Metal News for November 26, 2006
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Converge Address Show Cancellations
Converge will not appear at three of their scheduled shows as a result of two separate issues. The group has provided the following explanation:
"After driving overnight to Poughkeepsie from Baltimore (and almost hitting hundreds of deer in the process...), we got word that 'Rhythmden' festival has been cancelled due to 'insurance' issues. Thanks to Subzero and On Broken Wings for getting the word out to us and other bands. We hope to be back in the Poughkeepsie NY area sometime in 2K7. While we were typing the above information, Jake received a call about a death in his immediate family. So he can attend the funeral and be home to support his family, we are canceling Philadelphia and New York City shows of the tour. The shows in Buffalo, Cleveland, Levittown, and Revere shows will go on as planned as he will be able to make those shows. Apologies to all the bands, kids, and promoters who are effected by the cancellations. We will make it up one day."
Earth Complete New Album
Southern Lord Records recording artists Earth have finished the recording and mastering of their latest album, tentatively entitled "Hibernaculam." The audio material consists of three old Earth classics redone in a different, stark and clean tone (ala the "Hex" material) plus the track "A Plague of Angels" which was previously available on a rare tour-only 12".
The album will be a special dual CD/DVD "hybrid". With the audio mentioned above on one side, an Earth documentary filmed by Seldon Hunt lies on the other. The documentary features many interviews with Dylan Carlson and live footage from the groups 2006 European tour. Here's the track listing:
CD SIDE:
1. Ouroboros Is Broken
2. Coda Maestoso In F (Flat) Minor
3. Miami Morning Coming Down
4. A Plague of Angels (2006 mix)
DVD Side:
-Earth Documentary with interviews and live footage (filmed by Seldon Hunt)
Throw The Fight Signs To Cordless Recordings
Minneapolis, MN metal band Throw The Fight has signed to Cordless Recordings and released their first Digital EP, "A Fire Within," which is available now on DownloadPunk.com. You can hear some of their material on their MySpace page, PureVolume page, or download an MP3 of the track "Endless Struggle" directly.
Ligeia and Lions Ontario Mini-Tour
Ligeia will tour Ontario, Canada briefly with Lions in late-November and early-December. Here are the tour dates:
11/29 Windsor ON @ Club 1214
11/30 London ON @ The Sault Lounge
12/1 Guelph ON @ The Shadow
12/2 Cambridge ON @ Grace Community Church
12/3 St. Catharines ON @ L3 Nightclub
Anti-Flag, Alexisonfire, Set Your Goals Tour Dates
Alexisonfire, The Explosion, and Set Your Goals will support Anti-Flag on the road next spring. Here are the tour dates:
3/8 New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
3/9 Philadelphia, PA @ Theater of Living Arts
3/10 Boston, MA @ The Roxy
3/11 Buffalo, NY @ The Town Ballroom
3/13 Cleveland, OH @ House Of Blues
3/14 Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theater
3/15 Milwuakee, WI @ The Rave
3/16 Chicago, IL @ Metro
3/17 Minneapolis, MN @ Trocaderos
3/20 Seattle, WA @ Showbox
3/21 Portland, OR @ Roseland
3/22 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
3/23 Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern Theater
3/24 San Diego, CA @ Soma
3/28 Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee Theater
3/29 Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue
3/30 Denver, CO @ Ogden Theater
4/5 Clifton Park, NY @ Northern Lights
4/6 Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
4/7 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
4/8 Norfolk, VA @ Norva Theater
4/10 Carrboro, NC @ Cats Cradle
4/11 Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
4/12 Orlando, FL Club @ Firestone
4/13 Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution
4/14 St. Petersburg, FL @ State Theater
4/17 San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
4/18 Dallas, TX @ Gypsy Tea Room
4/19 Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theater
4/20 Cincinnati, OH @ Bogarts
4/21 Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Small's Theater
XNemesisX DVD Trailer Posted Online
Montreal's Moshpit Tragedy Records have uploaded a 60-second trailor for the upcoming XNEMISISX "UNDETERMINED" DVD. Due to the extremity of this video (much of which cannot be shown in previews) this limited edition DVD will be released January 1 2007 via website mailorder only.
Moshpit Tragedy Records (who've signed an exclusive North American distribution deal with Cargo Music, Inc.) have also recently announced plans to re-issue EYEHATEGOD "99 Miles of Bad Road" and EXTINCTION OF MANKIND "Ale to England" which will be available in stores winter/spring 2007. More...
Suicide Note Prepares New Releases
Chicago band Suicide Note has announced plans to release a split with Lords in spring 2007 through Hawthorne Street Records. Suicide Note is also in the process of writing material for a new full-length. Meanwhile, the group has been remixing their debut recording, which originally surfaced as their 1999 demo. Kurt Ballou has been remixing the eight songs (in addition to a Black Flag cover) at his Godcity studios in Salem, MA. In related news, you can catch the band live at three shows in December:
12/21 Indianapolis, IN @ Secret Location w/ Young Widows, Race Bannon, You Will Die
12/22 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean w/ Pelican, Lichens
12/23 Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen w/ Pelican, Young Widows
Minsk Completes New Album
Minsk has completed work on their Relapse Records debut full-length, titled "The Ritual Fires of Abandonment."
The Chicago/Peoria, IL quartet (bassist/vocalist Sanford Parker, drummer Anthony Couri, guitarist/vocalist Chris Bennett and vocalist/synth player Tim Mead) recorded "The Ritual Fires of Abandonment" at Parker's Volume Recording studio (Pelican, Unearthly Trance) in Chicago. The finished track listing for the hour long effort is as follows: "Embers", "White Wings", "Mescaline Sunrise", "The Orphans of Piety", "Circle of Ashes", and "Ceremony Ek Stasis."
The album art for The Ritual Fires of Abandonment, designed by artist Orion Landau (Alabama Thunderpussy, High On Fire), can be previewed online here. The album is set for a February 20th, 2007 North American release date, February 26th internationally.
By Demons Be Driven Finish Recording EP
Martinsburg, WV metal band BY DEMONS BE DRIVEN just finished recording their first 5 song EP, "Through Dying Eyes," at the end of October. They're still waiting on the final product but have posted an unmastered version of the title track on their MySpace page in the meantime.
Vinterriket Sign With Displeased Records
VINTERRIKET ("Winter Realm"), the solo synth-driven landscape endeavor of former GRAVEN member and Neodawn Productions mentor Christoph Ziegler, has inked a deal with Displeased Records. The project's "Lichtschleier" and "Und Die Nacht Kam Schweren Schrittes" albums will be reissued in January with bonus material.
Arckanum Parts Ways With Carnal Records
Swedish one-man black metal project ARCKANUM has parted ways with Carnal Records and is currently seeking a new label home. "I have the new album already written, titled 'Antikosmos'," stated the band's mastermind Johan "Shamaatae" Lahger. "It is, of course, in the vein of the old and new ARCKANUM sound. The album has partly written material from the unreleased 'Faunaz Samgang' album, which was supposed to be released by Necropolis Records in the late '90s. I have built up the concept around the dark gods of the Norse mythology. The layout, lyrics and images will all be in its spirit."
For more information, visit www.arckanum.se.
Pain Confessor Post Rehearsal Video Online
Finnish metallers PAIN CONFESSOR have posted another recent rehearsal video clip at this location.
Two recently recorded demo tracks from PAIN CONFESSOR — "Without Redemption/Without Remorse" and "Ne Plus Ultra" — are available at this location. The band made an eight-song pre-production recording on November 17-19 in preparation for its upcoming third album, "Purgatory of the Second Sun", which the group plans to record beginning mid-December at Fantom Studio with producer Samu Oittinen. Other songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Mercenaries", "Last of Forever", "Dreamcrusher", "Second Sun", "My Last Words" and "End". According to a posting on the group's web site, "the forthcoming album will be the heaviest and most brutal PAIN CONFESSOR album yet." An early March release is expected. A single will precede the album in February.
Vanden Plas Announce New Tour Dates
German progressive metallers VANDEN PLAS have announced the following dates:
Dec. 30 - Pratteln, SWI - Z7 (End Of Dayz Festival) (w/ FINNTROLL, SODOM, SAMAEL)
Jan. 19 - Weiher, GER - Music Hall
Jan. 20 - Illingen, GER - New Years Rock, Kulturzentrum "Illipse" (w/ RAGE)
Oct. 02 - Frankfurt, GER – Spritzehaus
VANDEN PLAS' latest album, "Christ 0", was released in March via InsideOut Music. The CD was recorded in part at the Bazement studios near Wiesbaden, Germany.
7th Son Post Live Video Online
7th Son have posted a live video of the song "V" on Youtube. More...
Mors Principium Est New Album Details
Finnish melodic death/thrash metallers Mors Principium Est have finalized the track listing for their third album, "Liberation = Termination", due in early 2007 via Listenable Records. The follow-up to "The Unborn" was recorded at Astia Studio in Finland and was mastered at Imperial Mastering in Concord, California.
"Liberation = Termination" track listing: More...
Anorexia Nervosa Take A Break
In a message posted at the band website, Anorexia Nervosa guitarist Stefan Bayle has announced that he has put the band in "stand-by" mode, fearing the group become "some sort of parody" of itself.
The decision comes following a failed search to secure a new vocalist for the band, following former singer Hreidmarr's departure from the group.
Although unable to predict when the band may resurface, Stefan hesitates to call this a split.
Read Stefan's message at this location (in French).
Catamenia Announce European Tour Dates
Finnish black metal act Catamenia have announced eight German and one French tour dates in mid-February. Adorned Brood will take care of warming up the audience as support act.
Confirmed dates are as follows: More...
War From A Harlots Mouth Signs To Lifeforce
German grind/hardcore/jazz band War From A Harlots Mouth has officially signed a worldwide deal with Lifeforce Records. Formed in 2005, the group released a split on Twelve Gauge Records with Molotov Solution. The band's debut full-length is scheduled to hit streets in September 2007. Some of their material can be heard here.
Overmars To Record In March 2007
Overmars (Candlelight Records) will enter the studio in early-March to record a 40-minute track entitled "Born Again" with Nicolas Dick (Kill The Thrill, Binaire). There is no word yet on how the track will be made available for public consumption.
August Burns Red To Enter Studio In February
August Burns Red will take the next two months off from touring to write a new full-length for Solid State Records. According to the group, "We'll be playing a couple shows here and there around the Northeast, but for the most part we'll be shackin' up in our practice space for much of the winter." In February the band will head to Nashville, TN to record the effort with producer Tue Madsen (The Haunted, Himsa). Comments the band: "It's looking to be a natural progression from 'Thrill Seeker.' The fast parts are faster, the shred parts are shreddier, and the rhythms are weirder and groovier than ever. Basically if you were a fan of 'Thrill Seeker' you should love the new songs."
Fleshgore Finishing New Album, Post MP3 Online
Fleshgore are about to make the final changes of the sound of their brand new studio work "Wake Up For Freedom". The format and date of the future release are not planned yet. Information will appear on the results of the future conversations with the recording companies.
You can download the track "Wake Up" from the "Wake Up For Freedom" promo.
Dimension F3H Sign To Dark Essence Records
DIMENSION F3H, the Norwegian death metal band led by Morfeus (LIMBONIC ART), has inked a deal with Dark Essence Records. The group is currently working on its sophomore album, "Does The Pain Excite You?", for a spring release.
DIMENSION F3H's debut album, "Reaping the World Winds", was released in 2003 through Hammerheart Records. The CD was produced by Morfeus and mixed at Sweden's renowned Studio Fredman (IN FLAMES, DARK TRANQUILITY, DIMMU BORGIR).
To-Mera Planning UK, European Tours For 2007
British dark progressive metallers TO-MERA, featuring vocalist Julie Kiss (ex-WITHOUT FACE) and bassist Lee Barrett (ex-EXTREME NOISE TERROR, DISGUIT, MUSSOLINI HEADKICK), have issued the following update:
"Things will be a little quiet for us in the run up to Christmas but we'll be back with a bang in 2007.
We're lining up some shows in the UK for early in the year, plus we're in talks with two great bands about a tour package that will take us to Holland, Belgium, France and Germany.
Nothing concrete yet, but you'll hear it here first once there's something final."
Middian Post New Song Online
MIDDIAN, the band that features former YOB frontman Michael "Mike" Scheidt, has put one of the pre-mastered tracks, "Dreamless Eye," from its debut CD on its MySpace page.
"Age Eternal", the band's debut, is scheduled for a late April worldwide release via Metal Blade Records. ORANGE GOBLIN singer Ben Ward makes an appearance in the track "Sink to the Center". A world tour will follow.
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