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Kayo Dot - New Drummer

The band announced on their website that Tom Malone, will be their new drummer. The band plans to to record (with the new drummer) on august this year, for a Robotic Empire release due sometime on the fall.

The band also plans to tour the U.S. in October/November, but there are some dates in the meantime:

July 24, 2005 The Middle East, Cambridge MA, with Pelican, Big Business, and Panthers. Kayo Dot plays at 8 PM.

September 17 Hampshire College

October 7 Highfive, Columbus, OH

November 6 Hattiesburg, MS - venue TBA

Source: kayodot.net
Posted: 31.05.2005 by Music4TheSpirit | Comments (0)


Dark Embrace - Atrocity's Drummer Session Member

Spanish gothic/doom metallers DARK EMBRACE have recruited drummer Moritz Neuner (ATROCITY, LEAVES' EYES, DARKWELL) to lay down the drum tracks for their upcoming debut album, tentatively due before the end of the year. The CD will be recorded in August at Stage One studios in Borgentreich, Germany with producer Andy Classen (CALLENISH CIRCLE, DEW-SCENTED, TANKARD, OCCULT). The group's lineup for the recording sessions will be as follows:

Oscar Asunder - All voices, all guitars and programming
Anaea - Bass
Moritz Neuner - Drums

DARK EMBRACE's latest release was a two-song promo CD, entitled "Doomed by Life". The effort was recorded in August 2004 at Treboada Studios with producer/engineer Paco Liaño.

http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net/

Band profile: Dark Embrace
Posted: 31.05.2005 by Music4TheSpirit | Comments (0)


Mannhai - Pasi Koskinen Joins The Band

The band announced, in the following message, that Pasi Koskinen (Ajattara, ex-Amorphis, Shape of Despair, ex-St. Mucus, To Separate the Flesh from the Bones) is now the vocalist of the band:

"We are delighted to announce that the worried days without a frontman are finally over, as Pasi Koskinen has joined Mannhai for good. This was a collective decision, and it has been clear for us since we hit the stage together for the first time in Berlin last April. A natural solution, and even obvious, but it's something we should have already done eight months ago, after playing the last gigs with Joañitor. We will now start to rehearse and compose, and prepare ourselves to enter the studio late summer. The result shall be Mannhai's next album, which will hopefully be released in spring '06. We'd also like to thank all the other vocalist candidates, as there were some damn fine shouters among those guys too. The sheet is blank now, and the table is all clean, but we'll mess it up in a big way again! Thank you people, take care and check you later..."

Source: mannhai.com
Posted: 31.05.2005 by Music4TheSpirit | Comments (0)


Sheavy - Set Release Date

The stoner band had posted the release date for their upcoming album "Republic?" for America and Europe, it's as it follows:

American release date -- August 9, 2005.

UK & European release date -- July 18, 2005.

Source: sheavy.com
Posted: 31.05.2005 by Music4TheSpirit | Comments (0)


Narnia - Update On New Album

The prog-power metal band posted the following message on their website:

"Ladies and Gentlemen.

It's now time for a major production update and some more information from us in NARNIA.

We have finished tracking drums and rhythm guitars and parts of the bass and keyboard parts have been finished with great result! The songs cover the whole spectrum from crushing, heavy riffs to the most catchy up-tempo songs we have ever done. We have been doing some serious digging among our melodic roots again this time but we are also working on a modern sound for the material.
Please have a look at the Pictures section to see a few pictures from the sessions.

We can also announce that we are working with the great engineer/producer Anders "Theo" Theander who will mix the entire thing in the Roastinghouse studio in Malmö, Sweden.

As You may have noticed we decided to take a break from live-performing for a while, reasons being that we wanted a relaxed environment for creating the new record but also because of Andreas x2 and Carl Johan's recording and touring with american artist Rob Rock. Rob Rock and his partially narninian band will perform on this year's Sweden Rock Festival.

The first NARNIA-show in six months will take place at the Flevo festival in Holland and we will also play the Metal Fest in Germany later this year. We are all very excited about these two concerts. Please see tourdates for more information.

Since we do not yet have any release-date set for our new album we can not announce any more tourdates, but we are negotiating with our labels at the moment and we will keep You posted!

Until next time - May God, the creator of metal, bless You and stay safe: )
In Christ - NARNIA"

Source: narniaworld.com
Posted: 31.05.2005 by Music4TheSpirit | Comments (0)


Thorns Of The Carrions - Reunite

After disbanding in 2002, U.S. funeral doom metal band THORNS OF THE CARRION have returned with a new lineup featuring founding member/guitarist Allen Scott, original vocalist Matt Chapman, Chris Dalcin on drums (ELUSIVE TRAVEL, FLEDGLING DEATH, ...AND HERE I LIE), Rinaldo Yulfo III on keyboards, and Adam Holliday on bass. The band are currently recording pre-production demos for a one-song, one-hour-long album entitled "The Waking Dirge", and gearing up for the Templars of Doom festival on July8-9 in Indianapolis, IN.

For more information, click here .

http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net/

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Posted: 31.05.2005 by Music4TheSpirit | Comments (0)


Aborym - Update, Starts Recording

The band posted the following updates on their official website:

"Aborym entered the Temple of Noise studio on May, 18th. In the first 5 days all the drums-tempos and its relative guides and cue points was fixed.
Bard G.Eithun joined the band in studio on the 26th of April and he was able to record eight tracks behind his battery in four days.
No need to say he did an excellent work. Eight cool days in Rome. Apart for the recording session in the spare time the band spent lots of time in visiting the city of Rome with Faust and his girlfriend. Cool times, relax, good wine and drinks, excellent food and music all the time. Bard G.Eithun - "Faust" - also recorded a video interview in front of the Colosseum, in which he talked about the new album of Aborym, his motivations and feelings, his musical past, his present and his imminent future plans in life and music."

"Fabban and Nysrok entered the studio again on June, 17th. In six days all the drums-parts was edited and pre-mixed. The result is simply destructive and intense. The album is an awe-inspiring and breathtaking heart-stirring embryo.
Now Aborym is going to record the guitars and bass guitar and after that they will have a break of 20 days, in order to listen and "test" the material carefully. When everything will sound perfect, Aborym will enter the studio again in order to fix industrial scenarios and partitures, keyboards and synths."

"Prime Evil should join the band in Rome in July, 4th. The same for Attila Csihar, who should enter the studio around 7-8 July."

"Seth (actually involved in Dissection) will not appear in this album as guitar player. He's definitely out of the band. Of course Aborym are proud of all they did in those years with Seth and they totally stand up for it, but things changes.

The cover-artwork of the forthcoming new Aborym album, yet utitled, will be the result of a 4hands cooperation between Lorenzo Mariani (www.lorenzomariani.it) and M:Fabban."

Source: aborym.it
Posted: 31.05.2005 by Music4TheSpirit | Comments (0)


Cruachan - Leaves Karmageddon Media

Keith Fay posted the following message explaining the label situation:

"As of today Cruachan have parted ways with Karmageddon Media. The split was amicable amongst us both and we have left on very good terms. As a parting act of good will we will do one last release with Karmageddon Media, a re-release of our 1994 "Celtica" demo including some un-released tracks including "Timmy" which we have played at quite a few Cruachan shows. We wish Karmageddon Media our best wishes for the future.

Keith Fay, May 2005."

Source: cruachan.cjb.net
Band profile: Cruachan
Posted: 28.05.2005 by Music4TheSpirit | Comments (0)


Billy Gould Talks About His Label

In an article by Will York on the San Francisco Bay Guardian, Goulds talks about his label Koolarrow:

'BEING AN INDEPENDENT label now is kind of like volunteering your services driving retarded kids to the dentist," Koolarrow label head Bill Gould says. "It's like, 'What a good guy! That's nice, and I'm really glad you're doing it. But I wouldn't do it.'

"People who do the right thing are stupid."

Hey, wait a second.

"No, I'm stupid," Gould freely admits. "Absolutely, I'm totally stupid. I'm gonna do it anyway because I like to do it, and luckily, with Faith No More, I made some money where I can afford to be stupid."

To read the whole article go http://www.sfbg.com/39/33/art_music_bill_gould.html

Source: sfbg.com ; roadrun.com
Band profile: Faith No More
Posted: 28.05.2005 by Music4TheSpirit | Comments (0)


Nasum - The Now And The Future

Anders Jakobson the fouding member remaining in the band had posted the following message:

"Welcome back to nasum.com! After more than three months we're finally back with a brand new version of nasum.com, completely re-designed and re-programmed (we've moved from a Windows based server with asp/access to a Unix based server with php/mysql, for you webnerds out there!). I hope it's not too buggy, but get in touch if it is.

Many things have happened since the identification of Mieszko's body on February 17 2005, the day we closed down nasum.com. I wrote "You know why" on the page that met the visitors. Truth is that you don't know the whole truth. We closed the webpage down to pay respect to the memory of Mieszko, but we also closed it down to escape the fans.

Between the day of the tsunami and the day of the identification we were virtually overwhelmed by support and comfort to the point that it suffocated us. At least I felt that I hadn't space to breathe and think and cry and feel, something that I needed to do. Everytime I looked in the guestbook there were 10-15 new posts with wonderful words from people who cared, and as time went by it became harder and harder to read these posts, especially since we were quite assure that Mieszko was dead as early as mid January.

At one point I was at a local concert and people wanted to pay their respects and one completely unknown guy came to me and said "He's coming back, don't worry!" and even though I said "Thanks" in return I just wanted to grab the guy and scream "Don't you get it? He's not coming back! Mieszko is fucking dead!" in his face. Not a nice thing to do, and not a nice thing to feel like doing.

So I was prepared to close nasum.com one or two weeks before the identification. I even wrote the family to get their permission to declare Mieszko dead, just so we all could go on with our mourning (at this point we were not sure that the body would be identified at all). As I was waiting for a reply the word came and it became natural to close the site.

I don't want this to sound like I'm whining, because I am very thankful for all the support and care we got during the dark months that started of 2005. As I've said numerous times, the huge fanbase helped us to get through the worst shit we've faced in our lives, a help that other people related to the victims of the tsunami didn't have. There were over 100 000 hits on nasum.com during a very short period and the guestbook - as I mentioned earlier - was flooded with supporting posts from people we know, bands we know, bands we don't know, people who are fans, people who aren't fans - all sorts of people that just wanted to pay respect. And apart from a few fucking scums of the Internet who disrespected our situation and Mieszko's family just because they didn't like Nasum, we got only love and support. Again: Thanks for everything!

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Source: nasum.com
Band profile: Nasum
Posted: 28.05.2005 by Music4TheSpirit | Comments (0)


New Project With Dream Evil & At Vance Members

Drummer Snowy Shaw (DREAM EVIL, MEMENTO MORI, NOTRE DAME, KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE) has released more information about his upcoming project with singer Mats Levén (AT VANCE, ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, TREAT). As previously reported, Shaw and Levén will begin demoing material at the end of May.

In an e-mail to BLABBERMOUTH.NET, Shaw commented, "Mats and I really clicked and it turned out we very much shared the same musical preferences. After he turned down the offer to replace the singer in another band I'm in, the two of us decided to form something new on our own. We've been writing a lot of material and will start demoing some stuff shortly."

Shaw's video for the track "XXX - Le Masochiste" has been posted online in the "Downloads" section of his official web site, SnowyShaw.com.

Directed by Snowy, Rob Nasty and Dixxie for White Trash Inc., "XXX - Le Masochiste" is described by Shaw as "a little glimpse of what's to come" from his forthcoming solo project.

http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net/

Band profile: Dream Evil
Posted: 28.05.2005 by Music4TheSpirit | Comments (0)


Bolt Thrower - Studio Report

The following is a studio report posted by drummer Martin Kearns on the band's official site:

"The time has finally come - recording the new album! Can't wait to get on my kit and knock out some new tunes!! It's a real pleasure recording at Sable Rose - the studio's killer, but dead relaxed, Andy is a great engineer (and comic genius), so I know the next couple of months are definitely gonna be memorable!! Ok, here goes..

WEEK 1
Get picked up by Phil (the drum tech), and we spend the day setting up the kit on the new rack, and re-skinning it all. I went for old-style pinstripe heads on the toms, and they're sounding really cool. The new snare I'd bought for the recording sounded ok, but it wasn't blowing me (or anyone else) away, but thought I'd see how it's sounding when it was miked up.. A hour or so later and the kit's got all the (13!) mics on - we start soundchecking the kit: everything is sounding killer, except the new snare. Back to the drum shop?

Next day, Vic (from Dr.um) lends us 3 snares to try out in the studio! The Premier brass was no good, the Ludwig wood had a really nice tone, but was lacking on the attack, so we tried number 3, the Noble and Cooley. It looked cool, matt black shell, rims and fittings, and the attack was immense, ok, we're rolling again? Start running through some of the new songs to loosen up and relax and I break my favourite China! Well pissed off! Back to the Dr.um..

Day 3 - Cymbals! Vic saves the day yet again, and lends us a few cymbals to try out, amongst them I found my new favourite China, the Istanbul. We run through a couple of tracks and sort out the headphone mix, which I apparently have at an inhumanly loud volume! The mix tears everyone else's face off, but I'm still struggling to hear what I'm playing! OK, we're finally ready to record...

Take 1, everything seems ok, get a bit rushy, blow a section or two, and it's over...

Take 2, going good, but I tried a couple of new things, didn't execute them very well and lost the flow. Tea, chat, try some of Gav's 'relaxation techniques' and listen to takes 1 and 2...

Take 3, nailed it! Well happy. Everything I wanted to do was there. Song 1 down. I run through song 2...

Right, ready for song 2. Re-soundchecked the kit and it's all sounding great, so we go for a take straight away. This particular song has a few drastic tempo changes, so with that and me struggling to hear Baz's guide guitar, it takes a couple of runs through for me to get it to flow. We record 3 takes, and pick the best, another song down.. Rehearse the next song for tomorrow amongst general piss-taking, movie talk, tea, sandwiches, etc?

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Source: boltthrower.com
Band profile: Bolt Thrower
Posted: 28.05.2005 by Music4TheSpirit | Comments (0)


Cemetary - Mathias Leaves The Band & Scene

Mathias Lodmalm, Cemetary's mainman, posted the following message explaining his decision of retire from the band and the scene:

"Thank you for tuning in !

I'm leaving Cemetary and the "scene" for good (insert applause).

I've had enough of the people I do business with and the relationship with them has basically killed off the little inspiration I had left to do anything more connected with this whole thing. Pyrotechnics can cause quite alot of trouble in a sewer so best get out before it blows ! That sums up how I feel pretty good. At times I really don't know if I'm the spark, sewage or maybe both nuking my own ass !

Life moves on and so do I. I'm not a nostalgic person and maybe that's why I don't fit in with these folks. I'm not a retro kinda guy. I'm a futurist. I'm happy to move along, for my sake and for the sake of music. Making music to uphold some dumb ego or bank statement has never been for me (guess I never had the chance either so fuck it, lol). I embrace and produce whatever comes to me and what feels good in the heart.

Scenes and genres sooner or later turn into protective walls for positions of power, money and comfort. Not grounds for creativity.

The metal scene reached that point ages ago and today we see another re-"cycle" of old dinosaurs hunting down their last wad of cash for the pension fund. Another world tour, another reunion, another retro sound brought back for a quick exposure and cash in. This is not the fuckin' 80's. Is it ?

Sorry, but a man can only take so much Dungeons & Dragons bullshit.

Music has always been my 1st and only love. I've devoted my whole existence to it. At most times this has been really dumb, really fucking hard. I've put myself and others through hell and all it's suburbs, but hey, in love and war, all is fair. I have no regrets, only great love and a razor sharp vision for future adventures.

Alot of bad things can be said about me, most of it will be true. I don't care about none of it besides one thing. My love and honesty in what I do. I've never been a fake, this has all been real. Love it or hate it but I've always followed my heart. Until the fucking end, I intend to do just that. Chances are that if you are reading this you're in on it. Hyper space jumps between wave, dub, death, techno and grime will probably not be so hard on you as the world in general.

Anyway, time to go and just one last thing...

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Source: interphase-online.com
Band profile: Cemetary
Posted: 28.05.2005 by Music4TheSpirit | Comments (1)


Avian - Former Megadeth Bassist As Guest

The band, consisting of Lance King on vocals (Pyramaze, Shining Star, ex-Balance Of Power, ex-Defyance, ex-Kings Machine, ex-Empire, ex-Gemini, ex-Mattson), Jonah Weingarten on keyboards (Pyramaze, Lilitu, ex-Infernal Method, ex-Shallow Grave) and Yan Leviathan on guitars, have David Ellefson as guest on their debut album "From The Depths of Time" the tracklist of the album is a follows:

1) Through The Past and Into Forever (Instrumental)
2) As The World Burns
3) Black Masquerade
4) The Fear
5) Final Frontier
6) Across The Millions (Instrumental)
7) Time And Space Part I: City of Peace
8) Single Blade of Vengeance
9) Two Sides Collide
10) Blinding Force
11) Time Is All We Need
12) Queen of the Insane
13) Last Moon (Instrumental)
14) The Depths of Time

A couple of song from their debut album can be found on their website.

Source: roadrun.com
Band profile: Megadeth
Posted: 28.05.2005 by Music4TheSpirit | Comments (0)


Cadaveria - Start Working On New Album

In a short note on their website the band announced that they "started composing new material for its 3rd album" to be release on 2006.

They also announced a new date, that will be:

16th July 2005 @ Marquee, Leicester Square - London (UK) with Daemonia and Electric Wizard (event in conjunction with Terrorizer magazine).

Info: info@salvation-films.com

www.salvation-films.com

Source: cadaveria.com
Band profile: Cadaveria
Posted: 28.05.2005 by Music4TheSpirit | Comments (0)