Metal News for December 26, 2006
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12 news articles posted on this day.
Arch Enemy Prepares New Album
Swedish metal band Arch Enemy is currently working on material for their next album. Thus far the group has written 7-8 new tracks. According to guitarist Michael Amott, the songs are "life-changing and ridiculously huge metal hymns; this is all my own (not so) humble opinion of course. You'll see."
The band has booked studio time for March and April, with a release expected in summer 2007 via Century Media Records.
"Family Values Tour 2006" Album Listening Party
AOL Music is hosting an online listening party for the new compilation album 'Family Values Tour 2006', released Tuesday (December 26). The disc features music from Korn, Deftones, 10 Years, Flyleaf, Stone Sour, Deadsy, and more. You can listen to the album in full here.
Apiary Replaces Departed Singer
San Jose, CA outfit Apiary has officially announced a replacement for singer, Jason Ingram, who left the group this past summer. Joining the band is Makh Daniels, who has done time in Clearing Autumn Skies and Betray The Species.
Interview
Interview With AJ Of Mutiny
Edison, New Jersey's MUTINY is a young group making its way up through the muck and myre of the metal underground scene. They have been working hard to find that defining sound for themselves and are currently in the midst of looking for a new lead vocalist, though they will continue with their current lineup through year's end. One thing you can't say about these guys is that they don't have drive and determination. Because they do. And that's what it takes, no matter what pitfalls you come across when developing your band along the way, it's the guys that keep their nose to the grind even when it's literally being grinded down to a bloody nub that makes it truly happen for themselves in the music world. I took some time recently to get a round of more than entertaining Q&A in with Mutiny's bass guitar player , AJ. More...
Antagonist and Moria Tour Dates
Southern California's Antagonist will be hitting the road in January with Moria. If you can help with any of the dates, please contact antagonistinfo@hotmail.com. Here are the planned tour dates:
1/6 Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction w/ Animosity, Winds Of Plague, Force Of Change
1/7 Albuquerque, NM @ The Launchpad - HESHFEST
1/8 Wichita Falls, TX @ TBA
1/9 Houston, TX @ The Java Jazz
1/10 San Antonio, TX @ The Underground
1/11 El Paso, TX @ Chic's Bar & Billiards
1/12 Tucson, AZ @ The Practice Place
1/13 Las Vegas, NV @ Leatherneck's w/Misericordiam
1/14 Brawley, CA @ The Planter's Hotel
1/15 Newport Beach, CA @ Hogue Barmichel's
1/16 Bakersfield, CA @ Jerry's Pizza
1/17 Fresno, CA @ TBA
1/18 Oakland, CA @ The Padded Cell
1/19 Roseville, CA @ TBA
1/20 Salinas, CA @ TBA (Moria CD Release)
Mucopus Working on New Album
Mucopus are currently hard at work on their upcoming album. The effort, due out summer 2007 via Nice To Eat You Records, will be recorded soon at Shaark Studios in Brno, CZ.
The band has also announced that they will be playing at both the Czech Republic's Obscene Extreme open-air festival and Germany's Deathfest open-air festival this summer.
The Number Twelve, FASSW, Cancer Bats Tour Dates
The Number Twelve Looks Like You, From A Second Story Window, Speakerfire, and Cancer Bats will tour together early next year. Here are the tour dates:
1/24 Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon Club
1/25 Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's Down Under
1/26 Noblesville, IN @ Hamilton County Exhibition Center
1/27 Burbank, IL @ Champs Rock Room
1/28 Menomonee Falls, WI @ Orchard Inn
1/29 Minneapolis, MN @ The Loft
1/30 Omaha, NE @ Sokol Underground
1/31 Denver, CO @ Marquis Theatre
2/2 Orangevale, CA @ The Boardwalk
2/3 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater
2/4 Boise, ID @ The Venue
2/6 Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey
Watch Fireball Ministry Perform "Choker" Online
There is a new live performance video of Fireball Ministry playing their track “Choker” available for viewing at the Underground Video Television website. The footage was taken at Mohawk Place in Buffalo NY during the Triple Threat Tour with Artimus Pyldriver and Vains Of Jenna ealier this year.
Soilent Green Working On New Material
SOILENT GREEN is currently in the middle of working on new material for their next release that will be available through a new label.
Soilent Green has come to the end of their contractual agreements with Relapse Records and is moving on to a new label (information to be released shortly) for their next release to be recorded in 2007.
Trouble Announce More U.S. Tour Dates
Veteran Chicago doom metallers TROUBLE have added a few U.S. dates in March in support of their new CD, "Simple Mind Condition". The group's schedule is now shaping up as follows:
Mar. 15 - Chicago, IL - TBA
Mar. 16 - Chicago, IL - TBA
Mar. 17 - Milwaukee, WI @ Vriuk's Lounge
Mar. 19 - Nashville, TN @ The Muse
Mar. 20 - Huntington, WV @ Huntington Music Hall
Mar. 21 - Fayetteville, NC @ Jesters Pub
Mar. 22 - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
Mar. 23 - Poughkeepsie, NY @ Chance Theater
Mar. 24 - Bedford, NH @ Mark's Place
Mar. 25 - New York, NY @ B.B. King
Mar. 26 - Hartford, CT @ Webster Underground
Mar. 28 - Toronto, ON @ Lee's Palace
Mar. 29 - Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's
Mar. 30 - Detroit, MI @ I Rock Nightclub
Mar. 31 - Mokena, IL @ Pearl Room
May 24 - GRE - Athens - Underworld Club
May 26 - NL - Den Bosch - W2
May 27 - NL - Amsterdam - Melkweg
May 29 - UK - Bradford - Rio
May 30 - UK - Wolverhampton - Wulfrun
May 31 - F - Paris - Le Nouveau Casino
Jun. 01 - CH - Pratteln - Z7
Jun. 02 - GER - München - Backstage
Jun. 03 - HUN - Budapest - A 38
Jun. 05 - GER - Nürnberg - Hirsch
Jun. 06 - GER - Aschaffenburg - Colos Saal
Jun. 07 - GER - Essen - Zeche Carl
Jun. 08 - GER - Hamburg - Markthalle
Jun. 09 - SWE - Sölvesborg - Sweden Rock Festival
Jul. 23 - The Loft - Poughkeepsie, NY
Godhead Post Acoustic Performance Online
GODHEAD participated in an all-star Toys for Tots benefit on December 15 at the Roxy in West Hollywood, California. Watch the acoustic version of "Far Too Long" at this location.
GODHEAD has been confirmed as the main support on SOIL's U.K. tour in January. The three-week Euro-trek will reach more than a dozen venues in England, Ireland and Scotland, with BRAND NEW SIN and LENNON also sharing the bill. GODHEAD continues to support its acclaimed new release, "The Shadow Line", the most melodically potent album of a heralded career that has included several successful movie soundtrack favorites. More...
Dir En Grey Post Live Video Online
Japanese band DIR EN GREY has posted its video for the song "Agitated Screams of Maggots" at this location (Windows Media). The track is the title cut of the group's upcoming EP, which is due in the U.S. on January 9, 2007 as a limited-edition release sold exclusively via F.Y.E. stores. The EP will include the studio recording of the song "Agitated Screams of Maggots" as well as three cuts recorded live at the Nippon Budokan Arena in Tokyo during the summer of 2006, where the band headlined two nights at the 8,000-capacity venue. The track listing is as follows:
01. Agitated Screams of Maggots
02. Kodoku Ni Shisu, Yueni Kodoku (live)
03. Spilled Milk (live)
04. Obscure (live)
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