Metal News for July 18, 2005
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15 news articles posted on this day.
Watch Staind's 'Right Here' Video Online
Staind are out with the video to their new single 'Right Here', from their forthcoming album 'Chapter V', due August 9th. You can watch it online at Yahoo! Music.
Killswitch Engage To Film Worcester Show
On Monday, July 25th Killswitch Engage will be playing the Worcester Palladium in Worcester, MA. That show will be taped for an upcoming Killswitch Engage DVD. Tickets are $5, and are on sale now.
Stratovarius Vocalist Defends Band's New Direction
In a recent interview with BW&BK, Stratovarius vocalist Timo Kotipelto defended the band's decision to tone down their trademark high speed, high-end vocal sound on their forthcoming album, simply titled "Stratovarius."
“To be honest, the feedback is more postive than I expected it to be," says Kotipelto. "We’ve heard only good things about this album. But, I’m prepared for people not to like it because it’s different. It was a good thing for me especially that Timo (Tolkki/guitars) composed these songs, because if he would have suggested in December doing songs that were the same shit like on Elements Part 1 and 2 I would have told him ‘Fuck you, I don’t need this.’ I wanted to do something different.”
"Some fans are going to be pissed off, sure,” he concedes, “but we’ve done this power epic whatever-you-want-to-call-it metal for 10 albums and we’ve taken it as far as we can. There was no way. The next thing would have been Elements Part 3 with a 1,000 piece orchestra, extremely fast songs and dog-whistle vocals, so what would be the point of that? We’re not 20 year old kids anymore, so we don’t have to prove anything.”
The new album comes in the wake of a year long feud between Kotipelto and Tolkki following the singer's dismissal in 2003. Differences were patched up following Tolkki being diagnosed as a manic depressive. Watch for the full story in BW&BK #91.
Kamelot To Headline International Metal Fest
Kamelot will headline Quebec, Canada's International Metal Fest at the Capitole Theater on November 20th. Support bands to be announced. For more information, write to info@xprods.com.
Metal Blade Completes Anniversary Party Billing
Metal Blade Europe has announced that Powerwolf will be completing the line-up for their 10th anniversary party, the METAL BLADE RRROOOAAARRR. The show will take place October 2nd at the LKA (Longhorn) in Stuttgart.
Set times:
Powerwolf 18:00-18:30 30min.
Cataract 18:45-19:25 40min.
Primordial 19:45-20:35 50min.
Brainstorm 20:55-21:55 60min.
Amon Amarth 22:15-23:30 75min.
All-Star Band 23:30-???
All bands will be performing special sets with a few surprises in their set lists. After the Amon Amarth gig a Metal Blade all-star band will be playing a few cover tunes.
Every visitor will get a free CD. There will be special event merchandise for fair prices available at the venue. In between the bands there will be presentations and lotteries – lots of goodies will be raffled among the visitors!
Tickets for the METAL BLADE RRROOOAAARRR are only available via www.metalblade.de – each ordered ticket includes a free poster. Tickets are only 20,00 Euros.
The Gathering To Release Rare, Unreleased Material
The Gathering and Century Media are opening their archives to present a luxurious double CD set full of rare and unreleased material. "Accessories - Rarities And B-Sides" will be released on August 22nd, 2005 all over Europe.
CD1 offers “the b-sides” from all of their out-of-print CD-Singles – including rarities like “Adrenaline” and “Theme From ‘The Cyclist”, as well as cover versions from "Talk Talk, Dead Can Dance" and "Slowdive."
CD 2 is full of unreleased demo recordings. In the end of 1996, The Gathering did demos for their "Nighttime Birds" album with German Krautrocker Eroc (Grobschnitt, etc.). For the first time ever you can hear all of the alternate versions as well as two instrumentals that were not used on "Nighttime Birds". Drummer Hans Rutten comments: “We love the sound of this demo Eroc mixed, crystal clear and with a lot of dynamics. Eroc had some great, crazy ideas, a pity we didn’t work together on the album.”
Eroc adds: "Quite often demos and pre-productions end up having a lot more of that 'special something' as compared with the corresponding final results - where endless weeks of trying to 'get things perfect' have a tendency to squeeze out every last drop of spontaneity from the music."
The other lost pearl from the band’s archive are the so-called “Texel Tapes” with pre-productions for "How To Measure A Planet?" including great alternate versions.
Accessories - Rarities And B-Sides also features detailed liner notes by the band, rare photos and a special packaging.
Starting as a raw, death metal influenced band, and creating what later should be called gothic metal, The Gathering have been an extraordinary group since the early ‘90s. From their rough metal roots, to the atmospheric tunes "Mandylion" had to offer, to dreamy, profound songs on "Nighttime Birds" or "How To Measure A Planet?" to their latest adventures within the progressive/triprock field, the Dutch crew always remained true to themselves while building up a continuously increasing fan base.
The Gathering "Accessories - Rarities And B-Sides” tracklisting: More...
Machine Men Enter Charts, Postpone Album Release
By entering the official Finnish single-charts on position 4 with their current “Falling” single, another great step forward in Machine Men’s career has been achieved. Vocalist Antony states proudly: “After hard work and a lot of sweat we are so very happy about the great success with our single 'Falling.' We are now looking forward to the release of our album 'Elegies' and hope to meet you on one of the shows to convince you with our live show. We´ll hit you soon!”
The release date of the new Machine Men album, "Elegies,“ is postponed due to several logistical reasons. In Germany the record will now hit the stores on August 8th, while the rest of Europe is facing August 22nd as new release date. Don’t miss your chance to witness their powerful live gigs on the upcoming festivals and shows: on Earthshaker Open Air, Geiselwind, Germany, they are going to play on the Event Stage on July 22nd 2005 at 22.30 CET (signing session on July 22nd from 17:15 CET to 17:45 CET) and on Wacken Open Air they will hit the W.E.T. Stage on August 06th 2005 at 16:15 CET. Here is the full live show overview:
Jul. 16 (FIN) Joensuu/Metelli Club Ilosaarirock
Jul. 22 (D) Geiselwind Earthshaker Festival
Jul. 27 (FIN) Turku Laituri
Aug. 06 (D) Wacken Wacken Open Air*
Aug. 14 (E) Gernika The Metalway Festival
Aug. 19 (FIN) Oulu Jalometalli Festival
Aug. 26 (FIN) Jyväskylä Bar 68
Aug. 27 (FIN) Salo Bar Maksim
Oct. 15 (FIN) Deinäjoki Bar 15
Vomitory Confirmed For S-Hammer Metal Fest
Vomitory is confirmed for S-Hammer Metal Fest at the Stadio Comunale in Caserta, Italy on September 3rd. Due to misunderstandings and double booking, this means that the show at Gothenburg Deathfest is cancelled.
Other bands set to perform at S-Hammer Metal Fest include Entombed, the Defaced, Schizo, Darzamat, Subliminal Crusher and 3rd.
The Project Hate Posts "At The Entrance" Remix MP3
Sweden's The Project Hate, which features Jörgen Sandström (Entombed/Grave), has posted this message on the official TPH website:
With too much free time on our hands before the scheduled October-release of "Armageddon March Eternal", we have decided to hand you a re-mix of "At the entrance to hell's unholy fire". We have no idea if this one will ever see the light of day on a recording in the future, as a bonus-track or whatever, we just felt like putting it together and show a different side of the original tune.
"Armageddon March Eternal (Symphonies of slit wrists)" was produced by Dan Swanö and features a special guest appearance by Evergrey bassist Michael Håkansson. The follow up to 2003's "Hate, Dominate, Congregate, Eliminate" will be released on October 5th, through Threeman Recordings. Track listing:
01. At the Entrance to Hell's Unholy Fire
02. The Bleeding Eyes of a Breeding Whore
03. I See Nothing but Flesh
04. Resurrected for Massive Torture
05. We Couldn't be Further from the Truce
06. Godslaughtering Murder Machine
07. Symphony of the Deceived
08. Loveless, Godless, Flawless
Norther Begin Recording New Album
Finland's Norther has posted the following message on their website:
Hello all!!
Norther is currently in Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden. If you happen to be around,
drop us an email and let's have a beer
Some pics should follow quite soon.
The new stuff kicks serious ass!
Marilyn Manson Making Movies
RollingStone.com reports that Marilyn Manson has turned is attention to making "horripilation" flicks. Several excerpts from the article:
Manson has come to a crossroads in his career. "I no longer want to make art that other people -- particularly record companies -- are turning into a product," he says. "I just want to make art." And he's invented a new genre for his new breed of art: "horripilation." "It's horrifying, and it's depilatory," he explains. "It will horrify the hair off of your legs."
First up is Fantasma Gloria, a set of four short films to be released through his Web site. "It's the visions of Lewis Caroll -- in fact I'm playing Carroll," he says. In Installment One, Manson explores the origin of Alice in Wonderland's Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum. "I might add that the girls playing Tweedle Dee and Dum are twins who get to have real, genuine sex with each other. I like to make dreams come true."
Read the full article at RollingStone.com.
Kittie, Into Eternity To Guest On Kataklysm Album
Kataklysm vocalist, Maurizio Iacono, has posted the following album update on the band's official website:
Hey guys -
Little update for you all regarding the new album... I received a call today from our producer/guitarist J-F, informing me that the drums are almost all done and they sound monstrous!! Max once again has done a killer job and put a lot of feel into the songs. We're going less mechanical and more organic on this album, brutality most be felt the right way.
Yes the rumors are true... next weekend we will have Morgan Lander from KITTIE doing a guest appearance on the new album. For some people this must feel like a weird combination, but rest assured that Iwill turn Morgan from an angel to demon and she will be spitting fire under our wings!!.. Other Canadian musicians, such as INTO ETERNITY's Rob and Tim are also schedualed to appear on the album as special guests, doing solos and guest appearances. More details to come...
Don't forget - next weekend's Xtreme Distortion Festival in Laval (QC) Canada... Last show for Kataklysm in awhile.
BTBAM Changes San Antonio Venue
There has been a venue change in the Between the Buried and Me, The Red Chord, The Acacia Strain and Premonitions of War show in San Antonio, TX on August 10. The show has moved from The Sanctuary to White Rabbit.
Arch Enemy's Angel Gossow On Ozzfest
Angela Gossow of Arch Enemy has posted an entry on Ozzfest on the band's website:
Yeah,
Here we are in Hartford today, played the first 2 Ozzfest gigs + a truly amazing headline show in Montreal, last night on the 16th of July.
Montreal – you guys and girls are simply pure fucking metal!!! Thanx again for the great support, the packed club and the frenetic response! You are the best!
Ozzfest is going really well for us, great crowd response so far – and this at an ungodly, way too early time in the morning. The signings at the FYE and Jägermeister tents are overwhelming. Great to see so many fans there!
Tomorrow we will play another off day headline show in Burlington VT. The Haunted and The Black Dahlia Murder will be supporting us. Make sure you don’t miss out on a night of raging metal if you live around there, crazy fuckers!
Headline News
15 People Arrested Following Deicide Concert
15 people were arrested for public drunkenness and disorderly conduct following DEICIDE's live debut in Chile, which took place Friday (July 15) at Gimnasio Nataniel in Santiago.
According to El Sol de Mexico, police in Santiago, Chile arrested 15 people who tried to enter by force the venue where American death metal band DEICIDE were performing their first-ever concert in the country.
The arrests were reportedly made on Friday (July 15) after the organizers of the event closed the doors of the packed Gymnasium Nataniel, causing nearly two hundred fans to be turned away when they tried to enter the concert.
Many of the fans standing outside, according to an official report, were found to be either drunk or on drugs, and they began to throw empty bottles at the walls of the Gymnasium Nataniel as well as at the vehicles that were parked around the venue.
Around 80 Special Forces police officers responded to the disturbance and used various means, including tear gas, to disperse the unruly crowd. In the meantime, 3,500 people reportedly enjoyed the presentation of DEICIDE, whose members were said to be unaware of the chaos that was taking place outside the building.
DEICIDE's concert in Chile went ahead despite objections from local church officials, who had asked the authorities to prevent the group from playing in country out of respect for an Italian Catholic priest who was murdered by a DEICIDE fan almost a year ago.
Rodrigo Orias, 26, slit Father Faustino Gazziero's throat, smeared his face with the victim's blood and then stabbed himself several times in the chest and neck with the same knife at the conclusion of a Mass at Santiago's Metropolitan Cathedral on July 24, 2004 while hundreds of churchgoers watched in horror, according to published reports.
Orias, who had a pentagram branded on the left side of his chest (covering his heart) and several other symbols of the occult tattooed on his body, reportedly asked DARK FUNERAL singer Emperor Magus Caligula during the Swedish black metal band's visit to Santiago in 2003 to burn an inverted cross on Rodrigo's arm with a cigar — a "mark" which Orias later planned to make into a tattoo.
Photos of DEICIDE hanging out with their Chilean fans are available at this location. A Chilean TV report on DEICIDE's visit to the country, including live video footage from last night's concert, can be found at Terra.cl (Real Media).
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