Nevermore
Formed: 1994
From:
Seattle,
WA,
United States
Last Known Status: Active
Background
Seattle, Washington is a city well-known for being the rain-ridden suicide capital of the U.S., but to many others, Seattle is known as the epicenter in a dark abyss of emotion that fuels the creative disposition of Nevermore. Joining a variety of musical sub-genres that were never meant to be mutually exclusive, the band successfully emblazoned themselves with a grey aura of enigma that has become their legacy.
Intelligent men who held no preconceived notions of what they should sound like, NEVERMORE launched themselves in 1994 and have never forsaken the histories of their varied backgrounds. Providing a backbone of resilience are ex-members of Sanctuary: the charismatic vocalist Warrel Dane and steadfast bassist Jim Sheppard, who survived their major label experience by the strength of their integrity when the world all-too-willingly embraced the grunge movement. Lending a modern influence to the band’s blueprint was guitarist Jeff Loomis, whose classically trained background added an unmistakable depth to song composition and whose death metal heritage supplied ample vehemence. Drummer Van Williams solidified the nucleus of the band with his undulating, propulsive rhythms. Drawing inspiration from the darker things in life, it became obvious the strain of their collective creation defied categorization.
Nevermore’s impressive self-titled debut - which began their five-year collaboration with internationally renowned producer Neil Kernon of Judas Priest, Queensÿche, and Dokken fame - surfaced in 1995 and landed them a U.S. tour with Death and a European tour with Blind Guardian. The band soon welcomed ex-Monstrosity guitarist Pat O’Brien into the fold and 1996’s In Memory EP soon proved to critics that volatile melody and aggression could be successfully intermixed. But it was The Politics Of Ecstasy (also released in 1996) when Nevermore came into their own by showcasing the higher degrees of their technical musicianship. When Pat O’Brien left to join Cannibal Corpse, the band quickly recruited ex-Forbidden guitarist and long-time friend Tim Calvert who contributed to the songwriting in 1999’s conceptual masterpiece Dreaming Neon Black, a morosely dark and articulately beautiful exploration of the peaks and valleys of human emotion. Puncturing the underground with its sanctity was the bleak storyline that followed a man’s descent into madness and ultimate suicide after the mysterious death of the only woman he loved. Metal Maniacs hailed it as “a concept album that rivals Queensrÿche in its ambitiousness and perhaps even the mighty Iron Maiden in execution.” A rigorous touring schedule through the U.S. with Mercyful Fate and headlining shows in Europe & Australia led Tim Calvert to re-evaluate his commitment to the band, and ultimately he opted to leave.
Forced to return to their original four-member configuration, the band’s resilience and bold resolve to top themselves kicked in as they headed to the desert with new producer Andy Sneap (Machine Head, Testament, Kreator) and to the haunted Village Studios in Texas. The result of their fevered creativity was the extraordinary, ‘must-have’ record of 2000: Dead Heart In A Dead World. Audiences around the world were phenomenally receptive to this infinitely complex musical maze crowned by the massive sounds of Jeff Loomis’ seven-string guitar, Jim Sheppard’s five-string bass, the maelstrom drum work of Van Williams, and the arresting poetic power of Warrel Dane. Metal Maniacs praised it as “a collection of songs that summons forth a boldness that sounds ‘epic’ while never giving in to pomposity. NEVERMORE’s biggest achievement yet.” Outburn Magazine simply called it “perfect.” Throughout the worldwide press that year, the astute, darkened luminosity of Dead Heart dominated “Best Album” lists, and fans in every country celebrated the amazingly emotional balladry and the unforgiving sonic bludgeoning Nevermore masterfully refined. Live, they became known as “The Chaos Bringers” and held audiences of thousands at the Wacken Open Air, Dynamo, and With Full Force festivals in the palms of their hands. The band was constantly on the road, sharing stages with Arch Enemy, In Flames & Shadows Fall, Opeth & Angel Dust, and had their 2001 tour with Savatage cut drastically short by the events of September 11th.
For two years, Nevermore’s superbly crafted and complicated versatility has been brooding. Thanks to the assistance of Queensrÿche/Dokken producer Kelly Gray, we are once again invited into the band’s dark subconscious with 2003’s Enemies Of Reality. Warrel Dane’s visceral, clarion calls leads the band to more limitless heights armed with the indestructible backbone of drummer Van Williams and bassist Jim Sheppard while venom, foreboding, and poignant despair continue to be born from the hands of Jeff Loomis within the confines of one song. The title track pummels you with its ferocity and cerebral aggression; “Never Purify” is a forlorn lament of the dismal reality we’ve surrounded ourselves in; and the emotionally evocative “Who Decides” exudes the insightfully mature observations through hindsight of a life lived in extremes.
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Warrel Dane Reveal Partial Track Listing For Debut
NEVERMORE frontman Warrel Dane has revealed a partial track listing for his upcoming solo debut, tentatively due in early 2008 via Century Media Records. Dane has written about eight tracks with former SOILWORK guitarist-turned-producer Peter Wichers and has also collaborated with ex-HIMSA guitarist Matt Wicklund on a few songs. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include:
01. When We Pray
02. Messenger (featuring Jeff Loomis)
03. Obey
04. Let You Down (featuring Chris Broderick)
05. August
06. Feel Failure (Hail Yesterday)
07. Brother
08. Patterns (PAUL SIMON cover)
09. Praises To The War Machine (featuring James Murphy)
10. This Old Man More...
Nevermore Frontman Taps Musicians For Solo Album
NEVERMORE frontman Warrel Dane has tapped James Murphy (ex-TESTAMENT, DEATH, OBITUARY) and Jeff Loomis (NEVERMORE) to play guest solos on his upcoming solo album, which is tentatively due in early 2008. Dane has written about eight tracks with former SOILWORK guitarist-turned-producer Peter Wichers and has also collaborated with ex-HIMSA guitarist Matt Wicklund on a few songs. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "August", "Obey" (described by Dane as "one of my favorite songs that Peter has penned — very heavy and Dirk's [SOILWORK's Dirk Verbeuren] drumming is amazing on this track") and "Messenger". Also included will be a "very metalized cover" of an old SISTERS OF MERCY song.
In a September 2006 interview with Metal-Rules.com, Dane stated about the upcoming solo CD, "I've been working on it for like the last year off and on, just writing songs with Peter Wichers, and at some point we'll finish them then go in the studio . . . It doesn't sound like NEVERMORE, and I think, you know, if it did, there wouldn't be much point in doing a side project. If it sounded like NEVERMORE I think it would be a little redundant . . . Of course it's metal! Kind of like metal-infused hard rock, I think. It's different and it's a chance for me to explore myself — explore myself in other ways! [laughs] Well, for me, and for Peter from SOILWORK as well, it was kind of a chance for us both to 'step outside the box,' because people expect a certain thing from both those bands and with this we don't have to fulfill any expectations. We can do whatever we want." More...
Nevermore Frontman Continues Solo Album
NEVERMORE frontman Warrel Dane has issued an update on his upcoming debut solo album, which is tentatively due in early 2008. Dane has written about eight tracks with former SOILWORK guitarist-turned-producer Peter Wichers and has also collaborated with ex-HIMSA guitarist Matt Wicklund on a few songs.
Stated Dane: "Hello from Nashville! Matt Wicklund is starting guitar tracks today [Wednesday, October 31]. Peter is pretty much done with most of his guitar parts. Things are starting to shape up. I'm having a great time getting to know the locals here.
"One thing that just made me want to die from laughter... I'm at Jack In The Box getting breakfast and these two old guys with accents so thick you could cut them with a knife are sitting next to me, totally drunk at about 10 am, bitching about how their wives can't cook, 'nothing gets cooked in my house unless she does it, but ya know what I can cook a hot dog..... damn, all you gotta do is boil water...well, I'll tell ya what, I can still cook a hamburger when she passes out.' I almost fell off my chair..."
In a September 2006 interview with Metal-Rules.com, Dane stated about the upcoming solo CD, "I've been working on it for like the last year off and on, just writing songs with Peter Wichers, and at some point we'll finish them then go in the studio . . . It doesn't sound like NEVERMORE, and I think, you know, if it did, there wouldn't be much point in doing a side project. If it sounded like NEVERMORE I think it would be a little redundant . . . Of course it's metal! Kind of like metal-infused hard rock, I think. It's different and it's a chance for me to explore myself — explore myself in other ways! [laughs] Well, for me, and for Peter from SOILWORK as well, it was kind of a chance for us both to 'step outside the box,' because people expect a certain thing from both those bands and with this we don't have to fulfill any expectations. We can do whatever we want."
Nevermore Releases Ozzy Cover Online
NEVERMORE's cover of OZZY OSBOURNE's "Revelation (Mother Earth)" has been posted at this location. The track was originally recorded during the "This Godless Endeavor" sessions but the vocals weren't completed in time to have the song included as a bonus track on the Japanese edition of the CD (as was the plan at one point).
In a July 2005 interview with Metal-Rules.com, guitarist Jeff Loomis stated about the song, "Initially it was going to go on the new record but the record is already goddamn 60 minutes long so we didnt wanna add anything more to it since we thought it was a perfect time." Asked if the members of the band were big fans of late OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Randy Rhoads, Jeff replied, "Yeah, we are, and so is Andy Sneap [producer] and, of course, so is Steve [Smyth, then-NEVERMORE guitarist]. This time we didnt do it like the JUDAS PRIEST thing or the SIMON AND GARFUNKEL thing, we did it exactly as on the record. It's amazing how close it sounds to the original with all the acoustics and everything. It's kinda funny because a long time ago when Andy saw Ozzy live with Randy Rhoads he got one of Randy's guitar picks and we actually used it during the recording process of the song. . . [The solo in the song] is killer, it's totally awesome! We all split the solo up in three different sections so I play one part of it, Steve plays a partof it, and actually Andy plays the end of it."
Shatter Messiah Announce Album Release Date
SHATTER MESSIAH, featuring ex-NEVERMORE/ex-ANNIHILATOR guitarist Curran Murphy, have announced that the release date of their new album God Burns Like Flesh will be October 29th through Dockyard 1.
In conjunction with the release, Shatter Messiah will be premiering a new song off of God Burns Like Flesh today, Monday October 1st.
The band plans to post one new full length song (and a number of preview clips) off the album each week at www.myspace.com/shattermessiah, to be heard in streaming audio.
God Burns Like Flesh (cover art on the left) tracklist is as follows: 'Idolater', 'God Burns Like Flesh', 'Pathway', 'Stripped Of Faith', 'Dirge Of The Christ', 'Buried In Black', 'This Is The Day', 'Tomorrow Immortal'.
Shatter Messiah Complete New Album
SHATTER MESSIAH guitarist/founder Curran Murphy (ex-NEVERMORE / ex-ANNIHILATOR) has issued the following update:
"Hey hey,
Here is the super late August update for the Smiley Sound Studio. Busy month this time out had Kelly Conlon from DEATH in here tracking bass guitars for the new band FIRES OF BABYLON featuring my good friend Lou St. Paul of WINTERSBANE fame, and my very best friend Robert "BOBS" Falzano on drums. I should be getting the vocal tracks back from Florida to go into mix mode and finish this album up and deliver it in October! Kelly hammered the tracks for 10 songs out in two days and we had three days left over for drinking and Boone Dock Saints (I'll have a coke). WOOHOO!!!!.
DRAGONWYCK came in and have been tracking their second E.P. of six songs here for the last two weeks and man o man is it sounding great(smiley dare I say?). Mike finished drums in two days, Tony got all of his rhythm guitars quadruple tracked in two days and Nick is writing and playing some amazingly melodic and heavy bass lines. So we should be able to get them wrapped up in a few more days of tracking and go to mix here in September.
I also had Chris from THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY MUSICIANS come in with his fellas and book time for the day after Christmas (what can I say I love to work) for six songs as well!!!! This should be a fun session because these guys are appropriately named for sure!
And now down to brass tacks! On a personal note I spent the last three weeks frantically tracking, re-writing and re-recording the new Shatter Messiah album God Burns Like Flesh. All of the guys threw down with the most amazing effort I have seen from any band I have ever played in, it was awesome! I spent the last two days (about 32 hours straight with no breaks) on mixing and sending the files to Germany for master and artwork details as well. Talk about down to the fucking wire! Had to meet that label deadline baby to make for a good release time for this new record!!! Now it is all up to the fine people at Dockyard 1 to put this monster out and move some units baby!
I literally was recording guitar Solo's at 7a.m. the day of delivery, back against the wall, and having Wags throw down vocals while I am doing emails with our manager and my artwork guy AND the record label WOO HOO! Damn damn damn, I look back on it and just laugh at how I get myself into these adventures and then also remind myself I wouldn't change a fucking thing about it! Love this job and I love this game!"
Love,
Curran /SHATTER MESSIAH
Nevermore Part Ways With Guitarist
Guitarist Steve Smyth's site has been updated with the following:
Guitarist Steve Smyth has officially parted ways with NEVERMORE, citing personal and business differences.
“All things find their end eventually, and at this time, I wish to make it clear that this was mutually agreed between the band and myself.
I will continue on with other aspects of my music career, including the upcoming release of The EssenEss Project, an all instrumental album, in the vein of progressive rock, that is now finished and being prepared for release.
After a year and 4 months of being out of the touring scene due to ill health and then a kidney transplant, I have finally been given a full health clearance by my doctors to go back on the road, and I am now ready to return to the stage.
I am proud and extremely honored to have been a guest of Uli Jon Roth at his Sky Academy concert series this past weekend, August 24th and 25th, in LA. What an awesome experience! To jam with one of the greatest, as well as several other incredible guitarists and musicians who have been big influences on my playing over the years, and to make new friends as well, the whole thing was just incredible. Many thanks to Uli for inviting me, it was truly an honor!
I am now embarking on a 6 week of tour of Europe with my friends from the Danish thrash metal band, SPV Recording Artists, HateSphere, first supporting Behemoth in Poland, and then joining the Dimmu Borgir tour. I have been a fan of HateSphere and friends with the band since 2003, when they opened for Testament at a festival we played together, and absolutely look forward to getting out with them and together, crushing Europe!”
Nevermore Cancel Helmond Concert
NEVERMORE has cancelled tonight's concert in Helmond, Netherlands. An official statement on the matter is expected shortly.
NEVERMORE members Warrel Dane (vocals) and Jeff Loomis (guitar) were the featured guests on "Metal Shop" on Seattle's KISW 99.9 FM on July 28, 2007. The program is available for streaming: Hour 1, Hour 2, Hour 3. (Note: Warrel and Jeff appear during the last two hours.)
NEVERMORE bassist Jim Sheppard was forced to miss the band's July 7 appearance at the Evolution Festival in Firenze, Italy due to scheduling conflicts. Standing in for him at the gig was ARMORED SAINT/FATES WARNING bassist Joey Vera. More...
Nevermore Guitarist Rehearsal Footage Available
Video footage of guitarist Chris Broderick (Nevermore, Jag Panzer) in his Southern California studio rehearsing on July 29, 2007 for this summer's Nevermore shows can be viewed below.
Nevermore has begun the songwriting process for the follow-up to 2005's "This Godless Endeavor", tentatively due next year via Century Media Records. "Jeff [Loomis, Nevermore guitarist] just gave me a new song to work on and it fucking crushes!" Dane said in late June. "Since all [the songs for my upcoming solo album] have been pretty much finished for some time, I'm working hard on the new Nevermore stuff, and man, Jeff is kicking some major ass!"
Nevermore Frontman Issue Solo Album Update
NEVERMORE frontman Warrel Dane is currently recording his debut solo album, which is tentatively due in early 2008. Dane has written about eight tracks with former SOILWORK guitarist-turned-producer Peter Wichers and has also collaborated with ex-HIMSA guitarist Matt Wicklund on a few songs.
Wichers has issued the following update on the project: "I just came back from Baltimore (Wrightway studios) after recording drums together with Dirk Verbeuren [SOILWORK, SCARVE] for Warrel's solo record.
"Now, this record will be friggin' sweet, and I just started laying down some guitars for it a couple of says ago. More...
Nevermore Vocalist Comments On Solo Album
NEVERMORE vocalist Warrel Dane has posted this message on the band's official forum:
"The recording (of the debut solo album) will start pretty soon, but since I have NEVERMORE shows coming up in August Pete (Peter Wichers - ex-SOILWORK) can get this thing going and I'll end up doing vox on my off time from NEVERMORE shows, Matt's (Wicklund - ex-HIMSA) songs are killer as well... I just have to take a step back sometimes and say to myself '...fuck I'm lucky to get to jam with these killer songwriters...'.
On another note, Jeff (Loomis - NEVERMORE guitarist) just gave me a new song to work on and it fucking crushes! Since all my solo songs have been pretty much finished for some time I'm working hard on the new NEVERMORE stuff, and man Jeff is kicking some major ass!
More info later..."
Nevermore Bassist Explains Evolution Fest Absence
NEVERMORE bassist Jim Sheppard will be forced to miss the band's July 7 appearance at the Evolution Festival in Firenze, Italy due to scheduling conflicts. Replacing him at the gig will be ARMORED SAINT/FATES WARNING bassist Joey Vera.
Commented NEVERMORE frontman Warrel Dane: "Jim's not dying, Jim is fine, he just has some things he needs to take care of during that week. He will play all the other scheduled festival dates. And it will be pretty cool to jam onstage with Joey. Glad he's able to do that!"
Jim Sheppard last year missed a number of NEVERMORE shows after undergoing a minor procedure for Crohn's Disease, a condition he's managed for over 15 years. Filling in for Sheppard was longtime friend James MacDonough (ex-MEGADETH, ICED EARTH). More...
Nevermore Frontman To Begin Recording in August
Nevermore frontman Warrel Dane is scheduled to enter the studio in early August to begin recording his solo debut, tentatively due in early 2008.
In a September 2006 interview with Metal-Rules.com, Dane stated about the upcoming solo CD, "I've been working on it for like the last year off and on, just writing songs with Peter Wichers, and at some point we'll finish them then go in the studio . . . It doesn't sound like Nevermore, and I think, you know, if it did, there wouldn't be much point in doing a side project. If it sounded like Nevermore I think it would be a little redundant . . . Of course it's metal! Kind of like metal-infused hard rock, I think. It's different and it's a chance for me to explore myself — explore myself in other ways! [laughs] Well, for me, and for Peter from Soilwork as well, it was kind of a chance for us both to 'step outside the box,' because people expect a certain thing from both those bands and with this we don't have to fulfill any expectations. We can do whatever we want."
Dane stated a year ago that his solo debut would include an appearance by Warrel's former Sanctuary (pre-Nevermore) bandmate Dave Budbill (Zerocreep) on drums.
Ex-Soilwork guitarist-turned-producer Peter Wichers has issued the following update:
"Well I must admit that it is nice to be back East after being in LA for a while. Nashville feels a lot like Sweden in many ways and me and the family love it already.
I am taking some time off for the summer to spend with my family and once we come back I plan on finding a place to set up a small studio to track the future projects that I'm working on.
The Warrel Dane solo record is planned to start in the first week of August and as of now I have written about eight together, and Warrel is also collaborating with Matt Wicklund (Himsa) for a few songs.
Keep checking in from time to time on my MySpace because I plan on putting up a sample of the new Nuclear Blast album that I just finished.
Have a great summer!"
Peter
Nevermore Confirmed For Bloodstock Open Air 2007
Bloodstock have announced Seattle’s NEVERMORE will play their ONLY UK Festival at this years Bloodstock Open Air Festival On Friday 17th August 2007. The announcement states: "The band have toured many European festivals and have been one of the MOST requested bands to play Bloodstock Open Air, so it is with great delight for the band and so many of their UK fans we can finally make this happen."
The confirmed bands so far are:
ARCH ENEMY
BENEDICTION
BEYOND ALL REASON
DREAM EVIL
DARK TRANQUILLITY
EPICA
FIREWIND
FINNTROLL
HEAD ON
IN FLAMES
KIUAS
KORPIKLAANI
LACUNA COIL
LEGION OF THE DAMNED
MEMFIS
NEVER MORE
RISE TO ADDICTION
SABBAT
TESTAMENT
WOLF
Bloodstock Unsigned Stage:
MINDFLOW
KOBRAKAI
SINNERGOD
NEPHWRACK
THE HOLLOW EARTH THEORY
Many more bands will be announced soon.
Tickets are £56 until 5th May 2007 (full weekend plus camping).
Headline News
Steve Smyth Receives Kidney Transplant
Following successful kidney transplant surgery in December, guitarist Steve Smyth (Nevermore, Dragonlord, ex-Testament, etc.) issues the following statement:
"The time has finally come to share a very important piece of news, directly related to my health. On December 12 th, 2006, I had a successful kidney transplant! After 6 straight months on dialysis, changes to my lifestyle and diet, and a very thorough search for a suitable donor, by early August 2006, we had a preliminary match. Several rounds of blood and tissue typing tests had to be subsequently performed to ensure we were a perfect match for transplant; the main reason for my hesitance in saying anything publicly during those months.
The donor shall remain nameless, but my gratitude to him for his selfless act of kindness and friendship will endure forever! Thank you so much, you have no idea how much this means to me! I am now on the road to recovery, as they say. This is mainly requiring a lot of adjustment to medications I will be on for the rest of my life, a small price to pay to be free from dialysis, and the restrictions it places on a person, both mentally and physically. I had no idea how much freedom I took for granted before all of this hit. 2006 was a big revelation of the frailty of human life for me, something I will not take for granted again.
Where does all this lead to next? I’ve been advised by my doctors that I will not be able to travel in any capacity for the next 6 months, as I have to adjust to immunosuppressant drugs to fight any possible form of rejection of the kidney, and my body needs time to recover from this operation, as well as dietary and lifestyle changes. All things that only make one stronger!
Obviously, my health must come first, but of huge importance to me is my loyalty to the rest of Nevermore, and as soon as I am deemed fit and ready to hit the road again, I will. I’ve already written 4-5 songs in various stages for the next Nevermore record, when the time comes to do one.
My immediate plans are to finish The EssenEss Project, my instrumental debut album collaboration with bass player/composer Steve Hoffman, and special guest drummer, Atma Anur, and find a suitable label to release the album, and get this album heard, finally! It’s been a long road, most recently delayed by my health issues. I am glad to finally be getting this on to the mix stage within the next month. For more updates on The EssenEss Project, please check in at www.theessenessproject.com and our related forum. We have lots of news upcoming, as we confirm the next phases of the record, including mixing duties, mastering duties, and artwork, and finally, what label will release it. Interested parties in this last area, please contact me at: steve@stevesmyth.com
I am also set to launch my internet guitar lesson business within the coming weeks. This will be a “live via webcam” lesson, all things that would happen in a regular live lesson with me will remain intact; written and audio/video examples, and direct focus on your goals as a musician are my aim. If you are interested in pursuing lessons with me, please contact me at: steve@stevesmyth.com with INTERNET GUITAR LESSONS in the title. I will include you on a mailing list due to go out this week, with full details on the lessons, how they will be run, cost, scheduling, etc. I look forward to teaching you!
Please stay tuned to www.stevesmyth.com or www.myspace.com/stevesmyth for further updates, or my forum on Ultimate Metal, as all further updates will come from any of these locations. I told everyone I would fight this, and be back! Bring on 2007, I’m ready!"
Nevermore Post 'Born' Video Online
Century Media have posted the video for Nevermore's song "Born" on their Youtube page. Check it out here. More...
Century Media Records Sign Deal with Zebralution
Century Media Records has signed a pan-European contract with Zebralution, Europe's biggest digital distributor. With offices in Berlin, Duisburg, Paris and New York, Zebralution has established itself in 2006 with such online hits as BOB SINCLAIR's "Love Generation" and songs by XAVIER NAIDOO.
Commented Century Media's Label Manager Antje Lange, "With Zebralution we have found an ideal partner in the field of online distribution. As Zebralution offers a network of offices in the major countries this means a big plus for our internationally active artist roster and ultimately convinced us to cooperate with them."
Kurt Thielen and Sascha Lazimbat of Zebralution are delighted to be able to expand their product range. "With approximately 5.000 high quality songs from the entire metal spectrum, we will be able to make our range even more attractive for people of more extreme sounds," Zebralution said in a statement. "Bands such as LACUNA COIL, ARCH ENEMY, CELTIC FROST and ICED EARTH will hopefully help us to further convince music lovers of legal downloads in the future."
Nevermore Guitarist Post Update
NEVERMORE guitarist Steve Smyth (ex-TESTAMENT), who was recently diagnosed with end-stage kidney failure (the result of a congenital birth defect), has issued the following update:
"This has been a delayed update, not because there wasn't anything going on, but lately due to one fact; some 'news' I was supposed to have received last week sometime.
"On to that first; I don't want to go into detail on what this 'news' is about, but suffice it to say that I have been informed that again, this 'news' will take another few weeks to come back to me. The best I can say is, I'm anxiously awaiting this 'news', and once I have it, I'll post an update on here!
"Thank you to all of you who consistently send me supportive e-mails, and well wishes via my MySpace as well! You guys are awesome, and I really appreciate it! Speaking of my MySpace page, there's some new stuff on there in video form right now, and more to come in the near future! Take a look!
"On that subject, we're getting ready to launch some videos (mpegs and what-not) from various points in my musical history, and this should begin to come to fruition starting this week. Footage from TESTAMENT, DRAGONLORD, VICIOUS RUMORS, and even my BLACK SABBATH/OZZY tribute, SWEET LEAF, will soon be featured in the videos section of my MySpace page!!! (as well as making their inevitable way to YouTube!!!). Not all are complete songs of course, but we're working on that angle as well. I am actively searching for anyone who has digitized a very hard to find (and, I think, out of print) home video I was a part of: VR 'The First 10 Years'. It was only done on VHS, and I can't seem to find it anywhere. If you have it, please contact me, I need to talk to you!
"Onto THE ESSENESS PROJECT. Well, it's been a few months, and in that time, due to reasons I'll explain in a minute, we've gotten things honestly down to... one song left for me! I know that sounds odd, in two months' time, to only be down to one song, (we had 4 to go last time I left an update), but as we've gone along, there have been things that have affected maintaining a regular daily schedule with tracking this monster, Steve Hoffman's schedule (he's a bass teacher, and busy with symphony works as well!), and some recent health issues for me (nothing I couldn't fight and win along the way) that resulted in a few delays over the last few months here. But, we're in there on a pretty regular schedule again, and now it's down to one, and on to final overdubs. In this last session, we're putting down some 'extras,' some ear cookies. I don't want to give away what we're going to put down either, so you'll have to wait and hear it!
"Man, have I learned a lot through recording this album!
"We're now looking at mixing this sometime in the fall; this is being worked out this week, and I'll have an update with info as to who's mixing in the next update. I've got my eyes on a couple of great engineers here in the Bay Area, one who most 'guitar afficiandos' would know of... we'll see what works out. Stay tuned!
"On other fronts, the 'Metalocalypse' (AKA DETHKLOK!!!) episode I did voice overs for, along with Michael Amott [ARCH ENEMY] and my 'metal brother' Warrel Dane [NEVERMORE], made its debut a few weeks back! Hope you all were able to catch it, and enjoyed it! I had a lot of fun doing it, and rumors are that they're making Season 2 as we speak. Man, that show kicks ass!
"I did go to Gigantour 2 in Oakland as well, when it came through town. What a great concert that was! Very inspiring to see a lot of great metal up there on one stage! I had a great time, visited some good friends backstage briefly, but I was there to see some metal! Truly a great bill Dave [Mustaine] put together for this!
"Now, on to one important subject, one of which I have received lots of e-mails, forum posts, and MySpace messages about as well: guitar lessons! My plan is now complete, and I will be giving entire details in a separate post later this week, but I am ready to start these lessons at the beginning of November!
"Are you guys ready?! I am!
"That's all for now. Stay tuned, as there's lots more coming soon!"
Nevermore Explains Bochum Concert Cancellation
NEVERMORE has issued a statement regarding the cancellation of its September 12, 2006 concert at the Zeche club in Bochum, Germany (a show which was scheduled to be filmed for an upcoming DVD).
According to a press release, NEVERMORE vocalist Warrel Dane came down with an infection in the early early hours of Sept. 12. "He felt sickish" and things took a turn for the worse during the course of the day, resulting in Warrel going to see a doctor at a hospital in Dortmund, Germany. "Until the afternoon everyone [was still hopeful that Warrel would be] able to do the show and [take part in the] DVD live recordings as [the concert] was an extremely important one for the band." Not to mention the fact that "there was a camera team of 12 people" and the show was nearly sold out during pre-sale. More...
Nevermore Headlines Power Prog West Festival
Seattle-based metallers NEVERMORE headlined the Power Prog West Festival on Sunday, August 27 at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood, CA. Among the attendees were Gene Hoglan (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD), Ray Alder (FATES WARNING), Craig Anderson (IGNITE), Brendon Small (co-creator of the cartoon series "Death Clock Metalocalypse"), and Melanie Good, who played Brittany Fairchild (the girl in the bathtub) in Howard Stern's "Private Parts".
NEVERMORE's setlist was as follows:
01. Final Product
02. Next in Line
03. Enemies of Reality
04. Acid Words
05. River Dragon
06. I, Voyager
07. What Tomorrow Knows/Garden of Grey
08. Never Purify
09. Inside Four Walls
10. This Godless Endeavor
11. Born
12. Dead Heart In A Dead World
13. Narcosynthesis
14. Engines of Hate
Check out pictures from the show (courtesy of Stephanie Cabral): Group#1, Group#2.
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