Spiritual Beggars
Formed: 1992
From:
Halmstad,
Sweden
Last Known Status: Active
Latest Spiritual Beggars News
Below is our complete Spiritual Beggars news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
Note: We began associating news directly with bands in late 2003. Therefore, earlier band news may not be listed on this page.
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Cavalera Conspiracy Confirmed For Graspop 2011
The organizers of Belgium's Graspop Metal Meeting festival have announced that Cavalera Conspiracy, the band featuring Sepultura founders Igor and Max Cavalera, have been confirmed for the event. Also added to the bill is Russian folk metal band Arkona. Neither band's performance date has been confirmed as of yet however. The festival takes place in the town of Dessel from June 24th-26th.
The lineup is now as follows:
Friday:
Scorpions (Headliner)
Volbeat
Journey
Iced Earth
Epica
Parkway Drive
The Damned Things
Masters Of Reality
Heaven Shall Burn
Sepultura
Angel Witch
Kverlatak
The Black Dahlia Murder
FM
Revoker More...
Spiritual Beggars Announces Japanese Shows
Spiritual Beggars, the Swedish band featuring Arch Enemy guitarist Michael Amott and bassist Sharlee D'Angelo, along with new vocalist Apollo Papathanasio, will play two shows in Japan in March. Drummer Ludwig Witt commented on the shows bay saying:
"We had a great time in Japan performing at the two massive Loud Park '10 concerts in October alongside Ozzy, Motorhead, etc. Our first new album in five years has been really well received by the Japanese fans and we can't wait to go back and play the full headline set at our own, more intimate, club dates in Osaka and Tokyo in March."
The dates are as follows:
March 24 – Tokyo, Japan - Club Quattro
March 25 - Osaka, Japan - Club Quattro
Rob Zombie And More Added To Graspop 2011
The organisers of the Graspop Metal Meeting, the largest heavy metl festival in Belgium, has announced several more bands for next year's edition of the event. Among the newly confirmed acts are Rob Zombie, Whitesnake, Journey, Foreigner, Suicide Silence, Firewind, Ghost, All That Remains, Escape The Fate and FM.
The lineup is now as follows: More...
Sepultura And More Confirmed For Graspop 2011
The organisers of Graspop Metal Meeting, the biggest heavy metal festival in Belgium, has announced several more bands for next year's edition of the event. Among the newly confirmed acts are Sepultura, Iced Earth, Terror, Arch Enemy and Soilwork. The festival will take place in Dessel from June 24th-26th.
The lineup is now as follows:
Friday:
Scorpions (Headliner)
Volbeat
Iced Earth
Epica
Parkway Drive
The Damned Things
Masters Of Reality
Heaven Shall Burn
Sepultura
Angel Witch
Kverlatak
The Black Dahlia Murder
Revoker More...
More Bands Announced For Tuska Festival
Church of Misery has been confirmed for the 2011 edition of the Tuska Open Air festival, which will take place at Suvilahti, Helsinki, Finland during July 22nd - 24th. The festival will now feature the addition of a fourth stage. The currently confirmed bands for the festival are as follows:
At The Gates
Arch Enemy
Exodus
Meshuggah
Killing Joke
Enslaved
Moonsorrow
Witchery
Agnostic Front
Kvelertak
Spiritual Beggars
Grave
Mygrain
Church Of Misery
Misery Index
Spiritual Beggars Uploads New Song To Myspace
Sweden hard rock supergroup Spiritual Beggars have uploaded another new song to the band's official myspace page. The song, titled "The Chaos Of Rebirth," is featured on the band's upcoming studio album "Return To Zero." "Return To Zero" is set for release on October 12th, 2010 through Insideout Music.
You can listen to "The Chaos Of Rebirth" at this location.
Spiritual Beggars Streaming New Song Online
Sweden's hard rock supergroup Spiritual Beggars have posted a brand new song to the band's myspace page. The song, titled "Star Born," comes off of the band's upcoming studio ablum titled "Return To Zero." "Return To Zero" is the band's seventh studio album and was recorded in Sweetspot Studio with producer Rickard Bengtsson. "Return To Zero" has been set for release on October 12th, 2010 through InsideOut Music. Spiritual Beggars features members of Arch Enemy, Carcass, Opeth, Firewind and Mercyful Fate.
You can listen to "Star Born" here.
Spiritual Beggars Reveal New Album Artwork
Swedish supergroup Spiritual Beggars have released the artwork to their anticipated new album "Return To Zero." "Return To Zero" is the band's seventh studio album and is due for release in Europe on August 30 via InsideOut Music. Spiritual Beggars features Michael Amott, Ludwig Witt, Per Wiberg, Sharlee D'Angelo and their newest member Apollo Papathanasio on Vocals.
Spiritual Beggars Finishes New Album
Swedish act Spiritual Beggars, featuring guitarist Michael Amott (Arch Enemy, Carcass) and bassist Sharlee D'Angelo (Arch Enemy, Witchery) started working with Apollo Papathanasio (Firewind) as a new singer after parting ways with JB (Grand Magus). The band has finished the recordings of the 7th studio album at Sweetspot Studio with producer Rickard Bengtsson, who already produced the “On Fire” (2002) and “Demons” (2005) albums.
Michael Amott commented: "The new Spiritual Beggars album is to my ears some of best stuff I've ever done with this band and I'm very much looking forward to releasing the seventh Spiritual Beggars studio album 'Return To Zero' with the help and expertise of the InsideOut team! At the end of the day it was a no-brainer to do a new licensing deal with the InsideOut label, they did a great job on the 'Demons' album and the 'Live Fire!' DVD.
"Since then, they have merged with the Century Media company whom I have a long and successful history with. I already know a lot of the people that will be involved in this release, and that feels good. I respect InsideOut label boss Thomas Waber for being a true music fan and for his undying enthusiasm and efforts in making this deal happen.” More...
Spiritual Beggars Issues Studio Update
Swedish metal band Spiritual Beggars has issued the following studio update:
"Yes, it's been a long time coming - but we have finally got ourselves back into the studio to record the follow up to our last studio album 'DEMONS' (2005). What's 5 years between friends?"
"It's been a busy few weeks here in the Beggars camp... We started with a week of pre-production rehearsals with the whole band and got all the songs nice and tight, ready and rockin'!"
"We then relocated to SWEETSPOT STUDIO and started tracking drums with our producer, Rickard Bengtsson. Ludwig (Witt, Drums) nailed it in 4 days and we swiftly moved on to rhythm Guitars and Bass tracks and finished off with a Lead guitar session!" More...
Spiritual Beggars' Debut Album To Be Reissued
Regain Records has announced that it will be reissuing the debut album from Spiritual Beggars.
Originally released in 1994 by Wrong Again Records (the label that later became Regain Records) the self-titled album was the world’s introduction to former Carcass guitarist Mike Amott’s hard rock alter ego. Through the course of six albums, all released as as Amott’s schedule has permitted in between his work with current band Arch Enemy, Spiritual Beggars has shaken its image as a mere side project and established itself as a genre-defining band in its own rite.
Wrong Again's second release ever, "Spiritual Beggars" has been a tough find for quite some time, and now more recent converts to the band will have the opportunity to sample the band's beginnings. Older fans will also be interested to find four bonus tracks on the reissue: "Blind Mountain," "If You Should Leave," "Nowhere To Go," and "Sour Stains."
Cathedral To Tour Europe After All
After calling off the previosuly announced fall/winter European tour, England's doom masters CATHEDRAL will return to the road in February! Joining them will be ELECTRIC WIZARD and GRAND MAGUS featuring SPIRITUAL BEGGARS lead singer JB.
Here's the list of confirmed dates:
06.02.2006 Germany, Berlin @ Knaack
13.02.2006 Germany, Hamburg @ Molotow
14.02.2006 Germany, München @ Backstage
20.02.2006 Germany, Köln @ Underground
21.02.2006 Germany, Bochum @ Matrix (tickets: 16,00 € advance/ 19,00 € door order tickets)
Ticket prices range from 13€ to 19€.
Shining Reforms w/ New Lineup, Plan Tour and Album
Reactivated Swedish Black Metal'ers SHINING have returned. SHINING are now officially allied with the highly repected French record label Osmose Productions.
SHINING leader Kvarforth last year announced the death of the band due to many unpleasant circumstances which have been prominent the past years, both within the band and around him personally. It was said that their album "IV - The Eerie Cold" (Avantgarde, 2005) would be their last. Shortly after the CD's completion, members Phil A. Cirone and Hellhammer (MAYHEM) left the band. Now SHINING return with a basically entirely new lineup consisting of Ludvig Hvit (SPIRITUAL BEGGARS, FIREBIRD) on drums, John Doe (CRAFT, TWIN EARTH) on guitar, Hallander on bass and Casado on guitar. The reason for this new lineup is simply because there is a need to play live, which never would have worked out in the long run with the previous members considering the distance between them. A new era has begun to take shape.
SHINING recently played their first three shows ever (one in Sweden and two in Norway) and are currently planning on touring until early 2006, when they will comence the recordings of "V - Besvikelsens Dystra Monotoni" (Osmose, 2006), the follow-up to 2005's "IV - The Eerie Cold". The group's official web site has been updated after a long time of silence from the SHINING camp. Included are new promo photos and live photos from the three recent live performances.
The current tour dates are as follows: More...
Shining Sign With Osmose Productions
Resurrected Swedish black metallers SHINING are now officially allied with the highly repected french record label Osmose Productions. They have signed a deal of two albums and the first one, "V / Besvikelsens Dystra Monotoni" is to be recorded in April.
To celebrate this event Osmose Productions and SHINING have decided to once and for all issue the first two albums "I / Within Deep Dark Chambers" and "II / Livets Ändhållplats" in luxurious digipack versions including one exclusive bonus track each and for the first time ever fully printed lyrics as well as linear notes. More...
Spiritual Beggars To Release 'Demons' In Feb
Spiritual Beggars, who include Arch Enemy guitarist Mike Amott, are to release new lbum 'Demons' through the Toy Factory label in Japan at the end of February. So far, there's no news on label deals for the band in any other parts of the world.
Spiritual Beggars In The Studio
Spiritual Beggars guitarist Michael Amott has posted this message on the band's official website:
"As usual, recording here at studio Fredman is wild and strange experience. Mr. Fredrik Nordstrom is crazier than ever!
In the 4 days we have been here, we have put down all the basic tracks (we are recording drums, guitars, bass and keyboards live on to 2" tape) and it is sounding really warm, big and heavy! Our producer, Fredrik Nordstrom, has got a phenomenal sound out of Ludwig Witt's brand new custom built (by himself!) kit… and of course Ludwig is beating the living shit out of the drums (the 28" bass drum sounds HUGE) and cymbals as usual - it sounds very killer so far!! It's a really different way of recording…no pro-tools and/or triggering of drums. This is the old school way…like Sabbath, Purple, Heep etc. used to do things back when heavy metal was born…it's fun and very satisfying! Today we are going through all the bass tracks and checking if there are improvements to be made there. Monday will be a keyboard day - time to lay down the Hammond, Mellotron, Fender Rhodes stuff, that's always a fun part of the recording, Per IS the keyboard wiz!
We'll keep dropping by here with some more reports later.....
Michael Amott"
Spiritual Beggars Work On New Album
Spiritual Beggars are entering Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden next week. They are working with producer Fredrik Nordström again (who produced the bands previous albums “Ad Astra" and “Mantra III").
Guitarist Michael Amott comments: “We have been working on this new music for over a year, on and off. We have got a great collection of songs that we think are of a slightly heavier and more intense direction than the songs on 'On Fire' (2002). The spirit of HEAVY rock is still alive and well in the camp here and it´s all smiles as we rehearse this stuff, we just know this is going to sound absolutely HUGE when we lay it down on Fredrik Nordströms Studer 2 tape machine!!!."