Metal News for October 25, 2007
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Cannibal Corpse Bassist Talks Metalcore
www.waytooloud.com recently conducted and interview with CANNIBAL CORPSE members Alex Webster and George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher during the Metal Blade 25th Anniversary Tour. A couple of excerpts follow:
Way Too Loud!: After Sounds Of The Underground, has anyone talked to you about doing any more support tours? I'd love to see that, where you scare the headliners!
Alex Webster: We've had a little bit of interest from some people, but nothing has panned out yet to anything that we've been supporting since then. We've done a few festivals in Europe, but other than that, we've been headlining since that tour. It does seem to open up some doors though, because some people have been talking to us about doing some things, where before, it was hard to get anybody even to think about having us open for them. It's been tough. If you look at our tour history, very rarely have we done supporting tours. There's probably been less than five tours where we were the support band, as opposed to being the headliner. Our first two tours that we did were headliners, so right off the bat we were headlining.
Way Too Loud!: Is there any chance with LAMB OF GOD? The reason why I'm asking is because they opened up for you in? Was it 2000?
Alex: 2001. LAMB OF GOD, DIMMU BORGIR and THE HAUNTED opened for us on a North American tour. I think except for THE HAUNTED, all those bands are bigger than us now, which is cool by us, and we would be happy to open for any band that's bigger than us, even if they haven't been around for long, just because you want to introduce your music to new fans and all that. LAMB OF GOD have asked about having us open for them, but the timing didn't work out. They were a band that did ask about it. I think it would be great! I would love to open for those guys. We really appreciate that they've had us in mind, even though the scheduling didn't work out in the past.
Way Too Loud!: From the appearance of things, metalcore seems to have helped out every kind of real metal there is. Do you guys think that you've benefitted from this?
Alex: Any kind of metal we support, even if we don't necessarily listen to it a whole lot. A lot of the metalcore bands are pretty good. I think they have enough of an element of death metal to them that they've helped attract fans to the death metal scene. Like if you have metalcore bands occasionally doing a tour with a death metal band, it's kind of a fan exchange, where the fans of one scene can learn about the music of another, and I think it's positive because those fans wouldn't have made death metal a first stop. It wouldn't have been their first choice to check out death metal, but once they've had a chance to see a band like us like at Sound Of The Underground or whatever, it got them more interested in death metal. If those bands didn't exist, then Sounds Of The Underground probably wouldn't exist, and we wouldn't have done that tour, so we wouldn't have had that chance. I definitely think that metalcore bands have probably opened some doors for the death metal scene, and maybe the black metal scene as well.
Way Too Loud!: That makes me wonder about something. Do you think now, even death metal bands themselves are changing. I think it was a guy from Vile who said he liked the music, but even though he was playing it, he never liked the lyrics, and he really wanted to go in a more positive direction. It almost seems like there's a couple, I guess it already has been done actually, death metal bands doing stuff that's positive, and in a different direction.
Alex: I guess if you look at bands like NAPALM DEATH, at one point those guys those guys sounded very much like a death metal band, and they still do have a lot of elements of death metal to their sound, even though most people would call them a grindcore band. Especially around "Harmony Corruption", they sounded very similar to death metal on some of their riffs, but they always had lyrics that were political, and some of them were proudly positive lyrics. I'm not that familiar with their stuff, but I know none of it was gore. I think the music and the lyrics can be separate, but in our opinion, if you ask any of the members in the band, we've always felt that really dark and negative lyrics were the way to go for the kind of music we're doing. It just seemed appropriate for the riffing style we have. The style of riffing is dark, aggressive and violent, and there's nothing else that we felt would fit well. The music and the lyrics had to be match, and to us, the music was violent, so the lyrics had to be violent. But if someone else wants to do it in a different way, that's fine. There's no rules in music. There might be some rules in death metal, on how you define it, and that's OK, but in general, if someone wants to take some sounds from death metal and us it for something, and try and make positive lyrics on top of it, we're not going to complain about that.
George: Some people feel, that somebody who is not a part of the scene, or who looks different that comes to shows, they feel that their… you know… Like most people would say "mall" kids or "mallcore" kids, or whatever you want to call them, they see those kids wearing their shirts, and they feel like the one band that hasn't sold out, that hasn't turned their back on their music is more popular, unfortunately they see that band as selling out. That's not our fault at all. We don't control who comes to our shows. We want everybody to come to our shows, we don't care if it's Joe Schmoe or some kid in a hospital. We have a very diverse audiences. I know that tonight we'll have a diverse audience, and of course part of that is because we have a diverse bill, there's bands that aren't pure death metal on this bill, but some people feel like their little thing has been taken away. It used to be SLAYER — nobody knew who they were, now SLAYER's huge! People feel betrayed by that. To me, I've always thought that if you're going to feel that way, then you should just listen to the band. If the band sounds like they've turned their back on you and you don't like them anymore, that's fine because everyone else likes them now. What I would always say about bands that I liked that were getting bigger, I started seeing more kids wearing their shirts, and I'd think "They stink now!" But people feel like their little things been taken away. I used to try and get all my friends to listen to KREATOR, because all my friends used to listen to BON JOVI and all this crap, and I was like "Listen to this! KREATOR!" Then a few of my friends would listen to it with me, and then more and more people started listening to it, and you want them to listen to it. Not me, but some people feel like their little things been taken away. You wanted everybody to love them — why don't you like this, it's the best thing ever? But when everybody else likes it, then it's not the best thing ever. We know a guy who likes only the band's first demo ever. "Only their first demo, the rest is shit!" (Laughs) C'mon, it's like dude, what are you talking about? It's ridiculous.
Dimmu Borgir Update Tour Diary
Norwegian symphonic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR have posted Part 3 of the tour diary from The Invaluable Darkness European tour (also featuring AMON AMARTH and ENGEL) on their MySpace blog.
DIMMU BORGIR played a special invite-only gig in front of an audience of 80 people at the NRK P3 studios on September 18, 2007. The concert was broadcast live via the Internet. Footage of DIMMU BORGIR performing the song "Mourning Palace" at the show can be viewed here.
DIMMU BORGIR has released its video for the song "The Sacrilegious Scorn". The clip, which was helmed by renowned cover artist Joachim Luetke, can be viewed at this location. More...
Stream Bloodsimple's Entire New Album Online
BLOODSIMPLE's sophomore album, "Red Harvest", is available for streaming in its entirety through the TuneWidget below.
Due on October 30 via Warner Bros., "Red Harvest" was produced by Machine (LAMB OF GOD, WHITE ZOMBIE). It features the following track listing:
01. Red Harvest
02. Ride With Me
03. Dark Helmet
04. Out To Get You
05. Suck It Up
06. Whiskey Bent And Hellbound (Hellmyr)
07. Truth (Thicker Than Water)
08. Death From Above
09. Dead Man Walking
10. Numina Infuscata
11. Killing Time More...
Wet Animal To Begin Work On New Album
WET ANIMAL, the Illinois-based act featuring TROUBLE guitarist Rick Wartell, have issued the following update:
"Wet Animal will begin pre-production with Neil Kernon as producer starting in December, 2007.
The recording of the band's 2nd CD, Get Bit, will begin January, 2008 and will be released the spring of 2008. Tours will follow.
The new material is fucking incredible and now the production will be as well."
Twisted Sister Announce Hollywood Show
TWISTED SISTER has scheduled the following dates:
Dec. 13 - Hollywood, CA @ House of Blues
Dec. 21 - New York, NY @ The Fillmore at Irving Plaza
Support at the New York gig will come from BELLADONNA (featuring former ANTHRAX singer Joey Belladonna) and BAPTIZED BY FIRE (the band featuring TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider's son Jesse Blaze).
On September 25, Razor & Tie Entertainment released "A Twisted Christmas Live", a DVD of TWISTED SISTER's holiday 2006 show at New Jersey's legendary Starland Ballroom. The DVD features performances of tunes from "A Twisted Christmas" (which features rock n' roll versions of beloved Christmas classics), as well as TWISTED SISTER's greatest hits.
TWISTED SISTER's Dee Snider and Jay Jay French recently stopped by the VH1 Classic offices to present Autism Speaks/Cure Autism Now with a check for $17,000. The check represents the proceeds from TWISTED SISTER's "A Twisted Christmas", the rockin' holiday album that enamored both critics and fans alike.
Formed in 1976, TWISTED SISTER ruled the radio airwaves and MTV in the 1980s with such monster hits as "We're Not Gonna Take It" and "I Wanna Rock". To date, the band has sold over 10 million albums worldwide, boasts 34 silver, gold and platinum certifications from 8 countries and has toured in 22 different countries. TWISTED SISTER has given over 9,000 performances in their thirty-year career.
Video Of Glenn Danzig Falling Offstage Posted
A short fan-filmed video clip of Glenn Danzig making his way back onto the stage after reportedly falling off while singing the song "How the Gods Kill" at the opening concert of the current DANZIG tour, on Tuesday (October 23) in Baltimore, Maryland, can be viewed below.
According to Rock N Roll Experience's Bob Suehs, who attended the concert, Glenn "was in a bad mood after the fall — he cut the show short and he nixed the MISFITS set with Doyle and was yelling at Todd Youth [guitar] the rest of the night telling him to slow down his playing. The story I was told from a security guard was that Glenn dislocated his shoulder, but I can't confirm that. However, he was hurt badly because he did not meet fans after the show... he ran directly to the bus and didn't come out."
As previously reported, tonight's (October 25) DANZIG show at The Worcester Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts has been cancelled due to Glenn Danzig's shoulder injury. There is no word yet on a possible makeup date.
DANZIG's current tour is in support of "The Lost Tracks of Danzig", the two-CD set that was released May 29, as well as Glenn's limited-edition book "Drukija, Contessa of Blood", loosely based on the legend of 17th century vampire Countess Elizabeth Bathory, and illustrated by long time collaborator Simon Bisley.
"The Lost Tracks" is comprised of 26 previously unreleased tracks that span Danzig's entire career and were originally recorded during the band's seven-album "arc" that began with 1988's "Danzig". More...
Gorefest Check In From Europe
Dutch metallers GOREFEST have issued the following update from the road in Europe:
"So, we’re now 8 days into our first tour since we got back together as a band, and already we’ve faced that scourge of any decent Metal-tour, the old Trouble With The Trailer chestnut.
This usually takes about a day, or sometimes 36 hours, to fix. Typically, it took us, or rather our bus-company, 4 days. It doesn’t seem to have much effect on the Brewing of Metal we’re practicing every night.
So far, Spain and Italy have been witness to this unseemly act, and they’ve been lapping it up with every pounding stroke and quivering chord we dislodge. It’s almost obscenely heavy, and highly stimulating!
Maribor, Slovenia is next in our little black book, and judging by the disgusted looks of hapless bystanders during soundcheck, there will be plenty of fist-pumping and two-fingered tangoing going on tonight!"
Flutist Returns To Ayreon
AYREON recently revealed that their new album, due out in January 2008, will be titled 01011001.
In an update, the band write, "Flutist Jeroen Goossens of the Dutch folk band FLAIRCK returns to Ayreon.
Jeroen, who previously played on Ayreon's The Human Equation and starred in the 'Loser' video, recently recorded his parts in the Electric Castle.
Other instrumentalists we previously announced include Ben Mathot of the band DIS on violin, David Faber on cello and of course GOREFEST's drummer Ed Warby."
01011001 will feature the following vocalists: PAIN OF SALVATION's Daniel Gildenlöw, BLIND GUARDIAN's Hansi Kürsch, former THE GATHERING singer Anneke van Giersbergen (AGUA DE ANNIQUE), Jonas P. Renske (KATATONIA), Jorn Lande (MASTERPLAN), Tom S. Englund (EVERGREY), Ty Tabor (KING'S X), Magali Luyten (VIRUS IV), Simone Simons (EPICA), Liselotte Hegt (DIAL), Phideaux Xavier, AFTER FOREVER frontwoman Floor Jansen, GOTTHARD's Steve Lee, Dutch hip-hop/soul artist WUDSTIK, ELISTER's Marjan Welman and Lucassen himself.
Michael Schenker Offering Guitar Lessons
Legendary guitarist Michael Schenker (MSG, ex-UFO, SCORPIONS) is offering guitar lessons in the North London, England area. The cost is 200 GBP or approximately $410 per hour.
You can contact Michael via his MySpace page.
Michael Schenker's UK tour this past summer was cut short due to a "multitude of events beyond the band's control, including Michael's," according to a posting on Schenker's MySpace page.
Schenker's final gig in the UK took place on August 3 in Stourbridge, U.K. when Michael ended up calling off the concert after only a handful of songs.
Arch Enemy Guitarist Reveals Aussie Meet & Greets
ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott has scheduled several in-store appearances during the band's tour of Australia.
Amott comments: "I'll be heading down to a few select stores on the Australian tour to do 'meet-and-greets'. I won't be doing a clinic this time, more like hanging out and signing stuff — so bring your CDs and posters and whatnot! I might show off my spanking new signature model guitars (2008 series)! If so, you guys will be the first to see them! Thank you to the good people at CMI (Randall and ESP distr. in Australia) for setting this up!"
The details are as follows:
Oct. 27 - Perth, Australia - Guitar World Cannington
Time: Approximately 1:30-2 p.m. for 1 hour
Oct. 31 - Melbourne, Australia - Cranbourne Music City
Time: Approximately 1:00 p.m. for 1 hour
Nov. 02 - Sydney, Australia - Downtown Music
Time: Approximately 1:00 p.m. for 1 hour)
Nov. 03 - Brisbane, Australia - Ellaways music
Time: Approximately 2:00 p.m.
In other news, Amott had this to say about the band's first-ever concert in China, which took place Wednesday night (October 24) in Beijing: "The Beijing metal fans were awesome and we'd like thank the promoters GuitarChina.com and Space and William from Rock Empire. We loved this experience and we will be back!"
Danzig Cancel Tonights Worcester Show
Tonight's (October 25) DANZIG show at The Worcester Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts has been cancelled due to Glenn Danzig's shoulder injury. There is no word yet on a possible makeup date.
According to Bob Suehs of Rock N Roll Experience, Glenn fell off the stage while singing the song "How the Gods Kill" at the opening concert of the current DANZIG tour, on Tuesday (October 23) in Baltimore, Maryland. "Glenn was in a bad mood after the fall — he cut the show short and he nixed the MISFITS set with Doyle and was yelling at Todd Youth [guitar] the rest of the night telling him to slow down his playing," Suehs told BLABBERMOUTH.NET. "The story I was told from a security guard was that Glenn dislocated his shoulder, but I can't confirm that. However, he was hurt badly because he did not meet fans after the show... he ran directly to the bus and didn't come out."
Read Bob's report from Tuesday night's show — and check put photos — at Rock N Roll Experience.
DANZIG's current tour is in support of "The Lost Tracks of Danzig", the two-CD set that was released May 29, as well as Glenn's limited-edition book "Drukija, Contessa of Blood", loosely based on the legend of 17th century vampire Countess Elizabeth Bathory, and illustrated by long time collaborator Simon Bisley.
Sony Legacy will reissue the following five DANZIG albums on November 13:
"Danzig" (1988)
"Danzig II: Lucifuge" (1990)
"Danzig III: How the Gods Kill" (1992)
"Thrall - DemonSweatLive" (1993)
"Danzig IV" (1994)
The reissues are not expected to include any bonus tracks or new material.
As previously reported, DANZIG will release "The Lost Tracks of Danzig" as a limited-edition two-disc LP in a gatefold sleeve with an eight-page booklet. The exact release date has not yet been announced.
"The Lost Tracks" is comprised of 26 previously unreleased tracks that span Danzig's entire career and were originally recorded during the band's seven-album "arc" that began with 1988's "Danzig".
Serj Tankian's Home Has Close Brush With Fires
The Pulse of Radio reports: Serj Tankian is one of many artists and celebrities who has a home in the Southern California area that is currently endangered by massive fires, and told a Seattle radio station on Tuesday (October 23) that his area was under orders to evacuate. But Tankian arrived in California on Wednesday (October 2h) and told The Pulse of Radio that his house was now out of danger. "Thankfully, we got news that they lifted the evacuation and they were able to control the fire," he said. "But that was really, really scary, and I'm praying that it all dissipates and gets done pretty fast. There's people that are losing their homes. I can't imagine, you know, I've been thinking about that for the last 48 hours of, you know, what it would be to lose my home and it's a tough thing. It makes you realize how many little things are irreplaceable in your life."
Tankian has been on the road for the last two weeks on his first-ever solo tour, in support of his just released solo debut, "Elect the Dead".
"Elect the Dead" is the first new release from a member of SYSTEM OF A DOWN since the band went on hiatus in the fall of 2006.
Tankian plays on Thursday night (October 25) in Las Vegas. He and his backing band, the FCC, will head to the U.K. early next month to open for FOO FIGHTERS.
Marduk Confirm Helsinki Date
Black metal legends MARDUK have issued the following update:
"One more date on the upcoming tour has been confirmed. Marduk will also play in Helsinki, Finland on the 21st of November. We can also mention that the website will get a complete new design very soon."
Upcoming dates for the Winter Europe Tour 2007, also featuring VREID and UNLEASHED, include:
November
14 - Vilnius, Lithuania - Mulen Ruzas
15 - Riga, Latvia - Melna Piektdiena
16 - Tallin, Estonia - Nomme Cult
18 - Turku, Finland - Klubi
19 - Tampere, Finland - Ravintola Hella
20 - Kuopio, Finland - Henrys Pub
21 - Helsinki, Finland - Nightlife Rock
23 - Stockholm, Sweden at Klubben
24 - Oslo, Norway at Maiden
25 - Malmoe, Sweden at Sticky Fingers
26 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Loopen
27 - Sneek, Holland at Bolwerk
28 - London, England at The Underworld
29 - Sheffield, England at The Corporation
30 - Vosselaar, Belgium at Biebob
December
1 - Arnhem, Holland at Music Sacrum
2 - Paris, France at Elysee Montmartre
3 - Strasbourg, France at La Laiterie
4 - Lyon, France at Ninkasi Kao
5 - Barcelona, Spain at Mephisto
6 - Madrid, Spain at Caracol
7 - Toulouse, France at Havana
8 - Erstfeld, Switzerland at Transilvania Live
9 - Bologna, Italy at Estragon
10 - Dornbirn, Austria at Spielboden
11 - Ingolstadt, Germany at SPL
12 - Brno, Czech Republic at Fleda
13 - Leipzig, Germany at Hellraiser
14 - Saarbrucken, Germany at Roxy
15 - Werl - Duisburg, Germany at Stadthalle
Alabama Thunderpussy Announce European Tour
Richmond, Virginia natives ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY have just headed over to Europe after finishing a month stint on the road with OBITUARY.
The band are excited for the opportunity to bring their southern metal sound to Europe with support from FIREWIND.
Drummer Bryan Cox has this to say: "We couldn’t be more excited to be returning to Europe and the UK for these shows and it’s truly an honor to be doing it with a band as amazing as Firebird. After having been out for a month with Obituary in the states, we’re feeling really good playing every night and we’re ready to stomp our way across the motherland and deafen as many people as is humanly possible! Come out and see us!"
Alabama Thunderpussy will be hitting Europe up from Iceland to Germany and everywhere in between, make sure to catch their powerful live show when it comes to your town!!! More...
Megadeth Bassist Checks In From Indonesia
MEGADETH bassist James Lomenzo has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site:
"James here typing away feverishly in Indonesia. I've been having a bit of trouble with my cell phone on this trip so my SayNow activity [a service that enables celebrities to connect to their audience over the phone] is being pretty much compromised. However, I just had a chance to check in on the SayNow site and was really blown away by the selfless messages of support and good wishes from the great folks that called in.
"Many of you I've spoken to a few times and know who you are, to those folks and some of the newer call-ins I want to sincerely thank you for your good wishes regarding my family and friends in Southern California. Let me tell you that my family is safe and as far as I know my home is OK. We're still waiting for word on my father-in-law's house in Rancho Bernardo and my thoughts and prayers are with him and the rest of my family as well as the hundreds of thousands of people who are currently displaced and suffering by the fate of this tragic situation. It's difficult to not be distracted when you can't be with your family and friends to help out when there's so much chaos at home but, your good wishes and prayers do have the power to help ...and they do. This is a unique situation, to have such caring, empathetic fan support. Me and the fellows are so inspired, 'makes us dig in a little harder for you all if you know what I mean. More...
Glenn Danzig Comments On Misfits
Michael Christopher of DelcoTimes.com recently conducted an interview with Glenn Danzig. A few excerpts from the chat follow:
On "The Lost Tracks":
"It'’s all unreleased stuff from the third DANZIG record up until now. There's also a SAMHAIN song that we did with (producer) Rick Rubin when DANZIG first got together that never was released."
"'When Death Had No Name' is a track that has long been kicking around the band’s earliest sessions. Two versions show up on the set, a late '80s and early '90s version both stark in contrast but representative of the singer’s sonic evolution, something that was difficult to capture with the condition of the masters.
"We had to bake them, because they spin on the reel and start flaking off and it won't play. There are people out there that actually bake old tapes so you can transfer them to a hard drive or whatever you want to do."
On his rumored collaboration with ALICE IN CHAINS' Jerry Cantrell:
"I don't know if that’s going to actually happen or not, because right now he's busy with this ALICE IN CHAINS thing. It's going to be a blues record, but it's not going to be new blues, it's going to be old, dark, creepy acoustic blues; guitars and vocals."
On teaming up with MISFITS' guitarist Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein for a quick set of classic tracks on DANZIG's most recent tour:
"People wanted to see it — I'm not stupid. And obviously it's never going to happen otherwise. People dug it; I never thought I needed to validate it. We always had a pact that we were never going to do it unless we were all going to do it; and someone broke that pact [referring to Jerry Only — Ed.]."
On bass player Jerry Only, who still tours under the MISFITS banner with a group of old-school punkers questionably trying to fill out the ranks:
"I just think it’s sad that Jerry doesn't have the confidence to call it 'THE JERRY ONLY BAND.' I did SAMHAIN, I did DANZIG, I never had to do that and I never would — it was something special."
On being a horror film buff:
"I'm happy that people are discovering Japanese horror; I've loved it for decades. It's really funny when people are like, 'Hey, have you seen 'The Ring'?' and I'm like, 'Yeah — 10 years ago!'"
"There are so many good horror movies, and I tell people a lot of it is based on real [life] and they're like, 'Oh — OK.' A lot of people don’t know 'The Hills Have Eyes' is based on a real story or that 'Psycho' was based on a real story. Some people don't even realize that there are actually crazy people out there waiting to kill you, they're so insulated."
Cannibal Corpse Post Tour Update
Legendary death metallers CANNIBAL CORPSE have issued the following update:
"We have just returned from Brazil, where we finished off the 'Kill' tour with a very successful four-show mini-tour. This was our third trip to Brazil, and we were happy to see lots of old friends as well as many new ones. We really had an excellent time there, and we want to thank the fans in Brazil for giving us such a great response. These will likely be the last shows we do until 2009, so we are really happy to finish the tour on such a high note. We also would like to thank Eduardo and Victor for doing a great job with the organization of the tour, all of the local crews/promoters, and all of the excellent bands we shared the stage with during the tour.
"The touring we did for 'Kill' turned out to be some of the most extensive we've done in our career. During the tour we played festival tours such as No Mercy and Sounds Of The Underground, as well as excellent one-off festivals like Wacken, With Full Force, Hellfest, New England Metal and Hardcore Festival, and Graspop Metal Meeting. We also did two headlining tours of Europe and two headlining tours of the USA and Canada, one of which was the Metal Blade 25th Anniversary Tour, and also several smaller tours throughout the world. We played with dozens of killer heavy bands along the way, and we'd like to say hello and thanks to all of them.
"The tour covered many countries we've been to before: The United Kingdom, Ireland, Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Slovenia, The Czech Republic, Serbia, Hungary, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Switzerland, Austria, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, The United States, Canada, Russia, and Australia. We also went to a few countries for the first time on this tour: Bulgaria, Romania, Guatemala, Iceland, El Salvador, Ecuador, Peru, and New Zealand. We were only forced to miss one gig on the whole tour and that was the Venezuela show which was cancelled by the local government. Hopefully we'll be able to get down there in the future as we really want to play for all of the great fans there.
"So, unless we've forgotten a country on this list (our apologies if we did), that's 41 countries that we performed in for the 'Kill' tour. We'd like to give massive thanks to all of the fans in that came to these shows, you all helped make the 'Kill' tour our best tour ever. THANK YOU!!!!"
Gojira Post Video Interview Online
MetalKult.com has posted a question-and-answer video interview with guitarist/vocalist Joe Duplantier and guitarist Christian Andreu of French progressive death metal band GOJIRA.
The video was shot last year in New York City, when GOJIRA came through New York in support of their 2005 Prosthetic Records debut, "From Mars to Sirius".
During the interview, the guys check in with their thoughts on a range of topics, including their favorite gear, GOJIRA's reputation as extreme environmentalists and the difference between French and American audiences.
To view this video, visit www.metalkult.com.
Divine Heresy Issue Comment On Touring Europe
Roadrunner Records UK reports:
DIVINE HERESY are coming to the UK on a headline tour in December, read what Dino has to say about touring Europe below.
"I can't wait to get back to Europe. It's been years since I toured there, so I'm excited. The crowds are always great, and so is the beer! We're flying over right after playing almost 60 shows across North America, so we should be VERY tight by then.
"Since we'll be headlining, it will be cool to have the chance to include a few extra songs in our set, and maybe even a blast from my past. Thanks to everyone for keeping the faith through the years and supporting Divine Heresy. This threat is real!"
UK tour dates:
December
10 - Birmingham, England at Barfly
11 - London, England at Underworld
12 - Oxford, England at Zodiac
13 - Portsmouth, England at Wedgewood Rooms
14 - Colchester, England at Arts Centre
15 - Stoke-on-Trent, England at Sugarmill
16 - Glasgow, Scotland at King Tut’s
17 - Manchester, England at Academy 2
Invitro Line Up Dates With Drowning Pool and Otep
INVITRO, the Los Angeles aluminum foil clad five-piece that has been tearing up stages on tours with STATIC-X, SEVENDUST, HELLYEAH and the Family Values Tour; has been confirmed as direct support for DROWNING POOL. The band has also announced some dates in support of OTEP.
INVITRO recently released their debut album “When I Was A Planet” through Gridiron Records, a label formed by INVITRO guitarist Mikey Doling and Kansas City Chiefs‘ Offensive tackle Kyle Turley. Since the album’s release, Revolver Magazine stated, “Beneath the humor are some of the most intricate riffs and sharpest melodies you’ll hear this year. Come to Planet for the mirth; stay for the music,” while Metal Edge Magazine proclaimed “the musicianship and originality are incredible. These aluminum foil luchadors are on a whole other level.” More...
Liferuiner Post New Demo Track Online
Canada’s LIFERUINER have posted a demo of a new song online over at their official MySpace page for your listening pleasure.
Magica Singer To Perform With Axxis On Tour
Female singer Ana Mladinovici of the Romanian symphonic metal band MAGICA will be a guest on the Hellish Rock Tour featuring HELLOWEEN, GAMMA RAY and AXXIS. Ana will join AXXIS on stage to sing several songs alongside the band's regular vocalist Bernard Weiss.
MAGICA recently finished filming a video for the song "Entangled". Check out photos from the video shoot at this location.
"Entangled" comes off MAGICA's third album, "Hereafter", which was released on October 19 via AFM Records. The cover artwork was created by Jean Pascal Fournier, who has previously worked with EDGUY and AVANTASIA, among many others. A video for the song "All Waters Have the Colour of Drowning", which will be included on the forthcoming CD, is available for viewing here. More...
Behemoth Post 'Prometherion' Video Online
Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH filmed video for the track "Prometherion" this past summer. Shot by acclaimed director Soren (ALL THAT REMAINS, UNEARTH), the clip is a frenetic, savage performance based video that perfectly showcases the band's unrelenting energy and uncompromising vision. Watch the video here courtesy of Headbanger's Blog. (NOTE: Video stream is not available to non-U.S. residents.)
BEHEMOTH has teamed up with Glendale, AZ extreme metal unit JOB FOR A COWBOY for the 2007 "Radio Rebellion" tour, which kicked off last week. The tour affords the band the opportunity to perform a longer set in more intimate settings, ultimately providing fans with "the definitive BEHEMOTH experience". This is also a chance for the band to perform an array of songs from their highly acclaimed new offering, "The Apostasy", which debuted at #149 on the Billboard Top 200 chart. More...
Disturbed Begin Recording New Album
DISTURBED has entered a Chicago studio to begin recording its fourth album, the follow-up to 2005's platinum-certified "Ten Thousand Fists". The band, which features vocalist David Draiman, guitarist Dan Donegan, drummer Mike Wengren, and bassist John Moyer, has chosen to produce the album itself. The as-yet-untitled CD will be released by Reprise Records in the spring of 2008.
According to Draiman, the forthcoming album "seems to have taken on a darker character than the previous albums. It's more furiously paced and complex." He continues, "producing the record ourselves has been a learning experience that will serve the record well." More...
Turbonegro Part Ways With Rhythm Guitarist
Rhythm guitarist Rune Rebellion has left Norway's TURBONEGRO. According to MIC Norway, he will not leave the organization however, and will continue in his instrumental role in running the band's label, Scandinavian Leather Recordings, as well as managing a lot of the touring business. These tasks have been largely his responsibility also thus far, and the workload of the combined roles as on-stage rebel and behind-the-scenes organizer was what made it necessary to leave the band.
Norwegian music journalists agree that Rebellion's departure will not change TURBONEGRO's sound — that two guitars suffices, especially when led by wizard Euroboy — and that he probably will not be replaced. Rebellion's last show will be this Saturday's gig in Stavanger, Norway.
Notwithstanding the gravity of losing a band member, most of the buzz around the band these days is about the recently released band biography, which has all the ingredients of a classic on par with MÖTLEY CRUE's story "The Dirt". More...
Hellhammer Join Forces With Gorgoroth
Gorgoroth Issue the following update:
"Contiuning on with the new agenda now forged for Gorgoroth, Gaahl and King have enlisted none other than Hellhammer (Mayhem) to join them on battery beginning in 2008."
"Gaahl and King are creating a force which will only contain members of a strong and creative energy in honor of the art that is Gorgoroth and their renewed sense of destruction and war! Hellhammer possesses these ideals and he will add another dimension to this new and different beginning."
"Please welcome Hellhammer to the battle!"
Severe Torture Pre-Release New EP On iTunes
Earache Records issue the following update:
"With just over two weeks to go until the release of the eagerly anticipated Sworn Vengeance from no-nonsense Dutch destroyers Severe Torture, an exclusive two track EP is available to download now from iTunes."
"Entitled Sworn Vengeance EP, this download-only release contains the previously unreleased, non-album track Disembowel, which is only available on this EP along with Dismal Perception, taken from the upcoming album. To download the EP from iTunes click here"
"Sworn Vengeance will be released on November 12th and will also be available in a limited edition format; containing bonus Cro-Mags and Entombed cover tracks. To find out more about the album head over to this >a href=http://www.myspace.com/severetortureswornvengeance>Myspace page."
Between The Buried And Me Announce Tour Dates
BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME, AUGUST BURNS RED, and BEHOLD…THE ARCTOPUS will team up for the following upcoming tour dates:
November 29 - Charleston, SC @ Music Farm
November 30 - Ft Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room
December 1 - St Petersburg, FL @ State Theatre
December 2 - Orlando, FL @ The Social
December 4 - Austin, TX @ Red 7
December 5 - Dallas, TX @ The Door
December 7 - Tucson, AZ @ The Rock
December 8 - Hollywood, CA @ Knitting Factory
December 9 - Fresno, CA @ EXIT
December 10 - San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s
December 12 - Colorado Springs, CO @ Black Sheep
December 13 - Lawrence, KS @ Granada
December 14 - Sauget, IL @ Pop’s
December 15 - Dayton, OH @ The Attic Club
December 16 - Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
A Life Once Lost Announce New York City Show
A LIFE ONCE LOST have lined up a warm up show before their upcoming U.S. tour with SUICIDE SILENCE. The show will take place in New York City on October 29th at the Lit Lounge and feature performances from ALOL, BLOODY PANDA, and CASKET ARCHITECTS.
The band have also been added to the following dates of the AMON AMARTH, DECAPITATED, and SONIC SYNDICATE tour:
November 29 - Charlotte, NC @ Tremont Music Hall
November 30 - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
Veil of Maya Still Searching For New Vocalist
Chicago’s VEIL OF MAYA have issued the following update:
“Come try out to sing for us! Leave us a message if interested. Serious inquiries only. Please no high school students. We prefer that you be close to the age of 21. If you have any previous bands send us a link so we can check you out. We have very little time to try people out and practice so dont sit on this. Send us a message with all your info and if we are interested we will message you back!”
Bring Me The Horizon Announce European Dates
Britain's BRING ME THE HORIZON will embark on a European tour in January. Support at the shows will come from MAROON, BLESSED BY A BROKEN HEART and ARCHITECTS. Confirmed dates are as follows:
Jan. 14 - Germany Trier @ Exhaus *
Jan. 15 - Germany Hamburg @ Knust*
Jan. 16 - Germany Berlin @ Kato*
Jan. 17 - Germany Chemnitz @ AJZ*
Jan. 18 - Austria Wien @ Arena
Jan. 19 - Italy Cesena @ Vidia Club**
Jan. 20 - Italy Trezzo d'Adda/Milano @ Live Club**
Jan. 21 - Switzerland Luzern @ Sedel
Jan. 22 - Germany Bochum @ Matrix*
Jan. 23 - France Paris @ Batofar
Jan. 24 - Switzerland Martigny @ Les Caves du Manoir
Jan. 25 - Germany Karlsruhe @ Substage*
Jan. 26 - Belgium Hasselt @ Muziek-o-droom
Jan. 27 - Holland Tilburg @ 013
* MAROON Headline
** With FROM AUTUMN TO ASHES
Crematory To Release 'Pray' In February
German gothic metallers CREMATORY will release their new album, "Pray", on February 1 via Massacre Records. The CD was produced by the band itself at the Kohlekeller Studios with additional assistance from longtime collaborator Christian "Kohle" Kohlmannslehner. The track listing for the effort is as follows:
01. When Darkness Falls
02. Left the Ground
03. Alone
04. Pray
05. Sleeping Solution
06. Just Words
07. Burning Bridges
08. Have you Ever
09. Remember
10. Say Goddbye
Check out the cover artwork at this location.
A German tour under the banner "Pray Over Germany" will kick off in May 2008 and will be followed by festival appearance all across Europe.
Obituary Announce Tour Dates With Merauder
OBITUARY will team up with MERAUDER for a few shows in December 2007.
Confirmed dates so far are as follows:
Dec. 07 - Clifton Park, NY @ Northern Lights
Dec. 08 - Brooklyn, NY @ Club Europa
Dec. 09 - Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
OBITUARY have tapped comic book stalwart and director Hart D. Fisher to helm the group's new video for the song "Evil Ways". "We're shooting in Florida, and I'm going to take this far further than just a bunch of assholes on stage playing their guitars," says Fisher. "They want to go dark, go mean, and take this all to the horror movie level. There's going to be cameos from a ton of death metal guys also."
"Evil Ways" is the lead single from OBITUARY's new album, "Xecutioner's Return", which was released in North America on August 28 via Candlelight Records. The CD was mixed at Redroom Recorders and was mastered in June at Morrisound Studios in Tampa. The band once again worked with artist Andreas Marschall, who has previously created the art for "The End Complete" and the group's last record, "Frozen in Time".
OBITUARY will team up with long-running German thrashers HOLY MOSES for a European tour in January 2008. Also appearing on the bill are Swedish metallers AVATAR.
Artargatis Post Three New Songs Online
German gothic metallers, Artargatis, have posted the following update on their myspace page:
"We have uploaded extracts from three new songs of the upcoming album "NOVA"."
"These three songs are:
"Ebon Queen" (opening song of "NOVA")
"Deliverance"
and
"Comets (Nova Part I)", the bonus track which will be only included in the limited digi pack format. Guest vocals on "Comets" in order of appearance: Thomas Helm (Empyrium) and Matthias Hechler (Crematory)."
"Have fun listening!"
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