Metal News for August 24, 2008
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18 news articles posted on this day.
Cattle Decapitation Announces Free Show For LA
CATTLE DECAPITATION have announced a free 21+ show for Los Angeles, CA. They will play the Overcast Collective 3 Year Anniversary Party, which also features CAPTAIN AHAB, CROM and MOAB on the bill, on Saturday, August 30th at The Mountain Bar (473 Gin Ling Way). Admission is free, doors open at 9:00pm.
Vulvectomy Signs To Sevared Records
Sevared Records has announced the signing of Italy's brutal death metal band Vulvectomy. Their second full length CD will be released in late 2008/early 2009.
In the meantime, you can check out some of Vulvectomy's material on their MySpace page.
Malstrom Parts Ways With Bassist
New York's Malstrom have issued the following update regarding the departure of their bassist:
"We're disappointed to announce once again that Malstrom is searching for a new bassist.The decision to split with our recently acquired bassist, Rob, was difficult but was ultimately decided to be in the best interests of everyone. We would like to thank Rob for all of his hard work with us and wish him the best. Now we our once again faced with the challenge of finding a new bassist to fill the shoes of another dedicated and competent bassist. As always, if you or someone you know would be interested in working with us, don't hesitate to contact us, we would like to fill the bass vacancy ASAP so we can begin to hit the road again." More...
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Alarum To Play ProgPower Fest With Cynic
Australian prog death metallers Alarum have been confirmed for the tenth-anniversary edition of the ProgPower Europe festival, set to take place from the 3rd to the 5th of October at JC Sjiwa in Baarlo, The Netherlands. It will be a very special performance as it is a one-off European show. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows:
Friday, October 3:
PAGAN'S MIND (NOR)
ATROX (NOR)
DIVISION BY ZERO (POL)
Saturday, October 4:
CYNIC (USA)
ZERO HOUR (USA)
ALARUM (AUS)
WOLVERINE (SWE) *
[to be announced]
CILICE (HOL)
Sunday, October 5:
THRESHOLD (UK)
WOLVERINE (SWE) **
MYRATH (TUN)
SUSPYRE (USA)
PATHOSRAY (IT)
21 EYES OF RUBY (HOL)
* 1999 setlist (when WOLVERINE played the first-ever ProgPower Europe)
** Regular setlist
Ravage Announces the Return of Former Bass Player
Ravage, the heavy metal band from Boston, MA, announced today that former bass player Howie Snow has returned to the band to complete the band's rhythm section. Howie played on a track on the band's 2005 full-length release "Spectral Rider" and performed with the band at The Swordbrother's Festival in Andernach Germany in 2006. More...
It Dies Today Drops Off Tour
It Dies Today has officially dropped off their previously announced tour with Bury Your Dead and The Ghost Inside.
Singer Jason Wood explains: "Mike [Hatalak, drummer] has 4 herniated discs in his back and some slight nerve damage, and won't be able to tour for a bit (we will however be finishing the Walls Of Jericho dates)... Sorry, and we'll see you soon."
Mike D Talks About Overcast's Future
MTV.com reports: It's been two years since influential Massachusetts metallers Overcast announced they'd be reuniting for a single release — a collection of re-recorded tracks culled from the band's poorly produced back-catalog.
But on Tuesday, after what was a prolonged, yet modest, bidding war (or as close to a bidding war as you can get in metal), Overcast's reunion LP, "Reborn to Kill Again," finally landed in stores. And while the band has a handful of reunion shows booked through August 30 in Waterbury, Connecticut, with Dissolve, the reunion is going to be short-lived — at least for the time being.
With frontman Brian Fair's first priority being Shadows Fall, the band he joined after Overcast's 1998 demise, and bassist Mike D'Antonio's other band, Killswitch Engage, set to start work on their next studio effort in October, Overcast's reunion can't carry on forever. But D'Antonio said there's a chance the band could release new material down the line.
"When we recorded it, we just tried to get the songs sounding as good as they possibly could, and there are two songs we'd never recorded that are on this record," he said. "We had talked about doing another record, and there's another record on the table under our contract with Metal Blade. We can do it if we want. If we don't, whatever. But we have discussed doing another record, and I'm kind of excited about tinkering with ideas for it. That said, if we did start writing a new album, and it wasn't turning out like an Overcast record, I don't think we'd put it out. It really needs to have a certain vibe. It can't be another metalcore record, like the things that are going on these days. It really needs to have that old-school mentality, which we had held true back then. If not, it's not even worth it."
Read the full article at MTV.com.
Set Your Goals Leaves Eulogy Recordings
San Francisco, CA band Set Your Goals is no longer on the Eulogy Recordings roster following a buyout of their recording contract. Interestingly, the buyout (rumored to be over $100,000) didn't come from another label, but rather the group's manager.
Singer Matt Wilson has commented publicly: "The truth is we have many options for our next record and self-releasing is one of the best and a very likely option. This has been discussed within our band and management since the buyout was first brought up. Yes, that's right, our manager is personally offering to buy us out because he has that much faith in our band. There's no promise from a label (though many labels have since caught wind of this and gained interest) and no contract being written up with anyone else waiting to buy us."
As I Lay Dying Nominated at San Diego Music Awards
San Diego metal band AS I LAY DYING has been nominated in the "Artist Of The Year" category (an award they won last year) at this year's San Diego Music Awards. The band will also perform at the 18th annual awards ceremony, which will be held September 17 in the outdoor setting of Viejas' Concerts in the Park.
The "Artist Of The Year" nominees include:
ANGELS & AIRWAVES
AS I LAY DYING
B-SIDE PLAYERS
GRAND OLE PARTY
GREG LASWELL
PETER SPRAGUE
SWITCHFOOT
TRISTAN PRETTYMAN
For more information, visit sandiegomusicawards.com.
In This Moment Posts New Song, Sets Release Date
Hollywood is known as the world's most renowned dream factory for anything grand, glamorous and beautiful. With their aptly titled sophomore release, "The Dream," Hollywood's IN THIS MOMENT are poised to realize their very own vision of success worldwide.
"The Dream" was produced by the acclaimed Kevin Churko (Ozzy Osbourne, Shania Twain).
Head over to the group's revamped MySpace page to stream the new track "Forever" and to view the new album's artwork.
"The Dream" will be released across Europe on October 13th, 2008.
Undead Propaganda Signs Two New Bands
Underground black metal label Undead Propaganda has recently signed Dark Forest of north from Stockholm and with Kafziel from Uppsala. Negotiations are also in the works with Necromorbus studios about future co-operation.
Impious Writing New Material
Impious has issued the following update:
“We are currently writing tons of new stuff and we are working very hard on our new songs. If everything goes according to plan we'll start recording a pre-production in a couple of weeks and when we are totally satisfied with the songs, we'll move on and start recording the songs for real.
"All we can give away at this moment is that our new stuff is by far the most brutal stuff we've ever written. It's super fast, super heavy and it will without a doubt rip you guys a couple of new assholes. It will be so worth waiting for. We'll let you guys know what´s happening as the journey progresses.”
See 3 New Live Videos Of The Black Dahlia Murder
Metal Injection has three new live video clips of the THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, rounding out their coverage of this year's Summer Slaughter tour.
In additon to the THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, video footage is now available in the Summer Slaughter channel of WHITECHAPEL among others on Metal Injection.
The THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER live video clips on Metal Injection are as follows:
Visceral Damage Signs with Metal Age Productions
Spanish death metal band Visceral Damage has signed a record deal with Metal Age Productions. No further details were given, but you can check out some of the band's material on their MySpace page.
Glasgow Grin Signs To Year Of The Sun
Glasgow Grin has signed with Year of the Sun Records for the release of their upcoming debut album, "'Saints of the Greatest Sin ." Glasgow Grin's debut is expected to surface in October 2008 and was recorded at Frozen Solid Studios with producer Matt Connell (Ex-Exhumed, Fuck the Facts) and mixed by Jamie King (Between The Buried And Me). The band's first single from the record has been posted at their new label's MySpace page.
Glasgow Grin has also revealed that "Saints of the Greatest Sin" will be a concept record with a story based around a serial killer who murders pedophiles. The album artwork will be based around the concept with the liner notes containing an eight page short story.
Testament Announces Headlining Tour
Testament has lined up a series of headlining tour dates with more expected to be announced shortly. Joining them as support will be Soilent Green.
The tour dates are as follows:
October 1 - Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom
October 3 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Rex Theatre
October 4 - Syracuse, NY @ Lost Horizon
October 5 - State College, PA @ LuLu’s Nighspot
October 7 - Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon
October 8 - Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock
October 10 - Hartford, CT @ Webster Theater
Avenged Sevenfold Pulls Out Of Reading Festival
AVENGED SEVENFOLD has posted the following update via their official MySpace page:
"We're very sorry to tell you that Avenged Sevenfold will not be performing at Reading today, August 24th. As many of you know, the band had to shorten their set at Leeds Friday due to vocal strain. Since then, Matt's doctors in the United Kingdom and Los Angeles have both advised him that he must rest his voice and cannot perform.
"Thankfully there are no long-term problems and with proper rest, Matt will return to the road shortly. More...
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