Metal News for November 18, 2005
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Motorhead Australian Tour Dates
Legendary Lemmie and the rest of the Motorhead gang will be hitting Australian turf very soon for single shows as special guests to Motely Crue.
Single shows are in the eastern states and in the west as part of the BlackJack festival with fellow rockers Motely Crue, The living End, The Casanovas and Fireball. Dates are:
03/12/05 Sydney Superdome W/ Motley Crue
04/12/05 Brisbane Entertainment Centre W/ Motley Crue
06/12/05 Melbourne Vodafone Arena W/ Motley Crue
07/12/05 Melbourne Palais W/ Motley Crue
08/12/05 Adelaide Entertainment Centre W/ Motley Crue
10/12/05 BLACK JACK – Claremont Showgrounds W/ Motley Crue
Malignant Monster Cd Launch
Yet another cd launch this time on the 19th of November at The Lookout in Perth featuring Malignant Monster with ex Pathogen and Centaur members Jarrod Curley and Cain cressal.
Support for Malignant will be Perths own Plague and also Aussie juggernauts Grotesque and Wardaemonic.
The show is over 18- licensed venue and doors open at 8 so all you perth metal fans get on down and support the scene.
New Audio Interview With Tarja Turunen Online
A 14-minute audio interview with former NIGHTWISH frontwoman Tarja Turunen has been posted online at Metal Express Radio (Windows Media). During the interview, Turunen discusses her felings about being fired from the group and her future plans.
As previously reported, Tarja's final performance with NIGHTWISH — which took place on October 21 at the Hartwall arena in Helsinki, Finland — was filmed professionally for an upcoming DVD, "End of an Era", tentatively due in late 2006.
NIGHTWISH fired Turunen via an "open letter," which was given to the singer immediately following the Helsinki show. The group are currently seeking a replacement vocalist before entering the studio in September 2006 to begin recording the follow-up to 2004's "Once", tentatively due in mid-2007.
Watch A Live Video Of "Tired and Lonely" Online
A live video of the "Roadrunner United: The All Star Sessions" band performing the song "Tired & Lonely" has been posted online at www.fuse.tv/metal (make sure pop-up blocker is off — or hold down "Control"). The group performing in the clip is as follows:
Joey Jordison (SLIPKNOT) – Drums
Keith Caputo (LIFE OF AGONY) - Vocals
Nadja Peulen (COAL CHAMBER) - Bass
Matt Baumbach (VISION OF DISORDER) - Guitar
Acey Slade (MURDERDOLLS) - Guitar
Omar Clavijo (ILL NINO) - Keyboards More...
Anthrax Presale Tickets For January Tour Dates
Anthrax just finished a successful arena tour with Judas Priest and are all now taking some well deserved time off. PRE-SALE tickets for the upcoming January 2006 tour are on sale now, however. There are a limited number of pre-sale tickets still available at ArtistArena.com for the following shows:
Fri 01/06/06 - Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live
Sat. 01/07/06 - Nokia Theatre, New York, NY
Fri. 01/13/06 - House Of Blues, Chicago IL
Sat. 01/21/06 - The Avalon, Hollywood, CA
All pre-sale tix INCLUDE admission to that show's soundcheck. GOD FORBID & SWORN ENEMY are opening.
FASSW Announce Shows with Darkest Hour
From A Second Story Window have posted an update and announced a few new shows with Darkest Hour:
"Hello everyone!! Hope to see all of you next weekend in Philly and Poughkeepsie!! We are all very excited to be out that way again!!! Also, the show on Sunday was CANCELLED. I know that we were very much looking forward to playing NYC but the venue it was supposed to be held at decided to be ignorant and cancel the show last minute. We are truly sorry for this inconvenience. Right now, we are working our asses off finishing the new CD and I hope everyone will still be patient with us as the time passes... I know when it's done, our friends will appreciate the wait. At least we hope! COME rock out with us next weekend!"
FROM A SECOND STORY WINDOW tour dates:
11/18 Aston, PA Harry Cats w/ Forever came Crashing, more tba
11/19 Poughkeepsie, NY The Chance w/ Converge, THE RED CHORD, Darkest Hour, Shai Hulud and many more!
12/09 Virginia Beach, VA Peppermint Beach Club w/ Darkest Hour, Ion Dissonance, plus more
12/10 Fredericksburg, VA KC'S w/ Darkest Hour, Ion Dissonance, plus more
Debut Biolich MCD Out Now
New York's experimental death/grinders BIOLICH have just released their debut MCD, "The Space Between Home And Today," through Paragon Records. The track "Morals Like Frozen Piss" may be sampled here.
Ektomorf Support CoB on Upcoming European Tour
Hungarian based EKTOMORF will be supporting CHILDREN OF BODOM on their forthcoming European tour, starting December 27 in Köln. Also on the bill are labelmates ONE MAN ARMY AND THE UNDEAD QUARTET. For a full list of dates, click here.
Green Carnation Announce Dates in Italy
GREEN CARNATION's "The Acoustic Verses" will be one of the first albums to issued in North American via a brand new collaboration between The End Records and RED Distribution. A full-length MP3 of the track"Alone", taken from "The Acoustic Verses", has been made available for download at this location (3.4 MB). The CD is scheduled for release in North America on January 24, 2006.
In other news, GREEN CARNATION have confirmed two more gigs before the end of hte year, both in countries in which the band has never played before.
GREEN CARNATION will visit Switzerland and Italy for the first time ever, on December 17 and December 18. Says keyboardist Kenneth Silden, "It's important for us to present ourselves in as many countries as possible, and when the opportunity came for this mini-tour in December, we had to accept. I think both Switzerland and Italy is potential good countries for the band."
GREEN CARNATION will headline the Burgdorfer Rocknight (in Markthalle Burgdorf in Switzerland) on Saturday, December 17. Other bands scheduled to appear on the bill are BLEAK ORIGIN (Switzerland), DIVINE TEMPTATION (Austria) and RICHTASTE (Switzerland). The following day, GREEN CARNATION and BLEAK ORIGIN will join Italian band THUNDERSTORM for a gig at the Thunder Road Club in Codevilla outside Milano, organized through Nihil Productions.
Soulfly Guitarist Lines Up Dates For Side Project
COMMITTEE OF THIRTEEN, the side project of SOULFLY guitarist Marc Rizzo, have lined up the following dates:
Nov. 19 - Steel Music Hall - Rochester, NY (solo appearance at Shred Fest)
Nov. 20 - CBGB's - New York, NY - w/ CORETEZ, SUICIDE CITY, TRASHLIGHT VISION)
Nov. 25 - Webster Theater - Hartford, CT (w/ SKINDRED)
Nov. 26 - The Staircase - Pittston, PA
Dec. 01 - Hamilton St. Cafe - Bound Brook, NJ (w/ CORETEZ, FIVE YEAR STARE)
Dec. 09 - Pearl Street - Northampton, MA
Dec. 10 - Univ. of Rhode Island - Kingston, RI
Dec. 16 - Hudson Duster - Troy, NY
Marc will rejoin Max and his SOULFLY bandmates when they embark on their headlining world tour in support of their latest Roadrunner release "Dark Ages" beginning January 28 and going at least through the end of March. U.K. support for the tour will come from ragga/punk/metal rockers SKINDRED. A video clip of COMMITTEE OF THIRTEEN performing live can be downloaded at this location.
Amon Amarth Announce In-Store Appearance in CA
Swedish metallers AMON AMARTH will make an exclusive in-store appearance on Tuesday, November 29 at 3:00 p.m. at:
Blue Meannie Records
1164 N 2nd St
El Cajon, CA 92021
619-442-5034
The band will be meeting fans, signing autographs and "listening to metal."
AMON AMARTH are currently touring North American with CHILDREN OF BODOM and TRIVIUM in support of their latest album, "Fate of Norns", available on Metal Blade Records.
Manowar Schedule Greek Dates
Heavy Metal giants MANOWAR will play two dates in Greece this coming March as part of the band's "Demons, Dragons & Warriors Tour 2005-2006". This information was confirmed by both the Greek concert-promotion company Neo Revma and the offficial Greek MANOWAR fan club. The "Demons, Dragons & Warriors" tour will also include Italian power metallers RHAPSODY and HOLY HELL. For the Greek shows, Neo Revma is also advertising the addition of two guest acts, neither one of which has yet been announced. Exact dates and venue details will be made available soon.
"Demons, Dragons & Warriors Tour" currently confirmed dates:
Apr. 04 - Festhalle – Frankfurt, GER
Apr. 06 - Olympiahalle – Munich, GER
Apr. 07 - Schleyerhalle – Stuttgart, GER
Apr. 08 - Arena – Nuremberg, GER
Apr. 10 - Max-Schmeling-Halle – Berlin, GER
Apr. 11 - Westfalenhalle – Dortmund, GER
Council Of The Fallen Hard At Work On New Album
COUNCIL OF THE FALLEN, the band featuring Kevin Quirion on bass/guitar/vocals and Derek Roddy (HATE ETERNAL) on drums, have finished recording bass, guitars and drums for their new album, tentatively due in early 2006. Entitled "An Examination of Being", the CD is being recorded at Derek's personal studio in Deerfield Beach, FL with Roddy at the production helm.
"An Examination of Being" track listing:
01. Intropsection and the Loss of Denial
02. Reflection, an Endless Endeavour
03. New Dawn Emerging
04. Bloodoath
05. As If a Rose I Wither
06. Scars upon My Flesh
07. ...in the Mirror
08. Deterioration Edict
09. As Long As I Have Myself I Am Not Alone
COUNCIL OF THE FALLEN's last album, "Deciphering The Soul", was released in 2004 through Season Of Mist. They have since split with the company and are currently seeking a new label home.
Walls of Jericho to Host 'Headbanger's Ball'
WALLS OF JERICHO frontwoman Candace Kucsculain will be hosting MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball" on Saturday, November 19, at 10:00 p.m. Guesting on tomorrow's program will be HASTE THE DAY.
Cradle of Filth Record Covers, New Album
Cradle of Filth have spent the last month toiling the days away inside Lincolnshire, England's Chapel Studios, working on what will be the band's seventh LP — which is being slated for an early June release through Roadrunner Records. Before Cradle of Filth began working on the as-yet-untitled outing, frontman Dani Filth said the band recorded a cover of Samhain's "Halloween II," which will appear on the soundtrack to the forthcoming film "Underworld: Evolution." When the new disc arrives in stores, fans will hear two very interesting covers the Filth's been perfecting: U.K. techno-pop trio Heaven 17's "Temptation" and "Stay" by Shakespear's Sister.
"We picked those because they are interesting," Filth said. "It's going to be a challenge, and that's the whole point. If you're going to do something, don't just do it for the sake of doing it. It has to be something you can make your own."
The band's reunited with Rob Caggiano (Bleeding Through, Anthrax), who produced 2004's Nymphetamine and 2003's Damnation and a Day, and at this point in the process, Filth said "all the drum and bass tracks are pretty much done, and I've already started recording vocals." The Filth will work on the album until the end of the month before breaking for a two-week U.K. tour; they'll reconvene on the sessions in mid-January.
The album, he said, will end up containing about 10 tracks, including "Libertina Grim," "Lovesick for Mina," "The Byronic Man" and "Cemetery and Sundown."
"This record heightens our rhythm, and there are lots of cool off-beats. It's just as meandering as much of our stuff, but there are also some really catchy tracks there," Filth said. "I've introduced more sing-y type parts. It's a bigger, better-sounding Cradle of Filth, and more direct and to the point."
The band's DVD, "Peace Through Superior Firepower," which hits stores November 22, features Filth's #1 fan, Bam Margera, skating and causing his usual mayhem at the start of the "Postcards From Vulgaria" documentary. And Filth says he caught some slack from his peers for the move, as he does for the whole Margera connection. His response? "I just say, 'F--- you. We'll choose our bloody friends. I get on well with the guy — so what?' "
Callenish Circle Release Tracklist for New Album
Callenish Circle have released the tracklisting for their upcoming album, [Pitch. Black. Effects], the trackilsting is as follows:
1. This Day You Regret
2. Ignorant
3. Behind Lines
4. Schwarzes Licht
5. Sweet Cyanide
6. Blind
7. Guess Again
8. Self-Inflicted
9. As You Speak
10. Pitch Black
Callenish Circle have also posted a new track on their MySpace entitled, "Guess Again".
Carcass Member to Release Country Album
Jeff Walker of Carcass will be releasing an album of country cover songs ranging from Johnny Cash to Hank Williams. For the album, entitled "Welcome to Carcass Cuntry", Walker has enlisted the help of friends from bands such as Napalm Death, Amorphis, Faith No More, The Hellacopters, and his own band, Carcass.
"Welcome to Carcass Cuntry" will be released late Februrary or late March 2006 through Transmitter Records.
Sunn O))) Northeast Tour Dates
Sunn O))) will be touring the Northeast briefly in mid-December. Here are the tour dates:
12/16 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church w/ Jack Rose
12/17 Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar w/ Nachtmystium, The Hidden Hand
12/18 Brooklyn, NY @ NorthSix w/ Nachtmystium, Growing
12/19 Boston, MA @ The Middle East w/ Nachtmystium
12/20 Wallingford, CT @ American Legion Hall w/ Nachtmystium
12/21 New York, NY @ Knitting Factory w/ Nachtmystium
Undying and Sunrise To Embark On European Tour
Undying and Sunrise are set to embark upon a European tour. Here are the tour dates:
18/11 Leisnig/Germany @ AJZ
19/11 Budapest/Hungary @ Kultiplex
20/11 Oberwarth/Austria @ OHO
21/11 Lasko/Slovenia @ SMOCL
22/11 München/Germany @ Backstage
23/11 Dornbirn/Austria @ Schlachthaus
24/11 Zürich/Schweiz @ Dynamo Werk
25/11 Darmstadt/Germany @ Oettinger Villa
26/11 Bochum/Germany @ Animal Liberation Benefiz Festival - Matrix
27/11 Bremen/Germany @ Schlachthof
28/11 Trier/Germany @ Ex-Haus
29/11 Cardiff/UK @ CLWB IFOR BACH
30/11 Leeds/UK
01/12 London/UK @ Underworld
02/12 Berlin/Germany @ Wild At Heart
03/12 Niesky/Germany @ Holz
04/12 Gdyna/Poland @ Ucho
Watch Yahoo! Artist Mod of Disturbed's 'Just Stop'
In the first I've heard of this concept, Yahoo! Music Artist Mods have reworked Disturbed's 'Just Stop', from the album 'Ten Thousand Fists'. You can watch the animated video here.
3 Mile Scream Announce Local Shows
Montreal based melodic death metallers 3 MILE SCREAM have lined up the following local shows:
December 3 - Montreal, QC @ Le Saphir
January 13 - Montreal, QC @ Cafe L'inconditionel
The band has also made available two tracks from their new album, which they are currently shopping around to labels, here.
Candlemass Bassist Checks In From The Road
CANDLEMASS mainman/bassist Leif Edling has posted the following message on the band's official web site:
"We still live and breathe after a week on the road [with German thrashers DESTRUCTION]. It's been good and a bit bad too.
"The bad things first: Had to cancel two shows: Oslo (Norway) and Oulu (Finland). Oslo because of shitty ticket sales. The presale was 250 tickets 5 days before [the gig] at a place that holds 1,800. So maybe the advance could have been 300 in the end and 500 people would [have] attend[ed] in all. Not too bad, but at the Centrum it would be [bad], because of the size of the place. And Rockefeller, the main (and great club) 500 people would be totally cool, but it was booked for something else that day. We always get good crowds in Oslo, and we love to play there so this was very disappointing. More...
Dragonwind Release New Songs Online
New York's DRAGONWIND have uploaded two songs from their upcoming debut album, "Kingdom of Flames," on their MySpace page here. The album was recorded at Watchmen Studios by Doug White and is expected to be released next month.
The band has also lined up the following show:
December 17 - Buffalo, NY @ Club Diablo
Freedom Call Announce New Guitarist
German power metallers FREEDOM CALL have announced the addition of 26-year-old guitarist Lars (no last name given) to the group's ranks. The band's new lineup is now complete, having recently added bassist Armin Donderer as the replacement for Ilker Ersin (now in POWERWORLD). "We will start to practice early in December, so that we'll be [well] prepared for the upcoming tour with RAGE in March 2006," the band write on their web site. "We also began with songwriting for the next album…"
Odious Sanction Sign To Unique Leader Records
Ohio's ODIOUS SANCTION are the latest band to sign to Unique Leader Records and will be releasing their 2nd full length album, "No Motivation To Live," on February 21st, 2006 through the label. An advanced track from the album has been released online here for your listening pleasure.
Mike Patton & Rahzel Team Up For NYC Show
The legendary MIKE PATTON (FAITH NO MORE, MR. BUNGLE, etc.) and RAHZEL (THE ROOTS) will be joining forces once again for a set of live performances. The duo will be appearing together at Warsaw in Brooklyn, NY on December 28th and 29th. Tickets are $20 and go on sale Tuesday, November 22nd.
Green Carnation Announce New Gigs In December
Green Carnation have confirmed playing two more gigs before the New Year, both in countries in which the band has never played before.
GC will visit Switzerland and Italy for the first time ever, on December 17th and 18th, and keyboardist Kenneth Silden can say that the band is very happy with adding two new countries to their gig-list.
"It's important for us to present ourselves in as many countries as possible, and when the opportunity came for this mini-tour in December, we had to accept. I think both Switzerland and Italy is potential good countries for the band," the band writes on their website.
Green Carnation will headline the Burgdorfer Rocknight (in Markthalle Burgdorf) on Saturday December 17th. Other bands on the line-up are: Bleak Origin (CH), Divine Temptation (A) and Richtaste (CH).
The following day, GC will bring Bleak Origin, and join Italian band Thunderstorm for a gig at the Thunder Road Club (www.thunderroad.it) in Codevilla outside Milano, organized through Nihil Productions (www.nihilprod.it).
Vader's "This Is The War" Available For Download
You can now download a track entitled "This Is The War," taken from the newest Vader's release, "The Art Of War," out now on Regain Records. Just click on this link: http://www.vader.pl/music/vader-this%20is%20the%20war.mp3.
Arch Enemy Guitarist Checks In From U.S.
Arch Enemy guitarist Michael Amott has checked in with the following update:
"Hello all ARCH ENEMY friends…
"We are in Boulder, CO today… I had to switch out my camo shorts for camo pants – damn it’s cold!
"I saw my first racoon today, right outside the coffee shop on the street…wow… I am from Sweden, I am not used this stuff. It was cool!
A local was telling me that they get bears and mountain lions coming down to their town too. That’s really mind blowing to me, but just a part of life here…
"We started this U.S leg of the 'Doomsday' tour in Tempe, Arizona – a much warmer place!
"I visited the KRANK factory – KRANK is the company that builds my amps… Great guys and fantastic amps! They hooked me up with a KRANKENSTEIN amp that sounds really raging - a high-gain monster! The KRANKENSTEIN amplifier is the Dimebag Darrel (R.I.P) signature amp.
"I think the world needs a 'Michael Amott amp' now, right??? ;-P More...
Bam Margera To Launch Viva La Bands Tour
MTV.com reports that, on Saturday in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Bam Margera will launch his Viva la Bands Tour, a five-date, four-city jaunt featuring Bam-approved acts H.I.M., Finch, Skindred and Fireball Ministry. It's an idea he came up with earlier this year when he was putting the finishing touches on his Viva la Bands compilation, and he's determined to take it from a tiny traveling show to a summertime rock behemoth.
"Basically we had such good response from the album and all the music we were playing on 'Viva la Bam' that people were like, 'Why don't you just put a tour together?' " Margera said. "So we decided to throw something together. It's just small right now, but depending on how these shows go, we're planning on rolling out a much bigger tour sometime this summer."
But with a summertime schedule already glutted with multi-band rock-and-roll tours, how does Margera plan on carving his own little niche? Well, for starters, his outing is going to be heavy on the "Jackass"-style antics that made him a household name in the first place.
"We're actually going to be playing never-before-seen 'Jackass'-style footage in between each band. And the whole cast of 'Viva la Bam' will be showing up. Don Vito and my parents and DiCamillo are going to be there," he said. "We're going to have acts like H.I.M. or CKY or Cradle of Filth on the tour. Maybe we'll get My Chemical Romance or Avenged Sevenfold to be on it too, because I'm friends with all those guys. It's going to be a big rock tour, and we're going to be coming after Ozzfest and the Warped Tour."
For now, though, Margera is mainly focusing on the tour's trial run. But he's also keeping his portfolio diverse, with a second musical compilation in the works, not to mention two films ("The Dream Seller" and "A Good Man's Ass") and an animated show based on his exploits in his hometown of West Chester, Pennsylvania.
"There's no stopping, man. I'm always working in a triangle. Like, I'll direct a video for my friend's band, and then I'll start working on a movie script or something," Margera said. "So if this whole music thing doesn't work out ... I'll have something to fall back on."
Read the full article at MTV.com.
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