Metal News for November 24, 2008
Last updated on October 6, 2025 at 2:37 AM ET
We post metal news every day, throughout the day, covering thousands of metal bands including underground and unsigned bands. You are currently browsing the news archive, but you can also find news by band.
Hot Topics
- Kreator To Release New Album In January
- Enthroned To Release New Album In December
- Carcosa (AngelMaker) Premiere New Single & Video
- Agnostic Front Premiere New Single & Lyric Video
- Potato Premiere New Single & Music Video "YUGE PP"
- Omnium Gatherum Drops "Walking Ghost Phase" Video
- Messa Shares New Music Video "Reveal"
- Spite Premiere New Single & Music Video
- Stellar Circuits Premiere New Single & Music Video
- Tailgunner Signs With Napalm Records
26 news articles posted on this day.
All That Remains Cancels Two Tour Dates
All That Remains have issued the following message to their fans regarding their cancellation of dates on their tour:
"Hey guys, we unfortunately had to cancel off the Tempe and Albuquerque shows. Phil’s vocals are in rough shape to a point where singing will not be possible. Luckily the doctors say he’ll be better shortly and we’ll be back in gear for Denver. See you soon."
Paul Di'Anno Announces Irish Shows
Former Iron Maiden frontman Paul Di'Anno will be heading to Ireland in April from the 2nd-5th. Venues and cities are yet to be announced but will be revealed shortly.
Khrophus Begins Recording Second Album
Brazillian death metal act Khrophus has entered the studio recently to record their new album. They've revealed that the title of the album will be, "From The Shadows They Will Rise" and is being recorded at AML Studio which is the same studio where the band recorded their debut EP "Symbols From Death" and their debut album, "God From The Dead Images."
Gwen Stacy Singer Bobby Oakley Quits
Gwen Stacy has amicably parted ways with vocalist, Bobby Oakley. The group has issued the following statement:
"After a year of touring with Gwen Stacy, Bobby has decided to step down. He has decided that his heart is no longer with being in a touring band. He's off to finish his degree in graphic design and spend time with loved ones. We want to thank him for joining the band when we were in need of a guitar player and keeping the band alive by filling in on vocals when we were almost down and out. It is sad to see him go, but he's got great things in store. Bob, we love you.
"Now for the good news... We will not be missing any tour dates. We are happy to let you know that our friend Keith Jones, formerly of the Rise Records band Oceana, will be doing vocals for us on this tour. We're excited to have him around and hope that you all are excited as well. It's going to be a lot of fun."
As I Lay Dying Announces More Tour Dates
As I Lay Dying has announces more tour dates for their run in North America. Joining them on tour will be Protest The Hero, The Human Abstract and MyChildren MyBride.
The tour dates are as follows:
1/17 Chico, CA @ Senator Theater
1/18 Eugene, OR @ WOW Hall
1/19 Boise, ID @ The Venue
1/20 Missoula, MT @ Wilma Theater
1/21 Billings, MT @ Shrine Auditorium Dungeon
1/22 Pocatello, ID @ Icon
1/23 Casper, WY @ Casper Event Center Arena
1/24 Junction, CO @ Mesa Theatre & Club Grand
1/26 Sioux Falls, SD @ Ramkota Exhibit Hall
1/27 Poplar Grove, IL @ Chubby Rain - House Of Tunes
1/28 Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Small's
1/29 Buffalo, NY @ The Town Ballroom
1/30 Harrisonburg, VA @ Rockingham County Fair
2/2 Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
2/4 Jacksonville Beach, FL @ Freebird Live
2/6 Jackson, MS @ Club Fire
2/7 Little Rock, AR @ The Village
2/8 Tulsa, OK @ Cain's Ballroom
2/9 Amarillo, TX @ Midnight Rodeo - Armadillo
Ministry Mainman Discusses His Future Plans
Ministry mainman Al Jourgenson recently spoke with Artisan News about his role with 13th Planet Records, producing new albums, the end of Ministry and much more. A few excerpts from the chat is as follows:
"I mean yeah, it's torturous because look, that's the whole thing I hate about live and that's the whole thing I hate about being in a band because you spend all your time obsessing and focusing on one thing and it takes up two years of your life. Every release there's months of press, a year in the studio, six months or eight months of touring and the next thing you know you're still on Ministry and you have to do another one and it's two years later. God it's so boring."
Jourgensen also talked about settling into his role as producer for bands like Revolting Cocks and Prong, who both are under the umbrella of Al's 13th Planet Records.
"That's why I'm so over this. This is done! I have so many other projects. I can't wait until I start twirling buttons on a Prong record or twirling buttons on a Cocks record. I hate the fact that you made us come here and talk to you. I hate you for this because this is a waste of my time. I'd rather be in the studio working with people I know and love and doing really progressive stuff."
So what did Al hate most about touring? More...
Read the full article at ArtisanNews.
Evocation Posts "Angel Of Torment" Video Online
Swedish heavy metal act Evocation has posted the following message online:
"In case you already didn't notice we uploaded a new video on YouTube for the track 'Angel Of Torment', taken from our new album Dead Calm Chaos. The video features footage with us taken from the recording sessions along with guest artist Anders Björler from At The Gates / The Haunted as well as a bunch of friends from the early 90s Death Metal scene...
"Hope you enjoy cause we sure did!" More...
Bullet For My Valentine Announces Australian Shows
Welsh rockers Bullet For My Valentine has announced that they will be heading to Australia in January for a few headlining shows. No support act has been confirmed yet.
The tour dates are as follows:
January
19 - Brisbane, Australia - Tivoli
21 - Sydney, Australia - Uni NSW
27 - Melbourne, Australia - HiFi Bar
27 - Melbourne, Australia - HiFi Bar
Headline News
New Guns N Roses Album Banned In China
Guns N Roses has finally released their eagerly awaited new album, "Chinese Democracy," to the world. However, for fans in China, they will have to go underground for the album as the Chinese government has deemed the album inappropriate for the public. A video report from New Tang Dynasty Television discussing the album, it's banning and sales can be viewed below and features a contribution from Chthonic mainman Freddy Lim. More...
Just For Fun
AC/DC Singer Talks About Meeting Chuck Berry
AC/DC frontman recently spoke on camera to a fan about meeting rock and roll legend Chuck Berry in 1975. Judging from his description, the legendary singer/guitarist wasn't the most fan-friendly person in the world! Check out the video below. More...
Phil Anselmo Denies Drug Rumours, Talks Pantera
Phil Anselmo, former frontman of Pantera and Superjoint Ritual and current vocalist of Down and guitarist for Arson Anthem recently did an in depth interview with AntiQuiet, during which he spoke about his days in Pantera, feud with the Abbott brothers and the rumours that he is back on drugs. Some excerpts are as follows:
Antiquiet: I don’t mean to dredge up old bullshit, but I want to talk about something you’ve encountered firsthand. When you had that beef with Dime and Vin, us fans got the word through fuckin’ Metal Hammer and the music journalists, who of course tend to… you know, pull the juicy quotes out, to keep the circus going, to get attention, to sell magazines.
So let’s say things were different and the journalists minded other business, and you guys had space to work it out on your own. Do you think things might have turned out differently?
Phil Anselmo: Well… it’s kind of a moot point here. But if you’re talking in… imaginary terms, if you’re talking what ifs, theoretically, yeah. Rex and I actually talk about it a lot and we know… Pantera could have kept going.
The interview that sparked off everybody’s imagination… Little to everyone’s knowledge, the guy who asked me that- it was supposed to be off the record- he asked me straight out what would happen if [we] got into a fight- a physical thing. First of all, that never would have happened. Second of all, theoretically, once again- obviously, I would have the advantage over them. So I put it in a [certain] way, like a million motherfuckers do every day- boxers, et cetera- you know, they say they’re going to do terrible, horrible things to each other, and then after everything clears, they shake hands and hug each other and it’s done.
But if things are put as an absolute, and it’s just black and white, it’s just read and it’s taken that way, and it’s very unfortunate that it was. Because, as I’ve said before, Pantera was a mighty force man. More...
Read the full article at AntiQuiet.
Austrian Death Machine Announces Tour Dates
Austrian Death Machine, the action hero inspired side-project from As I Lay Dying frontman Tim Lambesis will be performing a few shows this coming December.
The tour dates are as follows:
December 27 - Chain Reaction - Anaheim, California
December 28 - Karma - Victorville, California
December 29 - The Clubhouse - Tempe, Arizona
December 30 - Jumping Turtle - San Marcos, California
Poison Frontman Working On Autobiography
Poison frontman Bret Michaels recently spoke with the Las Vegas Sun regarding Poison, his reality show, "Rock Of Love" and other projects. A few excerpts from the interview are below:
Lasvegassun.com: How is Poison doing?
Michaels: "We get along better now than we ever did. At this point it’s just about enjoying it."
Lasvegassun.com: Has the group become a band that pays tribute to itself?
Michaels: "I’ve never looked at anything as a tribute or satire. We’re living in the moment. I’m probably the one in the band who drives everyone insane looking for new music, new material. I’m just a get-it-done guy. I don’t spend seven years trying to figure out how to put a chorus into a verse. I sit down at the piano and write something and produce it. I get it done."
Lasvegassun.com: Are you working on any other projects at the moment?
Michaels: "I’m writing a book. I’m about halfway through. Right now I’m just calling it The Bret Michaels Story.
Lasvegassun.com: Will it be a tell-all?
Michaels: "Not at all. If you were around me long enough you’d know I don’t throw people under the bus. This will just be an interesting book of my life. I’m not trying to make it a gossip column. You throw people in there - you know, the names of a bunch of girls — and they’ve moved on. They have families, children. I don’t want to throw them under the bus."
Read the full article at LasVegasSun.
Morbid Angel And Marduk To Tour Europe
Swedish black metal act Marduk will be teaming up with American death metal legends Morbid Angel for a European trek in a few days.
The tour dates are as follows:
November
27 - Saarbrucken, Germany - Garage
28 - Paris, France - Elysee Montmartre
29 - Rennes, France - Cite
30 - Antwerpen, Belgium - Hof Ter Loo
December
2 - Neu-Isenburg, Germany - Hugenottenhalle
3 - Stuttgart, Germany - LKA Longhorn
4 - Innsbruck, Austria - Hafen
5 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7
6 - Bamberg, Germany - Hauptsmoorhalle
7 - Linz, Austria - Posthof
9 - Milan, Italy - Rolling Stone
10 - Maribor, Slovenia - Stuk
11 - Padova, Italy - Palanet
12 - Munich, Germany - Backstage
13 - Vienna, Austria - Gasometer
14 - Belgrade, Serbia - SKC
16 - Warsaw, Poland - Stodola
17 - Leipzig, Germany - Hellraiser
18 - Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle
19 - Osnabruck, Germany - N8
20 - Essen, Germany - Weststadthalle
21 - Amsterdam, Holland - Melkweg
Mayhem Posts "Anti" Video Online
Norwegian black metal legends Mayhem has posted their latest music video online for the song, "Anti." You can check it out below. The song comes from the bands latest album, "Ordo Ab Chao" which is out now. More...
Slash Solo Album To Feature Ozzy Osbourne
Heavy metal legend Ozzy Osbourne has been confirmed to appear on the legendary guitarist, Slash's first solo album. Another vocalist confirmed, is none other than Black Eyed Peas frontwoman Fergie. This was confirmed by Slash's wife Perla Hudon in a video interview which you can check out below. More...
Children Of Bodom Bass Player Checks In
Children Of Bodom bassist Henkka T. Blacksmith has posted the following update online:
"Two weeks already behind. We started this leg in Finland. And of course, the first shows on tours are always the most difficult. So it was a shame it happened to be our home town. Technical problems (always happens with first shows) affected our sound and lights. But we tried our best to kick ass. Tampere was also bad for us cos most of the people were still outside when we started playing.
"But ever since things have gotten better, and in Oslo things were already really good. We've played for big crowds. It is sometimes really challenging to get people excited, first band, early night, big cold hall and so on. Choosing 7 songs for setlist is also very difficult thing. More...
Onslaught Guitarist Speaks On Damnation Festival
Onslaught guitarist Nige Rockett has posted the following message online regarding the bands performance at the Damnation Festival which was held last weekend in Leeds, England:
"Hi Ladies / Gentlemen,
"Well, what can we say? What an awesome festival Damnation was this weekend. It is right up there with the best UK shows we have ever played. The crowd was immense from start to finish with some real cool pits. There was a few problems with the PA but that never dampened anyone's enthusiasm and it was a great show all round for us. More...
Slayer Guitarist Talks About New Album
Infamous Slayer guitarist Kerry King has revealed that he has an album title for the new studio album and as many as seven song titles, though the music for these songs has not been written yet. He explained that the album might not be out in time for next summer but that Slayer will be entering the studio on February 1st. More details will be announced as they are revealed.
Mikoto and Scapegoat Announce Japanese Tour
Mikoto has announced a few Japanese shows to take place in March with Scapegoat. The tour dates include:
3/13 Sapporo @ Bessie Hall
3/14 Sendai @ Hook
3/15 Tokyo @ Cyclone
3/16 Osaka @ Bigcat
Jungle Rot Signs To Napalm Records
Napalm Records has announced the signing of legendary old school American death metal band Jungle Rot. The band will enter the studio in December in order to record the material for the upcoming album. The release of their Napalm debut, "What Horrors Await," is tentatively scheduled for Spring 2009.
The band commented: "It's nice to finally have a label we can call home. We have watched this label grow from their beginnings. We're definitely glad to be part of the Napalm roster and we hope to be a great asset and addition to the label. The new album is going to completely crush! We look forward to a long and prosperous tenure with Napalm Records!"
Ryan Adams Gives Xasthur a Shout Out
Hydrahead Records had some commentary on recent reports of Ryan Adams giving Xasthur a shout out:
"We'd be full of shit if we were to suggest we were not taken aback by seeing a picture of Xasthur in the New York Times a few weeks ago...and then it only got weirder when we realized the pic of main member Malefic was due to the singer/songwriter Ryan Adams plugging Xasthur as one of his current playlist favorites. AND THEN it got even weirder when we saw that Mariah Carey AND Metallica AND Jay Z were plugged in the same breath. Guess you could say Mr Adams has a rather broad spectrum of tastes on his music listening pallette...had he plugged Jamiroquai, Mark would probably be writing the guy love letters right about now.
"We had heard a rumor that Adams had given Xasthur a shout out at an LA based performance a year or so ago, but we figured it had to be a myth. But then it dawned on us after reading this NYTimes piece that, perhaps, Mr. Adams was truly on board...the way he describes Xasthur still give us a tad bit of a chuckle, but you can't deny he really does seem to love it..."
Here's what Adams had to say about Xasthur that got all this started:
"Whoever the guy is, he's amazing. My listening tastes are absolutely not in tune with the kind of music I make. The music that interests me is a bit weirder. "Defective Epitaph" (Hydra Head) has really far-out guitars; it's not really lyrical. When I close my eyes and listen, I think of a heartbroken demon sitting beside these ashes in hell and really missing his girlfriend. It's like romantic death metal. The aggressiveness of his guitar riffs can be quite brutal. It's not for the faint of heart, but it's really clever. His flow is so authentically black metal; he knows how to make it orchestral and gothic. I don't know all the rules to metal, but he seems to kind of be above them. I think now he has a drummer — who's not technically bad, because it's speed metal, but the timing isn't exactly perfect. It comes off as charming, because you can tell what the ideas are, like indie rock. They're on top of their game."
Austrian Death Machine Posts "Jingle Bells" Online
Austrian Death Machine has posted a teaser of their rendition of "Jingle Bells" on MySpace one day before the band's release of "A Very Brutal Chritsmas."
The band comments:
"Everyone needs a thrashed out version of Jingle Bells to mix up this years boring holiday music. Plus, no one brings the holiday cheer quite like Ahhnold."
"A Very Brutal Chritsmas" is a 3-song CD single due out tomorrow, November 25, containing the following tracks:
1. Jingle Bells
2. Get To The Choppa
3. Hell Bent For Leather (Judas Priest cover)
Obscura Posts New Song Online
OBSCURA, who recenlty signed to Relapse Records and feature Steffen Kummerer (guitar/vocals), Christian Muenzner (guitar; ex-NECROPHAGIST), Jeroen Paul Thesseling (bass; ex-PESTILENCE), and Hannes Grossmann (drums; ex-NECROPHAGIST), has posted a brand new song, "Anticosmic Overload" on their MySpace page. "Anticosmic Overload" is taken from their forthcoming Relapse debut, "Cosmogenesis," which will see its international release in February 2009. Additional information and album artwork can be found here.
OBSCURA has also recently been confirmed as co-headliners of Euroblast Festival 2009 along with DEW SCENTED. This festival will take place January 24th, 2009 in Cologne, Germany. For more information, go here.
Jezebel's Singer Returns, Band Ready To Play Shows
Baltimore, Maryland metal band JEZEBEL has reunited with there original Singer and announced their return from their hiatus announced this past spring. Here's what the band had to say:
"JEZEBEL has gotten back with there original Singer and is ready to smack every one in the Mouth. We are starting fresh and will be hitting up a show near you SOON!"
Landmine Marathon Parts with Guitarist Jeff Owens
Landmine Marathon has parted ways with guitar player Jeff Owens (according to the group, "no drama, don't worry"). As such, they are now actively seeking a replacement. Candidates must possess transportation, a valid passport, professional equipment, and a willingness to rehearse up to four nights a week in Phoenix, Arizona. Interested parties can email the band for additional information.
Navigate forward or backward through each day of news below: