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To quickly find what you're looking for use the box below. AMORPHIS - “House of Sleep” debuted at no. 1. "House Of Sleep" has entered the official Finnish single
charts at Nr. 1 (Week 2/2006). Click here to view the
chart. WOLF - Sign to
Century Media Records! Sweden's ‘working class’ heavy
metallers, WOLF, have inked a deal with Century Media Records. In their own
words: "WOLF is a hardworking Heavy metal band. Century Media records
is a hardworking heavy metal label. See the connection? We're very proud to
announce that we're releasing the next WOLF album on Century Media. We're
confident that we're getting the support we need and we're also confident that
the next WOLF album will eat you up and spit you out. Cheers to all supporters
of heavy metal, see ya down the pub." Century Media: "We are very
proud to have a new band in our artist roster that kicks ass in an old school
way without being old fashioned - because real METAL never dies! So let's howl
with the Wolves!" The band was formed 1995 by Niklas A
Olsson (vocals, lead guitar) and Mikael Goding (bass). Some demos later, in
1997, Daniel 'Dale' Bergkvist (drums) joined the band and completed the core
line-up that recorded the first three albums: "Wolf" (2000),
"Black Wings" (2002) & "Evil Star" (2004) – all of them
recorded & produced in the Abyss studio by Peter Taegtgren. In mid 2002
Johannes 'Axeman' Losbaeck filled in as a permanent second guitarist and
brought three years later his old Decameron/Seventh One buddy Tobias R.
Kjellgren into the band (who also played with the infamous Dissection and
helped out In Flames on the 2005 US tour). Dale was leaving the band due to
private reasons but he's still helping out behind the scenes. All of their albums got overwhelming
reviews from worldwide metal-media and the WOLF-pack destroyed stages at Sweden
Rock, Wacken, Gates Of Metal and last years Rock Hard Festival. They toured
with Edguy and Saxon, and they are ready to unleash their fourth album in mid
2006. Most likely the unholy mix of Iron Maiden meets Mercyful Fate meets super
sized balls will be recorded by Peter Taegtgren again. Expect nothing else than
blood, sweat and beers. Legendary
Grindcore act TERRORIZER signs with Century Media Records! In today’s extreme music scene only a
few bands deserve to be seen as "legendary" and Grindcore Pioneers
TERRORIZER certainly belong as one
of those groups. Having released their highly acclaimed and influential debut
album "World Downfall" in 1989 (via Earache Records), the band took
the scene by storm with an aggression that had been unheard of until then and
which consequently lead this underground outfit to become a cult institution
even after their quick disbanding, which saw the musicians on the album
concentrate on their future main bands: Pete Sandoval (drums) with Morbid Angel
and Jesse Pintado (guitars) with Napalm Death. The band’s popularity remained through
the years with plenty of newer acts citing inspiration from "World
Downfall". The massive amount of available bootleg-recordings and band
merchandise as well as rumours of a follow-up album kept TERRORIZER´s name well
alive throughout the years. Now, after what might seem like an
eternity of silence the band signed a world wide deal with Robert Kampf, owner
of Century Media. Original forming members Pete and Jesse have started working
on a new studio album, to be recorded early 2006 in Florida with producer Juan
"Punchy" Gonzalez (Morbid Angel, Unholy Ghost, Christian Death, Diet
of Worms etc.) for a summer 2006 release via the label. "After
long negotiations with several labels, it’s official: TERRORIZER and World Management are happy to
announce the new album will be on Century Media", comments the
band. Check out the following TERRORIZER sites
and stay tuned for more news to come soon! www.freewebs.com/terrorizergrindcore www.myspace.com/terrorizergrindcore LACUNA
COIL - Reveal The Details Of New Album "Karmacode" LACUNA
COIL are set to release to their latest full-length album, "KARMACODE",
on April 3rd 2006 on
Century Media Records. This highly anticipated follow-up to their acclaimed
commercial breakthrough album, "Comalies",
was co-produced by Waldemar Sorychta and LACUNA COIL in Germany and Italy’
while the album was both mixed by Ronald Prent (Rammstein, H.I.M., Iron Maiden)
and mastered by Darcy Proper (Steely Dan, Porcupine Tree, R.E.M.) at Galaxy
Studios in Belgium. Grammy Nominated design firm Asterik Studio (Trapt, Funeral
For A Friend, The Used) is handling the package design for "Karmacode". Says vocalist Cristina Scabbia, "I imagine it’s easy for everyone to
understand how truly excited we are for the world to hear the new material.
It’ll give everyone the chance to hear the growth that the band has experienced
over the past couple of years. I simply cannot wait to get out and play the new
songs live, there will definitely be a lot of energy coming from the stage next
year!" Guitarist Cristiano Migliore adds, "It’s taken a long time to put together
these songs and I can say they’re the best ones we’ve ever written! Working
with old friends as well as new ones has been incredibly exciting and we had the
chance to mix in one of the best studios in the world so, really, what else
could we ask for? I’m definitely sure our fans will love the music just as much
as they’ll love the artwork that Asterik has created for
"Karmacode"!" The track list for "Karmacode"
has been confirmed as follows: 1. Fragile 2. To The Edge 3. Our Truth
4. Within Me The video for the first single to be
taken from "Karmacode" - "Our Truth", due to be released on
Monday 6th March was shot in Los Angeles by Fort Awesome, a
brand-new directorial duo, whose individual directing credits include Queens of
the Stone Age, Linkin Park, Disturbed, Chevelle, Atreyu, Shadows Fall, and
more. "The experience of shooting
the video was a wonderful one, for sure" adds Cristina, "Both the band and the crew worked from
sunset to sunrise in the Hollywood Hills, remaining 100% focused and after all
was said and done we believe we pulled off a masterpiece of a video we’re sure
everyone’s going to love." Lacuna Coil will be in the UK for an
exclusive show on Sunday 5TH MARCH 2006 – The Forum in LONDON (tel: 020 7284 1001 - ticket
price £16.50). The band will be doing several press
days around the London show – the exact details will be announced shortly. ARCTURUS
NUMBER ONE We are pleased to inform you that ARCTURUS' "Sideshow Symphonies" album has been voted best album of the year 2005 by Spain's Friedhof Online Extreme Music Magazine! CARPATHIAN
FOREST Despite the festival organizers'
announcement to the contrary, Norwegian black metallers CARPATHIAN FOREST will
not perform at Poland's Metalmania 2006 festival. "The band never got any
requests to play this festival, and I am scheduled to tour in the U.S. with
GREEN CARNATION, starting 22nd of February and ending in early April. The touring
activities with CARPATHIAN FOREST will start in the middle of April and last
the rest of 2006", guitarist Tchort says. UPCOMING
CONCERTS AND TOURS ROTTING CHRIST : ·
14 Jan 06 Athens (GR) AN club ·
16 Jun 06 Bratislava (SK) Babylon club ·
17 Jun 06 Uherske Hradiste (CZ) Club Mir ·
06 May 06 Krefeld (DE) Kulturfabrik – Ultima Ratio 2 Festival DEFILED : ·
21 Jan 06 Hatsudai , Tokyo (JP) Wall MAYHEM : ·
29 Jan 06 Bangkok (TH) Hollywood Awards Hall ·
03 Feb 06 Taipei (TW) Huashan Arts District ·
04 Feb 06 Kuala Lumpur (MY) Backroom ·
05 Feb 06 Singapore (SG) The Pavillion ·
11 Feb 06 Jakarta (ID) Sentul Circuit KILL THE THRILL : ·
02 Feb 06 Bordeaux (FR) TBC (+ Binaire) ·
03 Feb 06 Montpellier (FR) TBC (+ Binaire) ·
04 Feb 06 Pau (FR) l'Ampli (+ Binaire) ·
09 Feb 06 La Rochelle (FR) La Casamance (+ Binaire) ·
10 Feb 06 Limoges (FR) Le Woodstock Boogie (+ Binaire) ·
10 Mar 06 Mulhouse (FR) Le Noumatrouff (+ Skull +Zatokrev+Dirge) DAGOBA : ·
10 Feb 06 Marseille (13) (FR) Espace Julien ·
18 Feb 06 Namur (BE) Namrock Festival ·
10 Mar 06 Saint-Etienne (42) (FR) Hall C. ·
11 Mar 06 Lille (59) (FR) MJC Saint André ·
17 Mar 06 Vesoul (70) (FR) Moulin de Poncey ·
18 Mar 06 Martigny (CH) Les Caves du Manoir ·
22 Mar 06 Toulouse (31) (FR) Havana Café ·
23 Mar 06 Bordeaux (33) (FR) Théâtre Barbey ·
25 Mar 06 Lyon (69) (FR) Ninkasi Kao ·
08 Apr 06 Avon (FR) Maison dans la vallée (+ The Old Dead Tree) ·
13 Apr 06 Paris (75) (FR) Nouveau Casino ·
24 Mai 06 Strasbourg (67) (FR) La Laiterie (+ The Old Dead Tree) FURIA : ·
25 Feb 06 Talange (57) (FR) MJC ·
03 Mar 06 Dijon (FR) La Vapeur (finale régionale pour les
Eurockéenes de Belfort) ·
10 Mar 06 Nyon (CH) Usine à Gaz – Parox Rock Festival THE OLD DEAD TREE :
·
31 Mar 06 Vosselaar (BE) Biebob (+ Penumbra) ·
01 Apr 06 Den Bosch (NL) W2 (+ Penumbra) ·
02 Apr 06 Utrecht (NL) Ekko (+ Penumbra) ·
08 Apr 06 Avon (FR) Maison dans la vallée (+ Dagoba) ·
07 Mai 06 Paris (FR) La Loco (+ Leaves' Eyes) ·
24 Mai 06 Strasbourg (FR) La Laiterie (+ Dagoba) PENUMBRA : ·
31 Mar 06 Vosselaar (BE) Biebob (+ The Old Dead Tree) ·
01 Apr 06 Den Bosch (NL) W2 (+ The Old Dead Tree) ·
02 Apr 06 Utrecht (NL) Ekko (+ The Old Dead Tree) TWELFTH GATE : ·
07-08 Apr 06 Chicago Heights, IL (USA) Mr. Kelley's Music Box WITCHERY
Song Available, Cover Art Posted WITCHERY’s first spell, "Plague
Rider," from their upcoming album Don’t
Fear The Reaper, has been posted here. Scheduled for
release 27th February 2006, the album was recorded at Berno Studios
(Amon Amarth, Dark Funeral) in 2004, with mixing duties entrusted to Tue Madsen
and his Antfarm Studios (The Haunted, Heaven Shall Burn). Chilling original artwork
by David Diaz (P.O.D.) has been posted here. The North
American release features an exclusive track, a cover version of Satanic
Slaughter’s classic "Legion Of Hades." Begun in 1997 when their cult band Satanic Slaughter splintered, WITCHERY started as guitarists Patrik Jensen (The Haunted) and Richard Corpse, vocalist Toxine, drummer Mique, and bassist Sharlee D'Angelo (Arch Enemy, Mercyful Fate). In 1998 they recorded their pioneering debut, Restless And Dead, released that year by Necropolis Records. The album was so extremely well-received that WITCHERY released the Witchburner mini-album later that year. The EP featured two original songs and four covers bearing
witness to the individual musicians’ influences. Not long after its release,
WITCHERY embarked on 1999’s infamous U.S. tour with Emperor and Borknagar.
Their second full-length album, Dead, Hot
And Ready, was unleashed soon thereafter, and a six-week early 2000
European tour followed. Symphony For The
Devil, the band’s 2001 release, was recorded at Berno Studio (Amon Amarth,
Dark Funeral) Malmö, Sweden with new skinsman, Martin "Axe" Axenrot
(Bloodbath). Look for great things forthcoming. CELTIC FROST join forces with
CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS Celtic Frost and Century Media are proud
to announce the signing of an international licensing agreement covering all
territories. The first release, scheduled for Spring
2006, is the band’s highly anticipated new project titled
"Monotheist", Celtic Frost's first album in 13 years. The album
features 11 songs all produced by the band with Peter Tägtgren
(Hypocrisy/Pain). Album track list: 1. Progeny 2. Ground 3. A Dying God Coming Into Human Flesh 4. Drown In Ashes 5. Os Abysmi Vel Daath 6. Obscured 7. Domain Of Decay 8. Ain Elohim Triptych: 9. Totengott 10. Synagoga Satanae 11. Winter (Requiem, Chapter Three:
Finale) The album will be released
simultaneously in all territories in three different configurations including a
limited-edition Digipak containing the bonus track "Temple Of
Depression" and a vinyl LP with another bonus title, "Incantation
Against You". "I am extremely excited to have such high profile legends
joining the Century Media Records repertoire" says Oliver Withöft,
Managing Director of Century Media Records. "Celtic Frost are a band that
has started an entire genre and left their influence on a decade of Rock Music.
Their new album is a historic comeback that will blow your brains out." Celtic Frost will support the release of "Monotheist" by
numerous live appearances in 2006. The band will play a full tour across North
America in September and October 2006, including Canadian dates. In Europe the
following festival shows are already confirmed: * Sweden Rock * Wacken Open Air, Germany * With Full Force, Germany * Hole In the Sky, Norway * Tuska, Finland More shows and festivals will be added
soon, and further information regarding the release date and the
"Monotheist" album itself will follow! Band website: www.celticfrost.com Label website: www.centurymedia.com GOD
FORBID CONFIRMED AS MAIN SUPPORT ON TRIVIUM’S UK TOUR We are extremely pleased to be able to
announce that New Jersey metallers GOD
FORBID have been confirmed as main support on Trivium’s highly anticipated
March UK tour, Bloodsimple will complete the line up. With God Forbid being the first band to
take Trivium out on tour in the US, you could say they are returning the favour
or just Trivium want to tour with the guys that know how to party, Dallas Coyle
sent this message whilst on the road with Anthrax in the US - "What's up
you sick motherfu*ks! Dallas here from God Forbid letting you know we're coming
back with our boys from Trivium. We're gonna kick your ass this time around
with a newer, improved set list. You better be ready because we're not letting
up this time around! It's gonna be a party. Big. Fu*kin. Party. You hear?! I
know you do. Bring your young 15 year old asses to the show" If you haven’t already caught God
Forbid’s incendiary live performance on previous tours, whether it was The
Haunted’s UK tour in November or with Machine Head or Shadows Fall, Killswitch
Engage & Chimaira then surely it’s about time – get along to one of the
following venues to catch what has to be the hottest tour of 2006 Thu 2nd Mar – Leeds
University Fri 3rd Mar – Dublin Ambassador Theatre Sat 4th Mar – Dublin Ambassador Theatre Sun 5th Mar – Belfast Ulster Hall Mon 6th Mar – Glasgow Academy Wed 8th Mar – Newcastle Academy Thu 9th Mar – Birmingham Academy Fri 10th Mar – Manchester Apollo Sat 11th Mar – Nottingham Rock City Sun 12th Mar – Stoke Victoria Hall Wed 15th Mar – London Astoria Thu 16th Mar – London AstoriaFri 17th Mar –
Cardiff University Sat 18th Mar – Exeter Grand Hall Mon 20th Mar – Southampton Guildhall Tue 21st Mar – Folkstone Leas Cliffe Hall Currently promoting their recently released acclaimed album ‘IV:
Constitution Of Treason’ on tour across the US with Anthrax, Sworn Enemy &
Manntis and will soon be releasing details of their stunning new video for the
track ‘Fallen Hero’ NEVERMORE:
support Disturbed on European tour! Century Media Tour news Great news from the NEVERMORE camp! The
band that has released one of 2005’s absolute metal highlights with "This
Godless Endeavor" has been chosen as support act for the modern metal/hard
rock outfit Disturbed on their European tour in March/April. Please scroll down
for the exact dates. NEVERMORE will use this chance to
continue promoting their latest, extremely successful release "This
Godless Endeavor" that ruled almost every soundcheck in all relevant metal
press on the globe upon release. Even chart success in various European
countries lauded the band’s astonishing opus and fortified the band’s status as
one of the most extraordinary metal acts active: Germany: chart entry
position #26, four weeks in the charts Italy: chart entry
position #51 Greece: international
album charts – position #15, five weeks in the charts Hungary: Top 40 -
position #22, International charts – position #6 Switzerland: first Century
Media band to ever enter the Swiss charts, position #63 Please, find below the dates of
NEVERMORE’s trip to Europe with Disturbed and don’t miss this chance to watch
the five guys from Seattle present their intense material! DISTURBED + NEVERMORE European Tour March-April 2006 UK SHOWS 25.03.2006 Glasgow (SCO) – Barrowlands 27.03.2006 Newcastle (UK) – Academy 28.03.2006 Birmingham (UK) – Academy 30.03.2006 Manchester (UK) – Academy 31.03.2006 Liverpool (UK) – Academy 02.04.2006 Nottingham (UK) – Rock City 03.04.2006 London (UK) – Astoria Prior to the tour with Disturbed, NEVERMORE will also be playing
this year’s Metal Mania festivals as follows: 02.03.2006 Budapest / Hungary – Petofi Csornok 03.03.2006 Zlin / Czech Republic – Hall Novesta Additionally, NEVERMORE are also already
confirmed for Sweden Rock and Wacken Festival appearances this Summer and you
can expect more European festivals to be added soon. Official band website: www.nevermore.tv AMORPHIS - 'House of Sleep' video online The
brand new AMORPHIS' video "House of Sleep", has been uploaded. Click here to watch the
video! The single, which recently entered the Finnish single chart at position
No. 1, comes off the new album, "Eclipse", due on February 17. ANTHRAX - Original line-up on tour! New
York Mosh-Kings ANTHRAX have announced the first details of their upcoming
European headlining tour, set to take place in April: NUCLEAR
BLAST is proud to announce the release parties for EDGUY, DEATHSTARS and IN
FLAMES in the following venues/cities: IN FLAMES - In-store appearances & video online Swedish
melodic death metal heroes IN FLAMES have scheduled the following in-store
appearances: Metal Blade Records sign PHOENIX MOURNING Metal
Blade Records has officially inked a worldwide deal with the Tampa, FL
screamo/metalcore act PHOENIX MOURNING. The band’s first release with Metal
Blade Records, “When Excuses Become Antiques”, will also mark the bands first
full length CD since forming in the summer of 2004. “When Excuses Become
Antiques” was recorded at Morrisound
Studios in Tampa, Florida with producer Tom Morris who has also
produced acts such as MORBID ANGEL, CANNIBAL CORPSE and SEVEN MARY THREE. "We
are absolutely honored to have signed to Metal Blade Records. A label we all
grew up admiring for their amazing roster year after year. It feels amazing to
now be in the family with such acts as AS I LAY DYING, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER
and hometown friends THE ABSENCE. We look forward to many, many years of
success with Metal Blade and the staff that makes this label so
remarkable." – PHOENIX MOURNING “We
are really excited to add PHOENIX MOURNING to the Metal Blade family. They
provide us with a new and fresh approach and something that we were really
looking for.” – Brian Slagel/Owner & CEO Metal Blade Records Inc. To
check out “Across Twenty-Six Winters” off of PHOENIX MOURNING’s upcoming
release “When Excuses Become Antiques” go HERE.
“When Excuses Become Antiques” will be in stores April 21st, 2006 (G/A/S) and
April, 24th, 2006 (rest of Europe). PHOENIX
MOURNING is: http://www.phoenixmourning.com/
FRAGMENTS
OF UNBECOMING announce tracklist for the new album Welcome you Fragmentorrists! We wish you a successful and perfect year 2006!!!
"Sterling Black Icon" is more well-rounded, more balanced, and closer to the goal of FRAGMENTS OF UNBECOMING, which is to write music that is original and straight-forward at the same time. We made the right decision
getting Sam as our new frontman/vocalist (and fifth member), because this
combination gives the music the necessary flair and variation. The songwriting
is much more compact now. Here
is the complete Tracklist: 01
Carmine Preface Of
course, we want to spread a big "THANK YOU" to all the fans and
friends that supported us in the past year. This year, we’ve got a new one!!!” “Sterling
Black Icon” will be released on March 24th, 2006 (G/A/S) and March
27th, 2006 (rest of Europe)! ANGEL
BLAKE Debut album completed! Former
THE CROWN guitarist Marko Tervonen has finished recording the self-titled debut
album of his new solo project ANGEL BLAKE. “Angel Blake” will be released by
Metal Blade Records on March 10th, 2006 (G/A/S) and March 13th, 2006 (rest of
Europe). Marko:
“THE ALBUM IS DONE!!!!!! Oh yeah!! And I must say I’m very happy with it! Expect the unexpected boyz and girls.” Here’s
the tracklist of “Angel Blake”: -The
Force All the instruments on the album are handled by Marko himself, unless mentioned otherwise. About the vocals the mainman has the following to say: “Unfortunately there's one thing I can’t do, and that is to sing. So my choice was to ‘rent in’ a guy who could deliver good vocals for my songs. One late night it hit me, I wanted Tony Jelencovich (ex. TRANSPORT LEAGUE) to do the vocals. I've known the man since years back. We've met during gigs and stuff,
so I contacted him, and he was into it!!! Great!! Tony has a very cool rock
voice with a lot of feel in it, and that just fits the music beautifully!! The
combination of his vocal style and the music creates an original and powerful
sound.” About
ANGEL BLAKE in general he states: “If THE CROWN was more about speed and
aggression, then ANGEL BLAKE is more about heavy melancholic songs with catchy
hooks. There's no blastbeats here. For a CROWN fan I would describe the sound
as somewhere along the lines of: “Dead Man's Song”, “Bow To None”, “In
Memoriam”, “World Below”, “Death By My Side”, “Vengeance”… the heavier side of
THE CROWN. And for someone who has never heard THE CROWN, I would describe it
as influenced and inspired by bands as METALLICA, PARADISE LOST, DANZIG,
SENTENCED, spiced up with some heavy MORBID ANGEL twists. And as mentioned
before, with "NORMAL" rock/metal vocals! It's definitely a unique
sound!! Love it or hate it, that's where my heart is right now.” Make
sure to check out the fully completed studio diary! Click here: http://web.comhem.se/u70711681/Diary.htm YOB calls it quits! “This is Mike from YOB. I regret to say that YOB is disbanding after almost 10 years of existence. The time we spent with YOB exceeded our wildest expectations and hopes and it has truly been a dream come true. Travis Foster and Isamu Sato left the band in July, and I have been trying to decide what to do for the last six months. YOB has had 3 other line-ups, but this one was the best. At the end of the day the best thing for YOB is to call it a day. I want to thank everyone who has been supportive to YOB over the years....labels, bands, fans, the venues, our families....without you none of this would have been possible. I
will be working on a new band called AGE that will very much be in the vein of
YOB, with some new twists. Until then, be well and stay HEAVY! ENDLESS DOOM!!!”
Mike/YOB BORN FROM PAIN Line-up
change! “Sadly
we announce that, in common agreement, BORN FROM PAIN and guitarist Stefan van
Neerven will go their seperate ways. Stefan's personal situation has forced
both the band and himself to reconsider his role in the band with, eventually,
the abovementioned outcome. Naturally, we wish him all the best for the future
and hope to keep him as close to the band as possible. Stefan's long-time
stand-in Dominik Stammen (Zero Mentality) will take up the role of steady
guitarist for BORN FROM PAIN as of now. Dominik as well as Stefan will play
their last shows for their current bands in February. BORN
FROM PAIN will be hitting Eastern Europe full-on at the beginning of April.
Everyone be sure to come out. We will be playing Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria and
Romania for sure, maybe more. Check the exact dates and details below. Stay
tuned for confirmations on a whole lists of fests for this year. Wacken Open
air is the first one! More to come!” Karl/BFP CELLADOR Update on debut
album! Nebraska-based
extreme power metallers CELLADOR have issued the following update regarding the
progress of the recording sessions for their debut album: “We are back in Omaha
after our three-week trip to Tampa, FL for the recording of our Metal Blade
debut album at Mana Studios under producer Erik Rutan, entitled ‘Enter
Deception’. We have laid down all the drums, bass, rhythm guitars, and about
50% of the lead guitars. We will be returning for vocals, leads, and the mixing
of the album in March.” SINCE THE FLOOD hard at
work on new album! Back
from their European tour supporting MADBALL, SINCE THE FLOOD's been working
hard (no, seriously) at writing their new full length CD and it's coming along
really well. The guys have five songs ready for the CD so far and they plan on
recording in the early spring time to get a CD out by June. That's the idea at
least… Metal Blade tour dates BORN FROM PAIN 20.01.
Dresden – Thrillbeats Club (Germany) 21.01.
Zossen – Energie Café (Germany) 22.01.
Zielona Gora – Roksana (Poland) 03.02.
Sulzbach-Rosenberg – Hängematte (Germany) 04.02.
Annaberg-Buchholz – Alte Brauerei (Germany) 09.02.
Colmar – Grillen (France) 10.02.
Dijon – La Vapeur (France) 11.02.
Lille – MJC de Saint André (France) 24.02.
Gütersloh – Bauteil @ Weberei (Germany) 25.02.
Lichtenvoorde – Punkpop (Netherlands) 04.03.
Aachen – Nightlife (Germany) 10.03.
Bremen – Tower (Germany) 11.03.
Enschede – Atak (Netherlands) 17.03.
Leer – JUZ (Germany) 18.03.
Helmond – Plato (Netherlands) 30.03.
Wien – Moviemento (Austria) 31.03.
Belgrad – t.b.a. (Serbia) 01.04.
Sofia – t.b.a. (Bulgaria) 02.04.
Varna – t.b.a. (Bulgaria) 03.04.
Bukarest – t.b.a. (Romania) 05.04.
Stuttgart – t.b.a. (Germany) 06.04.
Milano – Rainbow Club (Italy) 07.04.
Roma – Forte Prenestino (Italy) 08.04.
Torino – Soundfactory (Italy) 09.04.
Gleisdorf – Kulturkeller (Austria) 15.04.
Koblenz – Suppkultur (Germany) 21.04.
Eisenach – Bürgerhaus (Germany) 22.04.
Magdeburg – Sackfabrik (Germany) 27.04.
Essen – Turock (Germany) 28.04.
Bamberg – Laimbachtalhalle (Germany) 29.04.
Schleiden/ Gemünd – Walhalla (Germany) 30.04.
Lichtenstein – Disco Sucks Fest III (Germany) 06.05.
Niesky – Holz (Germany) 07.05.
Kontich – Lintfabriek (Belgium) 24.05.
Torhout – Club de B (Belgium) 17.06.
Lustenau – Metalliga Open Air (Austria) 28.07.
Urbach – Zabbaduschder Open Air (Germany) 04.-06.08.
Wacken – W.O.A. (Germany) info:
info@mad-tourbooking.de CATARACT 15.04.
Amiens – Killerfestival (France) 16.04.
Gent – Eastern Hardcore Party (Belgium) 10.06.
Sankt Leonhard am Forst – Devil Days Festival (Austria) 16.06.
Lustenau – Metalliga Open Air (Austria) info:
info@mad-tourbooking.de GOD DETHRONED 28.01.
Hoogeveen - Het Podium (Holland)* 16.02.
Eindhoven - Effenaar (Holland) 22.02.
Irun - Tunk (Spain) All
shows with NATRON except * MONSTROSITY “A TRIUMPH IN BLACK"
EUROPEAN TOUR With
Deeds of Flesh, Vile, Impaled 23.03.
Warsaw - Proxima (Poland) 24.03.
Berlin - K17 (Germany) 25.03.
Giebelstadt (near Wurzburg) - I-Park Klingholz (Germany) 26.03.
Rotterdam - Baroeg (Holland) 27.03.
Gent - The Frontline (Belgium) 28.03.
Manchester - Jilly's Rockworld (UK) 29.03.
Glasgow - Soundhaus (UK) 30.03.
Leeds - Josephs Well (UK) 31.03.
Birmingham - Edwards No8 (UK) 01.04.
London - Electrowerkz (UK) 02.04.
Brighton - Engine Room (UK) 03.04.
TBA (France) 04.04.
Mons - Auberge de Jeunesse (Belgium) 05.04.
Trier - Exhaus (Germany) 06.04.
Eindhoven - Effenar (Holland) 07.04.
Katwijk - aan Zee Scum (Holland) 08.04.
Essen - Turock (Germany) 09.04.
Lille - MJC Saint Andre (France) 10.04.
Paris - Locomotive (France) 11.04.
Toulouse - Havana (France) 12.04.
Barcelona - Mephisto (Spain) 13.04.
Madrid - Ritmo & Compas (Spain) 14.04.
Se villa - Salvation (Spain) 15.04.
Corroios (near Lisbone) - Cine-teatro (Portugal) 16.04.
Mangualde (near Viseu) - CC Santo Andre (Portugal) 17.04.
Vigo - La Iguana (Spain) 18.04.
Irun - Tunk (Spain) 19.04.
Marseille - TBA (France) 20.04.
Milano - Transilvania Live (Italy) 21.04.
Zurich - Dynamo (werk 21) (Switzerland) 22.04.
Graz - Orpheum (Austria) 23.04.
Prague – TBA (CZR) 24.04.
Wroclaw – TBA (Poland) NEAERA Recording Update Up-and-coming
German metal/hardcore outfit NEAERA are currently recording their second album
“Let The Tempest Come” in Denmark with mighty Jacob Hansen (FEAR MY THOUGHTS,
HATESPHERE, RAUNCHY, SOUL DEMISE, ILLDISPOSED…). The guys are very pleased the
way things are going and are currently laying down the bass and vocal tracks.
There also will be a bunch of well known guest vocalists featured on the
upcoming album! No names will be dropped by now - it’s gonna be a surprise! “Let
The Tempest Come” is set to be released on 7th April 2006 (G/A/S)
and 10th April 2006 (rest of Europe). NEAERA
on recording with Jacob Hansen: “Recording
our second album has been really great so far. Jacob is just a totally cool
person to work with and to have around you. The sound that he has managed to
create so far leaves us very optimistic about the final result of the process.
Jacob is a total perfectionist who motivates you to give nothing less than your
best. He really keeps pushing and pushing us to do even better. We are happy to
work with him.” Jacob
Hansen about the recording process: "The
guys have been exceptionally fast laying down their tracks. Well prepared and
just ready to rock! It's all been fun so far - I think we click in very well
and I think this album is gonna come out really strong. There's some serious
good riffin' in there... Now it's just up to me to make the best out of their
work." PRIMORDIAL tourdates Rock
Hard presents Primordial + Moonsorrow + Mourning Beloveth + t.b.a 07.04.06
Fri D Lichtenfels @ RAGNARÖK Festival 08.04.06
Sat NL Arnhem @ Goudvishal 09.04.06
Sun NL Eindhoven @ Dynamo Club 10.04.06
Mon D Hamburg @ Fundbureau 11.04.06
Tue D Berlin @ Kato 12.04.06
Wed D München @ Titanic City 13.04.06
Thu D Bad Salzungen @ Kallewerk 14.04.06
Fri B Vosselaar @ Biebob 15.04.06
Sat D Osnabrück / Georgsmarienhütte @ Tor 3 16.04.06
Sun D Leipzig @ Hellraiser booking/info:
http://www.dragon-productions.com FALCONER begins work on new record! The first rehearsal with the complete line up took place some
weeks ago, and I can tell you that it sounded awesome to finally hear the
result. Mathias brought that extra spice to the songs as usual. All songs for
the upcoming album are written into every detail, it feels quite good to for
once be this well-prepared and hopefully that can result in some spare time in
the end instead of cutting out ideas. The new material is more folkish but still feels fresh, like a
natural progression from the 2 first albums. We will enter the studio in
February to record all instruments, then carry on with the vocals and mix in
the summer. On one hand it feels hard to wait that long to finalize it, on the
other hand it might be good to sit back and clear your head and then return
with charged batteries again. The first edition of the album will contain about 4 bonus tracks,
traditional Folk songs!! I would estimate the release date to be in Sep/Oct
‘06. THE RED CHORD changing of the guard... err… drummer? Oh no, not again! Just when you thought The Red Chord was going to
keep a stable line-up, it appears there's been another drummer change.
According to Blabbermouth, Lambgoat and all sorts of other reliable sources,
the group has enlisted Kevin Talley (ex-Chimaira, Misery Index) to sit behind
the kit during their upcoming tour with Throwdown & The Black Dahlia
Murder. Members of the group said, "We're all very excited to perform
with Kevin. We've known him for a long time and it's about time we wound up
jamming together. We're excited to see how it all goes." There has been no official word as to Talley's status with the
group. In the meantime, the group has requested that drummers interested in
trying out for the permanent position must send a video tape with the
following: Video tape yourself performing the tracks Nihilist, Dreaming in
Dog Years, Fixation on Plastics & Black Santa. We are looking for the songs
to be played as close to exact as possible. The video must be taken in a way
that both your hands and feet are visible. If you can't see both in the video,
just run through the songs twice. Once with the camera pointed at your feet and
once at your hands. We have a soft spot for drummers that beat the crap out of
their kit, so if you're a tapper, drink your milk and man it up! Applicants must be willing to tour for upwards of 300 shows each
year. You must also have a valid US passport, your own gear and a willingness
to get to Mass & potentially relocate to the Mass/NH area if need be. If
you have substance abuse problems, don't bother applying. If you have a rock
star attitude, don't bother applying. If you are looking to go on the road, be
respectful and have a good time and you happen to have exceptional drum
abilities, we want to meet you! If we like what we see, WE will get a hold of YOU, so include all
of your contact info including phone number & e-mail. We're looking forward to seeing everyone in the upcoming months on
our tour with Throwdown. See you soon. CELLADOR reveals album title! We
are back in Omaha after our 3 week trip to Tampa, FL
for the recording of our Metal Blade debut album at MANA Studios under producer
Erik Rutan, entitled ENTER DECEPTION.
We have laid down all the drums, bass, rhythm guitars, and about 50% of the
lead guitars. We will be returning for vocals, leads, and the mixing of the
album in March. The recording process and the resulting product we have heard so
far has us nothing short of ECSTATICALLY OPTIMISTIC. I can assure you that this
first CELLADOR release will not have your typical European power metal
production. Expect to hear rampant and destructive sounding blasts, insanely
heavy guitars, over the top shredding, and overbearing amounts of catchiness. ENTER DECEPTION will be 8 tracks long and the Japanese
release will include one bonus track. The release is tentatively set for late
spring 2006. Artwork is being done by JP Fournier, a French artist who we have
been a fan of for a long time. You can check out some stuff he has done at his
website, which is http://www.jp-fournier.com. An update on the art will up
within the next 2 weeks. Also in the meantime expect to see CELLADOR play several scattered
shows over the next 2 months, so far including dates with SONATA ARCTICA,
AGENTS OF MAN, THE RED CHORD, and THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER. A couple new songs
will be debuted at these shows. BORN FROM PAIN 20.01. Dresden – Thrillbeats Club (Germany) 21.01. Zossen – Energie Café (Germany) 22.01. Zielona Gora – Roksana (Poland) 03.02. Sulzbach-Rosenberg – Hängematte (Germany) 04.02. Annaberg-Buchholz – Alte Brauerei (Germany) 09.02. Colmar – Grillen (France) 10.02. Dijon – La Vapeur (France) 11.02. Lille – MJC de Saint André (France) 24.02. Gütersloh – Bauteil @ Weberei (Germany) + ZERO MENTALITY 25.02. Lichtenvoorde – Punkpop (Netherlands) 10.03. Bremen – Tower (Germany) 11.03. Enschede – Atak (Netherlands) +
THE SETUP 17.03. Leer – JUZ (Germany) +
MAINTAIN 18.03. Helmond – Plato (Netherlands) 30.03. Wien – Movimento (Austria) NEW! 31.03. Belgrad – Dom Omladine (Serbia) NEW! 01.04. Sofia – Sredetz (Bulgaria) NEW! 02.04. Varna – Area 51 (Bulgaria) NEW! 03.04. Bukarest – Underworld (Romania) NEW! 05.04. Stuttgart – t.b.a. (Germany) 06.04. Milano – Rainbow Club (Italy) 07.04. Roma – Forte Prenestino (Italy) 08.04. Torino – Soundfactory (Italy) 09.04. Gleisdorf – Kulturkeller (Austria) 15.04. Koblenz – Suppkultur (Germany) 21.04. Eisenach – Bürgerhaus (Germany) 22.04. Magdeburg – Sackfabrik (Germany) 27.04. Essen – Turock (Germany) + THE
SETUP 28.04. Bamberg – Laimbachtalhalle (Germany) 29.04. Meerhout – Groezrock Festival (Belgium) NEW! 30.04. Lichtenstein – Disco Sucks Fest III (Germany) 05.05. Lottum – OJC Canix (Netherlands) NEW! 06.05. Niesky – Holz (Germany) +
MISCONDUCT 07.05. Kontich – Lintfabriek (Belgium) 12.05. Schleiden/ Gemünd – Walhalla (Germany) NEW! 13.05. Hameln – Regenbogen Joch`n`Roll Fest (Germany) NEW! 27.05. Torhout – Club de B (Belgium) +
LIAR NEW! 17.06. Lustenau – Metalliga Open Air (Austria) + CATARACT 30.06. Roitzschjora – With Full Force Open Air (Germany) NEW! 28.07. Urbach – Zabbaduschder Open Air (Germany) 04.-06.08. Wacken – W.O.A. (Germany) 05.08. Leisnig – Sucks`n Summer Festival (Germany) NEW! 26.08. Grainichen – Open Air Festival (Germany) NEW! info: info@mad-tourbooking.de CALLENISH
CIRCLE Friday 10.03.2006 : Sala Musicalia in Alacant / Valencia (SPA) Saturday 11.03.2006 : Sala Vietnam in Riudarenes – Girona /
Barcelona (SPA) Saturday 18.03.2006 : MJ Rouge Brique in Lodelinsart (B) Sunday 19.03.2006 : The Factory in Liege (B) Saturday 08.04.2006 : Magasin 4 in Brussels (B) Saturday 10.06.2006 : Devil Days Festival (AUS) Info: www.callenish-circle.com POWERWOLF 21./22.07.2006 Moosenmättle Open Air, bei Kirnach (D) info: www.powerwolf.net THE OCEAN 27.01. Oberhausen Zentrum Altenberg w/Tephra IHSAHN - THE COUNTDOWN HAS BEGUN The Adversary will be released April 10th 2006 co - operatively by
Mnemosyne Productions and Candlelight Records worldwide. THE ADVERSARY
Track Listing: Invocation Called by the fire Citizen Homecoming Astera ton proinon Panem et circenses And he shall walk in empty places Will you love me now? The pain is still mine All music and lyrics for The Adversary have been written
and performed by Ihsahn with exception of drums, performed by Asgeir Mickelson
(Borknagar, Spiral Architect). "The music is a continuation of my work
within the metal genre," says Ihsahn. "It incorporates influential
elements from all periods / stages of my background since I first picked up the
guitar 20 years ago. Powerful, epic, extreme and straight from the heart." Ihsahn is most noted as vocalist / guitarist of Emperor. Since
1991 Emperor's recordings have sold hundreds of thousands copies worldwide. Their impact on extreme music ranks makes them one of the genre's
most influential black metal bands of all time. Information European media outlets contact Darren Toms (d.toms@plastichead.com) Germany media outlets contact Wolf Mühlmann / Sure Shot Worx wolf.muehlmann@t-online.de
French media outlets contact Phil Marsaud Innovative-promotion phil@innovative-promotion.net
US media outlets contact Paula Hogan (paula@candlelightrecordsusa.com) or Dave Brenner (beer@candlelightrecordsusa.com); Official sites for Ihsahn include: www.mnemosyne.no, www.emperorhorde.com and www.candlelightrecordsusa.com VOIVOD - Signs with Nuclear Blast records NUCLEAR
BLAST is very proud to announce that legendary metal band VOIVOD has signed for
Europe! VOIVOD being a legendary metal monster carries on the tradition of
moving metal forward into new dimensions! The Canadian band remains to be one
of the most innovative bands in today’s metal genre and many releases where
ahead – of – its time ! KNORKATOR - Wacken Open Air roadshow-tourdates announced Germany’s
most band of the world”, the ultimate boygroup KNORKATOR will be embarking on
the Wacken Open Air Roadshow (feat. also ENSIFERUM, ORPHANED LAND, SPELLBOUND,
and NOISE FORREST) set to take place in April / May 2006. The entire itinerary
is now shaping up as follows: GOREFEST - Audio interviews online Two
audio interviews with GOREFEST frontman JC de Koeijer are now online. Finland's AMORPHIS have been confirmed for the Neckbreaker's
Ball 2006 European tour, which is scheduled to take place in April.
Confirmed dates are as follows: DIMMU BORGIR - 'Death Cult Armageddon' surpasses 100,000 Norwegian symphonic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR recently became
the first band on the Nuclear Blast USA roster to sell more than 100,000 copies
of a full-length album with their "Death Cult Armageddon" release,
according to sales figures provided by Nielsen SoundScan. ANTHRAX - Past, present & future ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian has issued the following update regarding
the band's recently completed U.S. tour and upcoming European trek: Somehow Chicago was
even better, Minneapolis was ridiculous, and Los Angeles of all places topped
them all! The L.A. show was crazy. I haven't seen a mosh-pit like that since L.A.
1987. Unbelievable. The crowds were a great mix of new and old fans. There were
so many kids at the shows and they are dressing like I did in 1986 with tight
jeans and big hi-top sneakers. Is that fashion coming back? I hope so!!!! I know that people were skeptical of this reunion and some still are. I challenge you to come see us and then see what you think. People shouldn’t judge or speculate about something they have not had any experience with. And as far as the future goes,
we will be able to tell you all about that very soon. . . I can only imagine
how great [the upcoming European tour] will be. The gauntlet has been thrown
Europe. You better represent!!!!" I am
bummed we are not coming to Ireland. The shows have been great and I wanted to
see the Phil Lynott statue outside the Bruxelles and have a pint. We asked
about a show there but it comes down to the promoters, hall availabilities, and
the routing. Three weeks doesn't give us any room to breathe. That's why we
can't make Poland. Next time on a full tour for sure." OMNIUM GATHERUM - Five-song pre-production finished Finnish melodic death metallers OMNIUM GATHERUM have finished
recording a demo at Woodbine Garden studio in Pyhtää, Finland. The tracks laid
down during the session are as follows. EDGUY - „Rocket Ride“ enters charts! EDGUYs brand new masterpiece "Rocket Ride" has entered
the official Swedish and Finnish Charts on position # 8 (Sweden) and at number
25 (Finland). Congratulations! DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER - Single details revealed Germany´s DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER have revealed first details
of their forthcoming EP. 'Friede sei mit Dir' is scheduled for a May 26th, 2006
release and will appear as EP and DVD. COMMUNIC - Welcome new member Norwegian
news from COMMUNIC guitarist & vocalist Oddleif Stensland: And while we are talking family, Erik
[Mortensen, bassist] and Laura got married in the end of 2005, so
congratulations goes out to them as well!! NEAERA
live-update Latest tour dates: 10.03. Bergkamen-Oberaden, Yellowstone 20.05.
Brandenburg, HdO (+ Six Reasons To Kill) Armored Saint + God
Dethroned tourdates ARMORED SAINT live @ BANG YOUR HEAD FESTIVAL! Good news for all the serious headbangers among you: The legendary
ARMORED SAINT will march to BANG YOUR HEAD FESTIVAL in Balingen next summer to
conquer the festival with their rough Metal material, that gained them - due to
the undeserved lack of the real commercial breakthrough - the reputation of
being one of the most underrated acts around. Anyone who has seen these guys
live on stage surely knows what we're talking about. Expect some severe nodding
to the old school! BANG YOUR HEAD - June 23/24 2006 Balingen, Germany GOD DETHRONED livedates! 28-01-2006 Het Podium in Hoogeveen, Holland* 16-02-2006 Effenaar in
Eindhoven, Holland 22-02-2006 Tunk in Irun,
Spain All shows w/ Natron except * NIGHTWISH - Tuomas about next album NIGHTWISH keyboardist/mainman Holopainen has posted the following
message on the band's official web site: I was very impressed. It made me feel nostalgic,
happy, shamed and sad at the same time. This book is written by Mr. Mape
Ollila, and it's being finished as we speak. The Finnish version of the book
will be released in May. Also the live DVD, 'End of an Era', will be released
later this year but we have no information about the exact release date yet. With NIGHTWISH we will start rehearsing the new stuff in June, entering
the studio in September. Again we will write a diary through this site so you
guys know what's happening while in the studio. New NIGHTWISH homepage will
also see daylight soon. EDGUY - enter German Charts at pos # 8 German melodic metallers EDGUY have entered the German Media
Control charts on Position #8 !!! Amazing! Congratulations! AMORPHIS - Festival appearance & Album of the Month AMORPHIS are among the confirmed bands for this year's With Full
Force Festival, set to take place June 30 – July 2 at Flugplatz Roitzschjora in
Löbnitz, Germany. THUNDERSTONE - more tour dates Finnish melodic power metallers THUNDERSTONE have lined up the
following dates during the coming months:
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