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Sinister - New Bassist Announced
Dutch death metal band Sinister - who recently went to some severe line-up changes - have announced the addition of bassist Mathijs Brussaard to the group's ranks.
Sinister mainman Aad Kloosterwaard briefly comments: "We like to welcome Mathijs Brussaard as the new Sinister bass player. We are now a 5 piece band and hope with this to bring our new songs to a higher level."
The line-up is completed with drummer Toep Duin (ex-Supreme Pain, Godmode), guitarist Bastiaan Brussaard (Supreme Pain) and guitarist Dennis Hartog (Godmode) who all joined the band a few weeks ago.
Soon the new Sinister line-up will start working on a new album which will be entitled The Carnage Ending.
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Sinister mainman Aad Kloosterwaard briefly comments: "We like to welcome Mathijs Brussaard as the new Sinister bass player. We are now a 5 piece band and hope with this to bring our new songs to a higher level."
The line-up is completed with drummer Toep Duin (ex-Supreme Pain, Godmode), guitarist Bastiaan Brussaard (Supreme Pain) and guitarist Dennis Hartog (Godmode) who all joined the band a few weeks ago.
Soon the new Sinister line-up will start working on a new album which will be entitled The Carnage Ending.
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| Source: | myspace.com |
| Band profile: | Sinister |
Elis - New Vocalist Announced
About a month ago, Liechtenstein-based gothic metal band Elis parted ways with vocalist Sandra Schleret. A few days ago, the band announced her replacement will be singer Simone Christinat from Schaffhausen, Switzerland.
Simone herself had the following to share: "I am really happy to be announced as the new Singer of Elis within these days. I feel honored to be a part of this great band and I'm looking forward to a lot of good moments with Elis.
It feels like the beginning of a new chapter in my life and I am excited to get many new experiences as the new Elis singer. The first show will be in July. Until then there have a couple of rehearsals to be done. Of course it would be great to meet you Elis fans soon at one of our upcoming shows."
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Simone herself had the following to share: "I am really happy to be announced as the new Singer of Elis within these days. I feel honored to be a part of this great band and I'm looking forward to a lot of good moments with Elis.
It feels like the beginning of a new chapter in my life and I am excited to get many new experiences as the new Elis singer. The first show will be in July. Until then there have a couple of rehearsals to be done. Of course it would be great to meet you Elis fans soon at one of our upcoming shows."
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| Source: | elis.li |
| Band profile: | Elis |
Exhumed - Another New Song Online
"I Rot Within", another brand-new track from US gore grinders Exhumed has been made available for streaming over at BloodyDisgusting.
Two other new tracks, called "Necrotized" and "As Hammer To Anvil", are still streaming over at Facebook.
"I Rot Within", "Necrotized" and "As Hammer To Anvil" come off the band's upcoming new album, entitled All Guts, No Glory, which will be released on July 5th through Relapse Records. More album details were previously reported over here.
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Two other new tracks, called "Necrotized" and "As Hammer To Anvil", are still streaming over at Facebook.
"I Rot Within", "Necrotized" and "As Hammer To Anvil" come off the band's upcoming new album, entitled All Guts, No Glory, which will be released on July 5th through Relapse Records. More album details were previously reported over here.
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| Source: | bloody-disgusting.com |
| Band profile: | Exhumed |
Chimaira - Two New Songs Online
"Born In Blood", a brand-new track from US groove thrashers Chimaira can be streamed in the YouTube clip below for the time being.
Another new track, called "Trigger Finger", is also streaming at YouTube.
"Born In Blood" and "Trigger Finger" come off the band's upcoming new album, entitled The Age Of Hell, which will be released on August 16th in North America, On August 26th in Germany and on August 29th in Australia and the rest of Europe through Long Branch Records.
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Another new track, called "Trigger Finger", is also streaming at YouTube.
"Born In Blood" and "Trigger Finger" come off the band's upcoming new album, entitled The Age Of Hell, which will be released on August 16th in North America, On August 26th in Germany and on August 29th in Australia and the rest of Europe through Long Branch Records.
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| Source: | youtube.com |
| Band profile: | Chimaira |
Nominon - Announce Line-Up Changes
Swedish death metal act Nominon has announced a couple of line-up changes in the band. The band welcomes back guitarist Christian "AntiChristian" Strömblad, who left the band only a couple of months ago. In the meantime, they also parted ways with bassist Martin Petersson, forcing guitarist Juha Sulasalmi to take over bass duties.
In the words of the band: "Nominon would like to welcome back the mighty guitarist AntiChristian to the band. After several months apart the band and AntiChristian realized that enough's enough and buried the hatchet. After a few meetings and rehearsals Nominon are certainly back on track again.
Since the bassist for a year, Martin, left the band a couple of weeks ago, and AntiChristian triumphant return to Nominon all this lead to the fact that guitarist Juha Sulasalmi will from now on take over the bass duties. Why complicate things further?!
At last, the recordings of the new 7" EP Manifestation Of Black (to be out through Deathgasm Records) are now finalized. The mixing will be done by engineer Robban at Studio Hell, were all the recordings recently took place as well, and the mastering will be sorted out by Javi Bastard at Moontower Studios in Barcelona, Spain."
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In the words of the band: "Nominon would like to welcome back the mighty guitarist AntiChristian to the band. After several months apart the band and AntiChristian realized that enough's enough and buried the hatchet. After a few meetings and rehearsals Nominon are certainly back on track again.
Since the bassist for a year, Martin, left the band a couple of weeks ago, and AntiChristian triumphant return to Nominon all this lead to the fact that guitarist Juha Sulasalmi will from now on take over the bass duties. Why complicate things further?!
At last, the recordings of the new 7" EP Manifestation Of Black (to be out through Deathgasm Records) are now finalized. The mixing will be done by engineer Robban at Studio Hell, were all the recordings recently took place as well, and the mastering will be sorted out by Javi Bastard at Moontower Studios in Barcelona, Spain."
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| Source: | nominon.com |
| Band profile: | Nominon |
Hallowed Butchery - New Song Online
"Coffin Life", a brand-new track from US experimental doom metal one-man project Hallowed Butchery, has been made available for streaming over at Facebook.
"Coffin Life" comes off the band's latest split album with Batillus, simply entitled Hallowed Butchery / Batillus, which was released in July last year through Vendetta Records.
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"Coffin Life" comes off the band's latest split album with Batillus, simply entitled Hallowed Butchery / Batillus, which was released in July last year through Vendetta Records.
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| Source: | facebook.com |
Versailles - Another New Video Online
"Vampire", the new video from Japanese neoclassical power metal/J-Rock outfit Versailles can now be watched below.
You might recognize the track as the theme song for the new Japanese movie Vampire Stories.
"Vampire" comes off the band's upcoming new album, entitled Holy Grail, which will be released on July 15th through Warner Music Japan. More album details were previously reported over here.
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You might recognize the track as the theme song for the new Japanese movie Vampire Stories.
"Vampire" comes off the band's upcoming new album, entitled Holy Grail, which will be released on July 15th through Warner Music Japan. More album details were previously reported over here.
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| Source: | aramatheydidnt.livejournal.com |
| Band profile: | Versailles |
Gama Bomb - Working On New Album
Irish thrashers Gama Bomb are currently writing new material for their as-yet untitled new album.
The follow-up to 2009's Tales From The Grave In Space will be Gama Bomb's fourth album and is tentatively due to be released early next year.
Gama Bomb frontman Philly Byrne comments: "We're about to enter a studio in central Dublin to work on demos for our new album, which we're hoping to release in early 2012. In terms of songwriting, we're writing much 'tougher' or meaner songs now. We want to make music that street gangs could listen to before a fight, songs you can sharpen a switchblade to. I've been looking a lot to Phil Lynott for inspiration, which can never be a bad thing. He's always been a big inspiration for us, even if you can't always hear it.
Mind you, we're also about everything from our history of underage drinking and theoretical physics to drag racing and (of course) cannibalism, so there's no knowing where this one is going to take us. We're hopefully going to record here in Ireland and we'll pull no punches on either the speed of the riffs or the attitude of the songwriting. That's the only plan right now."
Gama Bomb are also gearing up for a string of summer festival dates, but have had to bring in a temporary stand-in for lead guitarist Domo Dixon for the live shows due to a hand injury.
The band have released the following statement: "As you may have heard, our guitarist Domo Dixon has suffered a tendon injury to his left hand and will be unable to play with us for the coming period. Domo severed a tendon in a bizarre trouser accident - that's not a joke - so will have to sit out gigs for the next three months. We're all very perplexed and upset about it, but are ploughing on with our upcoming European festival appearances. Playing guitar is Domo's passion and his life, and we're sure all our fans will join us in wishing him a full and speedy recovery. Until he's back up to shredding speed, we'll be joined on the road by our good friend Kevy Canavan on lead guitar."
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The follow-up to 2009's Tales From The Grave In Space will be Gama Bomb's fourth album and is tentatively due to be released early next year.
Gama Bomb frontman Philly Byrne comments: "We're about to enter a studio in central Dublin to work on demos for our new album, which we're hoping to release in early 2012. In terms of songwriting, we're writing much 'tougher' or meaner songs now. We want to make music that street gangs could listen to before a fight, songs you can sharpen a switchblade to. I've been looking a lot to Phil Lynott for inspiration, which can never be a bad thing. He's always been a big inspiration for us, even if you can't always hear it.
Mind you, we're also about everything from our history of underage drinking and theoretical physics to drag racing and (of course) cannibalism, so there's no knowing where this one is going to take us. We're hopefully going to record here in Ireland and we'll pull no punches on either the speed of the riffs or the attitude of the songwriting. That's the only plan right now."
Gama Bomb are also gearing up for a string of summer festival dates, but have had to bring in a temporary stand-in for lead guitarist Domo Dixon for the live shows due to a hand injury.
The band have released the following statement: "As you may have heard, our guitarist Domo Dixon has suffered a tendon injury to his left hand and will be unable to play with us for the coming period. Domo severed a tendon in a bizarre trouser accident - that's not a joke - so will have to sit out gigs for the next three months. We're all very perplexed and upset about it, but are ploughing on with our upcoming European festival appearances. Playing guitar is Domo's passion and his life, and we're sure all our fans will join us in wishing him a full and speedy recovery. Until he's back up to shredding speed, we'll be joined on the road by our good friend Kevy Canavan on lead guitar."
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| Source: | earachenews.blogspot.com |
| Band profile: | Gama Bomb |
Annotations Of An Autopsy - New Video Online
"Stage Breaker", the new video from UK deathcore act Annotations Of An Autopsy can now be watched below.
The clip was directed by Tom Cronin.
"Stage Breaker" comes off the band's upcoming new EP, entitled Dark Days, which will be released next month through Siege Of Amida Records.
The EP will also feature a cover of Machine Head's "Ten Ton Hammer".
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The clip was directed by Tom Cronin.
"Stage Breaker" comes off the band's upcoming new EP, entitled Dark Days, which will be released next month through Siege Of Amida Records.
The EP will also feature a cover of Machine Head's "Ten Ton Hammer".
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| Source: | facebook.com |
| Band profile: | Annotations Of An Autopsy |
Obscura - Japanese Bonus Song Online
"Concerto", a new track from German technical death metallers Obscura, has been made available for streaming over at Facebook (you'll have to "like" the band to access the stream).
"Concerto" is a cover track from Marty Friedman and Jason Becker's Cacophony Speed Metal Symphony album.
"Concerto" was included as the Japanese bonus track and on the iTunes digital deluxe album of the band's latest album, entitled Omnivium, which was released on March 29th in North America and early April in Europe through Relapse Records. More album details were previously reported over here.
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"Concerto" is a cover track from Marty Friedman and Jason Becker's Cacophony Speed Metal Symphony album.
"Concerto" was included as the Japanese bonus track and on the iTunes digital deluxe album of the band's latest album, entitled Omnivium, which was released on March 29th in North America and early April in Europe through Relapse Records. More album details were previously reported over here.
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| Source: | facebook.com |
| Band profile: | Obscura |
Trivium - New Video Online
"In Waves", the new video from Florida metallers Trivium can now be watched over at Altpress.com.
The clip was directed by Ramon Boutviseth (Dream Theater, All That Remains)
"In Waves" is the title track of the band's upcoming new album, which will be released on August 9th through Roadrunner Records.
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The clip was directed by Ramon Boutviseth (Dream Theater, All That Remains)
"In Waves" is the title track of the band's upcoming new album, which will be released on August 9th through Roadrunner Records.
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| Source: | trivium.org |
| Band profile: | Trivium |
Metal Storm - Titans Eve Contest Winners
Alrighty folks! The Titans Eve contest has closed!
Here are the winners:
Litany666
UnknownCheese
Lokaeda
Everything has been handled and you should be receiving your Titans Eve T-shirt & a copy of their debut album, The Divine Equal shortly.
Thanks to everyone who participated. Better luck next time!
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Here are the winners:
Litany666
UnknownCheese
Lokaeda
Everything has been handled and you should be receiving your Titans Eve T-shirt & a copy of their debut album, The Divine Equal shortly.
Thanks to everyone who participated. Better luck next time!
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Rammstein - European Tour Dates, Compilation Album Announced
Rammstein have assembled a retrospective of their most significant songs, entitled Made In Germany 1995-2011.
The machinery of Rammstein live is hauling across the whole of Europe, starting 6 November 2011 and bringing the essence of 16 years to the stage. With a completely new show, Rammstein at its best! All dates are listed below. The tour will be continued in 2012.
Parallel to the tour, a retrospective album called Made In Germany 1995-2011 will be released somewhere in autumn. 20 Rammstein original bests, including one new track, as well as the entire video catalog for the first time on CD/DVD.
Rammstein - Made In Germany 1995-2011 Tour Dates:
Nov. 06 - SK - Bratislava - Zimny Stadion Ondreja Nepelu
Nov. 10 - HU - Budapest - Sportarena
Nov. 12 - CZ - Prague - O2 Arena
Nov. 14 - PL - Gdansk - Sopot Ergo Arena
Nov. 17 - D - Leipzig - Arena
Nov. 20 - D - Munich - Olympiahalle
Nov. 21 - D - Friedrichshafen - Rothaus Halle
Nov. 23 - A - Vienna - Stadthalle
Nov. 25 - D - Berlin - O2 World
Nov. 28 - D - Hamburg - O2 World
Nov. 29 - D - Bremen - Arena
Dec. 01 - F - Strasbourg - Zénith
Dec. 02 - LUX - Luxembourg - Rockhal
Dec. 04 - D - Düsseldorf - ISS Dome
Dec. 08 - D - Frankfurt a. M. - Festhalle
Dec. 10 - D - Stuttgart - Schleyer-Halle
Dec. 12 - CH - Zurich - Hallenstadion
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The machinery of Rammstein live is hauling across the whole of Europe, starting 6 November 2011 and bringing the essence of 16 years to the stage. With a completely new show, Rammstein at its best! All dates are listed below. The tour will be continued in 2012.
Parallel to the tour, a retrospective album called Made In Germany 1995-2011 will be released somewhere in autumn. 20 Rammstein original bests, including one new track, as well as the entire video catalog for the first time on CD/DVD.
Rammstein - Made In Germany 1995-2011 Tour Dates:
Nov. 06 - SK - Bratislava - Zimny Stadion Ondreja Nepelu
Nov. 10 - HU - Budapest - Sportarena
Nov. 12 - CZ - Prague - O2 Arena
Nov. 14 - PL - Gdansk - Sopot Ergo Arena
Nov. 17 - D - Leipzig - Arena
Nov. 20 - D - Munich - Olympiahalle
Nov. 21 - D - Friedrichshafen - Rothaus Halle
Nov. 23 - A - Vienna - Stadthalle
Nov. 25 - D - Berlin - O2 World
Nov. 28 - D - Hamburg - O2 World
Nov. 29 - D - Bremen - Arena
Dec. 01 - F - Strasbourg - Zénith
Dec. 02 - LUX - Luxembourg - Rockhal
Dec. 04 - D - Düsseldorf - ISS Dome
Dec. 08 - D - Frankfurt a. M. - Festhalle
Dec. 10 - D - Stuttgart - Schleyer-Halle
Dec. 12 - CH - Zurich - Hallenstadion
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| Source: | rammstein.de |
| Band profile: | Rammstein |
| Event: | Rammstein: Made In Germany 1995-2011 Tour |
Decapitated - Full Album Preview Online
A trailer with previews of each track set to appear on Carnival Is Forever, the forthcoming album by Polish technical death metal band Decapitated, is now available for streaming in the clip below.
Carnival Is Forever will be released on July 12th in North America and July 15th in Europe through Nuclear Blast Records.
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Carnival Is Forever, the follow-up to 2006's Organic Hallucinosis, was recorded at Radio Gdansk Studio in Poland with producer Wacek Kieltyka and engineer Malta Arkadiusz Malczewski. Drums were tracked with Daniel Bergstrand (Behemoth, Meshuggah, Dimmu Borgir, Keep Of Kalessin), who also handled mixing duties.
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Carnival Is Forever will be released on July 12th in North America and July 15th in Europe through Nuclear Blast Records.
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Carnival Is Forever, the follow-up to 2006's Organic Hallucinosis, was recorded at Radio Gdansk Studio in Poland with producer Wacek Kieltyka and engineer Malta Arkadiusz Malczewski. Drums were tracked with Daniel Bergstrand (Behemoth, Meshuggah, Dimmu Borgir, Keep Of Kalessin), who also handled mixing duties.
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| Source: | nuclearblastusa.com |
| Band profile: | Decapitated |
Draconian - New Video Online
"The Last Hour Of Ancient Sunlight", the first-ever video from Swedish gothic/doom metal band Draconian can now be watched below.
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"The Last Hour Of Ancient Sunlight" comes off the band's upcoming new album, entitled A Rose For The Apocalypse, which will be released on June 24th through Napalm Records.
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"The Last Hour Of Ancient Sunlight" comes off the band's upcoming new album, entitled A Rose For The Apocalypse, which will be released on June 24th through Napalm Records.
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| Source: | facebook.com |
| Band profile: | Draconian |