To Kill Joins GSR Music Roster

GSR Music has officially signed Italian hardcore band To Kill. The group's new album, "Vultures," has already been completed and will be available in late-November.

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From Autumn To Ashes Enters Studio

Early last week From Autumn To Ashes began the pre-production process for their next album. The group is currently working with producer/engineer Brian McTernan (Cave In, Bane) at his Salad Days Studio in Baltimore, MD. The band's new album is expected to hit streets via Vagrant Records in early-2007.

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Shadrane's "Temporal" Nearly Complete

The production of SHADRANE - 'TEMPORAL' is almost complete. 'TEMPORAL' tells the story of an impossible love between a fictional US Army Commander and a Hawaiian Lady during the American-Japanese war in the 1940's.

This debut from Shadrane features Göran Edman (vocals), Vivien Lalu (keys), JoOp Wolters (guitars), Matt Bissonette (bass), Gregg Bissonette (drums), Virgil Donati (drums) and a few guest musicians (guitarist Marco Sfogli from JAMES LABRIE and Italian keyboard prodigy Alex Argento, amongst others). Expect a full energetic blend of prog-metal, melodic rock, neo-classical and even jazz/fusion.

Here is the final "Temporal" track-listing:

Skipjack (instrumental)
Temporal
Madoka
Requiem For A Rose
She Writes
The Seed Of Love
Lanterns' Dance
Morpheus
Manzanar
Consider It
Babies In The Bath (instrumental)
The Dance Of Solitude
Scarabee (instrumental)

A pre-production medley is now available at the bands MySpace page.

The album is currently being produced/mixed by Vivien Lalu in France, and Scott Cooke* in Canada (*sound assistant/editor for DEVIN TOWNSEND, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD and bass player of BIF NAKED, EVENLIGHT).

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Vital Remains Comment On Upcoming Tour

VITAL REMAINS are gearing up to corrupt the Atlantic Seaboard. Heading out with Dismember, Grave, Demiricous and Withered the tour starts in Bedford, NH and ends in Montreal, Canada. Fueling the band’s inferno, the raging line-up will include mainman Tony Lazaro (guitar), Dave Suzuki (guitar), Anthony Geremia (vocals), Necrotorture’s Antonio Donadeo (drums), and Ron Green (bass).

“Just checking in with everyone right before Vital hits the road again,” mainman Lazaro commented yesterday, “Going out with Dismember and Grave is going to be killer! These are two great old school death metal bands that really helped define the Swedish Death Metal sound. A brutal assault; Death Metal the way it was meant to be, fast and heavy!!

“I know people have been wondering about the new record…well, it’s just about 100% written. More importantly, it looks like Mr. Benton is going to be doing vocals for us once again! We were able to work around Deicide’s crazy touring schedule, and we’ll be hitting the studio by the end of the year. We’ll keep you posted on all the info and if you haven’t already, go pick up Deicide’s Stench of Redemption…it’s an amazing record. Hope to see everyone in the underground come out and as always, thanks for the support! LET THE KILLING BEGIN!” -I-ony666

Re-released this spring was the band’s Horrors Of Hell compilation which contains the band’s early demo recordings.

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SOiL on Jagermeister Tour This Fall

The Jagermeister Presents Mushroomhead, SOiL and Brand New Sin tour will see SOiL out on the road till the end of Fall.

SOiL’s album, True Self was released 05/10 and features guest appearance by Fear Factory’s Burton C. Bell in the track, “Forever Dead”. The video for, “Give It Up” was a staple on MTV2’s Headbangers Ball. True Self also features the band’s new charismatic frontman, AJ Cavalier and marks SOiL’s return. The album is produced by Ulrich Wild (Static X, Pantera, Deftones, Seether).

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House of Shakira To Tour Italy

Swedish melodic hard rockers House Of Shakira are set to rock Italian fans with a six live gigs over six days in November. The band signed to Lion Music have won worldwide acclaim with albums such as "Lint" and "First Class" and for their live performances at "Firefest 2005" (captured on the live DVD "House Of Shakira – Live At Firefest 05") and 2006's "Sweden Rock Festival" have taken a break from the writing and recording of their forthcoming studio album to perform to their Italian fans.

House Of Shakira vocalist Andreas Eklund comments, "When this opportunity came up it was too good to turn down. The chance to play live in Italy to fans that haven't seen us before and have some fun on the road will help fire us up even more with the new material when we get back in the studio".

The confirmed dates and venues are:

THU 2 NOVEMBER - BERGAMO (KELLER)
FRI 3 NOVEMBER - PORTO D'ASCOLI (TITTY TWISTER)
SAT 4 NOVEMBER - ROMA (Venue to be announced)
SUN 5 NOVEMBER - BOLOGNA (DERKINDERGARTEN)
MON 6 NOVEMBER - MILANO (TRANSILVANIA LIVE)
TUE 7 NOVEMBER - PADOVA (BANALE)

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Visceral Bleeding Post Video Online

VISCERAL BLEEDING's video for the song "Disgust the Vile" has been posted online on the Neurotic Records YouTube channel at this location.

"Disgust the Vile" is one of the two video clips that will end up on the forthcoming VISCERAL BLEEDING full-length album, titled "Absorbing the Disarray".

With regards to the musical direction of the upcoming CD, guitarist Peter Persson recently said, "We deliberately strived to make 'Transcend into Ferocity' [2004] a bit more 'unpolished' to make it feel more aggressive and more ferocious [than 2002's 'Remnants of Deprivation']. With the new album we have a different kind of vibe we want to express and therefore the sound will be accordingly. More...

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Stream Evanescense's Entire New Album Online

EVANESCENCE's entire new album, "The Open Door", is available for streaming at AOL Music. Due on Oct. 3, the CD is the band's first release since the departure of Ben Moody, who helped singer Amy Lee compose all of the songs on their Grammy-winning, six-times-platinum debut album, "Fallen". But rather than killing the band, Amy says Ben's departure only made them stronger.

"I think we've grown tremendously as musicians," she says. "I mean, after performing so much live, and... I don't know, just getting older. I just think it's a much stronger album. I love 'Fallen', but I think this one's more intimate in some ways. And also just bigger, heavier and more of everything."

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Into Eternity Session Guitarist Quits In Toronto

Guitarist Tim Roth of Canada's progressive metal band INTO ETERNITY, which is currently taking part in the North American installment of Gigantour 2006, has issued the following update:

"Being on the road with MEGADETH, this band has had multiple highs and spiraling lows as well. My best friend Dave Stephenson died, out of nowhere of cancer. Today is his funeral and I am away from home and won't be there for him one final last time. For this I am truly sorry! I feel terrible for this. Dave would have been out here with us selling our merch for us. Every night I am dedicating a song to his memory.

"The shows have been a dream come true for us. I cannot believe how nice the staff and the other bands have been to us. Having LAMB OF GOD give us props on stage to 7,000 people was a highlight for us. MEGADETH has been very good to us. It is great to hang everyday with the Drover brothers. I have total respect for every band on this package. Everybody works hard day in and day out. More...

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All Shall Perish Seek Guitarist For Select Dates

ALL SHALL PERISH guitarist Ben Orum has posted the following message at the band's MySpace page:

"Hey guys Ben from All Shall Perish here,

2007 is looking to be a big year for All Shall Perish, and as much as I wish I could dedicated my entire life to the band 24/7, I have a new family and a growing business to take care of during some possible tour offers for the band. I can't say exactly what these tours are quite yet, but they are going to be very big!

I am seeking a touring guitarist who fits the following criteria to take my place on a few select tours throughout the year. If it works out, you could be our permanent touring guitarist. More...

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The Esoteric Unveil Artwork For "Subverter"

Lawrence, Kansas-based innovators THE ESOTERIC have unveiled artwork for the band’s forthcoming album 'Subverter' here. Produced and engineered by Paul Malinowski (Shiner, Open Hand) along with guitarist Eric Graves, the genre-defying album ‘Subverter’ is the band’s sophomore effort for Prosthetic Records and is slated for an October 17, 2006 release date.

Several new songs from 'Subverter,' including “Destroy, She Said,” the titanic “Shipyards of Foreign Cities,” and “Clone Culture and the Cut-Up Method” are all available on the band’s MySpace page. Fresh off headlining the “Through the Looking Glass” tour alongside Mouth of The Architect, THE ESOTERIC have also begun finalizing fall touring plans alongside Dog Fashion Disco, including one date with Mindless Self Indulgence. Confirmed tour dates are below.

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Kylesa To Tour With Converge in November

Savannah, GA-based sludge rockers KYLESA have been confirmed to support Converge in November for a string of US tour dates. Also appearing alongside Some Girls and Modern Life Is War, the domestic dates will be the first batch of touring plans Stateside after returning from the band’s current tour throughout Europe. The live shows will also be the first dates scheduled for the band following the release of KYLESA’s forthcoming album, ‘Time Will Fuse Its Worth' on Oct. 31.

Previously, KYLESA revealed artwork, and track info for the ‘Time Will Fuse Its Worth.’ Snippets of the foldout artwork, which was constructed by KYLESA guitarist/vocalist Laura Pleasants, can been seen here, and links are also provided to both an mp3 and a video for the album’s fourth track, “Where The Horizon Unfolds.”

Prior to departing for the band’s current European tour, KYLESA met up with director Tony Costello of SSD Films to shoot footage for what would become the video for “Where The Horizon Unfolds,” which mixes psychedelic imagery with the track’s haunting, building atmosphere. Marking the debuts of drummers Jeff Porter and Carl McGinley, ‘Time Will Fuse Its Worth’ will see an October 31 release date through Prosthetic Records (a day earlier in European territories).

“When we first started the band, we had planned on having two drummers but it didn't work out, so now it feels like everything is coming together,” Pleasants previously said. “There is definitely a new level of intensity to KYLESA now. Since the new lineup has gotten together we have felt the strongest creative spark yet.”

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Club Owners To Plead No Contest To Manslaughter

The Associated Press reports that the owners of Rhode Island nightclub, The Station, where a 2003 fire killed 100 people during a Great White concert will plead no contest to involuntary manslaughter charges, and only one will have to serve prison time, their lawyer said last week. Victims' relatives were outraged.

Kathleen Hagerty said brothers Jeffrey and Michael Derderian will enter the pleas more than 3 1/2 years after pyrotechnics ignited foam soundproofing while Great White was playing at the Station nightclub in West Warwick, R.I.

Hagerty confirmed that Michael Derderian will serve 4 years in a minimum security prison, with eligibility for a work release program, and that Jeffrey Derderian will receive a suspended 10-year sentence.

Relatives of those killed were furious about what they considered to be light punishments for the brothers' role in the fourth-deadliest fire in U.S. history, a tragedy that touched untold thousands of people in the nation's smallest state.

In May, former Great White tour manager Daniel Biechele was sentenced to four years in prison for igniting the pyrotechnics without the required permit. He pleaded guilty in February to 100 counts of involuntary manslaughter.

Read the full article at Billboard.com.

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