Metal News for November 21, 2004
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15 news articles posted on this day.
Headline News
Murder Weapon To Break Up
Murder Weapon have officially decided to disband. Since forming in 2002, the hardcore group has released material with Martyr Records. The band will play one final show at Alley Katz in Richmond, VA on December 26th. Here's a statement from the group:
"It's true. Murder Weapon has decided to call it quits. We’ve had a great time doing the band, but like they say, all good things must come to an end. There's no 'bad blood' (pardon the pun) between any of the band members. We all are still friends. All of us have a lot of responsibilities (work, school, etc.) outside of Murder Weapon which essentially led to the break up. We regret not touring as much and not getting a chance to record our new material, but that's how it goes."
Korn Perform On 'Jimmy Kimmel Live'
Korn was recently on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' where they performed their Cameo remake 'Word Up'. Watch the performance online in high quality or low quality formats.
Cult Of Luna Post Video Online
Erik from Cult of Luna has posted the following message on the band's official website:
Our new video is done! Directed by Skelleftea locals Linus Johansson and Anders Forsman. Photographed by me. It was aired last saturday on Scuzz TV UK for the very first time. Download it below. We hope you'll like it...
To see the video go here.
Within Temptation Take Part In Online Chat
Holland's Within Temptation will take part in an online chat on Monday, November 22 beginning at 7:00 p.m. The band will answer the fans' questions regarding their recently released album, "The Silent Force," and their upcoming European tour.
You can join the two chatrooms at Within-Temptation.com and Wt-Music.de.
Freedom Call Studio Update From Daniel
Here is an update from Freedom Call drummer, Daniel:
Hi folks again,
the production of the new album "The Circle of Life" is about to be finished. We‘re more than happy about the result! Philip and Sascha did a great job, the whole thing sounds alive and kicking. Each song has been given its individual soundspectrum and gained even more positive results.
And here we go for the tracklist of the 12 songs:The Gathering, The Rhythm of life, Mother Earth, Starchild, Kings and Queens, High enough, Hunting high and low, Hero Nation, The Eternal Flame, Starlight and titletrack "The Circle of Life".
Release has definetely been set to the second half of March 2005 but an exact release-date wasn‘t put on table yet. Right after the release there are plans for touring. I‘ll keep ya updated.
See ya.
Slash Says He Was Suicidal When He Left GNR
The Irish Examiner is reporting that legendary guitarist Slash considered suicide after watching Axl Rose record his vocals at the final Guns N' Roses recording session. The band recorded a cover of the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil" in 1994 and by that point Rose wouldn't even look at Slash. The next day, Slash decided to leave the band.
Slash, who now plays with Velvet Revolver, recalls he went home to sleep, waking up two hours later. He says: "I was suicidal. If I'd had a gun with me at that time, I probably would have done myself in. "If I'd had a half-ounce of f**king heroin with me, I probably just would've gone. It was heavy. It was a headspace I'd never been in before.
"Somehow I managed to go back to sleep. Then, when I woke up later that morning, I made a decision. I felt the whole weight of the world drop."
AC/DC Singer Banned From Hotel Bar Over Cap
AC/DC singer Brian Johnson was refused a drink in a swish hotel because he would not remove his trademark flat cap, according to The Sun Online. Johnson has worn the distinctive headgear at concerts across the world. But it cut no ice with a young barman in his home city of Newcastle upon Tyne. Johnson, 57, popped into the bar of the Malmaison hotel for a pint as he waited to meet Newcastle United chairman Freddy Shepherd.
The lad, who had no idea who Brian was, refused to serve him in his cap and Johnson walked out. An onlooker said: "Fortunately he bumped into a concierge who recognized him and smoothed things over."
Yngwie Malmsteen Completes New Album
YngwieMalmsteen.net has posted this message regarding the guitar virtuoso's upcoming studio album:
Yngwie has now finished recording the new studio album. Vocals once again come courtesy of Doogie White, no other line up details are available at present though its likely that Patrik Johansson played drums and keyboards come from Joakim Svalberg. Its most likely that Yngwie plays bass too.
It looks like the album will be 19 tracks in total!! Some of the track titles available are:
Drinking With The Devil: YJM: A very intense, personal song.
Cherokee Warrior - Yngwie on vocals.
Boogie Man - YJM: has a riff that just won’t quit.
Guardian Angel
Wings Of War
There are at least three instrumentals on the album too. However, fans of the fantasy, dungeons & dragons lyrics are in for a shock because there are none! Its most likely that the album will be released in early 2005. The album will on the Universal label in Japan, but no deals have yet been confirmed for Europe or the USA.
Grave Digger Post New Album Cover Online
Legendary German power metal institution Grave Digger have posted the cover artwork (by artist Gyula Havancsak) for their upcoming new album, "The Last Supper", on their official website here. "The Last Supper" is scheduled to be released on January 17, 2005 through Nuclear Blast Records. The band describes the album as being "More metal, more passion and more power" and will have a running time of 53 minutes.
Here is the track listing: More...
More Bands Announced For Wacken Open Air Fest
Axel Rudi Pell, Edguy, and Overkill are the latest names to be added to next year's Wacken Open Air Festival, slated to take place on August 4-6 in Wacken, Germany. Other bands scheduled to appear at the festival are Accept, Nightwish, Sinner, Marduk, Ensiferum, Mercenary, Illdisposed, Endstille, and Turisas. More bands will be announced soon.
Helloween Pre-production Underway
Helloween guitarist Michael Weikath recently spoke to the band's webmaster, Tony Webster, about several topics, including the current progress of the writing phase of their new album. Here is an excerpt from the interview:
Tony Webster: "So what is the band up to?"
Michael Weikath: "We are at rehearsals and collecting material and such. Citing some of the stuff we have and we are listening to the demos everybody has. We are in the middle of arranging stuff. This is kind of the pre-production that we're actually doing this time around and on the November 20th Charlie will come around and do an actual pre-production of the album with what we have so far. I don't know how many tracks we have total. So far we have around 9 songs done and we will continue two and a half weeks more. We will have around 13 tracks for the album and this time everybody is convinced that these songs are great, unlike when I gave the interview for the Dark Ride because we now have good stuff everybody in the band likes. Sascha had some great stuff, in fact everybody came up with great stuff for this album and everybody likes everybody's compositions for the album. I also like the stuff I came up with. We're just working on these songs. Charlie will come in soon and tear everything apart and do a pre-production before the actual production. We also have a new keyboard player here to come up with good ideas and some atmosphereic ideas and he is trying to find an approach of how we work and what we do. He has been playing in bands in Germany for 30 years, he never got famous or anything but he is a top notch keyboard player. He's just like very very clever with what he knows about music and knows a lot about music and he also has produced other bands and projects and he is a friend of Sascha and he said we should ask him to help us. He was also in a German band in 1981 which went to Japan and had great things going for them, they won some contests etc. They were in the English metal charts for 2 months and then they became unlucky because the producer was interested in other things. So this band which began with some much hope and had been so strong did not come along because of stupid misunderstandings and timing or whatever. Its odd but they could have made it from what I know, and its odd that band never emerged and now we have the keyboarder of that band. His name is Friedl."
Read the full article at Helloween.
Kamelot Announce Album Release Date
Kamelot's brand new album, "The Black Halo," is scheduled to be released on February 28, 2005 through SPV. Song titles expected to appear on the album include "March Of Mephisto", "When The Lights Are Down", "The Black Halo", "Moonlight Falling", "Abandoned", "Pride", "Master Of The Game", "Soul Society", "Serenade", and "Nothing Ever Dies".
New Nightrage Album "Super Heavy"
Nightrage report on their official website that the mixing of the band's new album is complete and is said to sound "super heavy." Mastering will be done next week at Tailor Maid Productions in Stockholm. A total of 13 tracks have been recorded, with 12 of them appearing on the European release. The 13th track will be a bonus for the Japanese version.
In other news, Nightrage have been confirmed to play the Hammered At X-Mas Festival in London, England on December 14 with Arch Enemy, The Haunted and Dark Tranquillity.
Ex-Iron Maiden Singer To Headline Israel Festival
Former Iron Maiden singer Paul Di'Anno will headline the Heavy Metal Monsters mini melodic metal festival on December 10-11, 2004 in Tal-Aviv and Haifa, Israel.
Di'Anno will reportedly play a very long set consisting of 70 percent Iron Maiden songs and 30 percent his own material. Other groups scheduled to appear on the bill are the local prog/power metal band Damnation and the hard rock/glam metal acts Crossfire and Loud N' Clear. A flyer for the festival can be found at Metalist.co.il.
Venue details are as follows:
Dec. 10 – Tel-Aviv, ISR @ Barbi Club
Dec. 11 – Haifa, ISR @ Fusion Club
Gorgoroth Comfirmed For Hammerslag Festivalen
Gorgoroth, Pantheon I, Framferd and Lucid Fear have been confirmed for Hammerslag Festivalen, a new Norwegian black metal festival set to take place on the longest night of the year, on December 18, 2004, at an old church in Tønsberg, Norway.
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