Coliseum Prepares New Album

Louisville, KY's Coliseum will be heading into God City Studios in Salem, MA to record their new album with Kurt Ballou in May 2007.

The band had this to say in an official statement:

"Chris flew in this week for five days of heavy duty songwriting and it went great - probably our best and most productive experience playing music together since Chris joined the band. We wrote two new songs and made some changes to two songs we'd written previously this year, "Seven Cities" and "The Burden." We have eight songs finished or in demo stages now and are shooting for around 16 when we enter the studio, so we can leave with a 10 or 12 song album and a few songs for splits, singles, etc. So far, most of the songs have shaped up to be about death or religion... That just seems to be the climate that prevails these days. Speaking of this last year... Chris Maggio has now been in Coliseum for a full year! It's been fucking great to have him in the band. 2006 has flown by and we accomplished a lot... Our first European tour, a split CD with Lords, a split 7"/CD with Young Widows, tours with Municipal Waste, Lords, Young Widows, Doomriders and Saviours, plus a full US tour on our own... Not to mention all the stuff in between. Thanks to everyone for the support, we're really amped for next year and the release of our next album!!!!"

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Zonaria Completes New Album

Swedish melodic death metal act Zonaria have completed work on their latest as-yet-untitled album. The album, which is due out in spring 2007 via Pivotal Rockordings, was recorded at Kabyss Studios with Per Nilsson (Scar Symmetry). You can check out a sample of the band's music at their MySpace.

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Irepress Signs To Translation Loss Records

Translation Loss Records are has announced the addition of Boston, Massachusetts' very own Irepress to their roster.

Irepress (pronounced Eear-press) consist of five ancestrally diverse individuals collaboratively creating music that embodies the forward thinking aesthetic that Translation Loss Records strives toward.

Early 2007 will see the release of Irepress' debut full-length "Samus Octology," eight tracks of progressive and complex arrangements intertwined with a defined sense of melody. Completely instrumental, "Samus Octology" presents itself with a wide array of material and emotions that surpass the need for vocal interruption. Forbes Graham of Kayo Dot (Robotic Empire/Tzadik) also makes a guest appearance on their stunning debut.

Irepress' unique and versatile sound has allowed them to share the stage with the likes of Isis, The Wu Tang Clan, Immortal Technique, Hatebreed, Kool Keith, Kayo Dot, Shadows Fall and Gym Class Heroes.

You can hear tracks from Irepress' upcoming Translation Loss Records Debut "Samus Octology" on their MySpace page.

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Nine Inch Nails DVD Details Revealed

Nine Inch Nails will chronicle the tour in support of its 2005 comeback album "With Teeth" with the DVD "Beside You in Time," due Feb. 27 via Interscope. The main body of the project features 19 songs, two of which ("Right Where It Belongs" and "Beside You in Time") can be viewed from alternate camera angles.

Bonus features include five songs ("Somewhat Damaged," "Closer," "Help Me I Am in Hell," "Non-Entity" and "Only") recorded during NIN's summer 2006 outing, music videos for "The Hand That Feeds" and "Only," 2005 rehearsal footage of "Love Is Not Enough," "The Collector" and "Every Day Is Exactly the Same" and an image gallery.

Trailers from "Beside You in Time" can be viewed on the band's Web site. The DVD will be available in standard form as well as in HD and Blu-Ray, although the regular edition will include audio mixes in Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1.

Meanwhile, Nine Inch Nails is putting the finishing touches on its next studio album and will begin mixing it in January. No release date has yet been announced. The group was nominated yesterday (Dec. 7) in the best hard rock performance Grammy category for "Every Day Is Exactly the Same."

Here is the track list for "Beside You in Time": More...

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Stone Sour Plan More UK Tour Dates In 2007

Stone Sour return to Britain early in 2007 to play the following shows:

March 11 - Birmingham Academy
March 12 - Manchester Apollo
March 13 - London Astoria
March 15 - Glasgow Academy

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Mortiis Reissues Available

The 1994 and 1995 albums "Ånden som gjorde opprør" and "keiser av en dimensjon ukjent" have finally been reissued with with updated artwork, in classy looking digipaks. These albums have not been in print since 1999 and are available again for the first time in 7 years.

You can order the albums online here.

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Original Heathen Vocalist Passes Away

Sam Kress, the original vocalist of acclaimed San Francisco Bay Area thrashers HEATHEN and former co-editor of early '80s underground fanzine Whiplash, passed away several days ago. The cause of his death has not been released.

In a recent posting on his blog, Whiplash co-founder Brian Lew had the following to say about Sam Kress:

"Sam and I created a metal 'zine called Whiplash. Basically, Sam was more the business guy and I was more the creative guy and we worked well together... We also spent a lot of time hanging out with other metalhead friends... Listening to metal, drinking, being young and stupid. I can't even guess how many times I crashed on his couch.

"While in New York, Sam had befriended a guy starting a record label called Torrid. Long story short, Sam helped broker the release of EXODUS' seminal debut album 'Bonded By Blood' on the Torrid / Combat Records label in 1985.

"I've always considered 'Bonded By Blood' to be THE defining album of the Bay Area old metal scene. No disrespect to METALLICA's 'Kill 'Em All', but METALLICA's songs were primarily written before the band relocated from SoCal to S.F.; EXODUS were 100% Bay Area born and bred. East Bay OG. EXODUS raged the hardest and Sam and I were right there with them.

"Sam and I are thanked side-by-side in the liner notes of several old metal albums, including METALLICA's 'Ride The Lightning' and EXODUS' 'Bonded By Blood'. We were metal bruthas and back then that meant A LOT."

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Gospel of the Horns Post New Album Samples

Australian black/thrash metal act GOSPEL OF THE HORNS has released audio clips of songs that will appear on their "Realm of the Damned" CD. The long-awaited follow up to 2002's "A Call to Arms" is scheduled for release in early 2007 via Invictus Productions.

You can hear some teasers on the band's MySpace page.

According to the Invictus Productions, "Realm of the Damned" sees GOSPEL OF THE HORNS "moving forward in style but retaining that G.O.T.H. rhythm and feel so evident on 'Eve of the Conqueror' [2000 debut EP]. . . Heavy, raw, with a class touch of MOT?RHEAD, CELTIC FROST, RAZOR, SODOM (to name some obvious references)."

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