Metal News for September 19, 2008
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25 news articles posted on this day.
Thomas Whiskey, Horns Of Anguish Sign To Kampas
Finnish Ostrobothnian west coast area record company Kampas Records has signed two more bands. One of the acts is Finnish THOMAS WHISKEY, who plays metal music with slight gothic leanings similar to Sentenced. The other group is Swedish band HORNS OF ANGUISH.
Already on the Kampas Rec. family with THOMAS WHISKEY and HORNS OF ANGUISH, there are extremely skilled groups like REVERSION (progressive metal), VERSO (semi-progressive thrash metal), ELENIUM (melodic death metal) and SYNESTESIA (death metal).
The Bronx Readies Self-Titled Third Album
Los Angeles based punk/metal band The Bronx will release their latest, self-titled album to stores and online nationwide on November 11th, 2008. This will be the group's third album. Beginning November 1st the band will tour in Canada and the U.S. with Everytime I Die. Shortly after, the group will head out for a long string of headlining shows. The upcoming release of THE BRONX, will be released on the group's own White Drugs label, with help of New York independent label Original Signal Recordings.
Production duties went to Dave Shiffman, who has worked with Mars Volta, System of a Down and Rage Against the Machine and was recorded at The Bronx's very own Big Game Lodge studio in Los Angeles. Additionally they enlisted Joby Ford, the band's guitarist, to create the album's cover art as he has done the past two records.
One of the upcoming album's tracks, "Knifeman," can currently be heard on the band's MySpace page.
Audiences nationwide were able to catch The Bronx this past summer on the big screen in the theatrical release of "The Germs: What We Do Is Secret," as they were featured musicians in the film, playing the historic punk rock group Black Flag.
All confirmed dates follow. The band will also be touring the UK in late October and Australia in December. The start of the campaign begins now but doesn't end anytime in the near future or even into 2009.
Here are the latest The Bronx tour dates (more dates to be announced): More...
Arkaea Signs To Koch Records
Metal band ARKAEA has joined KOCH Records' burgeoning hard rock/metal roster and will release its debut album on March 10, 2009. ARKAEA features Fear Factory drummer Raymond Herrera and guitar player Christian Olde Wolbers, along with Threat Signal singer Jon Howard.
Jon Howard comments, “With the recent signing of ARKAEA to KOCH, and a release date of our debut album approaching in 2009, I couldn't be more ecstatic! We've progressed so much as a band in the past year, molding our musical styles together. I feel we've created something very original that I can be proud of for the rest of my life. I can’t wait to see where this ride is headed.”
KOCH Records VP of Metal Scott Givens weighs in, "I’m really pleased to be working again with Raymond and Christian on such an amazing project and that they have chosen KOCH to be its home. I’ve no doubt that when the record is finished everyone who hears it will be as blown away as I was when I first heard the demos.”
The band has enlisted Threat Signal bass player, Pat Kavanaugh, and have just begun recording. Song titles include "Break The Silence," "Blackened Sky," "Beneath The Shades of Grey" and "Awakening.” The album is being recorded at Temple Studios in Chatsworth, California, owned by Raymond Herrera and will have Christian Olde Wolbers at the helm of production with engineer Jeremy Blair (Guns & Roses, Fear Factory).
You can sample music in store at ARKAEA’s newly-launched Ning social site where fans will also be able to interact and connect with the members of ARKAEA through the chatroom, live webcasts and forums.
More Thy Will Be Done Performance Videos On UVTV
Rhode Island's THY WILL BE DONE has posted two more live videos that were filmed at The Penny Arcade in Rochester, NY when the band was on tour with SWORN ENEMY, DYING FETUS and ORIGIN. The live clips are for the tracks “Voice Divides “ and “Cast The Crown” and can be viewed at UVTV’s website.
"Was And Is To Come" was released in the United States last October through Jamey Jasta's Stillborn Records, and in Japan March 2008 through Toys Factory Records.
More #1 Chart Positions For "Death Magnetic"
As previously reported, Metallica made history by becoming the first band to have five albums debut at No. 1 with their release of "Death Magnetic." (Other albums in this record include 1991's Metallica (known as The Black Album), 1996's Load, 1997's ReLoad, and 2003's St. Anger.
"Death Magnetic" also scored big around the world with No. 1 debuts Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, New Zealand, Norway (who sold more albums in 2 days than a week’s sales of a new U2 album), Poland, Portugal, Sweden (their biggest 1st week sales in 2008), and Turkey (which doesn’t have an official chart but the album was No. 1 on every retail chart). More No. 1 rankings are expected this weekend as remaining charts roll in. More...
Ramming Speed Embarks On More US Tour Dates
RAMMING SPEED is back on the road with a new batch of tour dates going through November 7th. They will be supporting their new album, "Brainwreck," which is out now.
Master shredder Kallen “Flowers” Bliss will be missing the first month of tour due to surgery, and in his place Derek “The bass player” Cloonan will be stepping up to the task of second guitar. Phil “I’m still on probation from the last Ramming Speed US tour” Harwood will then be filling in on bass. You may know Phil from such bands as Bones Brigade and Coctopus.
Here are the dates for the 2008 BRAINWRECK Fall tour: More...
Buried Inside Begins Recording New Album
Ottawa, Ontario’s BURIED INSIDE has entered the studio to begin recording the follow-up to their Relapse debut, "Chronoclast."
This as-yet-untitled album is being recorded in Salem, MA with Kurt Ballou (DISFEAR, COLISEUM, GENGHIS TRON) at Ballou’s Godcity Studios. Mixing will follow at Red Room Recordings with Matt Bayles (MASTODON, MINUS THE BEAR, RUSSIAN CIRCLES). The record will see a February 2009 international release via Relapse Records.
BURIED INSIDE’s Andrew Tweedy recently checked in from the studio with some insight on the new record’s direction; “This record isn't heavier, or faster, or more melodic than Chronoclast was. Every record we've released has been significantly different from the one before it, and this is no different. What it is not is Chronoclast part 2, or even an expansion on that record. Chronoclast was recorded almost five years ago, and was written over the course of several years before that, so obviously our tastes and ideas have grown and mutated considerably over that time. This record still sounds very much like Buried Inside, in that it is passionate music with a lot of intensity, however hopefully that is as close as it gets to records we've released in the past.”
Pale Divine Reissues Demo with Bonus Tracks
SHADOW KINGDOM RECORDS is giving the reissue royal treatment to yet another well-deserved band in Pennsylvania doomsters PALE DIVINE.
The reissue of the band's 1997 five-track demo, "Crimson Tears," has been re-mastered and features two rare bonus live tracks, liner notes and the original (and rare) cover art.
Here is the complete track listing of the new reissue of "Crimson Tears":
1. Morphia / Crimson Tears
2. Rites Of Passage
3. Rise Above
4. Lord Of Sorrow
5. Serpents Path
6. Judas Wheel *
7. Serpents Path *
The final two tracks are bonus rare live recordings from August 14, 1999, at Stoner Hands Of Doom, Bull Run State Park, Virginia.
Circle II Circle Announces New Guitarist
Florida metallers, Circle II Circle, welcomes guitarist Bill Hudson (known from Power Quest, Cellador and The Supremacy a.o.) to the band.
Circle II Circle commented: "We're sad about parting ways with Evan, but the addition of Bill into the band is gonna keep us going strong. We start our North American tour with Jon Oliva's Pain and Manticora September 20." More...
Led Zeppelin Auditioning A New Singer?
UK-based website The Sun is reporting:
LED ZEPPELIN frontman ROBERT PLANT is to be given an ultimatum by his bandmates – join us on tour or we’ll replace you.
Zep guitarist JIMMY PAGE, bassist JOHN PAUL JONES and drummer JASON BONHAM have been busy recently rehearsing in West London’s Ritz Studio and using stand-in vocalists.
And one American singer has been so impressive the other band members are confident they could hit the road next year WITHOUT their iconic frontman. More...
Read the full article at The Sun.
Crown The Lost Welcomes New Drummer
Crown The Lost issue the following message welcoming their new drummer, Kevin Antonacci:
"You know, we figured finding a drummer in Pittsburgh was about as likely as finding the proverbial needle in a haystack. Or an empty beer can in Renaldi's refridgerator. Or an unwashed pair of girls flair jeans in Grimes' closet. In fact, we were so certain we weren't going to be able to land a new sticksman, we took new band promo photos with just the four of us, but it appears we have found our guy in the form of Kevin Antonacci." More...
Scar Symmetry Posts "Morphogenesis" Video Online
Sweden's SCAR SYMMETRY has released a music video for the track "Morphogenesis" and can be viewed at SCAR SYMMETRY's video channel on MySpace.
Devildriver Announces New Tour Dates
DevilDriver hits the road with Snot, Straight Line Stitch, Instinct of Aggression and Athiachists for the Bound By The Road tour kicking off 10/16. The dates are as follows:
10/16/2008 WOW Hall Eugene, OR
10/17/2008 Roseland Theatre Portland, OR
10/18/2008 The Red Room Vancouver, BC
10/19/2008 Studio 7 Seattle, WA
10/20/2008 Knitting Factory Concert House Spokane, WA
10/21/2008 Knitting Factory Concert House Boise, ID
10/22/2008 Club Vegas Salt Lake City, UT
10/23/2008 House of Blues Las Vegas, NV
10/24/2008 The Glass House Pomona, CA
10/25/2008 Brick By Brick San Diego, CA
10/26/2008 Velvet Jones Santa Barbara, CA
10/28/2008 Regency Center@The Grand Ballroom San Francisco, CA
Zonaria To Release New Album
Zonaria's sophomore effort and Century Media debut, "The Cancer Empire," will be in stores for purchase everywhere in the world by October 29th.
The worldwide release schedule is as follows:
Friday, October 24, 2008:
Germany / Austria / Switzerland / Benelux / Italy
Monday, October 27, 2008:
UK / France / Greece / Denmark / Norway / rest of Europe
Tuesday, October 28, 2008:
Spain / Portugal
Wednesday, October 29, 2008:
Sweden / Finland/ Hungary
Ignominious Incarceration Renames Album
Fast-rising British death metal act Ignominious Incarceration are in the middle of recording their first ever full-length album. The young five-piece entered Grindstone Studios in Suffolk on September 1st with
producer Scott Atkins to record their highly-anticipated debut album.
After previously announcing the title of their debut album as "The Leagacy," the band have now revealed that the official final title of the album is" Of Winter Born".
Drummer Sam Bailey reports from the studio: "Recording with Scott has been awesome, he knows exactly what we want to accomplish and how to achieve it. We can now reveal that our album is entitled 'Of Winter Born', and there are 10 tracks on the album, and 8 out of 10 are brand new songs. The new songs are a lot more death metal influenced - we really analyzed what we want to sound like and have taken a gigantic step from our older songs, along with really refining our technical ability. We are also going on tour in Europe for two weeks the evening we finish this album and we cannot wait!" More...
Toxic Holocaust Premieres "Wild Dogs" Video
Toxic Holocaust Premieres "Wild Dogs" Video
TOXIC HOLOCAUST sees the premiere of their video for "Wild Dogs," the first from their brand new album and Relapse debut An Overdose Of Death..., today via HeadbangersBlog.com. "Wild Dogs" will see its televised premiere on this weekend's (09/20) edition of Headbanger's Ball, which airs every Saturday at 11:00 pm EST on MTV2. "Wild Dogs" was shot in Seattle, WA with director Ryan Short and the King of Hearts Productions crew.
TOXIC HOLOCAUST will begin a massive North American tour in support of An Overdose Of Death... on October 2nd alongside GWAR and label-mates KINGDOM OF SORROW. This tour will make stops at over 70 cities all across Canada and the U.S. A complete listing of tour dates and cities can be found below.
TOXIC HOLOCAUST released "An Overdose Of Death..." earlier this month, breaking into Billboard's "Top New Artist" and "Top Hard Music" charts. Tracks taken from the album can be streamed now at this location.
Here are the latest TOXIC HOLOCAUST tour dates with GWAR and KINGDOM OF SORROW: More...
Infest Records Five New Songs, Posts Two Online
French grindcore band INFEST has recorded a five track CD for promotional purposes while in search of a record label for a full-length release. The songs on this demo are expected to be part of their forthcoming full-length. Two of the tracks are currently available for streaming on the band's MySpace profile.
Firewind Posts Exclusive Nevermore Cover
Greek metal band FIREWIND, who is just about to kick off their UK headlining tour next week and then follow it up with an extensive European headlining tour in November, is now premiering an exclusive cover-version of legendary US metallers NEVERMORE (who will release their first-ever DVD / live-album entitled "The Year Of The Voyager" on October 20th). To listen to FIREWIND's version of the song "Believe In Nothing" (the original version appears on NEVERMORE's "Dead Heart In A Dead World" album from 2000) head over to Century Media Europe's MySpace page.
This song is featured on a very special 2CD compilation entitled "Covering 20 Years Of Extremes," which was released on September 15th, 2008 in Europe celebrating Century Media's 20th anniversary. This fan-friendly priced compilation (2 jam-packed CD's for the price of one) contains 32 mostly exclusive recordings where Century Media artists cover songs from other acts within the label's repertoire and the result is a fascinating journey through the label's impressive musical spectrum. In order to share some of these stunning versions with all of you, Century Media will present you one song taken off "Covering 20 Years Of Extremes" rotating each week up to the end of the year every Thursday on www.myspace.com/centurymediaeurope.
Furthermore, FIREWIND is one of the first acts to be confirmed for 2009's edition of the prestigious Rock Hard Festival in Germany. The festival will be held at Gelsenkirchen's "Amphitheater" May 29th – 31st, 2009.
Here are the latest Firewind tour dates: More...
In This Moment Posts New Video Trailer Online
On September 30, 2008 (in North America; October 13th in Europe) IN THIS MOMENT will release their second album, entitled "The Dream." To tide fans over until then, the band has posted a slew of new audio and video content online. Head over to their MySpace page to view a 30-second video trailer for their brand-new clip for the song "Forever," which is already on extensive radio airplay throughout the US. In addition to the video trailer, a new audio snippet featuring parts of the track "Mechanical Love" has been uploaded, which also contains comments by vocalist Maria Brink.
"The Dream" was produced by the acclaimed Kevin Churko (Ozzy Osbourne, Shania Twain) and showcases the band's songwriting prowess and Brink's beautiful, angelic voice that is simply captivating.
IN THIS MOMENT will kick off the worldwide touring campaign for "The Dream" on October 4th, when they head out on a massive, two month long North American tour with Five Finger Death Punch, Bury Your Dead and Another Black Day. More...
Disturbed To Release Live EP Via iTunes
Disturbed has announced that they will release a live EP entitled "Live & Indestructible" via iTunes on September 30th.
The tracklisting is as follows:
1. Inside The Fire (live from Deep Rock Drive)
2. Stricken (live from Deep Rock Drive)
3. Stupify (live from Deep Rock Drive)
4. Indestructible (Music Video)
Disturbed will launch their fouth Music As A Weapon tour next year, although no bands have been confirmed for the tour yet.
Headline News
Spineshank Reunites, Posts New Music Online
Spineshank are now officially back with lead singer Jonny Santos after five years of inactivity. The band have apparantly completed five new songs and plan on writing around 15 more and then heading into the studio to record a new album. The band has posted a brand new song entitled, "Born Conform Repent" online at their official Myspace page.
Drummer Tommy Decker says: "All the bad blood and differences that led to the break up have all been put behind us. It feels right again, were not being pressured to write a single or look a certain way, were doing it because we want to."
Singer Jonny Santos adds: "I think splitting when we did might have been a good decision. We were at a high point in our career, we ended it on our owns terms." More...
AC/DC Posts New Video "Rock 'N Roll Train" Online
AC/DC has posted the video for their new single "Rock 'N Roll Train" online at their official website. You can check it out by clicking here. The song comes from the bands forthcoming new album, "Black Ice" which is set for release on October 20th and will be sold exclusively through the Wal-Mart chain and the bands official website. "Black Ice" is the first studio album from AC/DC since 2000 when the band released "Stiff Upper Lip."
Ex-Soilwork Guitarist Returns To The Band
Soilwork has announced that their former guitarist, Peter Wichers will be returning to the band. A statement from the group reads as follows:
“The past two years have been great although sometimes a bit turbulent. We made another killer album and did several amazing tours around the world; and today it is with sheer joy and excitement that we announce the return of Peter Wichers as a guitarist in SOILWORK. He’s been missed both as a bandmate and as a songwriter.
“We know that we can come back even stronger, and it definitely gives us a feeling of inspiration and completion to have Peter, one of the founders of SOILWORK, come back to the fold. We feel that we can look into the future with greater confidence and musical creativity. Having Peter back will complete the circle and the final line up of the band. More...
Megadeth Drummer Posts Studio Update
Megadeth drummer Shawn Drover has posted the following message online:
"San Diego - Day 3.
90% done with what I am working on here in San Diego at the new Megadeth recording studio - everything looks killer now (my past-life work skills have not left me, thankfully) a few little touch-ups, and all will be done on my end. It's been a fun trip. Kind of reminds me a bit of how Evolver was done, all of us taking part in creating something cool, that should really benefit us all in the long run. Anyways, enough of this, I am heading for the BEACH!
Give me a call on my "The Live Line" 877-388-3786."
Be well,
Shawn.
Cannibal Corpse Bassist Checks In From The Studio
Cannibal Corpse bassist Alex Webster has posted the following studio report:
"Alex from CANNIBAL here checking in from Mana Studios in St. Petersburg, Florida. Paul (Mazurkiewicz) has finished all the drum tracks for our new album, and we think he did an amazing job. Things really went smoothly with the drum tracking this time, and that gave us a little extra time for Paul to get creative with some of the drum parts. Everything is still fast and brutal as you'd expect, but there are a few different rhythmic ideas happening that we think our fans will appreciate. The next step for us will be to start working on a guitar sound, and then begin guitar tracking. The sound of the rhythm guitar is one of the most important things on a metal album, so we will take our time and make sure that we get the heaviest sound possible. The recording of the rhythm guitars will be something we'll take our time with as well. Rob (Barrett, guitar), Pat (O'Brien, guitar) and producer Erik Rutan (HATE ETERNAL, ex-MORBID ANGEL) are truly perfectionists when it comes to guitar tracking, they'll settle for nothing less than a flawless performance. That kind of dedication can make for a challenging recording session, but when the end result is a crushingly heavy album it's more than worth the time and effort."
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