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Edenbridge - Part Ways With Bassist
Bassist Frank Bindig has left Austrian metallers Edenbridge a few days ago. The band posted the following statement:
"Frank Bindig has decided to leave Edenbridge due to his other projects. Edenbridge wish Frank all the best for the future!
Passion, personality, live experience and of course playing technique. If you think you can bring all this, you should not hesitate to apply for the vacant bass player position in Edenbridge!"
"Frank Bindig has decided to leave Edenbridge due to his other projects. Edenbridge wish Frank all the best for the future!
Passion, personality, live experience and of course playing technique. If you think you can bring all this, you should not hesitate to apply for the vacant bass player position in Edenbridge!"
| Source: | edenbridge.org |
| Band profile: | Edenbridge |
Mastodon - Vinyl Box Set Details, Guitarist Hospitalized
A collectors edition Mastodonvinyl box set is set to be issued on November 18th via Relapse Records. This box set will be a one-time pressing strictly limited to 1,000 copies and include nine 180-gram LP's encapsulating the legendary band's entire history of recordings.
The box set will be cased in a heavy duty, foil stamped black box and include the following:
* The vinyl pressing of Mastodon's '06 Reprise debut "Blood Mountain" on expanded double LP.
* The band's critically-acclaimed 2004 release "Leviathan", expanded to double LP.
* The band covers of "The Bit" (Melvins), "Emerald" (Thin Lizzy), and "Orion" (Metallica).
* A live record documenting the band's performance as part of the Relapse Contamination Festival in 2003. This LP is, and will remain, exclusive to this box set.
* The band's reissue of early recordings, "Call Of The Mastodon".
* The final vinyl pressing of the original "Lifesblood" recording.
The box set will also include an embroidered logo patch, a vinyl sticker set, as well as a custom Mastodon turntable mat. All of these items will be exclusive to this box set, never to appear outside of it.
In other news, Mastodon guitarist Bill Kelliher has apparently been hospitalized in London as of November 3rd, during the band's current European Unholy Alliance Chapter 3 package tour. Doctors will continue to monitor his condition which is improving at press time.
At the moment, Mastodon has decided to continue on the tour as a trio. Doctors and Bill Kelliher are hopeful that he will rejoin his bandmates in time for their headlining tour of Europe which begins November 30, in Utrecht, Holland and will end on December 7, at the All Tomorrow's Parties Festival in Somerset, England.
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The box set will be cased in a heavy duty, foil stamped black box and include the following:
* The vinyl pressing of Mastodon's '06 Reprise debut "Blood Mountain" on expanded double LP.
* The band's critically-acclaimed 2004 release "Leviathan", expanded to double LP.
* The band covers of "The Bit" (Melvins), "Emerald" (Thin Lizzy), and "Orion" (Metallica).
* A live record documenting the band's performance as part of the Relapse Contamination Festival in 2003. This LP is, and will remain, exclusive to this box set.
* The band's reissue of early recordings, "Call Of The Mastodon".
* The final vinyl pressing of the original "Lifesblood" recording.
The box set will also include an embroidered logo patch, a vinyl sticker set, as well as a custom Mastodon turntable mat. All of these items will be exclusive to this box set, never to appear outside of it.
In other news, Mastodon guitarist Bill Kelliher has apparently been hospitalized in London as of November 3rd, during the band's current European Unholy Alliance Chapter 3 package tour. Doctors will continue to monitor his condition which is improving at press time.
At the moment, Mastodon has decided to continue on the tour as a trio. Doctors and Bill Kelliher are hopeful that he will rejoin his bandmates in time for their headlining tour of Europe which begins November 30, in Utrecht, Holland and will end on December 7, at the All Tomorrow's Parties Festival in Somerset, England.
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| Source: | relapse.com |
| Band profile: | Mastodon |
Suicidal Angels - Update From The Band
Suicidal Angels have posted the following update:
"We regret to announce that our supporting appearance under Septicflesh is cancelled. For reasons beyond the band, we won't have the pleasure to perform under this great Greek death metal group, which we want to sincerely thank for the invitation and wish it all the best for January's show.
However, we will perform live again soon! We are happy to have been presented with the opportunity to play live with German neothrashers Dew-Scented, on February 27 at Texas Necropolis in Athens. This will be the last Suicidal Angels show for a while, as we will start production of our new album in early Spring, which we hope to release later in 2009. The songs are ready, we like them a lot and we can't wait to record and present them to all you maniacs out there!
So join us on February 27th for our final show comprising mostly of "Eternal Domination" tunes (along with some songs we haven't played for a very long time), as we promise to give it our best to thank you all for the incredible support you've shown us, especially for the warm welcome of our debut album, which will always pose as a landmark in our course. Together with mighty Dew-Scented and the other great Greek supporting acts, we'll try to make it a night to be remembered."
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"We regret to announce that our supporting appearance under Septicflesh is cancelled. For reasons beyond the band, we won't have the pleasure to perform under this great Greek death metal group, which we want to sincerely thank for the invitation and wish it all the best for January's show.
However, we will perform live again soon! We are happy to have been presented with the opportunity to play live with German neothrashers Dew-Scented, on February 27 at Texas Necropolis in Athens. This will be the last Suicidal Angels show for a while, as we will start production of our new album in early Spring, which we hope to release later in 2009. The songs are ready, we like them a lot and we can't wait to record and present them to all you maniacs out there!
So join us on February 27th for our final show comprising mostly of "Eternal Domination" tunes (along with some songs we haven't played for a very long time), as we promise to give it our best to thank you all for the incredible support you've shown us, especially for the warm welcome of our debut album, which will always pose as a landmark in our course. Together with mighty Dew-Scented and the other great Greek supporting acts, we'll try to make it a night to be remembered."
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| Source: | blogs.myspace.com |
| Band profile: | Suicidal Angels |
Satyricon - Streaming Upcoming Single, Video Online
Original news, posted on 08.10.2008
Satyricon have made their upcoming single "Black Crow On A Tombstone" (which will be released on the 20th October) available for your listening pleasure, at this location (check it out in the player below that page).
The single is the first off the upcoming album "The Age Of Nero" which will be released on the 3rd November. All info about the album here.
UPDATE (thanks to ArtiA)
"Black Crow On A Tombstone", the new video from Satyricon can now be viewed at this location. The band also posted a "The Age Of Nero" song-by-song video online, which can be watched at the same location.
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Satyricon have made their upcoming single "Black Crow On A Tombstone" (which will be released on the 20th October) available for your listening pleasure, at this location (check it out in the player below that page).
The single is the first off the upcoming album "The Age Of Nero" which will be released on the 3rd November. All info about the album here.
UPDATE (thanks to ArtiA)
"Black Crow On A Tombstone", the new video from Satyricon can now be viewed at this location. The band also posted a "The Age Of Nero" song-by-song video online, which can be watched at the same location.
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| Source: | roadrunnerrecords.co.uk |
| Band profile: | Satyricon |
Algaion - Reunited And Working On New Material
After a great long decade of silence, Swedish Melodic Black Metallers Algaion is back to the fold, reunited and preparations of a new full-length album are underway.
Previously busy on his stint with other bands (Hypocrisy, Pain, etc) and also currently in Swedish Power Metal band Morifade, Mathias Kamijo decided that it was time to resurrect the ghost of Algaion and brought it back to life in 2008 together with founding member Mårten Björkman.
New blood have since joined the Algaion camp, with current members from Coporation 187 (Viktor Klint and Robert Eng contributing on guitars and drums respectively) and Tobias Leffler (previously in Vergelmer and N.C.O) on bass.
In the meantime, the band signed a record deal with Pulverised Records. The label commented: "It is our great pleasure to have Algaion join the ranks of the Pulverised Records roster; we are very excited and definitely looking forward to a great working releationship with such a veteran class act!"
Algaion was formed in the early autumn of 1993, but already broke up five years later, after releasing two full-lengths. Peter Tägtgren, who recorded one of those albums, also played drums on one of the band's EP's.
All info about the band on http://www.algaion.com/ and http://www.myspace.com/algaion.
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Previously busy on his stint with other bands (Hypocrisy, Pain, etc) and also currently in Swedish Power Metal band Morifade, Mathias Kamijo decided that it was time to resurrect the ghost of Algaion and brought it back to life in 2008 together with founding member Mårten Björkman.
New blood have since joined the Algaion camp, with current members from Coporation 187 (Viktor Klint and Robert Eng contributing on guitars and drums respectively) and Tobias Leffler (previously in Vergelmer and N.C.O) on bass.
In the meantime, the band signed a record deal with Pulverised Records. The label commented: "It is our great pleasure to have Algaion join the ranks of the Pulverised Records roster; we are very excited and definitely looking forward to a great working releationship with such a veteran class act!"
Algaion was formed in the early autumn of 1993, but already broke up five years later, after releasing two full-lengths. Peter Tägtgren, who recorded one of those albums, also played drums on one of the band's EP's.
All info about the band on http://www.algaion.com/ and http://www.myspace.com/algaion.
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| Source: | pulverised.net |
Shining - Niklas Kvarforth Presents: Hjarnidaudi
From the site of Avantgarde Music:
"This time we have a rather unusual "new signing" announcement. You know that Shining's Kvarforth is rather a moving soul in constant angst. Besides his official band and official (too many to mention) guestings and projects, he now has proven himself with quite of an effort: to "vocalise" a yet recorded instrumental "album". We are talking here about Norwegian psycho-doom monster Hjarnidaudi (MySpace), who released his début album in 2006 entitled "Pain:Noise:March", originally released on Paradigms Recordings."
Avantgarde Music mentioned this could be the first episode of a "Niklas Kvarforth presents:" serie, in which "our beloved chanteur re-interpreting and paying hommage to some key-albums of his existence". Together with the release of the album we will spread a real statement, written by Niklas himself, where you will understand more about the real spirit behind this release.
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"This time we have a rather unusual "new signing" announcement. You know that Shining's Kvarforth is rather a moving soul in constant angst. Besides his official band and official (too many to mention) guestings and projects, he now has proven himself with quite of an effort: to "vocalise" a yet recorded instrumental "album". We are talking here about Norwegian psycho-doom monster Hjarnidaudi (MySpace), who released his début album in 2006 entitled "Pain:Noise:March", originally released on Paradigms Recordings."
Avantgarde Music mentioned this could be the first episode of a "Niklas Kvarforth presents:" serie, in which "our beloved chanteur re-interpreting and paying hommage to some key-albums of his existence". Together with the release of the album we will spread a real statement, written by Niklas himself, where you will understand more about the real spirit behind this release.
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| Source: | avantgardemusic.com |
| Band profile: | Shining |
Demigod - Call It Quits
Demigod posted a bulletin on their official website and their MySpace with only these words: "Demigod has split up." No further details have been given.
Demigod gained relative popularity with their '92 classic album "Slumber Of Sullen Eyes". Despite this, the band split up a couple of years later. 1998 saw the reformation of the band and two more albums were released. But the band never reached the height of "Slumber..." again and right now it looks like they never will.
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Demigod gained relative popularity with their '92 classic album "Slumber Of Sullen Eyes". Despite this, the band split up a couple of years later. 1998 saw the reformation of the band and two more albums were released. But the band never reached the height of "Slumber..." again and right now it looks like they never will.
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| Source: | demigod.tv |
| Band profile: | Demigod |
Death Angel - Search For Bassist
Death Angel have issued the following update:
"As many of you may or may not know, Dennis has departed from the band. We wish him all the best. So now it's time for someone new to join the pack! We are now accepting applications for this position... do you have what it takes? If you wanna give it a shot, please send bio, photo, demo and or link to your website / myspace page so we can check you out! Send your info to: deathangelbass gmail com
We look forward to hearing from you. Oh yeah, better have your passport in order as we are doing a week of dates in Australia in March and who knows what else... let's Jam!"
"As many of you may or may not know, Dennis has departed from the band. We wish him all the best. So now it's time for someone new to join the pack! We are now accepting applications for this position... do you have what it takes? If you wanna give it a shot, please send bio, photo, demo and or link to your website / myspace page so we can check you out! Send your info to: deathangelbass gmail com
We look forward to hearing from you. Oh yeah, better have your passport in order as we are doing a week of dates in Australia in March and who knows what else... let's Jam!"
| Source: | blog.myspace.com |
| Band profile: | Death Angel |
Entwine - New Album And Shows
From MySpace:
"The new album is recorded, the artwork is ready, the promo copies are being pressed right now... and Entwine will back on the road to promote it in January 2009.
First of next year's shows are now released, starting in Finland:
17.01.2009 FINLANDIA-KLUBI, Lahti
29.01.2009 SPINEFEAST
13.02.2009 HENRYS PUB, Kuopio
14.02.2009 KARJALATALON KELLARI, Joensuu
20.02.2009 PANAMA JACK, Kerava
27.02.2009 LUTAKKO, Jyväskylä
28.02.2009 VILLIMIES, Kankaanpää
06.03.2009 HOUSE OF ROCK, Kouvola
24.04.2009 HOTELLI IISOPPI, Nokia
More details about shows and the album to follow soon..."
"The new album is recorded, the artwork is ready, the promo copies are being pressed right now... and Entwine will back on the road to promote it in January 2009.
First of next year's shows are now released, starting in Finland:
17.01.2009 FINLANDIA-KLUBI, Lahti
29.01.2009 SPINEFEAST
13.02.2009 HENRYS PUB, Kuopio
14.02.2009 KARJALATALON KELLARI, Joensuu
20.02.2009 PANAMA JACK, Kerava
27.02.2009 LUTAKKO, Jyväskylä
28.02.2009 VILLIMIES, Kankaanpää
06.03.2009 HOUSE OF ROCK, Kouvola
24.04.2009 HOTELLI IISOPPI, Nokia
More details about shows and the album to follow soon..."
| Source: | blogs.myspace.com |
| Band profile: | Entwine |
Jason Becker - New Album Out
Shrapnel Records press release
"Gripping virtuoso guitar licks and a glimpse at history as it was being made accurately summarize Jason Becker's new album, "Collection". Even as paralysis set in from his disease, Jason still had a strong desire to compose ."Collection" not only contains some of Jason's favorite moments from his Shrapnel and David Lee Roth recordings, it also features three new Becker compositions, each as impressive as anything he has recorded in the past. Jason has enlisted some of the largest names in instrumental guitar music and has as many as three guitarists per track trading off riveting performances. Including performances by Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Michael Lee Firkins, Marty Friedman and Greg Howe. "Collection" is exactly the kind of record that Becker fans have been waiting for."
Jason Becker himself states in his official blog: "There is some bonus material when you stick it in your computer, so the total music time adds up to about an hour and a half. I hope you all dig it. Listen to it loud, or else it sucks."
"Collection" tracklisting:
01. Rain
02. River of Longing
03. Images
04. Opus Pocus
05. Higher
06. It's Showtime
07. Altitudes
08. End of the Beginning
09. River of Longing (Reprise)
10. Meet Me In the Morning
11. Air
12. Electric Prayer for Peace
13. Mandy's Throbbing Little Heart
Bonus material:
01. Go Off (intro)
02. End Of The Beginning
03. Noodling For Rob And Tony
Taken from Blabbermouth
Jason Becker began his career as a Shrapnel recording artist by joining forces with guitar virtuoso Marty Friedman to form seminal progressive metal pioneers Cacophony. Amassing worldwide acclaim as a guitar virtuoso, Becker came to the attention of David Lee Roth who was looking for a guitarist to replace Steve Vai and the rest is history.
Through his work with Cacophony, his groundbreaking solo record "Perpetual Burn", recorded when Jason was just 17, and through his second solo record "Perspective", recorded after Becker came down with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS, a.k.a. Lou Gehrig's Disease). Jason earned an international reputation for being one of the best composer/guitarists to emerge from the legendary Shrapnel shredding scene.
Even as paralysis set in from his disease, Becker still had a strong desire to compose and "Collection" not only contains some of Becker's favorite moments from his Shrapnel and David Lee Roth recordings, it also features three new Becker compositions, each as impressive as anything he has recorded in the past. Becker has enlisted some of the largest names in instrumental guitar music to perform the parts that he hears in his head and has as many as three guitarists per track trading off riveting performances.
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"Gripping virtuoso guitar licks and a glimpse at history as it was being made accurately summarize Jason Becker's new album, "Collection". Even as paralysis set in from his disease, Jason still had a strong desire to compose ."Collection" not only contains some of Jason's favorite moments from his Shrapnel and David Lee Roth recordings, it also features three new Becker compositions, each as impressive as anything he has recorded in the past. Jason has enlisted some of the largest names in instrumental guitar music and has as many as three guitarists per track trading off riveting performances. Including performances by Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Michael Lee Firkins, Marty Friedman and Greg Howe. "Collection" is exactly the kind of record that Becker fans have been waiting for."
Jason Becker himself states in his official blog: "There is some bonus material when you stick it in your computer, so the total music time adds up to about an hour and a half. I hope you all dig it. Listen to it loud, or else it sucks."
"Collection" tracklisting:
01. Rain
02. River of Longing
03. Images
04. Opus Pocus
05. Higher
06. It's Showtime
07. Altitudes
08. End of the Beginning
09. River of Longing (Reprise)
10. Meet Me In the Morning
11. Air
12. Electric Prayer for Peace
13. Mandy's Throbbing Little Heart
Bonus material:
01. Go Off (intro)
02. End Of The Beginning
03. Noodling For Rob And Tony
Taken from Blabbermouth
Jason Becker began his career as a Shrapnel recording artist by joining forces with guitar virtuoso Marty Friedman to form seminal progressive metal pioneers Cacophony. Amassing worldwide acclaim as a guitar virtuoso, Becker came to the attention of David Lee Roth who was looking for a guitarist to replace Steve Vai and the rest is history.
Through his work with Cacophony, his groundbreaking solo record "Perpetual Burn", recorded when Jason was just 17, and through his second solo record "Perspective", recorded after Becker came down with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS, a.k.a. Lou Gehrig's Disease). Jason earned an international reputation for being one of the best composer/guitarists to emerge from the legendary Shrapnel shredding scene.
Even as paralysis set in from his disease, Becker still had a strong desire to compose and "Collection" not only contains some of Becker's favorite moments from his Shrapnel and David Lee Roth recordings, it also features three new Becker compositions, each as impressive as anything he has recorded in the past. Becker has enlisted some of the largest names in instrumental guitar music to perform the parts that he hears in his head and has as many as three guitarists per track trading off riveting performances.
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| Source: | myspace.com |
Crystal Eyes - Four New Songs Online
Four new songs from Swedish/Danish power metallers Crystal Eyes have been posted online. "The Fire Of Hades", "Waves Of War", "Shadow Rider" and "Dying In The Rain" are now streaming on http://www.myspace.com/crystaleyesfromsweden. The tracks come off the band's upcoming album "Chained", which is scheduled for a November 21 release via Metal Heaven.
The cover artwork made by Carl-André Beckston (known as Metal Storm's very own monowasp) can be viewed here. All info about the new album can be found here.
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The cover artwork made by Carl-André Beckston (known as Metal Storm's very own monowasp) can be viewed here. All info about the new album can be found here.
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| Source: | myspace.com |
| Band profile: | Crystal Eyes |
Deadlock - Entire Album Streaming, Video Online
Original news, posted on 17.10.2008
The word from Deadlock goes as follows:
"We uploaded a first brand new song from our new album "Manifesto". Please check our profile and listen to the track "The Brave / Agony Applause". We're looking forward to your feedback!
We also have just finished the video shoot for this song together with director Philipp Hirsch (Heaven Shall Burn, Amon Amarth, Disillusion). The clip will be premiered by the beginning of November and we promise you, it will roooock!!
"Manifesto" will be out on 14th November in Germany/Austria/Switzerland. and 17th November in the rest of Europe. The U.S. will follow on 20th January and the hungry audience in Japan will be served on 17th November as well.
Don't miss to pre-order the Special Limited Edition Box of "Manifesto" including two bonus tracks and a lot of goodies. Only 1000 copies are available world-wide.
Furthermore we have confirmed our "Manifesto" record release show to be held on November 15th at Gloria in Regensburg. Special guests on that evening will be Anima and Myra. We'll have a big party, so be sure, that you don't miss this event!"
UPDATED, on 03.11.2008
Deadlock's new album "Manifesto" will be streaming online at the band's MySpace. From Monday 03rd November to Thursday 13th November, the band's presenting all 11 tracks of the new album "Manifesto" on MySpace. There will be one new song uploaded daily at 09:00h CET and you can listen to every single one them 24 hours for free, before the next one will show up!
UPDATE (thanks to Abattoir)
"The Brave / Agony Applause", the new video from Deadlock is now alvailable online, here. The video clip was directed by Philipp Hirsch (Heaven Shall Burn, Amon Amarth, Disillusions) and Heiko Tippelt .
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The word from Deadlock goes as follows:
"We uploaded a first brand new song from our new album "Manifesto". Please check our profile and listen to the track "The Brave / Agony Applause". We're looking forward to your feedback!
We also have just finished the video shoot for this song together with director Philipp Hirsch (Heaven Shall Burn, Amon Amarth, Disillusion). The clip will be premiered by the beginning of November and we promise you, it will roooock!!
"Manifesto" will be out on 14th November in Germany/Austria/Switzerland. and 17th November in the rest of Europe. The U.S. will follow on 20th January and the hungry audience in Japan will be served on 17th November as well.
Don't miss to pre-order the Special Limited Edition Box of "Manifesto" including two bonus tracks and a lot of goodies. Only 1000 copies are available world-wide.
Furthermore we have confirmed our "Manifesto" record release show to be held on November 15th at Gloria in Regensburg. Special guests on that evening will be Anima and Myra. We'll have a big party, so be sure, that you don't miss this event!"
UPDATED, on 03.11.2008
Deadlock's new album "Manifesto" will be streaming online at the band's MySpace. From Monday 03rd November to Thursday 13th November, the band's presenting all 11 tracks of the new album "Manifesto" on MySpace. There will be one new song uploaded daily at 09:00h CET and you can listen to every single one them 24 hours for free, before the next one will show up!
UPDATE (thanks to Abattoir)
"The Brave / Agony Applause", the new video from Deadlock is now alvailable online, here. The video clip was directed by Philipp Hirsch (Heaven Shall Burn, Amon Amarth, Disillusions) and Heiko Tippelt .
Read more ››
| Source: | blog.myspace.com |
| Band profile: | Deadlock |
Within Temptation - Update From The Band
Within Temptation have issued the following update:
"Unfortunately we have to announce that, due to family matters, Stephen hasn't been able to rehearse with us for the upcoming theatre tour. That's why Stephen has asked Mike Coolen to replace him for the rehearsals and consequently also for the theatre tour. You might have seen Mike Coolen (Brotherhood Foundation, Daybroke) with us before, as he replaced Stephen during a few shows last year. We kindly ask you to also give Mike a warm welcome!
Speaking of shows, the upcoming theatre tour will be our last tour for a while. The upcoming year we will focus on writing new songs and work on recording a new album. We have done over 180 shows in 40 countries in the past 2 years. New continents have been visited (like the United States, South-America and Russia) and we also did shows in Eastern Europe for the first time. The Black Symphony concert with the Metropole Orchestra in Ahoy Rotterdam has been an absolute highlight. We're still very proud of the amazing DVD and Blu-ray in which it has resulted. It have been two intense, but amazing years and we'd like to thank you all for giving us your warm welcome and support!
In short, due to all the touring we have done, we haven't been able to work on new songs and that's why we now want to focus on that. We'd also like to go on holiday for a change as we haven't been able to do this in the past years. Besides writing new songs, there will also be more time for individual side projects. Ruud will be busy with his band 'For All We Know' and giving guitar lessons. Stephen will be busy with his band My Favorite Scar and Jeroen will study 3D Design. Of course, this will bring in a lot of new inspiration for everybody.
Of course we will frequently update you all on all the developments with regards to the new album. So keep an eye on the website and newsletter for our updates. We'll keep you posted! But for now the theatre tour is coming up shortly, which will be very intimate and special. We are really looking forward to this and we hope to see you all there!"
"Unfortunately we have to announce that, due to family matters, Stephen hasn't been able to rehearse with us for the upcoming theatre tour. That's why Stephen has asked Mike Coolen to replace him for the rehearsals and consequently also for the theatre tour. You might have seen Mike Coolen (Brotherhood Foundation, Daybroke) with us before, as he replaced Stephen during a few shows last year. We kindly ask you to also give Mike a warm welcome!
Speaking of shows, the upcoming theatre tour will be our last tour for a while. The upcoming year we will focus on writing new songs and work on recording a new album. We have done over 180 shows in 40 countries in the past 2 years. New continents have been visited (like the United States, South-America and Russia) and we also did shows in Eastern Europe for the first time. The Black Symphony concert with the Metropole Orchestra in Ahoy Rotterdam has been an absolute highlight. We're still very proud of the amazing DVD and Blu-ray in which it has resulted. It have been two intense, but amazing years and we'd like to thank you all for giving us your warm welcome and support!
In short, due to all the touring we have done, we haven't been able to work on new songs and that's why we now want to focus on that. We'd also like to go on holiday for a change as we haven't been able to do this in the past years. Besides writing new songs, there will also be more time for individual side projects. Ruud will be busy with his band 'For All We Know' and giving guitar lessons. Stephen will be busy with his band My Favorite Scar and Jeroen will study 3D Design. Of course, this will bring in a lot of new inspiration for everybody.
Of course we will frequently update you all on all the developments with regards to the new album. So keep an eye on the website and newsletter for our updates. We'll keep you posted! But for now the theatre tour is coming up shortly, which will be very intimate and special. We are really looking forward to this and we hope to see you all there!"
| Source: | within-temptation.com |
| Band profile: | Within Temptation |
| Event: | Within Temptation: Theatre Tour |
Stormwarrior - First DVD Details Revealed
German metallers Stormwarrior will release their first DVD, entitled "If It's Not In Your Bloode... You Will Never Understande!", on early 2009 through Remedy Records (a glimpse of the cover artwork is available at this location).
The package include the full show from the 2007 Wacken Open Air live performance in both DVD and audio CD formats, plus an extensive bonus section containing: "Impressions From The First 10 Years", as well as the official "Iron Prayers" and "Heading Northe" promo clips.
The full tracklisting is as follows:
01. And The Northewinde Bloweth
02. Signe Of The Warlorde
03. Heavy Metal Fire
04. Heading Northe
05. Odinn's Warriors
06. Thunderer
07. Iron Prayers
08. Ride The Sky
09. Murderer
10. Phantoms Of Death
11. Victim Of Fate
12. Judas
13. Heavy Metal (Is The Law)
14. I Want Out
The band adds: "As you might know, close friend of the band Kai Hansen joined Stormwarrior for the 2nd half of the set, and delivered a rampant performance, which is one more good reason to check out this killer package.
We're eager for this release to finally happen, so we'll keep you posted, as soon as we have the exact date of release nailed down."
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The package include the full show from the 2007 Wacken Open Air live performance in both DVD and audio CD formats, plus an extensive bonus section containing: "Impressions From The First 10 Years", as well as the official "Iron Prayers" and "Heading Northe" promo clips.
The full tracklisting is as follows:
01. And The Northewinde Bloweth
02. Signe Of The Warlorde
03. Heavy Metal Fire
04. Heading Northe
05. Odinn's Warriors
06. Thunderer
07. Iron Prayers
08. Ride The Sky
09. Murderer
10. Phantoms Of Death
11. Victim Of Fate
12. Judas
13. Heavy Metal (Is The Law)
14. I Want Out
The band adds: "As you might know, close friend of the band Kai Hansen joined Stormwarrior for the 2nd half of the set, and delivered a rampant performance, which is one more good reason to check out this killer package.
We're eager for this release to finally happen, so we'll keep you posted, as soon as we have the exact date of release nailed down."
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| Source: | stormwarrior.de |
| Band profile: | Stormwarrior |
Grand Magus - German Tour Dates Postponed
Grand Magus have issued the following update:
"Due to unforeseen circumstances Grand Magus will not tour Germany on the announced dates in November. The band is very sorry about this, but promise to reschedual these dates and come back in 2009 instead.
On the good side the UK and Holland, Belgium our was a great success, cheers to all who showed up. Grand Magus will return soon again."
"Due to unforeseen circumstances Grand Magus will not tour Germany on the announced dates in November. The band is very sorry about this, but promise to reschedual these dates and come back in 2009 instead.
On the good side the UK and Holland, Belgium our was a great success, cheers to all who showed up. Grand Magus will return soon again."
| Source: | grandmagus.com |
| Band profile: | Grand Magus |