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| Sulphur enter studio |
2008-09-05
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Sulphur will enter the studio on the 1st of December to record their second album. The album will consist of 10 songs and will be recorded at Conclave Media studios with Bjørnar Nilsen as the producer. Pre-productions of all songs are now finished and we’ve just started the rehearsing process to prepare for the recording session in December. The album title will be announced at a later time. | |
| Cathedral announce live shows |
2008-09-05
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Confirming recent speculation, Cathedral are excited to announce their first live appearances in almost eighteen months! They have just been added to the bill of this years Damnation Festival in Leeds (http://www.damnationfestival.co.uk/frames.html) on Saturday 22nd November. They will also appear the following week at the Gunfest in Oslo, which takes place between 27-29th November. More details to follow.
The band will shortly begin finalising material for their Ninth studio album to be released by Nuclear Blast some time in the New Year. A deluxe vinyl /CD edition of In Memoriam is to be released shortly through Rise Above. November 22 - Damnation Festival, Leeds 28 - Gunfest, Oslo | |
| Rise Above Records 20th anniversary show |
2008-09-05
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It is with great delight that we can now officially announce the Rise Above Records 20th anniversary show at London's ULU on Saturday 13th December. The line-up features a very rare headline performance from Electric Wizard (their first UK performance in several years),
who will have an exclusive 12" Vinyl on sale only at this gig. 300 copies will be available on the night and will not be on sale anywhere else. The current line up is; Electric Wizard, Grand Magus, Taint, Gentleman's Pistols, Diagonal, MOSS, Litmus, Serpencult and Witchsorrow. There is still the possibility of one or two more bands being added. It's going to be a great day, so get there early. Doors are 3pm. Tickets are already on sale and selling fast. They are a mere £15.00 (+booking fee) and are available here; | |
| Nickelback announce new album |
2008-09-05
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New York, NY, September 4, 2008 – Roadrunner Records announced today the upcoming new album from multi-platinum rock powerhouse Nickelback. The band is currently recording the follow-up to 2005’s massively successful All The Right Reasons with famed rock producer Mutt Lange (AC/DC, Def Leppard) in their homebase of Vancouver, B.C. The album is set for release on November 18, 2008. The first single, “If Today Was Your Last Day” will impact at all radio formats on September 30th.
Roadrunner and Nickelback have enjoyed unprecedented success during their ten-year partnership. The band has sold upwards of 26 million records worldwide, with All The Right Reasons accounting for 10 million of that total. In addition, the six singles from the album totaled 9.3 million downloads and 5.5 million ringtones. All proceeds of digital single and video sales for the song “If Everyone Cared” between February 1 and July 31, 2007 were donated to charity, equally distributed between Amnesty International and International Childrens’ Awareness Canada. Each of the five videos from All The Right Reasons has reached #1 on VH1’s playlist: “Photograph,” “Savin’ Me,” “Far Away,” “If Everyone Cared” and “Rockstar.” In 2006 Nickelback was awarded a World Music Award for “World’s Best Rock Group,” a Billboard Touring Award for “Breakthrough Artist,” an American Music Award for “Favorite Pop/Rock Album” and a People’s Choice Award for “Best Rock Group.” Both Roadrunner and Nickelback are looking forward to the start of a new album cycle and future success together. | |
| Nonpoint part with guitarist |
2008-09-05
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Nonpoint is sorry to announce the departure of longtime friend and guitar player, Andrew Goldman. Andy has decided to pursue interests outside the world of music, and the entire band wish him nothing but success and happiness. Nonpoint has lined up a replacement and expect to have him make his debut on their next tour in October. Show dates for that run are expected to surface soon. | |
| Oceano book studio time |
2008-09-05
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Newly signed Chicago, IL deathcore act, OCEANO has confirmed that they will be heading into the studio this October to record their debut album with producer Joey Sturgis (THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, MY CHILDREN MY BRIDE) at The Foundation Studios in Connersville, IN.
With an increasing reputation for being a highly aggressive and dangerous live act, OCEANO guitarist, Andrew Mikhail promises to bring all the anger that they possess on stage into the studio and capture it for all time when making their album in October. "We're gonna turn our anger up a few notches for this record. If that means we have to throw chairs at the mixing booth glass and tear the studio to bits to get us there - so be it." Alongside songs that have long been a part of OCEANO's set like "Samael The Destroyer" and "Inhuman Affliction," the band plans to record many new songs that will surely smash the very limits of what "heavy" is. According to Mikhail, "There's a lot more going on musically with the new material." The imposing OCEANO guitarist promises that new songs like "Disgust For Your Kind" will be "faster, darker and a hell of a lot more heavy." Most importantly, he states that everything will "stay true to the 'OCEANO sound.'" OCEANO's debut album is due for release in 2009. | |
| Exilia sign with AFM Records |
2008-09-05
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The past few years have been quite silent in the camp of the Crossover institution Exila, but now they come up with some sensational news.
The Italian modern metal act has recently signed a new deal with AFM Records and have just finished the recordings of the yet untitled new record. "We can tell you in advance 'it rocks!' We are all very excited and I can tell you, that this album will be the heaviest record so far since the birth of Exilia", says front lady Masha Mismane. "We managed to 'unleash' even more hidden talents of our great guitarist 'Alien' and with the return of our great drummer 'Ale', there is no lack of power! After a lot of hard work on melodies and lyrics over the past year, I'm also very pleased with the outcome of my vocals! There are definitely unique elements within every song. I wanted to give them an edge whilst maintaining the original and true characteristics of 'Exilia'. The mixing of the new album starts this week in LA so as you can imagine we are extremely excited to hear the end results soon. I can honestly say, I can't wait to perform these songs live for you guys to enjoy! Rock On!" Some of the songs will be produced by Dave Chavarri from Ill Nino, while Christhian Machado is singing on the album along with Masha. Expect the unexpected, the album is scheduled to be released by the end of October. | |
| Shakra in the studio |
2008-09-05
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The guys from Shakra will enter the swiss "Powerride-Studios" in the beginning of September to start with the recordings of their new album. The working title of the new album will be "Everest". All bass tracks will be recorded by the new Shakra bass player Dominik Pfister. | |
| Doro EP out in October |
2008-09-05
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The brandnew EP of Doro will be released on October, 31, 2008! The name of the EP will be Celebrate (The Night Of The Warlock). It will include 3 versions of the Song "Celebrate" with different guest singers as well as 2 additional non album Tracks.
Here is the Tracklist: 1. Celebrate - feat: Doro + Fans 2. Celebrate - feat: Doro + Biff (Saxon) 3. Celebrate - feat: Doro; Angela (Arch Enemy); Sabina (Holy Moses); Veronica (Benedictum); Liv Kristine (Leaves Eyes); Girlschool; Floor (After Forever) 4. Rescue me (non album version) 5. Night Of the Warlock (single version) | |
| Ross The Boss in the charts |
2008-09-05
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The "New Metal Leader" has arrived! The debut album of Ross The Boss rushed straight from 0 to position 99 into the German album charts! The band comments: "We are very happy with our new chart position! We look forward to many great days. We want to thank our great label AFM Records and everyone involved! We understand that this is just the beginning and look forward to the future." | |
| Eisbrecher in the charts |
2008-09-05
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In the first week of its release the new Eisbrecher album "Sünde" (translated: "Sin") reaches a sensational #18 in the official German album charts! The successor "Antikörper" achieved position #85 in 2006. A big thank you goes to all "sinners" and Eisbrecher fans for making this success possible!" | |
| Austrian Death Machine to make live debut |
2008-09-03
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Austrian Death Machine have just been confirmed to play KUPD’s End of Summer Scorcher taking place Saturday, September 20th at the Peoria Sports Complex in Peoria, AZ. This all day music festival will feature two stages with performances by Alice In Chains, Deftones, 5 Finger Death Punch, Theory Of A Deadman, RA, Tantric, Black Stone Cherry, Another Black Day, Austrian Death Machine and more. Doors are at 1pm, show starts at 2pm. For more information head over to KUPD’s site located HERE.
“Ahhnold has taken a break from action movies for quite some time spurring much anticipation of his return to brutality. My friends at KUPD have sped up this process with their support for Ahhnold's band Austrian Death Machine every morning. Now Ahhnold will one-up everyone's expectation and return more brutal than ever combining thrash metal with action inducing live fury for the KUPD End of Summer Scorcher. I'm just excited the Governator let me be a part of all this!” comments Tim Lambesis of Austrian Death Machine | |
| Napalm Death announce album title |
2008-09-01
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UK’s legendary grindcore masters NAPALM DEATH have decided to name their upcoming album “Time Waits For No Slave”, which they are currently recording with producer Russ Russell.
Drums have been tracked at Parlour Studios in Kettering and guitars, bass and vocals will be done at Foel Studios in Wales whereas the band is going to return to Parlour for the mix. Expect the new album to surface in early 2009! NAPALM DEATH will only interrupt their studio work for a few selected shows in autumn 2008, see below for the dates: 03.10. Lichtenfels - WOD Festival (Germany) w/ Benediction, Onslaught, Nominon, Holy Moses 31.10. Chalon Sur Saone – La Peniche (France) 01.11. Nancy – Láutre Canal (France) 02.11. Vitry Le Francois – Orange Bleue (France) 22.11. Leeds – Damnation Festival (Great Britain) | |
| Bun Dem Out finish new album |
2008-09-01
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That's right, Bun Dem Out's new record and Alveran debut "The Few The Deep" is all wrapped up and we are all just waiting for the finished master CD to come in any day now. If everything goes as planned and we can meet all our really tight deadlines we are looking at a late October release. But we will give you more info on that in the next couple of weeks as well as some first songs from that album on myspace. Stay tuned! | |
| Scale The Summit enter studio |
2008-08-30
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Houston’s instrumental quartet SCALE THE SUMMIT hit the studio today to begin tracking the band’s Prosthetic Records debut. Due in early 2009, the record will consist of all-new songs and is the follow-up to the band’s 2007 self-released debut, ‘Monument,’ and fans can expect a series of in-studio blog and video updates covering the progress of the recording of SCALE THE SUMMIT’s new music.
"Writing is complete for our next album, and I have to say this is some of the best material we have ever written!” guitarist Chris Letchford says. “We have been working hard on this album for a good six months now and we are really excited to get to work on it in the studio. We are set to enter Nut House Recordings on Aug 29th in New Jersey to start tracking and the title for this nice group of jams will be ‘Carving Desert Canyons.’ Now...you all can be in suspense for studio updates, video, shows, touring, and of course some killer new music!" SCALE THE SUMMIT has tapped seasoned photographer Tom Kilty to personify the band’s sound through the ‘Carving Desert Canyons’ artwork which promises to be in-depth. For a sample of past SCALE THE SUMMIT designs, fans can visit http://scalethesummit.bigcartel.com. In the meantime, several songs from ‘Monument’ are available on the band’s MySpace page (http://www.myspace.com/scalethesummit). | |
| Haggard releases new album |
2008-08-30
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Finally!! The new Haggard-CD „Tales Of Ithiria“ will be in stores today,
29th of August 2008. Next to the normal CD, of course there will also be one limited edition that comes with a patch. | |
| Tank guitarist to guest on Chinchilla album |
2008-08-30
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I thought it would be a good idea to inform you about the work on our new CD "The Prophecy".
I have loaded the pre-production from our song 'Bloody Sacrifice', from our new album 'The Prophecy', down on our www.myspace.com/chinchilla999 side. We will introduce every week another song, partially in shortened form, to afford you an insight into our new musical work. We wish you a lot of fun with the new songs. But don’t forget, this is not the final mix, this is only a pre production by myself. Achim Köhler (Primel Fear, Brainstrom, a.s.o) will start with the mix, in the end of September. As Guestmusicians: Cliff "The Riff" Evans (www.myspace.com/cliffhound), lead guitarist with legendary metal bands TANK and KILLERS, has finished his work on the track Bad Guy and we where all full with enthusiasm. Cliff's opinion about the song Bad Guy: The Bad Guy track sounds great. It really kicks ass.It's a real honour to be playing on it.I'm looking forward to hearing the rest of the album. Tom Naumann (Ex Primal Fear, Sinner) has finished his work on the track “Unknown Heroes”. Tom’s opinion about the new CD: I feel honoured that I was allowed to contribute to the new Chinchilla album with a few solos. Go buy the CD and go see the band live - but don't forget: be excellent to each other and bang that head that doesn't bang. All the best Udo | |
| Cradle To Grave forced to cancel tour |
2008-08-28
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The members of Cradle To Grave have been forced to cancel their recently announced tour of the West Coast after the group was detained by the US Department of Homeland Security for suspicion of either sneaking drugs in or attempting to seek work illegally, despite the fact that the band had valid working papers in thier possession. The band was detained for more than 5 hours at the Blaine, WA border facilities, where bored security agents strip searched one of the members, and refused to listen to the band members' own account of why they were there.
Singer Greg Cavanagh was held for four hours, then refused entry to the US because of suspicion of "rampant drug use, voluminous encounters with prostitutes and satanism" after the border agents reviewed the band's MySpace page. At one point, guitarist Denis "Sasquatch" Barthe was held at gun point by 5 officers. He was asked to lay down on the ground, was handcuffed and returned to Canada in a U.S. Border Protection vehicle. After almost five hours of screaming, door-slamming and accusations, the rest of the band was asked to return to Canada. Last year, Cradle To Grave were refused an entry visa allegedly because the State Department felt their name might "incite violence" and this after they were allowed to tour in 2005. However, in 2002 & 2004 the band were refused entry to the US due to an alleged "lack of artistic merit". Cavanagh commented: "Contrary to popular belief, the US doesn't welcome all foreign musicians with open arms," he chuckled sarcastically. "We regret to say this, but the tour is over before it even started. Thanks to everyone that worked so hard to bring us down there for the shows we had booked. We'll hopefully have better luck next time and be able to play for all you crazy West Coast metalheads." Cradle to Grave recently released their new album “Texas Medicine through Year of the Sun Records. The album was mixed and mastered by Devin Townsend (Lamb of God, Darkest Hour, GWAR) and hailed by the Vancouver Straight as "the soundtrack of choice for your trip to the electric chair." The band is currently streaming tracks from the album online at www.myspace.com/cradletograve. | |
