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Nonpoint set to release new album April 27th 6/Feb/2010 |
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SLAYER, MEGADETH, TESTAMENT Announce New Dates For ‘American Carnage’ Tour 1/Feb/2010 |
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BENEATH To Release ‘Hollow Empty Void’ EP In February 31/Jan/2010 |
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WITHIN TEMPTATION Singer To Guest On New OOMPH! Greatest-Hits Collection 31/Jan/2010 |
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APOSTASY: Four New Songs Available For Streaming 31/Jan/2010 |
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SEVENDUST To Release New Song Next Week 31/Jan/2010 |
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OLDE WOLBERS: Why Can’t We All Sit Down And Figure Out A Way To Do Another FEAR FACTORY Record? 31/Jan/2010 |
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ALICE IN CHAINS Bassist Interviewed At NAMM; Video Available 31/Jan/2010 |
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NECRODEATH’s Cover Of SLAYER’s ‘Black Magic’ Available For Streaming 31/Jan/2010 |
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MASTODON: New Video Interview Available 31/Jan/2010 |
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MEGADETH’s DAVE MUSTAINE Checks In From ‘Rust In Peace’ Tour Rehearsals 31/Jan/2010 |
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METALLICA: Video Interview, Pro-Shot Footage Of Buenos Aires Concert Available 31/Jan/2010 |
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MY RUIN: More Video Footage From The Studio Posted Online 31/Jan/2010 |
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NEW: Facebook style chat comes to ATLmetal.com! With MUCH more options! 31/Jan/2010 |
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LEVIATHAN: Live CD/DVD Details Revealed 30/Jan/2010 |
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IN FLAMES, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, SONIC SYNDICATE Honored At BANDIT ROCK AWARDS 30/Jan/2010 |
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APOCALYPTICA Recording New Album 30/Jan/2010 |
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LAMB OF GOD Drummer: ‘The World Isn’t Getting Any Easier To Live In’ 30/Jan/2010 |
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MASTODON Drummer: ‘We’re Definitely Interested In Progressing Our Sound’ 30/Jan/2010 |
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I SHALT BECOME Working On New Album 30/Jan/2010 |
Nonpoint set to release new album April 27th
Nonpoint has announced that “Miracle” will be the title to their new album which is set for release on April 27th through Nonpoint’s own record label 954 Records. The album was produced by Chad Gray and Greg Tribbett of Mudvayne/HELLYEAH.
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SLAYER, MEGADETH, TESTAMENT Announce New Dates For ‘American Carnage’ Tour
SLAYER and MEGADETH are thrilled to announce the new, confirmed routing for the “American Carnage” North American Tour, which will commence with the rescheduled “Canadian Carnage East” dates in Quebec City on Friday, July 23. SLAYER will then head to Europe for a run of festival dates, returning to kick off the “American Carnage” leg in Albany, NY on August 11.
“American Carnage” will play 26 dates across the United States and Eastern Canada up to the Labor Day weekend, ending in Portland, Oregon on September 4. TESTAMENT will be special guest on all shows. Tickets purchased for the “American Carnage” shows when they first went on sale late last year will be honored for these rescheduled dates.
Due to venue availability and other conflicts, the shows originally scheduled in El Paso, Houston, Nashville, Duluth, and Louisville cannot be rescheduled at this time, and ticket holders may obtain refunds at point of purchase. However, new cities have been added to the “American Carnage” itinerary, with dates now scheduled in Cleveland, Kansas City, San Diego, and Sacramento. The confirmed, complete itinerary is below.
The “American Carnage” tour, originally scheduled to take place in January and February, had to be put on hold due to SLAYER’s vocalist/bassist Tom Araya’s ongoing, minimally-invasive treatments for what was diagnosed as a cervical radiculopathy, an occupational hazard for the rocker who is known for aggressively swinging his long mane of hair while performing. Right after the first of the year, Araya made the difficult decision to undergo a surgical procedure, called an anterior cervical discectomy with fusion, a relatively routine practice with an excellent recovery rate. That surgery took place early last week.
“The doctors said that Tom’s surgery went very smoothly and was a resounding success,” said Rick Sales, longtime SLAYER manager. “He’s home now, doing really well, and he said the numbness in his fingers had already diminished considerably.”
Shortly after the surgery, SLAYER’s Kerry King received a text fromTom: “Awake and feeling good, actually whatever he did, it feels better.”
The “American Carnage” tour will mark the first time that SLAYER,MEGADETH and TESTAMENT will have toured the U.S. together since 1991’s epic “Clash of the Titans” tour, making this truly a “must-see” event.
SLAYER recently announced the rescheduling of its headline tour in Europe, and MEGADETH and TESTAMENT are currently on tour together playing U.S. cities that will not be on the “American Carnage” itinerary.
“American Carnage” North American tour dates:
Jul. 23 – Pavillon de la Jeunesse, Quebec City, QC CANADA
Jul. 24 – Heavy MTL, Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montreal, QC CANADA
Jul. 26 – Metro Centre, Halifax, NS CANADA
Jul. 27 – Moncton Coliseum, Moncton, NB CANADA
Jul. 29 – Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto, ONT CANADA
Jul. 30 – John Labatt Centre Center, London, ONT CANADA
Aug. 11 – Glens Falls Civic Center, Glens Falls, NY
Aug. 12 – Izod Center, East Rutherford, NJ
Aug. 14 – Tsongas Arena, Boston, MA
Aug. 15 – Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden, NJ
Aug. 16 – Chevrolet Theatre, Wallingford, CT
Aug. 18 – Tower City Amphitheatre, Cleveland, OH
Aug. 19 – Joe Louis Arena, Detroit,MI
Aug. 20 – UIC Pavillon, Chicago, IL
Aug. 21 – Roy Wilkins Auditorium, Minneapolis, MN
Aug. 23 – Cap Fed Park @Sandstone, Kansas City, KS
Aug. 25 – Magness Arena, Denver, CO
Aug. 26 – Tingley Coliseum, Albuquerque, NM
Aug. 27 – Dodge Theatre, Phoenix, AZ
Aug. 29 – Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre, San Diego, CA
Aug. 30 – Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA
Aug. 31 – Cow Palace, San Francisco, CA
Sep. 01 – Arco Arena, Sacramento, CA
Sep. 03 – Wamu Theatre, Seattle, WA
Sep. 04 – Washington County Fairgrounds, Portland, OR
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BENEATH To Release ‘Hollow Empty Void’ EP In February
Icelandic death metallers BENEATH will release their debut EP, “Hollow Empty Void”, on February 13 via Mordbrann Musikk. The CD was recorded, mixed and mastered by guitarist Johann Ingi Sigurdsson atFossland Studio in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland.
According to a press release, “Hollow Empty Void” paints a picture of apocalypse and decay through four hard hitting death metal slabs with a technical edge. Included on the CD are two bonus live tracks, showcasing the live talents of the group. Certain to appeal to fans of luminaries such as BEHEMOTH, HATE ETERNAL, PSYCROPTIC, NILE andDECAPITATED, BENEATH is poised to conquer far beyond their homeland.
“Hollow Empty Void” track listing:
01. Oblivious
02. Shadows Of Old
03. Wartorn
04. Rebirth
05. Rebirth (live)
06. Shadows Of Old (live)
BENEATH is:
Gisli Sigmundsson – Vocals
Johann Ingi Sigurdsson – Guitar
Unnar Sigurdsson – Guitar
Gisli Runar Gudmundsson – Bass
Ragnar Sverrisson – Drums
For more information, visit www.beneathmetal.com.
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WITHIN TEMPTATION Singer To Guest On New OOMPH! Greatest-Hits Collection
German industrial rockers OOMPH! will release their first greatest-hits collection with English lyrics at the end of February. The compilation, titled “Truth or Dare”, will contain re-recordings of some of the band’s most famous songs. One of these tracks is “Land Ahead” (original title“Land in Sicht”), which will feature Sharon den Adel (WITHIN TEMPTATION) singing a duet with OOMPH! frontman Dero. The song is expected to be released as a single as well.
“Truth or Dare” track listing:
01. Ready Or Not (I’m Coming)
02. Burning Desire
03. Song Of Death
04. Labyrinth
05. Sandman
06. The Final Match
07. God Is A Popstar
08. Wake Up
09. Land Ahead
10. Sex Is Not Enough
11. Crucified
12. The Power Of Love
13. True Beauty Is So Painful
14. The First Time Always Hurts
15. Dream Here (With Me)
16. On Course
In other news, OOMPH! will release a new album before the end of the year, followed by a European headlining tour.
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APOSTASY: Four New Songs Available For Streaming
Four new songs from the Swedish black metal act APOSTASY are available for streaming on the band’s MySpace page. The tracks will appear on the group’s forthcoming third full-length album, “Nuclear Messiah”, which will be released later in the year.
“Nuclear Messiah” was recorded in part at Ballerina studios in Umeå, Sweden.
Vocalist Fredric Edin previously stated about the upcoming CD, “It’s been a rocky road for us when we lost [guitarist] Henrik [Johansson], but now we are stronger than ever and can guarantee you folks that this will surely be the most brutal and most technical we have ever made, so what I want to say is: We don’t slow down like everybody else does, we just accelerate and make it more brutal. It is worth waiting for!”
APOSTASY made national headlines in Sweden in 2006 when the group’s guitarist Henrik Johansson was stabbed to death by his girlfriend. At 3:55 a.m. on March 9, 2006, the 19-year-old girlfriend dialed 112 (the Swedish equivalent of 911 in the U.S. or 999 in the U.K.) and said that her boyfriend was lying bleeding on the floor in the couple’s apartment in Kramfors, Sweden. When the paramedics and police arrived, Henrik Johansson was already dead.
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OLDE WOLBERS: Why Can’t We All Sit Down And Figure Out A Way To Do Another FEAR FACTORY Record?
The March 2010 issue of Decibel magazine features a cover story onFEAR FACTORY, including interviews with the band’s currently active members Dino Cazares (guitar) and Burton C. Bell (vocals), as well as their former bandmates Raymond Herrera (drums) and Christian Olde Wolbers (guitar, bass). A few quotes from the article follow below.
On Burton C. Bell’s decision to quit FEAR FACTORY in 2002 and the band’s subsequent reformation without Dino Cazares:
Raymond Herrera: “The problems with this band have never been musical. It’s always been personal.”
“There’s no confusion as to why Dino was fired. It was because Burtondidn’t want to work with him anymore. I had problems with Dino for a long time, but I never wanted to fire the guy.”
Christian Olde Wolbers: “We all had our issues with Dino, from the way he conducted business to the way he treated people, but Burton was the one who turned his back on the band.”
Burton C. Bell: “Dino and I lived together for about 10 years, so it was like a marriage, where you get fed up with the littlest shit. It was egos more than anything, and feeling like I’d have enough of this relationship. It was like Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. They were best friends, but then they suddenly didn’t talk for years.”
On FEAR FACTORY’s first album without Dino’s contributions, 2004’s“Archetype”:
Dino Cazares: “The first time I heard ‘Archetype’, I had to do a double take, because it sounded just like me. Then I talked to Burton about it and he was like, ‘Yeah, that’s what ‘archetype’ means! It’s a copy!’”
On the the misguided hiring of producer Toby Wright (ALICE IN CHAINS, KORN, SEVENDUST) for FEAR FACTORY’s 2005 album,“Transgression”:
Raymond Herrera: “Needless to say, I’m not 100 percent happy with it. Not because I don’t like what we wrote; because we never gave it the old college try.”
Christian Olde Wolbers: “When I heard the final mix of‘Transgression’, I couldn’t believe my fucking ears. It was the worst piece of shit I’ve ever heard in my life.”
Burton C. Bell: “It got to the point where the money didn’t mean shit to me. They were talking about doing another record and I said, ‘That’s great. Fire your manager. I’m not paying that bitch anything else.’ And they wouldn’t.
“Once you hit a peak, there’s only one place you can go: down. And we definitely went down.”
On Cazares and Bell’s decision to reunite in a new version of FEAR FACTORY with bassist Byron Stroud and drummer Gene Hoglan:
Raymond Herrera: “At one point, Dino and I were really good friends. But I never felt that way with Burton. We never really hung out, you know? It always felt like a business.”
Christian Olde Wolbers: “I’ve never trusted Burton with business matters. In fact, I wish he was more of a businessman, like a lot of other singers are. If he took charge with things, we would be a huge band by now.”
Burton C. Bell: “After the third decline [to relieve Christian's ex-wifeChristy Priske of her manager position], I said, ‘OK, I’ve got to move forward with my business… legally.’”
On the songwriting process for FEAR FACTORY’s new album,“Mechanize”:
Burton C. Bell: “When we first got into the studio. It was like a joint chief of staff meeting, where everyone’s working together toward the same goal, especially Dino — he was just a riffing machine. Fans are finally going to be able to hear the chemistry that brought FEAR FACTORYtogether in the beginning.”
On the legal battle over the FEAR FACTORY name:
Raymond Herrera: “I’m not battling to get my band back. What I’m fighting for is what I’ve built for 17 years. I’d say I’m an intricate part of what the brand has become, so I just want what’s due to me.
“Look, a group of kids could wake up tomorrow and call themselves FEAR FACTORY. I could also walk into a church and kill a bunch of people. It doesn’t mean I’m going to get away with it or that it’s a good idea.”
On the possibility of a reunion of FEAR FACTORY’s classic lineup:
Christian Olde Wolbers: “I sent an email to Dino a couple weeks ago, and was like, ‘Do you want to grow old regretting this until it’s too late, like the guys in SEPULTURA or PANTERA?’ It’s really fucking sad that bands let things get that way, with so much drama and band members dying… it reaches a point where you just can’t do it anymore.”
“If Dino and Burton are friends again, why can’t we all sit down and figure out a way to do another FEAR FACTORY record? Especially with how my skills improved over the past few years — Dino and I could write a sick record. Are you fucking kidding me? We’d blow all these wannabe bands away, but these guys just want to move on with the whole name in shambles. It just isn’t right.
“I see a band like MACHINE HEAD and it’s like, ‘Wow. We were doing the same thing for a while there, and now they’re touring with METALLICA. It makes you think, ‘What the fuck is going on?’ You know?”
The March 2010 issue of Decibel magazine is available for order at this location.
For more information, visit www.decibelmagazine.com.
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ALICE IN CHAINS Bassist Interviewed At NAMM; Video Available
David “Gus” Griesinger of BackstageAxxess.com conducted an interview with ALICE IN CHAINS bassist Mike Inez at this year’s NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, which was held January 14-17, 2010 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Watch the chat below.
ALICE IN CHAINS will embark on a new North American tour in early February. This round of dates is the group’s latest in support of its first studio album in 14 years, “Black Gives Way To Blue”, which arrived in September and features the recording debut with the band of singer and guitarist William DuVall.
The band recently released a new single called “Your Decision” for rock radio, with a video available via iTunes. The slower, acoustic-based number is reminiscent of earlier ALICE material in the same vein, butDuVall told The Pulse of Radio that he thinks the album “moves the ball forward” musically for the band. “It absolutely moves the ball forward, absolutely, and we wouldn’t have done it otherwise, if we didn’t think that we had a shot at moving the ball forward,” he said. “I mean, that’s totally been the goal from day one and I think it’s achieved, you know. I think it adds to, it builds upon what’s there.”
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NECRODEATH’s Cover Of SLAYER’s ‘Black Magic’ Available For Streaming
Long-running Italian extreme metallers NECRODEATH will celebrate their 25th anniversary by releasing a covers album, entitled “Old Skull”. The CD, which is due on February 5, features guest appearances by members of influential Italian thrashers BULLDOZER and former members ofSCHIZO.
“Old Skull” was recorded at Quake Sound Studios in Rapallo (Ge) and was produced by the bandmembers themselves. It was mixed byGiuseppe Orlando at Outer Sound Studios in Rome and was mastered by Simone Mularoni at Fear Studios in Ravenna. The cover artwork was created by Davide Nadalin and Nerve Design.
“Old Skull” track listing:
01. Mater Tenebrarum (NECRODEATH 2010)
02. Black Magic (SLAYER)
03. Raise the Dead (BATHORY)
04. Pleasure to Kill (KREATOR)
05. Paranoid (BLACK SABBATH)
06. Sodomy and Lust (SODOM)
07. Bloodlust (VENOM)
08. Ace of Spades (MOTORHEAD)
09. Am I Evil? (DIAMOND HEAD)
10. Mater Tenebrarum (NECRODEATH 1985)
NECRODEATH’s cover version of the SLAYER classic “Black Magic” is now available for streaming at this location.
NECRODEATH is:
Peso: Drums
Flegias:Vocals
Pier: Guitars
Gl: Bass, Backing Vocals
Additional musicians:
* Claudio (ex-NECRODEATH) – Guitar on “Raise the Dead”
* A.C.Wild (BULLDOZER) – Additional Voice on “Mater Tenebrarum”
* Andy Panigada (BULLDOZER) – Guitar on “Ace of Spades”
* Andy Bonfiglio (ex-NECRODEATH) – Guitar on “Am I Evil?”
* Alberto Penzin (ex-SCHIZO, MONDOCANE) – Bass on “Sodomy and Lust”
* John (ex-NECRODEATH, RAZA DE ODIO, CADAVERIA, DYNABYTE) – Bass on “Black Magic”
An Italian tour in support of the CD will kick off in early March.
NECRODEATH’s last album, “Phylogenesis”, was released in April 2009 via Scarlet Records.
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MASTODON: New Video Interview Available
Video Hits‘ Faustina Agolley and Dylan Lewis conducted an interview with Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON at Australia’s Big Day Out 2010 festival on January 15, 2010. Watch the chat below.
In a recent interview with PyroMusic.net, MASTODON vocalist/bassistTroy Sanders stated about the songwriting process for the band’s latest album, “Crack the Skye”, and plans for the group’s follow-up effort, “Like the constellations, we like to create patterns and tell stories. Creating stories for us is… telling the story is parallel with our band and personal lives and experiences. It’s left literal that way and it allows us to create these stories and create a broader picture. Again, I like to use the word multi-dimensional. We like to have that in our sound and our stories. So, it’s a way for us to get personal as well as more mystical.
“‘Crack the Skye’, it was based around the element of ether. So that kind of… you know, ‘Leviathan’ was water, ‘Remission’ was fire, ‘Blood Mountain’ was elements of earth and now ‘Crack the Skye’ is literally surrounding the element of ether, the dark matter that dominates the universe, you know, outside of our atmosphere. So the book of elements, the chapters are complete and now we can close the book of elements. Where this leads us, we don’t know yet, but having a themes throughout our past four records has definitely worked for us. Whether we’ll continue on that path, it’s too early to tell.”
“All of our music is very, it’s not really predetermined. None of our ideas are predetermined. We don’t get together and go, ‘Hey, guys, let’s put out a brutally heavy album next,’ or ‘Hey, guys, let’s have a couple of short and sweet songs.’ It never happens like that. It just, we just let the authenticity reveal itself. Whatever emotions come through our souls and out of our fingers and through our instruments and into our ears, that circle just comes very naturally. Whoever’s got an idea, whoever’s got a feeling, we just kinda lay it on the table and then begin to elaborate on that and then we go through it meticulously, over and over until we write what we consider a good song. Then we’ll do that until we feel we have an album’s worth of material. So nothing is talked about or preconceived at all.
“The musical waters, we’re free to float on any musical waters we choose and I have no idea where this band is… I have no idea where this band’s sound is moving towards.
“When we’re done touring the ‘Crack the Skye’ record, we’ll go home, rejuvenate our batteries both mentally and physically and then we’ll go down to our space, our practice space and just start hashing out whatever ideas people have that we’ve collected along the way. So it’s a big question mark.”
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MEGADETH’s DAVE MUSTAINE Checks In From ‘Rust In Peace’ Tour Rehearsals
MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has issued the following update:
“‘Rust In Peace’ [tour] rehearsals are going pretty good. We are sorting out some new gear, organizing the stuff we’ve got, hot-rodding everything, and deciding on several aspects of the show. Of course we realize that ‘Rust In Peace’ was approximately 45 minutes long, and our show is longer than that, that we are going to need to keep several other classics in the show as well as our favorite new songs too.
“So far we went over ‘Holy Wars’, ‘Hangar 18′, ‘Tornado of Souls’,‘Take No Prisoners’, ‘Five Magics’, and ‘Poison Was The Cure’. I am letting a DAT run in the background for serendipity in case I have a moment where I come up with something new and it doesn’t slip away if I don’t record it.
“It may sound strange to hear that we are going over the songs that we already know, but this is a pivotal record in heavy metal and it didn’t become that way by playing what we think is right. We have all been under the microscope and we have found several things that we have improved on, as well as learning the new ‘Rust In Peace’ songs, and I can’t stop smiling while we are playing.
“It’s kinda cool too to be brainwashing myself with ‘Rust In Peace’before we get ready to go into the studio for our ultimate Roadrunnerrecord. I am not going to go on record and say anything yet until I can sing over these songs, but for now, watching Chris [Broderick] play these solos is mind-blowing. It’s just like Marty [Friedman] was here again.
“When you guys ’see’ Shawn [Drover, drums] you are going to be blown away, as well as how ferociously he is playing right now.
“Speaking of Shawn, we are getting ready to go with James [Lomenzo, bass] up to the Grammys today, and do some pre-lim stuff. Shawn and I wrote ‘Head Crusher’, and the funny thing is that this is my eight nomination and I have never won. I think what’s the use going, but then I see Shawn’s enthusiasm for his first time ever being nominated, and I am actually excited for our chances and for him. Of course we are nominated in a category with formidable competition, and they are all of our friends. I actually joked with Kerry King and said, ‘Can ya let us win it this year?’
“Honestly, I don’t think I was ready to fully appreciate what this all means the previous times. I know that we may win, and that we may not. I know what it feels like to lose, and I would like to know what it feels like to win. I mean, I would really be excited if Shawn and I won, but either way we have been recognized by our peers to be one of the best and I am proud to be back in the finals for the Grammys.”
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MY RUIN: More Video Footage From The Studio Posted Online
MY RUIN — the Los Angeles based rock duo featuring lead screamerTairrie B and husband/guitarist Mick Murphy — has been hard at work in the studio recording its sixth full-length album, “Ghosts and Good Stories”, for an early 2010 release via Tiefdruck-Musik.
more video footage from the vocal-tracking sessions at MB Studios can be viewed below.
Commented Tairrie: “Our new album will be a testament to our strength as a band and the devotion we share to the music we have continued to create together against all odds and outside forces.
“We all have regrets and mistakes we have made trusting and believing in something or someone and ghosts of our past that haunt us but we also have passion for what we love and love lasts. Ironically, [in late 2008], I could never have imagined we would write this album, which is by far the most honest and heartfelt album of our career. I definitely have some good stories to tell and some serious heavy metal rock and roll thunder underneath them as well.”
MY RUIN’s last album, “Throat Full of Heart”, was released in the U.S. in August 2008 through the band’s imprint label Rovena Recordings viaRedeye USA. The CD was recorded at The Hobby Shop in Highland Park, California (owned by producers Mudrock and Scott Gilman) and was co-produced by Murphy and Duane Burda.
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NEW: Facebook style chat comes to ATLmetal.com! With MUCH more options!
We are excited to announce the NEW ATLmetal.com (Facebook Style) Chat! Our chat has many more options than the Facebook chat including Chatrooms, Themes, File Sharing, Status Updates, and many more! We have new features in the works including VIDEO CHAT! Stay tuned.
Currently the ATLmetal.com Chat is only for Registered Fans. Support for Registered Bands is coming soon.
So get signed up, login, and start chatting and enjoying all the posibilites of the NEW ATLmetal.com Chat today!
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LEVIATHAN: Live CD/DVD Details Revealed
After a break of eleven years, the original lineup of the Colorado-based progressive metal band LEVIATHAN reunited for a special concert on January 9, 2010 at the Buffalo Rose in Golden, Colorado. The show was filmed and recorded for a double CD/DVD digipack, to be released later in the year. The set will contain a CD of the entire concert (around 75 minutes) as well as a DVD.
Commented guitarist/keyboardist John Lutzow: “I really want this to be different than any other bands DVDs I have ever seen. It has multiple visuals playing as holograms or ghosts in the corners.
“We had a huge projector screen playing to the right of the stage so those visuals come through the main camera feed also. Over the top I have still pictures fading in and out with transparency.”
The track listing will be as follows:
01. Salvation
02. Speed Kills
03. Friends Imaginary
04. Census Of Stars
05. Degenerating Paradise
06. Paying The Toll
07. Pages Of Time
08. Confidence Not Arrogance
09. J. Christopher’s Haunting
10. If These Walls Could Talk
11. Medley (Sanctuary, Fear Of Change, Run Forever, Mindless Game Control)
12. Leviathan
The DVD will contain about 30 minutes of bonus material covering the band’s entire history.
LEVIATHAN 2010 is:
Jeff Ward – Vocals
Ronnie Skeen – Guitar
John Lutzow – Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals
Derek “Deke” Blake – Bass, Vocals
Trevor Helfer – Drums, Percussion
More live shows are planned and a brand new record is in the works for a late summer/fall 2010 release.
LEVIATHAN issued a self-titled EP in 1991, followed by the critically acclaimed releases “Deepest Secrets Beneath” (1993), “Riddles Questions Poetry & Outrage” (1995) and “Scoring the Chapters”(1997).
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IN FLAMES, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, SONIC SYNDICATE Honored At BANDIT ROCK AWARDS
IN FLAMES, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and SONIC SYNDICATE are among the artists who were honored at last night’s (Friday, January 29) Bandit Rock Awards at Tyrol in Stockholm, Sweden. The awards ceremony was organized and hosted by the Stockholm-based radio station Bandit Rock 106.3.
The complete list of winners:
* Best Swedish Group: SONIC SYNDICATE
* Best International Group: MUSE
* Best Swedish Album: DEAD BY APRIL – “Dead By April”
* Best International Album: KILLSWITCH ENGAGE – “Killswitch Engage”
* Best Swedish Live Act: IN FLAMES
* Best International Live Act: MUSE
* Swedish Breakthrough: CORRODED
* International Breakthrough: AIRBOURNE
* Most Played group: MUSTASCH
MUSTASCH, SONIC SYNDICATE, RAISED FIST, DARK TRANQUILLITYand BIFFY CLYRO are among the artists that performed short sets at the event, which was broadcast live on the radio.
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APOCALYPTICA Recording New Album
Finnish rock cello quartet APOCALYPTICA has entered Sonic Pumpstudios in Helsinki to begin recording its new album for a spring/summer release.
A photo from the recording sessions can be viewed below.
APOCALYPTICA scored its first No. 1 rock radio hit in 2008 with “I Don’t Care”, the most recent single from the band’s sixth studio album,“Worlds Collide”. The disc has sold around a quarter million copies in the U.S. and marks the group’s first significant success in this country inAPOCALYPTICA’s 15-year career. APOCALYPTICA’s Paavo Lotjonentold The Pulse of Radio that their newfound recognition has been worth all the effort. “It’s been really amazing, all the success we have got,” he said. “Of course it has taken a lot of work and we have given our heart to this. But I feel that it’s been worth that and we have reached something new.”
“I Don’t Care” features guest vocals from THREE DAYS GRACEfrontman Adam Gontier.
SLIPKNOT’s Corey Taylor contributed vocals to the CD’s first single,“I’m Not Jesus”.
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LAMB OF GOD Drummer: ‘The World Isn’t Getting Any Easier To Live In’
David Marchese of SPIN.com recently conducted an interview with drummer Chris Adler of Richmond, Virginia metallers LAMB OF GOD. An excerpt from the chat follows below.
SPIN.com: How are you feeling about your chances for a Grammy? You’re up against some pretty big names — SLAYER, JUDAS PRIEST,MEGADETH, and MINISTRY.
Adler: Yeah, we were as surprised as anyone that we got nominated. But we’ve been through the process once before, so we know what to expect…. But the metal categories never seem to get televised.
SPIN.com: Is it a bit anti-climactic to actually go to the ceremony?
Adler: We still got all dolled up last time. Just kidding! You can take the redneck out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the redneck.
SPIN.com: Which of your fellow nominees would you be least upset to lose to?
Adler: Probably MEGADETH. I know that they’ve been nominated eight times and never won.
SPIN.com: They’re the Susan Lucci of heavy metal.
Adler: [Laughs] I won’t tell them you said that! But we know that band pretty well. They’ve been through the wringer. They deserve to win.
SPIN.com: It’s unusual for a band to have their sixth album be their highest charting. Why do think you guys have been able to keep growing your fan base 15 years into your career?
Adler: In truth, I thought we’d peaked with [2006's] “Sacrament”, which went to No. 8 on the album chart. “Redneck” from that album got played in a lot of places metal doesn’t normally get played. And with the attention span of today’s music fan being what it is, I thought we’d run our course popularity-wise. So we were all shocked at the fact that we intentionally put out a more aggressive album with “Wrath” and then had it sell better than the last one. It was really heartening. But by way of explanation, all I can think of is that the world isn’t getting any easier to live in. A lot of people need to release some pressure, and I think heavy metal helps people do that. It’s a stress relief.
Read the entire interview from SPIN.com.
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I SHALT BECOME Working On New Album
A long-legendary name in black metal, I SHALT BECOME is currently working on a new studio album for Moribund Records, with the band slated to enter the studio next month. As yet untitled, I SHALT BECOME’s new CD will be its second full-length for the label (the band’s cult“Wanderings” demo was reissued by Moribund in 2006, with 2008’s“Requiem” being the band’s first post-retirement recording) and also the first to feature real, live drums. Mainman S. Holliman reports, “Honestly, I’m not sure what I can say about it as it’s genuinely unlike anything else I’ve heard,” while drummer A. Scherer offers that it’s “atmospheric, orchestral plague metal for those whom ride gallant on black steed from the foul, gaping maw of Hell itself to wage War on ignorant mortals” or just “really fucking good.”
I SHALT BECOME’s new album is tentatively slated for release during the second half of the year.
For more information, visit www.myspace.com/ishaltbecome.
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