Metal News for November 3, 2008
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21 news articles posted on this day.
Marc Rizzo Posts New Inpsychobleedia Music Online
SOULFLY and CAVALERA CONSPIRACY guitarist Marc Rizzo has launched a MySpace page for his newest side project, INPSYCHOBLEEDIA, in which he handles lead guitar and lead vocals. Three songs have already been completed: "Blind Lead The Blind," "Silent Til Disturbed" and "Tortured Mind." Check the songs out and future tour dates on the band's MySpace page.
Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Insect Warfare Split CD
AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED and INSECT WARFARE have teamed up for a split release that will become available tomorrow, November 4th, on CD and 5” vinyl.
This split features brand new, previously unreleased tracks from both bands as well as artwork from ANb visualist Florian Bertmer. The limited edition 5” will also be available on red, black, and blue vinyl. For more information, including photos of the available formats, check here and here.
AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED is currently working on a new full-length album, scheduled to be released in Spring 2009. The band has also recently seen the reissue of their 2003 release, Altered States of America, with a bonus remix disc.
Deadlock Begins Posting New Songs Online
Deadlock has begun the countdown to the release of their latest album, "Manifesto." The daily stream of their new songs started today and the band has uploaded the first song to their brand new relaunched MySpace profile.
The first song is called "THE MORIBUND CHOIR VS. THE TRUMPETS OF ARMAGEDDON" and it's an evil metallic instrumental, that opens your ears for what you can expect from the daily following songs of the new album.
From Monday, November 3rd to Thursday, November 13th, the band will be presenting all 11 tracks of their new album, "Manifesto" on Myspace. There will be one new song uploaded daily at 09:00h CET and you can listen to each of them 24 hours for free before the next one will show up.
War From A Harlots Mouth To Enter The Studio
WAR FROM A HARLOTS MOUTH will enter studio on November 17th to record the follow to their successful Lifeforce Records debut, "Transmetropolitan." The yet untitled album is set for a worldwide release in April 2009.
God Dethroned Issues Studio Update
Dutch metallers, God Dethroned, have issued the following studio update:
"Last week we started tracking drum tracks for our new album, 'Passiondale'. With Roel [Sanders] back on the drum throne, all speed limits have been broken again. We took a lot of time in order to get the best results 'cause we want the album to be as tight as possible."
"Producer Jörg Uken from the Soundlodge studios [in Germany] is a drummer himself so we actually managed to get some really spectacular drumming on tape. We also wrote a new song in the studio called 'No Survivors', bringing the total of songs to nine. Yesterday we made some heavy crushing guitar sounds and this week we'll track the guitars." More...
Suicide Silence Posts New Video Online
Suicide Silence has uploaded the new music video the song "Unanswered." You can check it out below. The video features live footage of the band performing at this years "Rockstar Energy Mayhem" tour. More...
Chris Cornell Denies Led Zeppelin Rumours
MTV News has issued the following report from Chris Harris:
Former SOUNDGARDEN and AUDIOSLAVE frontman CHRIS CORNELL has spoken out for the first time about rumors that he's been asked to fill in for ROBERT PLANT on a proposed LED ZEPPELIN reunion tour. The trek would feature original guitarist JIMMY PAGE, original bassist JOHN PAUL JONES and Jason Bonham taking over on drums for his late father, John Bonham.
Cornell has been mentioned - along with FOO FIGHTERS frontman Dave Grohl, former VAN HALEN frontman SAMMY HAGAR, WHITE STRIPES mastermind Jack White and ALTER BRIDGE's Myles Kennedy - as a potential Plant fill-in. Plant has already said that he wouldn't take part in the tour.
"I have not been approached so far to fill in for Robert Plant on the upcoming Zeppelin tour, but that isn't to say I won't be," Cornell told MTV News. "I've heard that from about 200 people now, and it might be one of those situations where it's just an online rumor or it might be true. But if you see anyone from Led Zeppelin around, let me know. I think I should actually fill in for Jimmy Page on the Robert Plant/ Alison Krauss tour."
Mortum Reveals Debut Album Details
NJ black metallers, Mortum, have issued the following update revealing details on their upcoming debut, "Awakening of The Primordial Spirit:"
"Were heading into the studio with Brendan of AI Recordings next week in Bergen County, New Jersey next week to record our first full length, 'Awakening of The Primordial Spirit.' It should clock around 40 minutes and it will feature 8 songs."
"3 of them being re-recorded songs from our Enslaved demo which we felt that those songs were very good and deserved to be recorded with better and musical quality!" More...
Sinner Announces Tour With Ross the Boss
SINNER have announced the following tour dates with ROSS THE BOSS are as follows:
11/11 - ES - Barcelona, Apollo2
11/12 - ES - Bilbao, Santana27
11/14 - I - Milan, Legend54
11/15 - I - Florence, Siddharta
11/17 - NL - Kerkrade, Rocktemple
11/19 - D - Ludwigsburg, Rockfabrik
11/20 - D - München, Metropolis
11/21 - D - Memmingen, Kaminwerk
11/22 - D - Bochum Matrix
11/23 - CH - Pratteln, Z7
Embrioma Completes New Album, Posts Single Online
Brazilian industrial death/thrash band Embrioma has been locked in the Brazilian studio Estudio 12.02, owned by one of the band's guitar players Luiz Portinari, and finished production (by Luiz himself) of about 20 songs, of which 10 to 13 will be chosen to be released in their new album, so far entitled "Post-Industrial Metastasis."
The promo-single "29" can be downloaded here or streamed on the band's MySpace page .
The band is currently studying the possibility of international tours through South America, the US, and Europe for the year of 2009, to promote the new record. More...
Ddrum and Vinnie Paul Announce New Signature Line
Vinnie Paul Abbott has announced his deal with Ddrum to create a new signature product line of drums.
“I’m proud to announce that I am making the move to Ddrum. This opportunity is giving me the chance to expand beyond playing music and bring my own line of kick ass, affordable drums to skin bashers around the world. Simply put, these drums look and sound amazing. Hell yeah!” Vinnie Paul.
"Vinnie Paul is the star in metal drumming, period. There is no doubt that this is a new day at Ddrum" says Ddrum CEO, Elliott Rubinson." Division manager, Terry Platt adds “The signature products from Vinnie are going to be sick.”
The new line will be displayed at Winter NAMM 2009 in January and Vinnie Paul will be on hand to sign autographs and help promote the new line.
Death By Stereo Reveals New Album Details
Orange County punk metallers, Death By Stereo, have revealed the details of their long-awaited new studio album. Frontman Efrem Schulz mentioned in a recent interview that the album is now complete and will be titled "Death Is My Only Friend." The record follows "Death For Life," which was released in 2005. Efrem also mentioned some additional details:
"We recorded it with Jason Freese (Green Day) and Jay Baumgardner who has done just about every rad record under the sun! We are so pumped, it blows all the records we've ever done away!"
The new album is expected to drop sometime in 2009. It will not be released on the band's longtime home, Epitaph, however. The band are currently free agents. The group also recently announced some shows with Suicidal Tendencies in December.
Lamb Of God Sets Release Date For New Album
LAMB OF GOD will release their fifth studio album, entitled "Wrath," on February 24th, 2009. The record will be released in North America by Epic and will be the first release with their new label Roadrunner outside of North America. WRATH is produced by Josh Wilbur and was recorded in studios in New York, Virginia, and New Hampshire.
LAMB OF GOD finished the touring cycle on the Grammy nominated album "Sacrament" at the end of 2007. The two-year trek was documented in the now certified Gold DVD "Walk with Me in Hell" and culminated with the band headlining arenas across the US last December.
The band has taken the entirety of 2008 off the road to focus on the writing process for "Wrath."
"This album is going to surprise a lot of people," comments drummer Chris Adler. "Typically bands that get to where we are in our career begin to slack off, smell the roses and regurgitate. We chose a different path. No one wants to hear another band member hyping a new record. WRATH needs no hype. We have topped ourselves and on February 24th you will feel it."
As always, LAMB OF GOD will embark on an extensive tour that will cover the globe. As previously announced, the band will be supporting Metallica on the December leg of their tour. The first leg of the WRATH world tour will start in Finland on February 6th and will encompass dates in the UK, Australia, and Japan.
Current confirmed tour dates are: More...
Aggressive Disorder Parts with Guitarist
Guitarist Bruce Phillips has departed from Philadelphia based power metal act Aggressive Disorder once again. Bruce, who departed the band late last year to attend to personal matters, rejoined the group this past August. Bruce was able to make only one practice session with the band during his time back. Bruce cited health reasons for his departure, as he has been undergoing treatments for re-occuring blood clots forming in his legs.
Jason Tete, the band's current bassist, will be making the switch to Guitar. The band is currently seeking a new bassist to fill the now vacant slot.
Here are the requirements:
Male or female doesn’t matter....you must be serious in your craft, a team player. Serious only. Transportation a must. No ego's.
Send the band a demo of your stuff, along with brief bio and pic, along with all relevant contact info. You can check out some of the band's material on their MySpace page or official site to get a feel for their style. For info on where to send a package contact them at their MySpace or official site.
Vougan To Record Live Performances For DVD
Carlos Zema traveled to Brazil to rejoin his Vougan band mates earlier this year for Porao do Rock, the country's largest independent rock festival. Still in Brazil, the band will be recording a live DVD performances during two concerts on November 14 & 15.
The first will be a charity event for the non-governmental agency, Amisrael, an organization known as "The Messengers of Peace." This performance will be an "unplugged" recording. The second performance, at the Atlanta Music Hall in Goiania, Brazil will be be a full-blown, live, concert video. Other bands performing include, Andre Matos (Angra/Shaman), Mindflow, Heaven's Guardian, Refine, and Dynahead.
The DVD will be packaged as a double live video, and will include plenty of extras. Some of the confirmed guests include, Andre Matos (Angra/Shaman),
David Shankle (Manowar / DSG), and Bill Hudson (Cellador/Powerquest/Circle II Circle).
All DVD sales proceeds will go to Amisrael in an effort to support world peace. Sponsorship opportunities to help finance this charitable project are available. Interested parties should contact admin[AT]metalmusicpromotions.com with the subject: SPONSOR.
Benediction To Enter The Studio Next Year
British extreme metallers Benediction has posted the following message online:
"First off, a big thank you to everybody that turned up to the shows on the tour.also apologies to the few shows that got cancelled, this was beyond our control due to tour bus issues,fire,breaking down etc etc!!! A special mention has to go out to HOLY MOSES and NOMINON, who we are privileged to know and stuck together when all manner of shit was happening to us all on tour. In particular we would like to thank holy moses guitarist Michael who managed to fix just about everything that we broke on the tour!!! We love you matey.
"Now then, our plans for 2009.benediction will be going into the studio again in January/February to record the follow up to Killing Music. It is now written and its down to the fine tuning and choosing what tracks to be on the final recording. To promote this release the band will only be doing festivals and one off shows worldwide except for a Balkans tour which was missed out on the No Reunion Required tour. It will be our 20th anniversary as a band in 2009 and we intend to make some sort of event for ourselves for it. More...
More Roadrunner United DVD Footage Posted Online
Another clip from the forthcoming Roadrunner United DVD has been posted online. You can check it out below. The DVD chronicles the one night only concert when members of the Roadrunner roster, past and present, joined forces to perform classic songs from Roadrunner history. The tracklisting is as follows:
1. Punishment (originally by Biohazard)
Evan Seinfeld- Vocals
Billy Graziadei- Vocals
Dino Cazares- Guitar
Andreas Kisser- Guitar
Adam Duce- Bass
Joey Jordison- Drums
2. Set It Off (originally by Madball)
Jamey Jasta- Vocals
Andreas Kisser- Guitar
Dino Cazares- Guitar
Paul Gray- Bass
Joey Jordison- Drums More...
Alice In Chains Posts Studio Video Online
Alice In Chains has posted a new video online documenting the first week of recording their new studio album. You can check it out below. The album will be the first not to feature late singer Layne Staley and features the lineup of Jerry Cantrell, Mike Inez, Sean Kinney and new vocalist William DuVall. More...
Deep Purple Guitarist Posts Tour Report
Deep Purple guitarist Steve Morse has posted the following report from the bands European tour:
"Some notes from a few days ago:
"Today brings back a little reality, we're in an airport waiting area for an airline flight. We've had a wonderful week or so travelling to Siberia and back to Moscow in a Tupelov 134. In the last notes I wrote about the flight attendant sternly saying 'ticofi' to let you know that you are being offered tea or coffee. This time she came up to me and said 'nowcockpit', which is something I always enjoy, as long as I feel like I'm not distracting the guys up front from flying. They were very warm and friendly, and even though we had very few words in common, they more or less understood my general comments. They more or less insisted that I sit down in the first officer's seat and get some photos. It was very warm and smoky up there since there were always several cigarettes going. Without getting anyone in trouble, I can only say that now I have a much better idea of what it would be like to do a takeoff and climbout in a plane exactly like that. After a while when the autopilot was on, I asked if I could see the navigator's station. You see, the Tu-134 has a glass nose, made up of lots of small windshield pieces in the very front part of the nose, about where we would expect the weather radar and radome to be. People instantly assume that the glass nose (on an airliner!) is for a bombardier or something like that, since the flying fortress of WWII looked that way for the nose gunner. But the navigator is a dedicated crew member that does nothing but navigation, like on a submarine. So he can look down for deduced reckoning ("ded" reckoning........not dead reckoning) waypoints, look up for basic celestial navigation, and he has a dedicated workstation down there with access to all the controls, as well as the 1st officer's directional gyro, as I found out!
"Anyway, I had a blast, they gave me a gift of a "Russian GPS" which was the time/speed slide-rule that the navigator used, and one of pilots gave me his flight officer's uniform hat. All Russian uniform hats are huge, and I hope this one makes if home looking similar after being bounced around in my suitcase for 100 or so handlings. I sure do feel right at home with most every crew we have ever had the pleasure of hanging around with. More...
Ventflow Posts New Song "A.D.M." Online
British metallers Ventflow has posted an unmastered version of a brand new song entitled "A.D.M. (Another Dead Messiah)" online at the bands Myspace. You can check it out by heading here. The song is set to appear on the bands forthcoming new EP, "Throne Of Locusts" which the band hope will be released by the end of the year.
Hear Music From Blockheads/Mumakil Split CD
The BLOCKHEADS / MUMAKIL new split mini CD, "Blind," has been released by Bones Brigade Records, featuring new songs by both bands. You can check out one new song from each band on the Bones Brigade MySpace player.
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