Metal News for November 19, 2005
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26 news articles posted on this day.
Norther Reveals New Album Details
Norther has revealed the name of their fourth studio album to be "Till Death Unites Us," featuring the single "Scream" (to be released January 11). The album will released on the January 22, 2006 in Finland. Info about other countries will be announced soon.
The tracklisting for the album (in no particular order):
Scream
Throwing My Life Away
The End of Our Lives
Evil Ladies
Drowning
Die
Everything
Alone in the End
Norther
Omen
Fuck You
Wasted Years
Dead To Fall To Begin Recording New Album
Dead To Fall are heading to Trax East to begin recording the follow up to their critically acclaimed 2004 album "Villainy and Virtue" with producer Eric Rachel. Rachel rejoins the band for round two – their previous collaboration was described in Revolver as, "Full of slab-like guitars and raging vocal growls, this brutish metalcore album will reach out of your speakers, beat you down, and steal your wallet." The great Paul Romano (Mastodon, Godflesh) returns to artwork for the cover – his images for "Villainy and Virtue" were some of the most striking to appear that year, and the band is eager to work with him again. The tentative title for the album is "Death and Rebirth" and singer Jon Hunt has said that it has a lot more classic metal elements than any previous Dead To Fall recordings. Expect the album in April 2006, and don’t miss Dead To Fall on tour in January 2006 with Ion Dissonance, where new songs from the album will be performed. Tour dates will be confirming shortly.
Soilwork Frontman Checks In From Houston
Soilwork frontman, Bjorn "Speed" Strid, has checked in from Houston, TX with the following tour report:
"What's up people!?
"Sitting in a very dark and cold dressing room in Houston at the Meridian. I got very surprised when i got up this morning and felt how cold it was outside... Is it usually as cold as this in Texas?! I know it's going towards the end of november but still... Anyways, still having a lot of fucking fun on this tour, had a day off in New Orleans yesterday.. We saw all the devastation when we drove into the city, boats lying in the middle of the road, fragments of what used to be a peaceful community.. it was scary to see the terrible outcome after Katrina passed by, just 2 months earlier (as you might remember, we were in Memphis that day).. What i could also see was that the city is after all getting back on it's feet again (which of course made us very happy) so we decided to go downtown to support the nightlife and spend some money on barhopping (at least something, right!?) Had a good time down there drinking the all time classic Handgrenade and went to see some awesome livebands.. I hope they will start up the House of Blues soon again so that we can come down again and play some of that swedish metal once again..
Also a big hail to Damien Storm for hanging out with us, had a blast!!
"Other than that not much to say.. A really great tour so far, shitloads of people and great circlepits every night.. Thanks for rocking out people and keep em coming..
"Peace, Speed"
Demise Of Eros Signs To Strike First Records
Strike First Records has officially signed Pittsburgh metal/hardcore band Demise Of Eros. Formed in late-2003, the group released an EP this past July. The band is currently writing a new full-length, which they will record in early-2006, and release next summer. In the interim, you can check out some of their previous material here.
Panic To Release Discography, Record EP
Panic, who recently reunited, will release a discography CD in spring 2006. The release is entitled "Strength In Solitude" and will consist of the group's 2001 demo, "Dying For It" EP, self-titled EP, and a live version of one unrecorded track. Meanwhile, the band have entered a New York City recording studio to track six songs for their upcoming Reflections Records release, due out this winter.
Children Of Bodom Frontman To Answer Fan Questions
Guitar World magazine is offering fans a chance to ask Children of Bodom frontman, Alexi Laiho, your own questions. For more details, visit www.guitarworld.com/dearguitarhero.
Lloth Sign With Sleaszy Rider Records
Tristessa's (ASTARTE) band named LLOTH has signed a contract with Sleaszy Rider Records. LLOTH started back in 2003 by the founder member Tristessa (bass) with the line-up of Nicolas Sic Maiis (Main vocals), Stelios Mavromitis (Guitars) and Stelios Darakis (drums). The band is now pre-recording their debut album and rehearsing for live shows.
Fear Factory To Tour With Slayer?
Fear Factory are looking at possibly touring Europe with Slayer in March 2006, the group's drummer Raymond Herrera revealed in a brand-new interview conducted by HeavyMetalSource.com. During the interview, Raymond also spoke about the group's songwriting process for their last two albums, his gaming business and his drumming influences. Raymond also said that Fear Factory will be taking a couple of months off following the completion of their current North American headlining tour so that vocalist Burton C. Bell can be around for the birth of his first child. Check out the 14-minute interview in both audio and video formats at this location.
In other news, Fear Factory have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Atarfe Vega Rock festival, set to take place March 10-11, 2006 at Nave Medina Elvira in Atarfe, Granada, Spain. Other bands scheduled to appear at the festival include Twisted Sister, Gamma Ray, Testament, Nuclear Assault, Masterplan, Behemoth, In Extremo, Monsorrow and To/Die/For. More confirmations will be announced soon.
DragonForce New York City Listening Party
Despite the unfortunate cancellation of DragonForce’s New York City show, a listening party of the new album ‘Inhuman Rampage’ and ‘Meet and Greet’ will be taking place at the CBGB on Tuesday 22nd November 2005. DragonForce’s Sam Totman and ZP Theart will be there to meet and drink with the fans.
The time of the Meet and Greet will be announced on www.dragonforce.com , all DragonForce fans are invited!
DragonForce’s third album Inhuman Rampage will be released worldwide on the 9th January 2006.
Ravage - CD Release Party, Live Recording Schedule
RAVAGE, the power metal band from Boston MA will play a special show on Friday, January 6th, 2006 to mark the North American release of the band’s Spectral Rider album (now available through Karthago Records). The show will take place at the fabled Middle East Club in Cambridge MA at 8pm and will feature all-female hard rock act JADED as well as local rockers OFFSET, OFFICIAL and more possibly TBA. Ravage’s set will be recorded to be included on a future live album or EP. More details will be available at www.myspace.com/swwr and tickets can be purchased at the Middle East Box office, online at www.ticketmaster.com or by calling (617) 864-EAST ext 221.
Pandemia Part Ways With Guitarist
Czech Republic-based death metallers PANDEMIA have parted ways with guitarist and founding member Alex Marek. The guitarist's official statement on his departure reads as follows:
"Well, nothing strange I guess, there has been many other musicians leaving bands and it just happened that I am one of that kind as well. The reason for me leaving the band is simple — to be free. Years pass and I am getting scared of losing more and more time being attached to the band and its activities, while there is hundreds things I wanna do and feel I must do to keep on evolving as a human being and to feel OK, and it starts to show on my mind and am getting frustrated in some ways. It doesn't mean I am quitting playing death metal, I will always be composing extreme songs and will publish them one way or another, that's actually the thing I am very sure of — never surrender as a death metal warrior. But now it's time to disappear in a way and make some order in my life and take a breath.
"Thanks to all my friends I've made during more than 10 years on the scene, we will surely keep in touch (my personal email is info@demonication.com), and most of all thanks to the surviving PANDEMIA warriors - you will make it HUGE, PANDEMIA must go on and you guys will make it! Keep the flame burning!"
Just For Fun
Metal Council Convenes On 'Metal Hand Sign' Abuse
VATNAJÖKULL GLACIER, ICELAND—In an emergency session Tuesday, members of the Supreme Metal Council strongly condemned the increasing use of the metal hand sign in lay society, claiming that its meaning has become perverted by overuse.
Elders of the Supreme Metal Council examine amateur-video evidence of what they are calling "a worrisome trend."
"The metal sign, or 'sign of the goat,' has all but lost its impact as a token of respectful recognition for something truly 'rocking' or 'metal,'" SMC president Terence "Geezer" Butler said. According to Butler, members are upset that their sacred gesture is being used to acknowledge and celebrate "favorable but clearly non-metal events."
Formed in 1972 and comprising 12 of the most revered leaders of the metal community, the council meets annually in its majestic hall atop Vatnajökull, Iceland's largest glacier, to discuss metal affairs. The SMC convened for a special session after Nikki Sixx, Overlord Of Glam Metal Affairs, was sent hard photographic evidence of metal-sign abuse across the nation. Sixx's fellow high priests said they were "shocked," calling it "one of the most serious affronts to metal's integrity since the rise of rap-metal in the late 1990s."
Read the full article at The Onion.
The Autumn Offering Reissue Debut Album
Daytona Beach, Florida's THE AUTUMN OFFERING will have their debut album, "Revelations of the Unsung", reissued through Victory Records on January 10, 2006. The new CD will include the "Revelation" video as well as other special features. This release will also have "much better distribution," according to a posting on the band's official web site.
"Revelations of the Unsung" was originally issued through HATEBREED frontman Jamey Jasta's Stillborn label. Jasta also produced the effort at Planet Z studios in Massachusetts.
As previously reported, THE AUTUMN OFFERING have tapped producer Jason Suecof (GOD FORBID, TRIVIUM) to helm the recording process for the group's as-yet-untitled sophomore full-length album, tentatively due in May 2006 via Victory. The CD will be recorded early next year at Audiohammer Studios in Orlando, Florida.
Click here to check out THE AUTUMN OFFERING's video for the song "Revelation".
Ensiferum To Release 'Dragonheads' In February
Finnish folk-influenced melodic death metal band ENSIFERUM, now featuring in its ranks NORTHER frontman Petri Lindroos, have set "Dragonheads" as the title of their new EP, due in February 2006 via Spinefarm Records. The mini-CD is being recorded at Sonic Pump studios in Helsinki and will contain one new track, new studio recordings of several old demo songs, and a couple of traditional Finnish folk covers. The group's next full-length release is scheduled to be recorded in the summer of 2006. A European tour is tentatively slated to kick off in March 2006.
As previously reported, ENSIFERUM will film their New Year's Eve (Dec. 31) 10-year anniversary concert at the Nosturi in Helsinki, Finland for an upcoming DVD.
ENSIFERUM's sophomore album, "Iron", was released in April 2004 through Spinefarm Records. The follow-up to 2001's "Ensiferum" was recorded in the summer of 2003 at Sweet Silence studios in Copenhagen, Denmark with producer Flemming Rasmussen (METALLICA, ARTILLERY, MORBID ANGEL).
Dragonforce Announce Two Shows In Holland
London-based "extreme power metal" band DRAGONFORCE have confirmed two headlining shows as part of their "Inhuman Rampage European Tour: The First Strike" in 2006. The dates are as follow:
Mar. 05 - W2 - Den Bosch, NETH
Mar. 06 - Melkweg - Amsterdam, NETH
A complete list of upcoming DRAGONFORCE dates can be found at their official web site.
Bolt Thrower Condemn Earache Reissue
British extreme metal pioneers BOLT THROWER have posted the following message on their official web site:
"We would like to make it known that this re-release of 'Realm of Chaos' is by Arseache Records and done without our consent and against our permission.
"They are making money off the back of the new album, 'Those Once Loyal', as they have done previously with the release of 'Who Dares Wins', again released without our consent or permission.
"BOLT THROWER will see no royalties and the money will line the pockets of that lip-licker Digby Pearson [Earache head honcho]. It's a cheap shot, and quite sad to see how low a record company can stoop. Once they were good, now they are nothing. The new cover is not a patch on the original.
"We urge all loyal BOLT THROWER supporters to boycott this product...spread the word!!!!" More...
Bleed The Sky Announce New Shows
In an effort to raise money to replace their stolen gear before leaving for their European tour with HATEBREED, AGNOSTIC FRONT and NAPALM DEATH, BLEED THE SKY will be playing the following two benefit shows in the Los Angeles area:
Nov. 25 - Showcase Theatre - Corona, CA
Nov. 26 - Whisky A Go Go - Hollywood, CA
BLEED THE SKY's debut album, "Paradigm In Entropy", is available now on Nuclear Blast Records.
Morbid Angel and Behemoth Release More Tour Dates
Another date has been released for the upcoming tour featuring MORBID ANGEL, BEHEMOTH, and KRISIUN. The current set of confirmed dates are as follows:
April 6 - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
April 9 - New York, NY @ B.B. King Blues Club
April 12 - Toronto, ON @ Opera House
St. Patrick's Day Massacre Line-Up Announced
The first set of bands have been announced for the St. Patrick's Day Massacre which will take place on Saturday, March 18th at Sudsy Malones in Cincinnati, OH. Confirmed so far are:
ANAL CUNT
WACO JESUS
MEAT SHITS
SORE COVERED WHORE
UNREGISTERED SEX OFFENDER
TRIOXIN
AVITIKUNAS
ESTUARY
DARKNESS UNDYING
More bands will be announced shortly.
Buckethead Video Featuring Serj Tankian Online Now
The video for "We Are One" featuring Serj Tankian of SYSTEM OF A DOWN and BUCKETHEAD is now available for repeated viewing on UGO. Go check it out here.
In Flames Finalize Tracklist For New Album
In Flames have finalized the track listing for their new album "Come Clarity" here is how it is now expected to shape up:
01 - "Take This Life"
02 - "Leeches"
03 - "Reflect The Storm"
04 - "Dead End"
05 - "Scream"
06 - "Come Clarity"
07 - "Vacuum"
08 - "Pacing Death's Trail"
09 - "Crawl through Knives"
10 - "Versus Terminus"
11 - "Our Infinite Struggle"
12 - "Vanishing Light"
13 - "Your Bedtime Story Is Scaring Everyone" It will arrive in stores through Ferret on February 07th.
10 Years Bassist Barely Escapes Gunfight Crossfire
10 Years bassist Lewis Cosby and Sean Danielson of Smily Empty Soul nearly lost their lives in a recent gunfight in Washington, DC this past Sunday, Cosby recounted the events, saying:
"Shawn and I left the bar at 2:15am and were about 5 minutes into our cab ride when we saw 2 men standing with guns drawn. Scared for our lives we ducked down as bullets riddled the back seat of the cab forcing the cab to slam into a parked car. Multiple rounds tore apart the cabs body blowing out tires and shattering the glass. The gun fire and carnage suddenly ended not knowing if we were hit or not, we jumped out of the car and ran across the street to a gas station until the cops got there. When Sean and I went back to the scene with the police, and seeing the all the carnage that was caused we then realized that it wasn't our time.
We never think on our own American soil that we could be victims of such random acts of gunfire, until it happens to you! With all the freedoms and privileges we have as Americans we don't think that we would be faced with this type of violence as kids our own age in third world countries such as Iran, Israel, Afghanistan, Iraq, etc deal with on a daily basis. A bullet shows no discrimination. It only results in one thing, Loss. We need to stop losing and start winning together as one consciousness."
Jagermeister Tour Second Leg Tour Dates Released
Dates have been revealed for the second leg of the "Jagermeister Music Tour", which sees Disturbed on the road with bloodsimple. this time out, here's the schedule:
January 06th Spokane, WA - Big Easy
January 07th Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre
January 09th Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
January 10th Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
January 12th San Francisco, CA - SF Weekly Warfield
January 13th Sacramento, CA - Memorial Auditorium
January 15th Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre
January 16th Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre
January 18th San Diego, CA - House Of Blues
January 19th San Diego, CA - House Of Blues
January 22nd Anaheim, CA - House Of Blues
January 24th West Hollywood, CA - House Of Blues
January 25th West Hollywood, CA - House Of Blues
January 27th Las Vegas, NV - House Of Blues
January 28th Las Vegas, NV - House Of Blues
January 30th Albuquerque, NM - Albuquerque Conv. Ctr.
January 31st Denver, CO - Fillmore Auditorium
February 02nd Grand Prairie, TX - Nokia Theatre
February 03rd Houston, TX - Verizon Wireless Theater
February 04th San Antonio, TX - Sunset Station
February 08th Pensacola, FL - Pensacola Civic Center
February 10th Saint Petersburg, FL - Jannus Landing
February 11th Saint Petersburg, FL - Jannus Landing
February 13th Lake Buena Vista, FL - House Of Blues
February 14th Lake Buena Vista, FL - House Of Blues
February 16th Miami, FL - Tropical Baroque
February 18th Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle
February 19th Myrtle Beach, SC - House Of Blues
February 21st Norfolk, VA - The NorVa
February 23rd Louisville, KY - Jillian's
February 24th Fort Wayne, IN - Piere's
Bleeding Through The Truth Finalized Tracklisting
Bleeding Through have now finalized the track listing for their upcoming new album "The Truth", here's how it looks:
01 - "For Love And Failing"
02 - "Confession"
03 - "Love In Slow Motion"
04 - "The Painkiller"
05 - "Kill To Believe"
06 - "Dearly Demented"
07 - "Line In The Sand"
08 - "She's Gone"
09 - "Tragedy Of Empty Streets"
10 - "Return To Sender"
11 - "Hollywood Prison"
12 - "The Truth"
The album is set for a January 10th release date through Trustkill.
Taste Of Chaos 2006 More Bands Announced
More bands have been confirmed for 2006's Taste of Chaos Tour. The trek, which will be headlined the DEFTONES, will include performances by the following acts on select dates (in alphabetical order):
ADAIR
AS I LAY DYING
ATREYU
DEFTONES
DREDG
GREELEY ESTATES
MILLIONAIRE
PELICAN
SILVERSTEIN
STORY OF THE YEAR
STREET DRUM CORPS
THE CONFESSION
THE RECEIVING END OF SIRENS
THRICE
Taste of Chaos Tour is scheduled to kick off February 15. A launch party will be held on December 10 at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City, featuring performances by the STREET DRUM CORPS, GYM CLASS HEROES and BLEED THE DREAM, among others.
Entire Metallica Concert From Nov 15 Online Now
METALLICA's entire second concert as the support act for THE ROLLING STONES on November 15 at the SBC Park in San Francisco, California has been posted online in audio format at this location.
METALLICA opened for THE ROLLING STONES on Sunday (Nov. 13) at the same venue. These are METALLICA's only live shows of 2005.
As previously reported, METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett will appear on the cover of the January 2006 issue of Guitar World magazine, which is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the release of the band's landmark "Master of Puppets" album. The issue goes on sale November 22.
The band will reportedly reconvene before the end of the year or early in 2006 to begin working on material for their ninth studio album.
(Thanks: Michael Robison)
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