Metal news

Subway To Sally´s Michael Simon has posted the following short news update:

"Busy times these days! I am on the train from Potsdam to Bamberg right now. The past week we worked hard on new songs for our next album due April 3rd. The tracks mostly done already and will be recorded in November. On Friday we went to try our new stage outfits, on Saturday we went to the meeting of our fanclub in Gelsenkirchen and got right back to Berlin after that. There we will rehearse and kick off our tour in October! ...we're really looking forward to this!"

Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Subway To Sally

Belarus-based metal band Posthumous Blasphemer are finishing the recordings of the new upcoming album "Fracture The Worship". The album is expected to be released somewhere this October.

The tracklisting of the band's fourth full-length "Fracture The Worship" [Cover Art], is as follows:

01. Revival of Сontempt
02. Sermons of Enthralment
03. Remains Devouring Consciousness
04. Flagellation for Rescue
05. Doomed Flesh Tortures
06. Inconsistent Doctrine of Expiation
07. Disfigured Faces of Pontifexes
08. Poisonous Сompassion

Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Posthumous Blasphemer

Anglo-Chilean thrash masters Criminal are proud to announce their signing of a new recording deal with Germany's Massacre Records. The band will enter the studio in September to record its sixth studio album for an early 2009 release. The follow-up to 05's "Sicario" will be released in a limited edition package including a bonus DVD.

Vocalist/guitarist Anton Reisenegger states: "It's great to be on a label like Massacre, that has carved its niche in today's vercrowded market through hard work and dedication. We are looking forward to a long and productive collaboration.

"I have nothing but good things to say about the staff at Metal Blade Europe," the frontman comments on the band's former label, "but the company's priorities were clearly somewhere else, so it made no sense for us to continue working together. I honestly wish them all the best for the future."

Formed in the early 90s in Santiago de Chile by ex-Pentagram mastermind Reisenegger and guitar virtuoso Rodrigo Contreras, Criminal were combining elements of thrash, hardcore and death metal long before the term "metalcore" was even thought of. The band enjoyed a meteoric rise to the forefront of the South American metal scene, including five-digit album sales, shows with the likes of Kreator, Sepultura and Slayer and a nomination for Best Rock Video at the MTV Latino Video Music Awards, but was faced with severe personal and business problems around the turn of the decade. Reisenegger and Contreras then decided to relocate to the UK, regrouping in a half-Chilean, half-British line-up. Since then, the band has played on major European festivals such as Wacken and Summer Breeze, as well as support shows with bands such as Chimaira, Six Feet Under, Brujeria and Lamb Of God.

Criminal's latest studio offering, "Sicario", was hailed by the press as one of the finest thrash metal releases of 2005 and was voted into the Top Ten Albums of the Year by the readers of Terrorizer magazine. At the same time, the band's status in their home country remains unbroken, as evidenced by a four-page feature in the Chilean edition of Rolling Stone magazine and a recent show supporting Megadeth in front of over 14,000 metalheads.

Source:	blog.myspace.com
Band profile:	Criminal

Goatwhore, the New Orleans-based band featuring vocalist L. Ben Falgoust II (Soilent Green) and guitarist Sammy Duet (Acid Bath, Crowbar), is currently writing material for their follow up to "A Haunting Curse".

According to Duet, "We are well into it. I won't go in the whole, 'This one is gonna be the heaviest one yet, blah blah blah,' but it's gonna be pretty damn heavy. I am really happy with what we have written so far."

He continues, "If all goes to plan, we will enter Mana Studios [in St. Petersburg, Florida] in early February. Hopefully we will do some shows before then. Other than that, I'm just sitting on my ass being bored. I miss being on tour, but I guess you have to take what you can get."

Source:	metalblade.com
Band profile:	Goatwhore

The Swedish death/thrashers Arise are now preparing for the definitive comeback after three years of silence with the fourth album entitled "The Reckoning". This album will be the definite comeback of Arise and will be released February/March 2009 through Regain Records. The new album will feature the following guestmusicians: Jonas Kjellgren (Scar Symmetry, ex-Carnal Forge etc), Mikael Stanne (Dark Tranquillity) and Jake Fredén (Nostradameus).

Arise are often described as an crossover between At The Gates, Hypocrisy and Carcass and are responsible for the 3 albums "The Godly Work Of Art", "Kings Of The Cloned Generation" and "The Beautiful New World" released through Spinefarm/Universal Records. They have along toured with Vader also performed with bands like Morbid Angel, Entombed, Exodus, The Crown and Hatesphere to name a few.

Listen to a brand new song "No memory Of Light" from the upcoming album which will be released early 2009 at http://www.myspace.com/ariseonline or http://www.ariseonline.com.

Stay tuned for more information about the upcoming release of Arise.

Source:	regainrecords.com
Band profile:	Arise

Guitarist Joacim Carlsson of Swedish grindcore metallers General Surgery has issued the following update:

"As of today (October 2nd), we have once again entered the filthy and repulsive confinements of Off Beat Studio to record our second still-untitled full length album. 20 songs will be recorded, and we'll pick the best material to surface on the release. Some new titles to be included are "Plexus Necrosis", "Exotoxic Septicity", "Necronomics" and "Ichor". Due to scheduling conflicts, the new effort will be self-produced and will not utilize the services of Fred Estby [former Dismember drummer] as previously reported. We hope to finish the recording by mid-November and the release is scheduled for February/March 2009. More news on the album and possible sound snippets as we progress.

To backtrack a little, we want to say thanks to everybody that came out to our shows during the summer and a special thanks goes out to the crowd at the Brutal Assault fest which was our biggest yet. Thanks for the gore support!

For the 3rd year in a row, we'll play at Tantogården in Stockholm with Regurgitate and special guests Gadget. The date is Friday 31st of October. Tickets are available now at Repulsive Records and Sound Pollution. Check out the flyer here."

Source:	generalsurgery.nu
Band profile:	General Surgery

Finnish metallers Amoral have posted the following message:

"Just a quick update on what's going on in the Amoral world... we're hard at work on the material for the fourth album, with a few songs ready and a bunch more in the works. So far so good! The songs are coming to us pretty easily and we're very happy with them, hopefully you guys will be too.

As for the singer situation, we've received tons of applications from singers all over the world. We've listened to each and every one of you, and now have a couple of strong candidates. Hopefully we'll be able to make the important announcement in the near future. Thanks for everyone who applied for the job, it was nice to see so many interested in joining this band!"

Vocalist Niko Kalliojärvi recently announced his departure from Amoral in order to focus on other projects. He made his final appearance with the band at the Thrashia Läpi Yön festival at Tammela, Finland on August 23.

Source:	blog.myspace.com
Band profile:	Amoral

The first trailer for the upcoming Pain album "Cynic Paradise" is online. Two more will follow within the next two weeks. Watch the trailer here. The album will come out October, 31st, 2008 and include the following tracks:

01. I'm Going In
02. Monkey Business
03. Follow Me [feat. Anette Olzon]
04. Have A Drink On Me
05. Don't Care
06. Reach Out (And Regret)
07. Generation X
08. No One Knows
09. Live Fast - Die Young
10. Not Your Kind
11. Feed Us [feat. Anette Olzon]

CD 2 - Limited edition:

01. Behind The Wheel (Depeche Mode cover)
02. Here Is The News (Electric Light Orchestra cover)
03. Follow Me (Peter vox version)
04. Clouds Of Ecstasy (bassflow remix)
05. No One Knows (rectifier remix)

Pain will embark on the European tour in January/February 2009. Support on the road will be Brother Firetribe, the Finnish AOR/hard rock band featuring Nightwish guitarist Emppu Vuorinen.

According to Pain, "David Wallin (drums) can't be a part of this tour because of personal reasons. The name of the stand-in drummer will be announced shortly."

The dates are as follows:

Jan. 31 - Leipzig, Germany - Hellraiser
Feb. 01 - Berlin, Germany - Knaack
Feb. 02 - Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle
Feb. 03 - Bochum, Germany - Riff
Feb. 05 - Köln, Germany - Underground
Feb. 06 - Breda, Netherlands - Mezz
Feb. 08 - Vosselaarm, Belgium - Biebop
Feb. 09 - Frankfurt, Germany - Nachtleben
Feb. 10 - Stuttgart, Germany - Röhre
Feb. 11 - Wien, Austria - Szene
Feb. 12 - München, Germany - Backstage Club
Feb. 13 - Zürich, Switzerland - Sounddock 14
Feb. 14 - Milano, Italy - Alcatrazz
Feb. 16 - Lyon, France - Ninkasi Kao
Feb. 17 - Strasbourg, France - Laiterie Club
Feb. 18 - Paris, France - La Loco
Feb. 19 - Toulouse, France - Havana Cafe
Feb. 21 - Barcelona, Spain - Salamandra 1

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Source:	blog.myspace.com
Band profile:	Pain

Prototype have issued the following update:

"Over the last few months we've been working diligently on some new Prototype material and we finally have something to play for you all...

With the addition of drummer Nic Ritter to the fold we've recorded pre-production demos of some new songs, the first of which you can now listen to on the Prototype MySpace page! This song is called "Chosen Ones" and it is part of a larger concept we've put together for our new album, which will hopefully be recorded and released early next year.

There are three more demo tunes we'll be releasing within the next couple of weeks so check back often for more music."

Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Prototype

Red Harvest have posted the following update:

"Time to break the silence and let you know what has been going on and also tell you a bit about what we are up to.

Good news first: We needed a break this spring, but we are back with charged batteries now. We are working hard on our new album (been doing it for some time already), and we have a great flow. The atmosphere within the band is very good and we have already loads of fucked up stuff rehearsed and recorded. Hopefully we are able to keep this speed and get our new album out during spring next year, maybe earlier. We have great plans for it!

About redharvestplanet.com.: This site was run by our good friend and supporter Colin. Unfortunately he realized he did not have the time to maintain it and update it anymore, and decided to shut it down. Sad but true. Thanx for all help and support Colin! From now on http://www.myspace.com/redharvestplanet is the place to check for news/updates and stuff.

Merch: It is true, we have a deal about merchandise with Razamataz. But since we have not played many gigs/tours/festivals the last months, they haven't made any hoods/T-shirts and stuff. This leads to my next point...

Gigs/tours/festivals: Frankly spoken we have not gotten many any serious offers lately. If the offers are so cheap we can not afford to bring our sound guy, our light guy and our visualizer, we are not playing. Simple as that. We are not greedy! We do not mind that we (the five guys in the band) are not earning any money. But we reserve the right to be able to pay our crew and give our fans what they have paid to see and hear. I know that this sounds harsh, but this is the way it has to be.

Thanx to all of you supporting us and writing us during these "off-months". Will keep you posted with news, pictures, clips and stuff more often from now on."

Source:	blog.myspace.com
Band profile:	Red Harvest

As posted on the Brutal Truth website, "Evolution Through Revolution" is the working title for the new Brutal Truth record. The band adds: "We have been writing / grinding the songs live for the last year and are set to record in the fall. New to the writing and recording is guitarist Erik Burke of Sulaco, Kalibas, and countless other Rochester, NY based metal/grind projects. For those who have followed Dan's endeavors, he also plays in Nuclear Assault. So with a new guitar player, the obvious question is... what's it sound like? We have some tracks on the relapse compilation "This Comp Kills Fascists", that could give you a little idea, however, the material for the record is a bit more involved. All the complexities that make Brutal Truth a head fuck are there - an endless bizarre mix of styles and tempos that will entertain even the most experimental grind nerd... so yes, very excited to smash and record. We have a little over thirty minutes written, and of course there will be odds and ends released here and there... either keep in touch here or the brutalfuckintruth.myspace page."

And drummer Rich Hoak announced the following on that brutalfuckintruth.myspace page: "I've been in the basement playing drums for 15-17 hours a day for the last 10 weeks: On October 6, Brutal Truth will begin recording at Watchmen Studios. We've have 24 new songs to choose from: "Grind Fidelity", "Evolution Through Revolution" and "Detached" are a few song titles."

Source:	brutaltruth.com
Band profile:	Brutal Truth

French progressive metallers Gojira are currently streaming 10 of the 12 songs from the band's forthcoming "The Way Of All Flesh" album on their MySpace page.

According to the band's manager, Richard Gamba of Sphere Management, "we had planned to stream the whole "The Way of All Flesh" album from September 29 up to October 5, but due to unfortunate problems with the brand new MySpace player, we're only able to stream ten songs. We hope that the last two songs - "Oroborus" and "Vacuity" - will be on the player soon. We're sorry for the inconvenience and are hoping it will not affect your listening. Thanks for your understanding."

Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Gojira

Swedish Viking metallers Thyrfing have posted a new song online, entilted "Från Stormens Öga". You can listen to the song on the band's MySpace page. The track comes from the band's forthcoming album "Hels Vite", which will be released on October 22th via Regain Records.

Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Thyrfing

Evoken have issued the following update:

"It has been quite a awhile since the last update so without further hesitation, I give you the latest news regarding Evoken.

We have just completed our version of "Yet The Watchers Guard" for the upcoming Thergothon tribute on Solitude Productions. We think it is a respectable and authentic tribute to the kings of Lovecraftian DOOM!

We will also be entering the studio this weekend to begin recording a 4 song (3 songs/outro) split CD with Swedish heavyweights Beneath The Frozen Soil. This will be released by I Hate Records. Details are still mostly unclear as of this moment, however more will be posted as soon as I receive it... including the titles, time lengths, release date as well as other important news. So check back here as it will be updated soon."

In a further blog comment, Evoken further revealed: "All but one track is new. We will be redoing "Omniscient" from the 2002 promo. It was actually recorded for the 2005 album "Antithesis Of Light" but was scraped at the last minute due to time restrictions on a single CD."

Source:	blog.myspace.com
Band profile:	Evoken

American metallers Unearth have posted more new songs online, entilted "The March", and "My Will Be Done", "We Are Not Anonymous", which are available for streaming at this location. The tracks come off the new album, "The March", which is scheduled for release on October 14 via Metal Blade Records.

The album was recorded at Massachusetts' System Recording and Zing studios with producer Adam Dutkiewicz (Killswitch Eengage) and is said feature Unearth's "most dynamic material to date," combining strong tension and release, abundant guitar solos and a bulldozing power-groove.

Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Unearth