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Lacrimas Profundere - Vocalist Leaves The Band

German Gothic Doom Metal Band Lacrimas Profundere have published the following statement on their website:

"I don't feel able to combine the permanent stress (of touring, concerts and of the general turbulences regarding the music business) with my "normal" life and my future."

In this case he often quotes his collegues of the "Strokes" with: "I wonna be forgotten and I don´t wonna be reminded."

Christopher doesn´t want to leave the stage without saying "thank you" to all the fans of Lacrimas Profundere for all the brilliant years of "Rock´n´sad".

The complete Band regret his decision but feel pretty happy about the fact that Christopher will be with Lacrimas Profundere as a lyricist and songwriter. The "LACRIMAS sound" will not change, because the brothers Oliver and Christopher co-operate as before, and Christopher will put some vocallines on the next album too!

The next gig in Berlin Peter Kafka will rock together with the band! Watch the gig and meet him and lacrimas at the autograph hour between 22.00 and 22.30 C.E.T. in Berlin Kesselhaus!

Source: lacrimas.com
Band profile: Lacrimas Profundere
Posted: 10.04.2007 by vhaldemar | Comments (15)


Gorgoroth - Guitarist Launches Own Label

Guitarist Infernus (real name: Roger Tiegs) of the Norwegian black metallers Gorgoroth has started his own record label, Forces Of Satan Records.
According to a posting on the band's website, the goal of the label is "to be an independent media company/record label with a clear-cut Satanic profile only relating to, signing, producing and promoting bands with a certain attitude and commitment."
First bands that have been signed are Black Flame (Italy) and Ophiolatry (Brazil).

A webpage and a MySpace account are under construction.

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Source: forcesofsatan.com
Band profile: Gorgoroth
Posted: 10.04.2007 by lordz | Comments (13)


Necrophagist - Announces New Drummer

German technical death metal band Necrophagist have issued the following update on their website:

Necrophagist is excited to announce Drumming phenomenon and luminary Marco Minnemman as the new permanent drummer. Marco will start playing drums for Necrophagist on the upcoming "Summer Slaughter" tour starting June 1st 2007, sponsored by Ibanez, TAMA and Revolver Mag.

The band is absolutely stoked to announce that Marco Minnemann will be drumming on the new Necrophagist album, due in 2008. We can't wait to work on arranging the new songs with such an incredibly talented, proficient and complete musician/composer. The list of musicians Marco collaborated with throughout his impressive career includes but is not limited to legends such as Paul Gilbert, Mike Keneally, Allan Holdsworth, Terry Bozzio, Chad Wackerman etc...to check out Marco's playing or gather more info about him please visit http://www.myspace.com/marcominnemann.

Also for the first time, Necrophagist will be performing the last album "Epitaph" in its entirety on the upcoming "Summer Slaughter" tour, an event you can't afford to miss!

For tour dates, band billing, info on tickets, VIP passes, meet & greets and free giveaways, please visit

http://www.myspace.com/summerslaughtertour or http://www.myspace.com/necrophagistde.

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Source: necrophagist.de
Band profile: Necrophagist
Posted: 09.04.2007 by C. | Comments (6)


Dornfall - New Album To Be Released In May

"Precieux Secret", the second album of the Alternative Progressive French Metal band Dornfall will be released the 07 of May 2007.

You can already listen to the first single and pre-order the album on the official Myspace page of the band =>

http://www.mysapce.com/dornfall

...and have a look on th artwork and official promotional flyer of the new albulm here =>

http://www.metalstorm.ee/jeff/dornfall_promo.jpg

Finally, the band will also play at the Hellfest 2007.

More news will follow soon!

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Source: mysapce.com
Band profile: Dornfall
Posted: 09.04.2007 by Jeff | Comments (0)


Devin Townsend - Upcoming Album Details

Strapping Young Lad frontman Devin Townsend's new full-length concept album "Ziltoid The Omniscient" is due to be issued through InsideOut on May 21st in Europe and May 22nd in North America.

The tracklist for "Ziltoid The Omniscient" cover art], is as follows:

01. ZTO
02. By Your Command
03. Ziltoidia Attaxx!
04. Solar Winds
05. Hyperdrive
06. N9
07. Planet Smasher
08. Omnidimensional Creator
09. Color Your World
10. The Greys
11. Tall Latté

The following official "Ziltoid The Omniscient" press release can be found on the website of Hevy Devy Records:

"The album was recorded, mixed, and mastered in February due for an early summer release on Inside Out and HDR. Devin played all of the instruments on the record with the assistance of the Drumkit from Hell (thanks Fredrik!). The artwork is by Travis Smith.

The story as follows (without revealing too much): Ziltoid The Omniscient, a 4th dimensional alien has come to earth and is currently hovering five miles above Qatar. Beaming messages to the earth, including video, music, and words, His Omniscient-ness has one dimension up on us humans, allowing him control over time. But, in order to bend time he requires the perfect fuel - BLACK COFFEE - found in abundance on only one planet in the omniverse... Earth. He plays guitar and sings, is moody and a bit sensitive, with his first record due in late June. Surrounded by nymphs and prancing plasma beings, the album was produced by Devin Townsend in the hangar of the Ziltoidian space barge. All hail Ziltoid and his Infinity metal! Prepare your finest brew!

Ziltoid doesn't want to destroy the earth now...he just wants to be known as the best guitar player and get lots of chicks."

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Source: insideout.de
Band profile: Devin Townsend
Posted: 07.04.2007 by Thryce | Comments (23)


Summer Slaughter Tour - N. American Tour Dates

Ibanez, Tama, Revolver, and Lambgoat will be presenting the first annual Summer Slaughter Tour with Necrophagist headlining and support from Decapitated, Cephalic Carnage, Cattle Decapitation, The Faceless, As Blood Runs Black, Arsis, Ion Dissonance and Beneath The Massacre.
Founder Ash Avildsen has dubbed it "the most extreme tour of the year."

More information can be found online at this location.
Here's the latest schedule:

6/1 Clifton Park, NY @ Northern Lights
6/2 New Jersey @ Infest
6/3 Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
6/4 Spartanburg, SC @ Ground Zero
6/5 Louisville, KY @ Headliner's
6/6 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade (+ Daath)
6/8 Houston, TX @ Meridian w/ Daath (+ Daath)
6/9 San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit (+ Daath)
6/10 Ft. Worth, TX @ Ridglea Theater (+ Daath)
6/11 Odessa, TX @ Dos Amigos Outdoors
6/13 Tucson, AZ @ The Rock
6/14 Las Vegas, NV @ TBA
6/15 San Diego, CA @ Soma
6/16 Los Angeles, CA @ House of Blues
6/17 Orangevale, CA @ The Boardwalk
6/19 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater
6/20 Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
6/22 Ogden, UT @ Country Club Theatre
6/23 Denver, CO @ Cervantes
6/24 Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck
6/26 St. Paul, MN @ TBA
6/27 Chicago, IL @ TBA
6/28 Cincinnati, OH @ TBA
6/29 Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre
6/30 Milwaukee, WI @ Robot Mosh Fest V
7/1 Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's
7/2 Toronto, ON @ The Opera House
7/3 Montreal, QC @ Foufones
7/4 Montreal, QC @ Le Studio
7/5 Quebec City, QC @ L'Anti
7/6 Worcester, MA @ Palladium
7/7 Philadelphia, PA @ Starlight Ballroom
7/8 New York, NY @ BB Kings

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Source: myspace.com
Posted: 07.04.2007 by Thryce | Comments (0)


Diablo Swing Orchestra - Three Songs Available For Download

Diablo Swing Orchestra have made three songs from their highly acclaimed debut album "The Butcher's Ballroom", available for free download. Click the following links to check them out:

'Balrog Boogie'
'Heroines'
'Poetic Pitbull Revolutions'

"The Butcher's Ballroom", distributed by Guillotine Grooves, is also currently available via iTunes and at the following links.

For more information on Diablo Swing Orchestra go to their official MySpace page, here.

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Source: bravewords.com
Band profile: Diablo Swing Orchestra
Posted: 07.04.2007 by Thryce | Comments (6)


Sickening Horror - New Song Posted Online

You can check out a new song from Greek technical death metallers Sickening Horror, entitled 'This Cold Funeral,' online here.
The track comes off their upcoming new album "When Landscapes Bled Backwards", which is expected to be released later this year through Neurotic Records.

More info about the band on http://www.sickeninghorror.net.

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Source: smnnews.com
Posted: 07.04.2007 by Thryce | Comments (0)


Lordi - North American Tour Postponed

Finnish metal monsters Lordi have postponed their North American tour dates due to poor ticket sales and are now being rescheduled to take place around their Ozzfest dates here for those dates]. They are still confirmed for The Bamboozle festival in East Rutherford, New Jersey on May 5 and 6.

The affected dates include:

April
20 - Anaheim, CA - House of Blues
21 - Hollywood, CA - Avalon
22 - San Francisco, CA - Slims
24 - Denver, CO - Gothic Theatre
27 - Chicago, IL - Metro
28 - Detroit, MI - Harpo's

May
1 - Montreal, QUE - Le Spectrum
2 - Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero
3 - Baltimore, MD - Recher Theatre

Also Lordi's concert on May 11th in Helsinki, Finland at Jäähalli has been cancelled due to scheduling problems.

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Source: lordi.fi
Band profile: Lordi
Posted: 07.04.2007 by Thryce | Comments (4)


Hellfest 2007 - Highway To Hellfest Winners

The "Highway to Hellfest" contest of our partner Violent Solutions is now finished. Finally, we can give you the 3 winners elected by their readers!

In the Extreme category: 7th Nemesis, in the Core category: Zubrowska, and in the Metal category: Klone! Congratulations to the winners and thanks to VS Solutions and to all the competitors who allowed us to add 3 great bands to the line-up of the Hellfest!

You will also be able to appreciate the great return of dEFDUMP added at the last minute to this nearly final line-up which, we hope, will please you.

Only one band still remains to be added to the line-up. You'll have the luck to vote for your favorite band during the SIN TRANSFER contest which will be organized by our friends of ROCK'N'ROLL RUNNERS the 9 of June 2007 at Lyon. Please be sure that you'll vote for the last band of the Hellfest 2007!

Concerning the camp-site: the doors will be opened Thursday the 21th at midday.

Finally, we are really happy to tell you that the festival will be an impressive patchwork of different nationalities, never seen in a French Metal Festival. It seems that a lot of people from outside France decided to come to Hellfest even if they already have great Metal Festivals in their countries.

HELLFEST RULES !!!

Source: hellfest.fr
Event: Hellfest Summer Open Air 2007
Posted: 06.04.2007 by Jeff | Comments (4)


Ozzy Osbourne - New Album Samples

A number of audio clips from Ozzy Osbourne's forthcoming album "Black Rain" have been posted online at Ozzy.com (Note: You have to scroll over and click on the books and other images on the main page to hear the audio. For direct links to audio samples, click here.).

The follow-up to 2001's "Down to Earth", was recorded with the same band that backed Osbourne on his scattered 2006 Ozzfest dates ? Zakk Wylde on guitar, Mike Bordin on drums, and former Rob Zombie bassist Rob "Blasko" Nicholson. The album has no official producer, although longtime Mutt Lange protégé Kevin Churko is serving as the engineer.

More Blabbermouth info here.

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Source: roadrunnerrecords.com
Band profile: Ozzy Osbourne
Posted: 06.04.2007 by Thryce | Comments (5)


Dimension Zero - New Album Info With Samples

Dimension Zero has finalized the track listing for its third album, "He Who Shall Not Bleed", due later in the year via an as-yet-undisclosed label. The CD was recorded at IF studios in December and was co-produced by the band with Arnold Lindberg.

"He Who Shall Not Bleed" tracklisting:

01. He Who Shall Not Bleed
02. Unto Others
03. A Paler Shade of White (A Darker Side of Black)
04. Hell Is Within
05. Red Dead Heat
06. I Can Hear the Dark
07. Going Deep
08. Is
09. Deny
10. The Was
11. Way to Shine

Check out audio samples of the songs 'He Who Shall Not Bleed', 'Unto Others' and 'Hell Is Within' at the band's website.

Dimension Zero is a Gothenburg Melodic Death Metal band from Sweden, which features In Flames guitarist Jesper Strömblad on bass, former Marduk singer Jocke Göthberg, drummer Hans Nilsson (Luciferion, Diabolique) and guitarist Daniel Antonsson (Pathos)

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Source: dimensionzero.se
Band profile: Dimension Zero
Posted: 06.04.2007 by Thryce | Comments (3)


KISS - Former Guitarist Mark St. John Died

KNAC.COM air personality Junkman just checked in with the following sad news:

"Just got a call this afternoon stating that my friend, former Kiss guitarist Mark St. John, died this morning from a cerebral hemorrage. He was 51.

I have known him for a long time. I roadied for his band White Tiger, and just spoke with him at the recent NAMM show.

As soon as I fid out more info I will let you know. My heart goes out to his family. A very sad day.

Junkie"

Mark replaced Vinnie Vincent as lead guitarist for KISS in April 1984, following Vincent's falling-out with the band (Mark was suggested to Bruce Kulick was featured on the song, "Lonely Is The Hunter"). During work for the album, St. John clashed with the other members of the band, and eventually developed arthritis (Reiter's Syndrome), which caused his hands and arms to swell. He was all but unable to perform live as a member of KISS, and only played three (one in full) shows during the "Animalize" tour, with Kulick filling in for the rest. He was officially replaced by Kulick in December 8, 1984.

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Source: knac.com
Band profile: KISS
Posted: 06.04.2007 by Thryce | Comments (10)


Blood Red Throne - New Album Recordings Over

Norwegian death metallers Blood Red Throne have issued the following update:

"We finished recording the new album after some weeks of what we like to refer to as 'the BRT curse.' We are very happy with the material and can't wait to get it back from Valle Adzic, who will be mixing the album in the coming weeks. Valle also mixed the 'Altered Genesis' album .'

Blood Red Throne's fourth studio album was recorded at Jailhouse Studios in Horsens, Denmark. The upcoming CD will be the group's first to feature new members Anders Haave (drums) and Vald (vocals). Songtitles set to appear on the album include "Rebirth in Blood", "Come Death", "No New Beginning" and "Slaying the Lamb".

"This time, we aim for a more classic death metal sound, ala Gorguts 'Considered Dead' / Suffocation's 'Despise the Sun' kind of sound," the band previously said. "We have grown tired with the over-produced and fully triggered drum kits that so many bands use today, besides we have taken a slightly new direction with our music and the analog and dynamic sound fits the music better. We have also chosen a different approach to the recording process of the instruments."

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Source: roadrunnerrecords.com
Band profile: Blood Red Throne
Posted: 06.04.2007 by Dangerboner | Comments (2)


Virgin Black - Unique Date In Europe; New Song Online

The following message was posted on Australia's Virgin Black's official website:

"Despite inferences to the contrary, it is now confirmed that Virgin Black will appear for only one exclusive show in Europe in support of the release of "Requiem - Mezzo Forte". The band will headline the Elements Of Rock Festival in Zurich, Switzerland, held on the 20th till the 22st of April. This will be the first opportunity to buy the album, as the official European release date is 27th April. The album itself will be released by Massacre Records as a special limited edition digipak with bonus disk.

Requiem - Mezzo Forte
01. Requiem, Kyrie
02. In Death
03. Midnight's Hymn
04. ?And I Am Suffering listen]
05. Domine
06. Lacrimosa (I Am Blind With Weeping)
07. Rest Eternal

Bonus retrospective CD + video
01. Mother of Cripples (Demo)
02. Whispers of Dead Sisters (Trance)
03. Museum of Iscariot (Sombre Romantic)
04. Our Wings Are Burning (Elegant...and Dying)
+ Our Wings Are Burning video clip "

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Source: virginblack.com
Band profile: Virgin Black
Event: Elements Of Rock Festival
Posted: 06.04.2007 by White Winter Sun | Comments (1)