| September 30th, 2007 |
- Melodic metal masters TACERE signed for Japan
After reaching the heavy metal import charts in Japan, the new female
and male dual fronted Finnish melodic metal group TACERE has finally
signed a deal for releases in Japan and Asia. The Tacere debut album
"Beautiful Darkness" will be released in Japan October 24th
2007 through Marquee/Avalon, and it will include two Japan only bonus
tracks.
Avalon, the label owned by Marquee Inc. is one of the most respected
and largest Japanese metal labels. Other artists released by Avalon
include Megadeth, Type O Negative, Edguy, Lacuna Coil and countrymen
Sonata Arctica to mention a few. TACERE and Avalon are looking forward
to a long and prosperous co-operation.
Tacere's new website:
http://www.tacere.net
The Tacere Myspace site:
http://www.myspace.com/tacere
- MEGADETH, STATIC-X, DEVILDRIVER, LACUNA COIL Team Up For Australia's
MEGADETH's traveling festival tour Gigantour will return to Australia
in November for several shows.
After the success in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane last year, Gigantour
will also be taking in Adelaide and Perth for the very first time.
In 2006, Gigantour creator and MEGADETH leader Dave Mustaine promised,
"It is going to be something to look forward to each year, to see
what kind of tremendous talent we can assemble, for Gigantour festivals
in the years to come."
Gigantour 2007 Australian lineup:
MEGADETH
STATIC-X
DEVILDRIVER
LACUNA COIL
The dates are as follows:
Nov. 10 - Perth, Metro City (18+)
Nov. 12 - Adelaide, Thebarton Theatre (All Ages)
Nov. 13 - Melbourne, Festival Hall (All Ages)
Nov. 15 - Sydney, Luna Park Big Top (18+)
Nov. 18 - Brisbane, Riverstage (All Ages)
Tickets go on sale on August 23.
AEA Zine
- IRON MAIDEN To Tour South America In February?
According to a posting on the IRON MAIDEN fan site MaidenFans.com,
South American concert promoters Evenpro have sent out a press release
to IronMaidenColombia.com
regarding an IRON MAIDEN tour in Latin America that is expected to take
place in February 2008. The trek, which has not yet been officially
announced, would allegedly include concerts in Argentina, Brazil, Chile
and Colombia. A show at the Parque Simon Bolivar in Bogota, Colombia
has apparently already been booked, and rumors are running rampant about
possible dates at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and
the River Plate Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
IRON MAIDEN vocalist Bruce Dickinson announced from the stage at this
year's Download festival, which took place June 8-10 at Donington Park,
Leicestershire, England, that the group's performance was being filmed
for an upcoming DVD.
As a grand finale to their festival/stadium summer tour, IRON MAIDEN
performed a special one-off show at London's Brixton Academy on June
24 in aid of The Clive Burr MS Trust fund. This was IRON MAIDEN's final
U.K. appearance for at least a year, and was the last time they performed
this year's special setlist of songs from their latest album "A
Matter of Life and Death" and the LP "The Number of the Beast".
AEA Zine
- EXODUS, GOATWHORE, ARSIS, WARBRINGER: North American Dates Announced
Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers EXODUS will embark on a North
American headlining tour in January/February. Support on the trek will
come from GOATWHORE, ARSIS and WARBRINGER. Confirmed dates are as follows:
Jan. 20 - Bakersfield, CA @ Studio 99 **
Jan. 21 - West Hollywood, CA @ House of Blues
Jan. 22 - San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
Jan. 23 - Tempe, AZ @ The Clubhouse
Jan. 24 - Albuquerque, NM @ Launch Pad
Jan. 25 - Ft. Worth, TX @ Ridglea Theater
Jan. 26 - San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
Jan. 27 - Houston, TX @ Meridian
Jan. 29 - Winter Park, FL @ The Haven
Jan. 30 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room
Jan. 31 - Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
Feb. 01 - Fayetteville, NC @ Jesters Pub
Feb. 02 - West Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
Feb. 04 - New York, NY @ B.B. King Blues Club & Grill
Feb. 05 - Rochester, NY @ Penny Arcade
Feb. 06 - Reading, PA @ The Silo
Feb. 07 - Hartford, CT @ Webster Theatre
Feb. 08 - Bedford, NH @ Mark's Place
Feb. 09 - Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance
Feb. 10 - Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's Down Under
Feb. 11 - Huntington, WV @ Huntington Music Hall
Feb. 12 - Louisville, KY @ Uncle Pleasants
Feb. 13 - Milwaukee, WI @ Vnuk's Lounge
Feb. 14 - Cedar Falls, IA @ Reverb
Feb. 15 - Detroit, MI @ Harpo's
Feb. 16 - Mokena, IL @ The Pearl Room
Feb. 17 - Maplewood, MN @ The Rock
Feb. 18 - Winnipeg, MB, CAN @ Garrick Centre
Feb. 19 - Regina, SK, CAN @ Exchange
Feb. 20 - Calgary, AL, CAN @ Warehouse
Feb. 22 - Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
Feb. 23 - Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
Feb. 24 - San Francisco, CA @ Slim's
** EXODUS and WARBRINGER only
Tickets go on sale tomorrow (Thursday, August 9) exclusively through
EnterTheVault.com
until September 4 at which point they will be available through all
normal ticketing outlets. Tickets for the Atlanta (January 31) and San
Francisco (February 24) shows will go on sale on August 12.
EXODUS has completed work on its new album, tentatively due before the
end of the year via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded at Sharkbite
Studios in Oakland, California with producer Andy Sneap (MEGADETH, MACHINE
HEAD, NEVERMORE, ARCH ENEMY).
In a brand new interview with MetroActive.com,
EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt stated about the group's new CD, "When
you hear the new one, you'll realize that very few bands are able to
put out back-to-back to back releases with the fire and intensity of
ours. The new album is a genre-defining moment for us and thrash in
general, and we as a band feel more inspired and motivated than any
time before."
AEA Zine
- LIFE OF AGONY: New Concert DVD In The Works
LIFE OF AGONY has issued the following update:
"We are very excited to share with you that there is a new LIFE
OF AGONY live concert DVD in the works. The footage was filmed at European
festivals during the last tour in June 2007. The DVD shows the band
performing its classic songs from the 'River Runs Red', 'Ugly' and 'Soul
Searching Sun' records. Filmed with multi-camera angles in front of
crowds as large as 40,000 people, the DVD looks amazing. Bonus material
includes rare backstage tour clips and more. Release date information
will be available in the coming months."
LIFE OF AGONY spent most of 2006 and early 2007 on a break after completing
its successful touring cycle for the 2005 Epic Records release, "Broken
Valley". The band is currently without a record deal, having parted
ways with Epic in 2005. In the meantime, lead singer Keith Caputo released
a solo album, titled "Heart's Blood on Your Dawn", and has
a new CD on the way. Guitarist Joey Z has opened a recording studio
in Brooklyn, NY called Method of Groove Studio and has successfully
produced and mixed BRAND NEW SIN's latest release for Century Media.
Joey has also teamed up with Peter Steele (TYPE O NEGATIVE) to reform
CARNIVORE. Drummer Sal Abruscato has been actively building custom motorcycles
and recently won an award for his latest creation.
AEA Zine
- NO SOULS LOST SIGN WITH OPEN GRAVE RECORDS
Open Grave Records is pleased to announce the signing of Texas based
death metal act No Souls Lost. No Souls Lost formed in 2005 and quickly
became a force to be reckoned with. The band, made up of ex-members
of Prophecy, Vitality and Aversion to Life have released an EP titled,
"These Dead Years" for Moshpit Tragedy Records, as well as
having self released their debut album, "Eulogy of Genecide"
all in 2006.
In the months to follow No Souls Lost ripped it up on stage with such
influential acts as Decapitated, Six Feet Under, Necrophagist, All That
Remains, Deicide and many others. A rugged schedule of show in the South
West and Mid-West, as well as festival appearances helped catapult them
to the attention of Open Grave Records.
A new album is currently in the works, and tentatively scheduled for
an early 2008 release.
No Souls Lost on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/nosoulslosttx
http://www.opengraverecords.com
- All Out War "Purity Through Annihilation"
Innerstrength Records announces All Out War’s follow up EP to
the recently released ,”Assassins in the House of God” on
Victory Records. This EP, titled “Purity Through Annihilation”
is due to be released at the end of this year. All Out War is considered
to be one of the first to cross the brutality of death metal with the
aggression of New York hardcore. Throughout All Out Wars long history
they have toured with such diverse acts as Shadows Fall, Dying Fetus,
Cro-Mags, Turmoil, Hatebreed, Ringworm, and God Forbid. They have also
shared the stage with bands like Deicide, Napalm Death, Bad Brains,
Converge. Sheer Terror, Starkweather, Job For A Cowboy, Agnostic Front,
and many others. This EP will include five new songs of crushing, thrash
inspired hardcore anthems as well as two covers and original demos dating
back to 1991.
All Out War will enter Big Blue Meenie Studio in October to record the
effort. Dave Quiggle will once again handle art for the cover. With
the addition of Lou Medina , former drummer of NYHC legends Breakdown,
these five songs promise to be All Out War’s most powerful release
to date.
www.myspace.com/innerstrengthrecords
- Born of Sin new album information and free songs
Swedish death/black metal band Born of Sin first full length album is
up for release this fall. Cover art, playlist, three free songs and
various information about the release can be found at www.bornofsin.net
and www.myspace.com/bornofsinband
1. Angels deathrow
2. Our infamous god
3. Deceiver
4. Walk with the lord
5. In sickness
6. End your life
7. Imperfect breed of humanity
8. Shapeshifter
9. Like a wave of destruction
10. Stitches
Recorded by Valle Adzic (One man army and the undead quartet, Impious)
in Downfall studio early spring of 2007. Up for release in the fall
of 2007 by Unexploded Records.
- CRADLE OF FILTH Vocalist Records Theme Song For Dario Argento’s
Latest Horror Epic Mother of Tears: The Third Mother
Band Confirmed To Headline Bam Margera’s Viva La Bands 2007 Tour
Grammy-nominated, British shock rockers CRADLE OF FILTH have delved
towards a new level of darkness. Vocalist Dani Filth recently recorded
vocals for the theme song to Dario Argento’s latest horror/suspense
opus Mother of Tears: The Third Mother. The song, entitled “(She’s)
The Mother of Tears” was composed by Claudio Simonetti. Simonetti,
a veritable legend among horror film scores, is also noted for penning
music to such classics as Dawn of the Dead, Suspiria, Phenomena and
several episodes of the popular series Masters of Horror.
Says Dani Filth on his experience working on the film, “'It was
a real honor to be asked to work alongside Claudio Simonetti from Goblin,
especially as it’s the last of a trilogy for a Dario Argento movie.
The whole project has been very exciting to say the least. I received
word that my services were being demanded of and I was especially delighted
to have been given free reign with the vocals, both musically and lyrically,
preserving the lush choir that forms the backbone of the chorus. The
result is a four-minute homage to the last and most dangerous in a trio
of powerful witches whose aim is to enslave the world. Having finished
the song (which is intended for the film’s credits), I am now
tense with anticipation for seeing the how the two work together...
the film apparently rocks!”
Mother of Tears: The Third Mother concludes Argento’s cult trilogy
that began with Suspiria (1977) and Inferno (1980) and revolves around
the resurrection of demonic witches in Rome. The film stars Asia Argento
(Land of the Dead), Udo Kier (Grindhouse, Rob Zombie’s Halloween),
and Cristian Solimeno (Footballers’ Wives) and is slated for a
late autumn worldwide release. It is rumored that this film may also
be the last directorial outing for Dario Argento, whose horror career
has spanned almost forty years and included such cult films as Deep
Red, Demons and Tenebrae. This experience continues CRADLE OF FILTH’s
growing trend of offering dark music to films and making the films rather
darker. The band’s previous soundtrack credits include Underworld:
Evolution, Alone In The Dark, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Ginger Snaps,
and Faust.
CRADLE OF FILTH is also spreading the darkness over North America this
autumn as they are confirmed to headline Bam Margera’s Viva La
Bands 2007 North American Tour, presented by Rockstar Energy Drink.
CRADLE OF FILTH is touring alongside some of Bam Margera’s other
favorite acts, including CKY and up-and-comers Vains of Jenna.
Says the band’s outspoken frontman Dani Filth, “The Viva
La Band's tour promises to be a great musical outing for Cradle, mixing
it up with a very eclectic bunch of bands. Bam is a good friend of ours,
and when we heard that he was putting together a tour that would hit
all the major markets in America, we just jumped at the chance to be
a part of his lunatic vision. Where CKY supply the heavy melodic groove,
Cradle Of Filth as headliners will give the American audience the proverbial
kick in the bollocks they so rightly deserve. Fall will never be the
same again! Viva the damned!”
CRADLE OF FILTH is known for its singular stage show and is matched
only by its indomitable, dark, heavy, ‘gothic romance’ rock
music, which has been brilliantly displayed on the latest Roadrunner
Records release Thornography. The album, which firmly planted itself
on the Billboard Top 100 Chart upon its release shocked and awed America,
as Entertainment Weekly deemed it “excellent” and “gruesomely
themed.” Thornography’s brooding energy was accentuated
by guest vocals by goth rock hero Ville Vallejo of H.I.M. and Doug Bradley
(Pinhead of the Hellraiser film series and longtime CRADLE OF FILTH
collaborator). A special edition of Thornography, featuring brand new
music and video footage is currently in the works for an early October
release.
CRADLE OF FILTH’s sinister music and outrageous stage show is
primed to be the ideal backdrop to the imminent Halloween season. With
the infamous Bam Margera behind the band and an arsenal of ghoulish
mischief in tow, autumn is sure to be anything but ordinary.
Tour dates include:
Wednesday, September 19th Quebec City, QC, Can. Capitole Theatre (COF
solo)
Thursday, September 20th Montreal, QC, Can. Metropolis (COF solo)
Friday, September 21st Hartford, CT Webster Theatre (COF solo)
Saturday, September 22nd Burlington, VT Higher Ground (COF solo)
Monday, September 24th Baltimore, MD Ram’s Head Live
Tuesday, September 25th Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
Wednesday, September 26th Norfolk, VA Norva
Friday, September 28th Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues
Saturday, September 29th Atlanta, GA Roxy Theater (COF solo)
Sunday, September 30th Ft. Lauderdale, FL Revolution
Monday, October 1st Orlando, FL House of Blues
Tuesday, October 2nd St. Petersburg, FL Jannus Landing
Thursday, October 4th Dallas, TX House of Blues
Friday, October 5th Houston, TX Verizon Wireless
Saturday, October 6th San Antonio, TX Sunset Station
Monday, October 8th Tempe, AZ Marquee
Tuesday, October 9th Las Vegas, NV The Joint
Thursday, October 11th San Diego, CA Soma
Friday, October 12th Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern Theater
Saturday, October 13th San Francisco, CA The Warfield
Monday, October 15th Salt Lake City, UT Salt Air
Tuesday, October 16th Denver, CO The Fillmore
Thursday, October 18th Tulsa, OK Cain’s
Friday, October 19th St Louis, MO Pop’s
Saturday, October 20th Kansas City, MO Beaumont
Sunday, October 21st Minneapolis, MN Myth
Tuesday, October 23rd Chicago, IL Congress
Wednesday, October 24th Milwaukee, WI Eagles Ballroom
Friday, October 26th Columbus, OH LC Pavilion
Saturday, October 27th Cleveland, OH Agora Ballroom
Sunday, October 28th Detroit, MI Harpo's
Tuesday, October 30th Toronto, ON, Can. The Docks
Wednesday, October 31st Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
Friday, November 2nd New York, NY Roseland Ballroom
Saturday, November 3rd Worcester, MA The Palladium
www.vivalabands.com
www.roadrunnerrecords.com
www.cradleoffilth.com
- ALCEST debut album out since beginning of August, lim. first edition
soon sold out
Music from another world. A world full of beauty, intense joy and light,
but also filled with yearning and nostalgia. The debut album by ALCEST
is a record that already now can be regarded as a peerless landmark.
The limited digipak version will be sold out soon, we are preparing
the jewelcase version right now.
- TENHI "Folk Aesthetic 1996-2006"
Tenhi "Folk Aesthetic 1996-2006" 3-CD digibook out now
The 3CD album is packaged as a noble digibook with 76 pages booklet,
liner notes and special artwork and drawings by Tyko.
Here is a teaser video of the song kausienranta from the "folk
aesthetic" album, featuring the album's artwork.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mu9YFMuz17U
- THE AMENTA are currently in the studio, recording “n0n”,
the full length follow up to their acclaimed 2004 release “Occasus”.
All guitars, Samples and FX have been tracked and the band flew to Hobart,
Australia to commence recording drums at Red Planet Studios in July.“n0n”
is a much darker and more subtle album than its predecessor and is the
product of a more experimental recording ethos.
THE AMENTA are stepping outside of their comfort zone and enjoying chaos.
Riddled with electronic noise and guitar manipulation, “n0n”
pushes modern technology to its limits.
Lyrically the album deals with shadowy deals and moral compromises of
this sick new world.
Song Titles:
Skin
Whore
Vermin
Spine
Rape
Slave
Entropy
Atrophy
Dystrophy
Cancer
Junky
Dirt
- KOSMOS, the Canadian prog/psych quartet which features Voivod's Michel
'Away' Langevin on drums and will have their self-titled debut released
September 4th, 2007 on THE END RECORDS, are featured in an interview
on Billboard.com. To read story go here.
KOSMOS is rounded out by guitarist Jetphil (Paradise), bassist Vincent
Peake (Groovy Aardvark/Grim Skunk) and keyboardist/programmer Alex Crow.
Says Langevin about KOSMOS, "We're a progrock collective from Montreal,
Canada and we're influenced by the 70's Krautrock scene and avant-garde
music." The 12 tracks found on KOSMOS offer journeys through cosmic
prog psychedelia, a spaceship built for fans of Hawkwind, Amon Duul
II, Zombi and Monster Magnet.
www.myspace.com/kosmostheband
- DARK FUNERAL TO RELEASE FIRST OF TWO DVDS ON OCTOBER 15
TRENTON, N.J. – Black metal legends Dark Funeral will release
their first-ever DVD set, “Attera Orbis Terrarum - Part 1,”
on October 15 through Regain Records.
The two-disc set consists of three complete, professionally-filmed live
shows and rare bonus footage. The first show was filmed with seven cameras
o March 12, 2005 in Katowic, Poland. The second was filmed the following
March in Tilburg, The Netherlands with four cameras. The second disc
starts off with a camera-shot show from March 2006 in Paris, followed
by the video clip for "Atrum Regina" and previously unreleased
amateur footage that chronicles Dark Funeral's entire career, including
the very first, and now legendary, show in Oslo, Norway on May 4, 1994.
The total combined running time for the two discs is nearly four hours.
"Besides the three professionally filmed shows, we wanted this
first DVD to also serve as a historical, live documentation of our career
with rare and previously unreleased footage," said band leader
Lord Ahriman. "This is the first DVD in a series of two that we
will be releasing from touring for 'Attera Totus Sanctus.' This first
DVD focus on European shows, while the second DVD will focus on South
America."
These shows capture Dark Funeral, a band known for being one of the
most intense live acts, in their natural element - on stage slaying
fans with their relentless brand of extreme metal.
The Dark Funeral website will be re-launched shortly to coincide with
the release of “Attera Orbis Terrarum - Part 1.” Regain
Records recently re-released three records from the Swedish band's catalog
- “The Secrets of the Black Arts,” “Vobiscum Satanas,”
and “Diabolis Interium” - with bonus material.
The band will embark on a North American tour this fall, immediately
followed by a short tour of Mexico.
Dark Funeral US tour dates are as follow:
10/09/07 Crocodile Rock Cafe - Allentown, PA
10/10/07 Jaxx - West Springfield, VA
10/11/07 Webster Theatre - Hartford, CT
10/12/07 The Chance - Poughkeepsie, NY
10/13/07 The Palladium - Worcester, MA
10/14/07 B.B. Kings Blues Club - New York City, NY
10/15/07 Imperial de Quebec - Quebec City QUE CAN
10/16/07 Club Soda - Montreal, QUE CAN
10/17/07 Opera House - Toronto, ONT CAN
10/18/07 Peabody's - Cleveland, OH
10/19/07 Pearl Room - Mokena, IL
10/20/07 Station 4 - St Paul, MN
10/21/07 The Bottleneck - Lawrence, KS
10/22/07 Bluebird Theater - Denver, CO
10/24/07 Galaxy Theatre - Santa Ana, CA
10/25/07 House of Blues - West Hollywood, CA
10/26/07 The Clubhouse - Tempe, AZ
10/27/07 The Rock - Tucson, AZ
10/28/07 Launch Pad - Albuquerque, NM
10/29/07 White Rabbit - San Antonio, TX
10/30/07 Ridglea Theater - Ft Worth, TX
11/01/07 The Muse - Nashville, TN
11/02/07 Harpo´s Concert Theatre - Detroit, MI
11/03/07 Uncle Pleasants - Louisville, KY
DARK FUNERAL - MEXICAN TOUR 2007
11/07/07 Cd. Obregon, Sonora
11/08/07 Guadalajara
11/09/07 Monterrey
11/10/07 Mexico City
More info at www.chasprod.com.
www.darkfuneral.se
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| September 29th, 2007 |
- NILE "ithyphallic": chart entry in germany
NILE have made a sensational debut in the German album charts, hitting
position #76 with their great new album "Ithyphallic"! Congrats
to Karl Sanders and his fellow egyptologists - also for the sensational
other chart entries in Finland (#13), England (#139, Rock Charts #6,
Indie Charts #8) and USA (#162). At the moment NILE are playing the
Ozzfest and will tour Europe at the end of this year.
- THRESHOLD singer mac has left the band!
THRESHOLD’s singer Andrew „Mac“ McDermott has decided
to leave the band for good.
"Mac's still not been in touch directly but he wrote a statement
on the band forum confirming that he's left", states keyboarder
Richard West. Former singer Damian Wilson, who already stood in at the
band’s shows at Metal Camp and Earthshaker festival, will continue
helping out THRESHOLD vocal-wise. "Damian's agreed to do the next
shows and hopefully we can work out a way for him to do all the remaining
tour dates."
- THE DUSKFALL album update!
Swedish metallers THE DUSKFALL have unveiled the cover artwork for their
fourth CD, entitled "The Dying Wonders of the World". Check
it out at this
location.
Due this fall via Nuclear Blast Records, the new album, just like the
last one, was recorded at Uppsala, Sweden's Dug-Out Studios (drums,
vocals and the mix) by Daniel Bergstrand (IN FLAMES, MESHUGGAH, DEFLESHED,
DARK FUNERAL, BEHEMOTH, SOILWORK) and Promile Studios (guitars and bass)
by Michael Hahne. The CD was mastered by Achim Köhler at Indiscreet
Audio in Germany.
"The Dying Wonders of the World" track listing:
01. Paradises into Deserts
02. The Wheel and the Blacklight
03. Deep in Your World
04. Some More Sin on My Burden
05. Shadows and Cancer
06. Bring Us Your Infected
07. The Option and The Poison
08. Sealed with a Fist
09. I've Only Got Knives for You
A five-minute "teaser soundclip" containing parts of four
different songs from the upcoming record has been posted online at this
location. Video footage from the recording studio can be viewed right
here.
THE DUSKFALL last year announced the addition of bassist Matte Järnil
(ex-21ST IMPACT) to the group's ranks. Järnil replaces former member
Marco Eronen, who left THE DUSKFALL in July 2006 to focus on his main
band, RAISED FIST.
- PRO-PAIN Off X-MAS FESTIVAL Tour, INNER FIRE Steps In
PRO-PAIN has dropped off the billing of the X-Mas Festival 2007 tour,
which is scheduled to kick off in early December. The lineup is now
shaping up as follows:
MAYHEM
SAMAEL
MALEVOLENT CREATION
ONSLAUGHT
WYKKED WYTCH
BLOOD RED THRONE
INNER FIRE
X-Mas Festival 2007 tour dates (venue details to be announced):
Dec. 07 - London, UK
Dec. 08 - Paris, France
Dec. 09 - Strasbourg, France
Dec. 10 - Pratteln, Switzerland
Dec. 11 - Milan, Italy
Dec. 12 - Munich, Germany
Dec. 13 - Prague, Czech Republic
Dec. 14 - Vienna, Austria
Dec. 15 - Engelsdorf, Germany
Dec. 16 - Frankfurt, Germany
Dec. 17 - Berlin, Germany
Dec. 18 - Hamburg, Germany
Dec. 19 - Stuttgart,Germany
Dec. 20 - Essen, Germany
Dec. 21 - Tilburg, Holland
Dec. 22 - Waregem, Belgium
AEA Zine
- AVANTASIA To Play Next Year's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival
EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet announced at a press conference at Wacken
Open Air earlier today that his solo project AVANTASIA will perform
at next year's installment of the festival, set to take place July 31
- August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. Also scheduled to appear are IRON
MAIDEN (headliners), CHILDREN OF BODOM and KREATOR.
Drummer Eric Singer (KISS, ALICE COOPER) revealed during a recent interview
with rock and roll comic C.C. Banana at the 21st annual NY/NJ Kiss Expo
that Alice Cooper has recorded a guest appearance on "The Scarecrow",
the third full-length release from AVANTASIA. According to Singer, Michael
Schenker (ex-UFO, SCORPIONS) and Michael's brother Rudolf (SCORPIONS)
will also appear on the album, which features Eric on drums, Tobias
on bass, and former MASTERPLAN/ARK frontman Jorn Lande and Amanda Somerville
(the American singer-songwriter and vocal coach who is better known
for her collaborations with various European metal bands, including
EPICA, AFTER FOREVER and EDGUY) on additional vocals. More guest appearances
are expected to be announced soon.
In a recent interview, Sammet described the music on the new AVANTASIA
CD as "diversified, pomp metal with some classic rock elements,
Classic orchestrated moments and Celtic stuff, a big timeless production
and so on and so forth. It's going to consist of many different elements.
Bombastic kick-ass music with a lot of heart and depth."
AEA Zine
- Cypher news
Cypher bass player Jerry “Pioko” Orie has decided to part
ways with the band. He will be returning to his home country Surinam,
South-America to pursue business opportunities and promote metal music.
He served the Cypher-clan for three years. Catch Pioko one final night
with Cypher on Friday Sept. 7 th at Rockclub The Cave in Amsterdam.
The band is proud to announce Joost van der Graaf (ex Creepmine, I-Chaos),
one of holland's best metal bassplayers to their team. They are confident
that he will have everything it takes to handle the bassduties. Joost
is probably best known for being the vocalist and bassplayer of Creepmime,
one of holland's leading metal-bands in the mid 90's. All confirmed
gigs will continue as planned.
Read more news at the Cypher website.
- EXODUS To Tour With GOATWHORE, ARSIS; First Dates Released
Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers EXODUS will embark on a U.S.
tour in January/February. Support on the trek will come from GOATWHORE,
ARSIS, and WARBRINGER. So far the following dates have been leaked:
Jan. 22 - San Diego, CA @ house of blues
Feb. 04 - New York, NY @ B.B. King Blues Club & Grill
Feb. 12 - Louisville, KY @ Uncle Pleasants
EXODUS has completed work on its new album, tentatively due before the
end of the year via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded at Sharkbite
Studios in Oakland, California with producer Andy Sneap (MEGADETH, MACHINE
HEAD, NEVERMORE, ARCH ENEMY).
AEA Zine
- KING DIAMOND, KREATOR, LEAVES' EYES: North American Tour Officially
KING DIAMOND's North American tour with KREATOR, LEAVES' EYES and CELLADOR
— which is scheduled to kick off March 22, 2008 in Ft. Lauderdale,
Florida — officially goes on sale today, August 6 through all
normal ticketing outlets. Tickets can still be purchased via EnterTheVault.com.
KING DIAMOND with KREATOR, LEAVES' EYES and CELLADOR:
Mar. 22 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room
Mar. 23 - Orlando, FL @ House of Blues
Mar. 25 - Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues
Mar. 26 - Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
Mar. 28 - Charlotte, NC @ Tremont Street Music Hall
Mar. 29 - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
Mar. 30 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Trocadero
Apr. 01 - New York City, NY @ B.B. King Blues Club & Grill
Apr. 02 - New York City, NY @ B.B. King Blues Club & Grill
Apr. 04 - Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance Theater
Apr. 05 - Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
Apr. 06 - Montreal, QUE @ The Medley
Apr. 07 - Quebec City, QUE @ Imperial De Quebec
Apr. 09 - Toronto, ON @ The Opera House
Apr. 10 - Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's Down Under
Apr. 11 - Detroit, MI @ Harpo's
Apr. 12 - Mokena, IL @ The Pearl Room
Apr. 13 - Sauget, IL @ Pop's
Apr. 15 - St Paul, MN @ Station 4
Apr. 16 - Winnipeg, MB @ Garrick Centre
Apr. 18 - Edmonton, AB @ Starlite Room
Apr. 19 - Calgary, AB @ MacEwan Hall Ballroom
Apr. 21 - Vancouver, BC @ Croation Cultural Centre
Apr. 22 - Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
Apr. 23 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
Apr. 25 - San Francisco, CA @ The Filmore
Apr. 26 - Los Angeles, CA @ House of Blues
Apr. 27 - Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues
Apr. 28 - Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
Apr. 30 - San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
May 01 - Phoenix, AZ @ Marquee Theater
May 02 - Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theater
May 03 - Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater
May 04 - Denver, CO @ Ogden Theater
May 06 - Tulsa, OK @ Cains Ballroom
May 07 - Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
May 08 - Houston, TX @ The Meridian
May 09 - New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
May 10 - San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
KING DIAMOND's latest album, "Give Me Your Soul ... Please"
recently entered the Swedish national chart at position No. 28. As previously
reported, the CD also landed at No. 58 on the Danish chart (the second
highest new entry on the chart behind VELVET REVOLVER).
"Give Me Your Soul ... Please" sold 4,500 copies in the United
States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 174 on
The Billboard 200 chart.
"Give Me Your Soul ... Please" draws from themes from the
occult and both King Diamond's personal life, after-life experiences,
as well as King Diamond's signature dark imagination. The result is
a montage of murder-mysteries-meets-nightmare-dream-sequences wrapped
in a proto-power-metal soundtrack. King says, "It's a horror murder
mystery story mixed with reality from beginning to end."
AEA Zine
- ICED EARTH To Tour Europe With DARK TRANQUILLITY
ICED EARTH will embark on a European headlining tour in October/November.
Support on all shows will come from DARK TRANQUILLITY. Confirmed dates
are as follows:
Oct. 08 - D - Köln - Live Music Hall
Oct. 09 - D - München - Backstage Werk
Oct. 10 - I - Milan - Alcatraz
Oct. 12 - E - Barcelona - Sala Razzmatazz 1
Oct. 13 - E - Madrid - La Riviera
Oct. 15 - CH - Pratteln - Konzertfabrik Z7
Oct. 16 - A - Graz - Orpheum
Oct. 17 - A - Wien - Planet Music
Oct. 18 - CZ - Brno - Fleda
Oct. 19 - D - Berlin - Columbia Club
Oct. 21 - S - Malmö - Kulturbolaget
Oct. 22 - N - Oslo - Rockefeller
Oct. 23 - S - Gothenburg - Tradgarn
Oct. 25 - S - Stockholm - Tirol
Oct. 26 - DK - Kopenhagen - Pumpenhuset
Oct. 28 - D - Hamburg - Markthalle
Oct. 30 - D - Stuttgart - LKA Longhorn
Nov. 01 - NL - Tilburg - Club 013
Nov. 02 - B - Antwerpen - Hof Ter Lo
A poster for the tour can be found at this location.
ICED EARTH will support HEAVEN AND HELL on a U.K. tour beginning on
November 4 in Newcastle.
SPV has set the following release dates for ICED EARTH's new studio
album, "Framing Armageddon - Something Wicked Part I":
Germany: September 7
Rest of Europe: September 10
North America: September 11
AEA Zine
- New York Doom duo, Rigor Sardonicous, have revealed information on
their upcoming new album, entitled Vallis Ex Umbra De Mortuus due out
on Paragon Records this fall. The album continues on in the Rigor Sardonicous
tradition of Raw Apocalyptic Doom. The album will be issued in multiple
formats and each will contain bonus material. The CD version will feature
a video track of an old Rigor Sardonicous track "Sleepless".
The vinyl version will feature a rendition of the Tears For Fears classic
"Mad World". Album artwork and song previews of the album
will follow shortly.
The track listing of Vallis Ex Umbra De Mortuus is as follows:
1) Mane de Maeroris
2) Siens Somnium
3) Incompertus quod Anon
4) Laudare Apocalypsis
5) Alveus de Somnus
6) Prophecies I - Preapocaylptia
7) Agony
8) Rex Regis Fortuna
*Mad World - vinyl version only
*Sleepless' video on cd version
www.paragonrecords.net
- Hungarian Black Metallers, Vorkuta, have announced the addition of
a permanent drummer,Khrul, who is also known for drumming in other Hungarian
Black Metal bands such as Witchcraft, Marblebog, and Vérzivatar.
Vorkuta's first release together with their new drummer will be a split
7" ep with Japanese Thrashers Abigail.
In other Vorkuta 7" news, a split 7" with Kratornas will come
out via Paragon Records later in the year. Also, the band is featured
in this months issue of Metal Maniacs.
www.paragonrecords.net
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