Metal News for July 8, 2005
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16 news articles posted on this day.
Blacklisted, Cast Aside, and Down To Nothing Tour
Blacklisted, Cast Aside, and Down To Nothing will be touring together extenstively in August and September. Here's the schedule:
7/29-7/31 Wilkes-Barre, PA @ Posi Numbers
8/1 Syracuse NY @ Westcott Community Center
8/2 Long Island NY @ TBA
8/3 Haverhill MA @ New Direction
8/4 Bucksport ME @ The Kave
8/5 Quebec City QC @ Salle de Bienville
8/6 Montreal QC @ Acceuil Linco
8/7 Ottawa ON @ Club Saw
8/8 Toronto ON @ Sneaky Dee's
8/9 Detroit MI @ TBA
8/10 Cleveland OH @ 868 VFW Hall
8/11 Evansville IN @ Club 1123
8/12 Chicago IL @ TBA
8/13 St. Louis MO @ American Czech Club
8/14 Memphis TN @ Hi-Tone Cafe
8/15 Tulsa OK @ The Pinkeye
8/16 Kansas City MO @ TBA
8/17 Omaha NE @ American Legion
8/18 Minneapolis MN @ TBA (no Blacklisted)
8/19 Trenton NJ @ The Sovereign Bank Arena - Hellfest (Blacklisted only)
8/19 Winnepeg MB @ TBA (no Blacklisted)
8/20 Trenton NJ @ The Sovereign Bank Arena - Hellfest (Blacklisted only)
8/20 Fargo ND @ TBA (no Blacklisted)
8/21 Trenton NJ @ The Sovereign Bank Arena - Hellfest (Blacklisted only)
8/22 Denver CO @ Sox Place (no Blacklisted)
8/23 Boise ID @ TBA (no Blacklisted)
8/24 Olympia WA @ Manium Warehouse
8/25 Vancouver BC @ TBA
8/26 Seattle WA @ TBA
8/27 Portland OR @ TBA
8/28 Berkeley CA @ Gilman
8/29 Redding CA @ TBA
8/31 Santa Cruz CA @ 418 Project
9/1 North Hollywood CA @ Studio S
9/2 Anaheim CA @ TBA
9/3 San Diego CA @ Che Cafe
9/4 Los Angeles CA @ the Knitting Factory (matinee)
9/4 Cathedral City CA @ Palm Springs Elks Lodge
9/6 Albuquerque NM @ Omniroots
9/7 Dallas TX @ TBA
9/8 Austin TX @ Emo's
9/9 Laredo TX @ Homerun Derby
9/10 Houston TX @ Mary Jane's
9/11 Shreveport LS @ Sound Stage
9/12 Birmingham AL @ TBA
9/13 Nashville TN @ TBA
9/14 Atlanta GA @ TBA
9/15 Orlando FL @ Island Oasis
9/16 West Palm Beach FL @ TBA
9/17 Tampa FL @ 688 Skatepark
9/18 Daytona Beach FL @ Nicely's Tavern
9/19 Augusta GA @ Sector 7G
9/20 Columbia SC @ The Art Garage
9/21 Charlotte NC @ The Milestone
9/22 Baltimore MD @ TBA
9/23 Harrisburg PA @ Championship Records
9/24 Richmond VA @ Alley Katz
LoG, Cannibal Corpse Members Join In New Project
CANNIBAL CORPSE bassist Alex Webster, WATCHTOWER/SPASTIC INK guitarist Ron Jarzombek and LAMB OF GOD drummer Chris Adler have joined forces in a brand-new project tentatively called MACHINATIONS OF DEMENTIA.
Commented Jarzombek in a posting on his web site: "For the past several months, I have been writing some heavy, brutal, technical, psychedelic, doomy music with Mr. 'Hammer Smashed Bass' himself Alex Webster, bassist for CANNIBAL CORPSE. Yeah, I know, holy crap! At the rate we are going, we will have enough material for a full CD by the end of the year. Of course, I don't want to give out a 'release date', but so far, we have about 40 minutes of material and aren't slowing down any time soon.
"Not totally decided on a name yet, we are tentatively calling the project MACHINATIONS OF DEMENTIA. On drums will be none other than Chris Adler from LAMB OF GOD. YIKES!!!!... Due to Chris' heavy touring schedule with LAMB OF GOD over the past months, he has had very little time to work on material, but the three of us are committed to making this happen. More...
KSE Turned Down Main Stage Appearance For Ozzfest
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE bassist Mike D'Antonio recently spoke to MTV.com about the band's as-yet-untitled first-ever DVD; if things move ahead with the retrospective project as scheduled, it could hit stores as early as this fall.
"We've been talking about it for about a year, and it's really something we wanted to take our time with," D'Antonio explained. "We didn't want to blow our load and put out a DVD that's total crap. So we've been talking about what makes DVDs suck so bad, and why they're so terrible. People just get bored with them, so we wanted to throw in all sorts of different comments by members of the band — but, again, have it move at a faster pace than most of these self-serving DVDs that're coming out, with these bands who've got diarrhea of the mouth, talking about how great they are and all this crap that doesn't pertain to what we're doing at all. Who cares what guitar your guitarist had when he was 10 years old?"
The bassist is completing artwork for the DVD and said the finished product will feature some of the group's earliest live footage — before the departure of original vocalist Jesse Leach, when they'd play to 30 people in some hole-in-the-wall pub — as well as extensive interviews with the entire band.
According to D'Antonio, KILLSWITCH were offered a spot on the main stage at this year's Ozzfest, but turned it down. "I'm not so sure we could blend with that 'sitting down' audience," he said. "We're more the type ... that needs a pit and likes to stand there and participate. We want to feel the emotion back from the crowd. I mean, main stage bands are treated a lot better, and there's a lot of stuff that would have made our lives a lot easier had we chosen that route. But the second stage is more fun — that's where we want to be."
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE co-headline the second stage at Ozzfest 2005 with ROB ZOMBIE beginnning on July 15 in Mansfield, MA.
H.I.M. Announce "Dark Light" Tracklisting
HIM has announced the track listing for their new album, "Dark Light", scheduled for release on 9/26 internationally and 9/27 in the US. Here are the track titles:
Vampire Heart
Rip Out the Wings of a Butterfly
Behind the Crimson Door
Killing Loneliness
Dark Light
Drunk on Shadows
Under the Rose
Play Dead
Face of God
Night Side of Eden
Glasseater, Glory Of This, etc. Tour Dates
Glasseater, Glory Of This, and Secret Lives of the Freemasons will be touring together in late-August and September. Here's the tour schedule:
8/28 Lima, OH @ Stage Right
8/29 Port Huron, MI @ Noruh Grotto w/ Chiodos
8/31 Cleveland, OH @ Pirates Cover @ Peabody's
9/2 Buffalo, NY @ The Buffalo Icon w/ Chiodos
9/3 Albany, NY @ Shelter Skate Park w/ Chiodos
9/5 Hartford, CT @ The Webster Theater w/ Chiodos
9/7 Poughkeepsie, NY @ Club Crannell w/ Chiodos
9/8 New York, NY @ The Knitting Factory w/ Chiodos
9/9 Montclair, NJ @ Bloomfield Ave Cafe' w/ Chiodos
9/12 Raleigh, NC @ The Brewery w/ Chiodos
9/13 Charlotte, NC @ The Casbah @ Tremont w/ Chiodos
9/14 Myrtle Beach, SC @ The Social w/ Chiodos
9/16 West Palm Beach, FL @ Ray's Downtown Blues
9/17 Miami, FL @ The Crossings w/ Chiodos
9/18 Orlando , FL @ Back Booth
9/19 Jacksonville, FL @ Jack Rabbits w/ The Audition
Life of Agony Blur Nazi Symbol In Video
LIFE OF AGONY have blurred out an offensive image in their new video, "Love to Let You Down", following reports that the clip included footage of a person wearing a t-shirt bearing the SS (Schutzstaffel) Totenkopf symbol — the "Death's Head" symbol of the Nazi Elite Unit from the Third Reich.
Check out the offending image screen capture) at (this location. More information on the "Death's Head" symbol can be found here.
LIFE OF AGONY have issued the following statement regarding the matter:
"Alright, now, you guys really need to get jobs or something cause this t-shirt Nazi thing is really stupid. We are offended to even be called Nazis. I mean, one of the band members is Jewish. Give me a break. Social parasites, get off your asses and get a grip on the situation.
"First off, that wasn't even Keith's [Caputo, singer] shirt, Wardrobe stylists in the L.A. video shoot told Keith to put on the shirt, it wasn't even his it belonged to wardrobe. Obviously, the wardrobe girls just thought it was a cool shirt — they had no idea what it meant 50 years earlier. I do know that the end footage of the video, the offensive logo has been blurred out now, so no one will see it any more in Germany."
LIFE OF AGONY's new album, "Broken Valley", has sold 13,658 copies in the United States since its June 14 release, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
My Ruin Ready New Album On Own Label
My Ruin are to release a new album, 'The Brutal Language', at the end of September. It will be on their own label, Rovena Recordings. This is the band's first record with the new rhythm section of bassist Chris Lisee and drummer Jason Brunk.
Watch Bullet For My Valentine's New Video Online
Bullet For My Valentine are out with the video to their new single 'Hand Of Blood'. You can watch it online at Yahoo! Music.
Criminal Reveal "Sicario" Tracklisting
South American thrashers Criminal have revealed the complete track listing for their new album “Sicario”, which will be released in Europe on September 5th, 2005 by Metal Blade Records. The album was recorded during the month of May at Andy Classen’s Stage One Studio (Dew-Scented, Disbelief, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, etc). The title “Sicario” is a Spanish word for assassin and is most commonly associated with the South American mafias and drug cartels.
Track listing “Sicario”: More...
Black Dahlia Murder Video To Premiere On HBB
Be sure to tune into Headbangers Ball this Saturday evening 7pm PST/10pm EST to catch the world premier of The Black Dahlia Murder’s first video off their upcoming release Miasma, in stores July 12. The video for the track “A Vulgar Picture” was filmed in Downtown LA by director Matt Bass (The Esoteric). If you miss this weekend’s premier of the video or you just really, really want to see it again tune in to Headbangers Ball next Saturday, July 16th, as they will be re-airing it.
Stratovarius Announces New Bass Player
In a posting on Stratovarius' official website, the band announces that they have found a new bass player:
Long-time bass player Jari Kainulainen has left Stratovarius. There is no drama or bad blood. Jari just doesn't have it in his heart to tour this heavily anymore.
Jari is not dropping out of the scene, he will continue to play metal.
The new bass player is Lauri Porra. He is 27 years old and a native of Helsinki, Finland. He looks like this. He has previously played with Sinergy, Warmen and Kotipelto.
Says Lauri: "I'm very honored to be invited to play with Stratovarius and follow in the steps of such a great bass player as Jari. I'm really looking forward to going on the road with Stratovarius, to meet some old friends, and to hopefully make lot of new ones."
Every Time I Die's "Bored Stiff" MP3 Posted Online
The second track from Every Time I Die's Gutter Phenomenon, "Bored Stiff," is available at this location. Gutter Phenomenon, due out August 22, features Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance) and Daryl Palumbo (Glassjaw).
Brand New Sin Join Summer Of Rock Tour
The Syracuse-based hard rock quintet Brand New Sin will have just been confirmed for the Summer of Rock tour alongside Dog Faced Gods, Supagroup and The Black Halos, which kicks early off next month. The group are currently in the midst of a national U.S. tour with Scum of the Earth and Society 1, their first nationwide trek since 2002. Their new video for the track “Black And Blue,” shot by acclaimed director Dale Resteghini (Dillinger Escape Plan, Hatebreed), is now in heavy rotation on Metal Asylum and Headbangers Ball.
Brand New Sin completed successful strings of dates alongside Motorhead, Corrosion of Conformity and Life of Agony earlier this year in support of their critically acclaimed new full-length album Recipe For Disaster, which is now available. Look for the band to remain on the road consistently through the end of the year.
Just when you thought you've heard it all, Brand New Sin returns with an aggressive, blue-collar American rock album sure to create a buzz that will transcend genres.
Brand New Sin tour dates: More...
QOTSA Reveals Real Reason For Firing Oliveri
Chart Attack reports:
The Distillers' Brody Dalle is probably capable of fighting her own battles, but it must be comforting for her to know that her boyfriend, Josh Homme, takes abuse towards women very, very seriously.
In fact, the Queens Of The Stone Age frontman told BBC Radio 1 Wednesday that he fired the band's bassist, Nick Oliveri, after discovering Oliveri had physically abused his girlfriend (or so Homme alleges). More...
Shadows Fall To Sign Euro Deal With Roadrunner
Shadows Fall are on the verge of signing a European deal with Roadrunner Records, informed sources have told Blabbermouth.net. The Massachusetts-based band, who sold nearly 250,000 copies of their latest CD, "The War Within", in the United States, have fulfilled their commitment to Century Media Records and are expected to sign a big-money major-label deal (possibly with Atlantic) for the North American territory.
Shadows Fall had previously indicated that they were very happy with Century Media and had no intentions of signing with a bigger label. In an interview with Metal-Rules.com conducted last year, Shadows Fall singer Brian Fair said of Century Media, "They have seriously stepped it up in such a way that…all you can ask from a label is that as you grow as a band is that they step up and push you further and further. I've been amazed at the job they've done for us in the last couple years. It's been amazing to feel that support. It makes you work harder, you know what I mean? It's just awesome. Especially being on a small label like that compared with some of the bands that we've seen step up to the major labels, I think we have just as much going for us as they do. Only we still have all the control (laughs)."
Shadows Fall have been confirmed as one of the main-stage performers at this year's Ozzfest beginning on July 15 in Mansfield, Massachusetts.
As I Lay Dying On MTV2 July 9th
As I Lay Dying's "Shadows Are Security" arrived on the Billboard charts at #1 independent record in the country and # 35 on the Top 200. And now in week two over 47,000 copies sold first two weeks alone were tallied, that is Metal Blade Record's biggest number and highest charting position since the Goo Goo Dolls (the Goo Goo Dolls was a joint effort with Warner Brothers - so this is Metal Blade's biggest solo release ever.)
On June 24th As I Lay Dying whipped their home town of San Diego into a frenzy at their CD release show at Soma in support of "Shadows Are Security". Next, AILD will be playing the upcoming Christian Cornerstone festival on July 1st in Marietta Illinois. AILD are set to bring the mayhem to the masses this summer as they co-headline the second stage on Ozzfest 2005. The band also has several off-fest dates with Killswitch Engage and Soilwork. Below is their complete touring schedule.
MTV2's Headbangers Ball plays host to As I Lay Dying who are interviewed to be aired on Saturday, July 9th. The San Diego based quartet will talk up their recent success, their new release and summer plans with host Jamey Jasta (Hatebreed). Tune in to MTV 2 @ 10 pm est/ 9 pm central, check local listings for channel number.
As I Lay Dying Summer Touring 2005: More...
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