Metal News for October 8, 2004
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21 news articles posted on this day.
Destruction New Management, New Partners
Destruction have issued the following message through their official website (www.destruction.de):
“We are pleased to announce that Destruction will work with the Bottom Row Management, (www.bottomrow.de) a.o.Helloween, in the future.
In North America Artists Worldwide (www.artists-woldwide.com) will take care about the booking for the USA and Canada.
Dragon Productions (www.dragon-productions.com) will still look after the band all over the world and Tumba Productions (tumbaprod.@uol.com.br) books the band in South America!
With those new partners Destruction will be able to move on with the worldwide touring and provide a strong new album in 2005!
A new label deal is not signed yet. We are on the way to negotiation, of course we´ll will keep you informed.
Stay tuned...”
Paradise Lost Schedule Greek Dates
Paradise Lost have updated their website (www.paradiselost.co.uk) with a couple of live dates for December.
Confirmed dates include:
December
11 at Idrogios Club in Thessaloniki, Greece (with Atrocity, Leave' Eyes)
12 at Rodon Club in Athens, Greece (with Atrocity, Leaves’ Eyes)
As reported earlier this week, Paradise Lost have announced that the title of their new album will be Paradise Lost, in celebration of their 10th studio album since their first album, Lost Paradise was released in 1990.
Artwork and final tracklisting for the new album are still to be confirmed.
The band completed the recordings for the album at Chapel Studios in Oxfordshire, UK in August, 2004.
Some working titles of songs expected to be featured on the new album include: ‘Through The Silence’, ‘Shine’, ‘Sun Fading’, ‘Sanctimonious You’, ‘Redshift’, ‘Forever After’, ‘Getting Over The Madness’, ‘Accept The Pain’, ‘Close Your Eyes’ and ‘The Laws Of Cause’.
More details on the forthcoming release as they become available.
King Diamond As Comfy As Old Boots
King Diamond has revealed to BW&BK that he's hoping to have retro Mercyful Fate and King Diamond DVDs released sometime in the future. The material, according to Diamond, is something "not even bootleg tape traders have seen."
Diamond says he been sent rare footage that has never circulated, including Mercyful Fate performances from 1982 and some of the first live King Diamond solo performances.
"I'm going to go through the 35 tapes soon and hand-pick the bits I like. Then I'm going to have a meeting with Brian Slagel (Metal Blade founder/president) to see if he's interested in releasing the DVDs."
When told that collectors will probably salivate at the prospect of these DVDs being released, Diamond was optimistic that the material will also appeal to more casual fans. "Some people don't trade bootlegs, it's not their thing," he says. "But they can also have fun watching these old, rare shows."
Hammerfall Confirmed For U.K.'s Bloodstok 2005
Hammerfall guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on the band's web site:
"It is with great pride and pleasure I can announce the first confirmed live show for Hammerfall next year: Bloodstock 2005 in Derby, U.K.! On September 2nd, we will return to English soil for only our second appearance ever. Headlining the Friday's festivities, we will bring the full show on a large stage, presenting our vision of heavy metal to the British Isles.
"This makes me feel especially happy, as I was pretty much solely responsible for us not making it to last year's festival (the motorcycle accident, remember?). This time, I promise you, there will be no cancellation. In fact, I guaran-damn-tee it! More concerts are going to be announced in the next months, and they will be posted here as they are confirmed.
"In more contemporary news: the studio work is progressing very well. We have begun with the guitar melodies and the solos will follow shortly. If you are interested, check out the diary elsewhere on this site. I am reporting things as they happen, complete with pictures. 'Til next time, in the immortal words of Joe Dirt: keep on keeping on!"
Immolation Finalize New Album
Long-running New York-based death metallers Immolation have set "Harnessing Ruin" as the title of their new album, tentatively due late January 2005 via Listenable Records in Europe (Olympic Recordings in the U.S.). The album was recorded at Millbrook Sound Studios with Paul Orofino producing. A new video for the track "Dead to Me" is currently in the works.
"Harnessing Ruin" track listing:
01. Swarm of Terror
02. Our Savior Sleeps
03. Challenge the Storm
04. Harnessing Ruin
05. Dead to Me
06. Son of Iniquity
07. My Own Enemy
08. Crown the Liar
09. At Mourning's Twilight
Dragonland New Album Samples Posted Online
Dragonland , the Gothenburg, Sweden-based melodic metal sextet, have uploaded five one-minute audio clips from their third album, "Starfall", at this location.
Commented guitarist Olof Mörck: "These five samples we've chosen are just a small tip of the iceberg of 'Starfall', although we think the new direction of our music and our new sound will be thoroughly evident in listening to them. The true diversity of this album, with songs ranging from '80s hard rock style through heavy Soilwork-ish tunes, to Arabian soundscapes, will only reveal itself through a full listening of the new album. Enjoy!"
The follow-up to 2002's "Holy War", "Starfall" was recorded at Tom Englund's (Evergrey) Division One Studios in Sweden with Englund producing. An October 25 release through Century Media Records is expected. The Japanese edition of the album, due on October 27 via King Records, will include a bonus track, a cover of X-Japan's "Rusty Nail".
In other news, Dragonland guitarists Olof Mörck and Nicklas Magnusson have signed an endorsment deal with the Japanese guitar company Caparison.
Commented Magnusson: "To us, Caparison guitars has always stood for very high-quality guitarists in their endorsement roster, and their brilliant craftmanship is of no doubt of the highest standards, so needless to say, it is a great honor for us!"
System Of A Down New Album Title Revealed?
System Of A Down have set "Hypnotize" as the title of their next studio album, according to Germany's Rock Hard magazine. The follow-up to 2001's "Toxicity", which bowed at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 and has sold 3.3 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan, is tentatively due on January 18, 2005 (one day earlier internationally). Rick Rubin is producing the new effort for his American Recordings label, with Jonny Polonsky engineering.
As previously reported, System Of A Down have been confirmed for the 2005 edition of the Big Day Out festival. The trek, which is scheduled to kick off January 21 in Auckland, New Zealand, is also set to include appearances by Beastie Boys, The Donnas and Powderfinger, among other acts.
Edenbridge New Album Samples Posted Online
Austrian "angelic bombast metal" act Edenbridge will release their new album, "Shine", on October 25 via Massacre Records. A limited-edition digipak version will contain a bonus track. The song "Shine" will also be released on November 22 as a four-track digipak EP, featuring two non-album versions of "Shine" (goth mix and single edit), plus the track "Centennial Legend" and the non-album cut "Anthem".
The guitars, bass and keyboards for "Shine" were laid down at guitarist/keyboardist Lanvall's Farpoint Station studio, while the remainder of the recording sessions and the mixing process took place at the House of Audio studios with producer Dennis Ward (Angra, Pink Cream 69).
"Shine" track listing:
01. Shine (8:30)
02. Move Along Home (4:41)
03. Centennial Legend (5:16)
04. Wild Chase (5:32)
05. And The Road Goes On (8:10)
06. What You Leave Behind (4:14)
07. October Sky (2:18)
08. The Canterville Prophecy (1:49)
09. The Canterville Ghost (7:45)
10. On Sacred Ground (Euro bonus) (6:04)
11. Anthem (Japan bonus) (4:41)
Audio samples are currently available for download at this location.
Such A Surge To Release New EP And Album
German Crossover band Such a Surge is currently working on the follow-up record of "Rotlicht" (2003) in the former EMI Studios in Köln-Ehrenfeld, Germany, together with producer Wolfgang Stach. On January 10th 2005, an EP shall be released, followed by the complete new album on April 11th. All in all, about 16 songs will be recorded, 8 of them are already finished.
The band about the new material:
The record will be different from "Rotlicht," because Lutz [Buch] has a complete other style as guitarist and songwriter than Dennis [Graef] who left the band last year. But don't worry, you'll be surprised but still be able to recognize us.
There's no real feature on the album thus far, but we wrote a song together with our friend and colleague 'Bosse' from Braunschweig. The title of the song is "Mein Tag" [="My Day"] and it may sound similar to older stuff like "Silver Surge" or "Koma2002." Other new songs like "Überfall" [="Raid"], "O.K." or "Crash Test Dummie" will be hard tracks that you have to listen to very loud. In turn, "Alles was mir fehlt" [="Everything I Miss"] is a slow, spheric and brute sounding song. So all in all, it's again a big and variegated mixture, made out of everything that comes to our minds.
New Hammerfall Album Info
Guitar player Oscar Dronjak just gave us some news about the forthcoming Hammerfall album:
This time, the Swedish crusaders have chosen a quiet place in the middle of Denmark for the recordings. Together with star producer Charlie Bauerfeind, they will settle down there in whole September and October. The release of their follow-up work to their successful and in Sweden gilded “Crimson Thunder“ album is planned for the 7th of March 2005.
All in all, the CD will contain ten songs, the titles are as follows (in no particular order):
01. Born to Rule
02. Hammer of Justice
03. The Templar Flame
04. Take the Black
05. Fury of the Wild
06. Secrets
07. Never, Ever
08. Blood Bound
09. Imperial
10. Knights of the 21st Century
At first, in January there will be a single.
For more information please visit www.hammerfall.net.
Still Remains Name CD 'Of Love And Lunacy'
Still Remains have titled their upcoming Roadrunner debut Of Love And Lunacy. The group will be recording in the coming months with a release planned in March/April 2005. A tour is being planned currently and we will post those dates when they become available.
Katafalk Post MP3 Of Death's Contradiction' Online
Dutch Death Thrashers KATAFALK have put a new mp3 (Death's Contradiction) online on their website."Being the nice people as they are, they would like to share some of their new promotional recordings with their loyal fanbase! Many people who attended Katafalk shows will recognize the track, they already played it live several times."
Marilyn Manson To Marry Next Month
Marilyn Manson is planning to marry burlesque queen Dita von Teese at a castle in Germany next month.
The couple apparently plan to marry while the 35-year-old rocker is in Berlin for a photo shoot, according to the Berlin newspaper Berliner Morgenpost. Manson is reportedly searching for a place where the ceremony can be held.
Dita Von Teese is a professional pinup and lingerie designer best known for performing a strip tease in a giant martini glass.
First 2 Bands Confirmed Sweden Rock 2005
Two bands already confirmed their participation to Sweden Rock Festival 2005. They are: Nazareth (UK) and Hellfueled (Swe). Sweden Rock Festival (2005) will be held during June 9th - 11th 2005 in Sölvesborg.
Quiet Riot Resurface With New Lineup
According to a new press release, Quiet Riot, the band who introduced the world to their groundbreaking #1 selling album Metal Health, are back after an eighteen month absence. Driven by vocalist Kevin DuBrow, powered by drummer Frankie Banali, both Quiet Riot founding members, the band is now fueled by longtime QR contributing bassist Chuck Wright and Beautiful Creatures guitarist Alex Grossi.
The band have entered into an equitable and legal agreement with bassist Rudy Sarzo, now with Dio, making it possible for the continuation of the group. Former guitarist Carlos Cavazo has chosen not to participate. Everyone concerned wishes each other continued success.
Quiet Riot will be releasing their first ever official live CD "Quiet Riot Live & Rare" in January 2005. It will include tracks from their 1983 Metal Health tour and the 1984 Condition Critical tour as well as three rare 1981 "demo" tracks for their Metal Health release.
Quo Vadis Complete New Video
Canadian metallers Quo Vadis have posted this message on their official website:
As mentioned in our previous update, we are currently working on a video for the track In Contempt. The filming portion is now complete. We have included shots from the tracking of the video to give you a preview of what’s to come. The video is now in the editing stage and we hope to have it completed by mid-November.
Check out the still shots from the video shoot here.
ProgPower USA V Live Photos Online
Official photos from this year's ProgPower USA V festival held in Atlanta, Georgia on September 17-18 have been posted online here.
The photos were taken by Todd Brown, the festival's official photographer.
Nocturnal Rites Drummer In Serious Accident
According to a posting on their official website, Nocturnal Rites drummer Owe Lingvall was involved in accident at his summer house a few days ago that almost caused him to lose an eye. He is now in hospital and will undergo surgery on Thursday, October 7th.
Mudvayne Seeking Fans For Upcoming Video
Are you a hardcore Mudvayne Fan? Do you live close to New York City? Mudvayne is going to be shooting the first video from their upcoming album very soon. Stay tuned to www.mudvayne.com for details on how you and your friends can be be in the video.
Shadows Fall Singer Wants To Retain Control
Shadows Fall singer Brian Fair recently spoke to the FourteenG.net about the impressive commercial success of the group's latest release, "The War Within," and the band's current standing in the metal scene, among other topics.
Several excerpts from the interview follow:
FourteenG.net: How do you feel about [being named "Best Underground Metal Band" in Metal Hammer magazine]? Do you want to stay underground? And if so, do you think you will be able to maintain that status with the early success of the latest release?
Brian Fair: "I don't know, we'll see! That's the whole thing, it's kinda hard to describe what is the 'underground' anymore. You've got bands that I consider to be non-mainstream bands selling over 100,000 records so it's kinda weird! [Chuckles accompanied by bewildered expression] And you have bands on major labels that are still definitely not commercial bands whether it's Hatebreed or Lamb of God or even bands like Poison the Well or Thursday. So I think all of the rules have changed I think 'underground' is much more of an approach or an attitude. We keep it that way, we are still really DIY as far as our career, and we are involved with every part of it. We stay involved mostly because we don't want to release control to anybody because we've been used to doing everything ourselves for years whether it be booking our own tours or financing our first records; we put out our first record. We did all that stuff on our own. I think that's more of what keeps a band with the underground mentality. 'Cos right now, I'd love to sell a million records, don't get me wrong! [laughs] But I don’t think we’d ever do it at the cost of losing [control]."
FourteenG.net: What's the ratio of your fans: more male than females?
Brian Fair: "I'd say we have more male fans in general because metal seems to be testosteroned based BUT it has been changing a lot lately. It's been becoming much more of a mixed crowd in which I love!! We get some serious mosh action but I don't really like the violence at shows. I want people going crazy and jumping on each other's heads. But I don't like the fights and the boys' club mentality that can happen at a lot of shows; so it's nice to see girls singing along in the pit and stage diving. Hopefully we will get more and more and honestly as the band gets more popular, girls show up! And that's cool…"
Read the full article at Fourteen G.
Valume Nob To Play At Voodoo Music Experience
Crash Music, Inc. today announces that New Orleans hardcore act Valume Nob has been confirmed to play the 6th annual Voodoo Music Experience in New Orleans. This year’s lineup includes The Beastie Boys, Kid Rock, Velvet Revolver and more. Valume Nob will take the stage at 4:15pm on Saturday October 16th. Their new EP "The Most High" will be released on Crash Music on October 19, 2004
The band consists of Kirk Windstein (Down/ Crowbar), Marshall Black, Frey Thieler, and Sid Montz; all veterans of the metal music scene.
Crash Music is distributed in the U.S. by Caroline Distribution and has offices in France that handle the European territories through Crash Music Europe.
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