Metal News for August 7, 2005
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16 news articles posted on this day.
Proudflesh Working On New Album
PROUDFLESH, the San Francisco-based band featuring Sothira (CRUCIFIX), Erik Lannon (ex-MORDRED, AMERICAN HEARTBREAK) and Jimmy Crucifix (RESISTOLEROS, FANG, CRUCIFIX) have completed the basic tracks for their upcoming album, "Deliverance". Produced by Bart Thurber at House of Faith Studios in Oakland, the 10-song CD is slated for an early fall release.
The tentative track listing for the album is as follows:
01. Everything Burns
02. French Indochina 1954
03. Across This Chaos
04. Carnage Again
05. Mi Lai My Love
06. And Not Fashion
07. Proudflesh
08. Black Jesuit
09. High In The Clouds
10. Those Who Sleep, Dine
PROUDFLESH have also announced their participation in the month-long marathon of shows to benefit legendary New York punk club CBGB. PROUDFLESH will be supporting CONFLICT on Friday, September 2 at the world-famous club in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, and will reportedly include several CRUCIFIX classics in their set. The following night the band will play Boston with VERBAL ABUSE and FANG, before returning to San Francisco to put the finishing touches on the new album.
Manowar To Embark On Tour With Rhapsody
MANOWAR will be teaming up with RHAPSODY and HOLYHELL for the "Demons, Dragons And Warriors World Tour 2006" beginning next spring.
Confirmed tour dates so far are as follows:
Apr. 04 - Frankfurt, GER - Festhalle
Apr. 06 - Munich, GER - Olympiahalle
Apr. 07 - Stuttgart, GER - Schleyerhalle
Apr. 08 - Nuremberg, GER - Frankenhalle
Apr. 10 - Berlin, GER - Max-Schmeling-Halle
Apr. 11 - Dortmund, GER - Westfalenhalle
MANOWAR recently signed an exclusive worldwide distribution deal with SPV for their Magic Circle Music label. A new MANOWAR album is tentatively scheduled for release in early 2006.
MANOWAR performed live late last month with several other Magic Circle Music bands at the Earthshaker Fest 2005 in Geiselwind, Germany.
Centinex Complete 'Synthetic Sin Zero' Video
Sweden's CENTINEX have posted the following update on their official web site:
"A videoclip for the track 'Synthetic Sin Zero' will soon be ready and available. The clip was shot and edited by Itna Film, the same company which did the band's 'Arrival of the Spectrum Obscure' video last year. The video will be black and white featuring some really raw and brutal scenes & pictures."
AS previously reported, CENTINEX's new album, "World Declension", is scheduled for release in North America on August 23 via Candlelight Records USA. The album was released in Europe on June 27 via Cold/Regain Records. The vinyl version of the album - a limited picture LP featuring alternate artwork - will be released by Swedmetal later in the summer.
The follow-up to 2004's "Decadence - Prophecies of Cosmic Chaos", "World Declension" was recorded at Black Lounge studios and is "the most well-written CENTINEX album by far with everything from share brutality and speed to calmer melodic parts," according to a posting on the group's web site. A CENTINEX/WORLD BELOW split 7" EP, entitled "Doomed Death Blow", will be released by U.K.-based Conquer Records. Limited to 500 copies, the EP will feature one track each from both bands' latest albums.
Bewitched Recording New CD
Swedish black metallers BEWITCHED have finished laying down drums for their new album, "Spiritual Warfare", tentatively due before the end of the year via Regain Records. "The coming weeks we'll be laying down all guitars and bass for these 10 tracks," the band write on their web site. Songtitles set to appear on the follow-up to 2002's "Rise of the Antichrist" (Osmose Productions) include "Fucked by Fire", "Jehovah Slain", "Let Darkness Come", "Bringers of Death" and "Malevolent Force of Destruction".
BEWITCHED's first release for Regain, the "Atrocities in a Minor" mini-CD, was issued in 2004.
Headline News
The Program Call It Quits At Start Of Tour
Just days into a U.S. tour, The Program have broken up. Here's a statement by the band:
"The Program truly regret to inform all of you that we have broken up. Last night was the cap of a 4 year run of bad breaks and sketchy happenings. We will be taking this time to dial in our lives, return to school, and begin the next step of things to come. Thank you all for your support over the years and we apologies to the 25 people who were psyched to see us on this tour. We will all be starting new projects, the details of which will be named later."
Formed in 2001, the group released an album with Stillborn Records in 2003.
Eighteen Visions Guitarists Form Harcore Band
Keith Barney (Eighteen Visions, ex-Throwdown) and Ken Floyd (Eighteen Visions, ex-Throwdown) have formed a new hardcore band called Rain. Barney is handling vocals, guitars, and bass, while Floyd is contributing drums, guitars, and bass. The group will record a full-length this fall, the details of which have yet to be announced. For now, you can check out two of their songs here.
Days of Reckoning Photos Posted In The Gallery
Days of Reckoning organizer Mike Stanzione is friends with our very own Zack Dusedau (zMETALlica) and was kind enough to send over photos of the show that took place last weekend in Asbury, New Jersey. You can check out the photos in the photo gallery. Note that the gallery only contains select photos and not all bands could be represented here. Photos include Beyond The Flesh, Black Harvest, Distorted Mind, Green Evening Requiem, Last Breath Taken, Semper Tyrannis, Sinter, SoniMinoS, Utopia Banished, and With Immortality.
Sworn Enemy Sign To Abacus Recordings
New York's Sworn Enemy have now officially signed with Abacus Recordings. The group originally signed with Abacus parent Century Media Records in May, but have apparently been shifted to the Abacus roster. The band recently finished recording their sophomore album, "The Beginning Of The End," at Big Fish Studios in San Diego. The effort was engineered by Steve Russell, produced by Tim Lambesis (of As I Lay Dying), and mixed by Zeuss. Abacus will release the album on October 18th. According to frontman Sal LoCoco, the new material "signifies a new chapter for us as a band, a new style of music. We don’t follow any trends. We do it from the heart."
Nodes Of Ranvier Tour Dates
Nodes Of Ranvier will be on tour this month as they head to Hellfest and back. Here are the tour dates:
8/12 Arlington Heights, IL @ Arlington Heights KOC w/ Bloodlined Calligraphy
8/13 Winona Lake, IN @ The Turning Point w/ Bloodlined Calligraphy
dates w/ Symphony In Peril
8/14 Dayton, OH @ Gathering Grounds
8/15 St. Albands, WV @ The Brickhouse w/ Donnybrook
8/16 New York, NY @ Nicky & Sams w/ Donnybrook
8/17 Hackettstown, NJ @ Hackettstown Skate Park
8/18 Long Island, NY @ Centereach Knights of Columbus w/ Seventh Star, Donnybrook
8/19 Trenton, NJ @ The Sovereign Bank Arena (Hellfest)
8/22 Brooklyn Park, MD @ The Gym
8/23 Virginia Beach, VA @ The Jamestown Campsite
8/24 Johnson City, TN @ The Hideaway
8/25 Nashville, TN @ TBA
8/26 Lake Latowanna, MO @ The Stage
8/27 Kansas City, MO @ El Torreon
Dillinger Escape Plan Gigantour Set List Revealed
THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN's set list while on "Gigantour" this summer is the following:
Panasonic Youth
43% Burnt
The Mullet Burden
Babys First Coffin
When Good Dogs Do Bad Things
Setting Fire To Sleeping Giants
Sunshine The Werewolf
Shadows Fall and Fear Factory To Tour
The first date for a possible SHADOWS FALL/FEAR FACTORY tour has been revealed:
November 5 - Detroit, MI @ Harpo's
More information is expected to be released shortly.
Headline News
Dream Evil Part Ways With Singer And Bassist
Dream Evil have parted ways with both vocalist Niklas Isfeldt and bassist Peter Stålfors. The departing members have released the following statement:
"Dear followers,
Because of personal issues and the fact that Niklas has problems with constantly recurring health problems we have taken the painful decision to leave the band.
All our friends are telling us that it's a bad idea to leave the band now when it's starting to get big, but you may come to a point in your life where you have to make a choice. We have now come to this point in our lives and the choice we have made is to put more time into our families and work.
We've known for a long time that the bigger Dream Evil becomes the more time it will take from the other important things in our lives and in time it was inevitable to make a decision. Therefore we have decided to leave Dream Evil.
There are no hard feelings between us and the other guys in Dream Evil, We’re still the best of friends and they totally understand the position we are in.
So it is with the best confidence we now pass over the mantle to the new members Jake E Berg and Tommy Larsson. They have our blessings and we are confident they will fill our shoes just perfectly and leave nothing for the fans to be desired.
We wish to thank all fans for the support through the years and for making the time in Dream Evil a memory for life.
Stay Evil In The Night
Peter and Niklas"
Ex-Korn Guitarist Posts Video From India
A video of former KORN guitarist Brian "Head" Welch offering a guided tour of the community in India where he has been living in for the past several weeks, helping the poorer communities and leper children, has been posted online at his official web site, HeadToChrist.com (Quicktime, 15.2 MB).
As previously reported, Welch recently announced that he will be founding what he's calling a Head Home in India, where he will house leper children. "My eyes have been opened to children on the street and I feel like that is who I want and need to help," he said in a statement. Footage of his efforts will reportedly be turned into a documentary on his life.
Slipknot To Tap Unearth, AILD for Next Tour
SLIPKNOT have tapped UNEARTH and AS I LAY DYING to open for them on their fall tour. Unlike SLIPKNOT's spring outing, which saw the Iowa-based nine-piece performing in arenas, the upcoming month-long trek will consist primarily of multiple dates in smaller venues. So far, only a three-show run in New York City has been announced:
Oct. 30 – Nov. 2 – New York City, NY @ Nokia Theatre
SLIPKNOT are scheduled to release their first live album in October. The CD promises to "convey the excitement of SLIPKNOT's unparalleled live sets," according to a press release.
SLIPKNOT's third album, "Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)", debuted at #2 on The Billboard 200 on May 31, 2004 after its May 25 release. The CD has been hanging in the Top 200 ever since that release, having sold 1.2 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Alice In Chains Tribute A Hoax
A spokesperson for the surviving members of ALICE IN CHAINS has told Launch that guitarist Jerry Cantrell, bassist Mike Inez, and drummer Sean Kinney are unaware of any plans for a proposed tribute album that was previously reported to be in the works. MUDVAYNE's manager also told Launch that the album was a "rumor."
News spread online last week that the project, titled "We Pay Our Debt Sometimes: A Tribute to Alice In Chains", would be released through Bullygoat Records, the label founded by MUDVAYNE singer Chad Gray. Artists reportedly involved included MUDVAYNE, COLD, AUDIOSLAVE, BREAKING BENJAMIN, STATIC-X and the members of ALICE IN CHAINS themselves.
World Series Of Metal Lineup Announced
The lineup for the "World Series of Metal," a two day festival in Cleveland, OH at the House of Blues, has been announced:
September 9th: JOHN OLIVA'S PAIN, THERION, BEYOND FEAR, CHRIS CAFFERY, BEYOND THE EMBRACE
September 10th: OBITUARY, NAPALM DEATH, DEAD TO FALL
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