Pure Metal News: January 2007 Part 2

To quickly find what you're looking for use the box below. Use ALT and S on your keyboard to continue searching on a particular keyword   NEWS JANUARY 07 (PART2) Part 1 MACHINEMADE GOD - line-up change + news/live update! 'What’s up everyone? First of all: A late 'Happy New Year', hope you had a kick-ass start into 2007! It’s been a while since we spread some news so here’s a quick update about what’s going on in MMG-Land. After several discussions, Machinemade God and guitarist Holger Kiparski decided to part ways. We thank him for his effort and the good times we had with him in the past four years and wish him all the best for his future! But don’t worry, MMG keeps going on and a replacement is already found in Marc Niedersberg, who fits perfectly into the band. With this new and strong line-up we’re hitting the road in February for a short headlining tour together with our friends in Deadsoil and Koroded. Other dates for 2007, such as SUMMER BREEZE FESTIVAL are confirmed as well and there is a lot more in the works, so keep checking the show/tour section on our page or on Metal Blade frequently. Besides that we will be entering the studio again in March to record our second album, but more details about the record some other time. Those who can’t wait for the new material should visit our upcoming shows, we might play new stuff.'´ Machinemade God www.machinemadegod.com MACHINEMADE GOD + DEADSOIL + KORODED 20.02.07 - Saarbrücken - Garage (DE) 21.02.07 - Wiesbaden - Kulturpalast (DE) 22.02.07 - Nürnberg - Avalons Dust (DE) 23.02.07 - Villach - Volkshaus Landskron (AT) 24.02.07 - Gleisdorf - Kulturkeller (AT) 25.02.07 - Augsburg - Kantine (DE) MACHINEMADE GOD single shows 09.02.07 - Darmstadt - Bruchtal (DE) 17.02.07 - Ham - Deviant Projects Festival (BE) 02.03.07 - Bochum - Matrix(DE) + PARKWAY DRIVE, THE WARRIORS, CARPATHIAN 31.03.07 - Heidenheim - T9 (DE) 11.05.07 - Immenstadt - JuZe Rainibow (DE) 16.08.07-18.08.07 - Dinkelsbühl - Summer Breeze Open Air (DE) BOLT THROWER - Exclusive open air show at Summer Breeze festival! The war machine is rolling again! BOLT THROWER will come, see and conquer at SUMMER BREEZE 2007, leaving nothing but smouldering debris in their wake! This show in Dinkelsbühl will be their only one on German soil in 2007. Get ready for the loudest cannon blast of the 2007 festival season! http://www.boltthrower.com/ Metal Blade bands at summer festivals 2007! • Rock Hard Festival - 25-27 May 2007 - Gelsenkirchen (Germany): AMON AMARTH + CATARACT - www.rockhardfestival.de • Hellraiser Open Air - 25-27 May 2007 - Mark Schönstadt/Wurzen (Germany): GOD DETHRONED - http://www.hellraiser-leipzig.de/openair/ • Wave Gotik Treffen - 26-28 May 2007 - Leipzig (Germany): DISILLUSION + PRIMORDIAL - http://www.wave-gotik-treffen.de/ • Sweden Rock Festival - 6-9 June 2007 - Sölvesborg (Sweden): FALCONER - http://www.swedenrock.com/ • Bang Your Head!!! Open Air - 22-23 June 2007 - Balingen (Germany): AMON AMARTH + BRAINSTORM - www.bang-your-head.de • Metal Healing Festival - 20-22 July 2007 - Athens (Greece): PRIMORDIAL - http://www.metalbolt.com/ • With Full Force Open Air - June, 29-July, 1 2007 - Rojtzschjora (Germany): AMON AMARTH + CANNIBAL CORPSE + NEAERA - www.withfullforce.de • Kaltenbach Open Air - 13+14 July 2007 - Spital am Semmering (Austria): GOREROTTED - http://www.kaltenbach-openair.at/ • Metalcamp - 19-21 July 2007 - Tolmin (Slovenia): AMON AMARTH - www.metalcamp.com • Hells Pleasure Open Air - 20-21 July 2007 - Pößneck (Germany): DESASTER - www.hells-pleasure.de • Wacken Open Air - 2-4 August 2007 - Wacken (Germany): CANNIBAL CORPSE + DISILLUSION + NEAERA + SACRED REICH + THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER - www.wacken.com • Party.San Open Air - 9-11 August 2007 - Bad Berka (Germany): THE BLACK DAHILA MURDER - www.party-san.de • Summer Breeze Open Air - 16-18 August 2007 - Dinkelsbühl (Germany): AMON AMARTH + BOLT THROWER + DISILLUSION + MACHINEMADE GOD + THE BLACK DAHILA MURDER - www.summer-breeze.de SONATA ARCTICA - Mixing the new album Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA have begun mixing their new album at Finnvox studio in Helsinki. "There is not much more I can say about the music," keyboardist Henkka Klingenberg writes on the group's web site. "Generally I feel that trying to describe music with words is basically like having someone telling the radio news by playing a piano piece.....you can't win, and will definitely not know what's going on. Odd enough? Nevertheless, the stuff sounds really great. This is actually the first time we hear all the elements together, one of the drawbacks of using a zillion studios." Read more HERE!   AGATHODAIMON - Search for vocalist/guitarist After the tour through Spain and Portugal in late November (some pics from the tour can be seen at the website of AGATHODAIMON HERE), vocalist/guitarist Frank "Akaias" Nordmann revealed that he will leave the band due to personal reasons. "This decision was not easy for him, but Frank has priorities other than music at the moment. Music means much to all of us, but it's not everything that counts in life, sometimes other things are more important, and we understand his decision fully. We collectively wish him all the best for his future plans and thank him for the great time we spent together in the rehearsal room, on stage and of course off stage as well", said guitarist Sathonys. The band is therefore looking for a new vocalist and guitarist. A few very promising musicians already contacted the band, so interested people (from Germany, area FFM/WI/DA/MZ preferred) should hurry and send their info over www.agathodaimon.de/apply. Meanwhile, the work on the upcoming album (entitled PHOENIX) continues.   GALLHAMMER T-SHIRT DRAW UPDATE: The first 500 buyers of Gallhammer's 'The Dawn of...' from the Peaceville webstore will automatically be entered into a draw to win one of 25 Gallhammer t-shirts. THE DAWN OF GALLHAMMER The wait is almost over. January 29th sees the release of 'The Dawn of...' a CD/DVD set featuring old & new demo and rehearsal tracks, plus a DVD packed with footage of the band's electrifying performances around Tokyo. Available to buy now for the special price of just £9.99! CLICK HERE.   News from Cambian Dawn Greetings ladies and gents, We've now finished mastering our brand spanking new 5-track EP, "Wolves In The Springtime". In advance of the official release of the EP, you can hear 3 songs on MySpace right here: http://www.myspace.com/cambiandawn The songs are: 1) "The Words Are Not The World" 2) "Gangrene Heart" 3) "Storm Weather" (new and improved 2007 version!) Chris, our resident internet genius, is currently updating the website too (bless him). We are all hugely excited about the new material, and as soon as the EP is available you'll be the first to know about it. Now go check out the new material and add yourself to our friend list if you haven't already! Go Go Go!! Now!! Happy New Year and all that, Matt, Tom, Zak & Chris from CAMBIAN DAWN   IN FLAMES - US break through As one of the very few European bands IN FLAMES can celebrate a big success in the USA. Recently the band has sold their 100.000th copy of 'Soundtrack To Your Escape'. It ´s the second album of the band that could sell that much. Congratulations! CHIMAIRA - DVD details / win meet & greet METAL HAMMER and ROSSIGNOL Pure Mountain Company invite five readers of METAL HAMMER Magazine for skiing with CHIMAIRA in a ski-region of Allgäu / South Germany on the 27th of January. After that, the party goes on at the Barfly Club in Sonthofen where the METAL HAMMER Hellfest After-Ski-Party takes place. The band will also do a signing session right before the Hellfest DJs start spitting the best noises! Click HERE for more information! In other news the band has issued the following update: "So I had the opportunity to watch the DVD that is going to come with the special edition of "Resurrection" last night. I am blown away by the work Todd and Nick did on this thing. We didn't set out to make a sequel to "The Dehumanizing Process", but it's pretty much what happened... in a sense. There is no live footage because we are not on tour yet! The movie runs a little over an hour in length and is packed with... laughs... yes, I said laughs. It's almost a comedy. It reflects who we are now though, and that’s six happy dudes stoked to be playing together again and making the music we are making. I highly suggest if you are fan of the first DVD to pick up the special edition because you truly won't be disappointed.'   HAMMERFALL - European tour to kick off soon HAMMERFALL´s "Threshold"-tour, starting on January 18th, seems to become another chapter of success. Numerous shows have been sold out or almost sold out so far. The first concerts will take place in Scandinavia, afterwards the band is about to hit Germany soon for a couple of dates. The last chance for Germans to see the guys will be the show in Kaufbeuren ´s "All-Kart Halle" on February 3rd.   AFTER FOREVER - Earthshaker Roadshock Tour 2007 A few months before the EARTHSHAKER Festival 2007 begins, a couple of bands will tour over Europe under the Earthshaker Roadshock banner. Next to AFTER FOREVER, the billing also includes TAROT, DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER, FINNTROLL, MACHINE MEN and ALL ENDS. The new TAROT record "Crows Fly Black" will be released on the 19th of January. Check all dates HERE!   NIGHTWISH - Singer auditions have ended Finnish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH have posted the following message on their official web site: "The auditions for the new vocalist have ended, with more than 2,000 demos sent to us (yesterday, Jan. 15, we received 120 demos!). A big thanks to everybody! So please don't send anymore demos, since now we need to concentrate on finishing the album recordings. The new vocalist will be announced at the end of May, together with the release of a new single." DEATHSTARS - Confirmed for 2 shows in Greece Our wild boys from Sweden, DEATHSTARS, have been confirmed for 2 live shows in Greece! Sat. March 17 @ Rock Bottom (Thessaloniki) Sun. March 18 @ Underworld Club (Athens) The band's latest album, "Termination Bliss", was released in February 2006 via Nuclear Blast Records. ECHOES OF ETERNITY - To open up for Type Of Negative With their Nuclear Blast debut, The Forgotten Goddess, slated for North American release on February 20th, L.A.'s ECHOES OF ETERNITY are starting out their New Year off by proudly announcing their first show of 2007 opening for Type O Negative on Monday, January 22nd at House Of Blues in Anaheim. The show begins at 8 p.m. States founding E.O.E. member / songwriter / guitarist Brandon S. Patton: "We're HONORED to share the stage with the legendary Type O Negative and would like to invite each and every one of our Southern California fans out for an evening of killer music and good times." Recorded in six months in Venice, California at RavensWork Studios and produced, engineered, and mixed by Eric Ryan, The Forgotten Goddess combines the power & aggression of extreme metal with the musicianship of progressive metal, and is completed by the beautiful dynamics of the female voice. Fans of melodic and progressive metal can pre-order The Forgotten Goddess through the band's My Space page at: http://www.myspace.com/eoemetal Track listing for The Forgotten Goddess is: 01. Burning With Life 02. Expressions Of Flesh 03. Voices In A Dream 04. Towers Of Silence 05. The Forgotten Goddess 06. The Kingdom Within0 07. Circles In Stone 08. Garden Of The Gods 09. Lost Beneath A Silent Sky 10. Adrif   DISILLUSION - Line-up change To make a long story short, Jens Maluschka, drummer in DISILLUSION since 2000, decided to quit the band at the beginning of the new year. It is sad to separate after six years of dreaming and working together for an idea. Jens wishes to say the following: 'After six years of intensive work with DISILLUSION it is time for a break. There are various reasons. I want to concentrate more on my private life, meaning I will become a father in June of this year. At that time I wish to focus on my family. So, the decision has been made to leave the band. Of course, my musical endeavours will continue - but I can't decide yet exactly in which from. I wish Andy and Rajk all the best for their future and lots of success with Disillusion.' So, the two of us continue dreaming. The final concert with Jens will be held at 'Scheddelspalter' in Leipzig/Germany on April 13, 2007 (www.scheddel.de). All following shows will definitely be held. News about Jens' replacement will follow in the near future. We already started trying out a few possible new drummers. Anyway, a happy, healthy and successful New Year to all of you! Talk to you soon, Disilllusion. www.disillusion.de DISILLUSION in concert: 02/23/2007 | Oeventrop / Winternachtstraum Festival www.winternachtstraum.com 02/24/2007 | Reichelsheim / Havanna Club www.havanna-reichelsheim.de 03/23/2007 | Rüsselsheim / Das Rind Das Rind 04/13/2007 | Leipzig / Scheddelspalter HMNIS 05/26/2007 | Leipzig / Wave Gotik Treffen Wave Gotik Treffen 05/27/2007 | Leipzig / Wave Gotik Treffen Wave Gotik Treffen 05/28/2007 | Leipzig / Wave Gotik Treffen Wave Gotik Treffen 06/29/2007 | Linz / Soul Of Metal Festival Soul Of Metal 08/02/2007 | Wacken / Wacken Open Air Wacken Open Air 08/03/2007 | Wacken / Wacken Open Air Wacken Open Air 08/04/2007 | Wacken / Wacken Open Air Wacken Open Air 08/16/2007 | Dinkelsbühl / Summer Breeze Open Air Summer Breeze Open Air 08/17/2007 | Dinkelsbühl / Summer Breeze Open Air Summer Breeze Open Air 08/18/2007 | Dinkelsbühl / Summer Breeze Open Air Summer Breeze Open Air Earache Extreme Metal Racing' PlayStation 2 game officially released on Feb 2nd 2007 Calling all Extreme Metal fans and gamers: the time has finally come for you to strap yourself into the driving seat for the release of the world’s first exclusively Death Metal and Grindcore themed PS2 game. ‘Earache Extreme Metal Racing’ will finally hit the shelves on Friday February 2nd 2007. This groundbreaking PlayStation 2 Game features an in-game Mp3 player to access 3 hours of exclusively Earache extreme metal music including unreleased tracks, plus over an hour of video clips, including several exclusive never-before-seen clips, which are accessed during the higher levels of the game. Exhilarating gameplay plus music from the likes of Napalm Death, At The Gates, Cathedral, The Haunted, Hate Eternal, Ultraviolence, Cult Of Luna, Beecher, Urkraft, Anata, Mistress, Severe Torture and many others makes this an essential purchase for Earache fans. Gamers can choose from 10 evil Earache racing teams including Deicide, Morbid Angel, The Berzerker, Akercocke and Municipal Waste to burn rubber around an assortment of ghoulish racetracks as well as the pulverising Deathmatch Arena, while mercilessly mowing down zombies and mutilating the opposing teams' vehicles with an assortment of weapons. Unbridled brutality scores you ever-higher Skull tokens, thus enabling you to open more unlocked portions of the game, further racetracks and yet more unseen clips by the Earache bands. All in all ‘Earache Extreme Metal Racing’ puts the world of gaming head-to-head with the explosive world of Extreme Metal and serves up an un-missable gaming experience. You can pre-order the game now, shipping on February 2nd from Earache’s webstore Akercocke bassist announces departure Akercocke’s bassist Peter Theobalds has today announced his surprise departure from the band. This sudden news comes just as founding members Jason Mendonca and David Gray celebrate the band’s tenth anniversary this year. Peter has said of his departure: 'It's been possibly the most difficult decision in my life to make but after 10 years of the beast that Akercocke has become, it's time to hit the highway in search of new adventures. My reasons are many and varied but the principal factor has been that the original vibe that drove me to play has gone, the fun, the utter immersion of the music and friendship and the camaraderie has been slowly eroding for me personally over the last year or so. It’s given me so many unforgettable moments and brought me into contact with some amazing human beings and situations and I shall sincerely miss all of those aspects. But my heart tells me its time to seek other ideals and situation. I will NOT be giving up music however and will continue to bash out some form of pseudo metallic noise, until chronic rheumatoid arthritis turns my hands into claws or Alzheimer’s finally puts paid to what little common sense I currently possess. Massive massive respect to all those people that have been so unbelievably supportive and encouraging: - my family, the fans, the crews, the bands and other random maniacs that have been there for me all the way. I’d love to do a thank you list but it would just be so long and I’d inevitably forget someone and get branded a total c*nt (again), so I’ll just say that I raise a glass to all of your honour! See you in the pit dear friends. Respect P.' Meanwhile, Akercocke continue and are pleased to announce Peter Benjamin (Concept, Corpsing, Pantheist) as their new bass player, as the band commence work on their fifth studio album at Goat of Mendes Studios London. The as yet untitled new album is slated for a May 14 2007 release on Earache Records. Deathstars announce UK tour NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS is VERY proud to announce the Deathstars 48 Carat Darkness Tour 2007. Yes, the Glamdeathdiscoers are back again! The UK doesn’t seem to get enough of the Swedes who toured the UK in November last year, a headline tour which was a great success all over the country. In December we also saw DS support CRADLE OF FILTH on their Hammered at Xmas UK tour. This is what the some of the UK press said about the band on their last adventure: 'World Domination Awaits' - Rocksound 'A Near Perfect Saturday Night' - Kerrang 'They will be huge' - Metal Hammer Deathstars have sold an amazing 8000 copies of 2006’s album 'Termination Bliss' in the UK alone and it keeps on selling each week. The videos 'Cyanide' and Blitzkrieg have been aired A LOT on SCUZZ TV and have also been seen on MTV2 and Kerrang TV, just to mention a few. Deathstars are right now also recording a third video for the track 'Virtue To Vice' which is due out just in time for this UK tour, more info on that VERY soon. The dates for the 48 Carat Darkness UK tour looks like this: April 3 Birmingham Academy 2 4 London Islington Academy 5 Bristol Bierkeller 6 Mansfield The Intake Club 7 Bradford Rio 8 Glasgow Cathouse 9 Newcastle Academy 2 10 Sheffield Corporation 11 Dublin Voodoo Lounge 12 Oxford Zodiac 13 Liverpool Academy 2 14 Stoke On Trent The Sugar Mill 15 Middlesbrough Teeside University   CATARACT looking for new guitarist All right, as we announced here's a little hint on what we're looking for. Of course it doesn't have to be a 100% coverage, we will discuss it as you write in, but make up your mind about these points. We're not just looking for someone who can play our songs, but for someone who brings his own style and wants to push our music further. We're not looking for someone with rock star dreams, but for someone who loves metal and hardcore as we do, who loves music and who is willing to kick ass with us. so here we go: - experienced concerning playing in a band and on stage - appropriate skills on the instrument of course - you have your own ideas to add to our sound - musical background can be as open minded as you want, but the main thing should be death/thrash metal alongside with the brutal end of hard- and metalcore. - rehearsing 2x/week in Zurich So let us hear about your vision and don't be shy! Contact us at info@cataract.cc SYMPHORCE album trailer online Hi there, We have uploaded a new trailer which contains snippets of the new album as well as a couple of new bandpics, coverartwork, etc. Become Death will be released the 23rd of February (G/A/CH); 26th of February (Europe) Metal Blade signs HATE ETERNAL I'm very please to announce that Metal Blade Records has just signed a world-wide deal with Death Metal Legends, Hate Eternal. Formed in 1997, Hate Eternal's goal has always been to challenge musical limitations and create new boundaries with no compromise; to obtain goals aimed at by many yet reached by only a select few; to create music that not only defies all clichés, but that creates a true sense of power, dissonance and consonance, heaviness and speed, melody and brutality, simply put horrific hymns. Guitarist Erik Rutan has crafted an impressive career by attaining that goal consistently for well over a decade with his legendary work in Ripping Corpse and Morbid Angel. Not to mention his other career as engineer/ producer for bands such as Cannibal Corpse, Soilent Green, Six Feet Under, Cellador, Vital Remains, Premonitions of War, Goatwhore and Into the Moat just to name a few, and the list goes on. Metal Blade Records owner/CEO, Brian Slagel, had this comment: "I am truly honoured to be working with Hate Eternal. They are a legendary band and I am so happy to welcome them to the Metal Blade Family." - Brian Slagel Hate Eternal guitarist, Erik Rutan, had this to say regarding their signing: "Signing to Metal Blade for us reconfirms that all the hard work, blood, sweat and tears we have put into the band has been worth every single moment. This is completely amazing. We know we will forge on with all the support and confidence a band can ask for from their record label. We are proud to be a part of the hugely successful Metal Blade Family and look forward to bringing our music to the next level." - Erik Rutan Hate Eternal is currently in the writing process for the follow-up to their 2005 release "I, Monarch" that shall be recorded at Rutan's own Mana Recording Studios in June/July 2007. http://www.hateeternal.com http://www.myspace.com/haeteternal http://www.metalblade.de SEAR RELEASES NEW ALBUM + MP3-SINGLE! Finland’s next big hope in extreme music, SEAR, releases its second full-length album "Lamentations Of Destruction" on 07.03.2007 (Finland), 09.03.2007 (G/A/S) and 05.03.2007 (World). Album contains 11 songs of twisted and furious death / black metal with harsh yet pro sounds. "Lamentations Of Destruction" was recorded during gloomy fall - early winter ‘06 at Studio Ruho and mixed at Studio Dauntless. Mastering session was done in Virtalähde Analog Audio. SEAR released their debut album "Begin The Celebrations Of Sin" via DAR on spring 2005. 'B.T.C.O.S.' got praised from the fans as well from the medias getting enthusiastic reviews. SEAR was also nominee for the best newcomer of the year in Finnish Metal Awards 2005. Second attack 'Lamentations Of Destruction' brings forth even more dark atmosphere, nasty, cruel feelings than the debut. ...Let the beast command and choose the path of SEAR! Heaven ablazed from March ‘07 onwards... Feel free to familiarize yourself with new SEAR material by downloading the free Mp3-single 'Destination' from addresses: www.officialsear.com www.elisanet.fi/thebandsear/Destination_single.MP3 Mp3-single is special version - on the upcoming album the song is flavoured with guest vocals of Thomas Vee. Tracklist of 'Lamentations Of Destruction': 01. Introduction 02. Pedon Käsky 03. Heaven Ablaze 04. One Throne 05. Fire & Death 06. Purgatory 07. Destination 08. Violation Of The Soul 09. The Burning 10. Hate & Scorn, Crowned With Horns 11. Weeping Flesh SEAR line-up 2007: M. Helle / Guitars / Compositions L. Laaksonen: Drums / Compositions H. Hyytiainen: Vocals / Lyrics T. Landen / Bass J. Henttunen / Guitars www.officialsear.com www.dynamicartsrecords.com http://www.myspace.com/searband   BELPHEGOR - Pestapokalypse VI BELPHEGOR are happy to announce they will be performing at the Hellflame Festival in Osnabrück, which is scheduled to take place September 8th, 2007 in Germania. PESTAPOKALYPSE VI RECEIVE LATIN AMERICA RELEASE In other news, the new and highly acclaimed BELPHEGOR album PESTAPOKALYPSE VI will be exclusively licensed for the Latin America territories thru Somber Music/ Brazil. Release date is set to February 1st, 2007. "So for all you Latin America die-hard metallers, run out and check the new album out, your support help us keeping the flame alive" stated Serpenth. Contact: www.sombermusic.com.br info@sombermusic.com.br THE HELLCREW RETURN TO RUSSIA IN APRIL We just received the confirmation that BELPHEGOR will be blasting Russia again. Find the dates in the tour section. Other activities will be posted soon. BELPHEGOR PESTAPOKALYPSE VI PT. II & KRISIUN 28.01.07 Can Halifax, NS The Speakeasy 29.01.07 Can Moncton, NB The Manhattan 30.01.07 Can Rimouski, QC Le Cactus 31.01.07 Can Jonquiere, QC Café Theatre Cote-Cour 01.02.07 Can Quebec City, QC L’Anti 02.02.07 Can Sherbrooke, QC Bar Le Megog 03.02.07 Can Trola Riviera, QC LeMequisart 04.02.07 Can Sudbury, ON Jubilee Centre 05.02.07 Can Ottawa, ON Rainow Bistro BELPHEGOR USA/CAN RUN & UNLEASHED / KRISIUN 07.02.07 Usa Bedford, NH Mark's Place 08.02.07 Usa New York, NY BB Kings Blues Club 09.02.07 Usa Poughkeepsie, NY The Chance 10.02.07 Usa Cleveland, OH Peabody’s Down Under 11.02.07 Usa Mokena, IL The Pearl Room 12.02.07 Usa St. Paul, MN Station 4 15.02.07 Usa Seattle, WA Studio Seven 16.02.07 Usa Portland, OR Sabala’s 17.02.07 Usa Oakland, CA Oakland Metro 18.02.07 Usa Hollywood, CA The Key Club 19.02.07 Usa Santa Ana, CA Galaxy Theatre 20.02.07 Usa Tempe, AZ The Clubhouse 21.02.07 Usa Albuquerque, NH Launch Pad 22.02.07 Usa El Paso, TX House of Rock and Roll 23.02.07 Usa San Antonio, TX Sanctuary 24.02.07 Usa Ft Worth, TX Ridglea Theater 25.02.07 Usa Houston, TX Warehouse Live 27.02.07 Usa Ft. Lauderdale, FL Culture Room 28.02.07 Usa Winter Park, FL The Haven 01.03.07 Usa Atlanta , GA The Masquerade 02.03.07 Usa W. Springfield, VA Jaxx 03.03.07 Usa Hartford, CT Webster Theater 04.03.07 Can Montreal , QC Fou Founes Electriques 05.03.07 Can Toronto , ON The Opera House Booking by First Row Talent Agency Usa PESTAPOKALYPSE VI RUSSLAND 2007 & DARK FUNERAL 13.04.07 RUS St.Petersburg Port Club 14.04.07 RUS Moscow Tochka Club PESTAPOKALYPSE VI CAMPAIGN 04.05.07 A Wels Alter Schlachthof / Trisodium Festival 05.05.07 CH Erstfeld Transilvania Club 08.09.07 D Osnabrück N8 / Hellflame Festival PESTAPOKALYPSE VI PT. III EUROPEAN TOUR MAY 2007 & UNLEASHED Booking by Metallysee 11.05. -03.06.2007 t.b.a. ( Irl, Uk, Fr, Sp, Pt, It, Ch, Nl, Ger, Bl ) BELPHEGOR - PESTAPOKALYPSE VI OPEN AIRS 2007 29.04.07 Port S.W.R. - Barroselas Metalfest # X 13./14.07.07 A Kaltenbach Open Air # V 04.08.07 D Wacken Open Air / Black Stage 10.08/11.08.07 D Party - San Open Air   OMNIUM GATHERUM: Video Footage From Album Recording Sessions Finnish death metallers OMNIUM GATHERUM have posted an eight-minute video clip documenting the recording sessions for the group's new album, "Stuck Here on Snake's Way". Due on April 2 via Candlelight Records, the CD was recorded during November-December 2006 at Southeast Studios in Karhula, Finland with producer Teemu Aalto. Watch the clip at here. "Stuck Here on Snake's Way" track listing: 01. The Snake and The Way 02. Into Sea 03. Dysnomia 04. A-Part of God 05. Undertaker 06. Bastard-O 07. The Third Flame 08. Just Signs 09. Truth 10. Drudgery 11. In Sane World 12. Spiritual As previously reported, OMNIUM GATHERUM will film a video for the song "Into Sea" next month. More information will be made available soon. OMNIUM GATHERUM has uploaded four old videos to its MySpace account. Check out the clips for "The Fall Went Right Through Here", "The Nolans Fati", "Writhen" and "Deathwhite" (live) by clicking here. Also available at the same location are two new demo tracks, "A Part of God" and "Undertaker", taken from the group's latest promotional recording, which the band used to procure its new record deal with Candlelight. The demo marks the first material recorded with brand new OMNIUM GATHERUM vocalist Jukka Pelkonen, who joined the group in May 2006. OMNIUM GATHERUM parted ways with Nuclear Blast Records last year. The band's latest album, "Years in Waste", was released in the U.S. in March 2005. The follow-up to 2003's "Spirits and August Light" was recorded at Sonic Pump studios in Helsinki, Finland with producer Nino Laurenne and engineer Teemu Aalto. OMNIUM GATHERUM is currently planning and organising gigs and here are the next announced shows: February 24 - (FI) Dark Winter Festival, Karhula April 05 - (FI) EasterMaster Festival, Tampere 06 - (FI) Rytmikatti, Kouvola 07 - (FI) Torvi, Lahti 13 - (FI) Yellowstone, Kotka May 04 - (FI) Klubi, Turku September 22 - (D) Filthrock Festival, Prenzlau » Omnium Gatherum website » Omnium Gatherum Myspace   ILLDISPOSED postpone U.K Tour Danish metallers ILLDISPOSED have postponed their previously announced U.K. tour to sometime this summer. According to a posting on the group's web site, the postponement was caused by "some fucked up problems" on the part of the promoters. The affected dates are as follows: February 14 - (UK) York, Certificate 18 15 - (UK) Reading, The Face Bar 16 - (UK) Southampton, The Joiners 17 - (UK) London, The Underworld » Illdisposed website » Illdisposed Myspace   EMPEROR to return to America After triumphantly headlining the annual Wacken Open Air festival in Germany and four capacity performances in America last summer, Norwegian black metal pioneers EMPEROR have announced their return to the United States for three encore appearances this spring. "We have made a decision to return to the U.S. for a few additional shows," notes guitarist Samoth. "This time Chicago is also put on the map. "The shows last summer were very successful and we had an amazing turnout and support from all the fans. It was also a bit stressful because of the embassy hassle that we unfortunately had to endure. So we feel a few more shows are due and this time, all visas are in order and the band will appear in its full command." Confirmed dates are as follows: May 30 - (US) The Metro - Chicago, IL June 01 - (US) B.B. King Blues Club & Grill - New York, NY 03 - (US) Key Club - West Hollywood, CA Ticket on-sale information will be announced shortly. » Emperor website » Emperor My Space ONSLAUGHT play charity gig for Pauls Place Reformed Bristol based trashers ONSLAUGHT will play a charity gig on March 3rd to raise money for Pauls Place - a group whos goal is to enchance social life for disabled adults. Paul’s Place exists: • To support and facilitate physically disabled adults To provide a safe social environment To promote independence whenever and wherever possible To provide the opportunity of a personal profile, enabling physically disabled adults to reach their full potential To provide a programme of individual and group activities To give physically disabled adults the opportunity to create their own environment. Please bring your old mobile phones to recycle and despatch into our collection buckets. Tickets £5 available from www.onslaughtfromhell.com also James 07966 734555 and Ben 07856 127250 January 27 - (GR) Thessaloniki, Hydrogios 28 - (GR) Athens, An Club February 12 - (PL) Warsaw, Stodola Club 18 - (NL) Thrash Til' Burg Fest, 013 Club Tilburg March 03 - (UK) Killing Peace Album Launch Party Bristol, Yate » Onslaught website » Onslaught Myspace OCTOBER FILE have posted the following update on there website STUFF……. There is news on the album below….We are featured on the Candlelight sampler CD given away with Metal hammer UK this month…..two tours being talked about currently….in studio in April doing album…. NEW VIDEO Our new video for 'Hallowed Be Thy Army' can be seen on our myspace site. There is no way in hell anyone will play it on the TV so if you want to see it go to the site. NEW ALBUM UPDATE We are currently working on the new album. Entitled 'Holy Armour From The Jaws Of God' and all going to plan it will be released on the 16th July 2007 via Candlelight Records. We go into record on the 9th -18th of April. Track listing so far is: My Magnificent Circus Religion? Friendly Fire Hallowed Be Thy Army Another Day A Munitions Crusade » October File website» October File My Space » October File on itunes   1349 Confirmed for Wacken Open Air festival Norwegian black metallers 1349 have been confirmed for this year's instalment of the 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): 1349, AMORPHIS, BELPHEGOR, BENEDICTUM, BLACK MAJESTY, BLIND GUARDIAN, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, CANNIBAL CORPSE, CHTHONIC, COMMUNIC, DESTRUCTION, DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER, DIMMU BORGIR, DISILLUSION, ENSLAVED, FALCONER, GRAVE DIGGER, HAGGARD, HEAVEN SHALL BURN, IMMORTAL, IN FLAMES, J.B.O., KAMPFAR LACUNA COIL, LETZTE INSTANZ, MOONSORROW, MOONSPELL, MUNICIPAL WASTE, NAPALM DEATH, NEAERA, NORTHER, RAGE & LINGUA MORTIS ORCHESTER, SACRED REICH, SAMAEL, SAXON, SCHANDMAUL, SODOM, SONIC, SYNDICATE, STORMWARRIOR (feat. GAMMA RAY's Kai Hansen), STRATOVARIUS, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, THE VISION BLEAK, THERION, TYR, UNHEILIG, VADER, VOLBEAT March 28 - (USA) The Muse, Nashville TN 29 - (USA) Jaxx, West Springfield VA 30 - (USA) The Loft, Poughkeepsie NY 31 - (USA) Mark's Place, Bedford NH| April 01 - (USA) BB King Blues Club, New York NY 02 - (CDN) L'Anti, Quebec City QC 03 - (CDN) FouFounes, Montreal QC 04 - (CDN) Petit Theater du Vieux Noranda, Royun Noranda QC 06 - (CDN) Opera House, Toronton ON 09 - (USA) Station 4, St. Paul MN 13 - (USA) Knitting Factory, Hollywood CA 14 - (USA) Showcase Theater, Corona CA June/July 22 - 24 - (FR) - Hellfest Open Air festival 26 - 01 - (D) - With Full Force festival August 02 - 04 - (D) - Wacken Open Air festival » 1349 website » 1349 Myspace Advance APOCRYHAL VOICE track posted online APOCRYHAL VOICE was born in 1999 out of Juhani Jokisalo's frustrations towards the state of metal music, the band he was in as the bassist, the society, the world, and the human existence itself. In the autumn of 2000 he and the drummer Ville Salonen entered a studio to record a demo consisting of 3 songs seething with hatred, lunacy, panic, and despair. It took 3 years of waiting and experimenting in other musical projects until this demo, "The Sickening" was released as MCD through Rage Of Achilles Records. The short co-operation ended with the label's faith in being able to sell the music. Something that just might be the world record of commercial flop. Now, before transcending into worlds of higher plane, more disgust and anti-manifesto against this sickening common world of ours needs to be expressed. A small, symbolical death must be performed. And this will come in the shape of the album "Stilltrapped". Thematically this album is dwelling in depression, captivity, and death. Musically it's more diverse extending from actually memorable structures to scary avant-noise experiments, and calmer in a way of expressing a prisoner's suppressed rage in shackles or total living emptiness. All this performed in trademark Apocryphal Voice poly chords and emotional vocals. Or if you insist in having the description to be put in another way... "Stilltrapped" lies somewhere in the wide and hazy area between Burzum and Nick Cave. An advance track entitled "Lifeless" from APOCRYHAL VOICE's new album "Stilltrapped" has been posted on Candlelight's Myspace. Check it out! » Apocryhal Voice website   CRIONICS’ Announce shows to promote new album Crionics are pleased to announce gigs to promotes the band’s new album, titled 'Neuthrone'. In May Crionics will participate in the "Rebel Angels Tour' and play in the ten biggest Polish cities! Supporting are Hate, Darzamat and Sammath Naur. More info at www.creative-music.pl or www.crionics.pl REBEL ANGELS TOUR 2007 CRIONICS HATE DARZAMAT SAMMATH NAUR June 18 - (PL) Zabrze, Ck-Wiatrak 19 - (PL) Kraków, Loch Ness 20 - (PL) Rzeszów, Rejs 21 - (PL) Lublin, Graffiti 22 - (PL) Bialystok, Gwint 23 - (PL) Warszawa, Progresja 24 - (PL) Lódz, Musicgarden 25 - (PL) Bydgoszcz, Route 66 26 - (PL) Poznan, U Bazyla 27 - (PL) Wroclaw, Madness » Crionics website » Crionics Myspace PANTHEON I added to the Excess of Evil tour PANTHEON I have been added to the Excess of Evil tour alongside black metal heavyweights such as Marduk, Enslaved, Keep Of Kalessin, Melechesh and Goatwhore. The dates are below: May 10 - (D) Germany K 17 Berlin 11 - (D) F Haus Jena 12 - (D) Eastclub Bischofswerda 13 - (CZ) Fleda Brno 14 - (D) Backstage München 15 - (D) Batschkapp Frankfurt 16 - (D) Roxy Saarbrücken 17 - (CH) Z 7 Pratteln 18 - (IT) Estragon Bologna 19 - (AT) Spielboden Dornbirn 20 - (FR) La laiterie Strassbourg 21 - (FR) Locomotive Paris 22 - (FR) Antipode Rennes 23 - (UK) Carling academiy islington London 24 - (D) Turock Essen 25 - (NL) Plato Helmond 26 - (BE) Biebob Vosselaar 27 - (D) Markthalle Hamburg » Panteon-I website » Panteon-I Myspace Candlelight Records Bands’ Tourdates ABIGAIL WILLIAMS January with Enslaved & Dark Funeral 25 - (USA) Denver (CO), Bluebird Theatre 26 - (USA) Albuquerque (NM), Launchpad 27 - (USA) El Paso (TX), Texas Avenue Live 28 - (USA) San Antoni (TX), The Sanctuary 29 - (USA) Ft. Worth (TX), Ridgelea Theatre 30 - (USA) Houston (TX), Warehouse Live February 01 - (USA) St. Petersburg (FL), State Theatre 02 - (USA) Fayetteville (NC), Jester's Pub 03 - (USA) Poughkeepsie (NY), Chance 04 - (USA) Hartford (CT), Webster Theatre 05 - (USA) Bedford (NH), Mark's Place 07 - (CDN) Royun Nonanda (QC), Petit Theatre Du Vieux Noranda 08 - (CDN) Sudbury (ON), Jubilee Centre ILLDISPOSED March 15 - (D) Giessen, Muk 16 - (D) Eisleben, WiesenhausTiefschlag 17 - (D) Hamburg, Headbangers Ballroom Tiefschlag August 16-18 - (D) Dinkelsbuehl, Summerbreeze Festival SHE SAID DESTROY February 8-10 - (NO) By:Larm, Trondheim June 25-29 - (NO) Hovefestivalen in Arendal OMNIUM GATHERUM February 24 -(FIN) Dark Winter Festival, Karhula April 5 - (FI) EasterMaster Festival, Tampere 6 - (FI) Rytmikatti, Kouvola 7 - (FI) Torvi, Lahti 13 -(FI) Yellowstone, Kotka May 4 - (FI) Klubi, Turku September 22 - (D) Filthrock Festival, Prenzlau TO-MERA February 03 - (UK) Stoke, Sugar Mill 11 - (UK) Peterborough, The Park 14 - (UK) Wrexham, Central Station 16 - (UK) Milton Keynes, Pitz 18 - (UK) Glasgow, Cathouse 19 - (UK) Leicester, Charlotte 1349 August 02 - 04 - (D) - Wacken Open Air festival June/July 22 - 24 - (FR) - Hellfest Open Air festival 26 - 01 - (D) - With Full Force festival ZYKLON March 24 - (POL) Metalmania Festival, Katowice May 26-27 - (USA) Sonar Maryland Deathfest, Baltimore July 13-14 - (AT) Kaltenbach Open Air INSOMNIUM January 27 - (FI) Nosturi, Helsinki February 21 - (FI) Kuopio, Henry's pub 22 - (FI) Helsinki, Nightlife Rock 23 - (FI) Jyväskylä, Lutakko 24 - (FI) Turku, Klubi ONSLAUGHT January 27 - (GR) Thessaloniki, Hydrogios 28 - (GR) Athens, An Club February 12 - (PL) Warsaw, Stodola Club 1349 / AVERSE SEFIRA March 28 - (USA) The Muse, Nashville TN 29 - (USA) Jaxx, West Springfield VA 30 - (USA) The Loft, Poughkeepsie NY 31 - (USA) Mark's Place, Bedford NH| April 01 - (USA) BB King Blues Club, New York NY 02 - (CDN) L'Anti, Quebec City QC 03 - (CDN) FouFounes, Montreal QC 04 - (CDN) Petit Theater du Vieux Noranda, Royun Noranda QC 06 - (CDN) Opera House, Toronton ON 09 - (USA) Station 4, St. Paul MN 13 - (USA) Knitting Factory, Hollywood CA 14 - (USA) Showcase Theater, Corona CA THINE EYES BLEED February 07 - (CDN) Labatt Center - London 08 - (CDN) Copps Coliseum - Hamilton 09 - (CDN) Scotiabank Place - Ottawa STONEGARD Janurary 24 - (AT) Wörgl - Komma February 01 - (NO) Hakadal, Nittedal 02 - (NO) Sub Scene, Oslo feb 03 - (NO) Plattform/Studentuka, Elverum BRAINSTORM re-issues coming! Metal Blade Records Europe will re-issue the first two BRAINSTORM albums „Hungry' and „Unholy' with tons of bonus material! Both albums will be released the 23rd of March (G/A/S) / 26th of March (Europe). Both albums (2CD Double-Digipacks) will be available for the price of a regular CD! Here´s what Torsten Ihlenfeld (guitar) has to say about the packages as well as the complete tracklisting! „When we played our tour for ‚Liquid Monster’ we realised after a few glasses of Wine that in 2007 it would be ten years since the release of our debut album 'Hungry'. Besides the typical wining around how fast time flies by, etc… we also came up with something creative. Why not re-releasing the debut album as well as it´s successor 'Unholy'? Both records were not available anymore for quite some time and the timing seemed perfect to us. No new album in 2007, but two re-issues of our first two albums. Of course we didn´t just want to re-release the albums in it´s original version and after searching the archives, we found some really cool bonus material to include. Next up it was clear that we wanted to remaster both albums and even re-mix the "Hungry" album if in anyway possible - and we did!!! This is definitely the best possible sound you can get of the first two BRAINSTORM albums! Compare it to the originals which are included as a bonus in the very same package(s).' Both albums will as well include renewed front art and booklets! 'About the bonus material (remastered as well!) - The 'Hungry' album includes our '5th Season demo' from 1994 with six songs and a running time of 30 minutes. This demo gives you the chance to travel to the very early days of the band and yes, we are still very proud of the demo and quite satisfied with it! 'Unholy' includes two demos, 'Heart Of Hate' from 1993 and the 'Promo 96' demo, plus the original Japanese bonus track of 'Unholy'. 5 songs in total clocking in after 25 minutes.' 'We as a band celebrate the first decade of BRAINSTORM releases with these re-issues and we hope you guys out there enjoy these albums as much as we still do!' 'On another note - a BRAINSTORM DVD is in the works where you can (among tons of other stuff) also see footage from the old days. We hope to release the DVD by the end of June, 2007.' 'And to all those asking for a new album. Be cool! A new BRAINSTORM album will be recorded later on this year to be released in early 2008! We will continue our crusade and hope the next decade will be even more successful than the first one!' Brainstorm - Hungry (RE + Bonus) Packaging: Double Digipack Re-mastered Album Hungry: - Nails In My Hands - King Of Fools - Innocent Until Caught - The Other Side - Tomorrow never comes - Liar's edge - Tell Tale Heart - Welcome To The Other Side - Bring You Down - Deep Down Into Passion - Mr. Know-It-All Playing time: almost 50 minutes! plus 6 Bonus Tracks (5th Season Demo, 1994) - Liar's Edge (Demoversion) - Live In Shame - Kamikaze - Up From The Ashes - Blind - Reach For The Sky Playing time: almost 30 minutes plus the original "Hungry" Album on CD2 Total playing time: almost 130 minutes Brainstorm - Unholy (RE + Bonus) Packaging: Double Digipack Re-mastered album "Unholy" - MCMXCVIII - Holy War - Here Comes The Pain - Voices - The Healer - Don't Stop Believing - Heart Of Hate - Rebellion - For The Love Of Money - Love is A Lie - Into The Fire - Dog Days Coming Down - Wooly Bully (original Bonustrack) Playing Time: over 63 minutes plus 2 Bonus tracks (Heart Of Hate Demo, 1993) - Heart Of Hate (Demoversion) - Valley Of The Kings Playing Time demotracks: 15 minutes plus original "Unholy" album on CD2 incl. original Japan bonus "Up from The Ashes" plus 2 Bonus tracks (Promo 96 Demo, 1996) - The Other Side (Demoversion) - Suck My Energy Playing Time Demotracks: 12 minutes Total Playing time: over 150 minutes! AMON AMARTH finish video clip for 'Cry Of The Blackbirds' Swedish metallers AMON AMARTH have uploaded photos from their "Cry of the Black Birds" video shoot at this location. The clip was directed last week by William C. Schacht. According to the band, "It took 20 hours of blood, sweat and pain, in minus 14 degrees Celsius, to get the video done. All that remains now is the editing of the filmed material." "We would like to thank the production team, for a job well done. But especially we would like to thank the generous people of Baldur's Hird. Without their dedication and professionalism this video would not have been possible." AMON AMARTH's latest CD, "With Oden on Our Side", entered the national album chart in Sweden at No. 21 and in Austria at No. 27. The album has also debuted on the German national chart at position No. 21. This is the highest chart entry in Germany of any band on the Metal Blade roster, according to a posting on the group's web site. As previously reported, AMON AMARTH's video for the song "Runes to my Memory" has been posted online at this location (Windows Media). www.amonamarth.com THE OCEAN in search of guitar player! THE OCEAN is looking for a new guitar player! We will not part ways with other members of the collective, but due to the other members' inability to cope with our heavy touring schedules, we need a new #1 axeman on the second guitar - especially for our US TOUR in May 2007!!! Here's what we are looking for: - SKILLS - LIVE EXPERIENCE - DEDICATION not just to being on stage but to being in a band, with all that entails! - TIME for extensive touring and for frequent rehearsals in BERLIN. - We’re looking for someone who LEARNS FAST and ON HIS OWN - We’re looking for a LIVE WIRE who KICKS ASS with us! - Last, we're looking for someone with as broad a musical background as our own, someone willing to transcend the borders between metal, hardcore, rock, soundtrack-music and jazz with us. Think you're our man? Drop us a line. info@theoceancollective.com www.theoceancollective.com MALEVOLENT CREATION - New album recordings The new album is finally in the making! Veteran Florida-based extreme metallers MALEVOLENT CREATION have commenced the recording sessions for their tenth full-length album, "Doomsday X". "Dave [Culross] finished tracking the drums and arrived home this evening," the band writes in an update. "They recorded 12 songs and Dave is very happy with the natural feel they achieved, without sounding overly mechanical. The ProTools at their disposal were not used to alter the drum sounds. Dave wanted to give everyone a real feel for his power and style, without the over use of recording technology. They are taking about a week break and then the guitar tracking starts. Dave and the band are very pleased with the progress so far and can't wait for the upcoming tours." MALEVOLENT CREATION's current recording and touring lineup is: Jon Rubin - Guitars Phil Fasciana - Guitars Dave Culross - Drums Jason Blachowicz - Bass Brett Hoffmann - Vocals   DEATHSTARS - Hit the road again! Beware! Europe's glammiest Death Rock band of all, DEATHSTARS, is hitting the road again in March and April! After two very successful tours last year - first headlining their way throughout the continent, afterwards supporting mighty CRADLE OF FILTH - Sweden's dark yet sparkling sons will be back for more in spring. Be sure to experience the full 48 Carat Of Darkness at the following occasions! http://www.hellfest.de/ DEW-SCENTED - Album ready, but no drummer! DEW-SCENTED just finished the recordings for their upcoming album "Incinerate". A statement from the band: "It’s done! 'Incinerate' is finally mixed and mastered. Andy Sneap has exceeded all our expectations and this new album came out being the best sounding release so far. We can’t wait for you to hear it! It will be released on March 30th in Europe via Nuclear Blast records and we should have some advance sound samples available for you here on the site in the coming weeks. In the meantime, here is the album’s final tracklist: 1. Exordium [Intro] 2. Vanish Away 3. Final Warning 4. That’s Why I Despise You 5. The Fraud 6. Into The Arms Of Misery 7. Perdition For All 8. Now Or Never 9. Aftermath 10. Everything Undone 11. Contraddictions 12. Retain The Scars 13. Exitus [Outro] We have additionally recorded some cool bonus tracks and are playing around with several sweet ideas for a limited edition release with a special packaging and plenty of extra material. More details on this soon!" In other news, DEW-SCENTED are looking for a new Drummer: "After six albums and so many good years and experiences together, our drummer Uwe is no longer with Dew-Scented. We thank him for the great time and wish him all the best for the future! This leaves Dew-Scented looking for a new steady drummer. We are searching for someone to take over the drum spot in a solid way and as his main priority. Please note that you must be a) a skilled player b) available for rehearsals / recording / touring c) located in a logistically suitable area of the world and d) devoted to the cause of thrash metal ;-) Please feel free to contact us in case you think that you could be a good match: flo@dew-scented.net or info@dew-scented.net On occasion of the release of the new DEW SCENTED album, DEW-SCENTED will play an exclusive Releaseshow on Friday, the 30th of March in the Tower Club in Bremen! More infos: www.tower-bremen.de The day after, the No Mercy-Festival Tour 2007 will kick off. Apart from DEW-SCENTED, MOONSPELL, NAPALM DEATH, BEHEMOTH and ROOT are on the billing. Check out our Tourdate-Section for the exact Dates!   CATHEDRAL - Have to cancel their athens-show British Kings of Doom CATHEDRAL are unfortunately forced to cancel their show in Athens/Greece on February 25th. Guitarist Garry 'Gaz' Jennings broke his thumb and wrist in a cycling accident. There are no plans yet to reschedule the cancelled show so far. Get well soon, Garry! Oh, and even if the band has already started collecting ideas for songs - the follow-up to the last masterpiece "The Garden Of Unearthly Delights" won´t be released until 2008.   ARSIS - Part ways with drummer West Virginia's ARSIS have parted ways with drummer Mike Van Dyne. "While we never wanted him to go, we wish him the best on all his future endeavours," the band writes in a statement. The new line up consists of the following: Ryan Knight - Guitar Noah Martin - Bass Darren Cesca - Drums, Vocals James Malone - Guitar, vocals VARIOUS ARTISTS - Podblast 5th edition! Ladies and Gentlemen! Check out the fifth edition of the NUCLEAR PODBLAST hosted by the mighty Death Metal warmachine KATAKLYSM! The PodBlast includes an interview with the Thrashin' Death´n´Rollers ONE MAN ARMY AND THE UNDEAD QUARTET and features exclusive new tracks of KATAKLYSM, MENDEED, ECHOES OF ETERNITY, THUNDERSTONE, RAGE, ONE MAN ARMY AND THE UNDEAD QUARTET and DEW-SCENTED! WATAIN LIVE Chris Harris and Jon Wiederhorn of MTV.com report: "Erik Danielsson, the malevolent singer/bassist fronting Swedish black-metal magicians WATAIN, doesn't have a flip bone in his body. To see WATAIN perform live is nothing if not a pestilent experience, which is just the way Danielsson wants it. Instead of fake blood, WATAIN drench the crowd with what the frontman maintains is real blood, collected "from the WATAIN cellars, of course". The band actually douses itself in the same blood during sets, which, when coupled with sweat, creates a pong on their bus a label spokesperson described as "that of an open grave". From the stage, Danielsson has "seen people both crying and vomiting at the same time". He's even watched fans "taking the blood that we've thrown at them and licking it up off the floor, and giving this genuine impression of being psychopaths all of a sudden". He said he often wonders "what those people thought when they woke up that morning, in their clean little beds at home. Did they think that they would stand and lick blood from the floor at the concert halls? We aim to present a different reality to them, because this reality exists far away from the nice little houses with clean beds. That is what happens at a WATAIN gig, and we look forward to bringing this to the US, because it's fertile soil for such experiments. It's all about wild, raw fire and getting loose. Some people can take it. Some can't." Read the entire article at MTV.com, and come have a taste on the upcoming tour with KREATOR and CELTIC FROST! NEW MAYHEM TRACK: "ANTI" "ORDO AD CHAO" - APRIL 2007 NONE ABOVE, NONE EQUAL ANCIENT RITES ANCIENT RITES is sorry to announce that guitar player Raf Jansen is leaving the band after having spent two years and released the "Rubicon" album with the band. "I've enjoyed playing with ANCIENT RITES, but I had to make a decision", Raf comments. "As things are these days, something had to go, and after a long deliberation, I chose to leave ANCIENT RITES. AHRYEPH demands much of my time these days, as do producing and I have a day job on the side as well. Over the years, ANCIENT RITES have proven to rise above every obstacle they encountered, so me leaving won't even leave a dent in the band's future. They'll still stand as strong as ever. I wish the guys the very best for the future, as I'm looking forward to my own with AHRYEPH."   UPCOMING LIVE DATES FOR SEASON OF MIST ARTISTS DAGOBA 02 Feb 07 Bretigny sur Orge (FR) Rack'am (+ Lyzanxia) 03 Feb 07 Livin (62) (FR) Arc-en-Ciel (+ Morpain) 15 Feb 07 Angers (FR) Chabada (+ Eyeless) 17 Feb 07 Pau (FR) Ampli 24 Feb 07 Marseille (FR) Espace Julien 02 Mar 07 Caen (FR) Le Cargo (+ Black Bomb A + Lyzanxia) 03 Mar 07 Avon (FR) MJC 09 Mar 07 Montpellier (FR) Rockstore (+ Eyeless) 14 Mar 07 Clermont-Ferrand (FR) Festival Les Volcaniques 29 Jun-01 Jul 07 Leipzig (DE) With Full Force ANCIENT RITES 09 Feb 07 Dordrecht (NL) Bibelot 17 Feb 07 Oostende (BE) Memento Mori Metal Fest AGRESSOR 09 Feb 07 Marseille, 13 (FR) Poste Galne 10 Feb 07 Carvin, 62 (FR) Salle des Fetes 31 Mar 07 Belfort (FR) La Poudrire GHOST BRIGADE 14 Feb 07 Helsinki (FI) Noise Klubi, Nightlife Rock (+ Total Devastation + Satura Lanx) 15 Feb 07 Tampere (FI) Vastavirta (+ Total Devastation + Satura Lanx) 16 Feb 07 Jyvskyl (FI) Lutakko (+ Total Devastation + Satura Lanx) EYELESS 15 Feb 07 Angers (FR) Chabada (+ Dagoba) 09 Mar 07 Montpellier (FR) Rockstore (+ Dagoba) ROTTING CHRIST (+ Malevolent Creation + Mystic Circle (14 Feb - 04 Mar) + Rotten Sound (06 Mar - 01 Apr) Incantation (14 Feb - 11 Mar) + Neuraxis (14 Feb - 04 Mar) + Harm (14 Feb - 04 Mar + Sardonic 13 Mar - 22 Mar) 14 Feb 07 Berlin (DE) Kato 15 Feb 07 Leipzig (DE) Hellriser 16 Feb 07 Wien (AU) Szene 17 Feb 07 Salzburg (AU) Rockhaus 18 Feb 07 Innsbruck (AU) Hafen 19 Feb 07 Pratteln (CH) Z7 20 Feb 07 Strasbourg (FR) Laiterie 21 Feb 07 Paris (FR) Locomotive 22 Feb 07 Eindhoven (NL) Effenaar 23 Feb 07 Vosselaar (BE) Biebob 24 Feb 07 Adelsheim (DE) Live Factory 25 Feb 07 Brno (CZ) Fledo 26 Feb 07 Bratislava (CZ) Randal 27 Feb 07 Este PD (IT) Sottosopra Rockzone 28 Feb 07 Mnchen (DE) Metropolis 01 Mar 07 Osnabrck (DE) N8 02 Mar 07 Groningen (NL) Vera 03 Mar 07 Essen (DE) Turock 04 Mar 07 Rotterdam (NL) Baroeg 06 Mar 07 Bradford (UK) Rio 07 Mar 07 Glasgow (UK) Soundhaus 08 Mar 07 Dublin (UK) Voodoo Lounge 09 Mar 07 Bolton (UK) Soundhouse 10 Mar 07 London (UK) Electrowerkz Venue 11 Mar 07 Zaandam (NL) De Kade 13 Mar 07 Kopenhagen (DK) The Rock 14 Mar 07 Aalborg (DK) Studenterhuset 15 Mar 07 Flensburg (DE) Roxy 16 Mar 07 Neumark (DE) Turnhalle 17 Mar 07 Nijmegen (NL) JC Staddijk 18 Mar 07 Katwijk aan Zee (NL) Scum 21 Mar 07 Trier (DE) ExHaus 22 Mar 07 Lyon (FR) Le Marche Gare 23 Mar 07 Genova (IT) Logo Loco 24 Mar 07 Prato (IT) Anomalia 25 Mar 07 Luynes (FR) Le Korigan 26 Mar 07 Perpignan (FR) Crockmore 27 Mar 07 Barcelona (ES) Mephisto 28 Mar 07 Madrid (ES) Ritmo & Compas 29 Mar 07 Almeria (ES) Sala Genesis 30 Mar 07 Corroios (PT) Cine-Teatro 31 Mar 07 Mangualde (PT) CC St.Andre 01 Apr 07 Irun (ES) Tunk WATAIN (+ Celtic Frost, Kreator, Legion Of The Damned) 08 Mar 07 Kln (DE) Live Music Hall 09 Mar 07 Antwerpen (BE) Hof Ter Lo 10 Mar 07 Heerhugowaard (NL) De Waerdsetempel 11 Mar 07 Tilburg (NL) 013 13 Mar 07 Glasgow (UK) Garage 14 Mar 07 Bradford (UK) Rio 15 Mar 07 Wolverhampton (UK) Wulfrun Hall 16 Mar 07 Cardiff (UK) Souls 17 Mar 07 Nottingham (UK) Rock City 18 Mar 07 London (UK) Koko 20 Mar 07 Paris (FR) Elyse Montmartre 21 Mar 07 Bordeaux (FR) Theatre Barbey 22 Mar 07 Madrid (ES) La Riviera 23 Mar 07 Bilbao (ES) Rockstar 24 Mar 07 Barcelona (ES) Razzmatazz 1 26 Mar 07 Pratteln (CH) Z7 27 Mar 07 Milan (IT) Rolling Stone 28 Mar 07 Stuttgart (DE) Longhorn 29 Mar 07 Berlin (DE) Columbia Club WATAIN (+ Celtic Frost, Kreator) 31 Mar 07 Oslo( NO) Betong 01 Apr 07 Gothenburg (SE) Trdtgarn 02 Apr 07 Malm (SE) KB 03 Apr 07 Stockholm (SE) Arenan 04 Apr 07 Helsinki (FI) Tavastia 05 Apr 07 Hamburg (DE) Markthalle FURIA 10 Mar 07 Nevers (FR) Caf Charbon (+ Cadavera + Lambda Slave) 11 Mar 07 Paris (FR) La scne Bastille (+ Horresco Referens + Sweet Silence) 06 Oct 07 Hussigny (FR) Salle L. Aragon ARCTURUS 27 Mar 07 Adelaide (AU) HQ Complex 29 Mar 07 Brisbane (AU) Club Phoenix 30 Mar 07 Sydney (AU) Gaelic Club 31 Mar 07 Melbourne (AU) The Espy ANAAL NATHRAKH 05-07 Apr 07 Oslo (NO) Rockefeller Music Hall (+ Immortal + Moonspell + Amon Amarth + ...) 08 Apr 07 Hof ter Loo (BE) Antwerpen (+ Obituary + Moonspell + Napalm Death + ...) 09 Apr 07 013 (NL) Tilburg (+ Obituary + Moonspell + Napalm Death + ...) RED HARVEST 09-11 Aug 07 Bad Berka (DE) Party San Festival (+ Vader + Belphegor + Melechesh + ...)   CANDLELIGHT RECORDS SIGNS CARNAL FORGE London, England: Candlelight Records today confirms the worldwide signing of Carnal Forge. Testify For My Victims, current working title for the band's anticipated sixth album, is to be mixed at Black Lounge Studios in early February with an expected May release date. Two videos have already been filmed for the album tracks "Numb" and "Burning Eden." Both directed by Owe Lingvall (Village Road Film). Bassist Lars Linden says, "Carnal Forge are very happy to have signed to Candlelight Records. We have an utterly brilliant peace of work soon to be released. We are all very satisfied how the songs have turned out and are very confident in the new more varied material. It will mean some change for you who have heard the previous albums, but hopefully you find it for the better. We for sure do and we are all very eager to get the new material out to the audience and to get out on tour again." Formed in 1997, Carnal Forge released their debut Who's Gonna Burn (War Music) in 1998. Signing with Century Media in early 2001 the band released Please... Die later in the year. The band would tour Europe supporting The Haunted and Nile and make the first of several prestigious festival appearances (Linden making his debut with the band at the year's 2000 Decibel Festival and Wacken Open Air). The More You Suffer (2003) and Aren't You Dead Yet (2004) would continue to see the band expand fan and worldwide sales base. Vocalist Jens C. Mortensen would join the band's ranks in late 2004 impressing fans with his strong live performances. In early 2006 the band began work on new material and expect an extensive world tour after the springtime album release. Carnal Forge currently features vocalist Jens C. Mortensen, guitarists Jari Kuusisto and Petri Kuusisto, drummer Stefan Westerberg with bassist Lars Linden. LACUNA COIL On The Jägermeister Music Tour With Stone Sour and Shadows Fall; New Video LACUNA COIL will be joining the Jägermeister Music Tour this spring alongside Stone Sour and Shadows Fall. 'It’s about time!' says Scabbia about being part of the Jager Tour. 'It'll be a blast, and you guys can’t miss it cause it's going to be the tour of the year! See you all there… spread the word...and horns up, my friends.' The tour also coincides with the launch of their new single for the track 'Within Me.' This is the fourth single from Karmacode, and a new video for the track will be shot in Italy early next month. LACUNA COIL W/Stone Sour, Shadows Fall (* denotes shows with Lacuna as direct support) 03/23 Myth Nightclub - St. Paul, MN* 03/24 The Rave - Milwaukee, WI 03/25 Lifestyles Pavilion - Columbus, OH* 03/27 Congress Theatre - Chicago, IL 03/28 Murat Egyptian Room - Indianapolis, IN* 03/30 State Theatre - Detroit, MI 03/31 The Dome - Niagara Falls, NY* 04/01 House of Blues - Cleveland, OH* 04/03 Chevrolet Theatre - Wallingford, CT 04/04 Avalon - Boston, MA 04/06 Roseland Ballroom - New York, NY 04/07 Electric Factory - Philadelphia, PA 04/09 Bogart’s - Cincinnati, OH* 04/10 Ram’s Head Live - Baltimore, MD 04/12 The Tabernacle - Atlanta, GA 04/13 House of Blues - Myrtle Beach, SC* 04/14 House of Blues - Orlando, FL 04/16 Verizon Wireless Theater - Houston, TX* 04/17 Palladium Ballroom - Dallas, TX* 04/18 Lonestar Pavilion @ Sunset Station - San Antonio, TX 04/20 House of Blues - Las Vegas, NV* 04/21 Celebrity Theatre - Phoenix, AZ 04/22 House of Blues - San Diego, CA* 04/24 House of Blues - Anaheim, CA 04/25 Wiltern Theatre - Los Angeles, CA* 04/28 Fillmore Auditorium - Denver, CO 04/30 Beaumont Club - Kansas City, MO 05/01 The Pageant - St. Louis, MO* 05/02 Sokol Auditorium - Omaha, NE 05/04 Val Air Ballroom - Des Moines, IA* CRASH KELLY COMMENTS ON PAUL GILBERT SHOW More NAMM week L.A.-area shows confirmed Last night, Toronto’s CRASH KELLY performed their first concert of 2007 - a sold-out Hollywood concert alongside legendary guitar shredder Paul Gilbert (Racer X, Mr. Big). It was the kickoff of a five-show L.A. blitzkrieg around the annual NAMM convention, and the beginning of a new round of touring in support of their acclaimed, Gilby Clarke-produced 2006 release, Electric Satisfaction. 'I have shared the stage with a few of my guitar heroes over the years, but playing with Paul Gilbert was something else,' says guitarist/vocalist Sean Kelly. 'As well as getting a free clinic on amazing guitar playing, it was nice to play with someone who shares a love for classic rock and pop songwriting. All in all, another great night in Hollywood!" The group will not perform tonight (Jan. 18), but Kelly himself will participate in the 'NAMM Jam' at the Fender Bar and Grill in Fullerton, Calif. He’ll join the likes of James Kottak (Scorpions), Doug Blair (W.A.S.P.), Jack Frost (Seven Witches), Ira Black (Lizzy Borden), Marten Andersson (Lizzy Borden/George Lynch Band), Patrick Johannson (Yngwie Malmsteen) and more. From there, CRASH KELLY will play four shows over the next four nights, including a newly confirmed Hollywood show at the Cat Club with Hookers N’ Blow (featuring Guns N’ Roses keyboardist Dizzy Reed). 'I had the privilege of having a former GNR guy produce my new album, and now I get to play alongside a current member," Kelly says. 'Playing the Cat Club with the Hookers N’ Blow will be incredible - a bunch of guys who have played stadiums and arenas around the world, sweating it out in a cool room to some classic rock tunes for all the right reasons." CRASH KELLY on tour: 1/19 Fender Bar - Fullerton, CA 1/20 Cat Club - Hollywood, CA w/ Hookers N’ Blow 1/21 Knitting Factory - Hollywood, CA w/ Broken Teeth, Sasquatch 1/22 Key Club - Hollywood, CA w/ Metal Skool Official MySpace Site - www.myspace.com/crashkelly Aborted pre-order available This from Century Media: Hey guys, There's a special new pre-order up for all the gore-metal and grindcore fans out there! Preorder Aborted's new album, Slaughter & Apparatus: A Methodical Overture and get this Aborted t-shirt for only $20. Revolver says "ABORTED unleashes hyper-technical grind with groove laden breakdowns to expand the sound that Carcass created." Slaughter & Apparatus is in stores February 20th. Preorders will be taken up 'till February 15th. Ships On February 16th, 2007 Relapse To Re-Issue Classic Debut From MASSAPPEAL Relapse will reissue the classic debut album, Nobody Likes A Thinker, from Australia’s pioneering skate punks MASSAPPEAL Tuesday, January 23rd (January 29th internationally.) Originally released in 1986, Nobody Likes A Thinker has been remastered and expanded to include seventeen bonus tracks (including rare demos), a special 20-page booklet featuring extensive liner notes and photos, and Ben Brown’s now legendary 'Choose Life' cover artwork. An e-card previewing Nobody Likes A Thinker, featuring the now classics 'Are You Alright', 'Fun Again’ and 'Rat In A Hole' can be accessed here. For more information on MASSAPPEAL, please access the band’s official home on the web: www.myspace.com/massappealhc Axemaster re-release As you might know, our album 'Blessing in the Skies' will soon be re-released; we hope you are excited about it as we are! We recently received a limited supply of the promotional version of the CD which is sent out to distributors and the like to let them know that the CD is about ready to order. Not only has the 'Blessing,' been remastered, there are 3 bonus tracks with one of them recorded live in the Rock n’ Roll capital - Cleveland Ohio. The disc comes in a cardboard sleeve with a different version of the new & improved cover artwork and a different photo/bio than what will be on the packaged release. DEFINITELY A COLLECTOR’S ITEM!!!!! Neurothing T-shirts are available!!! We would like inform that Neurothing's T-Shirts are available now. If you want buy T-shirt, please go on http://www.neurothing.com/merch/?nosplash and check order details. Regards from Neurothing!!!! The HIDDEN HAND /KYLESA winter tour Hello, this is a quick note to remind everyone we will be embarking on our first full length headlining tour in north America. We are not hitting every city in the US and to those folks whose cities we miss, we will do our best to visit you in the future. We do this for us, but most of all for YOU. We want it to be as rewarding as possible for everyone. Any old stuff will be gladly signed, it's OK to ask. We have several cool shirt designs and plenty of ladies stuff too. See you on the 'smilin' road. Peace. The Hidden Hand Hardcore show with 25 TA LIFE, Homicidal, NUSE, NERV, Low N B Hold Its going to be a good one come out & HANG with us!!! February, 3 2007 at The Underpass 128 Market Street, Elmwood Park, New Jersey 07047 Cost : $12.00 9pm Relapse To Re-Issue AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED / CONVERGE Split Relapse will reissue the split release between AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED and CONVERGE, The Poacher Diaries, on Tuesday, January 23rd (January 29th internationally.) The Poacher Diaries reissue has been completely re-mastered by the team of Scott Hull and Nick Zampiello of New Alliance East and features nine tracks from grindcore masters AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED along with five of the most hostile CONVERGE songs ever to be written, including live-favorites 'Locust Reign' and 'My Great Devastator'. The re-issue artwork will remain the original work of artist Derek Hess. For more information on this release, please click here For more information on AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED and CONVERGE, please access the bands’ respective homes on the web: www.agoraphobicnosebleed.com and www.convergecult.com Solitude Aeturnus - State of the Doomion January 22, 2007 Heavy hails to all!! A full version newsletter to everyone is in order at this time. First, we would like to thank everyone thus far that has sent such kind words of enthusiasm on our webpage and myspace concerning our new album 'Alone'. The response has been nothing short of overwhelming and we thank each of you for the good feelings we have felt from your words and support! Massacre has informed us that this album has received the highest press marks in the history of the label! Unbelievable! Album of the month in most of the European magazines including Rock Hard, Metal Hammer (both Germany and Greece), Heavy and others! We knew we had a great album to deliver but when it is received with such enthusiasm it warms our black hearts to no end. 'Alone' will finally be released in North America on April 3rd. And for you vinyl maniacs, Eat Metal Records is planning a release on wax very soon! This will include the digipack only song 'Embrace' as well. With regards to the erroneous track listing on the album, what can we say? There was some confusion somewhere in the chain with Massacre and because we were running behind schedule on the release, the band themselves were not able to proofread the final art. Whatever, it’s not that big of a deal and will be fixed on the next pressing. In case you’re wondering the correct track listing in the order the band wanted it was #2 Waiting for the Light, #4 Sightless. With regards to the bonus track 'Embrace', at the last minute Robert changed the title to 'Lucid Destitution' and I thought the changes were made to the final draft that was sent to Massacre. But alas, somehow I screwed it up as I checked and sure enough, the title was not changed in the track listing (although I did change it elsewhere in the credits thereby creating the confusion). So the song will now forever remain 'Embrace' as the digipack is now sold out. Maybe we’ll correct it for the vinyl version (lookout insane collectors!)? We’ll see. Live shows! Poland on the 9th in Krakow and on the 12th in Warsaw to be filmed for a DVD release! Also playing the Real Steel fest in Mexico City on March 3rd and the Chicago Power Fest on April 20th. A local date in the DFW area is also planned for early April. The long awaited Concept of God CD will finally see the light of day this coming spring on Massacre Records! Recorded in 2001, the album is sure to please all Solitude Aeturnus fans! The band was a short lived project started by Steve Moseley and Robert Lowe during some down time after the release of Adagio. Also features John 'Wolf' Covington and current Solitude bassist James Martin. Sound clips and more info coming soon on the release date! And now onto the jaw dropping news. Robert is joining Candlemass as their new lead singer. We’re not joking. We’re also letting everyone know that nothing has changed in Solitude Aeturnus and Robert will continue on with Solitude Aeturnus as well. Our live touring schedule is very minimal and we in the band see no conflict whatsoever with this situation. I personally support the decision 100%. It’s all about the music to all of us and this is a chance for Robert to be involved in making some more great music outside of Solitude Aeturnus. Why not, right? Leif Edling has been a friend of mine for many years and the decision has been made between both bands with utmost respect from the Candlemass camp. Robert is still 100% committed to continuing on with SA as we would normally have continued onward. He can’t escape it just like myself as it’s in is brain and blood. I know that the next Candlemass album will sound unbelievable to my ears as I’m both a fan of the band and Roberts vocals so speaking for myself, I’ll win out by getting free copy of the new album (on vinyl and cd please)! Ha! Seriously, this will be a great opportunity for Robert and we all wish him and Candlemass great success together. Don’t worry, Solitude Aeturnus will do another record and continue to play live as much as our personal schedules will allow. Look for more new on the Candlemass webpage with regard to their new album and live schedule for this year! Thanks and praise again to all of you that have posted on our web and myspace! I am personally touched by each of your comments and look forward to creating more heavy sounds for the ears! John Perez/Solitude Aeturnus COLDWORKER: 'The Contaminated Void' sees its North American Release; Band To Play Finnish Metal Expo COLDWORKER, featuring NASUM drummer Anders Jakobson, will see the long-awaited North American release of their debut album The Contaminated Void this coming Tuesday, January 23. The Contaminated Void saw a worldwide (outside North America) release on November 6. An e-card previewing The Contaminated Void can be viewed here and the record is available digitally in North America via ITunes at this location. Additionally, on the heels of their recent Scandinavian tour supporting ARCH ENEMY, COLDWORKER have been invited to play the Finnish Metal Expo along with DRAGONFORCE, AMON AMARTH and more on February 17 in Helsinki. A listing of COLDWORKER live performances can be found below with more dates to be announced soon. For more information on COLDWORKER, please access the band’s official website: www.COLDWORKER.com and MySpage page: www.myspace.com/COLDWORKER Candlemass announce new singer In case you missed the Solitude Aeturnus entry above, Swedish doom legends CANDLEMASS have issued the following update: "After months of auditions it is now official who replaces Messiah Marcolin in Candlemass. Robert Lowe, well known for his work with SOLITUDE AETURNUS, is the man who killed all the competition and showed that he beyond doubt is the most capable man for the job. A worthy successor!! Robert will still be fronting SA, but since there’s a whole ocean between the bands, we/Candlemass, feel that this is a great solution that is very beneficial for everybody. The mighty voice from Dallas Texas, is thrown into the fire immediately and is starting the vocal work on the new Candlemass album in a matter of days. Candlemass are sure that the words 'amazing' and 'incredible' will be used to describe the result! Candlemass would also like to thank all the gifted singers who applied for the job. Many talents from all over the world have been heard. We are sure that they will continue to be heard for a long time, but not in Candlemass. The band have finally found the ideal replacement for Messiah Marcolin - Robert Lowe! The new album will KILL!!" RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER Announce New Line-Up; Schedule Return Show Philadelphia’s self-proclaimed criminal thrash band RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER have restructured their lineup following the departure of vocalist Eli Shaika and announced their first show back. The vocalist slot will be shared by current RsG guitarist Matt Moore and bassist Shawn Riley. Rounding out the quartet are guitarist Ryan Moll (also of DIVINE RAPTURE and AZURE EMOTE) and drummer Pat Battaglia. The bands first show back in action will be March 10 in Fleetwood, PA at Alexander’s German Deli with more shows expected to be announced soon. RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER are currently writing material for the follow-up to their 2005 debut album, Buried In The Front Yard. For more information on RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER, please access the band’s official website: www.RUMPELSTILTSKINGRINDER.com and MySpage page: www.myspace.com/RumpelstiltskinGrinder. Jeff Duncan & Joey Vera news: DC4 has uploaded 2 new songs! Los Angeles-based hard rock band DC4, featuring former DIO guitarist Rowan Robertson alongside brothers Jeff Duncan (ARMORED SAINT, ODIN) on lead vocals and guitar, Shawn Duncan (ODIN, BIRD OF PREY) on drums and Matt Duncan on bass, have uploaded two finished tracks to their Myspace page. The songs were produced by Joey Vera (ARMORED SAINT, FATES WARNING) and will appear on their upcoming album to be released later this year. DC4 is currently seeking a new label to release the album and are booking live shows through Spring 2007, with several dates already lined up for the Southern California area and Las Vegas. To hear the new songs and check out the upcoming shows, visit the DC4 Myspace page at: http://www.myspace.com/dc4duncan Cattle Decapitation announce mini Mexican tour!!! Hola, pinches humanos... Cattle Decapitation’s first ever tour of Mexico will take place in February 2007. Cattle Decapitation will be joining the stage with MARDUK, MONSTROSITY and SETHERIAL for 'CHAS METAL ATTACK TOUR 2007'!!! The dates are as follows: Feb 9th.- Leon, Mexico, "Madeiras" Feb 10th.- Mexico Cty, "Circo Volador" Feb 11th.- San Luis Potosi, Mexico, Huerta del STIC For all the Mexican fans coming out to the shows and need more information you can go to the following websites for more information: www.chasprod.com www.circovolador.org www.morbid-visions.com For more Cattle Decapitation news, visit the following resources: www.cattledecapitation.com www.myspace.com/cattledecapitation Clinging to the Trees of a Forest Fire Support independent music and independent thinking Harmonies From Bleeding Mouths was recorded at Flatline Audio by Dave Otero (the dude that records all of cephalic carnage's material). Please help us out. Thanks.   THE END ANNOUNCE U.S. TOUR DATES WITH POISON THE WELL Canadian quintet THE END will join Ferret Records' POISON THE WELL for a Southeastern U.S. Tour in late February. The tour will also include THIS IS HELL. THE END is currently finishing their first tour (an Eastern Canada tour with CANCER BATS) in support of their highly anticipated new album, Elementary. A complete listing of THE END tour dates can be found below with more to be announced soon. THE END have also unveiled an e-card previewing Elementary that features three brand new songs, 'Animals', 'Dangerous', and 'Throwing Stones' and can be accessed here. Elementary, which has been described as "bold and ambitious" (Rock Sound UK) and "Something truly magical" (Decibel), is being heralded by respected rock publications the world over and is set for a February 6 North American release date (February 12 internationally). Updated THE END news / tour information will be made available via the Relapse Records website: www.Relapse.com, THE END’s website: www.AllChaos.net and MySpace page: www.MySpace.com/TheEndMusic THE END Tour Dates: All Dates w/ POISON THE WELL, THIS IS HELL February 22 Tallahassee, FL Beta Bar February 23 West Columbia, SC New Brookland Tavern February 24 Wilmington, NC Soapbox Laundrolounge February 25 Richmond, VA Alley Katz February 27 Greensboro, NC Greene St. February 28 Charleston, SC The Music Farm March 1 Jacksonville, FL Fuel Coffeehouse ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY Shoot Video; Debut More New Music ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY recently filmed the first video from their forthcoming new record Open Fire this past weekend. The video, for the track "Words of the Dying Man", was shot in their hometown of Richmond, VA with local creative collective Day By Day (LAMB OF GOD, MUNICIPAL WASTE). ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY drummer Bryan Cox says of the video: 'It’ll be nothing too fancy or cerebral because, well, that's not what we do. The goal for this thing is have something entertaining and fun to watch.' ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY has also posted another preview track, 'None Shall Return', from Open Fire via the band’s official MySpace page, www.MySpace.com/ATPVA www.purevolume.com/AlabamaThunderpussy Open Fire is set for a March 6th North American release date (March 12th internationally) and will be the first ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY record to feature new vocalist Kyle Thomas (ex- EXHORDER / FLOODGATE). THE COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINERS - Deluxe Packaging! Underground grind/metal band THE COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINERS sees the release of their Relapse debut, Olidous Operettas today, Tuesday January 23 in North America (January 29 internationally) in a package as unique as the band themselves. Olidous Operettas comes in a deluxe biohazard specimen package with extended medical text-book insertions and topped off with a "corpse" scented scratch-n-sniff CD. The disc itself, when scratched lightly, will emit a noxious odor that closely resembles that of what TCME’s own Dr. Fairbanks describes as the "Essence of Putrescence". A sample of the Olidous Operettas artwork can be previewed here. Audio samples from Olidous Operettas can be found via this TCME e-card and the band’s official MySpace page: www.MySpace.com/CountyMedicalExaminers. Redrum Records - upcoming releases WWW.REDRUMRECORDS.NET UPCOMING RELEASES FOR 2007!!!! CHAINSAW SURGERY-Cannibalistic Lust For Embryonic Food C.D. (Brutal Death Metal from Holland in the MORTICIAN/DEVOURMENT style!!-out early 2007)) SKULLHOG//BLOODBASTARD-Split C.D. SKULLHOG is formerly know as BILE who released "The Shed" MCD and "Camp Blod" C.D.'s BLOODBASTARD is heavily influenced by BILE and released the"Next To Dissect" C.D. (both bands are mega-brutal, heavy and catchy as hell Death Metal ,both in the same style! For sure to be one of the most brutal split C.D.s ever released!!!-sometime around April 2007) FIREWIND Release New Album; NAMM Report Young guitar phenomenon known as Gus G. (ex-Dream Evil, Nightrage, Mystic Prophecy, Arch Enemy). - attended the NAMM show in Anaheim last weekend to promote the debut of his ESP guitars signature series. Gus further describes his excitement over his NAMM appearance and the album’s U.S. release: 'ESP launched my new signature models and the response from the guitar-heads and fans was great! On Saturday, I did a signing session with one of my heroes, Michael Wilton (Queensryche), and Will Adler (Lamb of God), which was a lot of fun as were the crazy parties that went on every night at the hotel bar! 'I am very excited to announce that our new album, Allegiance, is now available in the U.S. The response from the press is really amazing! Our music finally has good U.S. distribution and promotion. All you have to do is go to your local record store, get a copy and pledge your Allegiance. 'There’s plenty of tour dates coming in 2007, and they definitely involve a U.S. tour as well. Stay tuned for more info, and thanks for the support.' FIREWIND are set to make their highly anticipated U.S. debut at ProgPower USA, which takes place in Atlanta on Oct. 5-6. The group also recently launched their own YouTube page (Fire TV), which features some exclusive material and their new 'Falling To Pieces' video. Click the link below to check it out. http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=FireTV Click to check out the blistering track 'Falling To Pieces.' Official Website - www.firewind.gr IMMOLATION Complete New Album; Announce Track Listing Death metal stalwarts IMMOLATION has wrapped up the recording process for their highly anticipated new full-length album, Shadows In The Light, which is set for an April release. The effort was recorded at Millbrook Sound Studios with producer Paul Orofino and its official track listing is below. Shadows In The Light - Official Track Listing 1. Hate's Plague 2. Passion Kill 3. World Agony 4. Tarnished 5. The Weight of Devotion 6. Breathing The Dark 7. Deliverer of Evil 8. Shadows In The Light 9. Lying With Demons 10. Whispering Death Robert Vigna (guitars) further describes the new album: "It's aggressive, emotional and haunting. The disc delivers all of IMMOLATION's attributes, as it's catchy as hell, very direct and to the point. The album devastates on all levels, from blasting madness and militant charges to sorrow-filled doom and depression. It is a very complete record with soulful solos, thunderous raging drums and vocals that lash right out at you!" IMMOLATION has been assaulting God's black earth for the past 17 years. Along with bands like Suffocation, Incantation and Mortician, IMMOLATION are one of the all important forefathers of New York death metal. Official MySpace page - www.myspace.com/immolationny VITAL REMAINS Complete New Album; Release Date Set For April 3rd Extreme metal titans VITAL REMAINS have wrapped up the recording process for their much-anticipated new album with renowned producer Erik Rutan (Cannibal Corpse, Goatwhore). This effort marks the group's second recording with Glen Benton (Deicide) on vocals, and promises to be their most blasphemous and devastating offering yet. The new offering is set for an April 3rd release. Tony Lazaro (guitars) checks in with the following report: 'We've just returned home from Mana Recordings in Florida, where we spent the last month working on the new album. We can’t wait for you guys to hear it. I really think all of you are going to sh*t yourselves and to those few who thought we couldn't top Dechristianize, you're in for a real surprise. 'A big thanks to Erik Rutan, who really worked us to near death! Much respect to him and Shaun Otani for really working so hard and pushing us to the point of insanity in order to get us to deliver our best performances, which we think you did without a doubt! We thought Dechristianize was a tough album to record, but this effort proved us wrong. This album, hands down, sets the bar for death metal. We spent 12-13 hours a day working on this with no days off. The drums took 10 days alone to track all nine songs. Glen’s vocals sound sicker than ever. His performance and attack was awesome! Dave's leads and harmonies are some of his best work to date and what a great drum performance. The overall sound of the new album is just HUGE! We are very proud of the results of all this hard work. We think our fans will soon agree without question that this is our Reign In Blood. 'On April 3rd, the world will finally get to hear this unholy brutality! Stay tuned for news on our first promotional video and tons of touring! Hammer down the nails.' Official MySpace page - www.myspace.com/vitalremains ONSLAUGHT Merchandise available through our MYSPACE Page! Check out the profile to see CDs and Shirts you can buy including our brand new 25th Anniversary design! Onslaught Myspace Nuse, Undercut, Steel Toe Solution & Spoiler NYC gig Febuary 10th Hardcore show @ The Rail in NJ This show will be one to remember!! Come out and support NJHC & NYHC!! GADGET Announce European Tour Dates Sweden's GADGET will undertake an extensive tour of Europe starting in March. This run of dates will begin on March 20 in Potsdam, Germany and make its way through six countries in just under two weeks. On various dates throughout the tour, GADGET will meet up with label mates LENG TCH'E as well as THE ACACIA STRAIN, ALL THAT REMAINS, MISERY SIGNALS and more. A listing of confirmed GADGET tour dates can be found below with more to be announced soon. GADGET is touring in support of their sophomore effort for Relapse, The Funeral March. A three-song e-card previewing The Funeral March can be accessed here. More information on GADGET can be found via the band’s official website: www.GADGETGRINDCORE.com and MySpage page: www.myspace.com/GADGETGRINDCORE. GADGET Tour Dates: March 18 Germany Rostock Toxis March 19 Germany Berlin Cassiopeia March 20 Germany Potsdam Archiv March 21 Czech Rep Prague 0.0.7. March 22 Austria Linz Ann And Pat March 23 Slovenia Ljubljana Orto Bar March 24 Italy Pinarella Rock Planet March 25 Germany München Feierwerk, Orangehouse w/ Leng Tche, The Acacia Strain, The Architect March 27 France Paris Le Batofar March 28 Belgium Aalst Negasonic March 29 Holland Rotterdam Waterfront w/ Leng Tche, The Acacia Strain, The Architect March 30 Germany Leipzig Conne Island w/ All That Remains, Misery Signals, Textures March 31 Germany Bochum Matrix w/ All That Remains, Misery Signals, Textures Sentenced Fans - Live show: CD + DVD out now! SENTENCED's final show recorded on a 2 disc CD and DVD is now available throughout Europe and most other territories! Without a doubt, SENTENCED are masters of melancholy, and their second incarnation delivered a decisive impulse that others such as HIM and The Rasmus successfully turned into poppier sounds yet SENTENCED remained always true to metal. After a run of funeral appearances on various European festivals, the inventors of suicide rock did a final run of club shows in their native Finland that culminated in two shows in their hometown of Oulu. On this farewell voyage, they were accompanied by a dear friend for the 'Home Soil Funeral Procession' that gave an intimate insight into the life on the Finnish road. In addition, you’ll find extra material such as a 30-minute, animated photo gallery, all seven of the band’s music videos, fun stuff like behind-the-scenes footage of photo and video shoots, several signing sessions in Finland, as well as extensive interviews with their original singer Taneli Jarva (who also did vocals for five songs) and Sami Lopakka together with vocalist Ville Laihiala. All together, this DVD release gives you hours of material, mainly from the last year of the band’s existence. FRIGHTMARE's "Midnight Murder Mania" on vinyl FRIGHTMARE's "Midnight Murder Mania" album just came out on LP from Torture Garden Records. It looks amazing! Check it out on their myspage page here: Razorback Records http://www.razorbackrecords.com/ Obituary & Repulsion dont miss it!!! 3/24/2007 Saturday March 24th & Sunday March 25th Of 2007 At The Knitting Factory in Hollywood CA 2 stages + 2 days + 40 bands = Total Brutality LINE-UP THUS FAR: SATURDAY MARCH 24th - the only US appearance in 2007 from - OBITUARY - an exclusive West Coast re-union from - ATHEIST - a rare live appearance from the masters of death - REPULSION - yet another innovator of death making an exclusive West Coast appeance - DECEASED - plus special guest appearances from - LACK OF INTEREST DEKAPITATOR KYLESA GENGHIS TRON - plus many more to be announced - SUNDAY MARCH 25th - an exclusive West Coast re-union from - BRUTAL TRUTH - a rare West Coast appearance from- PIG DESTROYER - the original hate mongers of grind - AN*L C*NT - plus special guest appearances from - WACO JESUS CRETIN STRONG INTENTION KILL THE CLIENT - plus many more to be announced - Single Day Ticket - $33 Advance / $36 Day Of Show Two Day Pass - $60 Advance MINSK: Announce Two Tours; Launch Media Player for Forthcoming Album MINSK has announced two tours in support of their highly-anticipated new album, The Ritual Fires of Abandonment. MINSK will play their first show of the year in Chicago, IL on February 10 at the Empty Bottle with THE HIDDEN HAND and KYLESA. Then in mid-March MINSK, will embark on a run of dates to and from SXSW with fellow Chicago rockers BIBLE OF THE DEVIL. Immediately following, MINSK will team up with label-mates RWAKE for an extensive tour of the Eastern United States. A listing of confirmed MINSK tour dates can be found below with more to be announced soon. Additionally, MINSK has launched a media player featuring two preview tracks off of The Ritual Fires of Abandonment; 'White Wings' and 'Embers'. Both tracks can be heard via the e-card and the band’s official MySpace page: www.MySpace.com/MINSK. The Ritual Fires of Abandonment was recorded at Parker's Volume Recording studio (PELICAN, UNEARTHLY TRANCE) in Chicago and is set for a February 20 North American release date, February 26 internationally. MINSK Tour Dates: February 10 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle (w/ The Hidden Hand, Kylesa) March 11 Iowa City, IA The Picador (w/ Bible of the Devil) March 12 Omaha, NE Shea Riley’s (w/ Bible of the Devil) March 13 Lawrence, KS Replay Lounge (w/ Bible of the Devil) All Dates from April 5 thru w/ Rwake April 5 Memphis, TN The Buccaneer April 6 Johnson City, TN The Hideaway April 7 Atlanta, GA Lenny’s Bar (w/ Zoroaster) April 11 Richmond, VA Alley Katz April 12 Philadelphia, PA Millcreek Tavern April 13 Boston, MA Linwood Grill April 14 Portland, ME Space (w/ Conifer, Ocean) April 15 Providence, RI AS220 April 16 New York, NY Club Midway (w/ Unearthly Trance, Made Out of Babies) April 19 Columbus, OH Ravari Room (w/ Teeth of the Hydra) April 20 Chicago, IL Cobra Lounge DESPISED ICON Recording Update; Embark On Canadian/U.S. Run With Job For A Cowboy The Montreal-based deathcore six-piece DESPISED ICON are currently in the midst of recording their sophomore Century Media release with acclaimed producer/former guitarist Yannick St-Amand (Beneath The Massacre, Ion Dissonance, Neuraxis). The new effort will be mixed by the renowned Andy Sneap (Machine Head, Megadeth) starting on Feb. 10th and is currently scheduled for a May release. The group will also kick off a three-week Canadian/U.S. tour as direct support to Job For A Cowboy on Feb. 28th before heading to Europe in March with Unearth, Job For A Cowboy and Daath. See below for the complete itinerary. Alex Erian (vocals) checks in with the following report: 'We've been in the studio for about two weeks now. The drums were recorded with a click track/metronome and the result is tight as f**k. Some of the parts on this record are faster then anything we've done in the past. Alex's drumkit sounds amazing. Expect more blastbeats and gravity blasts! We've drilled holes in our heads and came up with loads of inventive breakdowns for you mosh enthusiasts. I know this is the type of stuff that all bands say, but trust me, it's true and you won't be disappointed. 'The guitars are about halfway done, and we can't wait to see how killer things will sound once Andy Sneap starts mixing. He made some of the best sounding recordings out there, so we're definitely stoked to be working with him. Don Clark from Invisible Creature is currently working on our album layout. He handled the art direction on Norma Jean's last two albums, so you know it's going to look sick. We've worked twice as hard on this record and are very pleased with how it's coming along. 'Also, a thanks goes out to all of those who have tried out/shown interest for the guitarist spot. We've just picked the top three candidates and will invite them over to Montreal to jam and hang out with us as soon as we come back from the studio. Future plans include the shooting of our new video with DBM Films in February, with a Canadian/U.S. and European tour in March/April. We're stoked to finally tour Europe and can't wait to play in our country again!' 2006 saw DESPISED ICON hit the tour circuit on high-profile tours with Hatebreed, Behemoth, Black Dahlia Murder, Napalm Death, Exodus, Morbid Angel, Through The Eyes of The Dead and Krisiun. DESPISED ICON W/Job For a Cowboy 02/28 The Outlander - Springfield, MO 03/01 Knights of Columbus - Cedar Lake, IN 03/02 Lawrenceville Moose Lodge - Pittsburgh, PA 03/03 Call the Office - London, ON 03/04 The Underground - Hamilton, ON 03/05 El Mocambo - Toronto, ON 03/06 Maverick’s - Ottawa, ON 03/07 Club Lambi - Montreal, QC 03/08 Le Tremplin - Sherbrooke, QC 03/09 Café Rock Le Stage - Trois-Rivieres, QC 03/10 L’anti - Quebec City, QC 03/11 Petit Pavilion - Rimouski, QC 03/14 The Arts Guild - Charlottetown, PEI 03/15 The Attic - Halifax, NS 03/15 The Pavilion - Halifax, NS Official Website - www.despisedicon.com Full Metal Fest I March 3rd, 2007 FULL METAL FEST I Mexico City, Mexico OMEN, HIRAX, HELSTAR, AGENT STEEL, ANVIL, HEATHEN, SOLITUDE AETURNUS, DANTESCO, STRIKE MASTER, & more! New NEVERMORE Video To Make Headbangers Ball Debut; Band Commences Writing Process NEVERMORE’s video for 'Born,' the blistering opening track from This Godless Endeavor, is set to make its Headbangers Ball debut on Saturday night, Jan. 27th on MTV2 at 10PM EST/7PM PST. If you can’t wait to see it, click the link below to check it out now. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=impRqn44OCA NEVERMORE had an extremely successful 2006, which saw them tour Europe as direct support to Disturbed and embark on two U.S. tours alongside In Flames, Arch Enemy and Chimaira, in addition to performing at a dozen premiere metal festivals around the globe, including the renowned Wacken Open Air and Monsters of Rock. The group also shot footage throughout the year for an upcoming DVD, which will include behind-the-scenes footage, promotional clips and a majestic performance composed of tracks spanning their entire career. NEVERMORE recently commenced the writing process for their much-anticipated new effort, the follow-up to 2005’s acclaimed This Godless Endeavor. The band should enter the studio this summer. Throughout their recording career, NEVERMORE have shared the stage with metal's elite including Megedeth, Dream Theater, Children Of Bodom, Iced Earth, Death, Dimmu Borgir, King Diamond and Opeth. This Godless Endeavor was hailed as one of their best efforts yet by critics and fans alike, which is a further testament to NEVERMORE’s staying power and die-hard fanbase. Their next effort will prove just how essential the band are to the genre. INTO ETERNITY Debut New Video On Headbangers Ball ; On Tour Now With Destruction Their video for "SEVERE EMOTIONAL DISTRESS" will be debuting on Headbangers Ball this weekend. WATCH IT! If you can’t wait to see it, click the link below to check it out now. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5GSFcYqBoc In other news...they are currently on tour with Destruction, *Municipal Waste and *Hirax (selected dates). Tim Roth (guitars, vocals) states: 'I grew up on thrash metal, so it’s amazing to be out with Destruction for our first tour of 2007. This is a high-energy package, and we can't wait to see everyone on the road. Keep it metal!" INTO ETERNITY w/Destruction, Municipal Waste 02/01 The Opera House - Toronto, ON 02/02 Cabaret Du Capitol - Quebec City, QC 02/03 Foufounes Electriques - Montreal, QC 02/04 The Middle East - Boston, MA 02/05 Studio B - Brooklyn, NY 02/06 First Unitarian Church - Philadelphia, PA 02/07 Sonar - Baltimore, MD 02/08 The Milestone - Charlotte, NC 02/09 The Masquerade - Atlanta, GA 02/10 Thee Imperial - Jacksonville, FL 02/11 The Back Booth - Orlando, FL 02/12 One Eyed Jack’s - New Orleans, LA (Destruction/Into Eternity ONLY!) w/Destruction, Hirax 02/13 White Rabbit - San Antonio, TX 02/14 Walter’s on Washington - Houston, TX 02/15 Chic’s - El Paso, TX 02/16 Clubhouse - Tempe, AZ 02/17 Knitting Factory - Hollywood, CA Official Website - www.intoeternity.net MySpace - www.myspace.com/officialintoeternity The Gates Of Slumber/Centurions Ghost/Earthride - live dates 14/04/07 The Side Bar Tavern, Baltimore 20/04/07 Fenton, Leeds 21/04/07 Soundhouse, Glasgow 24/04/07 TBA, Bristol 25/04/07 The Underworld, London 28/04/07 DOOM SHALL RISE V, The Chapel, Gö ppingen 29/04/07 TBA, Torino 30/04/07 Sinister Noise Club, Rome 01/05/07 TBA, Udine 02/05/07 TBA, Lyon 03/05/07 Club Zero, Hallein 04/05/07 Kunstverein, Nuremberg 05/05/07 Le Batofar, Paris Solace - Orange Goblin - UK Tour - May 2007 ORANGE GOBLIN / SOLACE UK TOUR MAY 2007 ITINEREARY Fri 11th - London, Camden Underworld (Eng) CONFIRMED Sat 12th - Southampton, Joiners (Eng) CONFIRMED Sun 13th - Bristol, Bierkeller(Eng) CONFIRMED Mon 14th - Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach(Wales) CONFIRMED Tue 15th - Nottingham, The Old Angel (Eng) CONFIRMED Wed 16th - Manchester, Jabez Clegg (Eng) CONFIRMED Thu 17th - Newcastle, Trillians (Eng) CONFIRMED Fri 18th - Glasgow, Classic Grand (Scot) CONFIRMED Sat 19th - Edinburgh, Exchange (Scot) CONFIRMED Pale Divine New CD and MYSPACE layout! Hello All... Our new CD titled "Cemetery Earth" will be released on March 31st so the wait will finally be over! As always we look forward to everyone's feedback on the new CD and we sincerely hope you all enjoy it. We'd also like to take this time to sincerely thank Valentin Mellstrom @ Mellstrom Arts & Graphics for the FANTASTIC new album artwork and logo and for redesigning our Myspace site. Cheers! ..Ok, that's all for now...talk to you soon! -Pale Divine Isis on vinyl OK folks, after much patience on your part and the (finally subsided) holiday mayhem, Robotic Empire is rightly stoked to announce the availability of ISIS' new full-length In The Absence Of Truth on vinyl in the 2xLP format. Although the European and Japanese releases of this have already hit the market (along with some of the US pressing through the band), we are expecting this to be fairly hectic as ISIS' fans are pretty freakin' rabid. Because of this, we will do our best to answer all questions in this post and ask you please refrain from writing us unless we haven't covered your question/problem here. Without further blabbering, here is our description of this stunning album along with a bunch of photos, pressing info, ordering information and more: If you haven't heard the album yet and would like to sample some tracks, two different ones are available online: * "Dulcinea" * "Holy Tears" http://www.roboticempire.com/ Atlantean Kodex/Vestal Claret Split 12" MLP coming soon!! Pre-order now!! Attention oldschool metal headbangers and devil horn raisers!! Metal Coven Records is about to unleash their 8th vinyl assault in just a couple of weeks!! This time we've teamed up with German Epic Metal warriors Atlantean Kodex (www.myspace.com/atlanteankodex) and US Obscure Heavy Metal worshippers Vestal Claret (www.myspace.com/vestalclaret) to deliver you a killer 12" MLP on black/white splattered vinyl, featuring 3 exclusive songs with a total playing time of over 18 minutes!! The release will be decorated by 2 b/w cult artworks by Headlight, as well as 2 copied inserts and 2 stickers!! It'll be strictly limited to 500 handnumbered copies, so be quick or be dead!! Pre-order your copy now for 9 Euro + P&P!! Contact Metal Coven Records: metalcovenrec@gmx.net Contact Atlantean Kodex: trummermanuel@aol.com Contact Vestal Claret: pswanson15@comcast.net Officium Triste - recording update We have been in the studio for 2 days now and have recorded drum-, bass and rhythm guitartracks to the 6 songs that'll be featured on our upcoming 4th album. It is all going really well so far! An update after 4 days: We've recorded everything except for some guitar melodies and solos. Those will be done in our own studio the coming weeks. We'll start mixing everything in February. I can say it all sounds really well so far. - Officium Triste Cannibal Corpse: "Vile" Re-Issue March 2007 CANNIBAL CORPSE will re-release its 1996 masterpiece "Vile" in March 2007. Entitled "Vile Live", the re-release will be part of a two-disc set which will include a bonus DVD containing live footage from the "Vile" era. The bulk of the concert material was filmed using three "old-school Hi8 cameras" on February 3, 1997 at San Francisco's Berkely Square, with four additional tracks shot the following night (February 4, 1997) using only two cameras. The track listing for the bonus DVD is as follows: February 3, 1997: 01. Perverse Suffering 02. Stripped Raped and Strangled 03. Covered with Sores 04. Monolith 05. Addicted to Vaginal Skin 06. Force Fed Broken Glass 07. F**ked with a Knife 08. Gutted 09. Bloodlands 10. Shredded Humans 11. Staring Through the Eyes of the Dead 12. A Skull Full of Maggots 13. Devoured by Vermin 14. Hammer Smashed Face February 4, 1997: 01. Pulverized 02. Puncture Wound Massacre 03. Mummified in Barbed Wire 04. Orgasm Through Torture LORD GORE repress + YouTube video LORD GORE's debut album, "The Autophaghous Orgy" (2002), will be back in stock in the next 3 weeks! The booklet/layout finally includes the much requested lyrics. We will announce once the CD's are ready for ordering. Check out this cool LORD GORE video of "Gastric Gore-Met" on YouTube! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuj9OJyGXAI Thanks to HorrorMaster for making it! - Razorback Records GRUESOME STUFF RELISH returns! GRUESOME STUFF RELISH is back from the dead! The band is currently working on 20 new songs for their long-awaited 2nd full-length album. Fans of Italian horror/gore cinema and early 90's influenced death/grind excellence, be prepared! Check out their new myspace page here. www.myspace.com/gruesomestuff - Razorback Records Torche 2007 News 2007 should be a more productive year for us. We'll finally see the remixed s/t LP (the cd will also include the old mix as well). Instead of releasing a 7", we'll be releasing a 6 song 10" ep with Robotic Empire (recorded Aug 2005) and John Baizley will provide the artwork. The vinyl 10" will also include the cd so both formats included in the package. Hopefully, we'll have both of these available in time for our ISIS/JESU tour. Let's keep our fingers crossed.......Next LP will be recorded this summer with Kurt Ballou at God City in Salem, MA. - Torche Mirror Of Deception in Ireland & new online shop We are proud to announce and look forward to our two first headliner shows in Ireland! The dates: Feb 23 2007 Dublin - The Temple (+ Nuclear Reign + Wereju) Feb 24 2007 Belfast - Katy Dalys (+ Sorrowfall + Arcane Suppression) The Belfast show is a matinee, starting at 3:30 PM! We will be on stage around 7 PM. Our new online shop has opened. THE place to get your Mirror of Deception CDs, vinyls and shirts. Paypal payment is possible. SOLITUDE AETURNUS Confirmed For CHICAGO POWERFEST Texas doom legends SOLITUDE AETURNUS, San Diego female-fronted metallers BENEDICTUM and Belgium's up-and-coming death/doom metallers THURISAZ have been confirmed for Chicago Powerfest 2007. The fifth annual metal festival will take place on Friday, April 20 and Saturday, April 21 at The Pearl Room in Mokena, IL. SOLITUDE AETURNUS will be playing in support of their critically acclaimed new album, "Alone", and will be making their first Midwest performance in almost three years. BENEDICTUM, who are coming off their European tour with DORO, will be promoting their latest album, "Uncreation". THURISAZ, who recently completed a European tour with NOVEMBERS DOOM and AGALLOCH, will be making their U.S. debut. Commented co-promoter and TWELFTH GATE bassist Rob Such: "While on my recent trip to Europe with friends NOVEMBERS DOOM, I was able to watch openers THURISAZ kick ass every night...and I really felt that they deserved a chance to leave the same lasting impression on this year's Powerfest audience just as they did on me & the audiences throughout Europe." Current Powerfest lineup: SOLITUDE AETURNUS MARTYR NOVEMBERS DOOM BENEDICTUM SHATTER MESSIAH THURISAZ The remaining four bands, which also include both headliners, will be announced in the upcoming weeks as they become confirmed. Ticket information will also be made available once the lineup is complete. For more information regarding the festival, go to this location. INCANTATION TO DOMINATE EUROPE TRENTON, N.J. - Incantation will return to in February as part of the Domination Tour 2007 alongside Malevolent Creation, Rotting Christ, Neuraxis, Mystic Circle, Harm, and Inative Messiah. The Pennsylvania-based death metal band will also continue on with Rotting Christ, Malevolent Creation, and Rotten Sound for another six dates following the end of the tour. We're looking forward to a kick ass tour," said Incantation guitarist and frontman John McEntee. "We've been friend with Malevolent Creation and Neuraxis for a long time and it will be great to tour with them." Incantation's seventh album, "Primordial Domination," was released last fall on Ibex Moon Records. The longstanding and influential band has kept a steady tour schedule since the release of the records,touring the U.S., South America, and Europe. In other news, McEntee has just finalized an endorsement deal with BC Rich guitars. "I have been using BC Rich guitars for over 20 years and am proud to be working with them," he said. Domination Tour dates: 02/14/07 Wed. Kato, Berlin, Germany 02/15/07 Thu. Hellrise, Leipzig, Germany 02/16/07 Fri. Szene, Wien, Austria 02/17/07 Sat. Rockhaus, Salzburg, Austria 02/18/07 Sun. Hafen, Innsbruck, Austria 02/19/07 Mon. Z7, Plattern, Switzerland 02/20/07 Tue. Laiterie, Strasbourg, France 02/21/07 Wed. Locomotive, Paris, France 02/22/07 Thu. Effenaar, Eindhoven, Netherlands 02/23/07 Fri. Biebob, Vosselaar, Belgium 02/24/07 Sat. Live Factory, Adelsheim, Germany 02/25/07 Sun. Fledo, Brno, Czech Republic 02/26/07 Mon. Randal, Bratislava, Slovakia 02/27/07 Tue. Sottosopra Rock Club, Este (PD), Italy 02/28/07 Wed. Metropolis, Munchen, Germany 03/01/07 Thu. N8, Osnabruck, Germany 03/02/07 Fri. Vera, Groningen, Netherlands 03/03/07 Sat. Turock, Essen, Germany 03/04/07 Sun. Baroeg, Rotterdam, Netherlands Incantation, Rotting Christ, Malevolent Creation, and Rotten Sound dates: 03/06/07 Tue. Rio, Bradford, England 03/07/07 Wed. Soundhaus, Glasgow, Scotland 03/08/07 Thu. Voodoo Lounge, Dublin, Ireland 03/09/07 Fri. Soundhause, Bolton, England 03/10/07 Sat. Camden Underworld, London, England 03/11/07 Sun. decade, Zaandam, Netherlands www.incantation.com www.myspace.com/Incantation www.ibexmoonrecords.com www.myspace.com/ibexmoonrecords     Print this page in printer-friendly format Tell a friend about this page

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