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Charon Name New Guitarist
Finnish goth-metallers CHARON have selected FOR MY PAIN? guitarist Lauri Tuohimaa as the permanent replacement for of Jasse Von Hast, who left the group last November. Tuohimaa has spent the last few months playing with CHARON as a session guitarist during their winter live dates.
CHARON have several gigs lined up in Finland during the spring/summer, including appearances at the Tuska, Nummirock and Qstock festivals. The band plan on entering the studio later this year to begin recording the follow-up to last year's "The Dying Daylights", tentatively due in early 2005 through Spinefarm Records.
CHARON have several gigs lined up in Finland during the spring/summer, including appearances at the Tuska, Nummirock and Qstock festivals. The band plan on entering the studio later this year to begin recording the follow-up to last year's "The Dying Daylights", tentatively due in early 2005 through Spinefarm Records.
| Band profile: | Charon |
Stratovarius New Album
STRATOVARIUS keyboardist Jens Johansson has posted the following message in the band's official forum:
"This is a sort of informal update.
"I went to Helsinki, basically to try and help with anything I could. Am here now.
"Jörg Michael will play on the next STRATOVARIUS record (as he is very good of course, and there was no other good drummer materializing out of thin air.)
"He has finished most of the drums, whether Timo will like them or not when he is ready to listen we will see.
"The drums are being recorded in Helsinki. Timo disappeared right on the day they were starting the basic tracks. So for the week before I came, Jörg has been recording in the studio, ALONE, only with a click and nothing else to guide him, just remembering the songs in his head! He was the only guy slaving away in the studio and he's not even in the band! Yes, this is bizarre stuff but if anyone rises to such an occasion it is Jörg I think.
"The new singer Katriina ('Miss K') I haven't actually met yet. And Jari really seems to have dropped off the face of the planet.
"So let's see. So far I have: a singer I never met, a drummer who's not in the band, a bass player who is on another planet, and the main songwriter and producer went to a psychiatric hospital last week. I know all this looks very bad, but the strange thing is that I still very much have some hope left.
"Because I can say is that the songs are really killer, and the drums are good.
"This means anything is possible.
"There are many other things going on, I suppose everyone heard about a few of them already...
"I'm doing fine personally, I still have the hope that like many problems, these will right themselves given some time.
"I have collected my recording gear that was stored here. It all survived the winter and it works. I try to will record... something. I will help with anything that I can. Timo's studio is not operational quite yet, but it is pretty close I believe.
"There is a sauna in the apartment me and Jörg are staying in. There are beers in the fridge. The songs and the drums are good. I am one of the worst pessimists out there. If I say there is hope, then be sure that there actually is hope!"
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"This is a sort of informal update.
"I went to Helsinki, basically to try and help with anything I could. Am here now.
"Jörg Michael will play on the next STRATOVARIUS record (as he is very good of course, and there was no other good drummer materializing out of thin air.)
"He has finished most of the drums, whether Timo will like them or not when he is ready to listen we will see.
"The drums are being recorded in Helsinki. Timo disappeared right on the day they were starting the basic tracks. So for the week before I came, Jörg has been recording in the studio, ALONE, only with a click and nothing else to guide him, just remembering the songs in his head! He was the only guy slaving away in the studio and he's not even in the band! Yes, this is bizarre stuff but if anyone rises to such an occasion it is Jörg I think.
"The new singer Katriina ('Miss K') I haven't actually met yet. And Jari really seems to have dropped off the face of the planet.
"So let's see. So far I have: a singer I never met, a drummer who's not in the band, a bass player who is on another planet, and the main songwriter and producer went to a psychiatric hospital last week. I know all this looks very bad, but the strange thing is that I still very much have some hope left.
"Because I can say is that the songs are really killer, and the drums are good.
"This means anything is possible.
"There are many other things going on, I suppose everyone heard about a few of them already...
"I'm doing fine personally, I still have the hope that like many problems, these will right themselves given some time.
"I have collected my recording gear that was stored here. It all survived the winter and it works. I try to will record... something. I will help with anything that I can. Timo's studio is not operational quite yet, but it is pretty close I believe.
"There is a sauna in the apartment me and Jörg are staying in. There are beers in the fridge. The songs and the drums are good. I am one of the worst pessimists out there. If I say there is hope, then be sure that there actually is hope!"
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| Band profile: | Stratovarius |
Freedom Call live album
German power metallers FREEDOM CALL, who feature in their ranks GAMMA RAY drummer Dan Zimmermann, have set a May 10 release date through SPV Records for their long-awaited live album, "Live Invasion".
The disc, which was recorded on the band's tour with BLIND GUARDIAN, will include a special bonus CD featuring the "Tears Of Taragon" EP plus two tracks that were previously only available in Japan.
The disc, which was recorded on the band's tour with BLIND GUARDIAN, will include a special bonus CD featuring the "Tears Of Taragon" EP plus two tracks that were previously only available in Japan.
| Band profile: | Freedom Call |
Motorhead new album!
MOTÖRHEAD have set a June 22 North American release date through Metal-Is Records (subsidiary of Sanctuary) for their as-yet-untitled new album (the previously announced title, "Flash", has now been scrapped, according to the band's webmaster). The cover for the CD is once again being provided by esteemed cover artist Joe Petagno. No further information is currently available.
| Band profile: | Motörhead |
Alex Hernández on the new Requiem Aeternam
Alex Hernández (Immolation) joined Requiem Aeternam in order to perform the drums.
His huge talent and wide experience, gained in more than a decade of Death Metal, will contribute a stronger touch to the band style.
"Philosopher" will start being recorded on May 9th at Big Blue Meenie studios (www.bigbluemeenie.com) in New Jersey (USA).
Between two and three weeks are going to be used to record and mix it.
As soon as we confirm it, we are going to announce the sound engineer responsible to produce the new material... as well as the studios to master it, the designer to do the artwork, and many more details...
Keep checking Requiem Aeternam's official website at:
www.requiem-aeternam.com
His huge talent and wide experience, gained in more than a decade of Death Metal, will contribute a stronger touch to the band style.
"Philosopher" will start being recorded on May 9th at Big Blue Meenie studios (www.bigbluemeenie.com) in New Jersey (USA).
Between two and three weeks are going to be used to record and mix it.
As soon as we confirm it, we are going to announce the sound engineer responsible to produce the new material... as well as the studios to master it, the designer to do the artwork, and many more details...
Keep checking Requiem Aeternam's official website at:
www.requiem-aeternam.com
YYRKOON With Osmose Records...
Having realized two albums on two independent labels, the french band YYRKOON works now with Osmose Productions for their futur albums. Their music is a mix between a powerfull thrash metal and a raw death metal, the whole linked by solos and melodic parts.
Their third album titled "Occult Medicine" will be out in september 2004. It plunges you into a horror/fantastic context, where the imagination and creativity of a mad doctor take a dementia shape. Recorded & mixed in Denmark at Hansen Studios, this album is endowed with a very good sound quality. This album will contain 12 madness songs.
A bonus video-clip at the tone of this album will be done soon and a bonus track shall enrich the LP version. Don't miss it !!
www.yyrkoon.net / www.osmoseproductions.com
Their third album titled "Occult Medicine" will be out in september 2004. It plunges you into a horror/fantastic context, where the imagination and creativity of a mad doctor take a dementia shape. Recorded & mixed in Denmark at Hansen Studios, this album is endowed with a very good sound quality. This album will contain 12 madness songs.
A bonus video-clip at the tone of this album will be done soon and a bonus track shall enrich the LP version. Don't miss it !!
www.yyrkoon.net / www.osmoseproductions.com
| Band profile: | Yyrkoon |
Edenbridge new album
Austrian "angelic bombast metal" act EDENBRIDGE have set "Shine" as the title of their fourth full-length album, tentatively due in October through Germany's Massacre Records.
The follow-up to 2003's "Aphelion" will be recorded between May and July. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include:
01. October Sky
02. Centennial Legend
03. Shine
04. The Canterville Ghost
05. What You Leave Behind
06. On Sacred Ground
07. On Top Of The World
08. Flame Of Passion
09. And The Road Goes On
10. The Wild Chase
11. Elsewhere
12. Move Along Home
In other news, EDENBRIDGE will play a warm-up show at a small club in Nottingham, England on September 2 prior to their appearance at the Bloodstock Festival. Tickets are extremely limited. For more information, contact vince@bloodstock.uk.com.
EDENBRIDGE reportedly recorded a live DVD on March 20 at the Building a Force Festival at Stadthalle Widdern near Heilbronn, Germany. More information about the DVD's contents and release date will be made available soon.
The follow-up to 2003's "Aphelion" will be recorded between May and July. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include:
01. October Sky
02. Centennial Legend
03. Shine
04. The Canterville Ghost
05. What You Leave Behind
06. On Sacred Ground
07. On Top Of The World
08. Flame Of Passion
09. And The Road Goes On
10. The Wild Chase
11. Elsewhere
12. Move Along Home
In other news, EDENBRIDGE will play a warm-up show at a small club in Nottingham, England on September 2 prior to their appearance at the Bloodstock Festival. Tickets are extremely limited. For more information, contact vince@bloodstock.uk.com.
EDENBRIDGE reportedly recorded a live DVD on March 20 at the Building a Force Festival at Stadthalle Widdern near Heilbronn, Germany. More information about the DVD's contents and release date will be made available soon.
| Band profile: | Edenbridge |
Phanteon I - soon in studio
PANTHEON I, the Norwegian extreme metal band featuring vocalist/guitarist Andrè Kvebek (1349), guitarist John Espen Sagstad (ABIOTIC) and drummer Eirik Renton (SARKOM), will enter the studio in early May to begin recording their debut full-length album, tentatively due before the end of the year. The as-yet-untitled effort is expected to contain 10 brand-new songs.
PANTHEON I recently completed work on a new EP. A release date for the effort has yet to be announced. The group, who released a four-song demo, titled "MMIII", in April 2003, were once again assisted by RAM-ZET's Sareeta (violin) during the most recent recording sessions. Shortly after completing work on the EP, PANTHEON I added two new members in the shape of Gunhild Mathea Olaussen on violin and Live Julianne Kostøl on cello. The Oslo-based band have also recruited a session bassist, 1349's Tor Risdal Stavenes (a.k.a. Seidemann).
PANTHEON I recently completed work on a new EP. A release date for the effort has yet to be announced. The group, who released a four-song demo, titled "MMIII", in April 2003, were once again assisted by RAM-ZET's Sareeta (violin) during the most recent recording sessions. Shortly after completing work on the EP, PANTHEON I added two new members in the shape of Gunhild Mathea Olaussen on violin and Live Julianne Kostøl on cello. The Oslo-based band have also recruited a session bassist, 1349's Tor Risdal Stavenes (a.k.a. Seidemann).
Cradle Of Filth Studio Report
CRADLE OF FILTH bassist Dave Pybus has posted the sixth installment of his regular online studio report at the group's official web site.
As previously reported, CRADLE OF FILTH are currently recording their Roadrunner Records debut, tentatively titled "Nymphetamine". The follow-up to last year's "Damnation and a Day" is being produced by ANTHRAX guitarist Rob Caggiano, who has previously worked with the group during the mixing stage for "Damnation?".
As previously reported, CRADLE OF FILTH are currently recording their Roadrunner Records debut, tentatively titled "Nymphetamine". The follow-up to last year's "Damnation and a Day" is being produced by ANTHRAX guitarist Rob Caggiano, who has previously worked with the group during the mixing stage for "Damnation?".
| Band profile: | Cradle Of Filth |
Good news for the fan of Lake Of Tears...
The recording of "Black Brick Road" is now finished except for some keyboard parts. The mixing will begin this weekend and continue until the 28th(April), then the mastering on the 29th.
The new album is coming.....
The new album is coming.....
| Band profile: | Lake Of Tears |
Success Report
With "Hellfire Club", EDGUY already now have their most successful album ready to go! The single "King Of Fools" has been staying in the German single charts for already six weeks and got presented two times in the McDonalds Chart show on Pro7. On Monday, March 15th, EDGUY's new album "Hellfire Club" got in stores and hit the german charts on #26. Also the album reaches the following positions.
Here they are:
#22 Finland
#6 Sweden
#69 Austria
#81 Switzerland
#54 France
#35 Hungary
Here they are:
#22 Finland
#6 Sweden
#69 Austria
#81 Switzerland
#54 France
#35 Hungary
| Band profile: | Edguy |
Update on Rock The Nations, Istanbul
Three new bands announced for the biggest metal organization ever in Turkey..
Nu Clear Down (a Syrian Power/Progressive band), Vader and Orphaned Land confirmed to show up in RtN 2004.
More additions everyday on the official page of the organization (http://rockthenations.net/en/anasayfa.php)
Nu Clear Down (a Syrian Power/Progressive band), Vader and Orphaned Land confirmed to show up in RtN 2004.
More additions everyday on the official page of the organization (http://rockthenations.net/en/anasayfa.php)
Seth: new album will be released later...
From the Band :
ERA-DEACAY was suposed to come out on the following monthes, but after talks with Avantgardemusic it seemed necessary and unavoidable to push back the release. We lost quite some time finishing mixing this 4th album, and the mastering is still not over yet.
The album will hit the shelves on September 6.
This decision was not an easy one to make, but we have to be patient to release this album in the best possible conditions. We'll do our best to offer you an exclusive track on our wbesite around June/July.
ERA-DEACAY was suposed to come out on the following monthes, but after talks with Avantgardemusic it seemed necessary and unavoidable to push back the release. We lost quite some time finishing mixing this 4th album, and the mastering is still not over yet.
The album will hit the shelves on September 6.
This decision was not an easy one to make, but we have to be patient to release this album in the best possible conditions. We'll do our best to offer you an exclusive track on our wbesite around June/July.
Vision Divine - new vocalist
Once a side project for ex-LABYRINTH guitarist Olaf Thorsen and RHAPSODY singer Fabio Leone, VISION DIVINE has returned with its third album, Stream Of Consciousness, and a new vocalist. In a conversation with BW&BK, Thorsen explained why Leone was forced to bow out.
"For the first two albums Fabio always gave 100% to Vision Divine, but because I left Labyrinth and decided to focus on Vision Divine I wanted to create an image of a real band. I don't think this would have been a problem for Fabio, but Rhapsody recently signed with new management and he didn't take care that there would be room for a career with Vision Divine at the same time. He told me everything was fine, but when I saw the contract there was nothing mentioning Vision Divine, and I figured it might cause some major problems in the future. It's a sad thing, but the best thing to do was to have Fabio leave, in the interest of both bands and our friendship."
Leone has been replaced by Michele Luppi, who has worked previously as an Italian pop rock session player. According to Thorsen, Vision Divine is Luppi's first metal experience
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"For the first two albums Fabio always gave 100% to Vision Divine, but because I left Labyrinth and decided to focus on Vision Divine I wanted to create an image of a real band. I don't think this would have been a problem for Fabio, but Rhapsody recently signed with new management and he didn't take care that there would be room for a career with Vision Divine at the same time. He told me everything was fine, but when I saw the contract there was nothing mentioning Vision Divine, and I figured it might cause some major problems in the future. It's a sad thing, but the best thing to do was to have Fabio leave, in the interest of both bands and our friendship."
Leone has been replaced by Michele Luppi, who has worked previously as an Italian pop rock session player. According to Thorsen, Vision Divine is Luppi's first metal experience
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Jag Panzer - name of the new CD
Colorado power metallers JAG PANZER have set "Casting the Stones" as the title of their new album, tentatively due in October through Century Media Records.
The CD will be recorded at Tampa's Morrisound studio with producer Jim Morris and will feature artwork by Mattias Noren. Guitarist Mark Briody recently described the new compositions as "a more aggressive version" of 2001's "Mechanized Warfare".
JAG PANZER's most recent release, "Decade of the Nail-Spiked Bat", was a two-CD set containing the best tracks from the group's pre-Century Media releases ("Tyrants" EP, "Ample Destruction", "Dissident Alliance" and the "Chain Of Command" bootleg) re-recorded "as if they were new songs," according to Briody.
The CD will be recorded at Tampa's Morrisound studio with producer Jim Morris and will feature artwork by Mattias Noren. Guitarist Mark Briody recently described the new compositions as "a more aggressive version" of 2001's "Mechanized Warfare".
JAG PANZER's most recent release, "Decade of the Nail-Spiked Bat", was a two-CD set containing the best tracks from the group's pre-Century Media releases ("Tyrants" EP, "Ample Destruction", "Dissident Alliance" and the "Chain Of Command" bootleg) re-recorded "as if they were new songs," according to Briody.
| Band profile: | Jag Panzer |