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Carl-Michael Eide is recovering.
14 Apr 2005
AURA NOIR bassist/vocalist Ole Jørgen Moe (a.k.a. Apollyon) has issued the following update on the condition of AURA NOIR guitarist Carl-Michael "Aggressor" Eide (INFERNÖ, VIRUS, VED BUENS ENDE, ex-CADAVER, ex-DHG), who fell from (or jumped off, depending on whose story you believe) a five-story building in Oslo, Norway on March 26: "Carl Michael's condition is constantly improving. He's waking up these days but it's a long and delicate process that most probably is beyond painful for him, both physically and mentally. Like ourselves, he doesn't have any idea of what really happened. Doctors are of course very modest when asked about his future. Then again they're honest, so personally I consider it good news when they haven't said anything for a long time. I think they would have told us by now if they knew of anything specific that is impossible to train back to decent shape. "His family appreciates all of the support."
Topic: Band News
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LOST HORIZON Launch Vocalist Search
13 Apr 2005
Swedish melodic metallers LOST HORIZON are looking
for a session singer, or stand-in singer, to perform with the group at
festivals around Europe this year. "Even though it would make things
easier, it is not necessary that the applicant lives around Gothenburg,
or even in Sweden. Europe is close enough!" the band write on their web
site.
Interested singers can apply by submitting a recording of themselves singing over an instrumental version of a LOST HORIZON song. For more information, visit www.oncelosthorizon.com. LOST HORIZON vocalist Daniel Heiman and gu ... |
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BIOHAZARD: New Album Details Revealed
13 Apr 2005
SPV Records has set an August 30 U.S. release date (one day earlier internationally) for the new BIOHAZARD album, "Means to an End". The complete track listing for the CD is as follows:
01. My Life, My Way 02. The Fire Burns Inside 03. Killing To Be Free 04. Filled With Hate 05. Devotion 06. Break It Away From Me 07. Kings Never Die 08. Don't Stand Alone 09. To The Grave 10. Set Me Free BIOHAZARD guitarist Billy Graziadei had previously told BLABBERMOUTH.NET that the new material will feature a return to "the 'Urban Discipline'/'State of the World Address'-style of BIOHAZARD... I went back to the traditional tunings of BIOHAZARD and challenged myself to pull the heaviness out of the riffs and not the low tuning of A, like our last album ('Kill or be Killed')," he said.
Topic: Band News
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NEVERMORE Complete Recording Process For 'This Godless Endeavor'
13 Apr 2005
The Seattle-based quintet NEVERMORE recently completed the recording process for their highly anticipated new album, "This Godless Endeavor", at Backstage Studios in England with legendary producer Andy Sneap (ARCH ENEMY, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, OPETH).
The highly anticipated new offering is currently set for a summer
release. This will mark the group’s first recording with guitarist Steve Smyth (ex-TESTAMENT).
NEVERMORE will embark on massive six-week summer festival tour, dubbed the Gigantour, alongside MEGADETH, DREAM THEATER, FEAR FACTORY and THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN in late J ... |
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Pyramaze announce new album title
12 Apr 2005
Pyramaze have announced that the followup to Melancholy Beast will be titled Legend of the Bone Carver. This will be a full fledged concept album and the artwork is being done by Mattias Noren. More details will be revealed at a later date. In related news you can check out updates on the recording of Legend of the Bone Carver through the official forum at UltimateMetal.com.
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MARDUK Drummer's Arm 'Healing Well'
10 Apr 2005
According to a statement from MARDUK's management, the group's drummer Emil Dragutinovic's
arm is healing well after it was broken in a fight back in February.
The band plan to be back touring torwards the end of the summer. MARDUK are currently putting the finishing touches on the videos for the songs "Throne of Rats" and "The Hangman of Prague".
As previously reported, Dragutinovic had his arm broken while he was trying to protect himself from a swinging bat during a fight with several men on February 12. MARDUK's ninth full-length album, "Plague Angel", was released in the U.S. last month. The album was issued in Europe in late November via Blooddawn/Regain Records.
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Pyramaze Studio Report
05 Apr 2005
Hello Metalreviews readers! Well here is the first Metalreviews exclusive studio report from the Pyramaze camp. We have been holed up in the studio now for 5 days, and this has been enough to get Morten’s drums and Niels’ bass done so far. It has been a long and tedious journey so far, yet we still have 11 days of recording left to do. Michael started his guitars yesterday, and I can already tell that this album will completely crush you all! I can promise you that this will surpass all your expectations ten fold, on every possible level. For pictures and a video clips of the action you can just go to our official forum at www.ultimatemetal.com [click on the link below the article]. I can’t wait to get started on the keyboards, but in the mean time, it is a spiritual experience to listen to my fellow Pyramaze brothers do what they do best…. May liquid metal flow through your veins- jonah
Topic: Band News
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VELVET CACOON call it quits.
05 Apr 2005
Taken from the official VELVET CACOON webpage, hosted by Blazing Productions (http://www.blazing.ws/ -> Legions -> VELVET CACOON): Dear cosmonauts & sybarites, There comes a time when one needs to take a bow, draw the curtains and call it a night. So now is the case with VELVET CACOON. Our desires have been fulfilled and there is nothing more left to say. Members of the band will continue to separately pursue other avenues of art, literature and music but VELVET CACOON and what it stood for has been put to sleep. We endlessly thank our half brothers at Full Moon Productions and we can only hope that the "December Star Embassy" trilogy, our masterwork, will continue to serve that strange ardor within all who feed on the serenity of solitude. May your bellies ripen. Goodnight, goodbye, sleep well. Summer awaits. -LVG
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Carl-Michael "Aggressor" Eide Update
05 Apr 2005
AURA NOIR bassist/vocalist Ole Jørgen Moe (a.k.a. Apollyon) has issued the following update on the condition of AURA NOIR guitarist Carl-Michael "Aggressor" Eide (INFERNÖ, VIRUS, VED BUENS ENDE, ex-CADAVER, ex-DHG), who fell from (or jumped off, depending on whose story you believe) a five-story building in Oslo, Norway on March 26: "Aggressor is still being kept unconscious after his leap from fourth floor last Saturday. He's made it through two major surgeries lasting close to 20 hours each. Doctors are still not certain whether he will be paralyzed from the waist down or not. They were threatening to amputate his legs last night, but having had a closer look today they deci ... |
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Thomen Stauch leaves Blind Guardian
03 Apr 2005
German power metallers Blind Guardian have parted ways with longtime drummer Thomen Stauch. Frontman Hansi Kürsch's official statement on the matter reads as follows: "No news is good news. This obviously is bad news. After walking along the same musical paths for about 20 years and after several long, open and honest discussions between the four band members, we have all (including Thomen) come to the same conclusion that it is now best for Thomen to leave the band. "Since we developed different musical and personal directions for quite a while now, it turned out to be more and more difficult to find acceptable and suitable solutions for everyone in the band. ... |