Metal News for August 25, 2005
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23 news articles posted on this day.
Accept To Play Final Show In Bulgaria
According to the FOCUS News Agency, legendary German heavy metal band ACCEPT will put an end to their performing career with a final live performance to be held in the Bulgarian coastal town of Kavarna.
“I am happy with the fact that world-known musicians having extremely successful career like ACCEPT will play for the last time in Kavarna," the town's mayor, Tsonko Tsonev, told the FOCUS News Agency.
"Our town is a sunny and beautiful place which gathers world's greatest music bands," the mayor added. The live concert of ACCEPT on August 27 in Kavarna will mark the end of the Week of the Sea "Kavarna 2005".
Vader Say Goodbye To Former Drummer 'Doc'
Polish death metallers VADER have posted the following message on their official web site:
"This day we said last time goodbye to our friend and great musician — Krzysztof 'Docent' Raczkowski. The funeral took place in his hometown Korsze near Olsztyn. We accompanied him on his last journey with great sadness, pain and sorrow flowing from our hearts. After the tragedy we've realized how precious gift life is. Especially now, when we should assume some responsibility for his premature death, shouldn't we?... Doc — you will stay forever in our hearts, thoughts and acts."
Sharon Osbourne's "Open Letter" To Maiden Manager
In the ongoing aftermath of the San Bernardino Ozzfest incident, Sharon Osbourne has issued the following "open letter" to IRON MAIDEN manager Rod Smallwood:
"Rod,
"I found your statement to be completely void of the facts that led up to Saturday's show. Your press release was written like an old-time '80s manager, trying to use every opportunity to try and sell the record and the upcoming shows instead of just dealing with the truth.
"These are the facts: More...
Zakk Wylde Comments More In Depth On Dickinson
RockConfidential.com earlier today (August 25) conducted an interview with BLACK LABEL SOCIETY mainman/OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Zakk Wylde. An excerpt from the chat follows:
RockConfidential.com: Ozzy announced on this tour that he'd be retiring from Ozzfest and only doing select shows in the future. What do you think about that?
Zakk Wylde: "I always told Ozz that the great thing is that he's the namesake of it. If you created the Superbowl and played in the first Superbowl, people are gonna show up to see other Superbowls. Just because the Green Bay Packers were in the first two, what nobody's gonna show up if their not in 'em all? It's still the Superbowl. I told Ozz he should take a year off. That's the beauty of it. Take a year off and let somebody else headline the thing, chill out and relax. If anybody deserves to take a weekend off it's definitely him! They say James Brown is the hardest working man in show business, but Ozzy never stops!"
RockConfidential.com: Is the whole thing with IRON MAIDEN overblown or is it for real? How did all the drama start?
Zakk Wylde: "This is fact and this is reality. It's not the guys in MAIDEN and their crew. They're a beautiful bunch of guys. Bruce Dickinson every night would be saying 'Ozzy sucks,' 'Ozzfest blows,' 'Corporate America sucks,' 'America sucks,' and all this other crap. He was bagging on America and bagging on Ozz. Ozzy's the godfather of my son. It wasn't like Bruce said those things one night. This happened every night on the 'fest. If you got signed by George Steinbrenner to play for the Yankees and every day you say, 'Steinbrenner sucks,' 'Yankee Stadium blows,' 'I can't stand playing for this team — it sucks ass,' then why are you playing for the Yankees? Shut your fuckin' pie hole. All he had to do was go up there, play for an hour, whoop some ass and go home. The only thing Ozzy's ever done was given MAIDEN a stage to come over and play to the biggest audience in the summer. Ozzy would give you the shirt off his back. He'd never do a bad thing to anybody. Sharon didn't like him talking about her husband like that and talking about Ozzfest like that. It's just not kosher. The bottom line is Bruce was being a wad! You act like a cunt, you get treated like a cunt! That's what happened. He's definitely not one of the guys. Everybody in their band and crew are cool. I love MAIDEN but he's talking about the godfather of my son, he's bagging America and all the troops are fighting overseas defending our way of life and freedom and fighting terrorism. This dickwad's taking American money and then he's gonna go home. At the same time he thinks he can badmouth America. It's not cool. He got pelted with a batch of eggs and they turned the power off on him! Go home!"
Read the full article at RockConfidential.com.
Society's Finest Prepare New Album
Society's Finest will be entering the studio in December to record a new full-length. Producing the effort will be Andreas Magnusson (Scarlet, Gods) and the album should hit stores next spring. Meanwhile, the band will resume touring in January.
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Edguy Show Report From BB Kings, NYC
The date was August 16, 2005. I was at BBkings in New York City, New York to see one of my favorite bands, Into Eternity, open for a band I enjoyed listening to, Edguy. While waiting for the show to start, I headed back stage to interview Edguy, unfortunately they were not ready for me and I should come back at 7pm, when the show started. After seeing the first song from Into Eternity, Splintered Visions, I go back stage again to do my interview. I finish as they start their last song, Beginning of the End, which also happened to be one of my favorites. Though I only caught two songs in the end, it was amazing. Those two songs satisfied my appetite for seeing Into Eternity live, since I had seen them before and they will be around again shortly. More...
Glassjaw to Play One Show w/ The Used in NYC
Doctors have released Glassjaw Lead Singer Daryl Palumbo to play one show. That one show will be August 31, 2005 at the Hammerstein Ballroom as the Main Support for The Used. who are currently on a Headline U.S. and Canadian Tour
The Used are also playing Hammerstein Ballroom on August 30 and Glassjaw will NOT be on that show.
Daryl Palumbo - "It sucks that my health did not permit me to do the whole tour but I am excited to be able to play a Glassjaw show in my hometown. I am working hard on getting better and look forward to doing more touring with Head Automatica and Glassjaw in the future."
Bert McCracken - "Glassjaw are one of my favorite bands of all time and to get to play with them even once is an honor!"
As Previously reported, Glassjaw were slated to tour with The Used, but had to withdraw from the tour due to singer Daryl Palumbo’s on going battle with Crohn’s Disease. Palumbo has been suffering from Crohn’s since childhood and it has wreaked havoc on the dynamic singer’s personal and professional life. H2O replaced Glassjaw on the tour.
Iron Maiden's Official Response on Ozzfest
Iron Maiden manager Rod Smallwood has issued the following statement concerning the band's treatment at their final Ozzfest appearance in San Bernardino (line breaks inserted for readability):
"Maiden are currently returning from America and preparing for UK festivals this weekend and don't wish to waste time giving Sharon Osbourne's statement the dignity of a reply. Considering the disgraceful nature of the events that occurred they feel it's a pretty dismal effort at self justification and they don't think Metal fans are at all gullible and that they will easily see through it. They want no more to do with this sorry incident and are very much looking forward to headlining Reading and Leeds Festivals this weekend.
"I would however like to add my own comment on this. In 30 years in this business and after attending hundreds of gigs I have never seen anything anywhere near as disgusting and unprofessional as what went on that night. I was standing on our sound desk out front as usual but ran to the stage as soon as the hail of missiles began and from then on watched from the front of the stage right next to Bruce's walkway. The scale, viciousness and concentration of the throwing made it obvious that this was a premeditated and co-ordinated attack. Assaulting musicians while performing by throwing bottle tops, lighters and eggs at them from just a few yards away is vile, dangerous, criminal and cowardly. It is incredible that Ozzfest security apparently did nothing about it - aren't they there to protect the bands too? Especially when the band is concentrating on a performance in front of 45,000 people and the missiles are coming out of the glare of the spotlights. And to spit at a band on stage is unforgivable. Iron Maiden, like all the bands on Ozzfest, had to sign quite onerous legal documents part of which was promising not to throw anything into the audience, even wristbands!!! Ironic isn't it[?] More...
Manson Plays Croatia Without Incident
Despite furious protests from church leaders, Marilyn Manson did succeed in playing his planned gig in Croatia. It happened in Pula, with a large police presence on hand, just in case of trouble. The church branded Manson's music as promoting satanism.
Machine Head DVD Due Out In October
Roadrunner Records UK have posted this news concerning the new Machine Head DVD, "Elegies", which had been delayed:
After months of speculation, most of the final details for Machine Head's upcoming DVD "Elegies" have been officially announced! Scheduled to street on October 10th, their first-ever DVD release will focus around (and contain the entirety of) Machine Head's performance at London's Brixton Academy, filmed on December 5th, 2004. In addition, the disc will feature three behind-the-scenes vignettes, focusing on the making of the band's newest record "Through the Ashes of Empires", life on the road with Machine Head, and an up-close and personal look at the greatest horde of lunatics in the world - Machine Head fans. Viewers will have the choice of watching the vignettes interstitially (injected into the concert footage) or on their own. On top of that, three music videos - "Imperium", "Days Turn Blue To Gray" (both uncensored and uncut) and "The Blood, The Sweat, The Tears" - will also be included, each accompanied by its own behind-the-scenes "Making of" documentary.
All of the aforementioned behind-the-scenes and documentary material has been recompiled and re-edited from over 300 hours of footage amassed by the band since writing for "Through the Ashes of Empires" began in 2003, providing a never-before-seen glimpse into the world of heavy metal's most ferocious empire.
Mindless Self Indulgence Announce Tour Dates
Mindless Self Indulgence have lined up a new set of dates, almost all of which will see Suicide City (Biohazard, Ex-Kittie) as direct support, here's the schedule:
September 21st Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade (Feat. Retard-O-Bot)
September 22nd Tampa, FL - The Masquerade
September 23rd Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Revolution (Feat. Retard-O-Bot)
September 24th Lake Buena Vista, FL - House Of Blues (Feat. Retard-O-Bot)
September 27th Corpus Christi, TX - House of Rock (Feat. Retard-O-Bot)
September 28th Ft. Worth, TX Ridglea Theatre (Feat. Retard-O-Bot)
September 30th El Paso, TX - T Lounge (Feat. Retard-O-Bot)
October 01st Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre
October 02nd San Diego, CA - SOMA Sidestage
October 06th Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues
October 07th Orangevale, CA - The Boardwalk
October 08th Mountain View, CA - Download Festival
October 09th Portland, OR - Loveland
October 10th Seattle, WA - El Corazon
October 12th Salt Lake City, UT - Lo-Fi Cafe
October 13th Denver, CO - Ogden Theater
October 18th Mokena, IL - The Pearl Room
October 21st Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom
October 22nd Farmingdale, NY Crazy Donkey (Feat. Theo & The Skyscrapers)
October 29th New Orleans, LA - Voodoo Music Experience
36 Crazyfists With News On New Album
36 Crazyfists recently checked in with an update on their new album which they plan to release early next year through Roadrunner. You can read what they had to say about that at www.36crazyfists.com.
Candlemass Call Off Tour With Cathedral
The proposed European tour featuring reformed Swedish doom metal legends Candlemass alongside Cathedral and Grand Magus has been officially called off. "Unfortunately, it was rather clear we couldn't get the finances together so we had to say no to that one. Bummer!" stated Candlemass bassist Leif Edling. Read Edling's latest tour report, featuring entries on the band's recent appearances at the Göteborgskalaset and Wacken Open Air festivals, at Candlemass.se.
Subway To Sally Relaunch Website
Right in time with the release of "Nord Nord Ost" on Aug 22, German medieval rockers Subway to Sally have completely redone and relaunched their official homepage at www.subwaytosally.de.
Fans will find one feature especially useful: You can listen to samples of all the tracks on "Nord Nord Ost" at this location.
Obituary Schedule In-Store Appearances
Obituary are about to hit the road with Napalm Death and Dead to Fall in support of their new album "Frozen in Time." The band will also be making a few in-store autograph appearances. At each in-store, people that buy the records will get an exclusive poster for the band to sign. The scheduled in-stores will be on:
Sept 01 Vienna, VA - Tower Records
Sept 02 Fords, NJ - Vintage Vinyl
Sept 07 Philadelphia, PA - Relapse Records
Sept 14 Greenfield ,WI - Exclusive Co.
Sept 17 Tampa, FL - Vinyl Fever
Old Man's Child To Release New Album In October
With the release of their 6th full-length album “Vermin” on October 17th, Old Man's Child is more than ready to top the praise its predecessor “In Defiance Of Existence” legitimately received.
Old Man's Child returned to Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden (In Flames, Arch Enemy and others), with Patrik J. Sten and Fredrik Nordström helping to create a new monster of an album. “Vermin” offers a massively sounding, grim trip into the sinister visions of mastermind Galder. With Danish beat-machine Reno H. Kiilerich, who was drafted by Dimmu Borgir as a live drummer after stints with Panzerchrist, Vile and Exmortem (and who won a drum contest displaying the fastest footwork after exceeding over 800 hits on the double-bass pedals in one minute) and a guest appearance by Dragonland/Testament guitarist Eric Peterson band founder Galder is in more than just good company and with artwork by Greek artist Set “Vermin” is also visually a dark and morbid slab of melodic, bombastic yet hateful Black Metal.
“Vermin” tracklisting:
1. Enslaved And Condemned (4:15)
2. The Plague Of Sorrow (4:09)
3. War Of Fidelity (4:19)
4. In Torment's Orbit (5:04)
5. Lord Of Command [Bringer Of Hate] (4:51)
6. The Flames Of Deceit (4:39)
7. Black Marvels Of Death (4:22)
8. Twilight Damnation (4:42)
9. ...As Evil Descends (1:11)
Eyes Of Fire To Support Apocalyptica
Orange County-based quintet Eyes of Fire will embark on a U.S. tour with Apocalyptica next month in support of "Prison," their highly anticipated sophomore release mixed by acclaimed producer Matt Bayles (Isis, Mastodon, Norma Jean). The trek, which kicks off on Sept. 20th in Washington, DC will lead the two genre-defying artists cross-country over the course of two weeks. The group are currently in the midst of a national U.S. tour alongside labelmates Manntis after completing a highly successful run supporting Danzig and Trivium earlier this year.
Upcoming Eyes of Fire tour dates: More...
Vomitory To Play In Sweden With Vicious Art
Vomitory will be playing at Village in Västerås, Sweden on November 26th. The band will be sharing the stage with Vicious Art.
Voivod Guitarist Falls Ill
Voivod has posted the following message on their website regarding their guitarist, Denis D'Amour:
Our good friend and guitar hero Denis D'Amour aka Piggy is very ill. We are helping Denis in every way that we can to feel comfortable while he fights to get healthy. Denis is a very private person and does not want to make a big deal about his illness, so we will not be able to answer questions about his condition or give any other details at this time. We appreciate your understanding.
Please feel welcome to send any notes, good words and positive vibes to Piggy at one or both of the following contacts and we will make sure he gets to read them.
Email Address:
Subject: "Get Well Piggy"
piggy@voivod.com
Mailing Address:
Attn: Denis "Piggy" D'Amour
Chophouse Records
454 Las Gallinas Avenue
# 353
San Rafael, CA 94903-3618
Porcupine Tree Announce European Tour Dates
The next leg of Porcupine Tree's Deadwing European tour campaign is now almost entirely in place (just Italian shows to be confirmed). The forthcoming tours of both North Amercia and Europe will include substantially different material to the tours earlier this year, including songs new to the live repertoire. There will be several new films by Lasse Hoile, and PT now also have their own full time dedicated lighting designer. Dave Dickinson will be working closely alongside Lasse in creating a new and stronger visual aspect to the band's shows. Dave has previously worked as LD for artists as diverse as Jimmy Eat World, Kasabian, D12, The Wildhearts, 50 Cent, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
European tour dates: More...
More The Black Dahlia Murder Tour Dates Announced
Between the Buried and Me have announced on their website a few more dates to their tour with the Black Dahlia Murder, Cephalic Carnage and Into the Moat. Tour dates are as follows:
Sept 23 Buffalo, NY The Icon
Sept 24 Worcester, MA The Palladium Upstairs
Sept 25 NYC, NY Knitting Factory
Sept 26 Philadelphia, PA Theater of Living Arts
Sept 27 Baltimore, MD Otto Bar
Sept 28 Richmond, VA Alley Katz
Sept 29 Cleveland, OH Peabody's Downunder
Sept 30 Chicago, IL Logan Square Auditorium
Oct 01 Iowa City, IA Gabe's Oasis
Oct 02 Minneapolis, MN Ascot Room at the Quest
Oct 03 Kansas City, MO El Torreon
Oct 04 Denver, CO Rock Island
Oct 05 Salt Lake City, UT Lo-Fi Cafe
Oct 07 Seattle, WA El Corazon
Oct 08 Porland, OR Meow Meow
Oct 09 San Francisco, CA The Pound
Oct 11 Corona, CA Showcase Theatre
Oct 12 W. Hollywood, CA Troubadour
Oct 13 San Diego, CA Soma Side Stage
Oct 14 Phoenix, AZ The Brickhouse
More dates will be announced soon.
Amon Amarth To Play Bloodstock, More Dates w/ COB
Amon Amarth have announced on their website that they will be playing Bloodstock at Assembly Rooms in Derby, UK on September 3rd.
More dates for Amon Amarth's upcoming North American tour supporting Children of Bodom, along with Trivium, have also been confirmed:
Nov 09 Quebec, QU - Capitol
Nov 10 Montreal, QU - Medley
Nov 11 Toronto, ON - Opera House
Nov 12 Detroit, MI - Harpos
Nov 13 Chicago, IL - House of Blues
Nov 14 Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Ballroom
Nov 16 Minneapolis, MN - Quest
Nov 18 Denver, CO - Gotic Theatre
Nov 19 Salt Lake City, UT - Lo-Fi Cafe
Nov 21 Seattle, WA - El Corazon
Nov 22 Vancouver, BC - Croation Cultural
Nov 23 Portland, OR - Roseland Theatre
Nov 25 San Francisco, CA - Slims
Nov 26 Santa Ana, CA - Galaxy Concert Theatre
Nov 27 Los Angeles, CA - House of Blues
Nov 28 Phoenix, AZ - Marquee Theatre
Nov 29 San Diego, CA - House of Blues
Dec 01 TBA
Dec 02 Dallas, TX - The Curtain Club
Dec 03 Houston, TX - Meridian
Dec 05 Tampa, FL - Masquerade
Dec 06 Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
Dec 08 Washington, DC - 9.30 Club
Dec 09 Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero
Dec 10 Worchester, MA - Palladium
Dec 11 TBA
Dec 12 TBA
Dec 14 New York, NY - Irwing Plaza
Nightwish DVD & Best-Of Go Gold In Germany
After Nightwish's DVD "End Of Innocence" was awarded Gold in Germany, the Best-Of "Tales From The Elvenpath" now also went Gold. Reason enough for Bogdan Kopec (Label-Boss of DRAKKAR Entertainment) to travel to Finland to give Nightwish the awards personally.
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