Metal News for January 18, 2002
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5 news articles posted on this day.
Pyaemia Part ways with Bassist
Dutch death metal act Pyaemia have officially parted ways with bassist Frank.
Reasons for the bassist's departure is that he's ready to graduate and is seeking a full-time job. With a full-time job, Pyaemia feels Frank can't dedicate enough time to the band. Frank will perform his last show with Pyaemia on March 17 in Tilburg, Holland at Club 013.
"We regret this very much, since he was with us from the beginning and fanatic as fuck," said Pyaemmia on their website, www.pyaemia.com.
Read the full article at Digitalmetal.
Overkill Joins Spitfire
New York thrash metal stalwarts Overkill have officially signed to Spitfire Records after one successful album, Bloodletting, on the Metal-Is label.
Initial plans for Overkill are to release a live album and DVD that's expected to follow in the footsteps of 1988's Fuck You EP and 1995's Wrecking Your Neck - Live. After Overkill's live record is released, the band and label will then focus on the band's thirteenth as-yet-untitled full-length album.
Read the full article at Digitalmetal.
Night in Gales Bolts Again
German melodic death metal act Night In Gales have reportedly left Massacre Records after the label refused to pay tour support on their recent jaunt with God Dethroned and Misteltein.
Night In Gales are purportedly severing their contract with Massacre Records for also not supplying them with proper promotion for their latest disc, Necrodynamic. The same fiasco happened with Night In Gales other former label, Nuclear Blast Records.
"...Until we got a phonecall from our label Massacre Records," stated a post on the Night In Gales website about leaving the tour early. "They were refusing to pay any tour support as usual. We've been negotiating with both the tour agency and Massacre Records, but finally our label refuses any support at all."
Read the full article at Digitalmetal.
Naglfar to finish studio work this month
Swedish blackened death metallers Naglfar are scheduled to finish recording their long-awaited third full-length, Sheol, in late January.
Apparently, Sheol, is being recorded in sections, according to former War Music label New Hawen Records. Early reports from the label state the new material is "very evil and very promising indeed."
Read the full article at Digitalmetal.com.
Nile to Enter Studio in Feb.
Acclaimed death metal outfit Nile are scheduled to enter Soundlab Studios in Columbia, South Carolina with Bob Moore at the production helm in February.
Currently, Nile's third long-player is under the working title In Their Darkened Shrines and features the following song titles "The Blessed Dead," "Execration Text," "Kheftiu Asar Butchiu," "Sarcophagus," "In Their Nighted Shrines" and "Invocation To Sedetious Heresy."
Read the full article at Digitalmetal.
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