Old News - December 2011


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December 31st, 2011	ELUVEITIE: Give Away Brand New Song For X-Mas! Swiss folk metal horde ELUVEITIE just released a brand new song off the bands upcoming album, Helvetios, as a X-Mas present for their fans! Visit www.facebook.com/eluveitie to check out the track "Meet The Enemy"! Commented mainman Chrigel Glanzmann: "We're happy and proud to already present you 'Meet The Enemy" - track 7 off our upcoming album Helvetios! It tells you about the 'encounter' the Helvetians had with the roman legions in the year 58 BC - one of the crucial points in their history, for it was basically when the gaulish wars erupted. So the song is pretty much filled with wrath and rage - upholding the furious spirit you might know from tracks such as "Kingdom Come Undone", 'Bloodstained Ground' or 'Lament'. Furthermore the song's substantial instrumentation (including fiddle, hurdy gurdy, whistles and uilleann pipes) is also enriched by one of the guest musicians, we had the honor to work with - Fredy Schnyder (from NUCLEUS TORN) who contributed some amazing parts on the hammered dulcimer. Hope you enjoy!" Check out mainman Chrigel explaining the concept behind Helvetios here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wau6MEbCvo Helvetios will be released on February 10 (Europe) and February 28 (North America) 2012 via Nuclear Blast. ELUVEITIE will unleash its fourth studio album in the midst of the North American portion of the band's Helvetios World Tour. ELUVEITIE will take the stage in the US and Canada this winter as direct support to the mighty CHILDREN OF BODOM on their 15th Anniversary tour. Jan. 21 – Circo Volador – Mexico City, MX – MEXICO (W/ MOONSORROW + MY DYING BRIDE) Jan. 27 – Plaza Live – Orlando, FL (ELUVEITIE HEADLINING) CHIDLREN OF BODOM, ELUVEITIE, REVOCATION, THREAT SIGNAL Jan. 28 – Tremont Music Hall – Charlotte, NC Jan. 29 – Reverb – Reading, PA Jan. 30 – Waterstreet Music Hall – Rochester, NY Jan. 31 – Harpo's – Detroit, MI Feb. 01 – The Intersection – Grand Rapids, MI Feb. 02 – Bottom Lounge – Chicago, IL (NO CHILDREN OF BODOM) Feb. 03 – The Rave – Milwaukee, WI Feb. 04 – Pop's – Sauget, IL Feb. 06 – Granada Theater – Lawrence, KS Feb. 07 – Gothic Theater – Englewood, CO Feb. 09 – House of Blues – Las Vegas, NV Feb. 10 – The Complex – Salt Lake City, UT Feb. 11 – The Knitting Factory – Boise, ID Feb. 13 – Yost Theatre – Santa Ana, CA Feb. 14 – House of Blues – San Diego, CA Feb. 15 – The Marquee Theatre – Tempe, AZ Feb. 16 – Sunshine Theater – Albuquerque, NM Feb. 18 – Tricky Falls – El Paso, TX Feb. 19 – The Pavilion – Lubbock, TX Feb. 21 – Emo's – Austin, TX Feb. 22 – Warehouse Live – Houston, TX Feb. 24 – Expo Five – Louisville, KY Feb. 25 – Peabody's – Cleveland, OH Feb. 26 – Sound Academy – Toronto, ON – CANADA Feb. 27 – Metropolis – Montreal, QC – CANADA Feb. 28 – Maverick's – Ottawa, ON – CANADA (ELUVEITIE HEADLINING w/ LOCALS) Feb. 29 – Imperial de Quebec – Quebec City, QC – CANADA Mar. 01 – Webster Theatre – Hartford, CT Mar. 02 – Paramount Theater – Huntington, NY Mar. 03 – Starland Ballroom – Sayreville, NJ Mar. 04 – Ram's Head Live – Baltimore, MD TIMEGHOUL - 1992 - 1994 Discography Now Available For Pre-Order Through Dark Descent Records For the first time ever on CD Dark Descent Records proudly presents the complete discography from the legendary Science Fiction / Fantasy Death Metal act, Timeghoul (USA). Born in the Midwest United States in 1987, Doom's Lyre remained relatively quiet, recording no material before changing their name. In 1991, Doom's Lyre, now renamed Timeghoul, set out by releasing two demos; 1992's Tumultuous Travelings and 1994's Panaramic Twilight. Largely ignored and mostly forgotten, these recordings did not receive the recognition they deserved until years later. Timeghoul's eclectic and complex style of US death metal started to gain momentum within the underground as overlooked and classic material. Prepare for one of the most unique and complex death metal offerings the early 90's had to offer. Mark Riddick's fantastic original tri-panel artwork covers this fitting six-panel digipak with matte finish. Additionally, this digipak comes with an eight-page booklet insert with lyrics and additional notes. This is a one-time limited edition pressing. Get your copy before it's too late! Check out the track "Occurrence on Mimas," which originally appeared on 1994's Panaramic Twilight at this location. TIMEGHOUL - 1992 - 1994 Discography Rain Wound The Siege Gutspawn Infinity Coda Boiling in the Hourglass Occurrence on Mimas www.timeghoul.com www.facebook.com/Timeghoul www.darkdescent.net Living Corpse: new album announcement Italians Living Corpse, after a massive lineup change, have set "And Everything Slips Away" as the title of their new full-length album due in early 2012 via Coroner Records. The album, which includes 11 tracks, was mixed and mastered by Ettore Rigotti at The Metal House Studio (Disarmonia Mundi, Destrage, Blood Stain Child, Rise To Fall, Slowmotion Apocalypse, etc...). The cover artwork was created by Jon Barmby (Bring Me The Horizon, Architects, Your Demise). Further details about official release date, tracklist, etc... will be revealed soon. www.coronerrecords.net www.youtube.com/coronerrecords www.facebook.com/coronerrecords www.myspace.com/coronerrecordsmusic January 11 - Heavy MTL 2012 BOTB - Annihilator's Jeff Waters Guest Judges Battle To Play MTL's Best Metal Fest As a total of 20 bands have been selected to battle it out for a chance to win two prized spots on the 2012 lineup of the festival at Parc Jean-Drapeau from August 10 to 12. Jeff Waters of Annihilator has been announced as the special guest judge for the first BOTB showcase that will be taking place at one of Montreal's favourite metal venues Katacombes (1635 St. Laurent). Note: BOTB showcases will be every second Wednesday of the months leading to Heavy MTL 2012. January 11 – Melodic Deathcore Night 18+ 8:30pm $12 - Tickets available at Admission.com & Labyrinthe (486 Ste. Catherine West) Facebook Event: http://www.facebook.com/events/210341659050884/ Guest judge: Jeff Waters of Annihilator http://www.annihilatormetal.com/ Bands: Chainsaw Armageddon www.myspace.com/chainsawarmageddon Forbidden Sin www.myspace.com/forbidden.sin Dark Century www.darkcentury.ca Spelldown www.spelldown.net Next battle: February 8 – mark your calendar! Other guest judges TBA. Heavy Power Thrash Night Demise of the Crown www.reverbnation.com/demiseofthecrownmetal Heroik www.myspace.com/heroikmetal Instanzia www.myspace.com/instanzia Trainwreck Architect www.myspace.com/trainwreckarchitect Tickets onsale NOW online [link coming up] and at Boutique Labyrinthe: www.labyrintherock.com. (486 Ste-Catherine W.). For questions and comments, please contact enrouteheavymtl@gmail.com. Join our Heavy MTL Facebook event and like our Heavy MTL fanpage to stay informed: http://www.facebook.com/HeavyMTL SINGLE BULLET THEORY Announce New Line Up The following is a statement from SINGLE BULLET THEORY's Matt DiFabio: "It brings me great pleasure to announce that Single Bullet Theory has added three new members to the group. First and foremost, I would like to say that there is no "line up change" here and everything is fine in the SBT camp regarding all of us getting along. We have not had a permanent drummer since the end of our tour with King Diamond in 2003. Once Johnny Sasso (Route 666 drummer) left the band, we have had a revolving door of temporary drummers live and great guest drummers on our records (Matt Thompson of King Diamond and Acacio Carvalho to name a few). Last year we had announced that Adam Sagan (Into Eternity) would be joining the fold. However,logistically it would be very difficult to arrange for rehearsals and set time aside for weekend shows as Adam lives in Minnesota and we are in Philadelphia. So with immense excitement I am proud to announce that we have finally landed a permanent drummer thats capable of playing EVERYTHING thats ever been recorded by us. I would like to welcome Mr. Nick Bunczk to the group. Nick is an excellent musician who in addition to crushing behind the kit, he is a drum teacher as well as an accomplished guitarist. Nicks addition to the group will bring a lot of piss and vinegar to the old SBT songs as well as open up a complete "Pandora's Box" for future writing. On the six string front, we have added Patrick Brose and Joe Brannigan. Both are from the south Jersey band "of wrath and ruin" and both guitarists are awesome. Patrick will be handling 70% of all the leads including re-writing a lot of leads from Route 666. Joe and I (yes we will have three live guitars blazing) will be handling the rhythms as well as bringing the three part harmony into the mix. I have wanted to have three guitars live ever since we toured with "Beyond the Embrace" in 2005. They sounded so fucking heavy live and I thought it was a great idea. This is NOT to say that John Ruszin III has quit SBT. John will be performing live with us on select shows in the Philadelphia area. John will still be a part of the SBT camp and will be involved in the next record. However, John has a REALLY good job and touring isn't an option for him. John is a world class guitarist and a great friend. Iam happy to say he is part of the group. So there you have it. Single Bullet Theory are now scheduling 2012 dates regionally. This is without a doubt the strongest line up I have had in this group. Rehearsals are going great and the group has never sounded this heavy. We are looking forward to getting out there and supporting our new record IV." SINGLE BULLET THEORY Live: Feb. 18th @ Warehouse 24 - Woodlyn, PA www.myspace.com/singlebullettheory www.goombamusic.com The Neologist announce Decrepit Birth's drummer Samus as guest THE NEOLOGIST have announced their "mystery drummer" on the upcoming first track of the bands new SOILWORK cover album as none other than the multi-faceted SAMUS (Decrepit Birth, ex-Mutiny Within, ex-Abigail Williams, ex-Suspyre). THE NEOLOGIST have collaborated with SAMUS for their first release, "Shadowchild". Coming off the heels of their debut album, The 26 Letters of Your Universe, THE NEOLOGIST also released a full length IN FLAMES cover album titled IN FLAMES We Trust: Volume I. They are at it again as they are currently recording a brand new full SOILWORK cover album. The band has also asked fans to help them pick which songs to cover by leaving their requests on the bands website www.theneologist.net THE NEOLOGIST is also currently working on their sophomore album, The Promise of Eternal Separation, with a release date of spring 2012. All of THE NEOLOGIST'S music can be downloaded for FREE at their Bandcamp profile. http://theneologist.bandcamp.com/ Guest drummer SAMUS has always been busy in the music world as he also just recorded and released a hilarious video cover of "I'm Sexy and I Know It" by LMFAO. DRAKKAR "When Lightning Strikes" teaser! The first responses about the new DRAKKAR album start to be enthusiastic. Find here a teaser for the presentation of the album "When Lightning Strikes" which release date is scheduled for January 16th, 2012 and an album prelistening via Soundcloud TEASER - www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwE8ve305E4 Album Preview - www.soundcloud.com/mykingdommusic/drakkar-when-lightning The album, recorded and mixed at Elnor Studio by Mattia Stanciou (Labyrinth, Crown Of Autumn) and mastered at House Of Audio/Hofa by Jürgen Lusky (Angra, Pink Cream 69), is once again an epic concept album that melds powerful riffs, majestic melodies and a true metal attitude in the style of Running Wid and Blind Guardian. The story behind the lyrics is a tale of classic science fiction with hystorical elements that is sure to captivate the more imaginative listeners. The record will be followed and promoted by a series of live shows in Europe and of course in Italy. Here is the definitive tracklist: 1. Hyperspace - The Arrival - 2. Day Of The Gods - 3. The Armageddon Machine - 4. In The Belly Of The Beast - 5. Revenge Is Done - 6. When Lightning Strikes - 7. Winter Soldiers - 8. Salvation - 9. At The Flaming Shores Of Heaven - 10. We Ride - 11. The Awakening - 12. My Endless Flight - 13. Aftermath - The Departure - 14. Engage! - 15. New Frontier The dragonship sails on and you have just to follow its wake... more info on www.mykingdommusic.net * www.facebook.com/drakkarmetal * www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwE8ve305E4 ELVENSTORM "Of Rage & War" CD OUT NOW !!! This is the Call Of Steel !!! Forged in the Teutonic Steel's purest tradition, ELVENSTORM delivers with this first album a real masterpiece ofr hi-class TRUE HEAVY-METAL ! You'll be impressed & amazed by the quality of the songs, the great ability in composing Heavy-Metal anthems in the veins of bands like RUNNING WILD, IRON MAIDEN, GRAVE DIGGER, LONEWOLF or still CRYSTAL VIPER ! With melodious but always raging & powerful songs, ELVENSTORM has definitely the weapons to conquer the world ! THE MARCH IS ON !!! Listen to TWO songs on our audio-player ! More infos about the band : www.myspace.com/elvenstorm73 First 100 orders come with a FREE high-quality embroidered patch... Get your copy now ! 10 € + postage ! Order it from www.inferno-records.net CADAVERIA NEW ALBUM - STUDIO REPORT RELEASED CADAVERIA new album 'Horror Metal' will be released on January 31st, 2012 on Bakerteam Records. The second part of the Studio Report in now available on YT a this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii1lItAgh04 Enjoy! CADAVERIA www.cadaveria.com www.facebook.com/cadaveria www.myspace.com/cadaveriaband cadaveria@cadaveria.com THE BODY Confirm January West Coast Tour With Thou Having just knocked out a nine-date rampage with Zoroaster and Black Cobra, THE BODY have confirmed their next run of live assaults just after the turn into the year of Armageddon. Embarking out of Fort Worth, Texas on January 6th the duo will bludgeon the North American West Coast with their end-time hymns, packing as many shows as possible into the tour, including a pair of performances in Portland and Seattle on the same day, their first-ever venture in Mexico and more. Baton Rouge-based sludge outfit Thou will tour alongside THE BODY for the entire trek, and killer regional acts like Christian Mistress, Brainoil and more will join on specific dates. THE BODY January Tour w/ Thou: 1/06/2012 1919 Hemphill - Fort Worth, TX 1/07/2012 Peace and Justice Center - Albuquerque, NM 1/08/2012 Yayo Taco - Las Vegas, NV 1/09/2012 1234Go! Records - Oakland, CA 1/10/2012 Backspace - Portland, OR 1/11/2012 Beech House - Portland, OR (1pm matinee) 1/11/2012 The Black Lodge - Seattle, WA 1/12/2012 Capital Theatre Backstage - Olympia, WA w/ Christian Mistress 1/13/2012 Burial Grounds - Salem, OR 1/14/2012 924 Gilman Street - Berkeley, CA w/ Brainoil 1/15/2012 Submission - San Francisco, CA w/ Brainoil 1/16/2012 Pioneer - Santa Cruz CA 1/17/2012 The Smell - Los Angeles, CA 1/18/2012 Bica - Tijuana, Mexico 1/19/2012 house show - Rosarito, Mexico 1/20/2012 Che Cafe - San Diego, CA 1/21/2012 The Trunkspace - Phoenix, AZ 1/22/2012 The Train Yard - Las Cruces, NM 1/23/2012 Sons of Hermann Hall - Dallas, TX Stay tuned for constant updates on THE BODY throughout all of 2012. Contact Earsplit PR with any press requests for the band and At A Loss Recordings. http://www.myspace.com/thevisionshallcometopass http://www.facebook.com/pages/the-body/334047229514 http://www.atalossrecordings.com https://www.facebook.com/atalossrecordings

December 25th, 2011	The Dillinger Escape Plan TOUR NEWS: UK & AUSTRALIA For those of you in the UK who missed out on the Mastodon, Dillinger, Red Fang shows in the states, you are in luck. We are taking this beast of a tour to you: February 5, 2012: O2 Academy Bristol February 6, 2012: Manchester Academy February 7, 2012: Glasgow Barrowlands February 9, 2012: Norwich UEA February 10, 2012: HMV Institute Birmingham February 11, 2012: O2 Academy Brixton DEP will also be hitting Soundwave 2012 in Feb/March. Some of the dates have already sold out so go get your tickets soon or you will not be rolling rolling rolling rolling WHAT! With us and the Bizkit. Last but not least…. We are finally hitting the sands of South East Asia and playing in both Bangkok and Singapore in March. Stay tuned for more details on those shows in the next few days. 2012 Feb 25: Brisbane, RNA Showgrounds 2012 Feb 26: Sydney, Olympic Park 2012 Mar 02: Melbourne, Showgrounds 2012 Mar 03: Adelaide, Bonython Park 2012 Mar 05: Perth, Claremont Showgrounds THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN http://www.dillingerescapeplan.org http://www.facebook.com/dillingerescapeplan http://www.twitter.com/dillingerescpln Underwell sign with Wormholedeath Italian Post Hardcore combo Underwell have signed a worldwide deal with Wormholedeath/Aural Music Group for the release their debut album "Plan Your Rebirth" The album that includes 10 songs of pure sonic assault and was recorded and produced by Alessandro Paolucci (Raw Power, The Way Of Purity) mixed and mastered by Christian Donaldson (The Agonist, Cryptopsy). The artwork for the album was made by G. Petersoo at Machine Room Design. Release date will be announced at the beginning of 2012. NEW ENGLAND METAL & HARDCORE FESTIVAL 14 ADDS PERFORMERS AND SPONSORS WORCESTER, Mass. - The 14tth Annual New England Metal and Hardcore Festival is pleased to announce Planet Wave, d'addario, Pro Mark, and Evans as sponsors of this year's show. Carnifex, Dead End Path, Gaza, Goatwhore , Structures, Glass Cloud, and The Air I Breathe have also been added to the show's massive three-day lineup. Headliners of this year's festival, which will take place the weekend of April 20-22 at the Palladium in Worcester, Mass., are Killswitch Engage (Sunday), The Black Dahlia Murder (Friday), and a very special headliner to be announced (Saturday). Last week's huge announcement of KSE's return to the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival was met with such an enthusiastic response that festival's website crashed from all the action. The lineup for Friday April 20th includes The Black Dahlia Murder, The Acacia Strain, Oceano, All Shall Perish, Nile, Skeletonwitch, Lionheart, Fleshgod Apocalypse, First Blood, Molotov Solution, The Contortionist, Reign Supreme, Conducting From The Grave, Fit For An Autopsy, Incendiary, Palehorse, Hour Of Penance, Legion and Relentless. On Saturday April 21st we have a very special headliner that we will be announcing on January 2nd. The other bands we can confirm for Saturday are Overkill, iwrestledabearonce, Protest the Hero, Periphery, Bane, Shipwreck, Cruel Hand, Aborted, The Mongoloids, Belphegor, System Divide, Naysayer, The Greenery, Diamond Plate, Rotting Out, Expire, Elitist, Trump The Harlot, Manners and Malefice. Bands scheduled for Sunday April 22nd are Killswitch Engage, Every Time I Die, Vanna, For Today, Chelsea Grin, Sleeping Giant, Stick To Your Guns, Attila, On Broken Wings, Mychildren Mybride, For The Fallen Dreams, Texas In July, Upon A Burning Body, Volumes, Like Moths To Flames, Hundredth, No Bragging Rights, Counterparts and Gideon. Tickets are on sale now. Ticket prices are: $40 (Friday), $45 (Saturday), and $40 (Sunday) or $115 (three-day pass). Sponsors this year include All In Merch, Monster, Tama, Ibanez, Zildjian, Metal Blade Records, Break Thru Music, Shook Clothing and many more to be announced including some amazing vendors. Performers are subject to change. www.thepalladium.net www.metalandhardcorefestival.com TEXTURES & DECAPITATED CRACK GUITAR WORLD.com's "TOP 50 ALBUMS OF 2011" LIST! What a great way to end the year! Dualism by Dutch progressive tech metallers TEXTURES and Polish technical death metal band DECAPITATED's Carnival Is Forever snagged the #45 and #43 positions respectively on GuitarWorld.com's "Top 50 Albums of 2011" list. Nuclear Blast has some GREAT upcoming releases for 2012: the new MESHUGGAH, MUNICIPAL WASTE, ACCEPT, PSYCROPTIC, ELUVEITIE, EPICA, THRESHOLD, GRAND MAGNUS, MNEMIC, SONATA ARCTICA, SABATON, KREATOR, and TESTAMENT albums to name a few. Keep an eye out for upcoming tours and follow Nuclear Blast's stellar roster into the new year at www.NuclearBlastUSA.com and www.facebook.com/NUCLEARBLASTUSA. Horror Pain Gore Death Productions to Release Fisthammer Debut In January Horror Pain Gore Death Productions will release the debut album from Philadelphia extreme Death Metal destroyers Fisthammer entitled Devour All You See on CD format January 24th 2012. Hailing from the outskirts of Killadelphia, Fisthammer play extreme yet melodic technical Death Metal that destroys! Devour All You See is the intense debut album from these devastating warriors of metal, full of brutality, passion and conviction. Apocalyptic lyrical themes complement the musical atmosphere, resulting in a grim barrage of despair with mind blistering riffs, intense blast beats, ripping solos and fierce vocals... killer! For fans of Amon Amarth, Behemoth, Decapitated, Dimmu Borgir, Dying Fetus, Gojira, King Diamond, Lamb Of God, Necrophagist, Nile, Origin and Setherial 1. Intro 2. Razor Waves 3. Aten: Fear The Obliteration Of Earth 4. Kull The Conqueror 5. Bullet Rape 6. Berzerkers 7. Doom Of The Gods 8. Harvest 9. Zombocalypse 10. Cross The Lines In Blood 11. The Resurrection Of Bastet The Devourer You can reserve your copy for only $10 including shipping at this location. www.facebook.com/Fisthammer www.hpgd.comoj.com www.facebook.com/horrorpaingoredeath