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East of the Wall sign with Translation Loss
2009-10-31
16 Second Stare on tour with Ace Frehley
2009-10-31
Austrian Death Machine releases new song
2009-10-31
Rob Zombie sign with Roadrunner Records
2009-10-29
Jeroen Paul Thesseling rejoins Pestilence
2009-10-29
As I Lay Dying wins video award
2009-10-29
The Great American Beast sign with Trustkill
2009-10-29
Flatline in sunglasses commercial
2009-10-29
New album and tours from Haggard
2009-10-27
Mortiis announce BeNeLux dates
2009-10-27
Neuraxis announce new line-up
2009-10-27
Baroness on Billboard
2009-10-27
The Fallen Within sign with Coroner Records
2009-10-27
Mantric sign with Prosthetic Records
2009-10-27
Rotting Christ in the studio
2009-10-27
Bring Me The Horizon in Swedish charts
2009-10-27
Geist to part with keyboard player
2009-10-27
The Accused forced to drop off tour
2009-10-27
Rage reveal new album details
2009-10-27
Ex Deo shoots new video
2009-10-27
East of the Wall sign with Translation Loss
2009-10-31
Translation Loss Records are extremely excited to announce the addition of New Jersey's EAST OF THE WALL to their roster!

Born from the dissolution of the Postman Syndrome and Day Without Dawn, EAST OF THE WALL has been hard at work crafting their complex and varied sound, drawing inspiration from a wide range of emotions and ideas. EAST OF THE WALL’s sound straddles the line between an engulfing ambience and crushing force that dissolves into beautiful melodies seamlessly. Translation Loss Records will be releasing a three way split release from East Of The Wall, Rosetta and Year Of No Light late 2009. The material is the ultimate precursor to what will be their stunning Translation Loss debut. EAST OF THE WALL have release records on indie label Forgotten Empire Records.

Said Brett Bamberger from EAST OF THE WALL on the signing: "We are so fortunate to be on a roster full of artists who we respect and appreciate so much, not to mention having this excellent opportunity to do business with such a hard working operation of great people. On the road ahead we will be focusing extensively on writing, recording, touring, touring, touring. We have about half of our next full length written, which thus far in content is a bit more technically involved than our last LP. We want to extend our thanks to all the people who have helped us along the way, most especially Brandon Helms, Dave Grossman, and Dave Witte. Looking so forward to our time ahead with TL. Cheers - East of The Wall"

Drew Juergens from Translation Loss on the signing and co-release: "We are very excited to have EAST OF THE WALL on the label and help them release their next opus. They are an amazing force to behold live and if their material on the three way split we are releasing at the end of this year is any indication of the level of musicianship we will all bear witness to for their next full length, I can only imagine what kind of greatness is on the horizon for the band."

What folks are saying about EAST OF THE WALL:
"Those on the prowl for progressive, dynamic post-metal that injects lushness and warmth into technically shrewd and structurally sound compositions will easily find something on Farmer's Almanac to bang their brainy heads to" - Alternative Press

"The music crafted here is wiry and flush with layers of depth while still being immediately vibrant and lively...Melodies are tempered into careening metal, slow build-up's reveal moments of beautifully serene clarity and patience dictates a steady pace" - ThePrP

"They excel at drawing out that peak-of-a-solo mood and transitioning into something even angrier rather than downshifting...You can't replicate this in your home" - The Silent Ballet

"So many rich sounds swirling around my head. So much emotion and passion with every struck string...It’s almost as if the musicians are having a conversation through their instruments" - Ripple Music

16 Second Stare on tour with Ace Frehley
2009-10-31
Tampa metal band 16 Second Stare will heat up a cold November with a run of tour dates that include appearances with Kiss legend Ace Frehley and ‘80s rock legend Don Dokken as the group puts the finishing touches on its second album, simply titled 16 Second Stare.

These ever-rising, bone-shaking, thunderous rockers just came off Motley Crue’s Crue Fest 2 tour and earlier in the year with Brian ‘Head’ Welch from Korn, scoring rave reviews and winning new fans.

16 Second Stare will join Ace Frehley between November 5 – 13 for performances and then Thanksgiving weekend jaunt with Don Dokken from his former self-named band Dokken along with former guitarist for Dokken Lynch Mob November 27–29.

The upcoming sophomore work 16 Second Stare is slated for release first quarter 2010. The powerful new work reflects the more aggressive vibe of the band’s recently revamped lineup. Meanwhile, the band’s latest single “Complicated” is picking up airplay at Smart Modern Rock and alternative rock radio outlets including Sirius Satellite’s Octane channel. The group is currently offering a special 3-song single download package in its

online store for just $3.50.

16 Second Stare made its impressive debut with the 2008 indie release Red Carpet Material, which found fans across the country thanks to rock radio airplay for two of the album’s most raging tracks, the title song and “Ballad Of Billy Rose,” both matched by Detroit-born and raised Shanks delivering a passionate closing ballad in “Goodbye.”

16 Second Stare, which brings riveting pumping fists in the air as they unleash fine fury wherever they play. Catch them on tour as they explode.

WHEN and WHERE:

16 Second Stare with Ace Frehley

November 5
Harrah's
2701 23 Ave
Council Bluffs, IA 51502
Performance Time: 8:00 PM
Tickets: $25.50

November 6
Pottawatomie Casino
1721 West Canal Street
Milwaukee, WI 53233
Performance Time: 8 PM
Tickets: $25

November 7
Majestic Theater
115 King St.
Madison , WI 53703
Performance Time: 9 PM
Tickets: $25

November 9
Canopy
708 South Goodwin Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801
Performance Time: 7 PM
Tickets: $20

November 11
House Of Blues
308 Euclid Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44114
Performance Time: 8 PM
Tickets: $25

November 12
Newport Music Hall
1722 N High St., Columbus, OH
Performance Time: 7 PM
Tickets: $42

November 13
Kewadin Casino
2186 Shunk Rd., Sault Ste Marie, MI
Performance Time: 8 PM
Tickets: $28.50

16 Second Stare with Dokken and Lynch Mob

November 27
House of Blues
8430 Sunset Blvd. West Hollywood, CA 90069
Performance Time: 7:30 PM
Tickets: $25

November 28
4th and B
345 B Street
San Diego, CA 92101
Performance Time: 7 PM
Tickets: $23 - $50

November 29
House of Blues
1530 S. Disneyland Dr. Anaheim, CA 92802
Performance Time: 7 PM
Tickets: $25

Austrian Death Machine releases new song
2009-10-31
AUSTRIAN DEATH MACHINE, the California group consisting of As I Lay Dying's Tim Lambesis and famed action hero Ahhnold, has just released the band's second single off of Double Brutal. The track ‘Who Told You, You Could Eat My Cookies' was inspired by the Arnie movie Jingle All the Way and will go live on the AUSTRIAN DEATH MACHINE MySpace page this Halloween. "I was so excited people thought my vocals sounded like cookie monster that I jumped at the chance to write a song about COOKIES!" comments Tim.

Go HERE this Halloween to check out the track ‘Who Told You, You Could Eat My Cookies'

Rob Zombie sign with Roadrunner Records
2009-10-29
In a sudden and unexpected move, multi-platinum hard rock artist Rob Zombie has inked a new worldwide deal with leading rock label Roadrunner Records through its Loud & Proud imprint.

This shocking announcement comes as Zombie exits his former label of eighteen years, where he sold fifteen million records as a solo artist and with his former band White Zombie. Zombie’s new album, Hellbilly Deluxe 2, previously set for release on 11/17 will now be released by Roadrunner / Loud & Proud Records in early 2010.

“It certainly wasn’t an easy decision to make after all this time, but it had to be done,” states Zombie. “I love this new record and wanted to surround myself with an excited new group of people who can reignite my enthusiasm for working within a hard rock record label. Roadrunner seems to be the perfect place.”

“Roadrunner is thrilled to be involved with Rob Zombie on a worldwide basis as he is a multiple-threat artist whom we’ve admired for many years,” said Roadrunner president Jonas Nachsin.

Tom Lipsky, founder and president of Loud & Proud echoed Nachsin’s sentiment, “Rob Zombie hits hard on Hellbilly Deluxe 2 and the fans expect nothing less. We are excited about the monster mayhem that he is certain to create!”

The first single from the new album, “What?” recently launched at all rock radio formats and is quickly climbing the charts. This latest album marks the follow-up to 1998’s triple platinum Hellbilly Deluxe.

The track listing is as follows:
1. Jesus Frankenstein
2. Sick Bubblegum
3. What?
4. Mars Needs Women
5. Werewolf, Baby!
6. Virgin Witch
7. Death and Destiny Inside The Dream Factory
8. Burn
9. Cease to Exist
10. Werewolf Women of the SS
11. The Man Who Laughs

In support of this release Zombie, will kick off his first headline tour since 2007 in Phoenix, AZ on October 29th. Shows in Las Vegas, NV on the 30th, and a very special Halloween event on October 31st in Hollywood, CA are set to follow. Zombie will be accompanied by his longtime band mates - guitarist John 5, bassist Piggy D and drummer Tommy Clufetos.

Visit www.RobZombie.com for Hellbilly Deluxe 2 World Tour updates, including the official blog, Twitter feed, photos, and videos directly from the road. Hellbilly Deluxe 2 World Tour tickets are on sale now; tour dates are as follows:

TOUR DATES:
Oct 29 Dodge Theater Phoenix, Arizona
Oct 30 The Pearl - Palms Concert Theater Las Vegas, Nevada
Oct 31 Hollywood Palladium Los Angeles, California
Nov 1 The Grove Anaheim, California

Nov 3 San Jose Events Center San Jose, California
Nov 5 The Great Salt Air Magna, Utah
Nov 6 The Fillmore Auditorium Denver, Colorado
Nov 8 The Brady Theater Tulsa, Oklahoma
Nov 10 Austin Music Hall Austin, Texas
Nov 11 Verizon Wireless Theater Houston, Texas
Nov 13 Palladium Ballroom Dallas, Texas
Nov 14 Uptown Theatre Kansas City, Missouri
Nov 15 The Pageant St. Louis, Missouri
Nov 16 Murat Theater Indianapolis, Indiana
Nov 17 Akron Civic Center Akron, Ohio
Nov 19 Eagles Ballroom Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Nov 20 Roy Wilkins Auditorium St. Paul, Minnesota
Nov 21 Val Air Ballroom Des Moines, Iowa
Nov 22 Aragon Ballroom Chicago, Illinois
Nov 24 Broadbent Arena Louisville, Kentucky
Nov 25 The LC Pavilion Columbus, Ohio
Nov 27 The Fillmore Detroit Detroit, Michigan
Nov 28 The Sound Academy Toronto, Ontario
Nov 29 Metropolis Montreal, Quebec
Dec 1 Hammerstein Ballroom New York, New York
Dec 2 House Of Blues Boston, Massachusetts
Dec 3 Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, Connecticut
Dec 4 Electric Factory Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 5 9:30 Club Washington, DC

Jeroen Paul Thesseling rejoins Pestilence
2009-10-29
OBSCURA bassist Jeroen Paul Thesseling, who played on PESTILENCE's fourth album 'Spheres' (1993), will rejoin the Dutch death metallers PESTILENCE after a break of 15 years. Thesseling, known for his six-string fretless signature, joined the German progressive death metal band OBSCURA in late 2007 and recorded their second full-length album 'Cosmogenesis', released in February this year. "After such a long period of time it's great to be part of PESTILENCE again. I'm convinced that this cooperation will result in brilliant technical death metal. In order to avoid misunderstandings I want to emphasize that I will continue to work with my German colleagues of OBSCURA as well.", says Jeroen in a statement on his website.

Patrick Mameli stated:
I'm very happy to welcome Jeroen once more to the Pestilence camp. Also a big thanks goes out to Tony Choy, who succesfully participated on the 'Resurrection' album and tour. We all wish him the best of luck in the future!!! Tony is just too busy that we had to find a suitable replacement. I'm convinced that Jeroen, just like Tony on 'Resurrection' , will put his signature on this new Pestilence album, that fans really don't have to compare these two great bass players with eachother. Both have a great style. Also, I would like to stress that, by no means, this collaboration with Jeroen, will result in a 'Spheres' part 2, since this is not our goal. Our goal is to create the most brutal and technical Pestilence album ever. I'm currently composing new songs with the 8 string IBANEZ, which will give Pestilence a new dimension in our own style. Keywords: Low, chuncky and a-tonal morbidity!!! So be ready to be blown away!!!

As I Lay Dying wins video award
2009-10-29
The 13th Annual Hollywood Film Festival's "Hollywood Awards" ceremony was held last night before a standing-room-only audience of over 1,100 Hollywood Film Festival attendees at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.

The winners of the festival's film competition were announced Sunday night at the "Hollywood Discovery Awards Presentation Ceremony at ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood. This year's winners are: "CROSSING" by Kim Tae-kyun -- Best Feature Film; "GARBAGE DREAMS" by Mai Iskander -- Best Documentary; "SCENESTERS" by Todd Berger -- Best Comedy; "STORIES FROM THE PERCH" by Andrew Zimbelman -- Best Animation, "LAMBS" by Stephen Huff -- Best Short Subject, "AS I LAY DYING - THE SOUND OF TRUTH" by Brian Thompson -- Best Music Video.

AS I LAY DYING frontman Tim Lambesis comments on the win “The Sound of Truth video could not have been made without an entire team of amazing people. It was a combination of two individually complex forms of art that came together seamlessly to create one great video I'm very proud of. The basic concept is related to the music and lyrics that we wrote, but Brian Thompson and his whole crew took that beyond what we could have imagined.”

Directed by Brian Thompson, who helmed their futuristic clip for "Nothing Left," the video for "The Sound of Truth" was made at Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, CA and is a continuation of the story the first video initiated. Like its predecessor, the story for this video was conceived by the band, fine-tuned by director Brian Thompson, and displays the irony and hypocrisy that takes place in a decaying futuristic society.


As I Lay Dying "The Sound Of Truth"

AS I LAY DYING | MySpace Video

The Great American Beast sign with Trustkill
2009-10-29
The Great American Beast began their attack on listener's ears in early 2008 when the defunct Dayton, Ohio band, The Red Affair, enlisted the help of fellow Dayton veteran, Nick Villars. With a sound best described as "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" meets "Animal House", The Great American Beast's only goal is to play kick ass tunes to kick ass kids in every kick ass city in the country.

Together, TGAB quickly wrote five songs and headed into the studio in early 2008 to record what would be their first five song EP "The Legend of Redwood", a horror movie take on the children's story, 'Jack and Jill'. 2008 saw the band playing their first shows with Jesse Blair on guitar, Nick Villars on vocals, Kipp Adams on guitar, Andy Lazier on drums, Pete DiSalvo on bass and Ben Salmen on organ. They sold over 500 copies of their EP, playing shows with bands like Foxy Shazam, Miss May I, A Skylit Drive, Sky Eats Airplane and Every Time I Die.

The band geared up for their first national tour in May of 2008 and August saw the departure of long time keyboard player Ben Salmen. June of 2009 took the band into Random Awesome Studios in Saginaw, MI with Josh Schroeder producing what would become the band's debut full length debut, "Domestic Blood". In July of 2009, long time friend, Tim Baker took over guitar after Kipp Adams left the band. With the new line-up in place, TGAB is hard at work playing shows and positioning themselves to take over the world.

Speaking on the signing, Pete DiSalvo (Bass) said, "I couldn't think of a better way to spend my 25th birthday weekend than celebrating signing to Trustkill Records, a label that really shows that they want us as much as we want them. It's a really nice feeling knowing that your band is appreciated by the people that matter.

Despite a couple line-up changes, TGAB's general belief has always been the same. Look for their debut album "Domestic Blood" early 2010 on Trustkill.

Flatline in sunglasses commercial
2009-10-29
Electric Vision Sunglasses and Kyle Bush have teamed up to introduce the new KB1 sunglass, and what better way to introduce them with a great thrash song from Stand and Deliver Records recording artist Flatline.

The new commercial can be at http://www.youtube.com/user/electricglasses and features The Passing from Flatline’s new album Pave The Way.

The new KB1 sunglasses are built for speed, this unique hard lined frame is designed especially for NASCAR speed demon Kyle “Rowdy” Busch. Young, edgy, and controversial, Electric and KB share the same aggressive traits. 2nd Place is the first loser, so rock the new KB1 and go straight to Victory Lane!

New album and tours from Haggard
2009-10-27
Asis Nasseri, head honcho of German medieval metallers Haggard, is currently working on new material and promises that it will not be another 4 years until the next Haggard album is released. A very special Christmas surprise for the fans is also under planning.

In December Haggard will undertake a tour throughout South America. The following dates have been confirmed:

16.12.2009 ARGENTINIA, Buenos Aires
17.12.2009 ARGENTINIA, Salta
18.12.2009 CHILE, Santiago de Chile
20.12.2009 MEXICO, Mexico City
21.12.2009 MEXICO, Morelia
22.12.2009 MEXICO, Guadalajara

A European tour will start in February 2010 and will run through Germany, Italy, UK, Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium, Czech Republic, Hungary, Bulgaria, Serbia, Romania and Greece.

More details are to follow soon.

Mortiis announce BeNeLux dates
2009-10-27
Norwegian darkwave / electro / industrial wiz Mortiis will be unleashing their collective demons on Holland and Belgium during a four-show jaunt to continental Europe.

“We’re all looking forward to going back to Holland,” said band namesake Mortiis. “We haven’t played there in a long time and we always had a great time there. We’re also doing a couple of towns there we haven’t played before, so that will be interesting as well.”

Following the three Dutch shows, the band will head to Belgium for the Hermes Project Event, where they will play with Clan of Xymox.

Mortiis has been putting the finishing touches on “The Great Deceiver,” the group’s long-awaited follow-up to 2005’s masterpiece “The Grudge.”

Tracks from the record can be heard – and seen – via the videos for “Doppelganger” and “Zeitgeist” on Mortiis’s YouTube channel. Mortiis also promises to preview several new songs during the live shows.

“We’re gearing up to release ‘The Great Deceiver’ at long last, and it felt like it would make sense to do a few shows before 2009 comes to an end,” Mortiis said. “Shake the dust off and get back into the ‘live mode,’ so to speak. We obviously plan on coming back to Holland/Belgium and as many other countries as possible during 2010.”

Live dates are as follows:
12/16/09 Wed. Zaandam, Kade - HOLLAND
12/17/09 Thu. Basement, Watt - HOLLAND
12/18/09 Fri. Leeuwarden, Gloppe - HOLLAND
12/19/09 Sat. Hermes Project Event, O C DeVonke, Heule - BELGIUM

Neuraxis announce new line-up
2009-10-27
Montreal's NEURAXIS have secured Olivier Pinard(Vengeful) on bass and Olivier Beaudoin(ex-Eternal Burden/ex-Stareblind) on drums for upcoming shows.

Commented singer Alex Leblanc: "We started jamming with the two Oli's and it's been amazing so far. They are really talented and we can't wait to assault stages with them."

NEURAXIS have confirmed these upcoming shows:

-11/28/09: Ottawa, Ontario at Cafe Deckuf w/The Last Felony, Revocation
-11/29/09: Toronto, Ontario at Wreckroom w/Revocation
-12/4/09: Trois-Rivieres, Quebec at Rock Cafe le Stage w/The Last Felony, Unfallen
-12/5/09: Rimouski, Quebec at Paradis (Rimouski Deathfest 3)
-12/11/09: Moncton, New-Brunswick at The Manhattan
-12/12/09: Halifax, Nova-Scotia at Gus Pub

The technical death metal outfit was founded in 1994. The band's most recent release, "The Thin Line Between," their fifth studio effort, was released by Prosthetic Records in the summer of 2008. The band has done time on the road with bands such as Cannibal Corpse, Despised Icon, The Faceless and the 2008 Canadian Summer Slaughter Tour, with Necrophagist, Dying Fetus, Beneath the Massacre and more.

Baroness on Billboard
2009-10-27
BARONESS’ brand new album Blue Record has debuted at #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart and #117 on the Billboard Top 200. The Heatseekers Chart lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists who have never appeared in the Top 100 of the Billboard 200. Blue Record, the follow-up to 2007’s Red Album, saw its North American release last Tuesday, October 13th, and is currently streaming in its entirety at the band’s MySpace page: MySpace.com/YourBaroness.

BARONESS recently headlined a MySpace Secret Show in Asheville, NC. The free Secret Show also included special guests COLISEUM. Photos and a recap of the show are available now via MySpace.com/SecretShows.

BARONESS will embark on a full U.S. headlining tour in support of Blue Record starting in mid-November. Guests on this month-long tour will include EARTHLESS, TORCHE, PIG DESTROYER, US CHRISTMAS, IRON AGE, and more.

The Fallen Within sign with Coroner Records
2009-10-27
Greek modern metallers The Fallen Within signed with Coroner Records for the release of their debut album entitled "Intoxicated". The album, presented as an avant garde melodic death work with many dark atmospheres, was recorded and produced by Bob Katsionis from FIREWIND, mixed and mastered by Ahti Kortelainen at Tico Tico Studio in Finland. The album will be released in December by Coroner Records.

Mantric sign with Prosthetic Records
2009-10-27
Prosthetic Records is proud to announce the signing of MANTRIC to the label for a worldwide, multi-album deal. Formed in 2007 in Oslo, Norway from the ashes of metal pioneers Extol, MANTRIC takes the visionary songwriting approach of its founding members to new, epic heights.

Fusing a unique, distinctly Scandinavian take on rich, challenging metal and punk with a powerful progressive edge, MANTRIC recorded their upcoming debut in Norway, with studio guru Tue Madsen (Dark Tranquillity, The Haunted) handling mixing and mastering duties. Prosthetic Records quickly recognized that something rather special was developing and are now very happy to have MANTRIC as part of their diverse roster.

The as-yet-untitled MANTRIC debut album is scheduled for worldwide release in February. A special preview track, "Spear Of Heaven," is now online at the official MANTRIC Myspace page at www.myspace.com/mantricofficial.

Commenting on the signing, MANTRIC said in a joint statement: "We are truly satisfied to end up signing with Prosthetic! Our first album using the MANTRIC name to our ears deserves to get out to lovers of hard music all over the world, and Prosthetic makes this possible. We also feel honored to be amongst the quality and variety represented by the bands signed to Prosthetic. Our music embraces creativity and originality outside the limits of narrow genres, so it suits us fine to deal with a label that also values this. This is a release that is both accessible and original, catchy and complex at the same time, and we can't wait to get it out!"

The partnership with MANTRIC is a significant move for Prosthetic, being the label's first worldwide signing of a European band. Prosthetic's European label manager, Duncan Dinsdale, also commented: "I'm very excited to be working with a band of such pedigree. I've been a huge fan of Extol for a long time, and now MANTRIC are making truly urgent music that reaffirms my faith in what challenging heavy music should be."

Rotting Christ in the studio
2009-10-27
Greek extreme metal veterans ROTTING CHRIST have entered Lunatach Studios in Katerini, Greece to begin recording the follow up to 2007's "Theogonia", slated for a February 2010 release.

A year in composition, the new songs promise to add a heavy soulful element as the band continues their creative journey. Their well-established style and melodies together with a few artistic surprises on the way, guarantee their fans a soulful trip.

Bring Me The Horizon in Swedish charts
2009-10-27
BRING ME THE HORIZON’s world conquest continues as their second album ‘Suicide Season’ hits no.27 in the Swedish album charts. The band performed some riotous shows in Gothenburg, Malmo and Stockholm, Sweden last week and return to Europe for more shows in GERMANY, THE NETHERLANDS, FRANCE, BELGIUM, ITALY, LUXEMBOURG and AUSTRIA over the next month.

***UPDATE*** Helsinki, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Paris, Karlsruhe, Munich, Gothenburg, Vienna, and Chemnitz have all sold out!

The band are currently on their almost entirely sold out tour of the UK! Catch them while you can!

Geist to part with keyboard player
2009-10-27
From the camp of Bielefeld/Germany based black metallers Geïst, here is a message from bass player Alboin:

"Our current synthesizer player Faruk will leave us early 2010, which is why we are on search for a new synthesizer player now. From February 2010 on, we want to play concerts in complete line-up, and in further course of the year we want to arrange and record new music. If possible, we'd like to entirely integrate our new member in both of these enterprises.
If you...

- own suitable equipment,
- have compositional skills or a classical musical education,
- are from the Bielefeld/Germany area, or if you're willing to travel or relocate,
- work reliably, self-depende ntly, and professionally,
- are at least 20 years old,
- think, compose, and play creatively and visionary and
- if Geïst would become a priority in your (musical) activities,

we'd be happy to receive an application e-mail plus a sample of your work from you. Please send it to alboin[ a t ]the-geist-reich.de."

The Accused forced to drop off tour
2009-10-27
A recent message from Seattle punk/metal monarchs, THE ACCUSED: "The members and crew of THE ACCUSED wish to say, 'Thanks!' to all the loyal, diehard Splatter Heads we got to play for and hang out with during our recent western US tour which began late September and wrapped up October 18th in Santa Cruz, CA.

THE ACCUSED would also like to give a special toast to all the new Splatter Heads just joining us! Welcome aboard, folks! You now have Martha Splatterhead on your side, and that's much better than having her as an enemy -- believe us!

ALSO: A very important update regarding the Municipal Waste 2009 tour. Due to scheduling conflicts THE ACCUSED were forced to drop off as support act during one leg of the Municipal Waste US/Canadian tour in November. Other regions with other support acts on the Municipal Waste headlining tour are unaffected as far as we know. A replacement act to fill the void left by THE ACCUSED is pending.

Lots of projects under way at Splatter Headquarters in Seattle! Now is a pretty damned good time to be a Splatter Head, let's just put it that way! Until we meet again, you crazy fuckers, Cheers! If It Don't Splatter, it DON'T FUCKIN' MATTER!"

THE ACCUSED's latest full-length, The Curse Of Martha Splatterhead, is out now on Southern Lord Records. The record was produced by Billy Anderson at Seattle's Soundhouse Recording Studio. The Curse of Martha Splatterhead features 14 tracks of brutal splatter rock mayhem chock full of the band's trademark buzzsaw-guitar riffs and manic, glass-shard-swallowing vocals!

Rage reveal new album details
2009-10-27
RAGE have just presented their new album to an international group of media people. The special event took place at the famous „Nürburgring", where guitar player Victor Smolski had a motorrace same day, which he actually won. „STRINGS TO A WEB" will be released on February, 5th 2010, recorded at the „TWILIGHT HALL STUDIO" and produced by Charlie Bauerfeind (BLIND GUARDIAN, HAMMERFALL and more). The cover artwork was done by Thomas Ewerhard (AVANTASIA, THERION and more), showing their soundchaser as a spider, caught in a web.

"I am really proud of the album, we hardly ever sounded more inspired and it is an absolute highlight in our career", says founding member, bass player and vocalist Peavy Wagner. Drummer André Hilgers is adding: This albums shows all the different faces and characters and I call it the most enormous and multifarious record I ever recorded.". The album is indeed various and unique. It includes melodic and hymnic tracks such as „INTO THE LIGHT" and „THE BEGGAR'S LAST DIME", as well as powerfull Thrash attacks like „PURIFIED" or the final „TOMORROW NEVER COMES". But the heart of the record is the 16minutes lasting masterpiece „EMPTY HOLLOW", a progressive fairytale that unites everything RAGE is about. „You can compare „EMPTY HOLLOW" with our „LINGUA MORTIS SUITE" from the „SPEAK OF THE DEAD" record. Theis song was recorded with an orchestra and is devided into five parts. As a band we have discovered a lot of new possibilities and elements, even in Peavy's vocals, my way of playing guitar or the arrangements in Andre's drumming", says Victor Smolski.

Also the international journalists were convinced and expressed their compliments to the german metal institution. Dayal Patterson of the english METAL HAMMER decribed the record as an „intense, frantic and technical assault tempered by clean sung choruses and harmonies!". His spanish collegue Sergi Ramos of METAL HAMMER stated: „Everything you love about today's RAGE sound plus a dose of old-school thrown in for good medsure.". Patricia Martinez of the french METALLIAN added: „With this new album Rage is coming back with the most powerfull album they ever did"

"STRINGS TO A WEB" will be released on vinyl, jewelcase and a special limited digibook with great bonusmaterial.

Ex Deo shoots new video
2009-10-27
EX DEO, the Ancient Rome themed arsenal lead by KATAKLYSM front man Maurizio Iacono, has recently returned from a successful trek in Europe and are now preparing to take on America alongside ENSIFERUM, HYPOCRISY and BLACKGUARD. The band plans on filming a second epic video for the bands critically acclaimed debut "Romulus". The video will be shot once again by renowned director Ivan Colic and producer Stanimir Lucik in Belgrade / Serbia in early January 2010 and will be release the in month Mars to celebrate the god of Mars (Roman god of war)

Comments vocalist Maurizio:
"The first videoclip we did was for the title track "Romulus". It was an epic venture into Rome`s birth and mythology, it was more of an introduction, more storytelling. This time we`re gonna do a video that will turn every metal head upside down! "In her dark embrace" will depict a Roman battle scene and we`re not going for airplay, were going for what Rome was: the most brutal and efficient war machine that ever walked the earth. If it`s blood they want, it`s blood they will get, I cant wait to get this done."

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