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Kinetic - New Female Vocalist
The Greek death metal band, made the following announcement recently on their official site:
"The band would like to say a warm "Welcome on board!!" to the new female singer Maria-Melissa Routi, who has undertaken from today the "Female Microphone" in KINETIC, replacing Margaret Staikou. You can find some first information about her at her MySpace profile here. Hopefully her fist live appearance with the band will be on March 15th at Underworld club (Athens) even performing a small number of songs from band's playlist."
The previous female vocalist, Margaret Staikou, was dismissed previously from the band, according to an announcement on 16/2.
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"The band would like to say a warm "Welcome on board!!" to the new female singer Maria-Melissa Routi, who has undertaken from today the "Female Microphone" in KINETIC, replacing Margaret Staikou. You can find some first information about her at her MySpace profile here. Hopefully her fist live appearance with the band will be on March 15th at Underworld club (Athens) even performing a small number of songs from band's playlist."
The previous female vocalist, Margaret Staikou, was dismissed previously from the band, according to an announcement on 16/2.
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| Source: | kinetic.gr |
| Band profile: | Kinetic |
Ethereal Blue - New Management Agency Announced
Greek death metallers have made the following announcement on their official page, ending a long period of inactiveness:
"Ethereal Blue have linked with the Italian Agency Alkemist-Fanatix which officially handles the band's management from now on. We would like to thank all the agencies who were interested in the band's new material. The band is very happy with this new collaborator. We hope that Alkemist will help us accomplice some of the goals we have for our music."
In other news, the band's line-up has changed. Fok S.(Guitar) and Akis P.(Keyboards) are not members of Ethereal Blue anymore. Panos P. is the new guitar player while Ethereal Blue does not intend to find a new keyboardist.
"Ethereal Blue have linked with the Italian Agency Alkemist-Fanatix which officially handles the band's management from now on. We would like to thank all the agencies who were interested in the band's new material. The band is very happy with this new collaborator. We hope that Alkemist will help us accomplice some of the goals we have for our music."
In other news, the band's line-up has changed. Fok S.(Guitar) and Akis P.(Keyboards) are not members of Ethereal Blue anymore. Panos P. is the new guitar player while Ethereal Blue does not intend to find a new keyboardist.
| Source: | etherealblue.org |
| Band profile: | Ethereal Blue |
Dark Tranquillity - Greek Mini Tour Confirmed
As the band announced in their official page, time has come again for a mini-tour in Greece:
"Finally time for us to visit Greece again! Supported by the legendary Samael, we'll have the pleasure of playing the following shows:
Saturday 3 Nov: Thessaloniki - Hydrogios
Sunday 4 Nov: Athens - Gagarin 205
This will be the first time in five years that we're visiting these cities, so rest assured that it'll be an experience out of the ordinary."
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"Finally time for us to visit Greece again! Supported by the legendary Samael, we'll have the pleasure of playing the following shows:
Saturday 3 Nov: Thessaloniki - Hydrogios
Sunday 4 Nov: Athens - Gagarin 205
This will be the first time in five years that we're visiting these cities, so rest assured that it'll be an experience out of the ordinary."
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| Source: | darktranquillity.com |
| Band profile: | Dark Tranquillity |
Elvenking - "Making Of" Video Posted Online
The Webmaster of their official site made the following announcement regarding the new album:
"First Part of Full Studio Report online!
The first part of "Making of The Scythe" has been posted online on Elvenking Official YouTube Channel. This first video is about the Drums and Guitars. More to come very soon! You can also find it in the Media page."
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"First Part of Full Studio Report online!
The first part of "Making of The Scythe" has been posted online on Elvenking Official YouTube Channel. This first video is about the Drums and Guitars. More to come very soon! You can also find it in the Media page."
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| Source: | elvenking.net |
| Band profile: | Elvenking |
Elvenking - New Album Cover And Title Revealed
After the worldwide success of previous album "The winter wake", Elvenking are proud to announce all the details about the new album.
The album title is "The Scythe" and it will be released on September 14th through AFM records in all European countries.
Here are their licensee partners over the world so far:
USA: Candlelight
Canada: PHD
Russia: CD Maximum
Japan: Asian Alliance
South-America: Laser Records
More news about release dates in these countries to follow.
As previously announced lyrically it is a theme-album about Death and all the songs are related to the topic.
Here is the complete tracklist for the European edition:
01. The scythe
02. Lost hill of memories
03. Infection
04. Poison tears
05. A riddle of stars
06. Romance & Wrath
07. The divided heart
08. Horns Ablaze (digipack limited edition bonus track)
09. Totentanz
10. Death and the suffering
11. Dominhate
The digipack version should include also the music video for the song "The Divided Heart". More news on other editions and bonus tracks included to be announced soon.
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The album title is "The Scythe" and it will be released on September 14th through AFM records in all European countries.
Here are their licensee partners over the world so far:
USA: Candlelight
Canada: PHD
Russia: CD Maximum
Japan: Asian Alliance
South-America: Laser Records
More news about release dates in these countries to follow.
As previously announced lyrically it is a theme-album about Death and all the songs are related to the topic.
Here is the complete tracklist for the European edition:
01. The scythe
02. Lost hill of memories
03. Infection
04. Poison tears
05. A riddle of stars
06. Romance & Wrath
07. The divided heart
08. Horns Ablaze (digipack limited edition bonus track)
09. Totentanz
10. Death and the suffering
11. Dominhate
The digipack version should include also the music video for the song "The Divided Heart". More news on other editions and bonus tracks included to be announced soon.
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| Source: | elvenking.net |
| Band profile: | Elvenking |
Elvenking - Studio Report And Video Shooting Update
The webmaster of the Italian Folk Power Metallers Elvenking, made the following announcement on their official site, regarding the updates from the recordings of their new album, which is scheduled to be released in the end of 2007:
"On the Studio Report page you can find a final report about the recordings and mixing of the upcoming album with various thoughts about the style and the musical direction of the songs. In this long report, the band also explain the concept of the album that will be about DEATH and discusses lyrics and songwriting process. Check also the Gallery Page for new pictures.
In other news Elvenking have completed the first shooting day for the video of the song "The Divided Heart" , from the upcoming new album. The guys were in Turin yesterday, and shot all the band scenes. Next week, there will be two more days where the story behind the video will be developed. The video is directed by Mirco Andreis (Eldritch, Macbeth, Disarmonia Mundi etc.). More news and a lot of pictures will be uploaded soon.
In the next future you can also expect a full video report of the recordings (and more pictures) and the Title and Cover of the new album, finally revealed by the band... so keep on the visiting the site 'cause in the next days, lots of things will happen!"
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"On the Studio Report page you can find a final report about the recordings and mixing of the upcoming album with various thoughts about the style and the musical direction of the songs. In this long report, the band also explain the concept of the album that will be about DEATH and discusses lyrics and songwriting process. Check also the Gallery Page for new pictures.
In other news Elvenking have completed the first shooting day for the video of the song "The Divided Heart" , from the upcoming new album. The guys were in Turin yesterday, and shot all the band scenes. Next week, there will be two more days where the story behind the video will be developed. The video is directed by Mirco Andreis (Eldritch, Macbeth, Disarmonia Mundi etc.). More news and a lot of pictures will be uploaded soon.
In the next future you can also expect a full video report of the recordings (and more pictures) and the Title and Cover of the new album, finally revealed by the band... so keep on the visiting the site 'cause in the next days, lots of things will happen!"
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| Source: | elvenking.net |
| Band profile: | Elvenking |
Rammstein - Working On New Material
The webmaster of the official Rammstein website has posted the following small update:
"After more than a year break the band has returned in good spirits - the gentlemen have started writing new songs! Unfortunately, due to the current album production, Rammstein will not play any shows this year. We are excited to find out what news there are to tell in the near future!"
"After more than a year break the band has returned in good spirits - the gentlemen have started writing new songs! Unfortunately, due to the current album production, Rammstein will not play any shows this year. We are excited to find out what news there are to tell in the near future!"
| Source: | rammstein.com |
| Band profile: | Rammstein |
Avantasia - Interview With Tobias About The New Album
As published on Tobias Sammet site, a new interview about the recordings of the new Avantasia album has be done by the webmaster with Tobias Sammet, so the fans can have more information about the upcoming album which will be released in the late summer of 2007.
The interview can be found here.
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The interview can be found here.
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| Source: | tobiassammet.com |
| Band profile: | Avantasia |
Septic Flesh - Reunion Show At Metal-Healing Festival
The Greek legends of death metal Septic Flesh, will re-unite for one and only concert in the "Metal Healing Festival" and will be the headliners of the second day. The program of the rest of the festival can be found here
The Metal Bolt Productions team also announced that the three-days tickets of ?59 will be out until 30 April. The one-day tickets of ?25 are available now in stores.
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The Metal Bolt Productions team also announced that the three-days tickets of ?59 will be out until 30 April. The one-day tickets of ?25 are available now in stores.
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| Source: | metalbolt.com |
| Band profile: | Septicflesh |
| Event: | Metal Healing Festival |
Paradise Lost - Confirm Release Date For The New Album
The British Goth metalers made the following announcement on their website:
"The UK release date for Paradise Lost's 11th studio album - 'In Requiem' has been confirmed and is set to be May 21st.
Release dates for other territories are expected in the near future, so stay tuned!"
As stated earlier this week, the artwork for the new album is to be done by "Seth Siro Anton", who was the artwork designer for the last album, "Paradise Lost". Producer of this album is Rhys Fulber and the mixing has been made by Mike Fraser - who is well known for his work with bands such as Metallica, AC/DC, Van Halen etc...
Nick Holmes also stated the following about the release:
"As the album recording process begins to close, and during a period where people decide if they love or hate something you have just spend a year painstakingly putting together, I have decided to compact some reflections over the past few months.
As this is the bands 11th album, by the time we actually get into the studio, we generally have a pretty good idea how the songs are going to sound. Prior to actually recording, 2 weeks are usually spent intensively rehearsing the songs, and maybe changing parts that didn't work during the demo stages. Which, co-incidentally are written with a guitar, software and the internet. None of us actually live near each other, so it's not always the best recipe for "jamming" besides, who wants to play the same riff for 4 hours in a cold room full of blokes?
Generally I feel we were far more prepared than the last record, particularly Jeff, with the last album he came in towards the last minute - and didn't really get the opportunity to put his "stamp" on the drumming. This time round I think you can really hear the difference, particularly as we have replaced all his drumming with samples! Joke!
Recording and studio wise, it's always a real pleasure to go to Chapel studios. Life goes in slow motion at the Chapel, and you find yourself enjoying doing laundry, having afternoon naps, and sipping tea whilst listening to Radio two, for the 2 weeks you are there. Steve, Aaron and Jeff laid down the rhythm tracks whilst Greg and I did nothing more than arrange a new song, and send each other verbal insults on messenger from our adjacent bedrooms.
The second half of the album was recorded at the awesome Strait sound studios in Gibson's, Vancouver. A beautiful part of the world without question, but with appalling routing and overzealous Customs interrogation. It took 35 hours to get from Leeds to our destination. The highlight of the outgoing trip was in Heathrow Airport when I was lucky enough to sit next to Pat Sharp from the 90's UK kids TV program "Funhouse"? yes the journey really sucked.
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"The UK release date for Paradise Lost's 11th studio album - 'In Requiem' has been confirmed and is set to be May 21st.
Release dates for other territories are expected in the near future, so stay tuned!"
As stated earlier this week, the artwork for the new album is to be done by "Seth Siro Anton", who was the artwork designer for the last album, "Paradise Lost". Producer of this album is Rhys Fulber and the mixing has been made by Mike Fraser - who is well known for his work with bands such as Metallica, AC/DC, Van Halen etc...
Nick Holmes also stated the following about the release:
"As the album recording process begins to close, and during a period where people decide if they love or hate something you have just spend a year painstakingly putting together, I have decided to compact some reflections over the past few months.
As this is the bands 11th album, by the time we actually get into the studio, we generally have a pretty good idea how the songs are going to sound. Prior to actually recording, 2 weeks are usually spent intensively rehearsing the songs, and maybe changing parts that didn't work during the demo stages. Which, co-incidentally are written with a guitar, software and the internet. None of us actually live near each other, so it's not always the best recipe for "jamming" besides, who wants to play the same riff for 4 hours in a cold room full of blokes?
Generally I feel we were far more prepared than the last record, particularly Jeff, with the last album he came in towards the last minute - and didn't really get the opportunity to put his "stamp" on the drumming. This time round I think you can really hear the difference, particularly as we have replaced all his drumming with samples! Joke!
Recording and studio wise, it's always a real pleasure to go to Chapel studios. Life goes in slow motion at the Chapel, and you find yourself enjoying doing laundry, having afternoon naps, and sipping tea whilst listening to Radio two, for the 2 weeks you are there. Steve, Aaron and Jeff laid down the rhythm tracks whilst Greg and I did nothing more than arrange a new song, and send each other verbal insults on messenger from our adjacent bedrooms.
The second half of the album was recorded at the awesome Strait sound studios in Gibson's, Vancouver. A beautiful part of the world without question, but with appalling routing and overzealous Customs interrogation. It took 35 hours to get from Leeds to our destination. The highlight of the outgoing trip was in Heathrow Airport when I was lucky enough to sit next to Pat Sharp from the 90's UK kids TV program "Funhouse"? yes the journey really sucked.
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| Source: | paradiselost.co.uk |
| Band profile: | Paradise Lost |
Axxis - New Guitarist Found
The following announcement was posted on Axxis' official website:
One rehearsal session and one recording session... and the decision was done! Marco Wriedt will be the new Axxis guitar player!
(Keyboardist) Harry (Oellers): "As Marco arrived in the studio I thought Walter (first Axxis guitar player) is back ;-)! We sent him all of our actual songs and he played everything perfectly!"
(Vocalist) Bernhard (Weiß): "This guy is 22 years old and very creative. We just let him play to our new production and it was... awesome!"
See Marco's comments at this location.
More on the guitarist at his official website and his MySpace.
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One rehearsal session and one recording session... and the decision was done! Marco Wriedt will be the new Axxis guitar player!
(Keyboardist) Harry (Oellers): "As Marco arrived in the studio I thought Walter (first Axxis guitar player) is back ;-)! We sent him all of our actual songs and he played everything perfectly!"
(Vocalist) Bernhard (Weiß): "This guy is 22 years old and very creative. We just let him play to our new production and it was... awesome!"
See Marco's comments at this location.
More on the guitarist at his official website and his MySpace.
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| Source: | axxis.de |
| Band profile: | Axxis |
Iron Maiden - Announce Show In Belgrade
Iron Maiden have confirmed that further to last weeks announcement of an additional show in Athens they will be playing a headline show in Belgrade on Wednesday March 14th 2007 as part of a short run of dates in mid March.
The venue is the 18,000 capacity Belgrade Fair Indoor Arena and tickets for the show will be going on sale on Wednesday 24th January.
Says Steve Harris "I'm pretty sure in saying that this will be the first time we've been to Belgrade for just over 20 years back on the Somewhere in Time tour so I'm sure many of our fans in Serbia will be very excited at the news that we're making this visit that some would say is long overdue! As we said a couple of years ago we would try and visit new places and cities where we haven't played for a long time when the opportunity to do so came up and this is just such an occasion. And we are very much looking forward to it"
For more information and links to where to buy tickets check the Iron Maiden official website shortly.
The venue is the 18,000 capacity Belgrade Fair Indoor Arena and tickets for the show will be going on sale on Wednesday 24th January.
Says Steve Harris "I'm pretty sure in saying that this will be the first time we've been to Belgrade for just over 20 years back on the Somewhere in Time tour so I'm sure many of our fans in Serbia will be very excited at the news that we're making this visit that some would say is long overdue! As we said a couple of years ago we would try and visit new places and cities where we haven't played for a long time when the opportunity to do so came up and this is just such an occasion. And we are very much looking forward to it"
For more information and links to where to buy tickets check the Iron Maiden official website shortly.
| Source: | ironmaiden.com |
| Band profile: | Iron Maiden |
| Event: | Iron Maiden |
Iron Maiden - Announce Show In Greece
Iron Maiden have confirmed that they will be playing a headline show in Athens on Sunday March 11th 2007 as part of a short run of dates in mid March which include Dubai Desert Rock Festival and two more shows soon to be announced on ironmaiden.com.
The venue is the 10,000 capacity Faliro Pavilion Indoor Arena in Athens and tickets for the show will be going on sale on Tuesday 16th January.
Says Bruce Dickinson 'Greece has always given us such great support and we understand that 'A Matter Of Life And Death' was the number one album for 4 weeks and we will of course be playing some songs from that album . We were sadly unable to arrange a date in the first part of the tour so we are all very pleased to be now able to play in Athens and we expect to bring with us the full staging we have been using so far on this tour . The Greek audiences are amongst the craziest anywhere and we look forward very much to playing the show. And so of course does Eddie'
For more information and links to where to buy tickets please check back here shortly or via the promoters website didimusic.gr
UPDATED on March 7, thanks to iaberis?:
Iron Maiden made the following announcement in their official website:
"Due to an overwhelming ticket demand for Iron Maiden's forthcoming show in Athens on the 11th March, promoters Didi Big Music have moved the concert to a larger venue - Hellinkikon Basketball Arena which has a capacity of 10,000."
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The venue is the 10,000 capacity Faliro Pavilion Indoor Arena in Athens and tickets for the show will be going on sale on Tuesday 16th January.
Says Bruce Dickinson 'Greece has always given us such great support and we understand that 'A Matter Of Life And Death' was the number one album for 4 weeks and we will of course be playing some songs from that album . We were sadly unable to arrange a date in the first part of the tour so we are all very pleased to be now able to play in Athens and we expect to bring with us the full staging we have been using so far on this tour . The Greek audiences are amongst the craziest anywhere and we look forward very much to playing the show. And so of course does Eddie'
For more information and links to where to buy tickets please check back here shortly or via the promoters website didimusic.gr
UPDATED on March 7, thanks to iaberis?:
Iron Maiden made the following announcement in their official website:
"Due to an overwhelming ticket demand for Iron Maiden's forthcoming show in Athens on the 11th March, promoters Didi Big Music have moved the concert to a larger venue - Hellinkikon Basketball Arena which has a capacity of 10,000."
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| Source: | ironmaiden.com |
| Band profile: | Iron Maiden |
| Event: | Iron Maiden |
Avantasia - Eric Singer Recorded Drums
As previously reported Tobias is working on another Avantasia album. Kiss' drummer Eric Singer is the drummer of Avantasia this time.
"We've recorded the drums in Hamburg at Vox-Klangstudio, where we recorded the drums of Edguy's Hellfire Club too. Great room, great equipment! Eric is a killer drummer and a cool guy to work with. It is really exciting to hear his interpretation of European style Metal. It definitely adds something fresh and unique to the sound, mainly because he's got a different approach to that kind of music. And although he doesn't do it with Alice Cooper, Kiss and SpongeBob Squarepants' solo band: There IS fast doublebass shit on Avantasia, and Eric did a great job!!! You'll hear it, it's fantastic. Go visit his website www.eric-singer.com and leave him a nice message!
Anyway, listening to the material so far I can really say that even though the new Avantasia will be a different conceptual story, the ambition remains the same: To create something epic and big! Or how Eric put it, Let's make some kewl music! No doubt, the spirit of Avantasia is there - in every note. Happy new year everybody and let's have a great and peaceful 2007. - Tobias"
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"We've recorded the drums in Hamburg at Vox-Klangstudio, where we recorded the drums of Edguy's Hellfire Club too. Great room, great equipment! Eric is a killer drummer and a cool guy to work with. It is really exciting to hear his interpretation of European style Metal. It definitely adds something fresh and unique to the sound, mainly because he's got a different approach to that kind of music. And although he doesn't do it with Alice Cooper, Kiss and SpongeBob Squarepants' solo band: There IS fast doublebass shit on Avantasia, and Eric did a great job!!! You'll hear it, it's fantastic. Go visit his website www.eric-singer.com and leave him a nice message!
Anyway, listening to the material so far I can really say that even though the new Avantasia will be a different conceptual story, the ambition remains the same: To create something epic and big! Or how Eric put it, Let's make some kewl music! No doubt, the spirit of Avantasia is there - in every note. Happy new year everybody and let's have a great and peaceful 2007. - Tobias"
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| Source: | tobiassammet.com |
| Band profile: | Avantasia |
Gaia Epicus - Vocalist Starts Own Record Label
"After having reviewed 6 offers for a new record deal there was only 2 that could have been interesting to proceed, but we didn't go with any of these offers. For some time Thomas have been thinking about the idea to start his own label, and now was the right time to try and do just that. So the new album will be released on his new label which is called Epicus Records.
Release date for the new Gaia album will be in the end of January or early February 2007. One more song from the new album can be heard at Epicus Records Myspace page (3 songs total)"
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Release date for the new Gaia album will be in the end of January or early February 2007. One more song from the new album can be heard at Epicus Records Myspace page (3 songs total)"
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| Source: | gaia-epicus.com |
| Band profile: | Gaia Epicus |
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