Korpiklaani Tour Dates Announced

Finnish folk metallers KORPIKLAANI have lined up the following dates during the coming months:

Nov. 25 - Treibsand Club – Lübeck, GER
Nov. 26 - CD Kaserne - Celle, GER
Nov. 27 - Goudvishal – Arnhem, NETH
Nov. 28 - Frontline – Gent, BEL
Nov. 30 - Underground – Köln, GER
Dec. 01 - Faust – Hannover, GER
Dec. 02 - Kulturhof – Lübbenau, GER
Dec. 03 - Winter Masters Of Rock – Zlin, CZR
Dec. 04 - Monastery – Vienna, AUT
Dec. 05 - Explosiv – Graz, AUT
Dec. 08 - Kek Lyuk Blue Hell – Budapest, HUN
Jan. 27 - Red Neck – Jyväskylä, FIN
Apr. 7-8 - Ragnarök 3, Stadthalle - Lichtenfels / Bamberg, GER

KORPIKLAANI will enter Fantom studio on November 17 to begin recording their third album, entitled "Tales along This Road". A tentative March/April 2006 release is expected. The group's second album under their current moniker (the group released two albums as SHAMAN), "Voice of Wilderness" was released last January via Napalm Records.

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Dani Filth Comments On Offensive T-Shirt Saga

CRADLE OF FILTH frontman Dani Filth has commented on the report published in the October 18, 2005 edition of the Metro newspaper that a British teenage heavy metal fan has been handed a community service order for wearing a CRADLE OF FILTH t-shirt.

Adam Shepherd, 19, was reportedly convicted under new anti-hate laws which ban people from displaying religiously insulting signs.

The teenager was arrested after a woman complained to police when she saw his shirt, which shows a picture of a nun in a pornographic pose. On the back is a comment about Jesus (view the t-shirt design at this location). The top was being worn by Shepherd's girlfriend when a police officer approached her. As soon as the teenager realized there was a problem, he told the officer it was his and swapped tops with his girlfriend. But he refused to take it off or cover it up and was arrested.

Shepherd, who bought the shirt in his hometown of Weymouth, Dorset, admitted the charge. Weymouth magistrates gave him 80 hours community service and told him to pay £40 costs (approx. $71).

Speaking to Kerrang! magazine, Dani Filth said, "It is with some concern that poor Adam's plight is acknowledged. Defaming organized religion openly in public is now a crime? What is wrong with England? Still, the litter problem on our city streets should improve dramatically if they keep handing out 80-odd hour community punishment orders willy-nilly. The country will be spotless in no time, a sure sign that God works in mysterious ways, even through us!"

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Green Carnation Bassist Rejoins The Fold

After a two-month adventure in Australia, bassist Stein Roger Sordal has rejoined Norway's GREEN CARNATION. Sordal will play all currently scheduled dates with the group following their trip to Finland in November.

"I had a great time in Australia, that's for sure. But it was a long time to stay away from the band and my wife," Stein Roger explained.

Australian band THE KARMA, whose demo Sordal had previously recorded and produced at his studio in Norway, were invited by an Australian management company to do a showcase for major labels, including Warner, Sony, EMI and Universal, at the end of September. And although Stein Roger admits the showcase went very well, he is not up to speculating about the future.
"Right now I'm just happy to be back home. Hopefully there will be a deal for THE KARMA, but probably it's going to take a while before we know anything.

Stein Roger underlines the importance for him to have a rock'n roll band to play in:

"I have a big desire to play rock music, something with balls. And for me no bands are like GREEN CARNATION when it comes to that, with the versatility, the songs and the friendships within the band. I have never even thought about leaving the band, and right now I am just looking forward to what promises to be a very exiting 2006 for GREEN CARNATION."

GREEN CARNATION will spend much of next year promoting their new album, "The Accoustic Verses", which is scheduled for release in Europe in mid-January.

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Warchild Posts Bloodstock Video Online

The Italian Metal Band WARCHILD, has posted on their official web site an excerpt of the show they had in Derby last 2 September at the major UK festival BLOODSTOCK 2005 (with Hammerfall, Within Temptation and more...). Warchild's first videoclip "Nothing To Share" is still available on their MySpace page.

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Watch Sonic Solstice Fest Performances Online

High-quality videos of the complete live performances by ARCTURUS, TSJUDER, RED HARVEST and CONFESSOR, recorded at this year's Sonic Solstice festival, which took place on September 24, 2005 at Rockefeller in Oslo, Norway, have been made available for streaming and download at Gigs.no. The set times are as follows:

ARCTURUS - 1 hour 31 minutes
TSJUDER - 53 minutes
RED HARVEST - 52 minutes
CONFESSOR - 1 hour

Kurt Gronbech from Gigs.no commented in a statement: "We are very excited about being able to offer these videos for download, and are very pleased to have the backing of Season of Mist, who, [being] so foresighted, are exploring new and exciting distribution methods."

Gigs.no is run by Legio Media (www.legiomedia.com), a provider of secure digital distribution solutions for the music industry.

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Korn's "Twisted Transistor" Video Posted Online

KORN's video for their new single, "Twisted Transistor", has been posted online at MTV2.com.

"Twisted Transistor" is the first single off KORN's new album, "See You on the Other Side", due on December 6 via Virgin Records.

In a recent MTV.com interview, KORN frontman Jonathan Davis spoke at length about the video shoot.

"It's basically a video with hip-hop stars playing us," Davis said. "And they're doing a really good job. They've done their homework. Such a good job, in fact, that it takes a few seconds before realizing, 'Hey, that's Lil Jon singing, not Jonathan Davis.' 'And that's Snoop Dogg in the dreads and bodysuit, not Munky.' 'And that's Xzibit wearing Fieldy's signature headband and David Banner banging on David Silveria's drums.' "

"He's got the Dickies and the chain on, it's hilarious," Fieldy said of Xzibit. "Just watching Xzibit holding my bass straight up and down and jumping around, he's really into character. They're eating it up, man. It's gonna be the best video ever."

Davis said the concept comes from being frustrated that rock videos don't get as much airtime as they used to. Director Dave Meyers (best known for Missy Elliott's masterpieces) refused to give up too much about what happens in the clip, but he said the rappers took a complete plunge into the rock world, "so it's a really surreal kind of mind-twisting video."

"It's like an alternate world," David Banner added. "It's a day in the life of the actual group, so they took little quirks about everybody's personality and amplified it a whole lot. David the drummer is the pretty boy in the group, so he keeps a mirror around, he has to make sure that he's tight before he goes onstage."

Read the full article at MTV.com.

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