Metal Storm logo
Metal news




Nevid - Line Up Additions

Russian metal band Nevid are introducing their new members, namely the charming female vocalists Olga (Helga) Lantseva and Olga (Skandinavien) Mashkina:

"About Olga Lantseva: she appears as the main female vocalist in the band. About herself: "Ambitious, mean and VERY (addition of the band) kind!" A real treasure for the group. All about wonderful vocals, perfect singing technique. During her musical career, she worked with the bands "Tears Are Pathetic" and simultaneously with the guys from "Los Aybolitos". Before coming to the Nevid, she was singing in the "Galatheia" band. She graduated from Regional Musical College of Rachmaninoff (Kaliningrad, 1999-2003), the specialty of the director of a choir, folk music. Her passion is everything that sounds beautiful and also billiards, paintball, Darts and fantasy genre.

About Olga Mashkina: she appears as the invited concert female vocalist. About herself: "Not a Barbie Girl to be liked by everybody. A blonde with a character whose brains are included. She likes watching Discovery Channel and Animal Planet the most. Her passions are motorcycles, civil aviation and jets, guitars, psychology, business, religion and philosophy. She initially was with the band since August 2007, covering the band's coming Kiev festival on August 25, 2007. Has stayed with the band eversince and participated in the gigs during the band's hard times. The guys are pretty thankful to her for the doing. Before Nevid, she participated in the doom power metal band "Slavery" and the band of the Russian State Social University. Besides Nevid, she is currently a guest musician of the music project Kramola featuring members from Svarga, Nevid, Butterfly Temple and Kartikeya."

The audience has already had the opportunity to enjoy the girls at the band's Moscow and Saint Petersburg gigs.

(Text translated from Russian by Alex Smirnov, drummer of Nevid)

More info about Nevid on http://www.myspace.com/nevidmusic.

Read more ››

Source: nevid.ru
Band profile: Nevid
Posted: 02.05.2008 by Alex Smirnov | Comments (1)


Psyopus - New Song Online And Tour Dates

New York tech death metallers/grinders Psyopus have posted a song about siamese twins simply titled "2" on their MySpace page. The song comes off the band's latest effort "Our Puzzling Encounters Considered" which has been released last year in February.

In related news, Psyopus kick off with the following tour dates in the US with Dance Club Massacre.

US Tour Dates:

(also with The Crinn)

02/05 The Penny Arcade - Charlotte, NY

(with The Crinn and Epicurean)

03/05 Ghouolardi's - Lorain, OH
04/05 Flushing Masonic Temple - Flushing, MI
05/05 Von's (Vault 13) - Detroit, MI
06/05 The Static Age - Romeo, MI
07/05 Skelletones - Grand Rapids, MI
08/05 Rack N' Roll - Riverview, MI

(with Sons of Azrael and Epicurean)

09/05 The Underground - Sandusky, OH
10/05 Club W - Buffalo, NY

Read more ››

Source: myspace.com
Band profile: Psyopus
Posted: 02.05.2008 by Nox Lux | Comments (1)


Catamenia - Enter The Studio In July

Finnish Melodic Black metallers Catamenia have issued the following update:

"We will enter the studio little bit later than as planned. New schedule is set on 7th of July because of the renewing and reconstructioning the Mastervox Studios. The release for the album is somewhere around October 2008. Thank you really much you all for your patience."

The band has previously announced their forthcoming album will be entitled "VIII".

Source: catamenia.net
Band profile: Catamenia
Posted: 02.05.2008 by White Winter Sun | Comments (8)


Midnattsol - Part Ways With Guitarist

Midnattsol has posted the following update regarding Christian Hector's departure:

Hello Midnattsol folks,

three days ago we got a bad message. Our guitarist Christian Hector has decided to leave Midnattsol. Christian describes the reasons for this step in the following statement:

Ahoi Midnattfolks,

it's been some years since Carmen and me started out forming Midnattsol. Now it's time for me to move on and experience new musical directions. My decision is due to the musical development of the band, the lack of time for family and friends and last but not least my second band Ahab. I'd like to focus on the work along with my dear friend Daniel Droste and Cornelius Althammer. Nonetheless, I still call everyone in Midnattsol my dearest friends, too! And I guess we'll have too much beer together again quite soon .

So - as you see - this decision is not born from quarrels, controversy or dispute with Chris, Birgit, Carmen, and the two Daniels. It's just, my musical way will be a different one, now.
I enjoyed being part of this for the last five years and I guess, I'll probably join one or the other of Midnattsol for some other musical projects in the future. May it be folk, rock, metal or whatever. We'll see.
I wish Midnattsol good luck with Nordlys and the best for their further career.

Farewell, proud men and women!
Christian Hector

The band adds:

We really regret his leaving of the band after 6 common Midnattsol-years. It was a great time and we have gone through many ups and downs together. Without him Midnattsol surely would not have gone the way where we are today - for this reason we have prepared a slideshow with some of the nicest scenes of Christian's time at Midnattsol. Thank you very much for the wonderful time and all the best for the future!!

Carmen, Birgit, Daniel D., Daniel F., Chris

Read more ››

Source: midnattsol.com
Band profile: Midnattsol
Posted: 02.05.2008 by Bararey | Comments (4)


Xandria - Vocalist Leaves The Band

German metallers Xandria have issued the following update:

"Lisa Middelhauve is not the singer of Xandria anymore. After almost eight years of successful work together she decided to leave the band due to personal reasons. For some time now Lisa didn´t feel comfortable with her role as Xandria´s front woman anymore and wants to step aside to make it possible for the band to find someone who can stand behind Xandria completely. A step that we all regret, but is highly respected.
We want to thank her for the great, successful and unforgettable time we had together and wish her only the best for the future! Thank you - your contribution to Xandria and everything you did for the band we will never forget!"

The band adds:
"The musical journey of Xandria will go on of course, and also in the future there will be great things to expect - be surprised! At the moment we are searching for a new female singer and will be back on stage with new songs and live dates. Information for candidates for the singer position will be posted here in the next days."

Source: xandria.de
Band profile: Xandria
Posted: 02.05.2008 by White Winter Sun | Comments (14)


Amon Amarth - Enter The Studio

Swedish metallers Amon Amarth have issued the following update:

"On May 1st, (Labour Day here in Sweden) we enter Fascination Street Studio to start recording our seventh full-length album. We have 10 killer songs, some classic Amon Amarth tunes, some really epic moments and some of the most brutal stuff we've ever written! We are confident that this will be our best and most diverse album to date!
Jens Bogren will be producing the album, he produced "With Oden On Our Side". We're looking forward to yet another successful collaboration. We'll barricade ourselves for the next month and a half. The album will be recorded in the traditional way, starting with drums, followed by guitars, bass, and vocals.
There are plans for some cool guest appearance but nothing we can reveal just yet. We will try our best to keep you updated with vlogs, photos and a studio diary. Provided that we can tear ourselves away from the PS3, wii and of course... a healthy serving of Swedish vodka.

In other news, we've added two UK shows this summer. We're pleased to announce that we'll be appearing for the first time at this year's Download festival. We are scheduled to play second stage on Saturday, June 14th. Since we're already on Brittish soil, we figure that we might as well do some further pillaging. We will be making an appearance at Metal Hammer's Golden Gods Award show on June 16.
For a complete list of our confirmed live dates, check our upcoming shows section. "

Source: amonamarth.com
Band profile: Amon Amarth
Posted: 30.04.2008 by White Winter Sun | Comments (29)


Testament - E-Card Available

Nuclear Blast have released an E-Card for the new Testament album "The Formation of Damnation" which was released on April 25. The E-Card includes a gallery, a biography, and samples for each song of the new album.

The E-Card can be found at this location.

Read more ››

Band profile: Testament
Posted: 30.04.2008 by Baz Anderson | Comments (1)


Divine Heresy - Vocalist Fired

Headbangers Ball Blog can exclusively reveal that singer Tommy Cummings has been fired from Divine Heresy. The move came after Cummings flew into a rage during a show on April 26 in Poughkeepsie, New York when the other players wouldn't let him end the set early.

"He gave us 10 different reasons why we should stop ? 'My microphone doesn't work, I got diarrhea, the monitors are f-ked up' ? whatever he could think of," Cazares told HeadbangersBlog.com. "And we decided that's not fair to the fans. We wanted to give them a full show."

In part, the other members of Divine Heresy decided to finish the gig because they didn't think Cummings was being honest about why he wanted to cut the set short. "We felt that he wanted to end the show early to go hang out at the New England Metal Fest, which we were supposed to be performing at the next day," Cazares said.

But when Divine Heresy blasted into the next song, Cummings became unglued. He tried to pry the drumsticks from Tim Yeung's hands, then he shoved Cazares, knocking him down. "The venue has a weird step onstage, and I hit the step and fell after he pushed me," Cazares said. "He just caught me off balance. It was extremely unprofessional, and, in my head I just knew it was over with him."

The Poughkeepsie incident was the final straw in a relationship that had grown increasingly strained over time. From the start, Cummings' hardcore and hip-hop background clashed with the rest of the band's brutal death metal orientation, and as the lead singer, he seemed to see himself as the leader of the group even though the band was formed by Cazares. "He's a big, intimidating guy and he knows how to use that to his advantage," the guitarist explained. "We didn't agree on a lot of things and we thought it was better that he left."

After the onstage confrontation, Divine Heresy canceled their April 27 headline show at the New England Metal and Hardcore Fest and returned to California. Currently, the band has auditions scheduled with four other singers and will definitely be onboard when their tour with Arch Enemy and Firewind launches on May 9 in Philadelphia.

"Even if we have to go as a three-piece we'll be there because Joe sings as well," Cazares said. "Sometimes it's a bit difficult for him to do both. But even if I have to sing ? which you don't want to hear ? we'll be there."

Read more ››

Source: headbangersblog.mtv.com
Band profile: Divine Heresy
Posted: 30.04.2008 by Thryce | Comments (14)


Sandalinas - New Album Details

Spanish metallers Sandalinas has issued the following update on their MySpace page:

"We're still more determined to keep on pushing so we'll start the recording of our new album in August with Andy LaRocque (King Diamond) behind the control desk. Andy will produce and record our new release. Rick, Alvaro, Mats and Jordi are focused in the writing process at the moment. The new release should come out around Summer/Autumn 2009. More details soon."

In other news, Sandalinas has recently pulled out of Spanish dates with Testament due to circumstances beyond the band's control.

Read more ››

Source: blog.myspace.com
Band profile: Sandalinas
Posted: 30.04.2008 by Nox Lux | Comments (0)


Cloudscape - New Album Update

Swedish metallers Cloudscape have issued the following update:

"It's been a long wait for the announcement of release dates and info regarding the third Cloudscape album entitled "Global Drama". The original plan was to release the album during spring 2008, but, as you already know those plans took a different direction so, right here right now we can reveal that "Global Drama" will be released during August/September 2008 but, you have to wait a very few more days to get the exact release dates and info and sneak peek(s). As soon as Cloudscape's management gives the green light, all info will be announced and this will only take a few more days. But, until then you can watch the fantastic album cover Link] made by Mattias Norén (www.progart.com). Stay tuned for more news to be announced in a few days?"

Read more ››

Source: cloudscape.se
Band profile: Cloudscape
Posted: 30.04.2008 by White Winter Sun | Comments (3)


Nightmare - New Video Online

French metallers Nightmare have posted online a video for the song 'Final Procession' which can be viewed here.
The song comes off the band's latest album, entitled "Genetic Disorder", which was released on October 31, 2007 in Europe via Regain Records. The CD was recorded at Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden with producers Fredrik Nordström and Henrik Udd (In Flames, Hammerfall, Dimmu Borgir, Arch Enemy).

Read more ››

Source: myspace.com
Band profile: Nightmare
Posted: 30.04.2008 by White Winter Sun | Comments (1)


Panzerchrist - Update From The Band

Danish metallers Panzerchrist have posted the following clarifying MySpace blog:

"Panzer-Line-Up: Panzergeneral Enevoldsen (bass), J Pump (vocals), Rasmus Henriksen (guitars), Lasse Bak (guitars), Morten Løwe (drums), Karina Bundgaard (keyboards).

We are also announcing that we are changing from being a studio only band, to become a live band too. When we play live, and when the next cd is ready is still very TBA."

Source: myspace.com
Band profile: Panzerchrist
Posted: 29.04.2008 by Thryce | Comments (1)


Pestilence - Debut Album To Be Remastered

Pestilence is considered one of the most important icons of the technical metal scene. Known for mixing various influences, from thrash to jazz and fusion with classic death metal, the band became a legend a long time before their final split-up in 1993. Now, with the exclusive re-release of Pestilence's debut album "Malleus Malficarum", metal fans may once again witness the sheer genius of this truly unique formation?

"Malleus Malficarum" is definitely an album worth picking up by any metal enthusiast. It delivers a solid thrash/death metal assault and marks the beginning of Pestilence's artistic journey through a brutal world of damnation. If you're a true fan of technical death metal, be sure to include yourself in that voyage!

New digipak edition limited to 2000 copies will be released by Metal Mind Productions on 19th May 2008 in Europe (except for Benelux) and on 8th July 2008 in USA (via MVD). Digitally remastered using 24-Bit process on golden disc

Pestilence -- "Malleus Maleficarum" (remastered)

Label: Metal Mind Records
Cat. No.: MASS CD 1178 DG
Barcode: 5907785032439
Format: CD Digipak (limited edition of 2000 numerated copies)
Genre: metal
Release date: 19.05.2008 Europe / 08.07.2008 USA

Tracklist:

01. Malleus Maleficarum/Antropomrphia
02. Parracide
03. Subordinate To The Domination
04. Extreme Unction
05. Commandments
06. Chemo Therapy
07. Bacterial Surgery
08. Cycle Of Existence
09. Osculum Infame
10. Systematic Instruction

Source: metalmind.com.pl
Band profile: Pestilence
Posted: 28.04.2008 by Thryce | Comments (11)


Equilibrium - Album Tracklist Revealed

German metallers Equilibrium have revealed the tracklist for the upcoming album "Sagas":

01. Prolog Auf Erden
02. Wurzelbert
03. Blut Im Auge
04. Unbesiegt
05. Verrat
06. Snüffel
07. Heimwärts
08. Heiderauche
09. Die Weide Und Der Fluß
10. Des Sängers Fluch
11. Ruf In Den Wind
12. Dämmerung
13. Mana

"Sagas" cover art] will be released on 20th June via Nuclear Blast. Furthermore, "Sagas" will be released with a Bonus DVD with approx. 70 minutes of running time, featuring Equilibrium on and off stage.

Read more ››

Source: nuclearblast.de
Band profile: Equilibrium
Posted: 28.04.2008 by FeskarN | Comments (10)


Vision Divine - Part Ways With Vocalist

The following update was posted on Vision Divine's official website:

"Michele Luppi is no longer singing with Vision Divine. Beside any speculation which could be done regarding the truth behind all this, we simply believe it was the right time to both make the right choice. We wish Michele all the best with his future and we thank him for the great time we had together"

The band adds:
"Any scheduled activity will be accomplished, and there won't be any delay in our plans. The new singer will be announced on May 1st. Please stay tuned for more news in the forthcoming days."

Source: visiondivine.com
Band profile: Vision Divine
Posted: 28.04.2008 by White Winter Sun | Comments (5)