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12 мар 2009
SINNER Announces Shows In Moscow, Romania
 German hard rock oufit SINNER (featuring PRIMAL FEAR members Mat Sinner and Henny Wolter) will play a joint show with PRIMAL FEAR in Moscow, Russia on April 4 at the 1 Rock Club. The band has also been confirmed for the Rock City Festival in Fetesti, Romania on August 20. According to a posting on SINNER's MySpace page, the group is also working on a South American tour in August, again with PRIMAL FEAR.
In other news, SINNER played its first "unplugged" show at the end of February in Würzburg at a private birthday party for the band's former manager, Manfred Hertlein, who is one of the biggest concert promoters in Germany. Also on the bill was Bobby Kimball of TOTO.
Commented the group: "It was a great feeling to play this stuff in totally new versions and with a different vibe. Maybe we will find the time to play some very special unplugged shows around Xmas! You never know..."
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12 мар 2009
EKTOMORF: New Album Trailer Available
 A two-minute video trailer for "What Doesn't Kill Me…", the new album from Hungarian hardcore/thrash metallers EKTOMORF, can be viewed here. Due on March 20 via AFM Records, the CD was recorded at Antfarm Studio in Denmark with producer Tue Madsen (HEAVEN SHALL BURN, DARK TRANQUILLITY, MOONSPELL, THE HAUNTED). "You can expect a very strong and punchy new EKTOMORF album," guitarist/vocalist Zoltán Farkas previously said.
In addition to the standard CD, there will be a limited digipack which will include one bonus track. Furthermore, AFM Records will release a limited fan box containing the digipack version of the album, an EKTOMORF sticker and a necklace with the EKTOMORF band logo.
"What Doesn't Kill Me…" ( cover) track listing:
01. Rat War
02. Nothing Left
03. What Doesn't Kill Me...
04. Revenge To All
05. Love And Live
06. Can See You
07. I Got It All
08. New Life
09. Sick Of It All
10. It's Up To You
11. Envy
12. Scream
13. Breed The Fire
"It's Up To You", the new video from EKTOMORF, can be viewed here.
The band's last album, entitled "Outcast", was released in October 2006 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded at Antfarm Studios in Aarhus, Denmark with producer Tue Madsen and features a cover of the PRODIGY classic "Fuel My Fire".
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12 мар 2009
SEPULTURA: \'What I Do\' Video Posted Online
 Brazilian/American thrashers SEPULTURA have uploaded a new video for the song "What I Do". The clip, which features performance footage from the band's current European tour, was made by Eric Frenchie and can be viewed below.
"A-Lex" — SEPULTURA's first LP to be recorded without either of the founding Cavalera brothers (Max and Igor; on guitar/vocals and drums, respectively) — is available in three versions: in a deluxe digipak with an embossed cover, in a regular jewel case and on a vinyl gatefold LP.
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12 мар 2009
THE GATHERING Announces New Singer; Audio Samples Available
 Dutch rock outfit THE GATHERING has recruited Silje Wergeland from the Norwegian band OCTAVIA SPERATI as its new lead vocalist. Drummer Hans Rutten says, "Silje has been the singer of OCTAVIA SPERATI for eight years, including several other projects. She did a superb job [on the new THE GATHERING LP, 'The West Pole']. This album also includes two very talented guest singers: the Dutch Anne van den Hoogen and Mexican Marcela Bovio (from STREAM OF PASSION), and some other guest musicians."
Hans continued, "What can we say about 'The West Pole'? It's a very vital, atmospheric and extravert rock orientated album, with all the quality and power THE GATHERING is so famous for, also with many new elements. The sound is guitar driven, alive and urgent; a strong and beautifully coloured album with haunting female vocals. It's produced by guitar player René Rutten and mixed and mastered by Zlaya Hadzich (who also did the production of 'Souvenirs') and René."
"The West Pole" ( cover) track listing:
01. When Trust Becomes Sound
02. Treasure
03. All You Are
04. You Promised Me A Symphony
05. The West Pole
06. Capital Of Nowhere
07. No Bird Call
08. Pale Traces
09. No One Spoke
10. Constant Run
The songs "All You Are", "Treasure" and "The West Pole" are available for streaming on THE GATHERING's MySpace page.
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12 мар 2009
CELESTY: Two New Songs Posted Online
 Finnish power metal band CELESTY has posted two new songs — "Fading Away" and "Like Warriors" — on its MySpace page. Both cuts come off the group's fourth full-length album, "Vendetta", which will be released in Finland on March 18 (via Spinefarm Records) and in Japan on March 20. The CD features eleven tracks and over sixty minutes of music.
Samu Oittinen began mixing the album in early December, which proved to be a daunting task: At times there are over 300 tracks playing. The epic soundscape is reinforced by an orchestra consisting of musicians from the Tampere City Orchestra, and a professional choir. The orchestration and the choir parts were arranged and produced by the conductor Kalevi Olli, renowned for his work with the Finnish National Opera.
"Vendetta" track listing:
01. Prelude for Vendetta
02. Euphoric Dream
03. Greed & Vanity
04. Like Warriors
05. Autumn Leaves
06. Feared by Dawn
07. Lord (Of This Kingdom)
08. New Sin
09. Dark Emotions
10. Fading Away
11. Legacy of Hate Pt. 3
- Candlelight
- Shadow Land
- Chaos and Destruction (instrumental)
- Feelings
12. Gates of Tomorrow (Japanese bonus track)
The cover artwork for "Vendetta" can be viewed here.
CELESTY filmed a video for the song "Fading Away" last weekend in Ylöjärvi with director Markus Nieminen of Routafilmi.
The CD features guest appearances by Stephan Lill (VANDEN PLAS) and Elias Viljanen (SONATA ARCTICA). Suvi-Tuuli Dietrich (ESCAPE) has contributed female vocals to the album.
CELESTY's third full-length effort, "Mortal Mind Creation", was released on October 30, 2006 via Dockyard 1.
CELESTY is:
Antti Railio - Vocals
Teemu Koskela - Guitar
Tapani Kangas - Guitar
Ari Katajamäki - Bass
Jere Luokkamäki - Drums
Juha Mäenpää - Keyboards
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12 мар 2009
DEVILDRIVER: In Mixing Mode
 Santa Barbara, California's DEVILDRIVER recently completed recording its fourth album, "Pray For Villains", tentatively due on July 14 via Roadrunner Records. The CD was recorded at Edge of the Earth studios in Los Angeles with producer Logan Mader (FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, GOJIRA, DIVINE HERESY)
Commented DEVILDRIVER vocalist Dez Fafara: "I've been doing a shitload of listening of mixes. Got back from the studio late last night. Logan and I spent about 10 hours just fine-tuning some low-end issues and worked on the kick-drum tone. It's getting close. Some of this stuff is gonna be really hard to pull off for me live. I had a hard time in the studio environment so I know it's gonna be a bitch. Everyone has got it rougher this time around. Can't wait for you to hear it."
DEVILDRIVER recently re-signed with Roadrunner Records after previously issuing three full-length albums through the label. In addition, the band has secured a new management company in the shape of Davis Entertainment Group.
DEVILDRIVER's last album, 2007's "The Last Kind Words", has sold around 70,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. That CD shifted a little more than 14,000 copies during its first week of release to debut at No. 48 on The Billboard 200 chart. This figure represented around a 40 percent increase over the opening-week number of 2005's "The Fury of Our Maker's Hand", which premiered at No. 177 with sales of 10,400.
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12 мар 2009
GENE SIMMONS\' \'Alter Ego\' Box Set To See Light Of Day This Year
 KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons' long-promised box set of previously unreleased solo material, which has apparently had several different working titles over the years — including "Monster" and "100" — will finally see the light of day in 2009. Responding to a fan's letter in the letters section of his official web site, Gene writes, "I've always written 'outside' stuff, but KISS is KISS. And that means the outside stuff winds up on solo albums, or I keep it in the drawer. This year, I plan on releasing 'Alter Ego', a box set of unreleased songs...about 150 of 'em. You'll hear more 'outside' stuff. "
Simmons' sophomore solo album, "Asshole", sold around 13,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release back in 2004 to land at position No. 86 on The Billboard 200 chart. Like Gene's 1978 self-titled solo album, "Asshole" featured a number of outside songwriting contributions and guest appearances. Bob Dylan and Gene co-wrote the album's "Waiting For The Morning Light". Frank Zappa and Gene share co-writing credit on "Black Tongue" and the Zappa Family, Dweezil, Ahmet, Moon, Gail and Frank Zappa himself sing and play guitar on the song. Other guests featured on the album include Dave Navarro, ex-KISS members Bruce Kulick and Eric Singer, Simmons Records/Sanctuary Music Group signing BAG, as well as Gene's longtime live-in Shannon Tweed and their two children, Sophie and Nicholas.
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12 мар 2009
MASSACRE: Early Album Reissues In The Works
 Resurrected Florida-based death metallers MASSACRE are planning to re-release some of the early recordings to coincide with the band's 25th anniversary. According to the group, there are "plans not only [to] remaster these classic albums, but [to include] new updated artwork for the covers of these reissues." Special previously unreleased bonus tracks may also be added.
MASSACRE's new recording lineup will feature vocalist Kam Lee alongside bassist Dave Pybus (CRADLE OF FILTH) and drummer Tony Laureano (DIMMU BORGIR, 1349, NILE, ACHERON). Mirai (SIGH, NECROPHAGIA) has also agreed to help out by creating and playing some very eerie keyboard intros and outros for the band's forthcoming album, tentatively due in 2010. The rest of the band's lineup has not yet been determined.
A different version of MASSACRE — consisting of DENIAL FIEND members Sam Williams (guitar), Curt Beeson (drums; NASTY SAVAGE), along with ex-MASSACRE/DENIAL FIEND members Terry Butler (bass), Steve Swanson (guitars) and Kam Lee (vocals) — completed a European tour in late 2007.
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12 мар 2009
METALLICA\'s TRUJILLO Loves MESHUGGAH
 Sweden's Afonbladet TV has posted a two-minute video interview with METALLICA's Robert Trujillo in which the bassist talks about his love for Swedish experimental extreme metallers MESHUGGAH. He says, "It's great coming up here [to Sweden] and playing. I have a lot of respect for not only the fans up here but also for some of the bands. Like, I love MESHUGGAH. They're one of my favorite metal bands. I personally would like MESHUGGAH some day to tour with us. I know they're very busy. 'Cause I think they're one of the most talented... I think they're underrated on the large scale. In other words, when I ask fans in the U.S., 'What do you think of MESHUGGAH?' Some people don't really know who they are and then there's other people who are like, 'They're amazing!' So it's just kind of like... Either it's hot or it's cold. It's like a discovery thing. I had a party for MESHUGGAH at my house one time during the Ozzfest. They all came to my house on their tour bus. We had a big barbecue and lots of people down in Venice Beach."
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12 мар 2009
PARADOX: \'Riot Squad\' Release Date Confirmed
 Long-running German metallers PARADOX will release their fifth album, "Riot Squad", on October 26, 2009 via AFM Records. Songtitles set to appear on the the follow-up to last year's "Electrify" include:
* "Suburban Riot Squad"
* "Hollow Peace"
* "Timegrain"
* "Evolution Reset"
* "Riptide"
* "Nothingness"
* "Rise In Rank"
* "Psychofficial"
* "Planet Terror"
* "No Place To Survive"
* "Dream Hero"
"Riot Squad" will be produced by Charly Steinhauer.
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12 мар 2009
LIQUID GRAVEYARD Preparing To Record Debut Album
 LIQUID GRAVEYARD, the new band featuring former CANCER frontman John Walker, will be at SadMan Studios in Madrid, Spain between April 13 and May 3 recording its debut album for a late 2009 release.
Raquel Walker (ex-ABFYS) on vocals, Acaymo Delgado on drums and Adrian De Buitléar (MOURNING BELOVETH) on bass. Playing a style ranging betwen avantgarde death metal, alternative and progressive rock, this new group is "a giant step forward from [CANCER's] 'Black Faith' and 'Spirit in Flames' albums," according to a press release.
Working songtitles set to appear on LIQUID GRAVEYARD's album:
01. Rumours are Black like Machine Guns
02. Criministers
03. 1760
04. We Live Dangerously
05. The Words Grow Thin
06. From the Tower
07. Them Greeds
08. On Evil Days
09. The Blood Inside
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12 мар 2009
OMEN Hard At Work On \'Hammer Damage\'
 OMEN drummer Danny White has started laying down tracks for the band's next album, "Hammer Damage", for a tentative summer release. The CD will feature all-new songs performed by the group's new lineup and will mark a return to OMEN's roots. A South American tour will begin later in the year, followed by the band's appearance at Germany's Swordbrothers Festival VIII in September.
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12 мар 2009
SOULGRIND: New Song Posted Online
 SOULGRIND, the Finnish band featuring former LULLACRY frontwoman Tanja "Whisper Lilith" Kemppainen (a.k.a. Tanya), has posted a new song, "Farewell To Misery", on the group's MySpace page. According to the band, the track "shall appear on the 'Demonic and Divine' compilation, [to be released] through [new U.K.-based record label] Femme Metal Records, and is a pre-production song from our forthcoming album on same label. [The] song is a tale of an old couple still in love after 50, heading to death, so enjoy the dark ride."
SOULGRIND's ninth album is tentatively due in late 2009.
The band's latest CD, "Pakana", was released in February 2007 via Holy Records.
"Pakana", was recorded at D studio and is scheduled for a February 2007 release. "Pakana" is the follow-up to "The Origins of the Paganblood", which was issued in January 2005 via France's Holy Records.
SOULGRIND's current lineup:
Azhemin (THY SERPENT) - Vocals
Ms W Lilith (ex-LULLACRY) - Vocals
Lord Heikkinen (TWILIGHT OPHERA, GLOOMY GRIM, FIERCE) – Guitar
Tapio Wilska (ex-FINNTROLL) - Bass
Agathon The Beast (GLOOMY GRIM) - Drums
TByte (TWILIGHT OPHERA) – Guitar
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12 мар 2009
MOB RULES: New Album Title Revealed
 German metallers MOB RULES have set "Radical Peace" as the title of their new album, due later in the year. The CD is currently being recorded at Bazement Studio with longtime engineer Markus Teske (VANDEN PLAS, SPOCK'S BEARD, OASIS). The band previously stated about the new material, "Beside the known MOB RULES qualities, the new album will hold some surprises and unexpected things in store. One secret can be revealed: the six Northern Germans have written the longest song of their career so far and will amaze you with a real melodic metal pamphlet that lyrically deals with a very exciting up-to-date subject."
MOB RULES' latest album, "Ethnolution A.D.", was released in Europe in October 2006. Produced by Markus Teske, "Ethnolution A.D." marked the recording debut with the group of guitarist Sven Lüdke (ex-MURDER ONE) and bassist Markus Brinkmann. | 0 | |
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12 мар 2009
IN FLAMES - New single / video
 We can now reveal that the 3rd single taken from the latest IN
FLAMES album ”A Sense Of Purpose” will be “Delight & Angers”.
The new video will be premiered exclusively on http://www.myspace.com/inflames on MARCH 25th at 10:00 am CET.
The video is once again directed and produced by Patric Ullaeus, who has made quite a few IN FLAMES videos in the past; “Take This Life”,” My Sweet Shadow “, “The Quite Place” and “Alias” just to mention a few.
The cover art for the single is once again made by the amazing Alex Pardee. Stay tuned for news about the release date/track list/artwork for the single.
So…mark MARCH 25th @ 10:00 am CET in your diaries to be the first to see the new video!
IN FLAMES are currently out touring and are as we speak in Japan for three headline shows. This follows the VERY successful Australia and South American Tours.
Straight after
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11 мар 2009
ARCH ENEMY\'s \'Manifesto\' Out Now
 Century Media Records has just released a "best-of" collection in Europe from Swedish/German extreme metallers ARCH ENEMY, entitled "Manifesto Of Arch Enemy". The track listing for the CD is as follows:
01. Nemesis
02. We Will Rise
03. Revolution Begins
04. Ravenous
05. Blood On Your Hands (live)
06. My Apocalypse
07. Dead Eyes See No Future
08. Burning Angel
09. I Will Live Again
10. Taking Back My Soul (live)
Check out the cover artwork here.
A three-minute trailer for "Tyrants Of The Rising Sun: Live In Japan", the recently released DVD+CD set from ARCH ENEMY, can be viewed here. An e-card for the set, which came out on November 24 in Europe and November 25 in North America, is available at this location.
The "Tyrants Of The Rising Sun: Live In Japan" DVD contains a live show filmed in Tokyo last year, an in-depth 40 minute road-movie feature, and all promotional videos that have been shot for the band's latest album, "Rise Of The Tyrant".
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11 мар 2009
ANTIGAMA: Entire New Album Available For Streaming
 "Warning", the new album from the Polish progressive grindcore quartet ANTIGAMA, is available for streaming in its entirety at this location. The CD, which was released in North America on March 3 via Relapse Records, was recorded in the band's hometown of Warsaw at Progresja Sound Studio with producer Szymon Czech. | 0 | |
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11 мар 2009
HARMAJA: \'Sydäntalvella\' Video Available
 "Sydäntalvella", the new video from HARMAJA, the Finnish acoustic project featuring vocalist Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto (CHARON, NORTHERN KINGS, ex-POISONBLACK), can be viewed here. The song comes off the band's self-titled debut album, which recently entered the national chart in the band's home country at position No. 14.
HARMAJA's album was released on February 18 via Wiima Music, distributed by Playground Music Scandinavia. The group sings in Finnish and is said to be influenced by the likes of NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS and MORRISEY.
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11 мар 2009
HELL WITHIN: More New Songs Posted Online
 Massachusetts-based metallers HELL WITHIN have posted two new songs — "Carry On Wayward Son" (KANSAS cover) and "Hours Of Decay" — on their MySpace page.
HELL WITHIN in 2007 parted ways singer Matt McChesney, who left to front Daytona Beach, Florida's THE AUTUMN OFFERING. The group has since found a replacement vocalist in the shape of J.J. Long.
HELL WITHIN's latest album, "Shadows of Vanity", was released in May 2007 on Lifeforce Records. The CD was tracked with longtime producer John Ellis and diligently mixed by Mark Lewis of AudioHammer Studios (TRIVIUM, BURY YOUR DEAD, GOD FORBID). Cover artwork was handled by acclaimed graphic designer and artist Paul Romano (MASTODON, TRIVIUM, THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD). | 0 | |
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11 мар 2009
RUDRA: \'Brahmavidya: Transcendental I\' Artwork, Release Date Revealed
 The cover artwork for "Brahmavidya: Transcendental I", the new album from Singaporean metallers RUDRA, can be viewed below. Due in Asia on April 15 via Hong Kong's Trinity Records, the CD was produced by Joshua G. Nair and Sean Loo and features fourteen tracks with a total running time of about 70 minutes.
"Brahmavidya: Transcendental I" track listing:
01. Bhagavatpada Namaskara
02. Ravens of Paradise
03. Amrtasyaputra
04. Hymns from the Blazing Chariot
05. Meditations at Dawn
06. Advaitamrta
07. Natural Born Ignorance
08. Immortality Roars
09. Reversing the Currents
10. Venerable Opposites
11. Avidya Nivrtti
12. Not the Seen but the Seer
13. Adiguru Namastubhyam
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11 мар 2009
CELESTY Films \'Fading Away\' Video
 Finnish power metal band CELESTY filmed a video for the song "Fading Away" last weekend in Ylöjärvi with director Markus Nieminen of Routafilmi. The track comes off the group's fourth full-length album, "Vendetta", which will be released in Finland on March 18 (via Spinefarm Records) and in Japan on March 20. The CD features eleven tracks and over sixty minutes of music.
Samu Oittinen began mixing the album in early December, which proved to be a daunting task: At times there are over 300 tracks playing. The epic soundscape is reinforced by an orchestra consisting of musicians from the Tampere City Orchestra, and a professional choir. The orchestration and the choir parts were arranged and produced by the conductor Kalevi Olli, renowned for his work with the Finnish National Opera.
"Vendetta" track listing:
01. Prelude for Vendetta
02. Euphoric Dream
03. Greed & Vanity
04. Like Warriors
05. Autumn Leaves
06. Feared by Dawn
07. Lord (Of This Kingdom)
08. New Sin
09. Dark Emotions
10. Fading Away
11. Legacy of Hate Pt. 3
- Candlelight
- Shadow Land
- Chaos and Destruction (instrumental)
- Feelings
12. Gates of Tomorrow (Japanese bonus track)
The cover artwork for "Vendetta" can be viewed below.
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11 мар 2009
HATE AMMO Begins Recording Debut Album; Photos Available
 HATE AMMO, the new Umeå, Sweden-based band featuring members of NAGLFAR, ASSAILANT, LIVE ELEPHANT, THOSE WHO BRING THE TORTURE and BONE GNAWER, has entered the studio to begin recording its debut album.
Check out the group's first report from the sessions — including photos — at this location.
The as-yet-untitled CD will feature the following tracks:
* Rise Up
* I U W E
* The Narcissist
* D.E.P
* Point Of View
* Far Beyond Hatred
* Psychotic Episode
* When The Tide Begins To Rise
* Seeds
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11 мар 2009
Former/Current Members Of KISS, SAVATAGE, QUIET RIOT To Guest On ROCK STAR & SUPER STAR Debut
 Chris Caffery (SAVATAGE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA), Carlos Cavazo (QUIET RIOT, RATT), Mark Slaughter (SLAUGHTER), Zak Stevens (SAVATAGE, CIRCLE II CIRCLE), Jon Oliva (SAVATAGE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA) and Bruce Kulick (KISS) will reportedly make guest appearances on the upcoming debut album from ROCK STAR & SUPER STAR, entitled "Serenity". The CD is said to be a project spun to raise awareness for twin brothers Marc "Rock Star" and Kris "Super Star" Kancler's non-profit organization We Are One, which is aimed at supporting kids that are recovering from drug addition.
"Serenity" is being helmed by Grammy Award-winning produced Bob Kulick along with engineer and partner Brett Chassen.
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11 мар 2009
EVERGREEN TERRACE Parts Ways With Bassist, Seeks Replacement
 Bassist Jason Southwell has left the Jacksonville, Florida metalcore act EVERGREEN TERRACE. Guitarist Josh James says, "We are currently looking for someone to hire for tours. If you are interested, then please send a video, or link, of yourself singing, playing bass and jamming out live to: evergreenterracebass@gmail.com."
EVERGREEN TERRACE is currently writing material for the band's next album. According to James, "it looks like we will be getting into the studio around May to have a late summer/early fall release."
EVERGREEN TERRACE's latest LP, "Wolfbiker", was released in July 2007 via High Impact Recordings/Metal Blade Records. The follow-up to 2005's "Sincerity is an Easy Disguise in This Business" was recorded at Vision Sound in Florida and was mixed by Jason Livermore. | 0 | |
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11 мар 2009
SONATA ARCTICA: Video Updates From New Album Writing Sessions Available
 Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA are currently writing material for the follow-up to 2007's "Unia", tentatively due before the end of the year.
A couple of video updates from the songwriting/rehearsal sessions can be viewed below.
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11 мар 2009
DARKEST HOUR: New Album Title Announced
 Washington, D.C.'s DARKEST HOUR has entered Baltimore, Maryland's Salad Days Studio with producer Brian McTernan to begin recording the band's new album, "The Eternal Return", for a summer release via Victory Records.
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11 мар 2009
SUSPERIA Vocalist Suffers Heart Attack
 Athera (real name: Pal Mathieson), vocalist with Norwegian metal band SUSPERIA, was rushed into Akershus Universitetssykehus Hospital in Lørenskog, Norway on the morning of March 9 suffering from acute stomach pains and heavy bleeding. Initial tests revealed that the singer had suffered a heart attack caused by a damaged blood vessel. Athera is currently in the intensive care unit under close observation, while further tests are carried out. He is expected to remain hospitalized for the foreseeable future. At this moment, future plans, including touring commitments, remain unchanged until a full diagnosis of his condition has been confirmed.
Athera (pictured below) recently completed vocals on SUSPERIA's fifth studio album, which is due for an early summer release through the band's new label, Candlelight Records. The group worked continuously throughout 2008 on the LP, which Athera described as "going back to the early days with the melancholic riffing and dark emotional vocals and coming all the way through to today, with a perfect blend of everything SUSPERIA has been and become."
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11 мар 2009
Former GORGOROTH Members GAAHL And KING OV HELL To Announce New Band Name
 BLABBERMOUTH.NET has received the folowing statement from bassist King ov Hell (real name: Tom Cato Visnes) and vocalist Gaahl (real name: Kristian Espedal) regarding the latest developments in their legal dispute with guitarist Infernus over the rights to the GORGOROTH band name:
"Regarding the recent court case over the use of the name GORGOROTH, Gaahl and King confirm that parts of the verdict have been decided and went in favor of Infernus. This is only a partial verdict on the case. Because of the complexity of this case, there will be further court hearings and the final verdict will be announced within a few weeks.
"The judge came to the conclusion that it is impossible to kick out an original member even if he doesn't contribute musically or lyrically. The judge also states that one can't kick an original member out of a band even if that member performs actions which are viewed as disrespectful towards promoters, session members and other working partners.
"Gaahl and King wish Infernus the best of luck using the banner of GORGOROTH on his art.
"Gaahl and King will still present the art they are known for creating in GORGOROTH albeit under another banner. The new name will be announced shortly."
Infernus (real name: Roger Tiegs) filed a lawsuit against King ov Hell in September 2008 claiming that King (the sixth bass player in GORGOROTH's history) went behind his back in September 2007 and secretly applied for trademark protection of the GORGOROTH bandname and logo, which Infernus had been using since 1992.
The witnesses that testified in court — besides Infernus, Gaahl and King Ov Hell themselves — during the January 28-30 trial in Oslo, Norway were as follows:
* Torgrim Øyre (former GORGOROTH member, booking manager at Hole In The Sky Festival)
* Anders Odden (ex-CELTIC FROST, CADAVER INC.)
* Tormentor (former GORGOROTH member, now member of the Infernus lineup)
* Espen Solheim Røhne (Norwegian distributor Indie Distribution, who has sided with Gaahl and King Ov Hell)
* Per Gyllenbäck (Regain Records, who has sided with Infernus)
* Asbjørn Slettemark (from Norwegian music industry magazine Faro Journalen)
* Gro Narvestad (Inferno Festival)
Gaahl and King entered the studio on August 25, 2008 in the their hometown of Bergen, Norway to begin recording eight new tracks composed by the bassist for an as-yet-untitled new album. Along with Gaahl, King and Frost (SATYRICON) on drums, the full recording lineup includes Teloch (guitar) and Ice Dale (guitar). ENSLAVED's Herbrand Larsen once again produced the band in the studio.
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11 мар 2009
Convicted Murderer VARG VIKERNES To Be Released From Prison
 Varg Vikernes (a.k.a. Count Grishnackh) — the former BURZUM mastermind who is currently serving a Norwegian prison term for the August 1993 murder of MAYHEM guitarist Oystein Aarseth (a.k.a. Euronymous) and setting fire to three churches — will soon be a free man.
In September 2008, Vikernes's fourth application for parole was denied, but a couple of weeks ago he finally received the message he has been waiting for: after almost 16 years in prison, he will be released.
"I will have to report [to the parole officer] for one year — initially every two weeks, and then once a month," Vikernes told the Dagbladet newspaper.
Varg's mother, who last year wrote a letter to Dagbladet in which she argued that her son was being unfairly treated by the justice officials who repeatedly denied his parole application, is very relieved that her son will be able to join his family in Bø (a municipality in the county of Telemark, Norway), where he recently purchased a small farm.
"I am very happy that he has been so strong and that he held out," she said. "It will be good for the family that they can be together every day."
For the past couple of years, Varg has been allowed to leave the prison regularly to walk around Tromsø, Norway (where the prison is located) and visit his family: his mother, his wife, eighteen-month-old son and sixteen-year-old daughter.
"I'm ready for society — and I have been for many years," Vikernes told Dagbladet last July . "I have learned from my mistakes and become older. Now I just want to be together with my family. My mind has never been in prison; I think all the time about what I should do on the day that I am released." He added, "I have barely seen my son since he came into the world. Even though I hear his voice on the phone almost every day, it is very tough to not be present while he is growing up. I miss my family. And I look forward the day that I could work on my farm, create music, write books and be with the wife and kids around the clock — and live a normal life. I have received tremendous support from my family. It means a lot."
Last year it was reported that case workers at the Justice Ministry feared that Vikernes would be unable to adjust to life on the outside after his years in jail.
In denying his parole for the second time, the Justice Ministry emphasized that Vikernes escaped from prison in 2003 and that he has ties to neo-Nazi groups.
"I haven't been in contact with them for a long time. Police security services know this," Vikernes previously told the VG newspaper.
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11 мар 2009
ELUVEITIE: New Song Available For Streaming
 Swiss folk metal pioneers ELUVEITIE have posted a new track, "Omnos", on their MySpace page. The song comes off the band's upcoming acoustic/folk album, "Evocation I: The Arcane Dominion", which is scheduled for release on April 11 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD will contain 15 folk songs, most of them written in ancient gaulish language.
Commented mainman Chrigel Glanzmann: "The tracks on 'Evocation I: The Arcane Dominion' take you on a journey through ancient gaulish mythology, a journey deep into the celtic soul. You'll pass diverse instrumental tracks, setting mythological topics into music, as well as songs, which are exclusively sung in ancient Gaulish language. Most lyrics are 1,600-2,100 years old. We're proud and happy we have some illustrious and excellent guest musicians on this album: Fredy Schnyder from NUCLEUS TORN playing the hammered dulcimer on two tracks, Oli S. Tyr from the German medieval folkers FAUN contributing the magical sounds of the long-necked lute on the title track. Furthermore, Alan Nemtheanga from the Irish pagan metallers PRIMORDIAL presenting his vocal art in two tracks, Mina The Fiddler from the experimental folk band BRANÂ KETERNÂ enchanting two tracks with the sounds of the five-stringed viola and at last Sarah Wauquiez, our former bandmember, playing Zugerörgeli (helvetic accordion) on one track."
"Evocation I: The Arcane Dominion" ( cover) track listing
01. Sacrapos - At First Glance (feat. A.A. Nemtheanga on voice)
02. Brictom
03. A Girls Oath
04. The Arcane Dominion (feat. Oli S. Tyr on long-necked lute)
05. Within The Grove (feat. Fredy Schnyder on hammered dulcimer, Mina The Fiddler on five-stringed viola)
06. The Cauldron Of Renascence
07. Nata (feat. A.A. Nemtheanga on additional vocals)
08. Omnos
09. Carnutian Forest
10. Dessumiis Luge
11. Gobanno (feat. Sarah Wauquiez, Fredy Schnyder on hammered dulcimer, Mina The Fiddler on five-stringed viola)
12. Voveso In Mori
13. Memento
14. Ne Regv Na
15. Sacrapos - The Disparaging Last Gaze
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