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Metal Storm Infrastructure Update
Dear MS community,
as some of you will have noticed, we had an extended maintenance downtime today. This was to push a huge under-the-hood update that we’ve been working on for pretty much a whole year. We decided not to give you a heads-up this time so as to not clutter our news feeds with too much site- and not metal-related content. We want our news section to be mainly about metal and not so much about Metal Storm.
The site you’re now visiting is pretty much still the old one. There are a few noticeable changes like re-working the login and registration system and some smaller updates here and there. Under the hood, however, we’ve changed a lot. Most of that relates to the way the database is handled. This also means that you’ll see new bugs or changed behavior. We did a lot of testing in the background but there is only so much we can do with the team size we have and still operate the live site.
So we decided to push the update live at a point where we are pretty satisfied with the experience and accept the possibility that it might explode on us because we missed something big. This means there's an increased chance for you to find parts of the site that don't work as expected or end up on a white page in general. At this point in our upgrade path that's pretty much unavoidable. We're making good progress with the updates but the original code is still very old and error-prone.
Everything we missed, you can report in the new January 2023 Update Bugs thread and we’ll look into it.
We’ll continue to work on the site, both under the hood and new features and functions. If you want to help, please contact a staffer of your choice. We are looking to build a small team of volunteer testers soon.
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as some of you will have noticed, we had an extended maintenance downtime today. This was to push a huge under-the-hood update that we’ve been working on for pretty much a whole year. We decided not to give you a heads-up this time so as to not clutter our news feeds with too much site- and not metal-related content. We want our news section to be mainly about metal and not so much about Metal Storm.
The site you’re now visiting is pretty much still the old one. There are a few noticeable changes like re-working the login and registration system and some smaller updates here and there. Under the hood, however, we’ve changed a lot. Most of that relates to the way the database is handled. This also means that you’ll see new bugs or changed behavior. We did a lot of testing in the background but there is only so much we can do with the team size we have and still operate the live site.
So we decided to push the update live at a point where we are pretty satisfied with the experience and accept the possibility that it might explode on us because we missed something big. This means there's an increased chance for you to find parts of the site that don't work as expected or end up on a white page in general. At this point in our upgrade path that's pretty much unavoidable. We're making good progress with the updates but the original code is still very old and error-prone.
Everything we missed, you can report in the new January 2023 Update Bugs thread and we’ll look into it.
We’ll continue to work on the site, both under the hood and new features and functions. If you want to help, please contact a staffer of your choice. We are looking to build a small team of volunteer testers soon.
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Vassafor - Phil Kusabs Admits Possession And Sharing Of Child Abuse Material
Phillip Matthew Kusabs of New Zealand's Vassafor has admitted to possession and sharing of child sex and abuse material before court, as first reported by New Zealand's news outlet Stuff.
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| Source: | stuff.co.nz |
| Band profile: | Vassafor |
In Extremo - Former Bagpipes Player Dies
Boris Pfeiffer, former bagpipes player of German folk outfit In Extremo allegedly died during an unannounced demonstration against covid-19 measures in Berlin, Germany on Monday.
The band writes on Facebook: "We were shocked and saddened to learn of the death of our long-time companion Boris.
24 years together on stage were more than just a moment.
Our thoughts are with his family!"
Pfeiffer left In Extremo in 2021 over undisclosed differences with the other members. He had been with the band from day one, recording 12 albums together.
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The band writes on Facebook: "We were shocked and saddened to learn of the death of our long-time companion Boris.
24 years together on stage were more than just a moment.
Our thoughts are with his family!"
Pfeiffer left In Extremo in 2021 over undisclosed differences with the other members. He had been with the band from day one, recording 12 albums together.
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| Source: | rockhard.de |
| Band profile: | In Extremo |
Wolves In The Throne Room - European Tour Rescheduled For 2022
Wolves In The Throne Room just announced via Facebook that their 2021 European tour, originally planned to start this month, had to be moved to 2022. Supporting act Blood Incantation will have to be replaced by a yet to be announced new band.
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| Source: | facebook.com |
| Band profile: | Wolves In The Throne Room |
Metal Storm Next! - Welcome To The New Server!
Dear Metal Stormers,
Welcome to Metal Storm’s shiny new server. If you have made it here, that means the server move has been successfully completed and we couldn’t be more excited!
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Welcome to Metal Storm’s shiny new server. If you have made it here, that means the server move has been successfully completed and we couldn’t be more excited!
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| Source: | metalstorm.net |
Metal Storm Next! - Server Move On Saturday
Dear Metal Stormers,
as we previously announced, Metal Storm has recently undergone a change of ownership. Our founder, Ivan, has decided to focus on other projects and the site is now operated by a team of current staff.
This change comes with a long-overdue upgrade to our infrastructure which will take place this Saturday. We have spent the past two months feverishly coding, containerizing, debugging, and endlessly testing in preparation for this day and we are confident that both we and the site are ready.
This is your heads-up notice.
On Saturday, September 11th 2021 around 10:00 AM UTC (That is 1:00 PM server time), we will move our current DNS records. This will take up to one hour to propagate to everyone of you, so around 11:00 AM UTC we will shut down the site and begin the move.
The move itself should take between one and two hours. Database conversion alone takes over 60 minutes and we want to be sure to have everything tested one last time before we open the site to the public again.
Once the site is live again, you will have to re-login. There will be a thread where we collect issues that slipped through our own testing and we hope many of you will join our bug-hunting efforts to make the site run smoothly again on new infrastructure.
To make the whole process less dull to follow from the outside, we will send a 10- Bandcamp gift card to both the last person to post a shout in the shoutbox on the old site and the first person posting a shout on the new one. If both are the same user, the second gift card will move to the next one. Staff and elite are excluded of course
(Naturally we know this process can be cheated with some technical expertise and we ask you to play it fair and just see it as a friendly competition in a game of chance. If we have reason to believe you were cheating, we reserve to skip you in the process)
This is very exciting for us. We have been working toward this point for several years now and the support we received from you in response to our previous announcement was nothing short of amazing. We are blessed with an incredible community that has grown for over 20 years and this move will be the first step toward another 20.
Your Metal Storm staff, elite, and contributors.
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as we previously announced, Metal Storm has recently undergone a change of ownership. Our founder, Ivan, has decided to focus on other projects and the site is now operated by a team of current staff.
This change comes with a long-overdue upgrade to our infrastructure which will take place this Saturday. We have spent the past two months feverishly coding, containerizing, debugging, and endlessly testing in preparation for this day and we are confident that both we and the site are ready.
This is your heads-up notice.
On Saturday, September 11th 2021 around 10:00 AM UTC (That is 1:00 PM server time), we will move our current DNS records. This will take up to one hour to propagate to everyone of you, so around 11:00 AM UTC we will shut down the site and begin the move.
The move itself should take between one and two hours. Database conversion alone takes over 60 minutes and we want to be sure to have everything tested one last time before we open the site to the public again.
Once the site is live again, you will have to re-login. There will be a thread where we collect issues that slipped through our own testing and we hope many of you will join our bug-hunting efforts to make the site run smoothly again on new infrastructure.
To make the whole process less dull to follow from the outside, we will send a 10- Bandcamp gift card to both the last person to post a shout in the shoutbox on the old site and the first person posting a shout on the new one. If both are the same user, the second gift card will move to the next one. Staff and elite are excluded of course
(Naturally we know this process can be cheated with some technical expertise and we ask you to play it fair and just see it as a friendly competition in a game of chance. If we have reason to believe you were cheating, we reserve to skip you in the process)
This is very exciting for us. We have been working toward this point for several years now and the support we received from you in response to our previous announcement was nothing short of amazing. We are blessed with an incredible community that has grown for over 20 years and this move will be the first step toward another 20.
Your Metal Storm staff, elite, and contributors.
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| Source: | metalstorm.net |
Dødheimsgard - Drummer Involved In Motor Cycle Crash, Festival Appearance Cancelled
Drummer D'arn of Norwegian avantgarde metal band Dødheimsgard has been involved in a serious motor cycle crash. Reports indicate that he suffered a series of minor injuries and broke his arm which forced the band to cancel their appearance on this year's Wacken Open Air festival on very short notice.
Dødheimsgards slot at the Wacken Open Air 2012 has been filled by Red Fang who did play a full one-hour set in compensation.
Dødheimsgards slot at the Wacken Open Air 2012 has been filled by Red Fang who did play a full one-hour set in compensation.
| Source: | wacken.com |
| Band profile: | Dødheimsgard |
Summer Breeze Open Air 2012 - New Bands Announced
Summer Breeze Open Air has a Christmas calendar of its own and has announced its first round of bands for the 2012 edition, a few on each day before Christmas.
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| Source: | summer-breeze.de |
| Event: | Summer Breeze Open Air - 15th Anniversary |
Metal Storm - Happy New Year And Some Updates
The team of Metal Storm would like to wish all of you a happy new year. We hope your Christmas has been as good as ours and are looking forward to another year with the best metal community out there.
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With Full Force Festival 2012 - First Bands Announced
As it is another open air festival with a Christmas calendar, we don't want to keep the With Full Force Open Air 2012 Christmas announcements a secret.
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| Source: | withfullforce.de |
| Event: | With Full Force Festival 2012 |
Wacken Open Air 2012 - New Bands Confirmed
In their annual Christmas calendar, Wacken Open Air has announced a number of new bands to play at the 23rd edition of the festival in 2012.
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| Source: | wacken.com |
| Event: | Wacken Open Air 2012 |
Shining [NOR] - German Tour Dates Postponed
Norwegian avant-garde metallers Shining had to postpone the German leg of their current tour. Here it is the official message: "We are very sorry to inform you that we're postponing the three upcoming German dates in November. These concerts will be moved to 2012. Please contact the local promoter for a refund of tickets. Sorry for the hassle. It was out of our control. The rest of the tour is being held as planned."
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| Source: | shining.no |
| Band profile: | Shining (NOR) |
| Event: | Shining [NOR]: European Tour [POSTPONED] |
Bloodbath - To Re-release Latest Album
Swedish death metallers Bloodbath will re-release their latest album The Fathomless Mastery, originally released in 2008. The Fathomless Mastery 2011 edition will feature 4 bonus tracks from their sold-out 2007 EP Unblessing The Purity.
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| Source: | bloodbath.biz |
| Band profile: | Bloodbath |
Mercenary - New Album Update
René Pedersen from Danish metallers Mercenary has issued the following update on the band's MySpace blog:
"Hey all your crazy people out there,
I'm writing you from Hansen studios in Ribe, Denmark, where we are currently recording the 6th Mercenary studio album, and man is it gonna be a killer one I might add!
The process has been so fore filling, it has been so much fun to write this album, and we truly believe this to be our strongest release in our career.
Here is a little teaser from the studio, of Martin tracking a lead for the new album!
Stay posted for more updates."
Two other little teasers of the studio sessions can be viewed here and here.
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"Hey all your crazy people out there,
I'm writing you from Hansen studios in Ribe, Denmark, where we are currently recording the 6th Mercenary studio album, and man is it gonna be a killer one I might add!
The process has been so fore filling, it has been so much fun to write this album, and we truly believe this to be our strongest release in our career.
Here is a little teaser from the studio, of Martin tracking a lead for the new album!
Stay posted for more updates."
Two other little teasers of the studio sessions can be viewed here and here.
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| Source: | blogs.myspace.com |
| Band profile: | Mercenary |