Metal News for October 13, 2006
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16 news articles posted on this day.
Gaza, The Network, Thumbscrew Tour Dates Set
Tour dates have been finalized for the upcoming Gaza, The Network, and Thumbscrew tour, Here are the confirmed tour dates:
10/20 Hudson, NY @ St. Johns
10/21 Mayville, NY @ Hartfield Bay Cafe
10/22 Oswego, NY @ Red Planet Skatepark
10/23 Rochester, NY @ Penny Arcade
10/24 Pittsburgh, PA @ Need Help
10/25 Fruitport, MI @ Fruitport Library Basement
10/26 Southgate, MI @ The Modern Exchange
10/27 Toledo, OH @ Vamps
10/28 Mokena, IL @ Soundlab
10/29 Burbank, IL @ Champ's Rock Room
10/30 Milwaukee, WI @ Tall Cans Blitz
10/31 Cedar Falls, IA @ The Boat House
11/01 St Cloud, MN @ The Java Joint
11/02 Minneapolis, MN @ Toybox
11/03 Kansas City, MO @ The Icehouse
11/04 Emporia, KS @ My Place Too
11/05 Oklahoma City, OK @ Glasnost
11/06 Tulsa, OK @ The Pinkeye
11/07 Ft. Smith, AR @ Garage w/ The Handshake Murders
11/08 Corpus Christi, TX @ The Underground
11/09 San Antonio, TX @ The White Rabbit
11/10 Houston, TX @ Need Help
11/11 Metairie, LA @ The Highground
11/12 Birmingham, AL @ Cave 9
Downlord Post Rough Mix Of New Track Online
Downlord, the Denmark-based old-school coalition death metal band featuring Dave Ingram [formerly of Benediction/Bolt Thrower] on vocals, has released an ultra rough mix of the new track "Sleep Forever" from their forthcoming album Random Dictionary of the Damned due out later this year on Open Grave Records.
Equilibrium Signs To Nuclear Blast Records
German black metal band Equilibrium has officially signed a multi-album deal with Nuclear Blast Records. Comments the band: "A deal with Nuclear Blast? Wow. A dream came true. We´re looking forward to some cool years and even cooler records!" Equilibrium will enter the studio in January to record a new album, titled "Sagas," which will hit streets next summer.
Disavowed Recording New Album, Announce Title
Earlier this year Dutch metallers DISAVOWED inked a deal with Neurotic Records. The label has issued the following update on the band:
"Disavowed have decided on Stagnated Existence as title for their sophomore album, which is being recorded at this very moment.
Drums have been recorded at Studio Excess, and the band is now tracking all guitars, bass and vocals."
Stay tuned for further updates.
The Berzerker Name Fourth Album
THE BERZERKER’s 4th studio album for Earache Records will be titled "ANIMOSITY". Out March 2007 THE BERZERKER continue and develop the theme of hate fuelled lyrics and extreme sonic assault seen in "WORLD OF LIES" that makes THE BERZERKER one of the worlds most extreme bands.
For the past month THE BERZERKER has been holding an CD cover art competition and some of the entries
can be seen here.
As previously reported, The Berzerker will be touring the United Kingdom with support from MIKSHA (anticulture), NEKKROSIS (attic), ABGOTT (helvete and hate), with guest dj from Berlin – BAZOOKA (aural carnage). Here are the latest tour dates: More...
Deftones Performing At Virgin Megastore In-Store
Deftones will be performing at the Virgin Megastore at Hollywood and Highland on October 30th at 11pm! STARTING October 20th, stop in to Virgin Hollywood & Highland, pre-order Saturday Night Wrist and get a wristband to the exclusive album-release performance. You must have a wristband to attend. There will only be room for 500 people, so get on it fast as spots will be sure to fill up immediately.
For those Deftones fans in the UK, the commercial single and maxi will be released this Monday, October 16th. The single and maxi feature never before released live versions of “My Own Summer (Shove It)” and “Hexagram” from a US radio session recorded earlier this year during the Taste of Chaos Tour. The complete track listing is below:
CD Single
1. Hole in the Earth
2. Hexagram (Live)
Maxi CD
1. Hole in the Earth
2. My Own Summer (Shove It)
3. Hole in the Earth (video)
“Hole in the Earth” will be kicking off tomorrow night’s edition of Headbanger’s Ball. Check local listings for air times.
American Angel Regroups, Signs To Chavis Records
Chavis Records has announced the signing of AMERICAN ANGEL. Signed to Grudge/BMG, AMERICAN ANGEL, reached national exposure with their self titled debut release and a video single, "How Can I Miss You ' featured on MTV 's Headbanger's Ball in 1989.
After a 15 year hiatus AMERICAN ANGEL returns to the rock scene with brand new material for a full length release entitled VANITY due out in early 2007. AMERICAN ANGEL is currently recording at Spa Sound in New Jersey with producer Stevie D. (Arcara, Shotgun Symphony, T.T. Quick, Overkill).
Headline News
Legendary NYC Venue CBGB's Closing
CBGB's is the legendary NYC club that spawned punk rock while launching the careers of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Blondie, the Talking Heads and the Ramones.
This Sunday is the last of the band sticker blanketed, 300 person capacity venue, the last of classic NYC punk heritage; memories will be all that will remain. As stated in the Associate Press: "Although its boom years are long gone, CBGB's remained a Manhattan music scene fixture: part museum, part barroom, home to more than a few rock and roll ghosts."
Last year many bands such as Gorilla Biscuits did benefit shows to keep the venue open, but due to the landlord-tenant dispute, it will be closed by Sunday. "I knew the closing was inevitable, because my lawyers said, `You can't win this case. The law is that your lease is up, and they don't even need a reason to put you out,'" said owner Hilly Kristal. Kristal plans to relocate to Las Vegas, where I'm sure all the memoribilia from the venue will be well received. She also plans to auction pieces of the interior and other such CBGB memoribilia on Ebay.
CBGB has incredible shows lined up this week including the '80s hardcore band Bad Brains and the '70s punks the Dictators. It is rumored that Blondie's Debbie Harry and Chris Stein are also stopping in.
CBGB's last show is October 15th and the club will reopen in the near future. CBGB Fashions: (the CBGB store, wholesale department, and online store) will remain open at our 315 Bowery premises until October 31. On November 1, they will move to and open CBGB Fashions at Broadway and Bond Street. All phone numbers will remain the same.
Sick Of It All Announce Support for Euro Tour
Sick Of It All have announced the full supporting line-up for their upcoming European tour. Joining the band will be Madball, Terror, Walls of Jericho, Comeback Kid, Destiny and the Distance. Sick Of It All is currently touring in support of Death To Tyrants.
The European tour dates are as follows:
Nov 30 2006 Schlachtof Wisbaden
Dec 1 2006 Forum London
Dec 2 2006 Fun Box Amalie Halle Essen
Dec 3 2006 Ab Brussels
Dec 4 2006 Grobe Freiheit Hamburg
Dec 5 2006 Lowensaal Nurnberg
Dec 6 2006 Gasometer Wien
Dec 7 2006 Kofmehl Solothurn
Dec 8 2006 13. Jan Tilburg
Dec 9 2006 Alter Schlachtof Dresden
Dec 10 2006 De Mast Torhout
Reunited Lustmord Plan Full-Length For 2007
Southern California Psychotic Death Metal band Lustmord has re-formed. The band has a new line-up, and album coming out very soon. The Mutilated Agony MCD has just earned the band a record deal with Putrescent/Pure Minds Records. The album is due out in 2007. Shirts, and other merch will be available.
For those interested you can take a listen to the new music on their MySpace page.
Priestess Debut "Lay Down" Video Online
Priestess has completed their “Lay Down” video, which is now premiering on MySpace. You can watch it on MySpace here or in quicktime format here.
PRIESTESS is on tour now, in support of their debut album, "Hello Master." Here are the tour dates remaining:
10/13/2006 SEATTLE, WA El Corazon
10/14/2006 PORTLAND, OR Dante's
10/16/2006 SACRAMENTO, CA Harlows
10/17/2006 SAN FRANCISCO, CA The Independent
10/18/2006 LOS ANGELES, CA Key Club
10/19/2006 SAN DIEGO, CA Brick by Brick
10/20/2006 LAS VEGAS, NV Celebrity Theater
10/21/2006 TEMPE, AZ The Clubhouse
10/23/2006 DALLAS, TX Double-Wide
10/24/2006 AUSTIN, TX Emo's
10/25/2006 BEAUMONT, TX Vortex
10/27/2006 NEW ORLEANS, LA One Eyed Jacks
10/28/2006 MEMPHIS, TN Young Ave. Deli
10/29/2006 NASHVILLE, TN The End
10/31/2006 CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA Satellite Ballroom
11/01/2006 ALLENTOWN, PA Crocodile Rock
11/03/2006 ASBURY PARK, NJ Asbury Lanes
11/04/2006 NEW YORK, NY Bowery Ballroom
Grails Signs With Temporary Residence
After releasing material with Neurot Recordings, Important Records, and Robotic Empire, Oregon instrumental band Grails has officially signed with Temporary Residence Limited (Explosions In The Sky, Mono). According to the label, "We are truly proud and grateful to be working with them." Grails' next album is expected to surface in spring 2007.
Evanescence's "The Open Door" Debuts At #1
With their decidedly less metallic/heavy followup to "Fallen," Evanescence's "The Open Door" has debuted on the Billboard Top 200 chart at number 1. The Wind-Up effort moved 447,000 copies in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan, the rock act's first No. 1 on the chart. The band's debut, 2003's "Fallen," spent 104 weeks on the big chart, peaking at No. 3 and selling more than 6.6 million copies in the United States.
"The Open Door" also marks the 700th No. 1 album on The Billboard 200 since the magazine began publishing the weekly chart 50 years ago.
The Scare Change Name To Decimation Age
South African act the Scare have changed their name to Decimation Age. The band has also announced plans to release a five-track EP through Mudercall Records by the end of the year. You can hear a track from the EP on MySpace.
Nominion Part With Bassist
Swedish death metallers NOMINON have parted ways with their bass player of two years, Joel Andersson. According to a posting on the group's web site, Joel "decided to leave the band because of personal reasons. He has promised to give us an official statement of the reasons within a couple of days. As of now the band will be holding some auditions to find a new suitable bassist the coming weeks."
NOMINON recently secured a deal with Singapore's Pulverised Records to release their collection of hard-to-get tracks, entitled "Remnants of a Diabolical History".
NOMINON's latest album, "Recremation", was issued last year via Konqueror Records (CD) and Blood Harvest Records (12-inch vinyl). The album was recorded and mixed at Necromorbus Studio in Stockholm with engineer Tore Stjerna. A video for the track "House of Flies" was shot during the band's European tour with VITAL REMAINS in September/October 2005.
H.I.M. Are First Finnish Band To Sell 500K In USA
H.I.M. have become the first Finnish act ever to sell 500,000 copies of a record in America. Last year's 'Dark Light' has just past that milestone.
As previously reported, H.I.M. cancelled their fall US tour in favor of entering the recording studio to record new material for their forthcoming album for a 2007 release.
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