Metal News for November 11, 2008
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26 news articles posted on this day.
Lizzy Borden To Tour Europe in December
LIZZY BORDEN will bring their blood red American metal to Europe this fall. The show will feature songs from the latest release "Appointment With Death" as well as classic anthems from the 25 year career catalogue.
The band comments:
"We are all ecstatic about performing in Europe this fall. The three shows we did this summer at the 'Sweden Rock Festival' and the 'Bang Your Head Festival' in Germany were amazing! We can’t wait to see all our new and old friends in Europe! And yes, oh yes, there will be blood!"
Here are the latest LIZZY BORDEN European tour dates:
Dec 06, 2008 - Essen, Germany @ Turock
Dec 09, 2008 - Frankfurt, Germany @ Die Halle
Dec 10, 2008 - Glogow, Poland @ Mayday
Dec 12, 2008 - Zaragoza, Spain @ Centro Civico Delicias
Dec 13, 2008 - Palencia, Spain @ Fronton Eras de Santa Marina
Dec 18, 2008 - Copenhagen, Denmark @ The Rock
Dec 19, 2008 - Gothenburg, Sweden @ Sticky Fingers
Dec 20, 2008 - Lübeck, Germany @ Treibsand
Apr. 24, 2009 - Lauda-Königshofen, Germany @ Keep It True XII festival
Nanda Devi Signs To Cavity Records
Cavity Records has announced that they will be releasing Portland's Nanda Devi's new full length, entitled "Fifth Season."
The label comments: "This record absolutely rules! Ryan and Aaron are now joined with Matthew White on drums and Tony Komforty on guitar and have turned out one hell of a heavy doom record. The tentative release of Fifth Season is February 24th, and possibly a bit earlier. The band also has a ton of killer shows and tours lined up so make sure you hang out with them and pick up a copy of the new record when they come through."
P.O.D. and Filter Cancel UK Tour
P.O.D. and Filter have cancelled their UK tour scheduled for February 2009.
The announcement comes as P.O.D reveals they are unable to fulfill their touring obligations as they are to go on hiatus.
Filter is currently working on rescheduling their own tour and hopes to announce new headline dates imminently.
Depswa Announces Tracklisting For New EP
Depswa has revealed the track list for their upcoming new 7-song EP titled "Distorted American Dream" as follows:
1. Distorted American Dream
2. Right Now
3. Performance After The Show
4. Hold On
5. Cut You Out
6. One Drop
7. The Way I Am
The band also announced that they have 14 new songs finished for a full-length album to be released in the near future.
You can listen to the song "Right Now" on the band's MySace page.
Godless Rising To Cover Slayer On New Album
Ex-ONWARD guitarist Toby Knapp has issued the following update:
"As I've posted before I've licensed my last solo album Misanthropy Divine to Germany's Rock It Up Records for Europe (this updated version with bonus tracks will be available here in the US as well) I signed the contracts and shipped off the masters well over a month ago. I of course started getting very nervous after several weeks passed and they still had not arrived to Germany - to the point of absolute nervous breakdown and calling the U.S.P.S. and doing all that tracking shit (last night) and it seemed the box was lost enroute; the master discs, contracts, etc. Moments before the 'meltdown' I checked my email and a very welcome letter happened to be waiting from the label president Franko "I GOT THE PACKAGE!!!" So, now we can proceed and I'm sure the results will be worth the wait, this really isn't official news, just my musings over a real stressful several weeks. I will keep everyone interested on the release date of the album and the 2009 tour dates. Oh yes, GODLESS RISING's Trumpet Of Triumph is 99% done - hope we did justice to SLAYER's 'Kill Again'! This album will be out on Moribund Records in early 2009."
You can check out Godless Rising on their MySpace page.
Dreaming Dead Posts New Album Art and Tour Update
Los Angeles, California-based death/thrash metal band DREAMING DEAD has revealed the Travis Smith (Nevermore, Opeth) album cover artwork for their upcoming debut album, "Within One," in stores January 20th, 2009 on IBEX MOON RECORDS.
You can check out the cover art for "Within One" here.
"Within One" was co-produced by John Haddad (Hirax, Intronaut, Abysmal Dawn, Phobia) and contains artwork/layout by artist Travis Smith (Opeth, Nevermore).
The track listing is as follows: More...
Machiavellian Releases New Video Online
English death-thrash band Machiavellian has just released their video for the track "Ranger," which is taken from their debut record "The Impossibility of Death in the Minds of the Living." You can check out the Chris Parker directed clip below.
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Iced Earth Plans Signing Session In Vancouver
ICED EARTH and Scrape Records will be conducting an autograph signing at Scrape Records in Vancouver to commemorate the store's 11th Anniversary on Wednesday, November 19. The in-store signing will take place at the store's location on 323 E. Broadway from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm local time. Later that night, the band will be the headlining the annivesary show at the Commodore Ballroom with support from EARLY MAN and OVER THE COALS. For more details, visit the Scrape Records website.
Down To Release Documentary, Writing New Music
Down/former Pantera bassist Rex Brown recently spoke to Billboard.com about the reunion of the band, new material and more. Some excerpts from the article are as follows:
"(Down) is gonna keep rolling," Brown says. "We're not getting any younger, and this is what we're kicking ass at. All that other stuff people were doing kind of cleansed itself out. There's no reason to take time off anymore. This is a band we can grow old in together, which is really cool."
Brown says there's "a lot of material left over" from last year's "Down III: Over the Under," which was recently released in a deluxe edition through Best Buy for Down's current live run. The outtakes will be considered for the fourth Down album, but Brown adds that the quintet is also "writing constantly on the road. We still have all these ideas, and we play a lot of new stuff at sound check, just to feel it out. Hopefully we can get back in the studio in the fall and work on something."
Before a new album, however -- and perhaps as soon as the first quarter of 2009 -- Down plans to release a documentary of its 2006 reunion after a nearly four-year hiatus, including both live and behind-the-scenes footage. "It's kind of about us learning how to walk together again," Brown says of the film, which is not yet finished and is so far untitled. "It just chronicles the life on the road of us starting to play again. We're right in the middle of it now."
Read the full article at Billboard.com.
Agent Steel Begins Writing New Material
American metallers Agent Steel has posted the following update online:
"We recently moved in to a new rehearsal studio in Los Angeles and we've been busy writing; some real good song ideas coming along; we'll keep you updated as the songs develop.
"We have an upcoming show at the end of this month at the Black Castle in Inglewood on Saturday, November 29th also on the bill will be EXMORTUS and DREAMS OF DAMNATION, SCRAPMETAL, DISMANTLE and others!!! Should be a kick ass show.
"New Agent Steel merchandise coming soon to retail stores in the UK. There's also some negotiations going on for some possible Agent SteelEuropean festival appearances for 2009."
Just For Fun
Antagonist Frontman Wins On "Price Is Right"
Footage has been posted online from yesterdays edition of "The Price Is Right," which featured Antagonist frontman Carlos Garcia as its winning contestant. You can check out the video below.
While on tour in September with Decrepit Birth, friends and fellow Californian bands Antaonist and Animosity decided to spend a day at a filming for the long-running game show and Garcia was lucky enough to get called up for a game as well as a Showcase Showdown with new The Price Is Right host Drew Carey. More...
Nevermore Added To Wacken Open Air 2009
Seattle metallers Nevermore are the latest confirmed for the legendary German metal festival Wacken Open Air which takes place from July 30th - August 1st. Other bands confirmed are AMON AMARTH, CATHEDRAL, EINHERJER, HAMMERFALL, IN EXTREMO, IN FLAMES, KAMPFAR, KORPIKLAANI, MACHINE HEAD, TRISTANIA, WALLS OF JERICHO.
Tickets include:
- free parking (for any vehicle like car, motorbike, camper van or caravan)
- free camping - right next to the vehicle for the W:O:A feeling (if the weather conditions are good enough).
- like always there are no limits as to how many drinks or how much food you may take to the parking and camping grounds
- only lawn, direct paths to the festival grounds (if the weather conditions are good enough)
- shuttle to the Wacken and Schenefeld swimming pools.
- rubbish will be collected and disposed of free of charge by us - no fee for you
- festival stickers
- free CD
- diverse top quality surprises = Full Metal Bag
- and much more......
Black Stone Cherry Prepares For European Tour
Southern rockers Black Stone Cherry has posted the following message online:
"So we're at home right now in beautiful Kentucky. We've been home for a couple weeks and it's been an EXCELLENT stay, but we're all itching to get back out on the road! We leave in 4 days to fly overseas to start our big headlining tour - the Folklore And Superstition tour! We're so excited!
"The tour kicks off in Paris, France on November 18th and will end in Belfast, N. Ireland on December 17th! We're getting the chance to visit a lot of the same countries we've had the privilege of playing before: France, Germany, Sweden, all over the UK... and we're also getting to rock Denmark, Austria, and Italy for the first time!! More...
Mastodon Guitarist Bill Kelliher Hospitalized
Mastodon has posted the following message online at their official website:
Bill Kelliher, guitarist with MASTODON, has been hospitalized in London as of Nov.3, during the band's current European Unholy Alliance Chapter 3 package tour. Doctors will continue to monitor his condition which is improving at press time.
At the moment, Mastodon has decided to continue on the tour as a trio. Doctors and Bill are hopeful that he will rejoin his bandmates in time for their headlining tour of Europe which begins Nov 30, in Utrecht, Holland and will end on Dec 7, at the All Tomorrow’s Parties Festival in Somerset, England. More details to follow as they develop.
Ventflow Signs To Casket Records
British metallers Ventflow has announced that they are now signed with Casket Records. A statement from the band reads as follows:
"We are very proud to announce that we are now signed to Casket Records.
"About fucking time we were signed! haha!!
"We will be in the studio in December recording our debut album 'Terrorssiah', which will be due for release around Feb/March.
"Sadly this means you will have to wait longer for our CD as we will not be releasing the EP 'Throne of Locusts' that we had recently finished recording. We will be re-recording the songs, and including a couple of our older tracks which we think deserve to be on the album.
"Thanks to everyone who has shown us support over the years, we wouldn't have made it this far without you.
"HERE'S TO THE NEXT CHAPTER OF VENTFLOW
"KEEP IT HEAVY"
Motley Crue Awards The Last Vegas Chance To Tour
In front of a capacity crowd at the world famous Whisky A-Go-Go, complete with music industry tastemakers, Guitar Center and Motley Crue selected The Last Vegas from Chicago, IL, as the winner of Guitar Center On-Stage last night. Over the past eight weeks, bands across the United States submitted their music at makerockhistory.com. From close to 8000 submissions, 30 semi-finalists were selected, which were then narrowed down to the six top undiscovered bands in the country, with The Last Vegas prevailing as the one band chosen for the ultimate, career altering opportunity -- the chance to open on tour for rock icons, Motley Crue. In addition to the slot on Motley Crue's 2009 "Saints Of Los Angeles" U.S. tour (dates to be announced on Friday, November 14th), The Last Vegas also takes home $25,000 cash, $20,000 in exclusive new gear from Gibson Guitars, management from Tenth Street Entertainment, and a recording deal from Eleven Seven Music. In true Crue fashion, The Last Vegas also found out that their career is literally going from "0" to "60" overnight and will be opening for the notorious rockers at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles this Friday, November 14th.
The band will record their first single immediately. It will be available as a stream on AOL on November 24th and as a download on iTunes by November 25th. More...
Watch Sea Of Treachery Performance Video Online
Ohio death metaller’s SEA OF TREACHERY have posted a live video from a show filmed earlier this year at The Lost Horizon in Syracuse, NY when the band was on tour with 36 CRAZYFISTS and WALLS OF JERICHO. The live video is for their track "On The Wings Of Pegasus" and can be viewed on UVTV.
Formerly known as At Dagger's Drawn, SEA OF TREACHERY caught the ears of Jerry Clubb at Ricochet Management (SUICIDE SILENCE , WINDS OF PLAGUE , ABIGAIL WILLIAMS) and then inked a deal with Sumerian Records (THE FACELESS, BORN OF OSIRIS) in January 2008. SEA OF TREACHERY’s debut album entitled "At Dagger's Drawn" was produced by Joey Sturgis (CHIODOS, THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, BEFORE THEIR EYES) was released last April.
The Governor’s Ball Joins Forces w/ PureGrainAudio
The Governor’s Ball joins forces with PureGrainAudio.com. The “Mighty” Metal and Comedy Show will now be featured exclusively on www.thegovernorsball.com as a part of the PureGrainAudio family. This new site features easier access to episodes and artist links, plus you get to explore the vast PureGrain world featuring videos, photos, reviews, contests, downloads and more.
Upcoming episodes include interviews with Sigh, Virgin Black, Skeletonwitch, The Absence, Judas Priest, Krisiun, Six Feet Under, The Exalted Piledriver, and more.
Urn Enters The Studio to Begin Work on New Album
Chicago-based gothic-metal band URN entered renowned studios of the Chicago Recording Company this past weekend, beginning work on their new upcoming full-length "Scribings of a Forgotten Soul", scheduled for an early 2009 release with Rotting Corpse Records.
The band once again has joined forces with the producer/engineering team of Dan Precision (Rise Against, Naked Raygun) and Connie Bergmann whom they also collaborated with on their successful and critically-acclaimed 2006 release "Dancing with the Demigods."
Singer/Guitarist Dominic St. Charles gave insight on the band's new album which will be a concept album based on a true story of several individuals that were in his life that were directly involved in a prison riot at state correctional facility in a nearby town from where he attended high school.
"Think of it as a 'Law & Order' approach to the story we are telling here. Of course, all of the characters are completely fictitious and do not represent any person living or dead. It was a major event that shook my community at the time and my best friend's father was the night shift supervisor. So a couple of months before it happened he took a group of me and my friends on tour of the prison at 2:30 a.m. (we thought it would be interesting to do). The experience of seeing all that was going on from the inside from many perspectives, the prisoners, the guards, etc., ended up being highly enlightening for me. So when the riot broke out it was hitting very close to home and I had been doing a good bit of writing at the time and decided to chronicle these events. So in essence, that is what this album is about a fictional depiction of this event."
URN also announced that their good friend Jape Peratalo, lead singer for To/Die/For, will be doing a guest vocal for this new album and the band is also in talks with a couple of their other musical friends to possibly lend the talents for guest appearances as well. More on these details will be released upon their confirmation.
In the meantime, check the band out on their MySpace page.
Edenbridge Parts w/ Bassist, Seeks Replacement
Napalm Recording artists Edenbridge are in search of a new bassist. Frank Bindig has arted amicably with the band to work on his other projects.
The band comments about potential replacements:
"Passion, personality, live experience and of course playing technique. If you think you have all four, you should not hesitate to apply for the vacant bass player position in Edenbridge."
Send your application with a photo to info@edenbridge.org.
Tom Fischer Posts Update On Triptykon
Former Celtic Frost mainman Tom Fischer has posted the following brief update on his new band, Triptykon:
"Although the path towards completion is still substantial at this time, it emerges that Triptykon is developing into a darker, heavier, and more experimental version of Celtic Frost. It is as it should be."
Triptykon's lineup also includes Reed St. Mark (ex-CELTIC FROST), V. Santura (DARK FORTRESS ) and Vanja Slay.
Death Angel Auditioning New Bassists
Thrash metal legends Death Angel has posted the following message online:
"As many of you may or may not know, (bassist) Dennis (Pepa) has departed from the band. We wish him all the best.
"So now it's time for someone new to join the pack! We are now accepting applications for this position... do you have what it takes? If you wanna give it a shot, please send bio, photo, demo and or link to your website / MySpace page so we can check you out!
Send your info to: deathangelbass@gmail.com
"We look forward to hearing from you. Oh yeah, better have your passport in order as we are doing a week of dates in Australia in March and who knows what else... let's JAM!"
Sepultura To Perform New Song At Latin Grammy's
Brazillian metal legends Sepultura will be performing a brand new song from their forthcoming new album, "A-Lex" this Thursday at the Latin Grammy Awards, which is being held in Houston, Texas at the Toyota Center. The band has not announced yet which song they will be performing. Sepultura's new album, "A-Lex" is scheduled to be released in January with a North American release date of January 27th confirmed.
All Shall Perish To Film New Music Video
All Shall Perish will be shooting a new music video today in Los Angeles for the song, "Never... Again" with director Gary Smithson. The song comes from the bands latest album, "Awaken The Dreamers" which was released via Nuclear Blast. The band also kick off their tour tomorrow with the following dates confirmed:
November
12 - Hollywood, CA - Whisky A Go Go
13 - Pomona, CA - The Glasshouse
14 - Bakersfield, CA - The Dome
15 - Sacramento, CA - The Boardwalk
16 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre
17 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon
18 - Boise, ID - The Venue
20 - Colorado Springs, CO - The Black Sheep
21 - Lawrence, KS - Bottleneck
22 - Iowa City, IA - The Picador
23 - St. Paul, MN - Station 4
24 - Tinley Park, IL - Mojoes Coffee House
25 - Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
26 - Pittsburgh, PA - Strummers
27 - London, ON - The Embassy Hotel
28 - Burlington, VT - Higher Ground
29 - Portland, ME - The Station
30 - Providence, RI - Club Hell
December
1 - Framingdale, NY - The Crazy Donkey
2 - Sayerville, NJ - Starland Ballroom
3 - Baltimore, MD - Otto Bar
4 - Richmond, VA - Canal Club (Downstairs)
5 - Wilmington, NC - Soapbox Laundro-Lounge
6 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade
7 – Knoxville, TN - Valarium
9 - Little Rock, AR - The Village
10 - Tulsa, OK - The Marquee
11 - Dallas, TX - The Door
12 - McAllen, TX - Cine El Rey Theatre
13 - Austin, TX - Red 7
14 - Odessa, TX - Dos Amigos
15 - Farmington, NM - Gators
16 - Tucson, AZ - The Rock
Destruction Announces World Tour
German thrash legends Destruction has announced that they will be touring North America beginning March 6th until April 7th. No dates have been confirmed yet. Likewise, the band will be heading to Australia and New Zealand in April but no dates have been confirmed yet. They have also updated their European tour schedule which is now as follows:
November
26 - Karlsruhe, Germany - Substage (NEW DATE)
27 - Plzen, Czech Republic - KD Šerikovka
28 - Glauchau, Germany - Alte Spinnerei
29 - Zlin, Czech Republic - Winter Masters of Rock
30 - Warsaw, Poland - Progresja
December
1 - Berlin, Germany - Columbia Club
2 - Rostock, Germany - Mau
4 - Helsinki, Finland - Tavastia
5 - Tampere, Finland - Tulliklubbi
7 - Gothenburg, Sweden - Musikens Hus
8 - Oslo, Norway - John Dee
9 - Copenhagen, Denmark - The Rock
10 - Enschede, Netherlands - Atak
11 - Vosselaar, Belgium - Biebob
12 - Leeds, England - Rio's
13 - Dublin, Ireland - The Village
14 - Dudley, UK - JB's
16 - London, England - Underworld
17 - Saarbrücken, Germany - Roxy (tbc) (NEW DATE)
18 - Essen, Germany - Turock (NEW DATE)
19 - Weert, Netherlands - De Bosuil
20 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7
21 - Milan, Italy - Rolling Stone
22 - Nürnberg, Germany - Hirsch
Cancer Bats To Support In Flames On UK Tour
Cancer Bats has announced that they will be trekking across the UK with In Flames in April. The band spent July and August in the US with Bullet for My Valentine and Bleeding Through and plans for more US tours are currently in the works.
Here are the Cancer Bats tour dates with In Flames:
04/15 Norwich, UK Waterfront
04/16 Colchester, UK Arts
04/17 Brighton, UK Concorde 2
04/21 Newcastle, UK Academy 2
04/22 Dundee, UK Fat Sams
04/23 Belfast, UK Mandella Hall
04/24 Dublin, IE Academy
04/25 Cork, UK Pavillion
04/27 Exeter, UK Lemon Grove
04/28 Cardiff, UK University Solus
04/29 Cambridge, UK Junction
04/30 Sheffield, UK Corporation
05/01 Liverpool, UK Academy 2
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