3 Mile Scream Sign To Corporate Punishment

Corporate Punishment Records have announced the signing of one of Canada's most brutal new exports, 3 MILE SCREAM. Their debut LP, A Prelude to Our Demise, is set to hit stores 11/21. You can check out some of their material on their MySpace page.

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Coldworker Announce Tour With Arch Enemy

COLDWORKER (former NASUM drummer Anders Jakobson, guitarists Anders Baerilsson and Andre Alvinzi, bassist Oskar Palsson, and vocalist Joel Fornbrant) has announced their involvement in this year's Close-Up Made Us Do It Tour with ARCH ENEMY and PATH OF NO RETURN. The Close-Up Made Us Do It Tour is put together every year by Close-Up Magazine, the leading heavy music magazine in Scandinavia, and will cover ground in Sweden and Denmark during the month of November.

Additionally, COLDWORKER has set the European release date for their debut album The Contaminated Void for November 6th; its North American release will follow in early 2007. The Contaminated Void was recorded by the band this past June and mixed by Dan Swano. The finished track listing for The Contaminated Void is as follows: "The Interloper", "D.E.A.D.", "An Unforgiving Season", "The Contaminated Void", "Death Smiles At Me", "A Custom-made Hell", "Return To Ashes", "Strain At The Leash", Flammable", "Antidote", "They Crawl Inside Me Uninvited", "Waiting For Buildings To Collapse", "Heart Shaped Violence" and "Generations Decay".

An advance COLDWORKER MP3, for the track "An Unforgiving Season", will be made available via the Revolver Magazine Bootleg Series in next month's issue. For this free download, pick up the November issue of Revolver, on sale September 26th, and follow the instructions on the 'Bootleg Series' page.

Coldworker Tour Dates with Arch Enemy and Path of No Return:

11/16/06 Malmo, Sweden KB
11/17/06 Karlskrona, Sweden Kino
11/18/06 Göteborg, Sweden Trägårn
11/22/06 Stockholm, Sweden Klubben
11/23/06 Linköping, Sweden Platens Bar
11/24/06 Halmstad, Sweden Diezel
11/26/06 Copenhagen, Denmark Pumpehuset
11/27/06 Århus, Denmark Voxhall

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Belphegor Cancel Euro Tour For X-Mass Fest

A representative for Nuclear Blast Germany has confirmed that BELPHEGOR have cancelled their previously announced European headlining tour, opting to take part in this year's X-Mass Festival 2006 European tour.

The band's headlining trek was supposed to kick off in November, and include SETHERIAL and WYKKED WYTCH.

The X-Mass Festival 2006 European tour will begin in early December, and will also feature SIX FEET UNDER, GOREFEST, CATARACT, KRISIUN and DARZAMAT. Confirmed dates are as follows:

December
8 - Fritz in Berlin, Germany
9 - Hellraiser in Engeldorf (Leipzig), Germany
10 - Planet Music in Wien, Austria
11 - Backstage in Munchen, Germany
12 - Z7 in Pratteln, Switzerland
13 - Rockfabrik in Ludwigsburg, Germany
14 - Batchkapp in Frankfurt, Germany
15 - La Laiterie in Strasbourg, France
16 - Hof Ter Loo in Antwerpen, Belgium
17 - 013 in Tilburg, Holland
18 - Zeche Carl in Essen, Germany
19 - La Locomotive in Paris, France

Belphegor's new album, Pestapokalypse VI, is due out on October 27 via Nuclear Blast Records.

In other tour news, the band will embark on a North American tour with UNLEASHED, KRISIUN and HATESPHERE in February.

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Fear Factory and DevilDriver Play Australia

Fear Factory are a favorite for many Perth metalheads, not only because they are a great live band but also because they always make the trip out to the far reaches of Western Australia, something that a lot of other international bands don't bother to do. After the release of the Archetype album they recorded the video for Cyberwaste in a disused power station near Fremantle, sneaking a bunch of locals in through a hole in the facility's fence to participate. So this was a show by a band that the audience consider their own. More...

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Scariot Finish Mastering New Album

SCARIOT, the Norwegian band led by Død (a.k.a. Daniel Olaisen; BLOOD RED THRONE), finished mastering its new album, "Momentum Shift", this past weekend. "[Drummer] Asgeir [Mickelson; SPIRAL ARCHITECT, BORKNAGAR) is working on the cover artwork," Død writes on the band's web site. "It's been ages since I started working/recording this album, but I asure you it's worth the wait and we'll confirm the release date as soon as we have everything finished!"

"Momentum Shift" will be released through FaceFront Records. The CD was mixed at Top Room studios in Norway. Drumming duties on the album were handled by Mickelson while the bass tracks were laid down by Steve DiGiorgio (TESTAMENT, SADUS, SEBASTIAN BACH).

SCARIOT's last studio album, "Strange to Numbers", was released in 2003.

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Angtoria Post New Video Online

ANGTORIA have unveiled the video for the title track from their debut album, God Has A Plan For Us All, at this location. Angtoria features CRADLE OF FILTH session singer Sarah Jezebel Deva (THERION, MORTIIS) and the Swedish brothers Chris Rehn (ABYSSOS) and Tommy Rehn (MOAHNI MOAHNA), Dave Pybus (Cradle Of Filth) and John Henriksson (MY OWN GRAVE).

God Has A Plan For Us All was recorded at Sidelake Studios Sundsvall in Sweden and features guest Aaron Stainthorpe (MY DYING BRIDE), Rikard Andersson (SPACE ODYSSEY, MAJESTIC, TIME REQUIEM), Martin Häggström (MOAHNI MOAHNA/ZOOL). God Has A Plan For Us All will be released via Listenable Records in North America on October 17.

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Into Eternity Issue Update About Show Cancelations

INTO ETERNITY guitarist Tim Roth has issued the following update:

"So our little bus broke down the other day. We were told it was going to be done this morning, but looks like it’s going to be another day.
We're going to miss our Nashville show tonight (September 20th at The Muse) and Milwaukee tomorrow (September 21st), Chicago (September 22nd) should still be on.

We're really sorry and want to invite all our fans from Milwaukee to make the drive down to Chicago to see us.

Thanks also to everyone who's been checking out our YouTube lessons, we've been sitting around our hotel room reading all your comments, great stuff. Take care and sorry again."

Into Eternity are currently on the North American leg of Gigantour 2006 featuring headliners MEGADETH, as well as LAMB OF GOD, OPETH, ARCH ENEMY, OVERKILL, SANCTITY, and THE SMASHUP. Dates can be found here.

As previously reported, the band have a CD release party booked on October 28th in Regina, SK at The Exchange.

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I.R.A.T.E. At The Whisky A Go Go September 14th

Opener PANDEMIC is a Northern California based progessive thrash metal act that combines elements of traditional 80's Maiden'ish type metal, thrash, and progressive metal. The band is made up of Andy Giardina on lead vocals, Julian Kidd on rhythm & lead guitar, Patrick Daly, rhythm & Lead Guitar, Adam Herman on bass and Eric Ford behind the drum kit. I would say one of the first things I heard in their wicked sound was Strapping Young Lad, due to the super heavy twin-guitar attack and the quirky, totally theatrical stage performance from Giardina. Slamming through crushers like 'Still Part Human', 'Left For Dead' and 'Viral Visceration', this is a band that is not trying to be like every other metal act that puts on the makeup and garter belt to get your attention.

Pandemic is just a buncha guys that, to me, represent all that is the very essence of heavy metal music: spirit and fight! They seemed to have the early crowd on the toes of their feet with a seemingly non-stop double-bass drumming assault and soloing guitars that at points sounded as deafening as an air raid. They were thick with killer changes and interesting choruses, seemingly rough around the edges at points like any young band, but with a driving intensity throughout the entire set that made you have to applaud. It even made the night that much more metal when the band closed their set with the song 'Ode To Odin'. I must admit that I laughed inside when I heard the name, figuring, "Here comes Spinal Tap!". But I was even more impressed with this tune over all the others because of the gritty lyrical content and deathly-haunted chorus, grinder fed by the heavy, face pounding guitar riff.

Next up was quite essentially one of my biggest discoveries out of heavy metal's underground scene for 2006. The band's name is HOSTILITY and trust me, this is not the last time you will hear about these guys. I cannot go into absolute detail about what it is like when you see the future of heavy metal right before your eyes and then get to hang out and drink some of the Crown with the band afterwards. When you're as diehard and devoted to metal music as I have been for over twenty-five years, the best word to attach to what I felt is: MAGIC.

Hostility's sound simply blows away literally any other metal act I have seen live in the past years, even at times roaming in 'God-like' territory of Super Joint Ritual, who unlike most, I saw three times live here in Los Angeles back before Dime got stolen from us all. WIth a blood curdling, screaming precision and almost mechanized body movement, Greg Haran on lead vocals was certainly evenly matched laid up against the all-out 'goddamn electric' performance from Tony Vorrises on lead guitar. I swear at moments I thought this dude was channeling our old friend Darrell. Bringing down a tremendous rhythm section to back it all up was Brandon Sigmund on bass and Andrew Holzbaur on drums. Taking us from one taste of their brutality to the next with songs such as 'None For All' and 'Death As Leverage', their near forty minute set seemed to come and go as quick as death itself walks into the room and takes the life of another loved one. These guys are so good that honestly, I don't know what more to say about them but that I cannot wait for their label to send me their newly released album 'Uncompromised' on indie label The Pen.

I.R.A.T.E. took complete ownership of the stage once it was their turn, however. I tell you that it literally seemed as if these guys encouraged the 'tough act to follow' scenario, because they were easily three times as solid and intense than the last time I saw them earlier this year as headliner for the first Project Independent Tour. The boldest choice of all was that they opened the set with a cover of Oingo Boingo's 'Dead Man's Party'. It seemed readily apparent to my trained ear that all its members have not only gotten tighter as a musical unit since doing all the endless touring this year but they are not letting up in the sheer bravado and swagger that they always infuse with their steady onslaught of hardcore metal done well. The guilty culprits: lead singer, Erik Ulrich, Rudy Hewlett on guitars, Eric Buell on bass and drummer, Jason Berglund, seemed to take complete glee in the fact that the audience literally became mesmerized by them from start to finish. Tearing like a Texas Twister through much of their latest album 'Brothers Of The Same Struggle' with a workman-like ethic, I.R.A.T.E. clearly has stepped up their game a major notch in my mind. The crowd was literally at their mercy by the time the last note rung out. I was honored to be able to chat with Erik before the show and I must admit that despite all his street-tough posturing and in-your-face rants as a performer, he is one of the most humble and down to earth rockers I've ever met in my life. The big thing out all of the great metal music I heard this night was walking away knowing that The Project Independent Tour is simply killing it on all levels, putting it mountains above the rest in its literal uncanny ability to showcase 'best of the best' metal acts out of America's immensely competitive underground scene.

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Mnemic Shooting New Video

Mnemic are preparing to shoot the video for their first single, "Meaningless," with director Patric Ullaeus (Dimmu Borgir, In Flames) of Revolver Film. Patric already directed the Mnemic clips for the songs "Ghost," "Liquid" and "Deathbox." The new video will be shot in Gothenburg, Sweden at the Revolver Studios.

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Righteous Jams Tour Dates

Righteous Jams has lined up a handful of October tour dates in support of their upcoming album. Here are the tour dates so far:

10/6 Montreal @ Linco
10/7 Ottawa @ End Hits
10/12 Llincoln, NE @ Chatterbox
10/13 St.Paul, MN @ Station 4
10/14 Polo, IL @ Polo Town Hall
10/15 Pittsburgh, PA @ Lawrenceville Moose
10/16 Syracuse, NY @ Westcott Comm. Center
10/17 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
10/18 Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
10/20 Hamden, CT @ TBA
10/21 Cambridge, MA @ Elks Lodge
10/27 Toronto, ON @ El Macombo

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Watch Still Remains Cover NIN Live Online

There is another new live performance of Still Remains covering the now classic NIN song “Head Like A Hole” available for viewing online at the Underground Video Television website. The footage was taken in Syracuse NY at The Furnace. The band is currently working on writing new material for their next release.

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New Mao Preta EP For Free Download

Steve Cowan is offering his new Mão Preta EP for free download. It is posted online in two zip archives (Part 1 and Part 2) as it is too big for one file. Mão Preta is his side-project, when Steve's in downtime mode from his regular band FearOfHatred. Cowan explains: "All songs are written and recorded in less than 4 hours (lyrics come from the Public Domain) to keep things fresh and spontaneous. This is also why Mão Preta's music is always offered for free."

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Tragedian Putting Finishing Touches On Debut CD

German melodic metallers TRAGEDIAN have issued the following update:

"As the completion of our debut CD is coming to an end, we are very delighted to announce that keyboardist Markus Teske (RED CIRCUIT, and producer, engineer for SYMPHONY X, VANDEN PLAS, MOB RULES and SAGA) and Malte Rathke (J.R.BLACKMORE'S SUPERSTITION, J.R.BLACKMORE GROUP) will help us to complete the last four remaining tracks taking over for Ingo. Ingo was the second keyboardist to join and was here until January 2004. Over the years he developed a strange muscle condition which is now impossible for him to touch a keyboard. Until a few months ago, we tried everything possible so that he could at least finish what we started as a team and friends, but no luck at all. All hope is not lost as he can at least still play guitar in which he is equaliy as great. Markus will handle a full track, a traditional neoclassical solo, and a classic re-make which is included as a bonus track while Malte will score a complete orchestration for our fastest track."

TRAGEDIAN previously released a self-financed four-song demo/EP in 2003.

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Samadhi Post New Song Online

Maryland based metal band, Samadhi post a message to their fans on myspace:

"Hey everyone. We've just put up "forever never lasts" the full finished version. Let us know what you think. If you like what you hear, make sure to check out Samadhi this Saturday the 23rd at Recher Theatre in Baltimore.

Thanks,
-Samadhi-"

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Into Eternity Announce More Gigantour 'Off' Dates

Canada's INTO ETERNITY has liendup more Gigantour "off" dates during the coming weeks. The yare as follows:

Sep. 20 - Nashville, TN @ The Muse
Sep. 26 - Hamilton, ON @ The Underground (w/ WILL OF THE ANCIENTS, WARMACHINE, NEXUS)
Sep. 29 - Bedford, NH @ Mark's Place
Oct. 01 - Cleveland, OH at Peabody's Down Under (w/ SHATTER MESSIAH)
Oct. 02 - Pittsburgh, PA at Lawrenceville Moose Lodge (w/ THE ZIMMERMAN NOTE, CROWN THE LOST, A MOMENT OF CLARITY)
Oct. 05 - Fayetteville, NC at Jester's Pub (w/ OVERKILL)

INTO ETERNITY spent Monday, Sept. 11 (a Gigantour 2006 "off" day) filming the video for "Severe Emotional Distress", the first single from its Oct. 3 release, "The Scattering of Ashes". The video follows the song's theme, "cutters" (people who cut themselves), and was shot by Kevin Wildt ("The Warriors", "Set Your Goals"). Wildt reportedly captured the band's vision perfectly. Click here to check out photos from the shoot.

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Amon Amarth Cancels Scandinavian Shows

Sweden's AMON AMARTH has posted the following message on its official web site:

"As we have been offered to join CHILDREN OF BODOM on their North American tour in December, we have been forced to cancel the Scandinavian leg of our headlining European tour.

"Of course this is not a perfect scenario for us, as we hate to cancel shows and were really looking forward to playing in Gothenburg, Oslo and Stockholm.

"We will reschedule the Scandinavian shows to early next year, and hopefully be able to include more shows in the Scandinavian countries and Finland."

For a list of upcoming AMON AMARTH shows, click here.

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Furia Announce New Bassist

French melodic death metallers FURIA have announced the addition of bassist Fred from Grenoble to the group's ranks.

FURIA's third album, "Kheros", was released in January via Season of Mist. The CD was recorded over a two-month period and is said to be "more thrash, more direct and more modern than ever before."

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Battlelore Cancel European Tour With Draconian

BATTLELORE's previously announced European tour with DRACONIAN and DARZAMAT has been cancelled due to "booking problems," according to a posting on the Finnish "fantasy metal" band's web site. "BATTLELORE has nothing to do with the cancellation," the posting adds. "The whole band is deeply sorry for the fans and very disappointed in this situation."

BATTLELORE is scheduled to enter MusicBros Studio this month to begin recording its fourth album, tentatively due in early 2007. The follow-up to 2005's "Third Age of the Sun" will be produced by Miitri Aaltonen, who has previously worked with the group on their first two CDs, "...Where The Shadows Lie" (2002) and "Sword's Song" (2003).

"Third Age of the Sun" entered the Finnish album chart at position No. 38 back in August 2005. The CD was recorded at SoundSuite Studio in Marseille, France with producer Terje Refsnes (TRISTANIA, MORGUL, TURISAS). Mastering duties were handled at Finnvox studios in Helsinki.

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Pillory In Search Of New Vocalist

Boston-based technical grind band PILLORY has parted ways with vocalist Putrid Pete. The band is currently searching for a replacement.

Interested parties must live within the Boston area and be available to practice weekly. Prior band and live experience is strongly preferable.

For more information, visit www.pillorygrind.com.

PILLORY's debut CD, "No Lifeguard at the Genepool", was released in July 2005 through Unique Leader Records.

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Necrophagist UK/Ireland Tour Dates

Initial dates for Necrophagist's UK/Ireland tour have been announced. A few more dates will be added, but here's the current itinerary:

10/15 London, UK @ The Underworld
10/17 Manchester, UK @ Satan's Hollow w/ Napalm Death
10/18 Stoke, UK @ The Glebe
10/19 Cork, IRE @ An Cruiscin Lan
10/20 Dublin, IRE @ Voodoo Lounge
10/23 Birmingham, UK @ Edward's No.8
10/24 Newport, UK @ TJ's

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Sworn Enemy and Bloodlined Calligraphy Tour Dates

Directly prior to touring Canada with Hatebreed, Sworn Enemy will hook up with Bloodlined Calligraphy for a brief tour. Here are the tour dates:

10/6 Rochester, NY @ Steel Music Hall
10/7 Altoona, PA @ Lion's Den
10/8 Baltimore, MD @ The Ottobar w/ The Burning Season
10/9 Kent, OH @ Fat Jimmy's
10/10 Toledo, OH @ Club Bijou
10/11 Covington, KY @ The Mad Hatter
10/12 Lakewood, OH @ The Hi-Fi
10/13 Grand Rapids, MI @ The Rocker
10/14 Minneapolis, MN @ TBA
10/15 Rapid City, SD @ TBA
10/17 Spokane, WA @ The Blvd

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A Clown Short Of Destiny To Show Footage Online

A CLOWN SHORT OF DESTINY, the award-winning documentary proclaimed by Revolver Magazine as "the movie Slipknot doesn't want you to see" will premiere 20 minutes of exclusive footage on September 27, 2006 only on iklipz.com. Ten years in the making, A CLOWN SHORT OF DESTINY is the documented true story of Slipknot, 35" Mudder and the Des Moines, Iowa music scene. You can currently view "A Clown Short of Destiny" teaser trailer here.

For more information on A CLOWN SHORT OF DESTINY, go here.

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Dorian Post New Video Online

Dorian, featuring vocalist Jim Dorian (ex-MONARCH, ANOMALY) and guitarist Tom McDyne (ex-SHUT, CIRCLE II CIRCLE) has released the video for their new single, "Sirens Scream," available on their MySpace page (and embedded below). Earlier this year, they entered the studio to record to begin recording a "heavy-yet-melodic" EP, tentatively due before the end of the year. More...

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Interview With Keith Covert Of Level-Zero

Los Angeles based melodic hardcore specialists, LEVEL-ZERO, only just formed back in 2000 but have made tremendous strides in the underground metal scene with their heavy handed yet perfectly toned, hook-laden song attack that is Deftones meets Pantera. This is a band that is beloved in city after city that its party bus has crashed through and is clearly one of those unsigned act's 'to watch'. I tracked down the man behind the guitar, Keith Covert. More...

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