Pantheist Finish Recording

Pantheist entered the Lodge studio in Northampton to record the follow-up album to 'O Solitude' earlier this month. The recordings have been succesfully completed, while the mix is taking place the upcoming weekend.

Mark (Esoteric) had this to say regarding the album tunes: "If you liked O Solitude, well, this is really just an all round 'better' album, the songs are more interesting, even if it is in some ways more stripped down."

Tentative release date for the "Amartia" album is February 2005 via Firebox Records.

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Nonpoint, Saliva Tour Cancelled Except 2 Dates

With the exception of 2 dates, the NONPOINT / SALIVA tour has been cancelled and will not happen. NONPOINT however, will continue to do radio festivals and then will return with their "strongest headline tour yet". The only two dates still set to happen are below:

October 31 - Fort Walton, FL
November 1 - Tallahasse, FL

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A Thin Red Line Sign With Bastardized Recordings

Southern Germany's A Thin Red Line have officially joined the Bastardized Recordings roster. The group will release a new full-length with the label in spring 2005. In the meantime, download an older MP3 from the band here.

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Metallica Sift Through 50 Hours Of New Music

Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo tells PhillyBurbs.com the band already has a jump start on the next album: More than 50 recorded hours of pre-set jamming, with hundreds of riffs, chord progressions and bass lines to sift through. "It's kind of like you're starting over again," Trujillo said. "It feels like a resurgence, and we'll ride the wave now."

He also was quoted as saying in a phone interview: "If it wouldn't have clicked with us or wouldn't have clicked with someone else, they would have called it a day."

Read the full article at Philly Burbs.

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Vote For Your Fave Artist Of 2004 At NationalNoise

NationalNoise magazine is asking you who your favorite artist of 2004 is. The list of artists you can vote for include Avenged Sevenfold, Atreyu, Mastodon, Lamb of God, Shadows Fall and Killswitch Engage. Go here and cast your vote.

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Anthrax Announce S. American & Mexican Tour Dates

Anthrax will set off for a tour through South America and Mexico in February/March next year, check out the dates:

Feb. 25 Rio de Janeiro, BRA @ Claro Hall
Feb. 26 São Paulo, BRA @ Credicard Hall
Feb. 27 Buenos Aires, ARG @ Estádio Obras
Mar. 01 Santiago, CHL @ Estádio Victor Jara
Mar. 02 Bogotá, COL @ Palácio de los Deportes
Mar. 04 San José, COS @ Planet Mall
Mar. 05 Mexico City, MEX @ Circo Volador
Mar. 06 Chihuahua, MEX @ Herradura
Mar. 08 Monterrey, MEX @ Iguana Café

Anthrax classics album "The Greater Of Two Evils", featuring 14 newly recorded hits of the band (including songs from "Fistful Of Metal," "Spreading The Disease," "Among The Living," "State Of Euphoria" and "Persistence Of Time") with the great vocals of John Bush, will be released on November 29th.

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Nightwish Certified With "Golden Concert Ticket"

After their show in Hamburg, Germany, on October 13th, Nightwish got certified with a "golden concert ticket" for having sold 50.000 tickets for their tour through Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

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Raunchy To Enter Studio Next Summer

Danish Modern Thrash metallers Raunchy will enter the studio next summer to record their third album. Raunchy also updated their homepage www.raunchy.dk – you can find some pictures of their gig at the PopKomm in Berlin, Germany, there now as well as a funny Berlin diary of rummer Morten.

Upcoming gigs of Raunchy:

Oct. 16 Badeanstalten, Slagelse DK (support: Mevadio)
Oct. 23 Fermaten, Herning DK (support: Mevadio)
Nov. 11 Månen, Haderslav DK (with: Mercenary & Blindfault)
Nov. 13 Pitstop, Kolding DK (with: Mercenary & Blindfault)
Dec. 18 Pumpehuset, Copenhagen DK (with: Volbeat + more)
Jan. 22 The Rock, Copenhagen DK (support: Volbeat & Urkraft)

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The Haunted Post Greeting Video Online

The Haunted guitarist Anders Björler and vocalist Peter Dolving recently spent a few days at the Century Media office in Dortmund, Germany and found some time to prepare a special visual greeting to all their followers out there. Check it out here (Windows Media). Also check out this message (especially for all the German people) here.

The Haunted's fourth album, "rEVOLVEr" is scheduled for release in North America on October 19 through Century Media Records (one day earlier internationally). The follow-up to 2003's "One Kill Wonder" was recorded at Gothenburg's famed Studio Fredman (In Flames, Dimmu Borgir, Arch Enemy) with co-producers Patrik J. Sten and Fredrik Nordström and mixed at Denmark's Antfarm Studio by Tue Madsen. The album will be released as jewel-case CD and limited edition digipak (each with a different cover), featuring two special bonus tracks, "Fire Alive" and "Smut King." Check out streaming Real Media versions of the tracks "No Compromise", "99", "All Against All", "Sweet Relief" and "My Shadow" at this location.

As previously reported, The Haunted have been added to the upcoming U.S. tour featuring Damageplan and Shadows Fall. The trek will kick off in late October.

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Re-energized Kittie Is Really Cooking

An article about Kittie has been written for Cleveland.com:

There are certain things to expect when one attends a Kittie show. Devil horn-tossing. Crushing doses of heavy metal action. An abundance of black leather and tattoos.

And, at least at one summer show, an impromptu picnic?

"They didn't have any power the last time we arrived here," vocalist-guitarist Morgan Lander explains via phone from a stop in Buffalo, the site of this unplanned shindig. "We made the best of the situation - we went out and bought a bunch of meat and got a grill and had a barbecue.

"All the fans that unfortunately came to the show - but couldn't get to see it because of the power situation - ended up hanging out with us at a barbecue. The beer was free-flowing, and the meat was cooking, and it was a lot of fun."

Subverting expectations is nothing new for the Ontario, Canada-based quartet, which plays along with Otep and Crisis as part of the "Metal Movement Tour" tonight at the Odeon. More...

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Arch Nemesis Set Release Date For New Album

FaceFront Records has set a November 7 European release date for Arch Nemesis' sophomore album, "Of Mind and Fantasy" (view cover). An MP3 of the track "I Dream," taken from the forthcoming CD, can be downloaded by clicking here (6.1 MB).

As previously reported, Arch Nemesis recently announced the addition of guitarist Lars Solbakken to the group's ranks. Solbakken's first gig with the band will take place in December at the Elements Of Metal Festival.

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