Metal News for August 12, 2005
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21 news articles posted on this day.
Nonpoint Reveal Album Art
Nonpoint have revealed the album for their upcoming album, "To the Pain". "To the Pain" will be released November 8th, the art can be viewed at the following link, http://www.bielerbros.com/newsletter/NP_newsletterfeature.jpg
Breaking News
Ozzy Osbourne Retires As Ozzfest Headliner
It's been rumored for months that this summer's Ozzfest would be its namesake's last — and on Friday, Ozzy Osbourne announced that he is retiring as the headliner of the annual heavy metal festival. However, the singer is expected to finish this summer's tour and plans to make occasional appearances at future Ozzfests.
"After 10 years, the Ozzfest's name and reputation have been established," he said in a statement. "It's time for me to move on and do other things." His publicist noted in a statement, "Ozzfest will carry on in 2006, however Ozzy will limit his performances to only a few, select cities."
Ozzy, who's been performing with Black Sabbath this summer as the tour's headliner, has been dogged by throat problems, which have forced the band to drop off of the bill on several recent dates, with Black Sabbath cancelling three Ozzfest appearances so far this year (July 27 in Holmdel, New Jersey, July 31 in Noblesville, Indiana and August 2 in Columbus, Ohio).
No official explanation has been given for Ozzy's throat problems, and it is unknown how severe they may be.
Read the full article at MTV.com.
Dan Swano Re-Opens Unisound Recordins Studio
Multi-talented Swedish producer/musician Dan Swanö has announced plans to re-open his legendary Unisound Recordings studio.
Commented Swanö: "THE LEGEND IS BACK!!!!! (I always wanted to write that!!!)
"I have decided to re-open the gates to Unisound Recordings (where I recorded bands like OPETH, KATATONIA, MARDUK, DISSECTION, MILLENCOLIN, EDGE OF SANITY and many, many more.).
"This time things will be a little different though. I am not planning to build a big studio with tons of expensive gear. My primary goal will be to mix stuff...albums, songs, the sound for a DVD release etc. I will also do remixes and such.
"Since one year [ago] I have mixed albums after work, and the clients have been so pleased with the result that I am beginning to wonder if I shouldn't do this full-time again!! So, before I quit my dayjob, I just wanted to see if someone's still interested to work with me??? Let me know at dan@swano.com.
"For reference, you can contact the guys from NOVEMBERS DOOM, EDENS FALL, THIS HAVEN and THE PROJECT HATE. I have also done remixes for PAIN and, of course, my own stuff like the yet-to-be-officially-released 'Nightfall Overture' album with NIGHTINGALE and I am also working with my magnum opus SECOND SKY...
"So how do I work??
"The albums from NOVEMBERS DOOM and EDENS FALL were recorded in America. The files were sent to me on DVDs and along with a rough-mix and a reference CD (a CD from another artist you wish to have a similar sound to), I mix a track and upload as high-res MP3 to my server...you download and listen in your own hi-fis, cars, etc. and all members join up and make of list of changes. We discuss overall changes like 'The bass is too loud, the vocals needs to cut through more etc.' and also specific changes. The changes are suggested on a timeline like 01:22 'Toms too loud,' 02:32 'Acoustic Guitars lower,' etc., and after a few rounds, the album is mixed and PERFECT!! I have 100% total recall of all the gear in my mix-suite, so it´s only the details you wish to change that change… the rest of the mix remains EXACTLY the same. No matter how cool the studio monitors sound, we all want to hear what it sounds like in our own stereos before we get the feeling that 'It's ready!!' Just imagine to be able to listen to the mix in your own stereos and be able to change the details… and have them corrected within hours!! And once you cannot find any strange levels... that's when the album is ready!!! No more annoying surprises when it's too late!!!!
"I will be available from October and onwards."
Down Drummer Says There Will Be A New Studio Album
In a recent interview with Metal Maniacs magazine, EYEHATEGOD/SUPERJOINT RITUAL guitarist and DOWN drummer Jimmy Bower revealed that he is "sure we'll do another DOWN record. I've talked to Phil [Anselmo, DOWN/SUPERJOINT RITUAL/ex-PANTERA frontman] and everybody else. Everybody's expressed interest in wanting to do a DOWN record, so that's basically all it takes. Hopefully within the next year or two that can happen. DOWN records are fun. Phil's doing a lot better as far as handling [Dimebag's death]. It's been a big wake-up call for a lot of people over the the last five, six months. People are doing cool things with their lives; cool, positive things. Let's save metal!"
DOWN is the New Orleans "supergroup" featuring Anselmo, Bower, Pepper Keenan (guitars, C.O.C.), Rex Brown (bass, ex-PANTERA) and Kirk Windstein (guitars, CROWBAR). The band's sophomore album, "Down II", was released in March 2002 on Elektra Records.
Rumpelstiltskin Grinder Sign To Relapse Records
Relapse Records has announced the signing of criminal thrash masterminds, RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER. The band's Relapse Records debut, "Buried in the Front Yard", will see an October 11 release date.
The Philadelphia, PA quintet administers waves of relentless energy on "Buried in the Front Yard". Spinning speed metal into gold, RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER's DISSECTION vs. KREATOR-esque metal and extreme genre-bending thrash is sure to ignite the moshing hordes of the underground into a sweating — yet bewildered — frenzy!
RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER frontman Eli Shaika issued this warning upon the band's signing to Relapse, "Hold onto your wallets...cause we're not fuckin' around!"
Shaika and the rest of the "orange and black attack", known for their extremely energetic live performances, will launch a string of east coast live dates this month in anticipation of "Buried in the Front Yard"'s release. The band's first live show since joining the Relapse family will take place on August 19 in Trenton, NJ as part of the 2005 Hellfest, where they will perform alongside labelmates NILE, BURIED INSIDE and THE END.
RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER tour dates:
Aug. 19 - Trenton, NJ @ Sovereign Bank Arena (as part of Hellfest 2005)
Aug. 30 - Philadelphia, PA @ Tritone
Sep. 17 - Reading, PA @ The Silo
Sep. 18 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Garfield Artworks
Sep. 30 - Binghamton, NY @ Ranelle's
Oct. 01 - New York, NY @ ABC No Rio
Oct. 02 - Jamaica Plain, MA @ Midway Cafe
Oct. 07 - Baltimore, MD @ The Mojo
Oct. 08 - Washington, DC @ Warehouse Next Door
Sepultura To Debut New Songs in Sao Paulo
Sepultura are expected to play some new songs when they support Slipknot in Sao Paulo on August 23. These will come from their new album, 'Dante 05', a concept record, which will be recorded in Sao Paulo and released next year by SPV. The concept is based on 'The Divine Comedy'.
Ozzy Blows Out Voice, Storms Off Stage In Auburn
Ernest A. Jasmin of The News Tribune reviewed this year's Ozzfest when it hit the White River Amphitheatre in Auburn, Washington on Thursday (August 11). An excerpt from his review follows:
"For the second year in a row, the concert’s namesake, Ozzy Osbourne, was joined by BLACK SABBATH band mates Geezer Butler (bass), Tony Iommi (guitar) and Bill Ward (drums). And Ozzfest nearly lost its namesake again, two years after Osbourne called in sick to the tour's local stop in 2003.
"All seemed to be going well early on as SABBATH kicked off with 'N.I.B.', 'After Forever' and proto-metal classic 'War Pigs'. Then things went wrong when the band tackled 'Dirty Women'.
"Osbourne's voice cracked hideously during that number, and he responded by slamming his mike down and storming off stage.
"The rest of SABBATH remained cool and professional, continuing to jam until Ozzy could pull it together and return. The singer forced a grin that looked more like grimace as he lead the crowd in waving their hands side to side.
"He explained himself once the number had ended. 'My voice is … blown out again,' he said, promising to go on if the crowd wanted to hear him.
"But this was Ozzy, after all — metal's patron saint. And while hundreds could be seen headed for the parking lot, most in the crowd remained faithful and even turned their cheers up a notch.
"'Iron Man' and 'Black Sabbath' were set highlights, as fans sang exuberantly along with the former and Ozzy's maniacal expression was captured by the giant movie screen behind him during the latter."
Read the full article at Thenewstribune.com.
New Bal-Sagoth Album Delayed
UK band Bal-Sagoth have posted the following message on their official website:
"Work continuing on sixth album. Release date delayed again as a result. Release now scheduled for late November 2005, possibly even early 2006 depending on final completion of album."
The as-yet-untitled follow-up to 2001's "Atlantis Ascendant" is due to be released via Nuclear Blast.
Kreator Confirm Festival Dates, Planning More
German thrash metal band Kreator have been confirmed for the following festivals:
September 4th - More Than Fest, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia
October 15th - Pilares Metal Fest, Zaragoza, Spain
Shows are also being planned for Singapore, Mallorca, South America, Finland, Australia, England, Ireland and Scotland.
Destruction Announce Release Dates For New Album
Destruction have announced the worldwide release dates for their upcoming album, "Inventor of Evil":
Europe - 22nd August via AFM Records
Japan - 24th August via King Records
South America - 30th September via Laser
North America - 25th October via Candlelight Records
Hate Eternal Cancel European Tour
Florida-based death metallers Hate Eternal have issued the following statement regarding the cancellation of their upcoming European tour:
"Due to urgent family matters Hate Eternal will not be able to perform on their upcoming European tour in Sept/Oct 2005. First we want to apologize to Johan from Metalysee Agency and to all the bands on the tour as well as all the disappointed fans that were excited to see us.we will reschedule the tour in Europe next year in spring 2006. Thank you for your understanding."
Hate Eternal are supporting their latest album, "I, Monarch", out now through Earache.
The Project Hate Posts MP3 Clips From New Album
In anticipation to their upcoming release, "Armageddon March Eternal (Symphonies of Slit Wrists," the Project Hate has posted 1-minute clips of all the songs as a teaser at this location.
"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
The band comments: "We are so satisfied with what we have achieved together with Dan Swanö and Michael of Evergrey and really look forward to have you fucko's understand the Domination that is this piece of coming plastic."
COB, Soilwork Confirmed For Wacken 2006
Wacken Open Air Festival organizers have just confirmed acts for next year's W:O:A, set to take place August 3rd to 5th in Wacken Germany. Bands confirmed so far are Children of Bodom, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, In Extremo, Soilwork and Subway to Sally.
Nuclear Blast Holds Band Contest
Nuclear Blast is offering your band the chance to sign a record deal. In an unique contest you can win a contract with the leading Independent label for heavy music.
If you are an fresh sounding Rock or Metal band, you already fulfill all requirements to participate. The duration of the contest is from the 01.08.05 to the 31.12.05. As consolation prizes you can win a download cooperation (songs of your band will be available for download at the Nuclear Blast Musicstore, the download platform of Nuclear Blast) and a support slot for a Nuclear Blast band.
The contest is presented in collaboration with the following magazines:
Metal Hammer Germany
Metal Hammer Spain
Metal Hammer Italy
Rock Hard France
Inferno (Finland)
Scream (Norway)
Close Up (Sweden)
All you have to do is to send your Demo (with biography and band picture) to this address:
Nuclear Blast
Band Contest 2005
Oeschstraße 40
73072 Donzdorf
Germany
Or send your mp3s (max. 3 songs), along with a band biography and photo, to bandcontest@nuclearblast.de.
Nightwish's "The Siren" Chart Positions Revealed
With "The Siren," the third single of the massively successful album "Once," Nightwish again rides high in the charts all over the place.
Here's the latest results from the single charts:
Germany: #57
Sweden: #30
Denmark: #39
Hungary: #3
Finland: #3
Switzerland: #59
In other news, Nightwish are currently wrapping up their looooooong world tour for "Once" with several festival appearances. Here's a list of current dates: More...
KSE & AILD Announce Salt Lake City Gig
Ozzfest may be cancelled in Salt Lake City, Utah on August 16, but Killswitch Engage and As I Lay Dying will still be performing on that day. Both bands will be playing Lo-Fi. For more information and how to get tickets, go to www.loficafe.com.
Subway To Sally Announce Release Parties
German medieval rockers Subway to Sally will be releasing their new album, "Nord Nord Ost," on August 22nd. In celebration of the new release, several parties will be taking place all over Germany. There you can check out the whole album, in some instances even before its release. You can even win singles, signed CDs, shirts and some of the very rare "Nord Nord Ost" compasses.
Dates for the release parties are as follows: More...
Therion To Hold Signing Session In Germany
On Aug 17, bombast metallers Therion will sign autographs in the Nuclear Blast Shop in Donzdorf from 6-7 pm. That's one day before their appearance at the Summer Breeze Festival.
Mastermind Christofer Johnsson, his band mates and members of the choir will attend to sign whatever you got: pictures, shirts, CDs, your butt or your mom…
Donzdorf is situated near Göppingen, between Stuttgart and Ulm. The exact address is: Öschstr. 40, 73072 Donzdorf, Germany.
Hatebreed & Crowbar Members Form Side Project
Hatebreed frontman Jamey Jasta and Crowbar guitarist/vocalist Kirk Windstein are currently in the studio recording the first album from their collaborative project, which is presently known simply as "Crowbreed".
Jasta has issued the following update on the album's recording sessions:
Right now I am up in [Massachusetts] at Planet Z studios with Kirk from Crowbar recording an album for our new band together. Zeuss is producing and Derek from Seemless is playing drums on the album. All I can say right now is that the material is definitely the heaviest and most diverse stuff I have ever been a part of and I seriously can't wait for people to hear this. Kirk is singing with me as well as playing the bass and guitar on the album, and we have both been writing and bringing ideas to the table. It's been killer! Go check out our makeshift myspace page http://www.myspace.com/crowbreed as most of you know we dont have a name just yet so we have been calling it Crowbreed for now.
Ravage Sign Record Deal / New MP3 Posted
Boston Massachusetts heavy metal act Ravage has signed a deal with Germany’s Karthago Records to release the band’s debut album ‘Spectral Rider’. The album will be released worldwide on October 4th 2005 with distribution by Twilight Distribution. http://www.twilight-vertrieb.com The album is the follow up to the band’s 2003 demo ‘Curse Of Heaven’ and features a unique mix of classic metal, power metal and thrash.
The final track listing for the CD is as follows.
1. Turn The Screw
2. Spectral Rider
3. The Wicked Way
4. The Masque Of Black Death
5. Ravage Part 1: Damage
6. Wyvern
7. Incantation Of The Necromancer
8. Wake The Dead
9. The Wasteland
10. Bring Down The Hellhammer
11. The King Forgotten
12. Curse Of Heaven (bonus track)
An mp3 of one of the album’s heaviest songs ‘Ravage Part 1: Damage’ has been posted at Ravage’s myspace site www.myspace.com/swwr
The cover art will be revealed at a later date. A presale will begin in late August. More details will follow soon.
Bobaflex Release New Media Player
Bobaflex have recently unveiled a new media player to promote their upcoming album, “Apologize For Nothing”, in stores 8/23. Content includes a preview of all twelve tracks from the new album, a link to download the first single, “Better Than Me”, live footage, access to the band’s tour journal and the ability to download wallpaper of the album artwork designed by Giant Sumo. You can check it out here.
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