Guns N Roses Uploader Kevin Cogill To Be Sentenced

Los Angeles resident Kevin Cogill is to be sentenced to up to a year in prison and a $100,000 fine following his illegal upload of Guns N' Roses' latest album.

Cogill uploaded nine new tracks from Guns N' Roses album Chinese Democracy - over four months prior to the album's official release in November.

"I think the internet affords a level of anonymity to people that lulls them into believing that what they are doing is either not criminal or beyond the reach of the law," US attorney Craig Missakian said on the sentencing. "But that's certainly not the case."

Cogill is currently out on bail.

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Stream In Flames' "A Sense Of Purpose" Online

Swedish metallers, IN FLAMES have issued the following update:

"Haven’t heard the new In Flames album A Sense Of Purpose yet? If you haven’t get your ass over to this location and you can for a limited time hear the complete album!"

In Flames' tour schedule is currently as follows:

2/7 - Monterrey, Mexico - Café Iguana
2/8 - Mexico City, Mexico - Circo Volador
2/10 - Bogota, Colombia - Teatro Metro
2/12 - Santiago, Chile - Blondie
2/14 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - The End
2/21 - Brisbane, Australia - RNA Showgrounds
2/22 - Sydney, Australia - TBC
2/27 - Melbourne, Australia - Melbourne Showgrounds
2/28 - Adelaide, Australia - Bonython Park
3/2 - Perth, Australia - Steel Blue Oval
3/4 - Tokyo, Japan - Blitz
3/5 - Tokyo, Japan - Blitz
3/6 - Osaka, Japan - Namba Hatch

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Ihsahn To Support Opeth On Norwegian Tour

IHSAHN will support OPETH on their upcoming Norwegian live performances arranged by Rikskonsertene/Statnett.

Ihsahn had this to say about the live dates:

"I've been getting quite a few live-offers for my solo stuff, but haven't found time to prioritize this until now. I feel this is an opportunity to try out the material live on my home-ground and to travel with a great band like Opeth while doing it."

Here are the tour dates:

Tuesday 10th of March - Oslo, Rockefeller?
Wednesday 11th of March - Trondheim, Samfundet?
Thursday 12th of March - Volda, Rokken?
Friday 13th of March - Sogndal, Meieriet?
Saturday 14th of March - Bergen, USF Verftet?
Sunday 15th of March - Stavanger, Folken?
Wednesday 18th March - Drammen, Union Scene

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Barricade Seeks New Bassist

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania hardcore band Barricade (Eulogy Recordings) is currently in search of a new bassist. According to the group, "We're looking for a serious person... somebody who wants to play loud and fast, tour, have fun and is fun to be around. We would prefer anyone looking is 21 or over but that's not gonna make or break the deal. If you're looking or know someone who is, get at us and we will fill you in with all the details."

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Hacride Posts New Album Teaser Online

French Metal band HACRIDE has just posted a video teaser on the band's Myspace site (viewable below), taken straight out from the studio where they're recording the follow up to the much acclaimed "Amoeba."

The yet untitled album is to be released through Listenable Records in spring 2009. More...

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Enemy Of The Sun Announces Festival Appearances

Enemy Of The Sun has announced two festival appearances for 2009, including the Winterbreath Festical and Queens of Metal Festival. The dates are as follows:

03.01. D-Strullendorf, Winterbreath-Festival
19.06. D-Kleinwenkheim, Queens Of Metal-Festival

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The End To Reissue Sigh's "Imaginary Sonicscape"

Since their inception in 1990, Japanese metal act SIGH has continued to push boundaries with each and every release. Often labeled as a black metal band, SIGH’s music has been and continues to be inspired by varied styles besides Black Metal including '80s thrash, classical, jazz, '60s/'70s rock and more.

January 20th, 2009 brings the reissuing through THE END RECORDS of "Imaginary Sonicscape," originally on Century Media (2001). Included on the album, remastered by James Murphy, will be bonus tracks, extended versions of songs and a previously unreleased track.

"Imaginary Sonicscape" features a liberal serving of vintage keyboards such as Minimoog, Hohner Clavinet, Fender Rhodes and so on, and was planned, explains bandleader Mirai Kawashima, as "something you should smoke to. The music does not belong to any country or any era. It's a 100% imaginary world and this is the most psychedelic and exotic album Sigh to date."

"For the original release in 2001," Mirai continues, "we removed 'Voices' and cut 'Bring Back the Dead' short, but this time around we've decided to return to the original plan by adding these and 'Born Condemned Criminal,' which was only on the Japanese release originally, so now Imaginary Soniscape has become a nearly-80-minute trip to hell!"

The cover artwork was done by Stephen O'Malley (Sunn O))), Southern Lord Records) and the lyrics to 'Nietzschean Conspiracy' were written by Bård Eithun (Blood Tsunami, ex-Emperor).

Here is the tracklisting for Sigh's reissued "Imaginary Sonicscape": More...

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