Metal News for January 9, 2006
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22 news articles posted on this day.
Decapitated Announce New Bassist
Decapitated has some new blood with new bassist Richard Gulczynski to envigorate the death metal act just before hitting the United States on their stint on the Annihilation of the Wicked Tour alongside Nile. Richard is incredibly excited to share the stage with Decapitated as they tour throughout the US starting January 12th in Memphis, Tenn up until February 12th in Ft. Lauderdale, FL when the tour wraps up. Also featured on the Annihilation of the Wicked bill are Soilent Green, Hypocrisy, Raging Speedhorn and Earache's own With Passion.
Decapitated are also slated to deliver what could possibly be the death metal record of early 2006, "Organic Hallucinosis", this February. Providing a powerful groove to keep their technical onslaught of metal from becoming repetitive, Decapitated have elevated their game past their already critically acclaimed past releases and want to show the world that those albums were merely stepping stones in their progression to becoming the death metal act for the 21st Century.
Decapitated's new album "Organic Hallucinosis" will be in stores everywhere February 7th 2006.
Wolf Signs To Century Media Records
Century Media Records has announced the signing of Swedish metal band, Wolf. Formed in 1995, the group has previously released material with Prosthetic Records and No Fashion Records. Here's a statement from the band:
"Wolf is a hard working heavy metal band. Century Media Records is a hard working heavy metal label. See the connection? We are very proud that we will put out the next Wolf album through Century Media. We are completely sure that we will get the support, which we need. In addition, we are convinced that the next Wolf album will tear you a new asshole."
Look for the group's Century Media debut to hit streets later this year.
10 Years Headlining Tour Dates Announced
Knoxville, TN's 10 YEARS will be hitting the road in early February, headlining for three weeks. Support on the trek will come from FIVESPEED. Confirmed dates so far are as follows:
Feb. 02 - Jacksonville, NC @ Planet Rock
Feb. 03 - Fayetteville, NC @ Jesters Pub
Feb. 04 - Norfolk, VA @ The Norva
Feb. 06 - Greenville, SC @ Handlebar
Feb. 07 - Charlotte, NC @ Amo’s Southend
Feb. 09 - Birmingham, AL @ Zydeco
Feb. 10 - Johnson City, TN @ Gatsby’s
Feb. 11 - Chattanooga, TN @ Fathom
10 YEARS recorded their debut album, "The Autumn Effect" (Republic/Universal), with producer Josh Abraham, who has previously worked with STAIND and VELVET REVOLVER, among others. Released on August 16, 2005, the CD has sold 141,000 copies in the United States so far, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
10 YEARS have been confirmed as the support act for KORN on their upcoming U.S. tour, which is tentatively scheduled to kick off in late February. The band recently completed the "Masters of Horror" tour with MUDVAYNE, SEVENDUST and BOBAFLEX.
Project: Failing Flesh Prepare To Master New Album
PROJECT: FAILING FLESH, the new group featuring former VOIVOD/current E-FORCE bassist/vocalist Eric Forrest, Kevin 131 (GARDEN OF SHADOWS, TWISTED TOWER DIRE, BRAVE, WHILE HEAVEN WEPT) and Tim Gutierrez (instruments), will master their new album, "The Conjoined", on January 24.
Kevin 131 had previously stated about the upcoming CD, "The songs are sounding great, very happy with them. But I guess every band says that about their new record. Eric sounds the best he ever has, Tim's riffing and ideas are sick as usual, and the songs are quite varied. Nice places that break it up with strange parts. Same as last time, we just did whatever we wanted to for this record. It's not all the same type of sound all the way through, enough things to keep it interesting."
PROJECT: FAILING FLESH's debut album, "A Beautiful Sickness", was released in the U.S. in early 2005 via Candlelight Records USA. The CD was issued in Europe in September 2004 through Holland's Karmageddon Media (formerly Hammerheart Records).
Neuraxis and Strong Intention To Tour US
Neuraxis will be hitting the road next month with Strong Intention. Here are the tour dates so far:
2/8 Wallingford, CT @ Cherry Street Station
2/9 Philadelphia, PA @ The Syndicate
2/10 Toledo, OH @ The Underground
2/11 St Louis,MO @ Creepy Crawl
2/12 Tulsa, OK @ Pinkeye
2/13 Oklahoma City, OK @ The Conservatory
2/14 Lubbock, TX @ Winchester Pavillion w/ Kill The Client
2/15 Albuquerque, NM @ Compound w/ Kill The Client
2/16 Phoenix, AZ @ Metal Devastation II w/ Kill The Client
2/17 Tijuana, Mexico @ VoodooHouse w/ Kill The Client
2/18 Las Vegas, NV @ Clubhouse w/ Kill The Client
2/19 Hollywood, CA @ Knitting Factory w/ Kill The Client
2/20 San Francisco, CA @ The Pound
2/21 Twin Falls, ID @ Ballroom
2/22 Boise, ID @ Imparts
2/23 Cheyenne, WY @ Sheriffs Posse
2/24 Des Moines, IA @ Hairy Marys
2/25 Superior, WI @ Norm'd Beer and Brats
2/26 Chicago, IL @ Gunther Murphys
2/28 South Bend, IN @ The Whitehouse
3/1 Evansville, IN @ 1123
3/3 Buffalo, NY @ TBA
Seether On Tonight Show, More SnoCore Dates
Seether will perform "Remedy" on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno this Friday Jan. 13th! The program airs on NBC at 11:35pm ET - check the local listings in your area.
More dates have been added since we first told you about the Winterfresh SnoCore Tour which kicks off Jan. 20th. Seether will play with Shinedown, Flyleaf, and Halestorm. Here's a list of all the confirmed dates so far: More...
Further Seems Forever Call It Quits
Florida's Further Seems Forever have issued the following statement regarding their break-up:
"After seven years as a band with various lineups, three records and over a thousand shows, FSF agree it is time to move on to other things in our lives. We have enjoyed touring the world over these years, and meeting all of our incredible fans. All of the members of FSF remain the best of friends and look forward to the future, whatever it may bring.
Further Seems Forever will be playing our final shows in early 2006. They will be with the full electric band. We will be doing spot shows in various cities across the country and Canada. We will do our best to play as many places as possible but several members now have full-time jobs and other full time commitments. We hope to see all our fans out at the shows and look forward to playing for you one more time.
We won't be recording a new record but there will be some unreleased material coming out as well as a DVD with live footage and videos.
We would like to thank all the people and bands who helped our band over the years and made it possible for us to do what we love. Without them behind the scenes we simply couldn't have done this. Special thanks goes out to our families whose love, encouragement and understanding made it possible to be in this band."
Gwar Figures On Their Way Summer 2006
Shocker Toys announces they have acquired the rights to produce GWAR action figures in Shockini form and 6-8 inch fully sculpted figures. Oderus Urungus, Flattus Maximus, Beefcake the Mighty, Jizmak Da Gusha and Balsac the Jaws of Death will be featured in the set based off of their GWAR characters. Under a license from GWAR, the GWAR action figures will retail for around $15 and will be available at specialty stores and mass retailers in Summer of 2006. Each figure will come with plenty of murderous accessories and a GWAR comic book. Also to be produced will be Shockini versions of GWAR shrunk down into 3 inch block figures.
GWAR is a satirical thrash metal/punk band formed in 1985-1986 by a group of artists and musicians at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. The band is perhaps best known for their elaborate sci-fi/horror film inspired costumes, raunchy lyrics, and graphic stage performances.
Nine Post MP3 Of "Everything Went Black" Online
Hardcore band Nine has posted and MP3 of the track "Everything Went Black" from the upcoming NINE "Death Is Glorious" MCD. You can download the mp3 here.
Nine will be hitting the road with Turmoil in Europe soon. Last posted dates were as follows: More...
Lacuna Coil Set Release Date For New Album
LACUNA COIL are set to release to their latest full-length effort, “Karmacode”, on April 3rd 2006 via Century Media Records. The highly anticipated follow-up to their acclaimed commercial breakthrough album, “Comalies”, was co-produced by Waldemar Sorychta and LACUNA COIL in Germany and Italy while the album was both mixed by Ronald Prent (Rammstein, H.I.M., Iron Maiden) and mastered by Darcy Proper (Steely Dan, Porcupine Tree, R.E.M.) at Galaxy Studios in Belgium. Asterik Studio (Trapt, Funeral For A Friend, The Used), the Grammy-nominated design firm, is handling the package design for “Karmacode”.
Says vocalist Cristina Scabbia, “I imagine it’s easy for everyone to understand how truly excited we are for the world to hear the new material. It’ll give everyone the chance to hear the growth that the band has experienced over the past couple of years. I simply cannot wait to get out and play the new songs live, there will definitely be a lot of energy coming from the stage next year!” More...
Mortiis Postpone European Tour
Due to changes in management and booking structure and events beyond the band's control, MORTIIS' planned European shows for March/April have been postponed. "We realize some of these shows have been advertised and tickets have been put up for sale already, so we would advise anyone who bought tickets to get a refund," reads a posting on the group's web site. "We are currently planning a U.K./European tour for later on in the spring of 2006, so stay tuned for more info."
MORTIIS recently released his first DVD, entitled "Soul in a Hole". The disc was filmed in 2004 in London during the two-month "The Unlimited Grudge Tour" with SUSPERIA. The DVD contains bonus videos, photo galleries, interviews, and other extras, in addition to live footage.
Grimfist Added To No Mercy Festival
Norwegian Black/ Death metallers GRIMFIST have posted the following update:
Greetings my friends!! It´s 2006 and a whole new year filled with endless possibilities and challenges. We´ll start off with announcing that Grimfist will participate at the No Mercy festivals 2006!! We´re really looking forward to do this tour, and can promise you we´ll fucking slay!! Check out dates, venues and line-up below.More...
Revenge and Destroyer 666 Schedule Tour Dates
Osmose Productions recording artists REVENGE have scheduled the following tour dates with DESTROYER 666 (all venues to be announced)
March
29 in Witten, Germany (with ZARATHUSTRA +)
30 in Leeuwaarden, Netherlands
31 in Dublin, Ireland
April
1 in Dublin, Ireland (with PRIMAL DAWN)
2 in Torhout, Belgium
3 in Paris, France
4 in City TBA, France
5 in Grenoble, France
6 in Prato, Italy (with PUNGENT STENCH)
7 in Milano, Italy (with Pungent Stench)
8 in Innsbruck, Austria
11 in Vienna, Austria
12 in Warsaw, Poland
13 in Danzig, Poland
14 in Berlin, Germany (with Zarathustra)
15 in Bitterfeld, Germany (with Zarathustra, NECROS CHRISTOS)
16 in Weimar, Germany (with Zarathustra, ANAEL)
In Flames Members Will Take Part in Online Chat
IN FLAMES members Anders Fridén (vocals) and Björn Gelotte (guitar) will be taking part in an online chat on Thursday, January 12 at Aftonbladet.se (web site of Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet). The chat will start at 3:30 p.m. (CET).
Trivium Guitarist Jams With Ex-Pantera Members
Trivium guitarist, Corey Beaulieu, has posted the following message on the band's official web site:
"Hey everyone Corey here!
"Its been a while since i did an update so here we go - Bodom tour was badass ! thanks for all coming out and checking it out. Both bands Amon Amarth and Bodom were super cool and it was a blast to tour with them!
"We just had a break for the holidays and new years... Travis and I decided to spend New Years in TX with Rita (Dimebags longtime gf) and did we have a fucken blast! We went to see Vinnie Pauls cover band Gasoline on New Years night and I got to play Cowboys From Hell with Vinnie and Rex that was a unreal time! I was hammered too which made it even more of a badass time.
"After that we had a fireworks party back at the Dime's pad and I burnt my hand, we set the lawn on fire the cops came, chased people around the house with roman candles , threw fireworks in Brents (former Trivium bassist) room and accidentally set the blanket on fire , drank 5 bottles of jager, 4 bottles of Seagram 7 a bottle of crown and 2-3 cases of beer and we got the whole thing on video tape! stay tuned for the Trivium dvd to catch that shit haha.
"Currently we are working on new tunes for the next album and so far what its some ass kicking heavy metal.. you all wont be disappointed and you guitar geeks will have plenty of riffs to try to learn on this one haha.. soon we are heading out on our tour with In Flames which will be a great time I'm looking forward to it cant wait to get back on the road! and bring some alcohol fueled carnage to you all...
and also our UK headlining tour is looking to be the biggest and best one yet!
"Take care everyone and see you all soon!"
Aeon Guitarist Remixes The Project Hate Tracks
Aeon guitarist, Daniel Dlimi, completed remixes of two of The Project Hate tracks off of their latest album, "Armageddon March Eternal." Check it the remixes of "Symphony of the Deceived" and "Godslaughtering Murder Machine."
Kalmah Announce Two Gigs In Finland
Kalmah have announced a couple of gigs in Finland with the Duskfall and Obscurant. They are:
Feb. 03 Oulu - Lutakko
Feb. 04 Jyväskylä - Teatria
Arch Enemy Guitarist To Attend NAMM
Arch Enemy guitar player Michael Amott is set to attend the 2006 Winter NAMM show (National Association of Music Merchants) at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.
Michael Amott is attending as a guest of ESP guitars and will be signing at the ESP booth between 1:00 - 2:30 on Friday, January 20th.
Michael Amott comments:
“This is going to be fun – my first NAMM! I’m looking forward to showing you my secret weapon that I have been using with Arch Enemy for the past 18 months - on the road and in the studio. I am ofcourse talking about the NINJA V, my signature model guitar - which has so far only been available as a very expensive custom shop model in Japan.
The NINJA V will now be released as both ESP standard and LTD versions – worldwide! Needless to say, I am very proud and excited.
"It’s going to be cool meeting fans and music gear enthusiasts from all around the world. I’m going to be running around trying to say hello to all my friends and partners in metal… See you there!”
Anvil DVD In The Works
An Anvil DVD movie is in the works. It will likely be part history, part real life and part live footage. Some of the footage was filmed on their recent European tour.
Anvil's next release will be their 13th studio album. They may be calling it "This is Thirteen" or "TIT" for short. They plan on having 13 songs on the CD and the cover will be a superstitious theme, as in a broken mirror, black cat and the anvil under a ladder.
Amorphis To Release New Album, Announce Tour
Amorphis will release their new album, "Eclipse," on February 17. The album was produced by the band and Marco Hietala. Following the "Eclipse" release gig at the Finnish Metal Expo in Helsinki on February 18, Amorphis will embark on a Finnish tour in March. The dates are as follows:
Mar. 09 Oulu - 45 Special
Mar. 10 Kuopio - Työnkulma
Mar. 17 Tampere - Pakkahuone
Mar. 18 Helsinki - Tavastia
Mar. 23 Turku - Klubi
Mar. 24 Jyväskylä - Lutakko
Mar. 25 Lahti - Sibeliustalo
Meshuggah Nominated For Swedish Grammy
Sweden's math metal alchemists, Meshuggah has been nominated for a Grammy in their home country. Nuclear Blast Records issued the following statement:
Among the comforts of label mates Candlemass and Hammerfall, Meshuggah are nominated for the Swedish Grammy for Best Rock album. "Catch Thirty-Three," which hit streets on May 31st, 2005 here in the United States has been praised continually for pushing the envelope yet againand only as Meshuggah does best!
No matter how intense, complex and obscure, Swedish experimentalists Meshuggah (translates in Yiddish to crazy) continue to receive increasing worldwide respect with every distinctive release. Since their formation in 1987, this outlandish unit have been declared as one of the ten most important hard and heavy bands by Rolling Stone, the most important band in metal by Alternative Press, one of the top 100 metal bands by Hit Parader and co-headlined the second stage at the world famous Ozzfest.
With all the mania Meshuggah have driven upon their minions, the relentless and hypnotic "Catch Thirty Three," drove the world to recognize the true musical talent these Swedes contain.
Best Rock:
Candlemass - Candlemass
Hammerfall - Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken
Hardcore Superstar - Hardcore Superstar
Meshuggah - Catch Thirty-Three
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Fragments Of Unbecoming Finish Album
Fragments of Unbecoming have finished the recording, mixing and mastering of their forthcoming album, "Sterling Black Icon." The album will be released on March 24th. Here is the complete tracklist:
01. Carmine Preface
02. Sterling Black Icon
03. Weave Their Barren Path
04. Dear Floating Water
05. Breathe In The Black To See
06. Ride For A Fall
07. A Faint Illumination
08. Live For The Moment, Stay ´Til The End
09. Scythe Of Scarecrow
10. Onward To The Finger Of God
11. Stand The Tempest
12. Chambre Noire
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