Metal News for January 7, 2005
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28 news articles posted on this day.
Diecast Cover Pantera's "Mouth For War"
The Boston-based quintet DIECAST ended their set in Detroit, Michigan on Thursday (Jan. 6) by paying tribute to DAMAGEPLAN/ex-PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott with a version of the PANTERA classic "Mouth For War". Download a video clip of DIECAST's performance of the track at this location (Windows Media, 11.2 MB).
DIECAST are touring in support of their latest album, "Tearing Down Your Blue Skies", available now on Century Media Records.
"Tearing Down Your Blue Skies" is the band's first release with new vocalist Paul Stoddard and is said to be the group's "most diverse and commanding offering to date."
(Thanks: Theriffcompelsme)
Spring 2005 Roadrage Tour Lineup Rumored
According to recent Internet rumors, the forthcoming Spring installment of the Roadrunner Records RoadRage tour is said to feature 3 Inches Of Blood, Still Remains, Trivium and The Agony Scene. Dates and venues are yet to be announced for the March/April trek.
Ferret Plan From Autumn To Ashes Re-Release
Ferret plan to reissue From Autumn To Ashes' debut album "Too Bad You're Beautiful" on March 08th replete with a new layout and four bonus tracks culled from the group's original demo release, namely 'A Reflection Of Anguish On A Face So Innocent', 'Trapped Inside The Cage Of My Soul', 'A Lie Will Always Defeat The Truth' and 'IV'.
"Killin' Me" To Air As Next Drowning Pool Single
The next single to be released to U.S. radio by Drowning Pool will be their track 'Killin' Me', it will go for adds on February 22nd.
Hear 8 Tracks of Faktion Online
Eight tracks from Dallas, Texas's Faktion can now be heard online here. The band are currently in the studio working on their debut album which will see a release through Roadrunner later this year.
Madball Working On New Album
Madball are currently in the process of writing material for a new full-length. Specifics (label, producer, etc.) haven't yet been disclosed, but the band expects to enter the studio shortly, and release the album later this year. Meanwhile, the group has lined up a few winter shows with Agnostic Front:
2/1 Baltimore MD @ Otto Bar
2/2 Farmingdale NY @ Downtime
2/3 Farmingdale NY @ Downtime w/ Vietnom
2/4 Latham NY @ Saratoga Winners w/ Vietnom
2/5 Providence RI @ Living Room w/ Vietnom
2/6 Sayerville NJ @ Starland Ballroom w/ Vietnom
Psyopus Booking Tour
Psyopus are currently booking an extensive tour for February and March, which will include their first trip to the West Coast. If you can help with any of the dates, send an email here. The routing is as follows:
2/11 Canandaigua, NY
2/12 Binghamton, NY
2/13 New York, NY
2/14 West Chester, PA
2/15 Johnstown/Altoona, PA
2/16 Columbus, OH
2/17 Indianapolis, IN
2/18 St Louis, MO
2/19 Springfield, MO
2/20 Tulsa, OK @ The Pinkeye
2/21 Oklahoma City, OK
2/22 Amarillo, TX
2/23 Santa Fe, NM @ Warehouse 21
2/24 Albuquerque, NM
2/25 Flagstaff, AZ
2/26 Lake Havasu, AZ
2/27 Barstow, CA
2/28 Bakersfield, CA
3/1 Fresno, CA
3/2 San Fransico, CA
3/3 San Jose, CA
3/4 Santa Maria, CA
3/5 Anahiem, CA
3/6 San Diego, CA
3/7 Yuma, AZ
3/8 Phoenix, AZ
3/9 El Paso, TX
3/10 Roswell, NM
3/11 Lubbock, TX
3/12 Norman, OK
3/13 Joplin, MO
3/14 Carbondale, IL
3/15 Evansville, IN
3/16 Dayton/Cincinnati, OH
3/17 Northeastern, OH
Just For Fun
The Genres Of Heavy Metal
I came across this and couldn't help but laugh when I read it. So I thought I'd share it with you all.
HEAVY METAL: The protagonist arrives on a Harley Davidson, kills the dragon, drinks some beers and f*cks the princess.
GRIND METAL: The protagonist arrives, screams something completely undecipherable for about 2 minutes and then leaves...
POWER METAL: The protagonist arrives riding a white unicorn, escapes from the dragon, saves the princess and they make love in an enchanted forest.
THRASH METAL: The protagonist arrives, fights the dragon, saves the princess and f*cks her....... easy and quick. More...
Lord Belial Writing New Material
The Swedish black metal band Lord Belial is writing new material for their next, yet untitled, album which is set to be released later this year on Regain Records.
The musical direction is meant to be a natural developed continuation of "The Seal of Belial". Los Angered Recording Studios will be used for the album, though no date has been set.
Blinded Colony Parts With Vocalist
The Swedish melodic death metal band Blinded Colony and the vocalist Niklas have gone separate ways. A new pre-production sample with the new singer, Johan Schuster is available at the bands official website here.
Marduk To Do Headlining Gig In Stockholm
The Swedish black metal band Marduk will do a headline gig at Klubben in Stockholm, Sweden together with Khold (N), Kaamos (S), Wykked Wytch (USA) and Endstille (D) on February 18, 2005.
The doors will open at 19.00, all ages. Tickets can be purchased at Soundpollution and Frizzle Records.
New Hammerfall Album Cover Posted Online
The cover of Hammerfall's "Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken" is now online and can be viewed here.
On Wednesday, January 12th, sometime between eight and nine p.m, the world premiere radio broadcast of "Blood Bound" will take place. A short interview is also scheduled to air, and it all happens in the P3 program Musikjournalen.
Two more shows have been confirmed. The Czech dates will be a mini tour of sorts with Edguy.
June 10 Sweden Rock Festival, Sölvesborg, Sweden
July 16 Open Air, Plzen, Czech Republic
July 17 Masters Of Rock, Vizovice, Czech Republic
Dismember Sign With Regain Records
Sweden’s Dismember have inked a deal with Regain Records. The label has confirmed that the band will begin recording their Regain debut sometime in 2005.
More details as they become available.
Trivium: The New Metallica
In an article from the New York Metro newspaper, writer Amber Ray finds the new Metallica - Trivium. Several excerpts from the article:
Dreaming of becoming the next Metallica seems so early 90's. But forgive the boys of Orlando, Fla.-based metal outfit Trivium for wanting to recapture the rock gods' glory days. When James Hetfield and company broke into the mainstream, Trivium's members were still in elementary school.
"I think that ever since day one our main goal was to be the next Metallica." says 18-year-old Heafy [lead vocals and guitar] over the phone. "Ever since I joined the band when I was 13, the drive to grab that goal never fell through."
Read the full article at Roadrunner Records.
Toledo Bands Pay Tribute To Dimebag Darrell
According to an article on toledoblade.com, Toledo bands Sole Remedy, Sever, Sledge, and New Found Element will be paying a final tribute to their hero at Howard's Club H in Bowling Green tomorrow (Jan. 8). The show will raise money for the families of those who were shot at the Alrosa Villa nightclub in Columbus the same night Abbott was fatally shot Dec. 8 while performing with Damageplan.
The cover charge for the 9 p.m. show is $4, but anyone wearing any Pantera or Damageplan clothing or logos will be admitted for $3. Howard's donated the club for the night and other than paying a sound man, all the proceeds will go the Dimebag Darrell Memorial Fund for the families of the employees of the Columbus club where Abbott was murdered last month.
Read the full article at toledoblade.com.
Ozzy, Steven Tyler Cover Clapton For Relief Fund
According to ContactMusic.com, Sharon Osbourne has enlisted a host of stars to cover Eric Clapton's tragic song "Tears In Heaven" for a charity single to raise money for the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami.
The rock matriarch has joined forces with arch-rival Simon Cowell to produce a star-studded remake of the 1992 song Clapton wrote following the death of his four-year-old son Conor, who was killed when he fell from a 53rd floor apartment window.
Osbourne says, "We approached Eric and his lawyers and everyone else said yes straight away — we could not think of a more appropriate song."
The song will include the vocal talents of Rod Stewart, Robbie Williams, Sir Elton John, AEROSMITH frontman Steven Tyler, Gwen Stefani and Ozzy and Kelly Osbourne.
Cowell is in talks for WESTLIFE, Will Young and Brian McFadden to join the track, which will be released on Sony and BMG Records.
Osbourne adds, "The people taking part are spread all over the world. They will probably have to record their parts in local studios and then we can put them all together."
Motley Crue's Vince Neil To Marry
Motley Crue frontman Vince Neil is to marry girlfriend Liz Gerardini. The ceremony, in Las Vegas (where else?), will be conducted by...rapper MC Hammer.
Symphony X Singer Finish Mixing Solo Album
Symphony X vocalist, Russell Allen, has just completed mixes on his very first solo effort tentatively titled, "Russell Allen's Atomic Soul." Its more of a stripped down bluesy '70s hard rock vibe in the vein of Bad Company. It was recorded by fellow Symphony X member, Michael Romeo who also lent his talents to some guitar and bass work. Look for its release sometime in April.
Romeo is now going to start working on the much anticipated new Symphony X album.
Evergrey To Release Live CD In March
Evergrey's new live CD called "A night To Remember" will hit stores March 15. The upcoming DVD, which features the live performance in their hometown of Gothenburg, Sweden, was filmed with 15 hi def cameras and will also include all of Evergrey's videos to date. Look for the DVD to hit stores in April.
Dream Theater Vocalist To Release Solo Album
Dream Theater vocalist, James LaBrie's solo CD is slated for release on March 15th. Musicians inlcude Matt Guillory (Dali's Dilemma) on keyboards, Mike Mangini (Extreme) on drums, Bryan Beller (Steve Vai) on bass, and a new guitar prodigy from Italy named Marco Sfogli. The CD will also feature a special guest appearance by fellow Canadian Kim Mitchell (Max Webster). Engineering chores are being handled by James' old Winter Rose bandmate, Richard Chycki who has done work for the likes of Aerosmith, Rush, and the Jeff Healey Band. Look for James to perform live with his band to support the release. Stay tuned for more details.
Wolf's Rehearsal Room Burglarized
The rehersal room of the Swedish heavy metal band Wolf has been burglarized, two guitars have been stolen. The following message have been posted at the official Wolf website:
Some fucko (must be a Limahl-fan) has broken in to our rehearsal and stolen BOTH of Nicks flying V's, plus two cordless systems and some stereo equipment.
One of the guitars is a one of a kind custom built V-model for Nick, Black with flames, one zebra-coloured DiMarzio-mike and a zebra mighty mike by the neck; it's the same shape as a Epiphone Flying V. It was stowed in a black hard case.The other is a Gibson Flying V 67, Cherry, with two DiMarzio Super Distortion mikes. The guitar was stowed in the original case.
See a pic of both guitars in action here.
Tips that lead to the recovery of one or both of these guitars will be rewarded with eternal heavy metal love from Wolf plus the usual finders fee.
In the unlikely event that it is Black Oak Arkansas that has stolen our gear, we might forget about the incident and just advise them to use a local music store for any future thefts. Thank you.
Dark Tranquillity's "Character" Pre-order Online
The new full-length album "Character" with the Swedish metal band Dark Tranquillity will be released on January 24 in Europe and on January 25 in North America through Century Media Records.
It is possible to book "Character" at the CdOn.com website, just follow the links below to book your copy of the album:
Sweden Denmark Norway Finland EU
A brand new track, entitled "Through Smudged Lenses", has been posted online at this location, in Real Media format.
Terror 2000 To Record New Album In March
The Swedish Thrash Metal band Terror 2000 will record their new album in March 2005. Bjorn Speed Strid (Soilwork), Klas Ideberg (Darkane), Nick Sword (El Mago), Erik Thyselius (Construcdead) and Dan Svensson (Hatelight) are still writing new songs announced as the most neck-breakin', fast and aggressive recorded by the band. No title for the new album is yet confirmed but the release date is planned for June 2005 through Scarlet Records.
Withering Surface Confirm Farewell Concert
Withering Surface has confirmed their last gig EVER. The band doesn't believe in reunions, so this will definately be the last chance to catch them live.
The gig will take place at Loppen in Copenhagen on the 26th of February 2005.
The band will play a long set with songs dating back to the beginning of Withering Surface. Write an e-mail with the top five songs from the WS repertoire to request@witheringsurface.dk, and WS will compile the set list from your requests.
Starwood Announce California Shows
Starwood will be playing 2 shows in Southern California this January and February, one of which will be supporting George Lynch.
Lizzy, Joey, Marten and Steals will attend various booths at NAMM music tradeshow talking with people and signing autographs. The NAMM show is the weekend of January 20-23 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA.
1/18 Anaheim, CA House of Blues Anaheim supporting George Lynch
1/27 Hollywood, CA Club Vodka
2/25 Reseda, CA Paladino’s
Rammstein "Mein Teil" Inspired By Grisly True Tale
Rammstein, the German band best known for the aggro song "Du Hast" and singer Till Lindemann's habit of intentionally lighting himself on fire on stage, have pushed the envelope further with their single, "Mein Teil," writing the song about a creepy tale of cannibalism.
According to mtv.com, the song, from Rammstein's latest CD, "Reise, Reise," was based on a widely publicized case in Germany where one man advertised on the Internet for another man to "dine on." A respondent offered up himself for supper, and indeed became the willing victim of cannibalism.
Rammstein guitarist Richard Kruspe said, "I was really interested to find out about why he would want to kill a man and eat [him]. It was just a really interesting story, so we decided to make a song about it."
There is videotape of the actual cannibalistic encounter, but it remains in police custody, and Rammstein's video for the song "Mein Teil," which translates roughly as "My Part," contains no references to the actual case.
Rammstein has confirmed European tour dates in February and June, and there is speculation that they will perform Stateside in April and May.
"Keine Lust" will be the next single released from "Reise Reise," slated to hit radio in February.
"Reise Reise," whose title roughly translates to "Journey Journey" in English, is the follow-up to the band's 2001 release, "Mutter."
Ozzy Osbourne Bins Buckethead
Ozzy Osbourne has ditched plans to link up with former Guns N' Roses star Buckethead - because the guitarist refused to lose his famous look.
The guitarist was called in as Ozzy's possible latest guitarist for this year's Ozzfest tour, but Osbourne admits he couldn't persuade the eccentric axeman to ditch his trademark KFC bucket hat and white facemask - and he refused to call him Buckethead.
Ozzy tells rock magazine Revolver: "I met him and asked him to work with me but only if he got rid of the fucking bucket.
"I came back a bit later and he's wearing this green fucking Martian's-hat thing. I said: 'Look, just be yourself.'
"He told me his name was Brian, so I said that's what I'd call him. He says: 'No one calls me Brian except my mother.' So I said: 'Pretend I'm your mum then.'"
Ozzy is now looking to reunite with former guitarist pal Zakk Wylde for the 10th anniversary tour this summer.
He adds: "He's fucking nuts. It depends on a lot of things. He'll probably be with me."
DevilDriver Frontman Answer Fan Questions
Devildriver frontman Dez Fafara (ex-Coal Chamber) has answered a number of fan questions about the group's upcoming album and touring activities via the group's official web site.
Q: After you get your CD finished you said you may start touring in February. Now in February Slipknot and Lamb Of God start a tour, would there be any chance you will be touring with them?
Dez Fafara: We have been asked to do five shows with Slipknot (all of Texas) from March 28 to April 5. We confirmed this a week before Christmas, and we are excited to see everybody. We'd like to thank Slipknot and Lamb Of God for having us on, we'll see you soon. From there it could be possible to see Devildriver to start their first headlining tour of the U.S.
Q: Just wondering, is your new album sounding a lot heavier than the first?
Dez Fafara: Less linear, more brutal, and intricately structured, faster, tons of groove and hook. I think working with (producer) Colin Richardson has brought out the best in all of us. The greatest thing about Devildriver and the new album ("The Fury Of Our Maker's Hand") is that both the media and the fans won't be able to paint us in a category. We are truly doing our own thing, and having a great time with it. And you can feel it in the room as it is being created. And now I would like to take the time to be self-indulgent and gloat at the fact that Devildriver has great musicians. The legendary Colin Richardson has been amazing to work with. We would like to thank Monte Conner, from Roadrunner Records, for pointing us in his direction. But to be fucking blunt with you, if you are a Devildriver fan now you will be more than pleased with what you hear in the future.
Read the full article at DevilDriver.
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