Defeated Sanity New Album Info

UK based label Grindethic Records has set a February, 2007 release for the sophomore album by German death metallers DEFEATED SANITY.

Psalms Of The Moribund contains the band's heaviest material yet and adds more brutal slamming elements and progressive compositions into the mix of flawlessly technical death metal. The crushing production courtesy of Jörg Uken at Soundlodge Studios (Rhauderfehn, Germany) has been mastered by Robbe K of DISAVOWED.

The album cover artwork was drawn by German artist Ray and coloured by Grindethic's own mercenary Tom.

Psalms Of The Moribund features the following tracklisting: 'Stoned Then Defiled', 'Fatal Self Inflicted Disfigurement', 'Prelude To The Tragedy', 'Hideously Disembodied', 'Butchered Identity', 'Psalms Of The Moribund', 'Engorged With Humiliation' ( link ) 'Arousal Through Punishment', 'Artifacts Of Desolation'.

The band has been joined by bassist Jacob Schmidt (CEREBRIC TURMOIL) to complete a five-piece lineup for the recording, which is now as follows: Wolfgang Teske (guitar), Lille Gruber (drums), Jens Staschel (vocals), Christian Kühn (guitar), Jacob Schmidt (bass).

The group released it's debut album, Prelude To The Tragedy, in 2004 via Grindethic Records.

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Animosity To Record New Album In April

Now home following their tour with Napalm Death et al, Animosity has begun work on their next album, titled "Animal." In April the group is scheduled to enter Godcity studios in Salem, MA with Kurt Ballou to record a new album for Black Market Activities.

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Skindred Set To Record New Album

Skindred recently completed their sold-out "Jungle Bells" headline tour. The band will now get ready to head back to the US and enter Bieler Bros. Studios in the upcoming weeks to record their as of yet untitled sophomore album with producer Matt Squire(Panic! At The Disco, Thrice).

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Gwynbleidd Live Video Posted Online

A video of Gwynbleidd's recent performance on December 15th, 2006 at North Six (Brooklyn, NY) has been posted on YouTube. The video features a new song "Stormcalling" - due to appear on the future debut full length release "Nostalgia", due out second half of 2007. The video can be seen here (or below). More...

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Inocculta Announce New Vocalist

Inocculta have announced the arrival of Martin Favresse on vocals. You can find the updated line-up in the members section here. The line-up being at last complete, Inocculta is looking for concert dates. Interested parties should contact the band here.

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UVTV Video Interview Of Celtic Frost Online

Celtic Frost guitarist and singer Tom Gabriel Fischer spoke with UVTV (Underground Video Television) in November on the band’s tour stop in Binghamton NY. The result is an in depth video interview feature “In Their Own Words” in which Tom expresses his feelings & views on a number of topics including the formation of Celtic Frost, how his childhood & upbringing has shaped his life, the reformation of Celtic Frost after they had disbanded, the intensity of their shows & fans, his feelings about the influence of Celtic Frost on both their fans and other artists, the making of their latest Century Media release “Monotheist”, and in a UVTV exclusive Tom reveals the possibility of Celtic Frost making 2 live DVD’s.

Tom spoke candidly and emotionally about his troubled childhood and upbringing and how that inspired him to create Celtic Frost and express himself through his music. “We were slaves from the society that we hated . . . slaves to the system . . . little kids that had no other outlet than our music” Tom explains. He goes on to say that “because of our radical backgrounds that is why our music became so radical as well”. Speaking on the making of “Monotheist” Tom states “We created everything - we hired a Producer, we did the artwork . . . we wanted to have full control”. Tom goes on later to give advice to young bands. Based on his experience he suggests “retain as much control as you can in everything on every level from the artwork to the music, the merchandising, who is going to be the producer, the studio . . . everything . . . that takes a lot of courage . . . you know what you sound like nobody else does . . . . don’t give up the control”.

Speaking on the influence Celtic Frost has had over the years Tom is humbled. “It’s a huge honor for us . . . it feels very strange for me that other big bands would quote us as an influence. It seems so incomprehensible.” He then goes on to talk about his childhood in great detail & how that shaped him, his ideals & goals as he matured into an adult seeking to express that upbringing in his music. “Celtic Frost was my escape from the society I hated killing animals, destroying the planet, polluting the air, fighting wars, lying to each other, everything I detest. Celtic Frost became my own little revolution, my own world, total extreme metal”.

While touching on a myriad of other topics during the video interview Tom also spoke about the Celtic Frost body of work thus far and revealed ambitious plans to make 2 live DVD’s. “This is a very ambitious band this is what Celtic Frost is all about. If we cease to be ambitious then we cease to have a reason to exist”. He continues, “If everything goes according to plan there will be 2 live DVD’s. There no guarantee that either will be realized . . . but if we can it will be 2 live DVD’s like nothing that exists right now. We want to do something special like our albums”. Tom declined to extrapolate further about the DVD project stating that “we are scared somebody will steal the ideas” and that “not even the director that we are talking to knows what it’s all about”.

The band will be touring Japan in early 2007 followed by a full European tour, some festivals, then plans to return to North America and perhaps South America. Tom added “All the while we’ll be working on the next album”.

The full 11-plus minute video interview feature “In Their Own Words” can be viewed at the UVTV (Underground Video Television) website.

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Destruction Remake Song "Mad Butcher"

Candlelight Records USA has posted DESTRUCTION's remake of their classic ‘Mad Butcher’ to the label's official MySpace site. Bring your browser to http://www.myspace.com/candlelightrecordsusa for a listen.

‘Mad Butcher’ comes from the band's forthcoming “Thrash Anthems” album, set to hit US stores on January 23. Alongside 12 other remakes, “Thrash Anthems” contains two brand new songs, ‘Deposition/Your Heads Will Roll’ and ‘Profanity’.

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Napalm Death Explain NYC Show Cancellation

Napalm Death have posted the following message explaining why their show on Dec. 21st at the Knitting Factory in New York City was cancelled:

"hey guys,many,many apologies for the show being cancelled. basically acording to the kniting factory they had had a few shows in recent weeks which had resulted in people getting seriously hurt. because of these events they decided to cancell the next few weeks of hardcore/metal shows untill the recent events reach an outcome. so very sorry for that as we were looking forward to the show, hopefully we will be back over soon"

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Sonata Arctica Announce 2007 Tour Dates

Sonata Arctica have announced a slew of North American tour dates for the new year. Dates announced so far take place September through October. Dates include a performance at the ProgPower festival held each year in Atlanta, Georgia.

September 16 - Los Angeles, CA @ Key Club
September 17 - Santa Ana, CA @ Galaxy Theater
September 21 - Chicago, IL @ The Metro
September 22 - Detroit, MI @ Harpo's
September 23 - Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's
September 24 - Toronto, ON @ Opera House
September 27 - Montreal, QC @ The Medley
September 28 - Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance
September 29 - Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
September 30 - New York, NY @ B.B. King Blues Club
October 2 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Trocadero
October 3 - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
October 5 - Atlanta, GA @ ProgPower USA VIII
October 9 - Houston, TX @ The Meridian

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