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Transatlantic - New Album Details

Official press release

Transatlantic - the Progressive Rock Supergroup featuring Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy, Marillion's Pete Trewavas, The Flower Kings' Roine Stolt and Neal Morse (Ex-Spock's Beard) - will release their long-awaited third album in October 2009.

"The Whirlwind" is a 77-minute piece of music that is sure to satisfy the band's legions of fans that have patiently waited almost the entire decade for the reunion of these 4 musicians.

"The Whirlwind" will be available in two formats: a regular edition single CD of the entire 77 minute Epic as well as a 2-CD special edition containing a bonus disc with 8 newly recorded studio tracks (4 new Transatlantic compositions and 4 cover songs).

Transatlantic's "The Whirlwind" is currently scheduled for the following release dates:

October 23rd: Germany, Austria, Switzerland
October 26th: Europe
October 27th: North America

"The Whirlwind" cover art] tracklist:

Disc I
01. The Whirlwind

Disc II
01. Spinning
02. Lenny Johnson
03. For Such A Time
04. Lending A Hand
05. The Return Of The Giant Hogweed
06. A Salty Dog
07. I Need You
08. Soul Sacrifice

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Source: transatlanticweb.com
Posted: 27.08.2009 by White Winter Sun | Comments (3)


Damnation Festival 2009 - Complete Line-up

Atmospheric metallers Anathema, London rockers Firebird and death metal trio Mithras are the final names to be added to this year's Damnation Festival.

Anathema and Firebird complete a heavyweight Jagermeister Stage which also includes Life of Agony, Destruction and Therapy? while Mithras will open a Terrorizer Stage crammed with extreme metal talent including a one off Lock-Up show, Mistress' last ever performance, a Rotting Christ exclusive and UK first for Australian black metallers Nazxul.

Damnation Festival will take place at Leeds University Union, on Saturday, October 24, 2009.

The complete line-up is: Life of Agony, Lock Up, Therapy?, Destruction, Anathema, Electric Wizard, Jesu, Rotting Christ, This Will Destroy You, Akercocke, A Storm of Light, Mistress, Negura Bunget, Minsk, Extreme Noise Terror, Manatees, The Gates of Slumber, And So I Watch You From Afar, Charger, Mithras, Firebird, Stand-Up Guy, Nazxul, and Rinoa.

Tickets are on sale now priced at £29.50 from http://www.leedstickets.com/, http://www.ticketline.co.uk/ and http://www.seetickets.co.uk/
Tickets are also on sale in Leeds at stores including Crash and Jumbo.

For more information visit the event page, the festival website or festival myspace.

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Source: damnationfestival.co.uk
Event: Damnation Festival 2009
Posted: 26.08.2009 by Baz Anderson | Comments (6)


Amon Amarth - Australian Tour Dates

Swedish metallers Amon Amarth will embark on a four-dates tour of Australia in November.

Announced dates are as follows:

Nov. 24 - Perth, Australia - Capitol (18+ restriction)
Nov. 26 - Brisbane, Australia - HiFi (18+ restriction)
Nov. 27 - Melbourne, Australia - Billboard (18+ restriction)
Nov. 28 - Sydney, Australia - Metro (18+ restriction)

Source: blogs.myspace.com
Band profile: Amon Amarth
Event: Amon Amarth: Twilight Of The Thunder God Australian Tour 2009
Posted: 26.08.2009 by White Winter Sun | Comments (0)


Cardamon - Part Ways With Drummer, Replacement Announced

Dutch rockers/metallers Cardamon have issued the following update on their MySpace page:

"Hi Everyone,

On September 5th we would like to introduce you to our new drummer Michael van der Kolk @ De Peppel, Zeist, (with Stream Of Passion).

Thomas recently decided to part ways with Cardamon, wanting to focus more on his professional career. With more and more (international) gigs, the choice between career and Cardamon became increasingly difficult for him. However, we were lucky enough to find Michael, who seemed to be born ready, so we could pick up where we left. Meaning he's as ready for the road as much as we are, and we're already focussing on new material!

Starting this September, Cardamon will hit the road, so make sure you come out and make him feel welcome in a way only Cardamon fans can."

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Source: blogs.myspace.com
Band profile: Cardamon
Posted: 26.08.2009 by White Winter Sun | Comments (4)


Burden Of Grief - To Enter Studio Next Month

German metallers Burden Of Grief have issued the following update on their MySpace blog:

"Hi friends and followers (of the flames)

We've just uploaded the first chapter of our little studio video-dairy. Check it out!

The pre-production of our new album "Follow The Flames" is almost done. We're just working on some last details. Our drummer Robb will enter the studio on September, 14th for his drum-recordings.

We'll keep you updated with the things to come...

See ya,

Burden Of Grief."


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Source: blogs.myspace.com
Band profile: Burden Of Grief
Posted: 26.08.2009 by White Winter Sun | Comments (0)


Black Label Society - Tour Cancelled Because Of Frontman's Health Problems

Black Label Society has performed their last show on "The Pedal To The Metal Tour" due to the health of forty-two year-old frontman Zakk Wylde. Wylde has been diagnosed with blood clots in his lungs, and has been admitted into the hospital in Eugene, OR yesterday afternoon. Yesterday's Black Label Society appearance in Eugene has been canceled, along with the remaining Black Label Society appearances on the tour.

"The Pedal To The Metal Tour" will continue without Black Label Society, and the rest of the bands will all be participating throughout the remaining dates on the tour. Please visit http://www.pedaltothemetaltour.com for tour dates.

Black Label Society apologizes to ticket holders on the remaining "Pedal To The Metal" dates for the inconvenience, as well as to all BLSNATION Meet & Greet purchasers who gathered for the event this afternoon and in the remaining cities. BLSNATION refunds will be processed promptly.

Further updates on Zakk's medical condition will become available as they are known.

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Source: blogs.myspace.com
Band profile: Black Label Society
Posted: 26.08.2009 by Bad English | Comments (9)


Worm Ouroboros - Debut Album Details

Bay Area ambient chamber dark rock act Worm Ouroboros have completed work on their self-titled debut album.

Featuring members that have helped shape legendary Bay Area acts as The Gault (one of the greatest acts to ever emerge from the Bay Area) and Amber Asylum, along with featuring members from down-tempo Bay Area death metal act World Eater (not too hard to pinpoint who they are influenced by), Worm Ouroboros will bear familiar ground to those familiar with Amber Asylum and especially The Gault, since Worm Ouroboros bassist/singer Lorraine Rath (who also supplied the stunning artwork that will grace the album packaging, and who was likewise responsible for the stunning artwork that graced the debut Hammers Of Misfortune album "The Bastard") was the one who shared songwriting duties with John Gossard (Asunder/Weakling) in The Gault respectively. Also Worm Ouroboros conjures a sound picture reminiscent of classic 4AD acts as This Mortal Coil and The Cocteau Twins, along with reminiscing the vibe of such classic enigmas like 3rd And The Mortal, As Divine Grace, and even This Empty Flow (the post-Thergothon act). Just more dreary and doomy of course as one could say Worm Ouroboros can appeal to doom fans who embrace such essential artists as Asunder, and Unholy.

Where very delicately woven crafted structures counteract with segments of distorted down-tuned heaviness, it is through this interaction of the two opposing styles that help mold the ethereal and flowing atmospheric vibe of Worm Ouroboros where the drifting and floating aura of the trio's debut album creates a unique and special enigmatic presence; one that is ultimately very dark and haunting.

Recorded at Earhammer Studios (Asunder, Laudanum), tracklisting for the Worm Ouroboros debut goes as follows:

01. Through Glass
02. A Birth A Death
03. Winter
04. Goldeneye
05. Failing Moon
06. Riverbed
07. Brittle Heart
08. Pearls
09. A Death A Birth

An MP3 of the epic track "Riverbed" can be downloaded here (.mp3) or the band's MySpace page. The Worm Ouroboros debut will be released somewhere in October/early November through Profound Lore Records.

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Source: profoundlorerecords.com
Posted: 26.08.2009 by Thryce | Comments (1)


Whiplash - Entire New Album Available For Streaming

In conjunction with UK's leading extreme metal publication Terrorizer Magazine, the latest album from the legendary New Jersey Thrashers Whiplash entitled "Unborn Again" will be available for streaming in its entirety from 24th August 2009 till 30th August 2009. Click here to listen to the album.

According to a press release, Whiplash have returned to give their fans a long awaited breath of fresh new material. Whiplash stays true to their fans with the power-thrash riffs and double bass that broke them into the industry. With a mix of slamming mid-tempos to heavy and driving blues-based power riffs the band always manages to show their diversity. Whiplash remains unsafe at any speed.

"Unborn Again" cover art] tracklist:

01. Swallow The Slaughter
02. Snuff
03. Firewater
04. Float Face Down
05. Fight Or Flight
06. Pitbulls In The Playground
07. Parade Of Two Legs
08. Hook In Mouth
09. I've Got The Fire
10. Feeding Frenzy

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Source: terrorizer.com
Band profile: Whiplash
Posted: 26.08.2009 by Thryce | Comments (2)


Eluveitie - Headlining Heathenfest North America

Heathen sects from across Europe will be converging on North America for the first annual Heathenfest tour! Switzerland's Eluveitie, the worlds heaviest Celtic tinged folk-metal band in existence, will be headlining the event with direct support coming from label mates Belphegor, Austria's most feared S&M loving blasphemers. Support will come from Scotland's own Pirate metal sensations Alestorm, Finland's female fronted folk-metal troupe Kivimetsän Druidi, and Norwegian black n' rollers Vreid.

Eluveitie mastermind Chrigel Glanzmann commented: "After our last planned US tour appearance was cancelled we were just as disappointed as our fans were. We promised to immediately start looking for a worthy replacement tour and so here it is! To us, it already seems far too long since we toured the US and Canada. We definitely haven't forgotten the warm welcome we received there! So we're more than happy and enthused to 'set sail' westwards once again!

All the more we have some excellent bands joining us, which we've had the pleasure to share the stage with before in Europe! And not at least we're eager as hell to cudgel the American metalheads with some brand new songs! I'm sure this tour will kick ass, devastate and definitely be a flagrantly HEATHEN feast!

We will of course play songs from our latest acoustic release "Evocation I - The Arcane Dominion" but we'll also play some songs from our upcoming album which is fully metal again. This tour will be the first time ever that we'll play those brand new songs live! Next week we'll enter the studio to start recording the new album, which should come out in early 2010."

Belphegor comments: "Ave! Yes it's the first time, after five amazing North American, tours that Belphegor gets to come to the States and play a full set and not have three drumsets on stage (laughs). So be prepared and expect more machine gun hellfire and aggressive stage action! We look forward to seeing all you death - legions again as we promote the release of our new album "Walpurgis Rites - Hexenwahn". Hail Chaos - Hail Sathan!"

Alestorm exclaims: "Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!"

Kivimetsän Druidi adds: "We are really looking forward playing killer gigs on Heathenfest tour - our very first time in North America - with these awesome bands. We know there will be lots of our fans, but also people to whom we are still practically unknown. The response at our two European tours has been great and we have really enjoyed playing there. Last year we had just released our debut album Shadowheart when we toured with our friends Korpiklaani, Battlelore, and Falchion on Finnish Fire Tour through European metropolis and the audience made us feel very welcome. Now, we are prepared to give our fans some serious party time, extreme folk metal songs and joyful shows. So come to see us alive on Heathenfest tour and join the party!"

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Source: nuclearblastusa.com
Band profile: Eluveitie
Event: Heathenfest N. American Tour
Posted: 26.08.2009 by Thryce | Comments (10)


KISS - N. American Tour Dates

As posted on the official KISS website:

"As they celebrate 35 years of rockin', Kiss today announced the dates of the "Alive 35 N. American Tour". The tour kicks off with a rapidly-selling, special multiple-show engagement in Detroit Rock City beginning September 25th, where KISS will be playing the classic album that started it all: KISS "Alive!". The tour leg will then hit more than 40 additional cities before concluding in December.

This incredible show will feature a new stage set, pyro effects that only the "hottest band in the world" could deliver, and all new costumes. Fans will be treated to a two-and-a-half-hour set of rock's greatest hits, including "Rock And Roll All Nite", "I Was Made For Lovin' You", "Detroit Rock City", "God Gave Rock & Roll To You" and "Shout It Out Loud", as well as songs from the band's new album "Sonic Boom". Buckcherry will be main support on all of the "Alive 35 N. American Tour"."

Gene Simmons said: "For 35 years, KISS raised the bar for what a rock concert should really be. This year is no different - all new, all killer... all KISS! The master's class in rock is in session! KISS rules. Oh yeah!"

Paul Stanley added: "Bigger is better! "Sonic Boom" is our future and KISS "Alive!" is our proud past. On this tour you get KISS "Alive!" plus a slew of other classics and soon to be classics. New stage, new battle gear and a pyro arsenal that will again show everyone that there is only one KISS!"

"Alive 35 N. American Tour" announced dates are as follows:

Sep. 25 - Detroit, MI - Cobo Arena
Sep. 26 - Detroit, MI - Cobo Arena
Sep. 28 - Cleveland, OH - Quicken Loans Arena
Sep. 29 - London, ONT - John Labatt Centre
Oct. 01 - Montreal, QC - Bell Centre
Oct. 02 - Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre
Oct. 03 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena
Oct. 05 - Boston, MA - TD Garden
Oct. 09 - Uniondale, NY - Nassau Coliseum
Oct. 10 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
Oct. 12 - Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Center
Oct. 13 - Washington, DC - Verizon Center
Oct. 16 - Hampton, VA - Hampton Coliseum
Oct. 17 - Greenville, SC - Bi-Lo Center
Oct. 19 - Pensacola, FL - Civic Center
Oct. 21 - Tampa, FL - St Pete Times Forum
Oct. 22 - Sunrise, FL - Bankatlantic Center
Oct. 24 - Birmingham, AL - BJCC
Oct. 26 - Atlanta, GA - Phillips Arena
Oct. 28 - Nashville, TN - Sommet Center

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Source: kissonline.com
Band profile: KISS
Event: Kiss: Alive 35 N. American Tour
Posted: 26.08.2009 by Abattoir | Comments (6)


Hypocrisy - European Tour Dates

Swedish metallers Hypocrisy have announced a full European tour in January/February 2010. Support bands will be announced later.

Announced dates are as follows:

Jan. 24 - Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle
Jan. 25 - Berlin, Germany - Columbia Club
Jan. 26 - Gdynia, Poland - Ucho
Jan. 27 - Warsaw, Poland - Progresja Club
Jan. 29 - Glauchau, Germany - Alte Spinnerei
Jan. 30 - Herford, Germany - X
Jan. 31 - Hengelo, The Netherlands - Metropool
Feb. 01 - Bochum, Germany - Matrix
Feb. 02 - Köln, Germany - Essigfabrik
Feb. 04 - Eindhoven, The Netherlands - Dynamo
Feb. 05 - Vosselaar, Belgium - Biebob
Feb. 06 - Paris, France - La Loco Main Hall
Feb. 07 - Lyon, France - Ninkasi Kao
Feb. 09 - Saarbrücken, Germany - Garage
Feb. 10 - Aschaffenburg, Germany - Colos-Saal
Feb. 11 - Zürich, Switzerland - Dynamo
Feb. 12 - Dornbirn, Austria - Conrad Sohm
Feb. 14 - München, Germany - Backstage
Feb. 15 - Linz, Austria - Posthof
Feb. 16 - Graz, Austria - Orpheum
Feb. 17 - Wien, Austria - Arena
Feb. 18 - Budapest, Hungary - Diesel Club

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Source: nuclearblast.de
Band profile: Hypocrisy
Event: Hypocrisy: European Tour
Posted: 25.08.2009 by White Winter Sun | Comments (13)


Threat Signal - New Video Online

"Through My Eyes", the new video from Canadian metallers Threat Signal, has been made available online. The video was directed by Rage.

"Through My Eyes" comes off the band's forthcoming album, entitled "Vigilance", which will be released on September 8 in North Amercica (on September 11 in Europe) via Nuclear Blast Records.

More details about "Vigilance" were previously reported at this location.


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Source: vids.myspace.com
Band profile: Threat Signal
Posted: 24.08.2009 by White Winter Sun | Comments (0)


Torture Division - Demo Available For Free Download

Torture Division - the Swedish death metal band featuring Lord K Philipson (The Project Hate MCMXCIX) and Tobben Gustafsson (Vomitory (after they terminated their former band God Among Insects) and Jörgen Sandström (ex-Grave vocalist/bassist) - have made their new demo available for free download.

The band stated: "So yeah - we lied to you. We already recorded the demo at hand and wanted to surprise you bastards. You didn't see this coming, now did you? You can now officially obey us. "Evighetens Dårar" is available at Unisound.se. Congratulations, you just got another piece of the world's best death metal. For free. We can't thank Dan Swanö enough for the incredible work he's done for us again, not to mention the fantastic material we've composed all by ourselves. Dan has once again turned our shitty files into something extremely massive and if we could (being heterosexuals is a problem) we'd marry the fucken guy. Thank you, Dan, thank you so fucken much. Now on to the rest, bitches"

"Evighetens Dårar" cover art] tracklist:

01. Traumatic Inhuman Severance
02. Heretics! Now!
03. Eld Och Plågor

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Source: torturedivision.net
Posted: 24.08.2009 by Thryce | Comments (3)


Resurrected - Ink Deal With Metal Age Productions, New Song Online

German metallers Resurrected have issued the following update on their MySpace blog:

"Negotiations were in the works for several weeks now but now it's official; after returning from Mountains Of Death festival we can finally announce that we're now part of the Metal Age Productions roster! We're very happy to have such a competent and supportive partner on our side, thanx to Peter and all of the Metal Age staff.

Our newest effort, "Fierce", will be released there in September as well as our upcoming releases."

The band adds: "Many people may have asked themselves why we didn't post some new material earlier but we wanted to wait until our new deal is finally inked.

You can now listen to one new stunning track entitled "Slumdog" from our forthcoming album "Fierce" on our MySpace page. Hope ya like it, don't hesitate to post your feedback !"

"Fierce" cover art] songtitles set to appear on the album:

Tortured By Deities
Perverse Consecration
Divine Masturbation
New Reign Rising
Urge To Murder
Hindsight
Gunshot Victim
Slumdog
Mental Retardation
Day Of Suffering

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Source: blogs.myspace.com
Band profile: Resurrected
Posted: 24.08.2009 by White Winter Sun | Comments (0)


Dreadnox - New Album On The Way

The upcoming new Dreadnox album, entitled "Dance of Ignorance," brings the band back to the market. Dreadnox is claimed to be one of the most famous bands in the Heavy Metal scene of Rio de Janeiro city, Brazil. The band that launched their debut album "Divine Act" in 1998, now reappears with new sound and new songs. The "Dance of Ignorance" album was being mixed by Renato Tribuzy (Tribuzy) and Alex Macedo at Full Sound Studio, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.

No release date or tracklist has been confirmed yet.

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Source: dreadnox.com
Posted: 24.08.2009 by Thryce | Comments (1)