Metal News for August 28, 2006
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Clutch To Enter Studio In October
CLUTCH will enter the studio in October on the West Coast with producer Joe Barresi (QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, KYUSS, TOOL, WEEZER, MELVINS) to begin recording its new album, due in early 2007.
In other news, CLUTCH's "Burning Beard" single is out now CD featuring the video for "Burning Beard". The U.K.-released vinyl 7" has "Slow Hole To China" on the flip side.
CLUTCH frontman Neil Fallon made his debut solo appearance at the the sixth annual Glasgowbury festival on July 22 at Eagle's Rock in Draperstown, Northern Ireland.
CLUTCH has been confirmed as the support band for MOTÖRHEAD in the U.K. this fall. The group is continuing to tour in support of its latest album, "Robot Hive/Exodus", available now on DRT Entertainment. The follow-up to the acclaimed "Blast Tyrant", was produced by J. Robbins (JAWBOX, THE DISMEMBERMENT PLAN) at Bearsville Studios in Woodstock, NY, and was mixed at Water Music in Hoboken, NJ.
Interview
Getting Higher With Wayne From Soldiers Of Scrape
Detroit, Michigan may be well known for churning out new automobiles off the assembly line but there is one mean steel machine running around called SOLDIERS OF SCRAPE that is making more noise out of the underground music scene than a Ford Pinto that should've been junked twenty years ago. Soldiers Of Scrape just took top honors for 2006's Monster Picks contest, a true testimony to just how popular this band is. They are to be featured in the upcoming Decibel magazine. This is a metal band that is for the people and of the people, like one of its main inspirations, Pantera. They are going to be turning the touring knob up to eleven here in September and October, so watchout for them throughout Michigan and Illinois. I took some time to get my Q&A on with their always bleary eyed bassist, Wayne. More...
All That Remains Reveal Next Single
Massachusetts-based metal act ALL THAT REMAINS has posted two additional tracks from the bands highly-acclaimed new record, The Fall of Ideals online. The band has added Not Alone and The Air I Breathe to its MySpace page; the latter will be the albums second single and video. The forthcoming music video will be filmed in early September in Southern California with veteran director Darren Doane (Every Time I Die, Atreyu).
The band is currently gearing up for a North American run; they will be providing direct support to British power-metallers DragonForce.
ALL THAT REMAINS scanned nearly 13,000 copies of The Fall of Ideals opening week, landing at #75 on the Billboard Top 200. Earning Kerrang!s perfect score of 5 Ks, The Fall of Ideals is the follow-up to 2004s This Darkened Heart which spawned three videos and took the band on the road alongside Gwar, Arch Enemy, and the inaugural run of Sounds of The Underground. More...
Candiria Drummer Comments On Departure
In case there was any doubt, drummer Kenneth Schalk has confirmed his departure from Candiria earlier this year. Speaking with fans on the forum of Candiria's website, Schalk chronicled the past year and a half of his life with the following:
"I didn't leave the band for God if that's what you think. I left the band because my personal life was suffering in many ways because of my commitment to the band.
February 2005: My feelings for leaving the band started here when Eric left. At that point a piece of our foundation had been taken away. Can a building be its strongest with an incomplete foundation?
March 2005 - October 2005: Many things like a ridiculously mind and heart draining lawsuit and trial, along with not touring or even writing music put me in a state where I didn't even consider us a band.
June - October 2005: Before we went to England, we experienced a rollercoaster of tour potential bullshit that made me think how horrible our manager and record label were and my views of our business became tainted. At this point I really wanted to end the band or leave. With the 2 weeks in england which finally happened afterall, we had a chance to revive our energy but it didn't work for me.
Nov 2005: After that tour, we had to drop one of the guitarists we were working with and try again to come up with another plan to keep this band alive.
Dec 2005: So we figured let's write a record. Carley recruits John to help Carley write.
Jan 2006: We put together John and Carley's music into an album. In the process, my girlfriend (and someday my wife) tells me she can't live this way anymore and I have to decide what I feel is right.
February 2006: Candiria - pretty much burnt out in my opinion and probably will not be too active much longer in my life. My girlfriend - someone I want to be with the rest of my life. So I made the obvious choice and gave up Candiria to salvage a relationship that is priceless to me. I can always keep making music but when you love someone unconditionally, you can't let that get away.
March 2006: I'm in California and my mind is swirling with so many personal toughts that I'm the most stressed and tense I've ever felt in my life. I reach a state of personal confusion.
May 2006: Waiting for my girlfriend's car to get fixed, I look up to the sky and call out to God and start the road to healing.
August 2006: Staying focused with God, evolving again as a human and embracing the experience I am a part of. I truly am back on a path in life. Putting my spiritual health first again takes out my decisions of selfishness like greed or desire or lust. Naturally I'm not perfect so I expect to keep making mistakes until I can either fully cleanse myself or die as best a human as I could be on this earth-inside and outside."
Pestilence Live Album Made Available
The PESTILENCE Land Of Tears website (www.pestilence.fan.pl) reports that a live album from the defunct Dutch technical metallers, entitled "Chronicles Of The Scourge", is now available through Metal War Productions.
The album features the following tracklisting: Kix Festival - Veghel, Holland (June 24th, 1989): 'City Of The Living Dead'/'Antropomorphia', 'Parricide', 'Echoes Of Death', 'Subordinate To The Domination', 'Commandments', 'Out Of The Body', 'Chemotherapy', 'Cycle Of Existence', 'Suspended Animation'. Live Die Zeche - Bochum, Germany (November 18th, 1988): 'The Trauma', 'Antropomorphia', 'Parricide', 'Subordinate To The Domination', 'Cycle Of Existence', 'Extreme Unction', 'Chemotherapy', 'Bacterial Surgery', 'Systematic Instruction' Unreleased bonus track: 'Consuming Impulse'.
The band lineup on the album includes: Patrick Mameli (guitar), Patrick Uterwijk (guitar), Martin Van Drunen (bass, vocals), Marco Foddis (drums).
Kittie To Release New Album On Own Label
Canadian rock act Kittie has finished recording its fourth album and intends to independently release it in March 2007 on its own record label, Kiss of Infamy. Billboard.com got the first listen to the new material at Retro Sound Studio in Red Bank, N.J., where Kittie recorded the as-yet-untitled album with producer Jack Ponti (Alice Cooper, Doro).
"I think we really just wanted to show off what we've been doing these past few years for people [who] thought we had dropped off the face of the earth," singer Morgan Lander says of the record. "We've toured a lot, we've become an amazing band, we've become really tight [and] we're a completely different beast than we were."
Lander and her sister, Mercedes (who plays drums), have continued forging ahead with the band since it settled a breach of contract suit with former label Artemis Records and parent Sheridan Square Entertainment in March 2003 and officially left the label in April 2005. This year, they have also put out a digital EP, added new members Tara McLeod (guitar) and Trish Doan (bass), and embarked on a 50-show club tour of the United States. More...
Lamb of God's 'Sacrament' In Billboard's Top 10
According to Hits Daily Double, LAMB OF GOD's "Sacrament" (Epic) is poised to sell between 75,000 and 80,000 copies in the United States during its first week of release to land at position No. 6 on The Billboard 200 chart. The final first-week sales figures will be announced on Wednesday, August 30.
"Sacrament", entered the Australian chart at position No. 25 (right behind PARIS HILTON).
"Sacrament", the second Epic Records studio release from LAMB OF GOD, was issued individually and as a CD and DVD deluxe edition, which includes over 90 minutes of special behind-the-scenes footage of the making of "Sacrament". This special deluxe edition of "Sacrament" chronicles the making of the album from the early stages of writing and rehearsing to the actual studio recording. Filmed during the spring of 2006, the footage captures the intensely personal aspects of the album making process as well as taking a sneak peek inside the band's private lives. The DVD contains interviews from each band member as well as director's cut versions of two videos from the upcoming release, including the first single, "Redneck".
Will Haven Signs With Bieler Bros.
Bieler Bros. Records (Nonpoint, Skindred) has officially announced the signing of Will Haven. Before ultimately reuniting in 2005, Will Haven broke up in January 2003 after releasing three albums with Revelation Records. The group's as-of-yet untitled Bieler Bros. debut will hit stores in early-2007.
Moonlight Hit The Studio
Metal Mind Productions report that Polish rock band MOONLIGHT entered Fonoplastykon Studio in Wroclaw (Poland) on Wednesday, August 23rd to record a follow-up to their DownWords album from 2005.
The band lineup: Maja Konarska - vocals, Andrzej Kutys - guitar, Michal Podciechowski – bass, Kuba Maciejewski - keyboards, Krzysztof Medrala - drums.
Says Maja: "As for now we haven’t recorded a lot of music but we make progress quite well and smoothly. The album is scheduled to be released in October and will contain probably 10 tracks (this may change though). I am not going to talk about music. It will be OUR music and YOU, the fans, will know if you like it only after you listen to it.”
The band plan to embark on a promo tour in October in support of their upcoming 10th release.
Visceral Bleeding Post New Song For Download
A brand new VISCERAL BLEEDING track, entitled "Rip the Flesh", has been made available for download at this location. The song comes off the Swedish death metal outfit's third full-length album, tentatively titled "Absorbing the Disarray".
With regards to the musical direction of the upcoming CD, guitarist Peter Persson recently said, "We deliberately strived to make 'Transcend into Ferocity' [2004] a bit more 'unpolished' to make it feel more aggressive and more ferocious [than 2002's 'Remnants of Deprivation']. With the new album we have a different kind of vibe we want to express and therefore the sound will be accordingly. More...
Andromeda To Film Live DVD In Poland
Swedish quintet ANDROMEDA will record a live DVD in Katowice, Poland on October 31. More details will be made available soon.
ANDROMEDA filmed a video for the song "In the End" earlier in the year. The track comes off the band's latest CD, "Chimera", which was released in June via Massacre Records.
"Chimera" was produced by Martin Hedin in Sweden between March 2004 and January 2005 and features artwork by Niklas Sundin (DARK TRANQUILLITY).
Upcoming ANDROMEDA tour dates:
Sep. 02 - Copenhagen, DEN @ The Rock
Sep. 08 - Lübeck, GER @ TBA
Sep. 10 - Raismes, FRA @ Raismesfest
Sep. 11 - Paris, FRA @ Nouveau Casino
Sep. 13 - Aschaffenburg, GER @ Colos-Saal
Sep. 14 - Berlin, GER @ Knaack
Oct. 31 - Katowice, POL @ TBA
Death Angel Schedule One-Off Show In San Jose
Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers DEATH ANGEL have scheduled a one-off show on September 9 at The Blank Club in San Jose, California.
DEATH ANGEL will take part in the Thrash Domination 2006 on September 16-17 at Club Citta in Kawasaki, Japan alongside VENOM, SODOM, ONSLAUGHT and DRAGONLORD.
DEATH ANGEL's latest CD, "The Art of Dying", was released in May 2004 through Nuclear Blast Records. The group's first studio album since 1990's "Act III" was recorded at SF Soundworks studios in San Francisco, California with producer Brian Joseph Dobbs (VOIVOD, MANMADEGOD).
King Diamond Voices Character On 'Metalocalypse'
KING DIAMOND is the latest metal musician to lend his voice to the cartoon series "Death Clock Metalocalypse". King Diamond recorded his part on Monday, August 21 and reportedly "kicked ass." Other musicians who have contributed to the series include Michael Amott (ARCH ENEMY), Warrel Dane (NEVERMORE), Steve Smyth (NEVERMORE), Jeff Loomis (NEVERMORE), Kirk Hammett (METALLICA) and James Hetfield (METALLICA). Check out images of Hetfield's and Hammett's appearance in the series, which premiered August 6 on Adult Swim (the adult-oriented television programming block on Cartoon Network), at Metallica.com.
"Dethklok Metalocalypse" follows the mayhem surrounding the world's biggest band, and 12th-largest economy, the half-Norwegian/half-American black metal band DETHKLOK, according to ThePhoenix.com. They live in a gigantic upside-down dragon boat perched atop the fjords of Norway. They cause disaster, destruction, and bloodshed wherever they go. In an age where metal is king, DETHKLOK's business savvy trumps the world's most shrewd visionaries. But they're excessively dumb when it comes to the most rudimentary tasks. For example, they don't know how to make food for themselves — not even a sandwich. During one scene, guitarist Skwisgarr Skwigelf tries to make coffee with a toaster. Although they've outsold THE BEATLES, DETHKLOK are, according to show co-creator Brendon Small, "just a thousand times more dangerous and a billion times more stupid." More...
Skew Siskin Announce One-Off Date In Belgium
German female-fronted rockers SKEW SISKIN have announced a show at Spirit of 66 in Verviers, Belgium on November 29.
SKEW SISKIN is currently recording a new CD at its Berlin studio for a tentative early 2007 release. "As it looks, we're recording around 16 songs, but only 10 to 12 will make it on the CD," the band previously stated. "Not that we are too lazy no, we have tons of spectacular guitar riffs and song ideas lying around. But sometimes less is more, and we want to present the best of the best on this upcoming album."
SKEW SISKIN, whose current lineup included PRIMAL FEAR drummer Randy Black, last year announced that they were canceling all their shows so that frontwoman Nina C. Alice could receive medical treatment for an infection.
SKEW SISKIN's latest CD, "Album of the Year", was released in November 2003 through ulfTone Music. The band is currently seeking a new label home.
Adagio Announces New Album Title
Guitarist Stephan Forté has completed the songwriting sessions for ADAGIO's fourth album, entitled "Archangels in Black". The album will feature nine songs plus a bonus track for Japan. According to the band, the compositions are "the ultimate balance between melodic and extreme metal and can be considered a more brutal vision of 'Underworld'." The recording sessions will start in October for an early 2007 release.
ADAGIO released its latest album, "Dominate", in North America and Europe (outside France) in July via Locomotive Music. The CD — which was issued in Japan in December via Avalon/Marquee and in France in March through Double Vision (via Sony/BMG distribution) — was produced by Stephan Forté and Kevin Codfert, and was mixed at House of Audio Studios in Germany by Dennis Ward.
Aborted Forced To Drop Off Cryptopsy Tour
Belgian death metallers ABORTED have issued the following update:
Well, this tour [with CRYPTOPSY] has been quite the debacle. We had to cancel Malmo [Sweden] since the bus broke down in Denmark and we were stuck there the whole day which sucked ass. Luckily for the fans, CRYPTOPSY did make it at the last minute, and apparently they tore it up! We apologize to the fans there waiting to see us, but we only found out last minute we wouldn't make it, sucks.... Secondly, Matty [guitar] had some problems with his working situation so last minute we had to cancel our participation to the rest of the tour since he might have lost his job over this. Our boys in VISCERAL BLEEDING are taking over for the other dates and I'm sure they will do the killing in our stead. All you guys out there, no worries, we're planning a full offensive next year with the new album! Now it's time to play Stockholm, see you guys there!" More...
Helstar Reunion Audio Posted Online
Nine songs from the first reunion show of the "Remnants of War" lineup of HELSTAR have been posted exclusively at TexasMetalUnderground.com for streaming or download. The soundboard-quality recordings were made during the 4th annual Robb's MetalWorks Showcase, which took place at the White Rabbit in San Antonio on June 10, 2006. The site also features exclusive live photos. Songs available include for download and/or streaming include:
01. Evil Reign
02. Destroyer
03. Suicidal Nightmare
04. Dark Queen
05. Face The Wicked One
06. Angel Of Death / Burning Star
07. Witches Eye
08. The King Is Dead
09. Baptized In Blood More...
Fear Factory Performance Video In Argentina Posted
A video of FEAR FACTORY performing the song "Replica" Saturday night (August 26) at Obras Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina has been posted online at YouTube.com
FEAR FACTORY issued a statement Friday confirming that the band's Venezuelan show was cancelled but vowing to complete the other dates on the group's South American trek.
FEAR FACTORY is continuing to promote its latest album, "Transgression", which was released in August 2005 through Calvin, an imprint of Liquid 8. The record includes 11 songs, all produced by Toby Wright (ALICE IN CHAINS, KORN, METALLICA). More...
Cellador Guitarist Guests On Mysera Track
CELLADOR guitarist Bill Hudson has a featured guitar solo on the song "I Ain't Even" by the up-and-coming metal group MYSERA. Hear the recording at www.myspace.com/myserametal.
MYSERA is the brainchild of ex-CELLADOR guitarist Sam Chatham. Formed in 2006, MYSERA consists of Chatham, vocalist Criss Cain (THE VILLIAN, BLACK ILLUSION), guitarist Andrew Prine, and bassist Lucas Thompson (THE VILLIAN).
Angelcorpse Guitarist Working On New Project
ANGELCORPSE guitarist Gene Palubicki is working on an as-yet-unnamed death metal/thrash project with drummer Gina Ambrosio (Gina will not be taking part in the ANGELCORPSE reunion, contrary to a previous announcement). More information will be made available soon.
As previously reported, ANGELCORPSE bassist/vocalist Pete Helmkamp has confirmed that the band is in the process of reforming. However, contrary to a previous report, a new drummer has not yet been secured. Pete and guitarist Gene Palubicki "are auditioning drummers as well as second guitarists," Helmkamp said. Parties interested in either position should contact Pete at kommand666@yahoo.com. More...
Fear My Thoughts Checks In From Recording Studio
German modern melodic death upstarts FEAR MY THOUGHTS are recording their fifth album, entitled "Vulcanus", at Hansen Studios in Ribe, Denmark for an early 2007 release through Century Media Records. A video clip of the band working in the studio can be viewed at this location (Quicktime required).
Commented the group: "We're still in the Jacob Hansen Studios in Denmark, working on the final mix for our new album. If you're into blast beats and DEEP PURPLE Hammond organs, you'll probably like what we're doing! Expect some more melody and some more experiments, but also some old-school-thrash vibes...
"Besides the work we're still fighting against an armada of flies which invaded Denmark this summer. Imagine to wake up at 6 o'clock in the morning with flies in your mouth and nose, and you will get a picture of our daily struggle.
"We're really looking forward to our European tour with KATAKLYSM, NEAERA and QUO VADIS in January 2007, and can't wait to present you our new songs on stage!"
Manifest To Support Entombed In Norway
Norwegian noise-thrashers MANIFEST have been confirmed as main support for ENTOMBED on their upcoming Norwegian tour. "ENTOMBED is one of our favourite metal bands ever and to join them on the road for five gigs will kick major ass!!" MANIFEST said in a statement.
MANIFEST supporting ENTOMBED on the "When In Norge '06" tour:
Sep. 22 - Blæst - Trondheim, NOR
Sep. 23 - Union Scene - Drammen, NOR
Sep. 26 - Hulen - Bergen, NOR
Sep. 27 - Folken - Stavanger, NOR
Sep. 28 - Kick Music Hall - Kristiansand, NOR More...
Sinister Reveal DVD Track Listing
Dutch death metallers SINISTER shot their first-ever live DVD with seven cameras on August 24 at the Stodola Club in Warsaw, Poland. The group's setlist was as follows:
01. Intro 1
02. Bleeding towards the Wendigo
03. Epoch of Denial
04. The Grey Massacre
05. Sadistic Intent
06. Into the Forgotten
07. Men Down
08. Barbaric Order
09. Intro 2
10. Enslave the Weak
11. Altruistic Suicide
12. Afterburner
13. Intro 3
14. Cross the Styx
15. To Mega Therion More...
In This Moment Sign With Century Media Records
Century Media Records has announced the signing of IN THIS MOMENT to a worldwide deal. The Southern California-based quintet quickly became one of the most talked about artists within the local scene due to the intensity of frontwoman Maria Brink and an undying work ethic. This buzz carried over to the band’s MySpace page resulting in over 105,000 friends and over 800,000 plays.
The group's songwriting blends together a propulsive mixture of metal and hard rock elements that will quickly help them carve out their own unique niche within the scene. The diversity and depth of their songwriting is refreshing and their musical prowess is simply undeniable. More...
Headline News
Ex-Napalm Death Guitarist Jesse Pintado Dies
Guitarist Jesse Pintado (TERRORIZER, ex-NAPALM DEATH) died over the weekend in a hospital in Holland, Century Media Records has confirmed. A pioneer in our musical genre, Jesse and his influential sound will be sorely missed. Century Media Records will make a further announcement later in the week.
In a recent interview with Rockdetector.com, Pintado spoke about his final days in NAPALM DEATH.
"The departure was basically due to a variety of reasons," he said. "We shared a house together, we toured together, we were always together, but people move on. Along the way there was a little rough bumps, though I don't know. In my situation it got to the point where I needed a little fresh start. I'm still good friends with the guys; there's no animosity there, we're all cool, and they're happy with what I'm doing." More...
Nightrage To Enter Studio In November
Swedish/Greek melodic death metal outfit NIGHTRAGE will enter Hansen studios in Ribe, Denmark on November 28 to begin recording their new album, tentatively due in early 2007 via Lifeforce Records. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Spiral", "Reconcile" and "Scathing". "We are pretty satisfied with the material and we are looking forward to go to the studio and make a killer album," Marios Ilipoulos, NIGHTRAGE guitarist/songwriter.
Napalm Death Post New Song Online
A brand new NAPALM DEATH track, entitled "When All Is Said and Done", ahs been made available for streaming at this location. The song comes off the British grindcore pioneers' new album, "Smear Campaign", due on September 19 via Century Media Records (one day earlier inernationally). The follow-up to last year's "The Code Is Red…Long Live the Code" was recorded at Foel Studios in Wales, England and features a guest appearance by THE GATHERING frontwoman Anneke van Giersbergen. More...
Mushroomhead Post New Single Online
MUSHROOMHEAD's brand new single, "Simple Survival", has been posted online at teh band's MySpace page.
MUSHROOMHEAD will film a video for "Simple Survival" with director Chad Calek (BLEEDING THROUGH, INDEX CASE). The song comes off the group's new album, "Savior Sorrow" (artwork), due on September 19 via Megaforce Records. The CD was produced in April 2006 by drummer Steve "Skinny" Felton and MUSHROOMHEAD at Cleveland's Filthy Hands Studios and is "a new chapter in MUSHROOMHEAD's evolution," according to Felton. "There are sounds on this album that sound so brutal and huge. We focused on delivering some vicious hardcore mixed with heavy melodic hooks. Lyrically, it definitely reflects where the world is at this moment in time." More...
Hear Full Hatebreed, Queensryche Albums On AOL
AOL Music has full CD streams of Queensryche's "Q2K" (Expanded and Remastered) as well as Hatebreed's Roadrunner Records debut "Supremeracy" this week:
Dead Syndicate Sign to Black Morning Star Records
Black Morning Star Records has announced the signing of Virginia death metal band Dead Syndicate. The band will record their debut full length album in November 2006 at Nightsky Studios (Waldorf, MD) . Black Morning Star Records has tentatively scheduled a January/February 2007 release.
The Berzerker Mainman Comments On New Album, Tour
The Berzerker are currently working on their 4th studio album for Earache. The as-yet-untitled album will deliver even more brutality from the mad Aussies. With 10 tracks currently in demo form the band is waiting with baited breath to take this material into the studio and record yet another earth
shattering album of Industrial Grindcore.
Working on the new album this time as always is mainman and vocalist Luke Kenny with Jason V (Self titled, World of Lies). Together the 2 have been working for the past few weeks to out do all their previous releases and are well on track to destroy some more brain cells with their sonic attack.
"The new material is in fucking insane" says Kenny. " I sometimes wonder when we start writing if we really can out-do our other releases, I mean we have already made some of the fastest most brutal music on the planet and when people hear the name The Berzerker, they fucking know it!."
"Even to this day, every time we've finished a writing session I listen back. And i'm stopped in my tracks by the sheer ferocity for the music... No one else assaults the listeners with such a barrage of force as we do... This time is war!"
Kenny continues: "I'm bringing back some old school vocal styles and fucking loving it. Its a crazy time for me at the moment working on all the new material and planning another 2 weeks of touring in the UK."
"We had to come back.. The last UK tour was so well attended and was so fucking violent. We gave the crowd all the energy we had (and them some) and they took it and fucking threw it back at us... As well as breaking their bodies in the process... I know they want more... And so do we... Get
ready.. Make your doctors appointments early.. Cause we coming back in December to make you bleed once more... We don't so much play music as pump out hateful Waves of blasting energy from the stage... If your brave enough we'll see you there... RROOAAGGGHHHH!!!"
Earache expects to release the new album before the end of the year or early new year- meantime, fans can check out THE BERZERKER myspace page for updates and tour details.
Bestial Mockery Bassist Dies After Fight?
Swedish black/thrash metal band BESTIAL MOCKERY has posted the following message on its official web site:
"After the departure from Hell's Metal Festival in Germany, the BESTIAL crew went to Sweden Rock Festival, where [Ted] Bundy [guitar] and Devilpig [bass] ended up in a fight. Due to Devilpig's high alcohol consummation, he ended up in a coma after the fight and two days later he was confirmed as dead and the doctors pulled the plug! His last wish was that 'Chainsaw Fucking Down the Church' would be played on bagpipe, this will not happen and... BESTIAL MOCKERY have now went down into the grave! There will still be several releases out in the coming year since much is recorded. But now you must fuck off!"
BESTIAL MOCKERY's latest album, "Gospel of the Insane", was released earlier in the year via Osmose Productions.
Therapy? Cancel London Show
Therapy? have issued the following announcement regarding the London gig scheduled for September 23rd:
"Folks,
Regretfully we have to inform you that the Lost Playground show at Alexandra Palace on September 23rd has been CANCELLED. The reason is that '…the promoter encounted problems with the local council which has caused the 'all nighter' to be cancelled. Red tape has made it impossible for the promoter to continue with the show.'
Sorry y'all, as we were looking forward to the show but again circumstances outside the band's control have conspired against us…"
Cheers,
TPY?2006" More...
Changing Face Set To Enter Studio
Changing Face will enter Sacramento's Deathbot Studios (Killing the Dream) on September 9th to record three new songs in addition to a re-recorded version of the song "Dead End" from their debut EP on Escapist Records.
Mournful Congregation Record New Track
Mournful Congregation is currently in the process of recording a new track for a split 7" record with fellow Australian doom metal band Stone Wings. This track will be entitled 'Descent Of The Flames', with the Stone Wings track being entitled 'Ascent Of The Flames'.
This is somewhat of a concept 7" with both sets of lyrics being penned by Chuck Keller (Order From Chaos, Vulpecula, Ares Kingdom). With corresponding artwork and musical parallels, this will truly be a unique and one-of-a-kind jewel in the doom metal annals.
It is unsure as to which label it will be released through at this stage, but expect its release late in 2006.
Damon from Mournful Congregation has recently lent his doomed vocals to a Fallen hymn. Of course this is the funeral doom band driven by Funeral drummer Anders Eek. The track is inextricably extreme and the results of this collaboration have proven to be truly doomed. What's more is that the lyrics to this hymn were penned by the late Einar Fredriksen of Funeral, making this a very meaningful track indeed. More news as to how it shall be released is soon to come.
There is also talk of a four-way split 12" LP in the works with three other extreme doom metal bands from across the globe including Loss. The artwork for this release will be handled by Away of Voivod. These collaborations will serve as the perfect predescessor to Mournful Congregation's next album which is set for a 2007 release.
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