Metal News for January 11, 2009
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26 news articles posted on this day.
Retract The Accolade Seeks New Vocalist
UK metallers, Retract The Accolade, have issued the following update on their MySpace page regarding their search for a new vocalist:
"We are now looking for someone to join us and become our frontman!"
"We need someone who:
1. Can sing and scream
2. Can write lyrics
3. Have a good stage show
4. Is dedicated to being in a band
5. Lives around Aberdeen/Dundee/Montrose area"
"Leave us a message/comment and we will get in touch with you!"
Kataklysm Frontman Debuts Brand New Ex Deo Song
EX DEO, the band formed by Kataklysm's frontman Maurizio Iacono, have premiered a new, demo version of the track "Cry Havoc" from the upcoming debut album, "Romulus," on the bands MySpace page.
Maurizio Iacono checks in with update:
"To start, the band is currently in the studio working on Romulus as we speak. I have enlisted the people that I trust the most on this important project (the boys in KATAKLYSM) to work with me on the first EX DEO album, maybe all of them, we'll see how it goes. J-f Dagenais, Stephane Barbe and Max Duhamel are family and it is important to me to be comfortable and at home." More...
Antimatter To Tour Europe In February
UK metallers, ANTIMATTER, will tour Europe in February with the "An acoustic evening of Antimatter, Anathema and Ion music."
Confirmed dates are as follows:
Feb 17 - Sofia, Bulgaria (Fans Rockbar)
More dates will be announced soon.
Single Bullet Theory Covers Metal Church
Philly's Single Bullet Theory have posted a Metal Church cover of "Badlands" on their MySpace page. The cover was originally featured on their 2004 release, "Behind Eyes Of Hatred." The song also features guests James Murphy, of Testament, Death, and Obituary fame and Matt Thompson of King Diamond fame. More...
Second Wave of Sidewaves Revealed
With the Soundwave festivals in Melbourne, Sydney and the Gold Coast nearing sell-out status, organizers have given fans the opportunity to catch their favourite bands in more intimate settings at the various Sidewave shows happening in Sydney and Melbourne.
The total number now stands at 25 with the inclusion of the latest batch:
Alice In Chains / Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster
Wednesday, February 25th – The Enmore Theatre, Sydney (licensed all ages)
Tickets from Ticketek.
Thursday, February 26th – The Palais, Melbourne (licensed all ages)
Tickets from Ticketmaster. More...
Live Enemy Of The Sun Video of "Weak" Online
Metal Injection has posted a live ENEMY OF THE SUN video from the With Full Force Festival 2008. MetalInjection.net got their hands on a well-produced live clip from the show of the band's performance of "Weak," off their 2007 album Shadows, which you can watch below.
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Spade Completes Work On "Dawn of Dementia"
Jordanian thrash metal band SPADE has announced that their new album "Dawn of Dementia" is now complete, just having wrapped up mixing and mastering at The Phexagon Studio.
The full tracklisting for "Dawn of Dementia" is as follows:
1. Intro - 1:14
2. The Monarch's Army - 4:46
3. Hell is My Home - 4:24
4. Infernal Moonlight - 7:05
5. Delirium - 4:38
6. Dying Forever - 5:49
7. Illusory - 5:23
8. The Calm - 0:47
9. Judgement Day - 3:56 More...
Today Forever Signs To Bastardized Recordings
After releasing an album on Strike First (Facedown Records), more than 200 shows in the US and in Europe, Today Forever has signed with Bastardized Recordings. According to the label, "fans of Silverstein, Comeback Kid, Snapcase or Underoath will definately dig their ferocious hook-line loaden hymns." TODAY FOREVER's weapon is catchy pop music, without being slick or arbitrary, as they play an energized mix between hardcore, rock and a bit of metal. Their new album, "Profound Measures," will be released on April, 17, 2009.
Here's a statement by the band:
"Dear friends of TODAY FOREVER, we are very happy to announce that we signed with the German Metal/Hardcore label BASTARDIZED RECORDINGS for our upcoming new CD called 'PROFOUND MEASURES.' we are really looking forward to work with such both really nice and professional guys. we think we finally found a partner who shares the same passion and dedication and who's also working hard to push the band and our music to the next level. the recordings for our next full-length are almost done and will feature some fine guest vocals by some long time friends and tourmates. we hope to get it mixed and mastered by the end of December this year. also expect an awesome new artwork from our buddy Gary Flavin at POINT ZERO DESIGNS who already did an amazing job for our last record 'The New Pathetic.' so we all can't wait for the release date scheduled for early 2009."
Darkest Hour Announces New Tour Dates
Darkest Hour will soon take a break from writing their new album to play a handful of shows. Here are the tour dates:
1/30 Washington, DC @ The Black Cat Darkest Hour ("Demand In DC")
1/30 Harrisonburg, VA @ Rockingham County Fairgrounds (feat. As I Lay Dying)
1/31 Richmond, VA @ The National (feat. As I Lay Dying)
Darkest Hour with Born Of Osiris, Dead And Divine, Arise And Ruin
2/2 Buffalo, NY @ Xtreme Wheels
2/3 London, ON @ Call The Office
2/4 TBA
2/5 Toronto, ON @ The Reverb Room
2/6 Guelph, ON @ Vinyl
2/7 Montreal, QC @ Underworld
Masterplan Parts Ways With Vocalist
The German metal band Masterplan has parted ways with vocalist Mike DiMeo. Mike issued the following year-end recap message that also includes his confirmation of leaving the band:
"Hey Guys, I just wanted to take a minute to say thanks to everyone that writes me here and give a quick update…. 2008 was a great year with a lot of cool shows around the states with Tommy James and another great tour with Bonnie Tyler around North America. I had the chance to work with a lot of amazing musicians… The Groove Kings were joined by John Scofield at one of our live gigs one night!! That was cool…I did some really cool session work and have a bunch of releases slated for 2009 of which I am really looking forward to… One of them is with Australian band “Ilium” and I am really happy with how it turned out… I also do want to confirm that I am no longer working with the Masterplan guys…..although I have nothing but profound respect for them and continue to wish them nothing but success in the future… More...
Construcdead To Release New Album In April
Swedish metal act Construcdead has issued the following statement about their upcoming album:
"Another year has passed and we are now finally gonna release "Endless Echo". The album has been mastered and it really sounds great! The album will be released via Black Lodge/Sound Pollution. We don´t have a confirmed date yet, but sometime during April it should be in the stores. We are going to take some photos this weekend for the album, and post them on the site so you all can see how handsome we are...
We are also looking for a webmaster/webdesigner. If you are interrested please mail us at construcdead@construcdead.com"
Bands Confirmed For Black Metal Is Rising Festival
The producers of the Black Metal Is Rising festival have issued the following statement:
"This year, again, Les acteurs de L'ombre are proud to present to you the fifth edition of the BLACK METAL IS RISING festival in Paris, France at La Locomotive. The event will take place on the big stage. More than a show of great bands, photo exhibition of Julien Etienne and Vertigo and a merchandising stand by Drakkar will be there to make you have a great moment!"
The festival will occur on May 9th and the following bands have been confirmed so far:
Azziard
Reverence
Glorior Belli
Celestia
Orakle
Nefarium
Project: Failing Flesh Issues New Album Update
Tim Gutierrez of Project: Failing Flesh has issued the following update about "Countdown From Ten," their upcoming third album:
"Not a ton to report lately. Next album is still coming along slowly but VERY well. Hard drive hell in the studio killed our planned recording days in December but Kev has it back up and running now so we can continue to make progress. Worked on some stuff last week. A little more tracking/detail stuff and it will ready for Eric's vox. Had already posted most song titles but the complete list follows. Have been in touch with a cover artist as well so will have more info on that soon. Look for the new one in 2009!"
The track listing for the album will be as follows:
1. Count Back From Ten
2. White Light Response
3. Inanimate Objects
4. The Potential to...
5. Patient Zero
6. The Void Between Skin and Bone
7. Percussion Fracture
8. Irrelevant Thoughts (Prong cover)
9. Lose Lose Situation
10. Cadence
11. All Truth Is Temporary.
Brotherhood Of The Lake Signs To Glasstone Records
Glasstone Records recently announced the signing of Plymouth (UK) alt-metal band Brotherhood Of The Lake. The band brings an onslaught of spiky guitar riffs and roaring vocals, backed up by an absolute bull of a drummer, keeping the songs on lockdown through beatdown after beatdown.
Making their live debut in 2006, and influenced by bands such as Converge, Slayer and Shellac, Brotherhood Of The Lake has toured with Johnny Truant and The Bled, as well as shows with Architects, The Blackout, Misery Signals, Terror, Emmure, Dead Swans, August Burns Red, The Ghost Of A Thousand, Devil Sold His Soul, Shaped By Fate and more.
Brotherhood Of The Lake's track "The Ocean" was played on the BBC Radio 1 Rock Show with Daniel P. Carter.
The self-titled EP was recorded at Outhouse Studios in Reading by Matt O'Grady & Ben Humphries, mixed by John Mitchell, and features five of their finest tracks to date.
You can check out some of the band's material on their MySpace page.
Sirenia Issues Behind-The-Scenes Video
Norwegian/Spanish gothic metal band Sirenia has just issued the following behind-the-scenes video of "The Path to Decay," which is their latest single, with commentary by the band and the director, Patric Ullaeus. The video is shown below. More...
Helstar Signs Onto Intromental Management
Texas power metal band Helstar has just announced that they've been signed on to Intromental Management. "The first step in our cooperation will be the booking of a European tour for Helstar to take place in May 2009. More than half of the shows have now been confirmed and we will soon announce the dates."
Five Finger Death Punch European Tour Update
American hardcore band Five Finger Death Punch have just issued the following update concerning their European tour dates:
"Hey Knuckleheads,
"We can’t wait to go to Europe! We play our first show in London in less than one month, and then we’re going to hit up everywhere we possibly can (all dates below). This will be vicious. If you haven’t already, be sure to grab your tickets when we come through your country:
Feb 6 London, UK @ Academy Islington
METAL HAMMER’S Defenders of the Faith II Tour w/ Dimmu Borgir, Lamb of God, Unearth
Feb 8 Belfast, UK @ Mandela Hall
Feb 9 Dublin, Ireland @ The Academy
Feb 11 Bristol, UK @ Academy Bristol
Feb 12 Birmingham, UK Academy Birmingham
Feb 13 Manchester, UK Manchester University
Feb 14 London, UK Brixton Academy
Feb 15 Glasgow, UK Academy Glasgow
Feb 17 Oxford, UK Oxford Academy
European Headlining Dates
Feb 18Amsterdam, Holland, Amsterdam Melkweg
Feb 19 Koln, Germany Koln Underground
Feb 20 Berlin, Germany Berlin Magnet
Feb 22 Copenhagen, Denmark Vega
Feb 23 Gothenburg, Sweden Brewhouse
Feb 24 Stockholm, Sweden Klubben
Feb 26 Helsinki, Finland Helsinki Nostri
Feb 28 Hamburg, Germany Hamburg Logo
March 1 Weisbaden, Germany Weisbaden Schlacthof
March 2 Munich, Germany Munich 59:1
March 3 Zurich, Switzerland Zurich Rohstoffloger
"We’ll see you across the pond!"
5FDP
Azarath Reveals New Album Track Listing
Polish black metal band Azarath is currently preparing to record vocals, solos and mix their upcoming album "Praise the Beast" in the end of January 2009. The album will contain the following ten tracks:
Azazel
From Beyond The Coldest Star
I Hate Your Kind
Invocation
Obey The Flesh
Praise The Beast
Queen Of The Sabbath
Sacrifice of Blood
Throne Of Skulls
Unholy Trinity
A limited digi and vinyl release will also be released that contain a bonus cover song of Acheron's "Ave Sathanas".
Azarath was also confirmed for the XV PartySan OpenAir between 6-8th of august 2009. The promotional poster for the festival can be viewed here.
Pictures Of Pain Streams New Song Online
Norwegian melodic metal band Pictures of Pain has just recently finished recording eight tracks which will be released at an undetermined date in 2009. The band is now streaming the song "Far Beyond" on their MySpace page.
Helix Issues Year End Recap
Front man Brian Vollmer of Canadian hard rock act Helix has issued the following 2008 year-end recap:
"What a great year it was! We began the year still working the POWER OF ROCK AND ROLL CD. I was coaching Rudy Blair of 680 news for the media portion of Canadian Idol and ----HE WON! Rudy gave his prize of $1,000 to the Alzheimer’s Society . Congrats Rudy. (*Editor’s note: Rudy was featured in Homes and Condominiums in The Toronto Sun on Saturday Jan. 4th). We played a sold out show in our hometown of London, Ontario to start off the year-a good omen. A sad gig was our only time playing at Healey’s in Toronto, only to find out the next day that Jeff had passed away on the same evening…He will be missed…In the spring Then in July we played South Texas Rock Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Tom Mathers met us at the airport and took us to several record in stores that he had set up. 30,000 rabid fans attended the festival that weekend in 100-120 degree heat. It was the HOTTEST gig we ever played! Returning to Canada we played several northern Ontario runs and played in the following cities: Thunder Bay, Geraldton, (with April Wine), North Bay, Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie, before heading to eastern Canada. More...
Frostmoon Eclipse Streams Lovecraft Themed Songs
The three songs that black metal act Frostmoon Eclipse contributed to the H.P. Lovecraft Series will be available for streaming on the band's MySpace page until the end of January.
Released on God Is Myth Records at the end of 2008, FROSTMOON ECLIPSE’s “I Am Providence” is Volume VI of the series dedicated to the writer H.P. Lovecraft. Each of the albums in the series features an individual band, and is limited to 100 copies of specially packaged 3” CD-r’s.
Frostmoon Eclipse issued the following statement about the songs:
"The band are all fans of Lovecraft, and we found the idea behind the series particularly interesting to work on. Two of the tracks, “In The Vault” and “The Thing On The Doorstep” were inspired by Lovecraft stories and the idea that people could actually listen to them whilst reading the stories is fascinating. The final track “Providence, 1937-03-15” is our tribute to this extraordinary writer who died much too soon."
Unearth To Use Replacement Guitarist On Tour
Unearth guitarist Buz McGrath has issued the following statement:
"Greetings All, I just wanted to take this opportunity to explain my absence from the upcoming UNEARTH tour with Emmure, Impending Doom, and Born of Osiris.
My wife and I are in the process of adopting a baby, and currently we are overseas taking the final steps to begin our new roles as parents. Not to worry though, as filling in for me will be the extremely capable hands of Emil Werstler of DAATH fame. He is also know in some circles as SHREDDY KRUEGER, so be sure to peep his skills.
This line up of bands is beyond sick, so do what you gotta do to get to the show!! I will be back soon to resume my duties in UNEARTH, shredding like a chimpanzee on angel dust."
Unearth front man Trevor Phipps had this to add: "Everyone can rest assured that we will be playing a full set throughout the "Fuck School, Fuck Work, Let's Rage! Tour". We are lucky enough to have the services of Emil Werstler, so we won't miss a beat. All of us in Unearth want to congratulate Buz and Dawn on their family addition. "
Neaera Recording New Album, Extends Record Deal
German extreme metallers NEAERA have finished the songwriting for their upcoming yet untitled new album. The band will enter the Rape Of Harmonies studios in Germany on Monday next week with Alexander Dietz (Heaven Shall Burn) at the helm recording a good dozen of new songs. The album will be mixed and mastered by American producer Zeuss (Hatebreed, Shadows Fall, Agnostic Front, Terror, The Acacia Strain, etc…). The yet untitled new album is set for release on May, 22 in D/A/CH/I and May, 25 in the rest of Europe.
In other news NEAERA has extended their worldwide record deal with Metal Blade for another three records. The signing of the contract took place after the band's show in Karlsruhe on the 28th of December.
Amon Amarth Reissue Series Announced
Swedish Viking metal band AMON AMARTH has announced re-issues of their first four albums to appear in 2009. The series will kick off with "Once Sent From The Golden Hall," which will be released as a double-popup-digipak featuring two discs. Disc one features the entire "Once Sent From The Golden Hall" album remastered plus the bonustrack "Siegreicher Marsch" (German version of "Victorious March"). Disc two features the live recording of the show AMON AMARTH played on the 28th of December, 2008 in Bochum, Germany where they played the album in its entirety. The order of songs is the same as on disc one (excluding "Siegreicher Marsch").
This re-issue (and all the ones to follow during 2009) will be released as an 8-sided Double-Digipak with individual pop-up. All four pop-ups attached to each other will show a special three-dimensional picture. The re-issue also features liner notes by the band and will be released for the price of a regular CD.
The tracklisting for "Once Sent From The Golden Hall" is as follows:
1. Ride For Vengeance
2. The Dragons’ Flight Across The Waves
3. Without Fear 4. Victorious March
5. Friends Of The Suncross
6. Abandoned
7. Amon Amarth
8. Once Sent From The Golden Hall
9. Siegreicher Marsch (German version of Victorious March)
The 2-disc re-issue of "Once Sent From The Golden Hall" will be released the 27th of February in D/A/CH/I and the March 2nd in the rest of Europe.
Iron Steel Posts New Songs Online
Iron Steel, the new band that includes bassists David Ellefson (F5/ex-Megadeth) and Jim LaMarca of Chimaira, drummer Morgan Rose of Sevendust, guitarist Tommy Redd and vocalist Fran Strine, recently added a new song titled “Saints of Sin” and a cover of the Judas Priest track “Rapid Fire” on their MySpace player.
Bobaflex Announces New Winter Tour Dates
Bobaflex has announced a number of tour dates in January and February. They are as follows:
January 17th in Parkersburg, WV @ The Inferno
January 23rd, 24th in Indianapolis, IN @ The Point After
February 6th in Lima, WV @ Harry’s Hideaway
February 11th in Cambridge, OH @ Shakers
February 12th in Battle Creek, MI @ Planet Rock
February 13th in Mt. Clemens, MI @ The Hayloft
February 14th in Flint, MI @ The Machine Shop
February 15th in Jackson, MI @ Motorheads
February 20th in Janesville, WI @ The Black Bar
February 21st in Maplewood, MN @ The Rock
February 22nd in Sioux Falls, SD @ Nutty’s North
February 27th in Covington, KY @ Mad Hatter
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