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Valdur line up two special shows
2011-01-25
New single from Rise Against
2011-01-25
Barn Burner to record new album
2011-01-25
Decapitated to enter studio in February
2011-01-24
Nuclear Blast to release Hell album
2011-01-24
Gotthard donates money to charity
2011-01-24
Across The Sun release first single
2011-01-24
Legen Beltz sign with Punishment 18 Records
2011-01-24
August Burns Red enter studio
2011-01-24
Prosthetic Records to release Mercenary album
2011-01-24
Napalm Death box set out tomorrow
2011-01-24
Blood of Martyrs part with guitarist
2011-01-23
Hell Within part with drummer
2011-01-22
Amebix announce new album title
2011-01-21
Victimizer announce new vocalist
2011-01-21
Dimentianon revamp lineup
2011-01-21
Accept's Stuttgart show sold out
2011-01-21
Neun Welten line-up changes
2011-01-21
Helrunar enter German charts
2011-01-21
Kingdom of Sorrow featured on CSI
2011-01-21
Valdur line up two special shows
2011-01-25
Mammoth Lakes, California blackened death horde VALDUR, who released their Raven God Amongst Us full-length upon unsuspecting masses this past summer and are already working on new tunes, will bring their infernal rumblings to the live arena for two very special shows. The first will happen this coming Friday at The Blvd. in Boyle Heights, California. The second will be an appearance on the Oakland Black/Death Fest at the Metro Operhouse on Saturday March 12th. The band will be joined by headliners Dispirit, Necrite and Mutilation Rites among others.

Commented drummer Sxuperion on the live shows and upcoming new tunes: "We always look forward to the live event, as we very much appreciate and respect the energy and effort that is required to provide VALDUR's music immediately! Otherwise, VALDUR has basically kept our determination focused upon the writing of many new songs that will see themselves appear on a new full-length release. We are buried in ten to 20 feet of snow in town which is very conducive to writing and creating. The new songs are faster and more intense than anything that VALDUR has released thus far. This new full-length will be finished and out when we say so."

VALDUR Live
1/28/2011 The Blvd. - Boyle Heights, CA
3/12/2011 The Oakland Black/Death Fest @ The Metro Opera House - Oakland, CA

New single from Rise Against
2011-01-25
Rise Against are set to release their new single "Help Is On The Way" on January 25th. The song is the first to be released from their upcoming sixth studio album, Endgame, which is due out March 15, 2011 via DGC/Interscope. "Help Is On The Way" will also be featured in the upcoming EA SPORTS video game Need For Speed Shift 2: Unleashed. The song is available at digital retailers, including iTunes.

Barn Burner to record new album
2011-01-25
Montreal, QC natives, Barn Burner, are getting ready to head to the studio to record their follow up to Bangers, their criticially acclaimed Metal Blade Records debut. The band has been touring and working on new tunes for upwards of two years now, and are hungry to lay down the new tracks.

Vocalist/guitarist Kevin Keegan has offered up the following update: "We have been itching to get back into the studio and record what we have been working on for 2 years now. The new tunes are fiercer but still catchy enough to show to your dad. Excited to work with Adrian Popovich at Mountain City again and drink all of his shitty coffee. Basically, this new record will just give us more excuses to drink beer and play shows."

Have no doubts Barn Burner will do just that – drink beer and play shows! Keep an eye out for tour dates later this year. Get a glimpse of what the band is like live in their video for Half Past Haggard HERE. The band has one show coming up on January 27th at Off The Hook, located on 1021 St. Catherine W in Montreal. The show is at 8pm – entrance is FREE and beer is FREE!

Decapitated to enter studio in February
2011-01-24
Polish legendary death metallers DECAPITATED will be entering RG Studio in Gdańsk, Poland on February 9, 2011 to record their fifth studio album and follow-up to 2006’s "Organic Hallucinosis".

The new release will be produced by Wacek Kiełtyka and sound engineered by Malta Arkadiusz Malczewski. Drums will be recorded with Daniel Bergstrand (BEHEMOTH, MESHUGGAH, DIMMU BORGIR, IN FLAMES, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD), who will also handle mixing duties.

DECAPITATED’s as-yet-untitled new album appeared on “The Top 25 Most Anticipated Albums of 2011” list in Decibel magazine’s February 2011 issue, available now at newsstands.

DECAPITATED's line-up includes: Wacław "Vogg" Kiełtyka on guitar, Kerim "Krimh" Lechner (Thorns Of Ivy, Tone Intimacy) on drums, Rafał Piotrowski (Ketha, Forgotten Souls) on lead vocals, and Filip "Heinrich" Hałucha (Vesenia, Rootwater, Unsun, Masachist) on bass.

Nuclear Blast to release Hell album
2011-01-24
Hear the sound of distant thunder……the time has come again.

Friday 13th is universally feared for unleashing the darkest imaginable forces in human history. When the entity about to burst forth has waited hidden, seething and festering for a quarter of a century before unloading its gross assault on the senses, the outcome is potentially spectacular. Such is the case with UK metal legends HELL, who on May 13th will release ‘Human Remains’ through NUCLEAR BLAST .

Cited as a huge indirect influence, and as one of the true founding fathers of occult metal, the band formed in 1982 from the carcasses of UK metal bands RACE AGAINST TIME and PARALEX, whose ‘White Lightning’ EP was listed by Metallica as a favourite, and which was subsequently included on the Lars Ulrich, Geoff Barton ‘NWOBHM ’79 Revisited’ sampler album.

Despite over five years of constant touring, the band were cruelly overlooked by the ’80’s music press, who just didn’t get it. HELL were too different, too extreme, too musically intelligent and far too thought-provoking for all but the most enlightened to understand them. The final crushing blow came when their long-awaited 1986 album deal with Mausoleum collapsed as the label went bankrupt, followed by the tragic suicide of singer/guitarist, Dave Halliday in 1987. The remaining members drew a line in the sand and stopped playing overnight.

A teenage Andy Sneap was a permanent fixture on the front row of almost every show HELL played and was also taught to play guitar by Halliday. He then went on to form Sabbat and become a renowned metal producer. Upon meeting again, the remaining members of HELL - Kev Bower (guitar/keys), Tony Speakman (bass) and Tim Bowler (drums) talked with Andy about re-recording the old material to release in conjunction with the old demos. With Sneap replacing Halliday on guitar and David Bower on vocals, the band has recorded 10 HELL classics from the 80’s.

One hugely respected European journal has already described ‘Human Remains’ as one of the best things they have heard in the last 15 years and THE band to watch out for in 2011.

Like a venomous creature preserved in amber, HELL’s legacy becomes reborn – pure and untainted, cast forth screaming.

‘HELL are one of my all time fave bands from the NWOBHM and I am really stoked to get the chance to work with an act I’d consider so groundbreaking! Back in the day I received the demos through tape trading and now years later with the music re-recorded by Andy Sneap , the band sounds even fresher than ever before! I am very proud that we at Nuclear Blast now have the chance to work with HELL and give you the chance to listen to some timeless music.

It is about time that HELL got the international recognition that they deserve and that so many people who are unaware of this monster band finally get the chance to hear all these classics!’

Jaap Wagemaker A & R Nuclear Blast

O wretched souls in mortal cast – know this, and know it well,
The hour has come when it shall be – On Earth as it is in HELL.

Gotthard donates money to charity
2011-01-24
On Sunday, January 16th, Ex Libris Business Manager Daniel Röthlin and Gotthard Bassist Marc Lynn handed over a check of CHF 75'000 to the Roadcross Foundation at the Kaufleuten in Zürich.

The amount of the donation is yielded from the quantity of Gotthard records sold at all Ex Libris stores between October 5th and December 31st 2010.

2 CHF per sold Gotthard CD was added to the donation and given to the non-profit Roadcross Foundation. This Steve Lee Memorial action is supported by Gotthard as well as by Musikvertrieb AG who will both also additionally round off the donation.

Roadcross expresses their thanks to all those who made this generous donation possible, a very much welcome and needed help and contribution to victims of road accidents.

The decision to make a donation to a organization dealing with accident prevention and handling was taken, without going public by Gotthard and the Business Management of Ex Libris, only a few days after Steve Lees tragic accident.

Many thanks to all the fans who contributed to this action.

The Gotthard Team

Across The Sun release first single
2011-01-24
Portland, Oregon's ACROSS THE SUN recorded their Metal Blade Records debut album, Before The Night Takes Us, with producer Daniel Castleman at Lambesis Studios in San Diego, CA. The album is the culmination of seven years of recording, touring and polishing their sound. Daniel Castleman held each member to a high standard in the studio; "It was an amazing learning experience; no previous ACROSS THE SUN recording process has ever been this in depth", adds vocalist Brandon Davis. The individual performances are better than any previous ACROSS THE SUN release.

Guitarist Sam Hafer emphasizes, "This record takes everything that ACROSS THE SUN was and expands it; the musicianship, the tonal palette, the dynamics and song structure were all things we pushed into new and challenging territory. The result is the greatest body of music we have produced to date." Their performance, coupled with Castleman's stellar mixing/mastering, produced a "big" sounding album. Everything from Davis' clean vocals, Hafer's guitar solos, and Murray's keys have an engrossing and epic breadth.

Fans can now get a taste of the album via facebook.com/acrossthesun. The first single, Song for the Hopeless, is available via "Liking" their page. This first song is exemplary of the rest of the album in that it showcases ACROSS THE SUN´s musical peaks and valleys and some of their most heavy and melodic moments. Head HERE to "Like" and listen now!

Before The Night Takes Us will be available on March 11/14 in Europe.

Before The Night Takes Us track listing:
1. Tipping The Scales
2. Song for the Hopeless
3. Seasons
4. Descent & Discovery
5. Ghost of Grandeur
6. Before the Night Takes Us
7. A Moment of Clarity
8. Blessing in Disguise
9. In the Face of Adversity
10. Belay My Judgment

Legen Beltz sign with Punishment 18 Records
2011-01-24
Punishment 18 Records is glad to announce that the debut album from young Italian thrashers H.O.S., entitled "The Beginning" is finally available; they play old school thrash metal in the vein of German legends, but also debtor to the Bay Area style. The band is already engaged in promotional gigs, in Italy and abroad.

Furthermore, we're pleased to welcome the thrashers LEGEN BELTZA, from the Basque Country, in our roster! The guys are already known for their previous works, and for more than ten years of live activity. The new and fourth album, entitled "Need To Suffer", was mixed and mastered during 2010 at "Stage One Studio" by Andy Classen, and self produced by the band last May, so it's ready to be re-issued and distributed worldwide. The proposal is now more violent than before, supported by its great production!

Stay tuned, keep the metal faith alive!

August Burns Red enter studio
2011-01-24
Genre giants AUGUST BURNS RED have solidified plans to enter the studio February 14th to record their currently untitled fourth album. The band will re-team with metal mastermind Jason Suecof at his Audio Hammer Studios outside of Orlando, FL.


Suecof is no stranger to ABR's highly influential brand of metalcore, as he was the man behind the board for Constellations, the band's 2009 breakout hit that made waves when it landed at #24 on the Billboard Top 200. The band's third album – whose sales have soared past 90,000 – established in no uncertain terms that AUGUST BURNS RED was a leader of its genre, a band that was quietly outselling, outdrawing and garnering more praise than peers who've been gracing magazine covers for years. Only suddenly, it wasn't so quiet anymore. The fans and critics have spoken – loudly.

"We can't wait to get back to Florida to start recording with Suecof," says guitarist and principle songwriter JB Brubaker. "We're just about finished writing and it's shaping up to be a huge sounding album. I can't ever recall feeling this excited to get started when getting ready for past albums."

The currently untitled album is set for release this summer, details to be announced.

Currently scheduled dates
May 30 - Moscow, Russia @ Tochka Club
May 31 - St. Petersburg, Russia @ Glav Club
Jun 1 - Helsinki, Finland @ Nosturi
Jun 2 - Hassleholm, Sweden @ Siesta Festival
Jun 7 - Athens, Greece @ Kyttaro Club
Jun 8 - Istanbul, Turkey @ Balans Club

Prosthetic Records to release Mercenary album
2011-01-24
Danish progressive power/melodic death metallers MERCENARY will release their sixth album, "Metamorphosis", in North America via Prosthetic Records on March 29. The North American version of the album, produced by Jacob Hansen (Volbeat, Heaven Shall Burn, Aborted), will feature the exclusive bonus track "Incorporate Your Demons.". The band will be touring Europe in February and March alongside Symphony X and Nevermore.

Guitarist Jakob Mølbjerg commented on the signing: "We're very happy to announce that we have signed a licensing deal with Prosthetic Records for the release of our upcoming album 'Metamorphosis' in North America. It's one bad fucker of an album, so it's truly a great feeling to once more be able get our music out to the American fans, not least through such a great label."

"Metamorphosis" track listing:
1. Through The Eyes Of The Devil
2. The Follower
3. In A River Of Madness
4. Memoria
5. Velvet Lies
6. In Bloodred Shades
7. Shades Of Grey
8. On The Edge Of Sanity
9. Black Brigade
10. Incorporate Your Demons (North American bonus track)

Napalm Death box set out tomorrow
2011-01-24
It's the end of an era! NAPALM DEATH's final 3 and formerly out of print EARACHE releases are collected in a special low-price 3 CD set out tomorrow in North America. Included in this set are the punishing full length releases, INSIDE THE TORN APART and WORDS FROM THE EXIT WOUND, as well as the BREED TO BREATHE EP. BREED TO BREATHE also features an infamous music video of the title track which was banned from numerous media outlets worldwide.

Blood of Martyrs part with guitarist
2011-01-23
Due to creative differences, Ryan Bartek has left BLOOD OF MARTYRS. The Portland, Oregon extreme metal group continues onward, planning a new recording for 2011.

In the immediate future Bartek will be working on a variety of projects – including new SASQUATCH AGNOSTIC & JACK CASSADY recordings.

The main focus is now the European sequel of his USA road book “THE BIG SHINY PRISON.” This new book will once again feature a variety of personalities within the undergrounds of radical punk, extreme metal, hard rock, industrial & experimental.

The author will be backpacking Western Europe from June to August 2011 with a modest budget and seeks any assistance possible (contacts/shelter/etc). If any touring band seeks a merch table worker, please contact.

Major cities confirmed thus far are London, Paris & Amsterdam. Others are in the planning stages, such as Rome, Berlin, Barcelona, Gothenburg & Oslo.

Hell Within part with drummer
2011-01-22
Hell Within’s drummer Derek Jay has left band. The rest of the Hell Within wishes him well in his future endeavors and everything he does. As of now we have our friend filling in on drums until the end of February, but we need to find Derek’s replacement ASAP.

Hell Within will be auditioning drummers immediately.

Amebix announce new album title
2011-01-21
The darkest hour is upon us. The legends have returned.

AMEBIX, one of the best-loved and most influential bands in heavy music, have spent the last two years working towards this, a defining moment in their storied career - the release of their first collection of all-new material since 1987.

On September 20, 2011, upon the cusp of the autumnal Equinox, the new AMEBIX album will be released. Entitled Sonic Mass, these nine songs represent the past, present, and future of the band, and will enthrall and inspire longtime fans and new converts alike. As dark, crushing, and honest as anything on their classics Arise! and Monolith, but imbued with a lifetime of hardship, raw emotion, and eternal hope, Sonic Mass is the album AMEBIX have always wanted to create.

The album was recorded at Rock Cottage in Derbyshire and The Lodge Studios in Northampton, England, and engineered, mixed and produced by AMEBIX drummer Roy Mayorga. Sonic Mass will be released digitally and on CD by Alternative Tentacles, with a deluxe 12" vinyl edition from Profane Existence.

Formed in the late seventies and hailed as the godfathers of crust punk and extreme metal, AMEBIX had long lain dormant until the addition of drummer Roy Mayorga (Nausea, Crisis, Soulfly, Stone Sour), a DVD release, and a string of 2009 reunion shows reignited the flame. The band's resurrection first resulted in the release of 2010's Redux EP, which features live and rerecorded versions of several of the band's best-loved classics, including "Winter," "Chain Reaction," and the immortal battle cry, "Arise." The songs were remixed by Mayorga and Redux is available from Profane Existence on CD, 12" LP and digitally.

Now, the time has come to finish what they started. A whole new chapter in the AMEBIX saga has begun.

AMEBIX IS
Rob Miller: Vocals/Bass
Stig C Miller: Guitars
Roy Mayorga: Drums/Keyboards/Mandolin

Victimizer announce new vocalist
2011-01-21
Effective immediately, ARNOLD OUDE MIDDENDORP (NETHERSTORM, ex-DEVIOUS, ex-ALTAR) is the new vocalist for Nijmegen, Netherlands based Death quintet VICTIMIZER. He is replacing NIELS FEEKES, who chose to dedicate himself to his family, due to the coming birth of his second child. Niels' final show with Victimizer was at last December's Eindhoven Metal Meeting.

VICTIMIZER's new full-length 'TALES OF LOSS AND NEW FOUND SERENITY' (DEITY DOWN RECORDS) recently was released in the BeNeLux (November 01 2010), and in Germany, Austria, Switzerland (January 14 2011). The album will hit the stores in the rest of the world on February 7 2011. So far this long awaited label debut CD was given nothing but praise by the international press.

Currently VICTIMIZER's line-up is as follows:

Andrew van der Schaft -Guitars
Chris Thompson Rossal - Bass
Arnold Oude Middendorp - Vocals
Richard Sastra - Guitars, Backing Vocals
Romeo Gerrits - Drums

Comments Gerard, owner of Deity Down Records: 'For Victimizer as well as for their album 'Tales Of Loss And New Found Serenity', Niels' decision came at the worst possible time and it affected the planning of band's near future severely. I urged the band to find a suitable replacement quickly. Victimizer then came up with Arnold, whom I know from his work with DEVIOUS ('VISION', Deity Down Records, 2009), and who owns one of the most brutal voices to be found in the Low Countries. Arnold wasn't asked to quit Devious, but unfortunately he has."

Dimentianon revamp lineup
2011-01-21
NYC-based extreme metal unit DIMENTIANON, after a slight break from public appearance, have recently revamped the band's lineup and are again booking live appearances for the coming months.

The first confirmed DIMENTIANON appearance for 2011 will see them taking part in a brutal Saturday night show at Brooklyn's deafening The Acheron alongside a collective of other tri-state-based underground metal outfits including Horrifier, Sacrificial Blood, Cain and Brohammer on February 26th. More live actions will be announced in the coming months.

The turbulent, trademark DIMENTIANON style of combining death, black and doom metal elements with eerie atmospherics has been a part of the New York underground scene since the mid '90s (then known as The Forgotten), but really sank its teeth into the public's ears in 2010, with the release of the band's third full-length Collapse The Void. The short but potent release shows the band at their most creative and destructive peak yet, inciting incredible reactions from the underground metal media, and shows the band tackling new approaches to their own "dementia" within the supposed realms of extreme metal.

Accept's Stuttgart show sold out
2011-01-21
Germany’s hard rock legends ACCEPT are back on tour and packing halls across all of Europe!

The next show to announce a completely sold out venue for ACCEPT’s “Blood Of The Nations” World Tour 2011 is in Stuttgart, Germany. Yes, there are no more tickets are available with almost two weeks to go before the show’s date on January 31!

The demand for ACCEPT ticket across Europe is truly massive. ACCEPT kicked of this latest, highly anticipated tour on January 14. The killer set list offers a potent mix of famed classics as well as new, hard hitting hits from their latest, critically celebrated album “Blood Of the Nations”. The album has achieved acclaim across the globe, named Metal and Hard Rock Record of the Year by over 40 major media outlets. It also reached the highest chart positions for the band in its lustrous history.

An urgent tip for all hard rock fans! Since there are no more tickets available for Stuttgart, we suggest to quickly snatch up the few remaining tickets still available for the show at the Tuttlinger Cityhall on January 28. As mentioned earlier, the demand is extraordinary, as all previous shows on the current tour have all completely sold out. If you want to be part of this legendary hard rock phenomenon and experience metal at its absolute best, you must hurry. You can still buy tickets for Tuttlingen at all regular ticket outlets.

ACCEPT’s “Blood Of the Nations” World Tour 2011 encompasses over 80 dates in Europe, USA, Canada, South & Central America. All in all, ACCEPT will hit the stage in over 30 countries!

Neun Welten line-up changes
2011-01-21
Dark folkers Neun Welten are coming up with not so pleasant news as they are experiencing the first meaningful line-up changes in their history. This is the band's statement:

"Because of our forthcoming gigs in the next months, the first ones in a long while, it's time to announce some changes in our line-up ... with mixed feelings!
During the last year our flutist Anja and our drummer Marten decided to leave Neun Welten with a heavy heart, for job-related reasons. Although we fully understand their decision it is a sad occasion for the whole band and we are very thankful for everything they have done to develop Neun Welten and for the great time we all spend together! Although their exit is a sad experience for all of us, it is good to have them still around as friends. For our upcoming shows we are very pleased and grateful to get musical support by Marek of Quellenthal and Micha of Wandar. We are looking forward to play live again and are going to perform songs from the recent album 'Destrunken' together with some old and very new songs!"

In February and March, Neun Welten are going to perform their first gigs in more than three years:

03.02.'11 DE - Leipzig / Die Villa
05.02.'11 DE - Berlin / Wabe
04.03.'11 DE - Naunhof (near Leipzig) / Altes Kranwerk (AKW) (with Triakel)

Helrunar enter German charts
2011-01-21
It is with pride and pleasure that we announce that the first part of Helrunar's "Sól" double album, "Sól I – Der Dorn im Nebel," has entered the German album charts at a sensational No. 54! Not only is this Helrunar's first chart position, it is also the highest position ever reached by a Prophecy release. Together with Skald Draugir and Alsvartr, we are happy about this success and the fact that Pagan Metal with depth can prove to be so popular.

Kingdom of Sorrow featured on CSI
2011-01-21
KINGDOM OF SORROW’s “Envision The Divide” appeared in the most recent episode of CSI: Miami. A clip of “Envision The Divide” was played during the opening roller derby scene of the episode “Wheels Up” that can be viewed in its entirety at CBS.com. “Envision The Divide” comes from KINGDOM OF SORROW’s latest album Behind The Blackest Tears.

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