/May in support of their upcoming Nuclear Blast Records debut. Joining them will be a veritable united nations on metal in the form of Austria's BELPHEGOR, Norway's KEEP OF KALESSIN, Poland's HATE, Canada's NEURAXIS, and California's BONDED BY BLOOD. Starting May 23, Seattle's own NEVERMORE will replace BELPHEGOR to finish out the tour.
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15 янв 2011
MORGOTH Taps Ex-DESTRUCTION Drummer For Upcoming Shows
 Resurrected German death metallers MORGOTH have issued the following update:
"We are happy to announce Marc Reign [ex-DESTRUCTION] as the one who will be handling the drum duties during our shows for the 20th anniversary of the release of the 'Cursed' album.
"During the rehearsals, we felt very quickly that Marc would fit perfectly to us as his punch and timing are incredible! Welcome aboard!"
Added Marc Reign: "In 1990 when I was a teenage kid into death metal, I went to a MORGOTH show (with DEMOLITION HAMMER and OBITUARY) at Berlin's Ecstasy and was amazed by the fact that the German death metal formation MORGOTH could compete with the American-scene bands. When, 20 years later, Mille of KREATOR introduced me to those guys, it was totally clear to me what I wanted to do: going back to my death metal roots and jam the hell out!
"The rehearsals turned out awesome, so we've decided to work together! The power was right there… and a dream came true!"
MORGOTH 2011 is:
Marc Grewe - Vocals
Harry Busse - Guitar
Sebastian Swart - Guitar
Thilo Mellies - Bass
Marc Reign - Drums
The setlist will primarily consist of songs from "Cursed" but will also include cuts from the classic EPs "Resurrection Absurd" (1989) and "The Eternal Fall".
Upcoming MORGOTH shows:
Jun. 10-12 - Gelsenkirchen (Germany) - Rock Hard Festival
Jun. 23.-25 - Hünxe (Germany) - Death Feast Open Air
Aug. 04-06 - Wacken (Germany) - Wacken Open Air
Aug. 11-13 - Schlotheim (Germany) - Party.San Open Air
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15 янв 2011
ROTTEN SOUND - \'Cursed\' erster Song \'Plan\' online!
 Das neue ROTTEN SOUND Album "Cursed" kommt am 15. März 2011 via Relapse Records in den Handel und jetzt wurde vom Label nach dem Cover Artwork auch die Track List enthüllt! Das neue 16 Track Album wurde in den Nordic Audio Labs Studios aufgenommen und HIER könnt Ihr das Album vorbestellen. Jetzt wurde der erste Song "Plan" auf MySpace und Facebook online gestellt. | 0 | |
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15 янв 2011
ALKBOTTLE - Video-Premiere: \'Wir san do ned zum Spaß\' auf You Tube!
 ALKBOTTLE führen weiterhin das offizielle österr. SongContest-Voting souverän an und stellen nun auch den grandiosen Videoclip (1. Jänner, Musikverein,...) zu "Wir san do ned zum Spaß" vor. Jetzt wurde das neue Video auch auf You Tube online gestellt. | 0 | |
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15 янв 2011
DARKEST ERA - \'The Last Caress Of Light\' erste Single \'The Morrigan\' im Stream!
 DARKEST ERA aus Nordirland, eines der aktuellsten Signings von Metal Blade, haben die Arbeiten an ihrem kommenden Album The Last Caress of Light abgeschlossen. Die Scheibe wird in Europa am 11./14. Februar und in Nordamerika am 15. Februar erscheinen. Die erste Single "The Morrigan" wurde jetzt HIER zum probehören online gestellt. | 0 | |
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15 янв 2011
INSISION: New Song Available For Streaming
 Swedish death metallers INSISION will release their new EP, "End Of All", later in the year via the U.S. label Sevared Records. The CD was recorded at Off Beat Studio in Stockholm with engineer Anders Erikssonand features the following track listing:
"End Of All" track listing:
01. Expire
02. Curvature
03. Descend
04. Beckoning
05. Ex Oblivione
The song "Beckoning" is available for streaming below.
INSISION said in a statement, "It has been brutal and fun working with this new material and we're all excited about the release. We felt a need to get it out there while writing our next full-length album, mainly for the fans supporting us down the years as it has been just too fucking long since our last release. But now finally, we're here. This time it's going to be a five-track release, giving you four completely new killer tracks, the fifth bonus track being a remake of a song from our early days. It's just a brutal beating, a package delivering brutal and aggressive death metal, the INSISION way, of course!! This one will break your necks for sure!!"
Commented Sevared Records in a statement: "Sevared Records is very honored to sign the mighty INSISION!! I personally have been a huge fan of this incredible band since the first mini-CD. I'm extremely excited to release the new mini-CD and the following full-length CD, I know these brutal death metal veterans will crush every fan of brutal death metal skulls in!! And finally get the recognition of brutality they deserve!!"
INSISION recently parted ways with guitarist Magnus Martinsson due to his "involvement and focus on other bands and projects" and recruited death metal/jazz-influenced axeman Tobias Alpadie as a session member.
INSISION's third album, "Ikon", was released in Europe on September 26, 2007 via Dental Records.
Bassist Daniel Ekeroth left INSISION in May 2009 and was replaced by Joel Andersson, who previously played with IMMERSED IN BLOOD.
INSISION is:
Carl Birath - Vocals
Roger Johansson - Guitar
Tobias Alpadie - Session Guitar
Joel Andersson - Bass
Marcus Jonsson - Drums | 0 | |
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15 янв 2011
STEVEN TYLER: \'I\'m In AEROSMITH Forever\'
 Bill Werde of Billboard.com recently conducted an interview with AEROSMITH frontman Steven Tyler. An excerpt from the chat follows below.
Billboard.com: Kid Rock recently questioned why you were doing "American Idol". What do you say to that?
Tyler: Kid Rock was there when we went to the White House [on Dec. 5 to perform during the Paul McCartney tribute at the Kennedy Center Honors]. I looked at him and said, "You know what, man, I'm not going to argue with you. If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong." [Laughs] Look, we're all an outcome of what we've been, and he's certainly lived a rough life. He's got a single coming out and he's like a pregnant animal. When you have an album, you want to protect it. You want to do whatever you can to make it happen. I just know that deep down inside, his comments don't mean shit. It just doesn't mean anything in the great scheme of things. It's television. I've never done this and it's going to be fun, and if he thinks for a minute that it's going to take my career down... I want what he's smoking.
Billboard.com: How does the scrutiny of being on "American Idol" compare with the scrutiny of being in AEROSMITH?
Tyler: Well, the show isn't on yet. Once it is, I'll be under that microscope. But I'm so used to being under the microscope, whether it's falling off a stage — I'm not sure if the public really wants to know that I had surgery on both feet — or that, yes, I'm a drug addict and alcoholic from the '70s with a problem... You have the band finding another lead singer, and all that goes with that. But the scrutiny? Bring it on! I live for it. I went from being told in rehab by my therapist, "Your best thinking got you here," to being in the White House and being told by the president, "What are you doing here?" [Laughs] It was fabulous. I'm so busy doing so many million things, so many irons in the fire that people don't know what to think. I don't need to be validated by someone's opinions or show. This will last for three years if I stay with it, or four months if I just do this year. But I'm in AEROSMITH forever.
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15 янв 2011
STRATOVARIUS: \'Elysium\' E-Card Available
 An e-card for "Elysium", the thirteenth full-length studio album from Finnish melodic metallers STRATOVARIUS, can be accessed at this location. The CD will be released in Europe on January 14, 2011 through earMUSIC/Edel and in North America on January 18 via Armoury Records.
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15 янв 2011
SPARZANZA - \'Folie à Cinq\' Track List enthüllt & neues Video online!
 Die schwedischen Metaller SPARZANZA haben bei Spinefarm Records / Universal für Ihr kommendes Album mit dem Titel "Folie à Cinq" unterschrieben. Das Album soll am 9. Februar 2011 veröffentlicht werden. Jetzt wurde das Video zur neue Single "Temple Of The Red-Eyed Pigs" auf You Tube online gestellt. | 0 | |
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15 янв 2011
IN EXTREMO - \'Sterneneisen\' Artwork, Track List & viele neue Infos online!
 Am 25.2. erscheint mit "Sterneneisen" das lang erwartete neue Album von IN EXTREMO. Aus diesem Anlass und als nachträgliches Dankeschön an alle Fans, wir ab dem 18. Januar auf der Band Homepage der kostenlosen Download des Klassikersongs "Spielmann" online gestellt, der beim letztjährigen "Wahre Jahre"-Jubiläumsfestival zum 15jährigen Bandbestehen mitgeschnitten wurde! Als besonderer Gast ist auf dieser Aufnahme Götz Alsmann zu hören, der es sich nicht nehmen ließ, IN EXTREMO bei diesem speziellen Konzert musikalisch zu gratulieren.
Nach Abschluss der Studioaufnahmen wurden jetzt das fertige Album-Artwork und die Track enthüllen. Das Lied "Zigeunerskat" erscheint am 18.2. als erste Singleauskopplung des Albums mit dem unveröffentlichten Titel "Wahre Freunde" als B-Seite. Als besonderes Bonbon liegen der Single exklusiv 7 Spielkarten von IN EXTREMO bei.
Insgesamt zwölf Lieder wurden für "Sterneneisen" komponiert und eingespielt:
01. Zigeunerskat
02. Gold
03. Viva La Vida
04. Siehst du das Licht
05. Stalker
06. Hol die Sterne
07. Sterneneisen
08. Zauberspruch No. VII
09. Auge um Auge
10. Schau zum Mond
11. Unsichtbar
12. Vermiss Dich
"Sterneneisen" wird in mehreren Formaten erscheinen:
- Standard-CD
- limitierte Special Edition (CD + DVD*)
- limitierte Deluxe Edition (2 CD & DVD* incl. Gürtelschnalle, Sprühschablone, Flagge, Button, Aufkleber)
- limitierte Vinyledition inkl. Download-Codes
*Die DVD enthält einen Mitschnitt des letztjährigen "Wahre Jahre"-Jubiläums-Konzerts.
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14 янв 2011
WOLFCHANT - \'Call of the Black Winds\' neuer Song \'Eremit\' im Stream!
 WOLFCHANT haben die Aufnahmen an Ihrem neuen Album, welches den Titel "Call of the Black Winds" trägt beendet. Im November wurde das Album in den Klangschmiede E Studios von Markus Stock (Empyrium, The Vision Bleak, Eisregen, Eluveitie, usw.) aufgenommen. In den Handel kommt das neue Album am 25. März 2011 über das Deutsche Label Massacre Records. Veröffentlicht wird auch eine Limited Edition mit einer Bonus DVD die ein komplettes Konzert enthält. Jetzt wurde auf MySpace der neue Song "Eremit" zum probehören online gestellt.
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14 янв 2011
VADER: Working Songtitles Revealed
 Polish extreme metallers will spend four weeks at Hertz Studio in Bialystok, Poland starting on March 15 recording their new album, "Welcome To The Morbid Reich". The band will lay down a total of 12 or 13 songs for the CD, which will be mixed and mastered in May for a tentative late 2011 release. Working songtitles set to appear on the effort include "Lords of Thorns", "I Am Who Feast Upon Your Souls", "Only Hell Knows", "Return to the Morbid Reich" and "I Had A Dream".
Commented guitarist/vocalist Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek: "For a long time I've been thinking about new tracks and the album concept, more and more things start to be clear. For the most part I'd like Spider [Marek Pajak; guitar] to take part in the process of album creation. I also have in mind relating to the good old times with a new layout for the album. I met with Zbyszek Bielak, a very talented artist who will design the new layout, merchandise and scenic elements. Zbyszek has already worked with such bands as WATAIN, ABSU, BEHEMOTH...
"The new album will mainly focus on the 'Morbid Reich' feeling combined with brutal riffs and tempo of the previous albums. We also have a surprise for our devoted fans, we're going to come back to our old logo."
VADER will debut one or two tracks from "Welcome To The Morbid Reich" during the band's summer festival appearances.
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14 янв 2011
HEATHEN Issues Lineup \'Clarification\'
 San Francisco Bay Area thrashers HEATHEN have issued the following update:
"Recently, a news story appeared on Blabbermouth regarding HEATHEN's lineup. This story was not an official press release written or released by the band or its management and deserves clarification.
"At this point, bassist Jon Torres is still a member of HEATHEN. It was discussed with Jon that he would be sitting out the upcoming European tour with the band to focus on his health, with the expectation that he would return to the group for future activities.
"The band is happy to have former member Jason VieBrooks filling in as bassist for the tour with OVERKILL and DESTRUCTION in March but this is not a permanent change in the band's lineup.
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14 янв 2011
DEVIN TOWNSEND Performs At NAMM; Video Footage, Photos
 Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, STEVE VAI, LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST HOUR, GWAR) performed yesterday (Thursday, January 13) at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California as part of the 2011 NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, a massive music-products convention that runs through Sunday.
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14 янв 2011
TROLLFEST Signs With NOISEART RECORDS
 Norwegian "Balkan metallers" TROLLFEST have inked a deal with NoiseArt Records as well as the booking agency Rock The Nation. The band's new album, "En Kvest For Den Hellige Gral", will be released on April 29.
Commented the band: "TROLLFEST is massively pleased to be signing with NoiseArt Records for the release of our upcoming album, and with Rock the Nation as our worldwide booking agent.
"Since the very first moment they approached us, everyone at NoiseArt and Rock the Nation have shown an enthusiasm for the band that went beyond our expectations, and their plans to work together as a team to bring TROLLFEST to its full potential both as a studio and live band is something we are very enthusiastic about.
"You can't imagine how much we are looking forward to the release of the album, and even more so bringing the TROLLFEST ethos of great music and good fun to even more fans in a live setting.
"We raise our tankards to NoiseArt, Rock the Nation and all our fans, and look forward to embarking on the next stage of the TROLLFEST adventure together."
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14 янв 2011
The Making Of New NIGHTWISH Album: Behind-The-Scenes Footage
 Keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen of Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH recently gave the German edition of Metal Hammer magazine a video tour of the facility where he worked on the material for the band's follow-up to 2007's "Dark Passion Play". You can now watch the footage in two parts by following these links:
* Part 1
* Part 2
NIGHTWISH entered the studio in October 2010 to begin recording its new CD for a late 2011 release.
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14 янв 2011
DIRE STRAITS - \'Money For Nothing\' Banned In Canada
 According to Spectator Wire Services, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council has ruled that DIRE STRAITS’ 1980s hit 'Money For Nothing' (which features THE POLICE's Sting on background vocals) is too offensive for Canadian radio.
The ruling, released Wednesday, was in response to a complaint against St. John’s radio station CHOZ-FM. The listener complained that the word faggot – which appears three times in the song is “extremely offensive” to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.
The council is an independent body created by Canadian radio and television broadcasters to review the standards of their content.
The award-winning song was the first single off of Dire Straits’ album Brothers in Arms and has been an international music staple for 25 years.
The council ruled that the song contravenes its ethics code which states: “broadcasters shall ensure that their programming contains no abusive or unduly discriminatory material or comment which is based on matters of race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status or physical or mental disability.”
It ruled that “faggot,” when used to describe a homosexual, is “even if entirely or marginally acceptable in earlier days, is no longer so.”
Offending Lyrics from Money for Nothing, by Dire Straits:
The little faggot with the earring and the makeup
Yeah, buddy, that’s his own hair
That little faggot’s got his own jet airplane
That little faggot, he’s a millionaire
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14 янв 2011
HAVOK - \'Time Is Up\' neuer Song online!
 Am 29. März 2011 kommt das neue und zweite Album "Time is Up" der US Thrash Metal Band HAVOK via Candlelight Records in den Handel. Nach dem Cover Artwork und der Track List wurde jetzt HIER bei den Kollegen von Metal Underground.com der neue Song "Scumbag In Disguise" zum probehören online gestellt.
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14 янв 2011
RISE AGAINST - Album Titel und Artwork enthüllt!
 Das neue RISE AGAINST Album mit dem Titel "Endgame" kommt am 15. März 2011 in den USA in den Handel. Das "Endgame" Cover Artwork wurden jetzt online gestellt.
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14 янв 2011
VISIONS OF ATLANTIS - \'Delta\' Album Teaser online!
 VISIONS OF ATLANTIS werden Ihr neues Album "Delta" am 25. Februar 2011 via Napalm Records veröffentlichen. Jetzt wurde auf MySpace ein "Delta" Album Teaser online gestellt.
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14 янв 2011
AGNOSTIC FRONT - \'My Life My Way\' alle Infos inkl. Artwork & Track List
 Die Paten des New York Hardcore, AGNOSTIC FRONT, haben die Arbeiten an ihrem heiß erwarteten Nachfolger zum 2007er Überalbum "Warriors" abgeschlossen! Das neue Album mit dem Titel "My Life My Way" wird 13 neue, heftige und hymnische Songs und ein Cover Song beinhalten. Aufgenommen wurde gemeinsam mit Erik Rutan (MADBALL, GOATWHORE, CANNIBAL CORPSE etc) im Mana Recording Studio in Tampa, Florida unter den wachsamen Augen von Produzent Freddy Cricien von MADBALL. Die Scheibe wurde von Alan Douches (NILE, MASTODON etc) gemastered und erscheint am 4. März 2011!
Front-Shouter Roger Miret über das neue Material: “Rückblickend sind wir hellauf begeistert, wie gut unsere neue Scheibe gelungen ist! Sie stellt das bis dato mitreißendste Werk unserer Diskografie dar und wird ganz sicher jeden zum Mitsingen animieren! Freddy veredelte das Ganze von produktionstechnischer Seite, indem er diesen Hardcore-Vibe einfing, den nur er aus AGNOSTIC FRONT herauskitzeln kann. Die Jungs haben alle ihre komplette Leidenschaft in die Songs gesteckt und Erik Rutan fügte das Puzzle zusammen, um uns so frisch und lebendig wie eh und je klingen zu lassen. Dieses Album wird definitiv sein Klassiker-Potential entfalten, sobald die Welt es zu hören bekommt!“
My Life My Way" Track List:
01. City Street
02. More Than A Memory
03. Us Against The World
04. My Life My Way
05. That’s Life
06. Self Pride
07. Until The Day I Die
08. Now And Forever
09. The Sacrifice
10. A Mi Manera
11. Your Worst Enemy
12. Empty Dreams
13. Time Has Come
14. Blitzkrieg Bop (Ramones Cover)
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14 янв 2011
ROBERT PLANT Nominated For BRIT AWARD
 Legendary LED ZEPPELIN frontman Robert Plant has been nominated in the "British Male Solo Artist" category at this year's Brit Awards (the British equivalent of the Grammy Awards). The winners will be announced at the O2 Arena in London, England on February 15.
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14 янв 2011
SIX REASONS TO KILL: \'My Bitterness\' Video Released
 "My Bitterness", the new video from Koblenz, Germany-based extreme metallers SIX REASONS TO KILL, can be viewed below. The track comes off the band's fourth album, "Architects Of Perfection", which is scheduled for release on January 28 via Massacre Records.
"Architects Of Perfection" track listing:
01. Welcome To Forever
02. My Bitterness
03. False Absolution
04. Perfection
05. Awaken
06. My Poison
07. Day Of The Apocalypse
08. Scum Belongs To Scum
09. Wandering Stars
10. Buried To The Sea
SIX REASONS TO KILL is:
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14 янв 2011
DÉTENTE: Three Complete Live Shows Posted Online
 California metallers DÉTENTE — whose most recent lineup featured original members Dennis Butler (drums), Caleb Quinn (guitar) and Steve Hochheiser (bass) alongside new vocalist Tiina Teal — have posted three complete live performance on their official YouTube channel:
* The 1986 DÉTENTE Country Club show in Reseda, California featuring vocalist Dawn Crosby and the original "Recognize No Authority" lineup.
* The DÉTENTE reunion show at Germany's Headbangers Open Air festival in 2008 featuring vocalist Ann Boleyn.
* The DÉTENTE concert at The Rambler in Eindhoven, Holland on the 2010 "Decline" tour featuring vocalist Tiina Teal
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14 янв 2011
MARCO MINNEMANN Is Not DREAM THEATER\'s New Drummer
 Despite rumors to the contrary, BLABBERMOUTH.NET has learned that 40-year-old international drumming sensation Marco Minnemann (KREATOR, NECROPHAGIST) **has NOT** joined DREAM THEATER as the replacement for the recently departed Mike Portnoy.
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14 янв 2011
DROWNING POOL: Listening To Our Music Does Not Make You A Bad Person
 Texas heavy rockers DROWNING POOL have released a follow-up statement in response to news reports that the 22-year-old man under arrest in Saturday's massacre in Arizona had listed as a "favorite" on his YouTube channel a video featuring the band's song "Bodies" as its relentless soundtrack.
The alleged gunman, Jared Lee Loughner, fatally shot six people and injured 14 others, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., who was holding a public event in Tucson for constituents.
Loughner had an unofficial video featuring "Bodies" playing in the background while a masked man burns the American flag listed as a favorite on his YouTube channel, leading some media commentators to speculate that the killer was influenced by the song.
In a new statement released online earlier today (Tuesday, January 10), DROWNING POOL said: "We'd like to thank our fans for all of their support yesterday, and once again offer our thoughts to the victims and their families.
"Jared Lee Loughner is clearly a very disturbed individual.
"The Washington Post ran an article on 'Bodies' and the Tucson shootings today. But instead of telling the whole story, the writer decided to edit what we had to say in order to make it seem like we were somehow responsible for what happened last weekend. He left out some really important facts.
"Where did the part about us performing for the troops go? Where was the mention of us helping to pass a bill in support of our soldiers?
"If you want to let readers form their own opinions of who we are and what we support, include all of the info!
"We find it inappropriate to imply that our song or rock music in general is to blame for this tragic event. It is premature to make this assumption without having all the facts in the case. It is just as likely that this horrible act was caused by the irresponsible and violent rhetoric used by mainstream media outlets such as the Washington Post.
"Listening to DROWNING POOL music does not make you a bad person. Misleading people does."
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14 янв 2011
BLOTTED SCIENCE To Record New EP
 Instrumental extreme metal triumvirate BLOTTED SCIENCE, featuring guitarist Ron Jarzombek (WATCHTOWER, SPASTIC INK, MARTY FRIEDMAN), bassist Alex Webster (CANNIBAL CORPSE, HATE ETERNAL) and drummer Hannes Grossmann (NECROPHAGIST, OBSCURA), is preparing to enter the studio to begin recording a new EP, "The Animation Of Entomology", for a tentative late 2011 release.
Commented Jarzombek: "This concept started to take shape in June of '08 when BLOTTED SCIENCE got together for the first time to rehearse and threw ideas around for a second CD. We wanted to score some kind of creepy horror film, and so something was definitely abuzz…
"The idea of writing music that syncs up perfectly with clips of disgusting insects and other creepy creatures was set in motion.
"After working with close to a dozen movie clips, it became apparent that to do a full-length CD, it would take far too long to complete. You need to take in the fact that we are writing exclusively with a 12-tone system 100% of the time, so things get very detailed, nitpicky and restricted. On the timing side of things... counts, measures, time signatures and note subdivisions also now have to conform to frames per second and more importantly match and coincide with what is onscreen. Throw out any semblance of verses and choruses too while you're at it. Rather than have musical sections last a series of measures, some full sections now last just a few counts.
"I've scored music to film before with SPASTIC INK's 'A Wild Hare' and 'The Cereal Mouse', and Alex and I have written with a specific 12-tone system on the first BLOTTED SCIENCE CD, 'The Machinations Of Dementia', but putting these two together has been brutally intense.
"Will all of this be too much for fans to take in? We shall see… literally…
"The EP entitled 'The Animation Of Entomology' will contain seven new BLOTTED SCIENCE songs, and will be approximately 24 minutes long.
"Hannes will be going into Woodshed Studios in Landshut, Germany on January 31, 2011, with V. Santura (DARK FORTRESS, TRIPTYKON) engineering, and is now preparing for the session. Alex is recording his bass tracks at his Hell Whole Studios in Tampa, and I am locked away in my Live Oak Studios here in San Antonio.
"If all goes well, we should have everything recorded in a few months."
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14 янв 2011
FIREWIND Drummer Launches LOVE.MIGHT.KILL
 LOVE.MIGHT.KILL, the new band led by drummer Michael Ehré (FIREWIND, ULI JON ROTH, METALIUM), has completed work on its debut album, "Brace For Impact". The CD, which was produced by Ehré and mixed by Markus Teske (SAGA, VANDEN PLAS, SPOCK'S BEARD), features 13 "stunning melodic metal tracks in the tradition of RAINBOW, JUDAS PRIEST, DIO and BLACK SABBATH," according to a press release.
After touring all around the world with several bands and writing songs for German metallers METALIUM, Japanese female metal vocalist Saeko and ex-ZED YAGO founder Jutta Weinhold, Ehré realized his vision of an own band by writing, recording and producing LOVE.MIGHT.KILL's debut CD. The effort features additional contributions from Italian singer Jan Manenti as a co-writer, longtime friends Christian Stöver and Stefan Ellerhorst (both from the German metal band CROSSROADS) on guitar and Jogi Sweers on bass.
LOVE.MIGHT.KILL is:
Jan Manenti - Vocals
Stefan Ellerhorst - Guitar
Christian Stöver - Guitar
Jogi Sweers - Bass
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14 янв 2011
DARKEST HOUR: New Song Available For Streaming
 "Savor The Kill", a brand new song from Washington D.C.-based metallers DARKEST HOUR, can be streamed using the audio player below (courtesy of AOL's Noisecreep). The track comes off the band's new album, "The Human Romance", which is scheduled for a February 22 release via eOne Music. The CD was recorded at a North Carolina studio with producer (and SOILWORK guitarist) Peter Wichers.
This time around, the DARKEST HOUR songs were composed a bit differently than was the case in the past. Guitarist Mike Schleibaum explains, "We have been working on these tunes ever since we left the studio last April.
"'The Eternal Return' was written during a very dark, bleak time for the band and I think that record matches that in both tone and character. Our vision was for it to be an in-your-face, no-frills aggressive assault. The new material shares in that aggression and pushes DARKEST HOUR beyond the unknown."
Wichers previously helmed such acclaimed albums as ALL THAT REMAINS' "The Fall of Ideals" and SOILWORK's latest effort, "The Panic Broadcast".
"The Human Romance" track listing:
01. Terra Nocturnus
02. The World Engulfed In Flames
03. Savor The Kill
04. Man And Swine
05. Love As A Weapon
06. Your Every Day Disaster
07. Violent By Nature
08. Purgatory
09. Severed Separates
10. Wound
11. Terra Solaris
12. Beyond The Life You Know
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14 янв 2011
VOLTURYON: \'Coordinated Mutilation\' Cover Art, Track Listing Unveiled
 The cover artwork for "Coordinated Mutilation", the sophomore album from Swedish death metalers VOLTURYON, can be seen below. A gruesome masterpiece by Polish artist Lukasz Jaszak, the cover depicts a psychotic blood covered maniac butchering a cadaver with a chainsaw.
Jaszak is known for his previous works which include the "Lords Of Chaos" book cover and album covers from artists like BLOOD RED THRONE and WITCHMASTER.
"Coordinated Mutilation" will be released in February via United Guttural Records. The CD was recorded at Black Lounge and Abyss studios by Jonas Kjellgren (CARNAL FORGE, SCAR SYMMETRY, CENTINEX). The music on the disc is described in a press release as "aggressive-yet-technical death metal with thrash elements. Straight-forward and well-played. 'Coordinated Mutilation' is one solid-structured song after the next with cool riffs, solos, intensely growled vocals and a tight rhythm section."
The track listing for the CD is as follows:
01. Bloodsoaked Solution
02. Savage Gluttony
03. Eight Corner of Slaughter
04. Euphoria Through Execution
05. Ravaged
06. Coordinated Mutilation
07. Abide under Eminence
08. Sadistic Molestation
09. Sanguinolency
10. Intense Convulsions
VOLTURYON's previous album, "Blood Cure", was released in 2008 through Obscure Domain Productions. Since then VOLTURYON has played a number of high-profile shows, including the Sweden Rock Festival where the band performed alongside AT THE GATES and CARCASS, among others. | 0 | |
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