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| Lake Of Blood: Audio From Upcoming Debut Available. |
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 thrashtheday writes "Black metal band LAKE OF BLOOD has issued a statement regarding their upcoming debut album "Heed The Primal Calling":
The album will be a dark concept story loosely described as being about an "unknown, unnamed person, with no identity in a unknown place, returning to it's primal state." The CD is currently still being recorded in Southern California and no tentative release date has been given out as yet.
You can listen to the song "Nameless I Arise" at the bands official MySpace.
Track listing for "Heed The Primal Calling":
1. Nameless I Arise
2. Heed The Primal Calling
3. The Darkest Path
4. Lake of Blood
The band will play a live show at La Conga, California on the 19th of January with Terry Funk, Fallen Figure and Evolution of Discord with more TBA."
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(comments?) Wednesday, January 02 @ 04:41:03 EST (1342 reads) |
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| Live Shows Scheduled In Promotion Of 'A Blaze In The Southern Skies' Comp CD. |
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 Prime Cuts Music in association with Brash Group and Soundworks have finished producing a double compilation CD of Australia’s biggest and most exciting metal acts. Entitled ‘A Blaze In The Southern Skies’ and featuring 33 tracks, this double CD showcases the vast and diverse metal talent this great country of ours has to offer. The CD will be made available to the Australian metal public via two massive launch shows in both Perth & Melbourne in celebration of this release or from any of the bands featured on the compilations.
Details for the Perth shows are:
Dec 28 2007 @ LHQ, (doors 6pm)
Pathogen; The Furor; Malignant Monster; Chaos Divine; Grotesque
Door Sales only!
Dec 29 2007 @ Amplifier Bar / Club Capitol, (Doors 8pm)
Club Capitol side:
Pathogen; The Furor; Chaos Divine; Psychonaut; Human Extinction Project (featuring Glenn Butcher from Allegiance, Gav from Choke)
Amplifier side:
Dyscord; Grotesque; Malignant Monster; Left Ablaze; Claim The Throne
Presale tix available at Moshtix.com.au - Or get them at the door!
“A Blaze in The Southern Skies” CD's will be available on the night at the Prime Cuts Merch stand.
Details for the Melbourne shows are:
January 11 2008 @ The Peninsula Lounge, Mornington Peninsula
January 12 @ The Corner Hotel, Melbourne
Line Up (Both Shows)
Terrorust; Five Star Prison Cell; Darkest Dawn; Humonic; Be’lakor
Doors sales only for both shows and “A Blaze in The Southern Skies” CD's will be available on the night.
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| SOILWORK: To Tour Australia In May. |
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 Swedish death metallers SOILWORK have lined up the following shows in Australia for 2008:
May 13 @ The Arena; Brisbane
May 14 @ The Manning Bar; Sydney
May 15 @ Hi Fi; Melbourne
May 17 @ Night Train; Adelaide
May 18 @ Metro Fremante; Perth
Upcoming North American and European dates can be viewed at this location.
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(comments?) Monday, December 24 @ 12:12:34 EST (1368 reads) |
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| Tim Owens Replaced As Matt Barlow Rejoins With ICED EARTH. |
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ICED EARTH mainman and guitarist Jon Schaffer has issued the following statement on the departure of singer Tim Owens and the return of Matt Barlow:
"It will be sometime before I'm going to be doing press due to the holidays and the fact that I'm still deep in the final writing process of ['Something Wicked' album] Part 2. I'm aware that the news of Matt coming back into to the band has taken many people by surprise so I'll try to explain the situation a little better.
"I do love Tim's voice and it is the kind of voice I hear when I write, and he's a really cool person. And I do not want an unnecessary war of words started because certain journalists like to create controversy to sell their magazines. I love Tim as a person, a friend and a musician, and I do not have negative feelings towards him at all. We would all appreciate it if the trash pedlars would respect the situation and keep their venomous speculations to themselves. An unlikely request I'm sure, but it would be nice. On the other side, Matt and I are brothers and there was a very deep and spiritual connection that came through in the music that we created and performed together over the years.
"ICED EARTH has always been about passion and honesty in the music — I'm talking about real, raw emotion. That's what has always made the relationship between the band and the fans a very special thing and it is the thing that made the chemistry that Matt and I had together so special.
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| Two Dead As THE RED SHORE Tour Bus Crashes. |
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SMiM writes "The Age newspaper reports:
"Two men have died and four have been injured after a minibus carrying men involved in a heavy-metal band tour has crashed down an embankment of the Pacific Highway.
The minibus was in a convoy carrying "deathcore-metal" band The Red Shore on their Christmas Carnage tour.
A spokeswoman for the tour organiser said that members of the California-based All Shall Perish were not involved in the crash. She was unable to provide further details about the men.
The bands were due to perform at Hermann's bar at the University of Sydney tonight [19-Dec; show still to go ahead].
The singer was pronounced dead at the crash site, while a second man, a merchandise manager, died at Coffs Harbour hospital after being trapped for an hour in the minibus after the minibus veered off the road and rolled down an embankment near Cunninghams Bridge at Moonee Beach in northern NSW at 7am.
Four other male passengers are in a stable condition.""
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| ANTHRAX Announce New Singer. |
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LukeLord writes "Long running heavy metal band ANTHRAX have announced Dan Nelson as their new singer, replacing Joey Belladonna.
Nelson is a virtual unknown, having fronted several local bands in the Long Island/New York area in the past. Says drummer Charlie Benante, “Rob [Caggiano] called me and said, ‘I have a singer, you should check him out'. We gave him a shot, and he floored us.”
After a successful reunion tour with former singer Joey Belladonna in 2006, there were rumors of recording a new album with that lineup. However, talks fell through and the band was left, once again, without a singer. Enter Dan Nelson.
“I was actually looking for a band,” commented Nelson. “Long Island, NY is a pretty dead scene. I was in Unbroken, and through that I met Rob a couple years ago. I had gone through some stuff on a personal side where I took time off from the music. When I got back to the scene, I couldn’t find a band, so I contacted Rob through MySpace and offered my services. We sent music back and forth, got together, and jammed for 10 hours straight. After 10 hours, he said, ‘I think you’d be right for ANTHRAX.”
“There’s no place else I’d rather be right now”, Nelson said. “It’s a great vibe. I feel great, and I’m ready to go. It’s lit that much more of a fire under me. I’m getting to live the dream, and it feels amazing. I can’t wait for all these people who think Anthrax is done to be proven wrong. The nay-sayers are gonna be shut down, and the true blue fans are gonna be pleased.”
Guitarist Scott Ian commented on the new singer saying, “It feels great working with Dan. The first time we jammed, we ran through a bunch of old songs, songs from the John Bush/Joey Belladonna eras.
Right from the first second Dan started “Room For One More” we knew. We said, ‘Now that we’ve got that, let’s work his ass off.” Anthrax, featuring Nelson on vocals, guitarists Ian and Rob Caggiano, bassist Frankie Bello, and drummer Benante, is currently working on all-new material.
“We wrote these songs and they fucking kicked ass,” says Benante. “It was cathartic. We also want to take our time. This record will be under the microscope, more so than the others. We want to make sure it’s 100% perfect.”
Source: Anthrax Myspace & Blistering.com"
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(comments?) Saturday, December 15 @ 06:09:06 EST (873 reads) |
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| W.A.S.P. To Tour Australia. |
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Presented by Wikked Bliss Entertainment, For the first time ever, Blackie Lawless will be bringing his legendary band W.A.S.P. to Australia. "The Crimson Idol World Tour" celebrates the 15th Anniversary since the release of the landmark 'The Crimson Idol' album (1992).
W.A.S.P. will be performing 2 gigantic sets:
SET 1: The Crimson Idol album in its entirety.
SET 2: A mix of old classics and new material including tracks from the latest album 'Dominator' released in April 2007.
Joining W.A.S.P. as very Special Guests will be Australian hard rock legends, THE POOR, who will be hitting the road for the first time in 10 years!!
Dates:
April 08 @ Metro Theatre; Sydney
April 10 @ The Tivoli; Brisbane
April 13 @ The Barton Theatre; Adelaide
April 15 @ Forum Theatre; Melbourne
Tickets on sale Monday January 14th 2008
Thanks: RiotAct.com.au
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(comments?) Friday, December 14 @ 07:59:15 EST (963 reads) |
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| BLACK MAJESTY To Support HELLOWEEN In Australia. |
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Presented by Alliance Touring & Riot Entertainment, The Legendary German Metal band HELLOWEEN set foot on Australian soil for the first time in 2008. The announced dates are:
Feb 26 @ The Arena; Brisbane
Feb 28 @ The Metro Theatre; Sydney (w/ PAIN DIVISION)
Feb 29 @ The Forum; Melbourne (w/ VANISHING POINT)
Tickets on sale on 21st of December. For all the other dates head to this location.
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| MORTAL SIN To Play Norway's Inferno Festival. |
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 mapex writes "Thrash maniacs MORTAL SIN have been confirmed for Norway's INFERNO Festival set to take place in March 2008.
The band will play alongside OVERKILL, BEHEMOTH, 1349 and DESTRUCTION.
Announced tourdates:
March 09 @ Backstage; München, Germany
March 10 @ Alcatraz; Milan, Italy
March 11 @ Rohstofflager; Zürich, Switzerland
March 12 @ Batschkapp; Frankfurt, Germany
March 13 @ Saarbrücken Roxy; Germany
March 14 @ Andernach Live Club; Germany
March 15 @ Helmond Plato, Holland
March 16 @ Essen Zeche Carl; Germany
March 18 @ Musikzentrum; Hannover, Germany
March 19 @ Markthalle; Hamburg, Germany
March 20 @ Kolding Godset; Denamrk
March 21 @ Sticky Fingers; Gothenburg, Sweden
More European dates will follow soon!"
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(comments?) Thursday, December 06 @ 14:57:38 EST (902 reads) |
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| METALSTOCK 2008: More Bands Announced. |
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SMiM writes "The second announcement for Aussie METALSTOCK 2008 has been made by festival organisers DALKHU RECORDS and SOUNDWORKS TOURING.
Fuck..I'm Dead (VIC)
lcerate (NZ)
Five Star Prison Cell (VIC)
Ebolie (NSW)
Kill For Satan (ACT)
Norse (NSW)
Double Dragon (SA)
Grotesque (WA)
This second group of acts join these already confirmed acts.
KATAKLYSM (Canada - Headliner)
Dawn Of Azazel (New Zealand)
Psycroptic (Tas)
Pathogen (WA)
Daysend (NSW)
The Furor (WA)
Terrorust (VIC)
3 more bands to be announced.
The Festival in 2008 moves indoors for one year only from the 22nd to the 23rd of March, 2008 at The Manning Bar in Sydney. Festival organisers have committed to taking the event back outdoors from 2009 and beyond.
Tickets can be purchased from any MOSHTIX outlet or at www.moshtix.com.au or phone 1300 438 849
Over 18’s two day pass - $60
Under 18’s two day pass - $60
Over 18’s Saturday only - $35
Under 18’s Saturday only - $35
Over 18’s Sunday only - $45
Under 18’s Sunday only - $45"
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(comments?) Tuesday, November 27 @ 14:59:03 EST (1079 reads) |
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