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Cradle Of Filth - Reveal Album Title And Tracklisting

Cradle Of Filth has set "Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder" as the title of its new album. The album is expected to be released in October via Roadrunner Records. The new labum is a 72-minute concept record about a legendary serial killer from the 15th Century, Gilles De Rais, a French nobleman who fought alongside Joan of Arc and accumulated great wealth before becoming a satanist, sexual deviant and a murderer.

"Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder" track listing:

01. In Grandeur And Frankincense Devilment Stirs
02. Shat Out Of Hell
03. The Death Of Love
04. The 13th Caesar
05. Tiffauges
06. Tragic Kingdom
07. Sweetest Maleficia
08. Honey And Sulphur
09. Midnight Shadows Crawl To Darken Counsel With Life
10. Darkness Incarnate
11. Ten Leagues Beneath Contempt
12. Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder
13. Corpseflower

Source: euro.thegauntlet.com
Band profile: Cradle Of Filth
Posted: 23.07.2008 by Abattoir | Comments (46)


Children Of Bodom - Announce A US Tour

Children Of Bodom have announced a U.S. headlining tour in support of their critically acclaimed new album, Blooddrunk. The scheduled four week, 25 city tour will kick off on September 11 in Baltimore, MD and criss-cross the U.S., closing with a bang on October 10 in Worcester, MA.

The Children Of Bodom U.S. headlining tour will feature support from Between The Buried And Me as well as a "very special guest to be announced". The major market trek will represent the influential metal band's first U.S. headlining jaunt in support of Blooddrunk and follows the quintet's red hot summer North American "Gigantour" live dates as hand-picked support for heavy music legends Megadeth.

Advance ticket pre-sales for the Children Of Bodom tour will begin on July 16 via Nokia Ticket Rush with general public on-sales slated to start on July 18 and 19 via http://www.livenation.com. The tour will be produced by Live Nation and presented by sponsors ESP Guitars and Hot Topic and tour supporters Guitar World, Metal Kult, Rock House Method and Spinefarm Records.

September 11 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live!
September 12 Norfolk, VA The NorVa
September 13 Atlanta, GA Masquerade
September 14 Orlando, FL Hard Rock Live
September 16 Dallas, TX House of Blues
September 18 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theatre
September 19 Los Angeles, CA Wiltern
September 20 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
September 21 San Francisco, CA The Warfield
September 22 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
September 23 Seattle, WA Showbox Market
September 25 Salt Lake City, UT The Great Salt Air
September 26 Denver, CO Gothic Theatre
September 27 Kansas City, MO Beaumont Club
September 28 St. Louis, MO Pop's
September 30 Minneapolis, MN Myth
October 1 Chicago, IL House of Blues
October 2 Milwaukee, WI The Rave
October 3 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
October 4 Detroit, MI Clutch's Cargo
October 6 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
October 7 Rochester, NY Water Street Music Hall
October 8 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
October 9 New York, NY Hammerstein Ballroom
October 10 Worcester, MA Palladium

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Source: myspace.com
Band profile: Children Of Bodom
Posted: 20.07.2008 by Abattoir | Comments (10)


Satyricon - Upcoming Album Update

Norwegian metellars Satyricon have issued the following update::

''The last week and a half has been very eventful, recording vocals, brass with people from the the Broadcasting orchestra and the philharmonic, last night we had a choir called Grex Vocalis in the studio and we did a big photo shoot last weekend with tame wolves and lynx's (that were not tame) at some sort of reservate up in the mountains here in Norway. Very fascinating and powerful! We also went to some locations which represent the country's dramatic nature in a great way.

This week we're finishing the final recordings and preparing the album for mix. Saturday we play Kaltenbach Open Air in Austria and Monday we fly back to L.A to mix the record with Joe Barresi and do mastering with Brian Gardner.

Euro tour is currently being lined up for mid November till late December these days and we're coming to back to America for the first time since 04 in January and February as direct support for COF.

On the next update, the album title will be revealed. Take care.''

Source: satyricon.no
Band profile: Satyricon
Posted: 18.07.2008 by Abattoir | Comments (8)


Moonspell - New Video Online

Gothic metallers Moonspell have posted a video for the song "Night Eternal" which comes off their latest album, "Night Eternal" which was released in May of this year. The Video is directed by Ivan Colic (Type O Negative, Symphony X, Hammerfall) who also had directed the band's "Scorpion Flower" video.

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Source: moonspell.com
Band profile: Moonspell
Posted: 18.07.2008 by Abattoir | Comments (8)


Dimmu Borgir - To Release New DVD

A new DVD from Black Metallers Dimmu Borgir has been announced. It will revolve around concerts for the band's Invaluable Darkness tour and their appearance at last year's Wacken Open Air festival. The Invaluable Darkness DVD will be a three-disc release: 2 DVDs plus a bonus audio CD. Click here to see the DVD's extensive tracklist.

In other news Dimmu Borgir has been confirmed for the Blackest Of The Black tour with Danzig, Moonspell, Winds Of Plague, and Skeletonwitch. The tour will be a 24-show trek on October 9th in Miami Beach, Florida and play its wrap-up show on November 10th in San Francisco, California.

Glenn Danzig had this to say: "I'm very happy to have Dimmu Borgir sharing the stage this time, as they are one of my favorite bands and I always wanted them on. Should be an incredible 20th anniversary tour."

Dimmu Borgir founding member/guitarist Silenoz checked in with the following: "Let there be no secrecy around the fact that we're really looking forward to the Blackest of The Black tour, finally joining forces with Danzig! To get the chance to share the stage with one of the most influential icons in metal and rock history, Glenn Danzig, is of course something we're very proud of! Combined with the other bands, this will be a night to remember - if you're into dark and heavy music, that is. We actually take it for granted that you will be there!"

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Source: dimmu-borgir.com
Band profile: Dimmu Borgir
Posted: 16.07.2008 by Abattoir | Comments (18)


Dream Theater - New DVD Details

Posted on the Dream Theater official site:

The band will release Chaos In Motion 2007/2008, which documents their "Chaos In Motion" world tour, which kicked off June 3, 2007 at the Monsters of Rock Festival in Milan, Italy and concluded almost a year to the day later on June 4, 2008 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It's essentially a travelogue of their most recent touring experience and it hits shelves on September 23. Chaos In Motion 2007/2008 will be available in two configurations: as a double DVD set and as five disc collector's set which includes two DVDs and three CDs, containing 14 live tracks featured in the DVD set and expanded artwork.

The Chaos in Motion Tour was a trek that found the band traversing the globe, playing 115 shows in 105 cities in 35 countries on five continents to hundreds of thousands of fans. It also included the first annual Progressive Nation Tour, an idea that the band had kicked around for a few years and finally launched into action this past spring.

The official content and tracklisting for the DVD are as follows and are subject to change:

Double DVD Set
Disc One:

"Around The World In 180 Minutes" Live Concert Footage

01. Intro/Also Sprach Zarathustra
02. Constant Motion
03. Panic Attack
04. Blind Faith
05. Surrounded
06. The Dark Eternal Night
07. Keyboard Solo
08. Lines In The Sand
09. Scarred
10. Forsaken
11. The Ministry Of Lost Souls
12. Take The Time
13. In The Presence Of Enemies
14. Medley: I. Trial Of Tears II. Finally Free III. Learning To Live IV. In The Name Of God V. Octavarium

Disc Two:

"Behind The Chaos On The Road" Documentary
Promo Videos: Constant Motion, Forsaken, Forsaken (In Studio), The Dark Eternal Night (In Studio)
Live Screen Projection Films: The Dark Eternal Night (N.A.D.S), The Ministry Of Lost Souls, In The Presence Of Enemies Pt. 2
"Mike Portnoy Stage Tour"
"Mike Portnoy Backstage Tour"
Photo Gallery
Deluxe Collector's Edition 5-Disc Set
Chaos In Motion 2007/2008 Double DVD Set PLUS
- 3 CD's containing the live 14 tracks featured in the DVD set
- Expanded artwork and more

A trailer for the DVD can be viewed at this location.

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Source: dreamtheater.net
Band profile: Dream Theater
Posted: 16.07.2008 by Abattoir | Comments (14)


Volbeat - New Album Details

Taken from the band's official website:

"On September 1st 2008, Danish Metal & Rollers Volbeat will release their third studio album Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood on Mascot Records. The album features 14 new tracks, including a Social Distortion cover as a bonus track on all editions. Seven of the songs share a common lyrical theme which will be continued on future records. The artwork is also based on this storyline. The album was recorded in Hansen Studios of Jacob Hansen, who also produced the two previous records.

Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood will be fore-fronted by the single of "Maybellene I Hofteholder" which will be released for download a few weeks before the release of the album."

The album cover artwork for Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood can be seen here.

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Source: volbeat.dk
Band profile: Volbeat
Posted: 11.07.2008 by Abattoir | Comments (2)


Die Apokalyptischen Reiter - On Tour Again

Die Apokalyptischen Reiter will soon be on the road again. The so-called ''Reiterfestspiele 2008'' are opened.

The line up:

Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
Mustasch (S)
Honigdieb (D)
Marionette (S)

Tour Dates:

22.10. CZ-Prag - Rock Cafe
23.10. Schweinfurt - Stadtbahnhof
24.10. Erfurt - Centrum
25.10. Glauchau - Alte Spinnerei
26.10. Berlin - Kesselhaus
28.10. Hamburg - Grünspan
29.10. Hannover - Musikzentrum
30.10. Köln - Live Music Hall
31.10. Dresden - Schlachthof
01.11. Magdeburg - Factory
02.11. Essen - Zeche Carl
04.11. Frankfurt - Batschkapp
05.11. Nürnberg - Hirsch
06.11. München - Backstage
07.11. A-Henndorf bei Salzburg - Wallerseehalle
08.11. A-Wien - Gasometer
09.11. A-Innsbruck - Hafen
11.11. Stuttgart - LKA
12.11. Freiburg - Jazzhaus
13.11. Karlsruhe - Substage
14.11. Kaiserslautern - Kammgarn
15.11. CH-TBA
16.11. CH-TBA

Eastern Lightstorms 2008:

18.11. Kiev (Ukraine), Club Bingo
20.11. Rostov (Russia), Club Podzemka
21.11. Krasnodar (Russia), Club Kalashnikoff
22.11. Moscow (Russia), Club Tochka
23.11. Sankt Petersburg (Russia), Club Roks

Source: nuclearblast.de
Band profile: Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
Event: Die Apokalyptischen Reiter: Reiterfestspiele 2008
Posted: 03.07.2008 by Abattoir | Comments (3)


Grave Digger - 2009 Tour Dates

Grave Digger have posted next statement:

''Now we want to offer you the new dates for 2009. Here you can see the confirmed dates. Alestorm and one second band will support our shows."

Grave Digger & Alestorm plus special guest

Do 15.Januar 2009 Halle- Easy Schorre
Fr 16.Januar 2009 Lichtenfels- Stadthalle
Sa 17.Januar 2009 Glauchau- Alte Spinnerei
So 18.Januar 2009 Berlin- Columbia Club
Mo 19.Januar 2009 Bochum- Zeche
Di 20.Januar 2009 Aschaffenburg- Colosaal
Mi 21.Januar 2009 Ludwigsburg- Rockfabrik
Do 22.Januar 2009 Saarbrücken- Garage
Fr 23.Januar 2009 Speyer- Halle 101
Sa 24.Januar 2009 Andernach-Juz Live Club
So 25.Januar 2009 Hamburg- Markthalle
Mo 26.Januar 2009 München- New Backstage
Di 27.Januar 2009 CH-Pratteln- Z7

''At the moment we write new songs and we will go to studio for a preproduction at June 20.''

The band will start recording a new album on 15th August for a January 2009 release. The new CD will reportedly be another concept album.

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Source: grave-digger.de
Band profile: Grave Digger
Event: Grave Digger + Alestorm
Posted: 01.07.2008 by Abattoir | Comments (4)


Into Eternity - New Song Online

Canadian metallers Into Eternity have posted a new song online, called "Diagnosis Terminal". The song is from their upcoming album "The Incurable Tragedy", which
will be released on 25th of August this year.

You can hear the song on their MySpace site.

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Source: myspace.com
Band profile: Into Eternity
Posted: 01.07.2008 by Abattoir | Comments (8)


Alice Cooper - North American Tour Dates

Alice Cooper has updated his North American tour schedule with new shows (**) in Idaho, Illinois and New Jersey. It is now as follows:

July:

31 - Redmond, Oregon - Deschutes County Fair

August:

01 - Kalispell, Montana - Raceway Park
02 - Great Falls, Montana - State Fair
03 - Sturgis, South Dakota - Buffalo Chip
05 - Bismarck, North Dakota - Civic Center Arena
07 - St. Louis, Missouri - The Pageant
08 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin - The Riverside
09 - Sparta, Wisconsin Fort McCoy Army Base
10 - Sioux City, Iowa - Orpheum Theatre
12 - Casper, Wyoming - Events Center
13 - Idaho Falls, Idaho - Sandy Downs **
15 - Imperial, Nebraska - Chase County Fair
16 - Council Bluffs, Iowa - Harrah's Stir Cover
17 - Duluth, Minnesota - Fortune Bay Resort Casino
19 - Hammond, Indiana - The Venue @ Horseshoe Casino
21 - Bloomington, Illinois - The Theatre @ US Cellular Coliseum
22 - Indianapolis, Indiana - White River State Park
23 - Florence, Indiana - Belterra Resort & Casino
24 - Columbus, Ohio - LC Pavilion
27 - Detroit, Michigan - State Fair
28 - Oshkosh, Wisconsin - Waterfest Concert Series
29 - Waukegan, Illinois - Genesee Theater **

September:

05, 06, 07 - Las Vegas, Nevada - Orleans Hotel & Casino
12 - Hutchinson, Kansas - State Fair
18 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Centre for the Performing Arts
20 - Vernon, British Columbia - Multiplex
21 - Kamloops, British Columbia - Interior Savings Center
23 - Prince George, British Columbia - Canada Centre
24 - Grand Prairie, Alberta - Crystal Centre
26 - Red Deer, Alberta - Centrium Arena
27 - Edmonton, Alberta - Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
28 - Lethbridge, Alberta - Enmax Centre
29 - Calgary, Alberta - Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium

October:

01 - Regina, Saskatchewan - Conexus Arts Centre
02 - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - TCU Place
04 - Thunder Bay, Ontario - Auditorium
06 - Hamilton, Ontario - Hamilton Place
07 - Barrie, Ontario - Molson Centre
08 - Oshawa, Ontario - General Motors Centre
10 - London, Ontario - Centennial Hall
11 - Ottawa, Ontario - Civic Centre
14 - Kitchener, Ontario - Centre In The Square
15 - Montreal, Quebec - St Denis Theatre
17 - Halifax, Nova Scotia - Metro Centre
18 - Saint John, New Brunswick - Harbour Station
19 - Moncton, New Brunswick - Coliseum
21 - St John's, Nefoundland - Mile One Stadium
22 - Cornerbrook, Nefoundland - Pepsi Centre
26 - Schenectady, New York - Proctor's Theater
30 - Englewood, New Jersey - (venue tba) **
31 - Mashantucket, Connecticut - MGM Grand @ Foxwoods

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Source: alicecooper.com
Band profile: Alice Cooper
Posted: 30.06.2008 by Abattoir | Comments (6)


Amon Amarth - Bloodshed Over Bochum, Album Title Revealed

Amon Amarth have posted following statement:

''We have had plans of doing a smaller club show tour for quite some time now where we would mainly play older songs, but that has been very hard to pull off. So when this idea was brought to us of re-visiting the 4 first full lenght albums at Bochum in Germany we were all up for it. This will be a once in a life time chance for us to play and our fans to experience all the old songs that we don't have room for in the setlist anymore, but are still too good to not play! Of course we'll also play songs from the new upcoming album, as well as "With Oden On Our Side" and "Fate Of Norns".
Since these shows will be unique we thought we could might as well record the shows too!

We are thrilled over this event and look forward to the shows. It will be some hard work and preparation playing around 50 -60 different songs in 4 days. Some songs we haven't played for a very, very long time and some we have never played live at all. But challenges are something that encourages us!''

4 Evenings - 4 Shows - 4 Albums
Zeche Bochum, Germany

28.12.2008 Once Sent From The Golden Hall
29.12.2008 The Avenger
30.12.2008 The Crusher
31.12.2008 Versus The World

Apart from playing the 4 albums in their entirety each night there will be a best of mix from "Fate Of Norns", "With Oden On Our Side" and of course the new upcoming album!

+ Meet and greet with the band
+ Special merchandise sold at each show
+ New Years Eve Party on the 31.12

UPDATED (thanks to -LugburZ-)

In other news, Amon Amarth have set "Twilight Of The Thundergod" as the title of their seventh full-length album, due this fall via Metal Blade Records. The CD title was revealed by frontman Johan Hegg during an interview with the "Tinitus" radio show, which airs on Norway's P3.

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Source: amonamarth.com
Band profile: Amon Amarth
Event: Amon Amarth: Bloodshed Over Bochum
Posted: 27.06.2008 by Abattoir | Comments (22)


Amon Amarth - Tentative N. American Tour Routing

Swedish Viking metallers Amon Amarth will embark on a North American headlining tour in October. Support on the trek will come from the Tampa melodic thrash outfit The Absence. Other support bands are rumoured to be Ensiferum and Belphegor.

The tentative routing for the tour is as follows:

01.10.2008 - USA, Anaheim, CA
02.10.2008 - USA, Los Angeles, CA
03.10.2008 - USA, San Francisco, CA
04.10.2008 - USA, Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre
05.10.2008 - USA, Seattle, WA
06.10.2008 - CAN, Vancouver, BC
08.10.2008 - CAN, Edmonton, AB
09.10.2008 - CAN, Calgary, AB
10.10.2008 - CAN, Regina, SK
11.10.2008 - CAN, Winnipeg, MB
12.10.2008 - USA, Minneapolis, MN
13.10.2008 - USA, Chicago, IL
15.10.2008 - CAN, Toronto, ON
16.10.2008 - CAN, Montreal, QC
17.10.2008 - CAN, Quebec City, QC
18.10.2008 - USA, Worcester, MA
19.10.2008 - USA, Philadelphia, PA
20.10.2008 - USA, New York, NY
21.10.2008 - USA, W. Springfield, VA

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Source: roadrunnerrecords.com
Band profile: Amon Amarth
Event: Amon Amarth: N. American Tour
Posted: 26.06.2008 by Abattoir | Comments (9)


Satyricon - Working On A New Album

Satyricon have posted the following update:

Hey everyone!
We've now completed the drums and the guitars for the new Satyricon album in Los Angeles! We have a new session beginning Monday, doing vocals, bass and and perhaps some brass too. Third week of July we're doing some keyboard/FX stuff before we go back to L.A to mix the record. These are exciting times as we feel this is a milestone in the making. It won't help keeping expectations down, but we can't help it, it feels so incredibly strong! Dates are being confirmed and offers are coming in constantly as we speak and it looks like we will start touring the world mid November. We'll post a video from the recording of the drums over the weekend and in the meantime we might see some of you at Nummirock and Hellfest. Take care.

Source: satyricon.no
Band profile: Satyricon
Posted: 22.06.2008 by Abattoir | Comments (19)


Obituary - Finished With Recording EP

The following update was posted on the official website of Obituary on June 16th :

"What a great weekend! We have been working really hard on this new EP and Saturday night we finished it. I am totally psyched about this and can't wait to get it to you. I am not sure about the release date yet, but I'll post it as soon as I know. Once again, Mark Prator and RedRoom Recorders really helped us out to get this done. Markie, you rule...thanks for everything!!! Most of you probably know that we built our own studio for the recording of the Xecutioner's Return CD. We tracked this new EP in our studio and are really happy with the sounds we are getting. Because of our limited, but growing, Pro-Tools HD experience, we lean heavily on Mark for his guidence and help. We then take all those tracks to RedRoom where we put it all together. This process of being able to record right here in our own studio whenever we want has been an unbelievable asset to our writing and recording abilities!

This EP will contain 4 songs: 2 new ones, that are heavy as balls. A new 2008 studio recording of Slowly We Rot. Slowly is one of the first songs we ever wrote and of all our songs it gets played every show! It is interesting to hear this song re-recorded almost 23 later. Unbelievable! You have to hear it. Dethroned Emperior is a song by Celtic Frost that we sometimes play live or just while jammming in the studio. Because we enjoy it so much we recorded it for this EP as well.

I feel like we just got home from the first leg of our European Festival Tour and now we leave again Wednesday to start the second leg: Austria, Spain, France, Belgium, Germany and Italy...coming up! I hope you come out and see us!"

Source: obituary.cc
Band profile: Obituary
Posted: 21.06.2008 by Abattoir | Comments (3)