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After Forever - Video From Recording Studio Posted Online
Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal outfit After Forever has entered the studio to begin recording its new album, tentatively due next year via an as-yet-undetermined label. A brand new video shot in the recording studio has been posted online here .
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| Source: | afterforever.com |
| Band profile: | After Forever |
Symphony X - Another Bad Studio Update
Well here it goes as it is said I didn't change a thing:
'It seems that this is doomed to be the 'Murphy's law' cd, where anything that could go wrong, will/has gone wrong. Due to technical problems, first with the studio computers, and then with the failure and subsequent replacement/installation of somewhat-hard-to-find parts in MJR's amps, the band's about 2 weeks behind where they'd hoped to be progress-wise at this point. This has thrown off the projected date for getting the cd out and mixed, so they've had to push back the date for that by about a month in accordance with what dates were available to them.
Currently MJR is getting his guitar parts finished, & after that Mike LePond will finish up his bass parts, and then Russ will enter the studio to work on recording the vocals. Mike asked me to extend the band's appreciation to the fans for their patience, & at this point, is anticipating a release date after the new year; I have no doubt that it will be well worth the wait.'
Jax
'It seems that this is doomed to be the 'Murphy's law' cd, where anything that could go wrong, will/has gone wrong. Due to technical problems, first with the studio computers, and then with the failure and subsequent replacement/installation of somewhat-hard-to-find parts in MJR's amps, the band's about 2 weeks behind where they'd hoped to be progress-wise at this point. This has thrown off the projected date for getting the cd out and mixed, so they've had to push back the date for that by about a month in accordance with what dates were available to them.
Currently MJR is getting his guitar parts finished, & after that Mike LePond will finish up his bass parts, and then Russ will enter the studio to work on recording the vocals. Mike asked me to extend the band's appreciation to the fans for their patience, & at this point, is anticipating a release date after the new year; I have no doubt that it will be well worth the wait.'
Jax
| Source: | symphonyx.com |
| Band profile: | Symphony X |
Finntroll - Enter The Studio
Today (September 25) Folk Metallers Finntroll will be entering Sonic Pump studios to start recording the follow up to their 2004 album Nattfödd" and their fifth release. This album will be the first that Finntroll has done with new vocallist Vreth, as he replaced old vocallist Tapio Wilska a few months ago. Finntroll have also said that they will be touring a lot next year and they will be doing shows to support their new album.
Here is a comment from the band's website: "We will be touring heavily next year. Keep harrassing your local promoter & club owner to make sure there's going to be Finntroll performing right in your home town then".
The as yet untitled new album will be released early next year.
Here is a comment from the band's website: "We will be touring heavily next year. Keep harrassing your local promoter & club owner to make sure there's going to be Finntroll performing right in your home town then".
The as yet untitled new album will be released early next year.
| Source: | finntroll.net |
| Band profile: | Finntroll |
Dark Tranquillity - Video/Audio Of Brand New Song Online
A video and audio footage of Swedish melodic death metallers Dark Tranquillity performing a new song, entitled 'Where Death Is Most Alive', live at the Manning Bar in Sydney on Sunday, September 17, have been posted online at PyroMusic website. You can check it all out here.
Upcoming Dark Tranquillity tour dates :
http://www.darktranquillity.com/tour/index.html
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Upcoming Dark Tranquillity tour dates :
http://www.darktranquillity.com/tour/index.html
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| Source: | pyromusic.net |
| Band profile: | Dark Tranquillity |
After Forever - Studio Footage Posted Online
Dutch symphonic metal outfit, After Forever has entered the studio to record their new album, entatively due next year via an as-yet-undetermined label. A brand new video shot in the recording studio has been posted online, here.
Here goes the statement of the band:
"Also there are some pictures online of the fantastic gig After Forever gave at Appelpop in Tiel. We want to thank everybody who came to our gig and to our signingsession. We were overwhelmed! Have fun watching the video and pictures!!"
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Here goes the statement of the band:
"Also there are some pictures online of the fantastic gig After Forever gave at Appelpop in Tiel. We want to thank everybody who came to our gig and to our signingsession. We were overwhelmed! Have fun watching the video and pictures!!"
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| Source: | afterforever.com |
| Band profile: | After Forever |
Thunderstone - Working On New Album, Studio Update
Thunderstone are currently working on their fourth studio album at Sonic Pump Studios. Guitarist/producer Nino Laurenne has issued the following update:
"Well, here we are: starting the sessions for Thunderstone's fourth album. And like before, at this point there's no pressure at all, so the atmosphere and the feeling overall is almost bursting through the roof, which is, btw four meters high in the new Sonic Pump Studios! One thing that makes me very enthusiastic to start the recordings is that I've been working over a year in my new studio with several other bands and I know that the place is perfect for music production.
So everything seems to be just perfect...so far :-)
Saturday morning we started to build up the mics around Mirka's drum kit. This time I wanted to hire a professional engineer to record the drums because I wanted to concentrate 110% on producing. And the perfect guy for this job was Jesse Vainio, who actually is more known for making albums with gold/platinum selling mainstream artists in Finland. Since Mirka was working at his day job until 3pm, we started to set up the sounds etc etc. It took around three hours and the whole kit was miked and the overall sound was ok. And of course the final tuning had to happen with Mirka, since he hits like 1000 times harder than me:-))
Also one major thing that we did differently this time is that we used a 16 track 2 inch analog tape recorder. There IS something magical with the analog sound.
Mainly the whole drum session went pretty easily and we were having a great time. The drum sound is probably the best I've ever recorded so far, so I'm really happy and anxious to start play guitars next. We recorded 11 songs + 2 cover songs that I am not going to tell what they are:-)) All I can say that the other one will be quite a surprise. Let's see what our label will say about that;-)
That's all for now. I will write again after the rhythm guitars and the bass are done."
-Nino-
Thunderstone will play ProgPower in Atlanta, GA on September 16th.
"Well, here we are: starting the sessions for Thunderstone's fourth album. And like before, at this point there's no pressure at all, so the atmosphere and the feeling overall is almost bursting through the roof, which is, btw four meters high in the new Sonic Pump Studios! One thing that makes me very enthusiastic to start the recordings is that I've been working over a year in my new studio with several other bands and I know that the place is perfect for music production.
So everything seems to be just perfect...so far :-)
Saturday morning we started to build up the mics around Mirka's drum kit. This time I wanted to hire a professional engineer to record the drums because I wanted to concentrate 110% on producing. And the perfect guy for this job was Jesse Vainio, who actually is more known for making albums with gold/platinum selling mainstream artists in Finland. Since Mirka was working at his day job until 3pm, we started to set up the sounds etc etc. It took around three hours and the whole kit was miked and the overall sound was ok. And of course the final tuning had to happen with Mirka, since he hits like 1000 times harder than me:-))
Also one major thing that we did differently this time is that we used a 16 track 2 inch analog tape recorder. There IS something magical with the analog sound.
Mainly the whole drum session went pretty easily and we were having a great time. The drum sound is probably the best I've ever recorded so far, so I'm really happy and anxious to start play guitars next. We recorded 11 songs + 2 cover songs that I am not going to tell what they are:-)) All I can say that the other one will be quite a surprise. Let's see what our label will say about that;-)
That's all for now. I will write again after the rhythm guitars and the bass are done."
-Nino-
Thunderstone will play ProgPower in Atlanta, GA on September 16th.
| Source: | thunderstone.org |
| Band profile: | Thunderstone |
Machine Head - Studio Update Posted
Machine Head guitarist Robert Flynn has posted the following studio update on the band's official website:
"WOO - HOO!! We have guitar tone!!! And I'm not talking your average chugga-chugga metal tone, I'm talking face-peeling, ear-shredding savagery... fuck yeah!!! Hetfield eat your heart out! Woo-hoo! Can't wait to get tracking on some tunes tomorrow.
This last week we did some Duce and Demmel scratch tracks for reference when Adam and I sing... I threw on some vocals, some of which may or may not be keepers... had Adam come in for vocals and harmonies and MAN, he is sounding KILLER, we may have some keepers even though they were just for practice. We took a couple days off for the holiday too, drank a bunch'a beers, it was nice, cleared the head".
Also, Machine Head have posted some photos of them during the recording sessions in Sharkbite studios. Click here to view them. The band has also said that they will be posting video footage of themselves in the studio soon.
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"WOO - HOO!! We have guitar tone!!! And I'm not talking your average chugga-chugga metal tone, I'm talking face-peeling, ear-shredding savagery... fuck yeah!!! Hetfield eat your heart out! Woo-hoo! Can't wait to get tracking on some tunes tomorrow.
This last week we did some Duce and Demmel scratch tracks for reference when Adam and I sing... I threw on some vocals, some of which may or may not be keepers... had Adam come in for vocals and harmonies and MAN, he is sounding KILLER, we may have some keepers even though they were just for practice. We took a couple days off for the holiday too, drank a bunch'a beers, it was nice, cleared the head".
Also, Machine Head have posted some photos of them during the recording sessions in Sharkbite studios. Click here to view them. The band has also said that they will be posting video footage of themselves in the studio soon.
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| Source: | machinehead1.com |
| Band profile: | Machine Head |
Kreator, Blind Guardian - Audio Interviews Available Online
Australian radio station Triple J, on their 'Full Metal Racket' metal program, have conducted an audio interview with Kreator frontman Mille Petrozza and Blind Guardian vocallist Hansi Kürsch. The interview was conducted by Full Metal Racket host Andrew Haug.
You can download the Kreator interview in mp3 format from here. The Blind Guardian one can be heard here.
Also, you can stream the entire latest Full Metal Racket program here.
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You can download the Kreator interview in mp3 format from here. The Blind Guardian one can be heard here.
Also, you can stream the entire latest Full Metal Racket program here.
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| Source: | abc.net.au |
| Band profile: | Kreator |
Shadows Fall - Enter Studio
Shadows Fall entered the studio in late-August to begin pre-production for their new album, and Atlantic Records debut. Here's an update from drummer Jason Bittner :
"Well everyone, as of 2 weeks ago we started pre-production for our new album with our producer Nick Raskulinecz. He flew out from LA on a Monday evening, and by Tuesday afternoon we were in our rehearsal room slowly dissecting all of the material that we currently have written for our Atlantic debut.
First off, I think everyone was impressed...Nick was pretty stoked with our material and ambitions, and the band was extremely excited and impressed by Nick's ideas, let alone his never-ending enthusiasm! We put a solid 6 hours in the 1st day just jamming and revamping. Later on that night brought a well-deserved evening at the bar discussing what we would do once we got in the studio.
Day 2 brought the seeds for 2 more new songs, as well as a day of actually demoing the tunes for the first time in their new forms. At this point everyone was shot, so we all decided to be smart, stay in and get some rest.
Day 3 brought another new song to the table...Matt, Jon, and Paul had a wedding to go to so we ended early, I went home to NY and Brian and Nick worked on vox for the rest of the day.
The last day, I was informed that it was going to be a vocal day only, so I stayed home to rest my arm which at this point was hamburger (Damn tendonitis!!)!! At the end of the day, Brian had a good 7 tunes demoed out vocally with some great new ideas, and Nick got on a flight back to LA.
All in all, we had a great 1st run. We can't stop talking about how much we think Nick is helping to add some more dimension to this band that we never thought existed, but don't start worrying yet, we're not cutting our hair and selling out, this record is still going to be heavy as hell!"
"Well everyone, as of 2 weeks ago we started pre-production for our new album with our producer Nick Raskulinecz. He flew out from LA on a Monday evening, and by Tuesday afternoon we were in our rehearsal room slowly dissecting all of the material that we currently have written for our Atlantic debut.
First off, I think everyone was impressed...Nick was pretty stoked with our material and ambitions, and the band was extremely excited and impressed by Nick's ideas, let alone his never-ending enthusiasm! We put a solid 6 hours in the 1st day just jamming and revamping. Later on that night brought a well-deserved evening at the bar discussing what we would do once we got in the studio.
Day 2 brought the seeds for 2 more new songs, as well as a day of actually demoing the tunes for the first time in their new forms. At this point everyone was shot, so we all decided to be smart, stay in and get some rest.
Day 3 brought another new song to the table...Matt, Jon, and Paul had a wedding to go to so we ended early, I went home to NY and Brian and Nick worked on vox for the rest of the day.
The last day, I was informed that it was going to be a vocal day only, so I stayed home to rest my arm which at this point was hamburger (Damn tendonitis!!)!! At the end of the day, Brian had a good 7 tunes demoed out vocally with some great new ideas, and Nick got on a flight back to LA.
All in all, we had a great 1st run. We can't stop talking about how much we think Nick is helping to add some more dimension to this band that we never thought existed, but don't start worrying yet, we're not cutting our hair and selling out, this record is still going to be heavy as hell!"
| Source: | shadowsfall.com |
| Band profile: | Shadows Fall |
Dream Theater - New Mike Portnoy Audio Interview Available
An interview with Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy is featured on the Rhino.com podcast. The chat begins at 21:18 of the podcast, which can be heard at this location: http://www.rhino.com/RZine/rhinocasts/index.lasso.
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| Source: | roadrunnerrecords.com |
| Band profile: | Dream Theater |
Bruce Dickinson - To Relaunch Radio Show
Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson will relaunch his late-night BBC 6 Music Saturday rock show on September 9 with maximum rock on the display and American metal titans Slayer as his first guests.
The network rock show will offer three hours of the best contemporary hard rock, alternative and metal between 9:00 p.m. and midnight every Saturday, produced by the Manchester- and Cambridge-based independent production company Smooth Operations.
Joining Bruce on the second show (September 16) will be Florida ska-punk legends Less Then Jake, fresh from a critically acclaimed new album.
Bruce Dickinson's radio show can be heard live on BBC 6 Music on digital radio and also online at http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music.
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The network rock show will offer three hours of the best contemporary hard rock, alternative and metal between 9:00 p.m. and midnight every Saturday, produced by the Manchester- and Cambridge-based independent production company Smooth Operations.
Joining Bruce on the second show (September 16) will be Florida ska-punk legends Less Then Jake, fresh from a critically acclaimed new album.
Bruce Dickinson's radio show can be heard live on BBC 6 Music on digital radio and also online at http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music.
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| Source: | blabbermouth.net |
| Band profile: | Bruce Dickinson |
Atheist - New Audio Interview With Kelly Shaefer Posted Online
Revolution Music has just uploaded a new audio interview with Kelly Shaefer of the technical metallers Atheist. The interview talks about the band's European reunion tour, how the music scene has evolved and his upcoming projects. It's all about 13 minutes of chat that can be downloaded here.
Otherwise, a video clip of Atheist bassist Tony Choy falling through an unsecured part of the large outdoor stage at Italy's Evolution Festival on July 16, 2006 has been posted online at YouTube.com.
Atheist kicked off their summer European tour run July 14 at England's Bloodstock Festival. The band's first live appearances in over 13 years were greeted with rabid enthusiasm as the group blazed through classics like "Unquestionable Presence" and "Piece of Time".
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Otherwise, a video clip of Atheist bassist Tony Choy falling through an unsecured part of the large outdoor stage at Italy's Evolution Festival on July 16, 2006 has been posted online at YouTube.com.
Atheist kicked off their summer European tour run July 14 at England's Bloodstock Festival. The band's first live appearances in over 13 years were greeted with rabid enthusiasm as the group blazed through classics like "Unquestionable Presence" and "Piece of Time".
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| Source: | blabbermouth.net |
| Band profile: | Atheist |
Symphony X - Studio Update
Progressive metal outfit, Symphony X is continuing work on 'Paradise Lost', set to be released before the end of the year. The following statement has been posted via the group's website:
"It would appear that one of the early drafts of the cd cover has been leaked to at least one website; the band hasn't had a chance to okay any final artwork, so what you see floating around out there is NOT the final cd cover art.
Jason is done recording his parts, and the rhythm tracks and other guitar parts should be done by next week. The band's aiming to have the music ready for mixing by mid September; MJR says that things are moving right along, and kept our conversation short so that he could get back to it.
More news when there's more to share..."
In other news, Symphony X was obliged to cancel many European festival appearances suit of their bassist's health.
"It would appear that one of the early drafts of the cd cover has been leaked to at least one website; the band hasn't had a chance to okay any final artwork, so what you see floating around out there is NOT the final cd cover art.
Jason is done recording his parts, and the rhythm tracks and other guitar parts should be done by next week. The band's aiming to have the music ready for mixing by mid September; MJR says that things are moving right along, and kept our conversation short so that he could get back to it.
More news when there's more to share..."
In other news, Symphony X was obliged to cancel many European festival appearances suit of their bassist's health.
| Source: | symphonyx.com |
| Band profile: | Symphony X |
Iron Maiden - "A Matter Of Life And Death" Audio Samples Online
Connect-Europe.com have posted audio samples of all 10 tracks from Iron Maiden's forthcoming album, "A Matter Of Life And Death", online!! Go to this location to check them out.
"A Matter Of Life And Death" will be released on 28 August 2006
EDIT : apparently it only works properly with Internet Explorer :
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"A Matter Of Life And Death" will be released on 28 August 2006
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| Source: | connect-europe.com |
| Band profile: | Iron Maiden |
Dark Moor - In Studio In September
DARK MOOR will enter New Sin Studios in Venice, Italy in September with producer Luigi Stefanini to begin recording their new album, tentatively due in early 2007. Prior to tracking at New Sin, DARK MOOR will record the choir parts for the upcoming CD at a Madrid studio beginning mid-August. For the occasion, DARK MOOR will utilize a professional choir composed for two tenors, two sopranos, two altos and two bassos.
The as-yet-untitled album will also include a guest appearance by the Dutch singer Manda Ophuis of the band NEMESEA.
The as-yet-untitled album will also include a guest appearance by the Dutch singer Manda Ophuis of the band NEMESEA.
| Source: | dark-moor.com |
| Band profile: | Dark Moor |