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MESHUGGAH - UK TOUR PRE-SALES | 30/08/05 |
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OPETH - DRUMMER ILL/RADIO SESSIONS | 30/08/05 |
OPETH drummer Martin Lopez was recently taken ill during the band's US Tour. He has since flown home for treatment and is expected to make a full recovery.
Whilst STRAPPING YOUNG LAD behemoth Gene Hoglan filled in on drums for their US stint, BLOODBATH drummer Martin Axenrot will take up Lopez's duties during the European tour until he is fit to return.
In other news, OPETH have recently been invited to record a special live radio session for the BBC this coming December.
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RHAPSODY - LIVE ALBUM | 30/08/05 |
Italian Power-Metal cheese-meisters RHAPSODY will be releasing their first ever live album during November this year. The recordings will be based on performances made during leg one of MANOWAR's "Demons, Dragons and Warriors World Tour" where RHAPSODY appeared as the special guests in spring 2005.
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DEMONS & WIZARDS - NEW VIDEO ONLINE | 30/08/05 |
DEMONS & WIZARDS' video for the song "Terror Train" has been posted online at this location. The clip was shot on location in Gothenburg, Sweden with director Roger Johansson (THE HAUNTED, DARK TRANQUILLITY, IN FLAMES).
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SUIDAKRA - PART WAYS WITH BAND MEMBER | 29/08/05 |
SUIDAKRA have posted this message on their official website:
"I can confirm that Matthias will not be participating on the next SuidAkrA album. After the Summerbreeze festival, it was decided by the band as a whole that it would be best for everyone if Matthias stepped down from his position in the band. Matthias will therefore play his last SuidAkrA show at the Bloodstock festival next weekend. After this decision was made, the band contacted their former guitarist/singer, and much to their surprise (and the surprise of many fans, no doubt!), Marcel is willing and able to rejoin SuidAkrA as a full-time member! You'll be able to catch Marcel on stage with the others at the remaining SuidAkrA shows after Bloodstock. SuidAkrA will then take a break from touring until mid-2006, in order to concentrate 100% on the songwriting for the next album."
"Meanwhile, SuidAkrA are looking forward to their first show in the UK (and they "hope the beer won't be too warm" -- don't let them down, Derby!)."
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DARK FUNERAL - ALBUM ARTWORK | 24/08/05 |
DARK FUNERAL have revealed the artwork (Shown Below) for their forthcoming album "Attero Totus Sanctus" due for release on October 24th via Regain Records.
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TYPE O NEGATIVE - NEW ALBUM DETAILS | 24/08/05 |
TYPE O NEGATIVE have recently stated they will be aiming to release their next album in the early half of 2006. The yet to be titled album will be the band's first for SPV Records, since leaving Roadrunner after completing 2004's "Life is Killing Me".
Drummer Johnny Kelly has posted the following message on the band's official web site:
"Here's what's going on. Peter [Steele] and Josh [Silver] are currently completing their tracks for the 'Roadrunner All Stars' CD. Hopefully they will be done this week. After that, we go back into rehearsals to work on new songs for the next CD. We're shooting to have the new cd released in early 2006. There will be no tours or shows of any kind until the CD is completed and close to the release date. Other than that, I went to the movies the other night. I've been waiting for my car to get out of the shop for over a month. I washed my truck the other day. I still need to take a shower today. My 26" kick drum finally arrived for my Pearl Masterworks green sparkle kit last week but the color was wrong so I had to send it back and they're making me a new one. My LED ZEPPELIN cover band is playing in Brooklyn this weekend. Peter being dead was a hoax and there is no Easter Bunny. Blah Blah Blah, you get the picture..."
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MAYHEM - NEW ALBUM DETAILS | 23/08/05 |
Norwegian black metal legends MAYHEM have announced "Ordo Ab Chao" as the title of their forthcoming album, tentatively due late 2005/early 2006 via Season of Mist records.
The band's upcoming album is their first release with vocalist Attila Csihar (ABORYM) since their 1993 album "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas".
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RAMMSTEIN - NEW ALBUM DETAILS | 19/08/05 |
German industrial outfit RAMMSTEIN have announced the title of their forthcoming album (due this winter) as "Rosenrot". This was originally the intended title for "Reise, Reise" - which was released at the beginning of 2005.
"Rosenrot" comes from a selection of tracks omitted from the original album - plus the fruits of a recent Berlin recording session.
The group recently shot a video for the album's first single "Benzin", which was aired live for the first time this past June. Several remixes are curerntly in the works, as is the artwork for the cover of the single and the album.
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SENTENCED - LAST EVER CONCERT | 19/08/05 |
Finland’s “Kings Of Sadness” SENTENCED have announced their “very last show” on Saturday, October 1st at Club Teatria in their native hometown of Oulu.
This is bound to be an unforgettable night that will give Sentenced the great farewell they deserve! This special event will also be recorded for a DVD for all those people who can’t get to Finland.
Tickets will likely go on sale August 29th via Levykauppa Äx in Oulu and at http://www.ticketservicefinland.fi/Lippu.html.
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STREAM OF PASSION - FULL LENGTH MP3 | 16/08/05 |
STREAM OF PASSION, the new project from AYREON mastermind Arjen Lucasson and other guests (inlcuding ELFONIA vocalist Marcela Bovio) have posted a full length mp3 of the new track "Deceiver" at their official website. You can download the song here.
"Deceiver" is taken from the forthcoming album "Embrace the Storm", which is due for European release on September 26th.
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DIMMU BORGIR - BONUS DVD | 16/08/05 |
The newly recorded version of DIMMU BORGIR's 1996 album "Stormblåst", will not only contain unreleased bonus material — it will also include a bonus DVD with five live tracks filmed at last year's US Ozzfest.
"Stormblåst" bonus DVD track listing:
01. Spellbound by the Devil
02. Vredesbyrd
03. The Kings of the Carnival Creation
04. Progenies of the Great Apocalypse
05. Mourning Palace
The revamped version of "Stormblåst" is due out November 7th through Nuclear Blast Records.
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THE HAUNTED - UK TOUR DATES | 12/08/05 |
Swedish Thrash-Metal legends THE HAUNTED have announced several UK dates this November. "Tourturing" the UK in support of THE HAUNTED will be GOD FORBID and MANNTIS.
The dates are as follows:
21st November - Portsmouth - Wedgewood Rooms
22nd November - Exeter - Lemon Grove
23rd November - London - Mean Fiddler
24th November – Nottingham - Rock City
25th November – Birmingham - Carling Academy 2
26th November – Leeds – Cockpit
27th November – Sheffield – Corporation
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DARK FUNERAL - ALBUM TITLE AND RELEASE DATE | 11/08/05 |
Swedish black metal act DARK FUNERAL have set "Attero Totus Sanctus" as the title of their new album, due for release on October 24th via Regain Records. The title roughly translates as "Erase Everything Saintly".
DARK FUNERAL's new album is being produced by Daniel Bergstrand (MESHUGGAH, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, IN FLAMES, RAM-ZET) at Dug-Out studios in Uppsala, Sweden. The CD will feature a guest appearance by former MESHUGGAH bassist Gustaf Hielm.
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DIMMU BORGIR - "STORMBLAST" RELEASE DATE | 10/08/05 |
As well as extending their current record deal with Nuclear Blast Records, Norweigan Black Metal Legends DIMMU BORGIR have set the release date of their re-recorded version of 1996's "Stormblåst" album. It is expected to be unleashed on Europe November 7th.
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ABORTED - NEW RECORD DEAL | 10/08/05 |
Belgium based extreme death metal act ABORTED have signed a new record deal with CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS.
ABORTED's latest album "The Archaic Abattoir" was released across Europe via Listenable Records.
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BESEECH - NEW VIDEO ONLINE | 10/08/05 |
Swedish gothic metal act BESEECH have uploaded their new animated promo video for the song "Innerlane" at their official website (available here in both Windows Media and Quicktime formats).
"Innerlane" comes off the group's forthcoming album "Sunless Days" due for release on September 5th via Napalm Records.
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THE MEADS OF ASPHODEL - ALBUM NEWS | 09/08/05 |
THE MEADS OF ASPHODEL are to release their third album 'Damascus Steel' in Autumn 2005, though Supernal Music.
The album features Mirai [Sigh], Alisa Coral [Space Mirrors], Alan Davey & Huw lloyd Langton [Hawkwind], Max Rael [History of Guns] plus also several traditional Middle Eastern musicians.
A cover of Louis Armstrong's 'Wonderful World' is amongst the usual myriad of bizarre arrangements, blazing guitars and a lyrical concept based on the East/ West religious divide.
The Track-listing is as follows:
1. Psalm 666 [intro]
2. Creed of Abraham
3. Hollow Womb of Suicide
4. Sword of the East [Hawkwind cover]
5. Satanic Black Nubian Pharaohs
6. Wonderful World
7. The Gods Who Mock Us
8. Behold the Kindred battle carcasses strewn across the bloodied dunes of Gilgamesh mute in the frenzied clamour of deaths rolling tongue and ravenous bursting steel
9. Beyond Death and Darkness
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BLOODBATH - WACKEN REPORT | 09/08/05 |
After their totally incendiary performance at the WACKEN OPEN AIR festival last week, BLOODBATH have posted a Wacken Diary on their website. View it here.
The band performed together live for the very first time at Wacken and put on a spectacular show - made all the more momentous by it being the only time the band will EVER perform with OPETH frontman Mikael Akerfeldt.
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BUCKET OF SLIME - DEBUT ALBUM | 09/08/05 |
British progressive/extreme metal urchins BUCKET OF SLIME have announced that the first single to be taken from their forthcoming debut album "Gothic Gardening" will be "Triple Grandma Homicide". You can check out the cover of the new single here.
The band released their first solo EP "Sheffield Wonderland" earlier this year. BUCKET OF SLIME are re-recording the track "The Happy Rabbit Song" for the new album. "Gothic Gardening" is expected late 2005/early 2006.
Metal Monk UK can now exclusivly reveal the tracklisting:
1. The Legend Of Stead
2. Roadblock Ahead
3. Triple Grandma Homicide
4. Shell and the Dinosaurs
5. Oceancrew Rampage
6. Gothic Crown Of The Crypt King
7. The Happy Rabbit Song
8. Sleeping In A Pit Of Snakes
9. By The Stagnant Pool Of Early Death
10. Licking the Benevolent Toes of Gods
11. Crinkle Cut Catastrophe
12. ...and let that be a lesson to you
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