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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 |
Alex Skolnick Trio album
In early 2002, Alex Skolnick Trio emerged as a refreshing and surprising new voice of improvisation: a former speed metal guitar virtuoso who had fallen in love with jazz, gone back to music school in New York, and hooked up with a fiery young rhythm section. Their debut recording ("Goodbye To Romance: Standards For A New Generation") marked the first time such a group had used heavy metal songs as standards, incorporating lush arrangements and sonic textures that run the gamut from soft and delicate to loud and intense. The group has received raves from Downbeat, Jazziz, Billboard, and more and performed for audiences all over the US, including many who never knew they could like jazz before. Now the mission continues with "Transformation". In stores September 14th, 2004.
more info:
http://www.alexskolnick.com/
http://www.magnacarta.net/artists/alexskolnicktrio.html
more info:
http://www.alexskolnick.com/
http://www.magnacarta.net/artists/alexskolnicktrio.html
| Band profile: | Testament |
Chris Caffery Solo Album & EP In 2004
An EP, called "The Mold" taken from the first personal album featuring Chris Caffery (main guitarist of SAVATAGE, master of ceremonies & guitarist of TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA) as the singer besides his guitars duties is released in Europe through Black Lotus Records on September the 1th.
Includes two exclusive non album tracks.
Featuring Paul Morris (RAINBOW, DORO), Dave Z (TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, ZO2 (which band is an opening act for the current KISS tour in the States), Jeff Plate (SAVATAGE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA)
World-wide tour will follow and appearance in Wacken Festival 2005
Tracklist
1. The mold
2. Fade into the X
3. God damn war
4. Fright knights (exclusive)
5. Forever we'll be (exclusive)
Line-up:
Chris Caffery: lead guitar, lead vocals
Paul Morris: keyboards, piano
Dave Z: bass guitar
Jeff Plate: drums
Studio: Spin Studios, Astoria, New York City
Engineer, Co-Producer: Nik Chinboukas
Produced by Chris Caffery
The EP is an extract from Chris Caffery's album "Faces". As a bonus disc to the album, there is another concept album (!), entitled "God Damn War".
Tracklist
"Faces"
1. Alas
2. Faces
3. Fade Into The X
4. Pisses Me Off
5. Remember
6. The Fall
7. Music Man
8. Life, Crazy life
9. The Mold
10. Bag Of Bones
11. Evil Is As Evil Does
12. Never
13. So Far Today
14. Jealously
15. Prelude
16. Abandoned
"God Damn War"
1. God Damn War
2. Fool, fool
3. Edge Of Darkness
4. Saddamize
5. I
6. Amazing Grace
7. Peace Be with you
8. Beat Me, you'll never beat me
9. Curtains
More info:
http://www.black-lotus-recs.com/index2.html
http://www.chriscaffery.com/
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Includes two exclusive non album tracks.
Featuring Paul Morris (RAINBOW, DORO), Dave Z (TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, ZO2 (which band is an opening act for the current KISS tour in the States), Jeff Plate (SAVATAGE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA)
World-wide tour will follow and appearance in Wacken Festival 2005
Tracklist
1. The mold
2. Fade into the X
3. God damn war
4. Fright knights (exclusive)
5. Forever we'll be (exclusive)
Line-up:
Chris Caffery: lead guitar, lead vocals
Paul Morris: keyboards, piano
Dave Z: bass guitar
Jeff Plate: drums
Studio: Spin Studios, Astoria, New York City
Engineer, Co-Producer: Nik Chinboukas
Produced by Chris Caffery
The EP is an extract from Chris Caffery's album "Faces". As a bonus disc to the album, there is another concept album (!), entitled "God Damn War".
Tracklist
"Faces"
1. Alas
2. Faces
3. Fade Into The X
4. Pisses Me Off
5. Remember
6. The Fall
7. Music Man
8. Life, Crazy life
9. The Mold
10. Bag Of Bones
11. Evil Is As Evil Does
12. Never
13. So Far Today
14. Jealously
15. Prelude
16. Abandoned
"God Damn War"
1. God Damn War
2. Fool, fool
3. Edge Of Darkness
4. Saddamize
5. I
6. Amazing Grace
7. Peace Be with you
8. Beat Me, you'll never beat me
9. Curtains
More info:
http://www.black-lotus-recs.com/index2.html
http://www.chriscaffery.com/
Read more ››
| Band profile: | Chris Caffery |
Divercia new album in September
Divercia will release their second album, entitled "Cycle of Zero", through Karmageddon Media on September the 20th. The new album features 9 tracks as follows:
01. Of Steel & Man
02. Iron Hearted Cross
03. Overwhelming
04. Cycle of Zero
05. Underground
06. 7,62
07. 2nd Ghost
08. Start at the End
09. God for Gold
More info:
http://www.divercia.com/
http://www.karmageddonmedia.com/
01. Of Steel & Man
02. Iron Hearted Cross
03. Overwhelming
04. Cycle of Zero
05. Underground
06. 7,62
07. 2nd Ghost
08. Start at the End
09. God for Gold
More info:
http://www.divercia.com/
http://www.karmageddonmedia.com/
Draconian news
DRACONIAN will enter Studio Underground in September to record the follow-up to last year's Where Lovers Mourn. The new album, Arcane Rain Fell, comprises 9 tracks of dark, atmospheric metal, and is to be a luciferian concept album that relates the tale of the fallen angels.
Also, DRACONIAN will perform at the Doom Metal event "South of Heaven in Olso on 12 November, sharing the stage with Doom/Death Metal legends Esoteric, among others.
http://www.napalmrecords.com/
Also, DRACONIAN will perform at the Doom Metal event "South of Heaven in Olso on 12 November, sharing the stage with Doom/Death Metal legends Esoteric, among others.
http://www.napalmrecords.com/
Dead Soul Tribe new album description
Here are some interesting details concerning the new album of Devon Graves band, Dead Soul Tribe, entitled "The January Tree". To be mentioned that these were taken from InsideOut website (www.insideout.de).
"A tree in winter - naked, the leaves have fallen, it almost desparately stretches it's thin branches to the cloudy sky. A good many people associate dreariness with such an image, others think of loneliness, hopelessness, emptiness or even romanticism. But at any rate, Devon Graves of Dead Soul Tribe was fascinated so much by this spectacle of nature that he used it as a basic idea for his new album "The January Tree".
With the predecessor "A Murder of Crows", a dead crow - on a pylon with electric cables, it's wings stretched as if it were crucified - served as starting point for a fascinating concept, a unique symbiosis between poetic lyrics and suspenseful and dramatic music. This time it's similar: "A tree in winter is a mirror image of today's world. A leaf is only a leaf but it is a small wonder that a tree lives with the help of his leaves. It is just the small things which decide over life and death and the level inbetween", philosophizes the father of a family. Graves, who was born in San Diego and who moved to Vienna because of the love he found, can easily be counted as one of the authentic artists of the current music scene. The album's title, "The January Tree", was established even before a tone of music was composed or a line of song lyrics was written. Graves had the inspiration which forced him to continue and to intensively search for the meaning of his idea. Almost for a year the pensive musician experimented with riffs and melodies. "I had a kind of basis in my mind but for a long time I didn't find the appropriate and expressive words, so I initially arranged the music without song lyrics."
As with the debut work "Dead Soul Tribe", as well with "A Murder of Crows", Devon Graves did almost everything himself on "The January Tree": he plays guitar, bass and more flute than before, plus keyboards and piano, he sings and produces. However, this time drummer Adel Moustafa is responsible for the basic structures of three songs. "'A Murder of Crows' remains an important work but I wasn't able to direct my ideas on the really right ways then. 'Angels In Vertigo', 'Some Things You Can't Return', and 'Feed' are great songs but the rest of the album is more like some additions. In retrospect, I think the differences in quality are too big. With 'The January Tree', I had finally found the self-confidence to create almost an hour of homogeneous music without any quality differences."
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"A tree in winter - naked, the leaves have fallen, it almost desparately stretches it's thin branches to the cloudy sky. A good many people associate dreariness with such an image, others think of loneliness, hopelessness, emptiness or even romanticism. But at any rate, Devon Graves of Dead Soul Tribe was fascinated so much by this spectacle of nature that he used it as a basic idea for his new album "The January Tree".
With the predecessor "A Murder of Crows", a dead crow - on a pylon with electric cables, it's wings stretched as if it were crucified - served as starting point for a fascinating concept, a unique symbiosis between poetic lyrics and suspenseful and dramatic music. This time it's similar: "A tree in winter is a mirror image of today's world. A leaf is only a leaf but it is a small wonder that a tree lives with the help of his leaves. It is just the small things which decide over life and death and the level inbetween", philosophizes the father of a family. Graves, who was born in San Diego and who moved to Vienna because of the love he found, can easily be counted as one of the authentic artists of the current music scene. The album's title, "The January Tree", was established even before a tone of music was composed or a line of song lyrics was written. Graves had the inspiration which forced him to continue and to intensively search for the meaning of his idea. Almost for a year the pensive musician experimented with riffs and melodies. "I had a kind of basis in my mind but for a long time I didn't find the appropriate and expressive words, so I initially arranged the music without song lyrics."
As with the debut work "Dead Soul Tribe", as well with "A Murder of Crows", Devon Graves did almost everything himself on "The January Tree": he plays guitar, bass and more flute than before, plus keyboards and piano, he sings and produces. However, this time drummer Adel Moustafa is responsible for the basic structures of three songs. "'A Murder of Crows' remains an important work but I wasn't able to direct my ideas on the really right ways then. 'Angels In Vertigo', 'Some Things You Can't Return', and 'Feed' are great songs but the rest of the album is more like some additions. In retrospect, I think the differences in quality are too big. With 'The January Tree', I had finally found the self-confidence to create almost an hour of homogeneous music without any quality differences."
Read more ››
Enchant DVD & live album in October
Enchant DVD and live album coming in October.
This Enchant show, which was recorded on the 13th of March of this year, will be released as a double live CD and double DVD at end of October. The DVD will feature the complete 2 1/2 hour set, plus a second disc with bonus material. More information will follow soon.
This Enchant show, which was recorded on the 13th of March of this year, will be released as a double live CD and double DVD at end of October. The DVD will feature the complete 2 1/2 hour set, plus a second disc with bonus material. More information will follow soon.
| Source: | insideout.de |
The Tangent new album details
The Tangent new album will be entitled as "The World That We Drive Through".
Tracklist:
01 . The Winning Game 11.09
02. Skipping The Distance 08:55
03. Photosynthesis 07:39
04. The World We Drive Through 12:57
05. A Gap In The Night 18:22
"For the first time you will hear symphonic elements in The Tangent's work, most often added by Tillison with a newer version of a mellotron, but in the overture of the opener "The Winning Game" this is generated just by multi-layered flute and saxophone lines, as Tillison reveals. Unusual rock can be heard on "Skipping the Distance" and the album's title song when Reingold and Csorsz can really shine while "Photosynthesis" produces an almost romantic flair reminding one of nature. And what the title song indicates, finds fulfilment with dark and deeply searching chords in the album's longest song, the 18 minute track "A Gap In The Night": a clear reminiscence of Van der Graaf, which will much please Peter Hammill, combined with psychedelic additions brought in by Theo Travis from his work with Gong.
"The World That We Drive Through" is a concept album. "We don't see much of those things that happen in the world", explains Andy, "because we are too much concerned with the things going on in our own lives. So many negative but also some wonderful things escape our attention. The album shall illuminate all those aspects." And he adds: "I remember a few rich guys who fell off a bridge in San Francisco during an earthquake. Inside their expensive cars they fell into a very poor ghetto. There they were freed by those people to whom they had no points of contact until then. This set the ball rolling for this album." Now, since the ball rolls, one maybe cannot stop it anymore...
"The World That We Drive Through" is released as regular edition as well as special edition in jewel case and slip case, with extended booklet and the 14 minute long bonus track "Exponenzgesetz".
source & more details: www.insideout.de
Tracklist:
01 . The Winning Game 11.09
02. Skipping The Distance 08:55
03. Photosynthesis 07:39
04. The World We Drive Through 12:57
05. A Gap In The Night 18:22
"For the first time you will hear symphonic elements in The Tangent's work, most often added by Tillison with a newer version of a mellotron, but in the overture of the opener "The Winning Game" this is generated just by multi-layered flute and saxophone lines, as Tillison reveals. Unusual rock can be heard on "Skipping the Distance" and the album's title song when Reingold and Csorsz can really shine while "Photosynthesis" produces an almost romantic flair reminding one of nature. And what the title song indicates, finds fulfilment with dark and deeply searching chords in the album's longest song, the 18 minute track "A Gap In The Night": a clear reminiscence of Van der Graaf, which will much please Peter Hammill, combined with psychedelic additions brought in by Theo Travis from his work with Gong.
"The World That We Drive Through" is a concept album. "We don't see much of those things that happen in the world", explains Andy, "because we are too much concerned with the things going on in our own lives. So many negative but also some wonderful things escape our attention. The album shall illuminate all those aspects." And he adds: "I remember a few rich guys who fell off a bridge in San Francisco during an earthquake. Inside their expensive cars they fell into a very poor ghetto. There they were freed by those people to whom they had no points of contact until then. This set the ball rolling for this album." Now, since the ball rolls, one maybe cannot stop it anymore...
"The World That We Drive Through" is released as regular edition as well as special edition in jewel case and slip case, with extended booklet and the 14 minute long bonus track "Exponenzgesetz".
source & more details: www.insideout.de
Paradise Lost song list for the new album
From the official page of the band:
The recording has finally come to an end, Nick flys home from LA this week after completing the vocals for the album and the final process of mixing and mastering can commence.
Some working titles for the songs are as follows:
Through the silence
Shine
Sun fading
Sanctimonious you
Redshift
Forever after
Getting over the madness
Accept the pain
Close your eyes
The laws of cause
http://www.paradiselost.co.uk/
The recording has finally come to an end, Nick flys home from LA this week after completing the vocals for the album and the final process of mixing and mastering can commence.
Some working titles for the songs are as follows:
Through the silence
Shine
Sun fading
Sanctimonious you
Redshift
Forever after
Getting over the madness
Accept the pain
Close your eyes
The laws of cause
http://www.paradiselost.co.uk/
| Band profile: | Paradise Lost |
Suidakra new album & DVD details
The new Suidakra album, the 7th release of this band, will be called "Command To Charge".
"We'll be in the recording studio from Nov. 1st - 24th. Right now 80% of the new material is finished. We will continue playing some of the new tracks live on the next gigs".
The whole Suidakra show at the Scream Festival (Lübeck on 01.10.04) will be filmed by several cameras, maybe to be released later as a live DVD or as bonus material for the upcoming record "Command To Charge".
Also, at the Scream festival, the band will celebrate its 10th year anniversary.
http://www.suidakra.com/
"We'll be in the recording studio from Nov. 1st - 24th. Right now 80% of the new material is finished. We will continue playing some of the new tracks live on the next gigs".
The whole Suidakra show at the Scream Festival (Lübeck on 01.10.04) will be filmed by several cameras, maybe to be released later as a live DVD or as bonus material for the upcoming record "Command To Charge".
Also, at the Scream festival, the band will celebrate its 10th year anniversary.
http://www.suidakra.com/
Tenhi details on the future album
From the official page of the Finnish folk band Tenhi:
Tenhi has almost finished the recordings for the upcoming full-length album which ought to be released in February-March 2005. It promises to be an intense and strong album which will take the Tenhi saga into even further spheres. The album is once again recorded at UTUstudio and will be released by Prophecy. Tenhi has also extended the original three longplay album record deal with one additional longplay album.
http://www.tenhi.com/
Tenhi has almost finished the recordings for the upcoming full-length album which ought to be released in February-March 2005. It promises to be an intense and strong album which will take the Tenhi saga into even further spheres. The album is once again recorded at UTUstudio and will be released by Prophecy. Tenhi has also extended the original three longplay album record deal with one additional longplay album.
http://www.tenhi.com/
The new Children Of Bodom EP
The EP "Trashed, Lost & Strungout" will be released October 18th in the following countries:
Germany
Finland
Japan
The Netherlands
Sweden
Norway
Great Britain
Canada
Belgium
Denmark
Greece
Italy
Brazil
More territories will follow as soon as they are 100% confirmed!
EP will include two new COB songs "Trashed, Lost and Strungout" and "Knuckleduster", two coversongs (Alice Cooper's "Bed Of Nails" and Andrew WK's "She is Beautiful").
The single with one new song (Trashed, Lost & Strungout) and Andrew WK cover will be released in Finland on August 25th.
More Info soon, about also the DVD version of the ep!
Germany
Finland
Japan
The Netherlands
Sweden
Norway
Great Britain
Canada
Belgium
Denmark
Greece
Italy
Brazil
More territories will follow as soon as they are 100% confirmed!
EP will include two new COB songs "Trashed, Lost and Strungout" and "Knuckleduster", two coversongs (Alice Cooper's "Bed Of Nails" and Andrew WK's "She is Beautiful").
The single with one new song (Trashed, Lost & Strungout) and Andrew WK cover will be released in Finland on August 25th.
More Info soon, about also the DVD version of the ep!
| Source: | cobhc.com |
| Band profile: | Children Of Bodom |
Pasi Koskinen leaves Amorphis
Pasi leaves Amorphis
Singer Pasi Koskinen decided to leave the band after 9 long years. Pasis last apperance will be at Kontu Rock 21.8.2004. All touring plans will go ahead as scheduled and rumours of a replacement already exists. We are waiting for a statement from Pasi in the near future.
US tour with Type O Negative
AMORPHIS are scheduled to support TYPE O NEGATIVE on a U.S. tour beginning in early October. Confirmed dates so far include the following:
Oct. 07 - Toad´s Place - New Haven, CT
Oct. 11 - Irving Plaza - New York, NY
Oct. 12 - Crocodile Rock - Allentown, PA
Oct. 15 - Theatre of Living Arts - Philadelphia, PA
Oct. 30 - Eagles Club/The Rave/Eagles Ballroom - Milwaukee, WI
Singer Pasi Koskinen decided to leave the band after 9 long years. Pasis last apperance will be at Kontu Rock 21.8.2004. All touring plans will go ahead as scheduled and rumours of a replacement already exists. We are waiting for a statement from Pasi in the near future.
US tour with Type O Negative
AMORPHIS are scheduled to support TYPE O NEGATIVE on a U.S. tour beginning in early October. Confirmed dates so far include the following:
Oct. 07 - Toad´s Place - New Haven, CT
Oct. 11 - Irving Plaza - New York, NY
Oct. 12 - Crocodile Rock - Allentown, PA
Oct. 15 - Theatre of Living Arts - Philadelphia, PA
Oct. 30 - Eagles Club/The Rave/Eagles Ballroom - Milwaukee, WI
| Source: | amorphis.net |
| Band profile: | Amorphis |
ELEND new album
September 13 will see the release of ELEND's new album "Sunwar The Dead", the second part of a cycle of five albums started with "Winds Devouring Men."
In contrast to the slow, relatively calm and intimist "Winds Devouring Men", "Sunwar the Dead" is a furious, dark and fast effort. Some of the tracks must be ranked as the most brutal ever composed by ELEND. On "Sunwar The Dead", ELEND are accompanied by a ensemble of more than 50 classically
trained musicians and singers.
"Sunwar The Dead" is going to feature the following tracks:
1. Chaomphalos
2. Ardour
3. Sunwar The Dead
4. Ares In Their Eyes
5. The Hemlock Sea
6. La terre n'aime pas le sang
7. A Song Of Ashes
8. Laceration
9. Poliorketika
10. Blood and Grey Skies Entwined
11. Threnos
http://www.prophecy.cd/
In contrast to the slow, relatively calm and intimist "Winds Devouring Men", "Sunwar the Dead" is a furious, dark and fast effort. Some of the tracks must be ranked as the most brutal ever composed by ELEND. On "Sunwar The Dead", ELEND are accompanied by a ensemble of more than 50 classically
trained musicians and singers.
"Sunwar The Dead" is going to feature the following tracks:
1. Chaomphalos
2. Ardour
3. Sunwar The Dead
4. Ares In Their Eyes
5. The Hemlock Sea
6. La terre n'aime pas le sang
7. A Song Of Ashes
8. Laceration
9. Poliorketika
10. Blood and Grey Skies Entwined
11. Threnos
http://www.prophecy.cd/