Valume Nob In Talks With Demolition Records

VALUME NOB, the Louisiana based band featuring CROWBAR/DOWN guitarist Kirk Windstein on bass, are in talks with England's Demolition Records about the release of their already-completed full-length debut, entitled "Residue and Bones". If all goes well, the album could be released as early as March. The upcoming CD will include a track entitled "The 8 of Spades" dedicated to MOTÖRHEAD mainman Lemmy Kilmister. To listen to the song, click here.

"Residue and Bones" was recorded at American studios in Los Angeles with engineer Warren Riker (DOWN, CROWBAR).

VALUME NOB released an extended version of their previously recorded "The Most High" EP in October 2004 through Crash Music Inc. The CD contains the four songs from the original recording as well as two "live" bonus tracks and a 30-minute DVD interview with the band.

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Ghoulunatics Begin Work On New Album

Montreal deathcore act GHOULUNATICS have commenced work on their fifth studio album. "We've been jamming acoustically for a couple of weeks to get the song structures down in a calm environment," the band write. "We went into our jam room last Friday to test the new ideas out and they sound great! They have that groove that can just hook you in and get you taping your foot to the beat! So all is going well.

"We will be recording a three-song demo at the end of January that we will present to a couple of local booking agencies who specialize in booking festivals hoping to get in on some bigger outside festivals around the province of Quebec this summer. After that's done, we'll keep working on the rest of the songs. We're working on ideas for about 10 songs right now, and more will surely be added as the weeks go by. We're really happy with how things are going so far. The guys are really into it and can't wait to get back into the studio. I can't wait to hear what kind of sick lyrics Pat will come up with this time around! No date has been scheduled for the studio yet, but I think it should be before the summer. We will probably go back to Wildsound studio, that place is magic and we look forward to working with [producer] Pierre Remillard again."

GHOULUNATICS released a 10th anniversary DVD, "Blood Curdling Years", last year via Galy Records/F.A.B. distribution.

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Shadowkeep Working On New Album

U.K. power metallers SHADOWKEEP have now completed all the rhythm parts for the new album, the title of which is still under wraps. Drummer Scott Higham and bassist Stony Grantham entered Thin Ice Studios just before Christmas to lay down all their parts and the results have been "stunning," according to a press release. Guitarists Chris Allen and Nicki Robson will continue the recording process in February when they go in to track their parts before new singer Richie Wicks (ex-ANGEL WITCH, TYGERS OF PAN TANG) puts the finishing touches on the effort at the end of that month. The band hope to have the album completed and ready to promote by late April and certainly in time for their planned festival appearances this summer. As a taster, registered members of their web site, shadowkeepmetal.net, can download the first sample of new track "Ten Shades of Black", which is the first full and completed recording made by the new lineup. Reaction by the band's fans have been "wild and full of praise," and as promised, the sound — although maintaining the trademark SHADOWKEEP composition expertise — also has a new tighter, harder more darker edge to it.

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Waysted To Open For Nazareth In Leeds

WAYSTED, the reunited semi-obscure mid-'80s British heavy metal outfit led by UFO bassist Pete Way (hence the spelling of the group's name), will open for NAZARETH at The Irish Centre in Leeds, England on February 14.

WAYSTED's comeback CD, "Back from the Dead"was issued last year via Majestic Rock Records.

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Liminal Post Video Online

NJ metal band, Liminal, release a video for the song Torment off their latest album entitled "these poor remains". check out the video at this location.

You can download the song Torment and others off their Myspace site

Liminal also posted the following message regarding the video on myspace:
"Our first music video is available now on our myspace page. Go visit our site and click the link at the center of the page. You'll need Windows Media to watch it. It was yet again, another project handled completely by us (ie...writing, filming, editing, ect). We put a lot of work into it and feel we really achieved what we were shooting for. Let us know what you think...Hope you enjoy!

Thanks for all your support and stay sic, stay metal!

the boys of
LiminaL"

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Enertia Post Update on their Website

Upstate New York metal band, Enertia, post and update on their website regarding the progress of their upcomming record:
"A demo version of a brand new song, DEMONS OF SILENCE,
is now online & available for you to check out at our MySpace Site.

The songwriting process continues & we now have 13 new songs. Upon completion of writing a few more & road testing them, we will then decide which ones will make it onto the next disc to be recorded in the summer of 2006. Some working titles include:

Piece Of The Factory
Do It Again
The Hardest Sorrow
An Old Fashioned Beating"

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Hatesphere Cancel Swedish Dates

According to a posting on Danish thrashers HATESPHERE's official web site, the group's previously announced Swedish shows in Stockholm and Göteborg (on February 16 and February 17) have been cancelled. "The reason is an incredibly fucked-up local promoter," the band write on the site. "We're very sorry about it, because lots of people have been waiting to see us. We will be back later this year, hope you all understand."

HATESPHERE will embark on a Danish tour in early February. A list of confirmed dates can be found at Hatesphere.com.

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Amorphis Post 'House Of Sleep' Video Online

AMORPHIS' video for their new single, "House of Sleep", has been posted online at NuclearBlast.de (Real Media). The single, which recently entered the Finnish single chart at position No. 1, comes off the group's new album, "Eclipse", due on February 17 via Nuclear Blast Records. A pre-release listening session for "Eclipse" will be held at NightLife Rock Club in Helsinki (Helsinginkatu 25) on Friday, February 3 at 9:00 p.m. The cover artwork for "Eclipse" was created by Travis Smith, who is renowned for his collaborations with OPETH, ANATHEMA, KATATONIA, ICED EARTH and numerous others. The follow-up to last year's "Far from the Sun" was recorded at Sonic Pump studios in Helsinki with engineer Nino Laurenne (THUNDERSTONE). The production duties were handled by the band and Marco Hietala (NIGHTWISH) for vocals. The mixing was taken care of by Mikko Karmila (who previously worked with the group on their "Am Universum" CD) at Finnvox Studios in Helsinki. The first pressing of "Eclipse" will be a limited digipack edition featuring the bonus track "Stonewoman".

AMORPHIS will celebrate the release of "Eclipse" with a live appearance at the second annual Finnish Metal Expo, which will take place on February 17-18, 2006 at Kaapelitehdas in Helsinki, Finland. A Finnish tour will follow in March.

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Anthrax Rocks Chicago's House Of Blues

What better way to spend Friday the 13th (January) than at an ANTHRAX show? With all the old 80’s bands coming back around, it gives us/you the chance to see them live if you have never seen them back in the day. Believe me these bands still know how to rock and Anthrax (currently on tour) is no exception.

First came, Manntis. The crowd was thin. With guitarist Adair (from MTV Fame – Battle for Ozzfest) Jake, Dan and Josh, they held there own. You will be seeing a lot more of theses guys. More...

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