Metal News for August 13, 2005
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18 news articles posted on this day.
Most Precious Blood Release "Shark Ethic" MP3
MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD, are back with their 3rd album for Trustkill entitled "Merciless". You can check out the first song off the album "Shark Ethic", and get ready to see the band on tour this Fall everywhere. The artwork was created by their good friend Justin Borucki, and as always, has had people up in arms. The record is due out on September 20.
If you pre-order the CD from Smartpunk you will receive some extras as well:
- Limited Edition double-sided 11x17 poster with album art
- Limited Edition double dic version with Peta DVD (inludes Terror, Shadows Fall, Falloutboy, & more)
- Autographed booklet by the whole band
Cradle Of Filth Issue Update, Dave Pybus Is Back
CRADLE OF FILTH frontman Dani Filth has posted the following message on the group's official web site:
"Greetings fans, friends, fiends and boys and ghouls of all persuasions.
"Things have been going exceptionally well in the CRADLE OF FILTH camp of late, with the American airing of 'Viva La Bam' being shown for public consumption at the beginning of the month; (we're pursuing the European showing date even as this is being written... )
"And, more importantly we have over sixty per cent of the new album under our belts; including the following laments... 'I Am The Thorn', 'Lovesick For Mina', 'The Byronic Man', 'Cemetery And Sundown', 'Libertina Grimm', 'The Flora Of Nightfall, The Fauna Of War' and 'Dirge Inferno', to name but a few. There will also be a band instrumental on this new musical opus, which, although remaining untitled as yet, will be a first for the band in its eleven year career. The initial start date for recording the album is scheduled for October 10th. More...
Ripper Owens' Beyond Fear Signs To SPV
SPV Records has announced the signing of BEYOND FEAR, the brand new hard-hitting metal outfit founded by current ICED EARTH and former JUDAS PRIEST vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens. The band is preparing to enter the studio with producer Jim Morris (ICED EARTH, DEATH) to record their debut album for a 2006 release. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "I Don't Need This", "And You Will Die", "It Is Me", "Telling Lies", "The Faith", "The Human Race", "Your Time Has Come" and "My Last Words".
"It feels great to sign with SPV," Owens commented. "I have been with them for quite some time now with ICED EARTH, so I know what they can do. It is always nice to have a label that makes you feel like family, and that's what SPV does for you!"
The band is off to a fast start, having recently announced their participation in a series of American dates with SAVATAGE leader Jon Oliva (JON OLIVA'S PAIN) and SAVATAGE axeman Chris Caffery. The tour kicks off on September 9, 2005 in Cleveland OH, with remaining dates pending.
Never one to sit still for long, Owens began forming BEYOND FEAR last year during breaks in the ICED EARTH touring schedule. The band also features John Comprix (SPAWN, 13 FACES) on lead and rhythm guitar, Dennis Hayes (ex-WINTERS BANE, SEVEN WITCHES) on bass, Dwane Bihary (MISSING SKIN) on rhythm guitar, and drummer Eric Elkins (CRYPTKICKER, ALL YOU FEAR). "This band means a lot to me and I'm having the time of my life doing it," continued Owens. "It's fun when you finally get to do what you want. That being said, let's get this machine called BEYOND FEAR out there for the world to hear and see."
SPV Managing Director, Manfred Schuetz, explains, "Tim is one of the five best singers in metal. He will deliver an album that will convince everyone. SPV is excited about the worldwide commitment."
With Dead Hands Rising Part with Guitarist
With Dead Hands Rising have parted ways with guitarist Brian Mondy, who will be heading back to college. As such, the group is now in search of a replacement. Candidates should be familiar with the band's material, have professional equipment, and be willing to relocate to the Minneapolis area if necessary. Interested parties should send an email to withdeadhandsrising@hotmail.com for additional information.
Swarm Of The Lotus and Bloodjinn Tour Dates
Swarm Of The Lotus and Bloodjinn will be touring together next month. Here's the schedule:
9/4 New York, NY @ Sin-e'
9/5 Albany, NY @ Westcott Community Center
9/6 Buffalo, NY @ Xtreme Wheels
9/7 Pittsburgh, PA @ TBA
9/8 Lansing, MI @ Mac's Bar
9/9 Chicago, IL @ TBA
9/10 Maplewood, MN @ The Rock
9/11 Fargo, ND @ Billboards on Broadway
9/12 Aberdeen, SD @ TBA
9/13 Denver, CO @ TBA
9/14 Salt Lake City, UT @ Club Boom
9/16 Seattle, WA @ The Catwalk
9/17 Portland, OR @ Food Hole
9/18 San Francisco, CA @ TBA
9/19 Sacramento, CA @ TBA
9/20 Corona, CA @ TBA
9/21 Hollywood, CA @ Knitting Factory w/ Trephine
9/22 Phoenix, AZ @ Metal Devastation
9/23 New Mexico @ TBA
9/24 El Paso, TX @ TBA
9/25 Dallas, TX @ Red Blood Club
9/26 San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
9/27 Baton Rouge, LA @ The Darkroom
9/28 Savannah, GA @ The Jinx
9/29 Marietta, GA @ Swayze's Venue
9/30 Augusta, GA @ Lokal Loudness Live
Hellfest 2005 Schedule Released
The entire schedule for Hellfest has finally been released. HELLFEST 2K5 takes place on August 19-21 at the Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton, New Jersey. Tickets are available at hellfest.com or you can purchase tickets at the Sovereign Bank Arena box office or charge by phone at 1-888-SBA-TIXX or online at sovereignbankarena.com.
The complete schedule follows, including stages, times and bands playing: More...
Herod To Record New Album, Tour Dates
Herod will enter Watchmen Studios next month with producer Doug White (Psyopus, The Disaster) to record the new album. Entitled "Rich Man's War, Poor Man's Fight," the effort will be available via Lifeforce Records in January 2006. Meanwhile, the band will be touring during the remainder of this month. Here are the dates:
8/13 Roanoke VA @ Star City Skate
8/18 Erie PA @ State Street Tavern
8/19 Queens NY @ Redzone
8/20 Danbury CT @ Empress Ballroom
8/21 Buffalo NY @ The Icon
8/23 Chicago IL @ The Note
8/24 Richlands VA @ Joe H's
8/25 Myrtyle Beach SC @ 007 Hard Rock Tavern
8/26 Fayetteville NC @ John J's
8/27 Philadelphia PA @ Camelot
8/28 Rochester NY @ Water Street Music Hall
9-02 Lakewood OH @ Hi-Fi
Unreleased The Project Hate Album Up For Download
The Project Hate has posted the following message regarding their unreleased album, "Deadmarch":
Now we have quite a treat for you Haters... Most of you probably heard about the lost "Deadmarch" tapes, right? If not, let's put long story in short:
Deadmarch was the complete embryo to what finally became TPH. We recorded one album, but it never saw the light of day. After TPH was formed and years passed, we dug the album out from the archives and gave it a few listens and thought about the possibility to have J [vocalist Jörgen Sandström] re-record the vocals for it since K [guitarist/keyboardist Lord K Philipson] was never satisfied with the vocal outcome. Yes, you got it, J didn't do the original vocals for the album - that being one of the reasons we never released it. The intention was to release it as a special treat for our fans, cos the album itself holds many aspects we think our fans would've loved to hear. This plan, thanx to many reasons (mentioned pretty in-depth at the forums), never happened. So we have decided to give you all the unreleased album for downloading for a short period of time.
Yeah, yeah, we know, we are completely awesome.
There's only one "but" to it: It means that you have to register at our forums to find the links to all the songs and detailed info about the album and why it never was re-recorded.
This album might be something to still yer hunger a little while waiting for October 5th when the new masterpiece gets released worldwide...
And just so you know, we most definitely will have another treat for you Haters very soon. Keep checking in here...
BTBAM Announce First Date Of CD Release Weekend
Between the Buried and Me's third full-length album, "Alaska," will be released September 6. The band will be doing a cd release weekend from September 8th to the 11th. The only confirmed date so far is September 11 in Carrboro, NC at Cats Cradle.
Between the Buried and Me are currently touring with the Red Chord, the Acacia Strain and Premonitions of War. Starting September, BTBAM will be heading out again with The Black Dahlia Murder, Cephalic Carnage and Into the Moat.
Arch Enemy Guitarist Updates From Ozzfest
Arch Enemy guitarist, Michael Amott, has posted part 4 of their Ozzfest diary on the band's website:
Hello Arch Enemies!
Well, here we are…half way through the OZZFEST! Everything is going extremely well, we are more than satisfied with the crowd response and the overall vibe of the Ozzfest – we are having a blast!
Second week's sales in the US for “Doomsday Machine” are very strong and it’s amazing to us that so many people seem to have discovered ARCH ENEMY lately! Cool!
Our new video, “Nemesis” will premiere on Headbangers Ball next weekend – be sure to check it out if you haven’t yet seen it (On FUSE TV or online maybe)… We did the “Nemesis” video with the same director as the “We Will Rise” clip a couple of years ago; Mr. Jorge Bravo…he’s a very creative and cool guy...he was throwing snakes, fire and eh, black feathers at us during the shoot… Enjoy the video!
I’d also like to mention that meeting all of the nice fans at Ozzfest during the FYE and Jägermeister signings is an experience in itself. Thanks to everyone for buying the album – without you this doesn’t happen! We know that, and appreciate your support of Arch Enemy 100%!
We are looking forward to the rest of the Ozzfest and our summer here in the US – see you out there somewhere!
Michael Amott
Into The Moat Lose Guitarist, Cancel Shows
Into the Moat guitarist, Robert Shaffer, has left the band in the middle of their tour, forcing the band to cancel some shows as they look for a replacement. Vocalist Earl Ruwell IV has posted this message on the band's website:
We send our deepest apologies to the people who came out to see us and were not there. As you know, our bassist quit the band the first day of this soilent green tour leaving us to play 3 weeks of it with only guitar. Now we are suffering another devastating blow to the band as our guitarist, Robert Shaffer thought it was best to quit the band right in the middle of the tour and would not agree to finishing up any tours. We are currently back at home working really hard to find someone in the meantime able to tour til the end of october. Yet again we want to apologize. Thanks to his irresponsible actions we are forced to drop off some shows but we plan on jumping back on the tour ASAP. So if you live in the south florida area, can play guitar well, don't have much to, and aren't an emotion basketcase...... email us into_the_moat@hotmail.com
Many bands would quit and break up faced with these major set backs, but the original, current, and true members of this band choose to face our problems, rather than run from them. We will be back in full force in no tie.
-Earl IV-
Sharon Osbourne: Ozzy To Continue Playing Arenas
Ozzy Osbourne's wife/manager Sharon Osbourne confirmed in an interview with The Arizona Republic Friday (August 12) that this year's Ozzfest will be the last time Ozzy performs with the traveling festival.
"We're changing the format of the festival next year, and Ozzy will be going into arenas for a while. Because this outside business is just knocking the (expletive) out of him in the summer," she said.
On this year's Ozzfest tour, Osbourne has been plagued by health problems, causing him to cancel some appearances. On Thursday (August 11), he halted a song midway when his voice cracked.
"He's been having a lot of voice problems," Sharon Osbourne said. "Unfortunately for Ozzy, he suffers a lot from hay fever, and when we're on tour everything is outside. When the pollen count is high, he's just wiped out. And there's only so many things he can take for it.
"But he's struggling on."
Despite Osbourne's absence in future tours, his wife said Ozzfest will continue.
"We've proved the festival is solid as a rock, just other people will headline. And Ozzy will continue, but it is time for Ozzy to move on."
Tentative Slipknot Live CD Tracklisting Revealed
Here's the TENTATIVE tracklisting for Slipknot's forthcoming double live CD:
01. The Blister Exists
02. (sic)
03. Pulse Of The Maggots
04. Vermilion
05. Duality
06. Wait And Bleed
07. Everything Ends
08. Surfacing
09. Spit It Out
10. Liberate
11. People=Shit
12. Disasterpiece
13. The Heretic Anthem
14. Left Behind
15. The Nameless
16. Iowa
17. Purity
18. Three Nil
19. Eeyore
20. Eyeless
The release is scehduled for October/November.
FF, ETID, Within Temptation Ecards Available
Roadrunner Records has posted some Fear Factory, Every Time I Die and Within Temptation ecards on their website. Check them out at the following links:
Fear Factory - Transgression
Every Time I Die - Gutter Phenomenon
Within Temptation - The Silent Force
After Forever Posts Video From Brazil
After Forever have posted a video of the band on tour in Brazil. Check it out here.
Slipknot Fanclub Selling Tickets To NY Shows
The official Slipknot fanclub is selling tickets to 3 NY area shows right now:
Oct 30
Oct 31 (Halloween)
Nov 01
Log-in to get tickets before 12 PM (EST) Saturday. See outsidethenine.com for all details.
Porcupine Tree Announce More Tour Dates
Porcupine Tree have announced some more dates to their upcoming Deadwing 2005 Tour. Guitarist Robert Fripp will open on most of the tour's dates. Confirmed dates:
Sep 23 Tampa, FL - The Masquerade
Sep 24 Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade
Sep 26 Washington DC - 9:30 Club
Sep 27 Philadelphia, PA - Keswick Theater
Sep 28 Providence, RI - Lupo's
Sep 30 Boston, MA - Berklee Performance Center
Oct 01 New York City, NY - Town Hall
Oct 03 Montreal, QUE - Club Soda
Oct 04 Ottawa, QUE - Barrymore's
Oct 06 Toronto, ONT - Phoenix Concert Theatre
Oct 08 Detroit, MI - The Majestic
Oct 09 Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
Oct 10 Cincinnati, OH - Bogart's
Oct 11 Chicago, IL - Park West
Oct 13 Milwaukee, WI - The Rave
Oct 15 Boulder, CO - Fox Theater
Oct 17 Portland, OR - The Aladdin
Oct 22 Los Angeles, CA - House of Blues
Oct 23 Anaheim, CA - The Grove
Shadows Fall Drummer To Hold Online Chat
On Tuesday, August 16 at 10:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM PST you can chat live online with Shadows Fall drummer, Jason Bittner. Jason will be live from Ozzfest as Pro-Mark's online chat guest Visit Pro-Mark's homepage at www.promark.com for more info.
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