Metal News for November 3, 2004
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Live Megadeth & Exodus Pics Online
OnTrackMagazine.com has posted several photos of Megadeth and Exodus performing live in Anaheim, CA on October 25. Also included is a review of the show. Check it out at this location. An excerpt from the review follows: "As for [Megadeth's] current line-up they came across without a hitch. Bassist James MacDonough I'm familiar with from the kings of the metal underground Iced Earth, but I've never heard anything about the rest of the band which also features Glen Drover (King Diamond/Eidolon) on guitar and his brother Shawn Drover (Eidolon) on drums. The truth be told (no pun intended) this is quite possibly the best line-up Megadeth have had in years. There seems to be a revitalization among the players and passion for the music that has been absent for some time. Mustaine at one point expressed his joy of being back in the game and told us all that he’d missed us and it was great to be back. In regard to his ability to still play the songs to their full potential due to his injury, no one is the wiser as he played absolutely without flaw during the entire show."
Jon Oliva's Pain Details Revealed About Greek Tour
Jon Oliva's Pain, the new band led by Savatage mastermind Jon Oliva, have announced the venue details for the Greek portion of their upcoming tour, which is scheduled to take place in December. The dates are as follows:
Dec. 18 – Thessaloniki, GRE @ Hydrogios
Dec. 19 – Athens, GRE @ Rodon Live!
Dec. 20 – Athens, GRE @ AN club (acoustic show)
It is important to note that the all-acoustic show (Dec. 20) will a completely different performance from the two electric shows. Fans can expect to hear most of the new album, "'Tage Mahal", as well as feast of old-school Savatage. Support at the shows will come from Wheelrunner. A possibility exists that a second support act to the bill.
As previously reported, Jon Oliva's Pain will perform a hometown show at Boomerz Boiler Room in Seminole, FL on December 11.
Jon Oliva's Pain's debut album, "'Tage Mahal", was released in Europe on October 25 through SPV Records. The U.S. release date is set for January 2005. More information is available at www.jonoliva.net.
Edguy: Release Date Set For 'Best Of' Collection
AFM Records has set a December 6 release date for an Edguy "best of" collection, entitled "Hall of Flames". The double album contains all of the group's "hits," chosen personally by the band, and digitally remastered (CD 1), as well as lots of rare and previously unreleased material (CD 2). Additionally, there will be a multimedia section enclosed as well as two video clips (CD 2). The total playing time is about 130 minutes. The first edition will come as a noble digibook with liner notes and a 24-page-booklet containing lots of photos.
Grave To Embark On European Tour In January
Legendary Swedish death metallers Grave are currently working on a European tour, which is scheduled to start in early January 2005. Exact cities and dates will be announced soon.
As previously reported, Grave will be supporting Deicide at the Stockholm stop of their European tour on November 16 at Mondo (Club Aggression). Other bands appearing on the bill are Arkhon Infaustus and Relevant Few. Grave have also been confirmed for the sixth edition of the 2000 Decibel festival, set to take place on May 21, 2005 at Valhall in Bengtsfors, Sweden (180 kilometres north of Gothenburg).
Grave's latest album, "Fiendish Regression", was released in August through Century Media Records. The group's sixth full-length effort was recorded and mixed at Abyss studio with producers Tommy and Peter Tägtgren. 11 tracks were recorded for the album, including nine brand new songs, a cover version of the Saint Vitus classic "Burial At Sea" and a re-recording of a old Grave song "Autopsied", which was originally written and recorded for promotion in 1989.
The Old Dead Tree To Enter Studio Early Next Year
French gothic metallers The Old Dead Tree are scheduled to enter Stage One studio in Bühne, Germany in early 2005 with producer Andy Classen to begin recording the as-yet-untitled follow-up to 2003's "The Nameless Disease". A September 2005 release through Season of Mist is expected.
As previously reported, The Old Dead Tree recently announced the addition of drummer Foued Moukid (ex-Horresco Referens) to the group's ranks.
Moukid joins the band as the replacement for Franck Métayer, who left the group back in February.
The Old Dead Tree's original drummer, Frédéric Guillemot, committed suicide in 1999, shortly after the release of the group's debut mini-CD, "The Blossom".
Headline News
Flowing Tears Founding Members Killed In Accident
On October 20, two founding members of the German goth metal band Flowing Tears, Björn Lorson and Christian Zimmer, died in a tragic car accident, according to a posting on the group's web site. "Even though they already left the band in '95 and '96 (Björn after the first demo tape 'Bijou' and Christian after 'Swansongs'), Flowing Tears may never have existed if they hadn't been," the band write. "We will keep you in our minds and hearts. These days we take a breath to listen to the tunes of songs such as 'Flowing Tears & Withered Flowers' or 'Waterbride' — while mourning about two young people who had to die much too early. Rest in peace guys — we will never forget you!"
Flowing Tears kicked off a European tour with SAMAEL late last month. The band are touring in support of their new album, "Razorbliss", which was released in March through Century Media Records. The follow-up to 2002's "Serpentine" was recorded at Woodhouse Studios in Hagen, Germany with producer Waldemar Sorychta (The Gathering, Lacuna Coil, Sentenced, Moonspell) and is the band's first to feature vocalist Helen Vogt, who replaced Stefanie Duchêne last year
Witness Masterplan's 'Aeronautics' In January
Power metalheads Masterplan, who feature former Helloween duo Roland Grapow (guitar) and Uli Kusch (drums), are to release their second album in January. It's to be titled 'Aeronautics', and was produced by Andy Sneap.
Dry Kill Logic Cancel Canada
Dry Kill Logic have been forced to cancel all planned shows in Canada due to a strike by the immigration service. They hope to re-schedule the shows soon.
(hed)p.e. Change Name of Upcoming Album
(hed)p.e. have changed the title of their upcoming album. Instead of 'Raise Hell', the record - due out in February - will be called 'Only In America'. Songs featured include 'Represent Yourself', 'War', 'The Truth', 'Girlfriend' and 'Rain'.
More 2000 Decibel Fest Band Confirmations
The sixth edition of the 2000 Decibel-festival will take place in Bengtsfors, Sweden (180 km north of Gothenburg) the 21st May 2005. Twenty-two bands will play on three different stages. The first confirmed bands for the festival are Face Down, Grave, Loud N Nasty, The Storyteller and Unleashed. For more information, visit the festival website at www.mfdecibel.com.
Former To/Die/For Members Form New Band
Hateframe, the new Finnish thrash metal band featuring drummer Tommi Lillman (ex-To/Die/For, Sinergy) and guitarist Joonas "Jope" Koto (Malpractice, ex-To/Die/For), have completed work on their debut album, "Sign of Demise", due before the end of the year.
The group, whose sound is being described as "old-school thrash" in the vein of Slayer, Kreator and The Haunted, have posted several audio samples from the CD in their site www.hateframe.com.
"Sign of Demise" track listing:
01. Crowned In Blood
02. Final Solution
03. Feeding the Flame
04. Sign of Demise
05. The Perfect Hate
06. Bloodfeast
07. Torment the Masses
08. Warfare
09. Hallucinate
10. Infection
Masterplan To Release New Album In January
Masterplan, the new band featuring ex-Helloween guitarist Roland Grapow, ex-Helloween drummer Uli Kusch and former Yngwie Malmsteen/Ark singer Jorn Lande, have set "Aeronautics" as the title of their sophomore full-length album, due on January 24, 2005 via Germany's AFM Records. A four-song EP, containing two non-album cuts plus a multimedia section, will precede the album on November 29. The songs included on the EP are as follows: "Back For My Life" (single and album version), "Crimson Rider", "Killing in Time" (two different versions, non-album cut) and "Love Is a Rock" (non-album cut).
The material was produced by Andy Sneap (Machine head, Exodus, Skinlab, Nevermore) and was mixed by Mikko Karmila. Mastering duties were handled by Mika Jussila at Finnvox Studios.
Odoerir Working On New Album
The German Pagan/Folk Metal band Odoerir are in the "Powertrack-Studio" working on their 2nd album, entitled "Götterlieder." The concept of the album will be based on the first part of the God songs of the Edda.
Also, the band will perform with Enthroned, Riger and Asparagoth at the Fucking Christmas Festival, which takes place at the Knaak Klub in Berlin on Christmas day.
Lemmy Kilmister: "All Politicians Are Bastards"
Motorhead mainman Lemmy Kilmister recently spoke with Greece’s TV WAR (www.tvwar.gr) program and stated, “We don't care about politics, they are all the same anyway. All politicians are bastards anyway. Every one of them, doesn't matter who you vote for you'll always have a shitty government. All they are after is themselves and their pockets. They are all lying cheating bastards.”
Watch the rest of the interview on Wednesday, November 3rd on Iad TV. TV War is broadcast every Monday and Wednesday at 11 PM (CET) and you can watch it through the Greek Nova package on Hotbird 3 satellite.
Suffocation Announce European Tour
Swedish Death Metallers, Insision, will not play on the Suffocation Europe-Tour. There will be no replacement for the Band. Here are the Dates:
11/04/04 Glasgow, United Kingdom - Cathouse
11/05/04 Bradford, United Kingdom - Rios (+ Desecration & Sermon Of Hypocrisy)
11/07/04 Nottingham, United Kingdom - Old Angel
11/08/04 Belfast, Ireland - The Rosetta
11/09/04 Dublin, Ireland - Whelans (+ Sinister Demise)
11/10/04 London, United Kingdom - Underworld
11/12/04 Kontic, Belgium - Lintfabriek
11/13/04 Trier, Germany - Exhaus (+ Nasum, God Dethroned....)
11/15/04 Terragona, Spain - Golfus
11/16/04 Aliconte, Spain - Stereo
11/17/04 Bilbao, Spain - Rock Star
11/18/04 Barcelona, Spain - La Nau
11/19/04 Marseille, France - Le Korigan (+ Loathing)
11/20/04 Milan, Italy - Transilvania Live
11/21/04 Rome, Italy - Alphaeus
11/22/04 Giovinazzo, Italy - Stop
11/23/04 Bassano del Grappa, Italy - Transilvania Live
11/24/04 Sursee, Switzerland - Kulturewerk 118 (+ Eyes See Red & Creeping Vengeance)
11/25/04 Nuernberg, Germany - Luise/The Cult Factory
11/26/04 Bischofswerda, Germany - East Club
11/27/04 Nitra, Czech Republic - Stara Pekaren
11/29/04 Berlin, Germany - Knaack
11/30/04 Osnabruck, Germany - N8 (+ Embedded & Dawn of Disease)
12/01/04 Wermelskirchen, Germany - AJZ Bahndamm (+ Defeated Sanity & Infecdead)
12/02/04 Muenster, Germany - Live Arena
12/03/04 Rotterdam, Netherlands - Baroeg
12/04/04 Arnhem, Netherlands - Goudvishal
12/05/04 Vosselaar, Belgium - Beibob
12/06/04 Paris, France - La Locomotive
12/12/04 Thessaloniki, Greece - Mylos
For more Info you can visit following sites:
www.suffocation.us
www.suffocation.de
www.relapse.com
www.burningstage.net
www.metaldiehardfront.com
Slayer's "Still Reigning" DVD Clips
Universal Music has made streaming clips of three songs available from Slayer's new DVD, "Still Reigning." They can be viewed in Quicktime, Real Media or Windows Media by clicking the links below:
"Angel of Death": Windows Quicktime Real
"Criminally Insane": Windows Quicktime Real
Painmuseum Confirm US Release Date
November 16, 2004 has been confirmed as the official U.S. release date for the long-awaited "Metal For Life" album from guitarist "Metal" Mike Chlasciak's (Testament, ex-Halford) Painmuseum. "Metal For Life" features Chlasciak, Bobby Jarzombek (Iced Earth, ex-Halford, Riot) on drums, Steve DiGiorgio (Testament, Sadus, Death, Vintersorg) on bass and newcomer Tim Clayborne (Hatred) on vocals. The album was mixed by Roy Z. (Judas Priest, Bruce Dickenson, Halford, Helloween) and mastered by James Murphy (Testament, Death, Disincarnate). Additional guest vocals were provided by Joe Comeau (Overkill, Annihilator).
This will be the first U.S. release under Metal Mike's own label imprint C.M.M. Entertainment, LLC. C.M.M.'s exclusive retail chain agreement with Transworld Entertainment Group places this and future C.M.M. releases in major U.S. retail chain locations, namely FYE, Coconuts, Wherehouse, Strawberries, The Wall, Camelot and more. Metal Music World Marketing, LLC will provide marketing, sales and promotion. "Metal For Life" will also be available through several Internet providers including CDBaby.com, GuitarMusic9.com, Metal Mike Armory Store at www.painmuseum.com, CenturyMedia.com, TowerRecords.com, and metal speciality store locations.
The Metal God himself, Rob Halford, also gave "Metal For Life" thumbs up and invited the release to be placed for sale at RobHalford.com.
Distribution to metal speciality retail in the U.S., Central and South America will be handled by Century Media/CM Distro direct sales. Album downloads will be found at iTunes, SonyConnect, Napster, Rhapsody, AOL's MusicNet, and more.
Territories outside of the U.S./Central and South America are already spoken for and full label details will be disclosed soon. It has also been confirmed that Metal Mike Chlasciak has signed a worldwide publishing deal with Warner/Chappell Music.
"'Metal For Life' is an album that I feel is one of the best I have ever been a part of," stated Mike in a press release. "It is 100% of what it should and what this band wanted it to be, and proudly 0% of what the martini drinking bullshit talkers wanted it to be. This CD is about what the words heavy metal mean to us, the band. The creative and recording process was closed to the business world, and only opened to the individuals that made this album. To us metal is a sign of freedom and individuality. The music speaks the truth."
You can preview album cover and tracks "I Am Your Keeper", "Speak The Name", "Hosanna Hosanna", "Words Kill Everything", "American Metalhead", "Dogs In A Cage" and "Live And Die" at this location.
For more information, visit www.painmuseum.com.
Mercenary Confirmed For Aalborg Metal Fest
Danish metallers Mercernary are the latest act confirmed for the Aalborg Metal Festival 2004, a two-day event set to take place November 5-6 at Studenterhuset in Aalborg, Denmark. Also scheduled to perform at the festival are Mnemic, 1349, Withering Surface, The Defaced, Illdisposed, Scarve, Heaven Shall Burn, Zyklon, Darkane and Downset, among others.
Mercenary's third full-length album, "11 Dreams," was released in August through Century Media Records. The CD was produced by Jacob Hansen (Hatesphere, Invocator, Raunchy) and features and includes a cover version of Kent's hit single "Music Non Stop." Artwork duties were handled by Niklas Sundin (Dark Tranquillity, In Flames, Arch Enemy).
All That Remains Singer: Metal Getting Bigger
The following interview with All That Remains vocalist, Phil Labonte, has been posted on Detroit's Metro Times:
American heavy metal has seen its subgenres rise lately. Thrash and hardcore bands are busting through the gates of obscurity and inducing headaches at national concert halls and in the heads of parents. The current wave, which started growing in the last few years, is bringing in new big names (Lamb of God, Killswitch Engage) and boosting the popularity of second-stagers (Agony Scene, God Forbid). These bands have brought with them the shredding sounds that, like all good metal, will make you want to bang your head — they’re fast, loud, crunchy and melodic.
In all of this madness is the 6-year-old All That Remains — Phil Labonte (vocals), Mick Martin and Oli Herbert (guitars), Matt Deism (bass), and Mike Bertlett (drummer) — a rising metal band riding the momentum of its second album, The Darkened Heart.
I had the chance to speak with Labonte and get his perspective on his music and the state of metal. More...
Evilheart Confirmed For Monterrey Metal Fest
Mexican black/death metal band Evilheart have been confirmed for the first-ever Monterrey Metal Fest, set to be held on Saturday, November 13, 2004 at the Coca Cola Auditorium in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. The complete lineup for the festival so far is as follows:
Main Stage:
Twisted Sister
Dio
Dokken
Quiet Riot
Shaman
Hatebreed
Cage
Second Stage:
Evilheart
Algarond
Stentor
Argos
Skeptic Universe
The Monterrey Metal Fest Vol. 1 will be the largest heavy metal festival ever to be held in Mexico. The outdoor Coca Cola Auditorium has a capacity for over 20,000 persons.
The festival promoters, Day Dream Productions and Dark Vission Entertainment, plan on making the Monterrey Metal Fest an annual event.
To visit the Monterrey Metal Fest web site, click here. More information about Evilheart is available at this location.
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