Metal News for July 16, 2005
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18 news articles posted on this day.
Ill Nino Post Song & Album Art Online
A brand-new ILL NINO track, entitled "This Is War", is available for download from Roadrun.com.
"This Is War" comes off the group's new album, "One Nation Underground", due on September 27 via Roadrunner Records.
The follow-up to 2003's "Confessions", "One Nation Underground" (view cover here) was produced by Scrap 60 (ANTHRAX, ILL NINO, CRADLE OF FILTH, BLEEDING THROUGH). The track listing for the CD is as follows:
01. This Is War
02. My Resurrection
03. What You Deserve
04. La Liberacion Of Our Awakening
05. Turns To Gray
06. All I Ask For
07. De La Vida
08. Corazon Of Mine
09. Everything Beautiful
10. In This Moment
11. My Pleasant Torture
12. Violent Saint
13. Red Rain
The album's first single, "What You Deserve", is expected to go for radio adds around August 29.
ILL NINO will be supporting DISTURBED on a six-week North American tour beginning on August 3 in Ventura, California.
Clip Of New Disturbed Song Stricken Available
A 34-second sample of the new DISTURBED single, "Stricken", has been made available for streaming at this location (Real Media).
"Stricken" is scheduled to go for radio adds around July 25. The song is the first single off the group's upcoming third album, "Ten Thousand Fists", due on September 20 via Reprise. The album features the debut of new bassist John Moyer (ex-THE UNION UNDERGROUND).
As previously reported, Todd McFarlane will be creating the album cover for "Ten Thousand Fists". Aside from creating the wildly popular comic book character Spawn, McFarlane also designed the album cover for KORN 's "Follow the Leader" as well as the video for "Freak on a Leash" and PEARL JAM 's "Do the Evolution".
DISTURBED recently made a song called "Guarded" from their upcoming third album available online at both the iTunes store and myspace.com/disturbedofficial. DISTURBED frontman David Draiman told Launch that "Guarded" was released to give fans a taste of the band's new effort. "'Guarded' was put out there to just whet everybody's appetite. It's one of the more aggressive tracks on the record, just to remind everybody where we came from and who we are. Kind of give back to the core a little bit. It's a song that reflects what choosing this life forces certain people to do in a certain way — you have to remain guarded on a certain level."
The album's title track has been tapped to appear in the next NFL Madden video game.
DISTURBED will begin a six-week North American tour with ILL NINO and 10 YEARS in early August. The band will also headline the Jagermeister Music Tour in November, followed by the Music As A Weapon III trek in 2006.
DISTURBED 's debut album, "The Sickness" (2000) has sold 3,422,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
New Fear Factory Song Clip Posted Online
FEAR FACTORY have reportedly selected "Supernova" as the first single from their upcoming album, "Transgression", due on August 23 via Calvin Records, an imprint of Liquid 8 Records. A 45-second audio sample of "Supernova", which features a guest appearance by former FAITH NO MORE bassist Billy Gould, is available at this location (Real Media).
FEAR FACTORY entered Track Record Studios in North Hollywood, California on May 5 with producer Toby Wright (ALICE IN CHAINS, KORN, SOULFLY) to begin recording the follow-up to last year's "Archetype". Included on "Transgression" is "New Promise", which was co-written with Mark Morton of LAMB OF GOD.
"Transgression" track listing:
01. 540,000 Degrees Fahrenheit
02. Transgression
03. Spinal Compression
04. Contagion
05. Empty Vision
06. Echo Of My Scream
07. Supernova
08. New Promise
09. I Will Follow
10. Millennium (KILLING JOKE cover)
11. Moment of Impact
12. Empire (bonus track for Best Buy only)
New Sevendust Song Clip Available Online
A 38-second audio sample of the new SEVENDUST single, entitled "Ugly", has been posted online at this location (Real Media).
"Ugly" is the first single off SEVENDUST's upcoming fifth album, "Next", due on October 11 via 7Bros./WineDark Records. The song, which is scheduled to go for radio adds on August 8, was described by drummer Morgan Rose in a recent MTV.com interview as a mixed bag with a "huge chorus, broken-down verses and really heavy bridges."
"Next" marks the recording debut with the band of new guitarist Sonny Mayo (ex-AMEN/SNOT). Mayo joined SEVENDUST earlier this year as the replacement for Clint Lowery, who left the group mid-tour in December, citing "personal issues." Lowery has since become a full-time member of DARK NEW DAY, the new "supergroup" also featuring Brett Hestla (ex-CREED, VIRGOS MERLOT) on vocals, Will Hunt (ex-SKRAPE, TOMMY LEE) on drums, Clint's brother Corey Lowery (ex-STEREOMUD, STUCK MOJO) on bass, and Troy McLawhorn (ex-DOUBLE DRIVE) on guitar.
"Next" is the follow-up to "Seasons", which sold a respectable 68,000 copies in its first week of release back in October 2003 to land at position No. 14 on The Billboard 200.
WineDark Records is distributed in the U.S. by Fontana Distribution, a division of Universal Music and Video Distribution (UMVD). SEVENDUST's last four albums were issued through TVT Records.
More Dates Added To Upcoming Chimaira Tour
Chimaira have filled out the gaps in their upcoming tour with Six Feet Under, All That Remains and 3 Inches Of Blood. Here are the complete tour dates:
Aug. 03 Nashville, TN - Exit / In
Aug. 04 New Orleans, LA - TwiRoPa
Aug. 05 Houston, TX - Engine Room
Aug. 06 San Antonio, TX - White Rabbit
Aug. 08 Lawrence, KS - Granada Theatre
Aug. 09 Des Moines, IA - Hairy Mary's
Aug. 10 Milwaukee, WA - The Eagles Club
Aug. 12 Cincinnati, OH - Bogarts
Aug. 13 Bellefontaine, OH - Zane Shawneed Caverns
Aug. 14 Towson, MD - Recher Theatre
Aug. 15 Charleston, WV - The Sound Factory
Aug. 16 Millvale, PA - Mr. Smalls Theatre
Aug. 18 New Haven, CT - Toad's Place
Aug. 20 Providence, RI - The Living Room
Aug. 21 Burlington, VT - Higher Ground
Aug. 22 Portland, ME - The Station
Aug. 24 Charlotte, NC - Tremont Music Hall
Aug. 27 Jacksonville Beach, FL - Freebird Cafe
Aug. 27 Tampa, FL - Masquerade
Aug. 28 Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room
Chimaira will release their new self-titled album through Roadrunner on August 09th.
ETID, The Red Chord Tour Dates Announced
The first batch of dates for the Everytime I Die, High on Fire, The Red Chord, The Chariot tour have been revealed:
Sept. 07 Poughkeepsie, NY The Chance
Sept. 08 New York City, NY Irving Plaza
Sept. 09 Worcester, MA The Palladium
Sept. 10 Philadelphia, PA TLA
Sept. 12 Towson, MD Recher Theatre
Sept. 13 Richmond, VA Alley Katz
Sept. 15 Nashville, TN Rocketown
Sept. 16 Atlanta, GA Masquerade Atlanta
Sept. 17 Tampa, FL Masquerade Tampa
Judas Priest Announce 1st Dates Of 2nd Leg Of Tour
Judas Priest has announced the first dates for the second leg of their North American tour:
Sept. 24 Burgettstown, PA - Post Gazette Pavilion
Sept. 25 Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center
Sept. 27 Champaign, IL - Assembly Hall
Sept. 28 Rockford, IL - Rockford Metrocentre
Sept. 29 Kalamazoo, MI - Wings Stadium
Oct. 01 Milwaukee, WI - Cellular Center
Oct. 02 Moline, IL - The Mark of the Quad Cities
Oct. 09 Atlantic City, MJ - Borgata Casino & Spa
Oct. 11 Poughkeepsie, NY - Mid Hudson Civic Center
Oct. 12 Montreal, QUE - Bell Centre
Oct. 14 Ottawa, ONT - Corell Centre
Oct. 15 London, ONT - John Labatt Centre
Oct. 18 Winnipeg, MAN - MTS Centre
Oct. 20 Edmonton, AB - Rexall Place
Oct. 21 Calgary, AB - Pengrowth Saddledome
Oct. 23 Vancouver, BC - Pacific Coliseum
Oct. 28 Kelseyville, CA - Konocti Harbor Resort & Spa
Oct. 29 Los Angeles, CA - Gibson Amphitheatre
Oct. 30 San Diego, CA - SDSU Open Air Theatre or San Diego Sports Arena
Nov. 01 Tucson, AZ - Anselmo Valencia Amphitheatre
Corrosion Of Conformity To Tour UK In Fall
Corrosion of Conformity has announced a bunch of fall tour dates in the UK:
Sept. 25 Stoke - Sugarmill
Sept. 26 Oxford - Zodiac
Sept. 28 Portsmouth - Wedgwood Rooms
Sept. 29 Nottingham - Rock City
Sept. 30 Glasgow, UK - King Tut's
Oct. 01 Birmingham - Academy 2
Oct. 03 Liverpool - Uni
Oct. 04 Manchester - Uni
Oct. 06 London, UK - Islington Academy
Nightwish To End World Tour In Helsinki, Finland
Nightwish has announced that they will end their 1.5-year-long Once Upon a Tour world tour at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland on October 21. The supporting band is Sonata Arctica and special guest is John Two-Hawks. The concert will be filmed on DVD and will be directed by Antti Jokinen. Tickets will be on sale starting July 25 through Lippupalvelu (www.lippupalvelu.fi) and Menolippu (www.menolippu.fi).
Other upcoming Nightwish tour dates: More...
Children Of Bodom Cover Britney Spears
According to Children of Bodom fansite Scythes-of-Bodom.com, the surprise track on the band's upcoming single, "In Your Face" (to be released August 17), will be a cover of Britney Spears' "Oops I Did It Again." Tracklisting for the single:
01. In Your Face
02. Oops I Did It Again
03. In Your Face (censored version)
Two cover songs were recorded during the "Are You Dead Yet?" session. The second cover song will be used as a bonus track for the Japanese version of the album.
Children of Bodom's upcoming album, "Are You Dead Yet?" will be released September 14 in Finland and September 19 in the rest of the world. Tracklisting for the album is as follows: More...
Extol Added to Opeth's European Tour
Opeth have announced that Extol would be the opening band for their upcoming European tour in September. Tour dates are as follows:
Sept. 06 Birmingham, UK - Academy
Sept. 07 Manchester, UK - Academy
Sept. 08 London, UK - Meanfiddler
Sept. 09 Antwerp, Belgium - Hof Ter Lo
Sept. 10 Koln, Germnay - Underground
Sept. 11 Tilberg, Netherlands - 013
Sept. 13 Paris, France - Locomotive
Sept. 14 Amsterdam - Melkweg
Sept. 15 Essen, Germany - Zeche Carl
Sept. 16 Berlin, Germany - Columbia Club
Sept. 17 Hamburg, Germany - Grunspan
Sept. 18 Malmo, Sweden - KB
Sept. 19 Oslo, Norway - Rockefeller
Sept. 20 Goteborg, Sweden - Sticky Fingers
Sept. 21 Stockholm, Sweden - Klubben
Sept. 23 Helsinki, Finland - Tavastia
Sept. 24 Helsinki, Finland - Tavastia
Sept. 25 Helsinki, Finland - Nosturi
Opeth are currently on the Sounds of the Underground Tour with Lamb of God.
In Flames Revamp Website, Excited About Ozzfest
The official In Flames has been revamped. Check it out here.
In other news, IF bassist, Peter Iwers, has posted this message on the website regarding the first Ozzfest show:
Hey all! We just started this whole roundtrip with the Ozzfest and the first show was yesterday!
Wow, we really had a blast , I'm really looking forward to the next shows as well...
I was a bit worried that people wouldn't get over to our stage in time, but once we hit the stage I was fine, everybody seemed to know about the fact that we'll start a few minutes early on every ozzfest and got over from the 2:nd stage in time for our show....great crowd too!!!!
Added a few pictures of me and Jepser doing a walkabout in Glens Falls here, enjoy and I'll talk to u soon at my corner...cheers / Peter
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Combatmusicradio.com (KMBT) Launched
Scott Kelly - a founding member of psychedelic hardcore band Neurosis - and Christopher Moeschl together have founded and launched Combatmusicradio.com, a new website born of a passion for heavy music and blood sports.
The first offering from Combatmusicradio.com (KMBT) is a weekly pre-recorded radio show called “The Show,” hosted by Kelly, focusing on past and present underground metal, punk, and noise, and news and interviews pertaining to blood sports. “The Show,” in addition to streaming, is available as a weekly podcast. The site also features written columns about music and blood sports.
“The goal of combatmusicradio.com is to create a platform where we can bring these two worlds together,” said Kelly.
A Reviews column deals exclusively with music-related items such as record reviews and live reviews, while the Blood Sports section offers news and reviews of events and athletes. Eugene Robinson, a practicing fighter who has been involved in the fight game for a number of years and has previously written for “Grappling” magazine pens the Damage Ink monthly column, focusing on NHB, mixed martial arts, and street fighting. Superjoint Ritual vocalist Phil Anselmo, an encyclopedia of boxing knowledge, is covering the sport for the site.
“Our ultimate goal with KMBT radio is too be streaming audio 24/7,” said Kelly. “We will also be looking for people who would like to contribute their own work to our programming.”
Chevelle Drummer Says Bassist Didn't Like Touring
Launch Radio Networks reports: CHEVELLE drummer Sam Loeffler called Launch from the road to set the record straight on why he and singer/guitarist Pete Loeffler parted ways with their brother, bassist Joe Loeffler, two weeks ago. "Joe didn't like to be in a touring band," Sam said. "It's not a secret to anyone in the industry or any fans that ever talked to him that he hated traveling. That was the biggest player in our decision. It was kind of a mutual decision, but it kind of wasn't, because he didn't want to do it, but he also didn't want to quit, and we were just kind of like, 'If you don't want to do it, you can't do it, because it's affecting us.'"
Sam Loeffler told Launch that the band knows the decision to part with Joe Loeffler has upset some of the trio's fans, but he hopes they'll be understanding. "Some people have written some pretty nasty stuff on the message board about us, and about what they think we've done, but nobody really knows because they weren't there," he said. "They got half the story or none of the story, for that matter. I guess we've kind of just asked people to bear with us, and hopefully things will work out in the end, we've just gotta give them time."
Sam Loeffler added that Joe Loeffler is not speaking with his brothers for now, but the band will not seek a permanent replacement at this point.
Former FILTER guitarist Geno Lenardo has assumed bass duties on CHEVELLE's current tour with TAPROOT and 30 SECONDS TO MARS. The tour hits Cleveland, Ohio tonight (Friday, July 15).
Planes Mistaken For Stars Tour Dates
Planes Mistaken For Stars, Smoke Or Fire, and Glass And Ashes will be touring together in August. Here are the dates:
8/5 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock w/ Love Me Destroyer
8/6 Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
8/7 Milwaukee, WI @ Mad Planet
8/09 Grand Rapids, MI @ Skelletones
8/10 Traverse City, MI @ American Legion Hall #35
8/11 East Lansing, MI @ Macs Bar
8/12 Cincinnati, OH @ Mad Hatter
8/13 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
8/14 Syracuse, NY @ Mezzanote Cafe
8/15 Worcester, MA @ Lucky Dog Saloon
8/16 Boston, MA @ Middle East w/ Read Yellow
8/17 Providence, RI @ AF220 w/ Read Yellow
8/18 Philly, PA @ 1st Unitarian Church w/ Read Yellow
8/19 New York, NY @ Knitting Factory w/ None More Black
8/20 Trenton, NJ @ Hellfest
8/21 Baltimore, MD @ Otto Bar w/ None More Black
8/23 Richmond, VA @ Nanci Rayguns
8/24 Virginia Beach, VA @ Club Live
8/25 Charlotte, NC @ Milestone w/ The Letters Organize
8/26 Atlanta, GA @ TBA w/ The Letters Organize
8/27 Gainesville, FL @ Common Grounds w/ Strikeforce Diablo
8/28 Jacksonville, FL @ The Imperial w/ Strikeforce Diablo
8/29 Orlando, FL @ Will's Pub w/ Strikeforce Diablo
8/30 Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum w/ Strikeforce Diablo
8/31 Pensacola, FL @ Sluggos w/ Strikeforce Diablo
9/1 Birmingham, AL @ Cave 9
Most Precious Blood, Donnybrook Tour Dates
Most Precious Blood, Donnybrook, and This Is Hell will be hooking up for a week of dates in August.
8/6 Detroit, MI @ The Shelter
8/7 Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's Downunder
8/8 Erie, PA @ Forward Hall
8/9 Buffalo, NY @ Xtreme Wheels
8/10 Latham, NY @ Saratoga Winners
8/11 Hamden, CT @ Hamden KOC
8/12 Allentown, PA @ Sterling Hotel
8/13 Baltimore, MD @ Otto Bar
Watch Nine Inch Nails' Video for 'Only' Online
Nine Inch Nails are out with the video to their new single 'Only', from the album 'With Teeth'. You can watch it online at Yahoo! Music.
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