Metal News for August 4, 2006
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More Info On ex-LOA's Spoiler NYC
Alan Robert, bassist and primary songwriter for New York-based hard rock act Life Of Agony has formed a new band called Spoiler NYC. The band is a three piece, and a self-described punk outfit letd by Robert on vocals/bass, "Junkyard" Chris Silletti on Guitars and Tommy Clayton on Drums.
The band will be releasing their debut, Grease Fire in Hell's Kitchen in September via their official website. The album was produced by Robert and Danny Schuler of Biohazard. The band promises "catchy punk rock mixed with hardcore sensibilities."
You can check out some material on their myspace page.
Due out later this year from Robert's primary band is a remastered version of their 1993 debut, River Runs Red.
Grave Plan To Film DVD In Warsaw, Poland
Sweden's GRAVE will record their forthcoming live DVD, entitled "Enraptured", on August 24th at Stodola Club in Warsaw, Poland. The gig will also feature performances from SINISTER, OBITUARY and CATAMENIA. A standard DVD edition and DVD+CD limited edition are set to be released in November. More info and artwork to follow soon.
Grave is one of the longest-running Swedish death metal bands, that has created a sound and style which has been an inspiration on a number of the genre's more promising younger outfits. The group's legendary 1991 debut, "Into The Grave", quickly established the quartet as one of death metal's most brutal hopefuls, a title the act has cemented through a decade’s worth of albums and tours with some of the biggest metal bands in the world, including DEATH, CANNIBAL CORPSE and MORBID ANGEL.
Exodus Set To "Kick Ass" On Next Tour w/ Hatebreed
With a Decibel Magazine-sponsored roadshow destined to go down in recent history as the one with the highest BBPM (Blast Beats Per Minute) rate, San Francisco's veteran thrashers EXODUS proudly announce they've been drafted for the upcoming "Monsters Of Mayhem" tour, set to launch at The Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts on September 3rd. Seventeen initial dates have been confirmed; more dates will be announced soon. Five EXODUS off-date shows have been scheduled thus far.
Founding member & lead guitarist Gary Holt checks in from his Northern California home about the forthcoming excursion:
"Let me just say how fired up we are to be taking part in the 'Monsters Of Mayhem' tour. To have the opportunity to tour with Hatebreed, Napalm Death, The Black Dahlia Murder, Despised Icon, and First Blood is just awesome. A HUGE thanks to Jamey Jasta and all from Hatebreed for hooking us up with the chance to crush some people who might not have ever seen us before. I fully plan on hurting somebody! Hope to see you there. Let the mayhem begin!"
Purveyors of an attitude-driven sound carried out with the brutality of military vengeance, this will be EXODUS' final tour in support of 2005's highly acclaimed Shovel Headed Kill Machine. "Standard metal sounds like love songs compared to the musical violence of EXODUS," stated DRUM! Magazine, and once you experience the band live, you'll realize that no truer words could have been spoken.
Despite rumors to the contrary, Holt denies that he's purchased a set of brass knuckles specifically for this tour.
New Live Mastodon Video
Check out the new live video of “Capillarian Crest” off Mastodon’s new album Blood Mountain, out 9/12.
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This is a promo video shot on 7/13/2006 from the GM Place in Vancouver, BC CANADA during the Unholy Alliance tour. Be sure to tune into MTV2 this Saturday August 5th @ 11:30pm-Midnight Eastern For the "The Unholy Alliance Tour Special."
Ozzy Osbourne Also To Release Video Anthology
Ozzy Osbourne is set to release a new video anthology DVD set this fall. Expect all of your favorite tracks and maybe a few surprizes.
Cliff Reports In From The Dry Kill Logic Camp
What up everyone Cliff here. Just wanted to write and say what’s up, and thank everyone that has picked up a copy of The Magellan Complex. The response to the EP has been great, and we’re psyched about all the positive feedback we’ve been getting on the music and the DVD (yes, we know Phil is out of his mind). From Victim to Killer definitely represents the next level of aggression we achieved on this new album, and we can't wait for you to hear the rest of the tracks! Its definitely in your face, aggressive music - we've never compromised our integrity for a quick glimpse of success, never wrote a record with the pipe dream of crossover radio accessibility & never turned our backs on the style of music we write or the people that appreciate it.
We’re excited to announce that we will be heading to AUSTRALIA for the 1st time ever – we’ve been added to the Fear Factory / Devildriver tour for 3 shows (Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne) – check the dates below for all the info! We can’t wait!!
We’re also planning our return to Europe – we had such a blast time that we have to come back and party with you guys again! This time we’ll be hitting Switzerland and Italy as well as Germany, the UK and France, with plenty more to come – confirmed dates are below and keep checking back for all the latest dates!!
And don’t worry about the US – plans are in the works for hitting some of our favorite places to play as well. We’re working it out now, so be sure to stay tuned!!
Zip it up and zip it out!!!
-Cliff, Phil, Jason & Brendan
Dry Kill Logic
Mass. Ozzfest Fan Charged With 'Indecent Assault'
Michael Gelbwasser of TheSunChronicle.com reports that a man at Tuesday night's (August 1) Ozzfest at the Tweeter Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts was charged with indecent assault for allegedly reaching under a woman's skirt after the show.
Joseph Rinaldi, 42, of Cranston, R.I., was released after posting $860 bail after his arraignment in Attleboro District Court on Wednesday.
Police arrested Rinaldi at the Tweeter Center Tuesday night after a woman alleged he grabbed underneath her skirt on the front walkway leading to the parking lots. She and a friend were walking back to their tour bus at the time.
Police also charged Rinaldi with possession of a class B substance, Vicodine, a prescription drug.
Krux To Release Sophomore Album In October
GMR Music has set an October 20 release date for the second album from KRUX, the Swedish band featuring CANDLEMASS mainman/bassist Leif Edling, ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN singer Mats Levon, ex-ENTOMBED drummer Peter Stjornvind, guitarist Jorgen Sandstrom (also in THE PROJECT HATE, ex-ENTOMBED / GRAVE), and current ARCH ENEMY guitarist Fredrik Akesson. Entitled "II", the CD was recorded at Studioland studio in Upplands Vosby, Sweden.
KRUX released their self-titled debut album in 2002 via Holland's Mascot Records. A live DVD containing the band's entire performance from May 18, 2003 at Kugelbanan in Stockholm, Sweden, plus a promo video for the track "Black Room" and an interview, was issued in 2003.
"Soundtrack To Your Escape" Surpasses 100K Units
According to Nielsen SoundScan, sales figures for IN FLAMES' Soundtrack To Your Escape have surpassed 100,000 copies.
Released by Nuclear Blast Records in 2004, Soundtrack To Your Escape was the seventh studio album for Gothenberg, Sweden's best known band. Praised for "redefining the standard by which extreme music will be judged" by Guitar World magazine and ranked #4 in 2004's year-end list of "one of the 25 most important bands in metal" in Alternative Press, the band toured North America twice in support of the album: with Killswitch Engage in 2004 and opening Ozzfest's Main Stage in 2005.
The deluxe Ozzfest edition of Soundtrack To Your Escape included the following material on a bonus DVD:
1. The Quiet Place (Video Clip)
2. Touch Of Red (Video Clip)
3. Watch Them Feed (Live at Wacken 2003)
4. Only For The Weak (Live at Wacken 2003)
5. The Making Of S.T.Y.E. (featuring Daniel Bergstrand)
Agathodaimon Announces New Bassist
German black metallers AGATHODAIMON have announced the addition of bassist Till Ottinger (ex-MISANTHROPIC) to the group's ranks.
AGATHODAIMON is currently working on the follow-up to 2004's "Serpent's Embrace", tentatively due on November 24 via Nuclear Blast Records.
Abigor Completes Drums For New Album
Reunited Austrian black metallers ABIGOR have issued the following update:
"The drum work for the new album (10 tracks, proper vinyl release as well!) has been finished. Next are guitars in August. After the vocal, bass and synth recordings, mixdown and mastering is planned for late September/early October."
ABIGOR's current lineup includes mainman Peter Kubik and co-founding member T.T.
Detonation Update On Thiird Album
Dutch blasting melodic death metal combo DETONATION issued the following update via their website:
"We've been doing a photo-shoot yesterday, shooting hundreds of pics on different locations. We never did a 'real' photo shoot like this before, so we're looking forward to see some quality pics that we can finally use for promotional purposes without being embarrassed ;) Thanks in advance to Rayann from Goth Metal for helping us out!"
"More news about our 3rd album then. We are going to do things slightly different than before and record our newest piece in cooperation with Split Second Sound , together with producer Jochem Jacobs (Textures)! Recordings will start around December this year, and our goal is to have things completed around January next year. We will start working on the pre-preduction a.s.a.p! Looking at Jochem's previous work and the groove and heaviness of our new songs, this new album is bound to become something very special!"
Leng Tch'e Post Two New Songs Online
Belgian razorgrind pioneers LENG TCH'E have posted two new songs, 'Confluence of Consumers' and 'Self-Pity as a Daily Routine,' on their MySpace page. The tracks will be featured on the band's upcoming split CD with WARSCARS, due in September via Bones Brigade.
LENG TCH'E entered the studio last month to begin recording the follow-up to their Relapse Records debut, "The Process Of Elimination". The new record has been given the tentative title of "Marasmus" and will be mixed September 18-22 at Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden with producer Fredrik Nordström. The CD should be unleashed upon the public in March/April 2007 on Relapse Records. Expect longer songs, more intricate rhythms and lots of more variation than on the previous LENG TCH'E records. Mixing up the roots of the band with a new found mature sound, "Marasmus" will become the band's most varied, catchy and definitely most insane blasting effort.
LENG TCH'E have been confirmed for the renowned Summer Breeze Festival, set to take place August 17-19, 2006 in the Ostalbkreis district in Germany.
Stolen Babies Sign To The End Records
Stolen Babies are a unique band in their own right, a talented act that has amassed a following with their energetic and freakish live shows. The band's musical style is a cauldron of ideas that serves up a wonderful variety of vibrant styles meshed together into a pure chaotic frenzy. And it works.
With elements of gothic rock, industrial, punk and metal brewing within, it's not hard to see why the band has been able to impress fans and critics who have stumbled upon their mischievously power-packed numbers. The band's well-received debut release 'There Be Squabbles Ahead' will be released in digipak format on The End Records on October 3rd.
About signing with The End Records, Stolen Babies comment, "Signing with The End became the obvious choice for Stolen Babies. As a band with a very strong artistic vision we knew what we were looking for in a label and The End was the missing ingredient in our cupcake of madness!"
The band, who just finished up a string of successful shows with Sleepytime Gorilla Museum on the West Coast, are going out on tour again this month with Giant Squid for a few select dates.
Arise And Ruin Added To Protest The Hero Tour
Stereo Dynamite Recordings' Canadian extreme metalcore act Arise And Ruin have been added to the upcoming Protest The Hero / Hostage Life tour. The band will join the tour on August 15 in Fredericton, NB. Dedicated to constant touring and their passion for extreme music, Arise And Ruin combine a ferocious mix of unpolished American metal, mosh-your-life-away breakdowns and menacing European thrash into a full-throttle hardcore assault.
Their debut five-song enhanced CD/EP entitled THE FEAR OF (produced by Ken Susi of UNEARTH) was released April 18 on Stereo Dynamite Recordings/EMI. You can check out some of their material here.
The Arise and Ruin tour dates are:
August 15 - Fredericton, NB @ The Kinsman Café
August 16 - Coldbrook, NS @ The Coldbrook Lions Hall
August 17 - Sydney, NS @ Steel Workers Hall
August 18 - Halifax, NS @ The Pavillion
August 19 - Saint John, NB @ The Basement (TBC)
August 22 - Hamilton, ON @ The Underground
August 23 - St. Catharines, ON @ L3
Ignite, Pennywise, Circle Jerks Tour Dates
Ignite will be teaming up with Pennywise and Circle Jerks in October for a two-week tour, primarily in Canada. Here are the tour dates:
10/1 Portland, OR @ Roseland Theatre
10/2 Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
10/3 Vancouver, BC, CAN @ Croation Cultural Center
10/4 Vancouver, BC, CAN @ The Commodore Ballroom
10/6 Edmonton, CAN @ Reds
10/7 Calgary, AB, CAN @ Macewan Hall Ballroom
10/8 Saskatoon, CAN @ The Odeon Events Centre
10/9 Winnipeg, MB, CAN @ Burton Cummings Theatre
10/11 Guelph, ON, CAN @ Club Denim
10/12 Toronto, ON, CAN @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
10/13 Ottawa, ON, CAN @ Surface Nightclub
10/14 Montreal, PQ, CAN @ Metropolis
10/15 Quebec City, QC, CAN @ Theatre Imperial
Calico System Re-Unite With Drummer
Calico System have been rejoined by former bassist Justin Haltmar and are currently working on new material for their next record which they expect to have in stores early next year, with touring to kick off late this year.
New Acacia Strain Video Posted Online
The Acacia Strain's video for their track "Angry Mob Justice" has now hit the web and can be seen here.
Meshuggah's "Nothing" To See Halloween Release
The remixed and remastered CD/DVD reissue of Meshuggah's "Nothing" has been slated for a Halloween, October 31st North American release date through Nuclear Blast.
Pelican Calls Out To Fans
Pelican are looking for some video of their past shows for potential inclusion on their upcoming DVD outing which is due out this fall. More on that and what you can expect to see on the DVD can be found here.
Slayer's Entire "Christ Illusion" Album Streaming
Thrash metal pioneers Slayer have a full album stream available for their upcoming full length "Christ Illusion," is due out August 8th, 2006.
You can stream the entire album, "Christ Illusion," on Slayer's MySpace page here. The tracklisting and ordering shown on their MySpace page follows:
1. Flesh Storm
2. Catalyst
3. Eyes of the Insane
4. Jihad
5. Skeleton Christ
6. Consfearacy
7. Catatonic
8. Black Serenade
9. Cult
10. Supremist
The initially leaked tracklisting contained mention of an additional track "Final Six," which does not appear in this list.
As previously reported, Slayer will soon be filming a war themed video for their track "Eyes Of The Insane" with director Tony Petrossian (Killswitch Engage, Slipknot).
H.I.M., Papa Roach Team Up For Fall Tour
MTV.com reports that Finnish goth rockers (and Bam Margera's favorite band) H.I.M. will be joining forces this fall with Northern Californian alt-metal group Papa Roach for an 11-date road trip that's set to launch October 18 in Lowell, Massachusetts, with dates scheduled through October 31 in Universal City, California. The bill for the North American No Sleep Till Halloween Tour will also feature English metallers the Lostprophets and Chicago rock collective Kill Hannah.
H.I.M., who last toured the U.S. this spring, continue to spread the word about 2005's Dark Light, the band's first proper U.S. release. The LP, released last September, has sold close to 458,000 copies, and debuted at #18 on Billboard's albums chart.
The tour will also serve as a promotional vehicle for the band's forthcoming, still-untitled DVD, which is slated for November release. The DVD, which will boast a bonus CD, follows H.I.M. through haunted castles in Scotland and is chock full of never-before-seen live footage and rare on-camera interviews. More...
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Ozzfest 2006 Stops In Indianapolis
On Sunday, July 23, the annual metal-gods tour known as Ozzfest, minus Ozzy, of course, rolled through Indianapolis, and the event passed without much out of the ordinary. The day saw a couple of fights, a lot of marijuana, a whole lot of ignorant people who harassed event staff at every turn, and a lot of people waiting to see the last three bands of the night without any knowledge of who played the second and early main stages—a typical Ozzfest. More...
Severe Tourture Gearing Up For Fests and Tour
SEVERE TORTURE have been busy honing their metal skills in their native Holland and are set to play two massive metal festivals: The Party-San in Germany and Brutal Assault in the Czech Republic. SEVERE TORTURE have been focusing on preparing for The Party San in Germany,
which features death metal standards such as Six Feet Under and Cryptopsy, and the Brutal Assault Festival in the Czech Republic featuring Fear Factory, fellow Earache band Ephel Duath, and much more blazing metal. SEVERE TORTURE are also gearing up for a full supporting tour with VADER and GOD DETHRONED for fall and are aiming to return to the studio in early 2007 to record new material.
SEVERE TORTURE'S latest effort, "Fall of the Despised" is available on the US and UK Earache web stores. You can check out some of their material on the band's MySpace page.
Furious Styles Signs To Hand of Hope Records
Hand of Hope has signed Seattle, Washington-based Furious Styles. The band draws its influences from hardcore acts like Blood for Blood, Madball, Biohazard and Fury of Five and incorporates modern hip-hop elements.
The band plans to release their debut full length in 2007. You can check out some music on their myspace page.
Playing Enemy West Coast Tour Dates
Playing Enemy will tour briefly on the West Coast this month. Here are the tour dates:
8/3 Vancouver, WA @ Andre's house
8/4 San Francisco, CA @ Hemlock Tavern
8/5 Riverside, CA @ Parkside Building
8/6 La Jolla, CA @ Che Cafe
8/7 Los Angeles, CA @ Knitting Factory
8/8 Santa Barbara, CA @ Casa de la Raza
8/9 Hollywood, CA @ Three Clubs
8/11 Oakland, CA @ Stork Club
8/12 Eugene, OR @ Diva
8/13 Portland, OR @ food hole
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