Metal News for July 22, 2006
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15 news articles posted on this day.
Check Out Samples Of Lamb of God's New Album
You can check out 30 second samples of all the songs from LAMB OF GOD's new album, Sacrament, here.
Interview
Interview With John DiBattista Of Fall To Grace
Los Angeles, California's FALL TO GRACE have been been ripping it up throughout many top rock venues as of late and are getting ready to record their debut full-length album. This is a band that seems to have a real strong grasp on the best elements of metal music and also straight ahead Rock, because I hear all of it in their music. They have a real fret burner also doubling as the band's lead vocalist in John DiBattista. I got some Q&A in with him to learn more about this exciting unsigned heavy music act. More...
Kreator Interviewed By Pyromusic.net
PyroMusic.net conducted an interview with Kreator's founding member, Vocalist/Guitaris Mille 2 days ago ahead of their Australian tour. Topics discussed include the next album, a new dvd release, Mille's thoughts on the metal scene presently, the loss of fans in the 1990s during their "experimental" years, Ventor's vocal contributions to Kreator live and in studio and the future of the band.
Bitter Tongues Finish Writing For New EP
Bitter Tongues has finished writing material for a new EP. Production for the release will begin later this month at Orphic Studios with Josh Wardrip (Man Is Mostly Water). According to the band, "the songs are a departure from our recent material." No release date has been announced. Meanwhile, the band continues to finalize material for their upcoming split with Holyfuckingcrap!, due out in early-2007.
Isis Set To Release DVD
Isis will release their debut DVD, titled "Clearing The Eye," on September 26th through Ipecac Recordings.
The DVD features live performances from Isis shows at New York's CBGB's and The Troubadour in Hollywood. Also included in "Clearing The Eye" is a music video for "In Fiction," interactive photo galleries, a discography, and a "graphically rich" twenty-page booklet.
Arsis and Becoming the Archetype Tour Dates
Arsis and Becoming the Archetype will tour together from mid-August until early-September. Here are the tour dates:
8/18 Madison, WI @ The Loft w/ Demiricous
8/19 Indianapolis, IN @ The Underground w/ Demiricous
dates w/ Ed Gein
8/20 Pittsburgh, PA @ Lawrenceville Moose
8/21 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
8/22 Kingston, PA @ Backstage Enterprises
8/23 Hudson, NY @ St. John's Rec Center
8/24 Wallingford, CT @ American Legion
8/25 Boston, MA @ TBA
8/26 Amityville, NY @ Village Pub South
8/27 Endicott, NY @ Downtown Quarterback
8/28 Asbury Park, NJ @ Club Deep
8/29 Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
8/30 Virginia Beach, VA @ Peppermint Beach Club
8/31 Danville, VA @ Plan B
9/01 Wilmington, NC @ Lucky's Pub
9/02 Hinesville, GA @ Little Ricky's
Cannibal Corpse To Tour Down Under
Cannibal Corpse will be heading down under for a series of headlining dates:
10/03 Melbourne, Australia Hi Fi Bar
10/04 Sydney, Australia Gaelic Club
10/05 Brisbane, Australia The Arena
10/06 Auckland, New Zealand 420
10/07 Wellington, New Zealand Indigo Bar
10/09 Adelaide, Australia Fowlers Live
10/10 Perth, Australia Club Capitol
Black Label Society's Shot To Hell Tracklisting
Roadrunner Records has revealed the track listing for BLACK LABEL SOCIETY's new album, "Shot to Hell", due on September 19 through Roadrunner Records. It is as follows:
01. Concrete Jungle
02. Black Mass Reverends
03. Blacked Out World
04. The Last Goodbye
05. Give Yourself To Me
06. Nothing's The Same
07. Hell Is High
08. New Religion
09. Sick Of It All
10. Faith Is Blind
11. Blood Is Thicker Than Water
12. Devil's Dime
13. Lead Me To Your Door
Cradle of Filth Begin Mixing New Album
British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH have begun mixing their new album, "Thornography", at Backstage Studios in Derbyshire, England with producer Andy Sneap (MACHINE HEAD, SKINLAB, NEVERMORE). And what would a CRADLE OF FILTHrecord be without a visit from one Doug Bradley — a.k.a. "Hellraiser"'s chief Cenobite, Pinhead? Having already put his narrative stamp on such older CRADLE OF FILTH classics as "Her Ghost in the Fog" and "Swansong for a Raven".
"Thornography" is scheduled for release on September 19 via Roadrunner Records. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Libertina Grim", "Tonight in Flames", "Cemetery and Sundown", "I Am the Thorn", "The Byronic Man" (featuring guest vocals from H.I.M.'s Ville Valo) and "Temptation".
Matt Heafy of Trivium Checks in From SOTU
TRIVIUM's Matt Heafy has checked in from the road as the band travels across the US as part of the SOUNDS OF THE UNDERGROUND. Heafy speaks about TRIVIUM's tourmates, the future, the band's forthcoming first ever headlining tour, and more:
"The tours been going damn good... incredible shows, as always killer fans, good times and some amazing fucking bands that we have the honor of sharing the stage with."
"ALWAYS GREAT to see Trivium fans and those of you showing up to the shows have been as supportive as ever - some big fucking pits, some jumping, headbanging, hoarse voices, chants, I mean come 'on we all know if you come to a Trivium show we expect you to work as hard as we do - you guys give us tons of energy and a great show, so thanks for that!"
"Our friends in As I Lay Dying are headlining this years SOTU and are amazing, rockin their hearts out nightly (I think they have some sweet ramps and cabs); In Flames we have toured with them before and they always put on a great show, Cannibal Corpse, our boys from Florida, are punishing the shit outta the crowds daily we've all been fans of them for a while, it's great to finally see them every day; and what can't be said about the blood spewing Gwar tearin it up day in and day out? You need to check them out!"
"Behemoth is probably the most intense thing I get to see all day, I can tell you one thing their set is Metal as Fuck, the guys are metal as fuck.. it's good to have some new metal friends who shred the shit outta their instruments."
"The tour also has fantastic bands like Horse The Band and Through The Eyes of The Dead who really are making some heads fucking bang. "
"All in all... a pretty good way to spend the summer."
"In other news... we're preparing for our first ever headlining tour in the US this coming October, we've been touring for the past 2 years and we are excited to be able to do our own thing for the first time, especially here at home, we will be supporting our 2nd Roadrunner Records release titled The Crusade expected to be in shops worldwide in early October, we are planning on bringing out some sick bands for our tour and are finalizing the line up which we think is really great and diverse, more info about the tour will come later."
"Once we finish our October headlining run - it's off to Europe to join the mighty fucking Iron Maiden for six weeks or so of what we know will be a very great tour as Iron Maiden will be supporting their newest release titled MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH we are really looking forward to it, truly one the world's best and most influencial metal bands ever. "
"When we finish touring with Iron Maiden at the end of the year we will take a little break and off again doing more world conquering in early 2007, we know 2007 will be a busy year on the road and we are looking forward to seeing where it leads and meeting many of you along the way."
"We will be shooting some new music videos, taking some new pr photos, doing some new interviews and whatever we can to support The Crusade, so you'll get all new vids and sweet shit like that soon."
Godhead, Ill Nino And Ra To Team Up For Tour
GODHEAD, ILL NINO, and RA will be teaming up on a East Coast/Midwest tour starting late August through September.
Usurper To Enter Studio In Early 2007
Chicago's USURPER is currently preparing songs for their sixth full-length album, which they plan to record in early 2007 for a summer release through Earache Records. The album is currently untitled but some new songtitles include "Talons of Steel", "Planet of the Humans" and "Rebel Wolf".
In other news, USURPER has posted photos of its recent live appearances in Oslo, Norway and Tijuana, Mexico. Check them out at this location.
USURPER's next live appearance will take place at this year's Minneapolis Mayhem 3 festival on August 25-26 at the Star Central in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
USURPER's fifth full-length album, "Cryptobeast", was released last year via Earache Records. The follow-up to 2003's "Twilight Dominion" was recorded at Chicago's Rax Trax Studios with producer Neil Kernon (JUDAS PRIEST, DEICIDE, CANNIBAL CORPSE).
Vader Post New Song Online
Candlelight Records has premiered 'ShadowsFear' from VADER's forthcoming album, Impressions In Blood, at their official MySpace page here. The album, recorded at Hertz Studios with the production team of Wojtek and Slawek Wieslawscy, is due out via Regain Records on September 4th. As previously report, the band are shooting a promotional videoclip for the track 'Helleluyah!!! (God Is Dead)'. Impressions In Blood will feature the following tracks: 'Between Day and Night', 'ShadowsFear', 'As Heavens Collide...', 'Helleluyah!!! (God Is Dead)', 'Field Of Heads', 'Predator', 'Warlords', 'Red Code', 'Amongst The Ruins', 'They Live!!!'.
Upcoming Vader tour dates can be found here.
Clutch To Tour Parts of US
CLUTCH has announced the following U.S. dates in September:
Sep. 09 - The Pit - Kill Devil Hills, NC
Sep. 10 - House of Blues - Myrtle Beach, SC
Sep. 11 - TBA
Sep. 12 - Blue Cats - Knoxville, TN
Sep. 13 - TBA
Sep. 14 - Headliner's - Toledo, OH
Sep. 15 - Buffalo Icon - Buffalo, NY
Sep. 16 - Nyabinghi - Youngstown, OH
Sep. 17 - The Sound Factory - Charleston, WV
Sep. 18 - TBA
Sep. 19 - The Temple Club - Lansing, MI
Sep. 20 – Streeters - Traverse City, MI
Sep. 21 - TBA
Sep. 22 - Blue Note - Columbia, MO
Ill Nino To Attempt Another Album
ILL NINO, who recently parted ways with Roadrunner Records and guitarist Jardel, are said to be recording an album of just cover songs. The band are also rumored to be in talks with Cement Shoes Records, home of GODHEAD, about securing a new record deal.
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