Metal News for September 20, 2005
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26 news articles posted on this day.
Under The Underground Tour Announced
Byzantine (Prosthetic Records), Halo of Locusts (featuring D. Randall Blythe of LAMB OF GOD), and The Dream is Dead (Escape Artists Records) are teaming up this fall for the "Under The Underground Tour" This tour will be a 3 week run through the Midwest, South, and Northeast and will kick off October 13. Chris Ojeda (Byzantine) states "We are truly ecstatic about hitting the road with Halo of Locusts and The Dream is Dead. D. Randall Blythe and Lamb of God gave us our start three years ago and now to be able to tour with his other band Halo of Locusts is amazing. We have truly came full circle and cannot wait to take this 3 ring circus into your town and destroy it." Judd Prather (Halo of Locusts) states "We are excited to be on this tour and look forward to traveling with our good friends in Byzantine. We’re going to bring the fucking ruckus and I know they will do the same. Its going to be good times."
As previously reported, Byzantine were expected to take part in the International Extreme Music Tour, which they were later dropped from under questionable circumstances.
New Deftones B-Sides and Rarities eCard Online
A new Deftones B-Sides and Rarities eCard, featuring never-before-seen photos from the Deftones archives, an acoustic version of "Change (In the House of Flies)," the latest Deftones digital downloads, and a link to pre-order the new release has been posted online.
Anthrax 'Alive 2: The Music' Listening Party
AOL Music is hosting an online listening party for Anthrax's latest effort 'Alive 2: The Music', released today (September 20). You can listen to the album in full here.
Metallica To Guest On The Simpsons
The members of METALLICA were in the studio today (Sept. 20) to record their voices for an upcoming episode of "The Simpsons". The show will air sometime in May 2006, so you have plenty of time to set those recorders. More information will be made available soon. In the meantime, click here to check out the pictures of the guys saying their lines.
METALLICA have been keeping a relatively low profile since completing their world tour in late 2004. The band is expected to begin working on a new album sometime before the end of this year.
Former Cradle of Filth/Himsa Members In Project
Matt Wicklund (guitar; ex-HIMSA), Martin Powell (keyboards; ex-CRADLE OF FILTH, MY DYING BRIDE) and James McIlroy (guitar; ex-CRADLE OF FILTH) have joined forces in a brand-new project called PREY. After leaving all of their former bands, Wicklund, Powell and McIlroy contacted each other and found that they shared a common musical vision. (Matt, Martin and James had become friends after spending several weeks touring together on the MTV2 "Headbanger's Ball" tour last winter.) This vision manifested itself early September in their London and Sheffield writing sessions. Several "melodic, thrashy, groove-driven, thick-sounding pieces of pure metal" have been written and "everyone is ecstatic," according to a press release. The rest of the band lineup will be announced in late December/early January.
Arch Enemy Announce 3 Aussie Dates
Australia's Pyro Music have confirmed three dates of the upcoming Aussie ARCH ENEMY tour, set to take place this November.
November 2 - Brisbane, Australia @ The Arena, Brisbane
November 4 - Melbourne, Australia @ The Palace
November 5 - Sydney, Australia @ UNSW Roundhouse
Support for the trek is TBA. As previously reported, ARCH ENEMY recently welcomed into their ranks Fredrik Akesson as a replacement for guitarist Chris Amott for the continued "Doomsday Machine" touring campaign.
Dope's Racci Shay Leaves Mid-Tour
Drummer Racci Shay has left DOPE mid-way through the band's 'Freedom for Music' tour with MUSHROOMHEAD. Dan, drum tech for the latter, will be filling in behind the kit until a replacement has been named.
Sepultura Record Bass For New Album
SEPULTURA have posted the following message on their official website:
"Almost done? Almost. Last Sunday Paulo finished recording the bass tracks for SEPULTURA's new album.
Most of the bass lines were done in the studio, while recording them. Song by song working on every detail. Amazing bass sound and really cool bass lines which will make the difference, for sure. You have to listen to understand!
The guys will have a busy week. Tomorrow they will all be in the studio to listen to all the songs - now with drums, guitar and bass - to check how is everything going so far. If needed, Andreas will redo some stuff and then Derrick starts recording vocals.
Thursday they take a break to practice for the show in the morning and do the sound check in the afternoon. On Friday the guys play with SLIPKNOT in São Paulo and right after that, back to the studio to finish recording the album."
Nonpoint To Hit Road In Support of New Album
NONPOINT will return to the road in support of their brand new album To The Pain starting in November. Acting as support for the tour will be THE BLACK MARIA and BURN SEASON. Dates will be posted soon. Nonpoint's new single "Bullet With A Name" can be listened to online here and is expected to hit radio on October 10th. Burn Season's single 'Carry On', which can be heard here recently hit radio and will appear on their Bieler Bros debut on October 11th.
Live Strapping Young Lad Performance Online
There is another new live performance of STRAPPING YOUNG LAD available for viewing in the video section of the Underground Video Television website. This time it is for the SYL classics 'All Hail the New Flesh' and 'Kevorkian' which were taken earlier this year at The Penny Arcade in Rochester, NY.
Static-X Pick Dirthouse For Next Single
Static-X have lined up the track "Dirthouse" as the next single from their latest release "Start A War". The song will hit radio on October 25th.
Project 86 Post Another Song Online
Project 86 have posted another song from their upcoming album "...And The Rest Will Follow" online, check out "Doomsday Stomp"here. The effort is set to arrive in stores through Tooth & Nail on September 27th.
Slipknot Choose Next Single
Slipknot will be shipping their track "The Nameless" to radio as their next single with an impact date of October 18th currently in the cards. The band will issue their new 2-CD live album "9.0: Live" through Roadrunner on November 01st.
Demon Hunter Post New Video Online
Demon Hunter have posted their new track "Undying" online, check it out here. In other news, the band have selected director Chris Sims (Eighteen Visions, Lamb Of God) to film the video for their as-yet unannounced new single from their forthcoming new effort "The Triptych". The album itself is slated for an October 25th release date via Solid State.
Hatebreed Sideproject To Release Album Soon
Icepick (Hatebreed/Skarhead) are now looking to release their debut album "Violent Epiphany" through Stillborn on November 29th.
Most Precious Blood Film Video For Shark Ethic
Most Precious Blood recently filmed a video for their track "Shark Ethic" with director Salzy (Soulfly, Megadeth) and expect to have it begin airing shortly. In related news, the band will be hitting the road this fall as support to Hatebreed on the latter's 10 year anniversary tour. A full listing of dates and venues are currently being firmed up.
Stonesour Heading Into Studio
Stone Sour will be heading into the studio to begin recording their new album on January 25th with producer Dave Fortman (Mudvayne, Evanescence) behind the boards. The group plan to begin touring in support of the outing in April/May, while a tentative late June release date through Roadrunner is being shot for. More on that can be found here.
Fear Factory Have Video Posted Online
Fear Factory's video for their track "Moment Of Impact" has made its way online and is available for viewing here.
System of a Down Prep Next Video
System Of A Down bassist Shavo Odadjian has been hard at work on a video for the title track to the bands forthcoming new album "Hypnotize" as of late. More on that can be found here. The aforementioned album is expected to see a relaese through American/Columbia on November 15th.
Just For Fun
Boingboing's "Black Metal for Dummies"
BoingBoing.net has made a post, likely inspired by the most recent "Top 10 Most Ridiculous Black Metal Pics of All Time". The post contains several pictures for illustrative purposes as well as external links, so I will simply link to it here. The intruduction to the post starts like this:
"What is black metal? There are as many definitions as there are demons in Satan's subterranean condo. And like those hot-and-bothered helldwellers, Black Metal afficionados are a contentious lot -- sometimes even murdering one other over who is and isn't true to the genre."
BoingBoing.net posts all sorts of weird stories, and it's funny to see a stray Black Metal post, however devoid of real content.
A link contributed by a reader also worth a glance is this How to make your very own Black Metal band.
Still Remains Tour Dates and Headlining Tour
STILL REMAINS will be criss-crossing the country, touring non-stop from September 20th to October 31st. Playing two different tours, Still Remains will start by headlining their first tour since the release of their debut album. The band tapped Curl Up and Die as the support band and will be touring North America from September 20th in Tempe, AZ to October 6th in Spartanburg, SC. Then the band will be direct support for Norma Jean from October 8th in Memphis, TN through October 21st in St. Petersburg, FL. Afterwards the band will flip-flop tours, playing two dates and then meeting up with the other tour for two dates.
“We love to tour,” says lead singer TJ Miller. “Down and dirty in our van, getting to know our fans is the only way for this band.”
Still Remains is touring in support of their debut album, Of Love and Lunacy, which was released on May 3rd and debuted at No. 43 on Billboard’s Top New Artist chart. In addition, the album soared to No. 1 at Metal & Specialty radio, where it thrived for over two weeks. The album just recently became available in select Christian bookstores throughout the country, with the hopes to expand it to a larger level as the band continues to develop in the burgeoning Christian Metalcore movement. Still Remains, who were just nominated for a Kerrang Award for Best International Newcomer, recently finished a successful co-headlining tour with Scars of Tomorrow.
The Still Remains tour dates are as follows: More...
Vince Neil Back On Stage After Injury
Motley Crue spokeswoman Hannah Kampf tells The Associated Press singer Vince Neil performed with no problems Sunday night in Memphis, Tennessee, after tearing a calf muscle about five songs into a show Friday at Atlanta's Philips Arena.
Cannibal Corpse To Start Recording New Album
Cannibal Corpse have posted the following message at their official website:
"On October 17th, we will be entering Mana studios in St. Petersburg Florida to begin recording our 10th studio album. Erik Rutan will be at the helm as producer. The recording and mixing should be complete by December, and the album's release date will hopefully be sometime in March of 2006. After the release, we look forward to getting out on the road and performing for all of our great fans worldwide.
As for the new album, we are doing everything we can to make sure it's the heaviest, most brutal one we've ever made. We have 11 songs completed and if possible we'd like to write one or two more before entering the studio. Check back for tour dates and studio reports in the coming weeks."
Vinnie Paul Says There Were No Plans For Reunion
Former PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN drummer Vinnie Paul was recently interviewed by Guitar World magazine for its December 2005 issue. In the interview Vinnie spoke about many subjects, including the possibility of a PANTERA reunion prior to Dimebag's death and the status of unreleased video and audio recordings of Dimebag. Among the things Vinnie said:
* Vinnie confirmed that he has started a record label that will release a "DIMEvision" DVD and the DAVID ALAN COE/PANTERA project REBEL MEETS REBEL around Christmas.
* Vinnie stated that there was never going to be a PANTERA reunion, even before the tragedy with Dime.
Vinnie said, "Let's make this clear once and for all: for any fan out there that believed any of the bullshit said by certain people, there never was gonna be a PANTERA reunion, ever."
* Vinnie also informed us that DAMAGEPLAN had songs written and recorded for their sophmore album. Vinnie says he doesn't know what he is going to do with the material.
" Vinnie said, "Either I'll have some of Dime's favorite singers sing on 'em and turn them into jams, or maybe Pat (Lachman, ex-DAMAGEPLAN) will sing on them and it'll be DAMAGEPLAN 2. I don't know yet. Right now they're magic that hopefully someday everybody will get to hear, and as long as I'm around I think eventually they will get heard."
* Vinnie also talked about the pre-"Cowboys from Hell" PANTERA albums, Anselmo-era PANTERA albums, Dime getting asked to join MEGADETH, how PANTERA got signed to Atco, Meeting Alex and Eddie Van Halen, and his own musical future.
Vinnie said, "I've got to find the right situation."
* Vinnie also talked about the tragedy involving Dime. Vinnie had a special request he wanted everyone to hear.
Vinnie said, "I have a hard time believeing that some nut job just shot the best friend I have ever had for no reason. So, I'd just like to spread the message to anybody out there, that if you know or hear anything about it, please contact the authorities and let 'em know what you know."
Disturbed 'Ten Thousand Fists' Listening Party
AOL Music is hosting an online listening party for Disturbed's latest effort 'Ten Thousand Fists', released today (September 20). You can listen to the album in full here.
Bury Your Dead, Terror, Scars Of Tomorrow Tour
Dates for the upcoming Bury Your Dead, Terror, Scars Of Tomorrow and August Burns Red have been solidified and are as follows:
10/1 Chicago, IL @ Metro w/ Kittie, Kataklysm, Most Precious Blood
10/19 FARMINGDALE, NY @ Downtown
10/20 Fredericksburg, VA @ KC's
10/21 Raleigh, NC @ The Brewery
10/22 Jacksonville, FL @ Thee Imperial
10/23 Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
10/24 Orlando, FL @ Backbooth
10/25 Tallahassee, FL @ Big Daddy's
10/26 Nashville, TN @ The Muse
10/27 Memphis, TN @ Complex
10/28 Houston, TX @ Mary Jane's
10/29 San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
10/30 Lubbock, TX @ Jake's
11/2 Tempe, AZ @ Neckbeard's
11/3 Los Angeles, CA @ Whiskey A Go Go
11/4 San Diego, CA @ Epicenter
11/5 Corona, CA @ Showcase Theatre
11/6 San Francisco, CA @ the Pound
11/7 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
11/8 Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
11/9 Boise, ID @ The Venue
11/11 Denver, CO @ Rock Island
11/12 Kansas City, MO @ El Torreon
11/13 Iowa City, IA @ Gabe's Oasis
11/14 W. Dundee, IL @ Clearwater Theatre
11/15 Detroit, MI @ Alvin's
11/17 Buffalo, NY @ Icon
11/18 Cohoes, NY @ Saratoga Winners
11/19 Portland, ME @ The Station
11/20 New London, CT @ Club Hiptonic w/ 100 Demons
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