Metal News for November 27, 2004
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11 news articles posted on this day.
Judas Priest Planning UK, Ireland Tour?
Although nothing has been made official, TotalRock is roporting that Judas Priest might be playing as many as ten shows in the UK and Ireland during late March, with the Scorpions as special guests. It must be stressed that no dates have yet been confirmed, and no tickets are on sale.
Brainstorm's New Release & Tourdates Delayed
Brainstorm have decided to postpone the release of their upcoming album "Liquid Monster". "We simply want to give the best possible album to our fans and due to some changes in the time-scedule of the recordings we got the chance to take some more time," comments guitar player Torsten Ihlenfeld. "Mark my words, it will be worth the wait!"
The single-CD All Those Words will be released the 7th of March, 2005. It will include new songs as well as unreleased tracks and video-clips and is meant as an appetizer for greater things to come. Talking about the full length album, the new Brainstorm longplayer Liquid Monster is due for release the 4th of April, 2005.
"This album will fullfill your high expectations," says Torsten. "We are simply overwhelmed by the new songs and the recording process which is running very smooth by now."
Because of the new release dates for single and album, the tour got pushed back a little bit. There's ALL NEW tourdates. The support bands are confirmed as AT VANCE (Germany/Sweden) and MERCENARY (Denmark). More...
Turisas Confirm European Tour
Finnish battle metal pagans TURISAS have been tapped to open for DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER on their tour through Germany, Austria and the Switzerland in early 2005. The dates are as follows: More...
Primordial Finish Recording New Album
Irish dark metal masters PRIMORDIAL have finished recordings for their upcoming album. "The Gathering Wilderness" is the band's fifth full length album and their first for Metal Blade Records.
States singer Nemtheanga: "With this album we wanted to challenge ourselves a little more, its very easy to slip into doing what is the easiest or the most uncomfortable and the previous 4 album had been done with Mags of Academy studios fame (MY DYING BRIDE, ANATHEMA, PARADISE LOST, etc.) but for Gathering we wanted to shake things up and try something different. So we got over to Ireland famed engineer Billy Anderson and changed the studio we had become used to using in Ireland. Basically in search of something different."
"The Gathering Wilderness" is due for release on February 7th, 2005 and features the following tracklisting: More...
Candlemass - Essential Doom Out Now
CANDLEMASS have posted the following update at their official website:
“For all of you who haven't got the originals, this is it! A one CD collection with all the doom classics -‘Bewitched’, ‘Well Of Souls’, ‘Crystal Ball’, ‘Solitude’, ‘Samarithan’ etc + the new demo track ‘Witches’, recorded 2003.
To make things even better an extra DVD is included here. 5 songs from last years Rock Hard Festival, in all over 30 minutes of exclusive Candlemass live material with great sound and picture.
OK, you get one more goodies... a double sided mini-poster from the early days when a pint still was one pound and an album called Nightfall saw the light of day.
Don't miss this great item!!”
Imperia Confirm New Dates For The Netherlands
IMPERIA, featuring former TRAIL OF TEARS singer Helena Michaelsen, have confirmed two more shows for The Netherlands. On 20th of January IMPERIA will play in "Paard" in Den Haag and on 18th of March in "Peppel" in Zeist.
Also, check out some samples from the new album "The Ancient Dance Of Qetesh" in the Music Section on their official website.
Back to the live dates, the itinerary now includes: More...
Mike Patton Joins Forces With The X-Ecutioners
Mike Patton's project with The X-ecutioners, General Patton Vs The X-ecutioners will now release their self-titled debut via Ipecac on January 25th. Cover art for the outing can be found at the white hypertext below.
Read the full article at View the cover art here.
Novembers Doom New Album Update
Chicago- based doomsters NOVEMBERS DOOM have posted the following update:
“We are happy to announce that the mixing process with the amazing Dan Swano is now complete. Dan worked many long days and nights to make sure we were 100% happy with the final product, offering several versions of each song. We could not be more pleased with this entire process. Dan is one of the hardest working people in metal, and he treated Novembers Doom as if it were one of his own projects. We have a great deal of respect for him, and our eternal gratitude for making this as perfect as it is. Swano fans won't be disappointed either, as there is a guest appearance on the CD from him.More...
If Hope Dies Joins Metal Heavyweights
If Hope Dies will be hitting the road with Kreator, Vader and Death Angel in April, dates are as follows:
April 03rd New York, NY - BB Kings Blues Club
April 06th Philadelphia, PA - The Trocadero
April 07th Baltimore, MD - Thunderdome
April 08th Poughkeepsie, NY - The Chance
April 09th Montreal, QC - Medley
April 11th Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
April 12th Chicago, IL - Joes on Weed St.
April 15th Ft. Collins, CO - Aggie Theater
April 16th Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater
April 22nd San Francisco, CA - The Pound
April 23rd Los Angeles, CA - House of Blues
April 24th Anaheim, CA - House of Blues
April 25th Phoenix, AZ - Mason Jar
April 26th Tucson, AZ - The Rock
Therion Closes Down Official Website
As all good things must come to an end, for some time now I have been feeling that my time with this page is almost over. Due to many personal reasons, mainly me being overworked with other, more proffitable jobs (Hey, you gotta eat, right? The Therion page isn't really an employer.), I simply don't have the time nor the initiative to do stuff on this page, after I spend 15 hours a day in front of a computer screen. So I have decided to do the only proper thing, and that is to formally quit the Megatherion Intelligence Page project. I will do so in a matter of days, as I still have a lot of unsorted mail to sort (and forward to appropriate persons) and to add quite a lot of pictures from the gigs (thanx a lot for sending them people, they are great!) to add to the photo section.
As of today, this page has no webmaster but it's looking for one! If there's a Therion fan(atic) out there who is willing to work for free for the next couple of years, 1-2 hours a day, has appropriate linux/webdesign/php/perl/mysql/whatever needed knowledge and skills, and wants to seriously take over this page into his/her care, please send your inquires to: therionsociety.NOSP@M.bredband.net. Before you freak out with "Me! Me! I wanna do it!", do have in mind that Chris may already have someone else in mind, and if he doesn't there is really a lot of work to be done. It's not a simple job, but if you're applying then you already know that. Page currently has NO user interfaces, everything has to be edited manualy directly in Mysql, etc, etc, and whoever takes the job will have to build something and bring the page out of the stone age. More...
Premonition To Show Off Its Scars
Here's an article from the Northwest Indiana Times on Premonition lead singer, Frank Spears:
Though heavy metal generally gets bashed as being the music of the devil, the wild-eyed and heavily-tattooed lead singer of dark metal group Premonition has been an angel to many people over the years.
By night he stalks stages as Tattoo Frank, one of the most well-known metal frontmen to ever scream his way to celebrity in region clubs. By day, he is Frank Spears, a savior to folks battling the demons of alcohol and drugs. A long-time substance abuse counselor, Spears now is an admissions supervisor for those seeking release from addiction.
"If they are ready to set their lives straight, people can call me anytime at 1-800-41-SOBER," challenged Spears. "There IS hope and there ARE people to help, but you just have to want it."
Though the Hammond native has been singing since discovering Ozzy Osbourne at age 6, he did not form his first band -- Shattered Image -- until he was 14 years old.
It was in the early 1990s after forming Black Sabbath tribute band Scarred that Tattoo Frank made his name. In Scarred, Spears sported garish black make-up and arrived onstage in a coffin.
Read the full article at Northwest Indiana Times.
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