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Apocalyptica - To Record DVD
The Erfurt gig (02.12.05) will be recorded for an upcoming live DVD which also will contain "special material about the first Northamerica tour and many surprises". The release of the DVD is expected to be somewhere in 2006.
Also the band announced some finnish dates for 2006:
24.01.06 - HELSINKI, Tavastia
25.01.06 - TAMPERE, Pakkahuone
26.01.06 - KUOPIO, Työnkulma
27.01.06 - OULU, Teatria
27.01.06 - LAHTI, Sibeliustalo
Also the band announced some finnish dates for 2006:
24.01.06 - HELSINKI, Tavastia
25.01.06 - TAMPERE, Pakkahuone
26.01.06 - KUOPIO, Työnkulma
27.01.06 - OULU, Teatria
27.01.06 - LAHTI, Sibeliustalo
| Source: | apocalyptica.com |
| Band profile: | Apocalyptica |
Celesty - Line-Up Change On The Guitars
Celesty's guitarist J-P Alanen has left the band and was replaced by Teemu Koskela.
The band posted the following on the official website:
"We are sad to announce that our future with our long time partner J-P Alanen has ended.
The main reason is that J-P's musical interests have been elsewhere for a long time and Celesty needs more participation and hard work from all the members.
"Celesty thanks Juha-Pekka for all these years and the fun we have had together. We all wish the best of luck to J-P in his musical career.
"Our new lead guitar player is Teemu Koskela. He is a long time friend of the band and was natural choice for us. We have already started hard work together in rehearsals and Teemu is participating to the composing work as well. We believe that Teemu will bring lot's of new ideas to the songs and sounds in our future albums."
On the website of his second band Altaria J-P Alanen commented:
"There were difficulties between Celesty and the situation of my personal life. I'm concentrating more to my music studies, and also my musical taste, influences and attitudes have changed during the years. It was only a question of time. This decision won't affect to my playing in Altaria."
Sources: http://www.celesty.net and http://www.altariamusic.com
The band posted the following on the official website:
"We are sad to announce that our future with our long time partner J-P Alanen has ended.
The main reason is that J-P's musical interests have been elsewhere for a long time and Celesty needs more participation and hard work from all the members.
"Celesty thanks Juha-Pekka for all these years and the fun we have had together. We all wish the best of luck to J-P in his musical career.
"Our new lead guitar player is Teemu Koskela. He is a long time friend of the band and was natural choice for us. We have already started hard work together in rehearsals and Teemu is participating to the composing work as well. We believe that Teemu will bring lot's of new ideas to the songs and sounds in our future albums."
On the website of his second band Altaria J-P Alanen commented:
"There were difficulties between Celesty and the situation of my personal life. I'm concentrating more to my music studies, and also my musical taste, influences and attitudes have changed during the years. It was only a question of time. This decision won't affect to my playing in Altaria."
Sources: http://www.celesty.net and http://www.altariamusic.com
| Band profile: | Celesty |
Nightmare - The Dominion Gate Booklet
NIGHTMARE - BOOKLETS
It has come to our knowledge that several Nightmare - The Dominion Gate albums were delivered to the stores without booklets!
Nightmare and Regain Records are of course very sorry about this, and we will try to make it up to you, by sending you the booklet in arrears.
If you just mail us info about where you bought your album, wich date and your adress, we´ll send you a booklet as soon as possible. Please mail your info to following adress: richard@regainrecords.com
Our deepest apologizes and thanx for supporting Nightmare and Regain Records!
Take care!
Per Bussmann on behalf of Nightmare and Regain Records
It has come to our knowledge that several Nightmare - The Dominion Gate albums were delivered to the stores without booklets!
Nightmare and Regain Records are of course very sorry about this, and we will try to make it up to you, by sending you the booklet in arrears.
If you just mail us info about where you bought your album, wich date and your adress, we´ll send you a booklet as soon as possible. Please mail your info to following adress: richard@regainrecords.com
Our deepest apologizes and thanx for supporting Nightmare and Regain Records!
Take care!
Per Bussmann on behalf of Nightmare and Regain Records
| Band profile: | Nightmare |
Defleshed - Split Up
The band decided to split up, in a friendly way. As the band hasn't played in the US, they will try to play in the Dismember tour in april. This is the complete message posted on the official band's site:
"Fellow comrades,
with a schizophrenic mixture of grief and relief we hereby announce our departure from all Defleshed-activities. Activities that has become more of obligations with the years, which has driven us individually to become more ambitions or less. We are in no way splitting up as unfriends, if anything reversed, and we'll thank you all for your the support through the years in the only way we know how to: a farewell to the flesh gig at Fellini, Uppsala, Sweden the 25th of December (see www.fellini.nu) This night we'll do anything in our power to BLAST YOUR FUCKING FLESH OFF !!!
However, since we've never been to the States (which is an old dream of ours), we'll still try to nail that Dismember tour in April, but this is up to our US label & co.
Hope you understand our wish not to become tired, blood-drain has-beens but to end this while we're still potent.
We will still go on with metal in diverse bands and future projects of course, of which I'm sure you will hear of in a near future, but as for Defleshed we've simply feel the last chapter has been written. After all, you don't stop playing 'cause your getting old - you get old 'cause you stop playing. Be well and thanks for your attention in our band/
Gus & Defleshed, Uppsala, November 11th 2005"
"Fellow comrades,
with a schizophrenic mixture of grief and relief we hereby announce our departure from all Defleshed-activities. Activities that has become more of obligations with the years, which has driven us individually to become more ambitions or less. We are in no way splitting up as unfriends, if anything reversed, and we'll thank you all for your the support through the years in the only way we know how to: a farewell to the flesh gig at Fellini, Uppsala, Sweden the 25th of December (see www.fellini.nu) This night we'll do anything in our power to BLAST YOUR FUCKING FLESH OFF !!!
However, since we've never been to the States (which is an old dream of ours), we'll still try to nail that Dismember tour in April, but this is up to our US label & co.
Hope you understand our wish not to become tired, blood-drain has-beens but to end this while we're still potent.
We will still go on with metal in diverse bands and future projects of course, of which I'm sure you will hear of in a near future, but as for Defleshed we've simply feel the last chapter has been written. After all, you don't stop playing 'cause your getting old - you get old 'cause you stop playing. Be well and thanks for your attention in our band/
Gus & Defleshed, Uppsala, November 11th 2005"
| Source: | defleshed.de |
| Band profile: | Defleshed |
Nocte Obducta - To Release Limited Edition Single
Supreme Chaos Records and NOCTE OBDUCTA have thought about something special for the end of the year 2005.
After receiving high demand for the track "Aschefrühling" which was published only on the vinyl version of "Stille" they decided to release this track as a CD single with a new mix of "Vorbei".
Therefore NOCTE OBDUCTA entered Maranis Studios this week and will even record some new details for the song "Vorbei".
The release will be a two track single with a special artwork, limited to certified numbered 1500 copies.
AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY AT SUPREME CHAOS RECORDS!
Will be released on December 6th 2005!
You can preorder this single for 4,90 EUR here:
http://www.s-c-r.de/shop.php?lang=english&viewitem=scr-cd018
After receiving high demand for the track "Aschefrühling" which was published only on the vinyl version of "Stille" they decided to release this track as a CD single with a new mix of "Vorbei".
Therefore NOCTE OBDUCTA entered Maranis Studios this week and will even record some new details for the song "Vorbei".
The release will be a two track single with a special artwork, limited to certified numbered 1500 copies.
AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY AT SUPREME CHAOS RECORDS!
Will be released on December 6th 2005!
You can preorder this single for 4,90 EUR here:
http://www.s-c-r.de/shop.php?lang=english&viewitem=scr-cd018
| Source: | s-c-r.de |
| Band profile: | Nocte Obducta |
In Flames - Announce North American Tour
In Flames has announced a North American headlining tour in support of their highly anticipated new album, Come Clarity. A late January, 2006 west coast launch is expected.
Support on the In Flames tour will be provided by Trivium, Devildriver and ZAO. The extended trek will represent the first In flames North American dates since their main stage appearances as part of OZZFEST 2005 and will kick off the band's most extensive touring on the continent in their decade plus history. In Flames is currently in the midst of a three week UK tour alongside Motorhead.
"Come Clarity" will be released in North America on February 7th via Ferret Music. The album will see a February 3rd European release date on Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to the band's 2004 album, "Soundtrack to Your Escape", "Come Clarity" features thirteen explosive tracks, including the roll-out single and video, "Take this Life".
Support on the In Flames tour will be provided by Trivium, Devildriver and ZAO. The extended trek will represent the first In flames North American dates since their main stage appearances as part of OZZFEST 2005 and will kick off the band's most extensive touring on the continent in their decade plus history. In Flames is currently in the midst of a three week UK tour alongside Motorhead.
"Come Clarity" will be released in North America on February 7th via Ferret Music. The album will see a February 3rd European release date on Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to the band's 2004 album, "Soundtrack to Your Escape", "Come Clarity" features thirteen explosive tracks, including the roll-out single and video, "Take this Life".
| Source: | smnnews.com |
| Band profile: | In Flames |
Green Christmas Festival - Line-up Complete
The line-up of the Green Christmas festival is now complete and the final band to be announced is a popular Estonian group called SÕPRUSE PUIESTEE.
Sõpruse Puiestee perform at the festival for the first time. Even more - it will be their first gig in Rakvere ever, so it'll be very exciting to see and hear what they will offer to the Rakvere audience.
The complete line-up of the festival comes as follows: ANATHEMA (Uk), DIE KRUPPS (Ger), ULTIMA THULE & TÕNIS MÄGI (Est), SYBREED (Sui), NEAERA (Ger), WIDESCREEN MODE (Fin), SÕPRUSE PUIESTEE (Est), SINKING (Fin), SHADOWDANCES (Lit), PEDIGREE (Est), J.M.K.E. (Est), LOITS (Est), ZORG (Est), SKRIIMSILM (Est), WHISPERING FOREST (Est), PAINGREED (Est).
Have no doubt - this festival will be wilder than you could ever imagine!!! So, if You don't have your ticket yet, now is the high time to run for it!
To remind the prices:
Dates - Festival Pass / One Day
01.-30.11 27 EUR / 21 EUR
01.-15.12 29 EUR / 21 EUR
At the door 31 EUR / 21 EUR
ESTONIA: PILETILEVI http://www.piletilevi.ee and STATOIL
FINLAND: TIKETTI http://www.tiketti.fi
LATVIA: BILESU SERVISS http://www.ticketservice.lv and STATOIL
Sõpruse Puiestee perform at the festival for the first time. Even more - it will be their first gig in Rakvere ever, so it'll be very exciting to see and hear what they will offer to the Rakvere audience.
The complete line-up of the festival comes as follows: ANATHEMA (Uk), DIE KRUPPS (Ger), ULTIMA THULE & TÕNIS MÄGI (Est), SYBREED (Sui), NEAERA (Ger), WIDESCREEN MODE (Fin), SÕPRUSE PUIESTEE (Est), SINKING (Fin), SHADOWDANCES (Lit), PEDIGREE (Est), J.M.K.E. (Est), LOITS (Est), ZORG (Est), SKRIIMSILM (Est), WHISPERING FOREST (Est), PAINGREED (Est).
Have no doubt - this festival will be wilder than you could ever imagine!!! So, if You don't have your ticket yet, now is the high time to run for it!
To remind the prices:
Dates - Festival Pass / One Day
01.-30.11 27 EUR / 21 EUR
01.-15.12 29 EUR / 21 EUR
At the door 31 EUR / 21 EUR
ESTONIA: PILETILEVI http://www.piletilevi.ee and STATOIL
FINLAND: TIKETTI http://www.tiketti.fi
LATVIA: BILESU SERVISS http://www.ticketservice.lv and STATOIL
| Source: | greenchristmas.ee |
Queensryche - Set Release Date For new Album
Queensryche have set a March 14, 2006 release date for the sequel to their concept album, Operation: Mindcrime, tentatively titled Operation: Mindcrime II. Guitar overdubs for the CD were completed last week, according to a posting on the group's website. The album will be released through Rhino Entertainment.
| Source: | Dutch Progressive Rock Page |
| Band profile: | Queensrÿche |
Luca Turilli - Working On New Album
According to a post in the official Luca Turilli's forum, a new album is on the works and is expected to be released in January/February 2006. The cover art of the album will be revealed soon.
| Source: | lturilli.com |
| Band profile: | Luca Turilli |
Dissection - Bassist Leaves The Band
The following message was posted on Dissection's website explaining the reasons of the departure:
"As a result of bassist Haakon Forwald's family situation back home in Norway and his initiatory work with the Norwegian cell division of the Misanthropic Luciferian Order (MLO) it has been decided that Forwald will step back from the position as Dissection's bass player in order to focus on his esoteric and exoteric work in Norway. Dissection wish Forwald the best of luck on the path to anti-cosmic gnosis and thank him for his time with the band.
This will not affect the two upcoming shows in Sweden and Germany booked for December and January where Dissection for the last time ever will perform a set based solely on the old albums!
Bass player candidates already exist and are currently being tried out in rehearsals!"
"As a result of bassist Haakon Forwald's family situation back home in Norway and his initiatory work with the Norwegian cell division of the Misanthropic Luciferian Order (MLO) it has been decided that Forwald will step back from the position as Dissection's bass player in order to focus on his esoteric and exoteric work in Norway. Dissection wish Forwald the best of luck on the path to anti-cosmic gnosis and thank him for his time with the band.
This will not affect the two upcoming shows in Sweden and Germany booked for December and January where Dissection for the last time ever will perform a set based solely on the old albums!
Bass player candidates already exist and are currently being tried out in rehearsals!"
| Source: | dissection.nu |
| Band profile: | Dissection |
Waylander - Promo CD Ready, Looking For Label
The following message was posted on the Waylander's website:
"Samhain's greetings to you all ! May the time between times prove beneficial to one and all.
At long last, the much talked about Promo cd is finally ready ! The sound could have been better and the tempos refined a lot more but we feel it's of a decent enough quality to use as a tool to remind the world that Waylander are very much alive and kicking in 2005.
At least one of the songs will be available to download from this Site or if anyone wants the cd, they can send us a blank cd, and some pennies toward postage and packing. In the uk £1.50 or 6 first class Stamps should cover it. Ireland and Europe, 3 euro, r.o.w. 5 euro. 4 Ballinteggart Road, Battlehill, Co.Armagh, BT62 4HN, N.Ireland.
We are still on schedule to have the album written by the year's end. At the moment 5 songs are more or less completed, with 3 other songs in various stages of development. We've decided not to bother with a cover song after all as it seems like everyone takes that route. We prefer to tread our own pathways. If the 8 songs aren't enough, we will write another.
Reawakening Pride Once Lost looks well with the proper logo now. The re-release of this album with some old demo tracks as bonus material will now officially take place in December via Ulster's Midhir Records. Pre-orders are likely, try www.midhirrecords.com
Many thanks to Dave Briggs for recording our promo for us, it is greatly appreciated and I'm sure we all took something positive from the experience.
We are now contacting Record Labels and weighing up our studio options and as soon as we know anything you will be the first to know of it !
Until next time, keep the ancient fires burning in your hearts,
Bua no Bas !!
ArdChieftain
WAYLANDER"
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"Samhain's greetings to you all ! May the time between times prove beneficial to one and all.
At long last, the much talked about Promo cd is finally ready ! The sound could have been better and the tempos refined a lot more but we feel it's of a decent enough quality to use as a tool to remind the world that Waylander are very much alive and kicking in 2005.
At least one of the songs will be available to download from this Site or if anyone wants the cd, they can send us a blank cd, and some pennies toward postage and packing. In the uk £1.50 or 6 first class Stamps should cover it. Ireland and Europe, 3 euro, r.o.w. 5 euro. 4 Ballinteggart Road, Battlehill, Co.Armagh, BT62 4HN, N.Ireland.
We are still on schedule to have the album written by the year's end. At the moment 5 songs are more or less completed, with 3 other songs in various stages of development. We've decided not to bother with a cover song after all as it seems like everyone takes that route. We prefer to tread our own pathways. If the 8 songs aren't enough, we will write another.
Reawakening Pride Once Lost looks well with the proper logo now. The re-release of this album with some old demo tracks as bonus material will now officially take place in December via Ulster's Midhir Records. Pre-orders are likely, try www.midhirrecords.com
Many thanks to Dave Briggs for recording our promo for us, it is greatly appreciated and I'm sure we all took something positive from the experience.
We are now contacting Record Labels and weighing up our studio options and as soon as we know anything you will be the first to know of it !
Until next time, keep the ancient fires burning in your hearts,
Bua no Bas !!
ArdChieftain
WAYLANDER"
Read more ››
| Source: | clanwaylander.org |
| Band profile: | Waylander |
Coldseed - Soilwork/Savage Circus Collaboration
Speed's and Thomen's band signed.
Soilwork singer Björn "Speed" Strid and former Blind Guardian/current Savage Circus skinsman Thomen Stauch are collaborating on a band called Coldseed - and signed a deal with Nuclear Blast! Expect their debut album in spring 2006!.
- Nuclear Blast Newsletter -
Soilwork singer Björn "Speed" Strid and former Blind Guardian/current Savage Circus skinsman Thomen Stauch are collaborating on a band called Coldseed - and signed a deal with Nuclear Blast! Expect their debut album in spring 2006!.
- Nuclear Blast Newsletter -
| Band profile: | Soilwork |
Turisas - Update On Georg Laakso's Condition
The band posted the following update about guitarist Georg Laakso's condition and details about his accident on the official website:
"Dear friends,
The last two weeks have been an extremely hard time for us and we hope that you understand how difficult it has been for us to come out with an update on Georg's condition. There have been days when the situation has appeared to be very dark, as well as days bringing good news and glimpses of hope. Georg's condition is now somewhat stable, but still extremely severe and the risk of different complications is still evident. The following part will give you more information on what actually happened and how things have moved on since then.
The accident took place two weeks ago, on the night between Thursday and Friday (27.-28.10.) when, for a reason still unknown, Georg's car swerved off the highway, crashing through an elk-fence before coming to a halt 60 meters farther ahead. The first reports on the accident did not come in before early Friday morning and the first police patrol was at the scene around 8 am. They, however, did not notice the unconscious Georg who was lying on the ground approximately 5 meters from the vehicle. Neither did the following patrol which came to the scene later in the afternoon to add some more police tape in the fence as a signal to the motorists passing by that the police had already been there. Georg was reported missing on Friday afternoon. It was not before 6 pm Georg's brother found him at the scene of the accident and called the emergency number. When Georg was lifted up from the ground his heart stopped beating. At that point he had been lying unconscious on the icy ground for some 12 hours minimum, and his body temperature had gone down to 20.1 °C. No other persons were involved in the accident.
Georg was rushed to Hämeenlinna Central Hospital and later in the night transferred to the intensive care unit at Meilahti Hospital in Helsinki. During this time the nursing staff kept his heart beating by hand for well over four hours. At Meilahti Hospital he was connected to a heart-lung machine and heart operation was started immediately.
During the last two weeks Georg has gone through several operations on his heart, abdomen, feet etc. His body temperature has been raised slowly up towards normal, which has brought up some problems with his right leg not heating up properly due to bad frostbites. He has shown marks of consciousness throughout last week, and has been awake for short periods during the last days, but is still kept under anaesthesia and heavy narcosis most of the time. His heart is now somewhat working on its own, but his breathing is still controlled by a respirator, and there are also problems with his kidneys. Apart from a few broken ribs and a minor fracture in his jaw, the crash did not cause notable external damage. Recent scans have not shown any signs of brain damage either, but at this stage that is still far too early to speculate on.
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"Dear friends,
The last two weeks have been an extremely hard time for us and we hope that you understand how difficult it has been for us to come out with an update on Georg's condition. There have been days when the situation has appeared to be very dark, as well as days bringing good news and glimpses of hope. Georg's condition is now somewhat stable, but still extremely severe and the risk of different complications is still evident. The following part will give you more information on what actually happened and how things have moved on since then.
The accident took place two weeks ago, on the night between Thursday and Friday (27.-28.10.) when, for a reason still unknown, Georg's car swerved off the highway, crashing through an elk-fence before coming to a halt 60 meters farther ahead. The first reports on the accident did not come in before early Friday morning and the first police patrol was at the scene around 8 am. They, however, did not notice the unconscious Georg who was lying on the ground approximately 5 meters from the vehicle. Neither did the following patrol which came to the scene later in the afternoon to add some more police tape in the fence as a signal to the motorists passing by that the police had already been there. Georg was reported missing on Friday afternoon. It was not before 6 pm Georg's brother found him at the scene of the accident and called the emergency number. When Georg was lifted up from the ground his heart stopped beating. At that point he had been lying unconscious on the icy ground for some 12 hours minimum, and his body temperature had gone down to 20.1 °C. No other persons were involved in the accident.
Georg was rushed to Hämeenlinna Central Hospital and later in the night transferred to the intensive care unit at Meilahti Hospital in Helsinki. During this time the nursing staff kept his heart beating by hand for well over four hours. At Meilahti Hospital he was connected to a heart-lung machine and heart operation was started immediately.
During the last two weeks Georg has gone through several operations on his heart, abdomen, feet etc. His body temperature has been raised slowly up towards normal, which has brought up some problems with his right leg not heating up properly due to bad frostbites. He has shown marks of consciousness throughout last week, and has been awake for short periods during the last days, but is still kept under anaesthesia and heavy narcosis most of the time. His heart is now somewhat working on its own, but his breathing is still controlled by a respirator, and there are also problems with his kidneys. Apart from a few broken ribs and a minor fracture in his jaw, the crash did not cause notable external damage. Recent scans have not shown any signs of brain damage either, but at this stage that is still far too early to speculate on.
Read more ››
| Source: | turisas.com |
| Band profile: | Turisas |
Eidolon - No New Records For Quite Some Time
After the release of Eidolon's upcoming album "The Parallel Otherworld", Glen and Shawn Drover will take a break from Eidolon to concentrate on Megadeth.
Shawn Drover posted the following on the official website:
"At this time, we are in the process of getting the remaining tracks recorded for the Eidolon record - Nils has just finished the vocal tracks 100% today, so we should be receiving them at the studio in Toronto in a few weeks, after editing is done in Norway. Adrian has 2 bass tracks yet to complete, which I believe will happen within 1 week - Glen has all of his guitar solos to record, which is normal procedure for us, as he likes to do his solos last. With this said, we are looking at mixing/mastering this record starting January 1st-9th. Once the record is finished, we ship it off to Escapi - I cannot reveal the release date, as I have no idea when it will be released. Sometime in 2006 is a safe bet, I assume.
Since this will be the last Eidolon record for some time ( our priority is with MEGADETH ) we really wanted to have some musicians that we admire to play on certain tracks - As I write this, we have Hank Sherman/Michael Denner ( Mercyful Fate/Force of evil ) playing on "The Oath " which, by the way, sounds amazing!!!! Glen sent me a file of the song, via Whale Mail and it just put a big smile on my face. Glen handled the keyboard intro to the song ( we originally thought of using somebody else to record it, but nixed the idea ) it all sounds great - enough said on that.
As well, we have Michael Romeo ( Symphony X ) doing a trade off solo with Glen on another track, and we just confirmed Kim Mitchell ( Max Webster, Kim Mitchell band ) for a trade off solo with Glen as well. I cannot express how happy I am to have Kim perform on our record, as we have been huge fans of his playing, as well as Michael Romeo - we became good friends with him during Gigantour, so this was a no-brainer, really.
The 1 thing I will always be proud of with Eidolon, after 10 years now, is that we always did what we wanted to do, 100%, and never catered to whatever trend was happening at the time. We always made music to make US happy 1st - the fact that others like us is just icing on the cake!!! We never sold 1,000,000 record or anything like that, but we never cared about that anyways. Music was, is and will always be the #1 priority with Glen and myself."
Shawn Drover posted the following on the official website:
"At this time, we are in the process of getting the remaining tracks recorded for the Eidolon record - Nils has just finished the vocal tracks 100% today, so we should be receiving them at the studio in Toronto in a few weeks, after editing is done in Norway. Adrian has 2 bass tracks yet to complete, which I believe will happen within 1 week - Glen has all of his guitar solos to record, which is normal procedure for us, as he likes to do his solos last. With this said, we are looking at mixing/mastering this record starting January 1st-9th. Once the record is finished, we ship it off to Escapi - I cannot reveal the release date, as I have no idea when it will be released. Sometime in 2006 is a safe bet, I assume.
Since this will be the last Eidolon record for some time ( our priority is with MEGADETH ) we really wanted to have some musicians that we admire to play on certain tracks - As I write this, we have Hank Sherman/Michael Denner ( Mercyful Fate/Force of evil ) playing on "The Oath " which, by the way, sounds amazing!!!! Glen sent me a file of the song, via Whale Mail and it just put a big smile on my face. Glen handled the keyboard intro to the song ( we originally thought of using somebody else to record it, but nixed the idea ) it all sounds great - enough said on that.
As well, we have Michael Romeo ( Symphony X ) doing a trade off solo with Glen on another track, and we just confirmed Kim Mitchell ( Max Webster, Kim Mitchell band ) for a trade off solo with Glen as well. I cannot express how happy I am to have Kim perform on our record, as we have been huge fans of his playing, as well as Michael Romeo - we became good friends with him during Gigantour, so this was a no-brainer, really.
The 1 thing I will always be proud of with Eidolon, after 10 years now, is that we always did what we wanted to do, 100%, and never catered to whatever trend was happening at the time. We always made music to make US happy 1st - the fact that others like us is just icing on the cake!!! We never sold 1,000,000 record or anything like that, but we never cared about that anyways. Music was, is and will always be the #1 priority with Glen and myself."
| Source: | eidolon-nightmareworld.com |
| Band profile: | Eidolon |
Shadowkeep - To Enter The Studio
The following message was posted on the band's website:
"ShadowKeep begin recording their 3rd studio album on the 12th of December at Thin Ice Studios with Karl Groom producing once again. This latest visit to Thin Ice will be the culmination of many months of hard work and will unleash the vocal talents of Richie Wicks and one of the tightest rhythm sections in Metal, drummer Scott Higham and bassist Stony Grantham combined with ShadowKeep founders Chris Allen and Nicki Robson promises to be an album to establish the band as the UK's no.1 Power Metal act! More news to follow soon!"
"ShadowKeep begin recording their 3rd studio album on the 12th of December at Thin Ice Studios with Karl Groom producing once again. This latest visit to Thin Ice will be the culmination of many months of hard work and will unleash the vocal talents of Richie Wicks and one of the tightest rhythm sections in Metal, drummer Scott Higham and bassist Stony Grantham combined with ShadowKeep founders Chris Allen and Nicki Robson promises to be an album to establish the band as the UK's no.1 Power Metal act! More news to follow soon!"
| Source: | shadowkeepmetal.net |