Metal News for October 26, 2007
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Neuraxis Post Canadian Tour Dates Online
Montreal’s NEURAXIS have scheduled the following Canadian dates:
November 2 - Trois-Rivieres, QC @ Trois-Rivieres Metalfest
November 5 - Ottawa, ON @ Rainbow
November 23 - Montreal, QC @ Theatre Plaza
November 24 - Quebec, QC @ L’Anti
November 30 - Jonquiere, QC @ Pavillon NokiToutagan
December 1 - Mistassini, QC @ Salle Des Mooses
December 7 - Rimouski, QC @ La Coudee
NEURAXIS have also posted a video report detailing their forthcoming Live Progression CD due on November 6th (Canada) and January 8th (rest of world) via Galy Records. Check the video at this location.
Prototype's 'The Way It Ends' In Guitar Hero III
Los Angeles based progressive thrash metal band PROTOTYPE announced today that it will be one of the artists featured in the new Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock video game.
'The Way It Ends' from the latest Prototype album, Continuum, has been included in Guitar Hero III as a playable track. Players will be able to put their skills to the test, playing lead, rhythm or bass guitar on this challenging Prototype song.
Also included in Guitar Hero III are tracks from METALLICA, GUNS N' ROSES, IRON MAIDEN, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, SEX PISTOLS, SLAYER and other top rock artists.
“We are beyond stoked to be included in the new Guitar Hero III game,” said Prototype guitarist Kragen Lum. “Vince, Kirk and I are all looking forward to seeing some videos of gamers playing ‘The Way It Ends’ on Expert mode!” More...
Lacuna Coil Check In From Japan
LACUNA COIL singer Andrea Ferro has issued the following update:
"We just got back from Tokyo where we performed at the Loudpark festival together with bands like ARCH ENEMY, SAXON and MARILYN MANSON, just to name a few... It has been simply a blast, our first time ever in this country and we are already excited [about] coming back. The show has been full of energy with a surprisingly loud Japanese crowd — they were singin' along, jumping and screaming like crazy. Long signin' sessions and heavy interview schedule. We've met also a lot of friends from bands like TRIVIUM, MACHINE HEAD, HANOI ROCKS. We've been to eat some great sushi, drink some fine sake and of course to the anime/manga store. The city is unbelieavable and the people are really kind and respectful. Domo arigato!" More...
Heaven and Hell To Record New Album In 2008
HEAVEN AND HELL — the band featuring BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi and bassist Geezer Butler, singer Ronnie James Dio, and drummer Vinny Appice (BLACK SABBATH, DIO) — is currently in discussions with various record labels about recording a brand new studio album in 2008, Butler has confirmed to Black-Sabbath.com. More information will be made available soon.
HEAVEN AND HELL played the final show of its U.S. tour with tour with ALICE COOPER and QUEENSRŸCHE on October 6 at the Verizon Wireless in Irvine, California. Before the encore, Indie 103.1's Full Metal Jackie presented the band with gold plaques on stage to honor U.S. sales in excess of 25,000 copies of the group's "Live at Radio City Music Hall" DVD. Vocalist Ronnie James Dio thanked the fans for their support, then dedicated the encore song ("Neon Knights") to veteran KNAC DJ Tawn Mastrey, who died in early October of liver failure brought on by hepatitis C.
Denial Fiend Debut Album Released With Bonus DVD
DENIAL FIEND, the Tampa, Florida-based band featuring in its ranks Terry Butler (SIX FEET UNDER, ex-MASSACRE, ex-DEATH), Kam Lee (ex-MASSACRE, ex-MANTAS), Curt Beeson (NASTY SAVAGE, LOWBROW) and Sam Williams (DOWN BY LAW, PSEUDO HEROES), released "They Rise" on Ibex Moon Records on October 16. The album, which was recorded at GL Studios in Brandon, Florida, retails with a bonus DVD called "Undead Vision", which is a short documentary/interview disc covering the history of the band members and the Tampa death metal scene, as well as offering more information on the origins of DENIAL FIEND.
The track "Return to the Tombs of the Cursed Blind Dead", which features a guest appearance by Mike Browning (ex-MORBID ANGEL, NOCTURNUS), can be heard on the DENIAL FIEND MySpace page.
DENIAL FIEND's "Dead Awakening" 7" EP was released on May 21 through Ibex Moon Records. The EP consists of two alternate versions of the tracks "They Rise" and "Cover Me in Blood", which appear on the band's full-length. The pressing is limited to a mere 500 copies.
For more information, visit www.ibexmoonrecords.com.
Nonpoint Post 'Vengeance' E-Card Online
An e-card for NONPOINT's fifth studio album, "Vengeance", can be accessed at this location. Due on November 6 via Bieler Bros. Records, the CD was recorded at Bieler Bros. Studios in Pompano Beach, FL with producer Matt LaPlant (SIKTH).
"Vengeance" will be the follow-up to the acclaimed "To The Pain" CD, which featured the breakout single "Bullet With A Name".
NONPOINT will spend this fall co-headlining "The Great American Rampage" tour alongside Bieler Bros. Records labelmates and ragga-punk-metal kings SKINDRED. Rounding out the amazing bill will be Ozzfest breakout band ANKLA and Aussie award-winners KARNIVOOL.
NONPOINT recently uploaded the second installment of its "Vengeance" video diary series. This installment contains behind-the-scenes and performance footage of NONPOINT at the NHL's Florida Panthers home opener. Watch the clip here. More...
Dedication To Release New Album In Novemb
Swedish heavy metal band DEDICATION will release its second album, "The Enemy Within", on November 30 through Sleaszy Rider Records. The CD was recorded by Jonas Kjellgren at Black Lounge studios (SCAR SYMMETRY, CARNAL FORGE, CENTINEX, KATATONIA) and features 10 tracks of "dark heavy metal inspired both by the classic NWOBHM bands as well as acts such as QUEENSRŸCHE, NEVERMORE and KAMELOT," according to a press release.
"The Enemy Within" (cover artwork) track listing:
01. Thunder And Lightning
02. Walk Into The Fire
03. Use Your Mind
04. Waiting
05. In Search For The Truth
06. Evil Eyes
07. No Way Out
08. Heavenly Divine
09. Salvation
10. Much Too Late
To listen to three songs from the upcoming album, visit the DEDICATION MySpace page.
DEDICATION will celebrate the CD release by performing a special concert in their hometown (Avesta) on Friday, November 30 at Club Älvan.
Antimatter Announce European Tour Dates
ANTIMATTER, the project whose recording/touring lineup has included current and former members of ANATHEMA, will team up with ANATHEMA mastermind Daniel Cavanagh's acoustic celtic project LEAFBLADE for a number of European dates in December. The details are as follows:
Dec. 01 - Istanbul, Turkey - Kemanci Rock Pub
Dec. 02 - Ankara, Turkey - Golge Pub
Dec. 04 - Belgrade, Serbia - SKC Livingroom
Dec. 05 - Zagreb, Croatia - Mochvara
Dec. 06 - Vienna, Austria - Escape
Dec. 07 - Vicenza, Italy - Lynx
Dec. 08 - Riga, Latvia - Melna Piektdiena
Dec. 09 - Tallinn, Estonia - Rockstars
ANTIMATTER's fourth studio album, "Leaving Eden", was released in April.
Watch fan-filmed video footage of ANTIMATTER performing in Warsaw, Poland on September 26, 2007 here. More...
Incantation Mainman Comments On Russian Tour
INCANTATION mainman John McEntee has issued the following update:
"We just got back from the Flaming Arts Fest Tour 2007. This was our first time ever performing in Russia. We played along side are long time friends in VADER, KRISIUN, ROTTING CHRIST along with some cool guys from the bands AMENTI and RIUL DOAMNEI."
"I must admit I didn't know a lot about the Russian death metal scene before the tour, but I have to say it was over the top! We packed venues every night! The crowds were totally sick some if the craziest we have played for."
"We were pretty busy traveling most of the time, but we did get time to visit Red Square. That was really cool, growing up in the time of the Cold War it was amazing to get to visit and have some great gigs in a country that was once unheard of for a American band to visit. Also at the Moscow show I did an interview for the biggest metal video TV show in Russia. So that was a great honor." More...
Novembre Post New Video Online
A mini-site for the new NOVEMBRE album "The Blue" — featuring the brand new video for "Anaemia" (directed by Tobias Martinsson), desktop downloads, banners, plus audio previews of songs from the new album as well as a free MP3 download of the song "Bluecracy" (available only for a limited period) — can be accessed at this location.
"The Blue" will be released on November 5 via Peaceville Records. The CD was recorded at Finnvox Studios in Helsinki, Finland with producer Mikko Karmila (NIGHTWISH, SENTENCED, AMORPHIS). More...
Dew-Scented Announce European Tour Dates
Germany's DEW-SCENTED will join forces with SEVERE TORTURE and DESTINITY for dates in Europe in February.
Confirmed dates currently include:
February
1 - Paris, France - Glaz’Art
2 - Chaulnes, France - Espace Culturel
3 - Oostende, Belgium - Hangaar 1
4 - Osnabrück, Germany - Bastard Club
5 - Dordrecht, Holland - Bibelot
6 - Hannover, Germany - Scum Club
7 - Odense, Denmark - Kansas Club
8 - Berlin, Germany - K 17
9 - Leipzig, Germany - Hellraiser
10 - Althofen, Austria - Endorphin
11 - Ljubljana, Slovenia - TBA
12 - Milano, Italy - Transilvania Club
13 - Marseille / Luynes, France - Korrigan
14 - Lyon, France - Double 6
15 - Erstfeld, Switzerland - Transilvania Club
16 - Nancy, France - Azmiut 854
17 - Notre-Dame-De-Gravenchon, France - L’Arcade
killwhitneydead Plan Winter Tour
KILLWHITNEYDEAD have posted the following update on their Myspace page:
“Well it appears we are heading out on the road for a mini winter tour with VERY short notice so we will see what we can manage. Although we are under the gun so to speak and who knows if any of these dates actually happen, but check back soon for more details! Here is what we are wanting to do."
"We will be heading out with BLOODJINN, THE DEMONSTRATION, and A STAINED GLASS ROMANCE."
Upcoming Killwhitneydead tour dates:
November 30 - Johnson City, TN
December 1 - Columbia, SC
December 2 - Atlanta, GA
December 3 - Birmingham, AL
December 4 - Louisville, KY
December 5 - T.B.A.
December 6 - Charleston, WV
December 7 - Richmond, VA
December 8 - Raleigh, NC
December 9 - Greensboro, NC
Mortal Decay Line Up Massachusetts Show
New Jersey’s MORTAL DECAY will perform a show on November 10th at the New Wave Cafe in New Bedford, MA. Also performing will be GOREALITY, SEXCREMENT, ABNORMALITY, and DYSENTERY.
Ghoul Line Up Show In Oakland, CA
Creepsylvanian splatterthrashers GHOUL will perform at The Oakland Metro in Oakland, CA on October 27th. You can find more information online here.
Dysrhythmia Offer Update On New Material
Relapse Records’ DYSRHYTHMIA have posted the following update:
“After much delay we now have in our hands the 12? vinyl version of ‘Barriers and Passages’ released through UK-based label Eyes of Sound. It looks and sounds great and comes in green and brown marble vinyl. You can purchase it easily online here. We’ll also be selling them at the upcoming Brooklyn, NY show November 13 @ Europa."
"Speaking of which, we’ll be playing 4 new songs at that show. So far we have nearly 30 minutes of new material written for the next record. We’re gonna keep writing though while the creative juices are flowing. If we have more than enough come time to record, then we will save what goes unused for another split or something. Having rehearsed this new stuff along with some of the older material recently, it makes us realize how much more intense and dark the new songs are.”
Soilent Green Offer Update From The Studio
SOILENT GREEN have issued the following update:
“Just wanted to give a brief update of things in the studio with us. As you may or may not know, at this point SOILENT GREEN is currently in the studio in St. Petersburg, FL at Mana Recording Studios working on the debut album for new label Metal Blade Records. Captian Erik Rutan is at the engineering/producing helm and we are about 5 days into the process."
"We have posted a few new pictures in our photo section under the photo album “SOILENT GREEN in the studio.” We will add more as time progresses and days delve into the process of this recording. Please feel free to leave some comments."
"We don’t have a solid release date as of yet, but it is scheduled for an early 2008 release. We will release more information as the process gains more stability. Touring will commence around release of the new record as well.”
Stream Puscifer's Entire New Album Online
You can stream PUSCIFER’s (featuring TOOL’s Maynard James Keenan) upcoming new album, V Is For Vagina, in its entirety online over at the project’s official MySpace page. The album is set to be released on October 30th.
Yakuza Release Canadian Tour Dates
YAKUZA have lined up the following upcoming Canadian tour dates:
November 22 – Hamilton, ON @ Absinthe
November 23 – Toronto, ON @ Fun Haus
November 24 - Brantford, ON @ T.B.A.
November 25 - St. Catherines, ON @ L3
November 27 - Sudbury, ON @ T.B.A.
November 28 - Kingston, ON @ Time To Laugh
November 29 - Peterborough, ON @ Underdog
November 30 - Trois-Rivieres, Quebec @ Rock Cafe
December 1 - Montreal, QC @ Club Lambi
Divine Heresy Announce Week-Long Headlining Tour
DIVINE HERESY have lined up the following headlining tour dates before they open for the upcoming CHIMAIRA, KATAKLYSM, and TERROR tour:
November 6 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Club Vegas
November 7 - Colorado Springs, CO @ Black Sheep
November 8 - Kansas City, MO @ Static Bar
November 9 - Tulsa, OK @ Crush Lounge
November 10 - Little Rock, AR @ Vino’s
November 12 - Spartanburg, SC @ Ground Zero
Electro Quarterstaff Line Up Winnipeg Show
ELECTRO QUARTERSTAFF will perform a local show on November 2nd at The Royal Albert Arms in Winnipeg, MB. It will be their first show with bassist Marty Thiessen. You can find more information online here.
Converge Frontman To Record Solo Album
This November, CONVERGE frontman Jacob Bannon will enter Godcity studios to record the final tracks for the long awaited “Wear Your Wounds” album. Longtime friend and CONVERGE guitarist Kurt Ballou will be at the engineering helm for the sessions. A release date and more information on the release is expected to be released shortly.
Hatebreed Reveal 2007 ‘Stillborn Fest’ Details
Metalcore legends HATEBREED have announced the first two shows for their annual “Stillborn Fest” concerts:
December 21 - Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa
December 23 - New Haven, CT @ Toad’s Place
The NorVa has GOD FORBID and NECRO listed as support. More shows and bands are expected to be announced shortly.
Carnivore Announce New York City Show
CARNIVORE have announced an exclusive, one off New York area show, as a warm up for their forthcoming European tour. The event takes place at L’amour, in their recently opened new location in Staten Island, NY, on Wednesday November 21st. Dubbed “The Thanksgiving Eve Massacre,” CARNIVORE will be joined by special guests SEVENTH VOID (featuring Johnny Kelly and Kenny Hickey of TYPE O NEGATIVE) and the Staten Island based SAINTS OF PAIN.
You can find more information online here.
Dimmu Borgir Film Norwegian Show For Upcoming DVD
DIMMU BORGIR has issued the following announcement:
"The final show of the European Invaluable Darkness Tour 2007, taking place at Sentrum Scene in Oslo, Norway will be filmed for an upcoming DVD release. The band is looking forward to a very special evening with all the Norwegian fans in the audience. See you November 6th!"
3 Inches Of Blood Announce Tour With Gwar
On October 9, Canadian metallers 3 INCHES OF BLOOD released an exclusive digital-only three-song EP, "Trial of Champions". The EP features the title track, B-side "Key to Oblivion" and "In the Time of Job When Mannon Was a Yippie", a unique interpretation of the song originally performed by LUCIFER'S FRIEND. "Key to Oblivion" is a B-side track from the recording sessions for their recent Roadrunner Records full-length release, "Fire Up the Blades", produced by Joey Jordison (SLIPKNOT). The digital-only EP can be found via iTunes and other online outlets.
3 INCHES OF BLOOD is currently on tour with SHADOWS FALL and DIVINE HERESY, continuing to rally up legions of the Goatriders Horde. The band will head over to the UK and Spain for several early November performances, returning to the U.S. on November 18 for a North American tour with GWAR. The tour will also include a hearty mix of eclectic acts such as HORSE THE BAND, THE END and MENSREA. Concluding on December 6, the quaint tour will stir up a much-needed dose of sanity for the holiday madness!
3 INCHES OF BLOOD with GWAR, HORSE THE BAND, THE END and MENSREA:
Nov. 19 - Big Easy - Boise, ID
Nov. 20 - Midtown Ballroom - Bend, OR
Nov. 23 - Majestic Ventura Theatre - Ventura, CA
Nov. 28 - Blue Cats - Knoxville, TN *
Nov. 30 - The Masquerade - Atlanta, GA
Dec. 01 - Tremont Music Hall - Charlotte, NC
Dec. 03 - Club Soda - Montreal, QC
Dec. 06 - 9:30 Club - Washington, DC
*Off-date; 3 INCHES OF BLOOD headline, THE END support
Black Stone Cherry Announce London Only CDs
Black Stone Cherry have announced that some limited edition live CD's will be available from the merch stand after the London Astoria show for £14.11 or £15 when bundled with their new digital single Rain wizard (featuring 2 previously unreleased tracks)
Celtic Frost To Headline Roadburn 2008
The following is a press release from Roadburn
"Swiss advant garde/metal pioneers Celtic Frost have been confirmed as the main headliner of the 13th annual Roadburn Festival, which will take place April 18-19, 2008, at the 013 Club in Tilburg, The Netherlands. Although Celtic Frost are recognized as a pivotal influence on both the extreme metal and gothic metal genres, Roadburn also considers Celtic Frost a seminal influence on the current stoner, doom and psychedelic scene.
Indeed, we feel Celtic Frost merits notice alongside such established pioneers as Hawkwind and Black Sabbath.
In celebration of this lesser-acknowledged side to the metal giants, Celtic Frost will perform a special one-off show at Roadburn, comprised of a repertoire which will be slightly different from the tour repertoire played in 2006 and 2007. They will be playing on Saturday, April 19, 2008.
Tom Gabriel Fischer: 'We are very proud to have been invited to headline Roadburn. Much like Celtic Frost, Roadburn follows an artistic path which deviates slightly from the norm. We all think that Roadburn and Celtic Frost is a perfect combination, and we are looking forward very much to our concert there.' "
Ozzy Osbourne Tribute Fenced Off As Health Hazard
According to the Birmingham Mail, a Hollywood-style Walk of Stars in Birmingham, England — which features a tribute to BLACK SABBATH frontman Ozzy Osbourne — has been fenced off because people have been slipping over on the highly polished stones.
The tributes to Osbourne and comedian Jasper Carrott were unveiled in glittering ceremonies attended by the entertainers and hundreds of their fans.
They were intended to put Birmingham on the celebrity map.
But just a month after the last star was embedded in the pavement in Broad Street, it and the one laid earlier in July have been surrounded by railings to prevent pedestrians injuring themselves.
Broad Street manager Mike Olley admitted: "We have fenced them off as a precaution. "There are a lot of people walking up and down every day and we don't want any unnecessary accidents.
"There is a concern they may be over-polished, so we are getting them re-evaluated by the manufacturer.
"There may not even be a problem but we need to double check."
Read more at the Birmingham Mail.
Bruce Dickinson To Be In Cyber Flight Marathon
According to ThisIsNottingham.co.uk, IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson is preparing to embark on a marathon non-stop "cyber flight" around the world in seven days with a group of flight simulator enthusiasts.
Dickinson, who holds an airline pilot's licence, will be part of a 17-strong British flight team on a virtual round-the-globe adventure called Simfest.
Departing from a virtual Sydney International Airport in Australia on Sunday November 4, the journey will take the team seven days and seven nights.
Simfest is part of World-Flight, an annual event in which teams from around the world use home-built flight simulators to fly around the world and raise money for a chosen charity.
This year the British cyber pilot team is supporting Cancer Research UK.
Gary Oliver and Mark Hastings custom-built their own Boeing 777 flight simulator in Gary's garage, and are masterminding the British effort, and hope to raise £5,000 for the charity.
The pilots will fly under as many real-world rules and regulations as possible and will be guided by teams of virtual air traffic controllers using VATSIM, the free global virtual air traffic controller network.
Supporters of the mission can follow the flights on web cams and online tracking.
Evile To Appear In Metal Hammers "Get In The Ring"
EVILE have been confirmed as one of the bands battling it out for world domination via your TV set at this year's Metal Hammer "Get In The Ring", which will be aired on Rockworld TV over the Christmas period.
"Get In The Ring" will take place on December 11th at the London Kentish town Forum. Evile will battle it out in a boxing ring stage by playing their thrashtastic tunes against 3 other bands.
Matt Drake singer and guitarist of Evile states:
"Evile are about to set off to tibet to train with fighting heavy metal monks and upon our return to the UK for "Get In The Ring" we will be ready to unleash our skills and a whirlwind of thrash metal violence upon the other bands and the judges, we will be more evil than skeletor, wiser than splinter, faster than cheetara and harder than inspector gadget!! so prepare yourselves for a multitude of speed metal figure fours, F-5's and tombstones but without spandex and body wax. The countdown starts now, and we WILL be the last band standing, so all evile fans make sure you vote for us and give us the best christmas presents possible - get in the ring winners and the humiliation of other bands!!!! GET IN THE FUCKING RING!!"
There will be 125 tickets to this event available to hardcore Evile fans through the Evile myspace page at www.myspace.com/evileuk (Tickets only available to people 16 years plus).
The "Get In The Ring" programme will be screened on RockWorld TV on Sky over the Christmas period and fans can vote for Evile by texting in. Screening dates for the show are yet to be confirmed. The winning band will be announced early 2008.
Go to www.rockworld.tv or www.metalhammer.co.uk for the chance to win more tickets.
AC/DC DVD Tops Billboard Music Video Charts
AC/DC's "Plug Me In", a two-disc DVD set of more than five hours of concert footage and interviews, has sold 35,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 1 on Billboard's Top Music Video chart. The compilation contains over five hours of live and television performances, many of them rare and previously unavailable until now. A limited edition of the set includes a third disc featuring 21 additional performances, along with reproductions of authentic AC/DC memorabilia.
Disc one is devoted to the band's early years with singer Bon Scott, covering the period between 1975 and 1979. Among the highlights are the band's first U.K. television appearance in July of 1976, the first public performance of "Highway to Hell" on Dutch television in 1979 and four songs from one of Scott's final shows before his death in early 1980.
Disc two covers the era with Brian Johnson on the mic, stretching from 1980 to the present. Highlights include a rare Japanese TV appearance from February of 1981, concerts from the '80s, '90s, and 21st century and a 2003 performance of "Rock Me Baby" with THE ROLLING STONES.
According to The Pulse of Radio, AC/DC is scheduled to begin recording its first all-new album since 2000's "Stiff Upper Lip" at some point soon, although exact dates remain a mystery.
Communic Confirmed For Bloodstock Open Air
Norwegian progressive power metallers COMMUNIC have been confirmed for the Bloodstock Open Air festival, set to take place August 15-17, 2008 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire England. Also scheduled to appear are the Norwegian symphonic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR, the reunited AT THE GATES, Finnish folk/pagan metal band MOONSORROW and the Finnish doomsters SWALLOW THE SUN.
COMMUNIC recently toured Europe as the support band for U.K. progressive metallers THRESHOLD. Also appearing on the bill were MACHINE MEN and SERENITY.
COMMUNIC's sophomore effort, "Waves of Visual Decay", entered the German chart at position No. 66 back in May 2006.
King Diamond Suffers Herniated Disc
King Diamond has told MTV.com that he may be forced to cancel his band's U.S. tour — which is scheduled to launch March 23 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, and run through May 8 in Houston — due to a herniated disc.
"I can't sit down, even on my couch, for more than a few minutes," he said. "About a month ago I tried, and after 15 minutes, it started feeling like my left leg was getting set on fire."
"It can take up to a year and a half for a severe herniated disc to heal properly, but it varies from person to person," he added. "So, we are crossing our fingers and praying that we won't have to cancel the U.S shows. Right now there's not much more we can do."
Diamond got a taste of what might happen if he hits the road too soon in September when director Bill Schacht from video company Aestheticom — which has also worked with AMON AMARTH — shot a video for "Give Me Your Soul", the first KING DIAMOND clip in 17 years. "They limited what I had to do, of course, so I only did one day of shooting for 90 minutes, but just standing there moving a little bit in the full outfit was very difficult," he said. "And afterwards, I got one of those sharp attacks of pain that I hadn't had in a month and a half. The only thing I can compare it to is a really super-bad toothache or earache. And afterwards, I was like, 'OK, I'm not ready [to tour] yet.' "
Regarding how he injured his back, the 51-year-old singer said, "I think the real damage happened mixing the record, because I did that three weeks straight for a minimum of 12 hours a day. One of the last nights, when I was going to bed, I felt these pains in the sciatic nerves on each side, and I thought, 'Oh what is this?' The next morning I woke up and I couldn't walk or stand. It was like being paralyzed. I can't begin to say how painful it was. They say that's the worst pain you can experience as a human being. Had I not lived on the ground floor in a house, I would have jumped out the window."
Down Drummer Discusses Band DVD
Lord of The Wasteland of Metal-Rules.com recently conducted an interview with DOWN drummer Jimmy Bower. A few excerpts from the chat follow:
Metal-Rules.com: I read that the band has a bunch of acoustic stuff in the can. Are you guys throwing around the idea of possibly releasing an acoustic album?
Jimmy: Yeah, we do have some stuff and we are definitely going to work on that soon. We have a lot of projects that we are working on, but right now we are just trying to push the record and tour as much as we can. For the next two years, we are going to be busy. I'll be lucky to see my bedroom at home for more than a week (laughs).
Metal-Rules.com: On the CDs, you have Ross Karpelman playing keyboards. The new song "Nothing In Return (Walk Away)" and "Stained Glass Cross" from "Over The Under" both have a real cool southern vibe to them with the added keyboard. Why don't you perform those songs live with a touring keyboardist?
Jimmy: We have never played "Stained Glass Cross" live. Why? I don't know. I love that song. I actually wrote that song. On a Canadian run, we tried having Ross play with us but it was a little weird because he had other obligations with House of Shock, a big haunted house in New Orleans. It's just not practical for us to bring him in right now. We were kind of concerned about how that would work out. It's cool to have it on the record and stuff but I don't know about live. Personally, I think it would be killer. It would be like [Bower's 2000 side-project THE MYSTIC KREWE OF] CLEARLIGHT or something. Ross has other obligations right now but I wouldn't doubt it if maybe we do something like that in the future.
Metal-Rules.com: The spread between the first and second album was seven years and then it was another five years in between the last two. Is this gap going to narrow in between "Over The Under" and the next CD?
Jimmy: Well, I think in the past everybody had a lot of obligations with their "real" bands. PANTERA was still going, CORROSION OF CONFORMITY was strong, EYEHATEGOD was still going strong and DOWN was thought of as more of a side-band. Now that we all have come to terms and made a commitment, it won't be five years until the next record comes out. This is our band and we plan on growing old with this band. We intend to work hard for the rest of our lives to make it as cool as we possibly can. The reason for the breaks in between the records is pretty obvious. It was scheduling and all that. "Let's jam!" "Well, Pepper's on tour." "We could do it here but Kirk's going to be on tour or Jimmy." "Phil's doing something with PANTERA." Or, "Oh, shit! There's a hurricane in the Gulf!" You name it and it happened.
Metal-Rules.com: What are the tour plans after this run of dates finishes up in November?
Jimmy: I think in January we are going to Europe. Then in March or April we are going to Australia. Then hopefully back to Europe again in June for festivals. Then we will probably do another North American run. We want to try and hit as many countries as we can and hit all the places that we've never been to. If you really look at what we've been doing before the record came out, we've been a damn busy band.
Metal-Rules.com: Has there been any discussion about recording the "Evening With Down" shows for release as a live album or DVD?
Jimmy: Well, when we were in Europe in 2006, Jim Van Bevan came with us. He's a director — he did the SUPERJOINT [RITUAL] videos and the [MARILYN] MANSON movie — and he came with us and shot 350 hours of footage while we were playing and some backstage stuff. We are going to get that together and edit it for a cool DOWN DVD. It will definitely be really unique.
Metal-Rules.com: Is it going to be a show, as well, or just a backstage kind of thing?
Jimmy: I think it's going to be a blend.
Metal-Rules.com: Will there be some older stuff from the early Nineties?
Jimmy: Yeah, we have video from that day I was telling you about where we wrote "Losing All", "Temptation's Wings" and "Bury Me In Smoke". We look like kids, man (laughs). We'll intertwine all of that together. It should be a very interesting DVD. It's taking a lot longer than we thought but we really want to make it good.
Metal-Rules.com: Is it something that will be out in the near future or is looking more long-term?
Jimmy: No, it will be in the near future. Like I said, we have 350 hours of footage to edit, so it's a lot of work, especially for Jim Van Bevan. He has to edit everything down, then we could edit everything together. Right now we are just trying to pump out what we can, when we can.
Hate Talk About New Album
Polish heralds of industrial death/black metal have revealed details on their new opus - Morphosis, that has just been mixed at Hertz Studio/Poland by Wieslawski Bros (VADER, DECAPITATED).
Song titles set to appear on Hate's new album include 'Metamorphosis', 'Threnody', 'Erased, Catharsis', 'Resurrection Machine', 'Omega', 'The Evangelistic Pain', 'Immum Coeli'.
The album is planned for early 2008 on Listenable Records and promised to be the most mature and ambitious material from the band so far, demonstraiting a great step ahead as for production and composition.
Hate’s leader, ATF Sinner checked in on the recording session: “We have just finished the mixes on our new album entitled Morphosis and I must say I’m really excited about the results we gained after a month’s session in Hertz.
Now we’re in the process of mastering the material, so I hope we’ll have it finished within days now. The production is generally more “live” comparing to Anaclasis, however, we used quite an amount of synthetic sounds that strengthen certain parts, especially refrains, and give them some kind of “elevated” atmosphere.
In the background you can hear lots of eerie sound structures going on all the time, which give the music more depth; a kind of additional dimension. The album is a stylistic continuation of our previous record Anaclasis, but this time production as well as compositions are more careful and simply on higher level.
I do hope we’ll take a significant step ahead with this material, which is definitely our best thus far. Soon, we start working on a completely new website that will be dedicated especially to the new album. We’ll also start an official Hate forum (on www.metal-realm.net) to create a space for sharing opinions among our followers.
In January, we plan to shoot a video-clip for one of the new songs.”
Hate have been confirmed as a headliner to the second part of Rebel Angels Tour 2007 in Poland in November.
The bands will invade 11 other cities around Poland and Hate will be, for the first time, presenting some newly recorded songs from Morphosis.
Evile And Gama Bomb Comment On Machine Head Show
After being chosen by MACHINE HED to support them on a Black Crusade warm-up gig at the Ambassador Theatre in Dublin, Ireland on November 18th, EVILE and GAMA BOMB have both revealed how excited they are about playing the large-scale
gig.
Speaking in the midst of a current UK tour with SANCTITY, Evile guitarist Ol Drake has spoken out about landing the opportunity to support such a legendary band: "We are extremely excited to be playing with Machine Head as Rob Flynn is a legend. Violence were fucking cool so we are really looking forward to playing this show and meeting all the guys. I hope they play some of the old fast shit - watch out Dublin and Prepare to be Thrashed!"
Hailing from Ireland, new Earache thrash signings Gama Bomb have also commented upon playing their high-energy thrash sound to more than 1000 people.
Speaking exclusively, vocalist Phil Byrne has stated: "We are totally stoked to be playing with such a legendary band as Machine Head, and especially to do it here in one of Dublin's greatest venues! This starts our new gigging schedule as we mean to carry on, so hopefully we will be playing a lot more shows like this one. This will be the biggest audience we've ever played to, and that just makes us all the more willing to paint the place with their brains - metaphorically, of course."
Gama Bomb are set to release their debut album Citizen Brain in 2008, to find out more about them visit http://www.myspace.com/gamabomb.
Fans can check out an exclusive interview with Gama Bomb at http://www.earache.com/bands/gama_bomb/navigation/biography.html
Evile are currently out on the road on a full-scale UK tour with Sanctity. For the full dates head over to http://www.myspace.com/evileuk.
Their debut release Enter The Grave is out now.
Metallica Encyclopaedia Due In November
On November 1st, publisher Chrome Dreams will release The Encyclopaedia METALLICA. This 300 page paperback, co-written by Jerry Ewing and Malcolm Dome, is compiled from exclusive interviews with the band. Hailed as the definitive rock reference, The Encyclopaedia Metallica chronicles all the facts surrounding one of the biggest metal bands to ever take the stage. Containing numerous confessions that have never before been published, this A-to-Z listing of all the major subjects close to headbangers' hearts includes songs, albums, gigs, personnel, significant places, and many more. For Metallica fans and music lovers alike, this guide is sure to enlighten readers with its revelations of rock-and-roll Babylon.
Job For A Cowboy Schedule In Store Appearance
Extreme metal unit JOB FOR A COWBOY has announced a special one-off in-store promotion with specialty music retailer Sam Ash. The Glendale, AZ band will make an exclusive appearance at Sam Ash's Franklin Mills, PA location on Saturday, November 17 from 1:00 to 3:00 PM. Attendees will have a chance to meet JOB FOR A COWBOY as well as the opportunity to win musical equipment including Ibanez guitar and Tama drum products.
JOB FOR A COWBOY is currently on the road co-headlining the 2007 "Radio Rebellion" tour alongside BEHEMOTH. Presented by Hurley and Converse, the massive, 28-city North American trek is showcasing the cream of the crop of heavy music's rising stars from points across the globe and is being called "the most ambitious heavy music tour of 2007."
JOB FOR A COWBOY, which has seen a meteoric ascent unparrelled in recent extreme metal history, is continuing to tour in support of its debut full-length album "Genesis". Referred to as "the most anticipated debut release from a metal band in years," "Genesis" debuted at # 54 on Billboard's Top 200 chart this past May, shifting nearly 13,000 units in its first week of release and joined the initial releases from STONE SOUR and DAMAGEPLAN (which featured members of SLIPKNOT and PANTERA respectively) amongst the highest charting metal debuts to crack Billboard's Top 200 since SLIPKNOT's 1999 self-titled album. Additionally. the band has earned a landslide of recent accolades including being named "Best Underground Band" at the 2007 Metal Hammer "Golden Gods Awards", one of Total Guitar's "Hottest Guitar Bands of 2007", one of Alternative Press' 2007 "Bands You Need to Know" and one of Revolver's "Breakthrough Bands that will be Kicking Your Ass this Year".
As I Lay Dying Singer Escapes Wildfire
According to MTV.com, AS I LAY DYING singer Tim Lambesis and his wife fled teir San Marcos home at 2 a.m. on Monday (October 22) after getting a call from a friend about one of the first fires to break out in Southern California. That fire was quickly snuffed out and Lambesis and his wife returned home on Tuesday morning — only to be evacuated again six hours later when a fire in a neighboring community threatened San Marcos again. "That first night I could see the fire coming toward us on the hill we're on, and I was scared," said Lambesis, who has lived in San Diego his entire life but never seen such powerful fires. Luckily, the winds died down again and his home was spared.
Asked what he grabbed in his rushes to beat the flames, Lambesis said, "I grabbed important photos, my dog, documents. I have a studio at my house, so I have 15 hard drives with recordings that I had to pile up along with three computers. It was hectic. My wife grabbed her wedding dress." Luckily for Lambesis, the band's van and trailer were parked outside his house, so most of their equipment was already ready to roll.
Velvet Revolver Postpone Tonights Show
VELVET REVOLVER has postponed its headlining concert tomorrow night, Friday, October 26th at the outdoor Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Irvine, CA due to the devastating Southern California wildfires. This includes the fire in the city of Irvine where evacuations have taken place and the Irvine School District has closed all schools on Friday due to poor air quality. The rescheduled show - with ALICE IN CHAINS, who were also set to play the Irvine gig - will take place Wednesday, December 12th at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles after Velvet Revolver return from their tour of Japan and Australia.
Fans holding tickets for the October 26th Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre show that were purchased at Ticketmaster retail outlets or at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre box office can exchange them for tickets to the new venue at the Gibson Amphitheatre box office starting Monday, November 5th. The Gibson Amphitheatre box office is open Monday through Saturday from 1pm to 8:45pm.
Fans who purchased tickets via Ticketmaster.com or through Ticketmaster Charge-By-Phone will automatically receive tickets to the Gibson Amphitheatre December 12th show by mail. For those unable to attend the new date and new facility, refunds are available at point-of-purchase.
Velvet Revolver send their sincerest thoughts and prayers to those who have been affected by the tragic fires in Southern California, where the Governor has issued a State of Emergency for seven counties including Orange County. The Irvine fire has left the air quality extremely poor and there is concern that the county’s resources - police, fire and medical - will be spread much too thin and thus compromise a safe environment for the fans.
Rob Halford To Do Signing Session In New Jersey
JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford will be at Vintage Vinyl in Fords, NJ on Saturday, November 17th for a signing session. It will begin at 5:30pm.
As previously reported, Halford spoke to the Greatfallstribune.com recently about a number of topics including his solo retrospective Metal God Essentials: Vol. 1 and of course the new Priest album set for release in 2008.
"(He's) a real man, not like a fantasy that you get in rock and roll and metal," Halford said of Nostradamus. "(We're) telling the story of this very controversial human being from 500 years ago, from France, who still resonates all these years later. It's a human story as well as one that you know about from his premonitions."
"We're really pushing ourselves again," Halford said. "It would be very easy for Priest to stop recording music and just keep going out and doing shows, but that's not what we're about. The music is absolutely phenomenal. It's everything that you love about Priest and more 'cause we really stretched ourselves and we're doing some extraordinary things musically."
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