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| 02.05.2007 | › | Ensiferum - Fan Names Star After Band, New Video Online |
| 04.11.2006 | › | Therion - Looking For New Soprano |
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Primordial - New Song Online
'Empire Falls', the first track from Primordial's upcoming album "To The Nameless Dead" has just been uploaded on to their Myspace page. You can hear it [url=www.myspace.com/fallentoruin]here[/url].
In other news, the release date for the new album has been pushed forward to the 14th of November for Europe, and the 27th of November for the US. More info here.
In other news, the release date for the new album has been pushed forward to the 14th of November for Europe, and the 27th of November for the US. More info here.
| Source: | myspace.com |
| Band profile: | Primordial |
Primordial - More Album Details
Official Metal Blade press release:
Primordial are one of those bands that are strong enough to go through hard times and live to tell about it. After years of instability in concern of labels, confirmed and then cancelled tours and even band members Primordial are finally able to concentrate on what really matters. The second album for Metal Blade Records "To The Nameless Dead" (the sixth effort in total) is a timeless statement and an ode to their forefathers which lives and breathes the ancient spirit mixed with anger, pain and despair.
"'To The Nameless Dead' is defiantly at odds with a modern metal scene that often seems to place banality, mediocrity and safety above passion, honesty and truth." - A. A. Nemtheanga
Harsher and faster than its predecessor, "To The Nameless Dead" wasn't recorded digitally - just analog to keep the sound old school and powerful.
The album will also be available as limited first edition in a digibook featuring an alternative design, 40 pages and a bonus DVD of Primordial's performance at the Rock Hard Festival!
Tracklist:
01. Empire Falls
02. Gallows Hymn
03. As Rome Burns
04. Failures Burden
05. Heathen Tribes
06. The Rising Tide
07. Traitors Gate
08. No Nation On This Earth
"To The Nameless Dead" will be unleashed on November 16th (D|A|CH|I) / November 19th (Europe) via Metal Blade Records.
The artwork for the jewel case edition can be viewed here
Primordial are one of those bands that are strong enough to go through hard times and live to tell about it. After years of instability in concern of labels, confirmed and then cancelled tours and even band members Primordial are finally able to concentrate on what really matters. The second album for Metal Blade Records "To The Nameless Dead" (the sixth effort in total) is a timeless statement and an ode to their forefathers which lives and breathes the ancient spirit mixed with anger, pain and despair.
"'To The Nameless Dead' is defiantly at odds with a modern metal scene that often seems to place banality, mediocrity and safety above passion, honesty and truth." - A. A. Nemtheanga
Harsher and faster than its predecessor, "To The Nameless Dead" wasn't recorded digitally - just analog to keep the sound old school and powerful.
The album will also be available as limited first edition in a digibook featuring an alternative design, 40 pages and a bonus DVD of Primordial's performance at the Rock Hard Festival!
Tracklist:
01. Empire Falls
02. Gallows Hymn
03. As Rome Burns
04. Failures Burden
05. Heathen Tribes
06. The Rising Tide
07. Traitors Gate
08. No Nation On This Earth
"To The Nameless Dead" will be unleashed on November 16th (D|A|CH|I) / November 19th (Europe) via Metal Blade Records.
The artwork for the jewel case edition can be viewed here
| Source: | metalblade.de |
| Band profile: | Primordial |
Primordial - New Album Details
Official press release, token from the Primordial website:
"So we are finally finished the recording of our sixth album. After a few rain sodden weeks locked up in Foel Studios in North Wales "To The Nameless Dead" is for all but mastering and final artwork completed.
This time far away from the chaos and negative influences of a big city the recording process was far smoother and more complete then we have ever known. We left at the end quietly satisfied as opposed to feeling like our nerves were shot and far more stressed then we began. Much of this we owe to Chris Fielding who engineered it and put many long hours into its creation and to Dave Anderson who has created something we can only call a "good vibe" in the middle of nowhere far from the meddling influence of civilisation?.immense thanks.
The sound is of course instantly recognisable as Primordial but more powerful then before, heavier and richer with a much more rounded sound then before. Whereas The Gathering Wilderness was a dark often impenetrably bleak work "To The Nameless Dead" has found the fire in its veins to defy, to rebel, to stand up and oppose all. This is a vast and epic album, more pounding and full of rage then Primordial has been for many a winter?
It is defiantly at odds with a modern metal scene that often seems to place banality, mediocrity and safety above passion, honesty and truth. It does not sound like a computer recorded it, it does not sound like a procession of riffs simply poached from metals founding fathers, it is not a mindless exercise in musical masturbation. This is Metal is it was meant to be played. With Passion?
We play music because we have to?this is in our veins. This is our culture, our history, our folklore, our heritage. We make no apologies, we will not compromise. And now with our sixth album "To The Nameless Dead" we are about to make our strongest statement yet?
Acta Non Verba
Ad Asperum Finem
Vae Victis
PRIMORDIAL
EUROPEAN RELEASE DATE - NOVEMBER 24TH
USA - TBC
First edition will contain a limited live disc recorded at Rock Hard Open Air in a lavish book format."
You can listen to a live recording of 'The Coffin Ships' from the same Rock Hard Open Air concert on the band's MySpace
"So we are finally finished the recording of our sixth album. After a few rain sodden weeks locked up in Foel Studios in North Wales "To The Nameless Dead" is for all but mastering and final artwork completed.
This time far away from the chaos and negative influences of a big city the recording process was far smoother and more complete then we have ever known. We left at the end quietly satisfied as opposed to feeling like our nerves were shot and far more stressed then we began. Much of this we owe to Chris Fielding who engineered it and put many long hours into its creation and to Dave Anderson who has created something we can only call a "good vibe" in the middle of nowhere far from the meddling influence of civilisation?.immense thanks.
The sound is of course instantly recognisable as Primordial but more powerful then before, heavier and richer with a much more rounded sound then before. Whereas The Gathering Wilderness was a dark often impenetrably bleak work "To The Nameless Dead" has found the fire in its veins to defy, to rebel, to stand up and oppose all. This is a vast and epic album, more pounding and full of rage then Primordial has been for many a winter?
It is defiantly at odds with a modern metal scene that often seems to place banality, mediocrity and safety above passion, honesty and truth. It does not sound like a computer recorded it, it does not sound like a procession of riffs simply poached from metals founding fathers, it is not a mindless exercise in musical masturbation. This is Metal is it was meant to be played. With Passion?
We play music because we have to?this is in our veins. This is our culture, our history, our folklore, our heritage. We make no apologies, we will not compromise. And now with our sixth album "To The Nameless Dead" we are about to make our strongest statement yet?
Acta Non Verba
Ad Asperum Finem
Vae Victis
PRIMORDIAL
EUROPEAN RELEASE DATE - NOVEMBER 24TH
USA - TBC
First edition will contain a limited live disc recorded at Rock Hard Open Air in a lavish book format."
You can listen to a live recording of 'The Coffin Ships' from the same Rock Hard Open Air concert on the band's MySpace
| Source: | primordialweb.com |
| Band profile: | Primordial |
Wacken Open Air 2008 - Iron Maiden & Kreator Confirmed
Iron Maiden have confirmed their first and only German appearance of 2008 will be at Wacken Open Air Festival.
From the official site:
"We are proud to announce that Iron Maiden will play their only German show of 2008 at Wacken Open Air. The pre sale has just begun.
Nationwide ticket hotline 0049 0 4627 18 38 38. Or visit http://www.wacken.com"
Also Kreator has been confirmed already, as can be read in the latest Dutch news article.
From the official site:
"We are proud to announce that Iron Maiden will play their only German show of 2008 at Wacken Open Air. The pre sale has just begun.
Nationwide ticket hotline 0049 0 4627 18 38 38. Or visit http://www.wacken.com"
Also Kreator has been confirmed already, as can be read in the latest Dutch news article.
| Source: | ironmaiden.com |
| Band profile: | Iron Maiden |
| Event: | Wacken Open Air 2008 |
Ensiferum - Fan Names Star After Band, New Video Online
From Ensiferum's homepage;
"Now it is offcial, Ensiferum is a star.
The Russian Ensiferum Fan Club has given the band a gift of astronomical proportions, as on their request the Russian International Star Catalogue Space Earth has denominated a star in the Ursa Major constellation after the Finnish metal band.
The star, located in
magnitude 15.3
Ascension [RA] 16 00 19.14
Declination [Dec] +66 52 06.1"
In other news, the video for 'Ahti' has now been uploaded on YouTube; you can watch it here. This is the first video from Ensiferum's latest album, 'Victory Songs'.
"Now it is offcial, Ensiferum is a star.
The Russian Ensiferum Fan Club has given the band a gift of astronomical proportions, as on their request the Russian International Star Catalogue Space Earth has denominated a star in the Ursa Major constellation after the Finnish metal band.
The star, located in
magnitude 15.3
Ascension [RA] 16 00 19.14
Declination [Dec] +66 52 06.1"
In other news, the video for 'Ahti' has now been uploaded on YouTube; you can watch it here. This is the first video from Ensiferum's latest album, 'Victory Songs'.
| Source: | ensiferum.com |
| Band profile: | Ensiferum |
Therion - Looking For New Soprano
Taken from the band's official website:
"Therion had planned to use the same singers from the latest album also live, but unexpectedly, we are one soprano short. We're right now checking our contacts for a replacement, but thought we might surprise a bit and actually do like Nightwish did and let people we don't know also apply for the job.
So what's the deal?
If you get the job, you will be one out of 4 vocal soloists on stage and you will do all concerts on the upcoming Therion World Tour 2007.
Payment per show will be the same as a regular member of the band and you will travel, live and perform on the same terms as the rest of us.
If you're so damn good that we get stunned when we hear you, it doesn't matter where on the planet you live - we will fly you in for each tour and separate show. But of course it is a plus the closer you live to Stockholm.
Do you fit in with this?
? You have a soprano range and sing classical style. It is a plus if you can read notes, but a very good ear for picking out tones is enough as we will present you recordings of everything that will be sung.
? You are flexible and can also sing other types of voices than operatic.
? You have an exceptionally good intunation and a varm vibrato.
? You are able to be a part of a show with movements, we are not looking for a singer standing still, there will be quite some action on the stage this tour.
? You are laughing fear in its face and it's a piece of cake for you to perform in front of thousands of people.
? You are between 20 and 45 year old and have experience of singing live with a rock band before.
? You speak english, are easy to get along with and are willing to dedicate the entire year 2007 for Therion activities when they occour even with short notice.
If "yes" to all of the above. then mail us as fast as possible some good quality mp3's of you singing, some photo of you and a brief text explaining who you are etc.
Mail your application to singer@therionstore.com
Please do NOT send anything else than applications for singing with the band to this address. If you want to contact the band, then do it over the Therion Society."
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"Therion had planned to use the same singers from the latest album also live, but unexpectedly, we are one soprano short. We're right now checking our contacts for a replacement, but thought we might surprise a bit and actually do like Nightwish did and let people we don't know also apply for the job.
So what's the deal?
If you get the job, you will be one out of 4 vocal soloists on stage and you will do all concerts on the upcoming Therion World Tour 2007.
Payment per show will be the same as a regular member of the band and you will travel, live and perform on the same terms as the rest of us.
If you're so damn good that we get stunned when we hear you, it doesn't matter where on the planet you live - we will fly you in for each tour and separate show. But of course it is a plus the closer you live to Stockholm.
Do you fit in with this?
? You have a soprano range and sing classical style. It is a plus if you can read notes, but a very good ear for picking out tones is enough as we will present you recordings of everything that will be sung.
? You are flexible and can also sing other types of voices than operatic.
? You have an exceptionally good intunation and a varm vibrato.
? You are able to be a part of a show with movements, we are not looking for a singer standing still, there will be quite some action on the stage this tour.
? You are laughing fear in its face and it's a piece of cake for you to perform in front of thousands of people.
? You are between 20 and 45 year old and have experience of singing live with a rock band before.
? You speak english, are easy to get along with and are willing to dedicate the entire year 2007 for Therion activities when they occour even with short notice.
If "yes" to all of the above. then mail us as fast as possible some good quality mp3's of you singing, some photo of you and a brief text explaining who you are etc.
Mail your application to singer@therionstore.com
Please do NOT send anything else than applications for singing with the band to this address. If you want to contact the band, then do it over the Therion Society."
Read more ››
| Source: | megatherion.com |
| Band profile: | Therion |
Iron Maiden - Video For New Single Leaked
The video for Iron Maiden's upcoming single, 'The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg', has been leaked onto various sites after being aired 'exclusively' to Iron Maiden Fanclub members today (17th July) at 00:01. The video can be found at the following locations:
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Iron Maiden's new single is expected to be released on the 14th August, although it will not be competing in the charts, due to the fact that the b-side is a recording of 'Hallowed Be Thy Name' recorded during the Radio 1 'Legends' Sessions, and the single is therefore too long to be charted.
Windows Media Player - Higher Quality
Windows Media Player - Lower Quality
Real Player - Higher Quality
Real Player - Lower Quality
Iron Maiden's new single is expected to be released on the 14th August, although it will not be competing in the charts, due to the fact that the b-side is a recording of 'Hallowed Be Thy Name' recorded during the Radio 1 'Legends' Sessions, and the single is therefore too long to be charted.
| Source: | forum.maidenfans.com |
| Band profile: | Iron Maiden |
Iron Maiden - Release Album Title And Tracklist
Iron Maiden have recently posted the new tracklist and title of their new album on their official page. The Album title is 'A Matter of Life and Death' and the tracklist is as follows:
1. Different Worlds (Smith/Harris) 4.17
2. These Colours Don't Run (Smith/Harris/Dickinson) 6.52
3. Brighter Than a Thousand Suns (Smith/Harris/Dickinson) 8.44
4. The Pilgrim (Gers/Harris) 5.07
5. The Longest Day (Smith/Harris/Dickinson) 7.48
6. Out Of the Shadows (Dickinson/Harris) 5.36
7. The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg (Murray/Harris) 7.21
8. For The Greater Good of God (Harris) 9.24
9. Lord Of Light (Smith/Harris/Dickinson) 7.23
10. The Legacy (Gers/Harris) 9.20
No release dates have been announced as of yet, but the album is expected to be released sometime around early Autumn.
1. Different Worlds (Smith/Harris) 4.17
2. These Colours Don't Run (Smith/Harris/Dickinson) 6.52
3. Brighter Than a Thousand Suns (Smith/Harris/Dickinson) 8.44
4. The Pilgrim (Gers/Harris) 5.07
5. The Longest Day (Smith/Harris/Dickinson) 7.48
6. Out Of the Shadows (Dickinson/Harris) 5.36
7. The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg (Murray/Harris) 7.21
8. For The Greater Good of God (Harris) 9.24
9. Lord Of Light (Smith/Harris/Dickinson) 7.23
10. The Legacy (Gers/Harris) 9.20
No release dates have been announced as of yet, but the album is expected to be released sometime around early Autumn.
| Source: | ironmaiden.com |
| Band profile: | Iron Maiden |