Metallica's 'Ecstasy Of Gold' To Appear On Tribute

METALLICA's official web site has been updated with the following message:

"The lights go down, the last strains of AC/DC fade out and METALLICA are about to step foot on stage, but not until 'Ecstasy of Gold' plays. The very familiar composition from the classic film 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' has been opening METALLICA shows for over two decades, and now the band will honor its composer Ennio Morricone by contributing their recording of the song to a tribute album coming out in the spring of 2007.

"Morricone, the internationally acclaimed composer of over 400 film and television scores, will be celebrating his 78th birthday tomorrow as he prepares to make his on-stage debut in North America at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on February 3, 2007. He will be conducting a 200-piece orchestra and choir performing songs from some of his best known scores. The subsequent tribute album will also feature Andrea Bocelli, Yo-Yo Ma, Bruce Springsteen, and more."

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Heaven Shall Burn's "Counterweight" Video Online

The German powerhouse HEAVEN SHALL BURN triumphantly returns with "Deaf To Our Prayers", which is a stunning portrayal of sheer aggression and musical technicality that will quickly catch the attention of any extreme music fan. The group's new video for the track "Counterweight" - taken from their Summer Breeze 2006 festival performance - perfectly captures the band's live intensity in front a rabid German crowd. You can watch the video on YouTube or below:

Maik Weichert (guitars) states: "Upon seeing the initial footage of this performance we immediately knew that it would make for a perfect promotional video. It was a really cool night with crazy fans and we are extremely proud to capture this special feeling. You can feel the energy and fun in every frame of the clip. We are sure that everybody who couldn't make it to Summer Breeze will still be able to feel how special of a night it was for us. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do."

In December, HEAVEN SHALL BURN will co-headline the European Spirit tour with CALIBAN. Weichert comments: "Finally we get to a co-headlining tour with our good friends from CALIBAN! Many years ago we both played in a tiny club in front of less than 100 people, most of which were older than we were. Since that day every HSB/CALIBAN show has been a unique experience. We will continue this tradition on the upcoming Spirit tour and ask everybody to come out and dance away some extra pounds gathered during winter!"

"Deaf To Our Prayers" is the long-awaited follow-up to HEAVEN SHALL BURN's highly acclaimed album "Antigone", which was their first release to garner worldwide praise. The new disc was recorded and mixed by renowned producer Jacob Hansen (MERCENARY, RAUNCHY) in Denmark. More...

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Interview

Q&A With Ironman Metal FestEVIL's Adrian Lugo

ARTIST PROMOTIONS LLC, subsidiary of IRONMAN CORPORATION LLC, is a promotions based company geared toward local/national bands & music events, who will be promoting top-rate metal events once per month, flip flopping between New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Tomorrow on Nov 18th, 2006 will be the Ironman Metal FestEVIL held in Gibbstown, NJ. The bill will feature an assortment of underground's newest and brightest metal band talents, such as ADDER, TREMOR and Metal Blade records THE NETWORK, along with many other top New Jersey area acts. I caught up with the man behind it all, Adrian Lugo of Ironman Corp. LLC and I am pleased that I can help us all learn more about what he's got planned to help continue growing out the true underground heavy music scene we are all in love with. More...

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Atrophy Reissue Details Announced

Metal Mind Productions has set a November 27 release date for reissues of the classic ATROPHY albums "Considered Dead" and "Erosion of Sanity". Both CDs will come in a new digipack edition on golden discs, digitally remastered using 24-bit technology, and will be limited to a hand-numbered 2,000 copies. Each title includes three bonus demo tracks and a bootleg video. The details are as follows:

"Socialized Hate" Track-List:
01. Chemical Dependency
02. Killing Machine
03. Matter of Attitude
04. Preacher, Preacher
05. Beer Bong
06. Socialized Hate
07. Best Defense
08. Product of the Past
09. Rest in Pieces
10. Urban Decay
+ Bonus tracks:
11. Chemical Dependency (demo)
12. Rest In Pieces (demo)
13. Preacher, Preacher (demo)
14. Socialized Hate (bootleg video)

"Violent by Nature" track listing:
01. Puppies and Friends
02. Violent by Nature
03. In Their Eyes
04. Too Late to Change
05. Slipped through the Cracks
06. Forgotten But Not Gone
07. Process of Elimination
08. Right to Die
09. Things Change
+ Bonus tracks:
10. Suicide Pact (demo)
11. Product Of The Past (demo)
12. Beer Bong (demo)
13. Violent By Nature (bootleg video)

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Watch Ignite's Opening Night On Tour

Ignite have released their anxiously anticipated, and well-received Abacus Recordings debut, Our Darkest Days, and toured, as usual, like madmen this year.

A package tour this year featured Ignite on a bill boasting hardcore favorites Strike Anywhere and Modern Life is War and streetpunk staple A Global Threat. This week's footage comes from the opening date of this tour, in Virginia Beach, VA, with two tracks from the aforementioned album. You can see it here or below. More...

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Thumbscrew, With Blood Comes Cleansing Tour

Thumbscrew, With Blood Comes Cleansing, and ABACABB will be touring the U.S. together in early-2007. Thumbscrew just wrapped up a US tour with Gaza and The Network. Here are the latest tour dates:

1/16 Corpus Christi, TX @ The Underground
1/17 San Antonio, TX @ The Underground
1/18 Ft. Worth, TX @ The Phoenix
1/19 Dallas, TX
1/20 Ft. Smith, AR
1/21 Monroe, LA
1/22 Baton Rouge, LA @ The Darkroom
1/23 Birmingham, AL @ The Hotel
1/24 Tallahassee, FL
1/25 Clearwater, FL @ 688 Skate Park
1/26 Jacksonville, FL @ Thee Imperial
1/27 Atlanta, GA @ The 7 Venue
1/28 Agusta, GA
1/29 Summerville, SC
1/30 Virginia Beach, VA
1/31 Fredricksburg, VA @ Kc's
2/1 Annapolis, MD @ Knights of Coumbus
2/2 Newerk, NJ
2/3 Binghamton, NY @ American Legion Post 80
2/4 Poughkeepsie, NY @ Club Crunnell
2/5 Hamden, CT @ Plains Methodist Church
2/6 Selinsgrove, PA @ The Firehouse Caf'e
2/7 Pittsburg, PA
2/8 Cincinnati, OH
2/9 Cincinnati, OH @ Parkland Theatre
2/10 Roseville, MI @ The Myspace Cafe
2/11 Ontario, CANADA @ Club 1214
2/12 Chicago , IL
2/13 St. Louis, MO @ Creepy Crawls
2/14 TBA, MO
2/15 Cedar Rapids, IA
2/16 Central, IA @ House Of Brick
2/17 TBA, MN
2/18 TBA, SD
2/19 Omaha, NE
2/20 Topeka, KS
2/21 Witchita, KS
2/22 Denver, CO
2/23 TBA, CO
2/24 Provo, UT
2/25 Salt Lake City, UT
2/26 TBA, NN
2/27 Sacramento, CA
2/28 Fresno, CA
3/1 Lancaster, CA
3/2 San Diego, CA
3/3 Phoenix, AZ
3/4 Tucson, AZ
3/5 Albuquerque, NM
3/6 El Paso, TX
3/7 San Antonio, TX @ The Underground
3/8 Houston, TX @ Walters

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Regurgitate To Record Split CD w/ Skullhog

Sweden's REGURGITATE have issued the following update:

"We will record some more new songs in the beginning of December for our split with SKULLHOG (formerly known as BILE), a NAPALM DEATH tribute and probably some more splits - but no specific splits are planned.

We plan to record 12-13 tracks."

Regugitate announced the addition of bassist Johan Jansson (INTERMANT, UNCURBED, DEMONICAL, ex-CENTINEX) to the group's ranks in September. Jansson made his live debut with the group on on Saturday, September 30 at Pub Bastun in Marihamn, Åland.

REGURGITATE's latest album "Sickening Bliss" was released on October 17 in North America (October 23 internationally).

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Cradle Of Filth Recruit New Drummer

British Extreme Metallers CRADLE OF FILTH have recruited Czech drummer Marthus (real name: Martin Škaroupka) to replace Adrian Erlandsson. Martin was born on January 20, 1981 in the Czech Republic and has previously played with GALACTIC INDUSTRY and INNER FEAR, among other bands. "Those of you who have already seen us you will know that Martin is more than qualified for the job!", CRADLE OF FILTH writes in a statement.

Erlandsson announced his departure from CRADLE OF FILTH on Wednesday (Nov. 15), citing his desire to focus on other projects, including NEMHAIN (which is fronted by Erlandsson's wife, fetish model Morrigan Hel; a.k.a. Amber England).

Commented Adrian: "I have enjoyed my time with CRADLE but it is now time to move on. I feel I am going out on a high as 'Thornography' is definitely our best album to date".

Over the course of the last few months, rumors of Adrian's departure have been gaining strength, with several "in-the-know" parties claiming that Adrian was fired from the group just days before they were to sign a new publishing deal. As a result, it was reported (but not officially confirmed) that Erlandsson was relegated to the status of a "session" member (whereby he was paid only for time worked and was not entitled to any publishing or artist royalties), a situation which was rumored to have strained his relationship with the band's frontman Dani Davey (a.k.a. Dani Filth).

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Abysmal Dawn Added To West Coast Dismember Tour

ABYSMAL DAWN have been added to the West Coast DISMEMBER/GRAVE tour. The band commented "It is a pleasure to be touring with two legends of the genre, especially when they have provided such a great source of inspiration to us over the years. We're looking forward to hitting the road again after our highly successful trek with SIX FEET UNDER, KRISIUN and DECAPITATED. Hopefully we'll see some familiar faces real soon!"

Here are the Dismember, Grave and Abysmal Dawn tour dates:

12/01 Knitting Factory – Hollywood, CA
12/02 Bourbon Street – Concord, CA
12/03 Domino Room – Bend, OR
12/04 Rock N Roll Pizza – Portland, OR
12/05 Richards On Richards – Vancouver, BC
12/06 Studio 7 – Seattle, WA
12/07 Grove Street – Boise, ID
12/08 Kamikaze's – Ogden, UT
12/09 Hubba's – Denver, CO
12/10 The Launchpad – Albuquerque, NM
12/11 Cain's Ballroom – Tulsa, OK
12/12 Chic's – El Paso, TX
12/13 Clubhouse – Phoenix, AZ
12/14 El Patio Ole Caribe – Mexicali, MEX
12/15 Showcase Theater – Corona, CA
12/16 The Jumping Turtle – San Marcos, CA

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Gojira's "To Sirius" To Be Aired on HBB

France's GOJIRA's will see the band's “To Sirius” video re-aired this Saturday on MTV2's “Headbangers Ball” at 10pm est. Check local listings for time and channel. Directed and produced by Alain Duplantier of Les Telecreateurs, the video can also be seen on Prosthetic Records’ YouTube page.

GOJIRA has been confirmed as support for Children of Bodom’s upcoming North American, also playing alongside Amon Amarth and Sanctity. The tour will cross the continent from late-November to mid-December and marks the first time GOJIRA will cross the Atlantic to play live to North American audiences.

From Mars To Sirius, released Aug. 22 through Prosthetic Records after seeing a late 2005 European release through Listenable Records, is GOJIRA's first proper domestic release.

GOJIRA on tour with Children of Bodom, Amon Amarth, Sanctity: More...

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Steelheart Post Another New Song Online

Another new STEELHEART track, entitled "Twisted Future", has been posted online at the band's MySpace page.

STEELHEART has made a three-song EP, entitled "Just a Taste", available via its SteelHeart Store. The tracks, which are being described as "a futuristic LED ZEPPELIN," will be included on STEELHEART's upcoming album, to be released early next year.

"Just a Taste" EP track listing:

01. Buried Unkind
02. Twisted Future
03. LOL. (Laughing Out Loud)

Upcoming STEELHEART shows:

Nov. 17 - Funky Frog - Mentor, OH
Nov. 18 - Cadillac Jacks - Grove City, OH
Nov. 21 - The Wet Spot - Caledonia, OH
Nov. 22 - RPM's Rock Club - Bridgeville, PA
Nov. 24 - Jaxx - Springfield, VA

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Kittie Post 'Funeral For Yesterday' Video Online

Macabre Studios have uploaded a video for the title track from the forthcoming KITTIE album, Funeral For Yesterday, online.

Check out the 'Funeral For Yesterday' clip at this location. More...

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Graveheart Post Album Details and New Songs Online

Massachusetts based Graveheart, previously named Blistered Earth, have posted an update in addition to four new songs on their myspace page:

"This week, Rutcho and I programmed all the click tracks and recorded all the scratch guitars. Next up: the drums. Graig has a pretty solid idea of what he's going to do parts-wise, so once recording begins, things should move along nicely. After that, it's pretty standard procedure - rhythm guitars, get drunk, bass guitar, more beer, vocals, get drunker, hail Satan, lead guitars, then mixing....or something like that." More...

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Orange Goblin Sign With Sanctuary Records

Orange Goblin have signed to Sanctuary Records. The band are expected to release a new album in May. To coincide with this, they'll play the following shows in the UK:

May 11 - London Camden Underworld
May 12 - Southampton Joiners
May 13 - Bristol Bierkeller
May 14 - Cardiff Club Ifor Bach
May 15 - Nottingham Old Angel
May 16 - Manchester Jabez Clegg
May 17 - Newcastle Trillians
May 18 - Glasgow Classic Grand
May 19 - Edinburgh Exchange

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Former Nirvana Bassist Joins Punk Band

Former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic, who has devoted his time in recent years to local politics in Washington state, will join influential Punk group Flipper to play bass on the band's first tour in over a decade.

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Apiary, The Funeral Pyre, Dryline Tour Dates

Metal Blade records artist Apiary will be kicking off a month-long U.S. tour tomorrow. The tour features support from The Funeral Pyre and Dryline. Here are their US tour dates:

11/17 Bakersfield, CA @ Jerry's Pizza
11/18 Tucson, AZ @ Vaudeville
11/19 Phoenix, AZ @ Metal Devastation 2
11/20 Tucson, AZ @ The Practice Place
11/21 El Paso, TX @ Chics Bar and Billiards
11/22 San Antonio, TX @ The Underground
11/24 Corpus Christi, TX @ Zeros
11/25 Cypress, TX @ The Junction
11/26 Monroe, LA @ Fleur De Live
11/27 Gulf Shores, AL @ TBA
11/28 Casselberry, FL @ Oyster Bay
11/29 Tampa, FL @ TBA
11/30 Davie, FL @ Jo Jo's Place (formally Club Q)
12/1 Jacksonville,FL @ Fuel Coffehouse
12/2 Glennville, GA @ Studio B
12/3 Thomasville, NC @ The Soundvent
12/4 Murfreesboro, NC @ Zakks Coffehouse
12/5 Charleston, SC @ Cumberlands
12/6 Atlanta, GA @ TBA
12/7 Louisville, KY @ Bulldog Cafe
12/8 Nashville, TN @ Rocketown
12/9 Salina, KS @ The Red Kitten
12/10 Dallas, TX @ Red Blood Club
12/11 Oklahoma City, OK @ TBA
12/12 Albuquerque, NM @ The Compound
12/13 Tempe, AZ @ Madhouse Records
12/14 Brawley, CA @ The Planters Hotel
12/15 Rialto, CA @ Rialto Music Coalition
12/16 Alameda, CA @ Roosters Roadhouse
12/17 Fresno, CA @ Pizzaland Pizza
12/18 Soledad, CA @ The Castle
12/19 Redwood City, CA @ TBA
12/20 San Jose, CA @ VooDoo Lounge

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Throwdown, Warriors, All Shall Perish Mini-Tour

Throwdown, The Warriors, All Shall Perish, and xDeathstarx will team up for a brief West Coast mini-tour in mid-December. Here are the tour dates:

12/13 Orangevale, CA @ The Boardwalk
12/14 Fresno, CA @ Warnors Theatre
12/15 Agoura Hills, CA @ Agoura Hills Center
12/16 Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
12/17 Corona, CA @ Showcase Theatre

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