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Moth Eater - Sign To Giddy Up! Records
Moth Eater, the Beers Village, New York-based sludge metal band featuring guitarist John Conley of Scar Culture, Dave Ardolina and Steve "Buckshot" Seabury of Dirty Rig, and vocalist John Alaia, have just signed a deal with start up metal label Giddy Up! Records.
Giddy Up! Records will release the bands debut mini record titled The Thunder God of Monster Island on July 27th. The bands music was produced, recorded and mixed at Gain Studios in New York City.
Moth Eater have posted a new track from their upcoming release titled "Aftermath" on their MySpace page. The track features world renowned Hurdy Gurdy player and composer Geoff Kooris who adds to the bands already intense sound. "When I listen to our music, I get the sudden urge to smash someone's face in with a shovel. Then I become grief stricken and sob uncontrollably for a few hours, drink a beer, then I repeat the process." states John Alaia about the bands music and upcoming release.
The Thunder God of Monster Island cover art] tracklist:
01. Aftermath
02. Our Time
03. When Bruises Leave Scars
04. Rocking Is My Business
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Giddy Up! Records will release the bands debut mini record titled The Thunder God of Monster Island on July 27th. The bands music was produced, recorded and mixed at Gain Studios in New York City.
Moth Eater have posted a new track from their upcoming release titled "Aftermath" on their MySpace page. The track features world renowned Hurdy Gurdy player and composer Geoff Kooris who adds to the bands already intense sound. "When I listen to our music, I get the sudden urge to smash someone's face in with a shovel. Then I become grief stricken and sob uncontrollably for a few hours, drink a beer, then I repeat the process." states John Alaia about the bands music and upcoming release.
The Thunder God of Monster Island cover art] tracklist:
01. Aftermath
02. Our Time
03. When Bruises Leave Scars
04. Rocking Is My Business
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| Source: | giddyuprecords.com |
Imperial Vengeance - Recording Sophomore Album
British extreme metal act Imperial Vengeance have entered the studio to begin recording of their second album, due for release later this year via Transcend Records. The album promises to be a nightmarish tapestry of opiate Victoriana and Kafkaesque atmospheres. Ms. Lori Lewis, the acclaimed soprano with Therion, Aesma Daeva joined the band the studio this weekend for the recording of "The Black Heart of Empire"; bringing her voice to a double slice of IV intrigue - "The Devil in The Detail" and "Veiled Threats Over Cocktails".
The band had the following to say: "Having someone that comes primarily from a classical background, but additionally works in the Metal industry, rather than it being the other way around, was the priority. Both of the new tracks are specifically rooted in specific styles of singing and given Lori's extensive history with such entities as Minnesota Orchestra, The St Paul Chamber Orchestra, and VocalEssence, she understands the nuances and intricacies involved. It was amazing, she nailed the parts first time in virtually every take."
Preceding this album release, Imperial Vengeance are set to unleash a special edition DVD of director's cut videos and extensive exclusive extras on 12th July. This special edition disc features promo videos for the album track, "6th Airborne Division", shot at the 400 Company studios in London and their Madness cover, "Night Boat To Cairo" plus tons of special features including audio commentaries by C. Edward Alexander (aka Charles Hedger (Cradle Of Filth)) and David Bryan, unseen production photo galleries, behind the scenes footage - "A Gentlemans's Miscellany" and "The Cairo Cutaway" and exclusive footage from "The Harry Patch Recordings".
All info about the band and tour dates (with Sabbat in August) at MySpace.
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The band had the following to say: "Having someone that comes primarily from a classical background, but additionally works in the Metal industry, rather than it being the other way around, was the priority. Both of the new tracks are specifically rooted in specific styles of singing and given Lori's extensive history with such entities as Minnesota Orchestra, The St Paul Chamber Orchestra, and VocalEssence, she understands the nuances and intricacies involved. It was amazing, she nailed the parts first time in virtually every take."
Preceding this album release, Imperial Vengeance are set to unleash a special edition DVD of director's cut videos and extensive exclusive extras on 12th July. This special edition disc features promo videos for the album track, "6th Airborne Division", shot at the 400 Company studios in London and their Madness cover, "Night Boat To Cairo" plus tons of special features including audio commentaries by C. Edward Alexander (aka Charles Hedger (Cradle Of Filth)) and David Bryan, unseen production photo galleries, behind the scenes footage - "A Gentlemans's Miscellany" and "The Cairo Cutaway" and exclusive footage from "The Harry Patch Recordings".
All info about the band and tour dates (with Sabbat in August) at MySpace.
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| Source: | transcendmusicgroup.com |
Julie Christmas - Solo Album This Autumn
Brooklyn's Julie Christmas (Battle Of Mice, Made Out of Babies) has been mysteriously under the radar as of late. But far from disappearing, the emerging singer/songwriter has been busier than ever. Christmas is scheduled to release her first solo record, The Bad Wife, this fall. More details about the album are forthcoming, but "July 31st", a song from the pending release, is featured on the soundtrack for Paramount film, Wrong Turn at Tahoe, starring Harvey Keitel and Cuba Gooding Jr. A video to promote the album is in production.
"I use sounds to express feelings and ideas that I am too clumsy to get across with words alone," explains Christmas. "Working with amazing visual artists - people who speak in images - gets me one step closer to really communicating with anyone nuts enough to listen."
First noticed for her startling performances in NYC underground band Made Out of Babies, and her devastating vocals in Battle Of Mice, and super-group Spylacopa, Christmas has been busy expanding her repertoire. Currently, Christmas is collaborating with Nix Turner, renowned illustrator of worldwide counterculture icon, Emily the Strange, to create a book titled The Scribbles and Scrapes of Amy Anyone: (A Multiple Personality Autobiography). Christmas wrote the story and is working on music for the release of an accompanying CD, which features a tone signaling the reader to turn the page.
In addition, the singer recently worked on the soundtrack for a French indie film Le Debut, in which a young couple resorts to infanticide when faced with the challenges of poverty, depression and parenthood. Christmas's band, Made Out of Babies, is currently writing their fourth full-length album, scheduled to be released in the Spring of 2011. Live shows and exhibitions with visual artists are being arranged.
For more information visit MySpace.
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"I use sounds to express feelings and ideas that I am too clumsy to get across with words alone," explains Christmas. "Working with amazing visual artists - people who speak in images - gets me one step closer to really communicating with anyone nuts enough to listen."
First noticed for her startling performances in NYC underground band Made Out of Babies, and her devastating vocals in Battle Of Mice, and super-group Spylacopa, Christmas has been busy expanding her repertoire. Currently, Christmas is collaborating with Nix Turner, renowned illustrator of worldwide counterculture icon, Emily the Strange, to create a book titled The Scribbles and Scrapes of Amy Anyone: (A Multiple Personality Autobiography). Christmas wrote the story and is working on music for the release of an accompanying CD, which features a tone signaling the reader to turn the page.
In addition, the singer recently worked on the soundtrack for a French indie film Le Debut, in which a young couple resorts to infanticide when faced with the challenges of poverty, depression and parenthood. Christmas's band, Made Out of Babies, is currently writing their fourth full-length album, scheduled to be released in the Spring of 2011. Live shows and exhibitions with visual artists are being arranged.
For more information visit MySpace.
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| Source: | fresnomediausa.com |
| Band profile: | Battle Of Mice |
MetalStorm.net - Blocked In Iran
So... apparently MetalStorm.net has been blocked by Iranian authorities. As of Sunday, MS has been "filtered" and is no longer accessible in Iran. Yup, Metal Storm is officially too metal for Iran. Several of our Iranian users have reported though that, next to bypass software, the site is still available through https://www.metalstorm.net.
The Islamic Republic of Iran has been filtering social network sites, like MySpace, Facebook, Last.fm, Twitter, Urkat for years now. But since last month authorities have started filtering blogs and websites related to Metal music. The infamous Metal Archives were the first to go down. But also most of the Persian language metal forums and blogs got filtered. Even the official Metallica website had to bite the dust.
Click the thumbnail to see a screenshot of how MS currently looks like in Iran. The text reads as follows: "In the name of Allah the Merciful, the Beneficent. According to internet violence rules, access to this website is denied."
When The Guardian reported about the intensified censorship following the commotion after the 2009 elections, the newspaper wrote that "internet censorship is both routine and highly developed in the Islamic Republic." Iran uses what the OpenNet Initiative calls "one of the most extensive technical filtering systems in the world", as all internet providers are required to go through state-controlled gateways.
According to Wikipedia - who have a surprisingly thorough article about internet censorship in Iran - every ISP must be approved by both the Telecommunication Company of Iran (TCI) and the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, and must implement content-control software for websites and e-mail. ISP's face heavy penalties if they do not comply with the government filter lists.
In 2008, Iran has blocked access to more than five million Internet sites, whose content is mostly perceived as immoral and anti-social. In recent years, Internet service providers have been told to block access to political, human rights and women's sites and weblogs expressing dissent or deemed to be pornographic and anti-Islamic. The ban has also targeted such popular social networking sites as Facebook and YouTube, as well as news sites.
So yeah... Hail Satam, y'all!
1304 for the information]
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The Islamic Republic of Iran has been filtering social network sites, like MySpace, Facebook, Last.fm, Twitter, Urkat for years now. But since last month authorities have started filtering blogs and websites related to Metal music. The infamous Metal Archives were the first to go down. But also most of the Persian language metal forums and blogs got filtered. Even the official Metallica website had to bite the dust.
Click the thumbnail to see a screenshot of how MS currently looks like in Iran. The text reads as follows: "In the name of Allah the Merciful, the Beneficent. According to internet violence rules, access to this website is denied."
When The Guardian reported about the intensified censorship following the commotion after the 2009 elections, the newspaper wrote that "internet censorship is both routine and highly developed in the Islamic Republic." Iran uses what the OpenNet Initiative calls "one of the most extensive technical filtering systems in the world", as all internet providers are required to go through state-controlled gateways.
According to Wikipedia - who have a surprisingly thorough article about internet censorship in Iran - every ISP must be approved by both the Telecommunication Company of Iran (TCI) and the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, and must implement content-control software for websites and e-mail. ISP's face heavy penalties if they do not comply with the government filter lists.
In 2008, Iran has blocked access to more than five million Internet sites, whose content is mostly perceived as immoral and anti-social. In recent years, Internet service providers have been told to block access to political, human rights and women's sites and weblogs expressing dissent or deemed to be pornographic and anti-Islamic. The ban has also targeted such popular social networking sites as Facebook and YouTube, as well as news sites.
So yeah... Hail Satam, y'all!
1304 for the information]
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| Source: | metalstorm.net |
Conspiracy - New Album Details
Dutch eclectic extreme Metal band Conspiracy returns with a brand new third full-length album entitled Irremediable.
Previously helmed solely by Carpathian Wolf (Lupus Karpatius in Latin) for the previous two full-length albums, the band currently also consists of German guitarist/composer/orchestrator Aryan Blaze to join the ranks of Conspiracy.
Carpathian Wolf (aka Al' Hazred, former member of Sumerian Black Metallers Melechesh) left Melechesh in 2008 to fully concentrate and focus on Conspiracy. Conspiracy's musical direction sees a more logical step towards the fulfillment and ideology of Carpathian Wolf himself.
Conspiracy head-honcho Carpathian Wolf comments: "This time Conspiracy doesn't just spit rage and hatred but presents the symphony of sinister entertainment for the chosen elite black metal consumer. The material on Irremediable ranges from Blackened Heavy Metal with melodic and harmonious guitar solos to Black Metal with unorthodox elements, which will pleasantly surprise even the most spoilt listeners."
"The cover art is based on the painting by the Belgian Satanist painter - Félicien Rops (1833-1898), which goes really fine with the dark poetry of Alister Crowley, Charles Baudelaire and some other classical masters."
"As an additional treat, some of the songs that are on Irremediable will feature pre-recorded drum performances by Dirk Verbeuren (Aborted, Soilwork, Scarve, etc) taken from "The Library Of The Extreme - Blasts & Fills" by Toontrack."
The official street release date for Irremediable will be announced at a later date.
Irremediable cover art] tracklist:
01. Nocturnal Hunters
02. Ouverture
03. Black Mass
04. End Of Religion
05. Pentagram
06. The Invocation Of Hecate
07. Irremediable
08. The Hag
09. Armageddon Broke
10. A Dream Of Fear
11. Carpathian Sunset
12. Bukovina
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Previously helmed solely by Carpathian Wolf (Lupus Karpatius in Latin) for the previous two full-length albums, the band currently also consists of German guitarist/composer/orchestrator Aryan Blaze to join the ranks of Conspiracy.
Carpathian Wolf (aka Al' Hazred, former member of Sumerian Black Metallers Melechesh) left Melechesh in 2008 to fully concentrate and focus on Conspiracy. Conspiracy's musical direction sees a more logical step towards the fulfillment and ideology of Carpathian Wolf himself.
Conspiracy head-honcho Carpathian Wolf comments: "This time Conspiracy doesn't just spit rage and hatred but presents the symphony of sinister entertainment for the chosen elite black metal consumer. The material on Irremediable ranges from Blackened Heavy Metal with melodic and harmonious guitar solos to Black Metal with unorthodox elements, which will pleasantly surprise even the most spoilt listeners."
"The cover art is based on the painting by the Belgian Satanist painter - Félicien Rops (1833-1898), which goes really fine with the dark poetry of Alister Crowley, Charles Baudelaire and some other classical masters."
"As an additional treat, some of the songs that are on Irremediable will feature pre-recorded drum performances by Dirk Verbeuren (Aborted, Soilwork, Scarve, etc) taken from "The Library Of The Extreme - Blasts & Fills" by Toontrack."
The official street release date for Irremediable will be announced at a later date.
Irremediable cover art] tracklist:
01. Nocturnal Hunters
02. Ouverture
03. Black Mass
04. End Of Religion
05. Pentagram
06. The Invocation Of Hecate
07. Irremediable
08. The Hag
09. Armageddon Broke
10. A Dream Of Fear
11. Carpathian Sunset
12. Bukovina
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| Source: | myspace.com |
Massive Slavery - Set To Release Debut
Maple Metal Records have signed Canadian death metal band Massive Slavery and will release their first album Global Enslavement on July 26th.
Massive Slavery hail from the towns of Val d'Or and Ryoun-Noranda, the gold-mining district in Northern Quebec. The province of Quebec, Canada has traditionally been a hot bed for great metal talent and now Massive Slavery can be added to that illustrious list.
Born from a concept conceived by bassist Marc-André Barrette (ex-Paroxysm) and guitarist Joël St-Amant (Descend into Nothingness), Massive Slavery was officially created in the winter of 2009.
Having previously worked with Joel in Descend into Nothingness, drummer Pierre-Alexandre Mercier (Decrepity) did not hesitate to join the crew. Even if the band were still looking for a frontman, they began to write and work on fresh material. After a couple of months of hunting around, their search was finally over when vocalist Jonathan St-Pierre landed the role, to round out this new quartet. His addition to the band gave new dynamics, and a boost of energy to push the band into finalizing the writing of their first album.
The collaboration of this musical assault Global Enslavement, combines a mix of melodic, brutal and technical death metal. The album was produced, realized and recorded by Yannick St-Amand (Despised Icon, Neuraxis, Beneath The Massacre), mixed and mastered by Pierre Remillard (Misery Index, Krisiun, Malevolent Creation).
"In these dark times when the future of humanity seems to be put in danger by individualistic and corrupt leaders, four musicians from Canada work on a musical plan aiming to reach the ranks of opposition, already well established in the middle of extreme metal. Like a wakeup call, their goal is to alert and open the eyes of our society, to reveal the sad and brutal reality, often unseen or denied by man. It's under this shadow of complete disillusion towards our civilization that Massive Slavery emerge from collective ignorance, in order to defend and promote an engaged movement of resistance, fighting against the manipulators of our system."
Global Enslavement cover art] tracklist:
01. MediAssassiNation
02. Shade of Corruption
03. Global Enslavement
04. The Denial of Man's Regression
05. Destroy, Rebuild, Repeat
06. A Cold Interlude
07. Wider We Open Our Eyes
08. Pull the Plug on Modern Civilization
09. Humanity's Last Hope
10. Generalized Cyberphobia
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Massive Slavery hail from the towns of Val d'Or and Ryoun-Noranda, the gold-mining district in Northern Quebec. The province of Quebec, Canada has traditionally been a hot bed for great metal talent and now Massive Slavery can be added to that illustrious list.
Born from a concept conceived by bassist Marc-André Barrette (ex-Paroxysm) and guitarist Joël St-Amant (Descend into Nothingness), Massive Slavery was officially created in the winter of 2009.
Having previously worked with Joel in Descend into Nothingness, drummer Pierre-Alexandre Mercier (Decrepity) did not hesitate to join the crew. Even if the band were still looking for a frontman, they began to write and work on fresh material. After a couple of months of hunting around, their search was finally over when vocalist Jonathan St-Pierre landed the role, to round out this new quartet. His addition to the band gave new dynamics, and a boost of energy to push the band into finalizing the writing of their first album.
The collaboration of this musical assault Global Enslavement, combines a mix of melodic, brutal and technical death metal. The album was produced, realized and recorded by Yannick St-Amand (Despised Icon, Neuraxis, Beneath The Massacre), mixed and mastered by Pierre Remillard (Misery Index, Krisiun, Malevolent Creation).
"In these dark times when the future of humanity seems to be put in danger by individualistic and corrupt leaders, four musicians from Canada work on a musical plan aiming to reach the ranks of opposition, already well established in the middle of extreme metal. Like a wakeup call, their goal is to alert and open the eyes of our society, to reveal the sad and brutal reality, often unseen or denied by man. It's under this shadow of complete disillusion towards our civilization that Massive Slavery emerge from collective ignorance, in order to defend and promote an engaged movement of resistance, fighting against the manipulators of our system."
Global Enslavement cover art] tracklist:
01. MediAssassiNation
02. Shade of Corruption
03. Global Enslavement
04. The Denial of Man's Regression
05. Destroy, Rebuild, Repeat
06. A Cold Interlude
07. Wider We Open Our Eyes
08. Pull the Plug on Modern Civilization
09. Humanity's Last Hope
10. Generalized Cyberphobia
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| Source: | myspace.com |
Aenaon - Split Release With Satanochio Later This Month
Greek black metal band Aenaon are proud to announce the upcomming release of A Parallel Zoetrope, a 7' split between Aenaon and Satanochio. This split will be released in 500 copies worldwide from Floga Records and Orkestral Promenade Productions.
The Aenaon song will be called "I, Tyrant". The Satanochio side is coming with the song "Crimson Grim". Both songs are placed in the avantgarde and experimental dimensions of black metal.
The artwork of this release is done from Costin Chioreanu, an artist well known from works with bands like Decrepit Spectre, Ulver, Aura Noir, Grave etc.
The mastering of the Aenaon song, took place at Strype Audio in Norway. The well-known studio from the works of bands such as Code, Dødheimsgard, Ihsahn, Darkthrone, Emperor, Arcturus, Virus, 1349, Keep Of Kalessin etc. The release was engineered by Tom Kvalsvoll. Release date on the 19th of July 2010.
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The Aenaon song will be called "I, Tyrant". The Satanochio side is coming with the song "Crimson Grim". Both songs are placed in the avantgarde and experimental dimensions of black metal.
The artwork of this release is done from Costin Chioreanu, an artist well known from works with bands like Decrepit Spectre, Ulver, Aura Noir, Grave etc.
The mastering of the Aenaon song, took place at Strype Audio in Norway. The well-known studio from the works of bands such as Code, Dødheimsgard, Ihsahn, Darkthrone, Emperor, Arcturus, Virus, 1349, Keep Of Kalessin etc. The release was engineered by Tom Kvalsvoll. Release date on the 19th of July 2010.
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| Source: | myspace.com |
Atheist - Acoustic Solo Material Of Frontman Online
Kelly Schaefer, vocalist/guitarist of Atheist - who are in the middle of recording a new studio album - has issued the following update:
"After a year's worth of shredding and writing non-stop Atheist metal, in the last 10 weeks I wrote a bunch of tunes that are very far from metal. They are just sketches with friends, but for those with an open mind, I welcome you to check them out and your feedback is welcome. They are just demos, and mostly acoustic, don't bitch at me about it, haha.
I have plenty of metal for you all when this Atheist record hits, and recording starts July 5th, but for now something different. A calm before the storm perhaps.
Kelly Shaefer & Friends is the new site where I will post all of these new collabs with piano players, sax and cello players and all my friends who enjoy writing music of many different colors. I do plan on making an albums worth of material in 2012 that will be a "Kelly" record, and it will be all over the place style-wise."
Check out the songs at this location.
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"After a year's worth of shredding and writing non-stop Atheist metal, in the last 10 weeks I wrote a bunch of tunes that are very far from metal. They are just sketches with friends, but for those with an open mind, I welcome you to check them out and your feedback is welcome. They are just demos, and mostly acoustic, don't bitch at me about it, haha.
I have plenty of metal for you all when this Atheist record hits, and recording starts July 5th, but for now something different. A calm before the storm perhaps.
Kelly Shaefer & Friends is the new site where I will post all of these new collabs with piano players, sax and cello players and all my friends who enjoy writing music of many different colors. I do plan on making an albums worth of material in 2012 that will be a "Kelly" record, and it will be all over the place style-wise."
Check out the songs at this location.
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| Source: | myspace.com |
| Band profile: | Atheist |
Obsidian - New Album Later This Year
Amsterdam-fronted Progressive Death metal band Obisidian have announced more details concerning their sophomore release, which will be called Point Of Infinity. The band issued the following update on their MySpace:
"After working our asses off creating artwork, doing photo shoots and practicing some more patience - which should make us quite virtuous as a band - Candlelight Records actually gave us a release date: as of 20 September 2010, Point Of Infinity will hit the shelves of global record stores, both capital and rural, digital and analogue. To warm you up even more, we have uploaded this special Album Teaser to our YouTube channel."
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"After working our asses off creating artwork, doing photo shoots and practicing some more patience - which should make us quite virtuous as a band - Candlelight Records actually gave us a release date: as of 20 September 2010, Point Of Infinity will hit the shelves of global record stores, both capital and rural, digital and analogue. To warm you up even more, we have uploaded this special Album Teaser to our YouTube channel."
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| Source: | blogs.myspace.com |
| Band profile: | Obsidian |
Manowar - Magic Circle Music's Dio Tribute Under Fire
Self-proclaimed kings of metal Manowar and Magic Circle Music - the company owned by bassist Joey DeMaio - find themselves in the middle of a media storm because of their Dio tribute album (read: cash grab).
It all started when Manowar and Magic Circle Entertainment decided to "honor one of metal's greatest legends with Magic - A Tribute to Ronnie James Dio, featuring Magic Circle Music artists and friends performing some of Dio's most inspired work."
Magic - A Tribute to Ronnie James Dio features a Manowar cover of "Heaven And Hell", while HolyHell covers "Holy Diver", with other performances of Metalforce, Jack Starr's Burning Starr, Feinstein and a thing called the "Magic Circle All Star Band" covering "Long Live Rock 'n' Roll".
According to a press release, the album - which will be released today in Germany - "is from the hearts of these musicians. It is not only their privilege, but also their duty, to honor Ronnie by singing his praises while singing his songs."
There was no word if any of the revenue generated from the sale of Magic - A Tribute to Ronnie James Dio would go to the Ronnie James Dio "Stand Up And Shout" Cancer Fund.
But - and here's where it gets sticky - ex-Elf guitarist, and a cousin of Dio, David "Rock" Feinstein responded to the release as follows: "I just found out that Magic Circle Music stated on their site that I was contributing a song to their proposed tribute album to Dio. It also states that I specifically wrote this song for Ronnie. This is totally UNTRUE! The song is called "Far Beyond" and was a cut on the Feinstein Third Wish album, released by Magic Circle Music (SPV) in 2004. The song was co-written by myself and John West eight years ago.
I am NOT a part of this Magic Circle tribute album, and will ONLY be a part of any tribute to Ronnie that is sanctioned by Niji Entertainment Group and Wendy Dio."
And then, Manowar director Neil Johnson issued the following statement defending the release, saying the criticism is fueled by jealousy. He stated: "I hope you all will enjoy it and please do not be influenced by some of jealousy and negativity being spread about this very heartfelt project, which I, along with many others who shall soon come forth, are very proud of. Magic Circle Music will be issuing a statement very soon but in the meantime let me personally express my feelings about it with some indisputable facts:
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It all started when Manowar and Magic Circle Entertainment decided to "honor one of metal's greatest legends with Magic - A Tribute to Ronnie James Dio, featuring Magic Circle Music artists and friends performing some of Dio's most inspired work."
Magic - A Tribute to Ronnie James Dio features a Manowar cover of "Heaven And Hell", while HolyHell covers "Holy Diver", with other performances of Metalforce, Jack Starr's Burning Starr, Feinstein and a thing called the "Magic Circle All Star Band" covering "Long Live Rock 'n' Roll".
According to a press release, the album - which will be released today in Germany - "is from the hearts of these musicians. It is not only their privilege, but also their duty, to honor Ronnie by singing his praises while singing his songs."
There was no word if any of the revenue generated from the sale of Magic - A Tribute to Ronnie James Dio would go to the Ronnie James Dio "Stand Up And Shout" Cancer Fund.
But - and here's where it gets sticky - ex-Elf guitarist, and a cousin of Dio, David "Rock" Feinstein responded to the release as follows: "I just found out that Magic Circle Music stated on their site that I was contributing a song to their proposed tribute album to Dio. It also states that I specifically wrote this song for Ronnie. This is totally UNTRUE! The song is called "Far Beyond" and was a cut on the Feinstein Third Wish album, released by Magic Circle Music (SPV) in 2004. The song was co-written by myself and John West eight years ago.
I am NOT a part of this Magic Circle tribute album, and will ONLY be a part of any tribute to Ronnie that is sanctioned by Niji Entertainment Group and Wendy Dio."
And then, Manowar director Neil Johnson issued the following statement defending the release, saying the criticism is fueled by jealousy. He stated: "I hope you all will enjoy it and please do not be influenced by some of jealousy and negativity being spread about this very heartfelt project, which I, along with many others who shall soon come forth, are very proud of. Magic Circle Music will be issuing a statement very soon but in the meantime let me personally express my feelings about it with some indisputable facts:
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| Source: | ronniejamesdio.com |
| Band profile: | Manowar |
Coroner - Reunion Show At Hellfest 2011
While most of you are packing your bags for the Hellfest Open Air 2010 edition, taking place this weekend in Clisson, France, we can already announce the first name for next year's edition!
None other than legendary Swiss Technical Thrash metal act Coroner will be playing a reunion gig at Hellfest 2011. Hell yeah! You can already mark the following dates in calendar: 17-18-19th June 2011. Click here for some Coroner sweetness.
Keep an eye on Metal Storm for more Hellfest news hot of the press.
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None other than legendary Swiss Technical Thrash metal act Coroner will be playing a reunion gig at Hellfest 2011. Hell yeah! You can already mark the following dates in calendar: 17-18-19th June 2011. Click here for some Coroner sweetness.
Keep an eye on Metal Storm for more Hellfest news hot of the press.
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| Source: | hellfest.fr |
| Band profile: | Coroner |
| Event: | Hellfest Open Air 2011 |
The Heretic - Drummer Passed Away
Xtreem Music has confirmed the death of The Heretic drummer Cristóbal Martínez. The Heretic are an underground Spanish symphonic black metal band, who recently regrouped after a small hiatus. Not so long ago the band released a comeback compilation album, called Memorandum (1997-2007). Cristóbal Martínez was one of the founders of the band back in 1995.
The emotional message from Xtreem Music goes as follows: "With big sorrow we must announce that on past 13th of June, our great friend, drummer and leader of the band The Heretic, Cristóbal, died in his flat due to a fortuitous home accident. It was yesterday, day 14th, when his flat-mate found his lifeless body and all his nearest people knew about this tragic event.
From Xtreem Music we're deeply affected by this loss, since Cristóbal wasn't only a great musician, but above all, a more than excellent person of great human quality that only left friends wherever he went. Anyone who had the pleasure of dealing personally with him, can only say good things about Cristóbal and for us, whose relationship dates since more than 13 years ago, it's a shock having lost such a great musician and comrade.
We want to give our deepest condolence to his family, friends and specially his brothers in The Heretic (Juan Carlos, Fernando, Javier & Raul) - a band thanks to which Cristóbal can be more than proud of being able to leave an indelible legacy of the highest quality through all their recordings and shows. Needless to say that the reunion show that the band were preparing for the next months where they would present their most recent release Memorandum (1997-2007), released just 2 months ago, won't take place and the future of the band remains more uncertain than ever.
The rest of members of the band are still very affected with this shocking loss, so they haven't been able to update their official website, but anyone who wish to leave their last words to Cristóbal, can do it at this location."
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The emotional message from Xtreem Music goes as follows: "With big sorrow we must announce that on past 13th of June, our great friend, drummer and leader of the band The Heretic, Cristóbal, died in his flat due to a fortuitous home accident. It was yesterday, day 14th, when his flat-mate found his lifeless body and all his nearest people knew about this tragic event.
From Xtreem Music we're deeply affected by this loss, since Cristóbal wasn't only a great musician, but above all, a more than excellent person of great human quality that only left friends wherever he went. Anyone who had the pleasure of dealing personally with him, can only say good things about Cristóbal and for us, whose relationship dates since more than 13 years ago, it's a shock having lost such a great musician and comrade.
We want to give our deepest condolence to his family, friends and specially his brothers in The Heretic (Juan Carlos, Fernando, Javier & Raul) - a band thanks to which Cristóbal can be more than proud of being able to leave an indelible legacy of the highest quality through all their recordings and shows. Needless to say that the reunion show that the band were preparing for the next months where they would present their most recent release Memorandum (1997-2007), released just 2 months ago, won't take place and the future of the band remains more uncertain than ever.
The rest of members of the band are still very affected with this shocking loss, so they haven't been able to update their official website, but anyone who wish to leave their last words to Cristóbal, can do it at this location."
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| Source: | xtreemmusic.com |
Ozzy Osbourne - Scream Is Streaming
Scream the latest effort of Ozzy Osbourne is streaming in its entirety at MySpace. Go check it out and let us know what you think.
Scream is already Ozzy's tenth solo release. It was recorded in 2009 at The Bunker in Los Angeles, and produced by Kevin Churko (who also did Black Rain) and Ozzy himself. The album also features the debut of new guitarist Gus G. (Firewind). The album will be released on June 22 in North America via Epic Records, and a day later in Japan. Album details below.
Scream cover art] tracklist:
01. Diggin Me Down
02. Let It Die
03. Soul Sucker
04. Let Me Hear You Scream
05. Time
06. Latimer's Mercy
07. One More Bang
08. Fearless
09. Crucify
10. I Want It All
11. Life Won't Wait
12. Jump The Moon
13. One More Time
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Scream is already Ozzy's tenth solo release. It was recorded in 2009 at The Bunker in Los Angeles, and produced by Kevin Churko (who also did Black Rain) and Ozzy himself. The album also features the debut of new guitarist Gus G. (Firewind). The album will be released on June 22 in North America via Epic Records, and a day later in Japan. Album details below.
Scream cover art] tracklist:
01. Diggin Me Down
02. Let It Die
03. Soul Sucker
04. Let Me Hear You Scream
05. Time
06. Latimer's Mercy
07. One More Bang
08. Fearless
09. Crucify
10. I Want It All
11. Life Won't Wait
12. Jump The Moon
13. One More Time
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| Source: | myspace.com |
| Band profile: | Ozzy Osbourne |
Shadyon - New Record Deal, New Album
Inner Wound Recordings are proud to announce the signing of French progressive metal band Shadyon to the label. Their up-coming album Mind Control will be released in Europe and North America on August 27th.
According to the press release, Shadyon combines progressive parts, powerful riffs and AOR melodies and blend them together in a tasteful way, and create their own brand of melodic progressive metal. Led by the emotional vocals of Emmanuel Creis, Shadyon presents a mature album with Mind Control, full of hooks and emotion. With the perfect amount of melodic and progressive parts, this album will definitely appeal to fans of progressive and melodic metal as well as AOR and hard rock.
You can find out more about Shadyon on their MySpace - which also contains several Mind Control samples.
Mind Control cover art] tracklist:
01. Calm Before the Storm
02. New Dimension
03. Last Escape
04. Forgotten Nightmare
05. Mind Control
06. Guardian Angels
07. Into the Fire
08. Strange Visions
09. Sun and Stars
10. Gates of Dawn
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According to the press release, Shadyon combines progressive parts, powerful riffs and AOR melodies and blend them together in a tasteful way, and create their own brand of melodic progressive metal. Led by the emotional vocals of Emmanuel Creis, Shadyon presents a mature album with Mind Control, full of hooks and emotion. With the perfect amount of melodic and progressive parts, this album will definitely appeal to fans of progressive and melodic metal as well as AOR and hard rock.
You can find out more about Shadyon on their MySpace - which also contains several Mind Control samples.
Mind Control cover art] tracklist:
01. Calm Before the Storm
02. New Dimension
03. Last Escape
04. Forgotten Nightmare
05. Mind Control
06. Guardian Angels
07. Into the Fire
08. Strange Visions
09. Sun and Stars
10. Gates of Dawn
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| Source: | innerwound.com |
Thrashfest 2010 - Tour Dates Announced
Kreator proudly presents Thrashfest, THE thrash-metal-tour of the year. Partners in crime are Exodus, Death Angel and Suicidal Angels. Thrashfest will destroy Europe at the end of the year, all dates below. All information and tickets should be available at Thrashfest.eu any time soon.
26.11.2010 - DE - Stuttgart, LKA Longhorn
27.11.2010 - DE - Oberhausen, Turbinenhalle
28.11.2010 - BE - Antwerpen, Hof Ter Loo
29.11.2010 - DE - Leipzig, Hellraiser
30.11.2010 - DE - Saarbrücken, Garage
01.12.2010 - DE - Berlin, Postbahnhof
02.12.2010 - CZ - Prague, KD Vltavska
03.12.2010 - AT - Wien, Arena
04.12.2010 - DE - Lichtenfels, X-Mas Metal Festival
05.12.2010 - DE - Hamburg, Markthalle
06.12.2010 - DK - Copenhagen, Pumpehuset
07.12.2010 - NO - Oslo, Betong
08.12.2010 - SE - Stockholm, Debaser Medis
09.12.2010 - DK - Aarhus, Voxhall
10.12.2010 - DE - Hannover, Capitol
11.12.2010 - DE - Munich, Backstage
12.12.2010 - NL - Amsterdam, Melkweg
13.12.2010 - FR - Paris, Elysee Montmartre
14.12.2010 - CH - Pratteln, Z7
15.12.2010 - IT - Bologna, Estragon
16.12.2010 - SI - Ljubljana, Cvetlicarna Mediapark
17.12.2010 - DE - Gießen, Hessenhallen
18.12.2010 - NL - Eindhoven, Eindhoven Metal Meeting
19.12.2010 - DE - Cologne, Live Music Hall
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26.11.2010 - DE - Stuttgart, LKA Longhorn
27.11.2010 - DE - Oberhausen, Turbinenhalle
28.11.2010 - BE - Antwerpen, Hof Ter Loo
29.11.2010 - DE - Leipzig, Hellraiser
30.11.2010 - DE - Saarbrücken, Garage
01.12.2010 - DE - Berlin, Postbahnhof
02.12.2010 - CZ - Prague, KD Vltavska
03.12.2010 - AT - Wien, Arena
04.12.2010 - DE - Lichtenfels, X-Mas Metal Festival
05.12.2010 - DE - Hamburg, Markthalle
06.12.2010 - DK - Copenhagen, Pumpehuset
07.12.2010 - NO - Oslo, Betong
08.12.2010 - SE - Stockholm, Debaser Medis
09.12.2010 - DK - Aarhus, Voxhall
10.12.2010 - DE - Hannover, Capitol
11.12.2010 - DE - Munich, Backstage
12.12.2010 - NL - Amsterdam, Melkweg
13.12.2010 - FR - Paris, Elysee Montmartre
14.12.2010 - CH - Pratteln, Z7
15.12.2010 - IT - Bologna, Estragon
16.12.2010 - SI - Ljubljana, Cvetlicarna Mediapark
17.12.2010 - DE - Gießen, Hessenhallen
18.12.2010 - NL - Eindhoven, Eindhoven Metal Meeting
19.12.2010 - DE - Cologne, Live Music Hall
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| Source: | kreator-terrorzone.de |
| Band profile: | Kreator |
| Event: | Thrashfest 2010 |