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10 окт 2009
GRAVE DIGGER Parts Ways With Guitarist MANNI SCHMIDT
 Veteran German metallers GRAVE DIGGER have issued the following update:
"We have to make an announcement that most of you probably never expected.
"A band like GRAVE DIGGER has to develop constantly. The problem is that this is only possible if the musicians have the same goal and the same attitude. And they have to feel good with what they are doing.
"If you have some permanent stress in the band, there is no more productive work possible and in the long run the music suffers from this situation.
"Unfortunately, there were so many disagreements recently building up between Manni [Schmidt, guitar] and Chris [Boltendahl, vocals] that this would affect the productivity and creativity in a bad way. Because of all this, Manni decided to leave GRAVE DIGGER. This happened by mutual consent.
"We wish Manni all the best for the future and say thank you for many nice and eventful years.
"But we also have some good news. There is no effect on the concerts that are already booked.
"The last word about the replacement guitar player is not spoken yet. We first want to wait for the results of the rehearsals. After this, we will introduce you to the replacement guitarist. We already spoke to a possible candidate and we will start the rehearsals in the next days."
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10 окт 2009
DEEP PURPLE To Release \'Space Truckin\' Round The World Live\' Album
 DEEP PURPLE has a new live album in the works called "Space Truckin' Round the World Live 68-76". According to Classic Rock magazine, the two-disc set — due out next month — will feature rare live recordings from various concerts all over the world, including gigs in Tokyo, Paris and San Diego. The compilation, which features multiple band line-ups, will also feature a detailed history of the group, individual concert details and photos. It's being released as part of the 10th anniversary of Purple Records — the label that handles the band's music.
The track listing is as follows:
CD 1
01. Hush (Inglewood 1968)
02. River Deep Mountain High (Inglewood 1968)
03. Hey Joe (Inglewood 1968)
04. Wring That Neck (Aachen 1970)
05. Into The Fire (Stockholm 1970)
06. Mandrake Root (Montreux 1969)
CD 2:
01. Child In Time (Granada TV 1970)
02. Lazy (Denmark 1972)
03. Strange Kind Of Woman (Denmark 1972)
04. Burn (San Diego 1974)
05. Mistreated (San Diego 1974)
06. The Gypsy (Paris 1975)
07. Lady Double Dealer (Paris 1975)
08. Wild Dogs (Tokyo 1975)
09. Love Child (Tokyo 1975)
DEEP PURPLE's 18th studio album, "Rapture of the Deep", was released in November 2005. It is the fourth studio CD from DEEP PURPLE since guitarist Steve Morse joined the band in 1994. It was also the second album to feature veteran keyboardist Don Airey.
"Rapture of the Deep" was produced by Mike Bradford, who also worked on the band's previous release, 2003's "Bananas".
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9 окт 2009
OBITUARY To Release \'Live Xecution\' DVD In November
 Florida death metal veterans OBITUARY will release a new concert DVD, tentatively titled "Live Xecution - Party.San 2008", on November 19 via Regain Records. The footage for the disc was filmed at last year's Party.San Open Air festival, which was held August 7-9, 2008 in Bad Berka, Germany.
Commented bassist Frank Watkins: "We did over 30 festivals last [year] and the Party.San festival was the very last and best one for OBITUARY... Fortunately, the show was filmed."
The track listing is as follows:
01. Find The Arise
02. On The Floor
03. Chopped In Half
04. Turned Inside Out
05. Forces Realign
06. Insane
07. Face Your God
08. Dethroned Emperor
09. Evil Ways
10. Drop Dead
11. Contrast The Dead
12. Second Chance
13. Stand Alone
14. Slow Death
15. Slowly We Rot
Check out the cover artwork here.
Night Of The Vinyl Dead Records recently released a limited-edition vinyl version of OBITUARY's "Left To Die" EP. Only 500 hand-numbered copies were made available on hand-splattered bloody vinyl, including an insert.
"Left to Die" contains four songs: two new originals ("Forces Realign" and "Left To Die"), a 2008 studio recording of "Slowly We Rot", and a cover of "Dethroned Emperor" by CELTIC FROST.
For more information, go to this location.
"Darkest Day", the new album from OBITUARY, landed at position No. 32 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.
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9 окт 2009
ARSIS: New Album Release Date, Track Listing Revealed
 Virginia's melodic/technical death metal band ARSIS will release its fourth studio album, "Starve For The Devil", on January 15, 2010 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded at Planet Z Studios in Hadley, Massachusetts with producer Chris "Zeuss" Harris, who has previously worked with MUNICIPAL WASTE, AGNOSTIC FRONT and HATEBREED, among others. Artist Mark Riddick will provide his trademark meticulous and grotesque artwork for the upcoming release.
"Starve For The Devil" track listing:
01. Forced to Rock
02. A March for the Sick
03. From Soulless to Shattered (Art in Dying)
04. Beyond Forlorn
05. The Ten of Swords
06. Closer to Cold
07. Sick Perfection
08. Half Past Corpse O'Clock
09. Escape Artist
10. Sable Rising
ARSIS' recording lineup:
James Malone - Guitars/Vocals
Mike Van Dyne - Drums
Nick Cordle - Guitars
Nathaniel Carter - Bass
ARSIS will embark on the Neckbreakers Ball European tour on October 27 with BEHEMOTH and DEVILDRIVER.
ARSIS' previous album, "We Are the Nightmare", was released in April 2008 through Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was produced by Zeuss at Planet Z Studios and was mastered by Alan Douches (KATAKLYSM, UNEARTH, SHADOWS FALL).
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9 окт 2009
NIGHTWISH To Release 'Lokikirja' Eight-CD Box Set
 Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH will release an eight-CD box set, "Lokikirja", on November 18. The package, which is now available for pre-order at the band's official webstore, features the following recordings:
* Angels Fall First (Remastered)
* Oceanborn
* Wishmaster
* Over The Hills And Far Away
* Century Child
* Bless The Child
* Once
* Dark Passion Play
The complete track listing can be found below.
NIGHTWISH played a special homecoming show on September 19 at the sold-out, 11,000-capacity Hartwall Arena in Helsinki to mark the end of the band's colossal "Dark Passion Play" world tour. Support at the gig came from APOCALYPTICA.
NIGHTWISH's setlist was as follows:
01. Intro - Finlandia (w/ U.K. multi-instrumentalist Troy Donockley)
02. 7 Days To The Wolves
03. Ever Dream
04. Wishmaster
05. Romanticide
06. Amaranth
07. The Siren (w/ Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto)
08. While Your Lips Are Still Red (w/ Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto)
09. Poet And The Pendulum
10. Nemo
11. Sahara
12. Dark Chest Of Wonders
13. The Islander
14. Walking In The Air (w/ U.K. multi-instrumentalist Troy Donockley)
15. Last Of The Wilds (w/ U.K. multi-instrumentalist Troy Donockley)
16. Meadows Of Heaven
17. Ghost Love Score
18. I Wish I Had An Angel
NIGHTWISH is not expected to play any more shows until the release of the band's next studio album, which will arrive in 2011.
NIGHTWISH's previous concert at the Hartwall Arena in October 2005 was recorded and released as the highly successful "End Of An Era" DVD.
"Made In Hong Kong (And In Various Other Places)", the most recent CD/DVD from NIGHTWISH, entered the German Media Control chart at position No. 15. It also opened at No. 2 in Finland and dropped down to No. 5 in its second week of release.
Released on March 13 via Nuclear Blast Records, "Made In Hong Kong (And In Various Other Places)" contains a DVD documentary (with a running time of approximately 45 minutes) of NIGHTWISH's world tour in support of the band's latest album, "Dark Passion Play", as well as a CD featuring live recordings from the trek. The documentary footage was directed by Ville Lipiäinen.
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9 окт 2009
LEVERAGE: New Album Title, Track Listing Revealed; First Song Posted Online
 Finnish melodic metal band LEVERAGE will release its third full-length album, "Circus Colossus", on November 4 via Spinefarm Records. A song from the CD, "Legions Of Invisible", is available for streaming on the group's MySpace page.
"Circus Colossus" ( cover) track listing:
01. Rise
02. Wolf And The Moon
03. Movie Gods
04. Worldbeater
05. Rider Of Storm
06. Legions Of Invisible
07. Revelation
08. Don't Keep Me Waiting
09. Prisoners
10. Broken Wings
11. Mean And Evil *
12. Walk On Home *
* Japanese bonus tracks
LEVERAGE's second album, entitled "Blind Fire", was released in the U.S. on October 21, 2008 via Blistering Records USA, Inc. with Ryko distribution.
LEVERAGE came out of nowhere in 2006, causing a stir with the release of its debut album, "Tides". The group's blend of modern metal sound and old-school, melody-based songwriting earned rave reviews from the media and created a fanbase both in Finland and throughout the rock community in many countries.
"The warm welcome for 'Tides' was a pleasant surprise for us," the band's guitar player and main composer Tuomas Heikkinen previously said. "We got good radio airplay in Finland, even climbed to the charts, all before our very first gig with our own material! Since then, we’ve played throughout Finland at clubs and festivals. Our music has been described as melodic metal or melodic heavy rock, which is fine by us."
LEVERAGE is:
Pekka Heino - vocals
Tuomas Heikkinen - guitar
Torsti Spoof - guitar
Pekka Lampinen - bass
Marko Niskala - keyboards
Valtteri Revonkorpi - drums
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9 окт 2009
DEAD BY SUNRISE: Entire Debut Album Available For Streaming
 "Out of Ashes", the debut album from DEAD BY SUNRISE — the new band fronted by LINKIN PARK's Chester Bennington — is available for streaming in its entirety on the group's MySpace page. The CD is scheduled for release on October 13 via Warner Bros. Records.
In a recent interview with Ultimate-Guitar.com, Bennington stated about DEAD BY SUNRISE's highly personal lyrics (covering such topics as his divorce and alcohol addiction), "I think going through it was difficult, but I'm pretty good at writing about stuff. Once I came out with being abused as a child, a lot of those doors opened for me. Now I can write about anything I want. Nobody knew about it until that day. My parents were going, 'What?' It was like, 'Okay, if I can write about that, I can pretty much write about anything.' I would say that I wasn't writing songs about my particular problems while I was going through them during this record. I was writing songs about falling in love, and I was kind of skating around the subject a little bit. After I went through all of that, that's when I started writing very clear and very forward songs about what I went through. 'Crawl Back In' talks about relapsing and how hard that is. 'Condemned' is about that love affair with feeling like shit. It was very strange for me because these ideas just started coming. I don't know if I could have done it if I had was in the middle of it. I try not to change things that much in my songs. If it comes to me, then it comes to me. If it doesn't, then I'll wait a couple of days. After that, I'll just let it go. It's not worth it."
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9 окт 2009
ANNIHILATOR: \'Live At Masters Of Rock\' DVD Release Dates Announced
 Canadian thrash metal veterans ANNIHILATOR will release their new DVD, "Live At Masters Of Rock", on the following dates:
Germany, Austria, Switzerland: October 30
Europe: November 2
Australia: November 2
USA, Canada, Asia: to be announced
The cover artwork for the set — which was filmed/recorded on July 11, 2008 at the Masters Of Rock festival in Vizovice, Czech Republic — can be viewed here.
ANNIHILATOR mainman Jeff Waters commented in May 2009 on the reports that the band's record label, the Hanover, Germany-based SPV, had submitted an application to commence insolvency proceedings on May 25 — roughly equivalent to Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. He stated, "I wish them [SPV] all the best and they have given us metal fans some great releases for a long time.
"The good news is that I signed a deal with SPV, only a few weeks ago, releasing ANNIHILATOR from their contractual commitments to SPV, in return for a live DVD that we shot last [year] in the Czech Republic.
"SPV will be releasing the DVD soon (and it rocks; co-headlining in front of 30,000 metal maniacs!) but ANNIHILATOR are now free from the label and negotiating with others to release the new and finished 13th studio release."
ANNIHILATOR was honored in the "Favorite Metal Artist/Group" category at the 2009 Indie Awards (Independent Music Awards), which was held on March 14 at the Royal York Hotel (Canadian Room) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Also nominated in the "Metal" category were BISON B.C., CRYPTOPSY, CURSED and FUCK THE FACTS.
The Indies celebrate the best in independent music. Nominees are selected by committees of industry professionals from all areas of the music scene and winners are decided by a combination of public and industry voting.
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9 окт 2009
ROB ZOMBIE Says He\'ll Keep Making Music, But Probably Not CDs
 Rob Zombie recently raised eyebrows when he said in an online post that his upcoming solo album, "Hellbilly Deluxe 2: Noble Jackals, Penny Dreadfuls and the Systematic Dehumanization of Cool", is likely to be his "last true CD." But while some took that to mean that Zombie was leaving music behind, he told The Pulse of Radio that he meant something different. "What I meant was I don't think they're gonna make CDs anymore by this time next year," he said. "I mean, I'll keep making music and, you know, maybe they'll keep making CDs that you can buy them on Amazon or something, but go out to a store and try to find them — I mean, they're just disappearing. That's kind of what I mean. Everything in the industry that I've been hearing has basically been saying that, like, 'Oh, by the time you get to your next record we won't even press it up on a CD."
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9 окт 2009
RAGE Guitarist On New CD: \'This Album Is The Greatest One I\'ve Ever Produced!\'
 German metal veterans RAGE entered Twilight Hall Studios (where the band's "Unity" CD was previously tracked) in Grefrath, Germany on August 20 to begin recording thier new album for a tentative February 2010 release via Nuclear Blast Records. Charlie Bauerfeind (HAMMERFALL, HELLOWEEN) once again produced the CD, which "contains progressive [elements] and an orchestrated song," according to a press release.
Commented RAGE guitarist Victor Smolski: "After months of work in studio for the upcoming RAGE album, 'Strings To A Web', I slowly begin to enjoy our new work as finished product! It is such a great feeling to see how few small ideas develop and become something really big.
"After so many albums, for me it is still some sort of miracle seeing short melodies inside my mind becoming a realistic great song. I have the feeling that we discovered again something new that brought a lot of fun to us in studio.
"On the highway, there has never been a RAGE album that brought so much fun by listening — either you want to go at full throttle or you start dreaming away. The mix of catchy riffs, sometimes down tunings on the guitars and very interesting harmonies, which connect with the voice melody to something that you immediately want to sing along causes that you want to listen right from the beginning as soon as the record is finished playing.
"On these 14 tracks I have done the most interesting and incredible with different tricks and sounds within my whole career I think and this made me be able to express all my emotions. Thanks to the further development of ENGL amps, like, for example, the new Fireball model, which I used additional to my invader in studio, I tried to bring my guitar sound to another level.
"'Strings To A Web' is definitely a CD, which I think, will last in my CD player for some years longer. From bombastic orchestral parts with fat choir backings on 'Empty Hollow' to progressive parts during 'Strings To A Web' up to heavy moving riffs on 'Saviour Of The Dead', this RAGE album leaves no further requests up to the listeners! The only thing is that you have to be patient until the release in 2010.
"This album is the greatest one I've ever produced!"
Photos from the recording studio can be viewed here.
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9 окт 2009
MÅNEGARM: Another New Song Posted Online
 "Vetrarmegin" (English translation: Winter Force), 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 now scheduled for release on November 19 via Regain Records.
Commented the band: "'Megin' is the force which fills all the elements, man and the gods and it is the potential which gives them their specific potency and opportunity to achieve their provision. The sun exercises its 'solarmegin' on the earth, which in turn has its own 'jordarmegin.' Winter has its raw and wild untamed 'vetrarmegin' — Winter force."
"Nattväsen" ( cover) 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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9 окт 2009
BELPHEGOR: New Album To Be Released In Four Formats
 "Walpurgis Rites - Hexenwahn", the eighth full-length studio album from Austrian blackened death metal outfit BELPHEGOR, will be made available in the following formats:
* Limited-edition digipack including the "Der Geistertreiber" video clip (enchanted)
* Strictly limited Nuclear Blast mailorder edition: hand grenade including wooden box and digipack (only 500 copies)
* Limited picture gatefold LP format (1,000 copies)
* Standard jewel case CD
More information can be found at this location.
"Walpurgis Rites - Hexenwahn", which is scheduled for release on October 9 in Europe and October 20 in North American via Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to 2008's "Bondage Goat Zombie" was recorded at Andy Classen's (LEGION OF THE DAMNED, DEW-SCENTED, NEAERA, ASPHYX) Stage One Studios in Kassel, Germany.
"Walpurgis Rites Hexenwahn" ( cover) track listing:
01. Walpurgis Rites
02. Veneratio Diaboli - I Am Sin
03. Hail The New Flesh
04. Reichswehr In Blood
05. The Crosses Made Of Bone
06. Der Geistertreiber
07. Destroyer Hekate
08. Enthralled Toxic Sabbath
09. Hexenwahn - Totenkult
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8 окт 2009
CONVERGE: \'Axe To Fall\' Video Released
 "Axe To Fall", the new video from the Massachusetts-based hardcore/metal band CONVERGE, can be viewed here. It is the title track of the group's new album, which is scheduled for release on October 20 through Epitaph Records.
In August, CONVERGE released the first track from "Axe To Fall", "Dark Horse", which Stereogum praised as having "everything you could want from a CONVERGE song — knotty guitars, deep hardcore breakdowns, gnarled howls, and a triumphant blast of a finish — along with an updated dark-progressive feel you'll find threaded throughout." Since its release the Internet was set ablaze with swirling speculation of metal album of the year and mass critical acclaim.
Last month, CONVERGE unveiled the teeth-gnashing title track from "Axe To Fall" on SPIN.com, who said "this foursome smash, crash, and destroy with foot-stomping appeal: Like a dropping guillotine, a screeching guitar riff falls into a cacophony of heavy guitar distortion, swelling bass, breakneck drum fills, and the hardcore screams of frontman Jacob Bannon."
Produced by guitarist Kurt Ballou at his Godcity studios in Salem, Massachusetts, "Axe To Fall" features guest appearances from Steve Brodsky (CAVE IN), Adam McGrath (CAVE IN), J.R. Connors (CAVE IN, DOOMRIDERS), Uffe Cederlund (DISFEAR, ex-ENTOMBED), John Pettibone (THE VOWS, HIMSA), Steve Von Till (NEUROSIS) and Mookie Singerman (GENGHIS TRON).
"Axe To Fall" ( cover) track listing:
01. Dark Horse
02. Reap What You Sow
03. Axe To Fall
04. Effigy
05. Worms Will Feed
06. Wishing Well
07. Damages
08. Losing Battle
09. Dead Beat
10. Cutter
11. Slave Driver
12. Cruel Bloom
13. Wretched World
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8 окт 2009
SWORN To Release \'Bastards And Conquerors\' This Month
 Twilight-Vertrieb has set an October 30 release date for the new album from Norway's SWORN, entitled "Bastards and Conquerors".
According to a press release, "Bastards and Conquerors" sees SWORN bringing "the expression 'melodic extreme metal' to a level beyond your imagination. Nine tracks of melancholic metal, mixed with powerful rhythms and aggressive instrumental abuse. All enclosed with that haunting atmosphere you can expect from SWORN.
"With their new member Dag Anderson (AETERNUS, DEATHCON), SWORN releases a worthy follow-up to their debut. 'Bastards and Conquerors' is faster, darker, more aggressive, and even more atmospheric. [It was] mastered at Cutting Room (IN FLAMES, DIMMU BORGIR, WITHIN TEMPTATION) and mixed by Bjørnar E. Nilsen (VULTURE INDUSTRIES, BLACK HOLE GENERATOR), who also has a guest appearance on the album."
"Bastards and Conquerors" ( cover) track listing:
01. Prophecies From The Land Of Lost Voices
02. The Bastard, The Conqueror
03. Summoning The Sinister
04. Beyonder
05. Somnolence
06. Damnation Spawned
07. Carnal Monuments
08. The Archaic Wraith
09. Descendant
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8 окт 2009
SCHENKER BARDEN ACOUSTIC PROJECT\'s Cologne Show To Be Filmed/Recorded For Future Release
 SCHENKER BARDEN ACOUSTIC PROJECT's October 12, 2009 concert at the Hard Rock Cafe in Cologne, Germany will be filmed/recorded for future release.
The band's lineup for the show will be as follows:
Michael Schenker - Guitar
Gary Barden - Vocals
Michael Voss - Guitar, Backing Vocals
Kai Luennemann - Drums, Percussion, Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Audio samples of all 12 tracks that appear on SCHENKER BARDEN ACOUSTIC PROJECT's first album, "Gipsy Lady" ( cover), are available for streaming on Play.com.
"Gipsy Lady" was released on May 19 via Inakustik/MVD.
The track listing is as follows:
01. Lost
02. Dance Lady Gipsy
03. All Of My Life
04. Fight For Freedom
05. El Grande
06. Starting Over
07. Can't Live On Life Alone
08. Another Melody
09. Travelled So Far
10. Hungry
11. Night Of The Stare
12. The Journey
Almost one year after his phenomenal comeback album "In The Midst Of Beauty" and follow-up tour, guitarist Michael Schenker has collaborated with singer Gary Barden to give the cleverly arranged songs just the touch of soul they need for full impact. And with Michael Voss, Schenker has an experienced producer, a second guitarist as well as a background vocalist on board, who delivers an outstanding performance. Kai Luennemann on percussion completes the team. Using a flamenco guitar with castanets in "Dance Lady Gipsy" conjures up a hot-blooded gypsy dancing before your eyes, while the fiddle and flutes in "Fight For Freedom" transport you to beautiful Ireland.
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8 окт 2009
NEGURA BUNGET: New Album Title Revealed
 NEGURA BUNGET — the Romanian band that incorporates elements of black metal, progressive metal, folk metal and dark ambient — has set "Vîrstele Pamîntului" (English translation: The Ages of the Land/Earth) as the title of its new album, tentatively due in early 2010. The group states in a press release, "'Vîrstele Pamîntului' is an album about embracing your destiny, about choosing and consciously assuming a way of life. The earth is where we came from and where go back into, the one from above and beyond us. Understanding and respecting it is understanding yourself, your purpose and destiny.
"'Vîrstele Pamîntului' is an album about places of the earth and places of the spirit, about bounds transcending worlds.
"The work on the album is scheduled to be completed on a seclusion NEGURA BUNGET will take into the wilderness of the mountains in the following weeks, to concentrate solely on the work for this album, which will be a landmark for its future evolution. There is also a very special packaging for the album in work. More details about this will be revealed soon. You can expect another handmade, natural and organic concept extending from the music through visuals and packaging."
NEGURA BUNGET recently recorded a new song for inclusion on Code666 Records' compilation "Better Undead Than Alive II". Entitled "Cumpana (Balance/Ordeal)", the track was laid down at Negura MUSIC studio and is the first composition to be written by the band's new lineup:
Corb - Guitars/Vocals
Spin - Guitars
Gadinet - Bass
Inia Dinia - Keyboards
Ageru Pamanatului - Vocals/Pipes/Percussions/Xylophone
Negru - Drums/Percussions
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8 окт 2009
EXODUS To Release \'Shovel Headed Tour Machine\' 3-Disc Set In January
 Nuclear Blast Records has set a January 15 release date for "Shovel Headed Tour Machine (Live At Wacken And Other Assorted Atrocities)" from San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans EXODUS. The package will contain the band's July 2008 performance at Germany's Wacken Open Air festival, plus a documentary following the band through the last five years of touring as well as bonus footage, with photo galleries and all of the group's promotional videos. The set will consist of two DVDs plus an audio CD of the Wacken performance.
"Shovel Headed Tour Machine (Live At Wacken And Other Assorted Atrocities)" limited three-disc digipack ( cover):
Disc 1: Concert DVD / Disc 2: Concert CD
01. Bonded By Blood
02. Iconoclasm
03. Funeral Hymn
04. A Lesson In Violence
05. Children Of A Worthless God
06. Piranha
07. Deathamphetamine
08. Blacklist
09. War Is My Shepherd
10. Strike Of The Beast
11. Shovel Headed Kill Machine
Total running time: 68 minutes
Disc 3: Documentary DVD
Explore the history of EXODUS and get a behind the scenes look into life on the road in the documentary "Assorted Atrocities". Covering the last five years, this feature-length movie brings you closer to the inner circle of the band. Hear stories from the road, including the craziest Paul Baloff moments. Go inside the recording process for "Shovel Headed Kill Machine". Tour the world as EXODUS lands in South America, Japan, Australia and Europe. Watch as the band supplies voices to the cartoon "Metalocalypse". Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the "Riot Act" and "Now Thy Death Day Come" is also included, plus plenty of killer clips showing insane moments of the greatest fans in the world. Plus over an hour of deleted scenes, rare live performances, music videos, vintage interview from 1985, trailers and the most comprehensive photo gallery with over 350 photos.
Total running time: 188 minutes
Also available:
* 2 DVD in amaray case (for content see Disc 1 & 3 of Ltd edition)
* Limited-edition 2LP in gatefold
Side A:
01. Bonded By Blood
02. Iconoclasm
03. Funeral Hymn
Side B:
01. A Lesson In Violence
02. Children Of A Worthless God
03. Piranha
04. Deathamphetamine
Side C:
01. Blacklist
02. War Is My Shepherd
03. Strike Of The Beast
04. Shovel Headed Kill Machine
Side D:
blank / with etching!
The German edition of Metal Hammer magazine conducted an interview with EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt at this year's installment of the Graspop Metal Meeting, which was held on June 26-28, 2009 on the festival grounds of the Boeretang in Dessel, Belgium.
When asked about EXODUS' plans for a new studio album, Holt said, "Hopefully we're hitting the studio around November 1 with Mr. Sneap [British producer Andy Sneap; MEGADETH, NEVERMORE, ARCH ENEMY]. It's gonna be sick. We have four [songs] recorded [and left over] from the last session [for 2007's 'The Atrocity Exhibition... Exhibit A'], and I've got, like, nine [other tracks] I'm working on, and Lee [Altus, guitar] has a bunch of stuff. But this next album is gonna blow people's minds."
Regarding the upcoming CD's musical direction, Holt said, "There's a couple of twists on this. I try not to repeat every album. I mean, we did 'Tempo Of The Damned' [2004], [which was] a little more old-school, and we did 'Shovel Headed Kill Machine' [2005], which was really brutal and fast, and then 'The Atrocity Exhibition... Exhibit A' [2007], [which] was, like, longer and more epic songs. So this album's gonna have some different stuff to it. Maybe a little more dual-guitar stuff, 'cause I've been playing with Lee for quite awhile now — a little more dual-guitar harmony shred stuff. "
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8 окт 2009
KRAKOW To Release \'Monolith\' This Month
 Norwegian stoner metal band KRAKOW will release its debut album, "Monolith", on October 26. The CD was recorded at Duper studio in Bergen, and was engineered and mixed by Iver Sandøy of MANNGARD, TRINACRIA, EMMERHOFF AND THE MELANCHOLY BABIES, and JAZZKAMMER.
"Monolith" ( cover) track listing:
01. Coronated King
02. Art Of Motion
03. Last
04. Lantern
05. Follow
06. Oblivious
07. Monolith
"Last" and "Art Of Motion" are available for streaming at this location.
Sandoy previously stated about working on the KRAKOW album: "First time I heard KRAKOW, I thought this is a band that's going somewhere! Their choice to go with stoner/classic metal/hard rock might not be ground-breaking in itself; it is how they do it — how they mix it up with elements from all ranges of the wondrous world of metal: the melodic, the extreme, the heavy, the powerful and the psychedelic foundations are all there. When they asked me to produce their debut album I immediately jumped on the chance to be a part of this band's evolution from the get-go!"
Formed in 2005, KRAKOW released an EP in 2008 titled "Dusty Roads".
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8 окт 2009
URGEHAL\'s \'Rise Of The Monument\' Demo To Be Released On CD With Bonus Tracks
 "Rise Of The Monument", the second demo from Norway's black metal masters URGEHAL (featuring ex-KVIST members and current members of VULTURE LORD, CREST OF DARKNESS, ASMEGIN, FORGOTTEN REALMS, and BLOODSWORN) — which was previously only available on limited tape and picture disc (via Agonia Records), has now been released on CD through Folter Records. As a special bonus, it contains a 45-minute live set from the Under The Black Sun festival in 2008.
The complete track listing of demo ( cover) is as follows:
01. Måtte Blodet Flomme
02. Souls Of Black Blood
03. Fortært Av Skogens Skapninger
04. En Legende Av Mørket
05. Vintermørke
06. Towards Dimension Unseen
07. The Forest Of Illusion
08. Satanic Black Metal In Hell (live)
09. Risus Sardonius (live)
10. Dødsmarsj Til Helvete (live)
11. Raise The Symbols Of Satan (live)
12. Goatcraft Torment (live)
13. Antichrist (SEPULTURA Cover) (live)
14. Antireligiøs (live)
15. Mirror Satan (live)
16. We Are Unholy (live)
URGEHAL will release its new album, "Ikonoklast", on November 16 in Europe and January 12 in the U.S. via Season of Mist's Underground Activists division. According to a press release, the band's sixth opus "offers impressive dynamics from doom-laden solemnity to furious outbreaks. An unholy groove adds to the malignant atmosphere permeating this Norwegian masterpiece. With their roots tight in the past URGEHAL now reach for the future of black metal! None shall resist!"
"Ikonoklast" ( cover) track listing:
01. Stesolid Self-Destruction To Damnation
02. Dødelagt
03. Cut Their Tongue Shut Their Prayer
04. The Necessity Of Total Genocide
05. Kniven Rider Dypt I Natt
06. Astral Projection To Rabid Hell
07. Approaching Doom
08. Holocaust In Utopia
09. Sopor Necrosanctus
URGEHAL celebrated its 15 year-anniversary in 2007 by releasing the album "The Eternal Eclipse - 15 Years Of Satanic Black Metal".
Video footage of URGEHAL's September 14, 2009 concert in New York City can be viewed below (courtesy of "loginkill").
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8 окт 2009
SATYRICON To Stay Off The Road In 2010
 Vocalist Sigurd "Satyr" Wongraven of the Norwegian black metal band SATYRICON has told Noisecreep that the group plans to halt all road activities after their forthcoming North American tour. "We started touring and haven't stopped," Satyr said. "We did Japan and Australia, then the U.S. Then we did an extensive of the Nordic countries and had a few weeks off and then went right into festival season, which ran from May through September.
"We've been off for a week and we're going back on tour for a month. November is off, with only one show, so it'll be quiet. Christmas will be it for quite some time. It'll take something special for us to go out in 2010. We need a break, since we've been going for a long time. We feel motivated to do a full headline tour of the States right now."
Supporting SATYRICON on the U.S. trek will be BLEEDING THROUGH and CHTHONIC. But Satyr told Noisecreep he was impressed by one of the other bands that is only on a handful of the dates. "The one band I am unfamiliar with, but who sounded interesting from the few songs I heard, is TOXIC HOLOCAUST. They are doing the first half of the tour. Once I heard a few songs, I sent an email to my booking agent, asking, 'Why can't they be on the entire tour?' That's how much I liked it."
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8 окт 2009
WOLF: \'Speed On\' Video Released
 "Speed On", the new video from Swedish metallers WOLF, can be viewed below. The clip was created by Ravhouls Production, which has previously worked with FUELHEAD, among others. The song comes off the band's latest album, "Ravenous", which is now available as a luxurious LP, including a poster, a killer gatefold sleeve and the entire album on CD as a bonus, strictly limited to 500 copies!
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8 окт 2009
STEEL PANTHER: Entire \'Feel The Steel\' Album Available For Streaming
 "Feel The Steel", the first collection of original material from Californian rockers STEEL PANTHER, is available for streaming in its entirety below. The CD, which was issued in the U.K. in June, was produced by Jay Ruston and is being officially released in the U.S. today (October 6).
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8 окт 2009
SCAR SYMMETRY: \'Noumenon & Phenomenon\' Video Released
 "Noumenon & Phenomenon", the new video from Swedish progressive melodic death metallers SCAR SYMMETRY, can be viewed below. The clip was shot with director Maurice Swinkels (of the Dutch metal band LEGION OF THE DAMNED).
Commented SCAR SYMMETRY drummer Henrik Ohlsson: "We shot the video at two locations here in Sweden; the first one was basically a photo studio and the second location was... get ready now... an abandoned and haunted insane asylum!"
Added Swinkels: "[It] was great meeting up with the SCAR SYMMETRY guys again since I produced their very first, one of the 'The Illusionist' videos as well. We had two locations, one was shot with green screen, one was an old mental hospital which was actually near the studio of Peter Tägtgren [HYPOCRISY, PAIN]! Very cool!"
"Noumenon & Phenomenon" comes off SCAR SYMMETRY's new album, "Dark Matter Dimensions", which was released on October 2 via Nuclear Blast Records.
"Dark Matter Dimensions" track listing:
01. The Iconoclast
02. The Consciousness Eaters
03. Noumenon And Phenomenon
04. Ascension Chamber
05. Mechanical Soul Cybernetics
06. Nonhuman Era
07. Dark Matter Dimensions
08. Sculpture Void
09. A Paranthesis In Eternity
10. Frequencyshifter
11. Radiant Strain
12. Pariah (exclusive limited-edition digipack bonus track)
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7 окт 2009
JOURNEY On \'The Oprah Winfrey Show\'; Video Available
 "Don't Stop Believin'" was the theme of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" on October 5 when legendary rockers JOURNEY appeared on the program to tell Oprah how singer Arnel Pineda became part of the band as well as to perform their hit anthem.
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7 окт 2009
VOIVOD: \'Tatsumaki: VOIVOD In Japan 2008\' DVD Due In November
 "Tatsumaki: Voivod in Japan 2008", a brand new DVD from Canadian metal innovators VOIVOD, will be released on November 17 via MVD Entertainment Group. The disc will contain professionally filmed footage (three-camera shoot) of VOIVOD's September 20, 2008 concert at Club Citta in Kawasaki, Japan. The band was in Japan taking part in the two-night Thrash Domination 2008 event alongside TESTAMENT and FORBIDDEN.
The track listing is as follows:
* Voivod
* The Prow
* The Unknown Knows
* Ravenous Medicine
* Overreaction
* Tribal Convictions
* Tornado
* Panorama
* Nuclear War
* Nothingface
* Brain Scan
* Astronomy Domine
Bonus Materials:
* Live in Quebec City (July 2009) performing:
01. Panorama
02. Treasure Chase
03. Tornado
* Interview with Dave Grohl
* "Panorama: Seeking Voivod" (unreleased French mini doc film with English subtitles)
* Trip Photos
A clip of the "Voivod" performance from the "Tatsumaki: Voivod in Japan 2008" DVD can be viewed below.
Band lineup for Kawasaki, Japan concert:
Denis "Snake" Belanger - Vocals
Michel "Away" Langevin - Drums
Jean-Yves "Blacky" Theriault - Bass
Dan Mongrain (MARTYR) - Guitar
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7 окт 2009
EVILE Bassist Dies At 32
 Just a few days into the band's European tour with AMON AMARTH, bassist Mike Alexander of British thrashers EVILE was suddenly taken ill and rushed to hospital, but tragically passed away in Luleå, Sweden [on Monday, October 5]. He was 32 years old.
EVILE members Matt Drake, Ol Drake and Ben Carter have released the following statement:
"This is so hard to find the words to express fully how we feel. We can't believe or accept what's happened. One minute we're talking to our buddy, Mike, the next minute we can never speak to him again.
"There's so many things rushing through our heads that we want to say, do and feel. We half expect him to come round the corner and call us 'dickheads'. We can't get our heads around it.
"It upsets us so much that he was away from his family when this happened, although knowing Mike, we're at least glad he was on tour doing what he loves.
"We're lost for words. We all miss him so much already. He was such a headstrong, genuinely nice guy who loved music and his family. We've got so many brilliant memories with him.
"Our hearts go out to his daughter, family and friends at this tragic, difficult time.
"Mike is much loved and is sorely missed.
"Rest in peace, brother."
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7 окт 2009
LACRIMOSA. ИНФОРМАЦИЯ О МОСКОВСКИХ КОНЦЕРТАХ
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7 окт 2009
MORTAL SIN: Three \'Into The Inferno\' Tracks Available For Streaming
 Three songs from MORTAL SIN's recently released live album, "Into the Inferno (Live in Oslo)" (Riot! Entertainment), are available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The CD, which contains the group's March 2008 performance in Oslo, Norway, was described by the band as "possibly the best live show MORTAL SIN have ever had recorded."
"Into the Inferno (Live in Oslo)" track listing:
01. Voyage Of The Disturbed
02. Blood Death Hatred
03. Lebanon
04. Deadman Walking
05. Eye In The Sky
06. Tears Of Redemption
07. I Am Immortal
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7 окт 2009
SYCRONOMICA: \'Sycroscope\' Audio Samples Available
 A six-minute medley of audio samples from "Sycroscope", the forthcoming third album from Munich, Germany-based "epic black metallers" SYCRONOMICA, is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page.
"Sycroscope", on October 23 via the Bavarian label Silverwolf Productions. The CD was recorded at Munich's Helion Studios, where both of SYCRONOMICA's previous albums — "Paths" (2004) and "Gate" (2006) — were tracked. The cover artwork was created by drummer Michael Bayer.
01. Preludium III
02. Kaleidoscope
03. Realm Of Dust An Ashes
04. The Call
05. An Der Schwelle
06. Nebelgestalt
07. Embers
08. Ground On Fire
09. Geleit Ins Moor
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7 окт 2009
RAINBOW Reunion? Forget It, Says Former Keyboardist TONY CAREY
 Former RAINBOW keyboard player Tony Carey has told U.K.'s Classic Rock magazine that he can never see a reunion of the band.
Carey, who played on the classic "Rising" and "On Stage" albums, believes the time has now passed for this to happen.
"I'd love the chance to get on stage again with Ritchie Blackmore [guitar], Ronnie Dio [vocals] and Jimmy Bain [bass]," he said. "We could have Bobby Rondinelli or Greg Smith on drums, replacing Cozy Powell. But I tell you right now, it will never happen."
He continued, "Ronnie needs the aggravation of working again with Ritchie like he needs a new asshole. And Ritchie is so into his renaissance music, with BLACKMORE'S NIGHT, that I doubt he even thinks about getting RAINBOW back together. So, anyone who is holding out the hope of a reunion? Forget it."
Carey, who co-founded OVER THE RAINBOW with vocalist Joe Lynn Turner and Rondinelli, is currently talking to vocalist Doogie White (who was in the last RAINBOW lineup in 1994) about a new project, and is also working on a new solo album.
"I had to quit OVER THE RAINBOW, because I was seriously ill earlier in the year — to the point where I was only given a 10 percent chance of living — and just cannot commit to their touring schedule. [Paul Morris has since taken over — Ed.] But hopefully, this new band with Doogie will happen, and I can get back to playing the loudest Hammond organ in the world!"
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