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9 авг 2009
ENDSTILLE Parts Ways With Vocalist
 German black metallers ENDSTILLE have parted ways with vocalist Iblis. According to the band, "All upcoming shows will continue as scheduled and will be played with Mannevond [KOLDBRANN, URGEHAL] on vocals."  | 0 |  |
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9 авг 2009
THE AGONIST: Orford Concert To Be Filmed For Upcoming DVD
 THE AGONIST's August 19 performance at the Orford Arts Centre in Orford, Quebec, Canada will be filmed for a forthcoming concert DVD. Attendance will be limited to 500 people. Also appearing on the bill is CRYPTOPSY.
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9 авг 2009
REFLEXION Recording New Album
 REFLEXION, the Finnish band featuring vocalist Juha Kylmänen (FOR MY PAIN…, ex-TO/DIE/FOR), has issued the following update:
"We have started recordings of our next album. Drums for the totally 13 tracks are done and at the moment we're recording bass guitars.
"Mixing of the album is scheduled to start on September 17 and the album will be ready in the beginning of October. Release is initially planned for the beginning of year 2010."
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9 авг 2009
ENSIFERUM: \'From Afar\' Audio Samples Available
 Finnish folk metallers ENSIFERUM will release their fourth album, "From Afar", on September 9 via Spinefarm Records. The CD was produced by Tero Kinnunen (NIGHTWISH, AMORPHIS) and Janne Joutsenniemi ('Victory Songs' producer) and was mixed by Hiili Hiilesmaa (HIM, SENTENCED, AMORPHIS).
The track listing for the album is as follows:
01. By The Dividing Stream
02. From Afar
03. Twilight Tavern
04. Heathen Throne
05. Elusive Reaches
06. Stone Cold Metal
07. Smoking Ruins
08. Tumman Virran Taa
09. The Longest Journey (Heathen Throne Part II)
10. Vandraren (limited-edition bonus track; NORDMAN cover)
Check out audio samples:
* "Smoking Ruins": Audio
* "Twilight Tavern": Audio
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8 авг 2009
EARACHE To Release \'Grind Madness At The BBC (The Earache Peel Sessions)\'
 Earache Records, the original home of many of the bands who created the grindcore genre, is set to release a special 118-track, three-CD compilation called "Grind Madness At The BBC (The Earache Peel Sessions)" ( cover), featuring some of the first-ever grindcore recordings.
The tracks are all taken from the legendary John Peel's early BBC radio sessions, which were recorded at the Maida Vale studios in London, U.K. between 1987 and 1990, and mark a historic moment in the world of extreme music.
From the earliest days of Earache Records, John Peel was a huge supporter of the label and its extreme bands, offering the likes of HERESY and NAPALM DEATH the chance to lay down some tracks for his national U.K. radio show. In subsequent years, bands such as NAPALM DEATH and CARCASS have credited Peel with kick-starting their careers. Now Earache Records has obtained the rights from the BBC to release these groundbreaking radio sessions in their entirety for the first time.
The three-disc set features 118 tracks of classic recordings from NAPALM DEATH, CARCASS, BOLT THROWER, EXTREME NOISE TERROR, GODFLESH, HERESY, UNSEEN TERROR and INTENSE DEGREE, combining to a total running time of over three and a half hours.
The three-disc set comes housed in a slipcase sleeve and includes an extensive interview with ex-NAPALM DEATH drummer and inventor of the term "grindcore", Mick Harris.
"Grind Madness At The BBC (The Earache Peel Sessions)" is due to be released on October 12.
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8 авг 2009
PRIMAL FEAR Singer Working On Solo Album
 PRIMAL FEAR frontman Ralf Scheepers has inked a deal with Frontiers Records for the release of his debut solo album, tentatively due in 2010. The singer states, "I'm still collecting ideas and riffs... and I can't wait to start the production together with Mat [Sinner, PRIMAL FEAR bassist]. We will make this happen during the coming months. I will welcome a lot of interesting guests and if my plan will come reality, it's a dream come true with a killer concept and strong songs!"
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8 авг 2009
BORKNAGAR, IN VAIN Album Delay Explained
 Norwegian metallers BORKNAGAR and IN VAIN have both had the release dates of their new albums — "Universal" and "Mantra", respectively — pushed back to 2010.
The two bands' record label, Indie Recordings, has issued the following statement regarding the delay:
"Since the start of Indie Recordings and Indie Distribution in 2005, a lot has happened. Indie Distribution has grown from being a small Norwegian underground distributor into being a significant player in the Norwegian music market . We are now handling labels such as Nuclear Blast, SPV/Steamhammer, Metal Blade, Rough Trade and tons of others, and we feel confident that Indie Distribution is the No. 1 hard rock/metal distributor in Norway today.
"Indie Recordings started off as a small side project to Indie Distribution, as we felt the urge to work closer with bands than what we could do as a distributor only. Indie Recordings has grown from releasing relatively unknown acts on a rarely basis, into releasing several albums per month with acts such as SATYRICON, ENLAVED, KEEP OF KALESSIN, AUDREY HORNE, BORKNAGAR, SHINING, GODSPEED, CARPATHIAN FOREST, etc.
"Having the opportunity to work with such fine musicians for the last years has been a great inspiration to us, and has motivated us to bring our business yet a step forward.
"So far, Indie Recordings has been distributed via a third party outside Norway, and Indie Distribution has been a business focusing only on Norway — we find that now is a good time to change this. We are launching Indie Distribution as our very own international distribution starting January 2010. Indie Distribution will naturally handle Indie Recordings, but we will also carry other respected Norwegian and foreign labels. More news on this will follow shortly.
"On the contrary of what a lot of people might think, feel and say — we are confident that the future of the music industry is bright, and we embrace this challenge with courage and great passion for our work!
"If you are a distributor that would be interested in cooperating with us — or a label looking for distribution — please get in touch with Erlend Gjerde via email; erlend@indiedist.no or phone; +47 23121780. We'll be at the Wacken festival July 30th – August 2nd and can meet face to face if you want to! Get in touch via email or cell + 47 45037053.
"Upcoming releases: Due to this change in our setup we have decided to postpone all releases previously scheduled for 2009 until 2010. This affects in particular BORKNAGAR and IN VAIN, but we are confident they will be better off benefiting from our new setup."
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8 авг 2009
ORDEN OGAN: New Video Featuring Ex-RUNNING WILD Guitarist Available
 "We Are Pirates", the new video from German melodic metallers ORDEN OGAN, can be viewed below. The clip features an appearance by former RUNNING WILD guitarist Majk Moti, who is fighting the evil pirate king and has to prove himself by dueling ORDEN OGAN guitarist Tobi.
"We Are Pirates" is the first video to be released from the upcoming ORDEN OGAN album, "Easton Hope", which is scheduled for release in early 2010.
Commented ORDEN OGAN singer Seeb: "RUNNING WILD has always been a big influence to us. 'We Are Pirates' is the ultimate RUNNING WILD homage. It was sad to hear that they [were] going to play their farewell show at this year's Wacken Open Air. This is our way to say 'Thank you, Rock 'n' Rolf' for many hours of great music!"
If you pay close attention, you will see that the "We Are Pirates" lyrics are completely based on Lucas Arts/Lucasfilm Games adventure classic "Monkey Island".
According to a press release, "the traditional roots of [ORDEN OGAN's] sound are, of course, contemporary modern, effortlessly avoiding cliche and is able to remain fresh and original. Symphonic keyboards melt into grinding guitar riffs and bombastic choir and orchestral arrangements creating an impressive wall of sound. Modern and traditional and the most original in their class of what Germany has to offer lately. ORDEN OGAN have rocked many stages and shows in the entire Republic of Germany and some of her neighbors with artists such as DORO, SUBWAY TO SALLY, IN EXTREMO, TESTAMENT, CLAWFINGER, SCHANDMAUL, CORVUS CORAX, BLAZE, AXXIS, RAGE, EISREGEN, NAPALM DEATH and many more."
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8 авг 2009
SCORNGRAIN Completes Work On New Album
 Finnish industrial death/thrash metal act SCORNGRAIN has issued the following update:
"After long period of recordings, our third album is finally ready. The work was done at several locations by ourselves during the spring. Drums, mixing and finishing touches were made at studio Guru in Joensuu.
"We all feel it's more personal in many ways than ever before. The result is what were looking for: extreme metal with real industrial touch in it. More crunch in sound, catchy compositions and best production so far.
"Release date for the album isn't decided yet due to cancellation of our first live through Europe but we all hope that 'Utopia.Paranoia.Perversions!' will be released on late autumn.
"Some of the new titles: 'Age Of Disgust', 'Satan Is My Copilot', 'Bloodrush', 'Cat O' Nine Tales', 'Once In A Knifetime'.
"There's also some changes in line-up. Our longtime friend and outstanding guitarist Seba Forma, also known as A.I., is no longer a part of SCORNGRAIN. We all wish him good luck with his thrash assault AXEGRESSOR! The new starring string-slinger, Mr. Lukinmaa, will take his seat at high court of our industrial inferno. Single song will appear on our MySpace and new web hospice soon, stay tuned!"
SCORNGRAIN's new CD a will be released via Dynamic Arts Records.
The band's second full-length album, "0,05%", was released in Finland in October 2006.
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8 авг 2009
Former SCAR SYMMETRY Singer\'s THE FEW AGAINST MANY To Release Debut In Septembe
 "Sot", the debut album from former SCAR SYMMETRY vocalist Christian Älvestam's THE FEW AGAINST MANY project (in which he plays rhythm guitar and sings), will be released on September 15 via Pulverised Records. The effort will be made available in a super jewel box format and limited digipack format edition. "Sot" will also receive an exclusive vinyl version edition release, also via Pulverised. It will be available in two different formats: gatefold sleeve with black vinyl and gatefold sleeve with picture-disc vinyl (both formats will be strictly limited to 250 copies each).
"Sot" ("Soot" in English) was recorded at Panic Room studios with producer Tomas "Plec" Johansson and features lyrical contributions from Mikael Stanne (DARK TRANQUILITY) and Jonas Renkse (KATATONIA, BLOODBATH). The cover artwork (see below) was created by acclaimed artist Dan Seagrave (MORBID ANGEL, ENTOMBED, DISMEMBER, SUFFOCATION).
"Sot" track listing:
01. Hädanfärd
02. Bränd Mark
03. Blod
04. Skapelsens Sorti
05. Sot
06. Abider
07. Heresi
08. One With The Shadow
Comments Christian: "It's a great honor and privilege to once again work with my good friend Roy Yeo and his Pulverised Records. We have known each other for almost 12 years now, through our past work together with UNMOORED and QUEST OF AIDANCE, so it feels very much like coming home in a way. We are very happy and excited to see where this re-established cooperation can lead us as a team!"
THE FEW AGAINST MANY is:
Christian Älvestam - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Patrik Gardberg - Lead Guitar
Anders Edlund - Bass
Pär Johansson - Backing Vocals
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7 авг 2009
HARDCORE SUPERSTAR: \'Beg For It\' Video Released
 "Beg For It", the new video from Swedish sleaze rockers HARDCORE SUPERSTAR, can be viewed below. The song is the title cut of the band's new album, "Beg For It", which was released on June 5 via Nuclear Blast Records.
"Beg For It" track listing:
01. This Worm's For Ennio
02. Beg For It
03. Into Debauchery
04. Shades Of Grey
05. Nervous Breakdown
06. Hope For A Normal Life
07. Bad Behaviour
08. Remove My Brain
09. Spit It Out
10. Illegal Fun
11. Take Them All Out
12. Innocent Boy
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7 авг 2009
CHESTER BENNINGTON\'s DEAD BY SUNRISE: New \'Out Of Ashes\' Promo Video Released
 A new promotional video for "Out Of Ashes", the forthcoming debut album from LINKIN PARK singer Chester Bennington's side project, DEAD BY SUNRISE, can be viewed below.
DEAD BY SUNRISE recently finished filming videos for the songs "Crawl Back In" and "Let Down". with director P.R. Brown (SLIPKNOT, MÖTLEY CRÜE, KORN, GODSMACK, AVENGED SEVENFOLD). Both tracks will appear on "Out Of Ashes", which is scheduled for release on October 13.
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7 авг 2009
BEHEMOTH: \'Ov Fire And The Void\' Video Released
 "Ov Fire And The Void", the new video from Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH, can be viewed below. The clip was shot in Wroclaw with director Dariusz Szermanowicz and Grupa 13.
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7 авг 2009
ALICE IN CHAINS: New Album Track Listing Revealed
 The track listing for the long-awaited new ALICE IN CHAINS album, "Black Gives Way To Blue", has been revealed. It is as follows:
01. All Secrets Known
02. Check My Brain
03. Last Of My Kind
04. Your Decision
05. A Looking In View
06. When The Sun Rose Again
07. Acid Bubble
08. Lessons Learned
09. Take Her Out
10. Private Hell
11. Black Gives Way To Blue
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7 авг 2009
MINISTRY: \'The Last Dubber\' Remix Album Due In September
 MINISTRY, arguably the most influential industrial band to date, punctuated the close of its 30-year recording career with 2007's "The Last Sucker". Now comes the remix album, "The Last Dubber", an appropriately beguiling album that dabbles in both trance and metal.
"The Last Sucker" was greeted with a chorus of glowing reviews, including Pitchfork proclaiming it "MINISTRY's most exciting record since 'Psalm 69'," and Spin said MINISTRY mainman Al Jourgensen "can still pile on the jackhammer beats and clever samples." Following the album's release, Jourgensen and company embarked on the C U LaTour, which wrapped around the globe with sold out shows at each stop and is documented in the recently released "Adios… Puta Madres" DVD/CD.
"The Last Dubber" track listing:
01. Let's Go (La Fin Du Monde Mix)
02. Watch Yourself (The Clocks Strike Thirteen Mix)
03. Life is Good (Neuroplasticity Mix)
04. The Dick Song (Straight Outta Lincoln Mix)
05. The Last Sucker (Icke Mix)
06. No Glory (Sandpaper Condom Mix)
07. Death & Destruction (A Vote of Non-Confidence Mix)
08. Die In A Crash (Point of Impact Mix)
09. End Of Days Part 1 (One Less Sparrow Mix)
10. End Of Days Part 2 (Extreme Mayan Makeover Mix)
11. Let's Go (Dawn of Oblivion Mix)
12. The Last Sucker (Hardware Revamp Mix)
All tracks were remixed by Clayton Workbeck of REVOLTING COCKS with the exception of "Let's Go (Dawn of Oblivion Mix)", which was handled by John Bechdel (KILLING JOKE, MINISTRY, FALSE ICONS) and "The Last Sucker (Hardware Revamp Mix)", which was overseen by DJ Hardware.
Due on September 15, "The Last Dubber" is the fourth in a series of remix records from Jourgensen's 13th Planet Records
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7 авг 2009
HACKNEYED: Another New Song Posted Online
 "Redying", a new song from German death metal lunatics HACKNEYED, is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The track comes off the group's new album, "Burn After Reaping", which is scheduled for release on August 14 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded at Weltraumstudios in Munich with producer Corni Bartels (DIE ÄRZTE, KILLERPILZE, END OF GREEN, MEGAHERZ etc.).
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7 авг 2009
AEROSMITH Singer Breaks Shoulder In Stage Mishap
 According to a Twitter message sent by Billie Perry, the wife of AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry, the band's singer, Steven Tyler, broke received stitches in his head and back following Wednesday's fall off the stage during a concert in South Dakota.
Tyler, 61, also broke his shoulder during the mishap, which occurred on the veteran rock band's ill-starred summer tour, an insider told Reuters on Thursday.
"Yes he is very sore," Billie Perry wrote, adding that there was no word yet on when the tour would resume.
Tyler accidentally stepped backward off a catwalk while performing "Love in an Elevator" for thousands of motorbike aficionados attending an annual gathering at Buffalo Chip Campground in the town of Sturgis.
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7 авг 2009
EPICA, Ex-AFTER FOREVER Members Join Forces In New Project
 Mark Jansen (EPICA, ex-AFTER FOREVER), Sander Gommans (HDK, ex-AFTER FOREVER) and Jack Driessen (ex-AFTER FOREVER) have joined forces in a brand new project which is currently writing material for what will eventually be released as the band's debut album.
Commented Gommans: "Having written songs together for AFTER FOREVER in the past, we feel that there is enough respect and creativity to work on new songs again. We're really happy with the material we've come up with so far, which made us decide to make our project public. This is a project that we'd like to do without any boundaries nor stress, we don't have a time schedule and we'd like to take the time for it."
EPICA's new album, "Design Your Universe", is due in Europe on October 16 via Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to 2007's "The Divine Conspiracy" was recorded at Gate Studio in Wolfsburg, Germany with producer Sascha Paeth.
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7 авг 2009
SECRET SPHERE Announces Lineup Changes, Begins Writing New Material
 Italian symphonic power metal band SECRET SPHERE has issued the following update:
"After ten years of SECRET SPHERE, we decided to change to members of the band: [Paolo] Paco Gianotti [guitar] and Antonio Agate [keyboards]. Antonio will continue to arrange the music for the new album but he is not a fixed member of the band.
"We wanna welcome two young talented guys: Marco Pastorino on rhythm guitars and Gabriele Ciaccia on keyboards. Some of you already saw them live with us in the last shows.
"We are already writing the new material absolutely more heavy always with the typical SECRET SPHERE touch! Soon we will post online the next live shows planned in some parts of Italy never played during these years and Europe for the next fall."
"Sweet Blood Theory", the latest album from SECRET SPHERE, was released in October 2008 via Dockyard 1. The CD was recorded between December 2007 and February 2008 at Authoma Studios by Federico Pennazzato and mixed in March 2008 at Germany's Indiscreet Audio by Achim Köhler (PRIMAL FEAR, BRAINSTORM).
According to a press release, "Sweet Blood Theory" is a concept album based on the novel "The Vampire", written by John William Polidori in 1814. The book is widely considered to be one of the earliest novels to include a vampire character.
To embrace the concept and create the music for this fantasy epic, the band took inspiration from the famous movie director Tim Burton ("Nightmare Before Christmas", "The Corpse Bride", "Edward Scissorhands" etc) in trying to re-create the typical atmospheres of his most famous movies in both the orchestral score (reminiscent of that of Danny Elfman, who did the music for the aforementioned Tim Burton movies) and for the artwork. The result is huge step forward for the band — the music is as aggressive as before yet keeping the typical SECRET SPHERE melodic touch.
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7 авг 2009
TOM GABRIEL WARRIOR\'s TRIPTYKON To Enter Studio This Month
 TRIPTYKON, the group formed by Tom Gabriel Warrior after his departure from CELTIC FROST in April of 2008, is scheduled to commence studio recording sessions for a first album in mid-August 2009. The album, tentatively titled "Eparistera Daimones", will mainly be recorded in southern Germany, with additional recording sessions to take place in Switzerland. Produced by Warrior and TRIPTYKON guitarist V. Santura, the recording and mixing sessions are expected to continue until November 2009. The album is currently scheduled for release in spring of 2010, through the group's own label, Prowling Death Records (home of HELLHAMMER and CELTIC FROST).
TRIPTYKON was created specifically to continue and further evolve the darkness invoked by its immediate precursors, seminal black/extreme metal pioneers HELLHAMMER and CELTIC FROST. Accordingly, TRIPTYKON's first album is a persistent development of the virulent and towering musical darkness perpetuated not only by Warrior's early work but also within his extensive contributions to CELTIC FROST's highly acclaimed "Monotheist" album. As expected, a significant part of the music on the album consists of material written by Warrior during the past few years and originally intended for "Monotheist"'s successor. This is balanced by new, original music written by Warrior and Santura since TRIPTYKON's inception.
Although the group has so far proceeded in virtual concealment, the music for "Eparistera Daimones" has been described as akin to a bleak, black ocean of heaviness, accentuated by moments of unexpected grace. Songs currently under consideration for inclusion on TRIPTYKON's debut album are, among others, "Myopic Empire", "Among Veiled Spirits", "Sepultus", "Abyss Within My Soul", "Goetia", "A Thousand Lies", and the 17-minute "The Prolonging".
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7 авг 2009
REVOCATION: Another New Song Available For Streaming
 A new track from Boston's REVOCATION, "Dismantle The Dictator", is available for streaming using the ReverbNation TuneWidget here (click on "Songs" tab). The song comes off the band's second full-length album, "Existence Is Futile", which is scheduled for release on September 29 in North America and October 5 internationally via Relapse Records. The follow-up to "Empire Of The Obscene" was recorded at Damage Studios in Southbridge, Massachusetts with engineer Pete Rutchko.
"Existence Is Futile" track listing:
01. Enter The Hall
02. Pestilence Reigns
03. Deathonomics
04. Existence Is Futile
05. The Brain Scramblers
06. Across Forests And Fjords
07. ReaniManiac
08. Dismantle The Dictator
09. Anthem Of The Betrayed
10. Leviathan Awaits
11. Tragedy Of Modern Ages
REVOCATION will perform later this month at the annual New England Deathfest in Providence, Rhode Island alongside CEPHALIC CARNAGE, NEURAXIS, QUO VADIS, and many more. REVOCATION has also announced an "Existence Is Futile" record-release show, to be held September 29 at Club Hell in Providence.
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7 авг 2009
COREY TAYLOR: Footage Of SONISPHERE Acoustic Solo Performance Available
 Video footage of SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor's new solo project, COREY TAYLOR AND THE JUNK BEER KIDNAP BAND, performing at this year's Sonisphere festival, which was held on August 1-2, 2009 at the legendary Knebworth Park, United Kingdom, can be viewed below (courtesy of "sneaklisneakli").
Taylor previously described COREY TAYLOR AND THE JUNK BEER KIDNAP BAND as "the first stoner rock disco funk band — basically a cross between SABBATH, PRINCE and ZAPPA." Members of the group include Fred Missouri and Ryan Berrier of FACECAGE, Thomas Doggett of ONE NITE STAND, Nik Sorak of the DEAD WAIT and Tyson Leslie.
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7 авг 2009
SKINNY PUPPY announce new album and tour for 2009
 According to a news posting on the official Skinny Puppy MySpace website, the band is planning a new studio album and tour for 2009. Rumour has it that the newest puppy would see the light of day somewhere in October. The current line-up of the band consists of Cevin Key, Ogre and Mark Walk with additional help from Otto von Schirach and Aaron from Venetian Snares.
Skinny Puppy is a Canadian band, formed in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1982. Initially envisioned as an experimental side project by cEvin Key (born Kevin Crompton) while he was in the new wave band Images In Vogue, Nivek Ogre (born Kevin Ogilvie) soon joined as vocalist and Skinny Puppy evolved into a full-time project. Over the course of a dozen studio albums and many live tours, Key and Ogre have been the only constant members. Other members have included the late Dwayne Goettel (1986–1995), Dave "Rave" Ogilvie, Mark Walk (2003–present), and a number of guests, including Bill Leeb (1985–1986, under the pseudonym Wilhelm Schroeder), Al Jourgensen (1989), and many others. The group is widely considered the founders of the electro-industrial sub genre.
It's pretty unsure if the band will continue to release albums under the SPV flag. More news as we get it.
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7 авг 2009
FOREIGNER
 Foreigner's latest will be available from Rhino Entertainment September 29, exclusively through Walmart, for $12.00.
Twelve tracks on the new album are produced by Mick Jones and Marti Frederiksen (Aerosmith, Buckcherry), with celebrated Grammy-winning producer Mark Ronson contributing the Mick Jones-penned 'Fool For You Anyway'. The collection's second disc contains 10 remixes by Marti Frederiksen and Anthony Focx of some of the band's most well known songs, including 'Feels Like The First Time', 'Cold As Ice', 'Urgent', 'Hot Blooded', and 'I Want To Know What Love Is'. The remixes bring a new energy and sound definition to these classic songs.
The DVD captures the band performing many of its hits live in 5.1 surround sound. The DVD also contains performances filmed during the band's recently completed European tour. Also featured is a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Can't Slow Down, from writing sessions in New York, Nashville, and Los Angeles to the Walmart shareholders meeting where the exclusive partnership behind this project was finalized.
Can't Slow Down tracklisting:
Disc 1 - New Album - 'Can't Slow Down', 'In Pieces', 'Lonely', 'Give Me A Sign', 'Living In A Dream', 'When It Comes To Love (Could Have Been You)' 'I Can't Give Up' 'As Long As I Live' 'I'll Be Home Tonight' 'When I'm Ready' 'Angel Tonight' 'Fool For You Anyway' 'Too Late'.
Disc 2 - Remixes - 'Feels Like the First Time' 'Cold As Ice' 'Urgent' 'Jukebox Hero' 'Blue Morning Blue Day' 'Dirty White Boy' 'Double Vision' 'Head Games' 'Hot Blooded' 'I Want To Know What Love Is'.
Disc 3 - DVD.
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6 авг 2009
MANIAC, ANDREW LILES And CZRAL Team Up To Release Album
 Former MAYHEM frontman Maniac (also of SKITLIV, SEHNUCHT, BOMBEROS) has teamed up with Andrew Liles (CURRENT 93, NURSE WITH WOUND, SEHNSUCHT) and Czral (VIRUS, VED BUENS ENDE, AURA NOIR, DØDHEIMSGARD) to release an album that he and Czral began working on in 1996. The 14-track LP will have the title "Det Skjedde Noe Når Du Var I Belgia" (English translation: Something Happened While You Were In Belgium) and will be made available on the U.K.'s Dirter label.
Commented Maniac: "It wasn't something we expected to do at all. Czral and I had recorded the original material all those years ago but other commitments had meant that we were never able to get round to finishing it off and releasing it, and I'd brought it with me to the U.K. for my manager to listen to just out of interest, but it was a DAT tape and she didn't have the right equipment for it. I was also visiting Andrew Liles who was mastering the new SKITLIV album, and preparing to master the new SEHNSUCHT album, so we converted the tape in his studio. Andrew's enthusiasm for what he heard got the better of him, and we started working on it straight away. By the end of the day we'd knocked it into shape, expanded it, and were ready to go with it, and Dirter immediately expressed an interest. It all happened very fast and the album was on the way to the printing plant within days, so we had to come up with a name for the band, and the only one we could think of was MANIAC/LILES/CZRAL. Perhaps not the most original name, but that's who we are after all. As to what kind of music it is, well, I think 'quirky' and 'eclectic' just about sums it up."
A track from the album can be heard on the band's MySpace page.
"Det Skjedde Noe Når Du Var I Belgia" will be one of four releases from Maniac during 2009. "Skandinavisk Misantropi", the first full-length album from his blackened/doom project SKITLIV, is due for release on Season Of Mist in October. Cold Spring Records is currently putting the finishing touches to a limited-edition SKITLIV picture disc that will feature a specially written track from CURRENT 93 as well as artwork by David Tibet, and will also release the first album from SEHNSUCHT, the noise/ambient project whose line up comprises Maniac, Andrew Liles, SKITLIV guitarist Ingvar and GALLHAMMER's Vivian Slaughter. Maniac is also planning to take SKITLIV on the road for a European tour in November with PANTHEON I and DEN SAAKALDTE, whose vocalist, SHINING's Niklas Kvarforth, is an integral part of SKITLIV.
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6 авг 2009
VENGEFUL: Entire New Album Available For Streaming
 "The Omnipresent Curse", the second full-length album from Montreal, Quebec, Canada-based band VENGEFUL, is available for streaming in its entirety at this location.
Due on August 15, the CD features the following track listing:
01. Forsaken
02. Beholder
03. Anguish
04. Detention
05. Lapsus
06. Nightmare
07. Sanctioned
08. Transcending
A medley comprised of all the songs on "The Omnipresent Curse" is available for download as an M3 audio file at this location.
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6 авг 2009
ALICE IN CHAINS Performs Three New Songs In London; Video Available
 ALICE IN CHAINS debuted three new songs — "A Looking In View", "Acid Bubble" and "Check My Brain" — during a small, intimate gig at London's Scala on August 4, two days after playing the second stage at the METALLICA-headlined inaugural Sonisphere festival at the legendary Knebworth Park, United Kingdom.
Fan-filmed video footage of the "Acid Bubble" and "Check My Brain" performances can be viewed below.
The band's setlist was as follows:
01. Rain When I Die
02. Angry Chair
03. Man In The Box
04. Them Bones
05. Dam That River
06. A Looking In View
07. We Die Young
08. No Excuses
09. Down In A Hole
10. Sludge Factory
11. Acid Bubble
12. Again
13. It Ain't Like That
14. Dirt
15. Would?
16. Check My Brain
17. Rooster
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6 авг 2009
NEVERMORE To Enter Studio This Week
 NEVERMORE's Van Williams will record the drums for the band's new album, "The Obsidian Conspiracy", between August 7 and August 14 in the band's hometown of Seattle with producer (and SOILWORK guitarist) Peter Wichers (who previously worked with NEVERMORE vocalist Warrel Dane on Dane's solo debut, "Praises to the War Machine"). The rest of the instruments will be tracked at Wichers' studio in North Carolina. Longtime friend and collaborator Andy Sneap (MEGADETH, ARCH ENEMY, EXODUS, MACHINE HEAD) will once again be handling mixing duties.
The follow-up to 2005's "This Godless Endeavor" is tentatively due in early 2010 via Century Media Records.
Commented Dane: "These songs are full of newfound rage, lyrically and musically. Jeff Loomis has come up with some amazing new riffs that will no doubt please old and new fans alike. Also, I think the combination of Peter and Andy will result in something very, very special."
Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Emptiness Unobstructed" and "Without Morals".
NEVERMORE's "The Year Of The Voyager" DVD last year entered the German DVD chart at position No. 82.
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6 авг 2009
LINKIN PARK Vocalist Opening New Art Exhibit
 The Pulse of Radio reports that LINKIN PARK vocalist Mike Shinoda will open a new solo art exhibition called "Glorious Excess (Dies)" at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles next month. The new 17-painting show will open on August 29 with a public reception at 8:00 p.m., with Shinoda in attendance, and will remain at the museum through October 4. The new show is a sequel of sorts to his 2008 exhibition, "Glorious Excess (Born)", and Shinoda told The Pulse of Radio how it's different. "It's gonna be a bigger show with twice as many pieces, and it's gonna be a lot of fun," he said. "We had an amazing reception on the first show and I can't wait for people to see the new one."
Both "Glorious Excess" shows offer up a mix of paintings and digital works that explore society's obsession with celebrity culture, consumer addiction, and fascination with excess.
A collectible, limited-edition book chronicling the "Glorious Excess" series will be launched on opening night, while a documentary short film will run during the course of the exhibition. Series-based merchandise, including skateboard decks, will be on sale at the museum as well. All proceeds from the sale of both artwork and merchandise will go toward the Michael K. Shinoda Endowed Scholarship at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.
In other LINKIN PARK news, singer Chester Bennington's side band, DEAD BY SUNRISE, will perform a special three-song set as part of LINKIN PARK's show on four upcoming festival dates in the U.K., Germany and Japan, as well as the Epicenter festival in Pomona, California on August 22. The group's debut album, "Out Of Ashes", arrives on September 29.
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6 авг 2009
IHSAHN: New Album Title Revealed
 Former EMPEROR vocalist/guitarist Ihsahn has set "After" as the title of his third solo album, tentatively due in early 2010 via Mnemosyne Productions/Candlelight Records. More information about the CD will be made available during the coming months.
Ihsahn played his first-ever concert as a solo artist, supporting OPETH at Rockefeller in Oslo, Norway on March 10.
Video footage of the "Scarab" performance can be viewed below.
Ihsahn stated about the gig, "I felt well prepared for the show, and luckily all technical aspects worked out to our advantage, so that the overall experience for me and my band was extremely positive. The feedback from the audience was amazing, and many thought that the songs gained an extra dimension by being performed in a live setting."
Ihsahn's setlist was as follows:
01. Invocation
02. Called By The Fire
03. Scarab ( Live video)
04. Emancipation
05. Unhealer
06. Misanthrope
07. Thus Spake The Nightspirit
Ihsahn was supposed to support OPETH for the majority of shows on the Swedish band's Norwegian tour in March. However, more detailed production planning revealed technical and practical difficulties at many of the smaller venues, and it proved nearly impossible for Ihsahn to play any of the other dates on the trek.
Ihsahn's second solo album, "angL", was released in May 2008 via Mnemosyne Productions/Candlelight Records. The CD features a guest appearance by OPETH frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt on the track "Unhealer" while Asgeir Mickelson and Lars Norberg (both of SPIRAL ARCHITECT) were responsible for laying down the drum and bass tracks on the album, respectively.
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