Metal News for September 29, 2006
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26 news articles posted on this day.
The Berzerker Plans UK Tour
Australia's extreme metal band, The Berzerker, will be playing in the UK, Wales, Scotland and for the first time ever in Ireland this December 3rd - 16th. Actual tour dates will be announced soon.
As previously reported, The Berzerker is holding a contest for fans to design the artwork for its upcoming album due to their artist relocating.
According to a press release, "The art can be any style 2D or 3D. It just has to capture the brutality and class of the music... The winning artist will have to chance to deal direct with the Luke and to design the album cover, inlay and art layout. The album has a worldwide release and distribution with all the major magazines writing and reviewing the upcoming album.
Please submit all ideas to info@theberzeker.com (try to keep file sizes under 1 MB).
You can see the submissions thus far here.
The Warriors Sign To Victory Records
California hardcore/metal/etc. band The Warriors has officially signed with Victory Records. The group will enter the studio this winter to record their Victory debut, slated for a May 29, 2007 release. The following statement has been issued by The Warriors:
"At one point or another, everyone has had a friend who has pulled you out of a dark place; Someone who has believed and cared enough to provide you with new hope and encouragement. For us, Victory Records is that friend. Victory has released the most progressive and influential hardcore bands for nearly 2 decades (This FACT is undeniable), and we’re more than honored to carry the torch. Will this change the content of our records, musically or visually? Absolutely not. We are now and ever shall be dedicated to creating music that is both honest, progressive and most importantly “Hardcore”, as we have come to define it for ourselves. Our love and dedication for what we do will only be amplified by this new friendship. So from Cause For Alarm, Warzone, Snapcase to Comeback Kid, the Victory hardcore legacy continues. Our friends at Eulogy Recordings will forever remain friends. We will never forget their efforts and generosity. Eulogy gave us life, now Victory will ensure our survival as a band. From this point on any future Warriors records will proudly bare the mark of the Bull Dog. Above all we would like to thank anyone who has invested even an ounce of support for our band in the past 5 years."
Fall Of Serenity Replaces Singer
German melodic death metal outfit Fall Of Serenity has parted ways with singer René Betzold. Their new vocalist will be former bass player John Gahlert, who already wrote much of the vocal lines on the group's latest album, "Bloodred Salvation." Meanwhile, the vacated bass position will be filled by new member Simon Brach. The change of the line-up will not affect any of the band's previously announced shows.
Ephel Duath Adds New Drummer
Ephel Duath has officially announced the addition of Sergio Ponti to their line-up on drums. Ponti will make his live debut with the band this week. Here's a statement from the band:
"Sergio have a finest and fresh talend and he's pushing our sound to new exciting rhythmical perspective. Some more infos: he studied with Mokhtar Samba (Yousson N'Dour,Salif Keita, Richard Bona, Jean Luc Ponty) and Jay Dittamo (Band From Utopia, Junoon). He have played with Mike Keneally (solo artist, Frank Zappa, Steve Vai, Robert Fripp), Arthur Barrow (Zappa, Giorgio Moroder, Diana Ross, Joe Cocker), Ian Anderson, SFOM Orchestra, Bernardo Lanzetti (PFM) and many others. He played in two editions of the Los Angeles's NAMM show. He organized clinic tours for Ellade Bandini, Marco Minnemann, Clive Bunker and Horacio Hernandez... thanks [to] the live drummer Andrea Rabuini for the months together."
With Passion Schedule Tour Dates Between Recording
WITH PASSION are headed to MANA STUDIOS in Florida to record their second album with Brian Elliott and have announced a string of tour dates to and from their album recording session. The band are planning to tour the US over the entirety of 2007, coinciding with the release of “What We See When We Shut Our Eyes.” Check out WITH PASSION at one of these shows and keep a lookout for “What We See When We Shut Our Eyes,” set for release in Spring of 2007:
9/30 Pheonix, AZ @ Metal Devestation 2 Festival
10/1 Albuquerque, NM @ The Launchpad
10/2 San Antonio, TX @ The White Rabbit
10/23 Aluburquerque, NM @ Launch Pad
10/24 Ft Collins, CO @ Aggie Theatre
Vital Remains Kicked Off Of Opening Show
Scheduled to kick off their East Coast tour tomorrow, Sept. 30, in Bedford, NH with Dismember, Grave, Demiricous and Withered, Vital Remains was notified yesterday that they were not welcome to perform at the first show. Vital’s guitarist, Tony Lazaro states, “We were scheduled to play with Grave and Dismember up at Mark’s Place in Bedford, NH but the promoter booted us from the show. He said since we are ‘affiliated’ with the ‘evil’ Glen Benton that he wanted nothing to do with us. I guess he had heard what happened at the Deicide show in TX, heard he sang for us on our last record and is gonna sing for us on this next one and was worried that, I don’t know, we’d be sacrificing children of something. We told him that Glen wasn’t even going to be on this tour with us. I think he’s sitting home in FL right now ready to go out on the road with Deicide. The guy didn’t even care. We are guilty by association! We’re sorry to anyone up there who was planning on seeing us. We’ll try and get up there soon, we just need to find a promoter who isn’t afraid of us, and by the way, everyone knows we sacrifice goats on stage, not children. Metal”
Scheduled to record the follow up to 2003’s Dechristianize this winter, Vital Remains has already announced that Glen Benton will be returning to record vocals for the new album. Re-released this spring was the band’s Horrors Of Hell compilation which contains the band’s early demo recordings.
Vital Remains tour dates with Dismember, Grave, Demiricous, Withered: More...
Guns N' Roses Add More N.A. Tour Dates
GUNS N' ROSES's management, Sanctuary Artist Management, has issued the following press release:
Hot on the heels of their sell out shows last week in Las Vegas, San Francisco and KROQ's Inland Invasion in Los Angeles GUNS N' ROSES announce the first leg of their "Chinese Democracy" North American Tour.
The tour, which will kick off on the 20th of October in Jacksonville, Florida, finds the band in top form having spent the summer in Europe playing to 700,000-plus people over 32 shows in 18 countries, making it one of the biggest tours of the year on the continent and in the U.K. Concert-goers were not let down as Axl Rose and his bandmates Dizzy Reed, Robin Finck, Richard Fortus, Tommy Stinson, Chris Pitman, Brain and Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal burned through classics such as "Welcome to the Jungle", "Paradise City", "Nightrain", "Mr. Brownstone", "November Rain" and "Sweet Child O' Mine" as well as highlighting soon to be favourites from the forthcoming "Chinese Democracy" album.
The itinerary for the "Chinese Democracy" North American Tour is as follows: More...
Amon Amarth Post New Video Online
AMON AMARTH's video for the song "Runes to my Memory" has been posted online at this location (Windows Media). The track comes off the Swedish metallers' latest CD, "With Oden on Our Side", which was issued through Metal Blade Records in the following formats: limited-edition red vinyl LP, standard CD, limited-edition two-CD digipack, and standard LP.
An exclusive media player for "With Oden On Our Side", featuring two songs from the album, can be accessed here. The CD was recorded at Fascination Street studios in Örebro, Sweden with producer Jens Bogren.
Matt Heafy Interview With Toazted
Trivium's Matthew Heafy spoke with Toazted.com in an Amsterdam hotel. Discussed were the new songs, new way of writing, singing lessons and much more.
More Blackest Of Black Bands Announced
It has been confirmed that DANZIG, LACUNA COIL, THE HAUNTED, and BELPHEGOR will be taking part in the 2006 edition of the Blackest of the Black tour. The tour will only be on the west coast and one more band, as well as tour dates, are expected to be announced shortly.
Dying Fetus Post More Info On New Album
Legendary death metallers DYING FETUS have entered the studio to record their as-yet-untitled new full-length album.
DYING FETUS have recently been joined by new drummer Duane Timlin to begin recording the follow-up to 2003's Stop At Nothing at Hit & Run Studios in Rockville, MD. Advance song titles include: "Parasites of Catastrophe," "Unadulterated Hatred," "Raping The System," and "The Ancient Rivalry." The band (John Gallagher – Guitars / Vocals, Mike Kimbell – Guitar, Sean Beasley – Bass, and Timlin on drums) will complete recording by winter for an early 2007 release through Relapse Records.
Mushroomhead Post Anti-Slipknot Trailer Online
MUSHROOMHEAD have posted the 20 minute trailer to the controversial, award-winning documentary on SLIPKNOT, 35” MUDDER, and the Des Moines music scene, "A Clown Short of Destiny," at their MySpace page.
Slipknot "Voliminal" DVD Announced
SLIPKNOT will take fans behind the scenes of its unique world with the two-disc DVD set "Voliminal," due Dec. 5 via Roadrunner. The first disc includes a 90-minute documentary directed by M. Shawn Crahan, which sports a different hidden vignette from each of the group's nine members.
The second DVD blends live footage from a variety of venues with music videos for tracks like "Vermillion," "The Nameless" and "Duality," along with interviews with the band.
Guitarist Mick Thomson previously told Billboard.com his favorite candid moment on the DVD involves an overzealous fan at a European show. "A fan, I think in Austria, was drunk and out of line," he said. "He kept trying to come up on the bus, kept bothering people and then started to get a little bit loud and threatening. He had to be set down on his ass by someone close to us. Sometimes you've got to be put in your place, and he was put in his place."
SLIPKNOT has been on sabbatical for more than a year to allow members to work on other projects. Singer Corey Taylor's band, STONE SOUR, debuted at No. 4 on The Billboard 200 in August with its latest album, "Come What(ever) May."
First Bands For Next Year's Wacken Revealed
CANNIBAL CORPSE, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, RAGE, TYR, JBO and AMORPHIS have been confirmed for next year's installment of the cult Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): More...
Helldone Festival Announce More Acts
British Doom masters CATHEDRAL are scheduled to appear at Finland`s Helldone Festival. The festival will take place at the Tavastia Club in Helsinki from December 29th to 31st. Alongside CATHEDRAL, labelmates AMORPHIS plus acts such as HIM, KATATONIA and ANATHEMA will rock the house.
New Deftones Track Online
The Deftones' new track "Rapture" has been made available online for a limited time at www.myspace.com/deftones. The song will be featured on the groups new album "Saturday Night Wrist"
A Perfect Circle Give Short Update
Signs of life have been spotted in the A Perfect Circle camp with band frontman Maynard James Keenan recently posting a short update, you can check it out in the news section of www.aperfectcircle.com.
Mnemic Announce More Details On New Album
Mnemic have set "Passenger" as the title to their new album which is now scheduled for a February 06th North American release date through Nuclear Blast. The album, which features production from Fear Factory guitarist Christian Olde Wolbers, is set to shape up as follows:
01 - "Humanaut"
02 - "In The Nothingness Black"
03 - "Meaningless"
04 - "Psykorgasm"
05 - "Pigfuck"
06 - "In Control"
07 - "Electric I'd Hypocrisy"
08 - "Stuck Here"
09 - "What's Left"
10 - "Shape Of The Formless"
11 - "The Eye On Your Back"
An additional bonus track entitled "Zero Synchronized" will be made available on the Japanese edition of the outing. Meanwhile, as previously reported, both Jeff Walker of Carcass fame and Shane Embury of Napalm Death fame make cameos on the album, while a video for the track "Meaningless" is currently in the works.
Celtic Frost To Appear On HBB This Weekend
Swiss metal band CELTIC FROST will be appearing on MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball" on Saturday, September 30. The segment was taped when FROST played in New York City earlier this month. The show will also mark the "Headbanger's Ball" premier of the video for "A Dying God Coming Into Human Flesh", taken from their 2006 release "Monotheist".
"The tour and the audience's reactions have far exceeded all of our expectations," said bassist Martin Eric Ain, checking in from Calgary. "We have worked very hard to bring the FROST back, and the support of the people we have met so far during these shows has made it more than worthwhile. We are one-third into this tour, and we'd like to think there is much more to come and that we have much more to give."
Currently 14 shows into their 47-date North American tour, the band will perform Victoria, Canada Saturday night. On October 3, the band will be joined by SUNN O))) and GOATWHORE, replacing current supporting artists 1349 and SAHG.
Dying Fetus Begin Work on New Album
Dying Fetus have started work on their as-of-yet untitled album. This album will be the follow up to 2003's "Stop at Nothing" and the first appearance of their new drummer, Duane Timlin. The band have begun recording at Hit and Run Studios in Rockville, MD.
Song titles thus far are as follows: "Parasites of Catastrophe," "Unadulterated Hatred," "Raping The System," and "The Ancient Rivalry." Recording will be done by winter for an early 2007 release through Relapse Records.
Dying Fetus have been announced as the main support band on the upcoming Cannibal Corpse tour with Necrophagist and Unmerciful. Complete date listing from Relapse Recrods is as follows: More...
Next Step Up Tour Announced
The Next Step Up Tour, a tour that will feature the following hardcore bands: Too Pure to Die, The Burning Season, Stick to Your Guns, Nervious Breakdown on November 6th-8th, As Blood Runs Black on November 10th-26th, and Soliarity November 27th- December 5th. Dates and other supporting bands are as follows:
October 27 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Boiler Room
October 28 - Fredericksburg, VA @ KC's w/ Remembering Never, Despised Icon, The Warriors, Full Blown Chaos
October 29 - Chicopee, MA @ Cabot St Pub
October 30 - Long Island, NY @ Village Pub South
October 31 - Hamden, CT @ Italian American Club
November 1 - Rochester, NY @ Montage
November 2 - Annapolis, MD @ Knights of Columbus
November 3 - Virginia Beach, VA @ Peppermint Beach Club
November 4 - Augusta, GA @ Sector 7G
November 5 - Cartersville, GA @ House of Rock
November 6 - Orlando, FL @ Backbooth
November 7 - Clearwater, FL @ 688 Skatepark
November 8 - Pensacola, FL @ Sluggo's
November 9 - Baton Rouge, LA @ The Darkroom
November 10 - San Antonio, TX @ The White Rabbit
November 11 - Corpus Christi, TX @ The Underground
November 12 - Houston, TX @ Java Jazz
November 14 - El Paso, TX @ Chic's Bar
November 15 - Phoenix, AZ @ Big Fish Pub
November 16 - Las Vegas, NV @ Leatherneck's
November 17 - Rialto, CA @ The Rialto Theatre
November 18 - Ventura, CA @ Alpine
November 19 - Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
November 20 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Whisky a GoGo
November 21 - Bakersfield, CA @ Jerry's Pizza
November 22 - Victorville, CA @ Trilogy Theatre
November 24 - Salinas, CA @ End Zone Pizza
November 25 - Roseville, CA @ The Underground
November 26 - Boise, ID @ The Point
November 27 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Ritz Club
November 28 - Aurora, CO @ Hubba's Pub
November 29 - Omaha, NE @ The Rock
December 1 - Des Moines, IA @ House of Bricks
December 2 - Minneapolis, MN @ The Toybox
December 3 - Menomonee Falls, WI @ Orchard Inn
Heathen Crusade 2 Announced
The second anual Heathen Crusade music festival has been announced. The festival will take place at the Quest Night Club in Minneapolis, MN on Saturday, January 20, 2007. The festival is an 18 and older event. Confirmed bands are as follows:
Manegram
Skyforger
Vreid
Rudra
Dark Forest
Will of the Ancients
Hordes of Yore
Gwynbleidd
Manetheren
More info and updates are available at the festival's website, http://www.heathencrusade.com/hc2/index2.htm
Trouble Rerelease Two Albums
Troublle's label, Escapi Music, will be reissuing two of their albums. "Psalm 9" from 1984 and "The Skull" from 1985, scheduled for an October 24th release, will be digitally remastered and feature a DVD which includes live perfomances and photos with linear notes.
Escapi Music are also releasing Trouple's upcoming album, "Simple Mind Condition", the band's first since 1995. "Simple Mind Condition" is due out Februrary 2007.
A Trouble DVD is also being released in early 2007. The title will be "Live in Stockholm".
Maryland Death Fest Announced
The fourth annual Maryland Death line up has been announced. The festival will take place May 26th and 27th at Sonar in Baltimore, MD. The line up thus far is as follows:
BRUTAL TRUTH (New York)
ZYKLON (Norway)
PSYCROPTIC (Australia)
GOREROTTED (England)
GUT (Germany)
DEAD INFECTION (Poland)
REGURGITATE (Sweden)
RETALIATION (Sweden)
EXTREME NOISE TERROR (England)
CRIPPLE BASTARDS (Italy)
ROTTEN SOUND (Finland)
BIRDFLESH (Sweden)
GOROD (France)
ORIGIN (Kansas)
COCK AND BALL TORTURE (Germany)
FUCK THE FACTS (Canada)
JIGSORE TERROR (Sweden)
NUNWHORE COMMANDO 666 (Germany)
LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER (Spain)
FOETOPSY (Wisconsin)
FLAGITIOUS IDIOSYNCRASY IN THE DILAPIDATION (Japan)
EXHALE (Sweden)
PUTRESCENCE (Canada)
SAPROGENIC (Michigan)
Agnostic Front Drummer Rejoins Inhuman
Agnostic Front drummer Steve Gallo has officially rejoined Brooklyn, NY hardcore band Inhuman. Here's a statement from the band:
"Steve was in Inhuman from 2001-2003 and recorded the band's finest release to date 'The New Nightmare' for A-F Records. Inhuman would like to thank our former drummer Cousin Tim for nearly 2 years of service with the band and we wish him all of the best as he will always be a part of the long history of the band. Inhuman is working on the last set of songs for what will be our 4th full length release, to be recorded in early 2007, as well as playing many shows through the rest of 2006."
Underoath Keyboardist Breaks Hand, Leaves Tour
This past weekend Underoath keyboardist Chris Dudley broke his hand. As such he will be unable to complete the group's tour (which currently finds them in Canada with Silverstein and Moneen). The band's tour manager, Russ Hickman, will fill in for the remainder of the tour, while Dudley will reportedly rejoin the band prior to the Taste Of Chaos International tour.
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