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Agalloch - To Release Retrospective Album

Agalloch have updated their Myspace page with the following message:

"Firstly, we announce the release of "The Demonstration Archive." This is a full-length retrospective CD collection chronicling our unsigned years (1996 - 1998). This release includes both the "From Which Of This Oak," and "Promo '98" demos. We are also including our never released 7-inch that was originally entitled "Of Stone, Wind, and Pillor" (later released via The End Records with bonus tracks). From the primal opening riffs of "The Wilderness" to the epic closing of "The Melancholy Spirit," the "Demonstration Archive" tracks the gradual evolution and refinement of the Agalloch sound and style finally heard on the landmark debut album "Pale Folklore"."

The track listing appears in chronological order below:

"From Which of this Oak" (1997)

01. The Wilderness
02. As Embers Dress The Sky
03. This Old Cabin

"Of Stone, Wind, and Pillor" unreleased 7-inch (1998)

04. Of Stone, Wind, and Pillor
05. Foliorum Viridium
06. Haunting Birds

"Promo '98" (1998)

07. Hallways Of Enchanted Ebony*
08. The Melancholy Spirit*

*different recording sessions from those appearing on "Pale Folklore"

All the material was taken from the original analog sources. Aside from some slight mastering to keep the songs at an even volume, nothing was edited or polished. This collection includes a 12-page booklet with notes, era-related artwork, and never-before seen photos from a January 1998 session."

Check out an edited version of "The Wilderness" from our debut demo "From Which of This Oak" on their MySpace page.

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Source: blog.myspace.com
Band profile: Agalloch
Posted: 07.08.2008 by pazuzuovbabel | Comments (9)


Within Temptation - Black Symphony DVD Trailer

You can now watch a clip of Within Temptation's new upcoming DVD "Black Symphony"! Through this link you can check out the song "Solemn Hour".

As Quoted Official: "Black Symphony will be released on double-DVD, double-CD and Blu-Ray disc on September 22nd. As mentioned earlier, it will contain the full concert we did at the Ahoy Rotterdam together with the 60-piece Metropole Orchestra and a 30-voice classical choir, as well as on-stage stilt performers, costume changes, and an array of stunning pyrotechnic, lighting effects and a 400m2 video screen with great WT visuals. The DVD will also contain a lot of extra footage from the show in Beursgebouw, amongst other bonus materials. More info on this will follow soon!"

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Source: within-temptation.com
Band profile: Within Temptation
Posted: 07.08.2008 by Account deleted | Comments (3)


Candlemass - Issues Update

Swedish doom metal legends Candlemass have issued the following update:

"The new Candlemass EP Lucifer Rising is finally recorded and due for release first week of October. It features two brand new tracks 'Lucifer Rising' and 'White God'. It also contains a re-recorded version of 'Demon's Gate' live in the studio. As a bonus you will get most of the gig from Athens last year: 'At The Gallows End', 'Solitude', 'Emperor Of The Void', 'Devil Seed', 'Under The Oak', 'Mirror Mirror', 'Of Stars And Smoke', 'Black Dwarf' and 'Samarithan'. Yes, it is probably the worlds longest EP!!"

Source: candlemass.se
Band profile: Candlemass
Posted: 07.08.2008 by Abattoir | Comments (3)


Stream Of Passion - Signs Deal With Napalm Records

We're thrilled to let the world know that we have signed a record deal with Napalm Records. From the beginning we had a very good feeling about all negotiations and talking to the nice people of Napalm; now it's the time to let you all know that a new chapter in the SoP history is about to be written!

More news will follow soon regarding the release of our new album, tour dates, etc. We would like to thank everyone who has supported us throughout the years, we will soon see you back on the road!

Stream on!
Marcela, Johan, Eric, Davy, Stephan and Jeffrey

Source: streamofpassion.com
Band profile: Stream Of Passion
Posted: 07.08.2008 by Jason W. | Comments (4)


Evergrey - New Song Available For Download

Swedish metallers Evergrey have made a new song, entitled "Fail", available for free download at this location.

The track comes off the band's new album, entitled "Torn", which will be released via Steamhammer/SPV on the following dates:

Germany: September 19
Rest of Europe: September 22
US/Canada: September 23

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Source: evergrey.net
Band profile: Evergrey
Posted: 07.08.2008 by White Winter Sun | Comments (12)


Vanishing Point - Announce New Keyboardist

Australian metallers Vanishing Point have announced announced the addition of keyboardist Jake Lowe to the band's ranks. According to the band, "Jake has been playing with Vanishing Point for a while now, and was last seen when Vanishing Point supported Joe Satriani this year".

More information about Jake Lowe can be found at this location.

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Source: vanishing-point.com.au
Band profile: Vanishing Point
Posted: 06.08.2008 by Abattoir | Comments (1)


One Man Army And The Undead Quartet - New Song Sample Online

Swedish metallers One Man Army And The Undead Quartet have posted an audio sample of a new song, entitled "Cursed By The Knife", on their MySpace page.

The track comes off the band's third album, entitled "Grim Tales", which is scheduled for release in October/November via Nuclear Blast Records. The album was recorded at the Black Lounge Studios in Avesta, Sweden with producer Jonas Kjellgren (Scar Symmetry).

The band adds: "As you probably have noticed by now, the album is completely done. All that remains to do is all up to the company to complete, such as booklet, promotion and stuff like that. We are extremely happy with the result. Jonas has made our sound even heavier than before and our songwriting is also taken to the next level. It's brutal, melodic and a big fucking punch in your face. So for you guys that can't wait for the release we can now offer a small preview here on MySpace. It's for the song "Cursed By The Knife" which is part 3 in a trilogy. (No apparent motive, The supreme butcher). All other info will soon hit the web such as releasedates, editions and bonus features. So we really hope that you will dig this new album as much as we do and don't forget to come see us on the European Tour (with Unleashed, Krisiun and Commander) beginning on 14th of november. Cheers!"

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Source: myspace.com
Band profile: One Man Army And The Undead Quartet
Posted: 06.08.2008 by Abattoir | Comments (2)


Motörhead - New Album Widget Online

A widget for the new Motörhead album, entitled "Motörizer", was posted at this location.
"Motörizer" was recorded in part (drums only) at Foo Fighters frontman/ex-Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl's Studio 606 in Northridge, California with producer Cameron Webb, who also worked on 2006's "Kiss Of Death" and 2004's "Inferno".

"Motörizer" will be released through SPV Records on the following dates:

US: August 26
Germany: August 29
Rest of Europe: September 1

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Source: spv.de
Band profile: Motörhead
Posted: 05.08.2008 by White Winter Sun | Comments (10)


After Death - Playing European Tour As Nocturnus

According to a press release from Arcane Promotions, Nocturnus will be touring their legendary "The Key" album later this year with their classic line-up from that period. Support will come from Violated (SWE), Punish (CH), Memorial (DK) and Slither (SWE)

So far the following dates have been announced:

Oct. 14 - Copenhagen, DEN - The Rock
Oct. 15 - Hamburg, GER - Hafenklang
Oct. 16 - Hengelo, NED - Metropol
Oct. 17 - Rotterdam, NED - Baroeg
Oct. 18 - London, GBR - Electrowerkz
Oct. 19 - Birmingham, GBR - The Asylum
Oct. 20 - TBA
Oct. 21 - TBA
Oct. 22 - Pratteln, SUI - Z7
Oct. 23 - Wien, AUT - Viper Room
Oct. 24 - Milano, ITA - Zoe Club
Oct. 25 - Giebelstadt, GER - Bringer Of Death Fest XVI
Oct. 26 - Berlin, GER - K17

A flyer of the event can be found here

In the meantime, Mike Browning (Former Morbid Angel and Nocturnus drummer/vocalist) has issued a statement regarding what is being billed as a reunion of the "classic lineup" of Nocturnus, set to take place in Europe this fall. In a post to to the comments section of Blabbermouth, Browning writes, "I want to be totally up front and honest with everyone that the original lineup will not be touring. My band After Death will be doing the tour as Nocturnus, we WILL be playing at least 7 of the 10 songs on 'The Key" as well as a couple of old Morbid Angel songs done the way they were originally written on "Abominations of Desolation"! Mike Davis was asked and he didn't want to do the tour as he and I were the ones who wrote pretty much everything on 'The Key'. Lou and Sean were not asked to do this. What people will see will be a show that no one else can faithfully perform containing old Nocturnus and Morbid Angel material that I either wrote or co-wrote. And it will be done the way it was meant to be written and performed, not some contrived 'rock star' version! The tour will be from October 13-27, 13 shows only to be done in Europe because of these U.S. trademark restrictions from the former members who did indeed steal the name and band I created back in 1988."

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Source: myspace.com
Band profile: Nocturnus
Event: The Lost Key Returns To Europe Tour
Posted: 04.08.2008 by SlaytallicA | Comments (8)


Wastefall - The End Of Wastefall

Wastefall have announced its decision to disband. Here's the official statement:

"The band's situation has not been really good the past few months, since Alexander was studying in Crete (island of Greece) far away from Athens. We did renew our contract with Intromental Management this year and after this we would have had the opportunity to play at ProgPower Scandinavia in October 2008. Our drummer Kostis passed the examinations and he will have to leave Greece this summer for a few years, since he will study in a musical university in England, so we found a professional session drummer to help us for this live show. Also Domenik has moved to Germany since 2007 and although he was doing all he could, it was not easy for us to handle our obligations. The band was spread out and it was difficult for all of us to organize our priorities in any way required. We were also in a very difficult economic situation and it was then that Alexander decided to leave Wastefall.

A few words from guitarist Alex: "Due to various complicated reasons and my personal choice to follow my academic studies, I can no longer be a Wastefall member. I want to thank all my band-mates, fans, Claus and Lars from Intromental, Ken at Sensory and Olivier at Replica for all the great times. Concerning music, all I have to say is that I'm going to continue writing music, in a very different style though, and not with the perspective of releasing something soon. It was a great journey I will always remember. I hope that other bands will be influenced by our passion so far and mark their way in the "rotten" music business. Dom, Chris, Nick, Kostis :Love, respect, good luck and apologies. C ya out there."

The beginning and vision of Wastefall was an idea of Alexander and Domenik and since Alexander wasn't available anymore the band's "core" was broken. After this, nothing will be the same so we got the difficult decision and we are really sad to announce the end of Wastefall. At first we would like to say a big thank and a lot of apologies to Hercules Loukakis for his time, honesty and will to help us out with the "ProgPower live show". We would like to thank our former members, Ken Golden from our record label Sensory and Olivier Garnier from our french record label/promotion Replica, Claus Jensen and Lars Larsen from our Official Management, George Karamanos, Nikos Sigklidis and Vicky Michalitsi (Si-lia) for being our personal local management/advertisers, all our friends, our families for supporting us, local and international magazines, webzines, forums, and finally our FANS in all over the world and all those who did believe in Wastefall's dream and supported us all these years.

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Source: wastefall.com
Band profile: Wastefall
Posted: 04.08.2008 by SlaytallicA | Comments (7)


Unearth - Complete Work On New Album, Tour Dates

Unearth have completed work on their new album, which will be titled "The March," and will be released on October 14th via Metal Blade Records.

"The March" was recorded at both Massachusetts' System Recording Studios and Zing Studios with producer Adam Dutkiewicz. The effort is said to feature Unearth's "most dynamic material to date, combining strong tension and release, abundant guitar solos and a bulldozing power-groove.

Frontman Trevor Phipps comments: "'The March' symbolizes both the evil and hopeful sides of humanity. The Evil: With the constant balancing act of power within government, religion and our financial institutions, there lies the chance of those most hungry for power to alter and restrict our freedoms for their gain. The Hopeful: This represents the faith in mankind as the most powerful force on the planet. If we come together and do not fight over religion, class and borders then we hold the key to a peaceful world. There are two possible futures in store; either a March of power and greed or a March of a unified human race."

The final track listing for "The March" is as follows:

01. My Will Be Done
02. Hail the Shrine
03. Crow Killer
04. Grave of Opportunity
05. We Are Not Anonymous
06. The March
07. Cutman
08. The Chosen
09. Letting Go
10. Truth or Consequence

After the release of ''The March'' album, Unearth will launch a U.S. headlining tour. The dates of the tour are below:

08/28 Anchorage, AK Chilkoot Charlie's
08/29 Anchorage, AK Club Millennium
08/30 Seattle, WA Bumbershoot Festival

Tour with Protest The Hero, The Acacia Strain, Whitechapel, Gwen Stacy:
10/01 Baltimore, MD Sonar
10/02 Philadelphia, PA Theatre Of Living Arts
10/03 Williamsville, NY Club Infinity
10/04 Cincinnati, OH Bogart's
10/05 Cleveland, OH House Of Blues
10/07 Chicago, IL House Of Blues
10/08 Sauget, IL Pop's
10/09 Lawrence, KS Granada
10/10 Englewood, CO Gothic Theatre
10/11 Salt Lake City, UT Avalon Theater
10/12 Orangevale, CA The Boardwalk
10/13 San Francisco, CA Slim's no Gwen Stacy
10/14 West Hollywood, CA House of Blues
10/15 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre
10/17 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit
10/18 Lubbock, TX The Foundation
10/19 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
10/20 Dallas, TX House of Blues
10/22 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
10/23 St. Petersburg, FL State Theatre
10/24 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Revolution
10/25 Jacksonville, FL Freebird Live
10/26 Charleston, SC The Music Farm

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Source: metalblade.com
Band profile: Unearth
Posted: 04.08.2008 by Abattoir | Comments (0)


Kult Ov Azazel - Studio Recordings Delayed

Florida Black Metal band Kult ov Azazel have updated their website with the following message:

"We were originally asked and prepared to do the Horna tour that many have been emailing about. There have been numerous bulletins and news sources on the internet stating we are on the tour. However, this is not the case.

We had to reschedule our studio time from August to October. We are now entering Mana Studio in Tampa, FL to record the next album titled "Destroying The Sacred" from October 28 thru November 11.

This not only put an end to us doing the Horna tour but also a few one offs that we had been offered. Rest assure, once the new album is recorded we will turn our focus to touring/regional shows and destroying all with force!"

Songs set to appear on "Destroying The Sacred" are as follows: "Prelude To Holocaust", "The Plagues Of Mankind", "Slaughter The Prophet", "I Am The Devil", "Sacrilege: Destroying The Sacred, Gutting Religious Heritage, Conquer & Annihilate" and "The Lucifer Principal".

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Source: kultovazazel.com
Band profile: Kult Ov Azazel
Posted: 04.08.2008 by Thryce | Comments (0)


Heaven Shall Burn - To Film Vienna Show For Upcoming DVD

German metallers Heaven Shall Burn invite their fans to come out to their show on September 12th, 2008 in Vienna's "Gasometer" club, which will be recorded for their first official DVD release.

The band provides more detailed info:
"Vienna Calling! Be part of our DVD! Get your free tickets! We're about to plan the release of our very first official DVD! Furthermore, we're celebrating our 10th anniversary this year, so we thought about doing something special!
We will play a show on September 12th in Vienna under the slogan "1000 years of HSB" to do some exclusive live-recordings. We invited some good friends to join us: Maroon and Dew-Scented will share the stage with us! The concert will be the opening night of the brand-new club "Gasometer" in Vienna and the great thing is we will get you in for free!!! As of now till the 31st of August you can order your free tickets. All you have to do is head over to www.planet.tt, click "12. 9. METAL OPENING" and continue!

If there are still tickets available after the 31st of August it will cost you about 10 Euros.

We're very happy to be coming back to Vienna and it's of course a very conscious decision to record a show in this town. Don't worry our DVD will also feature material from our home area and from all over the world, but Vienna has always been something special to us as well and shows there were some of the craziest we've ever played. We hope that night at the Gasometer will be as insane as the show on the Donauinselfest last year!!! If you're not living in Austria, you should definitely think about taking the opportunity to visit one of Europe's most beautiful cities and maybe also come to the show! So see you there!"

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Source: www2.centurymedia.com
Band profile: Heaven Shall Burn
Event: Heaven Shall Burn: Metal Opening
Posted: 04.08.2008 by White Winter Sun | Comments (5)


Cavalera Conspiracy - Australian Tour Dates Cancelled

As posted on the Cavalera Conspiracy MySpace:

"Cavalera Conspiracy has been deemed an "inappropriate" band to perform with Judas Priest on their Priest Feast 2008 tour dates in Australia and New Zealand, and have thusly been forced to cancel their appearance at the previously announced tour dates in the southern Pacific.

Although Cavalera Conspiracy (featuring Max and Iggor of the legendary Sepultura) had several amazing and successful dates with their brothers in Priest throughout Eastern Europe, apparently the band has been deemed too inflammatory to open for Priest in Australia and NZ..

So, with that said, this post is an apology to the fans in the Australia and New Zealand for the cancellations. The Cavalera brothers will be back soon (..hopefully with a more reasonably priced tour...)!"

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Source: blog.myspace.com
Band profile: Cavalera Conspiracy
Posted: 03.08.2008 by flamesoficarus | Comments (14)


Aura Noir - Return With New Album

Aura Noir are about to return with undoubtedly their finest & ugliest offering yet with new album "Hades Rise". The follow-up to 2004's hit "The Merciless" is due for release on August 25th & features guest appearances by Danny Coralles (Abscess/Autopsy) & former guitarist Blasphemer. Head over to the following minisite for audio tracks, release info & more.

The tracklisting is as follows:

01. Hades Rise
02. Gaping Grave Awaits
03. Unleash The Demon
04. Pestilent Streams
05. Schitzoid Paranoid
06. Death-Mask
07. Shadows Of Death
08. Iron Night/Torment Storm
09. South American Death
10. The Stalker

Check out the tracks "Gaping Grave Awaits" and "Shadows Of Death" at the bottom of Peaceville's Hades Rise page here.

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Source: peaceville.com
Band profile: Aura Noir
Posted: 03.08.2008 by ArtiA | Comments (2)