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| INTO ETERNITY: 'Diagnosis Terminal' Track Posted Online. |
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 Canadian prog metalersl INTO ETERNITY have posted their upcoming new track "Diagnosis Terminal" on their MySpace page.
Century Media Records has set an August 25 European release date for the band's new album "The Incurable Tragedy". The band's first conceptual offering will be released in North America on September 2.
"The Incurable Tragedy", marks the band's first recording effort with Justin Bender (guitars) and Steve Bolognese (drums), who came aboard shortly after the group finished Gigantour '06.
A posting on the band's website reads as follows: "This CD was inspired by the deaths of Tim Roth's (guitar, vocals) two best friends, brothers who succumbed to cancer within two months of one another. To make matters worse, Roth's father was diagnosed with cancer as well. Showing no mercy, the disease claimed his life last year, just 10 days before Christmas. Roth channeled his emotions into a moving and riveting album which is sure to propel the band to new heights within the genre. "The Incurable Tragedy" features a slew of tracks with the band's trademarked heavy grooves, stop-on-a-dime time changes, reflective lyrics, memorable choruses, shredding solos, and vocals that range from guttural growls to soaring harmonies".
Source: myspace.com/officialintoeternity
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(comments?) Tuesday, July 01 @ 04:01:28 EDT (219 reads) |
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| EDGUY Reveal New Album Title. |
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 EDGUY recently entered German Gate Studios to commence recording the follow up album to "Rocket Ride". Named "Tinnitus Sanctus", the new album is being produced by Sascha Paeth and is scheduled to be released in November 2008.
Frontman Tobias Sammet commented: "The title just refers to the wall of sound that will bulldoze you. Let's be modest: We have ten extraordinary songs and this new album is gonna be our ticket to the hall of fame alongside with LED ZEPPELIN, BLACK SABBATH and AC/DC. There won't be a hit single this time, not even a flop single; not only because most songs are too long for a single, but also because for a single we had to produce way more stuff, lose money and need a time frame to release it. The album would come later then and that would suck. For the record: Musically, we don't go back to the roots. It's not the 'Legacy of Mandrake Part 2' and it's not a little brother of 'Rocket Ride' either. It's a new album and we've set off to new horizons once more! The stuff sounds really broad, very anthemic, heavy and ballsy."
"We've kept our trademarks and still there are a lot of elements that are different to anything we've done before. I know what some fans may think, because if my favourite bands would have come up with statements like that I would have been scared to death, but in our case I am sure this could be the album we'll be measured by in the future."
North American Tour Dates:
Oct 10 @ Harpos Concert Theater, Detroit, Michigan
Oct 11 @ The Opera House, Toronto, Ontario
Oct 12 @ Club Soda, Montreal, Quebec
Oct 14 @ Middle East, Cambridge/Boston, Massachusetts
Oct 15 @ B.B. Kings, New York, NY
Oct 16 @ Jaxx, West Springfield, Virginia
Oct 17 @ Peabody's, Cleveland, Ohio
Oct 18 @ Pearl Room, Mokena/Chicago, Illinois
Oct 20 @ Station 4, Paul, Minnesota
Oct 23 @ El Corazon, Seattle, Washington
Oct 24 @ Hawthorne Theater, Portland, Oregon
Oct 25 @ Slim's, San Francisco, California
Oct 26 @ Key Club, Los Angeles, California
Oct 27 @ El Jardin Silencio, Mexicali; Mexico
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(comments?) Saturday, June 28 @ 06:08:04 EDT (303 reads) |
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| THE AMENTA To Start Mixing n0n. |
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 Amenta writes "Australia's extreme industrial metal collective THE AMENTA will enter The Vault Studios in Sydney, Australia this week to mix its latest release, "n0n", with longtime engineer Lachlan Mitchell (NAZXUL).
Mastering for the album will take place at Studios 301 with Australia's premier mastering engineer Steve Smart.
THE AMENTA describes the new album's sound as a fusion of extreme metal, electronic noise and dub. The follow-up to 2004's "Occasus" will feature 12 tracks in total, including "Skin", "Rape", "Cancer", "Whore", "Dystrophy", "Atrophy", "Slave", "Vermin", "Dirt", "Spine", and "Junky". With each song featuring over 100 actual recorded tracks, THE AMENTA's new album pushes technology to its absolute limits.
The recording of the album spanned three different countries and seven different studios. "n0n" contains a myriad of different contributors and performers with no less than two drummers, six vocalists and two bass players recording on the album which features guest appearances from Jason Mendonca (AKERCOCKE), Alice Daquet (SIR ALICE), Alex Pope (RUINS) and more."
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(comments?) Friday, June 27 @ 10:01:19 EDT (323 reads) |
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| METALLICA: Video Interview With ROBERT TRUJILLO Available Online. |
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 DasDing.tv conducted an interview with METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo at this year's Rock am Ring festival, which took place June 6-7 in Nürburgring, Germany. You can watch the interview in two parts: Part 1 & Part 2.
METALLICA has named its new album "Death Magnetic", according to a messages at the band's official web site. The group's ninth full length is expected to be released sometime in September.
"Death Magnetic" was produced by METALLICA and Rick Rubin, and marks the recording debut of bassist Robert Trujillo, who joined the lineup in 2003.
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(comments?) Monday, June 23 @ 20:39:36 EDT (425 reads) |
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| MEGADETH Is Not Playing Turkey In July. |
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 MEGADETH's web site has been updated with the following message:
"MEGADETH would like to bring to attention that a concert promoter in Turkey is falsely advertising that MEGADETH is to play in Bursa, Turkey this coming July. MEGADETH is not, and never was, confirmed to play this show. MEGADETH's management is aggressively pursuing this concert promoter for false advertising."
Source: Blabbermouth.net
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(comments?) Monday, June 23 @ 20:29:55 EDT (223 reads) |
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| CARCASS To Tour Australia In October. |
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 Unquestionably one of the most important , influential & well favoured metal bands of our time, CARCASS have reformed in 2008 to perform at several prestigious metal festivals throughout Europe. Soundworks Touring is incredibly excited & honoured to announce that CARCASS will be performing in Australia to “Reek” havoc on our Carcass starved souls for the first time in 15 years!
Confirmed dates are as follows:
Oct 09 @ Capitol; Perth
Oct 10 @ HQ Complex; Adelaide
Oct 11 @ The Arena; Brisbane
Oct 12 @ The Metro Theatre; Sydney
Oct 13 @ Billboard; Melbourne
Tickets go on sale Thursday 26th of June.
CARCASS' reunion lineup:
Bill Steer (FIREBIRD) - Vocals, Guitar
Jeff Walker (BRUJERIA) - Vocals, Bass
Michael Amott (ARCH ENEMY) - Guitar
Daniel Erlandsson (ARCH ENEMY) - Drums
Thanks: Soundworks Touring
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(comments?) Monday, June 23 @ 19:40:15 EDT (164 reads) |
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| PSYCROPTIC Sign To NUCLEAR BLAST. |
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PSYCROPTIC & Soundworks Management are proud to announce that as of Friday June 20th 2008 Tasmania’s own PSYCROPTIC are officially signed to Nuclear Blast Records worldwide and Stomp for Australia for the new full length album due out this October!!!!
US A&R Gerardo Martinez about the signing: "We are beyond excited to be working with one of the best Technical Death Metal bands in the world right now. We feel the band will reach the status they deserve in a short period of time. Also the band is euphoric about the cooperation."
Currently on tour in the USA as part of the massive Summer Slaughter package... the band themselves had this to say:
“To say that all of us in Psycroptic are excited to be working with Nuclear Blast is quite an understatement... we're over the moon!!!! Nuclear Blast has always been the pinnacle of labels within the metal
realm, and to be signed with them is a huge honor for us...and to be the first Tasmanian band to ever be on the label is a pretty awesome bonus as well."
"The artist roster is nothing short of amazing, and for Psycroptic to be added to it... well, we couldn't be happier!!” – Dave Haley
Stomp Australia had the following comments:
Label Manager Darren Cherry commented. "Psycroptic are a pioneering and ever progressing force in extreme metal and Stomp are proud to be releasing their upcoming fourth studio album which we believe will take them to an entirely new level on a global scale".
For any further press information please contact Glenn Dyson at Prime Cuts Music: pcuts @ bigpond.com
Thanks: Prime Cuts
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| TESTAMENT: September Dates Confirmed! MORTAL SIN To Support. |
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West Coast thrash metal legends, TESTAMENT, are set to return to Australia to play a trio of dates at the end of September, hitting the cities of Brisbane, Melbourne, and Sydney in support of their latest release "The Formation of Damnation". Australian metal acts Anarchsphere, State of Integrity, Picture the End, and MORTAL SIN will perform in support.
Testament’s latest studio release, "The Formation of Damnation", was released on April 29th and made the JB Hi Fi Top 40!!
The band is back with the original lineup, featuring vocalist Chuck Billy, guitarists Eric Peterson and Alex Skolnick, bassist Greg Christian, and drummer Paul Bostaph.
Tour Dates:
Sept 25 @ The Arena; Brisbane
Sept 26 @ The Hi Fi; Melbourne
Sept 27 @ The Metro; Sydney
For more information visit wilkinsonentertainment.com
Thanks: RIOT Ent.
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| DISMEMBER Return To Burn Australia. |
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Stockholm's Death Metal Gods DISMEMBER are back to their glory days... back to the early 90's.
If you missed out on the Australian 2005 Tour and still hear people talking about it, you know there is a very good reason why! As long as Dismember live, Death Metal will reign supreme.
Tour Dates:
July 15 @ Amplifier; Perth
July 16 @ Enigma; Adelaide - Guests : Tzun Tzu & Altars
July 17 @ The Bris Hotel; Hobart - Guests : Earth, Terrorust, Separatist & M.S.I.
July 18 @ Hi Fi Bar; Melbourne - Guests : Fuck I'm Dead, Earth, Terrorust, & Embodied
July 19 @ Gaelic Theater; Sydney - Guests : Earth & Terrorust
July 20 @ Rosies on Edwards Guests; Brisbane - Guests : Vomitor & More T.b.c.
Thanks: RIOT Ent.
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(comments?) Wednesday, May 28 @ 06:23:00 EDT (792 reads) |
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| JUDAS PRIEST To Tour Australia In September. |
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British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST will bring their mammoth Priest Feast 2008 tour to Australian fans in September.
The Priest Feast tour will showcase the band's hugely impressive legacy as well as new tracks from its forthcoming album "Nostradamus", which will be released in Australia by Sony BMG on June 14.
JUDAS PRIEST will be joined by special guests CAVALERA CONSPIRACY and Australia's own DAYSEND.
Priest Feast 2008 Australian tour featuring JUDAS PRIEST, CAVALERA CONSPIRACY and DAYSEND:
Sep. 10 - Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Sep. 12 - Acer Arena, Sydney
Sep. 13 - Hisense Arena, Melbourne
Sep. 14 - Adelaide Entertainment Centre
Sep. 16 - Burswood Dome, Perth
Source: Blabbermouth.net
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