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10 апр 2009
ROSE TATTOO Founding Member MICK COCKS Diagnosed With Liver Cancer
 The management of Australian hard rock legends ROSE TATTOO has announced that the band's guitarist and founding member, Mick Cocks, has been diagnosed with liver cancer.
Manager Steve White said, "Mick has asked that I release this information to avoid the rumor mill taking control of information. The situation is that Mick has been diagnosed with liver cancer and is now under the advice of the very best doctors in Sydney. Treatment plans are underway and Mick is in good spirits and ready for a fight."
ROSE TATTOO guitarist Pete Wells passed away in March 2006 after a long battle with prostate cancer.
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9 апр 2009
CHIMAIRA: \'The Infection\' Audio Samples Available
 Audio samples of all 10 tracks that are set to appear on "The Infection", the new album from Cleveland, Ohio's CHIMAIRA, are available for streaming on Amazon.co.uk.
"The Infection" will be released in North America on April 21 via Ferret Music and in Europe on April 24 through Nuclear Blast. The CD was mastered at Sterling Sound in New York City with Ted Jensen and Chris "Zeuss" Harris (HATEBREED, SHADOWS FALL, AGNOSTIC FRONT, TERROR, THE ACACIA STRAIN). "Sonically, this album sounds amazing," vocalist Mark Hunter wrote on the group's web site. "Ben [Schigel, producer], Zeuss [who mixed the CD] and Ted did an amazing job making our vision come to reality. The album has exceeded everyone in this band's expectations."
"The Infection" track listing:
01. The Venom Inside
02. Frozen In Time
03. Coming Alive
04. Secrets Of The Dead
05. The Disappearing Sun
06. Impending Doom
07. On Broken Glass
08. Destroy And Dominate
09. Try To Survive
10. The Heart Of It All
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9 апр 2009
OPETH: Part One Of Vinyl Box Series Available
 Germany's Viva Hate Records has released the first part of its OPETH box series containing:
* A massive hand-numbered wooden box with printed details on it
* An exclusive box shirt design (first 400 customers only)
* An OPETH logo stencil
* 6 x 180g vinyl (white vinyl limited to 200 copies)
* Alternate artwork containing embossed logo artwork and album details printed on transparent paper
This box contains OPETH's first three albums:
* "The Orchid"
* "Morningrise"
* "My Arms Your Hearse"
For more information, visit www.vivahaterecords.com.
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9 апр 2009
LACUNA COIL: Entire New Album Available For Streaming
 "Shallow Life", the new album from the Italian rock/metal band LACUNA COIL, can be streamed in its entirety at the group's MySpace page. The stream will be available for one week only.
"Shallow Life" will be released via Century Media Records on the following dates:
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux, Italy: April 17
North America, Spain, Portugal: April 21
Sweden, Finland, Hungary: April 22
U.K., France, Greece, Denmark, Norway, Rest of Europe: April 20
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9 апр 2009
THE GATHERING: Another New Song Available For Streaming
 The fourth new track from the Dutch rock outfit THE GATHERING, entitled "No Bird Call", is available for streaming on the band's official webshop. The track comes off the THE GATHERING's long-awaited new album, "The West Pole", which is scheduled for release in North America on June 2 via Season of Mist. The CD will be issued in most of Europe on May 4 via the band's own label, Psychonaut Records. More information is available here.
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9 апр 2009
HOLY MOSES cancelled russian tour
 Dear All Fans in Russia and Ukraine of Holy Moses,
Please only trust dates for tourdates of Holy Moses only on our
official site www.holymoses.net and www.holymoses.de and
www.myspacecom/holymosesgermany
We never got signed contracts, flights or Visa’s for Holy Moses shows
end of April and beginning of May for Russia and Ukraine.
People asking us, why now the 3rd time, Holy Moses shows are cancelled
for Russia? But to let you know – we never cancelled shows, which are
confirmed with us and we had contracts for.
Like you all know in Ukraine – we got contracts for Metal Fest In
Ukraine and we did a great show.
We always need to get confirmed shows 3 month before they will happen,
so that we can start the promotion and the members of the band can get
free time, to do it.
But now, last week, we got information, that shows are booked for
Russia and Ukraine – but those shows where booked without any
contracts between the booking agents. Like we got the news – that in
the end of march, the clubs got booked, but without any contracts.
This is only four (4) weeks, before the shows should happen.
We tried to manage it, because we are waiting a long time to come to
Russia and back to Ukraine, but this time was too short, to get all
members together and we want to present to you the real band – and not
Sabina growling on a Mini-Disc Tape. I think you will understand this.
So, we are talking right now to the booking agent in Russia, to set up
dates for the next month, so that we can prepare and do a good
promotion, so that everybody knows that Holy Moses is coming to Russia
and Ukraine for sure.
Hope to see ya All soon in Russia and Ukraine, and sorry for
misunderstanding between bookers - it is not the fault of the band.
Yours Holy Moses
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9 апр 2009
CLUTCH: New Album Title, Track Listing Revealed
 Maryland rockers CLUTCH have set "Strange Cousins From The West" as the title of their new album, due on July 7 via the group's own label, Weathermaker Music. The CD was recorded at Magpie Cage studio in Baltimore, Maryland with producer J. Robbins (JAWBREAKER) and will feature the following track listing:
01. Motherless Child
02. Struck Down
03. Unstoppable Watts
04. Abraham Lincoln
05. Metroliner Special
06. Minotaur
07. The Amazing Kreskin
08. Witchdoctor
09. Let a Poor Man Be
10. Freakonomics
11. Algo Ha Cambiado
12. Sleestak Lightning
The remastered reissue of the band's "Slow Hole To China" album will arrive in stores on April 28.
"Talking Metal" recently conducted an interview with CLUTCH frontman Neil Fallon. Watch the four-minute chat below.
CLUTCH released its first-ever live DVD, "Full Fathom Five: Video Field Recordings", on August 12 via the group's newly launched Weathermaker Music label. The band also released a live companion CD, "Full Fathom Five: Audio Field Recordings", on the same day. All tracks on the DVD and CD were recorded and filmed in late 2007 and early 2008 in New Jersey, Pittsburgh, Denver and Australia.
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8 апр 2009
Original FEAR FACTORY Members Reunite
 A brand new project has been formed featuring original FEAR FACTORY members Dino Cazares (guitar) and Burton C. Bell (vocals). The band, which is rumored to also include bassist Byron Stroud (who played on the last two FEAR FACTORY albums in addition to touring and recording with STRAPPING YOUNG LAD and ZIMMERS HOLE) and legendary drummer Gene Hoglan (DETHKLOK, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, DARK ANGEL, DEATH, TESTAMENT), will play a number of shows this summer as well as record a studio album.
Cazares and Bell were photographed "hanging out" together at the April 6, 2008 MINISTRY concert at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, California and have been rebuilding their friendship ever since.
Dino's tenure with FEAR FACTORY ended in March 2002 after Bell announced his departure from the group, allegedly telling his bandmates at the time, "Look, guys, I'm not into it anymore, I don't wanna play in the band anymore, I don't wanna play with you guys, and I especially don't wanna play with you, Dino."
FEAR FACTORY eventually reformed without Dino and released two more studio albums, 2004's "Archetype" and 2005's "Transgression".
In a September 2007 interview with MTV.com, Cazares — who currently heads up a new band called DIVINE HERESY — stated about his former group, "In the long run, I believe I came out the winner, and I feel that they have bastardized the name, and it's a completely different band, different style. I definitely carried the passion in that band, and my riffs, my style, they were very distinctive. I don't regret anything I created in FEAR FACTORY whatsoever. It will be part of my memory for the rest of my life. I believe I am continuing the legacy and keeping this metal torch alive and bringing it back with DIVINE HERESY. You can feel the hunger and passion in DIVINE HERESY, which I believe FEAR FACTORY has been missing, and is still missing to this day."
DIVINE HERESY, whose status is "unaffected" by Dino's involvement with the new project, is currently working on its sophomore album, "Bringer Of Plagues", for a July 28 release via Century Media Records. The band is once again recording with acclaimed producing team Dirty Icon (Logan Mader and Lucas Banker), which has previously worked with CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, GOJIRA, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH and DEVILDRIVER. Cazares is also co-producing the new effort.
DIVINE HERESY's follow-up to 2007's "Bleed The Fifth" will be the group's release with new vocalist Travis Neal, who was previously a member of THE BEREAVED and PUSHED.
DIVINE HERESY's debut album, "Bleed the Fifth", has sold more than 30,000 copies in the United States since its August 2007 release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The CD, which has shifted more than 50,000 copies worldwide, was issued in Japan with an exclusive bonus track, "Purity Defiled".
ARKAEA — the new band featuring FEAR FACTORY members Christian Olde Wolbers (guitar) and Raymond Herrera (drums) alongside vocalist Jon Howard (THREAT SIGNAL) and bassist Pat Kavanaugh (THREAT SIGNAL) — recently completed work on its debut album for E1 Music (formerly Koch Records). A new release date for the CD, which was originally due in March, has not yet been announced.
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8 апр 2009
ANGELCORPSE Calls It Quits
 U.S. blackened death metal band ANGELCORPSE has officially called it quits. The group says in a statement, "Due to musical differences amongst its members, it has been decided with much consideration to end ANGELCORPSE."
ANGELCORPSE's latest album, "Of Lucifer and Lightning", was released in the U.S. last June via Osmose/The End Records.
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8 апр 2009
VENOM: \'Black Metal\' Special-Edition Reissue To Include Bonus Tracks, DVD
 British black metal pioneers VENOM are planning to release a special edition version of their "Black Metal" album later this year. According to the band, the new set will contain bonus tracks and a DVD of the "7th Date of Hell" video of VENOM performing live at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, England in 1984.
On October 22, 2008, a two-album Japan-only cardboard sleeve reissue series from VENOM was made available via Universal Music featuring the following LPs:
* "Welcome To Hell" (1981)
* "Black Metal" (1982)
Each cardboard sleeve reissue features the high-fidelity SHM-CD format (compatible with standard CD players).
"Hell", the new album from VENOM, was released in North America in September 2008 via Universal Music Enterprises. A promotional video for the CD can be viewed at this location.
VENOM made "Hell" available in a digipack edition via Nuclear Blast's mailorder featuring two bonus tracks — "In League With Satan" and "Burn In Hell" — and an inverted cross. Limited to 333 copies, it can be ordered here.
A complete track from "Hell" has been made available for streaming on the band's official web site. Check out the song "Straight To Hell" at this location. Streaming audio samples of eight songs from "Hell" are available here.
VENOM in 2007parted ways with guitarist Mykvs (a.k.a. Mike Hickey; ex-CARCASS, CATHEDRAL). "Personal unavoidable commitments in the U.S. have forced Mykvs to announce that he cannot commit 100% to VENOM's schedule," the band previously wrote in a statement. A new guitarist by the name of Rage has been drafted in to replace Mykvs.
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8 апр 2009
DARK TRANQUILLITY Films \'Misery\'s Crown\' Video
 Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY have just shot a video for the song "Misery's Crown" with director Roger Johansson, who has previously worked with THE HAUNTED, IN FLAMES and ARCH ENEMY.
Check out photos from the video shoot at this location.
DARK TRANQUILLITY was joined by THEATRE OF TRAGEDY singer Nell Sigland on October 31, 2008 during DT's headlining concert in Milan, Italy for a rendition of the song "The Mundane And The Magic" (a track that had never before been played live) and "Insanity's Crescendo". The entire show was filmed for an upcoming DVD, tentatively due later in the year.
Fan-filmed video footage of the Milan concert can be viewed here.
DARK TRANQUILLITY last year announced the addition of Daniel Antonsson (DIMENSION ZERO, ex-SOILWORK guitarist) as the group's new bassist.
Century Media Records reissued DARK TRANQUILLITY's latest album, "Fiction", in May 2008 in an expanded edition in conjunction with the start of the band's North American tour. The new version is composed of a CD/DVD and features a slew of new material.
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8 апр 2009
THE ARRS: \'Héros Assassin\' Artwork, Track Listing Revealed
 On May 4, French metalcore kings THE ARRS will release their third album, entitled "Héros Assassin", via Season of Mist. On this new effort, THE ARRS "decided to set their imagination free, creating an album without boundaries and standing at the crossroad of genres," according to a press release. "Héros Assassin" ("murderous hero" in French) "evokes the dark side of power, its morbid fascination and its lethal impact hiding behind pomp and glory. A pure reflection of the times, this violent, somber, intense and chaotic album expresses the reproaches made to contemporary gods. No one will get out of here alive..."
"Héros Assassin" track listing:
01. L'empire, La Femme, La Mort
02. Cannibale
03. Nihil Est In Homine
04. Héros Assassin
05. Sacrifice
06. Martyres
07. Sombre Univers
08. Vengeance
09. L'emprise
10. Seul Contre Tous
11. Le Ciel Des Uns Est L'enfer Des Autres
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8 апр 2009
PHILIP ANSELMO Recovering From Surgery
 DOWN/ex-PANTERA singer Philip Anselmo is currently at home in New Orleans recovering from surgery before DOWN resumes touring later this spring. Anselmo says, "this time it was a semi-torn ACL [anterior cruciate ligament, one of four ligaments that are critical to the stability of the knee joint] and a semi-torn meniscus [a common knee injury that can cause pain in the joint]. With plans to do some jamming during the healing process, trust me, DOWN will return."
DOWN will make a number of European festival appearances this summer before embarking on one more run of shows in select U.S. markets in August/September. The group will then return to the studio from October through December to record what will eventually become the fourth DOWN album, tentatively due in early 2010.
In October 2008, DOWN released a "deluxe edition" of its critically acclaimed third album, "Over the Under". The deluxe package, which was made available as a Best Buy exclusive, includes a DVD with over 30 minutes of previously unreleased live performances and behind-the-scenes footage. The album was released on Down Records in conjunction with Warner Music Group's Independent Label Group (ILG).
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8 апр 2009
SUFFOCATION: \'Blood Oath\' To Arrive In July
 Legendary New York death metallers SUFFOCATION will release their new album, "Blood Oath", in Germany on Friday, July 3 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD is expected to arrive in the U.S. on Tuesday, July 7.
SUFFOCATION entered the studio on January 31 with Joe Cincotta (who worked on the band's last two releases) to begin recording "Blood Oath". The follow-up to 2006's self-titled record will be mixed by Zack Ohren (ALL SHALL PERISH, DECREPIT BIRTH) and cover artwork will once again be brought to life by Jon Zig (DEEDS OF FLESH, DISGORGE, GORGASM). Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Mental Hemorrhage", "Dismal Dream", "Undeserving", "Confines of Disillusion", "Blood Oath", "Come Hell Or High Priest" and "Provoking the Disturbed".
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8 апр 2009
METALLICA\'s LARS ULRICH Performs With THE SWORD
 Video footage of METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich performing the song "Freya" with Austin, Texas' THE SWORD last Thursday, April 2 at Palais Omnisport de Bercy in Paris, France can be viewed here and here.
RollingStone.com recently asked Lars Ulrich to name his favorite album of 2008. "We're fortunate to have this heavy-metal band from Austin out playing with us, and we've got them playing shows on our days off so that we can go see them," he responded. "I'm a product of British metal — IRON MAIDEN, SAXON, ANGEL WITCH — and THE SWORD sound like the definitive new wave of British heavy metal, which is interesting coming from four guys from Texas. The arrangements, the intros and outros, the middle eights and that type of stuff, it reminds me of DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH or JUDAS PRIEST. They're not really a young METALLICA, but that's because they're cooler than we were."
THE SWORD's latest album, "Gods of the Earth", was released on April 1, 2008 via Kemado Records. The follow-up to the band's critically acclaimed debut "Age of Winters" was recorded at Folkvang Studios in Austin, TX, and is said to be "more ambitious, more accomplished and simply bigger."
On November 25, Austin, THE SWORD released a limited-edition CD set that includes both "Age Of Winters" and "Gods Of The Earth" albums. This special package was made available at all of the band's live shows (both headlining and METALLICA support dates) as well as on Amazon at this location.
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8 апр 2009
SAXON Frontman Comments On METALLICA Performance: \'It Was F**king Cool\'
 Vocalist Biff Byford of British heavy metal legends SAXON offered a brief comment to U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine regarding his appearance with METALLICA last night (Thursday, April 2) at Palais Omnisport de Bercy in Paris, France to perform the SAXON classic "Motorcycle Man".
According to Biff, he found out he was going to be performing with METALLICA only a short time before the band hit the stage.
"I didn't know until 15 minutes before (they went on)," said Biff. "It was fucking cool though!"
Watch professionally filmed video footage of the performance below.
When METALLICA played Sheffield Arena on February 28, 2009, they invited as VIP guests former SAXON members Graham Oliver and Steve Dawson.
At the Sheffield gig, Graham, 56, met up with METALLICA's James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett and Lars Ulrich — who remain huge fans of SAXON's early-1980s heyday.
"In 1982 SAXON played the Whisky a Go-Go on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood," Graham explained to SouthYorkshireTimes.co.uk. "It was sold out and Steve and me were asked if we would pick out a support band from a pile of cassettes sent in by young metal bands. METALLICA were far and away the best and even though it was only their second-ever gig; we saw their potential and picked them out to play. We have been friends ever since.
"They have always had a soft spot for us. Over the years they have cited us as a big influence and we are always welcomed at their gigs around the world.
"METALLICA have played Sheffield three times and they always treat us as VIPs.
At Rock Am Ring — Germany's biggest rock festival — they played part of our song 'Princess Of The Night'. I wrote that riff in a council house in Dryden Road. Back then we were just some kids from Mexborough who once had a dream.
"To be supported by the band which became one of the biggest in the world, I think that is pretty special.
"We were sat in the auditorium at Sheffield and they played the old SAXON track 'Heavy Metal Thunder' as their intro track. Kirk Hammett (METALLICA guitarist) told me he loves the solo in that. They played in the round and it was very loud but it was a very pure sound.
"James Hetfield (the singer) is a lovely bloke, but their drummer Lars Ulrich is probably the biggest SAXON fan of them all. He told us that our 1980 album 'Wheels of Steel' is his favorite and said it was a benchmark for them. It is hard for someone of my generation to see that. When I meet someone who played at the Woodstock Festival I am enthusiastic about it — I suppose it is the same for them.
"We were one of the bands to play in the first Donington Festival and METALLICA were a bit in awe and asked us what those days were like".
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8 апр 2009
Infernus Says New GORGOROTH Album Will Be Released In October
 GORGOROTH mastermind/guitarist Infernus (real name: Roger Tiegs) was interviewed late last week by Justin M. Norton of About.com. Infernus discussed his legal battle, the status of GORGOROTH's upcoming album and his thoughts about former bandmates Gaahl and King. Excerpts follow:
About.com: Do you feel vindicated by the decision?
Infernus: I am always more or less angry at someone or something: fellow co-workers, politics at practice here in Norway, the law system, God, and even a few ex-members now and then. But concerning the outcome of this case, which I won, I am of course happy. I am not really surprised about it, but I am content and happy.
This is not just a victory for common sense and reason, nor is it only a victory for me and my band. It is a victory for the music scene. This will set a standard in terms of legal issues in Norway, at least, so that musicians and artists who come up with a concept of their own can focus on what should be their main concern: the creative aspect of their life. People can feel safe not having to do tons of paperwork to be able to protect their ideas and immaterial belongings in case of future issues where, as in this case, there might come some seventh bass player and try to claim the name of a band he had no part in creating.
About.com: Did you ever consider abandoning the case and playing music under another name?
Infernus: Running a court case always represents some kind of a risk. I was not 100 percent sure I would win I have to admit, even though I knew I was right. I allied myself with some rather strong forces working in the same direction, so the outcome was more or less clear. I have problems understanding that the counterparts (King and Gaahl) might honestly have believed they could win a case like this, and it is still a mystery for me why they would not accept my offer not to take them to court. They should just have quit and found themselves another name and started their own band. But they had to do it the hard way, and we all know the outcome of that by now.
About.com: What is next for GORGOROTH now that the court case has passed? Will you finish up "Quantos Possunt ad Satanitatem Trahunt" and begin touring?
Infernus: I have been in studio rehearsing/arranging/doing pre-recordings for this album for more or less a year now. We are using the studio of my new drummer and co-producer Tomas Asklund in Sweden, Monolith Studio. We will work pretty effectively in the upcoming period to (finish) rehearsals for future live activities as well, when all the guys are here doing their part of the recording. We are looking at a mix in the end of June, then mastering in July. There will be an October release on Regain Records, the label I chose for GORGOROTH back in 2005, before the legal issues came up.
About.com: What will the new music sound like? Can we expect something in the vein of "Under The Sign of Hell" with Pest and Tormentor back in the band? You now have close to what many consider the classic GORGOROTH lineup back in place.
Infernus: I would like the listener to decide what it sounds like. It never, in my eyes, looks especially good having a musician or songwriter going on in an interview pestering people with his or her own personal opinions on topics like this. I can say we are working hard on it and are going to be able to stand behind this product upon release around October this year. It is time for some real metal.
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7 апр 2009
SOUR SYSTEM To Record Debut Album This Summer
 SOUR SYSTEM, the new project led by former CARNAL FORGE guitarist Jari Kuusisto, will enter the studio this summer to begin recording its debut album for a late 2009 release via an as-yet-undetermined record label.
Commented guitarist Jari Kuusisto: "I'm really thrilled with how the songs are turning out. I never thought that SOUR SYSTEM would turn out to be one of the things in this world that I love most. What started out as just a fun project has now turned out to be a full-time band for me and the rest of the guys."
SOUR SYSTEM is:
Jari Kuusisto (CARNAL FORGE, INCENSED, IN THY DREAMS, LEECH) - Guitar
Fredrik Ahlin (SLIP INTO SILK, RADIOPLAN, VILDA HJÄRTAN) - Drums
Daniel Samuelsson (SLIP INTO SILK, TWIINBALL) - Vocals
Rikard Holmgren - Guitar
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7 апр 2009
SOULCAGE: \'My Canvas, My Skin\' Video Available
 "My Canvas, My Skin", the new video from the Finnish rock/metal act SOULCAGE, can be viewed here. The song comes off the band's new album, "Soul For Sale", which will be released in Finland this Wednesday (April 8) through Hellas Records and a month later in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
SOULCAGE's sound is described as "addictive, radio-friendly, diverse mix of metal, rock, pop and progressive styles."
SOULCAGE is:
Aleksi Parviainen - Vocals
Teppo Parviainen - Guitars
Markus Hellas - Keyboards
Jari Ilomäki - Bass
Ville Siuruainen - Drums
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7 апр 2009
LACUNA COIL: more details about new album
 LACUNA COIL song, "Not Enough", is available for streaming using the widget here.
LACUNA COIL will release its much-anticipated new album, "Shallow Life", via Century Media Records on the following dates:
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux, Italy: April 17
North America, Spain, Portugal: April 21
Sweden, Finland, Hungary: April 22
U.K., France, Greece, Denmark, Norway, Rest of Europe: April 20
The album will be made available for streaming in its entirety on LACUNA COIL's MySpace page beginning on Thursday, April 9 for one week.
"Shallow Life" was recorded in September/October at NRG Studios in North Hollywood, California with producer Don Gilmore, who has previously worked with LINKIN PARK, TRAPT, AVRIL LAVIGNE, GOOD CHARLOTTE, THE VERONICAS, PEARL JAM, TRUST COMPANY and DURAN DURAN.
"Shallow Life" track listing:
01. Survive
02. I Won't Tell You
03. Not Enough
04. I'm Not Afraid
05. I Like It
06. Underdog
07. The Pain
08. Spellbound
09. Wide Awake
10. The Maze
11. Unchained
12. Shallow Life
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7 апр 2009
HEAVEN SHALL BURN: \'Black Tears\' Video Available
 Germany's death metal and hardcore fusionists HEAVEN SHALL BURN have posted the video for the band's cover version of the EDGE OF SANITY track "Black Tears", which appears on HEAVEN SHALL BURN's latest album, "Iconoclast" (2008). Watch the clip here.
HEAVEN SHALL BURN has set "Bildersturm – Iconoclast II (The Visual Resistance)" as the title of its first DVD, which will be available in three different formats, one of them being a limited and very special edition three-disc box-set. A late May release via Century Media Records is expected.
Commented guitarist Maik Weichert: "Since we could not decide which of the two shows to use on this DVD, we decided to include both of them! The show at Summer Breeze festival last year and the one in Vienna [on September 12, 2008] were just equally incredible and watching them still gives us goose bumps!"
In addition to the live footage, the DVD will include a comprehensive documentary about HEAVEN SHALL BURN and loads of additional content, details of which will be announced soon.
"Iconoclast" entered the German Media Control chart at position No. 21. Artist extraordinaire an up-and-coming visionary for cutting-edge art Bastian Sobtzick created the artwork for the CD.
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7 апр 2009
SYBREED: New Album Title Announced
 Switzerland's futuristic metal band SYBREED has set "The Pulse Of Awakening" as the title of its third album, tentatively due later this year via Listenable Records. The vocals and the drums for the folow-up to 2007's "Antares" were laid down at the SDF studios in Lausanne, while the guitar and bass were tracked at the Drone studio in Geneva. The CD will be mixed in May by none other than Rhys Fulber (FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY, FEAR FACTORY, PARADISE LOST). The cover artwork will be handled by Seth from SEPTICFLESH.
According to the band, "The Pulse Of Awakening" will feature such songs as "Nomenklatura", which is being described as "a groovy, technical and hypnotic piece of industrial metal"; "Electronegative", which is "equally technical but with an intense 'right-in-ya-face,' down-to-up-tempo pace"; and "Doomsday Party", which "sounds like the illegitimate progeny of EBM beats, synth-pop melodies and metal riffing."
SYBREED released its second album, "Antares", in the U.S. on August 15, 2008 via Koch Records. The U.S. version of the CD includes a previously unreleased song called "Plasmaterial" as a bonus track, which is "our way to beg your pardon for having taken so much time to unleash this LP on the American soil," says the group.
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7 апр 2009
TROUBLE Writing \'Classic Doom\' Album
 Legendary Chicago doomsters TROUBLE have set "The Dark Riff" as the tentative title of their new album, due later in the year.
Commented vocalist Kory Clarke: "I'm really excited about all the new songs Rick [Wartell, guitar] and Bruce [Franklin, guitar] have played me thus far and have been singing them real tough. Really enjoying the power and latitude I'm able to move in lyrically as well as melodically. This going to be classic doom! I love singing this stuff!"
Added Bruce Franklin: "I've written about five songs so far. One of my tests to know if the song is memorable is to not record the riffs and ideas. If I have no trouble remembering the song that I wrote, then that's a good sign. Even if a month or more passes, I should be able to remember the song in full. Of course, that's just the music."
Rick Wartell said: "I am extremely pleased with the new songs, and in the direction this release is taking. It has the vibe of earlier times. If I had to sum it up in one word, the word is DOOM... Having a great time writing for it."
A previous post on the group's web site stated: "As you can tell by the [new album's] title, IT'S HEAVY! The band is resorting to the root of what made TROUBLE in the first place and what they are best at, DOOM! This will no doubt be the heaviest TROUBLE release since the mid-'80s when they crushed the masses with what is now known as 'Psalm 9' and 'The Skull'.:
TROUBLE recently released a live recording from Los Angeles via their web site. "Live In L.A.", recorded on the band's last West Coast tour, has been mixed and mastered and is available at NewTrouble.com.
"Live In L.A." track listing:
01. Intro
02. RIP
03. The Sleeper
04. Touch the Sky
05. Plastic Green Head
06. The Eye
07. Simple Mind Condition
08. Mr. White
09. Endtime
10. Troublemaker
11. End of My Daze
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7 апр 2009
OFFICIUM TRISTE: New songs online
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6 апр 2009
SEVENTH ANGEL Preparing To Enter Studio
 Reformed British metal band SEVENTH ANGEL has issued the following update:
"We have signed for our third album with a label we will announce shortly and we are booked to record in a couple of weeks time at The Priory in Birmingham with Greg Chandler of ESOTERIC. The cover art will be provided by Matt Vickerstaff of Darkwave Art. We hope to release the album in April.
"We have two gigs booked, one in Belgium and one in Switzerland."
Video footage of SEVENTH ANGEL performing the song "Forbidden Desires" at the Nordic Fest 2008, which was held November 14-16 at Sub Scene in Oslo, Norway, can be viewed here.
SEVENTH ANGEL's current lineup is a mixture of the early and final lineup of the band before it split in 1992:
Ian Arkley (MY SILENT WAKE, PARAMAECIUM, CENTURY SLEEPER, THE OTHER WINDOW, ASHEN MORTALITY) - Vocals Guitar
Tank (SUK MUNKY, FREEKSPERT) - Drums
Simon Bibby (FIRE FLY, EXORIA, AMARANTH) - Guitar
Mark Broomhead (FIRE FLY, EXORIA, DETRITUS) - Bass
Each member of SEVENTH ANGEL has been on his own musical and spiritual journey since the split, and the reformation has produced a band of increased depth and maturity, with all the musical intensity that made SEVENTH ANGEL such an international success.
Before its split, SEVENTH ANGEL produced two highly acclaimed internationally released studio albums and continued interest in the band prompted the release of early demos and live recordings in 2005. Throughout its career, SEVENTH ANGEL was the focus of much media attention within the music press and beyond, having appeared on the BBC, Channel 4 and featured in the Daily Telegraph. | 0 | |
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6 апр 2009
SUSPERIA: New Album Details Revealed
 Norway's SUSPERIA has set "Attitude" as the title of its fifth album, due later in the year via Candlelight Records. Recorded in Norway, the follow-up to 2007's "Cut From Stone" was mixed at Studio Fredman in Sweden and features guest appearances by Chuck Billy (TESTAMENT) and Shagrath (DIMMU BORGIR).
The track listing for the CD is as follows:
01. The Urge
02. Live My Dream
03. Attitude
04. Elegy And Suffering
05. Sick Bastard
06. Another Turn
07. Mr. Stranger
08. Character Flaw
09. The One After All
Check out the cover artwork here.
"Ten years and still the same five guys," exclaims vocalist Athera of the band's long commitment to their music. "We have worked nearly two years on this material, perfecting it for your pleasure and our devoted fans. It will take you back to the early days with melancholic riffing and dark emotional vocals. It's a perfect blend of everything SUSPERIA has been and become."
Formed in 1998 by drummer Tjodalv (then of DIMMU BORGIR) and guitarist Cyrus (then of SATYRICON/OLD MAN'S CHILD), SUSPERIA released its debut, "Predominance", via Nuclear Blast in 2001. The band's much-acclaimed second album, "Vindication", followed in 2003. After signing with Norwegian label Tabu Records (with release in the U.S. via Candlelight Records) in 2004, the band released its third album, "Unlimited", later that year.
A powerful live act, the band has consistently remained focused to the live arena. With numerous high profile support, headline and festival appearances, one of the band's most cherished experiences thus far remains supporting the newly reformed TESTAMENT in late 2005. The dates would culminate in the release of the band's Norwegian charting mini-album "Devil May Care", followed by the group's fourth album, "Cut From Stone", in 2007. Unfortunately due to financial constraints two tries to visit the U.S. to support the Daniel Bergstrand-produced album during 2007/08 would set back the album's overall sales target but the band remained committed. Touring Europe, including numerous dates with W.A.S.P., the band's ambitions stayed and continue to remain in tact. "We now have the backing of one label worldwide and this is going to make life easier for us," says bassist Memnock. "We hope that finally we get to play to our American fans."
SUSPERIA currently includes guitarists Cyrus and Elvorn, bassist Memnock, with drummer Tjodalv and vocalist Athera. | 0 | |
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6 апр 2009
JIMMY PAGE Honors JEFF BECK At ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME
 Gary Graff of Billboard.com reports that LED ZEPPELIN's Jimmy Page was happy to come to Cleveland on Saturday to induct his longtime friend and former YARDBIRDS bandmate Jeff Beck into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist.
"He's been instrumental in pioneering a whole blueprint that was totally unique to him and...has been such a blueprint for everyone else to learn from," Page told Billboard.com before the ceremony. "No one's ever equaled what Jeff's done. He really shifted the whole sound and face of electric guitar music."
Asked after Beck's induction— during which the two guitarists combined "Beck's Bolero" and ZEPPELIN's "Immigrant Song" — about their enduring friendship, Page noted that "we've known each other since we were...11 years old. We've vibed on the same things, and music's been the main common denominator of us meeting in the first place. So that's always been there. We're respectful of each other's playing and solo endeavors and all the rest of it. Mutual respect, man."
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6 апр 2009
NARNIA Putting Finishing Touches On New Album
 Swedish epic/melodic metallers NARNIA are putting the finishing touches on their sixth album, tentatively titled "Course Of A Generation", for a July 24 European release via Massacre Records. The CD will mark the debut of the band's new lead singer, Germán Pascual (MIND'S EYE, MENDEZ), who replaced Christian Liljegren last year.
Commented the band: "The result is truly explosive and it's the most unique album we have ever done — by far!! We have a new and unique blend of dark and aggressive riffing along with melodies that we believe are the strongest in our history."
The new CD will be mixed in May by Fredrik Nordström (IN FLAMES, SOILWORK, HELLFUELED, ARCH ENEMY, AT THE GATES) at Studio Fredman.
NARNIA in 2007 posted a newly recorded song, "In His Majesty's Service" on their MySpace page. The track was originally written and recorded by the Swedish band JERUSALEM back in 1985. NARNIA's version of the song is featured on the group's 10th-anniversary "best of" album, "Decade of Confession", which was released via Massacre Records.
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6 апр 2009
BORN OF OSIRIS To Release New Album In June
 Chicago-based progressive metal hybrid BORN OF OSIRIS will release its new album, "A Higher Place", in June to coincide with the band's second appearance on The Summer Slaughter Tour. The CD was recorded at Planet Z in in Hadley, Massachusetts with producer Chris "Zeuss" Harris, who has previously worked with HATEBREED, SHADOWS FALL, WHITECHAPEL and THE ACACIA STRAIN, among others. Guitarist Lee McKinney commented, "The songs are a much more mature evolution of what we were doing before; with the new album, you can expect longer, more developed material. For the fans who feel like they've been waiting for a long time or feel like they're in the dark on it, it's all for the better. I don't feel that 'A Higher Place' is really what most people are expecting; it will be so much more. This is the best material we've written so far and we're very proud of it."
BORN OF OSIRIS' debut album, "The New Reign", was produced by Michael Keene of THE FACELESS.
The band's sound is said to be "an epic mix of intricate and memorable melodies with challenging time signatures that still hold an infectious groove, all while maintaining sheer, tasteful brutality."
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6 апр 2009
STORMHAMMER: New Album Details Revealed
 German power metallers STORMHAMMER will release their fourth album, "Signs Of Revolution", on May 22 via Silverwolf/SPV. According to a press release, the CD sees the band "deliver[ing] a very diverse mixture of hyper melodic, Euro-style power metal, and U.S. metal as well as a decent bite of a NWOBHM approach similar to IRON MAIDEN, JUDAS PRIEST, etc."
"Signs Of Revolution" was recorded in early 2008, completely produced by STORMHAMMER. The mix was handled by Thomas Burlefinger, who has previously worked with Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER), Greg Bissonette (DAVID LEE ROTH), Dave Evans (AC/DC), Darren Wharton (THIN LIZZY), L.A. GUNS and SUBWAY TO SALLY. The cover artwork was designed by "Stripe" Schinzel (AGENT STEEL, ANVIL, HANOI ROCKS, QUIET RIOT, W.A.S.P., WITCHCRAFT).
"Signs Of Revolution" track listing:
01. The Other Side
02. Omens Of Agony
03. Kiss At The Abyss
04. Signs Of Revolution
05. Permanent Menace
06. Well Of Wisdom
07. Bridges To Eternity
08. Pied Piper
09. From Dusk To Dawn
10. Ride On A Razorblade
11. Sham World
12. Challenge Of Life
13. Calls From The Other Side
STORMHAMMER's upcoming CD will be he group's first with singer Mike Zotter (NEVERLAND, DREAMSCAPE), who joined the band in July 2005.
STORMHAMMER released its third album, "Lord of Darkness", in May 2004 via Mausoleum Records.
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