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Finntroll - To Enter Studio Next Week
Finnish metallers Finntroll have issued the following update:
"Sonic Pump Studios is under attack!
Monday, July 27th, 2009 will be remembered as the "Day Of Wrath", when the sky rained fire and molten plague. And also because Finntroll will enter Sonic Pump Studios to start the recordings of our... hmm, fifth...? I guess so, yet-untitled album.
We will try to keep you guys informed about the nasty stuff we do there via diary or even a video diary (gasp!) to see how badly it goes.
And for the record, all confirmed gigs will be played, so no need to worry about that."
In other news, as previously reported here, Finntroll filmed and recorded a recent show at the world-famous Melkweg in Amsterdam, for an as-yet-untitled DVD, which will be released in September via Spinefarm Records.
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"Sonic Pump Studios is under attack!
Monday, July 27th, 2009 will be remembered as the "Day Of Wrath", when the sky rained fire and molten plague. And also because Finntroll will enter Sonic Pump Studios to start the recordings of our... hmm, fifth...? I guess so, yet-untitled album.
We will try to keep you guys informed about the nasty stuff we do there via diary or even a video diary (gasp!) to see how badly it goes.
And for the record, all confirmed gigs will be played, so no need to worry about that."
In other news, as previously reported here, Finntroll filmed and recorded a recent show at the world-famous Melkweg in Amsterdam, for an as-yet-untitled DVD, which will be released in September via Spinefarm Records.
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| Source: | finntroll.net |
| Band profile: | Finntroll |
Bone Gnawer - Full Album Streaming Available
In conjunction with UK's leading Extreme Metal publication Terrorizer Magazine, the latest debut album from all-star Gorelords Bone Gnawer entitled "Feast Of Flesh" will be available for streaming in its entirety from 20th July 2009 till 26th July 2009. Click here to check it out.
The American/Swedish collaboration Bone Gnawer, which features the legendary Kam Lee (Massacre/ex-Denial Fiend), Rogga Johansson (Paganizer), Ronnie Bjornstorm (Ribspreader, Hate Ammo) and Morgan Lie (Naglfar) have unleash their debut album "Feast Of Flesh" in early June 2009.
"Feast Of Flesh" covert art] tracklist:
01. Feast Of Flesh
02. Sliced And Diced
03. Cannibal Cook-Out
04. Make Yo Die Slow
05. Hammer To The Skull
06. The Saw Is Family
07. Hatchet Face
08. Defleshed And Skinned
09. Anthropophagus Beast
10. The Lucky Ones Die First
Also helping out and lending guest vocals on this debut are Killjoy of Necrophagia (on "Defleshed And Skinned"), Stevo do Caixao of Impetigo (on "Feast Of Flesh") and Dopi of Machetazo (on "Hammer To The Skull").
All info about the band on http://www.myspace.com/bonegnawerband.
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The American/Swedish collaboration Bone Gnawer, which features the legendary Kam Lee (Massacre/ex-Denial Fiend), Rogga Johansson (Paganizer), Ronnie Bjornstorm (Ribspreader, Hate Ammo) and Morgan Lie (Naglfar) have unleash their debut album "Feast Of Flesh" in early June 2009.
"Feast Of Flesh" covert art] tracklist:
01. Feast Of Flesh
02. Sliced And Diced
03. Cannibal Cook-Out
04. Make Yo Die Slow
05. Hammer To The Skull
06. The Saw Is Family
07. Hatchet Face
08. Defleshed And Skinned
09. Anthropophagus Beast
10. The Lucky Ones Die First
Also helping out and lending guest vocals on this debut are Killjoy of Necrophagia (on "Defleshed And Skinned"), Stevo do Caixao of Impetigo (on "Feast Of Flesh") and Dopi of Machetazo (on "Hammer To The Skull").
All info about the band on http://www.myspace.com/bonegnawerband.
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| Source: | pulverised.net |
Goreaphobia - Debut Album Details Revealed
Official press release
The wait is finally over. Philly's underground legends, Goreaphobia are back with a vengeance. A vengeance entitled "Mortal Repulsion".
This long-awaited full-length debut from one of death metal's pioneers is a bludgeoning, yet calculated, masterclass in old-school death metal. In an era where trends, tricks and toddlers have pockmarked our beloved and bloody metal scene with a slew of half-assed efforts, Goreaphobia has taken it upon themselves to re-teach a long forgotten lesson in brutality.
On August 18, Goreaphobia and Ibex Moon Records will unleash the beast that is "Mortal Repulsion" and not a single soul will be spared. Here are the cover art and the complete tracklisting:
01. Ordeal Of The Abyss
02. Amulet Of Damnation
03. Negative Screams (Passage Intro)
04. Grave Plagued Planet
05. Primal Nothingness
06. Faded Into Ends (Part I)
07. Despised And Ruined
08. Black Ash Eyes
09. A Grievous Curse
10. Ascending Into Vices
11. The Inevitable Punishment/Faded Into Ends (Part II)
12. Mortal Repulsion
"Amulet Of Damnation" is streaming over at the band's MySpace.
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The wait is finally over. Philly's underground legends, Goreaphobia are back with a vengeance. A vengeance entitled "Mortal Repulsion".
This long-awaited full-length debut from one of death metal's pioneers is a bludgeoning, yet calculated, masterclass in old-school death metal. In an era where trends, tricks and toddlers have pockmarked our beloved and bloody metal scene with a slew of half-assed efforts, Goreaphobia has taken it upon themselves to re-teach a long forgotten lesson in brutality.
On August 18, Goreaphobia and Ibex Moon Records will unleash the beast that is "Mortal Repulsion" and not a single soul will be spared. Here are the cover art and the complete tracklisting:
01. Ordeal Of The Abyss
02. Amulet Of Damnation
03. Negative Screams (Passage Intro)
04. Grave Plagued Planet
05. Primal Nothingness
06. Faded Into Ends (Part I)
07. Despised And Ruined
08. Black Ash Eyes
09. A Grievous Curse
10. Ascending Into Vices
11. The Inevitable Punishment/Faded Into Ends (Part II)
12. Mortal Repulsion
"Amulet Of Damnation" is streaming over at the band's MySpace.
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| Source: | myspace.com |
To/Die/For - Band Update
After Jape Perätalo's last - somewhat confusing - message, he decided a few months later he will continue To/Die/For after all. What's more, the band is busy working on a new album. Here's the update:
"At the moment, me (Jape Perätalo) and Tonmi "Malakias IV" Lillman are writing new songs. We have a lot of material and in August we will hit the studio in Helsinki for the first recordings.
We have no guitarist(s) yet. At the studio we will use... someone.
It is not that easy to find a human being who would be able to work with me and Tonmi, and especially he should not be 'a metal' guy at all.
We are not gonna fill new songs with guitars! (Which does not mean that there is not guitars at all!) This time we will create something new, but it will sound as To/Die/For, for sure. Main idea is that it must be fresh!
Most of the gothic rock scene is so fucking boring that we do not see any reason to continue on that road! So many bands sounds almost same. There is no new ideas.
I do not mean every gothic rock band, but anyway... That is something we are gonna change! We will be melancholy and everything we have been before, but we will renew our music and ways to handle it.
On our MySpace does not happen a lot for a while. We will create new sites when it is right time for it. Now we need all of our energy and time for the new songs.
We are not gonna look for any record label for releasing this album! All we need is find right labels which we could sign license deals with. Now it seems that licenses for Russian, Japan and Finland are already in our hands. And I am looking for new license deals all the time. So... things will happen mainly through our own company."
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"At the moment, me (Jape Perätalo) and Tonmi "Malakias IV" Lillman are writing new songs. We have a lot of material and in August we will hit the studio in Helsinki for the first recordings.
We have no guitarist(s) yet. At the studio we will use... someone.
It is not that easy to find a human being who would be able to work with me and Tonmi, and especially he should not be 'a metal' guy at all.We are not gonna fill new songs with guitars! (Which does not mean that there is not guitars at all!) This time we will create something new, but it will sound as To/Die/For, for sure. Main idea is that it must be fresh!
Most of the gothic rock scene is so fucking boring that we do not see any reason to continue on that road! So many bands sounds almost same. There is no new ideas.
I do not mean every gothic rock band, but anyway... That is something we are gonna change! We will be melancholy and everything we have been before, but we will renew our music and ways to handle it.
On our MySpace does not happen a lot for a while. We will create new sites when it is right time for it. Now we need all of our energy and time for the new songs.
We are not gonna look for any record label for releasing this album! All we need is find right labels which we could sign license deals with. Now it seems that licenses for Russian, Japan and Finland are already in our hands. And I am looking for new license deals all the time. So... things will happen mainly through our own company."
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| Source: | blogs.myspace.com |
| Band profile: | To/Die/For |
In-Quest - New Video Online
"Mind Over Matter", the new video from Belgian metallers In-Quest, has been made available online. The clip was filmed at Rockerill, Charleroi and was directed by Dave Hannes.
"Mind Over Matter" comes off the band's forthcoming album, entitled "Made Out Of Negative Matter", which is expected to be released later in the year.
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"Mind Over Matter" comes off the band's forthcoming album, entitled "Made Out Of Negative Matter", which is expected to be released later in the year.
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| Source: | youtube.com |
| Band profile: | In-Quest |
Six Feet Under - Working On New Album
Six Feet Under have issued the following update:
"We are currently in the studio working on "Graveyard Classics 3". We are about 60% finished with tracking. Everything is going great and we are having a lot of fun laying these new songs down. More info and tracklisting to come.
On a side note - we are really looking forward to headlining Party.San Festival in Bad Berka Germany next month August 8th."
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"We are currently in the studio working on "Graveyard Classics 3". We are about 60% finished with tracking. Everything is going great and we are having a lot of fun laying these new songs down. More info and tracklisting to come.
On a side note - we are really looking forward to headlining Party.San Festival in Bad Berka Germany next month August 8th."
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| Source: | sfu420.com |
| Band profile: | Six Feet Under |
Brutal Truth - New Video Online
Brutal Truth sees the world premiere of their brand new video, for "Sugardaddy", online now via MySpace Metal. "Sugardaddy", the first video from the band's new full-length "Evolution Through Revolution", was directed by Tyson Montrucchio for Heretic Digital Demonics.
"Evolution Through Revolution", Brutal Truth's first album in ten years, saw its international release in April and is streaming in its entirety at this location.
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"Evolution Through Revolution", Brutal Truth's first album in ten years, saw its international release in April and is streaming in its entirety at this location.
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| Source: | myspace.com |
| Band profile: | Brutal Truth |
Dying Fetus - New Album Details, Song Online
Original news, posted on 15.07.2009
US metallers Dying Fetus have unveiled the artwork for their forthcoming album, "Descend Into Depravity", online now via the band's newly redesigned MySpace page.
"Descend Into Depravity" will be released on September 15 in North America (September 21 in rest of the World) via Relapse Records. The album was recorded at Wright Way Studios with producer Steve Wright in the band's hometown of Baltimore, MD.
"Descend Into Depravity" cover art] tracklist:
01. Your Treachery Will Die With You
02. Shepherd's Commandment
03. Hopeless Insurrection
04. Conceived Into Enslavement
05. Atrocious By Nature
06. Descend Into Depravity
07. At What Expense
08. Ethos Of Coercion
"Descend Into Depravity" is now available for pre-order.
UPDATE (thanks to 28097)
"Your Treachery Will Die With You", the first song from Dying Fetus' new album "Descend Into Depravity" is available for streaming at this location.
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US metallers Dying Fetus have unveiled the artwork for their forthcoming album, "Descend Into Depravity", online now via the band's newly redesigned MySpace page.
"Descend Into Depravity" will be released on September 15 in North America (September 21 in rest of the World) via Relapse Records. The album was recorded at Wright Way Studios with producer Steve Wright in the band's hometown of Baltimore, MD.
"Descend Into Depravity" cover art] tracklist:
01. Your Treachery Will Die With You
02. Shepherd's Commandment
03. Hopeless Insurrection
04. Conceived Into Enslavement
05. Atrocious By Nature
06. Descend Into Depravity
07. At What Expense
08. Ethos Of Coercion
"Descend Into Depravity" is now available for pre-order.
UPDATE (thanks to 28097)
"Your Treachery Will Die With You", the first song from Dying Fetus' new album "Descend Into Depravity" is available for streaming at this location.
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| Source: | shop.relapse.com |
| Band profile: | Dying Fetus |
Firewind - Working On New Material
Guitarist Gus G. of Greek metallers Firewind has issued the following update:
"The past few months for us have been really great. We decided to do select shows and festivals in 2009, so that we can concentrate on writing new material.
So in May we embarked on a 6 date UK / Ireland tour together with Stratovarius and Eden's Curse. All gigs were great and we already miss our UK fans right now... but we'll be back in UK and Ireland in 2010 that's for sure!
So, straight out of the final gig with Stratovarius and into the festival mood we played a bunch of great festivals like Metal Days (Switzerland), Rock Hard (Germany), Graspop (Belgium) for the 2nd year in a row and Tuska (Finland). Then we played a very special show in Greece (and the only one for the rest of the year). We played with the Scorpions & Dokken @ Creta Festival which took place in the beautiful island of Crete. I'm sure all good tourists know where that is.
Not only did we use special pyro for that show, but I also ended up joining my idols, Scorpions, on stage and played "Rock You Like A Hurricane"! This was beyond my imagination and I sure wasn't dreaming! I thank the Scorpions for being so nice to us and for the once-in-a-lifetime invitation to play with them, I'll never forget it!
We're now ready to do the final 3 shows of the summer:
July 19 - Unirock - Turkey
August 14 - Summer Breeze - Germany
August 28 - Ilha Do Ermal festival - Portugal
We'll see you all out there!"
Regarding the upcoming recording session, Gus G. adds:
"So while we've been doing all these select shows this year, we concentrated mainly on writing new material. I can tell you right now that we have 12 great vocal songs and 2 instrumentals. While it's too early to know what will end up on the album, all of us in the band are very pleased with the demos and pre-production we did and we are positive that we're creating the best album of our career so far!
We're planning to enter the studio this Autumn and looking into possibilities of who will be mixing our new album.
As for the material itself, I'd say it's what our fans would expect from us. Powerful rock / metal anthems with cool riffs and memorable vocal lines from Apollo, but also some faster & more technical stuff is on there. We also wrote a very challenging instrumental song. It will have a fusion of styles and advanced playing from all of us. Needless to say the guitar will shred like never before!
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"The past few months for us have been really great. We decided to do select shows and festivals in 2009, so that we can concentrate on writing new material.
So in May we embarked on a 6 date UK / Ireland tour together with Stratovarius and Eden's Curse. All gigs were great and we already miss our UK fans right now... but we'll be back in UK and Ireland in 2010 that's for sure!
So, straight out of the final gig with Stratovarius and into the festival mood we played a bunch of great festivals like Metal Days (Switzerland), Rock Hard (Germany), Graspop (Belgium) for the 2nd year in a row and Tuska (Finland). Then we played a very special show in Greece (and the only one for the rest of the year). We played with the Scorpions & Dokken @ Creta Festival which took place in the beautiful island of Crete. I'm sure all good tourists know where that is.
Not only did we use special pyro for that show, but I also ended up joining my idols, Scorpions, on stage and played "Rock You Like A Hurricane"! This was beyond my imagination and I sure wasn't dreaming! I thank the Scorpions for being so nice to us and for the once-in-a-lifetime invitation to play with them, I'll never forget it!
We're now ready to do the final 3 shows of the summer:
July 19 - Unirock - Turkey
August 14 - Summer Breeze - Germany
August 28 - Ilha Do Ermal festival - Portugal
We'll see you all out there!"
Regarding the upcoming recording session, Gus G. adds:
"So while we've been doing all these select shows this year, we concentrated mainly on writing new material. I can tell you right now that we have 12 great vocal songs and 2 instrumentals. While it's too early to know what will end up on the album, all of us in the band are very pleased with the demos and pre-production we did and we are positive that we're creating the best album of our career so far!
We're planning to enter the studio this Autumn and looking into possibilities of who will be mixing our new album.
As for the material itself, I'd say it's what our fans would expect from us. Powerful rock / metal anthems with cool riffs and memorable vocal lines from Apollo, but also some faster & more technical stuff is on there. We also wrote a very challenging instrumental song. It will have a fusion of styles and advanced playing from all of us. Needless to say the guitar will shred like never before!
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| Source: | firewind.gr |
| Band profile: | Firewind |
Caliban - New Video Online
"24 Years", the new video from German metallers Caliban, has been made available online.
"24 Years" comes off the band's forthcoming album, entitled "Say Hello To Tragedy" cover art], which is scheduled for release on August 24 in Europe (August 25 in the US) via Century Media Records. The album was produced by Benny Richter, co-produced by guitarist Marc Goertz and was mixed by Killswitch Engage guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz.
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"24 Years" comes off the band's forthcoming album, entitled "Say Hello To Tragedy" cover art], which is scheduled for release on August 24 in Europe (August 25 in the US) via Century Media Records. The album was produced by Benny Richter, co-produced by guitarist Marc Goertz and was mixed by Killswitch Engage guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz.
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| Source: | www2.centurymedia.com |
| Band profile: | Caliban |
Lacrimas Profundere - New Video Online
"And God's Ocean", the new video from German metallers Lacrimas Profundere, has been made available online.
"And God's Ocean" comes off the band's latest album, entitled "Songs For The Last View", which was released on June 25, 2008 via Napalm Records.
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"And God's Ocean" comes off the band's latest album, entitled "Songs For The Last View", which was released on June 25, 2008 via Napalm Records.
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| Source: | vids.myspace.com |
| Band profile: | Lacrimas Profundere |
Hatebreed - New Video Online
"Thirsty And Miserable", the new video from US metallers Hatebreed, has been made available online.
"Thirsty And Miserable" comes off the band's latest album, entitled "For The Lions", which was released on May 5, 2009 via E1 Music.
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"Thirsty And Miserable" comes off the band's latest album, entitled "For The Lions", which was released on May 5, 2009 via E1 Music.
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| Source: | youtube.com |
The Fall Of Every Season - New Album Finished, Song Online
The Fall Of Every Season mastermind Marius Strand has issued the following update:
"After quite a tiresome year of education and work, the summer has come and I've finally had time to work on The Fall Of Every Season again. The band's new record, a concept-album entitled "Amends", is finally completed, but I still haven't decided on any label for releasing it. For the ones out there who have been waiting for new material, I've decided to put up a full new song from the album. The song is called "The Mammoth", and I sincerely hope you'll sit through the 14 minutes of music and find yourself inspired. (MySpace messed up the quality of the song completely, so I'm putting it on a standalone player, not the usual MySpace-player.) The material on the new record has been dwelling in my head for a couple of years now, and it's quite a relief to finally "let go" of it. It's definitely an evolution of The Fall Of Every Season's sound."
Here's the tracklist for "Amends":
01. Sole Passenger
02. The Mammoth
03. A Portrayal
04. Aurelia
05. Waves
(thanks to 5933)
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"After quite a tiresome year of education and work, the summer has come and I've finally had time to work on The Fall Of Every Season again. The band's new record, a concept-album entitled "Amends", is finally completed, but I still haven't decided on any label for releasing it. For the ones out there who have been waiting for new material, I've decided to put up a full new song from the album. The song is called "The Mammoth", and I sincerely hope you'll sit through the 14 minutes of music and find yourself inspired. (MySpace messed up the quality of the song completely, so I'm putting it on a standalone player, not the usual MySpace-player.) The material on the new record has been dwelling in my head for a couple of years now, and it's quite a relief to finally "let go" of it. It's definitely an evolution of The Fall Of Every Season's sound."
Here's the tracklist for "Amends":
01. Sole Passenger
02. The Mammoth
03. A Portrayal
04. Aurelia
05. Waves
(thanks to 5933)
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| Source: | myspace.com |
| Band profile: | The Fall Of Every Season |
Poisonblack - To Enter Studio In August
Finnish metallers Poisonblack have issued the short following update on their MySpace blog:
"Poisonblack will enter studios with Hiili Hiilesmaa (HIM, Sentenced, Amorphis, Ensiferum) in August 2009. The still unnamed album will be released in the beginning of the year 2010. Have a nice summer boys and girls."
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"Poisonblack will enter studios with Hiili Hiilesmaa (HIM, Sentenced, Amorphis, Ensiferum) in August 2009. The still unnamed album will be released in the beginning of the year 2010. Have a nice summer boys and girls."
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| Source: | blogs.myspace.com |
| Band profile: | Poisonblack |
Atrox - New Song Online, Guitarist To Sit Out Upcoming Gigs
Norwegian schizo metallers Atrox have uploaded a previously unreleased track on their official website and MySpace page. The song is called "Den Store Hvite Stillhet", which means "The Big White Silence" in Norwegian. It is inspired by polar explorer Roald Amundsen. An outtake from the "Binocular" recording sessions, "Den Store Hvite Stillhet" did not make the final cut for the album.
In other news, guitarist Rune Sørgård will not be joining the band for the upcoming gigs, since he will soon become a father. He will be replaced on those shows by Trond Engum from The 3rd And The Mortal, who will step in as a live session guitarist.
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In other news, guitarist Rune Sørgård will not be joining the band for the upcoming gigs, since he will soon become a father. He will be replaced on those shows by Trond Engum from The 3rd And The Mortal, who will step in as a live session guitarist.
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| Source: | season-of-mist.com |
| Band profile: | Atrox |