Metal News for December 4, 2008
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26 news articles posted on this day.
Outrageous Rhinoceros Signs w/ Crazy Little Guy
Virginia natives Outrageous Rhinoceros have signed with Crazy Little Guy Records to release the "Subculture Vulture EP," six tracks of discordant heaviness for fans of Botch, Daughters, Coalesce, and Breather Resist. You can check out some of the band's material on
Scale The Summit's New Album Release Date Set
Scale The Summit, the Houston-based progressive metal band, will unveil their Prosthetic Records’ debut, "Carving Desert Canyons," on February 17 and is currently streaming the new song "Sargasso Sea" on their MySpace page.
“Sargasso Sea’ is one of our personal favorites off the new album,” explained 8-string guitarist Chris Letchford. “We’re excited to be able to share new music with our fans, it’s been over two years since we had new songs to post.”
The industrious instrumental quartet filmed the recording of "Carving Desert Canyons" and will be sharing four “making of” clips leading up to release date. The first clip is available below. The album was recorded in the late Summer of this year at New Jersey’s Nut House Recording Studio.
Scale The Summit’s self-released debut album, Monument, was well-circulated in underground circles leading to bloggers and tapped in writers spreading the word of the young band.
Scale The Summit's “Making Of Carving Desert Canyons” Video: More...
The Haunted Posts New Song, Confirms Summer Breeze
The Huanted has posted a new song, "Little Cage," on their MySpace player. The Haunted also shared the following news:
"We just finished a world tour of Asia, Australia, Latin & South America. We just have one word for the experience: Overwhelming. We never realized we had so many fans in all the corners of the world. It just proves how big the metal movement is, and how dedicated people are to it. Some people had travelled over 2000 kilometers to attend the shows. Just crazy. Overall, we are kinda exhausted from all the flying. I guess it comes down to around 25 flights in 4 weeks time. We are tired of airports by now, but the experience to visit all the countries and people has certainly been beyond worth it.
"We would like to thank all the people coming out for the shows. We had a great time, and cya again soon!
"Right now we are preparing for a mini tour of Ireland & Northern Ireland followed by a video shoot for 'Trenches,' which will premiere early next year, but more info on that soon.
"Also, next year, as you all know by now; we are joining forces with ALL THAT REMAINS for a full-length European tour, followed by additional shows in some of the countries not covered on the European tour. Stay tuned to www.the-haunted.com and www.myspace.com/thehaunted for updates on this.
Sayonara! - The Haunted”
In other news, The Haunted has been confirmed for the 2009 edition of Summer Breeze Festival in Dinkelsbuhl, Germany. The festival takes place between 13-15 August. Other bands on the bill so far are:
AMON AMARTH
VOLBEAT
WINTERSUN
Stick To Your Guns Drummer Leaves Band
Stick To Your Guns and drummer Casey Lagos have gone their separate ways. Lagos had the following to say about the split:
"Regardless of what you've heard, I could have quit, could have gotten kicked out, could have been mutual, could have.. blah blah, doesn't matter. I'm not going to be playing in Stick To Your Guns anymore, but do wish them the BEST, and will always love the guys no matter what."
NIN Misses Opportunity To Film DVD
Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor has issued the following update about the band's current tour and DVD filming plans:
"File this one under lost opportunities.
"I'm very proud of the show we've put together for this tour and have been working hard the last few months to find a way to capture it. I had an amazing situation lined up that would have allowed me to film the show in 3D with James Cameron's team for a theatrical release as well as DVD / BluRay, etc. We had an extra date added to the tour that we were going to give away all the tickets for and have a filming party / thank you show.
"I made two critical mistakes. One was to approach a certain record company that owns some of the song rights about producing / funding. The second was to allow said company to fuck around as usual for months before saying um... no. We then achieved the impossible by finding alternate production / funding but the timetable is too rushed to get it filmed comfortably with the remaining time left on the tour. This tour and a lot of the personnel involved finish at the end of this leg, so we can't push filming into Jan / Feb.
"Deep breath...
This was an amazing tour and production - certainly the best thing I've ever been involved with and likely the final tour for NIN on this scale. Thank you to those who came out to see it and forgive me for having a Kanye West moment, but this was FOR SURE the best show of the year and any bullshit end-of-the-year poll you may read in the next few weeks that says otherwise simply has it wrong. Those of you who saw it know I'm right.
"The shows we have announced in 2009 and any more that may be announced will be a completely different approach with some different personnel and will likely be the last for the foreseeable future."
Abigail Williams Posts "Into The Ashes" Video
Abigail Williams has uploaded the brand new video for the song, "Into The Ashes" online. You can check it out below. The song comes from the bands latest album, "In The Shadow Of A Thousand Suns."
Abigail Williams frontman Ken Sorceron comments on the making of the video: "We filmed the video underneath London Bridge in this dungeon-like area that they used to store dead bodies in. We felt right at home, minus the smell, of course. We actually had just returned to the UK, having completed some European dates. We had been going on eight straight weeks of touring at that point, so we were all pretty tired, but we got through it and had a good time." More...
Into Eternity Posts New Video Online
Canadian extreme progressive metal band, Into Eternity, wrapped up their North American tour with Iced Earth a few weeks ago. This was preceded by the band's first Japanese tour supporting At The Gates and Dillinger Escape Plan, their first full Canadian tour (Summer Slaughter Canada) and a spring trek as direct support to progressive legends Symphony X. In addition, the band's first concept album, the critically acclaimed "The Incurable Tragedy," debuted at #17 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, which also marked their highest first week sales.
Earlier this year, the band shot a video for the track "Time Immemorial". The clip will premiere Wed., Dec. 10, on MySpace Metal. The band has posted some behind-the-scenes footage from the video shoot. Check it out here.
Disturbed Announces Tour Dates And Live DVD
Disturbed has announced a series of shows as a warm up for their Music As A Weapon tour next year. The small tour begins in January and Sevendust will be the direct support act. Disturbed's Music As A Weapon tour will also feature Killswitch Engage and Five Finger Death Punch.
In other news, on December 28th Disturbed will be releasing a live DVD entitled, "Indestructible In Germany" which will be available exclusively through the BestBuy outlet.
The warm up tour dates are as follows: More...
Create Your Own Legendary Black Tide Mashup Video
Gamecock Media Group and Interscope Records today announced that they have brought together heavy metal band Black Tide with Spark Unlimited, developer of the acclaimed action game of mythic proportions, "Legendary," for a contest that puts fans in the director’s seat.
By visiting www.blacktidemusic.com/legendary, fans of Black Tide and Legendary will be able to combine live concert footage of the band with clips from the video game to create a music video for the song "Warriors of Time." Once completed, videos are uploaded to YouTube with links to the video posted to the competition website.
On February 22nd, 2009 the best videos will be chosen by Black Tide and Spark, and a bevy of prizes will be awarded. Prizes that will be given to the winners include:
Grand Prize:
- Gaming Computer, Schecter Guitar, Original Game Artwork, a copy of the game, T-shirt + CD + Poster
Runner Up (2) Prizes:
-T-shirt + CD+ Poster and a copy of the game
The deadline for entry is February 22, 2009.
For a mashup of gaming and rock, check out the video example below. More...
Infernus' Gorgoroth Completes Lineup
The Infernus led version of Gorgoroth has now received a full lineup. Handling vocals will be Pest, who is back after an eleven year hiatus from the band and the rest of the lineup consists of Infernus and Tormentor on guitars, Frank Watkins on bass and Tomas Asklund on drums. The band will release their album, "Quantos Possunt Ad Satanitatem Trahunt" next year although the recording will be slightly delayed due to the ongoing court case between both versions of the band.
Rush Tops Billboard Music DVD Chart
Rush has clinched the number one spot on Billboard's Top Music Video Chart with their brand new DVD, "Snakes and Arrows Live." You can check out a clip from the DVD of the band performing the song, "The Larger Bowl" below. More...
Judas Priest Guitarist Speaks On Grammy Nomination
Judas Priest has been revealed to be nominated in two categories for next months Grammy awards. Guitarist Glen Tipton had the following to say: "It’s great to be nominated again for two Grammy's and maybe this time, after over 35 years of flying the metal flag - maybe just maybe - we might get one!!"
The band have been nominated for Best Hard Rock performance for the song, "Visions" and Best Metal Performance for the song "Nostradamus."
Kerry King Promises Not To Abominize Slayer
The second part of a video interview with infamous Slayer guitarist Kerry King has been posted online by Germany's Metal Hammer. In the second part, he talks about a possible end for Slayer and how long he feels he can keep going. You can check it out by heading to MetalHammer.de. While you're there, you can also check out the first part of the interview wherein he discusses Rick Rubin and new material.
God Forbid Posts New Song "The Rain" Online
New Jersey based metallers God Forbid has posted a brand new song online entitled, "The Rain." You can check it out by visiting their official Myspace. The song will appear on the bands forthcoming new album, "Earthsblood" which is set to be released on February 24th in North America and February 16th in Europe.
Stream Psycroptic's "Ob(Servant)" Album Online
UK based magazine TERRORIZER recently launched an exclusive full album stream of PSYCROPTIC’s latest album "Ob(Servant)". The album can be heard in its entirety here.
"Ob(Servant)" was released in North America on October 14 via Nuclear Blast Records, following their appearance as part of this years SUMMER SLAUGHTER tour installment, which included THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER and KATAKLYSM among others. The follow-up to 2006's "Symbols of Failure" was mixed and mastered by former MACHINE HEAD and SOULFLY guitarist Logan Mader (DIVINE HERESY, GOJIRA) and was recorded once again by guitarist Joe Haley. The album includes a free bonus DVD featuring a studio diary as well as performance footage from a 2006 gig in Amsterdam, Netherlands and 2008 concert in Wellington, New Zealand. The free bonus DVD runs approximately 85 minutes.
PSYCROPTIC's third full-length album, "Symbols of Failure", was released in February 2006 via Neurotic Records. The follow-up of 2003's "The Scepter of the Ancients" marked the recording debut of vocalist Jason Peppiatt.
Dawn of Desolation Working On New EP
Frederick, Maryland's Dawn Of Desolation has been hard at work recording a new EP. The EP will be titled "The End of A Golden Era," and is hoped to be done in the coming weeks. The five-song EP will be a free download on the band's MySpace page. More details to come.
Killswitch Engage Begins Recording New Album
Killswitch Engage has announced that they have entered the studio to record their new studio album, which will be the bands fourth album to be released via Roadrunner Records. The band will work with an outside producer for the first time as they've hired Brendan O' Brien, who has previously worked with the likes of AC/DC, Stone Temple Pilots and Audioslave. Guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz will take on the role of co-producer. The album is excpected to be released in the Spring of next year and is being recorded in Georgia and their native state of Massachusetts.
XBox Game With Fame w/ Punisher Soundtrack Bands
The much-anticipated Punisher: War Zone movie releases December 5, and to celebrate, four of the hottest bands who appear on the movie soundtrack from Lions Gate Records will be participating in tonight's Xbox LIVE Game with Fame. They'll play Halo 3 with Xbox LIVE members on Thursday, December 4. If you're an Xbox LIVE Gold member, and you want a chance to play with members of the bands Hatebreed, Seether, Senses Fail, and 7 Days Away, send a friend request to the following Gamertags and be online half an hour before (2:30 P.M.) the Game with Fame session starts on Thursday, December 4, at 3:00 P.M. ET.
DATE: December 4th
GAME: Halo 3
TIME: 3-5PM (EASTERN TIME)
GAMERTAGS:
SeetherPUN GWF (space between SeetherPUN and GWF)
HatePUN GWF (space between HatePUN and GWF)
SensesPUN GWF (space between SensesPUN and GWF)
DaysAwayPUN GWF (space between DaysAwayPUN and GWF)
Symphony Draconis Singer Survives Stabbing
Herr Amoth, the lead singer of black metal band Symphony Draconis, was stabbed recently after performing at a festival in Brazil. He was taken to a hospital in critical condition and narrowly escaped death. He has now fully recovered and back to rehearsing with the band.
Possessed Announces Tour Dates
Californian pioneers of death metal Possessed has announced some shows for next year.
The tour dates are as follows:
Apr. 19 - West Hollywood, CA @ House of Blues
Jun. 05 - San Marcos, CA @ Jumping Turtle
Jun. 06 - Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
Northern Irish Christians Protest Gorgoroth Show
A group of Free Presbyterians recently protested at a Gorgoroth show in Belfast, Northern Ireland. You can check out a video of the incident below. The group was led by Reverend David McIlveen who stated: "This reprehensible group's influence on the young may push them to evil acts and lead to the fragmentation of family life.
"Organizers need to rethink their decision to give them concert time in Belfast as the majority of people in Northern Ireland will be highly offended by their apparent anti-God message.
"Anything that is detrimental to the Christian belief must be challenged and I will be doing that."
However, publicist for Limelight Ian Wilson says: "We book bands with absolutely no concern about their religious or political viewpoints. It's just music." More...
Wolf Guitarist Johannes Axeman Checks In
Wolf guitarist Johannes Axeman has posted the following message online:
"Hey all.
"Playing Metal Forces Fest (Nov. 29) was a blast! We'd like to thank the crowd/fans for a hellish good time and it was awesome to meet you all. People came from France, Switzerland, Holland etc, to see Wolf play and we're very grateful to have shared both our music and the bar with you all. Also thanks to Daniele and crew for everything practical and for beeing great friends. And, yes, Primordial kicked ass! Thanx for the tee's guys!
"Touchdown in Sweden on Sunday only to get six hours of sleep to catch the next flight to Umeå, Sweden to record the video for the song 'Voodoo'. Owe Lingwall (director, drummer and host) got the band to a studio where we lashed out just like we always do. We also got some incredible voodoo kids in the video but the best part; we got to see singer/guitar player, Niklas, have cockroaches, giant spiders, snakes, blood and dirt all over him. Thats what you get for all the wicked things you've done. ha ha ha! More...
Primal Fear Vocalist Checks In
Primal Fear vocalist Ralf Scheepers has posted the following update online:
"Just a brief impression from my point of view to what's happening in the studio these days.
"It's very unusual for one band member to see and listen how the other band member is delivering the goods on his instrument. When we perform together live, you can also judge what's going on each instrument but not as clear and obvious as in the studio where you can concentrate on each tone or note or beat from your mates.
"From what I have heard so far I can really say it's the best performance I have ever heard from Randy (Black) on the drums and also from Henny (Wolter) on the guitar. Of course some people might think: 'What else should he say, he has to promote the new album and that's what every musician would say just to keep the ball running.' More...
Metallica, Slipknot And More Nominated For Grammys
The shortlists have been announced for the 2009 Grammy Awards which will be held at the Staples Centre In Los Angeles, California. The nominees and categories are as follows:
Best Hard Rock Performance
Disturbed - "Inside The Fire"
Judas Priest - "Visions"
The Mars Volta - "Wax Simulacra"
Motley Crue - "Saints Of Los Angeles"
Rob Zombie - "Lords Of Salem"
Best Metal Performance
Dragonforce - "Heroes Of Our Time"
Judas Priest - "Nostradamus"
Metallica - "My Apocalypse"
Ministry - "Under My Thumb"
Slipknot - "Psychosocial"
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
David Gilmour - "Castellorizon"
Metallica - "Suicide & Redemption"
Nine Inch Nails - "34 Ghost I-IV"
Rush - "Hope (Live For The Art Of Peace)"
Zappa Plays Zappa - "Peaches En Regalia"
Best Rock Album
Coldplay - "Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends"
Kid Rock - "Rock And Roll Jesus"
Kings Of Leon - "Only By Night"
Metallica - "Death Magnetic"
The Raconteurs - "Consolers Of The Lonely"
Wednesday 13 Announces U.K. Tour
Wednesday 13 has posted the following message online: “We have such a loyal fanbase in the UK. We want to return and do a full on UK run prior to taking a break from touring. This will probably be our last run for the year overseas. I will begin recording the BOURBON CROW CD soon, and then hopefully tour behind it. So if you want to see Wednesday 13 perform, this will probably be your last chance until 2010.”
March
20 - Peterborough, England - The Park
21 - Nottingham, England - Rock City
22 - Birmingham, England - Academy 2
23 - Norwich, England - Waterfront
24 - Bristol, England - Academy
25 - Stoke On Trent, England - Sugarmill
26 - Manchester, England - Club Academy
27 - Leamington Spa, England - The Assembly
28 - Leeds. England - Cockpit
29 - Sheffield, England - Corporation
30 - Glasgow, Scotland - Cathouse
31 - Newcastle, England - Academy
April
1 - Brighton, England - Concorde 2
2 - Southampton, England - Brook
3 - London,England - Electric Ballroom
Sepultura Announces European Tour Dates
Brazilian thrash metal legends Sepultura will be embarking on the first series of shows in support of their forthcoming new album, "A-Lex" in February. The band will be heading all over Europe.
The tour dates are as follows:
February
6 - BG-Sofia, Bulgaria - Blue Box
7 - Bucharest, Romania - Polivalent Hall
9 - Beograd, Serbia - SKC
10 - Graz, Austria - Orpheum
11 - Zlin, Czech Republic - Masters Of Rock Cafe
12 - Katovice, Poland - Mega Club
13 - Plzen, Czech Republic - KD Serikova
14 - Leipzig, Germany - Hellraiser
15 - Munich, Germany - Backstage
17 - Lubljana, Slovenia - Inbox
18 - Sarajevo, Bosnia- CDA
19 - Zagreb, Croatia - Boogaloo Club
20 - Innsbruck, Austria - Hafen
21 - Salzburg, Austria - Rockhouse
22 - Vienna, Austria - Gasometer
24 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7
25 - Essen, Germany - Turock
26 - Eindhoven, Netherlands - Effenaar
27 - Deventer, Netherlands - Burgerweeshuis
28 - Leeuwarden, Netherlands - Romain
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