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Earth - New Album Details

Official press release

Earth is pleased to announce the arrival of a new album. Coming February 2011 from Southern Lord Records, we welcome Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light I. Produced and recorded at Avast Studios in Seattle,Washington by Stuart Hallerman (notable engineer behind Earth 2), this new album features the following line-up:

Adrienne Davies - trap kit and percussives
Dylan Carlson - electric guitar and devices
Lori Goldston - cello and devices
Karl Blau - electric bass guitar

Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light I cover art] tracklist:

01. Old Black
02. Father Midnight
03. Descent To The Zenith
04. Hell's Winter
05. Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light 1

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Source: thronesanddominions.com
Band profile: Earth
Posted: 02.12.2010 by White Winter Sun | Comments (14)


Amaseffer - New Song Online

Israeli metallers Amaseffer have issued the short following update on their official website:

"We're back!

A taste of things to come... new song, "Pillar Of Fire", from upcoming album When Lions Leave Their Den, available on our new dedicated website www.whenlionsleavetheirden.com.

Keep it holy."

More details about When Lions Leave Their Den were previously reported over here.

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Source: amaseffer.com
Band profile: Amaseffer
Posted: 02.12.2010 by White Winter Sun | Comments (4)


Hammer Horde - New Album Title Revealed

US metallers Hammer Horde returned to Dimmworks Studios on November 26th to begin recording their sophomore album, expected to be released sometime in 2011.

The band has launched an official studio diary with studio reports, photos, and more - including the announcement of the new album title, Vinlander. Keep up with the band's studio progress each week at this location.

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Source: hammerhorde.com
Band profile: Hammer Horde
Posted: 02.12.2010 by White Winter Sun | Comments (0)


Kimaera - Part Ways With Bassist

Lebanese metallers Kimaera have issued the following update on their MySpace blog:

"After a whole decade of dedication to Kimaera, we are sorry to announce that one of the very few remaining original members, the longtime bassist Wissam Abiad decided to part ways with the band, due to his own personal reasons.

Your musicianship, brotherhood and drunkenness will be missed, we wish you all the best...'"

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Source: myspace.com
Band profile: Kimaera
Posted: 02.12.2010 by BudDa | Comments (3)


The Meads Of Asphodel - Announce "Life In The Shadows"

Candlelight Records press release

The Meads Of Asphodel are proud to announce the online debut of "Life In The Shadows".

"Life In The Shadows" can be watched online at www.themeadsofasphodel.com.

"Life In The Shadows" explores the dark, complex world of underground English Black Metal band The Meads Of Asphodel. A band with convtroversial opinions, hidden identities and a determined rule that they will never play live.

The film shows the band at their most vulnerable, gaining exclusive access to the Meads world. Metatron explains his controversial lyrics and ideas on religion, J.D Tait guides us around the Meads' Bridge Gate Studios and Urakbarameel vents his annoyance at being labelled a 'Battle Metal' band.

Featuring interviews with Meads collaborator and Sigh frontman Mirai, plus comment and opinion from rock journalists Malcolm Dome and Jonathan Selzer. There's even a glimpse of that very rare beast... a live Meads performance.

The Murder Of Jesus The Jew is out now on Candlelight Records.


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Source: candlelightrecords.co.uk
Band profile: The Meads Of Asphodel
Posted: 02.12.2010 by White Winter Sun | Comments (5)


Atheist - European Tour Dates With Exhumed

US metallers Atheist will embark on a headlining tour of Europe in April 2011. Support act will come from US metallers Exhumed.

Frontman Kelly Shaefer commented: "Greetings everyone, thank you all for the overwhelming support of our new album Jupiter, we are humbled by all of the nice things being said about the new stuff and cannot wait to bring it to the stage. So now it's time to come pull some faces off in Europe on our first headlining run in support of the new album! And we are stoked to share the tour with the boys from Exhumed. We are able to play a few places we have never been before so we are all very excited about that, as well as the fact that we of course have some fun new shit to play live - the songs from Jupiter along with songs from all three prior albums. See you all on tour in 2011!"

Announced dates are as follows:

April 22 - Oslo, Norway - Rockefeller Music Hall (Inferno Festival)
April 23 - London, England - Relentless Garage
April 24 - Essen, Germany - Turock
April 25 - Paris, France - Divan du Monde
April 26 - Zürich, Switzerland - Dynamo
April 27 - Milan, Italy - Live Club
April 28 - München, Germany - Feierwerk, Kranhalle
April 29 - Tilburg, Holland - Neurotic Death Fest
April 30 - Athens, Greece - Kyttaro Live

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Source: atheistmusic.com
Band profile: Atheist
Event: Atheist: European Tour
Posted: 02.12.2010 by White Winter Sun | Comments (2)


Tankard - New Video Online

"Rules For Fools", the new video from German metallers Tankard, can be viewed at this location.

"Rules For Fools" comes off the band's forthcoming album, Vol(l)ume 14, which will be released on December 17 via AFM Records. More details about Vol(l)ume 14 were previously reported over here.


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Source: youtube.com
Band profile: Tankard
Posted: 02.12.2010 by White Winter Sun | Comments (10)


Saint Vitus - Ex-Drummer Armando Acosta Passes Away

On November 25th Armando Acosta, best known as the ex-drummer of Saint Vitus passed away.
More details will be enclosed once they are available.

The source is the official Saint Vitus Facebook page.

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Source: facebook.com
Band profile: Saint Vitus
Posted: 01.12.2010 by Marcel Hubregtse | Comments (14)


Amon Amarth - New Album Title Revealed

Metal Blade Records press release

Kings of Swedish death metal Amon Amarth have just announced the title of the band's forthcoming album as Surtur Rising.

Due out in the spring of 2011, Surtur Rising marks the group's 8th full-length studio release and undoubtedly one of 2011's most anticipated releases by fans and critics alike. Surtur Rising is the follow up to the highly acclaimed, 2008 release, Twilight of the Thunder God, which landed the #7 spot in Revolver Magazine's Top 20 Albums of 2008 and what Metal Sucks called " bottomless gauntlet of riffs that the band endlessly takes gargantuan swigs from, sounding both lush and emotive as well as skull crushingly heavy... every goddamn one is a chest-beating anthem."

Outburn declared how Twilight Of The Thunder God "will render you nothing short of ecstatic" and Time Out New York noted that "Amon Amarth plays some of the most unabashedly epic metal you're likely to find these days."

Be sure to stay tuned to MetalBlade.com for more details on Surtur Rising.

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Source: metalblade.com
Band profile: Amon Amarth
Posted: 30.11.2010 by White Winter Sun | Comments (27)


Vreid - New Album Details

Norwegian metallers Vreid will release their forthcoming album, entitled V, on February 7, 2011 via Indie Recordings.

V cover art] tracklist:

01. Arche
02. The Blood Eagle
03. Wolverine Bastards
04. The Sound Of The River
05. Fire On The Mountain
06. The Others & The Look
07. Slave
08. Welcome To The Asylum
09. Then We Die

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Source: myspace.com
Band profile: Vreid
Posted: 30.11.2010 by White Winter Sun | Comments (4)


Sodom - Part Ways With Drummer

Hot on the heels of the release of In War And Pieces comes the news that Sodom has decided to end the cooperation between the band and long-time drummer Bobby Schottkowski.

Frontman Tom Angelripper and guitarist Bernemann released the following statement: "After personal and private problems between Tom and Bobby, was decided, by mutual agreement, the end of the cooperation between Sodom and the drummer Bobby Schottkowski. Tom and Bernemann will announce as soon as possible a replacement drummer. The shows from January will be performed as planned and the upcoming tour in February will take place in any case. Until then we will have incorporated the new drummer."

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Source: myspace.com
Band profile: Sodom
Posted: 30.11.2010 by BudDa | Comments (16)


Korpiklaani - New Album Details

Korpiklaani are set to release yet another new album, called Ukon Wacka, on February 4, 2011 through Nuclear Blast Records.

On Ukon Wacka, the band's seventh album, Korpiklaani took things even further: seven-string guitars, mandoline, mandola and jouhikko are just a few of the instruments that were used on Ukon Wacka.

The album title refers to "a pagan sacrificial feast from ancient times, on which a special made beer richly flowed. As can be expected from the title, this album has an ancient and very folky feel and is totally in Finnish", frontman Jonne explains. One title doesn't seem very Finnish though: the drinking anthem "Tequila" which is dedicated to all South American fans of the band.

Ukon Wacka also features a guest appearance by famous Finnish singer Tuomari Nurmio. All in all a joyous affair in the traditional and beloved Korpiklaani vein, Ukon Wacka boasts ten party tracks that make you wanna raise that drinking horn up high. Also make sure to grab a limited edition copy of Ukon Wacka to check out the brilliant Motörhead cover version bonus track "Iron Fist". Believe Jonne when he says: "A big folky feast for all!"

One of the new tracks, called "Tuoppi Oltta", can be heard at this location, while the band's 2009 effort Karkelo can still be streamed in its entirety at the official MySpace.

Ukon Wacka cover art] tracklist:

01. Louhen Yhdeksäs Poika
02. Päät Pois Tai Hirteen
03. Tuoppi Oltta
04. Lonkkaluut
05. Tequila
06. Ukon Wacka
07. Korvesta Liha
08. Koivu Ja Tähti
09. Vaarinpolkka
10. Iron First Motörhead cover]

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Source: nuclearblast.de
Band profile: Korpiklaani
Posted: 30.11.2010 by Thryce | Comments (18)


Ordog - New Album To Be Released In January

The official release date for Remorse, the upcoming album of Finnish doom metal outfit Ordog, has finally been decided. After a long waiting the band is proud to announce that their third album will be released on the 12th of January 2011 by Violent Journey Records.

The album is said to contain 7 tracks of pure death/doom metal with over 70 minutes of music. One of the new tracks, called "Abuse" is still streaming on the band's MySpace page.

Remorse cover art] tracklist:

01. Human Shell
02. Betrayed
03. Shadowland
04. Abuse
05. Remorse
06. Boneyard Horizon
07. Meant To Be An End

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Source: ordogband.com
Band profile: Ordog
Posted: 30.11.2010 by Unknown user | Comments (0)


Between The Buried And Me - Frontman To Release Solo Album

Official press release

Tommy Rogers, lead vocalist, keyboardist and founding member of the award-winning North Carolina progressive rock band Between The Buried And Me, will release his debut solo album Pulse on February 1, 2011 via Metal Blade Records.

The versatile front man and multi-instrumentalist, who not only self-produced the record, but also arranged, composed and played all instruments on the recording, will use the pseudonym Thomas Giles (his given middle name) as his moniker for the project.

Recorded with Jamie King at The Basement Studios in Winston-Salem, NC, Thomas Giles' Pulse is a challenging rock record designed so that the parts build up to a larger, cinematic-like structure where everything from production to arrangements to lyrics to album art is carefully crafted towards a unified purpose. Testing the limits of what he can do naturally with his voice, Rogers' strikingly beautiful falsetto and dynamic range conjures tales of anxiety, collapse, end-times and strength against swelling, heart-lifting arrangements and pristine backdrops of ambient loops, digital burbles, analog hiss and woozy drones. Exploring combinations of the outré genres of both post-rock and glitch, the music's emotionally resonant yet textural sounds draw reference to artists such as Radiohead, Björk, the Verve, Beck, Stereolab and Spiritualized, balancing both rock and electronic impulses.

"Creating this album was a very unique experience for me," comments Rogers. "I honestly never thought I would get a lot of this music recorded. This record was a way for me to step back, focus on simplified song structures and really build off of melodies. Even though I love fucking my throat up by screaming, it was very nice to sit back and chill out a bit. I named the record Pulse because it is a collection of thoughts and experiences I've had through the years. It's a very personal record and I hope the songs help people evaluate their lives and make the best of their time here. Find your pulse."

The first single from the record is the introspective album opener "Sleep Shake". In keeping with the record's single-handed motif, Tommy Rogers filmed, edited and stars in the song's colorful in-studio music video, which is expected to make its premiere imminently.

"I hope everyone enjoys this record, as I feel there is something for everyone on it," said Rogers. "And don't you all worry; BTBAM is writing new material as I type. We have a very busy year 2011 planned which includes lots of new music and touring. Stay tuned."

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Source: metalblade.com
Band profile: Between The Buried And Me
Posted: 30.11.2010 by Thryce | Comments (1)


Hellfest Open Air - Hellfest 2010 DVD Is Out Today!

Hellfest 2010 DVD is out today !

The DVD features 30 bands live + 1 CD live audio! (5.1 sound!)

You can buy the DVD on http://www.hellfestshop.com

Here is the track list:

Disc 1 - Live Video :
01. FEAR FACTORY - Smasher / Devourer
02. SEPULTURA - Dead Embryonic Cells
03. SICK OF IT ALL - Death Or Jail
04. FINNTROLL - Under Bergets Rot
05. WALLS OF JERICHO + A Trigger Full Of Promises
06. SWALLOW THE SUN - Swallow (Horror Pt.1)
07. GOROD - Disavow Your God
08. WATAIN - Sworn To The Dark
09. LOUDBLAST - Cross The Threshold
10. URGEHAL - Satanic Black Metal In Hell
11. OTARGOS - Unaltered Negative God
12. Y&T - Dirty Girl
13. ELECTRIC MARY - Let Me Out
14. NEVERMORE - Your Poison Throne
15. TANKARD - Slipping From Reality
16. TAMTRUM + THE GARAGE BABES - The World You Live In
17. CANDLEMASS - Mirror Mirror
18. ASPHYX Death - The Brutal Way
19. SWORN ENEMY - As Real As It Gets
20. FREAK KITCHEN - Propaganda Pie
21. VULCAIN - Ebony
22. EXODUS - And Then There Were None
23. BEHEMOTH - Conquer All
24. ELUVEITIE - Thousandfold
25. SABATON - Coat Of Arms
26. BLASPHEME - Carpe Diem
27. GENERAL SURGERY - Necrodecontamination / The League Of Extraordinary Grave Robbers
28. THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN - Milk Lizard
29. MONDO GENERATOR - Invisible Like The Sky
30. SAVIOURS - Acid Hand

Disc 2 - Live Audio :
01. CANDLEMASS - Samarithan
02. DEVIN TOWNSEND - Truth
03. LOUDBLAST - Taste Me
04. SABATON - The Art Of War
05. WATAIN - Malfeitor
06. BLASPHEME - Désir De Vampyr
07. FREAK KITCHEN - Porno Dady
08. THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN - Panasonic Youth
09. OTARGOS - La Génèse De Dieu
10. EXODUS - Bonded By Blood
11. GENERAL SURGERY - Necrocristicism
12. VULCAIN - Rock N Roll Secours
13. GOROD - A Common Hope
14. URGEHAL - Stesolid Self-Destruction To Damnation


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Source: hellfest.fr
Event: Hellfest Open Air 2011
Posted: 29.11.2010 by Jeff | Comments (6)