US doom band started writting a new album, their follow up to "The Pale Hunt Departure". Paul Kuhr commented: "We are currently in the writing process of the new CD, and early plans are to begin recording in April 2006. The new material is a huge step forward in song writing, not only separating our sound from our peers, but digging deep into our roots of early Chicago death metal. Faster, heavier, and relentless. It will be quite difficult to label us in the 'doom' category after this release."

The band also was confirmed for the Heathen Crusade Metalfest.

Source:	theendrecords.com
Band profile:	Novembers Doom

An update was posted at Marty Friedman's website, He, together with Paul Gibert, will appear on a special DVD of Young Guitar magazine. Also it reports that "Marty is making progress on his upcoming solo album. Engineer/co-producer Allen Isaacs (Sex Machine Guns, Mayo Okamoto) is in Los Angeles editing the first batch of tracks. Recording will commence in Tokyo in December."

For more info go to: http://www.martyfriedman.com

Belgian Black Metal pioneers Ancient Rites are heading back to the studio to record their long awaited follow-up to 2001's "Dim Carcosa".

"They are also pleased to announce that Ancient Rites have found a new record label in Season of Mist, also the home of bands like the legendary Mayhem, Rotting Christ and Arcturus. Needless to say the band is really happy with both the new label and heading back to the Spacelab studio in Germany."

Ancient Rites started recording the new album on November 21st, 2005, under the guidance and supervision of veteran AR producers Oliver Phillips and Christian Moos.

The album will most likely be released before the summer of 2006, after which Ancient Rites, now a septet since the return of former members Domingo Smets and Raf Jansen last year, will once again play live to spread their new music. Concerts all over Europe and the U.K. are being negotiated and arranged as we speak, so expect the band to be out there in full blast next year.

http://www.season-of-mist.com

Band profile:

Ancient Rites

The band inked a deal with UK label Candlelight Records.

The Band entered the studio to record a new, album entitled "As Everything Is A Tragedy", that is planed to be released in early 2006.

Source:

candlelightrecords.co.uk

Seminal avant-garde metal pioneers CELTIC FROST have been confirmed for next year's Wacken Open Air, set to take place August 3-5, 2006 in Wacken, Germany. The reunited band will perform a 90-minute "best of" set (including new songs) on August 4 on the "Blackstage." The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order):

CELTIC FROST
CHILDREN OF BODOM
DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER
EMPEROR
FINNTROLL
IN EXTREMO
NEVERMORE
SOILWORK
SUBWAY TO SALLY

As previously reported, CELTIC FROST have set "Dark Matter Manifest" as the tentative title of their first album in 13 years. The culmination of some three and a half years of songwriting and recording work, the album was largely produced by the band themselves and financed by their own production company, with additional assistance from HYPOCRISY/PAIN mastermind Peter Tägtgren during the final recording and mixing sessions at Horus Sound Studio in Hanover, Germany. Negotiations with a variety of labels are currently underway, and the album is scheduled for a release in early 2006. Original CELTIC FROST members Tom Gabriel Fischer (voice and guitars) and Martin Eric Ain (bass) are joined by Erol Unala (guitar) and Franco Sesa (drums). The band are now managed by Antje Lange for The A Label in Berlin, Germany.

Sources: http://www.blabbermouth.net & http://www.wacken.com

Band profile:

Celtic Frost

The great label "Onslaught Records" (http://www.onslaughter.net/) just signed an Italian band in the direction of releasing their second Full Length album called "Decorations Of Pantheon".

The band is "Perfidy Biblical", a blasphemous Death Metal band located in Rome, This album will be released soon (maybe February 2006) and it's already making a lot of noise in the metal scene.

Metal Storm will follow this topic closely; soon you'll have more info available?wait for the Review too.

Check the band's sites:
http://www.geocities.com/perfidybiblical/
http://www.perfidybiblical.net/
http://www.myspace.com/perfidybiblical/

Finland's WALTARI have inked a deal with Dockyard 1, the new company formed by Dirk Putzke, Christine Stephan (both ex-Sanctuary/Noise Records) and Piet Sielck (IRON SAVIOR). The band's new album, "Blood Sample" (view cover at http://www.waltarimusic.com/all/bloodsample/bloodsample320.gif), is scheduled for release in March 2006.

Source:

blabbermouth.net

Aarni is currently working in the Skepticism cover song, for a tribute album to be release by Foreshadow Productions/Red Stream. After this Aarni will start the works on the follow up album to "Bathos". The songs for the new album are expected to be "longer, heavier, generally slower and more introverted & ambient than on Bathos. Also more beautiful and grotesque." The album is expected to be out sometime in 2006.

In other news the 2001 & 2002 demos have been re-mastered and will be released together in one album. The differences in this new release are that "the general volume level is higher and the mix is more dynamic".

Source:	aarni.info
Band profile:	Aarni

INBORN SUFFERING has just finished its first album entitled "WORDLESS HOPE"... more than one hour of doom/death in made line our first demo left last April & always available...

this album contains 8 titles, including one instrumental & the 3 titles of the demo in different versions this album was recorded & mixed between May & September 2005, by Andrew (heol telwen, the arrs, black god, bran barr, carnal lust, etc) in Hybreed Studio in Fontenay s/bois (France)...

Tracklist:
01. THE AGONY WITHIN
02. INBORN SUFFERING
03. AS I CLOSE MY EYES
04. STYGIAN DARKNESS
05. THIS IS WHO WE ARE
06. WORDLESS HOPE (instru)
07. MONOLITH
08. THORN OF DECEIT

...Taken from the Paris gig , april 14th (with Mourning Beloveth, Mar De Grises, Ataraxie)

enjoy:

http://62.193.235.178/video/INBORN_SUFFERING_stygian_darkness.wmv

mp3+pictures live, studio & promo on our website!

Tshirts & demos too

http://www.inborn-suffering.tk

Source:

Inborn Suffering

REBELLION, the German band that features in its ranks former GRAVE DIGGER members Uwe Lulis (guitar) and Tomi Göttlich (bass), have parted ways with guitarist Björn Eilen. "Unfortunately, Björn to quit the band health problems, and Simone has taken his place," the group write on their web site. A photo of the band's new lineup can be found at http://www.rebellion.st/images/Bandphoto_new1.jpg .

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Source:

blabbermouth.net

Eden Rabin's message:
"My dearest friends, As of today, I decided to leave Orphaned Land, due to personal reasons I do not wish to divulge. The OL members have always been dear friends, and they shall stay my friends for eternity. Who knows?!- Maybe we'll find ourselves on the same stage again one day.It is indeed possible! I can not stress enough the happiness and joy each and every one of you has brought upon my life! I'm always at your service: edenrabin@rightontime.co.il. Don't hesitate to write. And above all: THANK YOU, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU for everything! Yours truly, Eden"

Credits go to MegadethMustain (User)

Source:	orphaned-land.com
Band profile:	Orphaned Land

The new website of the Danish-American act Pyramaze is now launched.
Also, you will find the song "Souls In Pain" from their upcoming album "Legend Of The Bone Carver" in the MP3 section of the website.

Here's a statement about the release dates for the new album:

"We're pleased to announce that our record labels all over the world have decided on a common release schedule for "Legend Of The Bone Carver".

In Japan "King Records" will release the album on 22nd of February 2006. "Melodic Heaven" will release it in the rest of Asia on the same day. In France "Replica Records" will put it out in stores on February 27th, as will "Massacre Records" in the rest of Europe. Since the standard release dates in USA are Tuesdays, "Nightmare Records" will put it out the day after, February 28th 2006.

As you can see from the list above, we've changed labels in certain places. In Japan we're no longer signed to Toshiba/EMI, but have instead inked a deal with King Records. We'd especially like to thank our Japanese publisher, Mr. Koh Sakai at Burrn! Music, for his valuable help in signing with King Records.

In Europe, Replica Records have this time decided only to concentrate on France, thus leaving the rest of Europe for larger distribution / licensing through Massacre Records.

All of this should make it much easier to get hold of Pyramaze albums, no matter where you live. We're really happy about this, and we're looking forward to getting "Legend Of The Bone Carver" out in stores, and hear the feedback from fans and media."

Source:

pyramaze.com

Fan update - October 2005

First of all we would like thank the ones that showed up and supported us on Wave Gotik Treffen, Summer Breeze and Wacken Open Air. We had a great time.

As most of you know by now; we're currently in writing mode. Østen has been writing quite some of the lyrics, and both Anders and Einar are working busily with pre-production of the songs. Right now we are starting to jam on the new material as a complete band in the rehearsal room. We learned with Ashes how fruitful this can turn out; especially considering the vocals. The whole band is shaping the material together during this process, and each member adds a personal touch to his/her lines. Usually new ideas also is born through this process, and to a certain degree we are composing music from scratch this way. This time around we also have a "new" creative force in Svein Terje.

Not doing too many gigs at the moment, as we want to focus on the song writing. One of the few concerts we will do this period is in Norway: We will play the Karmøygeddon Arctic Festival, in Haugesund on November 12 th - together with Tömmermenn (some of us are huge fans of their music) and Evergrey, among others.

We were earlier hoping to do a full US tour during this autumn. Although a couple of offers came up, the right offer to support a headliner that somehow fits our sound didn't come up this time. The reason for this was mainly that a possible US tour would need to take place within a quite short time frame (after the summer festivals, before pre-production of the upcoming album). As US is a new territory to tour for us (Metalfest, LA in 2000 is our only US gig so far) we need to support a bigger band in order to tour the States. Off course no one can control who is touring at a given time, but we're confident that the first proper US tour will happen after the release of next year's album. We know from all the fan mail we have got during the years that a lot of people want us to come to US. Well, soon you will get this opportunity - we hope you'll use it!

Everything goes really well concerning writing the new material. Einar has built a home studio in the basement of his house, and we work there almost every weekend with pre-production of the new songs - using Nuendo. Quite soon we will also have ready a recording room for vocals connected to the studio. Other than that we are e-mailing ideas back and forth to each other and it slowly the songs are developed.

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Source:	tristania.com
Band profile:	Tristania

After some delays caused by some reasons, the new album of the Moscow-based band COMATOSE VIGIL - Not A Gleam Of Hope has finally been issued. This album is the second release of the funeral subdivision of Stygian Crypt productions - Marche Funebre productions. The band's music is majestic funeral doom in the vein of Skepticism and Shape Of Despair but has it's own unique atmosphere. The album was recorded at Moscow Navahohut studio and has the best quality of recording in today's Russian doom scene. You can order this CD through Stygian Crypt mailorder right now and at their distributors soon.

As posted in the official site:

Hey Callers,

At last, we can proudly present the new line up of Freedom Call!
After months of rehearsals and lots of auditions with many talented guitarplayers and bassplayers, we found with Lars (Guitar) and Armin (Bass) the right guys for the band.
We will start to practise early in december, so that we'll be good prepared for the upcoming tour with Rage in March 06. We also began with songwriting for the next album...
A big thanx to all musicians for their interest and being ready to practise our songs!

Greez & take care
Freedom Call

Band profile:

Freedom Call