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6 май 2010
MIKE PORTNOY To Tour With AVENGED SEVENFOLD Throughout 2010
 DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy has confirmed that he will sit behind the kit for AVENGED SEVENFOLD for all of the band's upcoming tour dates through the end of 2010.
Commented Portnoy in a statement: "After having had such an amazing experience recording my drum tracks for the new AVENGED SEVENFOLD album, we all knew it would be awesome if I'd be able to do some touring with the band after its release...
"I am happy to say that the timing worked out perfectly that my touring cycle with DREAM THEATER (and TRANSATLANTIC) was coming to an end just as AVENGED SEVENFOLD's was scheduled begin! (Well, perfect for everyone except my poor family!) : )
"Although I wish I could stay on board with AVENGED SEVENFOLD in a more permanent capacity, the reality is that I am commited to DREAM THEATER as my main priority (that is my baby afterall!), and I will need to resume work with DREAM THEATER to start a new album at some point in 2011. However, I will be able to join my brothers in AVENGED SEVENFOLD for at least the duration of their touring throughout 2010...and hopefully this will give them the time to continue to heal and get comfortable back on the road.
"You can look at me like the band's 'rebound drummer' to buy them some time until they are comfortable and ready to make a commitment to somebody new for full-time relationship in their future!
"In the meantime, I am real excited to hit the road with the boys...to bring my drumming from their new album to life on stage and to honor [late AVENGED SEVEFOLD drummer] The Rev with all of their older material....
"Hey, do I get to have a cool, bad-ass stage name now??? : )"
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6 май 2010
BLOOD RED THRONE Recruits New Drummer, Stand-In Guitarist
 Guitarist Daniel "Død" Olaisen of Norwegian death metal tyrants BLOOD RED THRONE has issued the following update:
"Some of you have noticed that Tchort has been away for a while and still are due to work and family commitments. Meanwhile, we've recruited Ivan Gujic from NEONGOD as his replacement for our upcoming live shows this year! Also, Anders decided to leave the band in February and after several auditions we're proud to announce the young, but very talented Emil Wiksten from Sweden as our new killer drummer.
"I've written three new tracks for our upcoming album and this time we'll get back to the 'Altered Genesis' style with fast and brutal shit and of course some groove as well!" | 0 | |
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6 май 2010
KULT OV AZAZEL To Film Ft. Lauderdale Concert For Upcoming DVD
 Florida-based black metallers KULT OV AZAZEL will film their May 21 concert at the Culture Room in Ft. Lauderdale for their forthcoming DVD, to be released before the end of the year via Arctic Music. The as-yet-untitled disc will span the years 1999-2010 and will include two full shows along with other footage. | 0 | |
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6 май 2010
RUSH\'s \'Snakes & Arrows Live\' Certified Double-Platinum
 RUSH's "Snakes & Arrows Live" concert movie was certified double-platinum on April 20 by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) for sales in excess of 200,000 copies in the United States.
Only two of RUSH's studio albums — "Vapor Trails" (2002) and "Snakes & Arrows" (2007) — have failed to reach gold status (for shipments in excess of 500,000 copies) in the U.S.
RUSH is currently working on its 20th studio album with producer Nick Raskulinecz (co-producer of RUSH's 2007 CD, "Snakes & Arrows") in Nashville.
RUSH has announced the details of the "Time Machine Tour", which will kick off on June 29 in Albuquerque, New Mexico and finish on October 2 in West Palm Beach, Florida, hitting a total of 37 cities. The centerpiece of the trek will be the band's first-ever performance of its classic 1981 album "Moving Pictures" in its entirety. The group will also play other beloved tracks from its catalog as well as new songs that the band has been working on.
This will be RUSH's first road trip since touring extensively behind its 2007 studio album, "Snakes & Arrows".
"Moving Pictures", RUSH's eighth studio album, is their most successful release, with four million copies sold in the U.S. It features the hits "Tom Sawyer" and "Limelight", as well as live favorites like "YYZ" and "Red Barchetta".
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6 май 2010
New APOCALYPTICA Album To Feature SHINEDOWN, FLYLEAF, SLAYER, BUSH Members
 Finnish cello rockers APOCALYPTICA will release their seventh studio album, "7th Symphony", on August 23. The majority of the album was produced by Joe Barresi (TOOL, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, BAD RELIGION), with two other songs produced by Howard Benson (MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, MOTÖRHEAD, PAPA ROACH).
The CD's first single, "End Of Me", features Gavin Rossdale, best known as the vocalist of the British alternative rock band BUSH. The album also features a number of other notable guest performances: SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo plays on "2010", "Bring Them To Light" features Joseph Duplantier, singer and guitarist of the French death metal band GOJIRA, "Broken Pieces" is a cooperation with FLYLEAF singer Lacey Sturm and "Not Strong Enough" is sung by Brent Smith (SHINEDOWN).
Willy Ehmann, Senior Vice President Sony Music Domestic GSA, states: "We are very proud that APOCALYPTICA, one of the most innovative bands in the rock genre, is going to release its new album via Sony Music again — another of the band's excellent albums, that will once again not only include classical APOCALYPTICA elements but also a host of most interesting collaborations."
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6 май 2010
HALFORD: \'Live In Anaheim\' DVD Preview Clip Available
 Metal God Records and Rob Halford recently announced plans to release "Halford - Live In Anaheim Original 2CD Soundtrack" (June 21), "Halford Crucible - Remixed & Remastered" (July 12) and "Halford - Live In Anaheim" DVD (August 3) a 5.1, 23-song, two-plus-hour film documenting Rob Halford's 2002-2003 solo release ("Crucible") and tour.
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6 май 2010
VISIONS OF ATLANTIS Parts Ways With Bassist, Announces Replacement
 Austrian symphonic metallers VISIONS OF ATLANTIS have issued the following update:
"After many years of great work and many shows, founding member Mike Koren [bass] has left VISIONS OF ATLANTIS due of private reasons. Mike became a daddy and his priorities have changed which we all understand and respect. We wish him and his young family all the best for the future and thank him very much for everything!
"NOW it's time to announce our new bass player! Mario Lochert (pictured below; EMERGENCY GATE) will take over the bass duties for VISIONS OF ATLANTIS from now on. He [will] record the bass for the new, yet-untitled album and he will be on stage with the band for the first time on Metalfest Austria (15th of May 2010). He has already worked with us in the past as our sound engineer on several concerts and festivals and we are all happy to welcome him on board!"
VISIONS OF ATLANTIS will enter Dreamscape Studios in Munich, Germany on May 17 to begin recording its fourth album for a fall 2010 release. The band states, "The producers [at Dreamscape] exactly know how to bring out the best of our work and we enjoy working together with such nice guys."
Working songtitles set to appear on the new CD include:
* Aeon
* Memento
* Reflections
* Gravitate Towards Fatality
* New Dawn
* Beyond Horizon - The Poem Pt. II
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5 май 2010
RONNIE JAMES DIO: \'There Will Be Other Tours, More Music, More Life And Much More Magic\'
 Legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio (DIO, HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW), who was diagnosed with stomach cancer last November, has released the following statement:
"I would like to voice my great disappointment on the cancellation of the HEAVEN & HELL summer tour. Wendy [Ronnie's wife/manager], my doctors and I have worked so hard to make it happen for all of you, the ones we care so much about, that this setback could be devastating, but we will not let it be. With your continued love and support, we will carry on and thrive. There will be other tours, more music, more life and much more magic."
In other Dio news, a video clip of Ronnie being interviewed at the Revolver Golden Gods Awards on April 8 at Club Nokia in Los Angeles by "VH1 Classic "That Metal Show" co-host Eddie Trunk can be viewed below.
When asked about how he he been feeling since he was disagnosed with stomach cancer late last year, Dio recently told the Artisan News Service, "Well, I feel good and bad at times. It's a long process. Chemotherapy is a... I never realized what a difficult thing it was to go through. It's a real cumulative effect — the more you have, the more it piles up on top and it takes longer and longer to get over it. I find it very difficult to eat. I don't like to eat anyway, so I guess that's OK. But I know I have to. But this makes it very, very hard. But if you're determined to beat it. then you have to go with what you believe is going to beat it for you, and in this case it's that. I go to a great hospital in Houston called M.D. Anderson, which I think is the best hospital in the world, I have the best doctor in the world, Dr. Ajani, who I really trust and I really believe in, so I think I've done all the right things. It makes me feel positive about my life and positive that there is a lot more of it to live."
HEAVEN & HELL guitarist, Tony Iommi, underwent stem-cell treatment last year on an injured hand. Meanwhile, the band's drummer, Vinny Appice, had surgery on his right shoulder on November 30, 2009 for an injury sustained during the band's last tour.
HEAVEN & HELL's debut album, "The Devil You Know", entered The Billboard 200 chart at position No. 8 with first-week sales of 30,000 units.
In a recent online posting, Wendy Dio revealed that there are plans to release a 30th-anniversary BLACK SABBATH "Heaven And Hell" DVD sometime this year. The package is expected to include brand new interviews that Ronnie, Geezer and Appice gave to Eddie Trunk on January 22, 2010 in Los Angeles, as well other extras.
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5 май 2010
Former HOLLENTHON Bassist Explains Departure
 Former HOLLENTHON bassist Gregor Marboe has released the following statement regarding his departure from the group:
"It is obviously always hard to take certain decisions. After having been part of HOLLENTHON for two and a half years, I needed to take this very step and call it quits. Considering the fact that before HOLLENTHON was revived I played together with Martin [Schirenc; guitar/vocals] in PUNGENT STENCH makes it an even longer period of collaboration. This, of course, does not make any decision easier.
"Primarily I cannot satisfy the band's time requirements at the moment because of personal reasons. Besides, I felt the growing urge to move on as a creative being and re-focus on my own creativity. Thus, it was about time to turn the page in my musical life and face a new chapter.
"As for HOLLENTHON, I wish the guys the best for their future!
"As for me, I had the opportunity to play some excellent shows, meet great people and make some good friends all around the place.
"I will meet you guys again and I hope to be rocking out where ever my further musical life is going to take me. That may possibly be the only thing to promise — my musical life definitely is not over!" | 0 | |
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5 май 2010
BRET MICHAELS: \'I\'m Lucky To Be Alive\'
 Less than two weeks after POISON frontman Bret Michaels was hospitalized for a massive subarachnoid brain hemorrhage, he was discharged from Barrow Neurological Institute in Arizona to receive physical therapy at an undisclosed location.
"I opened my eyes, and was like, 'I am so thankful. I'm lucky to be alive," Bret told People magazine in his first interview about the ordeal. "It just wasn't my time yet!"
"I'm a believer it's a combination of will and faith [that kept me alive]," the 47-year-old singer explained. "Will — and good medical attention — and faith."
According to Bret, his family was the only thing running through his mind when he first started experiencing pain the night of April 21. "I was just sad," he said. "I was not going to have my family wake up and see me dead on the living room floor. [And, I was] sad thinking of my daughters growing up without me."
When the doctor asked if he had kids and if he wanted them to come to the hospital in case the unthinkable happened, Bret asked, "Am I dying? If I'm dying, I want to see my kids, but if I have a chance to [live], I don't want them to see me in this condition." The doctor responded, "Well, there's obviously a chance. You're still alive, and people die instantly from this."
Added Bret, "It's the weirdest thing: You feel so much love and realize in a moment, in an instant … you focus on what becomes really important. I want to continue to rock the world, and I want to continue to love my family and be a good father. I was given a second chance!"
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5 май 2010
SCAR SYMMETRY: \'The Iconoclast\' Video Released
 "The Iconoclast", the new video from Swedish progressive melodic death metallers SCAR SYMMETRY, can be viewed below. The clip, which features cameo appearances by Peter Tägtgren (HYPOCRISY, PAIN) and Martin Stahl (SILENT LANE), was directed by Denis Goria, a popular French photographer who previously worked on HYPOCRISY's "Weed Out The Weak" and PAIN's "Monkey Business" videos.
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5 май 2010
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY: New Album Title Announced
 BLACK LABEL SOCIETY has set "Order Of The Black" as the title its new studio album, due in North America on August 10 via E1 Music. The CD will be made available in Europe through Roadrunner Records and in Australia and New Zealand via Riot! Entertainment.
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5 май 2010
RIKETS: \'Program The Dead\' Video Released
 On March 27, Oklahoma industrial/metal outfit RIKETS filmed a video for the song "Program The Dead" with director David Brodsky (THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, HATEBREED, FEAR FACTORY) in Oklahoma City. The clip, which can be viewed below, features leading lady Staci Flood, who has worked with Busta Rhymes and Will Smith in addition to co-founding the BOMBSHELL BABIES and THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS burlesque cabaret revues featuring Carmen Electra.
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5 май 2010
TAPROOT: New Song Available For Free Download
 "Release Me", a brand new song from the Michigan-based hard rock quartet TAPROOT, is available for streaming and free download at ZippoEncore.com. The song comes off the band's new album, "Plead The Fifth", which is scheduled for release on May 11 via Victory Records.
"Plead The Fifth" track listing:
01. Now Rise
02. Game Over
03. Fractured (Everything I Said Was True)
04. Release Me
05. Stolage
06. 911OST
07. Trophy Wifi
08. Words Don’t Mean A Thing
09. Left Behind
10. No View Is True
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5 май 2010
KORN: New Song Available For Streaming
 "Oildale (Leave Me Alone)", the opening track from KORN's new album, "Korn III - Remember Who You Are", is available for streaming below. The CD is tentatively due on July 13 via Roadrunner Records.
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5 май 2010
DEFTONES Performs Entire New Album During Webcast; Video Available
 DEFTONES performed its entire new album, "Diamond Eyes", during a live global webcast from Dallas last night (Tuesday, May 4) via Ustream. The event can now be viewed below.
"Diamond Eyes" was released yesterday via Warner.
The track listing for the CD is as follows:
01. Diamond Eyes
02. Royal
03. CMND/CTRL
04. You've Seen the Butcher
05. Beauty School
06. Prince
07. Rocket Skates
08. Sextape
09. Risk
10. 976-EVIL
11. This Place Is Death
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5 май 2010
LORDI Completes Work On New Album
 Finnish heavy metal monsters LORDI have finished mixing their new album at WireWorld studio in Nashville, Tennessee with producer Michael Wagener, who has previously worked with SKID ROW, ACCEPT, ALICE COOPER and KING'S X, among many others. A late 2010 release is expected.
Regarding the musical direction of LORDI's new material, singer Mr. Lordi previously stated, "It is safe to say that the material is kinda 'Get Heavy' [the band's 2002 debut] LORDI-like, with a strong '80s metal feel, more melodic, and a lot less sinister and 'serious' than on [2008's] 'Deadache'. One thing is for sure, there's not gonna be cover songs on the next one either. In my mind, [a] cover's place is not on an actual album; it could serve as a bonus for a special printing or something. Like with 'The House Without A Name' [LORDI's cover of the DINGO track], for example."
"Deadache" debuted at No. 13 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.
LORDI's previous studio album, "The Arockalypse", has sold more than 30,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The CD was released in over 30 countries, including Japan, and the album was certified over triple platinum in the band's home country of Finland, gold in Germany (100,000 units), and gold in Sweden (40,000 units). The single "Hard Rock Hallelujah" achieved gold status in Germany (150,000 units).
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5 май 2010
TRISTANIA: New Album Teaser Available
 A two-minute video teaser for the forthcoming album from Norwegian gothic metallers TRISTANIA — featuring audio samples of the tracks "Year of the Rat" and "The Passing" — can be viewed below.
TRISTANIA recently signed a new deal with Austria's Napalm Records. The band's as-yet-untitled new CD is scheduled for a summer release. Other songtitles set to appear on the album include "Vulture", "Patriot Games", "The Emerald Piper" and "Sirens".
Commented the group in a statement: "We are totally enthusiastic about [our new LP], and feel that this album will appeal to those of you who have followed us through the years. True to tradition, the new album will also bring along several surprises and elements that are new in our musical universe. Five different singers will appear on the album, and we have already announced that Pete Johansen contributes with his brilliant violin playing — for the first time since 'World of Glass' in 2001."
TRISTANIA last year announced the addition of guitarist Gyri Losnegård to the group's ranks.
The band played a couple of shows last summer with guest vocalist Kjetil Nordhus (ex-GREEN CARNATION, TRAIL OF TEARS) filling in for Østen Bergøy, including last year's Wacken Open Air festival, which was held July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany
TRISTANIA in 2007 announced the addition of Italian singer Mariangela "Mary" Demurtas to the group's ranks.
The band's last album, "Illumination", was released in January 2007 via SPV. The CD was recorded at Woodhouse Studios in Hagen, Germany with producer Waldemar Sorychta (LACUNA COIL, TIAMAT, GRIP INC.).
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5 май 2010
NARNIA Guitarist Collaborates With MASTERPLAN
 C.J. Grimmark (guitar, keyboards) of Swedish epic/melodic metallers NARNIA has collaborated with the German/Norwegian metal act MASTERPLAN on a song called "Fiddle Of Time", to be included on the forthcoming MASTERPLAN album, "Time To Be King".
Commented Grimmark: "I'm proud to say that I've had the opportunity to to collaborate with one of my favorite bands, this time as a songwriter.
"The combination of fantastic compositions, skillful musicianship and one of the most soulful voices in all-time rock history, makes this particular band one of my top 10s.
"Watch out for the song 'Fiddle Of Time', track #2 on the new album 'Time To Be King' by the great MASTERPLAN.
"I share credits with Jorn [Lande, MASTERPLAN singer] and the guys on this one and it turned out awesome — thank you, guys!" | 0 | |
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5 май 2010
PRETTY MAIDS Enlist Former KING DIAMOND Bassist Hal Patino
 Long-running Danish rockers PRETTY MAIDS have enlisted former KING DIAMOND bassist Hal Patino.
Says the band: "Hal Patino has been a friend of the band since the eighties, and is familiar with the sound, style and history of the band, and was therefore a natural choice to take the spot as the new bass player.
Hal Patino will play his first gig with Pretty Maids on Saturday, May 8th of in Aalborg, Denmark, and we welcome Hal onboard, and hope you all will give him a good reception on the upcoming Pandemonium tour. And, oh yeah... 10 days!"
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5 май 2010
GRAVE DIGGER Hit The Studio - \"Long Live The Concept Album!\"
 German power metallers GRAVE DIGGER have issued the following update:
"Yes, everything's on it's way, we're right in the middle of recordings the successor to Ballad Of A Hangman and a lot has happened since the release of the that album. Nothing stays the same, but nothing has changed.
From January to March, we took our time for the new song-writing. Because of the appearance of Axel (Ritt; guitar), we finally returned to the virtue, that we've lost that long ago. The triumvirate of metal, Jens Becker (bass), Axel Ritt and Chris Boltendahl (vocals) battened in harmony while the whole songwriting session and created 12 explosive songs, which have the spirit of Grave Digger, two-hundred percent! Since the days of Tunes Of War and The Grave Digger, the creativity around the songwriting process hadn't been that easy going.
Axel already recorded the rhythm guitars in his own Meadow Studios, accompanied by some drum programmings done by Stefan. At the end of the month, we'll enter the Principal studios to record drums, bass, vocals, keyboards and some guitar overdubs. Of course, from now we'll keep you informed about our activities with some short video-clips. Stay tuned!
This coming weekend, we'll do some rehearsal with the whole bunch at the TLC studios, to practice all the songs on the new album and check out the live playlist for the upcoming festivals. We're highly motivated, more than this, we're
burning! The fourth decade of Grave Digger has begun! For all of you, who can't hold off their curiosity; the concept album is dead, long live the concept album!"
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5 май 2010
JOE SATRIANI To Record New Solo Project Next Month
 Legendary guitarist Joe Satriani has issued the following update:
"I'm heading to the studio in one month to start recording a new solo project with Jeff Campitelli (drums), Allen Whitman (bass) and Mike Keneally (keyboards). The new material is dying to be recorded, and I can't wait to get started. I don't have a title for the project yet, but I will let you know when I figure it out..."
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5 май 2010
Vocalist KYLE MICHAELS Auditions For DRAGONFORCE
 Kyle Michaels, who is best known as the former lead vocalist of RAVAGE, THE GEEZER BUTLER BAND and MASI, has auditioned for British extreme epic power metallers DRAGONFORCE. His audition video, which was put together in one take with the help of manager Lloyd Freeze of SGL Entertainment and video producer Dan Manzella of Dig-It-Al Studios, can be viewed below.
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5 май 2010
KATAKLYSM Frontman Launches Pizzeria In Chicago
 In addition to having just been announced as one of the second-stage acts on Ozzfest 2010, KATAKLYSM frontman Maurizio Iacono has been keeping busy with another business venture: opening a pizzeria.
Commented Iacono: "Growing up in an Italian family, you always know someone that owns a pizza joint. My father was a head chef in New York, so I kind of grew up with it as well. I chose the path of music, but somehow the restaurant business has come to find me.
"I've decided to open a pizzeria with a very good friend of mine, Saverio Donancricchia. His family has been in the pizza business for over 20 years in Chicago with Albano's Pizzeria in Cicero. They've ranked as a Top 10 Chowdown Joints on 'Top 101 Places in America' by The Travel Channel, so needless to say, opening the #2 location has been keeping us very busy!!!
"We like to welcome all metalheads to come by Albano's Pizzeria #2 and try our world famous giant pizza puffs! Bring in your Chicago-area concert ticket for any national tour and receive a discount on your order."
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5 май 2010
GOATSNAKE: Long-Out-Of-Print \'Flower Of Disease\' Album Reissued
 Southern Lord Recordings has re-released the long out-of-print GOATSNAKE album "Flower Of Disease".
The third official release from the almighty GOATSNAKE, this slick, thunderous eight-song slab of doom was initially released in 2000 on the now-defunct Man's Ruin label, with Southern Lord handling the vinyl release. After lying dormant without an official pressing of the album in over eight years, the 'Lord now officially brings the album back to the masses on both CD and LP formats.
Recorded at Hollywood's Grand Master Studios, and engineered by Nick Raskulinecz (DANZIG, FOO FIGHTERS, PROBOT, ALICE IN CHAINS), "Flower Of Disease" showcased GOATSNAKE elevating their already professional songwriting to new levels, deeply stirring those already following the act's every move and vacuuming in new countless new fans. This is "the release" that would solidify the GOATSNAKE name as one of the top bands of the '90s stoner/doom movement.
The GOATSNAKE lineup on "Flower Of Disease" features members Greg Anderson (SUNN O))), THORR'S HAMMER, Southern Lord Recordings), Pete Stahl (SCREAM, WOOL, Desert Sessions), Greg Rogers (THE OBSESSED), and Stuart Dahlquist (BURNING WITCH, ASVA), as well as guest contributions from Petra Haden and Dave Catching (EAGLES OF DEATH METAL, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, MONDO GENERATOR).
GOATSNAKE recently floored a sold-out audience at their first show in over five years at 2010's Roadburn Festival in Tilburg, Holland.
"Flower of Disease" track listing:
01. Flower of Disease
02. Prayer for a Dying
03. Easy Greasy
04. El Coyote
05. The Dealer
06. A Truckload of Mamma's Muffins
07. Live to Die
08. The River
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5 май 2010
NEGATIVE: \'End Of The Line\' Video Released
 "End Of The Line", the new video from the Finnish rock band NEGATIVE, can be viewed below. The song comes off the group's fifth album, "Neon", which is scheduled for release on June 2. The CD was recorded at the Broken Wave studios in Los Angeles with Warren Riker as the engineer/assistant producer and Jimmy Westerlund as the producer.
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5 май 2010
HOW TO DESTROY ANGELS: First Song Available For Streaming
 "A Drowning", a track from HOW TO DESTROY ANGELS— the brand new project featuring NINE INCH NAILS mainman Trent Reznor and his wife Mariqueen Maandig (ex-WEST INDIAN GIRL) along with frequent NIN collaborator Atticus Ross — is available for streaming at Pitchfork.
"A Drowning" was mixed by Alan Moulder, who has worked with NINE INCH NAILS in the past.
HOW TO DESTROY ANGELS will release a self-titled six-song EP this summer.
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5 май 2010
HASTE THE DAY: New Album Details Revealed
 Indiana-based Christian metalcore band HASTE THE DAY will release its new album, "Attack Of The Wolf King", on June 29 via Solid State Records.
"Travesty", one of several stand-out tracks from the CD, is available to purchase today on iTunes, and can also be streamed via the band's MySpace page.
According to a press release, "Attack Of The Wolf King" "proves to be the most dynamic, ferocious and art-minded album of the band's career — an impressive feat for an act that is releasing its fifth full length and has compiled more than a quarter-million in album sales."
Recorded in Richmond with veteran producer Andreas Magnusson (THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, OH SLEEPER), "Attack Of The Wolf King" is the first outing for the current incarnation of HASTE THE DAY, whose new members brought equally fresh elements to the writing process, adding new fuel to the tried-and-true metalcore machine of singer Stephen Keech and bassist Michael Murphy.
While HASTE THE DAY is already among the metalcore elite, "Wolf King" sees the band reaching frenzied new heights for what, nine years into their career, could be its career-defining album.
"I think that 'Attack Of The Wolf King' has taken the musical elements of HASTE THE DAY — the breakdowns, the melodies, and the mood — and turned it up ten notches," says Murphy. "Fans of the old HASTE THE DAY and the new HASTE THE DAY will be both be in love with this album. It has the raw aggression of 'Burning Bridges', the catchy choruses of 'When Everything Falls', the energy of 'Pressure The Hinges', and the mood and feeling of 'Dreamer'. Get ready for your new favorite HASTE THE DAY album!"
HASTE THE DAY has already announced a summer headlining tour in support of the album, from June 4 to July 2, and will follow that up with a Warped Tour run from July 20 to August 15.
"Attack of the Wolf King" track listing:
01. Wake Up The Sun
02. Dog Like Vultures
03. The Quiet, Deadly Ticking
04. Travesty
05. Merit For Sadness
06. The Un-Manifest
07. The Place Where Most Deny
08. White as Snow
09. Crush Resistance
10. Walk With a Crooked Spine
11. My Name Is Darkness
Special-edition bonus tracks:
12. Meet Me Half Way (BLACK EYED PEAS cover)
13. Blue 42 (Live in Auckland, New Zealand)
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5 май 2010
THE SORROW Begins Recording New Album
 Austrian metallers THE SORROW have entered Principal Studios (DIE TOTEN HOSEN, IN EXTREMO) in Senden, Germany with producer Toni Meloni to begin recording their third album for a late fall release via Drakkar Records.
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5 май 2010
SONIC SYNDICATE: New Album Version Of \'Burn This City\' Available For Free Download
 The album version of the song "Burn This City" from "We Rule The Night", the forthcoming full-length effort from SONIC SYNDICATE, is available for free download at this location (e-mail sign-up required).
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Mike Portnoy
