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| 09.12.2004 | › | Sturmgeist - Sign With Season Of Mist |
| 25.09.2004 | › | Watchtower - Energetic Disassembly Reissue |
| 28.08.2004 | › | Ayreon - Reissue of the old albums by InsideOut |
| 17.05.2004 | › | Emperor live DVD reissue |
| 04.04.2004 | › | Megadeth reissues finished |
| 19.01.2004 | › | Dark Tranquillity - Early albums reissued |
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Sturmgeist - Sign With Season Of Mist
"A very special new signing... When the twisted seat of awareness, thought, volition and feelings of SOLEFALD mastermind Cornelius Jakhelln interests itself in patented German culture, Jagermeister, and old fashioned German Thrash, the result is a unique album entitled "Meister Mephisto".
Featuring members of SOLEFALD, BORKNAGAR, DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER, DIABOLIC...
On tour with CARPATHIAN FOREST and E-FORCE during February 2005!
To be released January 24th, 2005. Expect the unexpected!
Official band statement : "Through its crafted brand of Grim Germanic Thrash, STURMGEIST's (aka Cornelius von Jackhelln, founding member of Solefald) first solo album "Meister Mephisto" will take you on a hellride to Goethe's Weimar, through the Black Forest and over the mighty Alps. STURMGEIST blends the ambient aggression of Norwegian Black Metal with the affirmative attitude of the Viking virtues, presenting a lethal soundtrack to any hardcore party.""
http://www.season-of-mist.com
Featuring members of SOLEFALD, BORKNAGAR, DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER, DIABOLIC...
On tour with CARPATHIAN FOREST and E-FORCE during February 2005!
To be released January 24th, 2005. Expect the unexpected!
Official band statement : "Through its crafted brand of Grim Germanic Thrash, STURMGEIST's (aka Cornelius von Jackhelln, founding member of Solefald) first solo album "Meister Mephisto" will take you on a hellride to Goethe's Weimar, through the Black Forest and over the mighty Alps. STURMGEIST blends the ambient aggression of Norwegian Black Metal with the affirmative attitude of the Viking virtues, presenting a lethal soundtrack to any hardcore party.""
http://www.season-of-mist.com
| Band profile: | Sturmgeist |
Watchtower - Energetic Disassembly Reissue
The techno-thrash gods of yore have decided to reissue their debut Energetic Disassembly.
The following update has been issued via the official WATCHTOWER website www.marathoncd.com/watchtower
Monster Underground (formerly Monster Records) will be releasing the first (and very hard to find) CD, Energetic Disassembly, and it will be available on October 5, 2004.
It will contain a 10 page booklet, featuring lyrics, photos, liner notes from Doug and Jason and a collage of 80s magazine quotes/articles!!!!
The song order is as on the original vinyl release.
The following update has been issued via the official WATCHTOWER website www.marathoncd.com/watchtower
Monster Underground (formerly Monster Records) will be releasing the first (and very hard to find) CD, Energetic Disassembly, and it will be available on October 5, 2004.
It will contain a 10 page booklet, featuring lyrics, photos, liner notes from Doug and Jason and a collage of 80s magazine quotes/articles!!!!
The song order is as on the original vinyl release.
| Source: | wwww.exodusattack.com |
Ayreon - Reissue of the old albums by InsideOut
For Ayreon fans the first news is the re-issues of the old Ayreon albums by InsideOut. One re-issue is already available in stores. The Universal Migrator Part 1 & Part 2 are no longer sold seperately, but as a special double CD edition for a single CD price. Check your stores now! Next re-issue will be 'Into the Electric Castle' with a bonus multi-media file and improved artwork.
As a sidenote. A third single is to be released early fall, 2004.
As a sidenote. A third single is to be released early fall, 2004.
| Source: | ayreon.com |
| Band profile: | Ayreon |
Emperor live DVD reissue
According to www.Bravewords.com, Candlelight Records have set a June 28th release for the reissue of EMPEROR's live DVD, "Emperial Live Ceremony". It's been remastered for better sound, and includes new material such as a photo gallery.
| Band profile: | Emperor |
Megadeth reissues finished
Frontman Dave Mustaine of MEGADETH has checked in with an update to the band's official website:
"What's done is done.
Droogies!
Today I officially finished the last song of MEGADETH and am on to the MD.45 record.
The news is that excluding Risk which will only have two, every other record is going to have four bonus tracks. I enjoyed watching all of the ring pieces say that I was holding onto songs for later release for the money.
Boy don't you look stoopid now. Yes, you do.
There are Randy Burns mixes, Paul Lani mixes, RIP demos with Chris Poland, with Marty Friedman, and just with me as guitarist before I started interviewing anyone. There are Countdown and Youth demos, Cryptic demos, alternate mixes of Cryptic and Risk and then there are unreleased tracks. And I know none of you have these suckas!
One track that I know none of you have or have ever even heard was the track that MEGADETH did for the KISS - Kiss my Ass record. Well, you will.
I am honored to have performed for all of you, and I am very proud of what has been accomplished here in the last couple of months. I hope you know, this has never been done before where a person re-mixed his enitre catalogue for re-release in this short amount of time, AND it not sounding like ca-ca!
And let me close by sayng that the MD.45 record is hella kewl! I was worried about not being able to do justice to the vocal parts that Lee did, but I just remembered that I sang some of them to him when we were in the studio anyways, and I got over it.
I know Lee would rather I re-sang this record AND have our music get out to the masses, then it just remain in a vault somewhere, unheard of.
BTW - The surprise that I said I was working on hasn't been mentioned in this or any post made by me yet.
Now go get a tissue; you're dribblin'!
MSGD!"
"What's done is done.
Droogies!
Today I officially finished the last song of MEGADETH and am on to the MD.45 record.
The news is that excluding Risk which will only have two, every other record is going to have four bonus tracks. I enjoyed watching all of the ring pieces say that I was holding onto songs for later release for the money.
Boy don't you look stoopid now. Yes, you do.
There are Randy Burns mixes, Paul Lani mixes, RIP demos with Chris Poland, with Marty Friedman, and just with me as guitarist before I started interviewing anyone. There are Countdown and Youth demos, Cryptic demos, alternate mixes of Cryptic and Risk and then there are unreleased tracks. And I know none of you have these suckas!
One track that I know none of you have or have ever even heard was the track that MEGADETH did for the KISS - Kiss my Ass record. Well, you will.
I am honored to have performed for all of you, and I am very proud of what has been accomplished here in the last couple of months. I hope you know, this has never been done before where a person re-mixed his enitre catalogue for re-release in this short amount of time, AND it not sounding like ca-ca!
And let me close by sayng that the MD.45 record is hella kewl! I was worried about not being able to do justice to the vocal parts that Lee did, but I just remembered that I sang some of them to him when we were in the studio anyways, and I got over it.
I know Lee would rather I re-sang this record AND have our music get out to the masses, then it just remain in a vault somewhere, unheard of.
BTW - The surprise that I said I was working on hasn't been mentioned in this or any post made by me yet.
Now go get a tissue; you're dribblin'!
MSGD!"
| Band profile: | Megadeth |
Dark Tranquillity - Early albums reissued
Sweden's DARK TRANQUILLITY have posted the following message on their official web site:
"Some good news for those of you having problems getting hold of our earlier releases:
"Both 'The Gallery' (1995) and 'The Mind's I' (1997) will be re-released in special remastered deluxe editions, featuring brand new booklet layouts as well as a massive dose of hard-to-find bonus material.
"During the years, we've been all too aware of the lack of availability of our earlier material in the US, and we've heard from a lot of people about how hard and frustrating it is to have to track down expensive import versions of the older albums in order to get the D.T. collections complete.
"We got so much positive response from old and new fans when Century Media licensed the 'Skydancer' (1993) album for the US territory a couple of years ago, so it feels great to finally have 'The Gallery' and 'The Mind's I' enjoying proper stateside distribution as well.
"The European versions of the deluxe editions will be released by Osmose Productions. More details regarding the exact contents of the CD's and their release dates will be posted in the near future."
"Some good news for those of you having problems getting hold of our earlier releases:
"Both 'The Gallery' (1995) and 'The Mind's I' (1997) will be re-released in special remastered deluxe editions, featuring brand new booklet layouts as well as a massive dose of hard-to-find bonus material.
"During the years, we've been all too aware of the lack of availability of our earlier material in the US, and we've heard from a lot of people about how hard and frustrating it is to have to track down expensive import versions of the older albums in order to get the D.T. collections complete.
"We got so much positive response from old and new fans when Century Media licensed the 'Skydancer' (1993) album for the US territory a couple of years ago, so it feels great to finally have 'The Gallery' and 'The Mind's I' enjoying proper stateside distribution as well.
"The European versions of the deluxe editions will be released by Osmose Productions. More details regarding the exact contents of the CD's and their release dates will be posted in the near future."
| Band profile: | Dark Tranquillity |