Dagor Dagorath Posts New Song Online

Israeli symphonic black metal band DAGOR DAGORATH published a new song entitled "Heaven in Hell" its official MySpace. This track is one of seven on the band's debut album, to be called "Yetzer Ha'Ra." The album's artwork is made by Greek artist Seth Siro Anton known for his work with SEPTICFLESH (that did work for bands such as Moonspell, Vader, Belphegor, Paradise Lost).

The tracklisting for the album "Yetzer Ha'Ra" is as follows:

1. The Hell in Heaven
2. The devil on the chain.
3. Heaven in Hell
4. The maze of madness
5. Vicious circle
6. The Call
7. Wind Cry

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Cauldron Signs To Earache Records

Earache Records has announced the signing of Toronto, Canada's CAULDRON to a multi-album worldwide deal.

Having already issued the "Into The Cauldron" EP to underground acclaim, the band is currently putting the finishing touches to their first full length, due for release in early 2009. The band's sound encompasses all the best elements of classic metal, with nods to old school NWOBHM and a focus on stand out riffs and sung vocals.

Commenting on the band's new label home, CAULDRON vocalist/bassist JASON DECAY says:

"Its pretty alright. I always thought Earache was the best name for a record label, and as a kid I was actually a little disappointed when I found out that I didn't come up with it! But at least I get to be a part of it after all! Its also nice to be a part of a catalogue that includes some of my favourite records, like Carcass' 'Heartwork' and Cathedral's 'Forest of Equilibrium'. I'm right into it!"

CAULDRON's Earache Records debut, "Chained To The Nite," is scheduled for an early 2009 release.

You can check out a video of the band playing their track "Torture Is Too Kind" at the Keep It True festival in Germany in 2007 below or check out some of the band's material on their MySpace page. More...

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Maroon Writing New Material, Lines Up Shows

MAROON is currently busy writing the material for the follow-up to 2007's much lauded "The Cold Heart Of The Sun," which is expected to surface in early 2009.

Maroon has the follow tour dates lined up at the moment:

08.11.2008 - Druckerei Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
09.11.2008 - De Nieuwe Nor Heerlen, Netherlands
10.11.2008 - L'Entrepot Brugge, Belgium
11.12.2008 - Melna Piektdiena Riga, Latvia
12.12.2008 - Green Christmas Festival Rakvere, Estonia
13.12.2008 - Dynamo Zurich, Switzerland
14.12.2008 - Musikkantine Augsburg, Germany More...

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Neizbezhnost Signs With Sullen Records

Sullen Records has announced the signing of Neizbezhnost.

Neizbezhnost began in August of 2007 when members Andrii Magas’ (vocals, guitars, synthesizers) and Andrii Vynnychenko (drums) made the decision to form a melodic black band. It wasn't much longer before Dmytro Soroka joined the band to cover bass duties. In April of 2008 they would release their first self titled demo.

Now Neizbezhnost return with their first label sponsored release titled, "Inevitability," which will be released via Sullen Records in late 2008.

In the meantime, you can check out Neizbezhnost on their MySpace page.

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Serj Tankian/Mike Patton Collaboration Online

System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian and former Faith No More vocalist Mike Patton have collaborated for a track on the "Body Of Lies" soundtrack. You can listen to the song, "Birds Eye," on Serj Tankian's MySpace page.

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Lords Seeks New Bassist

After an incident with now former member Matt Jaha (outlined in a recent blog), Louisville, Kentucky's Lords are seeking a new bassist.

An excerpt from the entry outlines the band's requirements:

"When we return home we will be having formal bass player tryouts. The list of iron-fisted, totalitarian, completely unreasonable and unfair Nazi-like expectations Eric and I have out of a bass player are:

- be able to play the songs
- be able to tour and leave the country
- be able to practice in Louisville, KY when necessary
- show up on time for tour and shows
- understand that if you purposely damage or endanger our van, equipment or anything else belonging to us then we will purposely damage or endanger your face."

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Zonaria Posts New Track Online And Announces Tour

Swedish extreme metal band, ZONARIA has launched another track from their upcoming second full-length "The Cancer Empire" for streaming on their Myspace page. "The Cancer Empire" was produced by Fredrik Nordström (Dimmu Borgir, In Flames, At The Gates) at Studio Fredman and mastered by Peter In De Betou at Tailor Maid.

To support their album, ZONARIA will launch a European tour with bands VADER, GRAVE, and GILLA BRUJA. Dates are shown below. More...

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Oceano Reveals "Depths" Tracklisting

Chicago deathcore heavyweights OCEANO entered the studio on October 3rd to begin recording one of the angriest albums ever.

ANDREW MIKHAIL, guitarist for OCEANO - the band who famously had a series of photos BANNED from MySpace for being too gruesome - comments on the band's first week in the studio, "Things have been going great here. Drums are done and we're currently in the process of mixing them, then we begin the rest of the tracking next week. So for now, we're lifting weights, booking tours, and playing N64 while we wait. It's still a little early to give a lot of update, but the album is coming along smoothly and sounding great."

"And just incase you had any doubts about it, MIKHAIL finishes, "We're most definitely shooting for this CD to be one of the heaviest and darkest CDs around!"

"DEPTHS," the debut album from OCEANO, is being recorded with producer JOEY STURGIS (THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, MY CHILDREN MY BRIDE) at The Foundation Studios in Connersville, Indiana, and will feature artwork from COLIN MARKS (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, ABORTED, WHITECHAPEL).

Due to be released in early 2009, "DEPTHS" will contain 13 tracks of the angriest deathcore cuts ever committed to record, alongside a limited edition bonus DVD, and will also be available as a limited edition version with 2 exclusive bonus tracks. The track listing for "DEPTHS" is as follows: More...

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Zeppelin Members To Tour With Alter Bridge Singer?

Blabbermouth.net reports: TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider, whose manager apparently also works with Robert Plant, has told MuchMoreMusic's Matt Wells that LED ZEPPELIN members Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonhman have tapped ALTER BRIDGE singer Myles R. Kennedy to sing with them on the road tour if Plant refuses to join them for the much-rumored ZEPPELIN reunion tour. "They're saying [to Robert], 'We're all rehearsed, we're ready to go, here's a gazillion dollars on the table," Snider told MuchMoreMusic. "If you don't do it, we're going out with this kid. And he can sing the shit out of ZEPPELIN.' And they're gonna, like, hope that Robert, at the last minute, will go, 'OK,' and step in, before having the lead singer of ALTER BRIDGE out with John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Jason Bonham."

A short video clip of Snider talking to MuchMoreMusic about the possibility of Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonhman touring with ALTER BRIDGE singer Myles R. Kennedy can be found at this location.

Plant recently shot down reports that he has signed on to team up with LED ZEPPELIN for a reunion tour. In a message posted on his web site, the singer said that he had no road plans after his recent tour with Alison Krauss, which wrapped on October 5 in Saratoga, Florida.

The message read in part: "Robert has no intention whatsoever of touring with anyone for at least the next two years. Contrary to a spate of recent reports, Robert Plant will not be touring or recording with LED ZEPPELIN. Anyone buying tickets online to any such event will be buying bogus tickets."

Plant himself was quoted as saying, "It's both frustrating and ridiculous for this story to continue to rear its head when all the musicians that surround the story are keen to get on with their individual projects and move forward. I wish Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham nothing but success with any future projects."

Page, Jones and Bonham have reportedly been rehearsing with a series of other vocalists, including Kennedy. There has been no official announcement as to whether the band is planning to tour or record together without Plant's involvement.

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Bhelliom Announces Pre-Tour Show In Singapore

Bhelliom will play a special pre-tour show on October 19th at the Substation at Sky of Euphoria's album launch party.

Bhelliom will showcase all the new songs from their new album, "The Colossal Tragedy."

Ticket info:
Book your presale tickets
email: tickets@wakemeupmusic.com
or:
$15 w/cd* presale to be sold at The Mosh Party 2 @ Music Garage 11/10/2008
$20 w/cd* at the door

*NOTE: The CD is Sky In Euphoria's album

Here are the latest Bhelliom tour dates, most with Truth Corroded:

Oct 19 - Singapore (pre tour show)
Oct 25 - Hong Kong
Oct 26 - Shen Zhen ( China )
Oct 28 - Guang Zhou ( China )
Oct 29 - Tian Jin ( China )
Oct 31 - Beijing ( China - supporting Behemoth )
Nov 02 - Bangkok ( Thailand )

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Life Of Agony Announces East Coast Tour

Legendary hardcore metallers Life Of Agony will embark on an East Coast tour in December with Spoiler NYC and My Mortality. Misery will also be performing with them in New York and Black Water Rising will be performing at the New Jersey leg.

The initial tour dates are as follows:

Dec 13 - The Starland Ballroom - Sayreville, NJ
Dec 14 - The Blender Theater - New York, NY

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Enthroned Guitarist Gets Back Surgery

After their tour in Brazil with SADUS and SEVERE TORTURE, ENTHRONED guitarist and vocalist Nornagest had to be taken to the hospital two days after his return for a back injury. "The surgery went fine and he should be up in the next week. This won't affect any concerts in the future," the band comments.

Here are the upcoming ENTHRONED shows:
Nov. 01 - Volkshaus, Germany - Weimar
Nov. 08 - JC Togenblik, Belgium - Beveren Waas

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Ohio's Fall Brawl Announced

The first annual Fall Brawl will be held on Friday, November 7th in Toledo, Ohio at Club Bijou. Tickets are $13 in advance and $15 at the door. Acts slated to appear include:

As Blood Runs Black
Emmure
Terror
On Broken Wings
Beneath The Massacre
After The Burial
Blood Stands Still
Your Last Day
Begin The Funeral March
Gale Tempest
Judia
And Hell Followed With
Chelsea Grin

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Just For Fun

Ville Valo To Play A Hippo In Madagascar 2

H.I.M. frontman Ville Valo will be in the animated movie sequel "Madagascar Escape 2 Africa." Ville will reportedly be voicing a hippo in the movie alongside Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer and Wicked Wisdom frontwoman Jada Pinkett Smith.

UPDATE: according to commenter Hevonen Lääkäri, Valo will be doing voice in the Finnish-dubbed version of Madagascar 2 for the character of Moto-moto, who - according to the IMDB - in the original English version of the animated movie is voiced by Will.I.Am (Black Eyed Peas). The original article on Metal Hammer made no such distinction, but Valo is also not listed in the credits on the IMDB for the film either.

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Wolverine Posts Tour Update

Swedish metal act Wolverine has posted the following message online:

"We're back from ProgPower Europe 2008 and what a great weekend it was. It was a blast to meet all our friends as well as new acquaintances. As you may know we played two sets. The set on Saturday was basically the same set as when we opened the first edition of PP back 1999. Unfortunately we had to cut one song ('Post Life') due to the fact that the festival were behind schedule. There was also one song ('Miles Away') that we played in -99 but never recorded. We did film the show in -99 but when we came back home we discovered there was no sound on the film... So it's a lost song. We suffered from bad sound on stage as well as being pretty stressed up because of the hasty line-check we did right before the curtain went up. People seemed to like the show though so we were pretty happy about it anyway.

"The set on Sunday lasted an hour and consisted of songs from all our albums, except for 'Fervent Dream'. We also threw in 'Post Life' which was a highlight for me. This time around we had a fantastic sound on stage and we didn't have to hurry through our line-check the way we did the day before. What a difference it was! Thanks to that and a wonderful audience I think it's safe to say we did one of our best shows ever. We loved every minute of it so thank you to all who supported us that night. It meant the world to us! More...

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Nevermore Posts DVD Clip Online

Nevermore has posted a clip of the song "Narcosynthesis" from their forthcoming new DVD, "The Year Of The Voyager" online. You can check it out below.

The DVD will be released in Europe on October 20th and covers the "This Godless Endeavor" tour and features a huge selection of live footage taken from concerts and festivals all around the world including Wacken Open Air and Metal Mania festival and all of the bands music videos. More...

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Roadrunner United DVD To Be Released

More than three years ago, Roadrunner Records celebrated their 25th anniversary by corralling 56 musicians from 44 different bands spanning the label's entire 25-year history to release "Roadrunner United: The All-Star Sessions."

Now, Roadrunner Records has announced that a new live DVD entitled, "Roadrunner United The Concert" will be released on December 9th.

The double disc DVD features the concert in Times Square where members and alumni of Roadrunner Records gathered to perform some of the label's best known tracks, including former Killswitch Engage vocalist Jesse Leach dueting with current vocalist Howard Jones on the song "My Last Serenade" and a variety of vocalists and musicians joining together to perform classic songs from the likes of King Diamond, Soulfly, Type O Negative, Machine Head, Slipknot and Sepultura.

Also on the DVD will be a 75 minute documentary which includes interviews and behind the scenes fottage. More details will follow as they're announced.

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Megadeth Starts Recording New Album

Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message online:

"It is official - the Megadeth studio is alive and we have christened it 'Vic's Garage.' As of approximate 5:00 PM PST today (October 9th) the first notes were recorded here on guitar. Set your watches kiddies! We are calling it for the night. Shane is coming out and his flight was late. Hopefully he won't feel too bad when he gets here and we are gone! Check back in soon"

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Cradle Of Filth Films New Music Video

Cradle Of Filth has announced that they have finished filming a video for the song "Honey and Sulphur" which comes off the bands forthcoming new album, "Godspeed On The Devils Thunder."

Frontman Dani Filth comments: "Recently, and having survived the best budget airlines had to throw at us, we undertook a video for 'Honey And Sulphur' in a 22 mile long cave system in Chislehurst, South London, which was populated with all manner of females, freaks and firebrands for the duration of filming, including some of our good friends from 'The Circus Of Horrors' (photos to follow). This was another incredibly surreal day (aside from my wife's stilts breaking before her performance and seven hours spent languishing like Lilies in make-up before actually shooting any of our band sequences), one that will be remembered for a long while, despite no-one getting totally lost and stumbling into Troglodytes or a Minotaur!"

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Paul Di'Anno To Tour North America

Former Iron Maiden vocalist Paul Di'anno has announced his first North American tour in fifteen years.

The initial tour dates are as follows:

Nov 28 - West Spingfield, VA - Jaxx
Nov 29 - West Spingfield, VA - Jaxx

Paul Di'anno is curretly recording a brand studio album to follow his successful "The Living Dead" album.

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Stillwell Posts New Band Update

Stillwell, the band featuring Korn bassist Fieldy and Brooklyn rapper Q Unique has posted the following message online:

"Hey what's up to all the StillWell myspace friends !!! Here we are with the latest update on the band... As you can now see,we have the StillWell logo across the top of the profile page, courtesy of Fieldy & Q's AMAZING tattoo artist, Franko. Details of how the logo was conceived will be on the DVD. Speaking of the DVD, the guys have finally come up with a name for the debut album (CD / DVD) ...StillWell "Surrounded By Liars." According to Fieldy, the album will be done REAL SOON ! The guys are very excited..."...it's unlike anything I've ever done in my life, this whole experience has been life changing for me..." says lead vocalist "Q", while guitarist "Sleeve" calls it, "pure adrenaline music"...So there it is...the latest update from the StillWell / Street Metal camp...Stay Tuned!"

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