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Amberian Dawn - Album Audio Samples Online
Audio samples of all the tracks on Amberian Dawn's second album "The Clouds of Northland Thunder" are available for streaming at this location . The album will be released in Japan on May 13 and in the U.K. on April 22. The album will hit the streets in the rest of Europe sometime in June.
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| Source: | amberiandawn.com |
| Band profile: | Amberian Dawn |
Endstille - New Song Online
German black metallers Endstille are currently streaming the new song "...Of Disorder" online on the Regain Records MySpace page. The track comes from their upcoming album "Verfuehrer" which will be out sometime in April or May 2009.
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| Source: | myspace.com |
| Band profile: | Endstille |
Shadowside - New Album Available For Streaming
"Dare to Dream", the new upcoming album from Brazilian power metallers Shadowside, is available for streaming in its entirety on the group's MySpace. The album streaming will be available for one month - until May 16. "Dare To Dream" is scheduled for release in the first week of May through LCM/Radar Records.
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| Source: | myspace.com |
| Band profile: | Shadowside |
God Dethroned - Entire New Album Streaming Online
"Passiondale", the new album from the Dutch metallers God Dethroned, is available for streaming in its entirety on the group's MySpace. The album is scheduled for release on April 24 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy and April 27 in the rest of Europe via Metal Blade Records.
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| Source: | myspace.com |
| Band profile: | God Dethroned |
Trail Of Tears - New Song Online
Original news, posted on 02.04.2009
Norwegian metallers Trail Of Tears have posted online a new song, "The Feverish Alliance", on their MySpace page.
The song comes off the band's forthcoming album, entitled "Bloodstained Endurance", which will be released on May/June in Europe via Napalm Records. The CD was recorded and mixed over a six-week period at Sound Suite Studio in Marseille, France with producer Terje Refsnes. Mastering duties were handled by Mika Jussila at Finnvox Studios in Finland.
The release dates for individual countries are as follows:
May 27 - Finland, Spain
May 29 - Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux, France, Italy, Sweden
Jun. 01 - Rest of Europe
Jun. 02 - USA, Canada
More details about the album were previously reported at this location.
UPDATE (thanks to 37592)
Trail Of Tears have posted another song on their MySpace. The song's called "Once Kissed By The Serpent (Twice Bitten By Truth)".
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Norwegian metallers Trail Of Tears have posted online a new song, "The Feverish Alliance", on their MySpace page.
The song comes off the band's forthcoming album, entitled "Bloodstained Endurance", which will be released on May/June in Europe via Napalm Records. The CD was recorded and mixed over a six-week period at Sound Suite Studio in Marseille, France with producer Terje Refsnes. Mastering duties were handled by Mika Jussila at Finnvox Studios in Finland.
The release dates for individual countries are as follows:
May 27 - Finland, Spain
May 29 - Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux, France, Italy, Sweden
Jun. 01 - Rest of Europe
Jun. 02 - USA, Canada
More details about the album were previously reported at this location.
UPDATE (thanks to 37592)
Trail Of Tears have posted another song on their MySpace. The song's called "Once Kissed By The Serpent (Twice Bitten By Truth)".
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| Source: | myspace.com |
| Band profile: | Trail Of Tears |
To/Die/For - Call It Quits
Vocalist Jape Perätalo of Finnish metallers To/Die/For has issued the following lengthy announcement about the band calling it a day:
"My nerves, stress level and Life came to the point that I really need to get some rest, and say goodbye for these Stressful and still nice days with To/Die/For. Since 2005 we have been through so many shitty things. We have been unlucky to meet so many shitty promoters etc. FUCK YOU ALL (this is for all of those so called promoters who ruined some of our tours, and are also one of TDF's killers.) Also I have to thank some promoters, like AYU from Mexico. And of course we met other great and friendly promoters too around the world! But... a few asshole really can kill you!?
Italy visit a couple of years ago, and US tour 2007 really sucked a huge part of my/our energy and motivation. It was a miracle that I continued after US tour until these days! Now, one booking agency tried to handle our first South-American tour and also things with this did not work. Local promoters here and there did not pay their part for the main promoters in time etc. They just could not handle things which had to be clear. I am so sad and pissed off this tour did not happen... AGAIN! We are so sorry for our fans there.
There was only 9 shows totally confirmed for almost five weeks? And many more not that "handled" things. They seemed to be working very hard for us, but still... Again I felt like "we have been through this shit before". Also all these line-up changes always stressed me a lot and made me sad, but still everyone who played with me in To/Die/For were great persons! Every line-up change killed a little part of me... well exept one!
With our latest line-up we tried to write new songs, and we had some "raw" songs, but there was One big problem! No one seemed to like the same kind of songs. Latest album came out in 2006 and after that we had only one new song? And we are not satisfied with it eather. Somethings must be wrong I think!?
Also I felt like "something is trying to drive TDF's music to wrong direction". I am gothic and that's it. I do not like Heavy metal riffs (actually I hate it!) and too many hooks here and there. I want it more simple! I want people to remember TDF as it was on "All Eternity", "Epilogue" and "IV" days.
I could write many lovely words about every TDF members I ever played with, but biggest Thanks I HAVE TO give for bassist Tonmi Lillman. He is my soulmate what comes to writing music.
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"My nerves, stress level and Life came to the point that I really need to get some rest, and say goodbye for these Stressful and still nice days with To/Die/For. Since 2005 we have been through so many shitty things. We have been unlucky to meet so many shitty promoters etc. FUCK YOU ALL (this is for all of those so called promoters who ruined some of our tours, and are also one of TDF's killers.) Also I have to thank some promoters, like AYU from Mexico. And of course we met other great and friendly promoters too around the world! But... a few asshole really can kill you!?
Italy visit a couple of years ago, and US tour 2007 really sucked a huge part of my/our energy and motivation. It was a miracle that I continued after US tour until these days! Now, one booking agency tried to handle our first South-American tour and also things with this did not work. Local promoters here and there did not pay their part for the main promoters in time etc. They just could not handle things which had to be clear. I am so sad and pissed off this tour did not happen... AGAIN! We are so sorry for our fans there.
There was only 9 shows totally confirmed for almost five weeks? And many more not that "handled" things. They seemed to be working very hard for us, but still... Again I felt like "we have been through this shit before". Also all these line-up changes always stressed me a lot and made me sad, but still everyone who played with me in To/Die/For were great persons! Every line-up change killed a little part of me... well exept one!
With our latest line-up we tried to write new songs, and we had some "raw" songs, but there was One big problem! No one seemed to like the same kind of songs. Latest album came out in 2006 and after that we had only one new song? And we are not satisfied with it eather. Somethings must be wrong I think!?
Also I felt like "something is trying to drive TDF's music to wrong direction". I am gothic and that's it. I do not like Heavy metal riffs (actually I hate it!) and too many hooks here and there. I want it more simple! I want people to remember TDF as it was on "All Eternity", "Epilogue" and "IV" days.
I could write many lovely words about every TDF members I ever played with, but biggest Thanks I HAVE TO give for bassist Tonmi Lillman. He is my soulmate what comes to writing music.
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| Source: | blogs.myspace.com |
| Band profile: | To/Die/For |
Stream Of Passion - New Drummer, Two New Songs Online
Stream Of Passion have published the following news:
"After many years of great musical collaboration, Stream Of Passion and drummer Davy Mickers decided to part ways. Due to personal reasons, Davy took this step as he needs to devote more of his time to his family. Thus, he could not longer give Stream of Passion 100% of his energy. The band members wish him much happiness on this new journey in his life!
Stream of Passion is thrilled to present their fans with their new drummer: Martijn Peters. Martijn earned his extraordinary skills by playing and touring with bands like novAct, Backwater and Stentorian. He joined Stream of Passion just in time to play with them on the upcoming dates in support of their highly anticipated new album "The Flame Within".
Visit http://www.streamofpassion.com to listen to 2 full new tracks from Stream of Passion's upcoming album. "The Flame Within" will be soon released both as regular and limited digipack edition with bonus track through Napalm Records. Current release dates are as follows:
27 May: Finland, Spain
29 May: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux, France, Italy, Sweden
01 Jun: Rest of Europe
02 Jun: USA, Canada
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"After many years of great musical collaboration, Stream Of Passion and drummer Davy Mickers decided to part ways. Due to personal reasons, Davy took this step as he needs to devote more of his time to his family. Thus, he could not longer give Stream of Passion 100% of his energy. The band members wish him much happiness on this new journey in his life!
Stream of Passion is thrilled to present their fans with their new drummer: Martijn Peters. Martijn earned his extraordinary skills by playing and touring with bands like novAct, Backwater and Stentorian. He joined Stream of Passion just in time to play with them on the upcoming dates in support of their highly anticipated new album "The Flame Within".
Visit http://www.streamofpassion.com to listen to 2 full new tracks from Stream of Passion's upcoming album. "The Flame Within" will be soon released both as regular and limited digipack edition with bonus track through Napalm Records. Current release dates are as follows:
27 May: Finland, Spain
29 May: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux, France, Italy, Sweden
01 Jun: Rest of Europe
02 Jun: USA, Canada
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| Source: | myspace.com |
| Band profile: | Stream Of Passion |
The Ocean - Part Ways With Vocalist
The Ocean guitarist Robin Staps has issued the following statement regarding the departure of vocalist Mike Pilat:
"Being in a band is the constant struggle to reach the one, the final, the ultimate line-up. The right people, the right musicians. The line-up that clicks, where the music that is created on stage is somehow greater than the sum of each individual's output. Once a band has reached that line-up, it is flirting with divinity, it has the chance to be larger than life, to touch majesty.
Any lineup is usually a very fragile constellation, and essentially a ticking time-bomb. 5 passionate people's egos, their respective ideas, preferences, defects, habits, characters, the insecurities of their lives, all these are dangerous threats to the existence and future of a band. Struggle is an integral part of any band's existence. As my friend Mitch pointed out recently, Van Halen were only a decent band with David Lee Roth in the band, but everybody hated him. There are countless examples.
It felt like we were close to that ultimate line-up. Very close. The people I have been playing with over the past year and a half are not only amazing musicians, but also amazing people. The Ocean has consolidated into a band over the past 2 years. I am no longer alone.. and still, to some degree, The Ocean will always remain a collective, I guess.
Mike is no longer with us. He's got his reasons, and we understand and respect them. The Ocean has played the ridiculous amount of 141 shows in the past 12 months, and travelled an insane 75704 (!!!) of road kilometers between Kiew, Ukraine and Los Angeles, California.
The life we lead isn't made for everyone. Only some of my closest friends understand what life is like when you spend half of the year on the road. There is not much time for girlfriends, friends, family, career or any so-called private life. And yet the upsides make up for it: the chance to see places we would never get to see otherwise, the chance to constantly meet new people, all the countless moments of intensity, passion and craziness. Our tour diaries tell the story, there's a new one coming up here from the previous tour soon. It is the life we have chosen, for now, the life we embrace, the life we love, most of the time..."
Here is what Mike has to say: "So folks after almost 2 years and an obscene amount of drinking, debauchery and awesome shows I have parted ways with The Ocean.
There are many reasons and it was a hard decision to reach but what it boils down to is my poor financial situation and I need to continue working with my other band Collusion and with constant touring this is not possible for me any more.
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"Being in a band is the constant struggle to reach the one, the final, the ultimate line-up. The right people, the right musicians. The line-up that clicks, where the music that is created on stage is somehow greater than the sum of each individual's output. Once a band has reached that line-up, it is flirting with divinity, it has the chance to be larger than life, to touch majesty.
Any lineup is usually a very fragile constellation, and essentially a ticking time-bomb. 5 passionate people's egos, their respective ideas, preferences, defects, habits, characters, the insecurities of their lives, all these are dangerous threats to the existence and future of a band. Struggle is an integral part of any band's existence. As my friend Mitch pointed out recently, Van Halen were only a decent band with David Lee Roth in the band, but everybody hated him. There are countless examples.
It felt like we were close to that ultimate line-up. Very close. The people I have been playing with over the past year and a half are not only amazing musicians, but also amazing people. The Ocean has consolidated into a band over the past 2 years. I am no longer alone.. and still, to some degree, The Ocean will always remain a collective, I guess.
Mike is no longer with us. He's got his reasons, and we understand and respect them. The Ocean has played the ridiculous amount of 141 shows in the past 12 months, and travelled an insane 75704 (!!!) of road kilometers between Kiew, Ukraine and Los Angeles, California.
The life we lead isn't made for everyone. Only some of my closest friends understand what life is like when you spend half of the year on the road. There is not much time for girlfriends, friends, family, career or any so-called private life. And yet the upsides make up for it: the chance to see places we would never get to see otherwise, the chance to constantly meet new people, all the countless moments of intensity, passion and craziness. Our tour diaries tell the story, there's a new one coming up here from the previous tour soon. It is the life we have chosen, for now, the life we embrace, the life we love, most of the time..."
Here is what Mike has to say: "So folks after almost 2 years and an obscene amount of drinking, debauchery and awesome shows I have parted ways with The Ocean.
There are many reasons and it was a hard decision to reach but what it boils down to is my poor financial situation and I need to continue working with my other band Collusion and with constant touring this is not possible for me any more.
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| Source: | blogs.myspace.com |
| Band profile: | The Ocean |
Vomitory - New Song Online
Swedish Death Metal monsters Vomitory have posted the first new song of their upcoming album "Carnage Euphoria", to be released on 8 May via Metal Blade Records. Click here to download (mp3) or here to stream "Serpents".
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| Source: | myspace.com |
| Band profile: | Vomitory |
Neaera - New Song Availble Online
German extreme metal outfit Neaera have posted the first new song off their upcoming album "Omnicide - Creation Unleashed". Click here for the mp3 download or visit this link to check out the album opener "I Loathe".
"Omnicide - Creation Unleashed" will be released on May 22 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy and on 25 May in the rest of Europe via Metal Blade Records.
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"Omnicide - Creation Unleashed" will be released on May 22 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy and on 25 May in the rest of Europe via Metal Blade Records.
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| Source: | metalblade.de |
| Band profile: | Neaera |
Chimaira - New Song And Samples Posted Online
Original news, posted on 04.03.2009
Chimaira have posted a brand new song, "Secrets Of The Dead", online on the band's MySpace. The track comes from the band's new upcoming album "The Infection", scheduled to be released in North America on April 21 via Ferret Music and in Europe on April 24 through Nuclear Blast.
UPDATE (thanks to 37592)
Audio samples of all 10 tracks that are set to appear on the new Chimaira album "The Infection", are available for streaming on Amazon.co.uk.
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Chimaira have posted a brand new song, "Secrets Of The Dead", online on the band's MySpace. The track comes from the band's new upcoming album "The Infection", scheduled to be released in North America on April 21 via Ferret Music and in Europe on April 24 through Nuclear Blast.
UPDATE (thanks to 37592)
Audio samples of all 10 tracks that are set to appear on the new Chimaira album "The Infection", are available for streaming on Amazon.co.uk.
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| Source: | myspace.com |
| Band profile: | Chimaira |
Dååth - New Song Online
Dååth have posted a new song, "Day Of Endless Light", on their MySpace page . The track comes off the band's upcoming album "The Concealers", which will be released on April 21st via Roadrunner Records.
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| Source: | myspace.com |
| Band profile: | Dååth |
Death Angel - To Release Live DVD
Official press release
Five years after the acclaimed comeback album "The Art Of Dying", and the following album "Killing Season", the legendary and one of the most influential bands of the Bay Area Thrash Metal scene Death Angel will release a DVD with two full length concerts filmed in Germany.
The DVD was filmed live at Rockhard Festival 2007 and in Adelsheim in 2008. It contains some of the new songs, two clips and a lot of old Death Angel stuff which is still seriously cult. This is the first live DVD ever in the history of Death Angel and it also contains a live CD."
"Sonic German Beatdown" cover art] tracklist:
DVD:
Disc I:
01. Intro
02. Seemingly Endless Time
03. Voracious Souls
04. Mistress Of Pain
05. Ex-Tc
06. 3rd Floor
07. Thrown To The Wolves
08. 5 Steps Of Freedom
09. Thicker Than Blood
10. The Devil Incarnate
11. Disturbing The Peace
12. Stagnant
13. The Ultra Violence
14. Bored
15. Kill As One
Disc II:
01. Lord Of Hate
02. Evil Priest
03. Sonic Beatdown
04. Dethroned
05. Voracious Souls
06. Carnival Justice
07. Buried Alive
08. Soulless
09. When Worlds Collide
10. Seemingly Endless Time
11. God Vs. God
12. Steal The Crown
13. Devil Incarnate
14. 3rd Floor
15. Kill As One
16. Resurrection Machine
17. Thrown To The Wolves
Bonus video clips:
18. Thicker Than Blood
19. Dethroned
CD:
01. Intro
02. Seemingly Endless Time
03. Voracious Souls
04. Mistress Of Pain
05. EX-TC
06. 3rd Floor
07. Thrown To The Wolves
08. 5 Steps Of Freedom
09. Thicker Than Blood
10. The Devil Incarnate
11. Disturbing The Peace
12. Stagnant
13. The Ultra Violence
14. Bored
15. Kill As One
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Five years after the acclaimed comeback album "The Art Of Dying", and the following album "Killing Season", the legendary and one of the most influential bands of the Bay Area Thrash Metal scene Death Angel will release a DVD with two full length concerts filmed in Germany.
The DVD was filmed live at Rockhard Festival 2007 and in Adelsheim in 2008. It contains some of the new songs, two clips and a lot of old Death Angel stuff which is still seriously cult. This is the first live DVD ever in the history of Death Angel and it also contains a live CD."
"Sonic German Beatdown" cover art] tracklist:
DVD:
Disc I:
01. Intro
02. Seemingly Endless Time
03. Voracious Souls
04. Mistress Of Pain
05. Ex-Tc
06. 3rd Floor
07. Thrown To The Wolves
08. 5 Steps Of Freedom
09. Thicker Than Blood
10. The Devil Incarnate
11. Disturbing The Peace
12. Stagnant
13. The Ultra Violence
14. Bored
15. Kill As One
Disc II:
01. Lord Of Hate
02. Evil Priest
03. Sonic Beatdown
04. Dethroned
05. Voracious Souls
06. Carnival Justice
07. Buried Alive
08. Soulless
09. When Worlds Collide
10. Seemingly Endless Time
11. God Vs. God
12. Steal The Crown
13. Devil Incarnate
14. 3rd Floor
15. Kill As One
16. Resurrection Machine
17. Thrown To The Wolves
Bonus video clips:
18. Thicker Than Blood
19. Dethroned
CD:
01. Intro
02. Seemingly Endless Time
03. Voracious Souls
04. Mistress Of Pain
05. EX-TC
06. 3rd Floor
07. Thrown To The Wolves
08. 5 Steps Of Freedom
09. Thicker Than Blood
10. The Devil Incarnate
11. Disturbing The Peace
12. Stagnant
13. The Ultra Violence
14. Bored
15. Kill As One
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| Source: | nuclearblast.de |
| Band profile: | Death Angel |
Hellfueled - New Album Details
Hellfuelled have revealed the title and tracklist of their upcoming new album. The album will be entilted ''Emission Of Sins" and will be released due later this year. The CD was recorded over a seven-week period at Leon Music studios with producer Rikard Löfgren (Deathstars, Sparanza).
Commented the band: "Producer Rikard Löfgren (felt) totally right for us and we (worked) as a team on making some new arrengements and stuff on the songs. It almost (felt) like recording the first album again now with a new producer and studio."
"Emission Of Sins" track listing:
01. Where Angels Die
02. Am I Blind
03. I Am The Crucifix
04. A Remission Of My Sins
05. Save Me
06. Lost Forever
07. For My Family And Satan
08. In Anger
09. End Of The Road
10. Stone By Stone
11. Moving On (instrumental)
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Commented the band: "Producer Rikard Löfgren (felt) totally right for us and we (worked) as a team on making some new arrengements and stuff on the songs. It almost (felt) like recording the first album again now with a new producer and studio."
"Emission Of Sins" track listing:
01. Where Angels Die
02. Am I Blind
03. I Am The Crucifix
04. A Remission Of My Sins
05. Save Me
06. Lost Forever
07. For My Family And Satan
08. In Anger
09. End Of The Road
10. Stone By Stone
11. Moving On (instrumental)
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| Source: | hellfueled.com |
| Band profile: | Hellfueled |
Enforcer - New Video Online
''Black Angel'', the new video from Swedish metallers Enforcer, has been made available online.
The song comes off the band's latest album, entitled "Into The Night'', which was released last November via Heavy Artillery Records.
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The song comes off the band's latest album, entitled "Into The Night'', which was released last November via Heavy Artillery Records.
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| Source: | youtube.com |
| Band profile: | Enforcer |