Metal News for January 18, 2009
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27 news articles posted on this day.
Destroy The Runner, Blind Witness Tour Dates
Destroy The Runner has announced a run of tour dates with Blind Witness, The Demonstration, and I Am Abomination. Here are the latest tour dates:
2/10 Palmdale, CA @ The Crossing
2/11 Victorville, CA @ Karma
2/12 Canoga Park, CA @ Cobalt Cafe
2/17 Fort Collins, CO @ Hod'is Halfnote
2/19 Springfield, MO @ Billiard's Blue
2/20 Cape Girardeau, MO @ 4-H
2/21 Camdenton, MO @ The Warehouse
2/22 Metamora, IL @ Johnny's Cafe
2/23 Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews
2/24 Buffalo, MN @ The Vault
2/26 Southgate, MI @ The Modern Exchange
These dates follow the previously announced "I, Lucitour" tour featuring DESTROY THE RUNNER (USA), MAINLINE (ITA) and Evita (UK; UK dates only).
First Dates For Cold, The Killer and the Star Tour
The first dates for Cold’s upcoming tour with frontman Scooter Ward's band The Killer and the Star have been confirmed. Here are the initial dates:
March 17th in Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
March 27th in Columbus, OH @ Alrosa Villa
March 28th in Detroit, MI @ Harpo’s
April 11th in Hollywood, CA @ Whisky
April 23rd in St. Petersburg, FL @ State Theatre
Morphosis Tour 2009 Bands and Dates Announced
The Morphosis Tour 2009 dates have been announced. The tour features Hate, Vedonist, Atropos, Bloodwritten and Neyra, except where noted. The latest tour dates are:
Mar 27 2009 7:00P Lublin (Graffiti)
Mar 28 2009 4:15P (Hate, Virgin Snatch, Vedonist + supports) Zabrze (CK Wiatrak)
Mar 29 2009 7:00P Kielce (Cafe Mundo)
Apr 3 2009 7:00P Lodz (Stereo Krogs)
Apr 4 2009 7:00P Krakow (LochNess Club)
Apr 5 2009 7:00P Wroclaw (Madness)
Apr 17 2009 7:00P Warszawa (Progresja)
Apr 18 2009 7:00P Bydgoszcz (Estrada)
Apr 19 2009 7:00P Poznan (U Bazyla)
Apr 24 2009 7:00P Czestochowa (Tramwaj)
Apr 25 2009 7:00P Bielsko-Biala (RudeBoy)
Apr 26 2009 7:00P Rzeszow (Pod Palma)
Unleashed, Belphegor, Devian To Tour N. Europe
The Hammer Battalion North Tour 2009 has been announced, with the line up including Unleashed, Belphegor, Devian and Diabolical. The tour dates so far are as follows:
27.02.2009 (EST) Tallin / Tapper
28.02.2009 (FIN) Tampere / Yo-Talo
01.03.2009 (FIN) Helsinki / Nosturi
03.03.2009 (FIN) Turku / Klubi
04.03.2009 (FIN) Joenasuu / Kellari
05.03.2009 (FIN) Oulu / Teatria
06.03.2009 (SWE) Umea / Midnight
07.03.2009 (SWE) Sundsvall / Pipeline
08.03.2009 (SWE) Östersund / TBA
10.03.2009 (SWE) Orebro / Kulturhuset
11.03.2009 (SWE) Malmoe / Debaser
12.03.2009 (DEN) Copenhagen / The Rock
13.03.2009 (SWE) Stockholm / Klubben
14.03.2009 (SWE) Goteborg / Sticky Fingers
The Stone and Lugubre Announce German Shows
Serbian black metal band THE STONE and LUGUBRE are lining up some live dates around Germany. Here are the latest dates of the Torture Is The Right Way Tour 2009:
22.4. Hamburg-MarX + local support
23.4. tba
24.4. Berlin-K17 + SKYFORGER
25.4. Erfurt-From Hell + SKYFORGER
26.4. tba
For tba dates and info, and all other questions send email to info@folter666.de.
Sadistic Intent's Debut Album To Be Reissued
SADISTIC INTENT's "Resurrection Of The Ancient Black Earth" CD will finally be out at the end of January via Iron Pegasus Records. It features the studio tracks of the ultra rare LP plus the "Morbid Faith" 7"EP as bonus. This re-release comes with a 16 pages booklet, that contains lyrics, cool photos, etc.
Contraband Candy Interviews My Dying Bride
Contraband Candy was granted an audience with the godfathers of doom, My Dying Bride, at the 2008 Damnation Festival. René talks to Aaron and Andrew about recording methods, the upcoming album, the new keyboardist/violinist Katie Stone, German sausage, cake and porn. You can watch the video below. More...
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Rock of Love Tour Bus Recap
The first two episodes of Bret Michael’s latest reality show have established the following. First, this group of girls is the most insane cast to date (more on this shortly). Second, Bret Michaels, known rock star front man of the hair metal band Poison, can still be shocked (more on this shortly). Finally, despite an enormous amount of drinking during the first two seasons of Rock of Love, this season is going to make the past episodes look like a party hosted by Dr. Drew. More...
Five Finger Death Punch Replaces Guitarist?
Metalsludge.tv has issued the following statement about Five Finger Death Punch apparently replacing their guitarist:
"A hot rumor floating around NAMM this weekend is that Five Finger Death Punch has fired guitarist Darrell Roberts and replaced him with Jason Hook.
Sources close to guitarist Zoltan and drummer Jeremy are confirming the same story. This makes sense as Jeremy has had an on going friendship with Hook since he played drums on Hook's solo Cds. Jason recently has been playing guitar along side Keri Kelli in the Alice Cooper Band.
Darrell Roberts played guitar for W.A.S.P. for several years during the Neon God recordings and tours. Previous to the W.A.S.P. stint he played with TUFF to his admitted regret. Roberts is the signature Metallica guitar sound on the TUFF hit "American Hair Band" which was recorded during his tenure in the band in late 2000 into 2001. Roberts also played the "James Hetfield" role in the late 90s West Coast popular Alcholica (Metallica tribute band)."
Read the full article at Metalsludge.tv.
Blut Aus Nord Announces Release Date For New Album
French experimental black metal band Blut Aus Nord has announced that the new album "Memoria Vetusta II - Dialogue with the Stars" will be released on February 23rd, 2009.
The track listing will be as follows:
1. Disciple's Libration (Lost In The Nine Worlds)
2. Antithesis Of The Flesh (...And Then Arises A New Essence)
3. The Alcove Of Angels (Vipassana)
4. ...The Meditant (Dialogue With The Stars)
5. Acceptance (Aske)
6. Translucent Body Of Air (Sutta Anapanasati)
7. The Formless Sphere (Beyond The Reason)
8. The Cosmic Echoes Of Non-Matter (Immaterial Voices Of The Fathers)
9. Elevation (The Dawn Of The Gods)
Bands Announced For 2009 Maryland Death Festival
Below is a list of bands for each day of MDF 2009, which will take place May 22 - 24. There are several different scenarios on the table as far as stage setup goes, so we won't be announcing exact set times until sometime in March. Set times will be planned so you don't have to pick and choose what band you want to see because two are playing at one time.
Individual day tickets will go on sale on Monday, January 19th.
You can expect doors to open around 3:30 pm on Friday and 12:00 pm on Saturday and Sunday. These are only estimates, but not off by more than 30 minutes or so. More...
Terror Provides Updates
Scott Vogel of Los Angeles hardcore/thrash metal band Terror has just summed up what's happened to them in 2008 and has announced what has happened so far in 2009.
"First, just wanted to thank everyone that made '08 another great year for Terror. We got to travel the world, put out a new record that I really believe may be our best and of course do a lot of hanging out and laughing."
"So I'm sure if you follow the band that you see we've had some line-up changes again. Buske leaving the band and David Wood stepping in on bass is semi old news but still news. David is a perfect fit for us. We wanted someone with youth and energy and we got exactly what we asked for. Buske has still been helping out the band however he can and was even spotted in the pit at our show in NYC for 'Betrayer' I believe. More...
Bible Of The Devil Announces US Tour Dates
BIBLE OF THE DEVIL have confirmed the following US tour dates:
1/25 - Sun. Madison, WI - The Frequency
1/30 - Iowa City, IA - The Picador
1/31 - Chicago, IL - Double Door
More BOTD shows including the band's third European invasion in March will be announced soon. BOTD's latest effort, "Freedom Metal," is now officially out on Cruz Del Sur Music and is distributed through MVD, Stonerrock.com, and HellrideMusic.com. Keep an eye out for "Freedom Metal" in vinyl format upcoming through Heavy Birth Records, as well as the new Bible Of The Devil/BLADE OF THE RIPPER split 7" to be released on Scarey Records.
DuskMachine Issues Studio Update
Germany's DuskMachine have issued the following studio update:
"The drum recordings for DuskMachine's second album have finally begun. Today Randy played the first 2 songs from the 14 we plan to record. We have about 65 min. of music, but we will probably sort out some of the songs. The album will be recorded again in our 'Sound from below'-Studio and hopefully be done late summer. More info and pics from the recordings will be posted soon."
DuskMachine's current line up is as follows:
Mirko Prietzsch - Vocals
Nikolai Wurk - Guitars
Russell Bergquist - Bass (Annihilator)
Randy Black - Drums (Annihilator, Primal Fear, Rebellion)
Xandria Announces Tour Dates
German goth metallers XANDRIA have announced the following tour dates:
3/05 - Chrudim, Czech Republic - Pitch Club
3/06 - Zlín, Czech Republic - Metal Mania Festival
3/07 - Jihlava, Czech Republic - Delnický D?m
8/25 - Caracas, Venezuela - Teatro Corpanca
8/26 - Bogota, Columbia - Teatro Libre
8/28 - Santiago, Chile - Blondie
8/29 - Sao Paulo, Brazil - Tribe House
8/30 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Super Rock
9/25-27 - Birmingham, UK - Metal Fest
Amberian Dawn Posts Music Video Online
Finnish metal band, AMBERIAN DAWN, have posted a new music video online for the song "My Only Star." acording to the band the video, "...was shot during Amberian Dawn and EPICA European Tour 2008."
The video can be seen on youtube. An HD version is also available on the site.
Alestorm Issues Updated European Tour Schedule
Alestorm has issued the following statement and tour date updates:
"Alrighty lads and lassies!
Just to remind you all that we're back on tour in Europe and Germany. Come along and say hi. And buy us beer. Cheers to everyone who came along to see us in Lichtenfels last night, it was an absolute blast!" More...
Mindtech Parts Ways With Vocalist
Noregian metallers, Mindtech, have issued the following update regarding the departure of their vocalist:
"We had two great gigs I December, supporting the mighty VOLBEAT. Thanx to the Danes for treating us so well, and the great audience. We had a blast!"
"These were, unfortunately, the last two gigs with our singer Aslak. So now is the time to thank him for his great contribution to the band, and to wish him all the best for his future plans. This is no dramatic split, and we are still great friends with Mr Aslak." More...
Rotting Christ Cancels Mexican Tour Dates
Rotting Christ has issued the following update about February tour dates in Mexico:
"Rotting Christ would like to announce the cancellation of their upcoming scheduled for early February shows in Mexico due to lack of professionalism from the agencies' side.
We really send our excuses to our Mexican Metal Brothers and renew our meeting in the close future under more proper conditions.
Till then...
Keep the horns rising
Hasta luego hermanos Mexicanos"
Trollfest Announced for Two Festivals
Norwegian folk metal band Trollfest have just announced that they will be playing at this year's Hub and Heuy Metalfest, which takes place on March 13th-14th at Azijnfabriek in Roermond, Netherlands, and Rock Harz (they said "Rock Hartz," when in actuality it's "Rock Harz") O.A. which will take place on July 9th-11th in Germany.
Empyria Completes New Album
Vancouver based metallers, EMPYRIA, have completed their upcoming album, "The Long Road Home," and a release date should be announced soon.
The tracklisting for "The Long Road Home" is as follows:
01. Intro
02. The Endless Circle
03. False Witness
04. No Other Way
05. Lonely People
06. Last Rites
07. Can't Wait Forever
08. Of All The Dreams
09. Without Within
10. Walk Away
11. Of All The Dreams
12. Solitude (Inst.)
13. Returning Home
Evergrey To Perform Warm Up Show In Georgia
Evergrey will be performing an intimate warm-up show in Marietta, GA on March 12th en route to Mexico City for a festival appearance. This will be a true “Night with Evergrey” as the band will remain at the club after the show to party with the fans the rest of the night. Tickets will be limited and will go on sale next week (exact date TBA).
Michael Amott Reveals New Signature Guitars
Arch Enemy guitarist Michael Amott has unveiled his two new signature Dean guitars at the NAMM 2009 conference. Images of the two new specialty guitars can be found here.
Keep It True Festival Announces Lineup Changes
The following lineup change has been announced for Germany's Keep It True Festival
"Unfortunally we have to bring you some sad news for KEEP IT TRUE 12. HITTMAN had to cancel their show in April. The cause for that is an unexpected family tragedy at one of the band members. The band had talks to play with a replacement, but did not do it because it wouldn’t have been HITTMAN. We can totally understand this and want to express all our best wishes to the band and the musician. The door for a future show will always be open at KIT.
But we haven’t been lazy and so we can already announce the first class replacement band. Dutch Metal legend PICTURE will fill the spot of HITTMAN this April and all who saw the amazing show last year at Headbangers Open Air will know, that you can expect a high energy show filled with all the hits of this great band."
Other confirmed bands for the festival include Armored Saint, Lizzy Borden, and Abattoir.
More Bands Confirmed For 2009 Nightmare Metal Fest
Nightmare records has issued the following update about new bands being confirmed for the 2009 Nightmare Metal Fest:
"Come join the underground Prog/Power Metal revolution! We are proud to announce these artists have now been added to the lineup, SEVEN WITCHES (featuring James Rivera [HELSTAR], Mike LePond [SYMPHONY X] and Jack Frost [SAVATAGE] and FUTURES END (featuring Steve DiGiorgio and Jon Allen of SADUS) have been confirmed for the Nightmare Metal Fest II, set to take place March 20-21 at The Warehouse in San Antonio, Texas."
The current list of confirmed bands includes:
JAG PANZER
SEVEN WITCHES
FUTURES END
KRUCIBLE
SACRED DAWN
HALCYON WAY
IMAGIKA
MINDWARP CHAMBER
Hatred Wins Spot On Desert Rock Festival 2009
JorZine has conducted an interview with Bay Area thrash/power metal band HATRED, the winner of the United We Rock Battle *Germany* to play one of the remaining slots on the Desert Rock Festival on March 6, 2009 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Here's an excerpt from the interview:
JZ: Soon you’ll be playing Dubai, a city that you’ve never been to before, how do you expect it to be? And have you been to any of the Middle Eastern countries before? Any thoughts about this?
HATRED: None of us has ever been to the Middle East before, so we are very excited how it’s going to be there. I only know it from school, some books and from TV. But you know, you can’t always believe what you see on TV. If possible, we want to spend a few more days there to learn a bit more about the area, the people and the very old culture and also the high-tech world of Dubai City. And we’re really looking forward to play for you crazy metalheads in the middle east. We hope you’ll like our stuff and we’ll have the chance to play more shows in your part of the earth in future!
Read the full article at JorZine.
Engorged Finishes Writing New Album
Portland's Engorged have finished writing their new album, "The House Of Cthulhu," and have begun recording. An early Summer release on Tank Crimes Records is expected. The LP will also feature artwork by Dennis Dread.
The current tracklisting for "The House Of Cthulhu" is as follows:
1. No Sleep Till R'lyeh
2. Strikeforce : Cthulhu
3. Into The Vaults Of Yoh-Vombis
4. The Hound
5. Electric Executioner
6. Mysteries Of The Worm
7. Rats In The Walls
8. The Space Eaters
9. Return Of The Old Ones
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