Metal News for October 1, 2006
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17 news articles posted on this day.
Watch Children Of Bodom's 'Living Dead Beat' Video
Children Of Bodom are out with the live video to their new single 'Living Dead Beat', from the DVD/CD 'Chaos Ridden - Years Stockholm Knockout Live', due out October 24th. You can watch it at Yahoo! Music.
"Chaos Ridden Years – Stockholm Knockout Live" is estimated to contain over three hours of non-stop COB action, including a live concert, videos, and a rare documentary on the band from past to present.
Directed by Patric Ullaeus of the Revolver Film Company, the DVD mainly focuses on the February 5, 2006 live concert in Stockholm, Sweden, featuring over 90 minutes of live excitement. Finalizing the material on this super-packed DVD will be two interviews/documentary-type films about the band's past, present and future directed by Yka Jarvinen (Indie Films OY), a "making of the DVD," and photo gallery.
As previously reported, Children Of Bodom will be touring the US in November and December with Amon Amarth, Gojira, and Sanctity.
Sepultura Perform On 'Programa do Jô'
Sepultura's official web site has been updated with links to video footage of the band's entire two-song performance on the Brazilian TV show 'Programa do Jô' on September 7th. You can watch 'Crown & Miter' and 'Convicted in Life' at YouTube or below. More...
Watch Fireball Ministry's "The Broken" Video
Fireball Ministry are out with the video to their new single 'The Broken', from the album 'Their Rock Is Not Our Rock'. You can watch it on YouTube.com or below.
As previously reported, Fireball Ministry will be heading out on a U.S. fall tour shortly with ARTIMUS PYLEDRIVER and VAINS OF JENNA.
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Linkin Park Say No Nu-Metal Sound On Next Album
"We're going for the music that inspired us, rather than the nü-metal type of sound," frontman Chester Bennington said of the band's third studio album, due next year. "We're ripping that out. It's completely gone."
In its place is a mix of punk and classic-rock elements with vintage hip-hop beats, the singer said.
"We've always been known for mixing a lot of different genres of music and not pigeonholing ourselves in one particular sound, but by doing so, we've kind of pigeonholed ourselves into our sound," Bennington said backstage at Saturday's Inland Invasion. "It sounds strange, but there's a common thread that people are going to expect, and we're trying to pull that out of the new music."
Linkin Park's reinvention is being guided by Rick Rubin, who is co-producing with Mike Shinoda.
"We're straying away from a lot of the predictable sounds we've had in the past, but there's no question in your mind when you hear it that it's Linkin Park," Bennington said. "We've always said we write the music we write so that we can spread our wings as far as we want and try new things and go anywhere. I think we're really going to prove that with this new record."
Linkin Park wrote more than 100 songs, which they have since narrowed down to the cream of the crop. Bennington refused to elaborate on how many tracks will be recorded, but he shot down the idea of a double album.
Read the full article at MTV.com.
Dio Era Black Sabbath Reunion In The Works?
Total Rock reports: "Unconfirmed reports sugegst that Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward are to re-unite under the name of Heaven And Hell. This is the title of the classic 1980 album they recorded as Black Sabbath. The foursome are said to be planning UK shows in February."
Helmet Guitarist and Drummer Depart
HELMET mainman Page Hamilton is currently producing an album for a band from North Carolina called CLASSIC CASE. "After I finish, I'm playing some more guitar on the movie 'Across the Universe' and getting ready to do some HELMET shows in a month or so," Hamilton says in a posting on the band's web site. "The first round of shows start October 17th somewhere near New York. The Warcon folks and people involved with the movie 'Saw III' are putting the tour together and planning another HELMET video for the song 'Monochrome'."
In other HELMET-related news, guitarist Chris Traynor has announced that he has left the band after nearly a decade of working with Hamilton. A few days later, drummer Mike Jost also exited the group in order to attend to his duties as a new father. It is not presently clear if bassist Jeremy Chatelain will continue playing with HELMET. Hamilton is reportedly already auditioning new members.
HELMET is tentatively scheduled to tour Europe in November and Australia in December.
Supernova Change Name To Include "Rock Star"
In the wake of a recent court order that barred it from using the name Supernova, the band that was recently staffed with a vocalist via the CBS-TV talent/reality show "Rock Star: Supernova" has a new moniker.
Under a settlement the band and the TV show producers reached with a Southern California group that was already using the Supernova name, the new band--featuring Tommy Lee, Jason Newsted, Gilby Clarke and new vocalist Lukas Rossi--will now be known as Rock Star Supernova.
The band has already updated its official website to reflect the new name.
In other news, the first two tracks from Rock Star Supernova--"It's All Love" and "Be Yourself & 5 Other Cliches"--have been recorded, and are streaming at the band's official site and its MySpace page. The group's debut album, which is being recorded with producer Butch Walker, is due in stores Nov. 21.
The band will make its live debut with a two-night stand in Las Vegas that opens on New Year's Eve, and will be followed by a 28-city tour that launches in mid-January.
Rock Star Supernova tour dates: More...
Tom Morello Arrested For Civil Disobedience
Tom Morello was among approximately 400 protesters arrested early Thursday evening during a march to raise awareness for immigrant hotel workers' rights.
The Audioslave guitarist, who performed under his Nightwatchman alias at a rally before the march, was charged with unlawful assembly for refusing to move from Century Boulevard, the main entry road to Los Angeles International Airport.
"In these political dark ages, it's important for us to stand up for one another," Morello told MTV News before the march. "These hotel workers by the airport make 20 percent less wages than hotel workers around the rest of Los Angeles. We're here to express our solidarity with them, to help them unionize and to help them close the gap between their sub-poverty wages and the millions and millions of dollars the people who own these hotels make."
Morello spent the evening in lockup and was released Friday morning (September 29). "Bail was high," he told MTV News — each arrestee had to pay $5,000. But, he added, "spirits were higher. We had a rousing civil rights-era-like hootenanny on 'the inside.' "
Thursday's march, which Morello and organizers called "the largest act of civil disobedience in the history of the Los Angeles," was a well-orchestrated affair from both sides. In fact, Morello and the other arrestees actually planned to be arrested and even gave the Los Angeles Police Department their driver's license numbers days before the event to expedite processing.
About 2,000 protesters actually participated in the march, with an average age of 17, according to one of the organizers. Those willing to be arrested, which included several community and religious leaders and at least 100 students bused in from surrounding colleges, wore yellow signs to distinguish themselves from the others.
While they sat in the street, protesters mainly chanted, "Sí, se puede" (Spanish for "Yes, we can"). The wide majority of immigrant hotel workers are Latino, and the march — while not nearly as large in scale — invoked memories of other immigrants-rights protests earlier this year. While the protesters chanted, dozens of policemen on motorcycles and horses eventually began making arrests.
Read the full article at MTV.com.
Underminded Tour Schedule
So-Cal metalcore band Underminded have announced a string of tour dates in the U.S. and Mexico that includes dates with Across Five Aprils. Here's the touring schedule:
10/14 Tijuana, MX @ Multikulti
10/15 Rialto, CA @ Rialto Music Coalition
10/16 Roseville, CA @ The Underground
10/17 Yuba City, CA @ The Slaughterhouse
10/19 Boise, ID @ The Venue
10/20 La Grande, OR @ The Gadfly
10/21 Ogden, UT @ Club Boom Va
10/22 Centenial, CO @ Lifespot
10/23 North Wichita, KS @ Eagles Lodge
10/25 Ft Wayne, IN @ Anchor Basement
10/26 Roseville, MI @ Myspace Internet Cafe
10/27 Wheeling, WV @ Yesterday's Draught House (18+ show)
10/28 TBA
10/29 TBA
10/20 Virgina Beach, VA @ Gil's Bar & Grill
10/31 Johnson City, TN @ The Hideaway (w/Secret Lives, Across Five
Aprils)
11/1 Wilmington, NC @ Soapbox Laundro Lounge (w/Secret Lives, Across
Five Aprils)
11/2 James Island, SC @ The Oasis (w/Secret Lives, Across Five Aprils)
11/3 Columbia, SC @ New Brookland Tavern (w/Secret Lives, Across Five
Aprils)
11/4 Spartanburg, SC @ Ground Zero (w/Secret Lives, Across Five Aprils)
11/5 Marietta, GA @ Swayzes (w/ On The Last Day, Grace Gale)
11/6 Augusta, GA @ Sector 7G (w/ On The Last Day, Grace Gale)
11/12 Metairie, LA @ The High Ground (w/ On The Last Day, Grace Gale)
11/13 Gainesville, TX @ Gainesville Civic Center (w/ Grace Gale)
11/17 Phoenix, AZ @ Metal Devestation 2 (w/ Grace Gale)
Grade Reunion Show Video Posted Online
A generous videographer has posted the entirety of Grade's recent reunion performance in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The band, which split up in 2002 saw members go on to Somehow Hollow, The Black Maria, To The Lions and Low Earth Orbit.
The reunion show featured the band's Under the Radar lineup, of Kyle Bishop, Greg Taylor, Matt Jones, Shawn Magill and Chris Danner and took place at the Opera House in Toronto, Ontario.
You can check it out here or below. More...
This Is Hell Shoot New Video
This Is Hell filmed a video for the track "The Polygraph Cheaters" this past week in Philadelphia. Directing the effort was Doug Spangenberg (Lamb Of God, Terror).
This is Hell will be embarking on a co-headlining tour in just days, featuring Strike Anywhere and Bane.
Vomitory To Release Classics On Vinyl
The following update has been posted at the VOMITORY website:
"The first two Vomitory albums, Raped In Their Own Blood and Redemption will soon finally be available on vinyl!
Animate Records will release them both as strictly limited vinyl versions of 666 (surprise, surprise!) copies each.
No final release date is set yet, but everything is in the works now so check this section later for a release date."
Set Your Goals Plan Acoustic Performances
Set Your Goals recently performed a free Acoustic Set in South Florida while on their current tour with The Distance and No Trigger. It went over so well, the band has decided to add a few more of these "unplugged" shows to their current batch of tour dates. October 8th SYG will be performing on Toronto's Punk Radio Cast Internet Radio Show (also to appear: The Loved Ones) and October 9th via the Alternative Press XM Satellite Radio show, which airs weekly on the radio's Fungus 53 channel. The band will also be playing an acoustic set for a Cancer Benefit Show to be held in Folsom, CA on Sunday, October 29th.
Bleeding Through, Saosin, Senses Fail Tour Dates
Bleeding Through and Saosin will tour with Senses Fail in late-November and December. Here are the latest tour dates:
11/24 Boston, MA @ Avalon
11/28 Rochester, NY @ Water Street Music Hall
11/29 Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
12/1 Pontiac, MI @ Clutch Cargo
12/2 Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
12/3 Chicago, IL @ House Of Blues
12/6 Minneapolis, MN @ The Quest
12/7 Lawrence, KS @ The Granada
12/8 Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
12/9 Salt lake City, UT @ In The Venue
12/10 Boise, ID @ Big Easy
12/12 Seattle, WA @ Showbox
12/13 Portland, OR @ Roseland Theatre
12/14 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
12/15 Los Angeles, CA @ House of Blues
12/16 San Diego, CA @ SOMA
12/17 Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint
12/19 Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues
12/21 Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
The Burning Season Finds New Guitarist
The Burning Season has officially recruited Bryan Zimmerman (formely of The Ascending Red) to fill their permanent rhythm guitar position. The group will head into Richmond's Planet Red studio on October 9th with Andreas Magnusson and Chris Dowhan at the helm to begin recording their sophmore album. The effort should see a February release through Hand of Hope Records.
Obituary "Frozen Alive" DVD Details Revealed
Florida-based death metallers OBITUARY have set "Frozen Alive" as the title of their first-ever live DVD, which was shot on August 24 at the Stodola Club in Warsaw, Poland. The group's setlist was as follows:
01. Intro: Rain
02. Redneck Stomp
03. On The Floor
04. Insane
05. Chopped In Half
06. Turned Inside Out
07. Dying
08. Intro
09. Internal Bleeding
10. Back To One
11. Find The Arise
12. Back Inside
13. Threatening Skies
14. By The Light
15. Intro
16. Kill For Me
17. Solid State
18. Stand Alone
19. Back From The Dead
20. Drum Solo
21. Lockjaw
22. Slow Death
23. 'Til Death
24. Slowly We Rot
The DVD will include a seven-camera shoot of the show plus an interview conducted the day before the gig, on August 23. A November release as a regular DVD and limited edition DVD+CD via Metal Mind Productions is expected.
OBITUARY's latest CD, "Frozen in Time", was released in July 2005 via Roadrunner Records. The group's first collection of new songs since 1997's "Back from the Dead" was self-produced by the band, with Mark Prator and Scott Burns engineering, and was mastered by Tom Morris at Morrisound.
Dimmu Borgir: New Album Will Be Worth The Wait
DIMMU BORGIR guitarist Silenoz has issued the following update on the songwriting sessions for the group's new album:
"After spending the last months in pre-production for our new, as-yet-untitled album, we're quite excited to say the least and look very much forward to finally start the recording sessions once again with Fredrik Nordstrom at Fredman Studios in Gothenburg, Sweden in October. It will be a story-based album with lyrics written accordingly and music wise it'll be...let's see....hmmm... very DIMMU BORGIR! We can't wait to have this monster finished and share it with our fans as they have been extremely patient with us, but we promise - it'll be well worth all the wait!
"We'll be back with more news as things progress in the studio!"
DIMMU BORGIR's upcoming CD will feature a guest appearance by MAYHEM's Hellhammer on drums.
"Sorgens Kammer - Del II" is one of the new tracks included on the updated, re-recorded version of DIMMU BORGIR's 1996 album, "Stormblast", which was released in Europe in November via Nuclear Blast Records (the North American release followed in February). The album was completely re-recorded with producer Peter T?gtgren (HYPOCRISY, PAIN) and MAYHEM's Hellhammer on drums.
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