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PRIMAL FEAR: New Album Track Listing, Release Dates Revealed
22 Mar 2009
German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR will release their new album, "16.6", in Europe on May 22 and in the U.S. on June 7 via Frontiers Records.
The track listing is as follows: 01. Before The Devil Knows You're Dead 02. Riding The Eagle 03. Six Times Dead (16.6) 04. Black Rain 05. Under The Radar 06. 5.0 / Torn 07. Soar 08. Killbound 09. No Smoke Without Fire 10. Night After Night 11. Smith & Wesson 12. The Exorcist 13. Hands Of Time Limited edition bonus tracks: 14. Cry Havoc 15. Scream 16. Six Times Dead (16.6) (video) Japanese bonus track: 17. No Smoke With ... |
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OPETH Mainman Comments On Government-Sponsored Tour Of Norway
22 Mar 2009
On March 18, Swedish prog-metal giants OPETH completed an eight-date tour of Norway. The trek included stops in major cities Oslo and Bergen but also covers smaller towns like Volda and Sogndal. The tour was arranged by Rikskonsertene, a Norwegian state-sponsored organization that normally handles events featuring jazz, classical and folk artists.
Commented OPETH mainman Mikael Åkerfeldt: "We had a blast, did eight shows and all of them went well. Apparently, it was one of the most successful tours in the history of Rikskonsertene, which is saying quite a lot. "Oslo was amazing. We had IHSAHN [former EMPEROR frontman] come play with us and he was amazing! His first sho ... |
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DEVIN TOWNSEND To Return This Summer With 'Ki'
19 Mar 2009
Acclaimed Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, STEVE VAI, LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST HOUR, GWAR) will release "Ki", the first in a series of albums to be made available under the DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT moniker, sometime in the summer.
Devin Townsend recently answered several questions about the new project and the upcoming CD. Read on. Q: Who are the musicians in "Ki", where did you find them and what did they do before? Devin: "Ki" is the first of four albums in a series of albums under the moniker "DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT." Each album is essentially a different "band" (or collection of session musicians) playing my music. They were chose ... |
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Angra Returns!
19 Mar 2009
The five members of the reactivated Brazilian melodic metal band ANGRA recently spoke to Roadie Crew magazine's Tony Monteiro about their new lineup, what happened during their two-year hiatus and their plans for the future. This is the first and only complete interview the band will give for the time being to announce its return.
ANGRA will be Roadie Crew magazine's exclusive cover story for the April 2009 issue. The band's current lineup includes drummer Ricardo Confessori (SHAMAN), who returns to ANGRA following the departure of Aquiles Priester (HANGAR). ... |
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Former CELTIC FROST Mainman 'Deeply Intoxicated' By New TRIPTYKON Song
19 Mar 2009
Former CELTIC FROST frontman Tom Gabriel Fischer has issued the following update on his current TRIPTYKON project:
"Of course, my own opinion is biased, and of course I am not really entitled to rate the results of our own work. But it is difficult not to emerge from our sessions at TRIPTYKON's rehearsal bunker deeply intoxicated by the heaviness of the dark, overwhelming, and morbid miasma that is the riffs of 'The Prolonging'. Although the path towards completion is still significant, be it for this new song, its title and lyrics, or the album proper it will appear on, it all transpires as it should. It is as it has to be." TRIPTYKON's lineup also features Reed St. Ma ... |
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GOD DETHRONED: New Song Posted Online
19 Mar 2009
Dutch melodic death metal band GOD DETHRONED has posted a new song, "Under a Darkening Sky", on the group's MySpace page. The track comes off GOD DETHRONED's new album, "Passiondale", which will be released as a limited double digipack edition including a bonus CD. The double-digipack will feature stunning artwork and two discs: the regular album plus a live recording from 2005 featuring nine songs!
"Passiondale" track listing: 01. The Cross of Sacrifice 02. Under a Darkening Sky 03. No Man's Land 04. Poison Fog 05. Drowning in Mud 06. Passiondale 07. No Survivors 08. Behi ... |
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NADJA Cover SLAYER's 'Dead Skin Mask'; Free Download Available
17 Mar 2009
Canadian ambient/shoegaze/drone act NADJA has recorded a cover version of the SLAYER classic "Dead Skin Mask" from the legendary 1990 album "Seasons In The Abyss". The track, which is available for free download at this location, will be included on NADJA's forthcoming covers CD, "When I See The Sun Always Shines On TV", which is due out April 28 via The End Records.
NADJA — a duo from Toronto, Ontario featuring Aidan Baker and Leah Buckareff — creates what is often described as "ambient doom." The band's music combines elements of metal, shoegaze, ambient, post-rock , experimental, ... |
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WOLF: Entire New Album Available For Streaming
17 Mar 2009
"Ravenous", the new album from the Swedish heavy metal band WOLF, is available for streaming in its entirety at
MetalKult.
"Ravenous" will be released in North America on March 24 via Century Media Records. Out in Europe since late last month, the CD features a guest guitar solo by Hank Shermann (FORCE OF EVIL, MERCYFUL FATE) and guest vocals by Mark Boals (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, ROYAL HUNT). For the fierce and bloody artwork, the band once again decided to work with its longtime cover artist Thomas Holm (MERCYFUL FATE). "He has the ability to 'paint our music' and that's something we're no ... |
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SUSPERIA VOCALIST TO UNDERGO OPEN HEART SURGERY
16 Mar 2009
OSLO, NORWAY: SUSPERIA vocalist Athera (Pal Mathieson) remains under close observation at Akershus Universitetssykehus Hospital in Lørenskog, Norway following his heart attack last week. The singer has been diagnosed with a previously undetected genetic disorder that will require the replacement of three narrowed arteries and three heart valves. He will undergo a triple heart by-pass operation through open heart surgery on Monday March 16th 2009. Meanwhile the singer is being kept on heavy doses of medication to keep his blood thin and his heart rate down. Though in a serious, but stable condition, a highly spirited and medicated Athera speaking from his hospital bed sen ... |
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GORGOROTH TRADEMARK VERDICT REACHED
16 Mar 2009
Oslo City District Court has delivered a verdict on the main question in the GORGOROTH trademark case, which took place at the end of January 2009. The court has decided that King Ov Hell's trademark registration #243365 of the band name GORGOROTH is NOT valid and shall therefore be deleted. The court states that King ov Hell and Gaahl excluded themselves from the band GORGOROTH when they tried to fire Infernus in October 2007. The court further states that Infernus cannot be excluded from GORGOROTH, unless he himself decides to quit. Infernus is very pleased, but not surprised, by this verdict. The remaining issues concerning financial matters and such are yet ... |