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| ARCH ENEMY: New Album Cover Artwork Unveiled. |
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 ARCH ENEMY have released the artwork for their upcoming new album “Rise Of The Tyrant”, which will be released on September 24th, 2007. See it here.
Mainman Michael Amott (guitars) comments on the artwork created for the new album by Niklas Sundin / Cabin Fever Media: “This time around I turned to Niklas Sundin to bring the ‘Rise Of The Tyrant’ imagery to life, and what a splendid job he did! I am always amazed by this man’s imagination and talent, and his seemingly never-ending patience in dealing with me! We worked closely on the project from the beginning and what we ended up with is something somewhat different to what we have done in the past: Less colours, quite clandestine and very sinister! Wonderful! The track ‘Rise Of The Tyrant’ is musically the most extreme song we recorded and Angela’s lyrics fitted perfectly the mood of the music so we decided this had to be the name of the album. The cover reflects the atmosphere of total megalomania inspired by that song. The booklet artwork is really lending itself towards intense merchandise and stage production ideas, all of which will be revealed soon. But for now, stare into the all-seeing eye of the rising tyrant!”
The band has announced details of some of their upcoming live shows. Prior to playing Europe in Nov/Dec. 2007 on “The Black Crusade Tour” with Machine Head, Trivium, Dragonforce and Shadows Fall, ARCH ENEMY will head out on “The Black Tyranny Tour”, a US co-headline run with Machine Head, visit Australia with Trivium and Machine Head, as well as perform an exclusive show at London club The Barfly on August 17th, so get your necks prepared for some of the heaviest live shows in 2007!
ARCH ENEMY Live 2007:
Special “Kerrang!” show
Aug 17 @ The Barfly; London (UK)
Bloodstock Festival
Aug 18 @ Catton Hall; Derby (UK)
Up From The Ground Festival
Aug 24 @ Gemuenden (D)
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| PATHOGEN, TERRORUST To Perform At AGAINST THE GRAIN 3 Festival. |
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 PATHOGEN and TERRORUST are among the confirmed bands for the Against The Grain 3 Festival, set to take place September 15, 2007 at Fowlers Live in Adelaide, Australia.
The official press release reads:
"Against the Grain 3 Festival - the great Adelaide trend kill is back, bigger and heavier than ever! The licensed all ages metal fest features some of the best metal bands from across Australia: F*** I’m Dead (Vic),
Pathogen (WA), Terrorust (Vic), Switchblade (NSW), Black Like Vengeance (Vic), Lynchmada (Qld), Five Star Prison Cell (Vic) and local titans
Double Dragon, Truth Corroded, The Jonestown Syndicate, Closed Casket, A Red Dawn and newcomers In the Burial and Saeturnum.
Tickets are $20 + booking fee and are on sale now through Venuetix or $25 on the door (Retain your ticket to receive entry to the exclusive ATG3 after show party at Enigma Bar – featuring Synthesist (Vic) and new comers Entanglement). Get there and raise your horns for your home-grown! Against The Grain is presented by Truth Inc Records and is sponsored by Flexiway, Derringers Music, Explosive Promotions, Billy Hydes Music and Adelaide Metal.
For full information visit www.myspace.com/atgfest
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(comments?) Tuesday, July 24 @ 07:08:08 EDT (484 reads) |
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| ALCHEMIST Frontman Adam Agius To Relaunch METAL FOR THE BRAIN Fest In 2008. |
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 In an exclusive chat with Adam Agius, we can reveal that the ALCHEMIST frontman is planning to relaunch the annual Aussie metal festival METAL FOR THE BRAIN in 2008.
"We are thinking of relaunching it [MFTB] in 2008 because we have received thousands of letters asking and begging us to return to Metal For The Brain. We have a lot of touring to do over the next 18 months so I think we will relaunch it. This is exclusive to your site at this stage so spread the word." Adam revealed.
Among topics covered include the band’s latest album Tripsis, the local scene, frontman’s side project GrindPony as well as short history of Metal For The Brain as seen through Adam’s eyes.
To read the full interview head to this location.
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(comments?) Monday, July 23 @ 08:24:10 EDT (501 reads) |
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| VANISHING POINT: 'Surrender' Video Posted Online. |
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Australia’s melodic metallers VANISHING POINT have finished producing a video for their new song "Surrender". The song is of the band’s fourth album, “The Fourth Season” which is expected to be in stores on 24th of August via Dockyard 1.
"The Fourth Season" [cover] track listing:
01. Embodiment
02. Tyranny Of Distance
03. Surrender
04. Hope Among The Heartless
05. Gaia
06. I Within I
07. Behind The Open Door
08. Ashen Sky
09. One Foot In Both Worlds
10. Veil Of Deceit
11. Wake Me
12. A Day Of Difference
To watch the video clip head to this location.
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(comments?) Saturday, July 21 @ 04:53:51 EDT (498 reads) |
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| CANDLEMASS: European Tour Dates Announced. |
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 Swedish doom metallers CANDLEMASS have lined up several European dates with support coming from Germany's POWERWOLF:
Aug 17 @ Metal Heart Festival; Notodden, Norway
Aug 18 @ Jalometalli Festival; Oulu, Finland
Aug 31 @ K.B.; Malmoe, Sweden
Sep 01 @ The Rock; Copenhagen, Denmark
Sep 02 @ Markthalle; Hamburg, Germany
Sep 03 @ Kato; Berlin, Germany
Sep 04 @ Hirsch; Nurenberg, Germany
Sep 06 @ Turock; Essen, Germany
Sep 07 @ Dynamo; Eindhoven, Holland
Sep 08 @ Soundpark Ost; Würzburg, Germany
Sep 09 @ Lucky; Rijssen, Holland
Sep 11 @ Rio's; Leeds, UK
Sep 12 @ Dingwalls; London, UK
Sep 13 @ Trix; Antwerp, Belgium
Sep 15 @ Z 7; Pratteln, Switzerland
Sep 16 @ Transilvania; Milano, Italy
Sep 19 @ A 38; Budapest, Hungary
Sep 20 @ Studio; Krakow, Poland
Sep 22 @ Roxy; Flensburg, Germany
Sep 23 @ Sticky FIngers; Göteborg, Sweden
Sep 24 @ Atmosfär; Linköping, Sweden
Sep 26 @ Klubben; Stockholm, Sweden
Sep 29 @ Idrogios; Thessaloniki, Greece
Sep 30 @ Gagarin 205; Athens, Greece
CANDLEMASS' new album, "King of the Grey Islands", was released on 22nd of June 07 via Nuclear Blast Records.
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(comments?) Friday, July 20 @ 19:32:35 EDT (404 reads) |
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| ALCHEMIST: Release Dates For 'TRIPSIS' Announced. |
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Australia’s psychedelic metallers ALCHEMIST have lined up several shows starting August, when they will also launch their forthcoming album, TRIPSIS. The band has sent HailMetal.Com the following announcement:
”More than three years in the making ALCHEMIST are set to explode back onto the international underground with their new record TRIPSIS. A heavier more focused metal approach sees ALCHEMIST deliver their most consistently heavy album since Spiritech. Songs still bare all the ALCHEMIST trade marks psychedelic, atmospheric, packed with crushing riffs intertwined guitar melodies and groove laded drum and bass, vocals that range from shrieking banshee screams to lush backing vocals, TRIPSIS is also the fastest album delivered by ALCHEMIST in many years with a few songs taking the Surfthrash sound to new heights."
"Song titles are: Wrapped in guilt, Nothing in notime, Degenerative Breeding, Grasp The Air, God Shaped Hole, Substance For Shadow, Tongues And Knives, Anticipation Of a High, CommunicHate".
The album will be released Australia wide in September, October 2nd in North America and in Europe on October the 8th.
Announced local shows:
Aug 3 @ Corner Hotel; Melbourne (CD Launch)
w/ Terrorust, Picture The End, Bel'Akor
Aug 3 @ Anu Bar; Canberra
w/ Captain Cleanoff, Gasma, Man Killed
Aug 17 @ Bar Broadway; Sydney
Support TBA.
Sep 1 @ UCU Bar; Canberra
Support bands TBA
For more info head over to Alchemist.Com.Au or MySpace.com/AlchemistAU
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| ARCH ENEMY Announce Massive Co-Headlining U.S. Tour. |
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 ARCH ENEMY will team up with MACHINE HEAD for "The Black Tyranny Tour" beginning in early September across North America with support coming from SANCTITY and THROWDOWN.
MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn states: "Man, it's just an endless stream of good news here in MACHINE HEAD-land, we are so fucking stoked to be going out with some of our favorite bands, here in the U.S., on what is sure to be THE most brutal metal tour of the Fall! MACHINE HEAD, ARCH ENEMY, THROWDOWN and SANCTITY are going to bring the pain to you motherfuckers, and carnage will have no rules on this tour. Beware The Black Tyranny!!!"
ARCH ENEMY’s Angela Gossow adds: "ARCH ENEMY teaming up with MACHINE HEAD in the U.S. is a big FUCK YOU to everybody who dwells in the past! We certainly aren't! Instead we’re looking forward to crushing the U.S. together and leaving nothing but a tangled wreck of molten metal in our wake!"
"As an added bonus for ARCH ENEMY fans, this will be the first time in three years that the (recently reunited) Amott brothers will be bringing their insane dual-guitar shredding to American soil! I am very excited to get back on stage and celebrate the sheer power of extreme music, all wrapped up in this fantastic tour package!"
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| LORD: New Album 'Ascendence' Complete. |
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Aussie power metal act LORD have issued the following update:
"Hey everyone, Well, we finally finished our new album "Ascendence" [cover artwork - created by Felipe Machado Franco] and shipped it off to our respective labels in Japan and Australia this week! For those who weren't keeping up on our discussion forum, we had basically three weeks to record, mix, master, and deliver this album to meet our release deadline, and that was completely from scratch, including all of the artwork and booklet layout! :|"
"That was some of the hardest, scariest work any of us have ever had to do. This album had to be a world class product, and something that most bands can take months or even years to finish and we had less than a month. Very scary stuff with absolutely NO margin for error! But... we did it! And we didn't compromise on anything to get it done either. Some songs have literally hundreds of backing vocal tracks, dozens of guitar parts, orchestras, 3 guest vocalists, 2 guest guitarists (from all over the world) so it was pretty massive to say the least!"
"We'd like to give a big shout-out especially to Main Street Studios in Wollongong where we recorded the drums and vocals. They went above and beyond the call of duty, making our time in the studio productive and pleasant, getting some killer sounds (the drums sound fantastic) and giving us an unbeatable rate. Top guys and absolutely recommended by LORD. What we ended up taking from Main Street back to our own SLS Studios to continue working on it was pure gold!"
"So when is it out? In Japan, we have a solid release date of August 22 (through Soundholic Records) and in Australia, we're still negotiating the exact date but it will definitely be out sometime in mid-August (though Modern Invasion Music). We're negotiating deals for the rest of the world right now too, so stay tuned!"
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| AGONIZE, OBSCURA To Team Up For BLASTING DIVERSITY Tour. |
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 Bosnia & Herzegovina death metallers AGONIZE will team up with German death metallers OBSCURA for a 20 odd day non-stop European tour starting 7th of September 2007. The announced dates are as follows:
Sep 07 @ An Club; Athens, Greece
Sep 08 @ 8ball; Thessaloniki, Greece
Sep 09 @ Kastro; Skopje, Macedonia
Sep 10 @ SKC; Belgrade, Serbia
Sep 11 @ Palma; Tuzla, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Sep 12 @ Time; Bihac, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Sep 13 @ Bock; Sarajavo, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Sep 14 @ Orlando; Dubrovnik, Croatia
Sep 15 @ Dvoriste; Novi Sad, Serbia
Sep 16 @ AUT; Sombor, Serbia
Sep 17 @ Mini Teatar; Osijek, Croatia
Sep 18 @ Rock Caffe; Pozega, Croatia
Sep 19 @ Mimozio; Pula, Croatia
Sep 20 @ Toxic Club; Pecs, Hungary
Sep 21 @ Maly Dunaj; Bratislava, Slovakia
Sep 22 @ Hellraiser Club; Leipzig, Germany
Sep 23 @ Rockfabrik; Ludwigburg, Germany
Sep 25 @ TBA; Lyon, France
Sep 26 @ TBA; Toulouse, France
Sep 28 @ Poschinger Villa; Landshut, Germany
Sep 29 @ Titanic City Club; Munich, Germany
AGONIZE are working on a 5 track EP titled "The Fever". It will be a follow up material to "When Memory Dies..." which was released in Novemeber 2004 via Walk Records.
To download audio samples head to the band's official website here.
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(comments?) Saturday, July 14 @ 07:37:09 EDT (587 reads) |
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| Get Your Signed THE ABSENCE Special Edition New CD On Pre-sale. |
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 Florida melodic death metal masters THE ABSENCE have announced a special pre-order deal for their August 7th release “Riders Of The Plague”.
“Riders of the Plague”, the group's sophomore Metal Blade release, will hit stores and online everywhere on August 7th 2007. By pre-ordering “Riders of the Plague” you not only receive the album for the special low price of $9.99US but if you order early enough you will also secure yourself an autographed copy of the album (*while supplies last).
"The album features high flying guitar histrionics and melodies fans and critics alike have grown to love. Jamie Stewart's vocals are more aggressive and punctuated than ever before and Jeramie Kling's drumming is the perfect, tight backbone needed to hold together the band's speedy melodic onslaught."
If you want to make sure you get a copy before the stores run out, you can pre-order the album at this link.
The albums track listing is as follows:
01. Riders of the Plague
02. Dead and Gone
03. The Murderer
04. Echoes
05. World Divides
06. Prosperity
08. Awakenings
09. Merciless
10. Into the Pit
11. The Victorious Dead
12. Outro
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