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Nasum - Mieszko Talarczyk RIP
Today - Thursday, February 17, 2005 - we recieved a confirmation that Mieszko Talarczyk died in the Tsunami Disaster December 26, 2004. His body has been identified and will be transfered to Sweden shortly.
His closest family and friends are in our thoughts right now. Mieszko will be missed by many.
nasum.com will be closed for at least a month. You know why. There will be a slight update in a couple of days with some information about the future of Nasum along with some personal words about Mieszko.
Thanks a lot for your support and your thoughts. Now a new time begins, a time we must spend alone. Please respect this wish.
Sincerely,
Anders and Nasum.
http://www.nasum.com .
Condolences are offered to his family, friends and all the people that knew him, by the Metal Storm staff.
His closest family and friends are in our thoughts right now. Mieszko will be missed by many.
nasum.com will be closed for at least a month. You know why. There will be a slight update in a couple of days with some information about the future of Nasum along with some personal words about Mieszko.
Thanks a lot for your support and your thoughts. Now a new time begins, a time we must spend alone. Please respect this wish.
Sincerely,
Anders and Nasum.
http://www.nasum.com .
Condolences are offered to his family, friends and all the people that knew him, by the Metal Storm staff.
| Band profile: | Nasum |
Testament - To Record New Album, Reunion Tour
TESTAMENT manager Phil Arnold of Thrill Entertainment has issued the following update on the band's current and upcoming activities:
"In prepping for the next studio album, TESTAMENT re-opened its Driftwood Studios at a new location. They had shut down the Oakland industrial-area site when Chuck Billy was going through his eventually-successful cancer treatments. With state-of-the-art HD ProTools upgrades installed, Driftwood continues an aggressive cutting edge approach that TESTAMENT embarked upon in Oakland with 'Demonic' , its 1997 #1 Metal Album. The prior Oakland location was also the recording home of their 1999 #1 Metal Album, 'The Gathering' .
"The new site, in downtown Pittsburg , CA , is an older cement-brick & mortar building with previous recording-studio history, a fact unknown until recently to Peterson and Billy . The new installation has an eerie-inhabitant vibe, because the deep-in-the-catacombs control-room motion detectors frequently go off at late-night/pre-dawn hours ? while no access to the building interior is possible without triggering the perimeter security systems, which remain silent. Oddly, the interior motion detectors never go off in daytime hours; and each time the late-night activity is investigated, no evidence of entry is detected and nothing is disturbed. No mice droppings ? no nothing.
"A retired local resident, who identified himself only as ' Frank ' ? a cousin of Kris Kristofferson and a former bass-player of WILLIE NELSON ? stopped by recently to nose around the boarded-up studio spot while it was under reconstruction by some new faces. The Pittsburg downtown area, on the Sacramento River delta, was once a thriving boomtown whose heyday was during WWII and the years following. Now mostly a bedroom community for commuters who work in or near San Francisco Bay , it is a last stop for them on one leg of the Bay Area BART train system.
" Frank , both friendly and curious, had a disarming demeanor and elicited some cordial dialogue about Driftwood being a private recording studio. The location looks like a no-name warehouse and except for the now-obvious security gates, you'd think it was vacant. Perfect for a private studio and the lair for the next spawning from TESTAMENT .
"His eyes lit up when Billy mentioned 'recording studio'. He said that previously this location had been occupied by the prestigious, yet underground, Norman Abercrombie Studios , a noted Bay Area jazz and blues recording spot for many years. It closed in the early '80s when Abercrombie retired. Billy laughed, and said it looked and felt like it had been vacant since the '80s, too.
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"In prepping for the next studio album, TESTAMENT re-opened its Driftwood Studios at a new location. They had shut down the Oakland industrial-area site when Chuck Billy was going through his eventually-successful cancer treatments. With state-of-the-art HD ProTools upgrades installed, Driftwood continues an aggressive cutting edge approach that TESTAMENT embarked upon in Oakland with 'Demonic' , its 1997 #1 Metal Album. The prior Oakland location was also the recording home of their 1999 #1 Metal Album, 'The Gathering' .
"The new site, in downtown Pittsburg , CA , is an older cement-brick & mortar building with previous recording-studio history, a fact unknown until recently to Peterson and Billy . The new installation has an eerie-inhabitant vibe, because the deep-in-the-catacombs control-room motion detectors frequently go off at late-night/pre-dawn hours ? while no access to the building interior is possible without triggering the perimeter security systems, which remain silent. Oddly, the interior motion detectors never go off in daytime hours; and each time the late-night activity is investigated, no evidence of entry is detected and nothing is disturbed. No mice droppings ? no nothing.
"A retired local resident, who identified himself only as ' Frank ' ? a cousin of Kris Kristofferson and a former bass-player of WILLIE NELSON ? stopped by recently to nose around the boarded-up studio spot while it was under reconstruction by some new faces. The Pittsburg downtown area, on the Sacramento River delta, was once a thriving boomtown whose heyday was during WWII and the years following. Now mostly a bedroom community for commuters who work in or near San Francisco Bay , it is a last stop for them on one leg of the Bay Area BART train system.
" Frank , both friendly and curious, had a disarming demeanor and elicited some cordial dialogue about Driftwood being a private recording studio. The location looks like a no-name warehouse and except for the now-obvious security gates, you'd think it was vacant. Perfect for a private studio and the lair for the next spawning from TESTAMENT .
"His eyes lit up when Billy mentioned 'recording studio'. He said that previously this location had been occupied by the prestigious, yet underground, Norman Abercrombie Studios , a noted Bay Area jazz and blues recording spot for many years. It closed in the early '80s when Abercrombie retired. Billy laughed, and said it looked and felt like it had been vacant since the '80s, too.
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| Band profile: | Testament |
Andy Winters - Solo Project
Andy Winter's (Winds, Age Of Silence) solo project:
Winds front man Andy Winter is heading into the studio tomorrow to record a Limited Edition mini CD for The End Records. The music is going to be classically oriented piano music. Andy has never done a solo project, this will be his first. If you have ever sat down and listened to any of the Winds or the Age Of Silence records you know that this is going to be something special. This release will be SUPER limited.
http://label.theendrecords.com/
Winds front man Andy Winter is heading into the studio tomorrow to record a Limited Edition mini CD for The End Records. The music is going to be classically oriented piano music. Andy has never done a solo project, this will be his first. If you have ever sat down and listened to any of the Winds or the Age Of Silence records you know that this is going to be something special. This release will be SUPER limited.
http://label.theendrecords.com/
| Band profile: | Winds |
Katatonia - DVD Delayed
Katatonia had "put out on ice" the released of their DVD. In other news the band will be entering in the studio soon to work on their seventh album.
| Source: | peaceville.com |
| Band profile: | Katatonia |
Metalium - Set Release Date
Armageddon Music reported in their website that the german band Metalium will be releasing their fifth album called "Demons Of Insanity - chapter five" on April 25.
The producer of the album is, again, Lars Ratz. This is also a concept album, that acording to the label the "lyrics contain the strongest link to reality of ALL Metalium outputs so far".
To see the cover of the album, click here .
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The producer of the album is, again, Lars Ratz. This is also a concept album, that acording to the label the "lyrics contain the strongest link to reality of ALL Metalium outputs so far".
To see the cover of the album, click here .
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| Source: | armageddon-music.com |
Void Of Silence - Split Up
"After 11 years since we started this adventure, after 6 years since the band started its official activities and after three album released together as VOID OF SILENCE, we decided to put an end to this band.
We took this decision with sadness and bitterness, also we must admit we yet reached our initial goal.
We would like to thank our worlwide fans, those who always trusted us and those who supported us along the way.
A special thank you to Fabban and Alan Nemtheanga, who gave us the possibility to release such incredible albums and to the whole code666 staff, always supportive towards our music.
A great hail also to our old friends Andrea Toro, Alessandro Bianchi, Riccardo Tran and Fabio Restano, who were beside us in the beginning.
We are not leaving the musical scene, just we will wear different dresses and walk different ways, together as usual. Maybe one day things will run in a different way, who knows...
Bye and thanx to all". - Riccardo Conforti and Ivan Zara.
http://www.voidofsilence.com
We took this decision with sadness and bitterness, also we must admit we yet reached our initial goal.
We would like to thank our worlwide fans, those who always trusted us and those who supported us along the way.
A special thank you to Fabban and Alan Nemtheanga, who gave us the possibility to release such incredible albums and to the whole code666 staff, always supportive towards our music.
A great hail also to our old friends Andrea Toro, Alessandro Bianchi, Riccardo Tran and Fabio Restano, who were beside us in the beginning.
We are not leaving the musical scene, just we will wear different dresses and walk different ways, together as usual. Maybe one day things will run in a different way, who knows...
Bye and thanx to all". - Riccardo Conforti and Ivan Zara.
http://www.voidofsilence.com
| Band profile: | Void Of Silence |
Dark Moor - Mp3 From New Album
The spanish band had posted a mp3 of the song "Before The Duel" in their official website. Click here to download the song .
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| Source: | dark-moor.com |
| Band profile: | Dark Moor |
Sinergy - News From The Band
Sinergy, the acclaimed Finnish metal band featuring singer Kimberly Goss and Children Of Bodom members Alexi Laiho (guitar) and Roope Latvala (guitar), have spent the past few months quietly recording their fourth full-length album, tentatively due in late 2005.
As Goss announced on the internet:
"Sinergy does indeed still exist, though the absence of our website and having only played two gigs in the past six months may lead people to believe otherwise. Our fourth album will be called "Sins of the Past". We started recording drums and bass in June of last year at Finnvox Studios, and have continued recording the rest of it at Beyond Abilities Studios (the studio of Janne Wirman from Children Of Bodom). However, we've had to record the album in separate sections due to Children Of Bodom's busy touring schedule last year. We've sometimes had to take several months off in between recording.
"Alexi just got his cast off cast week , but still needs to wear a brace for another few weeks. He's able to play guitar now, but we're gonna wait until he's 100 percent recovered before he finishes his leads on the album. In the meantime, myself and Roope have been busy recording our parts. The album will then be mixed and mastered at Finnvox then the recording is finished.
"All I can say is that we are hopeful that the album will be released sometime this year. We'll have a new website up once the artwork for the new album is finished."
http://www.nuclearblast.de
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As Goss announced on the internet:
"Sinergy does indeed still exist, though the absence of our website and having only played two gigs in the past six months may lead people to believe otherwise. Our fourth album will be called "Sins of the Past". We started recording drums and bass in June of last year at Finnvox Studios, and have continued recording the rest of it at Beyond Abilities Studios (the studio of Janne Wirman from Children Of Bodom). However, we've had to record the album in separate sections due to Children Of Bodom's busy touring schedule last year. We've sometimes had to take several months off in between recording.
"Alexi just got his cast off cast week , but still needs to wear a brace for another few weeks. He's able to play guitar now, but we're gonna wait until he's 100 percent recovered before he finishes his leads on the album. In the meantime, myself and Roope have been busy recording our parts. The album will then be mixed and mastered at Finnvox then the recording is finished.
"All I can say is that we are hopeful that the album will be released sometime this year. We'll have a new website up once the artwork for the new album is finished."
http://www.nuclearblast.de
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| Band profile: | Sinergy |
Runemagick - Post Samples From New Album
The swedish band posts in their official website sound samples from their just released(31/01/2005) album, to listen to the samples visit : http://www.runemagick.se/news.php .
| Source: | runemagick.se |
| Band profile: | Runemagick |
Criminal - Original Bassist Rejoins
The chilenean(relocated in Europe) band has announced on their official that the original bassist Juan "Kato" Cueto rejoins the band. He will be joining the band to the pre-production of the upcoming (fifth studio) album. Anton tell aobut how Kato decided to join the band: "We went recently to South America last year to play a few shows, and since we didn't have a permanent bassist at the time, we asked Kato to help us out. We only had like two days to practice, and from the moment he hit the first note it became that he was still a part of the band. The Shows went fuckin' great, and I think that's when he decided he was going to give it a go and come to Europe".
| Source: | criminal1.com |
| Band profile: | Criminal |
Novembers Doom - New Bassist
Novembers Doom are pleased to announce that we have enlisted the services of BRIAN WHITED (ex-Avernus, Dead Serenade) on bass, replacing the recently departed Mike LeGros. Brian has played with us occasionally in the past, and fits in very well with us both musically and personally. We're pleased to have him back with us now, and he will make his public debut with us in the music video for "The Pale Haunt Departure", the title track of our new CD which is due to be released March 8th, 2005.
http://www.novembersdoom.com/
http://www.novembersdoom.com/
| Band profile: | Novembers Doom |
Redemption - Track List & Covert Art Revealed
Their new album, "The Fullness of Time", will be released tentativily on June 2005. The covert art of the album is avaible at: http://ivorygate.com/redemption/images/c_tfot.jpg .
The track list is as follows:
Threads (5:43)
Parker's Eyes (6:15)
Scarred (7:56)
Sapphire (15:55)
The Fullness of Time:
Rage (5:01)
Despair (3:20)
Release (5:16)
Transcendence (7:59)
The track list is as follows:
Threads (5:43)
Parker's Eyes (6:15)
Scarred (7:56)
Sapphire (15:55)
The Fullness of Time:
Rage (5:01)
Despair (3:20)
Release (5:16)
Transcendence (7:59)
| Source: | ivorygate.com |
The Mist And The Morning Dew - Looking Musicians
This is a little statement by Jarne Salomaa posted on the band official site:
"A.Tolonen from the Nest, have been added to our wonderful line-up. He is responsible for all that where Kantele is heard. I strongly believe that mr A. will bring an great touch to our (and hopefully his) music.
Still searching for some cellist and flute player.. along with different kind of additional instrument players. All interested mail for more info here tmatmd@hotmail.com "
"A.Tolonen from the Nest, have been added to our wonderful line-up. He is responsible for all that where Kantele is heard. I strongly believe that mr A. will bring an great touch to our (and hopefully his) music.
Still searching for some cellist and flute player.. along with different kind of additional instrument players. All interested mail for more info here tmatmd@hotmail.com "
| Source: | tmatmd.com |
Suidakra - Sign With Armageddon Music
The German band ink a deal with Armageddon Music. They will be releasing their seventh album "Command to Charge" on 15 april 2005. The covert art, a new site, and a new mp3 will be soon aviable.
| Source: | suidakra.com |
Goatwhore - Looking For Drummer
Goatwhore is currently looking for a new solid and permanent replacement on drums for the upcoming Metal Blade Records release and a ton of touring.
If you or someone you know wishes to audition, please contact the band at BenFalgoust@aol.com. The band will then arrange a time for you to meet up with them in New Orleans for auditions. It will be your own responsibility to get to the audition! Serious inquiries only! Must be able to play everything as played on the albums and handle an extensive touring schedule. You may also submit your demo for consideration to the following address:
Goatwhore
P.O. Box 5991
Metairie, LA 70009-5991
The list of songs to learn for the auditions:
01. All The Sins
02. The Serpent That Enslaves What Is Worshipped
03. Baptized In A Storm Of Swords
04. Blood Guilt Eucharis
05. Graveyards And Dead Angels
06. Vengeance of Demonic Furyt
http://www.metalblade.com
If you or someone you know wishes to audition, please contact the band at BenFalgoust@aol.com. The band will then arrange a time for you to meet up with them in New Orleans for auditions. It will be your own responsibility to get to the audition! Serious inquiries only! Must be able to play everything as played on the albums and handle an extensive touring schedule. You may also submit your demo for consideration to the following address:
Goatwhore
P.O. Box 5991
Metairie, LA 70009-5991
The list of songs to learn for the auditions:
01. All The Sins
02. The Serpent That Enslaves What Is Worshipped
03. Baptized In A Storm Of Swords
04. Blood Guilt Eucharis
05. Graveyards And Dead Angels
06. Vengeance of Demonic Furyt
http://www.metalblade.com
| Band profile: | Goatwhore |