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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.
Singer Kelly Hansen confirmed to me today that the 're-mixes' were just that – and are not re-recorded hits featuring his vocals. | 0 | |
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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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6 авг 2009
APOCALYPTICA To Enter Studio In The Winter
 Finland's HardcoreSounds.Net conducted an interview with APOCALYPTICA mainman Eicca Toppinen prior to the band's performance at the Rockperry Festival, which was held July 17-18, 2009 in Vaasa, Finland.
APOCALYPTICA is scheduled to enter the studio in the winter to begin recording its new album for a spring 2010 release.
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6 авг 2009
IMMORTAL: \'All Shall Fall\' Limited-Edition Formats Detailed
 Reunited Norwegian black metallers IMMORTAL will release their new album, "All Shall Fall", in North America on October 6 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD, which will be issued in Europe on September 25, was recorded at Grieghallen and Abyss studios in Norway and Sweden, respectively.
"All Shall Fall" will be made available in the following formats:
* Standard jewelcase CD
* Limited-edition digipack
* Limited-edition 180g vinyl
* Limited-edition picture disc
* Limited-edition box, only available through Nuclear Blast webshop.
Photos of the digipack and the vinyl can be viewed below. Stay tuned for an update on the limited edition box, which will be "spectacular," according to the band.
James Minton of U.K.'s Terrorizer magazine recently posted an exclusive track-by-track breakdown of "All Shall Fall".
"All Shall Fall" track listing:
01. All Shall Fall
02. The Rise Of Darkness
03. Hordes To War
04. Norden On Fire
05. Arctic Swarm
06. Mount North
07. Unearthly Kingdom
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6 авг 2009
SUICIDE COMMANDO Releases Die Motherfucker Die
 Suicide Commando. A name that, like no other, is held synonymous with hard electronic dance music. The new single “Die Motherfucker Die” (whose provocative title will surely have no one expecting light Pop muzak) showcases the Belgian cult band from its most uncompromising side. Mastermind Johan van Roy stirs up a catchy, yet relentlessly aggressive cocktail of thudding beats, brutal shouts and melodic Trance- and Techno-licks to create an altogether unique Alternative-Dance-Floor-Sound. Gone are the days when electronic music was predominantly associated with love, peace and robots. With their pounding, electronic tracks, Suicide Commando sound more like the Jigsaw-killer on a joyride in a Techno-club than the post-Hippie-dreams of the Love Parade. Life’s hard and merciless and Suicide Commando provide the ideal club soundtrack for a messed-up world. This formidable appetizer for the soon-to-be-released new album is topped off with two dance-floor-optimized remixes from Noisuf-X and C-Lekktor plus one unreleased B-side and will be released as a limited first edition in a classy Digipak!
Out 18.09.2009 on Out of Line.
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6 авг 2009
OTEP: 'Smash The Control Machine' Deluxe Packaging Unveiled
 A two-minute video clip featuring the unveiling of the deluxe CD/DVD packaging of OTEP's fourth full-length studio album, "Smash the Control Machine", can be viewed below.
The deluxe CD/DVD package includes:
* DVD includes interviews, poetry readings and more
*CD/DVD deluxe edition includes: holographic cover, digipack, 52-page booklet with lyrics, poems and illustrations from Otep Shamaya
"Smash the Control Machine" is scheduled for release on August 18 via Victory Records.
The track listing for the CD is as follows:
01. Rise, Rebel, Resist
02. Sweet Tooth
03. Smash The Control Machine
04. Head
05. Numb And Dumb
06. Oh, So Surreal
07. Run For Cover
08. Kisses & Kerosene
09. Unveiled
10. UR A WMN NOW
11. Serv Asat
12. Where The River Ends
13. I Remember
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6 авг 2009
BRAIN DRILL: New Song Posted Online
 Santa Cruz, California's over-the-top technical metal phenoms BRAIN DRILL have posted a brand new track entitled "Monumental Failure" on their MySpace page.
The band is currently writing material for its sophomore album with a new lineup featuring the group's latest additions, bassist Ivan Munguia and drummer Ron Casey.
BRAIN DRILL 2009 is:
Dylan Ruskin - Guitar
Steve Rathjen - Vocals
Ivan Munguia - Bass
Ron Casey - Drums
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6 авг 2009
SERJ TANKIAN: 'Elect The Dead' Symphony Sample Clip Available
 SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian's March 16, 2009 performance in Auckland, New Zealand, at the Auckland Town Hall with the city's philharmonic orchestra (Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra) was filmed and recorded for a live CD/DVD release, due in the fall. Tankian says, "It was a very special night for me and am very excited to share this with you."
A sneak peek at the event can be viewed below.
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6 авг 2009
Former HELLOWEEN Singer Collaborating With AMANDA SOMERVILLE, PRIMAL FEAR Members
 Former HELLOWEEN vocalist Michael Kiske is collaborating with American singer Amanda Somerville on a brand new melodic hard rock/metal project for Frontiers Records. Mat Sinner (PRIMAL FEAR, SINNER) and Magnus Karlsson (PLACE VENDOME, PRIMAL FEAR) are handling most of the songwriting for the CD, which is tentatively due in early 2010.
Commented Kiske: "This is another idea by Serafino (Frontiers owner). I did a duet with a female singer on 'Breathing Water' by INDIGO DYING. It was so nice that he offered me a chance to make an album of all duet songs with a famous female singer."
Sinner added: "We're working hard on the songwriting for the first [Kiske/Somerville] album. It's a pleasure to write and produce Michael's next album, and with Amanda as the co-singer, it's something very special. I wrote songs with Magnus and Jimmy Kresic for the album, and we're really excited about the songs. Eight tracks are pre-produced now and we need another two songs before we will start the real recordings. AFTER FOREVER mainman Sander Gommans plans to join us and he's working on new songs with Amanda at the moment! Look out for a melodic metal masterpiece in early 2010!"
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6 авг 2009
BELPHEGOR: New album\'s cover
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6 авг 2009
SOTHIS: 'De Oppresso Liber' Video Released
 De Oppresso Liber", the new video from Los Angeles-based black metallers SOTHIS, can be viewed below. The clip was shot in Los Angeles with director Joe Suarez, who had previously worked with KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, AS I LAY DYING and EVANESCENCE, among others.
"De Oppresso Liber" is the title track of SOTHIS' new album, which was mixed by KING DIAMOND guitarist Andy La Rocque at his Sonic Train Studios in Varberg, Sweden.
SOTHIS drummer Dross says of "De Oppresso Liber", "If you are into aggressive, polished black metal that is well executed then you're going to love 'De Oppresso Liber'. We've been able to capture some incredible performances and couple them with some very talented engineers. We wanted to make a record that we would be genuinely proud of and we've accomplished that."
A fixture on the Los Angeles area, SOTHIS released through independent channels its four-song mini-album in late 2004. A regional tour was set up with performances throughout the Southwest; the shows inspiring two limited-release DVDs that capture the band's impressive stage personnae.
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6 авг 2009
LEAFBLADE To Release \'Beyond, Beyond\' In September
 LEAFBLADE, the Liverpool, England-based side project of Danny Cavanagh from ANATHEMA, will release its debut album, "Beyond, Beyond", on September 10 through Angelic Recordings.
According to a press release, "The band has implemented a sound mixing a variety of genres, maybe especially leaning towards the Celtic, folk and spiritual themes in their music. Or, as they like to say it, LEAFBLADE is music from the forest of the heart.
LEAFBLADE has already numerous tours under the belt, with the likes of ANATHEMA and ANTIMATTER.
Two tracks from the CD are streaming on www.myspace.com/leafblade.
Angelic Recordings is a co-operation between Danny Cavanagh and Aftermath Music.
LEAFBLADE is:
Sean Jude
Vocals, Guitars, Tin Whistle
Daniel Cavanagh
Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards
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6 авг 2009
INSOMNIUM: New Song Posted Online
 A new INSOMNIUM track entitled "Where The Last Wave Broke" is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The song, which features clean vocals by Jules Näveri (PROFANE OMEN, ENEMY OF THE SUN), comes off the Finnish metal group's fourth album, "Across The Dark", which is scheduled for release on September 7 via Candlelight Records. The CD was recorded at Fantom studio (where the group recorded its 2006 LP, "Above the Weeping World").
"Across The Dark" track listing:
01. Equivalence (03:18)
02. Down With The Sun (04:22)
03. Where The Last Wave Broke (05:03)
04. The Harrowing Years (06:39)
05. Against The Stream (06:11)
06. Lay Of The Autumn (09:08)
07. Into The Woods (05:08)
08. Weighted Down With Sorrow (05:51)
09. The New Beginning *
10. Into The Evernight *
* Bonus track (limited-edition only)
Guitarist Ville Friman previously described the new songs as follows: "One is really epic one with clock ticking almost over 10 minutes. Great song with vibe of last two AMORPHIS albums with more heavier edge and INSOMNIUM style of lead work. The second new song turned out to be quite long one as well but in my opinion this one holds more 'hit' potential in it, mainly because of simple arrangement and catchy melodies. Could be maybe described as being somewhere between 'Bereavement' and 'Last Statement'?!? Or what the hell I know; sounds good though. Third song sounds bit like a tribute to SENTENCED because the melodies bear similarity to the melancholy heard in 'Amok' or 'Down' albums. Otherwise the song is pretty slow, depressing and quite doomy. Just the way we like it. Fourth song ready is bit faster and riff-orientated. Composed partly in the last North American tour. Potentially a good live song. We'll see."
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6 авг 2009
AGUA DE ANNIQUE: New Album Title Announced
 AGUA DE ANNIQUE, the Dutch band led by ex-THE GATHERING vocalist Anneke van Giersbergen, has set "In Your Room" as the title of its new album, tentatively due this fall. Anneke says, "URBAN DANCE SQUAD drummer Michel Schoots helped me organizing all of my ideas (I've seen an awful lot of URBAN DANCE SQUAD shows in the '90s; absolutely loved them). I feel that I've written some catchy/addictive tunes and I can't wait to share them with you."
Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "I Want", "Home Again", "Physical", "Hey Okay!" and "I Suppose".
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6 авг 2009
HIGH ON FIRE Taps METALLICA/SLAYER Producer For New Album
 Oakland, California's HIGH ON FIRE will begin work on its long-awaited fifth studio album this August. The band will commence pre-production in Los Angeles with producer Greg Fidelman (METALLICA, SLAYER, JOHNNY CASH), with the goal of capturing "the ultimate HIGH ON FIRE experience." An early 2010 release via E1 Music (formerly KOCH Records) is expected.
In a February 2009 interview with Swigged!, HIGH ON FIRE vocalist/guitarist Matt Pike stated about the song writing process for the band's new album, "We're getting more intricate in our songwriting and actual playing. Some of it is rudimentary — not as difficult as it seems — but at the same time there is complicated chord work, key changes, and other really cool things. It's been going good — we're leaning on the whole BLACK SABBATH kind of thing."
Regarding how the group has been able to draw from its experiences working with such producers as Steve Albini and jack Endino, Pike said, "It's going to definitely help us more when we're actually recording than anywhere else. There are different sounds you can get — clean, dirty, close-up sounds. You can get cave-like sounds, like you're on the side of a mountain. There are just so many things you can do, and all the producers we've worked with just have a different style and a different way of showing it. It's taught us how to mic things a certain way to get what we want to hear. It's all still an experiment; you never know what you're going to come up with when you have that much experience behind you."
Prior to entering the studio, HIGH ON FIRE will embark on a string of California live dates beginning on August 7 in Eureka. The group is expected to preview some of its new material live for the very first time at these shows.
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5 авг 2009
LEAVES\' EYES To Release \'Njord\' As Viking Longship Model Edition
 LEAVES' EYES — the German/Norwegian band formed by ex-THEATRE OF TRAGEDY singer Liv Kristine Espenaes Krull and members of ATROCITY — will make its new album, "Njord", available as a very special-edition. Strictly limited to 500 copies, the deluxe box set (see image below) contains a premium Viking longship model ( 31.5 cm long x 28 cm high x 22 cm wide with an approximate weight of 0.65 kg) with the LEAVES' EYES logo on the sail and the limited-edition digipack CD, including two bonus tracks plus an extra sticker.
"Njord" will be released via Napalm Records on the following dates:
Finland, Spain: August 26
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Benelux, France, Italy: August 28
Rest Of Europe: August 31
Canada: September 1
USA: September 29
The track listing for the CD is as follows:
01. Njord
02. My Destiny
03. Emerald Island
04. Take The Devil In Me
05. Scarborough Fair (Acoustic Version)
06. Through Our Veins
07. Irish Rain
08. Northbound
09. Ragnarok
10. Morgenland
11. The Holy Bond
12. Forya's Theme
13. Landscape Of The Dead (limited-edition bonus track)
14. Les Champs De Lavande (limited-edition bonus track)
LEAVES' EYES has commenced work on the video for the new single, "My Destiny", with Patric Ullaeus (DIMMU BORGIR, LACUNA COIL) of Revolver Film Company in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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5 авг 2009
HYPOCRISY: New Album Track Listing Revealed
 HYPOCRISY, the Swedish extreme metal band led by guitarist/vocalist Peter Tägtgren (also of PAIN), will release its new album, "A Taste Of Extreme Divinity", in Europe on October 23 and in the U.S. on November 10 via Nuclear Blast Records.
The track listing is as follows:
01. Valley Of The Damned
02. Hang Him High
03. Solar Empire
04. Weed Out The Week
05. No Tomorrow
06. Global Domination
07. Taste The Extreme Divinity
08. Alive
09. The Quest
10. Tamed "Filled With Fear"
11. Sky Is Falling Down
Check out the CD cover artwork here
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5 авг 2009
MNEMIC Announces Producer For New Album
 Mircea Gabriel Eftemie, guitarist and songwriter of Danish modern metallers MNEMIC, has issued the following update:
"We have chosen our long time friend and producer Tue Madsen (HALFORD, BEHEMOTH, KATAKLYSM, THE HAUNTED), who worked with us on 'Mechanical Spin Phenomena' and 'The Audio Injected Soul', as the producer for the new album, 'Sons Of The System'. He has been to our rehearsal space and we started talking about the direction and sound for the new music. We gave him half of the demo songs so far and now he is doing his evaluation of the 14 songs we have given him. There are 12 more. So far, the demos are ONLY working titles. The first song that is more or less finished title-wise is 'March Of The Tripods'. We are entering the studio in September, and the album will be released in January 2010."
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