Comeback Kid and Raised Fist Euro Tour Dates

Comeback Kid and Raised Fist will tour Europe together next spring. The following stops have been announced (more will be coming):

28/04 Germany Berlin Magnet
29/04 Belgium Meerhout Groezrock Fest
30/04 Germany Trier Deconstruction Fest
01/05 UK Manchester Jilly's Rockworld
02/05 UK London Underworld
05/05 Germany Leipzig Conne Island
06/05 Germany Münster Sputnikhalle

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Bled Across Miles and Lilu Dallas Tour Dates

Bled Across Miles and Lilu Dallas will touring the East Coast briefly beginning this week. Here are the dates:

12/28 Sterling, VA @ Sterling Safety Center
12/29 Virginia Beach, VA @ Peppermint Beach Club
12/30 Pulaski, VA @ Y.M.C.A.
12/31 Kernersville, NC @ Creations Skatepark
1/4 TBA
1/5 Huntington, WV @ HYAMP
1/6 Cumberland, MD @ Aherns Arcade
1/7 Lancaster, PA @ American Legion

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Cursed Announce Canadian Tour Dates

Cursed have lined up a handful of January dates in Canada. Here are the tour dates:

1/06 Montreal @ Sala Rossa w/ Cancer Bats
1/07 Ottawa @ Cafe DuKuf w/ Cancer Bats
1/06 Kingston @ Scherzo w/ Cancer Bats
1/13 Guelph @ Shadow w/ Cancer Bats
1/14 Brantford @ Ford Plant w/ The Gorgeous
1/15 St. Catherines @ L'3 w/ Cancer Bats, The Gorgeous
1/20 London @ Whippit Lounge w/ Aggression Festival
1/21 Peterborough w/ The Gorgeous
1/22 Oshawa @ Dungeon w/ Cancer Bats, The Gorgeous

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Nasum's Mieszko Talarczyk: One Year Later

Nasum's Mieszko Talarczyk: One Year Later

NASUM drummer Anders Jakobson has posted the following message on the group's official web site:

"Today [Dec. 26] I went to Mieszko's [Talarczyk, NASUM guitarist/vocalist, victim of the Southeast Asian tsunami] grave to light a candle and give him the first 200 messages from the fans and friends and his copy of 'Grind Finale'.

"I am not sure how things are in the rest of the world but the tsunami disaster struck very hard on Sweden and there are memorial services all over. One of the national TV channels has devoted the whole day to the one year aniversary, so there is really no escape from everything.

"I read all the messages before I printed them out and my tears flooded. Thank you very much for the kind words. At the grave I spoke to Mieszko for the first time. I haven't felt that it's been the sane thing to do the other times I've been there, but today I showed him 'Grind Finale' and said, 'Here it is, our last record.' and ended up crying a little bit. The first time since the funeral that I've been crying at the grave.

"As you can see on the pictures the grave is still missing a proper tombstone and I know that it's been ordered but currently the ground is frozen so they have to wait until spring to get it there."

You can view some photos at this location.

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The Gathering South American, Mexican Tour Dates

Holland's THE GATHERING have lined up the following South American/Mexican tour dates in March 2006:

Mar. 06 - Buenos Aires, ARG @ ND Ateneo
Mar. 07 - Buenos Aires, ARG @ ND Ateneo
Mar. 08 - Santiago, CHL @ Teatro Caupolican
Mar. 10 - Mexico City, MEX @ Circo Volador
Mar. 11 - Monterrey, MEX @ Cafe Iguana
Mar. 12 - Guadalajara, MEX @ Hard Rock Live

As previously reported, THE GATHERING will play the following German dates in April 2006:

Apr. 19 - Hamburg, GER - Markthalle
Apr. 20 - Bochum, GER - Zeche
Apr. 21 - Aschaffenburg, GER - Colos-Saal
Apr. 22 - Berlin, GER - Columbia Club
Apr. 23 - Nürnberg, GER - Hirsch

THE GATHERING recently entered the studio to commence work on their ninth studio album. For this recording the band has built a professional homemade studio inside an old church in the small town of Maurik, located in the south of Holland. With the help of producer Attie Bauw (producer of the band's 1998 effort, "How to Measure a Planet?") the band plans to work there for a month before heading to Bauw's studio to mix and master the music. The CD is scheduled to surface sometime in the spring on the band's own label Psychonaut Records (available on The End Records in North America).

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Re:Ignition Recording Debut Album

RE:IGNITION guitarist Steev Esquivel (also of SKINLAB) has issued the following update:

"We are currently recording our debut album, 'Empty Heart Loaded Gun'. Things have been going great! With drums having been complete for a while now, things are starting to take shape. Snake [also guitarist in SKINLAB] is nearly complete with all 14 songs. The bass tones he and Kent Matcke [METALLICA, STABBING WESTWARD] have gotten are just phenomenal! Snake has really taken the time to focus on his bass tone — as well as technique...can you say BULLFRog, ohhh, yeah!

"Guitars have been coming along too. We've spent the better part getting tones, trying out different amp combinations and dealing with sneaky Mexican radio feedback, haha, when trying to split the amps! We've since taken care of all that and have been moving forward with guitar-tracking, which by the way is coming out slammin'! Tim [Howell; ex-FUELED, SACRILEGE B.C.] and I have really done our homework and are coming in the most prepared we've ever been. The guitar tones are sounding great, just straight-up heavy as hell! Dave [Moore; ex-MINDBENDER) will be coming in next week to begin tracking his guitars as well as getting started on vocals.... YES!!

"We can't wait to get this album done and share it with everyone. People are gonna be surprised by this record, straight up! Some cool label announcements coming
soon... daaaaang, we're so close, I can taste it.

"Oh yeah, come check us out January 13 with our buds THE MERCY CLINIC and DECONSTRUCT at The Pheonix Theatre, Petaluma. Also January 31st at House Of Blues (more details TBA)."

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Winds Complete Vocals On New CD

WINDS vocalist Lars Eric Si has issued a short update on the progress of the band's forthcoming album. The as-yet-untitled CD, which will surface in 2006 via The End Records, is the follow-up to 2004's "The Imaginary Direction Of Time".

"We're now done with most of the vocals and, in my opinion, they sound great. (Of course — I'm the singer...)," he writes. "There are some small 'details' left, but I can promise, here and now, hand on my heart, that the new album will be mind-blowingly different from the previous WINDS albums in its complexity both in vocal lines and vocal styles."

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The Fall Of Troy Plan 2006 Headlining Tour

The Fall Of Troy will embark upon their first headlining tour in late-January and February. Here are the dates that have been confirmed thus far:

1/26 San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit w/ The Jonbenet
1/28 Memphis, TN @ The Complex w/ The Jonbenet
2/2 Virginia Beach, VA @ Peppermint Beach Club w/ The Number 12 Looks Like You
2/6 Wilkes-Barre, PA @ Cafe Metropolis w/ The Number 12 Looks Like You
2/8 New York, NY @ Continental w/ Anterrabae
2/9 New York, NY @ Continental w/ Anterrabae
2/11 Latham, NY @ Saratoga Winners w/ Anterrabae
2/13 Buffalo, NY @ Buffalo Icon
2/16 Indianapolis, IN @ Emerson Theater w/ Blackout Pact
2/18 DeKalb, IL @ House Cafe w/ Since By Man
2/20 Iowa City, IA @ Gabe's Oasis w/ Blackout Pact
2/21 Omaha, NE @ Sokol Underground w/ Blackout Pact
2/22 Colorado Springs, CO @ Black Sheep w/ Blackout Pact

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Death Threat and Palehorse Plan Split CD

Death Threat and Palehorse have announced plans to collaborate for a split CD release. Death Threat will enter the studio in January to record their material and the effort is slated for a spring 2006 release via Spook City Records.

As previously reported, Palehorse guitarist John Tamas passed away this summer on July 25, 2005.

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First Bands For Inferno Fest Announced

Norway's renowned Inferno festival will be held in Oslo on April 13-15, 2006. The organizers have posted the following update:

Friday February 3rd is the day that we will have our annual kick off party and announce the full lineup. The kick off will be held at John Dee in Oslo and the tickets cost 200 NOK.

Performing live will be a horde of musicians from bands like Immortal, Satyricon, Aura Noir, Enslaved, Susperia, Dimmu Borgir, Pagans Mind, and Zyklon. They will play songs from influential bands such as W.A.S.P, Slayer, Accept, Iron Maiden, Sepultura, Mötley Crue, Twisted Sister, Pantera, Bathory, Celtic Frost, Venom, Mötorhead, Kreator, Testament, Anthrax and more.

There will also be a kick off party in Trondheim the same day. More information on this will follow shortly.

In addition, Borknagar, Witchcraft and Endstille will appear alongside already announced Emperor, Marduk and Bolt Thrower.

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Lacuna Coil Finish New Album

Italy's LACUNA COIL have confirmed on their official web site that the recording, mixing, and mastering of their forthcoming album, "Karmacode", is complete. The CD is tentatively scheduled for release in early April via Century Media Records. The highly anticipated follow-up to 2002's "Comalies" was co-produced once again by Waldemar Sorychta and was mixed by Ronald Prent (RAMMSTEIN, H.I.M., IRON MAIDEN). Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "What I See", "Fragile", "In Visible Light", "Fragments of Faith", "Within Me" and "Our Truth".

In a recent interview with Decibel magazine, LACUNA COIL frontwoman Cristina Scabbia had the following to say about the upcoming CD: More...

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