Metal News for September 26, 2009
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38 news articles posted on this day.
Sycronomica Reveals New Album Cover Artwork
Germany's Sycronomica have revealed the cover artwork for their upcoming album "Sycroscope," which can be viewed at this location. The band also issued the following update about debuting new music from the album in October:
"Sycronomica will reveal the first tunes of their upcoming Album 'Sycroscope' (Europe 23.10; USA 26.10) via their myspace page. The Sycroscope Album Teaser will go online on October the 5th."
AC/DC Posts "Backtracks" Teaser Trailer Online
AC/DC has posted a teaser trailer online for their forthcoming release "Backtracks," which can be viewed below. "Backtracks" will be released on November 10th. More...
Battlelore Posts Live Video Footage Online
Battlelore has posted a live video online of the song "Storm of the Blades," which was shot at Nosturi, Finland on January 1st 2009. The video clip can be viewed below. More...
Elexorien Parts Ways With Vocalist
Elexorien has issued the following announcement about parting ways with their vocalist Iné Zijlstra:
"Proud Legions,
"We hereby announce the departure of Iné as vocalist of Elexorien. Due to personal differences, we no longer feel we are a solid unit, and we were left with no other choice but to go separate ways.
"Iné’s statement is as follows: 'Although it hurts inside, I’ve made the decision to leave Elexorien. Due to some personal issues I feel like I can not put a hundred percent effort in this band at the moment. Being the singer of Elexorien has been an amazing experience; I absolutely love making music, being on stage, going on tours and having fun. The recent South-America tour is a fantastic memory forever. It was a great honour to perform for you, the fans. Maybe you will see me in other musical projects in the future. I want to thank Elexorien for all the good times we shared and wish them all the best for the future. I hope the band will be on stage again very soon! Especially I would like to thank you, the fans, and everyone who helped me or Elexorien the last five years. You’re the best, I will never forget you!'
"We would like to thank Iné for the good times we shared and fun we had, and wish her nothing but the best in her future musical and personal enterprises. Updates on Elexorien’s future will be posted here soon. No need to panic - we will continue burning stages as soon as possible! Thank you for your time and attention."
Death Breath Issues Recording Update
Sweden's Death Breath has issued the following brief recording update:
"Yes, it’s true! Session number three has ended. This session went in an exceptionally evil manner. The flying V’s were flying around uncontrollably, completely poltergeist."
Opeth Updates Tour Schedule
Swedish progressive metallers Opeth have updated their tour schedule with the following tour dates:
9/27 KB Hallen Copenhagen
9/29 Arena Berlin, Berlin
9/30 Luczniczka Hall Bydgoszcz
10/2 Sporthalle Hamburg
10/3 Philipshalle Dusseldorf
10/4 Zenith Paris
10/6 Zenith Lille
10/7 Ahoy Rotterdam
10/9 Apollo Manchester
10/10 Wembley Arena London
10/11 SECC Glasgow
10/13 Olympia Theatre Dublin
10/16 Pyramids Portsmouth
10/17 Forest National Brussels
10/18 Jahhrhunderthalle Frankfurt
10/19 Arena Ludwigsburg
10/22 Palacio de Cristal Porto
10/23 La Cubierta Madrid
10/24 Olympic De Badalona Barcelona
10/26 Datchforum Milan
10/27 Palalottomatica Rome
10/29 Future Show Station Arena Bologna
10/30 Ljubljana Tivoli
10/31 Palasport Treviso
11/10 Hangar 11, Tel-Aviv Port Tel Aviv
11/17 O-East Tokyo
11/18 Club Quattro Osaka
11/22 The Tivoli Brisbane
11/23 Enmore Theatre Sydney
11/25 Palace Theatre (18+) Melbourne
Eumeria Announces New Drummer
Eumeria has issued the following update about recruiting a new permanent drummer:
"Eumeria has decided to ask Kevin Bartlett to be their permanent drummer in the band. Kevin is an amazing talent who lives near Eumeria's guitarist, Reece Fullwood, in Telford England. Reece and Kevin will be able to work closely together on existing and upcoming songs, which provides a beneficial logistic for the future of the band. Here is a myspace page for Kevin.
"Eumeria would like to thank drummer Adam Sagan (ex-Into Eternity) for his time in helping get the debut album and video complete. We wish Adam the best in the future with his drumming career."
Sonic Synidcate Posts "Burn This City" Video
Sonic Syndicate has posted a music video online for the song "Burn This City," which is off their upcoming album due out in 2010. The video clip can be viewed below. More...
Horse The Band Posts New Music Video Online
Horse the Band has posted a new music video online for the track "Shapeshift," which is off their upcoming album "Desperate Living." The video clip can be viewed below. "Desperate Living" is currently set for an October 6th release date through Vagrant Records. More...
Chimaira Posts Live Footage Online
Chimaira has posted a live video clip online of their performance of the song "The Venom Inside," which can be viewed below. The recording took place on September 22nd at Nosturi, Helsinki. More...
As We Fight Announces New Tour Dates
Denmark's As We Fight has announced the following string of upcoming tour dates:
10/23 Sackfabrik Magdeburg, Germany
10/24 Alter Schlachthoff Eisenach, Germany
10/25 Matrix Bochum, Germany
10/26 Logo Hamburg, Germany
10/30 Kansas City Odense, Denmark
10/31 Recession Festival Aarhus, Denmark
11/6 Aalborg Metal Festival Aalborg, Denmark
11/7 The Rock Copenhagen, Denmark
11/19 Sticky Fingers Goteborg, Sweden
11/20 KB Malmö, Sweden
11/21 Klubben Stockholm, Sweden
Pilgrimz Updates Tour Schedule
Danish metal band Pilgrimz has updated their tour schedule with the following series of tour dates:
9/26 ScoopRock Mikkeli w. The Haunted & Raised Fist + more
9/27 Klubi Turku w. The Haunted
10/7 Tyrol Stockholm w. Raised Fist
10/8 Trädgården Gothenburg w. Raised Fist
10/9 John Dee Oslo w. Raised Fist
10/10 KB Malmo w. Raised Fist
10/17 Månen Haderslev + support
10/23 Kansas City Odense + support
10/24 Kulisselageret Horsens + support
10/30 Loppen Copenhagen + support
10/31 RECession Festival Aarhus
The Nails Posts Live Video Clip Online
Azerbaijan based black metallers The Nails have posted live footage online of their performance of the song "Fear." The video clip can be viewed below. More...
Condemned Remains To Release 4 Way Split Album
Wyoming's Condemned Remains has issued the following update about releasing a four way split:
"We are going to be joining forces with Intracranial Butchery, Eighty Thousand Dead, and Kraanium (Norway) in the creation of a brutal 4-way split cd. For all you Condemned Remains fans, this should be a brutal release, and will help all of us bands expand to more brutal humans. More details of this will be coming soon, so keep checking out each of the bands sites, and spread the word!"
Mainline Posts Live Footage Online
Italy's Mainline has posted a live video clip online of their September 12th performance alongside Misery Signals and Your Demise. The video clip can be viewed below.
Quasar Streaming New Demo Song Online
Swedish metallers Quasar have posted a sample demo track online titled "Solstice." The song can be heard at the band's MySpace page.
One Without Streaming Entire New Album Online
Swedish gothic metallers One Without are currently streaming their entire new album "Thoughts Of A Secluded Mind" online at their official MySpace page. "Thoughts Of A Secluded Mind" was released on September 25th in Europe and September 26th in the United States.
Sniper Updates Tour Schedule
Germany's Sniper has updated their tour schedule with the following upcoming dates:
12/4 Metal Militia Vol. VI (!!!Durchführung KEIN GIG v.uns!!!) Bothel bei ROW
12/5 Metal Militia Vol. VI@ JuZ Verden
12/11 Blitz & Donner Fest@ Jolly Joker Braunschweig
12/12 Metal Militia Vol. VII@ K19 Kassel
1/30 2010 Brother Tuck (SWEDEN) Stockholm [SWE]
4/1 2010 TBA switzerland switzerland
4/2 2010 HeadbangersBall Bärn [CH]
4/3 2010 TBA switzerland switzerland
4/4 2010 R(h)ein in die Fresse XI Bonn
4/23 2010 JuZ w/Tankard & Dew Scented Verden (Aller)
4/30 2010 Mosh in den Mai@ Alte Meierei Kiel
7/17 2010 METAL SPLASH O:A: Vol.III Rotenburg/ W.
Descend Issues Band Update
Sweden's Descend has issued the following update about their recent activity:
"Hey!
"This has actually nothing to do with Back in Black.. what I meant was that we're back in business. We're all in Stockholm now and everyone of us already had the swine flu, the plague and whatever.. so now on Tuesday we're gonna jam all together for the first time since May. Feels great! The new song is going to be awesome! Andreas elaborated on one of Jontes songs and turned it into something else and added some stuff to it and it sounds faaaan-tastic! I just noticed on our bulletin that Justin also added things to it, but I'm using a computer with no Guitar Pro so I will have to wait..
"Uhm.. yea, we've heard a lot of great things about the demo/EP we released here on myspace. We thank you for that and we hope that you spread the word! Now that we know we're the best we may even attend to IDOL 2010 together.. perhaps not. Don't know if we told you guys or if you care but we no longer rehearse at Huset. We left them for a much better place. It was probably the best change we could do, so we gained a lot doing it."
Baroness Streaming New Song Online
Baroness is currently streaming the new song "Swollen and Halo" online, which is off their upcoming album "Blue Record." The song can be heard at the official Baroness MySpace page. "Blue Record" is set to be released on October 13th through Relapse Records.
Unholy Posts Live Video Clip Online
New York's Unholy has posted a live video clip online for the song "Seeker Immortal," which was performed in Syracuse. The video can be found at this location.
Acheron Recording New Music Video
Acheron has filmed a video for the song "I am Heathen," which is off their new album "The Final Conflict: Last Days of God." The band worked with video creator and ex-bandmate Aaron Werner. The video will be a part of a promotional CD will contain the new music video, an Acheron interview dealing with the making of the new album, and more. A series of video clips from the recording session can be found below, and photos from the shoot can be found here. More...
Aeternam Announces New Tour Dates
Canada's Aeternam has issued the following update about new tour dates:
"Hi everybody,
"We've been pretty quiet since our last update, but we haven't been idle ! As you may have already noticed, we added 2 shows to our calendar in November, including the well known Trois-Rivières MetalFest, alongside Unexpect, Quo Vadis and Suffocation ! As things are running right now, there won't be any more shows before the release of the album, early next year. We'll soon come up with the official release date. We're also proud to announce the beginning of a collaboration between Aeternam and Galy Records, regarding the booking in Canadian territories.
"That's it for now!"
The band's currently confirmed tour dates are as follows:
11/7 L’Hémisphère Gauche Montréal, Quebec
11/13 Trois-Rivières Metalfest Trois-Rivères,Qc, Quebec
Detente Issues New Album Recording Update
California's Detente has issued the following statement about recording new material:
"We began the tracking of 'Decline' with Bill Metoyer last week; Basic tracks are complete for 5 with Caleb tracking leads the coming week. We will put up a sneak peek in the near future. In the mean-time we are looking forward to the show with RIOT at the Jumping Turtle Oct 15th; we have not played out since the Annie’s show in March so it will be good to play live again. This is probably the only show until we finish 'Decline' so come on out."
Gallows Announces Line-Up For Charity Show
Gallows has issued the following announcement about an upcoming charity show:
"We are very proud to announce that Blackhole are confirmed as HEADLINE SUPPORT for Gallows on our special home coming charity event for Watford Peace Hospice. The band have just played the last night of their current headline tour to a packed out crowd at London's Bar Academy in support of their debut album 'Dead Hearts', which is out now.
"TCCF Promotions are holding a Charity Event at Watford Colosseum on Thursday 17th December 2009, Supporting Watford Peace Hospice Charity (registered charity number: 1002878). Headlining our stage will be GALLOWS, with support from BLACKHOLE, local Watford boys NONE THE LESS and SPY CATCHER. Our show will be open to 14 years +, with a 1700 capacity, tickets are on SALE NOW!!!
"Tickets are available online from this location. We aim to be raising a lot of money to donate to Watford Peace Hospice and with Gallows and Support lending their time to TCCF, we are positive to make this event a sell out! Please dig deep in to your pockets and come out to enjoy the fun!
"This promises to be an event to remember!!! The event is being hosted by BBC 3 Counties Radio and filmed by Samby Productions. Lots of on and off stage entertainment, plus raffle prizes and merch stools! More information to come….Keep your eyes peeled for more info!"
In Flames Posts New Tour Photos Online
In Flames has issued the following statement about posting new photos online from their North American tour:
"Check out the photo/live section at this location and find some brand new IN FLAMES photos from the current North American Tour. This is just a fraction of the photos available that Neil Lim Sang has taken, and keep taking every night of the tour."
Insense Recording New Album
Norwegian metallers Insense have issued the following brief update about recording new material:
"Heading to Uppsala in Sweden on Sunday to start the recordings. 10 songs made the final cut after the song ditching. 8 songs didn't make it. Good riddance!"
Katatonia Announces Single Release From New Album
Katatonia are set to release their new album "Night is the New Day" on November 2nd in Europe and November 10th in the U.S. through Peaceville Records. Katatonia issued the following statement about the first single from the album:
"It can be revealed that the first single to be taken from the latest Katatonia album, ‘Night is the New Day’, will be ‘Day & then the Shade’ & will see a release in late October. A video will be shot for the same track as well. Full track details to follow shortly"
Leaves' Eyes Confirmed For Metal Camp Open Air
Leaves' Eyes is the latest band to be confirmed for the Metal Camp Open Air 2010 festival. The festival will take place from 05.07.-11.07.2010 in Tomin, Slovenia.
The currently confirmed line-up is as follows:
Leaves' Eyes
Behemoth
Ensiferum
Equilibrium
Dornenreich
Immortal
Kalmah
Metsatoll
Sabaton
The Devil's Blood
The Exploited
Mustasch Updates Tour Schedule
Sweden's Mustasch has updated their tour schedule with the following dates:
9/30 Bengans (Drottningg.20 - SIGNING SESSION!) Stockholm
10/9 Norrmalmia Piteå (S)
10/10 Folkets Hus Östersund (S)
10/15 Flygeln Norrköping (S)
10/16 Nöjesfabriken Karlstad (S)
10/17 Annexet Stockholm (S)
10/22 Baltiska Hallen Malmö (S)
10/23 Folkets Park Huskvarna (S)
10/24 Lisebergshallen Göteborg (S)
10/30 Valhall Skövde (S)
10/31 Conventum Örebro (S)
11/3 Klubi Tampere (SF)
11/4 Klubi Turku (SF)
11/5 Tavastia Helsinki (SF)
11/6 Teatria Oulu (SF)
11/7 Rytmikorjaamo Seinäjoki (SF)
12/10 Pumpehuset Copenhagen (DK)
12/11 Voxhall Aarhus (DK)
12/12 Studenterhuset Aalborg (DK)
Prototype Posts Recording Footage
California metallers Prototype have posted new recording footage online, which can be viewed below. The band also issued the following brief statement about the clip:
"Quick clip of the ambient solo into the solo riff of The Way It Ends... Somewhat sloppy but you get the idea. Oh and say hello to Kragen Lum and Pat Magrath."
Shadowside Issues Tour Recap
Brazil's Shadowside has issued the following recap of their recent U.S. tour:
"As I promised, here is the next chapter of the Wake Up Screaming U.S. 2009 tour! I will take you guys back to September 15... not too long ago, yet I am sure some of the memories from that night will last for a lifetime!
"We got to the venue at about 6 or 7pm. I already knew Chicago City Limits from our last visit to the Chicago area. In one of the off nights, Raphael and I went there to have a few drinks with some of our friends and check out an all girl cover band, it was a pretty fun night and I remember the sound being absolutely awesome there. However when we entered the venue this time I realized it was a lot bigger than the images I had in my mind. It looked even better and cooler as well, you will be able to check it out in the pictures!
"I was very excited and looking forward to this show and as the show time approached, I was glad to see my expectations met! It was a pleasure seeing familiar faces of old friends and loyal fans as well as getting to meet new ones! I wish I could meet and talk to EVERYONE that attends our shows though as I know everyone has an unique story to tell me. That night I was told by one of our fans that my lyrics were an inspiration to his life and that is extremely touching and also makes you realize how powerful music is. Ok ok, I know what you're thinking - 'get to the point, Dani, what about the show?' *laughs* To put it simply: it was EXCELLENT and it felt great to be back in Chicago! Even though it was a Tuesday night, no one sounded like they were worried about waking up for work the next morning and it was great to hear them screaming with me! Maybe that's how they would wake up on Wednesday... *laughs* We went through our set intensely for about 1:30 hour and had a great time on stage! There's no better food for the band's fire than our fans voices, you all rock! More...
The 11th Hour Streaming New Song Online
Dutch metallers The 11th Hour have posted a new song online titled "Atonement" from their upcoming album "Burden of Grief." The song can be heard at the band's official MySpace page. The 11th Hour also issued the following statement about the song:
"A long overdue visit to the cemetery... a cold, weathered gravestone... a raven sits perched on top of it, staring at him with its beady eyes... he's desperately looking for Atonement, but there's none to be found in this damp soil. Atonement is the 5th song on Burden Of Grief, the upcoming debut album of The 11th Hour. Check our MySpace regularly for new updates as we'll be uploading more preview clips soon!"
The release dates for "Burden of Grief" are as follows:
Oct. 28 – Finland, Spain
Oct. 30 – Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Benelux, France, Italy
Nov. 02 – Rest of Europe
Nov. 03 – USA, Canada
The Cold Existence Recruits New Guitar Player
Swedish melodic death metallers The Cold Existence have issued the following announcement about recruiting a new guitar player:
"We have rehearsal for awhile with a new guitar player and wanted to let you take part of this! We all in The Cold Existence welcome Robin Lindström from the band Vanishing System into the horde!"
The Rotted Announces Tour Dates With Alestorm
The Rotted have announced that they will be playing a string of tour dates in December alongside Alestorm and Eden's Curse.
The Rotted guitarist Tim Carley issued the following statement:
"As everybody must already know by now, The Rotted are huge fans of all things Metal so we are fucking excited to take this mixed bill out on the road. There are those who think bands should stick to one scene and they are so fucking wrong, Metal is a way of life and we won't have anyone tell us how to live our lives, no rules, no gods, no governments!! This tours gonna be a fucking blast and it will be great to hook up with our drinking buddies and trash and pillage some towns together."
The currently confirmed tour dates are as follows:
12/6 MANCHESTER – Moho Live
12/7 SHEFFIELD – Corporation
12/8 DUDLEY – J.B.’s
12/9 GLASGOW – Cathouse
12/10 NOTTINGHAM – Rock City
12/11 WREXHAM – Central Station
Watch Me Bleed Comments On Show Cancellation
Germany's Watch Me Bleed has issued the following statement about canceling their scheduled tour date tonight:
"We're very sorry to tell all you metalheads out there that tonight's show at the Komma / Wörgl (A) got canceled. The headlining band Deadlock pulled out of the show today in the morning because of some stomach-illness of one of the bandmembers.
"We were ready to rock and metal up your asses with you guys at the Komma...so once again a big sorry to you all. WE hope to see you next time..."
Scarpoint Issues Recording Update
Sweden's Scarpoint has issued the following studio recording update:
"Hey fuckers!
"This week has come to the end. All the mail vocals are done!! We have to add some stuff, some backing vocals by Chris and Zoran. Henke is maby gonna rearrange some stuff in one song besides that it..s just the last touches left before the accuall mix.
"We had 2 guys from our management to visit today for some preview and they were, honestly, blown away. Don..t ask of you to understand me when I say that this record will totally crsuh anything you..ve ever heard, but you will once you have it in your hand.
"We..ve started rehearsing for the next weekends charity event for 'Children of the world'. It..s gonna be a blast, eventhough it sounded pretty bad, we haven..t rehearsed as a band since the end of may...but we..ll get there!!
"I..ll start editing all the video we..ve recorded next week and we hope to have some of that stuff exclusive for you here on myspace, and some will end up on the record as 'the making of'.
"Remeber to defend the weak and stay twisted!!"
Tonight's Headbangers Ball Line-Up Details
Tonight's Hatebreed themed Headbangers Ball on MTV2 at 2 AM ET/PT will feature the following line up of videos:
Hatebreed - "In Ashes They Shall Reap"
Hatebreed - "Live for This (Live)"
Hatebreed - "Destroy Everything (Live)"
Hatebreed - "Ghosts Of War"
Hatebreed - "Defeatist"
Hatebreed - "Thirsty and Miserable"
Hatebreed - "I Will Be Heard (Live)"
Hatebreed - "This Is Now (Live)"
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