Long-running Israeli extreme metallers SALEM are putting the finishing touches on a new DVD, entitled "Salem Underground". According to the band, the disc "is a collection of performances from four different shows. The concept for this DVD was to mix the recorded audio (in stereo) but to leave it unedited to maintain the rawest live experience possible."
The release date for "Salem Underground" will be announced next week.
SALEM released its new album, "Necessary Evil", in June 2007 via Season of Mist. The follow-up to 2005's "Strings Attached" includes a 27-minute piece entitled "Once Upon a Lifetime Parts I - V".
The up-and-coming modern metal/metalcore band F.R.Y. (St.Petersburg) have entered the studio to record the full-length debut album. The album should include the material of the demo/promo CD "Orange Demo[n]" and the Internet single "Illusions.ru" (2007), as well as new songs, previously only heard live. The old songs are to be re-recorded. The album should include 11 tracks in total.
F.R.Y. have their own cool and original style, successfully balancing between metal and alternative, adding elements of various styles from funk metal to rapcore. Over one year, the band have developed a unique sound and a signature, informal style of playing live, full of drive and positive energy. In underground circles, F.R.Y. are known not only by their music experiments, but also by creative and original promo and live videos.
The album title, recording studio, and design concept are kept secret:)
Swedish death metal veterans UNLEASHED have entered the studio to begin recording their ninth full-length album, "Hammer Battalion", due later in the year via SPV Records. According to the band, "The new UNLEASHED album will continue in the same victorious spirit as our previous album 'Midvinterblot'."
Check out photos from the recording sessions at ' .
"Hammer Battalion" track listing (not final order)
01. The Greatest Of All Lies 02. Long Before Winter's Call 03. Your Children Will Burn 04. Hammer Battalion 05. This Day Belongs To Me 06. Marching Off To War 07. Entering The Hall Of The Slain 08. Black Horizon 09. Carved In Stone 10. Warriors Of Midgard 11. Midsummer Solstice 12. Home Of The Brave 13. I Want You Dead
Members of '80s German thrash metal cult EXUMER began negotiating a full-fledged reunion for 2009. The projected reunion includes a new album, re-releases of the band's two albums from the 1980s and a substantial tour.
EXUMER vocalist Mem V. Stein of New York City thrashers SUN DESCENDS comments: "This reunion won't be like the one-off show we played at the Wacken Open Air in 2001. This time we will deliver the entire package and release a new, third EXUMER album. It's been close to 22 years since the second EXUMER release in 1987 and it seems that the band is still relevant, especially when you consider the new generation of thrash metal bands that quote EXUMER as a major influence of theirs. I will keep SUN DESCENDS alive and I'm not abandoning the project but most of 2009 will be dedicated to a new EXUMER album and it's promotion. We also have Paul Arakaki (guitars/bass) in the band who replaced me on the second EXUMER album and now lives in Hawaii. I frequently get emails from fans asking for a EXUMER reunion and I feel that the time is right to finally go ahead and make it a reality. We have never played live in North America and I believe that we owe it to the fans here in the States to see the band at least once with full-on live production."
EXUMER has not yet decided with which record label to work with for the releases, but plans to enter the studio to record their new CD in late 2008/early 2009.
SUN DESCENDS' new album, titled "The Entropy Formula", will be released on Khaosmaster Productions in April and on Twilight distribution in fall 2008.
German power metallers HUMAN FORTRESS will release their third album, "Eternal Empire", on April 25 via Massacre Records. The first pressing will be available as a limited-edition double CD featuring a bonus disc containing two bonus tracks, a video clip, outtakes, pictures and much more.
"Eternal Empire" track listing:
01. Contrast 02. Borders Of Insanity 03. The Wizard 04. The Raven 05. When Love And Hate Collide 06. Under The Spell 07. Lions Den 08. Circle Of Flames 09. Falling Leaves
Audio samples of the tracks "Contrast" and "Falling Leaves" are available at ' . A video for the song "Contrast" was recently shot and will be released soon.
"Of Sacrifice, Loss and Reward", the new single from the Finnish power metallers KIUAS, has entered the ' in the band's home country at position No. 1. The track comes off the group's third album, "The New Dark Age", which is scheduled for release in Finland on March 5.
"The New Dark Age" track listing:
01. The Decaying Doctrine 02. Conqueror 03. Kiuas War Anthem 04. The New Dark Age 05. To Excel and Ascend 06. Black Rose Withered 07. After the Storm 08. Of Sacrifice, Loss and Reward 09. The Summoning 10. The Wanderer's Lamentation Bonus track for Japan release: 11. Towards the Hidden Sanctum
According to the band, "The ' is the product of the visionary artist/musician Niklas Sundin (Cabin Fever Media). The picture is an original drawing in the style of reneissance woodcut illustrations, and portrays the members of KIUAS as the four — or in this case five — horsemen of the Apocalypse with a dismal landscape that combines ancient and modern times."
A video for the song 'Conqueror' was shot on February 18 with Owe Lingvall of Village Road Film.
KIUAS' second full-length album, "Reformation", was released in May 2006.
KIUAS is:
Ilja Jalkanen - Vocals Mikko Salovaara - Guitars Markku Näreneva - Drums Atte Tanskanen - Keyboard Teemu Tuominen – Bass
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Long-running Israeli extreme metallers SALEM are putting the finishing touches on a new DVD, entitled "Salem Underground". According to the band, the disc "is a collection of performances from four different shows. The concept for this DVD was to mix the recorded audio (in stereo) but to leave it unedited to maintain the rawest live experience possible."
The up-and-coming modern metal/metalcore band F.R.Y. (St.Petersburg) have
Swedish death metal veterans UNLEASHED have entered the studio to begin recording their ninth full-length album, "Hammer Battalion", due later in the year via SPV Records. According to the band, "The new UNLEASHED album will continue in the same victorious spirit as our previous album 'Midvinterblot'."
Members of '80s German thrash metal cult EXUMER began negotiating a full-fledged reunion for 2009. The projected reunion includes a new album, re-releases of the band's two albums from the 1980s and a substantial tour.
German power metallers HUMAN FORTRESS will release their third album, "Eternal Empire", on April 25 via Massacre Records. The first pressing will be available as a limited-edition double CD featuring a bonus disc containing two bonus tracks, a video clip, outtakes, pictures and much more.
"Of Sacrifice, Loss and Reward", the new single from the Finnish power metallers KIUAS, has entered the ' in the band's home country at position No. 1. The track comes off the group's third album, "The New Dark Age", which is scheduled for release in Finland on March 5.