Metal News for November 1, 2004
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Maynard James Keenan Blames President Bush
Maynard James Keenan of Tool and A Perfect Circle appears on two politically oriented Election Day albums tomorrow (Tuesday, November 2nd) -- APC's "eMOTIVe," and as one of the performers on the Axis Of Justice Concert Series Volume 1. Keenan told Launch that he feels the world is a more dangerous place than it was four years ago, and he blames the Bush administration:
They've had four years to reunite this country and show them that they do have good intentions. They keep trying to say the world's safer without Saddam (Hussein), but it's not. They've fostered more terrorists, and we've lost control of the north and south of Iraq now. We used to have control of it, with him in power. He was contained. Now it's a mess.
"eMOTIVe" features two APC originals along with covers of political songs by John Lennon, Marvin Gaye, Nick Lowe, Depeche Mode, and others. The first single is a remake of Lennon's "Imagine."
Keenan plans to begin working on a new Tool album next month.
Suidakra To Record New Album
German epic metal band Suidakra are set to enter Gernhard recording studio (Perzonal War) in Siegburg / Ger to record the new album entitled "Command To Charge."
According to the band's main man Arkadius: "Hopefully the follow-up of Signs For The Fallen will be finished on 25th of November. Here's the complete tracklist for the new record:
Decibel Dance
Reap The Storm
The Alliance
Strange Perfection
Second Skin
C14_Measured By Infinity
The End Beyond Me
Dead Man's Reel (Instrumental)
A Runic Rhyme (Acoustic)
Gathered In Fear (Acoustic)
Moonlight Shadow (Cover Version)"
The album is due for release at some time next year.
Tiamat Films Polish Appearance For Upcoming DVD
Tiamat's upcoming live appearance in Krakow, Poland on January 13, 2005 will be filmed for an upcoming DVD.
Tiamat will be joined by Theatre Of Tragedy, Pain and Sirenia for a two-week European tour, starting in late December.
Tiamat's Johan Edlund had the following to say about the upcoming trek: "I'm sorry that we didn't tour earlier to the release of the 'Prey' album last year. But I would like to thank everybody who showed up at the summer festivals we did. Finally we are going on tour with Theatre Of Tragedy, Pain and Sirenia. All bands are good friends of us, so feel welcome to join our family. You can expect a fine selection of old and new songs and even some tracks we never played live before."
Thy Majestie Re-Sign With Scarlet
Epic-Power metallers Thy Majestie are workin' on their 3rd album that will be released by Scarlet in March 2005.
After one year of negotiations with many European labels the band decided to sign again with Scarlet and it's s already in the studio for the recording sessions. Drums, bass and some guitar stuff are finished.
The album, not titled yet, will be mastered by Goran Finnberg at Mastering Room (Sweden). Also this time, behind the lyrics there will be a concept: Joan of Arc and the liberation of France against the english oppression. Be ready for another amazing 'Historical-Epic-Power Metal' album!
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New Dissection Lineup Announced
Reactivated Swedish death metallers Dissection have revealed their new lineup on the eve of their headlining performance in Stockholm on Saturday (Oct. 30). Joining mainman Jon Nödtveidt (vocals and guitar) in the new formation are Set Teitan (guitar, Aborym, Bloodline), Brice Leclercq (bass guitar, Nightrage) and Thomas Asklund (drums, Infernal, Dawn, Dark Funeral). View photos of the new lineup here.
As previously reported, an audio sample of the new Dissection single, "Maha Kali," has been posted online at this location.
"Maha Kali" (view cover), described by the reactivated Swedish death metallers as "a hymn to the wrathful black hindu goddess of Mahapralaya, the great dissolution of cosmos, Jai Maha Kali," will initially only be available directly from Dissection via their official web site and on tour.
Dissection recently spent time in the studio working on their first studio recording since 1995's classic album "Storm Of The Light's Bane."
Dissection guitarist/vocalist Jon Nödtvedt was released from prison several months ago after spending seven years behind the bars for murdering an Algerian homosexual. A short-lived collaboration with former Emperor drummer Bård "Faust" Eithun ended in December over "the demands of Dissection's Satanic concept." A documentary DVD and a new studio album are expected sometime in 2005.
Primal Fear Guitarist On Upcoming Paragon Album
Primal Fear guitarist Tom Naumann has recorded a guitar solo for the track "Impaler" on the upcoming Paragon album, "Revenge," due in February/March 2005 through Remedy Records.
"Revenge" marks the follow-up to the band's successful album "The Dark Legacy", released by Remedy last year. The new record is being partly recorded at Karo studios with the help of an engineer, and the rest of the recording process and mixing will be done at Piet Sielck's (Iron Savior) new Powerhouse Studios. The artwork for the record will once again be done by Dirk Illing of XMD.
"Revenge" tentative track listing:
01. Revenge
02. Traitor
03. Master of the Seas
04. Art of War
05. Beyond the Veil
06. Impaler
07. Assassins
08. Battle Rages On
Commented Paragon bassist Jan Bünning: "There will at last be two additional tracks (a ballad and a more melodic song) which have no titles yet and maybe a cover version which we already recorded for a tribute compilation but which was not used because the compilation was not released. There will [also] be a DVD as bonus to the first pressing which will include a liveshow of our Wacken and/or Sweden Rock performance."
Overlorde Finish Recording
The recording and mastering for "Return of the Snow Giant" is done and the master CD has been delivered to Sonic Age Records. Everything appears on-track for the December 17, 2004 release! The CD artwork is now available, as well as the first MP3. Pictures from Overlorde’s appearance at Metal Nation: Northern Aggression, and lyrics for the song Colossus (Island of the Cyclops), can be found at www.overlorde.com.
Cage Confirmed For Monterrey Metal Fest
San Diego, California heavy metal band Cage have been confirmed on the line-up of the 1st ever Monterrey Metal Fest Vol. I, to be held on Saturday, November 13, 2004 at the Coca Cola Auditorium in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
The festival line-up is made up of the following internationally recognized bands: Twisted Sister, Dio, Dokken, Quiet Riot, Shaman, Hatebreed and Cage.
The Monterrey Metal Fest Vol. I will be the largest heavy metal festival ever to be held in Mexico. The outdoor Coca Cola Auditorium has a capacity for over 20,000 persons.
The festival promoters Day Dream Productions and Dark Vission Entertainment plan on making the Monterrey Metal Fest an annual event. Visit the Monterrey Metal Fest (Vol . I) website.
Iron Maiden Adds Second Helsinki Date
In response to unprecendented demand with all 11,000 tickets for Iron Maiden's concert at the Hartwell Arena selling out within 50 minutes this morning, a second show has been added for the 7th July 2005. Rod Smallwood responded, "When we heard that tickets had gone so fast
and that callers were continuing to plead for a second show, we just had to add another date."
Tickets for this new date go on sale on Tuesday morning - check out
www.ironmaiden.com for links and phone numbers.
A small number of tickets for the Gothenburg show (which sold out in about 2 hours last week) will go on sale tomorrow - these are available by phone only, so check the site for the numbers.
Mnemic Confirmed For Denmark's Aalborg Metal Fest
Danish modern thrash metallers Mnemic are the latest act confirmed for the Aalborg Metal Festival 2004, a two-day event set to take place November 5-6 at Studenterhuset in Aalborg, Denmark. Also scheduled to perform at the festival are 1349, Withering Surface, The Defaced, Illdisposed, Scarve, Heaven Shall Burn, Zyklon, Darkane and Downset, among others.
Mnemic are touring in support of their sophomore album, "The Audio Injected Soul", available now on Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to last year's "Mechanical Spin Phenomena" was recorded at AntFarm Studios in Aarhus, Denmark with producer Tue Madsen.
Hand To Hand Sign To Lifeforce Records
Orlando, FL rock/hardcore/metal band Hand To Hand have officially signed a multi-album deal Lifeforce Records. The group has previously released a five-song EP, two songs from which can be downloaded here. Meanwhile, Hand To Hand have nearly finished recording their as-of-yet untitled Lifeforce debut, which is being engineered by James Paul Wisner (Further Seems Forever) and mastered by Alan Douches. Look for the album to hit stores on February 22nd.
Candlemass Collection To Include Brand New Songs
GMR Music has set a November 22 release date for CANDLEMASS' "Essential Doom" CD, a posthumous collection of the group's best material plus their newly recorded and previously unreleased song "Witches". The album will come with a bonus DVD featuring video footage of the band's performance at the Rock Hard Festival in Germany in 2003.
"Witches" — one of two songs laid down during a quick demo session in August 2003 (the other being "Born In A Tank") — was "[written] in [the] true CANDLEMASS style," according to mainman Leif Edling, featuring "both heavy and hard passages, lots of negative riffing, melody and slow doomy choruses."
Behemoth Confirmed For King Diamond U.S. Tour
Polish black metallers BEHEMOTH have been confirmed for the upcoming KING DIAMOND/NILE/THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER tour happening in April of 2005. The tour follows their January/February co-headlining run with SUFFOCATION. Here's what Nergal (guitars/vocals) had to say:
Hey f(r)iends! We’re touring Europe right now with INCANTATION and KRISUIN in support of our brand new record, 'Demigod'. The new songs have been sounding great live and we can’t wait to play them for our U.S. fans! It seems we will be conquering North America a few times next year; I have just gotten the confirmation for the KING DIAMOND/NILE tour. All I have to say is this is my dream line up! Playing before living legends such as the KING and NILE is more than an honor! We hope to see you all soon! HORNS UP!"
Novembers Doom Finish Recording New Album
Chicago- based metallers NOVEMBERS DOOM have issued the following update:
The recording process for "The Pale Haunt Departure" is now complete, and the songs are in the hands of Dan Swano for the mix. Recording took about a week longer then originally planned, due to the amount of detail we chose to focus on this time around. This is easily the best performance from every member of the band. The artwork is also complete, and we'll be showing you the cover in the days to come.
"The Pale Haunt Departure" is to be released early next year through The End Records.
Bane Working On New Material
Bane have revealed that they are currently writing new material for their next album. The new record will be titled "The Note" and should be available in spring 2005. Meanwhile, the group has confirmed the following upcoming shows:
11/5 Rickville Center NY @ Purple Haze w/ Righteous Jams, Guns Up!, more
11/6 Allston MA @ Jackson Mann w/ Righteous Jams, Mental, more
11/7 Syracuse NY @ Club Tundra w/ Righteous Jams, With Honor, The Promise
1/2 Henrietta NY @ XDreams Skatepark w/ The Path Of Resistance, Most Precious Blood, The Promise, Champion
More Darkest Hour Dates With BTBAM
Darkest Hour, Between the Buried and Me and Fear Before the March of Flames will be on tour with Kylesa and Cattle Decapitation joining for a brief amount of dates. Here are the tour dates:
w/ Kylesa:
11/12 Harisonburgh, VA Captin T's
11/13 Spartenburg, SC Ground Zero
11/14 Atlanta, GA Hell/Masquerade
11/15 Tampa, FL The Orphuem
11/16 W/ Palm Beach, FL The Factory
11/17 Orlando, FL Screamers
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Converge, Isis, and Mastodon Plan Japanese Tour
Converge, Isis, and Mastodon have announced touring plans over in Japan that will kick off in February of 2005. Dates will be announced soon. Meanwhile Isis has released a live track here from an upcoming Live 12" release.
Korn, Deftones, Ministry To Play Mexico City
According to Ocesa.com.mx, KORN, DEFTONES, MINISTRY, ILL NINO, SPARTA and PUYA will be teaming up for a special concert in Mexico City on December 12. More information is available at this location.
Zao, The Agony Scene Tour & More
Zao, Twelve Tribes, Emery, and The Agony Scene will be touring together as the Praise The War Machine Tour in January of next year. The dates will mostly span the West Coast and will be announced shortly.
Zao will be recording some extra tracks to tack on the Japanese release of The Funeral of God. A brand new website has been launched for the band here.
The Agony Scene have titled their upcoming Roadrunner debut The Darkest Red. This, their second full length, will be released March 22nd.
Mustaine Says Metallica's 'Enter Sandman' A Ripoff
Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine has once again slammed Metallica over the inclusion of a scene in Metallica’s Some Kind of Monster documentary in which Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich sits down with Mustaine for a one-on-one therapy session, calling Ulrich "a treacherous little man" and accusing Metallica of having "ripped off" the ideas for their biggest hit.
Asked by Metal Maniacs magazine what it was like having that confrontation with Lars in Metallica’s Some Kind of Monster movie, Mustaine said, "The thing that bothers me is that people are booing my scene in the movie and it’s kinda like, ’Listen, dickhead, if I wasn’t here, there’d be no Metallica because James [Hetfield] sang, Lars played drums and there was Ron McGovney [bass]. Did it ever dawn on you that I was the only guitar player? That I had a more integral part than you gave me credit for’ You will never see anybody in the history of the world tell that little shit how it is. Everybody else is afraid of him. I’m not afraid of Lars. He’s a fuckin’ treacherous little man and that’s why he can’t stay married. That’s why everybody in the band can’t stand him. Their biggest song, Enter Sandman was ripped off from a band called Excel [referring to the 1989 track "Tapping Into The Emotional Void"]"
Enter Sandman currently stands as the biggest hit of Metallica’s career, having peaked at No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart back in August 1991. Metallica’s self-titled "black album" has sold more than 14 million copies in the U.S., according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Skindred UK Gigs
Skindred are to play the following UK shows: Bournemouth Mr Smiths December 19, Southampton Nexus 20, Wolverhampton Little Civic 21, Exeter Cavern 22. The band's debut album, 'Babylon', has just entered the 'Billboard' chart in America.
Dillinger Escape Plan Pay Tribute To The Melvins
Dillinger Escape Plan, Meshuggah, High On Fire, Strapping Young Lad, Keelhaul, Dog Fashion Disco and Abdullah are among those bands featured on the Melvins tribute album 'We Reach: The Music Of The Melvins'. This should be released next May by Fractured Transmitter Record Co.
Slipknot Re-Release Albums In Japan w/ DVDs
Slipknot have just had both their 1999 self-titled album and 2001's 'Iowa' re-released in Japan. Each features a bonus DVD with the relevant promotional videos.
Thin Lizzy UK Tour Dates
Thin Lizzy are to play the following UK/Irish shows: Liverpool Academy February 1, Manchester University 3, Sheffield Octagon 5, Birmingham Carling Academy 6, Bristol Carling Academy 7, Nottingham Rock City 8, Waterford Forum 10, Castlebar Royal Theatre 11, Killarney Gleneagle Hotel 12, Cork Everyman Palace 13, Dublin Vicar Street 15, Belfast Waterfront 17, Galway Leisureland 18, Limerick University 19.
Narnia Singer Finds His 'Calling'
Christian Rivel, vocalist with Swedish Christian metalheads Narnia, is to shortly issue the album called 'The Calling' from his solo project Audiovision. This comes out in Japan on December 22, with a European release next year. Also featured on the album are vocalist Jeff Scott Soto, guitarist Bruce Kulick and bassist Tony Franklin among others.
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