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Alex Hernández on the new Requiem Aeternam
Alex Hernández (Immolation) joined Requiem Aeternam in order to perform the drums.
His huge talent and wide experience, gained in more than a decade of Death Metal, will contribute a stronger touch to the band style.
"Philosopher" will start being recorded on May 9th at Big Blue Meenie studios (www.bigbluemeenie.com) in New Jersey (USA).
Between two and three weeks are going to be used to record and mix it.
As soon as we confirm it, we are going to announce the sound engineer responsible to produce the new material... as well as the studios to master it, the designer to do the artwork, and many more details...
Keep checking Requiem Aeternam's official website at:
www.requiem-aeternam.com
His huge talent and wide experience, gained in more than a decade of Death Metal, will contribute a stronger touch to the band style.
"Philosopher" will start being recorded on May 9th at Big Blue Meenie studios (www.bigbluemeenie.com) in New Jersey (USA).
Between two and three weeks are going to be used to record and mix it.
As soon as we confirm it, we are going to announce the sound engineer responsible to produce the new material... as well as the studios to master it, the designer to do the artwork, and many more details...
Keep checking Requiem Aeternam's official website at:
www.requiem-aeternam.com
YYRKOON With Osmose Records...
Having realized two albums on two independent labels, the french band YYRKOON works now with Osmose Productions for their futur albums. Their music is a mix between a powerfull thrash metal and a raw death metal, the whole linked by solos and melodic parts.
Their third album titled "Occult Medicine" will be out in september 2004. It plunges you into a horror/fantastic context, where the imagination and creativity of a mad doctor take a dementia shape. Recorded & mixed in Denmark at Hansen Studios, this album is endowed with a very good sound quality. This album will contain 12 madness songs.
A bonus video-clip at the tone of this album will be done soon and a bonus track shall enrich the LP version. Don't miss it !!
www.yyrkoon.net / www.osmoseproductions.com
Their third album titled "Occult Medicine" will be out in september 2004. It plunges you into a horror/fantastic context, where the imagination and creativity of a mad doctor take a dementia shape. Recorded & mixed in Denmark at Hansen Studios, this album is endowed with a very good sound quality. This album will contain 12 madness songs.
A bonus video-clip at the tone of this album will be done soon and a bonus track shall enrich the LP version. Don't miss it !!
www.yyrkoon.net / www.osmoseproductions.com
| Band profile: | Yyrkoon |
Edenbridge new album
Austrian "angelic bombast metal" act EDENBRIDGE have set "Shine" as the title of their fourth full-length album, tentatively due in October through Germany's Massacre Records.
The follow-up to 2003's "Aphelion" will be recorded between May and July. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include:
01. October Sky
02. Centennial Legend
03. Shine
04. The Canterville Ghost
05. What You Leave Behind
06. On Sacred Ground
07. On Top Of The World
08. Flame Of Passion
09. And The Road Goes On
10. The Wild Chase
11. Elsewhere
12. Move Along Home
In other news, EDENBRIDGE will play a warm-up show at a small club in Nottingham, England on September 2 prior to their appearance at the Bloodstock Festival. Tickets are extremely limited. For more information, contact vince@bloodstock.uk.com.
EDENBRIDGE reportedly recorded a live DVD on March 20 at the Building a Force Festival at Stadthalle Widdern near Heilbronn, Germany. More information about the DVD's contents and release date will be made available soon.
The follow-up to 2003's "Aphelion" will be recorded between May and July. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include:
01. October Sky
02. Centennial Legend
03. Shine
04. The Canterville Ghost
05. What You Leave Behind
06. On Sacred Ground
07. On Top Of The World
08. Flame Of Passion
09. And The Road Goes On
10. The Wild Chase
11. Elsewhere
12. Move Along Home
In other news, EDENBRIDGE will play a warm-up show at a small club in Nottingham, England on September 2 prior to their appearance at the Bloodstock Festival. Tickets are extremely limited. For more information, contact vince@bloodstock.uk.com.
EDENBRIDGE reportedly recorded a live DVD on March 20 at the Building a Force Festival at Stadthalle Widdern near Heilbronn, Germany. More information about the DVD's contents and release date will be made available soon.
| Band profile: | Edenbridge |
Phanteon I - soon in studio
PANTHEON I, the Norwegian extreme metal band featuring vocalist/guitarist Andrè Kvebek (1349), guitarist John Espen Sagstad (ABIOTIC) and drummer Eirik Renton (SARKOM), will enter the studio in early May to begin recording their debut full-length album, tentatively due before the end of the year. The as-yet-untitled effort is expected to contain 10 brand-new songs.
PANTHEON I recently completed work on a new EP. A release date for the effort has yet to be announced. The group, who released a four-song demo, titled "MMIII", in April 2003, were once again assisted by RAM-ZET's Sareeta (violin) during the most recent recording sessions. Shortly after completing work on the EP, PANTHEON I added two new members in the shape of Gunhild Mathea Olaussen on violin and Live Julianne Kostøl on cello. The Oslo-based band have also recruited a session bassist, 1349's Tor Risdal Stavenes (a.k.a. Seidemann).
PANTHEON I recently completed work on a new EP. A release date for the effort has yet to be announced. The group, who released a four-song demo, titled "MMIII", in April 2003, were once again assisted by RAM-ZET's Sareeta (violin) during the most recent recording sessions. Shortly after completing work on the EP, PANTHEON I added two new members in the shape of Gunhild Mathea Olaussen on violin and Live Julianne Kostøl on cello. The Oslo-based band have also recruited a session bassist, 1349's Tor Risdal Stavenes (a.k.a. Seidemann).
Cradle Of Filth Studio Report
CRADLE OF FILTH bassist Dave Pybus has posted the sixth installment of his regular online studio report at the group's official web site.
As previously reported, CRADLE OF FILTH are currently recording their Roadrunner Records debut, tentatively titled "Nymphetamine". The follow-up to last year's "Damnation and a Day" is being produced by ANTHRAX guitarist Rob Caggiano, who has previously worked with the group during the mixing stage for "Damnation?".
As previously reported, CRADLE OF FILTH are currently recording their Roadrunner Records debut, tentatively titled "Nymphetamine". The follow-up to last year's "Damnation and a Day" is being produced by ANTHRAX guitarist Rob Caggiano, who has previously worked with the group during the mixing stage for "Damnation?".
| Band profile: | Cradle Of Filth |
Good news for the fan of Lake Of Tears...
The recording of "Black Brick Road" is now finished except for some keyboard parts. The mixing will begin this weekend and continue until the 28th(April), then the mastering on the 29th.
The new album is coming.....
The new album is coming.....
| Band profile: | Lake Of Tears |
Success Report
With "Hellfire Club", EDGUY already now have their most successful album ready to go! The single "King Of Fools" has been staying in the German single charts for already six weeks and got presented two times in the McDonalds Chart show on Pro7. On Monday, March 15th, EDGUY's new album "Hellfire Club" got in stores and hit the german charts on #26. Also the album reaches the following positions.
Here they are:
#22 Finland
#6 Sweden
#69 Austria
#81 Switzerland
#54 France
#35 Hungary
Here they are:
#22 Finland
#6 Sweden
#69 Austria
#81 Switzerland
#54 France
#35 Hungary
| Band profile: | Edguy |
Update on Rock The Nations, Istanbul
Three new bands announced for the biggest metal organization ever in Turkey..
Nu Clear Down (a Syrian Power/Progressive band), Vader and Orphaned Land confirmed to show up in RtN 2004.
More additions everyday on the official page of the organization (http://rockthenations.net/en/anasayfa.php)
Nu Clear Down (a Syrian Power/Progressive band), Vader and Orphaned Land confirmed to show up in RtN 2004.
More additions everyday on the official page of the organization (http://rockthenations.net/en/anasayfa.php)
Seth: new album will be released later...
From the Band :
ERA-DEACAY was suposed to come out on the following monthes, but after talks with Avantgardemusic it seemed necessary and unavoidable to push back the release. We lost quite some time finishing mixing this 4th album, and the mastering is still not over yet.
The album will hit the shelves on September 6.
This decision was not an easy one to make, but we have to be patient to release this album in the best possible conditions. We'll do our best to offer you an exclusive track on our wbesite around June/July.
ERA-DEACAY was suposed to come out on the following monthes, but after talks with Avantgardemusic it seemed necessary and unavoidable to push back the release. We lost quite some time finishing mixing this 4th album, and the mastering is still not over yet.
The album will hit the shelves on September 6.
This decision was not an easy one to make, but we have to be patient to release this album in the best possible conditions. We'll do our best to offer you an exclusive track on our wbesite around June/July.
Vision Divine - new vocalist
Once a side project for ex-LABYRINTH guitarist Olaf Thorsen and RHAPSODY singer Fabio Leone, VISION DIVINE has returned with its third album, Stream Of Consciousness, and a new vocalist. In a conversation with BW&BK, Thorsen explained why Leone was forced to bow out.
"For the first two albums Fabio always gave 100% to Vision Divine, but because I left Labyrinth and decided to focus on Vision Divine I wanted to create an image of a real band. I don't think this would have been a problem for Fabio, but Rhapsody recently signed with new management and he didn't take care that there would be room for a career with Vision Divine at the same time. He told me everything was fine, but when I saw the contract there was nothing mentioning Vision Divine, and I figured it might cause some major problems in the future. It's a sad thing, but the best thing to do was to have Fabio leave, in the interest of both bands and our friendship."
Leone has been replaced by Michele Luppi, who has worked previously as an Italian pop rock session player. According to Thorsen, Vision Divine is Luppi's first metal experience
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"For the first two albums Fabio always gave 100% to Vision Divine, but because I left Labyrinth and decided to focus on Vision Divine I wanted to create an image of a real band. I don't think this would have been a problem for Fabio, but Rhapsody recently signed with new management and he didn't take care that there would be room for a career with Vision Divine at the same time. He told me everything was fine, but when I saw the contract there was nothing mentioning Vision Divine, and I figured it might cause some major problems in the future. It's a sad thing, but the best thing to do was to have Fabio leave, in the interest of both bands and our friendship."
Leone has been replaced by Michele Luppi, who has worked previously as an Italian pop rock session player. According to Thorsen, Vision Divine is Luppi's first metal experience
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Jag Panzer - name of the new CD
Colorado power metallers JAG PANZER have set "Casting the Stones" as the title of their new album, tentatively due in October through Century Media Records.
The CD will be recorded at Tampa's Morrisound studio with producer Jim Morris and will feature artwork by Mattias Noren. Guitarist Mark Briody recently described the new compositions as "a more aggressive version" of 2001's "Mechanized Warfare".
JAG PANZER's most recent release, "Decade of the Nail-Spiked Bat", was a two-CD set containing the best tracks from the group's pre-Century Media releases ("Tyrants" EP, "Ample Destruction", "Dissident Alliance" and the "Chain Of Command" bootleg) re-recorded "as if they were new songs," according to Briody.
The CD will be recorded at Tampa's Morrisound studio with producer Jim Morris and will feature artwork by Mattias Noren. Guitarist Mark Briody recently described the new compositions as "a more aggressive version" of 2001's "Mechanized Warfare".
JAG PANZER's most recent release, "Decade of the Nail-Spiked Bat", was a two-CD set containing the best tracks from the group's pre-Century Media releases ("Tyrants" EP, "Ample Destruction", "Dissident Alliance" and the "Chain Of Command" bootleg) re-recorded "as if they were new songs," according to Briody.
| Band profile: | Jag Panzer |
Blind Guardian - DVD release date and tracklist
German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN have set a tentative June 14 German release date for their upcoming live DVD, "Imaginations Through The Looking Glass". The disc, which was recorded primarily at the Blind Guardian Open Air festival in Coburg, Germany last June, will come with a bonus DVD, featuring interview and behind-the-scenes footage as well as additional live material.
"Imaginations Through The Looking Glass" DVD track listing:
DVD 1 - Blind Guardian Open Air (Coburg):
01. War of Wrath
02. Time Stands Still
03. Banish from Sanctuary
04. Nightfall
05. The Script for my Requiem
06. Valhalla
07. A Past and Future Secret
08. Punishment Divine
09. Mordred's Song
10. The Last Candle
11. Bright Eyes
12. Lord of the Rings
13. I'm Alive
14. Another Holy War
15. And then there was Silence
16. Somewhere far Beyond
17. The Bard's Song (in the Forest)
18. Imaginations from the other Side
19. And the Story Ends
20. Mirror Mirror
DVD 2 - Bonus DVD
* Interview with BLIND GUARDIAN
* Backstage Scenes of the "A Night At The Opera Tour 2002"
* The making of "The Blind Guardian Festival Coburg 2003"
* Slideshow
Bonus songs:
01. Into the Storm (Stuttgart 2002)
02. Welcome to Dying (Stuttgart 2002)
03. Lost in the Twilight Hall (Stuttgart 2002)
04. Majesty (Wacken 2002)
The DVD with NOT be region free. There will be separate PAL and NTSC versions with the appropriate region code for each country.
A trailer for the DVD will be released in the near future through the band's official homepage. Neither the format nor the size of this trailer is yet known. Distribution of the trailer will most likely be done using BitTorrent (as was done with the Live CD outtakes). Also the DVD cover image with be released in the near future.
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"Imaginations Through The Looking Glass" DVD track listing:
DVD 1 - Blind Guardian Open Air (Coburg):
01. War of Wrath
02. Time Stands Still
03. Banish from Sanctuary
04. Nightfall
05. The Script for my Requiem
06. Valhalla
07. A Past and Future Secret
08. Punishment Divine
09. Mordred's Song
10. The Last Candle
11. Bright Eyes
12. Lord of the Rings
13. I'm Alive
14. Another Holy War
15. And then there was Silence
16. Somewhere far Beyond
17. The Bard's Song (in the Forest)
18. Imaginations from the other Side
19. And the Story Ends
20. Mirror Mirror
DVD 2 - Bonus DVD
* Interview with BLIND GUARDIAN
* Backstage Scenes of the "A Night At The Opera Tour 2002"
* The making of "The Blind Guardian Festival Coburg 2003"
* Slideshow
Bonus songs:
01. Into the Storm (Stuttgart 2002)
02. Welcome to Dying (Stuttgart 2002)
03. Lost in the Twilight Hall (Stuttgart 2002)
04. Majesty (Wacken 2002)
The DVD with NOT be region free. There will be separate PAL and NTSC versions with the appropriate region code for each country.
A trailer for the DVD will be released in the near future through the band's official homepage. Neither the format nor the size of this trailer is yet known. Distribution of the trailer will most likely be done using BitTorrent (as was done with the Live CD outtakes). Also the DVD cover image with be released in the near future.
Read more ››
| Band profile: | Blind Guardian |
Samael - signs with Regain Records
The official Regain Records website (www.regainrecords.com) reports that the label have signed a deal with SAMAEL.
As previously reported, the band are currently writing new material for their next studio album and plan to enter the studio this month to begin recording. A release date for the new album has not yet been set. More information as it surfaces.
As previously reported, the band are currently writing new material for their next studio album and plan to enter the studio this month to begin recording. A release date for the new album has not yet been set. More information as it surfaces.
| Band profile: | Samael |
Stratovarius - Timo Tolkki in hospital
STRATOVARIUS' webmaster has posted the following on the band's official site, www.stratovarius.com:
"Unfortunately I have received news that Timo Tolkki was hospitalized on April 10th due to suicidal feelings and chronic depression.
He is currently being treated in Mehiläinen, a private hospital in Helsinki, Finland.
If anyone wants to send recovery wishes to Timo, you can send them directly to timorecovery@stratovarius.com or you can use the ready made form we have made: http://www.stratovarius.com/index2.php'section=timorecovery
All the recovery wishes will be delivered to Timo at the hospital."
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"Unfortunately I have received news that Timo Tolkki was hospitalized on April 10th due to suicidal feelings and chronic depression.
He is currently being treated in Mehiläinen, a private hospital in Helsinki, Finland.
If anyone wants to send recovery wishes to Timo, you can send them directly to timorecovery@stratovarius.com or you can use the ready made form we have made: http://www.stratovarius.com/index2.php'section=timorecovery
All the recovery wishes will be delivered to Timo at the hospital."
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| Band profile: | Stratovarius |
Gloria Morti: Debut Album In August
Finnish black metallers GLORIA MORTI have finished recording their debut album, "Lifestream Corrosion", for an August release through Japan's World Chaos Productions. Mixing sessions for the CD will take place between April 12 and 21 at Sonic Pump studios in Helsinki.
"Lifestream Corrosion" track listing:
01. Xanadu
02. Ephemeral Lifespan
03. The EnNightenment
04. The Suffering of the Lambs
05. Pulchritude of Rotting
06. In Their Dreaded Howling
07. The Orphanage
08. Abattoir
09. Cliffs of Geburah
"Lifestream Corrosion" track listing:
01. Xanadu
02. Ephemeral Lifespan
03. The EnNightenment
04. The Suffering of the Lambs
05. Pulchritude of Rotting
06. In Their Dreaded Howling
07. The Orphanage
08. Abattoir
09. Cliffs of Geburah
| Band profile: | Gloria Morti |