Metal News for January 15, 2004
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14 news articles posted on this day.
Children of Bodom To Headline Bloodstock 04
Finnish metalers CHILDREN OF BODOM are set to headline the Bloodstock festival on Saturday 4th September 2004. They will be joined on the Saturday by fellow countrymen SONATA ARCTICA for their first ever UK show, and from the UK, THRESHOLD, will be promoting their new CD and Live CD/DVD, in the special guest slot on Friday 3rd September.
The Lineup so far is: More...
Nightwish On A US Tour
The Operatic metallers from Finland are going to kick off a US tour in August. For now the only confirmed gig is at The Palladium in Worcester, MA on August 20. More dates to be added.
Meanwhile NIGHTWISH's first dvd 'From Wishes To Eternity' has sold gold in Germany. This is the very first time the band gets "precious metal" outside Finland. They are also working on their 4th full length album which is going to be recorded in Finnvox and Caverock studios.
Read the full article at Nightwish.
Seven Angels Plans South American Tour
Seven Angels is planning a South American tour and here are the dates: More...
Metal Injection Gets Dying Fetus
Dying Fetus is coming to Metal Injection. On this week's episode, we will be airing a recent concert bootleg of DF playing all of their killer tracks.
Metal Injection airs this and every Friday Night/Saturday Morning at 3:00AM EST on BCAT channel 67 (Cablevision) and 34 (Time Warner). If you don't have BCAT, a webstream will be provided via our website at http://www.metalinjection.net .
Here is a list of the upcoming episodes: More...
Labrat Cancel Shows Due To Drummer's Hernia
LABRAT were forced to cancel two of their recent shows with AKERCOCKE and SIKTH after drummer Nathan Perrier was rushed to Naas General Hospital in County Kildare, Ireland for an emergency hernia operation. He has been told to rest for a minimum of two months, ideally three, before attempting any kind of drumming, which puts LABRAT on the backburner.
Due to the serious nature of his condition, the band have had to postpone any plans to go into the studio to record their as yet untitled second studio album.
An official statement from the band reads as follows:
"We can not begin to convey how absolutely gutted we were (and still are) at having to cancel our appearances alongside Sikth and Akercocke in Dublin and Belfast over the weekend. Nathan was rushed to hospital on Friday afternoon after experiencing severe pain, was diagnosed with Necro-Intesto (very metal) and went into emergency surgery for a hernia operation that evening. This left us no choice but to cancel the remaining dates. We promise to come back to give you the ear-raping you deserve as soon as possible, and would like to thank our brothers in Akercocke and Sikth for playing longer sets - both bands played a blinder both nights, respect to you mandrills! Nathan, who is currently recovering at home, would also like to thank the staff at Naas General Hospital for taking great care of him, not to mention supplying him with diazepam, which is extremely hard to come by in England."
Griffin Cover Priest And Ozzy, MP3s For Download
Moonfog's Norweigan metal act GRIFFIN have posted two cover songs online, which will only be available online for the next 48 hours! The songs are of OZZY OSBOURNE's 'Crazy Train' and JUDAS PRIEST's 'Hell Bent For Leather'. You can download them here.
Skinless Drummer Leaves, Tours w/ Exhumed
SKINLESS drummer John Longstreth has quit the band due to musical differences, an official announcement should be made soon. John will be drumming for EXHUMED on their upcoming US and European tours.
Download Cannibal Corpse's 'Cyanide Assasin'
A new song from CANNIBAL CORPSE's upcoming album, "The Wretched Spawn", has been put online. Download the mp3 for "Cyanide Assassin" here.
In related news, CANNIBAL CORPSE will shortly begin filming a video for the track "Decency Defiled" off their forthcoming CD, "The Wretched Spawn". The follow-up to 2002's "Gore Obsessed", "The Wretched Spawn" was recorded at Sonic Ranch studios in Tornillo, Texas with producer Neil Kernon (NEVERMORE, JUDAS PRIEST).
"The Wretched Spawn" will be released on February 24th in the US through Metal Blade Records.
Caliban Recording, European Tour Plans
CALIBAN are currently in the studio with Anders Friden (IN FLAMES) to record the follow-up to "Shadow Hearts". In February and March the band is going to play a couple of european shows as support for SOILWORK and THE FORSAKEN. More...
Lacuna Coil And Ancient Confirmed For Piorno
Italy's LACUNA COIL and Norweigan black metallers ANCIENT are the latest bands confirmed for this years Piorno Rock Festival, which will take place on February 28th in Pinos Puentes (Granada), Spain. The list of bands so far confirmed is as follows:
AMON AMARTH, ANCIENT, AXXIS, BATTELORE, CAGE, CALLENISH CIRCLE, CONTHRA, DARK FUNERAL, DESTRUCTION, ENSLAVED, EPICA, EVERGREY, FINNTROLL, IRON SAVIOR, KAMELOT, LACUNA COIL, MSG, SAXON, SEPULTURA, STRATOVARIUS, TANKARD, VANDES
The Haunted Work On Fourth Album
Swedish thrashers THE HAUNTED entered the studio yesterday for the pre-production of 4 new songs. Some song titles include "Almost Alive" and "Who Will Decide". The band is also currently busy writing songs for their 4th album, which will be recorded in studio Fredman during a 5 week period in February-March 2004.
Occult Sign With Karmageddon Media
The raging Black/ Thrash band OCCULT from the Netherlands signed a multiple record deal with the Dutch label Karmageddon Media ( formerly Hammerheart Records). Their 5th album ' Elegy For The Weak' comes out in March.
If you enjoy Slayer, old Pestilence, Kreator, Old Sepultura, Occult is a must- have in every self-respecting thrash or death metal fan's collection.
Moritz Neuner Joins Graveworm
Ex Abigor and current Darkwell and Shadowcast drummer Moritz Neuner will be joining the Italian Gothic/ Black metal act Graveworm for the upcoming live shows in 2004. He'll be raplacing Martin Innerbichler.
After the extremely successful X-MAS-Festival-Tour, GRAVEWORM have also started writing some new material for the follow up to 'Engraved in Black' that came out last year. They are to appear in several festivals around Europe this summer: More...
Read the full article at Graveworm.
Katatonia Nominated For A Manifest Award
KATATONIA are nominated for a Minifest Award held by the Swedish Independent Musicproducers. The ceremony will take place on January 29 in Stockholm. The nominees in the 'Best Hard Rock/Punk' section are:
Arch Enemy – 'Anthems of Rebellion'
Burst – 'Prey On Life'
Cult Of Luna – 'The beyond'
Katatonia – 'Viva Emptiness'
Nasum – 'Helvete'
Katatonia took the 2nd spot at the Finnish Metal Music Awards held on January 3 in Helsinki, in the 'Best Foreign Act' category. Iron Maiden came in first and Dimmu Borgir third.
The band has also added some new dates on their oncoming Scandinavian tour together with AMARAN. The release date of Katatonia's 'Brave yester Days' has been set for February 23. The double cd comes in a digipac format and a 16 page booklet.
The official toudates are as follows: More...
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