Metal News for January 10, 2005
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18 news articles posted on this day.
Watch Clutch's Live Video Online
A live video featuring Clutch performing their track 'Pure Rock Fury' has been posted online in Windows Media format and can be downloaded here.
Ex-Flaw Frontman in New Project
Former FLAW frontman Chris Volz has elaborated on his departure from the band. These days, Volz is working with a new project, tentatively named Vent (although chances are they won't be able to retain this moniker for legal reasons as AudioVENT once found out the hard way).
Here's what Chris Volz had to say on his departure and new band: More...
Shamelady Sign To Rotten Records
Portland, Oregon based band SHAMELADY (www.shamelady.com) have inked a deal with Rotten Records. The band?s Rotten Records debut, The Winter Days Were Nights, will be released on February 22nd.
On recording the album, guitarist/growler Aaron Blanchard says, "We want to capture the live feeling completely. We are a live band so the main thing with recording is we want it as it is organic, natural, whatever you want to call it."
The band will embark on a tour in support of The Winter Days Were Nights shortly after the album is released. Touring plans include stops in all of the major markets worldwide.
Fire When Ready Assaulted During Show
Fire When Ready was apparently assaulted during a show in Greensboro, NC last week. The band has been recovering at a friend's house in Greenville, SC and will resume the tour (with Anterrabae) on January 14th in Nashville, TN. Here's an extensive statement from the band regarding the incident:
"We want to tell you guys what happened last night before you hear too many rumors. We played a show in Greensboro, NC last night. During the show we were assaulted by a group of about 15 guys. We have a variety of injuries that we are trying to let heal right now. Brandon has a large gash on the back of his head, a busted nose, some of his front teeth were kicked in, glass in his head and back, a large gash on his back, two busted lips, and a variety of other bruises and cuts. Justin has glass in his head and back, a large gash on the side of his head, some bruised ribs, and a large cut on his back. Steve, Travis, and Jesse (our new merch guy) have some bruised ribs, cut lips, and a few other cuts and bruises. We want to assure you guys that we are going to be ok. Some of these injuries have been treated already. Brandon may need to see a doctor in the next day or so for his teeth and head. A friend of ours started a PayPal account to help us pay medical expenses. I am told it has circulated around the internet quite a bit. We want to let you guys know that we are not going to plea with you to donate to us. We know there are a lot of other more important causes to give your money to. Your emails and phone calls have done much more then money can do. If you have given money already we appreciate it. We love you guys! We are going to do our best to try and explain why this happened. It is hard to make sense of something this ignorant and stupid. Earlier in the show, there were things done that upset us. Without going into much detail we had to sit through all kinds of prejudicial language and other ridiculous actions most of the night. During the set Brandon spoke out against specific negative things that had happened to kids that night. About mid-set Brandon jokingly spoke out about a large group of people who had left as soon as we started playing. I am sure he will tell you more about this at a later time. During the last song, about 15 people came in from outside. They attacked Brandon and knocked him to the floor. Justin stepped in to defend him and after a little while they were able to knock him to the floor as well. For about a minute Brandon and Justin were punched, kicked, and basically stomped. Travis, Jesse, Steve, and some members of the other bands on tour with us were able to finally stop the assault. We left the club soon after. Our band will never support violence of ANY kind at ANY show. We do not care whether it is directed at us or someone else. We will not remain quiet when we see or hear things that are blatantly wrong and hateful. We do not support homophobia, degradation of women, racism, or any other predatory behavior that is becoming more and more prevalent in the scene. We won't back down from our beliefs and we won't ever stop speaking against any injustice. We don't ask for your pity or money, we just ask for awareness and progress. We also don't wish any harm physically or verbally to the guys who hurt us. We just want you guys to think before you act, we promise we'll do the same."
The End Tour Dates
The End will be hitting the road this month for dates in both the U.S. and Canada, including stints with Dead To Fall and Dillinger Escape Plan. Here's the latest:
1/20 Windsor ONT @ The Space w/ Closed Casket Funeral, Blood Shot Eye
1/21 Grand Rapids MI @ 10 Bells More...
Nasum Vocalist Still Missing, Girlfriend Returned
Sadly, Nasum vocalist/guitarist Mieszko Talarczyk is still missing in Thailand. Talarczyk has now been missing for roughly two weeks, when the resort he and his girlfriend were vacationing at on Phi Phi Island was struck by the deadly tsunami (thousands of foreigners are still missing in Southeast Asia). Nasum has released the following update:
"As of Monday January 10, we have nothing to report about Mieszko's whereabouts. We can report that his girlfriend has returned to Sweden and is at the moment getting all possible treatment for her physical and emotional wounds."
Sharon Osbourne's Life To Become A TV Movie
Neil Sean of Sky News reports that Sharon Osbourne's life is set to become a television movie. The Osbourne matriarch is secretly working on the project and hopes her daughter Kelly can play the role of the young Sharon. "It has great potential but it will be hard to cast someone to play Ozzy," Sharon told a spy. "He is rather unique, you see, and it will take a big man to fill those shoes." Sharon hopes the TV movie will start production by spring.
New Trivium Song Available For Download
A brand-new TRIVIUM track, entitled "Pull Harder On The Strings of Your Martyr", has been posted online in MP3 format at this location (4.6 MB).
"Pull Harder On The Strings of Your Martyr" comes off the group's upcoming CD, "Ascendancy", due on March 15 via Roadrunner Records.
New Hammerfall Single On Swedish Radio
The brand new single "Blood Bound" with the Swedish heavy metal band Hammerfall will be played on the radio program "Musikjornalen" on Swedish national radio P3, January 12 at 20.03. There will also be a interview with guitarist Oscar Dronjak.
The single, "Blood Bound" will be released on January 28.
Overlorde Schedule Online Listening Party
An "Online Chat and CD Listening Party" has been scheduled for Saturday, January 15th. Check out the new Overlorde CD while chatting with other fans and members of Overlorde. Drop a line to ovrlrde@aol.com with subject of "Online chat and listening party!" if you want to attend and get contacted with details.
Amorphis Announce New Vocalist
The Finnish long time metal outfit Amorphis have finally found a new vocalist to replace Pasi Koskinen. The new vocalist found from the band's friends, from a local band NeverGreen, is called Tomi Joutsen who has been hired to handle all the vocal duties. Joutsen's debut gig was witnessed at the benefit gig arranged to help the victims of tsunami. According to the interview of Tomi Joutsen given to Iltalehti he unveiled to be digging the melancholic music from where Amorphis ladles all the inspiration and willing to do some growling vocals in the future. Amorphis has been working on the material for the new album and will be entering the studio by the end of spring. Meanwhile the Finnish melancholic metallers will head out to tour to The States and Mexico together with Into Eternity and Beyond The Embrace.
Naglfar Sign With Century Media
Sweden’s blackest of the black, Naglfar, have signed a new worldwide record contract with Century Media Records. Their new album, tentatively titled “Pariah”, is currently being recorded at Ballerina Studios in the band’s hometown of Umea. A wise decision as both preceding albums, “Diabolical” and “Sheol”, had been recorded in this studio and gave the band’s razor sharp sound its keen edge.
“Pariah” will be released in Spring 2005 and the new material promises to solidify Naglfar's reputation as one of the best – if not the best – bands in their musical genre. The expectations are of course high as the band’s last masterpiece “Sheol” received excellent feedback without exception all over the globe, i.e. achieving the highest praise from the press - Album Of The Month in Legacy (D) and Heavy, Oder Was!? (D), or 10 out of 10 points Rock Hard (D), to name just a few -- and climbing to top ten positions in the reader’s year-end polls of various magazines.
Naglfar, who had rewritten the rules of black metal with their debut “Vittra” in 1995 (this album ranks amongst the 300 best metal albums of all time in Rock Hard magazine) and have released the most brutal album of 1998 with their second output “Diabolical” (featuring immortal classics like “The Brimstone Gate” or the infamous “Horncrowned Majesty”), have always had a high standing in the black and death metal scene, which fully manifested itself with their last album “Sheol”, gaining the band many more fans than ever before.
According to this history, it is no surprise that “Pariah” is one of the most-awaited albums in the metal scene this year. But from a band that has always delivered the highest quality, one can expect that “Pariah” will again be a damn classic of pure melodic Swedish black metal that will break the competition’s neck.
Although the final tracklist is still to be announced, “Pariah” will contain the following tracks: More...
Reflections Co-Organizes Arnhem Hardcore Meeting
After a succesful first hardcore-festival in the spring of 2004, which was part of the 20th anniversary of the legendary Goudvishal, Reflections Records has teamed up again with the venue and decided to go for a second edition. Confirmed bands include: Converge, Planes Mistaken For Stars, Eighteen Visions, Hopesfall, Razor Crusade, Panic (exclusive reunion show!), Good Clean Fun (their only European show in 2005), Sex Positions, No Turning Back, and Strike First. More bands will be confirmed in the next couple of days.
The festival, which takes place on Saturday the 26th of March at the Musis Sacrum in Arnhem (which was also the home of our first edition), will feature 15 bands, 2 stages. A special website for the festival www.arnhemhardcoremeeting.nl will be launched January 21. In the meantime also check the venue's website www.goudvishal.nl.
Staind's Aaron Lewis Is 'Winging It' On Solo Tour
Staind frontman Aaron Lewis spoke with Doug Elfman of The Las Vegas Review Journal about his acoustic solo tour, which doesn't feature a set list. "I kind of wing it, and crash and burn a lot," he says. "Half of the songs I bust out in an evening, I haven't played in years and years and years, and certainly haven't practiced them. I pull them out from my memory." Much of the show features covers changed up according to his whims. "A lot of them, I have made up guitar parts for 'em," Lewis said. "I don't play guitar parts quite right. I kind of play them just good enough to be able to sing over the top of them."
Read the full article at Las Vegas Review Journal.
Nightwish Donate To Tsunami Relief Effort
Nightwish posted a statement on their web site regarding the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster. "Since Nightwish is having a break from touring at the moment we do not have any chance to participate in any of the Asia-charity concerts organized in January," the statement read. "This is something we really would have wanted to take part in. So now we did the only thing we could: a direct donation in the name of the band [in the amount of 10,000 euros; approximately $13,000]. [We] wish we could do more. All those going through the tragedy, you are in our thoughts."
Nervecell Sign With Atolinga Records
United Arab Emirates deathcore band NERVECELL have signed a distribution deal with Mexican underground label Atolinga Records for the South American release of their "Human Chaos" EP, due later this year. There will be a split release with Mexican brutal death metal band DROWNING IN BLOOD, which will be for sale in Mexico only, and for other countries it will be independent.
Paragon Set Release Date For 'Revenge'
German power metallers PARAGON have set an April 18 European release date through Remedy Records for their new album, "Revenge".
"Revenge" marks the follow-up to the band's successful album "The Dark Legacy", released by Remedy in 2003.
The new CD was recorded in part at Karo studios with the help of an engineer, and the rest of the recording process and mixing was done at Piet Sielck's (IRON SAVIOR) new Powerhouse Studios. The artwork for the record is being done by the Argentine artist Valgorth. PRIMAL FEAR guitarist Tom Naumann makes a guest appearance on lead guitar in the track "Impaler".
"Revenge" track listing: More...
New Atrocity & Leaves' Eyes Drummer
The new drummer of ATROCITY and LEAVES' EYES is Moritz Neuner (a.o. Graveworm, Darkwell, Abigor). The production of the new LEAVES' EYES record has just started and the first drumtakes are already done. Also ATROCITY work on songs for a new album.
On related news, Atrocity's frontman Alex Krull is currently working on a remix for the CRADLE OF FILTH's song "Nymphetamine" ( featuring guest vocalist LIV KRISTINE), which is one of the nominees in the Best Metal Performance category for the GRAMMY Award 2005.
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