Metal News for December 15, 2003
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Hecate Enthroned Check in with New Update
Dylan, the bass player of UK black metallers Hecate Enthroned, has checked in with the following studio update:
"Finally the studio and Producer details are sorted for the recording of the new album 'Redimus'. We enter The Blueroom Studios in Manchester on the 3rd of January for 3 weeks with the option for an extra week, either way it will all be done in January for an April/May release. As for Producer, we will be producing it ourselves with help from the in house engineer and owner Phi. The decision to produce ourselves was made after a lot of thought and discussion, we have built up a lot of experience between us over the years and felt that we could do a good job and more importantly this would give us more control over the album, it will sound how we want it too. We have worked with some good producers on previous albums and they have all stmped there personalities onto the release that's what producers do, but this time it will all be ours. More...
Deathmetal BE Fest News
The Deathmetal BE Festival (part 2) has announced its full lineup. The event that will take place Saturday May 8th in JH de Tap, Kuurne, Belgium, will feature:
Gojira (FR)
Aborted
Gronibard (FR)
Welkin
Suhrim
Leptotrichia
Macabre, The End, Premonitions of War to Tour
Murder metallers Macabre will be heading on a North American tour in March with support from The End and Premonitions of War. Tour dates will be announced soon.
Macabre will also be going on tour in Europe in January/February with Cephalic Carnage. Dates for those will also be announced soon.
Agoraphobic Nosebleed to Issue Special Split EP
Agoraphobic Nosebleed will issue a split CDEP with Isis to benefit mutual friend Shuan Luu, who has been diagnosed with brain cancer. The band have set a Spring, 2004 release via Relapse, and this EP will contain some special recordings from ANb and two professionally recorded live versions of ISIS' 'The Beginning and the End' and 'Weight', as well as a remix of the ISIS song "Carry". Both ANb and ISIS wish nothing but the best of luck to Mr. Luu during his time of need.
Busy Defines Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter will work on several projects simultaneously in 2004. Besides entering the studio in summer/autumn 2004 for the fifth Reiter album the band also plans to produce a video clip in late summer and considers to finish their first DVD. Further information will be revealed soon. Ride on, be strong!
Shattered Realm Update
As you may be aware, New Jersey's Shattered Realm has missed quite a few shows in recent weeks due to the health issues of guitarist Joe None, who was recently hospitalized with an infection (the result of an appendectomy). Fortunately, Joe has since recovered and the band has been in the studio as of late working on material for their next album. Since bandmembers Al and Chris recently left the band to pursue careers, Chris Rage (drums) from Fury Of Five and Paul Brown (vocals) from Repercussion have been filling in. Meanwhile, the band has plans for a full U.S. tour with Remembering Never and On Broken Wings in addition to a West Coast tour with Terror and Born From Pain in early-2004.
Mechanical Poet Sign with Aural Music
Aural Music is proud to announce the signing of Orchestral Progressive new sensation. Mechanical Poet is a young and extremely talented Russian band, able to mix gothic progressive metal with deep ambient pads, trance electronics and rich classical orchestrations.
Here's the "phormula":
(prog metal) minus (boring virtuosism) x ("Tim Burton" atmosphere) plus (modern sound) = Mechanical Poet.
The brand new concept album titled "Prattles at the Backwoods" will be released on Aural Music in 2004.
Dimension Zero to Headline Extreme the Dojo Tour
According to Swedish Metal (www.swedishmetal.net), Dimension Zero are heading to Japan to headline the Extreme The Dojo tour in February, 2004.
Touring in support of their second full-length album, This Is Hell, confirmed DZ dates include: February 29 - Club Quattro - Osaka, Japan, March 1 - Club Quattro - Tokyo, Japan and March 2 - promotion day.
Byzantine Track Available for Download
An mp3 of the lead track from BYZANTINE’s forthcoming Prosthetic Records release The Fundamental Component, entitled ‘Hatfield’, is currently available here.
As previously reported, Byzantine recently announced their upcoming live dates through their official website (www.byzantine1.com). Confirmed dates include: More...
Testament's European Fest Schedule Announced
Veteran San Francisco Bay Area thrashers Testament have lined up the following summer 2004 European festival appearances:
Jun. 06 – Bologna, ITA - Gods Of Metal
Jun. 19 – Bergum, NETH - Waldrock
Jun. 26 – Nancy, FRA - Fury Fest
Jun. 27 – Dessel, BEL - Graspop
Testament are presently working on the material for the follow-up to 1999's "The Gathering", tentatively due in early 2004.
The Crown Book Studio to Remix Crowned in Terror
Swedish thrashers The Crown will enter the studio on January 2 to begin mixing the "new" version of the "Crowned In Terror" album, tentatively due in early 2004 through Metal Blade Records. The new CD will feature returning frontman Johan Lindstrand in place of Tomas Lindberg (ex-At The Gates), who was responsible for the vocal tracks on the original 2002 release.
Fragments of Unbecoming Post Song for Download
German death metallers Fragments of Unbecoming have posted a full-length MP3 of the track "Shapes Of The Pursuers" at this location (.zip file, approx. 4.62 MB). The song comes off the group's upcoming full-length debut, "Skywards – A Sylphe's Ascension", due on January 26 through Metal Blade Records Europe.
The complete track listing for "Skywards – A Sylphe's Ascension" is as follows: More...
SFU, Fleshcrawl, Criminal Dates Confirmed
Six Feet Under will be teaming up with labelmates Crimina and Fleshcrawl for a two-week European tour in February/March. The first confirmed dates are as follows:
Feb. 26 – Essen, GER @ Zeche Carl
Feb. 27 – Eindhoven, NETH @ Effenaar
Feb. 28 – Münster (Breitefeld-Dieburg), GER @ Live Arena
Feb. 29 – Engelsdorf, GER @ Hellraiser
Mar. 01 – Praga, CZR @ Zlin
Mar. 02 – Berlin, GER @ Halford
Mar. 03 – Hamburg, GER @ Markthalle
More dates will be announced soon.
Vomitory Studio Update
Tobias Gustafsson, the drummer for the Swedish death metal act Vomitory, has posted the following studio update on the group's official web site:
"Our fifth album, 'Primal Massacre', is now taking its shape! We (Ulf - guitars, Henrik Larsson - producer, and me) arrived at [Studio Kuling in Örebro, Sweden] on Sunday December 7th, set up the equipment on Monday and spent several hours waiting for studio equipment that our producer, Henrik Larsson, had ordered from a rental company. But due to their incompetence, it showed that they had sent the equipment to the wrong part of the country! So the whole Monday was a waste of time, but on Tuesday we managed to get killer drum sound without that equipment, so we began recording without it. More...
The Gathering Live Album Preview Posted
Century Media Records has posted a full-length MP3 of the track "Saturnine" from the upcoming The Gathering "semi-acoustic" live album, "Sleepy Buildings", at this location.
Recorded at two exclusive gigs held at the LUX movie theatre and venue in Nijmegen, Holland on August 21-22, "Sleepy Buildings" (due on Jan. 26) features selections from the group's entire career — from the classic debut "Always" to the commercial breakthough "Mandylion" to the trip-rock of "If_Then_Else".
The complete track listing for "Sleepy Buildings" is as follows: More...
Lullacry Post Video Online
Finland's Lullacry have posted a new video for the track "Don't Touch The Flame" in Windows Media format at this location (file size: 30 MB). According to a post on the band's web site, the new clip features "special material from the year 2003 [including footage] from festivals, studios, gigs etc."
"Don't Touch The Flame" comes off the band's third album, "Crucify My Heart", which was issued earlier in the year through Spinefarm Records (Century Media in the U.S.). The follow-up to 2001's "Be My God" marked Lullacry's first release with new vocalist Tanja Lainio, who replaced Tanja Kemppainen (currently in Soulgrind) last year.
Suffocation To Support Morbid Angel
Reunited New York death metallers Suffocation have been confirmed as direct support slot on Morbid Angel's upcoming U.S. tour, scheduled for mid-March through April. Exact cities and dates will be announced soon.
As previously reported, Suffocation have set "Souls To Deny" as the title for their first full-length release since 1995's "Pierced From Within", tentatively due in the spring through Relapse Records. The songwriting process for the follow-up to the 1998 "Despise The Sun" EP has reached the midway point and plans exist for the band to self-produce the CD during January. More...
Kelly Osbourne Feels Used By The Used Frontman
Ratethemusic.com reports Kelly Osbourne remains convinced The Used frontman Bert McCracken dated her because he was only interested in generating publicity for his band. "I have such a black heart because of him. I truly hate him for leaving me like that and it's so sad to hate," Kelly admitted. "I'm torn between two feelings with him, whether he genuinely liked me for me but just couldn't handle it or he dated me because he wanted to become more famous. Sadly, the signs are more pointing towards the fame side. I think if I was to come face-to-face with him now I wouldn't know whether to cry, hug him or punch his lights out - he just really fu**ed me up."
Video Footage of Bleeding Through Van Wreck
There is actual police video footage from a Fox 13 news brief of the horrific BLEEDING THROUGH's van wreck involving the band as they were leaving Salt Lake City, Utah. You can watch it here. This accident resulted in Bleeding Through dropping off the 'Pure Hatred' tour, but luckily no serous injuries to the band.
UPDATE: Currently getting "Bandwidth Limit Exceeded" message, but we'll update you when there is another live link.
UPDATE: Here's a new link that should work. If it says it's busy, reload and try again. A PayPal account has been set up for donations to help these guys and gals get back on their feet, fix the damaged van and equipment, and get back to Orange County. Go to Trustkill's site and click the "Make A Donation" button.
My Dying Bride Name Album, MP3 Samples Avail.
UK Doom metallers MY DYING BRIDE have named "Songs of Darkness, Words of Light" as their 8th studio album. The artwork was designed by Andy Green (who also designed the cover for Like Gods of the Sun), and the album was recorded and mixed with Mags, at Academy Studio in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire. See the cover art here.
The two samples can be found below:
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