Veteran San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS are selling a two-disc DVD document of their "Tempo of the Damned" record-release show, which took place March 2004 at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco. Entitled "Live at the DNA", the set contains the following track listing:
DVD One:
01. Intro / Scarred Spangled Banner 02. Deliver Us to Evil 03. Blacklist 04. Piranha 05. Til Death Do Us Part 06. Fabulous Disaster 07. Shroud of Urine 08. Parasite 09. Only Death Decides 10. Forward March 11. Chemi-Kill
DVD Two:
01. And Then There Were None 02. Culling the Herd 03. Sealed With A Fist 04. Throwing Down 05. Lesson In Violence 06. War Is My Sheppard 07. Tempo of the Damned Encore: 08. Impaler 09. Toxic Waltz 10. Bonded by Blood 11. Strike of the Beast
The first demo of DEATH HEAVEN, titled "Techno Decomposition World", is out now. It contains seven tracks of technical and aggressive death metal plus an instrumental intro. For info visit the official DEATH HEAVEN ' .
Magic Circle Music has signed an exclusive worldwide distribution deal for MANOWAR with SPV.
Magic Circle Music spokesman and MANOWAR management team member revealed that "With their professional attitude and international structure SPV won out over all the other major and independent record companies in negotiations that lasted more than a year.
MANOWAR bassist Joey DeMaio was quoted as saying " We are proud that our past with Nuclear Blast was a success that ultimately brought them their first gold record in their home territory of Germany, however since the formation of our own label, we have the very same level of responsibility to our artists and their fans as we do for MANOWAR and the MANOWAR fans, so it was absolutely necessary to find a company that could interface with our structure and would commit 100 percent of their support to us as well as to all Magic Circle bands".
MANOWAR are set to release their new single as well as their new DVD "Hell On Earth Part IV" in July of this year. The new MANOWAR album will then follow early 2006. MANOWAR will also perform live with several other Magic Circle Music bands at the Earthshaker Fest 2005 in Geiselwind/Germany on July 23, 2005.
SPV president commented, "my first working experience with MANOWAR began in 1985. SPV was the exclusive distribution partner for Roadrunner Records in Germany and as such was responsible for MANOWAR's album "Hail To England" and therefore marketed it successfully 20 years ago. I believe that signing MANOWAR will be the beginning of a longterm and fruitful pairing with the Kings Heavy Metal. This has been a true wish for two decades to continue this early collaboration on a higher level. Now with this current deal structure I am sure all of SPV's hopes and visions for a band like MANOWAR with their own label environment will come true.
The importance of MANOWAR for the whole scene, not only in Germany but in the other major-markets around the world is reason enough for me to be personally involved in all aspects of this great collaboration as it has been proven right in all of our past negotiations.
The most recent of which is the collaboration between Magic Circle Music and SPV with the outstanding success of Italian melodic-rockers RHAPSODY with Christopher Lee.
With two experienced teams working together this can only bring success!
To date MANOWAR have sold over 8 Million records Their latest album "Warriors Of The World" was released in 2002 achieving Top 5 chart positions worldwide (e.g. # 2 in Germany's Media Control Top 100 Charts) and has been certified gold.
Finnish power metallers STRATOVARIUS have posted the following message on their official web site:
"After a lot of listening and editing, the basic structure of our 11th album is getting together slowly but surely. After the turbulence of the last year, none of us has known what to expect when going into the studio.
"We have used the drums Jörg [Michael] recorded alone at Soundtrack studio about a year ago. There was about 70 gigabytes of drums, so that took a while to listen to. And bit of tough decisions, and editing, cutting and pasting. New lyrics and vocal melodies have been written, and also some new songs.
"Says Timo Tolkki (guitar): 'I recorded all my rhythm guitars during one evening. God, my fingers still hurt!! There is a construction project going on under my studio. They are building a parking hall and are exploding huge bombs twice a day. Also there is lots of drilling. I am sure that this is the first time in the history of metal that an album has been recorded under circumstances like these.'
"It has indeed been very hard to record vocals and acoustic instruments. But we are finally getting there, slowly but surely. It's flowing and the feeling is really good. The vocals will for sure be finished before [singer] Timo Kotipelto's solo tour embarks. Then of course, the mixing... the mixing... the mixing.
"STRATOVARIUS has never made a compromise when it comes to the sound and this time with [Timo Tolkki] in his own studio.. my God, anything under two months of mixing and we'll be lucky. Anyway we would like to thank you, the fans, for your patience and hope that you enjoy this progress report and some new pictures."
A brand new promotional photo of STRATOVARIUS can be viewed at '
SOILWORK vocalist Björn "Speed" Strid and BLIND GUARDIAN drummer Thomen Stauch are currently seeking a name for their new project. The collaboration, which originally went under the COLDSEED moniker, is described by Strid as "a mixture between RAMMSTEIN and ALICE IN CHAINS." A full-length album is currently being recorded and is due later in the year.
To suggest a name for the new band, visit SOILWORK's official web site at '
There is an information within LACRIMOSA's official site.
"There are only a few weeks left until May 2nd, when "Lichtgestalt" (luminous figure), our new and nineth studioalbum will be released! The aware LACRIMOSA-listener might have several associations by reading this title, which are thoroughly wanted, as this album "Lichtgestalt" takes to the point, what some previous lyrics and compositions indicated and prepared."
Norway's TURBONEGRO will release their new album, "Party Animals", throughout Europe on May 9. "Party Animals" is the follow-up to 2003's "Scandinavian Leather", and is produced by Steve McDonald, known for his work with THE WHITE STRIPES, BECK and REDD KROSS.
Songs to appear on the album include "City of Satan", "Wasted Again" and "Blow Me (Like the Wind)".
Danish hard rockers ROYAL HUNT have set "Paper Blood" as the title of their new album, tentatively due late spring/early summer through Frontiers Records.
The follow-up to 2003's "Eyewitness" was recorded at North Point studio in Copenhagen and will be mixed beginning on March 21 at EMI/Medley Studio in Copenhagen with André Andersen (keyboards) and Lars Overgaard behind the board.
"Paper Blood" track listing:
01. Break Your Chains 02. Not My Kind 03. Memory Lane 04. Never Give Up 05. Seven Days 06. SK 983 07. Kiss Of Faith 08. Paper Blood 09. Season’s Change 10. Twice Around The World
Israel's "Mesopotamian black metal" band ARALLU are currently in the studio recording their third album, "The Demon from the Ancient World", tentatively due late spring/early summer.
The upcoming CD will feature guest appearances in the track "Kill Kill Kill" by the vocalists by fellow Israeli acts SALEM (Zeev Tananboim), MOONSKIN (Yishai Swearts), BARTHOLOMEUS NIGHT (Refahim) and SHWORCHTSECHAYE (Yehi Zaken).
"The Demon from the Ancient World" track listing:
01. Dingir Xul 02. War Spirit 03. The Devil's Massacre 04. Sierra Nevada 05. Battle Ground 06. The Dead Will Rise Again 07. Sumerian Words 08. Kill Kill Kill 09. The 7 Chosen Genii 10. Tzvaot Arallu
SCARS, the power of Brazilian Thrash Metal - One of the icons of Brazilian Thrash Metal during the eighties recently came back to their activities. The band with new strength recorded at Lumen Studio the EP The Nether Hell that has as lyrical concept the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, the track list has six tracks following a furious Thrash Metal and some Death Metal influence. The first thousand copies of The Nether Hell will be totally distributed freely to the band's fans.
SCARS recently was the open act for two ANTHRAX concerts and praised by the crowd. SCARS, a big promess from Brazil. Know three music making dowload:
SUBLIMINAL CRUSHER are currently in the recording studio to begin working on their yet unnamed first full length record, tentatively due on late spring. The track list counts 11 tracks, and some of the track names are "Unfertile Suggestions", "A Poetry", "Slavery", "Fuck-simile". A cover version of a TESTAMENT classic will also be recorded, to be included as a bonus track at the end of the album.
Andrew Matte of the Regina Leader-Postt is reporting that GODSIZE, a tribute band from Winnipeg that plays the music of American metal band PANTERA, found themselves reluctantly buoyed by the success of their show after the murder of PANTERA guitarist Darrell "Dimebag" Abbott.
Any remaining pessimism among GODSIZE members was erased after their Winnipeg show was sold out, and also raised money for a charity in the slain guitarist's name.
"That crowd went crazy, they sang along to the songs, it was great," GODSIZE vocalist Paul Skelly says.
Their Regina show is the first GODSIZE "tour" date. They've never performed outside of Manitoba's capital, but Skelly is eager to perform wherever clubs and fans will have them.
GODSIZE benefits, like other PANTERA tribute acts, because Abbott's death generates new interest in PANTERA's music, Skelly admits, but it also means his band's tribute means that much more.
"It's sad that something like that happened to draw attention to the band," he says, "but playing this music feels so natural, it's almost a kiddy school kid kind of thing for us."
METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich and his girlfriend, Danish actress Connie Nielsen, attended the 2005 Vanity Fair Oscar Party at Mortons in Los Angeles, California on February 27. Check out pictures from '
As previously reported, longtime San Francisco-area resident Ulrich recently moved to New York City to live with Nielsen, according to the New York Daily News. The Danish-born Ulrich has been dating Connie since separating from his wife, Skylar, last year. Now Ulrich is spending a good chunk of his time in the Big Apple with Nielsen and her 15-year-old son, Sebastian.
Nielsen is best known for her roles in "Gladiator", "One Hour Photo" and "The Devil's Advocate".
"Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore" author Albert Mudrian will sign copies of his book at the Neal's Yard location of Rough Trade in the Covent Garden section of London on Wednesday, March 16 at 6 p.m. Former CARCASS frontman Jeff Walker, former CARCASS drummer Ken Owen, former NAPALM DEATH frontman and current CATHEDRAL vocalist Lee Dorrian, NAPALM DEATH bassist Shane Embury, AKERCOCKE frontman Jason Mendonca and AKERCOCKE drummer David Gray will all join the author in signing copies of "Choosing Death". The book, published by Feral House, revisits critical moments in the history of the grindcore and death metal genres. For more information, go to www.roughtrade.com or www.choosingdeath.com.
Swedish/German extreme metal act ARCH ENEMY have commenced the recording sessions for the follow-up to 2003's "Anthems of Rebellion". "We spent the last month in rehearsals and pre-production… It was pretty intense, but hard work pays off — and I believe we have come up with an amazing collection of songs," drummer Daniel Erlandsson writes on the group's web site. The first studio photos can be found at ,' .
Long-awated album of MENTAL DEMISE, the leaders of Ukrainian brutal death/grind underground and Metal Heads' Mission open air festival organisers, is out now. New effort is entitled as "Disgraceful Sores" and is available through Belarus-based Moral Insanity productions (for C.I.S.) and US-based Sevared records (for USA and the rest of world).
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Finnish power metallers STRATOVARIUS have posted the following message on their official web site:
SOILWORK vocalist Björn "Speed" Strid and BLIND GUARDIAN drummer Thomen Stauch are currently seeking a name for their new project. The collaboration, which originally went under the COLDSEED moniker, is described by Strid as "a mixture between RAMMSTEIN and ALICE IN CHAINS." A full-length album is currently being recorded and is due later in the year.
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Long-awated album of MENTAL DEMISE, the leaders of Ukrainian brutal death/grind underground and Metal Heads' Mission open air festival organisers, is out now. New effort is entitled as "Disgraceful Sores" and is available through Belarus-based Moral Insanity productions (for C.I.S.) and US-based Sevared records (for USA and the rest of world).