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Mayhem - Japanese Shows For September

Mayhem will be returning to the far east in mid-September. This mini-tour, aptly dubbed Mayhem Japan tour 2010, will span only 3 days as listed below:

16th September - Tokyo, Club Quattro
17th September - Nagoya, Club Quattro
18th September - Osaka, Club Quattro

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Source: blogs.myspace.com
Band profile: Mayhem
Event: Mayhem: Japan Tour 2010
Posted: 06.08.2010 by BudDa | Comments (2)


Celesty - Part Ways With Guitarist

Finnish power metallers Celesty have parted ways with guitarist Tapani Kangas. There was no friction or drama behind the scenes, the decision was deliberate and mutual.

Celesty is not looking for a replacement and continues as a five-piece. During the forthcoming live shows the rhythm guitar will be handled by Tuomas Laasanen. Celesty would like to thank Tapani for the past twelve years and wishes him successful career!

Guitarist Tapani Kangas comments: "12 awesome years, 4 albums, people, fans, shows and great memories. Unfortunately after a long concideration I have decided to separate ways with Celesty. I cant give the full concentration that the band deserves because of my personal schedules with work/music. Celesty and guys will always be in my heart, and these memories, years and friendship for life will never be taken away from me! Thank you and stay metal!"

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Source: blogs.myspace.com
Band profile: Celesty
Posted: 06.08.2010 by SlaytallicA | Comments (0)


Drunken Bastards - Founder Diagnosed With Cancer

A statement from Hungarian metalpunks DRÜNKEN BASTARDS reads: "Pete Fire, the founding guitarist of Drünken Bastards, has been diagnosed with cancer a couple of weeks ago. The treatments have started already and the doctors, family and his friends are confident that he's going to get better. So far, he has been taking it good, but the whole treatment could take up to six months. This means that the band had to cancel all the shows which were booked for autumn. Of course, we won't stop working and together we decided to write our third upcoming album and to make up for all the canceled shows in spring after Pete gets better. Hope for him to get better and meanwhile wait for the second album, Horns Of The Wasted, which will be release on Hells Headbangers on August 31st. Of course Pete's other band Bridge To Solace has also decided to cancel their last shows and wait for Pete to get better, hence the next spring won't go easy on nuclear hardcore and metal/punk attacks." For more info, consult www.myspace.com/drnkenbastards.

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Posted: 05.08.2010 by jupitreas | Comments (11)


Eluveitie - Co-Headlining European Trek With Korpiklaani

Eluveitie and Korpiklaani will be hitting Europe in October.

Eluveitie - who have been touring the world in support of Everything Remains As It Never Was since February - commented on this tour as follows: "And yet another leg of our massive Everything Remains World Tour has been confirmed. This upcoming October we will join our Finnish friends in Korpiklaani on a co-headlining run through Europe that will roll through 23 cities in 12 countries!

And if that wasn't enough already we've got a very special support band for you: godnr.universe!, the brand new (and never before seen live) side project of Eluveitie's most beautiful assets, Anna & Meri (who will be joined by Ivo & Merlin in their live line-up). Go check them out on MySpace."

Confirmed dates are as follows:

Oct. 08 - Torun, Poland - Od Nowa
Oct. 09 - Lodz, Poland - Dekompresja
Oct. 10 - Krakow, Poland - Studio
Oct. 11 - Bratislava, Slovakia - Majestic
Oct. 12 - Budapest, Hungary - Wigwam
Oct. 13 - Sofia, Bulgaria - Blue Box Club
Oct. 14 - Zagreb, Croatia - Mochvara
Oct. 15 - Klagenfurt, Austria - Volxhaus
Oct. 16 - Passau, Germany - Metal Invasion (Festival)
Oct. 17 - Zlin, Czech Republic - Masters Of Rock Cafe
Oct. 18 - Dornbirn, Austria - Conrad Sohm
Oct. 19 - Milan, Italy - Magazzini Generali
Oct. 20 - France -
Oct. 21 - Barcelona, Spain - Salamandra
Oct. 22 - Navarra, Spain - SSala Totem
Oct. 23 - La Coruna, Spain - SOla Greeen
Oct. 24 - Madrid, Spain - SHeinekken
Oct. 25 - Toulouse, France - Phare
Oct. 26 - Lyon, France - Ninkasi Kao
Oct. 27 - Nantes, France - Olimpic
Oct. 28 -
Oct. 29 - Colmar, France -
Oct. 30 - Paris, France - Trabendo

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Source: blogs.myspace.com
Band profile: Eluveitie
Event: Eluveitie + Korpiklaani
Posted: 04.08.2010 by Thryce | Comments (15)


Behemoth - New DVD Release Announced

Just yesterday, we informed you that Polish death metal band Behemoth will embark on the Lawless States Of Heretika Tour, taking place later this year with Watain and Withered. Get the dates here.

It seems like the band will be doing that tour in support of their upcoming new DVD Evangelia Heretika. Cover art can be found here.

Frontman Nergal commented on the upcoming DVD in this way: "We've been through hell and back to make this release happen. I know we only have a few DVD's in our catalogue so far but they are not even close to what you are gonna experience with Evangelia Heretika! Expect approximately 5 hours of essential Behemoth. Long-time Behemoth artistic collaborator, Graal, has provided us with some of his most disturbing and completed vision to date."

Evangelia Heretika will be released in the US via Metal Blade Records, in Europe via Nuclear Blast Records, and in Poland via Mystic Records. Further details are still to be announced.

In other news, Behemoth recently finished recording their new video "Alas, The Lord Is Upon Me" from the album Evangelion. The clip will premiere online any time soon. A very promising teaser can be watched below.

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Source: behemoth.pl
Band profile: Behemoth
Posted: 04.08.2010 by Fane | Comments (5)


Chain Reaction - Embark On Baltic Tour

Chain Reaction, Polish modern thrashers are heading on tour. In September, during BALTIC TOUR, they are going to play 8 shows in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

Nevertheless, this will not be their first time in that area. Last year they gave two shows in Latvia and this year played during one of the biggest festivals in that country - FonoFest.

Tour dates:
10.09 - Liepaja (LV) Fontaine Palace
11.09 - Riga (LV) Rock N Riga
17.09 - Kaunas (LT) Blue Orange
18.09 - Vilnius (LT) Bix Baras
22.09 - Tartu (EST) Zavood Pub
23.09 - Narva (EST) ArtRoro
24.09 - Rakvere (EST) Kara Kants RockPub
25.09 - Cesis (LV) - FonoKlubs

"Cutthroat Melodies", Chain Reaction's second LP was recorded in the last months of 2009 and is to be released in May 2010, once again by Kolony Records. Even before its release "Cutthroat Melodies" proves to be the band's biggest achievement as "Twinge", the first track from the album already won the charts for Metal channel on Ourstage.com and is included on "Kill City Vol.22" compilation released by 272Records in Hollywood.

Band profile: Chain Reaction
Event: Chain Reaction Baltic Tour
Posted: 04.08.2010 by jupitreas | Comments (1)


Hangover Hero - New Band Ft. Former Delain, Epica, After Forever Members

Former members of Delain, After Forever and Epica and the current Autumn guitarist, have joined forced in a new band, which they called Hangover Hero. The Dutch outfit recently recorded a promo at the Gate Studio (Avantasia, Kamelot) in Wolfsburg, Germany. The band is currently looking for a label.

One of those recorded promotional songs, "Play In A Band!" is available for your listening pleasure at this location. Find out more about Hangover Hero on MySpace.

Hangover Hero line-up:

Ronald Landa (ex-Delain): vocals, guitar
Ad Sluijter (ex-Epica): guitar
André Borgman (ex-After Forever): drums
Mats van der Valk (Autumn): bass

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Source: hangoverhero.com
Posted: 04.08.2010 by Thryce | Comments (11)


Suffocation - Touring North America Later This Year

New York based death metal legends Suffocation will tour North America this Fall with prog-deathsters The Faceless, deathcore merchants Through The Eyes Of The Dead, tech-death masters Decrepit Birth, and Italy's brutal/symphonic/avante garde horde Fleshgod Apocalypse. The tour is dubbed The Decibel Defiance Tour 2010 and is being sponsored by (duh) Decibel Magazine and the Extreme Management Group.

Comments the band: "Suffocation is excited that Nuclear Blast, Decibel Magazine and Extreme Management Group have teamed up to deliver you the most heinous tour of the Fall. This is one of the most brutal line-ups for us ever including The Faceless, Through The Eyes Of The Dead, Decrepit Birth, and Fleshgod Apocalypse. We welcome you to come experience the devastating speed, mind-bending technicality, and relentless brutality of The Decibel Defiance Tour!"

Tour dates to be announced shortly!

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Source: blogs.myspace.com
Band profile: Suffocation
Posted: 04.08.2010 by BudDa | Comments (10)


Atheist - Part Ways With Bassist

Official press release

Forefathers of progressive extreme metal Atheist parted ways with bassist Tony Choy (ex-Cynic, ex-Pestilence, C-187). Freshly done with the recording sessions of long-awaited fourth studio album Jupiter, Kelly Shaefer and Steven Flynn wrote the following statement on behalf of the band:

"First we would like to extend sincere apologies to all Atheist fans around the world. We have been silent on the matter of a former member being dismissed for some time, but we were entirely focussed on recording our new album Jupiter. Therefore, we did not want to get sidetracked on an issue, which, quite honestly, was far less important to us than it might appear to some looking in from the outside.

When we came together to write again, it was an obvious choice, for several reasons, to try and continue in what has been our touring line-up. We've had such a great time together on the road for the past four years. We're all great friends, and all of us were working peacefully towards the completion of the album. Therefore it hit us very unexpectedly when Tony called one day and informed us that he would not record with us. What's worse is that this happened only four weeks prior to our confirmed studio date. This left us in a very unfortunate position and without a choice.

Although we are quite angry with him for this extremely late, and inconsiderate, change of heart, we have no desire to let this become personal or start some public feud. We simply want to be sure the facts are out there so we can get on with writing and playing music. While this might come as a surprise to some, we simply shrugged our shoulders and continued on, un-phased, for one simple reason: Tony was never instrumental to Atheist's sound in the first place. The true genius behind the technical bass lines of Unquestionable Presence was co-founding member Roger Patterson. It's not well known to today's fans that Roger actually wrote all the bass tracks just prior to his ultimately sad and tragic death and deserves the credit. Tony simply played what was written. However, the public perception has become distorted over the past two decades. It was the trio of Steve, Kelly and Roger who helped to bring Atheist alive - and continue to do so today - without Roger of course. Tony had no influence on the band's original sound.

It was that one young, gifted kid, Roger Patterson, who inspired subsequent generations of bass players to delve into technical metal and bring their instrument to the forefront. Yet unfortunately Roger has not always received the credit due to him. With all due respect, most of the credit has been misplaced on Tony. It was actually following Roger's terrible accident that Tony joined us, after Doug Keyser from Watchtower declined our offer to join for personal reasons. It must be said that nobody can deny Tony did a good job of playing the parts written by another musician. We will never stop being thankful for Tony to step in and help us out at that most difficult time. He remains a great friend. Apart from that, however, Tony's contribution to the sound of Atheist consists only of his participation as a fifth contributing member in writing Elements. We leave it to Cynic and Pestilence to tell their own stories, if anybody feels the need to hear them.

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Source: season-of-mist.com
Band profile: Atheist
Posted: 04.08.2010 by Abattoir | Comments (11)


Pantheon I - Searching For New Vocalist

Pantheon I is looking for an extreme vocalist for both recording and live appearances.

The band issued the following announcement: "We have just finished writing the new album which will be recorded this year, and we have a very good recorder on board. Live appearances are also being considered. The right person will have a flamboyant stage personality and MUST BE ABLE TO REHEARSE IN OSLO TWICE A WEEK. Bascially you must be very good at extreme vocals, but it is also an advantage if you can sing clean vocals and help with the lyrics. Experience is not as important as the right attitude and what you can do."

If you're interested and feel you have what it takes, click here to find out how to get in touch with the band.

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Source: blogs.myspace.com
Band profile: Pantheon I
Posted: 04.08.2010 by Abattoir | Comments (1)


Wolfchant - Part Ways With Guitarist, New Album Coming Up

Germany pagen folk metal band Wolfchant have checked in with the news about the departure of guitarist Derrmorh and an update on the new album. The following announcement was made:

"After 5 years, Derrmorh leaves the band for the time being. He's heading straight to the USA to spend one semester there for his studies. We say thank you for the great time we had together and we wish him all the best as well as success for his future. As a consequence, we would like to introduce Ragnar as our new guitarist who will play his first gigs with us already in August.

Furthermore, we are working very hard on our new album which is going to be called Call of the Black Winds. We will enter Markus Stock's Klangschmiede E (Empyrium, The Vision Bleak, Eisregen, Eluveitie, etc.) in November to record our new songs."

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Source: wolfchant-metal.com
Band profile: Wolfchant
Posted: 04.08.2010 by Abattoir | Comments (2)


Rammstein - Latin American Tour Dates Announced

Rammstein is bringing the love to Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico. The long wait is over, as the following tour dates are now confirmed:

November 25th - Santiago, Chile
November 27th - Buenos Aires, Argentina
November 30th - Sao Paulo, Brazil
December 3rd - Bogota, Colombia
December 6th - Mexico City, Mexico

Tickets for Mexico City will go on sale on August 16, for all other dates it will be August 07.

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Source: rammstein.de
Band profile: Rammstein
Event: Rammstein
Posted: 04.08.2010 by Abattoir | Comments (2)


Lawless States Of Heretika Tour - Behemoth, Watain, Withered

Watain will be co-headlining the Lawless States Of Heretika Tour, a North American trek starting November, with Behemoth, Withered and Black Anvil.

Comments the band: "The time has come to announce the first US leg of the Lawless Darkness tour. When the darkness of November falls, Watain will cross the Atlantic to set the North American shores aflame again... The tour will be done together with Polish veterans Behemoth and it shall go under the name of Lawless States Of Heretika.

This will be Watain's first US tour for Lawless Darkness, and the first time with a complete lineup, with E doing vocals only. The dates are all confirmed, the doomed cities are below."

Lawless States Of Heretika Tour feat. Behemoth, Watain, Withered and Black Anvil.

11/03 - Quebec, QC @ Imperial de Quebec (no Watain)
11/04 - Montreal, QC @ Club Soda
11/05 - Toronto, ON @ Opera House
11/06 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Small's Theater
11/07 - Chicago, IL @ The Bottom Lounge
11/08 - Saint Paul, MN @ Station 4
11/09 - Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theater
11/10 - Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater
11/12 - Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
11/13 - Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
11/14 - Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre
11/16 - Orangevale, CA @ The Boardwalk
11/17 - San Francisco, CA @ Slim's
11/18 - West Hollywood, CA @ House of Blues
11/19 - Ramona, CA @ Ramona Mainstage
11/20 - Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
11/21 - Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater
11/22 - Dallas, TX @ The Palladium Showroom
11/23 - Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
11/24 - San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
11/26 - Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
11/27 - Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution
11/28 - Orlando, FL @ Firestone
11/30 - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
12/01 - Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's
12/02 - New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
12/03 - Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero
12/04 - New Haven, CT @ Toad's Place

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Source: blogs.myspace.com
Band profile: Watain
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Posted: 04.08.2010 by Thryce | Comments (6)


With Abandon - Another New Track Online

A couple of days ago, we informed you about the newest music video of With Abandon, the experimental Metalcore/Deathcore outfit featuring ex-War From A Harlots Mouth vocalist Steffen Winopal. "It's Mercy, Compassion And Forgiveness I Lack. Not Rationality!" was one of the two new promo tracks the band recently recorded.

Now the band has also uploaded the other song, called "It's Calendar Time! Calendar Time For Buddy!". Curious to find out how that sounds like? Check out the band on MySpace. The music video can still be watched here.

With Abandon are in the middle of the songwriting process for their first full-length release, the follow-up to the 2009 EP Maturation - available for FREE download here.

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Source: myspace.com
Posted: 03.08.2010 by Thryce | Comments (2)


Slayer - Gig Tonight August 3 In Tilburg Is On. Kerry King Has Recovered Sufficiently

Slayer's gig tonight (August 2nd) in Tilburg, The Netherlands, was cancelled shortly before Slayer was to take the stage. Apparently guitarist Kerry King was taken to hospital.

No further details are known, as of yet. We'll keep you posted on whether or not tomorrow's gig will still be on and what eactly happened to Kerry King.

UPDATE:

According to the venue site, Kerry King has been taken to the hospital due to dehydration caused by food poisoning earlier this week. The other Tilburg gig on Tuesday August 3rd will, for now, go on as planned.

UPDATE:

Kerry King has recovered enough for tonight's (August 3rd) gig to be on. Tickets to yesterday's cancelled gig will remain valid for a replacement gig in the near future, of which the date will still have to confirmed.

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Source: 013.nl
Band profile: Slayer
Event: Slayer: European Tour 2010
Posted: 03.08.2010 by Marcel Hubregtse | Comments (20)