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Necronomicon - Construction Of Evil
Founded back in 1983, the German oldschool thrash metal band Necronomicon has released an album after 9 years that will take you right back to the 80s. The album called Construction of Evil is nothing real innovative, but who cares, it's thrash. The old-school thrash fanatics will be very well pleased with this release.
Tracklist:
1. Stormbringer
2. Fiction
3. Hard pain
4. From hell
5. Alight
6. Paralizer
7. Bone daddy
8. Hills of dead
9. Fireball
10. Terrorist attack
11. Insanity
12. Possessed again
13. Hard pain (livetrack)
14. Insanity (livetrack)
15. Terrorist attack (videotrack)
Line-up:
- Freddy-guitars,vocals
- Axel-drums
- Mac-bass, backing vocals
- Jogi-guitars, backing vocals
Links:
http://www.necronomicon-online.de
http://www.remedyrecords.de
Tracklist:
1. Stormbringer
2. Fiction
3. Hard pain
4. From hell
5. Alight
6. Paralizer
7. Bone daddy
8. Hills of dead
9. Fireball
10. Terrorist attack
11. Insanity
12. Possessed again
13. Hard pain (livetrack)
14. Insanity (livetrack)
15. Terrorist attack (videotrack)
Line-up:
- Freddy-guitars,vocals
- Axel-drums
- Mac-bass, backing vocals
- Jogi-guitars, backing vocals
Links:
http://www.necronomicon-online.de
http://www.remedyrecords.de
| Band profile: | Necronomicon |
Iommi with Hughes to release 1996 DEP Sessions
A 8 tracks album of previously unreleased Iommi material with singer Glen Hughes will be release through Sanctuary Records at 28 of september the title will be: "The 1996 DEP Sessions".
The track list is a follow:
Gone
From Another World
Don't You Tell Me
Don't Drag The River
Fine
Time Is The Healer
I'm Not The Same Man
It Falls Through Me
You can see the covert art at:
http://www.iommi.com/images/The%201996%20DEP%20Sessions%20Final%20Cover%20web.jpg
For more info go to:
www.iommi.com
The track list is a follow:
Gone
From Another World
Don't You Tell Me
Don't Drag The River
Fine
Time Is The Healer
I'm Not The Same Man
It Falls Through Me
You can see the covert art at:
http://www.iommi.com/images/The%201996%20DEP%20Sessions%20Final%20Cover%20web.jpg
For more info go to:
www.iommi.com
| Band profile: | Black Sabbath |
Dark Tranquillity to release new EP in November 15
Sweden's Dark Tranquillity will be issuing a new EP, entitled "Lost to Apathy", on November 15 through Century Media Records. For the price of a regular single, the fans will get the following tracks and bonus features:
01. Lost to Apathy
02. Derivation TNB
03. The Endless Feed (Chaos Seed Remix)
04. Undo Control (live)
05. Lost to Apathy (video clip directed by Roger Johansson)
06. D.T. Screensaver
This single will serve to whet the fans' appetites for the group's seventh full-length offering, slated for worldwide release early next year.
01. Lost to Apathy
02. Derivation TNB
03. The Endless Feed (Chaos Seed Remix)
04. Undo Control (live)
05. Lost to Apathy (video clip directed by Roger Johansson)
06. D.T. Screensaver
This single will serve to whet the fans' appetites for the group's seventh full-length offering, slated for worldwide release early next year.
| Band profile: | Dark Tranquillity |
Type O Negative cancelled their U.S. tour!
TYPE O NEGATIVE's management has issued a statement regarding the postponement of the band's fall 2004 U.S. tour. It reads as follows:
"During a recent medical exam, undisclosed anomalies were discovered and it was suggested that Peter Steele, lead singer, bassist and songwriter, undergo further tests.
"As a firm timetable for the tests and the subsequent results is indeterminable, it has been decided to postpone the fall tour to a later date when there will be no foreseeable conflicts with scheduling.
"In the meantime, TYPE O NEGATIVE continues to work on the forthcoming release, the first for new label SPV, due in 2005."
Amorphis were supposed to go on the road along with Type O.
"During a recent medical exam, undisclosed anomalies were discovered and it was suggested that Peter Steele, lead singer, bassist and songwriter, undergo further tests.
"As a firm timetable for the tests and the subsequent results is indeterminable, it has been decided to postpone the fall tour to a later date when there will be no foreseeable conflicts with scheduling.
"In the meantime, TYPE O NEGATIVE continues to work on the forthcoming release, the first for new label SPV, due in 2005."
Amorphis were supposed to go on the road along with Type O.
| Band profile: | Type O Negative |
Quo Vadis Details on new album
"Hi everyone,
We are happy to announce further details of the next Quo Vadis record. First of all the title of the album is "Defiant Imagination". You may have heard rumors of the title being "To The Bitter End", however, we felt that the artwork that was chosen for this album, featured on top of the page, embodied the sound and feel of the record perfectly. It also fit with our secondary choice of title "Defiant Imagination". Great thanks to the artist (Skydancer) who has granted us the rights to use this amazing image. The album should be available in stores in Canada by early November via Fusion3/Skyscraper. Below is the track listing:
1. Silence Calls The Storm
2. In Contempt
3. Break The Cycle
4. Tunnel Effect
5. To The Bitter End
6. In Articulo Mortis
7. Fate's Descent
8. Dead Man's Diary
9. Ego Intuo et Servo Te
Finally we will be shooting a video for "In Contempt" starting the morning of Saturday September 18 before our show in Greenfield Park at another location. We will then rush to the show, and continue shooting on Sunday morning! The video should be available in conjunction with the album release. Hopefully we'll be able to post some screen shots for you soon.
Stay tuned for more details."
The Quo Vadis crew.
www.quovadis.qc.ca
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We are happy to announce further details of the next Quo Vadis record. First of all the title of the album is "Defiant Imagination". You may have heard rumors of the title being "To The Bitter End", however, we felt that the artwork that was chosen for this album, featured on top of the page, embodied the sound and feel of the record perfectly. It also fit with our secondary choice of title "Defiant Imagination". Great thanks to the artist (Skydancer) who has granted us the rights to use this amazing image. The album should be available in stores in Canada by early November via Fusion3/Skyscraper. Below is the track listing:
1. Silence Calls The Storm
2. In Contempt
3. Break The Cycle
4. Tunnel Effect
5. To The Bitter End
6. In Articulo Mortis
7. Fate's Descent
8. Dead Man's Diary
9. Ego Intuo et Servo Te
Finally we will be shooting a video for "In Contempt" starting the morning of Saturday September 18 before our show in Greenfield Park at another location. We will then rush to the show, and continue shooting on Sunday morning! The video should be available in conjunction with the album release. Hopefully we'll be able to post some screen shots for you soon.
Stay tuned for more details."
The Quo Vadis crew.
www.quovadis.qc.ca
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Elvenking Singer Damnagoras Rejoin the band
Italian "pagan metal" band ELVENKING have been rejoined by singer Damnagoras.
Damnagoras left the band in August 2002 due to "health reasons" and was replaced by Kleid.
More information on Damnagoras' return to the band will be made available in the next few days.
http://www.blabbermouth.net
Damnagoras left the band in August 2002 due to "health reasons" and was replaced by Kleid.
More information on Damnagoras' return to the band will be made available in the next few days.
http://www.blabbermouth.net
| Band profile: | Elvenking |
Exodus: Skinlab singer to replace Souza on Tour
Acording to a Statement post on the official exodus forum Steve Squievel, and clered that the tour is postponed(and not cancelled) here is the post:
"As recently released EXODUS have had quite a major
line-up change with the firing of lead singer, Steve
"Zetro" Souza and due to complications with
replacement singers EXODUS have had no choice but to
postpone the current dates for South America until the
band can return in late October with touring singer,
Steve Esquivel, of Skinlab.
Top Link Productions did a phenomenal job creating a
successful tour for EXODUS fulfilling all of their
obligations and providing the band with a great run of
dates. Therefore EXODUS would like to extend their
deepest apologies to Top Link Productions, local
promoters, booking agents and all EXODUS fans planning
to attend.
Please keep checking EXODUS' website
www.ExodusAttack.com for the rescheduled dates. Below
are the dates that are currently postponed."
http://www.exodusattack.com/phpBB/
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"As recently released EXODUS have had quite a major
line-up change with the firing of lead singer, Steve
"Zetro" Souza and due to complications with
replacement singers EXODUS have had no choice but to
postpone the current dates for South America until the
band can return in late October with touring singer,
Steve Esquivel, of Skinlab.
Top Link Productions did a phenomenal job creating a
successful tour for EXODUS fulfilling all of their
obligations and providing the band with a great run of
dates. Therefore EXODUS would like to extend their
deepest apologies to Top Link Productions, local
promoters, booking agents and all EXODUS fans planning
to attend.
Please keep checking EXODUS' website
www.ExodusAttack.com for the rescheduled dates. Below
are the dates that are currently postponed."
http://www.exodusattack.com/phpBB/
Read more ››
| Band profile: | Exodus |
Firebox records restructuring
Kostas Panagiotou, the member of the funeral-doom metal band Pantheist, posted yesterday (September the 16th) an interesting message on the doom-metal.com site. Here it is:
"Firebox Records has established a new sub-label 'Firedoom Music' to separate
their catalogue into more coherent sections. This is mostly done in order to
give artists on both labels the distribution and promotion they deserve.
The basic differences between the labels are:
FIREBOX RECORDS - The flagship of the company. Under the 'Firebox Records'
name the label will be releasing more "mainstream oriented" albums with full
promotional support.
Most of these bands will also gig and tour regularly.
Bands: Swallow The Sun, Total Devastation, Grave Flowers, Shadow Cut, The Eternal etc.
New signing: Fall of The Leafe (Finland)
FIREDOOM MUSIC - The finest of the underground (doom) metal. Under this
name the label will be releasing the more underground-oriented bands with
promotional support that is more geared towards that area. Bands: Aarni, Mar De Grises, Umbra Nihil, Until Death Overtakes Me, Woods of Belial, Tyranny.
New signing: Forest of Shadows (Sweden)".
www.doom-metal.com
"Firebox Records has established a new sub-label 'Firedoom Music' to separate
their catalogue into more coherent sections. This is mostly done in order to
give artists on both labels the distribution and promotion they deserve.
The basic differences between the labels are:
FIREBOX RECORDS - The flagship of the company. Under the 'Firebox Records'
name the label will be releasing more "mainstream oriented" albums with full
promotional support.
Most of these bands will also gig and tour regularly.
Bands: Swallow The Sun, Total Devastation, Grave Flowers, Shadow Cut, The Eternal etc.
New signing: Fall of The Leafe (Finland)
FIREDOOM MUSIC - The finest of the underground (doom) metal. Under this
name the label will be releasing the more underground-oriented bands with
promotional support that is more geared towards that area. Bands: Aarni, Mar De Grises, Umbra Nihil, Until Death Overtakes Me, Woods of Belial, Tyranny.
New signing: Forest of Shadows (Sweden)".
www.doom-metal.com
Megadeth - New bassist
Bassist James MacDonough recently spoke to the Iced Earth fan site http://www.iced-realm.de/ about his departure from Iced Earth and his new gig as the bassist for Megadeth. Several extractions from the interview follow:
Iced-Realm.de: How did you get the gig with Megadeth?
James MacDonough: "I knew the album was recorded at the beginning of the year and the guy that did the bass tracks was a session player named Jimmy Sloas, I didn't know if he was going to do the tour or not and e-mailed Dave (Mustaine, Megadeth mainman) about the position. I got a response a couple of days later that started the communication going. He told me this could be a very good thing and would keep me on a short list. Dave McRobb, Megadeth's webmaster got the ball rolling and was feeling people out for both the guitarist and the bassist position. The next thing I knew I was on a conference call with Dave and Dave, he told what he planned and what he expected of the person that would fill those shoes. I quickly knew that I had formed two very good friendships and the ball kept rolling. I videotaped myself playing a couple of Megadeth tunes and within a couple of days got a call from Dave Mustaine saying that he wanted me for the position."
Iced-Realm.de: Were there any auditions? If so, how did they go down?
James MacDonough: "The audition was not only about being able to play the tunes but had alot to do with personality and chemistry with each other, and of course enthusiasm and sincerity."
Iced-Realm.de: Have there already been any rehearsals with Megadeth?
James MacDonough: "Not as of yet, I'll be going out to work with (Megadeth drummer) Nick Menza for a week then going to full rehearsals, the tour will start on October 26'th in San Diego."
Iced-Realm.de: How is working with Dave? He's known to have quite some ego, as does Jon (Schaffer, Iced Earth mainman). Do they have anything in common/what are the differences?
James MacDonough: "Dave has made me feel like a band member already, he's shown me a lot of personal and professional respect. I haven't experienced any ego whatsoever as many perceive from him. Dave's very straightforward, speaks his mind, knows what he wants, and expects the best that you can give, and sometimes that's misconstrued as arrogance. I call it professionalism. Sure, there's opinionated people out there , but when you ask for the opinion, well, you're going to get it. If you want to know the difference between the two, it's like apples and oranges, two totally different people. Both are professional but have different ways of dealing with people and friends. I have posted something on Megadeth.com. I have a forum there called 'The Deep End' that might answer additional questions on some of these topics."
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Iced-Realm.de: How did you get the gig with Megadeth?
James MacDonough: "I knew the album was recorded at the beginning of the year and the guy that did the bass tracks was a session player named Jimmy Sloas, I didn't know if he was going to do the tour or not and e-mailed Dave (Mustaine, Megadeth mainman) about the position. I got a response a couple of days later that started the communication going. He told me this could be a very good thing and would keep me on a short list. Dave McRobb, Megadeth's webmaster got the ball rolling and was feeling people out for both the guitarist and the bassist position. The next thing I knew I was on a conference call with Dave and Dave, he told what he planned and what he expected of the person that would fill those shoes. I quickly knew that I had formed two very good friendships and the ball kept rolling. I videotaped myself playing a couple of Megadeth tunes and within a couple of days got a call from Dave Mustaine saying that he wanted me for the position."
Iced-Realm.de: Were there any auditions? If so, how did they go down?
James MacDonough: "The audition was not only about being able to play the tunes but had alot to do with personality and chemistry with each other, and of course enthusiasm and sincerity."
Iced-Realm.de: Have there already been any rehearsals with Megadeth?
James MacDonough: "Not as of yet, I'll be going out to work with (Megadeth drummer) Nick Menza for a week then going to full rehearsals, the tour will start on October 26'th in San Diego."
Iced-Realm.de: How is working with Dave? He's known to have quite some ego, as does Jon (Schaffer, Iced Earth mainman). Do they have anything in common/what are the differences?
James MacDonough: "Dave has made me feel like a band member already, he's shown me a lot of personal and professional respect. I haven't experienced any ego whatsoever as many perceive from him. Dave's very straightforward, speaks his mind, knows what he wants, and expects the best that you can give, and sometimes that's misconstrued as arrogance. I call it professionalism. Sure, there's opinionated people out there , but when you ask for the opinion, well, you're going to get it. If you want to know the difference between the two, it's like apples and oranges, two totally different people. Both are professional but have different ways of dealing with people and friends. I have posted something on Megadeth.com. I have a forum there called 'The Deep End' that might answer additional questions on some of these topics."
Read more ››
| Band profile: | Megadeth |
Solitude Aeturnus new website + news
Solitude Aeternus have just come out with an official website www.eternalsolitude.com.
The band is in the beginning stages of recording its sixth album "Alone" to be released by Massacre Records
(http://massacre-records.com/bands/bands.asp?bands=SOLITUDE+AETURNUS).
You could find a DEMO of "Waiting for the Light" on the new website which will be on the new album.
The band is in the beginning stages of recording its sixth album "Alone" to be released by Massacre Records
(http://massacre-records.com/bands/bands.asp?bands=SOLITUDE+AETURNUS).
You could find a DEMO of "Waiting for the Light" on the new website which will be on the new album.
| Band profile: | Solitude Aeturnus |
Last Listenable News...
LISTENABLE NEWS !!
NEW MP3s AVAILABLE
ANOREXIA NERVOSA offered us to put a new track ' Codex veritas' from their upcoming album 'Redemption process' on the LISTENABLE records website as well as JIGSORE TERROR , the new grindcore heroes a la TERRORIZER with 'Gorging on exposed arteries' from their debut album ' World end carnage' . Both albums are due to be released in Europe on Oct 12th. DOWNLOAD NOW !!!!
www.listenable.net
IMMOLATION : 'Bring down The World ' DVD is finally available from LISTENABLE records !
The definite masters of pure, genuine and unhealthy death metal IMMOLATION are finally releasing their debut DVD on 20/09/04 after many various manufacturing delays.
IMMOLATION 's DVD is a very fan orientated product gathering several shows in support of their successful 2002 album 'Unholy cult'.
It features a show filmed in Amsterdam in the huge place of the ROCK HEINEKEN music hall in front of 3000 people, filmed with 7 cameras.
There's a lot of onstage footage so the viewer get to know how this armageddon gets conceived. 3 other bonus shows are included, more in a high quality sounding bootleg range : A raging gig in Paris where the audience goes totally beserk, songs from a show in Tilburg at the 013 concert hall in fornt of 2000 attendees also, and a very recent show filmed in Los Angeles at the Key Club where you can feel the crowd was definitely dedicated fans.
IMMOLATION are really masters in a live situation, they own a particular groove that few bands have ever approached.
Interviews and amusing backstage stuff are joined as well showing a different side of this cult band.
Essential for fans of this fresh and unique sounding pure death metal band.
Raw and REAL live !
www.listenable.net
Read more ››
NEW MP3s AVAILABLE
ANOREXIA NERVOSA offered us to put a new track ' Codex veritas' from their upcoming album 'Redemption process' on the LISTENABLE records website as well as JIGSORE TERROR , the new grindcore heroes a la TERRORIZER with 'Gorging on exposed arteries' from their debut album ' World end carnage' . Both albums are due to be released in Europe on Oct 12th. DOWNLOAD NOW !!!!
www.listenable.net
IMMOLATION : 'Bring down The World ' DVD is finally available from LISTENABLE records !
The definite masters of pure, genuine and unhealthy death metal IMMOLATION are finally releasing their debut DVD on 20/09/04 after many various manufacturing delays.
IMMOLATION 's DVD is a very fan orientated product gathering several shows in support of their successful 2002 album 'Unholy cult'.
It features a show filmed in Amsterdam in the huge place of the ROCK HEINEKEN music hall in front of 3000 people, filmed with 7 cameras.
There's a lot of onstage footage so the viewer get to know how this armageddon gets conceived. 3 other bonus shows are included, more in a high quality sounding bootleg range : A raging gig in Paris where the audience goes totally beserk, songs from a show in Tilburg at the 013 concert hall in fornt of 2000 attendees also, and a very recent show filmed in Los Angeles at the Key Club where you can feel the crowd was definitely dedicated fans.
IMMOLATION are really masters in a live situation, they own a particular groove that few bands have ever approached.
Interviews and amusing backstage stuff are joined as well showing a different side of this cult band.
Essential for fans of this fresh and unique sounding pure death metal band.
Raw and REAL live !
www.listenable.net
Read more ››
Dead Soul Tribe free entrance show in Vienna
On the 3rd of October Deadsoul Tribe will play at the Chelsea in Vienna. As it is the record release party of the new CD 'The January Tree' the entrance is free!
http://www.deadsoultribe.com
http://www.chelsea.co.at/
http://www.deadsoultribe.com
http://www.chelsea.co.at/
Amorphis: Rehearsing with new vocalist
From Amorphis official page:
"A good time to inform that the rehearsings with JP Leppäluoto goes further exellent. We have been now two days in rehearsing flat and the result is great, JP has improved the band with a great talent and his voice matches perfectly to Amorphis songs so no worries. Also people who are sceptic about how the old tracks are going to be performed will be surprised... We´ll keep you updated about how the tour is going and try to put tour diary up. Shine on! -esa-"
http://www.amorphis.net/
"A good time to inform that the rehearsings with JP Leppäluoto goes further exellent. We have been now two days in rehearsing flat and the result is great, JP has improved the band with a great talent and his voice matches perfectly to Amorphis songs so no worries. Also people who are sceptic about how the old tracks are going to be performed will be surprised... We´ll keep you updated about how the tour is going and try to put tour diary up. Shine on! -esa-"
http://www.amorphis.net/
| Band profile: | Amorphis |
Forest Of Shadows News
The Swedish dark metal band Forest Of Shadows have signed a deal with Firebox! Their debut full-lenght album 'Departure' is scheduled for an October 2004 release.
http://www.firebox.fi/records/
They are currently mastering their album, at Finnvox studios in Helsinki, Finland. The band had previously issued a mini-CD, entitled "Conquest For The Empire", through Rage of Achilles.
http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net/
http://www.firebox.fi/records/
They are currently mastering their album, at Finnvox studios in Helsinki, Finland. The band had previously issued a mini-CD, entitled "Conquest For The Empire", through Rage of Achilles.
http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net/
| Band profile: | Forest Of Shadows |
Gathering - unreleased song on Telefunk tribute CD
The Gathering gives an unreleased song for the tribute CD to Telefunk
On Sunday October 17th 2004, the Gathering will pay their respect to Arnoudt & Simone by playing during the Songs for a Silver Surfer mini festival at the Burgerweeshuis in Deventer. On this day, a special Tribute CD will be available with all the bands on it that are participating this day! All the money goes to Simone and the 2 kids.
One year ago, the Gathering recorded some songs for an educational CD-ROM used as a part of History lessons. The Gathering has given one of those songs to contribute to the CD: Thunder Without Frequencies is a totally new and unreleased song. Please buy this CD in order to support Simone and her kids, to help them to build a new horizon line to their future!
After the tribute concert, the CD will be available as soon as possible on the Gathering's e-shop @ 4tune.
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On Sunday October 17th 2004, the Gathering will pay their respect to Arnoudt & Simone by playing during the Songs for a Silver Surfer mini festival at the Burgerweeshuis in Deventer. On this day, a special Tribute CD will be available with all the bands on it that are participating this day! All the money goes to Simone and the 2 kids.
One year ago, the Gathering recorded some songs for an educational CD-ROM used as a part of History lessons. The Gathering has given one of those songs to contribute to the CD: Thunder Without Frequencies is a totally new and unreleased song. Please buy this CD in order to support Simone and her kids, to help them to build a new horizon line to their future!
After the tribute concert, the CD will be available as soon as possible on the Gathering's e-shop @ 4tune.
Read more ››
| Source: | sandandmercury.com |
| Band profile: | The Gathering |