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The Funeral Orchestra - To Release Split Album With Ocean Chief
The Funeral Orchestra have teamed up with Ocean Chief for the release of The Northern Lights II. The album will be released somewhere in summer. Each band performs one lengthy number on this split release, Ocean Chief with the track "Born", while The Funeral Orchestra do their first track all in Swedish, called "Den Morka Shamanens Glod". The cover artwork for The Northern Lights II can be found here.
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| Source: | blogs.myspace.com |
| Band profile: | The Funeral Orchestra |
Mekong Delta - Album Details Revealed
Original news, posted on 13.03.2010
German Prog Thrashers Mekong Delta have revealed the tracklisting for their upcoming album, titled Wanderer On The Edge Of Time. Artwork will follow as soon as the details of the album have been finalized. Also a release date is yet to be announced.
Wanderer On The Edge Of Time [cover art] tracklist:
01. Intro - Concert Guitar
02. Ouverture
03. A Certain Fool (Le Fou) - Movement 1
04. Interlude 1 - Group
05. The 5th Element (Le Bateleur) - Movement 2
06. Interlude 2 - Group
07. The Apocalypt - World In Shards (La Maison Dieu) - Movement 3
08. Interlude 3 - Concert Guitar
09. King With Broken Crown (Le Diable) - Movement 4
10. Intermezzo (Instrumental) - Movement 5
11. Interlude 4 - Group
12. Affection (L' Amoureux) - Movement 6
13. Interlude 5 - Group
14. Mistaken Truth (Le Hérétique) - Movement 7
15. Finale
UPDATE (thanks to BudDa)
Mekong Delta's upcoming album Wanderer On The Edge Of Time will be released on June 10th 2010. The album art was created by Eliran Kantor (Testament, Gwar, Sigh, Anacrusis), who also did the cover art for Lurking Fear.
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German Prog Thrashers Mekong Delta have revealed the tracklisting for their upcoming album, titled Wanderer On The Edge Of Time. Artwork will follow as soon as the details of the album have been finalized. Also a release date is yet to be announced.
Wanderer On The Edge Of Time [cover art] tracklist:
01. Intro - Concert Guitar
02. Ouverture
03. A Certain Fool (Le Fou) - Movement 1
04. Interlude 1 - Group
05. The 5th Element (Le Bateleur) - Movement 2
06. Interlude 2 - Group
07. The Apocalypt - World In Shards (La Maison Dieu) - Movement 3
08. Interlude 3 - Concert Guitar
09. King With Broken Crown (Le Diable) - Movement 4
10. Intermezzo (Instrumental) - Movement 5
11. Interlude 4 - Group
12. Affection (L' Amoureux) - Movement 6
13. Interlude 5 - Group
14. Mistaken Truth (Le Hérétique) - Movement 7
15. Finale
UPDATE (thanks to BudDa)
Mekong Delta's upcoming album Wanderer On The Edge Of Time will be released on June 10th 2010. The album art was created by Eliran Kantor (Testament, Gwar, Sigh, Anacrusis), who also did the cover art for Lurking Fear.
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| Source: | mekongdelta.eu |
| Band profile: | Mekong Delta |
Accept - New Song Online
The release of Accept's brand new record Blood Of The Nations is fast approaching (late summer of 2010). It will mark the first studio-album of the band since more than fifteen years. You can find a brand new song "The Abyss" on the band's official MySpace page.
| Source: | nuclearblast.de |
| Band profile: | Accept |
The Rotted - Set To Release New Material This Summer
The Rotted are set to enter the studio in May with producer James Dunkley to record Anarchogram, a self-released EP comprising of 2 new tracks and 4 bonus tracks.
Says guitarist Tim Carley: "These songs are the first we have written with the new line-up and we are really buzzing about letting people hear them! We've wanted to do something like this for ages, put out a self-financed DIY release on our own label, like the way we used to more than 10 years ago, before MySpace and Blog sites and all that crap. We've got the opportunity to do it this summer and it's a way for us to give something back to the fans at a low cost".
As bonus tracks, each band member will be picking a song by a band they want to personally pay tribute to, for inspiring them to play extreme music in the first place. Says vocalist Ben McCrow: "These are just a bit of fun really, and a chance to pay homage to the Metal Messiahs we worshipped during our teenage years. Most musicians have a list of cover songs they'd love to play, and I'm sure you won't be disappointed with our choices!"
After the release of the EP this summer The Rotted will continue working on album two. They plan to enter Parlour Studio in January 2011 with Russ Russell at the production helm. Anarchogram is set to be released in Summer 2010 and available via the bands webstore.
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Says guitarist Tim Carley: "These songs are the first we have written with the new line-up and we are really buzzing about letting people hear them! We've wanted to do something like this for ages, put out a self-financed DIY release on our own label, like the way we used to more than 10 years ago, before MySpace and Blog sites and all that crap. We've got the opportunity to do it this summer and it's a way for us to give something back to the fans at a low cost".
As bonus tracks, each band member will be picking a song by a band they want to personally pay tribute to, for inspiring them to play extreme music in the first place. Says vocalist Ben McCrow: "These are just a bit of fun really, and a chance to pay homage to the Metal Messiahs we worshipped during our teenage years. Most musicians have a list of cover songs they'd love to play, and I'm sure you won't be disappointed with our choices!"
After the release of the EP this summer The Rotted will continue working on album two. They plan to enter Parlour Studio in January 2011 with Russ Russell at the production helm. Anarchogram is set to be released in Summer 2010 and available via the bands webstore.
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| Source: | blogs.myspace.com |
| Band profile: | The Rotted |
Corpus Christii - New Song Available For Streaming
"Crystal Glaze Foundation" is the new track available for streaming from the Portuguese black metal outfit Corpus Christii. Check out the song on the band's MySpace page. The song comes off the band's forthcoming album titled Luciferian Frequencies scheduled to be released soon.
| Source: | blogs.myspace.com |
| Band profile: | Corpus Christii |
Hypocrisy - New Video Online
Hypocrisy have uploaded their latest clip, "Weed Out The Weak". The track comes off the group's new album called A Taste of Extreme Divinity which was released in October 2009.
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| Source: | nuclearblast.de |
| Band profile: | Hypocrisy |
Lacrimosa - Anniversary Album Samples Streaming
Starting April 17th, Lacrimosa are introducing new samples of each track of the upcoming 20th anniversary album Schattenspiel. The anniversary album will feature a bunch of unreleased tracks as well as two brand new songs. The album will be in stores on May 7th. Check out the samples at this location.
Schattenspiel [cover art] tracklist:
01. Seele In Not (Urversion) [1990]
02. Requiem (Urversion) [1990]
03. Seelenübertritt [1990]
04. Schuld Und Sühne [1990]
05. Dreht Euch [1992]
06. Dem Ende Entgegen [1993]
07. Schakal (Urversion) [1994]
08. Vermächtnis Der Sonne (Urversion) [1994]
09. Copycat (Extended Version) [1996]
10. Ein Hauch Von Menschlichkeit (Late Night Remix) [2002]
11. Morgen [2003]
12. Schönheit Straft Jedes Gefühl [2003]
13. Ein Fest Für Die Verlorenen [2004]
14. Mantiquor [2005]
15. Der Verlust [2006]
16. Déjà Vu [2007]
17. Sellador [2010]
18. Ohne Dich Ist Alles Nichts [2010]
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Schattenspiel [cover art] tracklist:
01. Seele In Not (Urversion) [1990]
02. Requiem (Urversion) [1990]
03. Seelenübertritt [1990]
04. Schuld Und Sühne [1990]
05. Dreht Euch [1992]
06. Dem Ende Entgegen [1993]
07. Schakal (Urversion) [1994]
08. Vermächtnis Der Sonne (Urversion) [1994]
09. Copycat (Extended Version) [1996]
10. Ein Hauch Von Menschlichkeit (Late Night Remix) [2002]
11. Morgen [2003]
12. Schönheit Straft Jedes Gefühl [2003]
13. Ein Fest Für Die Verlorenen [2004]
14. Mantiquor [2005]
15. Der Verlust [2006]
16. Déjà Vu [2007]
17. Sellador [2010]
18. Ohne Dich Ist Alles Nichts [2010]
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| Source: | blogs.myspace.com |
| Band profile: | Lacrimosa |
Necrophagia - New Album In The Works
After many, many delays US death metallers Necrophagia have finally finnished song writing for Deathtrip 69. Here's the latest update straight from the band:
"The new material sounds like it should have chronologically followed Season of the Dead. Consisting of very dark and heavy riffs interwoven with audio horror and inhuman vocals. Killjoy is full of praises for the new line up and says that although it's been a very long time since the band has been active it's the beginning of a rollercoater ride into horror hell. Inspiration is at an all time peak and having known guitarist Boris Randall for over 20's years makes things alot easier when it comes song writing "because we are always thinking in the same direction musically". Another element brought back to Necrophagia is lead guitar passages courtesy of Randall.
Songs definately set to appear are as follows: "Beast with Feral Claws", "Suffering Comes in Sixes","Naturan Demonto","Reborn through Black Mass","A Funeral for Solange" and "Tomb with a View".
Necrophagia will mark their return on June 26th 2010 headling the Firewalk Metal Meltdown Festival in Milwaukee. Next up Deathtrip 69 this autumn along with a US/Canadian tour with THE MOST legendary black metal band from Norway (bands and dates will be announced very shortly).
A demo version of "Beast with Feral Claws" will be world premiered on the Necrophagia MySpace Page Saturday April 24th 2010."
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"The new material sounds like it should have chronologically followed Season of the Dead. Consisting of very dark and heavy riffs interwoven with audio horror and inhuman vocals. Killjoy is full of praises for the new line up and says that although it's been a very long time since the band has been active it's the beginning of a rollercoater ride into horror hell. Inspiration is at an all time peak and having known guitarist Boris Randall for over 20's years makes things alot easier when it comes song writing "because we are always thinking in the same direction musically". Another element brought back to Necrophagia is lead guitar passages courtesy of Randall.
Songs definately set to appear are as follows: "Beast with Feral Claws", "Suffering Comes in Sixes","Naturan Demonto","Reborn through Black Mass","A Funeral for Solange" and "Tomb with a View".
Necrophagia will mark their return on June 26th 2010 headling the Firewalk Metal Meltdown Festival in Milwaukee. Next up Deathtrip 69 this autumn along with a US/Canadian tour with THE MOST legendary black metal band from Norway (bands and dates will be announced very shortly).
A demo version of "Beast with Feral Claws" will be world premiered on the Necrophagia MySpace Page Saturday April 24th 2010."
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| Source: | blogs.myspace.com |
| Band profile: | Necrophagia |
While Heaven Wept - Live Dates Cancelled
Original While Heaven Wept guitarist Tom Phillips has issued the following band statement:
"It is with deep regret that we announce the cancellation of our appearances at Metal Camp 2010 as well as the Born To Be Doomed festival in Baltimore this year. Cancelling any show is very difficult for us emotionally and spiritually... those of you who have been with us for a while know that we've even brought in stand-in musicians to make things happen in the past, but unfortunately, sometimes things simply don't work out no matter what we do.
Regarding Metal Camp, extenuating circumstances that neither the Metal Camp organization nor WHW ourselves could resolve... despite exhausting every last possibility... have resulted in WHW being cancelled from the billing for this year. Part of this can be attributed to conflicting schedules, along with truly outrageous expenses, and a few other personal matters that we'll make public when appropriate (don't worry, they're not malign). The bottom line is we hope that we'll be able to reschedule for Metal Camp 2011 (or after), and will let you know if and when this is sorted out.
As far as the Born To Be Doomed festival the week prior, just this morning [April 19] I received a phone call regarding a major conflict for one of the WHW members with their job that has come up affecting the first week of July. This of course was gutting news as we were looking forward to this event as much as Metal Camp, but the reality is we don't make a living doing WHW, and when the "powers that be" demand one of us elsewhere... in terms of career or family, sometimes there's no negotiating a way around it. We felt it was very important to get this information out ASAP so that John and Josh of the DOBD team have plenty of time to find another band to fill our slot.
Again, we extend our deepest apologies to our friends and fans for these disheartening cancellations, and will do our best to reschedule dates at another time.
Fortunately, there is some good news that I can tell you about, that will perhaps assuage these sad announcements... behind the scenes, we've been working hard on an EU tour plan for later in 2010, and hopefully we'll be able to make a very exciting announcement regarding this soon.
The "Vessel" 7" will be in production shortly, and we'll next move on to the "Lovesongs Of The Forsaken" 12" release as previously discussed. We have also already started to demo the material for the "Fear Of Infinity" album and hope to have a complete representation in hand within the next 6 weeks."
"It is with deep regret that we announce the cancellation of our appearances at Metal Camp 2010 as well as the Born To Be Doomed festival in Baltimore this year. Cancelling any show is very difficult for us emotionally and spiritually... those of you who have been with us for a while know that we've even brought in stand-in musicians to make things happen in the past, but unfortunately, sometimes things simply don't work out no matter what we do.
Regarding Metal Camp, extenuating circumstances that neither the Metal Camp organization nor WHW ourselves could resolve... despite exhausting every last possibility... have resulted in WHW being cancelled from the billing for this year. Part of this can be attributed to conflicting schedules, along with truly outrageous expenses, and a few other personal matters that we'll make public when appropriate (don't worry, they're not malign). The bottom line is we hope that we'll be able to reschedule for Metal Camp 2011 (or after), and will let you know if and when this is sorted out.
As far as the Born To Be Doomed festival the week prior, just this morning [April 19] I received a phone call regarding a major conflict for one of the WHW members with their job that has come up affecting the first week of July. This of course was gutting news as we were looking forward to this event as much as Metal Camp, but the reality is we don't make a living doing WHW, and when the "powers that be" demand one of us elsewhere... in terms of career or family, sometimes there's no negotiating a way around it. We felt it was very important to get this information out ASAP so that John and Josh of the DOBD team have plenty of time to find another band to fill our slot.
Again, we extend our deepest apologies to our friends and fans for these disheartening cancellations, and will do our best to reschedule dates at another time.
Fortunately, there is some good news that I can tell you about, that will perhaps assuage these sad announcements... behind the scenes, we've been working hard on an EU tour plan for later in 2010, and hopefully we'll be able to make a very exciting announcement regarding this soon.
The "Vessel" 7" will be in production shortly, and we'll next move on to the "Lovesongs Of The Forsaken" 12" release as previously discussed. We have also already started to demo the material for the "Fear Of Infinity" album and hope to have a complete representation in hand within the next 6 weeks."
| Source: | blogs.myspace.com |
| Band profile: | While Heaven Wept |
Disturbed - New Album Title Revealed
Disturbed have just announced the title of their upcoming album Asylum. As with Indestructible, Disturbed are self-producing Asylum, which they began writing in September 2009 and recording in February of this year. David Draiman describes it as "still identifiably Disturbed, but showing more maturation. We feel this is one of the strongest bodies of work we've ever put together. It definitely goes in familiar areas, but with new levels of precision and skill."
Lyrically, Draiman says, the themes "range from very personal and introspective to the political and provocative. What would you expect? No songs about puppy dogs or rainbows here."
"We want this record to be a shining example of how the years have made us stronger," Draiman says. "We want it to be a record that helps people get through their own trials and tribulations, as always."
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Lyrically, Draiman says, the themes "range from very personal and introspective to the political and provocative. What would you expect? No songs about puppy dogs or rainbows here."
"We want this record to be a shining example of how the years have made us stronger," Draiman says. "We want it to be a record that helps people get through their own trials and tribulations, as always."
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| Source: | blogs.myspace.com |
| Band profile: | Disturbed |
Acheron - Call It Quits
After 22 years of existence, US Black/Death/Thrash Metal band Acheron are calling it quits.
The band has released five original full length CD's, three mini-CD's, one cover-tribute CD and a number of other underground releases. Acheron will end on a familiar note by doing one last run of "Rites Of The Black Mass" shows until January 1st, 2011. After that Acheron will be done for good! (No more shows or albums.) So keep an eye out for select shows that they will be appearing at this year, because it will be the last time you get to see them live.
The line-up for the final shows will be Vincent Crowley (vocals/bass), Art Taylor (guitar), Eric Stewart (guitar) and Scott Pletcher (drums).
The band has released five original full length CD's, three mini-CD's, one cover-tribute CD and a number of other underground releases. Acheron will end on a familiar note by doing one last run of "Rites Of The Black Mass" shows until January 1st, 2011. After that Acheron will be done for good! (No more shows or albums.) So keep an eye out for select shows that they will be appearing at this year, because it will be the last time you get to see them live.
The line-up for the final shows will be Vincent Crowley (vocals/bass), Art Taylor (guitar), Eric Stewart (guitar) and Scott Pletcher (drums).
| Source: | blogs.myspace.com |
| Band profile: | Acheron (USA-OH) |
Black Sun Aeon - Two New Videos Online
Original news, posted on 11.04.2010
Black Sun Aeon have released a video for the song "Frozen". "Frozen" comes off the band's latest effort titled Routa which came out last week. More Routa album details are available here.
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Black Sun Aeon have released a video for the song "Frozen". "Frozen" comes off the band's latest effort titled Routa which came out last week. More Routa album details are available here.
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"A Song For My Funeral", the video from Finnish metallers Black Sun Aeon, can be viewed at this location.
"A Song For My Funeral" comes off the band's first album, Darkness Walks Beside Me, which was released in March 2009 via Cyclone Empire.
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UPDATE (thanks to BudDa)
"A Song For My Funeral", the video from Finnish metallers Black Sun Aeon, can be viewed at this location.
"A Song For My Funeral" comes off the band's first album, Darkness Walks Beside Me, which was released in March 2009 via Cyclone Empire.
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| Source: | myspace.com |
| Band profile: | Black Sun Aeon |
Equilibrium - New Album Details Announced
Equilibrium just launched the "Countdown To Recreation": "From now we will post a cool surprise every week until the day of release of Rekreatur on June 18. For a start the album cover art and the tracklist have been posted.
The cover has been designed by Alev who already did the design for Unbesiegt. Furthermore we also uploaded a brand new song. Since the songs on Rekreatur are way more diverse and varied than ever, it wasn't an easy decision which song to post first. We chose "Die Affeninsel" ("The Monkey Island") to begin with."
Andreas Völkl (who wrote the lyrics) shares a bit more info about the song: "Die Affeninsel" is about an adventure in a land far away where three tests must be passed to fullfil a fraternity pledging. It's been inspired by an old pirate tale that some gamers of you might know."
You can check out the new song at MySpace.
Rekreatur [cover art] tracklist:
01. In Heiligen Hallen
02. Der Ewige Sieg
03. Verbrannte Erde
04. Die Affeninsel
05. Der Wassermann
06. Aus Ferner Zeit
07. Fahrtwind
08. Wenn Erdreich Bricht
09. Kurzes Epos [Instrumental]
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The cover has been designed by Alev who already did the design for Unbesiegt. Furthermore we also uploaded a brand new song. Since the songs on Rekreatur are way more diverse and varied than ever, it wasn't an easy decision which song to post first. We chose "Die Affeninsel" ("The Monkey Island") to begin with."
Andreas Völkl (who wrote the lyrics) shares a bit more info about the song: "Die Affeninsel" is about an adventure in a land far away where three tests must be passed to fullfil a fraternity pledging. It's been inspired by an old pirate tale that some gamers of you might know."
You can check out the new song at MySpace.
Rekreatur [cover art] tracklist:
01. In Heiligen Hallen
02. Der Ewige Sieg
03. Verbrannte Erde
04. Die Affeninsel
05. Der Wassermann
06. Aus Ferner Zeit
07. Fahrtwind
08. Wenn Erdreich Bricht
09. Kurzes Epos [Instrumental]
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| Source: | blogs.myspace.com |
| Band profile: | Equilibrium |
Power Quest - New Album Titled Revealed
Power Quest have issued a short update regarding the upcoming new album:
"We can now reveal that the forthcoming fifth Power Quest record will be titled Blood Alliance. Work on the new material continues apace and the songs that have been demo-ed so far are sounding awesome and true to the PQ tradition of catchy, melodic metal.
Thanks to everyone who applied for the vacant guitarist position in the band. We had a huge amount of applicants from all over the world and unfortunately couldn't reply to each and every one of you. Those shortlisted for audition have been informed via email and we look forward to seeing you on May 2nd in Derby."
"We can now reveal that the forthcoming fifth Power Quest record will be titled Blood Alliance. Work on the new material continues apace and the songs that have been demo-ed so far are sounding awesome and true to the PQ tradition of catchy, melodic metal.
Thanks to everyone who applied for the vacant guitarist position in the band. We had a huge amount of applicants from all over the world and unfortunately couldn't reply to each and every one of you. Those shortlisted for audition have been informed via email and we look forward to seeing you on May 2nd in Derby."
| Source: | blogs.myspace.com |
| Band profile: | Power Quest |
Lyzanxia - Album Teaser Online
French thrashers Lyzanxia have posted a short teaser to their upcoming album Locust. The album will hit the streets on May 31st 2010 through XIII Bis Records - Sony Music distribution. Locust was recorded and produced by David and Franck Potvin between the Déclanché Studio (Switzerland) and the Dome Studio (France).
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| Source: | blogs.myspace.com |
| Band profile: | Lyzanxia |