Skinless Announces European Tour Dates

SKINLESS has announced a number of European tour dates in support of their latest release, "Trample The Weak, Hurdle The Dead."

The quartet will kick-off this week-long European trek on September 19th in Germany with an appearance at the NRW Deathfest. SKINLESS will also be appearing at the ZXZW Festival in the Netherlands during this run. A listing of confirmed SKINLESS tour dates can be found below.

Here are the latest European Skinless tour dates:

September 19 Werlmerskirchen, Germany AJZ Bahndam
September 20 Ostend, Belgium Velokot
September 21 Tilburg, Netherlands ZXZW Festival (Club Extase)
September 22 Hamburg, Germany Logo
September 23 Prague, Czech Republic Black Pes
September 24 Vienna, Austria Escape
September 25 Munich, Germany Backstage
September 26 Delemont, Switzerland Sas Musi Club

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Poisonblack Posts New Finnish Tour Dates

Poisonblack — the Finnish band featuring former Sentenced frontman Ville Laihiala — has scheduled a number of headlining tour dates in its home country immediately following its European tour with Dark Tranquility and Fear My Thoughts.

"A Dead Heavy Day," the new album from Poisonblack recently entered the Finnish chart at position No. 6. The album was made available as standard CD, LP plus bonus CD as well as limited-edition CD plus bonus DVD containing a "Making Of A Dead Heavy Day," the video for the single "Rush" (taken from the band's 2006 effort "Lust-Stained Despair"), and seven songs filmed at an exclusive semi-acoustic gig at Radio Mega in the band's hometown of Oulu.

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Disfear Announces New Tour Dates

Sweden's Disfear has announced a number of European tour dates in support of their latest release, "Live The Storm."

Disfear will begin this Fall tour with a run of dates in Germany with fellow Swedes Victims. From there, Disfear will join up with Massachusetts' Doomriders for a two-week, 11-country trek. A listing of confirmed Disfear tour dates can be found below.

Disfear's Marcus Andersson commented on the upcoming tour; "Once again we team up with our brothers in Doomriders and hit the road. But this time on our side of the Atlantic! We've been looking forward to this for quite some time now and we're stoked that it's finally happening."

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Oceano To Release New Album

Chicago's own Oceano have tapped Colin Marks to create the artwork for the band's upcoming debut album, Depths. Colin Marks is a London-based artist who's dark and gritty art style has made him the right man to provide the visuals for bands like Strapping Young Lad, Aborted and Whitechapel. His proficiency for creating striking works of symbolic art with a heavy twist made him the perfect choice to collaborate with the heaviest, most pissed off band on the planet. "We felt he was the
right guy," says Oceano guitarist, Andrew Mikhail. "Based on his work with Whitechapel and Aborted, we felt that he could represent' Depths' the way we envisioned it - dark and abstract. On top of everything, he's simply a great guy to work with."

Oceano's debut album, "Depths" will contain 13 tracks (15 in Japan) of the angriest deathcore cuts ever committed on record alongside a limited edition bonus DVD. "Depths" is due for release in 2009.

Oceano will be heading into the studio this October to record "Depths" with producer Joey Sturgis (The Devil Wears Prada, My Children My Bride) at The Foundation Studios in Connersville, IN. More...

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Quo Vadis Guitarist Addresses Rumors

Canada's Quo Vadis has been surrounded by an aura of uncertainty as of late. The band's Montreal concert on September 6th, although a resounding success along the lines of the band's past hometown shows, went down in the wake of several anonymous messages released directly to the press. The band's guitarist and composer Bart Frydrychowicz had been faced with news about band members, while recovering from injuries sustained in both his knees and being unable to walk since the September 6th show. Now that the dust has settled, Bart is determined to clear the air, salute the fans and put the rumour mills to rest with a videoblog statement.

In the video, the artist and producer speaks out on the truth about Quo Vadis, scheduled shows to be announced soon, line-up changes, and the approaching release of new material.

The fans are assured that Quo Vadis is alive and well and that great things are to come in the near future. "This is to dispel the rumours circulated on the Internet. First of all Quo Vadis is not finished,[…]there will be line up changes and most importantly new material," says Bart Frydrychowicz.

The departure of Yanic Bercier, the band's original drummer, is also addressed. "Yanic has been an integral part of Quo Vadis since the band's inception. His skill on the kit, his energy on stage will be very difficult to match[...]I wish him great success in all his endeavours."

Bart also extended his gratitude to the staff and crew of BCI and credited Stephan Mellul for his role in making the September 6th show an event to remember. The show also featured Despised Icon, Neuraxis, Blinded by Faith and Plasmarifle and enjoyed a total attendance of over 1400 metalheads.

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Into Eternity's Tim Roth To Sit Out Fall Tour

Canadian progressive death metallers, Into Eternity, issue the following update:

"We regret to announce that Tim will not be able to participate in the fall tour, but he's given us his blessing to do the tour without him so we don't have to cancel. Our "official statement" appears below."

"All of us in the band, and especially Tim, have been looking forward to this tour with Iced Earth for months. Over the years, Iced Earth has been a huge influence on INTO ETERNITY, as anyone who owns 'Dead or Dreaming' (which features a picture of Tim wearing an Iced Earth t-shirt) knows." More...

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Sammy Hagar Signs With New Roadrunner Imprint

Billboard.com repots that Sammy Hagar is the first signing to new Roadrunner imprint, Loud & Proud, which will focus on established artists. His label debut, "Cosmic Universal Fashion," will arrive on November 18.

Hagar was most recently signed to Rhino, which issued his 2006 album "Livin' It Up." The set has sold 52,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

The track list for "Cosmic Universal Fashion"is as follows:

Cosmic Universal Fashion
Psycho Vertigo
Peephole
LOUD
Fight for Your Right To Party
Switch on the Light
When the Sun Don't Shine
24365
I'm on a Roll
Dreams/Cabo

Read the full article at Billboard.com.

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Skarhead To Do A Reunion Tour

Rapper Danny Diablo has announced that his old hardcore band Skarhead will be reuniting for a tour beginning in a couple of days. Danny will be performing twice during the tour, once fronting SKARHEAD, and then doing a set of hip-hop material with the Shotblockers featuring CeeKay, Puerto Rican Myke and others. Danny Diablo’s recently released his solo debut, Thugcore 4 Life, through Suburban Noize Records.

The tour dates are as follows:

September 20 - Palmdale, CA @ Vets Hall w/ Lionheart
September 21 - Phoenix, AZ @ Clubhouse w/ Lionheart
September 22 - Los Angeles, CA @ Airliner w/ Lionheart
September 24 - Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction w/ Lionheart
October 14 - New York, NY @ Southpaw w/ Bulldoze
October 15 - Richmond, VA @ Canal Club w/ Bulldoze
October 16 - Baltimore, MD @ Sonar w/ Bulldoze
October 17 - Albany, NY @ Valentines w/ Bulldoze
October 18 - Providence, RI @ The Living Room w/ Bulldoze
October 19 - Philadelphia, PA @ Church (Benefit show, Skarhead only)
October 21 - Cleveland, OH @ Peabody’s w/ Bulldoze
October 22 - Chicago, IL @ Reggies w/ Bulldoze
October 23 - Detroit, MI @ The Ritz w/ Bulldoze

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AC/DC To Have Their Own Rock Band Game?

The following report is courtesy of Paul Cashmere from Undercover.com.au:

Is there a stand-alone version of AC/DC Rock Band on the way? It certainly looks that way. A video game version of the AC/DC DVD ‘Live At Donington’ has hit the schedule for a Wal-Mart release in October. Wal-Mart now has a stand-alone video game for Rock Band 2 titled Live In Donington set in their store itinerary.

The product information lists it as a “1st time AC/DC must’.

The game would tie in with the current Rock Band 2 game, going out to stores currently. It features a clip from the Donington DVD. More...

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New Bloodbath Album Mini-Site Online

The new Bloodbath minisite for latest album, "The Fathomless Mastery," is now unleashed, to coincide with the October 6th release (28th October US) of this latest slab of brutality. For album information, downloads, plus the chance to check out complete audio track of "Slaughtering the Will to Live," and download the unholy anthem "Mock the Cross" for free by signing up to the mailing list, visit the mini-site here. More...

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Dir En Grey Signs with The End Records

Japanese heavy metal outfit DIR EN GREY announced that they have signed with THE END RECORDS for the release of their seventh studio album. The album will be called "Uroboros," an ancient symbol of 'eternity,' and will be released on November 11th (11/12 in Japan through Firewall; 11/14 in Europe through Gan-Shin).

An excerpt from Headbangers Blog's interview with DIR EN GREY follows:

Headbangers Blog: A lot of metal bands do really cheap videos and don’t put much thought into them. However, you always put a lot of time and effort into your videos. Do you think the music videos are as artistically important as the album?

DIR EN GREY: Very important! It doesn’t make any sense for the band unless our will is reflected to everything that we can express ourselves. Basically, we like creating things and essentially have to spend time for it.

Headbangers Blog: Tell us about the video for “Dozing Green.” Who shot it, what is it about?

DIR EN GREY: Mr. Hiroyuki Kondo, who has been working on our video works more than 10 years, has directed this music video. We thought it would be boring to simply edit footage expressing destruction and pain and our performing scene, so we decided to set video screens behind us so as to show both images at the same time.

You can Listen to "Dozing Green," the album's twelfth cut, on DIR EN GREY's MySpace page.

In an effort to satiate fans' unique preferences and desires, "Uroboros" will be available in the US in four formats: digital album; CD jewel case; deluxe limited-edition CD digipak with bonus track and DVD; and double vinyl LP with a digital download card included.

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Battlefields Signs with Translation Loss Records

Translation Loss Records has announced the signing of Minnesota's Battlefields to their roster.

Hailing from the depths of Minnesota, Battlefields have been touring relentlessly for the last three years and accruing massive accolades for their astounding live performances and their two previous records "Stained with the Blood of an Empire" and "Entourage of the Archaic", both released on indie label Init Records. Fresh off their first European tour this summer with Belgium's AmenRa (whom they previously did an extensive US tour with during the spring of 2008), Battlefields new material encompasses a new direction in extreme and epic mind-expansive music.

On top of sharing the stage with the likes of Rosetta, Pelican, These Arms Are Snakes, Kylesa, Big Business and Murder by Death to name a few, Battlefields appeared at SXSW this year playing highly successful showcases with the likes of Russian Circles, Coliseum, This Will Destroy You, Yakuza and Genghis Tron.

Battlefields' yet untitled Translation Loss debut is currently being recorded at The Devil's Workshop in Minnesota with drummer and engineering Rob Schmidt manning the helm and will be mastered by Nick Zampiello at New Alliance Audio. BATTLEFIELDS' Translation Loss debut will see an early 2009 release and have the art and graphic design of Paul Romano grace its presence.

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Akroma To Release New Album

The recording of the new Symphonic Black band Akroma's album is currently touching at its end. This second effort entitled 'Seth' will be a concept album based on the ten plagues of Egypt. As for the first album '7', you can expect a huge number of guests; Alain Germonville (ex-Scarve, ex-Darwin's Theory) on voices, Matthieu Morand (Elvaron) on guitars, Flavien Morel (Benighted Soul, Logruss) ..boards, Lulu (Angalys) as female vocalist and Nicolas Colnot (Elvaron) on the bass. The guitar solos will be played by Christophe Danjon (Exulan), Benjamin Sertelon (Resilience), Victor Lafuente, Thibault Coisne (Syrens Call), Alex Hilbert (Nightmare), Bertrand Drécourt (Innerchaos), Thomas Leroy, Nicolas Soulat (Outcast), Pascal Lanquetin (Carcariass) and Hugo Lefebvre (Anthropia). The graphical conception will be again done by ESS graphics. You can expect a release around first 2009 quarter.

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