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Metalkult In Norway - Mini-Documentary Available Online
For four days in March 2008, MetalKult's Brad Angle and Jimmy Hubbard took a journey to the grim-cold heart of Norwegian black metal: Oslo, Norway.
"In this revealing four-part series, we catch up with a few of Norwegian black metal's leading acts. We go on a pub crawl through Oslo's hottest metal bars with 1349's Seidemann (bass) and Archaon (guitar), visit Notodden's ancient Heddal Stave Church, head off to Emperor/Zyklon drummer Trym's Emperial Tattoo studios (where Hubbard gets some seriously Nordic needle-and-ink action), hang with Emperor vocalist/guitarist Ihsahn at his Symphonique Studios, tour the rebuilt Holmenkollen Chapel (which was burned in 1992 by members of the black metal community), go to Helvete (the late Mayhem guitarist Euronymous' record store and informal black metal "inner circle" headquarters) and chat with Satyricon in their cavernous rehearsal studios."
Go to this location to check out the four videos.
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"In this revealing four-part series, we catch up with a few of Norwegian black metal's leading acts. We go on a pub crawl through Oslo's hottest metal bars with 1349's Seidemann (bass) and Archaon (guitar), visit Notodden's ancient Heddal Stave Church, head off to Emperor/Zyklon drummer Trym's Emperial Tattoo studios (where Hubbard gets some seriously Nordic needle-and-ink action), hang with Emperor vocalist/guitarist Ihsahn at his Symphonique Studios, tour the rebuilt Holmenkollen Chapel (which was burned in 1992 by members of the black metal community), go to Helvete (the late Mayhem guitarist Euronymous' record store and informal black metal "inner circle" headquarters) and chat with Satyricon in their cavernous rehearsal studios."
Go to this location to check out the four videos.
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| Source: | blogs.guitarworld.com |
Heaven Grey - New Song Online
Latvian metallers Heaven Grey have made a new song, recorded in 2008, available for streaming online at the band's official MySpace page. The song is called "Regret" and is part of the new material the band has recorded after their debut album "Northwind", which was released ten years ago. A live video of the song can be watched at this location. The video is shot at club "Melnā Piektdiena" on 25 April.
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| Source: | myspace.com |
| Band profile: | Heaven Grey |
Gorerotted - Change Band Name To The Rotted
The UK's Gorerotted have decided to take the big step of changing their name to THE ROTTED! Having worked so hard on their new album "Get Dead Or Die Trying", the lads felt that due to the huge progression they've made from previous releases musically and lyrically and after frequent line-up changes that this was the only right thing to do.
Says frontman Ben McCrow: "The motives behind what we were doing with Gorerotted have changed over the years, and as a mark of respect for what we achieved, for previous band members and for fans, we didn't feel it was right to continue under our previous monicker. This album is gonna blow people away, I couldn't even classify it for you if I tried, all I can say is its heavy as fuck, catchy as hell and a piece of work we're all incredibly proud of. People have been affectionally referring to us as The Rotted for some time now, so it seemed like a decent change to us."
Says frontman Ben McCrow: "The motives behind what we were doing with Gorerotted have changed over the years, and as a mark of respect for what we achieved, for previous band members and for fans, we didn't feel it was right to continue under our previous monicker. This album is gonna blow people away, I couldn't even classify it for you if I tried, all I can say is its heavy as fuck, catchy as hell and a piece of work we're all incredibly proud of. People have been affectionally referring to us as The Rotted for some time now, so it seemed like a decent change to us."
| Source: | myspace.com |
| Band profile: | The Rotted |
Elis - Announce Some Live Dates
The following short message was posted on the home page of Elis:
''We will play at the 'Festival For Free' at the P.M.K. in Innsbruck (A) on April 19th 2008! So if you want to see Elis for free, be there!''
Also this:
''We proudly announce that we are going to play this year at Wave-Gotik-Treffen and M'era Luna Festival! We are very happy to be part of the line-up, and can't wait to play! Hope to see you there!''
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''We will play at the 'Festival For Free' at the P.M.K. in Innsbruck (A) on April 19th 2008! So if you want to see Elis for free, be there!''
Also this:
''We proudly announce that we are going to play this year at Wave-Gotik-Treffen and M'era Luna Festival! We are very happy to be part of the line-up, and can't wait to play! Hope to see you there!''
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| Source: | elis.li |
| Band profile: | Elis |
Stormlord - New Label, Album Title Announced
The following blog has been posted on the Stormlord MySpace:
"Stormlord has signed a recording deal with Locomotive Records (Grave Digger, Astral Doors, Benedictum) to release the new, long awaited fourth full length album titled "Mare Nostrum".
The band says: "We are so excited about this new deal, Locomotive Records is one of the leading labels in metal scene and they will grant a worldwide availability to our new album. The recording session are almost finished and the stuff sound amazing, we can't wait for you to hear it, in the first weeks of March all the songs will be mixed and ready. We want to thank our former label Scarlet Records for these beautiful 8 years spent together, they have always believed in Stormlord and their support made us reach some huge goals."
"Mare Nostrum" will be released on Locomotive Records on late May.
In the band own words "it'll see Stormlord going back to an epic sound near to our first album "Supreme Art Of War", that almost ten years ago was able to influence tons of bands still growing strong in the scene, even if the style of our recent albums will not be missing. You'll find some surprises like an acoustic song, folk instruments and even some sitar parts, everything mixed with an extreme-epic attitude like it was back in the days, but with the nowadays production and a well developed technical skill."
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"Stormlord has signed a recording deal with Locomotive Records (Grave Digger, Astral Doors, Benedictum) to release the new, long awaited fourth full length album titled "Mare Nostrum".
The band says: "We are so excited about this new deal, Locomotive Records is one of the leading labels in metal scene and they will grant a worldwide availability to our new album. The recording session are almost finished and the stuff sound amazing, we can't wait for you to hear it, in the first weeks of March all the songs will be mixed and ready. We want to thank our former label Scarlet Records for these beautiful 8 years spent together, they have always believed in Stormlord and their support made us reach some huge goals."
"Mare Nostrum" will be released on Locomotive Records on late May.
In the band own words "it'll see Stormlord going back to an epic sound near to our first album "Supreme Art Of War", that almost ten years ago was able to influence tons of bands still growing strong in the scene, even if the style of our recent albums will not be missing. You'll find some surprises like an acoustic song, folk instruments and even some sitar parts, everything mixed with an extreme-epic attitude like it was back in the days, but with the nowadays production and a well developed technical skill."
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| Source: | blog.myspace.com |
| Band profile: | Stormlord |
Pantheist - New Tracks Online
The following blog has been posted at the official Pantheist MySpace page:
"As you may have not noticed, since the font is completely unreadable (one could argue that this is done deliberately as it would grant us a certain aura of kvltness, but I have to admit that it's probably the actual myspace skin that needs changing) there is a new gig date displayed on our profile: Friday 21st of March (bank holiday) we are playing at The Unicorn in Camden. That's right, after having been based in London for about 4 years now, it is about time -in true funeral doom terms- for our first ever London gig. We seek to perform mainly new tracks with a small dose of 'oldies' in between.
Furthermore, our promo has been sent to several labels, so we are awaiting for responses and feedback that will hopefully allow us to set up another perfect marriage between cynical business and idealistic naivete (without of course wanting to disclose at which side we currently are). Stay tuned as news will be announced here as soon as there is something worthwhile to mention.
Lastly, many many thanks to those who have listened to the previous promo track "The Loss Of Innocense" in the past few days. After 750 plays in ten days time or so we started to fear that people might actually become sick of the track before it's even properly recorded, so we decided to take it down again. However, your persistence and enthusiasm has moved us so we decided to give you a sneak preview of the second promo track as well for a few days."
In the meantime, a track called "Eternal Sorrow" has been posted on the band's MySpace page.
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"As you may have not noticed, since the font is completely unreadable (one could argue that this is done deliberately as it would grant us a certain aura of kvltness, but I have to admit that it's probably the actual myspace skin that needs changing) there is a new gig date displayed on our profile: Friday 21st of March (bank holiday) we are playing at The Unicorn in Camden. That's right, after having been based in London for about 4 years now, it is about time -in true funeral doom terms- for our first ever London gig. We seek to perform mainly new tracks with a small dose of 'oldies' in between.
Furthermore, our promo has been sent to several labels, so we are awaiting for responses and feedback that will hopefully allow us to set up another perfect marriage between cynical business and idealistic naivete (without of course wanting to disclose at which side we currently are). Stay tuned as news will be announced here as soon as there is something worthwhile to mention.
Lastly, many many thanks to those who have listened to the previous promo track "The Loss Of Innocense" in the past few days. After 750 plays in ten days time or so we started to fear that people might actually become sick of the track before it's even properly recorded, so we decided to take it down again. However, your persistence and enthusiasm has moved us so we decided to give you a sneak preview of the second promo track as well for a few days."
In the meantime, a track called "Eternal Sorrow" has been posted on the band's MySpace page.
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| Source: | blog.myspace.com |
| Band profile: | Pantheïst |
Onslaught - Confirmed Lagoa Burning Live Festival
Onslaught have confirmed their appearance at the Lagoa Burning Live festival on their MySpace:
"We are very proud to announce that we have just been confirmed to appear at the Lagoa Burning Live Festival At Estombar, Algarve in Portugal, on 27th July 2008 alongside our good friends Obituary..
Also appearing at the festival will be:
Tankard
Grave Digger
Cruachan
Dark Moon
Dionysus
+ More TBA
Onslaught guitarist Nige Rockett comments: ''We cant fuckin wait to return to
Portugal especially to such a great festival as this one..It really is gonna be awesome with the Obituary guys there too..
Our last visit was amazing and we met so many cool people, this one promises to be every bit as special...''
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"We are very proud to announce that we have just been confirmed to appear at the Lagoa Burning Live Festival At Estombar, Algarve in Portugal, on 27th July 2008 alongside our good friends Obituary..
Also appearing at the festival will be:
Tankard
Grave Digger
Cruachan
Dark Moon
Dionysus
+ More TBA
Onslaught guitarist Nige Rockett comments: ''We cant fuckin wait to return to
Portugal especially to such a great festival as this one..It really is gonna be awesome with the Obituary guys there too..
Our last visit was amazing and we met so many cool people, this one promises to be every bit as special...''
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| Source: | blog.myspace.com |
| Band profile: | Onslaught |
| Event: | Lagoa Burning Live Festival [CANCELLED] |
Stryper - Upcoming Album Update
Vocalist Michael Sweet of Stryper has issued an update on the upcoming album:
"I'm still tracking vocals in my studio and we plan to start mixing by the first week in February. We should be finished mixing by the end of February and then we'll master, do a photo shoot and then the rest will be up to artwork department at Big3 to put it all together and package it."
Michael estimates that the album will be out in July/August followed by a tour.
"The record sounds amazing and it will have everything that you've always wanted a Stryper record to have - melodies, guitar solos, stacked vocal harmonies and screams. Sonically, it's our best to date. It's a very edgy record yet at the same time it retains it's melodic sense. I'll keep you updated as we progress."
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"I'm still tracking vocals in my studio and we plan to start mixing by the first week in February. We should be finished mixing by the end of February and then we'll master, do a photo shoot and then the rest will be up to artwork department at Big3 to put it all together and package it."
Michael estimates that the album will be out in July/August followed by a tour.
"The record sounds amazing and it will have everything that you've always wanted a Stryper record to have - melodies, guitar solos, stacked vocal harmonies and screams. Sonically, it's our best to date. It's a very edgy record yet at the same time it retains it's melodic sense. I'll keep you updated as we progress."
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| Source: | blog.myspace.com |
| Band profile: | Stryper |
Darkwell - Has A Youtube Channel
Austrian gothic metallers Darkwell have posted on their website that band now has a you tube channel that can be found at this location. On the channel, live clips of 2007 have been uploaded.
Today, the band will performing live P.M.K. Innsbruck, Austria.
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Today, the band will performing live P.M.K. Innsbruck, Austria.
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| Source: | darkwell.org |
| Band profile: | Darkwell |
Saturnus - Ex-Bassist Rejoins Band
Danish doom metal band Saturnus has announced on their MySpace page that their bassist Lennart Jacobsen with whom they've recorded "Veronika Decides To Die" and toured the United States, Russia and parts of Europe has parted ways with the band. No reasons were disclosed for the departure, but according to the band there were no hard feelings involved and they wish him best of luck with his music in the future.
In other news, ex-bass player Brian Pomy Hansen with whom the band has recorded "Paradise Belongs To You", "For The Loveless Lonely Nights" and "Martyre" has rejoined the band. Biran was playing in the band Wizard of Doom with current vocalist Thomas, and when he was contacted by the band he agreed on rejoining.
The band is currently writing new material for the next album and has some European tour dates lined up for the spring of 2008.
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In other news, ex-bass player Brian Pomy Hansen with whom the band has recorded "Paradise Belongs To You", "For The Loveless Lonely Nights" and "Martyre" has rejoined the band. Biran was playing in the band Wizard of Doom with current vocalist Thomas, and when he was contacted by the band he agreed on rejoining.
The band is currently writing new material for the next album and has some European tour dates lined up for the spring of 2008.
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| Source: | blog.myspace.com |
| Band profile: | Saturnus |
Tankard - First Tour In South America
Tankard has announced their first South American tour ever! This is the message that Gerre posted on their official website:
''Hi Folks!
We proudly announce the dates of our very first South-America-tour! We are really looking forward to thrash and party following cities and clubs:
04.12.07 Santiago (RCH), Galpon Victor Jara
05.12.07 Porto Alegre/RS (BR), Bar Opinião
06.12.07 Cascavel/PR (BR), Cascavel Country Clube
07.12.07 Sao Paulo/SP (BR), Hangar 110
08.12.07 Belo Horizonte/MG (BR), Lapa Multishow
Hope to meet you crazy thrashers on tour!
Cheers Tankard''
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''Hi Folks!
We proudly announce the dates of our very first South-America-tour! We are really looking forward to thrash and party following cities and clubs:
04.12.07 Santiago (RCH), Galpon Victor Jara
05.12.07 Porto Alegre/RS (BR), Bar Opinião
06.12.07 Cascavel/PR (BR), Cascavel Country Clube
07.12.07 Sao Paulo/SP (BR), Hangar 110
08.12.07 Belo Horizonte/MG (BR), Lapa Multishow
Hope to meet you crazy thrashers on tour!
Cheers Tankard''
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| Source: | tankard.info |
| Band profile: | Tankard |
| Event: | Tankard: South American Tour |
Waltari - Czech Tour Dates Announced
Finland's Waltari have announced they will play 4 shows together with Wohnout and Lenka Dusilova in December in Czech Republik.
Mon 10.12. Ostrava Cas Arena
Tue 11.12. Brno Semilasso
Wed 12.12. Jihlava TRANE Club (Only Waltari, no Wohnout+Lenka D.)
Thu 13.12. Zlin Masters of Rock Cafe
Fri 14.12. Praha Sports Hall Folimanka
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Mon 10.12. Ostrava Cas Arena
Tue 11.12. Brno Semilasso
Wed 12.12. Jihlava TRANE Club (Only Waltari, no Wohnout+Lenka D.)
Thu 13.12. Zlin Masters of Rock Cafe
Fri 14.12. Praha Sports Hall Folimanka
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| Source: | waltarimusic.com |
| Band profile: | Waltari |
| Event: | United International Friendship Tour |
Vision Divine - Guitarist Sitting Out S. American Tour
Italian Power Metallers Vision Divine have issued the following update:
"Due to a big problem related with his tendinitis, Federico Puleri isunable to follow the band on the South American Tour. The problem
was known since the Asian shows, but the band decided to try anything possible to solve it. Unfortunately the problem didn't get solved and became even bigger, so the doctor ordered him a full month of rest, and it has been decided not to risk his health. No substitute will be taken, and Olaf will play the South American shows alone. After this tour Federico will be back, fully recovered, healthy and ready
to be on stage again for the next shows... our best wishes to Federico!"
"Due to a big problem related with his tendinitis, Federico Puleri isunable to follow the band on the South American Tour. The problem
was known since the Asian shows, but the band decided to try anything possible to solve it. Unfortunately the problem didn't get solved and became even bigger, so the doctor ordered him a full month of rest, and it has been decided not to risk his health. No substitute will be taken, and Olaf will play the South American shows alone. After this tour Federico will be back, fully recovered, healthy and ready
to be on stage again for the next shows... our best wishes to Federico!"
| Source: | visiondivine.com |
| Band profile: | Vision Divine |
| Event: | Vision Divine: South American Tour |
Tvangeste - Update From The Band
The following update concerning the new album has been posted on the band's website:
"Okay... here is the latest news from Tvangeste camp.
We cannot really say they are good but anyway - no news is the worst thing for it means death. At the same time bad news signify that we are still alive....sorry for such a long introduction folks.
As it was scheduled on May 2007 we were sitting in Europe recording metal parts of the new material. All guitars and basses were recorded so Tvangeste was heading to Sweden to record solo guitars, voices, to make mixdown. We applied for Swedish visas (it's visitors visa - we are still Russian citizens so we need visas in order to visit any other countries). Right up to the end of our studio time in Poland we got a negative answer from Swedish Consulate. I do not know why - they didn't provide us with any reasons of rejecting our applications. In fact they are not ought to. So this unexpected problem fucked up a whole recording schedule! We tried to find a solution but in vain.
we are really sorry for the inconvenience. We know that we've been keeping you waiting for so long and it makes the situation even worse. As we have already mentioned: a whole recording schedule was broken and hence album release date is not certain for now. Sure thing - it will happen sooner or later. We have booked studio time again but this time in Canada.
NOTE!!!! If you would like to get your money back - no problem just let us know and You will get your pre-ordering money refunded immediately."
"Okay... here is the latest news from Tvangeste camp.
We cannot really say they are good but anyway - no news is the worst thing for it means death. At the same time bad news signify that we are still alive....sorry for such a long introduction folks.
As it was scheduled on May 2007 we were sitting in Europe recording metal parts of the new material. All guitars and basses were recorded so Tvangeste was heading to Sweden to record solo guitars, voices, to make mixdown. We applied for Swedish visas (it's visitors visa - we are still Russian citizens so we need visas in order to visit any other countries). Right up to the end of our studio time in Poland we got a negative answer from Swedish Consulate. I do not know why - they didn't provide us with any reasons of rejecting our applications. In fact they are not ought to. So this unexpected problem fucked up a whole recording schedule! We tried to find a solution but in vain.
we are really sorry for the inconvenience. We know that we've been keeping you waiting for so long and it makes the situation even worse. As we have already mentioned: a whole recording schedule was broken and hence album release date is not certain for now. Sure thing - it will happen sooner or later. We have booked studio time again but this time in Canada.
NOTE!!!! If you would like to get your money back - no problem just let us know and You will get your pre-ordering money refunded immediately."
| Source: | tvangeste.com |
| Band profile: | Tvangeste |
Trouble - Update From The Band
The following update has been posted on the Trouble website in October:
''Here we are, waiting for the release of SMC in the States. Can there possibly be any more delays? Anyway, It is now scheduled to come out in Jan 2008. (let's hope). If not, shit will hit the fan. In the meantime, We have decided to release the Unplugged CD. They will start shipping on December 15, 2007. The first 100 sold will be limited editions signed by the band. Pre-orders are being accepted NOW. Only available on the newtrouble.com website.
In other news, a tour is in the works starting in March through April 2008. Exact tour dates not available at this time. But we do know they will hit the majority of Europe.''
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''Here we are, waiting for the release of SMC in the States. Can there possibly be any more delays? Anyway, It is now scheduled to come out in Jan 2008. (let's hope). If not, shit will hit the fan. In the meantime, We have decided to release the Unplugged CD. They will start shipping on December 15, 2007. The first 100 sold will be limited editions signed by the band. Pre-orders are being accepted NOW. Only available on the newtrouble.com website.
In other news, a tour is in the works starting in March through April 2008. Exact tour dates not available at this time. But we do know they will hit the majority of Europe.''
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| Source: | newtrouble.com |
| Band profile: | Trouble |