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Queensryche - Set Release Date For new Album
Queensryche have set a March 14, 2006 release date for the sequel to their concept album, Operation: Mindcrime, tentatively titled Operation: Mindcrime II. Guitar overdubs for the CD were completed last week, according to a posting on the group's website. The album will be released through Rhino Entertainment.
| Source: | Dutch Progressive Rock Page |
| Band profile: | Queensrÿche |
Luca Turilli - Working On New Album
According to a post in the official Luca Turilli's forum, a new album is on the works and is expected to be released in January/February 2006. The cover art of the album will be revealed soon.
| Source: | lturilli.com |
| Band profile: | Luca Turilli |
Dissection - Bassist Leaves The Band
The following message was posted on Dissection's website explaining the reasons of the departure:
"As a result of bassist Haakon Forwald's family situation back home in Norway and his initiatory work with the Norwegian cell division of the Misanthropic Luciferian Order (MLO) it has been decided that Forwald will step back from the position as Dissection's bass player in order to focus on his esoteric and exoteric work in Norway. Dissection wish Forwald the best of luck on the path to anti-cosmic gnosis and thank him for his time with the band.
This will not affect the two upcoming shows in Sweden and Germany booked for December and January where Dissection for the last time ever will perform a set based solely on the old albums!
Bass player candidates already exist and are currently being tried out in rehearsals!"
"As a result of bassist Haakon Forwald's family situation back home in Norway and his initiatory work with the Norwegian cell division of the Misanthropic Luciferian Order (MLO) it has been decided that Forwald will step back from the position as Dissection's bass player in order to focus on his esoteric and exoteric work in Norway. Dissection wish Forwald the best of luck on the path to anti-cosmic gnosis and thank him for his time with the band.
This will not affect the two upcoming shows in Sweden and Germany booked for December and January where Dissection for the last time ever will perform a set based solely on the old albums!
Bass player candidates already exist and are currently being tried out in rehearsals!"
| Source: | dissection.nu |
| Band profile: | Dissection |
Coldseed - Soilwork/Savage Circus Collaboration
Speed's and Thomen's band signed.
Soilwork singer Björn "Speed" Strid and former Blind Guardian/current Savage Circus skinsman Thomen Stauch are collaborating on a band called Coldseed - and signed a deal with Nuclear Blast! Expect their debut album in spring 2006!.
- Nuclear Blast Newsletter -
Soilwork singer Björn "Speed" Strid and former Blind Guardian/current Savage Circus skinsman Thomen Stauch are collaborating on a band called Coldseed - and signed a deal with Nuclear Blast! Expect their debut album in spring 2006!.
- Nuclear Blast Newsletter -
| Band profile: | Soilwork |
Turisas - Update On Georg Laakso's Condition
The band posted the following update about guitarist Georg Laakso's condition and details about his accident on the official website:
"Dear friends,
The last two weeks have been an extremely hard time for us and we hope that you understand how difficult it has been for us to come out with an update on Georg's condition. There have been days when the situation has appeared to be very dark, as well as days bringing good news and glimpses of hope. Georg's condition is now somewhat stable, but still extremely severe and the risk of different complications is still evident. The following part will give you more information on what actually happened and how things have moved on since then.
The accident took place two weeks ago, on the night between Thursday and Friday (27.-28.10.) when, for a reason still unknown, Georg's car swerved off the highway, crashing through an elk-fence before coming to a halt 60 meters farther ahead. The first reports on the accident did not come in before early Friday morning and the first police patrol was at the scene around 8 am. They, however, did not notice the unconscious Georg who was lying on the ground approximately 5 meters from the vehicle. Neither did the following patrol which came to the scene later in the afternoon to add some more police tape in the fence as a signal to the motorists passing by that the police had already been there. Georg was reported missing on Friday afternoon. It was not before 6 pm Georg's brother found him at the scene of the accident and called the emergency number. When Georg was lifted up from the ground his heart stopped beating. At that point he had been lying unconscious on the icy ground for some 12 hours minimum, and his body temperature had gone down to 20.1 °C. No other persons were involved in the accident.
Georg was rushed to Hämeenlinna Central Hospital and later in the night transferred to the intensive care unit at Meilahti Hospital in Helsinki. During this time the nursing staff kept his heart beating by hand for well over four hours. At Meilahti Hospital he was connected to a heart-lung machine and heart operation was started immediately.
During the last two weeks Georg has gone through several operations on his heart, abdomen, feet etc. His body temperature has been raised slowly up towards normal, which has brought up some problems with his right leg not heating up properly due to bad frostbites. He has shown marks of consciousness throughout last week, and has been awake for short periods during the last days, but is still kept under anaesthesia and heavy narcosis most of the time. His heart is now somewhat working on its own, but his breathing is still controlled by a respirator, and there are also problems with his kidneys. Apart from a few broken ribs and a minor fracture in his jaw, the crash did not cause notable external damage. Recent scans have not shown any signs of brain damage either, but at this stage that is still far too early to speculate on.
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"Dear friends,
The last two weeks have been an extremely hard time for us and we hope that you understand how difficult it has been for us to come out with an update on Georg's condition. There have been days when the situation has appeared to be very dark, as well as days bringing good news and glimpses of hope. Georg's condition is now somewhat stable, but still extremely severe and the risk of different complications is still evident. The following part will give you more information on what actually happened and how things have moved on since then.
The accident took place two weeks ago, on the night between Thursday and Friday (27.-28.10.) when, for a reason still unknown, Georg's car swerved off the highway, crashing through an elk-fence before coming to a halt 60 meters farther ahead. The first reports on the accident did not come in before early Friday morning and the first police patrol was at the scene around 8 am. They, however, did not notice the unconscious Georg who was lying on the ground approximately 5 meters from the vehicle. Neither did the following patrol which came to the scene later in the afternoon to add some more police tape in the fence as a signal to the motorists passing by that the police had already been there. Georg was reported missing on Friday afternoon. It was not before 6 pm Georg's brother found him at the scene of the accident and called the emergency number. When Georg was lifted up from the ground his heart stopped beating. At that point he had been lying unconscious on the icy ground for some 12 hours minimum, and his body temperature had gone down to 20.1 °C. No other persons were involved in the accident.
Georg was rushed to Hämeenlinna Central Hospital and later in the night transferred to the intensive care unit at Meilahti Hospital in Helsinki. During this time the nursing staff kept his heart beating by hand for well over four hours. At Meilahti Hospital he was connected to a heart-lung machine and heart operation was started immediately.
During the last two weeks Georg has gone through several operations on his heart, abdomen, feet etc. His body temperature has been raised slowly up towards normal, which has brought up some problems with his right leg not heating up properly due to bad frostbites. He has shown marks of consciousness throughout last week, and has been awake for short periods during the last days, but is still kept under anaesthesia and heavy narcosis most of the time. His heart is now somewhat working on its own, but his breathing is still controlled by a respirator, and there are also problems with his kidneys. Apart from a few broken ribs and a minor fracture in his jaw, the crash did not cause notable external damage. Recent scans have not shown any signs of brain damage either, but at this stage that is still far too early to speculate on.
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| Source: | turisas.com |
| Band profile: | Turisas |
Eidolon - No New Records For Quite Some Time
After the release of Eidolon's upcoming album "The Parallel Otherworld", Glen and Shawn Drover will take a break from Eidolon to concentrate on Megadeth.
Shawn Drover posted the following on the official website:
"At this time, we are in the process of getting the remaining tracks recorded for the Eidolon record - Nils has just finished the vocal tracks 100% today, so we should be receiving them at the studio in Toronto in a few weeks, after editing is done in Norway. Adrian has 2 bass tracks yet to complete, which I believe will happen within 1 week - Glen has all of his guitar solos to record, which is normal procedure for us, as he likes to do his solos last. With this said, we are looking at mixing/mastering this record starting January 1st-9th. Once the record is finished, we ship it off to Escapi - I cannot reveal the release date, as I have no idea when it will be released. Sometime in 2006 is a safe bet, I assume.
Since this will be the last Eidolon record for some time ( our priority is with MEGADETH ) we really wanted to have some musicians that we admire to play on certain tracks - As I write this, we have Hank Sherman/Michael Denner ( Mercyful Fate/Force of evil ) playing on "The Oath " which, by the way, sounds amazing!!!! Glen sent me a file of the song, via Whale Mail and it just put a big smile on my face. Glen handled the keyboard intro to the song ( we originally thought of using somebody else to record it, but nixed the idea ) it all sounds great - enough said on that.
As well, we have Michael Romeo ( Symphony X ) doing a trade off solo with Glen on another track, and we just confirmed Kim Mitchell ( Max Webster, Kim Mitchell band ) for a trade off solo with Glen as well. I cannot express how happy I am to have Kim perform on our record, as we have been huge fans of his playing, as well as Michael Romeo - we became good friends with him during Gigantour, so this was a no-brainer, really.
The 1 thing I will always be proud of with Eidolon, after 10 years now, is that we always did what we wanted to do, 100%, and never catered to whatever trend was happening at the time. We always made music to make US happy 1st - the fact that others like us is just icing on the cake!!! We never sold 1,000,000 record or anything like that, but we never cared about that anyways. Music was, is and will always be the #1 priority with Glen and myself."
Shawn Drover posted the following on the official website:
"At this time, we are in the process of getting the remaining tracks recorded for the Eidolon record - Nils has just finished the vocal tracks 100% today, so we should be receiving them at the studio in Toronto in a few weeks, after editing is done in Norway. Adrian has 2 bass tracks yet to complete, which I believe will happen within 1 week - Glen has all of his guitar solos to record, which is normal procedure for us, as he likes to do his solos last. With this said, we are looking at mixing/mastering this record starting January 1st-9th. Once the record is finished, we ship it off to Escapi - I cannot reveal the release date, as I have no idea when it will be released. Sometime in 2006 is a safe bet, I assume.
Since this will be the last Eidolon record for some time ( our priority is with MEGADETH ) we really wanted to have some musicians that we admire to play on certain tracks - As I write this, we have Hank Sherman/Michael Denner ( Mercyful Fate/Force of evil ) playing on "The Oath " which, by the way, sounds amazing!!!! Glen sent me a file of the song, via Whale Mail and it just put a big smile on my face. Glen handled the keyboard intro to the song ( we originally thought of using somebody else to record it, but nixed the idea ) it all sounds great - enough said on that.
As well, we have Michael Romeo ( Symphony X ) doing a trade off solo with Glen on another track, and we just confirmed Kim Mitchell ( Max Webster, Kim Mitchell band ) for a trade off solo with Glen as well. I cannot express how happy I am to have Kim perform on our record, as we have been huge fans of his playing, as well as Michael Romeo - we became good friends with him during Gigantour, so this was a no-brainer, really.
The 1 thing I will always be proud of with Eidolon, after 10 years now, is that we always did what we wanted to do, 100%, and never catered to whatever trend was happening at the time. We always made music to make US happy 1st - the fact that others like us is just icing on the cake!!! We never sold 1,000,000 record or anything like that, but we never cared about that anyways. Music was, is and will always be the #1 priority with Glen and myself."
| Source: | eidolon-nightmareworld.com |
| Band profile: | Eidolon |
Shadowkeep - To Enter The Studio
The following message was posted on the band's website:
"ShadowKeep begin recording their 3rd studio album on the 12th of December at Thin Ice Studios with Karl Groom producing once again. This latest visit to Thin Ice will be the culmination of many months of hard work and will unleash the vocal talents of Richie Wicks and one of the tightest rhythm sections in Metal, drummer Scott Higham and bassist Stony Grantham combined with ShadowKeep founders Chris Allen and Nicki Robson promises to be an album to establish the band as the UK's no.1 Power Metal act! More news to follow soon!"
"ShadowKeep begin recording their 3rd studio album on the 12th of December at Thin Ice Studios with Karl Groom producing once again. This latest visit to Thin Ice will be the culmination of many months of hard work and will unleash the vocal talents of Richie Wicks and one of the tightest rhythm sections in Metal, drummer Scott Higham and bassist Stony Grantham combined with ShadowKeep founders Chris Allen and Nicki Robson promises to be an album to establish the band as the UK's no.1 Power Metal act! More news to follow soon!"
| Source: | shadowkeepmetal.net |
Hate Profile - Debut Delayed
The release of The Khaos Hatefile has been postponed to the 20th of December in order to set a single release-day for Europe and the rest of the world, promotionals are avilable.
http://www.hateprofile.net
http://www.hateprofile.net
Opeth - Guests of Headbanger's Ball
Swedish metal legends Opeth are the special guests of this Saturday's Headbanger's Ball, which, as you probably know, airs on MTV2 at 10pm EST.
Naturally, their striking video for "The Grand Conjuration" will also be featured, along with Chimaira's "Nothing Remains," and many, many more head-banging delights.
Naturally, their striking video for "The Grand Conjuration" will also be featured, along with Chimaira's "Nothing Remains," and many, many more head-banging delights.
| Source: | roadrunnerrecords.com |
| Band profile: | Opeth |
Angtoria - Record Deal With Listenable
ANGTORIA signs record deal with Listenable Records!
Swedish/Uk based orchestral metal band ANGTORIA has as a result of their collaboration with Fortress Music And Artist Management teamed up with Listenable Records and signed a record deal! Formed in July 2004, this female fronted band consist of singer Sarah Jezebel Deva (known from Cradle Of Filth, Therion, Mortiis etc), musician/composer Chris Rehn (Abyssos) and musician/composer Tommy Rehn (Moahni Moahna).
Having already recieved numerous top rated reviews and awards for their demo in magazines all over the world, the collaboration with Listenable Records will reveal their awaited debut album scheduled to be released worldwide in spring 2006.
Visit http://www.listenable.net or http://www.angtoria.com for official information and updates.
Email: info@angtoria.com
Swedish/Uk based orchestral metal band ANGTORIA has as a result of their collaboration with Fortress Music And Artist Management teamed up with Listenable Records and signed a record deal! Formed in July 2004, this female fronted band consist of singer Sarah Jezebel Deva (known from Cradle Of Filth, Therion, Mortiis etc), musician/composer Chris Rehn (Abyssos) and musician/composer Tommy Rehn (Moahni Moahna).
Having already recieved numerous top rated reviews and awards for their demo in magazines all over the world, the collaboration with Listenable Records will reveal their awaited debut album scheduled to be released worldwide in spring 2006.
Visit http://www.listenable.net or http://www.angtoria.com for official information and updates.
Email: info@angtoria.com
Jeff Walker - To Release Country Covers Album
Fractured Transmitter Recording Company announced the release of the Jeff Walker solo album entitled "Welcome to Carcass Cunty", which is expected to come out in February or March 2006. In this album there will be guests "from bands such as Carcass, Amorphis, Napalm Death, Faith No More, and The Hellacopters".
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| Source: | fracturedtransmitter.com |
| Band profile: | Carcass |
Cryptopsy - Drummer To Release DVD
Unleashed - Out Of X-mass Tour, Plans New Record
The band posted the following message on their website:
"Warriors !!!
Since the beginning of this year we have announced and promoted our confirmed participation on the X-mass tour 2005.
According to the promoter Metallysee, Nuclear Blast records have now sponsored the tour and also have the right to choose which bands they want next to theirs on the bill.
Accordingly, they ordered Unleashed off the bill, scared shitless of the competition Unleashed would cause, or just don't like us ?
Smart move either way, and quite understandable.
We have tried to book a replacement tour for December as announced on our website.
Unfortunately, time was not on our side to do so and we will have to reschedule for next year. We will now concentrate on the final details of the upcoming DVD release and also our 8th full length album. We plan to enter the studio in January 2006.
Johnny & The Boys"
"Warriors !!!
Since the beginning of this year we have announced and promoted our confirmed participation on the X-mass tour 2005.
According to the promoter Metallysee, Nuclear Blast records have now sponsored the tour and also have the right to choose which bands they want next to theirs on the bill.
Accordingly, they ordered Unleashed off the bill, scared shitless of the competition Unleashed would cause, or just don't like us ?
Smart move either way, and quite understandable.
We have tried to book a replacement tour for December as announced on our website.
Unfortunately, time was not on our side to do so and we will have to reschedule for next year. We will now concentrate on the final details of the upcoming DVD release and also our 8th full length album. We plan to enter the studio in January 2006.
Johnny & The Boys"
| Source: | unleashed.se |
| Band profile: | Unleashed |
Death Angel - New Project By Frontman
This is a message from Mark Osegueda, frontman of Death Angel, posted on the band's website:
"Hey Guys!! It's Mark here. Thank you for all the support. You guys Fucking rule!!! Just letting you know that I have a new band. Don't get me wrong. I still sing for Death Angel. But while there is this bit of down time. I needed to keep busy. So new is this band that we don't even have a name yet. But I'm lovin it. And it's fun as hell playing again. Probably won't start playing out till early next year. The Music is more straight ahead Balls out rock. (Mc5/ The Bronx) short punchy songs. Very in your face!! For those of you from the Bay Area. The band consists of a couple of guys from Lica-sto, a guy from Tres Pistolas, a guy who was in The Sick, and The OOzies, and a guy from Death Angel!!(me). We have like 6 songs, and more keep coming fast. I'll keep you all posted. But I assure you this does not mean Death Angel is dead. I can't wait to be on stage again with them. But Music is my life, and I can only stay still for so long!! I also can't wait to play out with these guys. It's F*cking Fun man!! Until then, I'll keep you posted. I miss every one of you beautiful mother fucker's.
See you soon. But never soon enough for me."
"Hey Guys!! It's Mark here. Thank you for all the support. You guys Fucking rule!!! Just letting you know that I have a new band. Don't get me wrong. I still sing for Death Angel. But while there is this bit of down time. I needed to keep busy. So new is this band that we don't even have a name yet. But I'm lovin it. And it's fun as hell playing again. Probably won't start playing out till early next year. The Music is more straight ahead Balls out rock. (Mc5/ The Bronx) short punchy songs. Very in your face!! For those of you from the Bay Area. The band consists of a couple of guys from Lica-sto, a guy from Tres Pistolas, a guy who was in The Sick, and The OOzies, and a guy from Death Angel!!(me). We have like 6 songs, and more keep coming fast. I'll keep you all posted. But I assure you this does not mean Death Angel is dead. I can't wait to be on stage again with them. But Music is my life, and I can only stay still for so long!! I also can't wait to play out with these guys. It's F*cking Fun man!! Until then, I'll keep you posted. I miss every one of you beautiful mother fucker's.
See you soon. But never soon enough for me."
| Source: | deathangel.com |
| Band profile: | Death Angel |
Dream Evil - Pre-Production Mode
Dream Evil is currently in pre-production mode for their yet untitled fourth album. Some song titles are the following: See no Evil-Hear no Evil-Speak no Evil, Glorious, Speed Demon, Let's Heavy Metal (ourselves to death), Gladiator, Weekend Warrior, Do the sign, 21, Out of the sunlight.
In other news Dream evil found "a suitable manager", and the new band's website will be launch soon.
In other news Dream evil found "a suitable manager", and the new band's website will be launch soon.
| Source: | snowyshaw.com |
| Band profile: | Dream Evil |