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Ghost Brigade - Entire New Album Streaming Online
Until Fear No Longer Defines Us, the upcoming third album from Finland's Ghost Brigade, is now being streamed in its entirety at this location. The album will be released on August 19th in Europe and on August 23rd in North America through Season of Mist.
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| Source: | facebook.com |
| Band profile: | Ghost Brigade |
Black Sabbath - No Reunion After All
After all the speculation of Black Sabbath reforming, Tony Iommi has posted a new statement on his official website calling the apparent reunion "absolute nonsense". Here is his statement:
I'm saddened that a Birmingham journalist whom I trusted has chosen this point in time to take a conversation we had back in June and make it sound like we spoke yesterday about a Black Sabbath reunion.
At the time I was supporting the Home of Metal exhibition and was merely speculating, shooting the breeze, on something all of us get asked constantly, "Are you getting back together?"
Thanks to the internet it's gone round the world as some sort of "official" statement on my part, absolute nonsense. I hope he's enjoyed his moment of glory, he won't have another at my expense.
to my old pals, Ozzy, Geezer and Bill, sorry about this, I should have known better.
All the best, Tony
Source: Link
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In news that could potentially piss off any fan of Black Sabbath if it weren't true, the original Black Sabbath line-up (Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward) has reformed.
Despite what Geezer Butler originally said, it has been confirmed that the four musicians have been secretly working on rehearsing for a tour and writing a brand new album. As stated by Iommi in an interview with BPM Media (Sunday Mercury, Birmingham Mail): "We're really looking forward to it and I think the stuff we've been writing is really good, it's more back to the old original stuff."
He also explained in the interview how Ozzy was the worst at keeping this project under wraps. "It's all been very hush-hush. Ozzy's been the worst at trying to hold it back. He's doing a lot of TV and he's being asked stuff about a reunion and he's going 'well I never say never'. He told me, 'I don't know what to say'." Iommi was also concerned with the performance of drummer Bill Ward, due to his health conditions and a heart attack that he suffered: "He hasn't been 100 per cent. He had an operation a few months ago, so we'll see how he is."
Original source: Link
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I'm saddened that a Birmingham journalist whom I trusted has chosen this point in time to take a conversation we had back in June and make it sound like we spoke yesterday about a Black Sabbath reunion.
At the time I was supporting the Home of Metal exhibition and was merely speculating, shooting the breeze, on something all of us get asked constantly, "Are you getting back together?"
Thanks to the internet it's gone round the world as some sort of "official" statement on my part, absolute nonsense. I hope he's enjoyed his moment of glory, he won't have another at my expense.
to my old pals, Ozzy, Geezer and Bill, sorry about this, I should have known better.
All the best, Tony
Source: Link
Previously...
In news that could potentially piss off any fan of Black Sabbath if it weren't true, the original Black Sabbath line-up (Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward) has reformed.
Despite what Geezer Butler originally said, it has been confirmed that the four musicians have been secretly working on rehearsing for a tour and writing a brand new album. As stated by Iommi in an interview with BPM Media (Sunday Mercury, Birmingham Mail): "We're really looking forward to it and I think the stuff we've been writing is really good, it's more back to the old original stuff."
He also explained in the interview how Ozzy was the worst at keeping this project under wraps. "It's all been very hush-hush. Ozzy's been the worst at trying to hold it back. He's doing a lot of TV and he's being asked stuff about a reunion and he's going 'well I never say never'. He told me, 'I don't know what to say'." Iommi was also concerned with the performance of drummer Bill Ward, due to his health conditions and a heart attack that he suffered: "He hasn't been 100 per cent. He had an operation a few months ago, so we'll see how he is."
Original source: Link
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| Source: | iommi.com |
| Band profile: | Black Sabbath |
Profane Omen - New Album Title Revealed, Trailer Online
Finnish metallers Profane Omen have set Destroy! as the title of their third album, due on September 28th via Spinefarm Records. A studio diary can be found at this location and a trailer for the album can be viewed over here.
Destroy! was produced by Ville Sorvali (Moonsorrow) and Mikko Herranen (Rust) and was recorded in part at Petrax studios in Hollola, Finland. The effort was mastered at Chartmakers in Helsinki.
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Destroy! was produced by Ville Sorvali (Moonsorrow) and Mikko Herranen (Rust) and was recorded in part at Petrax studios in Hollola, Finland. The effort was mastered at Chartmakers in Helsinki.
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| Source: | profaneomen.net |
| Band profile: | Profane Omen |
Exhumed - European Tour With Cephalic Carnage
US gore grinders Exhumed will embark on a European tour, taking off by the start of October. Dates for the tour can be seen below.
Support on the trek will come from US hydrogrinders Cephalic Carnage.
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Support on the trek will come from US hydrogrinders Cephalic Carnage.
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| Source: | facebook.com |
| Band profile: | Exhumed |
| Event: | Exhumed + Cephalic Carnage: European Tour 2011 |
Leprous - New Song Online
"Thorn", a brand-new track from Norwegian progressive metallers Leprous can now be streamed over at MetalSucks.
The song features guest appearance from the well-known extreme metal vocalist Vegard Sverre "Ihsahn" Tveitan.
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The song features guest appearance from the well-known extreme metal vocalist Vegard Sverre "Ihsahn" Tveitan.
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| Source: | metalsucks.net |
Lock Up - Short UK Tour With The Rotted, Dripback
With the brand-new album Necropolis Transparent released, UK grinders Lock Up will embark on a short tour in their home country, taking off by the end of December. The dates are listed below.
Support on the three-day trek comes from UK death metallers The Rotted and Dripback.
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Support on the three-day trek comes from UK death metallers The Rotted and Dripback.
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| Source: | facebook.com |
| Band profile: | Lock Up |
| Event: | Lock Up + The Rotted + Dripback: UK Tour 2011 |
Bullet - Sign With Nuclear Blast Records
Nuclear Blast Records press release
A new chapter will be added to the success story of Swedish up-and-comers Bullet, whose boundless love to 80s Heavy Metal led to the band's founding a decade ago. The passionate metal quartet around vocalist Hell Hofer and guitarist Hampus Klang will be part of the big Nuclear Blast family from now on! With three successful albums - of which two could even get rank 3 in Swedish charts - and numerous tours, for example together with their fellow countrymen of HammerFall and Sabaton in 2009, the gunslingers were able to achieve a wide and solid fanbase. And as for the future, Bullet still got quite a few hot bullets in the bull barrel!
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A new chapter will be added to the success story of Swedish up-and-comers Bullet, whose boundless love to 80s Heavy Metal led to the band's founding a decade ago. The passionate metal quartet around vocalist Hell Hofer and guitarist Hampus Klang will be part of the big Nuclear Blast family from now on! With three successful albums - of which two could even get rank 3 in Swedish charts - and numerous tours, for example together with their fellow countrymen of HammerFall and Sabaton in 2009, the gunslingers were able to achieve a wide and solid fanbase. And as for the future, Bullet still got quite a few hot bullets in the bull barrel!
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| Source: | nuclearblast.de |
| Band profile: | Bullet |
Cipher System - New Song Online
Nuclear Blast Records press release
Progressive melodic death metal outfit Cipher System release another song of the upcoming Nuclear Blast debut Communicate The Storms for streaming. "Forget To Forgive" is available from now on as a foretaste of the band's precise art of composing at this location.
Just like an enormous clockwork, the perfectly sophisticated songs of the Swedish sextet dictate the rhythm for the modern Melodic Death Metal scene. Cipher System give a live-cell therapy to the long-serving Gothenburg Metal and put a new, zeitgeisty complexion on it, with their electrifying keyboard passages and brutal thunderstorms of guitar riffing intertwining paradigmatically. Whoever likes progressive Melodic Death Metal sure will love Cipher System!
Their debut on Nuclear Blast called Communicate The Storms will be released on the 9th of September in Europe and October 11th in North America. The band is still available for interviews daily.
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Progressive melodic death metal outfit Cipher System release another song of the upcoming Nuclear Blast debut Communicate The Storms for streaming. "Forget To Forgive" is available from now on as a foretaste of the band's precise art of composing at this location.
Just like an enormous clockwork, the perfectly sophisticated songs of the Swedish sextet dictate the rhythm for the modern Melodic Death Metal scene. Cipher System give a live-cell therapy to the long-serving Gothenburg Metal and put a new, zeitgeisty complexion on it, with their electrifying keyboard passages and brutal thunderstorms of guitar riffing intertwining paradigmatically. Whoever likes progressive Melodic Death Metal sure will love Cipher System!
Their debut on Nuclear Blast called Communicate The Storms will be released on the 9th of September in Europe and October 11th in North America. The band is still available for interviews daily.
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| Source: | nuclearblast.de |
Trigger The Bloodshed - New Video Online
"De-Breed", the brand-new video from UK death metallers Trigger The Bloodshed can now be viewed in the YouTube-video below.
The video was filmed and edited by Glenn Dance.
"De-Breed" comes of the band's latest album Degenerate, which was released last year through Metal Blade Records.
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The video was filmed and edited by Glenn Dance.
"De-Breed" comes of the band's latest album Degenerate, which was released last year through Metal Blade Records.
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| Source: | facebook.com |
| Band profile: | Trigger The Bloodshed |
Arkona - To Tour Canada
Russian pagan metallers Arkona will set sails to Canada for a tour, dubbed Vinland Saga: Canadian Tour 2011, by the start of November. Dates for the tour can be seen after the jump.
Support on the trek will come from Canadian melodic death/thrash metallers Talamyus. Canadian melodic black/folk metallers Valfreya will join as support on November 11th.
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Support on the trek will come from Canadian melodic death/thrash metallers Talamyus. Canadian melodic black/folk metallers Valfreya will join as support on November 11th.
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| Source: | arkona-russia.com |
| Band profile: | Arkona |
| Event: | Arkona: Vinland Saga Canadian Tour |
The Wretched End - To Record New Album
Official press release
The Wretched End, formed in 2008 as creative collaboration between Samoth (Emperor/Zyklon) and Cosmo (Mindgrinder), are currently heading into Strand Studio, Oslo, to record the drumtracks for the follow up to last years debut album Ominous. Once again it is Swedish skinbasher Nils Fjellström (aka Dominator from Dark Funeral, Aeon and In Battle) who's behind the kit.
The new album is tentatively entitled Inroads and confirmed song titles include: "Death By Nature", "Cold Iron Soul", "Blackthorn Winter", "Fear Propaganda", "Hunger", "Throne Renowned Of Old", "Tyrant Of The Mountain", "Deathtopian Society" and "The Haunting Ground".
The album recording is scheduled to be completed by the end 2011 and is tentatively scheduled for release in the first half of 2012 through Nocturnal Art Productions/ Candlelight Records.
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The Wretched End, formed in 2008 as creative collaboration between Samoth (Emperor/Zyklon) and Cosmo (Mindgrinder), are currently heading into Strand Studio, Oslo, to record the drumtracks for the follow up to last years debut album Ominous. Once again it is Swedish skinbasher Nils Fjellström (aka Dominator from Dark Funeral, Aeon and In Battle) who's behind the kit.
The new album is tentatively entitled Inroads and confirmed song titles include: "Death By Nature", "Cold Iron Soul", "Blackthorn Winter", "Fear Propaganda", "Hunger", "Throne Renowned Of Old", "Tyrant Of The Mountain", "Deathtopian Society" and "The Haunting Ground".
The album recording is scheduled to be completed by the end 2011 and is tentatively scheduled for release in the first half of 2012 through Nocturnal Art Productions/ Candlelight Records.
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| Source: | facebook.com |
Sear Bliss - Busy Recording New Album
Hungarian metallers Sear Bliss have issued the following update:
"The recording of the seventh Sear Bliss album with producer Viktor Scheer began on the 21st of July. The drums and guitar tracks have already been recorded. The record will be released by Candlelight Records, release date will be announced later. The yet-untitled album will open a new chapter in the life of the band musically. The songs are dramatic and unsettling, dark and painful. More details and photos of the recording can be viewed here."
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"The recording of the seventh Sear Bliss album with producer Viktor Scheer began on the 21st of July. The drums and guitar tracks have already been recorded. The record will be released by Candlelight Records, release date will be announced later. The yet-untitled album will open a new chapter in the life of the band musically. The songs are dramatic and unsettling, dark and painful. More details and photos of the recording can be viewed here."
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| Source: | searbliss.hu |
| Band profile: | Sear Bliss |
Mastodon - New Song Online
"Curl Of The Burl", a brand new song from US metallers Mastodon, can be streamed using the SoundCloud player at this location.
"Curl Of The Burl" comes off the band's forthcoming album, entitled The Hunter, which will be released on September 27 via Reprise Records. More details about The Hunter were previously reported over here.
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"Curl Of The Burl" comes off the band's forthcoming album, entitled The Hunter, which will be released on September 27 via Reprise Records. More details about The Hunter were previously reported over here.
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| Source: | facebook.com |
| Band profile: | Mastodon |
Rhapsody Of Fire - Members Go Separate Ways
Posted today on the Rhapsody website:
After 15 years of friendship, hard work and big passion, fully invested in the creation of symphonic music and an epic saga that will remain in the history of heavy metal, Alex Staropoli and Luca Turilli decided to proceed to a friendly split. "10 albums released and the end of the saga represent, musically and lyrically, an important artistic goal finally reached, underlined by the success of our last release From Chaos To Eternity, for which we want to thank our wonderful fans once again. Now it came the time when new artistic stimulations need to be found, in respect of both parts' visions and perspectives and of our longtime friendship" say Luca and Alex. Due to the latest legal agreements actually in force, Alex Staropoli will go on with Rhapsody Of Fire having, between the others, Fabio Lione as singer, Tom Hess as guitar player and Alex Holzwarth as drummer. For the same agreements and the original name's common ownership, Luca Turilli will release his future works with a new Rhapsody band, including the faithful band members Dominique Leurquin, Patrice Guers and Alex Holzwarth.
Alex says: "While wishing the best to Luca and his new band, I want to tell you that Fabio and myself feel motivated and stronger than ever and that Rhapsody Of Fire are already planning a great worldwide tour. More information regarding the new bass player and the new second guitar player will follow. Stay tuned!"
The website http://www.rhapsodyoffire.com will remain the glorious Rhapsody Of Fire website at all effects and http://www.algalordchronicles.com the official fan club of Rhapsody Of Fire only. In the future, if you want to know more about the new band of Luca Turilli, please check his personal website at http://www.lucaturilli.com
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After 15 years of friendship, hard work and big passion, fully invested in the creation of symphonic music and an epic saga that will remain in the history of heavy metal, Alex Staropoli and Luca Turilli decided to proceed to a friendly split. "10 albums released and the end of the saga represent, musically and lyrically, an important artistic goal finally reached, underlined by the success of our last release From Chaos To Eternity, for which we want to thank our wonderful fans once again. Now it came the time when new artistic stimulations need to be found, in respect of both parts' visions and perspectives and of our longtime friendship" say Luca and Alex. Due to the latest legal agreements actually in force, Alex Staropoli will go on with Rhapsody Of Fire having, between the others, Fabio Lione as singer, Tom Hess as guitar player and Alex Holzwarth as drummer. For the same agreements and the original name's common ownership, Luca Turilli will release his future works with a new Rhapsody band, including the faithful band members Dominique Leurquin, Patrice Guers and Alex Holzwarth.
Alex says: "While wishing the best to Luca and his new band, I want to tell you that Fabio and myself feel motivated and stronger than ever and that Rhapsody Of Fire are already planning a great worldwide tour. More information regarding the new bass player and the new second guitar player will follow. Stay tuned!"
The website http://www.rhapsodyoffire.com will remain the glorious Rhapsody Of Fire website at all effects and http://www.algalordchronicles.com the official fan club of Rhapsody Of Fire only. In the future, if you want to know more about the new band of Luca Turilli, please check his personal website at http://www.lucaturilli.com
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| Source: | rhapsodyoffire.com |
| Band profile: | Rhapsody |
Tarja Turunen - New Musical Group
The singer has announced her participation in a new project named Harus.
Here is the official statement from her official website:
"There is an old Finnish tradition when it comes to newborns - the baby is not to be named until the baptism ceremony, when he or she is presented to the family with the chosen name.
A few years ago, in 2006, a new project from Tarja was born and, following the same tradition, the time has come to baptize it, to make the presentations to the family and to give it a name - Harus.
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Here is the official statement from her official website:
"There is an old Finnish tradition when it comes to newborns - the baby is not to be named until the baptism ceremony, when he or she is presented to the family with the chosen name.
A few years ago, in 2006, a new project from Tarja was born and, following the same tradition, the time has come to baptize it, to make the presentations to the family and to give it a name - Harus.
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| Source: | tarjaturunen.com |
| Band profile: | Tarja |