Metal News for December 17, 2008
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17 news articles posted on this day.
The Haunted Announces Shows In Greece, Turkey
The Haunted has announced some shows in Greece and Turkey late March. Here are the dates and venues:
27-Mar TU Istanbul Bronx club /Uni Rock Festival
28-Mar GR Thessaloniki Principal Club
29-Mar GR Athens Fuzz Club
Will Haven Playing Third Chi Cheng Benefit Show
Will Haven will be performing at The Viper Room in Hollywood, CA on December 21st with Death Valley High, Tinfed, Last Angels and a number of surprise guests to benefit Deftones bassist, Chi Cheng. Chi Cheng is currently in a coma following his involvement in an automobile accident.
Hands Signs To Facedown Records
Facedown Records has announced the signing of Hands. Formed in 2007, Hands plays "anthemic prog-rock ballads bearing the influence of Isis while at the same time laying out solidly progressive hardcore tracks inspired by bands such as Life In Your Way and Misery Signals."
Hands will be working with Mike Dresch @ Cathouse Studios (Nodes of Ranvier, The Spill Canvas, War Of Ages) for their Facedown debut, which will see a July 2009 release date. Keep an eye out for Hands tour dates to be announced soon including a stop at Facedown Fest 2009.
In the meantime, you can check out some music now at the band's MySpace page.
MyChildren MyBride Announces Headlining Tour
MYCHILDREN MYBRIDE has announced tour dates for their upcoming headlining tour with The Ghost Inside, For Today and Broadcast The Nightmare. The dates can be seen below.
Their latest album "Unbreakable" is available in stores and online now and is just $7.99 at BestBuy.com for a limited time. (Over 60 Tooth & Nail and Solid State releases are on sale now at BestBuy.com for $9.99 or less.)
Here are the MyChildren MyBride tour dates with The Ghost Inside, For Today, Broadcast The Nightmare: More...
Nine Inch Nails Wraps Up 2008 Tour Dates
Nine Inch Nails has wrapped up their 2008 "Lights In The Sky" tour and frontman Trent Reznor has issued the following update:
"The LIGHTS IN THE SKY era has come to a close, and I'd like to once again thank you for your support. I am very proud of what we pulled off - it was an immense amount of work and worth it all.
"I'd like to thank Josh and Alessandro for being an integral part of this for the last few years and I wish them all the best.
"No rest for the wicked here, though. We start rehearsing the new band/format first thing next year and as I mentioned, we'll be announcing some final waves of dates. North America, UK/Europe, Pacific Rim and elsewhere.
"Oh yeah - we may have a small holiday gift for you soon. Check back."
Fight Breaks Out at Oceano Show; Video Available
Chicago deathcore metal band, OCEANO, are quickly gaining notoriety as the angriest band on the planet and now, it seems, their anger is starting to rub off onto their fans.
At the band's recent gig on December 10th at the Chenga 57 indoor skate park in Lorain, Ohio, the aptly-titled "Seasons Beatings" tour took a much more literal meaning. OCEANO got the crowd so worked up that a full-scale brawl erupted during the band's set, even forcing front-man ADAM WARREN to stop the band mid-song.
"Everyone was moshing and getting a little crazy - just like always;" says the former backyard wrestler. "There were these kids around the pit that kept getting hit and didn't like it too much, so they went after the kids who were hitting them. It kept going back and forth and more and more kids were getting involved each time." More...
Battlefields Posts New Song Online
BATTLEFIELDS have posted the new song "Quake and Flood" from their Translation Loss Records debut, "Thresholds Of Imbalance," which has a release date in late March 2009 here.
BATTLEFIELDS' Translation Loss Records debut, "Thresholds Of Imbalance," was recorded at The Devil's Workshop in Minnesota with drummer and engineering Rob Schmidt and was mastered by Nick Zampiello at New Alliance Audio. More...
3 Inches Of Blood Talks About Split w/ Roadrunner
MetalSucks recently caught up with 3 INCHES OF BLOOD vocalist Cam Pipes before their hometown show in Vancouver with BISON B.C. Pipes spoke about touring in support of the band's most recent record, the band's split with Roadrunner Records, writing new material, and what the future holds for 3 INCHES OF BLOOD. An excerpt follows:
MetalSucks: One of the major events this year is that you’ve split with Roadrunner records. What happened to that relationship between the label and the band?
Cam Pipes: It was time for them to decide if they were going to pick up the option for the next record. They didn’t and we’re happy about it because we didn’t really like being with that label. There was a lot of things inside the label that we didn’t like in terms of how they showed their support for us and how they pushed our band in the press. We really didn’t see eye to eye on a lot of things. They’re a really big corporate label now owned by Warner, so they’re moving strictly in a “We want to make money” direction and we weren’t putting up the numbers that they would have liked to see. We got dropped on the priority list time and time again and then they finally decided that it wasn’t economically viable to keep releasing this band. It's enabled us to be a lot more creative on where we want to go. We’re not tied down to a long term contract anymore, so we can go explore other options and hopefully we’ll be a little more free to do certain things with a label that’s a lot more focused to promote us in a better way and [is] more geared towards our style.
MetalSucks: Are you looking for a label right now or are you happy to be an unsigned touring band?
Cam Pipes: We started looking for labels right off the bat and we’re still weighing our options, but we think we might be getting close. I’m not going to give away any names of potential labels right now but something could happen soon. We’re going to keep writing either way. That was always our focus to just be writing around this time and putting out new songs.
Read the full article at MetalSucks.net.
High On Fire Signs To Koch Records
KOCH Records has announced the signing of critically-acclaimed heavy trio HIGH ON FIRE to its roster. The band just completed a run of West Coast dates and now will focus on writing the new CD that will be released in Summer 2009.
HIGH ON FIRE -- Matt Pike (guitar, vocals), Des Kensel (drums) and Jeff Matz (bass) --has released four critically acclaimed albums during its career, starting with their debut, "The Art of Self Defense," on the now defunct Man’s Ruin label. Their latest album, "Death Is This Communion," was released in 2007 and was produced by famed producer Jack Endino (Nirvana, Mudhoney).
Scott Givens, VP of Metal, says, “HIGH ON FIRE is one of the most important bands in the metal genre and we are extremely excited to be working with them.”
High on Fire performed on Gigantour 2008, alongside heavyweights Megadeth and KOCH recording artists In Flames, and recently wrapped up a tour with Opeth.
Blood Obsession Announces "Unrelenting" Details
New York death metal band, BLOOD OBSESSION, have just finished recording a four-song demo entitled, "Unrelenting."
The band comments, "The tracks will be mixed and mastered this week and should be available before Christ-mess. We are very pleased with the tracks and the slight new direction of the band."
The track listing for "Unrelenting" is as follows:
1. Unrelenting Vastness
2. Iron and Ash
3. Slaughter in Valhalla
4. Fuck me Father (For I have Sinned)
Chyme Signs To Innerstrength Records
Innerstrength Records has announced the addition of Washington, DC based grind/death band Chyme to their roster. The band will enter the studio in early-February to record their as-yet titled debut full-length. The album should surface in late-spring. For now, you can check out the band online here.
Whitechapel Interview Featured On HBB Podcast
Head over to Headbangers Blog to check out a new and exclusive interview with WHITECHAPEL guitarist Alex Wade as he discusses Gypsy stowaways, Christian Metal, and the Kiss of Deathcore.
Dream Evil Launches DVD Trailer, New Song Online
Swedish melodic metal band DREAM EVIL released "Gold Medal In Metal (Alive & Archive)," their first live-release as DVD and CD earlier this year. The set includes a comprehensive bonus-CD compilation of more than an hour of quality rare and unreleased studio tracks. The band has now released a brand-new trailer for this release, which can be viewed below (after the jump).
Furthermore, the title track of this release, "Gold Medal In Metal," which is one of the many previously unreleased studio tracks included on the "Bronze Medal" disc has been launched on the band's MySpace page. "Gold Medal In Metal" was originally written and recorded as part of the sessions for the classic album "The Book Of Heavy Metal."
The double-CD, with a laying time of over 2 hours, and the special DVD version (playing time of the DVD is over 100 minutes and both audio CD's are included in this package as well) are a complete guide into the vaults of DREAM EVIL
Currently, DREAM EVIL is working on material for a new studio album and guitarist / producer Fredrik Nordström checks in with a short status report and end-of-the-year message:
"We are right now writing songs for the next album with the working title "In The Night". I believe that the release date will be before Summer of next year. As usual will we prepare approximately 30 songs and take the 15 best for recording. We will enter the studio on December 8th to start recording 4-5 songs and then continue in. Other than that, I can tell you that the DREAM EVIL camp now has 11 kids in total (MINI EVIL will start touring 2020, haha) and 2 of them are not even one year old, so we will have to wait some more before we can do longer tours again, but those who are waiting for some good stuff shall not remain waiting for too long. Consequently we are working on some shorter tours and festival appearances around the planet. So have a heavy metal fistmas and a sloppy new year!!!"
Expect more updates and activity by DREAM EVIL soon in 2009, as also the following live shows have already been confirmed: More...
Shadows of Dawn Posts New Song, "Envy," Online
NJ thrashers, Shadows of Dawn, have uploaded a brand new track, "Envy," from their forthcoming album "Of Death and Ruin" onto their MySpace page.
Interview
An Interview With Maegashira Vocalist JJ Koczan
New Jersey area doom metal outfit Maegashira have just recently hooked up with Spare Change Records to record their full length debut album, "The Stark Arctic," which will be released in January of 2009. Maegashira's vocalist JJ Koczan took some time to answer questions about the new album and where the band is headed next. More...
Mountain Mirrors Releases 3 Albums For Free
Mountain Mirrors founder Jeff Sanders has just announced that all three of the Mountain Mirrors LP’s, "Dreadnought," "Lunar Ecstasy" and the self-titled "Mountain Mirrors," are now available for free download at Jamendo.com, an influential international platform for downloading free and legal music. Speaking about this new offering Sanders states "Jamendo is awesome. It's got a great vibe... for an independent artist with almost no radio airplay or live shows, Creative Commons is crucial. And Jamendo makes it easy for people to download (and share) music with a clear conscience."
Mountain Mirrors started in 2003. Their self-proclaimed "Heavy Acoustic" genre blends the progressive psych-rock sounds of Porcupine Tree or Damnation-era Opeth with Dylen-esque folk lyrics and psychedelic vibes.
You can download the albums via the following links:
Mountain Mirrors as described by founder Jeff Sanders is “Heavy acoustic music from the wood of Massachusetts.” Musical influences range from Led Zeppelin to Opeth to Portishead as well as unexplained phenomena like Karma, ghosts and the afterlife.
The "I, Lucitour" International Tour Announced
The "I, Lucitour" international tour featuring DESTROY THE RUNNER (USA), MAINLINE (ITA) and Evita (UK; UK dates only) has been announced. The latest tour dates are as follows:
January 13 READING (UK) @ FACEBAR + EVITA
January 14 STOKE ON TRENT (UK) @ SUGARMIL
January 15 BIRMINGHAM (UK) @ EDDIE'S ROCK CLUB
January 16 PETERBOROUGH (UK) @ THE PARK
January 17 SWANSEA (UK) @ SINCITY
January 18 BRIGHTON (UK) @ ENGINE ROOM
January 19 CANTERBURY (UK) @ FARMHOUSE
January 20 GENT (BEL) @ THE FRONTLINE
January 21 TRIER (GER) @ EX HAUS
January 22 BOLOGNA (ITA) @ EX TIRO' + DUFRESNE
January 23 TURIN (ITA) @ FABRIK
January 24 DESSAU (GER) @ BEATCLUB
January 25 BERLIN (GER) @ K17
January 27 FRANKFURT (GER) @ NACHTLEBEN
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