Metal News for September 11, 2006
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16 news articles posted on this day.
Psyopus Checks In From The Road
Psyopus has posted a message regarding their current trek:
"This is Chris from Psyopus here. I am sitting here taking a break before our show tonight. Our tour with The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza and Home Pharmacy has been going well and we have been so appreciative of everyone's support from city to city. The Psyopus set has been consisting of more material from our new album than our old material and the music has been very well received. That means a lot to us."
Psyopus has just confirmed the supporting slot for Hank III's October tour.
Job For A Cowboy Begin Work On New Studio Album
Now back from tour, Job For A Cowboy is just focusing on writing new material and trying to find a producer for the next album, which is supposedly due out in Spring of 07'. JFAC will also be playing 3 California shows and will be playing some new material.
Here are those show dates:
9/22 Victorville, CA Trilogy Theatre w/ Antagony
9/23 Oakland, CA The Niche w/ All Shall Perish, Antagony and Embrace the End
9/24 Westlake, CA Kung Fu Corner
10/29 Asbury Park , NJ Convention Hall Saints and Sinners Festival
Soundgarden Contributes To Sunn O))) and Boris
Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil has contributed guitar work to a collaboration between American drone kings Sunn O))) and Japanese sludge masters Boris. Thayil, who appears on the song "Blood Swamp," also wrote the liner notes for the album, which comes out October 31st and is called Altar. A vinyl-only version includes the bonus track "Her Lips Were Wet With Venom," which features Earth frontman Dylan Carlson. Other guests include Joe Preston (High on Fire, Earth, Melvins), Steve Moore (Earth) and Jesse Sykes, and other songs include "Etna," "N.L.T." and "Akuma No Kuma."
Killwhitneydead Set To Enter Studio
Killwhitneydead will enter The Basement Studios late this month with producer Jamie King (Between The Buried And Me) to recording the first of two new albums planned for release in 2007. According to the group, "Jamie King produced all previous recordings for the band, and feel that he is the best man for the job." Tentative working titles for the albums are "Booze & Other Bad Habits" and "Killwhitneydead: Nothing Less Nothing More." Release dates are planned for late spring/early summer 2007.
Chris Cornell Plays For Stripped Raw and Real
Stripped Raw And Real features a live set by Audioslave frontman Chris Cornell. You can watch acoustic performances of 'Original Fire', 'Like A Stone', 'Until We Fall', the Soundgarden hit 'Black Hole Sun', a cover of Bob Marley's 'Redemption Song', and an interview here.
Crash Kelly To Support Alice Cooper Again
Electric Satisfaction, the new Gilby Clarke-produced release from Toronto’s CRASH KELLY, has secured the band not just a second string of dates with rock icons Alice Cooper, but a third! Joining the tour on Sept. 27, CRASH KELLY will share Alice Cooper’s stage through Oct. 10. The tour includes CRASH KELLY’s first performance in Cleveland since frontman Sean Kelly’s appearance at Guitar Player Magazine’s “Guitar Hero 2005” competition, in which he was a finalist.
In May of this year CRASH KELLY, who covered Alice Cooper’s “Cold Ethyl” on Electric Satisfaction, toured Canada with Alice Cooper, leading to two additional August dates with the legends, including a gig at the Sturgis motorcycle rally. Additionally the band was invited to play a hometown show at Toronto’s Molson Amphitheatre alongside hair metal superstars Poison and Cinderella. Commenting on performing with Alice Cooper, vocalist / guitarist Sean Kelly had this to say, “playing with Alice Cooper in an arena setting was the culmination of many teenage fantasies, and it really felt like the beginning of the next phase for CRASH KELLY.”
Their fiery follow up to 2005’s “tight, infectious” (Outburn) Penny Pills, “Electric Satisfaction,” says Spin Magazine, “is an electric guitar solo-laden ode to sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll.”
Crash Kelly tour dates with Alice Cooper:
9/27 Poughkeepsie, NY @ Mid-Hudson Civic Ctr.
9/30 Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
10/1 St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
10/3 Joliet, IL @ Rialto Square Theatre
10/5 Springfield, IL @ Sangamon Aud.
10/6 Evansville, IN @ The Centre
10/7 Pikeville, KY @ Eastern KY Expo Ctr.
10/8 Cleveland, OH @ Tower City Amph.
10/10 Kalamazoo, MI @ State Theatre
Soil Announce Tour with Mushroomhead
Soil have announced tour dates with Mushroomhead and rumored to possibly go on tour with In Flames. Soil/Mushroomhead tour dates are as follows:
9/27 Mokena, IL @ The Pearl Room
9/28 Battle Creek, MI @ Planet Rock
9/29 Flint, MI @ The Machine Shop (18+ only)
9/30 Madison, WI @ The Annex
10/1 Fargo, ND @ Playmaker's Pavilion
10/2 Sauget, IL @ Pop's
10/3 Topeka, KS @ Static Bar
10/5 Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theatre (16+ only)
10/6 Salt Lake City, UT @ Avalon Theatre
10/7 Boise, ID @ Big Easy
10/8 Seattle, WA @ Studio 7
10/9 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne- Gravity Room
10/10 San Franciso, CA @ Slims
10/12 Orangevale, CA @ The Boardwalk
10/15 Santa Ana, CA @ Galaxy Concert Theatre
10/16 Temple, AZ @ The Marquee
10/17 West Hollywood, CA @ Whisky A Go Go
10/25 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
10/27 Detroit, MI @ Harpo's
10/28 Clevland, OH @ Agora
10/30 Grand Rapids, MI @ The Intersection (18+ only)
Dates were taken from Mushroomhead and Soil's websites, dates on the sites conflict, I have tried to be as accurate as possible, Mushroomhead's site is as follows: http://www.mushroomhead.com/main.html
Melvins Announce Tour
The Melvins have announced the following tour dates, dates will feature support from Big Businnes and Ghostigital. Tour dates are as follows:
Lacuna Coil Announce US Tour Dates
Lacuna Coil have announced the initial dates of their upcoming U.S tour featuring 69 Eyes, Soil, and 36 Crazyfists:
November 15 - Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
November 17 - Hollywood, CA @ The Avalon
November 20 - Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
November 24 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Avalon Th./Church
November 25 - Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
More Gwar Tour Dates
The following dates have been announced for Gwar's upcoming tour:
October 19 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Small's Fun House
October 21 - Hartford, CT @ Webster Theatre
October 24 - Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
October 26 - Louisville, KY @ Headliner's
October 27 - Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
October 28 - Detroit, MI @ Harpo's
October 29 - Indianapolis, IN @ Vogue Theatre
October 30 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
October 31 - Milwaukee, WI @ The Eagles Club
November 5 - Boise, ID @ Big Easy
November 7 - Spokane, WA @ Big Easy
November 8 - Seattle, WA @ Fenix
November 9 - Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
November 10 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
November 11 - Bend, OR @ Midtown
November 14 - San Francisco, CA @ Warfield Theatre
November 15 - San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
November 20 - West Hollywood, CA @ House of Blues
November 22 - Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
November 24 - San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
November 25 - Dallas, TX @ Gypsy Tea Room
November 26 - Houston, TX @ Meridian
November 27 - New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
December 1 - Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House of Blues
Gwar's tour also features Municipal Waste and The Red Chord
Hirax Add More Dates to Tour
Hirax have added the following dates to their upcoming tour:
October 14 - Tijuana, MEX @ Palladium Hall
October 29 - Mexico City, MEX @ Circo Volador
November 10 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Boiler Room
November 14 - Rochester, NY @ Bug Jar
November 17 - Allentown, PA @ The Sterling Hotel
November 18 - Baltimore, MD @ The Ottobar
December 9 - Phoenix, AZ @ Bulldogz
December 16 - Hollywood, CA @ Safari Sam's
Hatesphere Added to Krisiun/Belphegor Tour
Hatesphere have been added to a U.S tour that currently features Belphegor, Krisiun, and Unleashed. Dates are as follows:
February 7 - Bedford, NH @ Mark's Place
February 8 - New York, NY @ B.B. King Blues Club
February 9 - Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance
February 10 - Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's
February 11 - Mokena, IL @ The Pearl Room
February 12 - St. Paul, MN @ Station 4
February 15 - Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
February 16 - Portland, OR @ Roseland
February 17 - San Francisco, CA @ The Pound
February 20 - Tempe, AZ @ The Clubhouse
February 21 - Albuquerque, NM @ Launch Pad
March 5 - Toronto, ON @ The Opera House
Hoods Announce Tour Dates
Hardcore band, Hoods have announced the following tour dates through their myspace, http://www.myspace.com/sactohoods:
September 13 - Boise, ID @ Grove Street
September 14 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Club Overdrive
September 15 - Cheyenne, WY @ The Eagles Lodge
September 16 - Denver, CO @ Sox's Place
September 17 - Colorado Springs, CO @ The Blacksheep
September 18 - Topeka, KS @ Static Bar
September 19 - Springfield, IL @ Black Sheep Cafe
September 20 - Arlington Heights, IL @ Knight's Of Columbus
September 21 - Indy, IN @ The Underground
September 22 - Columbus, OH @ Bernie's
September 23 - Romeo, MI @ Static Age
September 24 - Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's
September 26 - Lexington, KY @ South Side Church
September 27 - Kingston, PA @ Backstage Enterprises
September 28 - Oneida, NY @ Kallet Theatre
September 29 - Altoona, PA @ Lion's Den
September 29 - Altoona, PA @ Aldo's bar
October 1 - Hartford, CT @ El-N-Gee
October 3 - Brockton, MA @ Roman's
October 7 - Kernersville, NC @ Creation SK8 park
October 16 - Jacksonville, FL @ Thee Imperial
Grand Belial's Key Vocalist Passes Away
Gelal from Grand Belial's Key confirmes - vocalist Grimnir Wotansvolk (Richard Mills) died two weeks ago - his funeral was last week. No more details are available now. As Gelal says "GBK is dead too, as far I can see for the moment...".
Pig Destroyer Add Fourth Member, New Album Update
NEW BANDMATE: Please welcome Blake Harrison to the band. Yup you read it right, PD is now a 4 piece, and Blake is going to be running samples and noise live and on recordings. He's currently also in Baltmore rockers Triac and Hatebeek. He's a member of Team Fingerblast and will be updating the site, handling the web store (because we apparently can't get it together on our own). He'll be PD's mouthpiece. He's also the dude behind the the myspace page (I don't know what the hell it is right now). Personal interests: cigarettes, fingerbanging, drinking...
We put the 7" single's series on hold until we complete the new full length this December. JR's already working on artwork wth John Baisley from Baroness.
Furthermore this site will likely idle down to archive mode until we start gearing up around the release of the new full length. But you're already used to no updates
Nightingale Reveal New Songtitles
Dag Swanö (a.k.a. Tom Nouga) of NIGHTINGALE — the Swedish progressive-metal band headed by Dag's brother Dan Swanö — has issued the following update on the recording process for the band's new album, "White Darkness":
"Dan [Swanö] has been working hard with the lead vocals. Five songs of ten ready to rock! Last weekend I put down acoustic guitars on it and next weekend it's time for backing vocals. It sounds damm good.
"For the first time I'm gonna be Dag Swanö on the record. Tom Nouga is dead, the music lives on."
About 75 percent of the material for the forthcoming CD was composed by Dag. The record will reportedly be very 1970s-inspired.
Songtitles set to appear on "White Darkness" include (in no particular order)
01. Fields of Life
02. One Way Ticket
03. Trial and Error
04. Reasons
05. Healing the Wounds of My Soul
06. Hideaway
07. Trust
08. White Darkness More...
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