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Orphaned Land, Primordial - Confirmed For Greece's Metal Healing Fest
Orphaned Land, Primordial and Naer Mataron have been confirmed for the Metal Healing Festival, set to take place July 20-22 in Greece. The Metal Healing Fest billing is now as follows (alphabetical order):
Destruction
Ektomorf
Firewind
Mystic Prophecy
Naer Mataron
Nightrage
Orphaned Land
Primordial
Rotting Christ
Silent Rage
The Haunted
To/Die/For
Wastefall
Destruction
Ektomorf
Firewind
Mystic Prophecy
Naer Mataron
Nightrage
Orphaned Land
Primordial
Rotting Christ
Silent Rage
The Haunted
To/Die/For
Wastefall
| Source: | metalbolt.com |
| Band profile: | Orphaned Land |
| Event: | Metal Healing Festival |
Danish Metal Awards - And The Winners Are...
The Danish Metal Awards 2006 were held yesterday (November 18th) in Copenhagen, Denmark at Amager Bio. The winners were as follows:
Metal Album Of The Year: Mercenary - The Hours That Remain
Metal Debut album Of The Year: Submission - Failure To Perfection
International Metal Album Of The Year: Satyricon - Now, Diabolical
Metal Track Of The Year: Submission - Deathride To Escape
Metal Production Of The Year: Raunchy - Death Pop Romance
Metal Artwork Of The Year: Raunchy
Metal Live Band Of The Year: Volbeat
Metal Talent Of The Year: Frameless Scar
The Honor Award was handed out to the legendary Mercyful Fate. - original members Michael Denner (guitar), Hank Shermann (guitar), Timi "Grabber" Hansen (bass) and Kim Ruzz (drums) appeared in public together for the first time in 22 years to accept the award. Vocalist King Diamond was unable to attend the ceremony.
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Metal Album Of The Year: Mercenary - The Hours That Remain
Metal Debut album Of The Year: Submission - Failure To Perfection
International Metal Album Of The Year: Satyricon - Now, Diabolical
Metal Track Of The Year: Submission - Deathride To Escape
Metal Production Of The Year: Raunchy - Death Pop Romance
Metal Artwork Of The Year: Raunchy
Metal Live Band Of The Year: Volbeat
Metal Talent Of The Year: Frameless Scar
The Honor Award was handed out to the legendary Mercyful Fate. - original members Michael Denner (guitar), Hank Shermann (guitar), Timi "Grabber" Hansen (bass) and Kim Ruzz (drums) appeared in public together for the first time in 22 years to accept the award. Vocalist King Diamond was unable to attend the ceremony.
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| Source: | clonemetal.dk |
Killswitch Engage - Entire New Album Available For Streaming
Killswitch Engage's new album entitled "As Daylight Dies" due on November 21 via Roadrunner Records, is now made available for streaming at the band's official MySpace Page.
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| Source: | myspace.com |
| Band profile: | Killswitch Engage |
Edenbridge - Asian Tour/New Label
Austrian symphonic metal band Edenbridge has announced the details of its upcoming Asian tour, together with Visions Of Atlantis. The dates are as follows:
Dec. 29 - Taiwan - Taipei - Armed Forces Cultural Center
Dec. 31 - Hong Kong - Kowloon - HITEC Auditorium
Jan. 02 - China - Guangzhou - (to be announced)
Jan. 04 - China - Shanghai - The Ark
Jan. 06 - China - Beijing - Star Live
Also, Edenbridge recently signed a worldwide deal with Napalm Records.
Commented the group: "Napalm Records have been doing a brilliant job for their bands. Since last year they have been making a great effort to sign us and therefore we are extremely happy to work together with them for the next years to bring Edenbridge to the next level together. It's nice to see again that a label has one hundred percent trust and therefore invests into a band. Thank you also to all the other labels who were making offers to the band and showed their big interest, and to Massacre Records for the cooperation in the past years."
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Dec. 29 - Taiwan - Taipei - Armed Forces Cultural Center
Dec. 31 - Hong Kong - Kowloon - HITEC Auditorium
Jan. 02 - China - Guangzhou - (to be announced)
Jan. 04 - China - Shanghai - The Ark
Jan. 06 - China - Beijing - Star Live
Also, Edenbridge recently signed a worldwide deal with Napalm Records.
Commented the group: "Napalm Records have been doing a brilliant job for their bands. Since last year they have been making a great effort to sign us and therefore we are extremely happy to work together with them for the next years to bring Edenbridge to the next level together. It's nice to see again that a label has one hundred percent trust and therefore invests into a band. Thank you also to all the other labels who were making offers to the band and showed their big interest, and to Massacre Records for the cooperation in the past years."
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| Source: | edenbridge.org |
| Band profile: | Edenbridge |
| Event: | Edenbridge: Asian Tour |
Epica - Reject Rumours About Vocalist Joining Nightwish
Online "news" sources have been spreading rumours that Epica vocalist Simone Simons has been in talks with Nightwish about joining the band. Epica has addressed the issue via their official website with the following statement:
"The last few months there have been a lot of rumours about Simone, implying she would leave Epica to join Nightwish as their new vocalist. With this rumour being published in a Finnish celebrity gossip magazine we are again getting a lot of questions whether or not this is true, so once again: Simone is not in contact with Nightwish nor their management and will not be leaving Epica. Don't believe everything you read, specially not in gossip magazines.
Oh and by the way, we are still looking for a new drummer. For more info contact info@epica.nl."
BW&BK can confirm that Epica's statement is not a whitewash, as they recently met up with backing vocalist Amanda Somerville, who began working on pre-production for the next Epica album at the beginning of the month at Gate Studios in Wolfsburg, Germany. According to Somerville work on the album is due to continue in January.
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"The last few months there have been a lot of rumours about Simone, implying she would leave Epica to join Nightwish as their new vocalist. With this rumour being published in a Finnish celebrity gossip magazine we are again getting a lot of questions whether or not this is true, so once again: Simone is not in contact with Nightwish nor their management and will not be leaving Epica. Don't believe everything you read, specially not in gossip magazines.
Oh and by the way, we are still looking for a new drummer. For more info contact info@epica.nl."
BW&BK can confirm that Epica's statement is not a whitewash, as they recently met up with backing vocalist Amanda Somerville, who began working on pre-production for the next Epica album at the beginning of the month at Gate Studios in Wolfsburg, Germany. According to Somerville work on the album is due to continue in January.
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| Source: | epica.nl |
| Band profile: | Epica |
April - Songs From Upcoming Album Streaming Online
Upcoming Finnish metallers April have released some songs for preview from their upcoming album "Tidelines" to be released on the 7th of January, 2007. They can be heard at their Myspace page. April have played at major metal festivals and also supported Bullet for My Valentine on their recent tour.
A short biography:
Helsinki-based five-piece metal combo was founded in 2004. The band's trademark is relentless blend of soulful heavy metal with melodic and pop-esque twists - I guess you could say that April is the old dogs new bag of tricks - a modern metal gem in the global pile of faceless bands jumping the bandwagon.
After signing to Spinefarm Records in early 2006, the band immediately started the pre-production of their debut album - due out in February 2007 - with Tero Kinnunen, a Finnish producer whose work with million-selling Nightwish has won international recognition and acclaim.
The upcoming album "Tidelines" is filled with virtuoso vocals, gigantic and heavy riffs as well as beautiful and balanced songwriting. It's definitely heavy metal but with alternative rock and pop music flavours.
Between the recording sessions April has supported Welsh heroes Bullet For My Valentine, played two major open-air metal festivals and spent numerous hours rehearsing and sharpening their skills for future attacks!
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A short biography:
Helsinki-based five-piece metal combo was founded in 2004. The band's trademark is relentless blend of soulful heavy metal with melodic and pop-esque twists - I guess you could say that April is the old dogs new bag of tricks - a modern metal gem in the global pile of faceless bands jumping the bandwagon.
After signing to Spinefarm Records in early 2006, the band immediately started the pre-production of their debut album - due out in February 2007 - with Tero Kinnunen, a Finnish producer whose work with million-selling Nightwish has won international recognition and acclaim.
The upcoming album "Tidelines" is filled with virtuoso vocals, gigantic and heavy riffs as well as beautiful and balanced songwriting. It's definitely heavy metal but with alternative rock and pop music flavours.
Between the recording sessions April has supported Welsh heroes Bullet For My Valentine, played two major open-air metal festivals and spent numerous hours rehearsing and sharpening their skills for future attacks!
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| Source: | myspace.com |
Meshuggah - New Album On The Way
Meshuggah is currently writing a new album, which they hope to release in late-spring 2007. The group has issued the following update:
"Right now we are writing material for the new album. After the Nothing re-release, we more-or-less finished working on our studio, so know we're putting together a kind of demo to see where we are at material-wise and basically give the studio, the songs, and us a test-run, heh, heh. We are swimming in dark waters that constitute putting an album together and whatever we find beneath the surface is definitely gonna be... interesting. Suffice to say that we're in a weird but inspirational period right now. It's all gonna be about the writing during November. The demo recording is hopefully happening in December in-between the pinball tournaments here in the studio. Then we'll see where we're at, I guess. In hell, probably. We've got no working title or concrete cover ideas yet, but it's getting there. It's the slow process of coming to terms with the material we've got and hopefully understand what to make of it. The plan is to have the album out late Spring or - if things get fucked up - early Fall. Naturally, the touring will be planned around the album release, so we'll see when we get closer to completing the album."
"Right now we are writing material for the new album. After the Nothing re-release, we more-or-less finished working on our studio, so know we're putting together a kind of demo to see where we are at material-wise and basically give the studio, the songs, and us a test-run, heh, heh. We are swimming in dark waters that constitute putting an album together and whatever we find beneath the surface is definitely gonna be... interesting. Suffice to say that we're in a weird but inspirational period right now. It's all gonna be about the writing during November. The demo recording is hopefully happening in December in-between the pinball tournaments here in the studio. Then we'll see where we're at, I guess. In hell, probably. We've got no working title or concrete cover ideas yet, but it's getting there. It's the slow process of coming to terms with the material we've got and hopefully understand what to make of it. The plan is to have the album out late Spring or - if things get fucked up - early Fall. Naturally, the touring will be planned around the album release, so we'll see when we get closer to completing the album."
| Source: | meshuggah.net |
| Band profile: | Meshuggah |
Slayer - More US Tour Dates
Slayer is hitting the road again, for a US winter tour - with Unearth as support act - that will shatter your eardrums!
See the dates below and check Slayer.net often for updates. Also, for the hardcore fans, there will be a pre-sale for select dates, starting THIS WEDNESDAY, Nov 15th. On select shows, buying a ticket through this presale, will allow you early entrance to the venues! Click this presale link for more details.
24-Jan-07 Tucson, AZ Tucson Convention Center
25-Jan-07 Las Vegas, NV House Of Blues
28-Jan-07 Sacramento, CA Sacramento Memorial Aud.
30-Jan-07 Salt Lake City, UT Great Salt Air
31-Jan-07 Denver, CO Fillmore Auditorium
2-Feb-07 Oklahoma City, OK Bricktown Events Center
3-Feb-07 Kansas City, KS Memorial Hall
5-Feb-07 Indianapolis, IN Egyptian Room
7-Feb-07 London, ON Labatt Centre
8-Feb-07 Hamilton, ON Copps Coliseum
9-Feb-07 Ottawa, ON Scotiabank Place
10-Feb-07 Poughkeepsie, NY Mid Hudson Civic Center
12-Feb-07 Columbus, OH LC Pavilion
13-Feb-07 Youngstown, OH Chevrolet Center
15-Feb-07 New York, NY Hammerstein
16-Feb-07 Providence, RI Lupo's at the Strand
17-Feb-07 Atlantic City, NJ House Of Blues
19-Feb-07 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
22-Feb-07 Myrtle Beach, SC House Of Blues
23-Feb-07 Orlando, FL House Of Blues
24-Feb-07 Ft Lauderdale, FL Revolution
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See the dates below and check Slayer.net often for updates. Also, for the hardcore fans, there will be a pre-sale for select dates, starting THIS WEDNESDAY, Nov 15th. On select shows, buying a ticket through this presale, will allow you early entrance to the venues! Click this presale link for more details.
24-Jan-07 Tucson, AZ Tucson Convention Center
25-Jan-07 Las Vegas, NV House Of Blues
28-Jan-07 Sacramento, CA Sacramento Memorial Aud.
30-Jan-07 Salt Lake City, UT Great Salt Air
31-Jan-07 Denver, CO Fillmore Auditorium
2-Feb-07 Oklahoma City, OK Bricktown Events Center
3-Feb-07 Kansas City, KS Memorial Hall
5-Feb-07 Indianapolis, IN Egyptian Room
7-Feb-07 London, ON Labatt Centre
8-Feb-07 Hamilton, ON Copps Coliseum
9-Feb-07 Ottawa, ON Scotiabank Place
10-Feb-07 Poughkeepsie, NY Mid Hudson Civic Center
12-Feb-07 Columbus, OH LC Pavilion
13-Feb-07 Youngstown, OH Chevrolet Center
15-Feb-07 New York, NY Hammerstein
16-Feb-07 Providence, RI Lupo's at the Strand
17-Feb-07 Atlantic City, NJ House Of Blues
19-Feb-07 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
22-Feb-07 Myrtle Beach, SC House Of Blues
23-Feb-07 Orlando, FL House Of Blues
24-Feb-07 Ft Lauderdale, FL Revolution
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| Source: | myspace.com |
| Band profile: | Slayer |
| Event: | Slayer: US Tour |
Cradle Of Filth - Finds Replacement Drummer
A replacement for just recently departed Cradle Of Filth drummer Adrian Erlandson has been announced. The band has recruited Czech drummer Marthus (Martin ?karoupka). ?karoupka is 25 and has previously played in such bands as Galactic Industry and Inner Fear.
Here is a comment by Cradle Of Filth: "A fine gent whose skills are second to none, Martin will be continuing to play on the rest of the tour. Those of you who have already seen us you will know that Martin is more than qualified for the job!"
Here is a comment by Cradle Of Filth: "A fine gent whose skills are second to none, Martin will be continuing to play on the rest of the tour. Those of you who have already seen us you will know that Martin is more than qualified for the job!"
| Source: | roadrunnerrecords.com |
| Band profile: | Cradle Of Filth |
Axel Rudi Pell - European Tour Dates Announced
Here are the dates for the second leg of the Mystica Tour in 2007. Get your tickets soon... the first part of the tour in Sept./Oct. was sold out very quick nearly everywhere !
Jan. 30 - Fulda (Kreuz) Germany
Jan. 31 - Augsburg (Spektrum) Germany
Feb. 2 - Madrid (Heineken) Spain
Feb. 3 - Bergara (Jam) Spain
Feb. 4 - Barcelona (Razzmatazz 2) Spain
Feb. 6 - Zürich (Rohstofflager) Switzerland
Feb. 7 - Heidelberg (Halle 02) Germany
Feb. 8 - London (Mean Fiddler) UK
Feb. 9 - Helmond (Plato) Netherlands
May 25 - 27 - Gelsenkirchen (Amphitheater) - Rock Hard Festival
Jan. 30 - Fulda (Kreuz) Germany
Jan. 31 - Augsburg (Spektrum) Germany
Feb. 2 - Madrid (Heineken) Spain
Feb. 3 - Bergara (Jam) Spain
Feb. 4 - Barcelona (Razzmatazz 2) Spain
Feb. 6 - Zürich (Rohstofflager) Switzerland
Feb. 7 - Heidelberg (Halle 02) Germany
Feb. 8 - London (Mean Fiddler) UK
Feb. 9 - Helmond (Plato) Netherlands
May 25 - 27 - Gelsenkirchen (Amphitheater) - Rock Hard Festival
| Source: | axel-rudi-pell.de |
| Band profile: | Axel Rudi Pell |
| Event: | Axel Rudi Pell: Mystica Tour |
Cradle Of Filth - Drummer Leaves Band
After months of rumors and speculation, British extreme metallers Cradle Of Filth have officially confirmed the departure of drummer Adrian Erlandsson. According to an official press release, "Erlandsson has found that his two side projects Needleye and Nemhain are taking up more and more of his time and has made the decision to leave Cradle Of Filth so he can concentrate more of his energies on them."
Commented Adrian: "I have enjoyed my time with Cradle but it is now time to move on. I feel I am going out on a high as 'Thornography' is definitely our best album to date."
Over the course of the last few months, rumors of Adrian's departure have been gaining strength, with several "in-the-know" parties claiming that Adrian was fired from the group just days before they were to sign a new publishing deal. As a result, it was reported (but not officially confirmed) that Erlandsson was relegated to the status of a "session" member (whereby he was paid only for time worked and was not entitled to any publishing or artist royalties), a situation which was rumored to have strained his relationship with the band's frontman Dani Davey (a.k.a. Dani Filth).
In the last few weeks, Erlandsson ? a native Swede who was in At The Gates and The Haunted prior to joining Cradle Of Filth ? has been getting increasingly involved in outside projects ? such as Nemhain (which is fronted by Erlandsson's wife, fetish model Morrigan Hel; a.k.a. Amber England) and Needleye ? culminating in his non-appearance in Cradle Of Filth's new video for the song "Temptation".
Commented Adrian: "I have enjoyed my time with Cradle but it is now time to move on. I feel I am going out on a high as 'Thornography' is definitely our best album to date."
Over the course of the last few months, rumors of Adrian's departure have been gaining strength, with several "in-the-know" parties claiming that Adrian was fired from the group just days before they were to sign a new publishing deal. As a result, it was reported (but not officially confirmed) that Erlandsson was relegated to the status of a "session" member (whereby he was paid only for time worked and was not entitled to any publishing or artist royalties), a situation which was rumored to have strained his relationship with the band's frontman Dani Davey (a.k.a. Dani Filth).
In the last few weeks, Erlandsson ? a native Swede who was in At The Gates and The Haunted prior to joining Cradle Of Filth ? has been getting increasingly involved in outside projects ? such as Nemhain (which is fronted by Erlandsson's wife, fetish model Morrigan Hel; a.k.a. Amber England) and Needleye ? culminating in his non-appearance in Cradle Of Filth's new video for the song "Temptation".
| Source: | blabbermouth.net |
| Band profile: | Cradle Of Filth |
Twisted Sister - 'Oh Come All Ye Faithful' Video Posted Online
Twisted Sister's video for the track "Oh Come All Ye Faithful" has been posted online here.
The song has been selected as the new single from the band's "A Twisted Christmas" collection of metal versions of holiday classics, which came out on October 17 via Razor & Tie Records. The single will go for radio adds on November 27-28.
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The song has been selected as the new single from the band's "A Twisted Christmas" collection of metal versions of holiday classics, which came out on October 17 via Razor & Tie Records. The single will go for radio adds on November 27-28.
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| Source: | youtube.com |
| Band profile: | Twisted Sister |
The Berzerker - Forced To Cancel Gig After Club Burns Down
The Berzerker have been forced to cancel their Birmingham show after the club burnt down. The Berzerker himself has this to say:
"As im sure some of your are aware Edward's No.8 club has burnt to the ground. We were set to play there on the 14th of December. We are sorting out a new veune as we speak and details will follow as they are confirmed"
A major fire has destroyed the busy nightclub in Birmingham's city centre. Five hundred people had to be led to safety as the blaze took hold in the early hours at Edward's No.8 club. Ten people were treated for minor injuries but firefighters, who praised nightclub staff for their actions, say all inside the club escaped.
"As im sure some of your are aware Edward's No.8 club has burnt to the ground. We were set to play there on the 14th of December. We are sorting out a new veune as we speak and details will follow as they are confirmed"
A major fire has destroyed the busy nightclub in Birmingham's city centre. Five hundred people had to be led to safety as the blaze took hold in the early hours at Edward's No.8 club. Ten people were treated for minor injuries but firefighters, who praised nightclub staff for their actions, say all inside the club escaped.
| Source: | theberzerker.com |
| Band profile: | The Berzerker |
The Faceless - Debut Ablum Tracks Streaming Online
Multiple tracks from US Death Metal band The Faceless' debut album "Akeldama" that hits stores yesterday (November14) are available for streaming at http://www.myspace.com/thefaceless.
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| Source: | myspace.com |
Korpiklaani - Enter The Studio
Korpiklaani has started recording their upcoming album at their beloved Fantom-studio where Samu Oittinen is turning the knobs again. The fourth album, work-titled as "I've never even heard these songs and certainly can't play 'em" is planned to be released on the spring of 2007.
| Source: | korpiklaani.com |
| Band profile: | Korpiklaani |