Czech Republic-based death metallers PANDEMIA have uploaded their video for the track "Riven" at ' .
"Riven" is the title track of PANDEMIA's third album, available in the U.S. and Europe via Metal Age Productions. The band recently returned form an extensive six-week tour of South America, where they played 23 shows in six countries in support of "Riven".
Norway's SOLEFALD have finished recording the first part of their new saga, which is based on Viking mythology and history, entitled "Red for Fire, Black for Death".
"Red for Fire: An Icelandic Odyssey Part 1" will be released through Season of Mist, worldwide before the end of 2005 and will quickly be followed by "Black for Death: An Icelandic Odyssey Part 2" in early spring 2006.
"Part 1" features guest appearances by electronica singer Aggie Frost Peterson on the songs "Sun I Call" and "White Frost Queen", and by Jörmundur Ingi, the ancient supreme Godi of Iceland (an Ásatrú priest), who reads the poem "Lokasenna" (an argument between gods) on the last track of the album. The previously announced guest appearance by Garm of ULVER will be featured on "Black for Death".
SOLEFALD's new effort, a "true Viking metal album," according to its authors, is being produced by Borge Finnstad (MAYHEM, ARCTURUS, etc.).
As SOLEFALD previously stated, "We were experimental when everybody was trying to be as basic as possible. Now that we feel we've said what we had to say in this field, and now that everybody is experimenting one way or another, this is our attempt at being true."
Italian experimentalists EPHEL DUATH have recently completed work on the highly anticipated follow up to "The Painter's Palette" at Studio 73 in Ravenna, Italy.
Guitarist DAVIDE TISO has been in touch to let you know more about "Pain Necessary To Know"
"I'm so happy to announce you that our new album "Pain Necessary To Know" is ready. I have the master in my hand and the artwork on my PC!
"After two years to compose and five months to record, mix and master, you can easily understand my so excite state of mind
"The sound is fat and circular but at the same time so cutting. It's brilliant but dirty. There's desert and smelling water. Probably there's Zappa too!
"We've also finalized the artwork. Dirty water with medusas in the background. Medusas are perfect to symbolise the title of the album. You can't say you know a medusa if you have not felt around your body a sign of its touch. You can't say you have the slightest idea of what is the better life for you if you don't have around your thoughts the signs of pain. In my opinion pain is necessary to know. Only through a lot of different pains I've come to understand what is better for me...To play music!
"We've also changed some of the running order.
"Pain Necessary To Know"
1. New Disorder 2. Vector, third movement 3. Pleonasm 4. Few stars, no refrain and a cigarette (instrumental) 5. Crystalline Whirl 6. I killed Rebecca 7. Vector 8. Vector, second movement (instrumental) 9. Imploding
"Buy your copy and control yourself. Later my friends, in the next days we'll try to choose from the album a sort of single to offer you as an MP3.
Davide Tiso
"Pain Necessary To Know" is released on Elitist / Earache on October 17th
LACRIMAS PROFUNDERE are currently writing material for their seventh album, which they hope to begin recording in October for an early 2006 release via Napalm Records. A single will precede the album in January.
As previously reported, LACRIMAS PROFUNDERE recently parted ways with rhythm guitarist Christian Freitsmiedl after the completion of their German tour with THE 69 EYES. Replacing Christian in the band's lineup is Tony Berger. The band's latest CD, "Ave End", was released in June 2004.
WITHIN Y, the Swedish melodic death metal band featuring former GARDENIAN drummer Thim Blom, will enter GBG Sound studio late next week to begin recording their as-yet-untitled sophomore album. "We will start with the drums, as usual, and hopefully we can give you a hint on how Thim's doing in a little video clip in a week or two!" the band write on their web site.
WITHIN Y recently announced the addition of guitarist Niknam Moslehi to the group's ranks. Moslehi joins the band as the replacement for Niklas Almen, who left the group late last year.
Finnish melodic death metallers AMORAL have uploaded two sound samples from their upcoming sophomore album, "Decrowning" as the title of their sophomore album, due on November 21 via Spikefarm Records (a division of Spinefarm). The CD was mastered on August 4 at Finnvox studios by Mika Jussila.
"Decrowning" (view cover ' ) track listing:
01. Showdown (' clip) 02. Lacrimal Gland 03. Decrowning (' clip) 04. Tiebreaker 05. Drug of Choice 06. Denial 101 07. Control Cancer 08. Raptus 09. Warp 10. Bleeder
The band also recorded a cover of MÖTLEY CRÜE's "Wild Side" for future use.
Drummer Diego "Grom" Meraviglia (HORTUS ANIMAE, ex-DOOMSWORD) has officially quit ANCIENT. As of today, Meraviglia is no longer part of the cult extreme metal band's lineup. "I decided to end my official envolvement with ANCIENT for a number of reasons," Diego said in a statement. "It has been a nice and rewarding five years, full of great experiences and I wish to thank all the other guys in the band and all the great fans, but I have reached a point in my career where I simply feel I need to move on. There were profound professional differences as well between me and the rest of the band and that convinced me it was time to quit."
Grom's collaboration with ANCIENT may continue, both live and in studio, but only on a "session" basis. Meraviglia will be concentrating on his "session drummer" career as well as his numerous other projects, including extreme-metal-gothic-prog band HORTUS ANIMAE. Grom is also evaluating several offers for an eventual new "main band."
Finnish melodic metallers REQUIEM have completed work on their third album, "Requiem Forever", for an October 24 release via Scarlet Records. The CD was mastered at Chartmakers studios in Helsinki, Finland, by Svante Forsbäck (STRATOVARIUS, RAMMSTEIN) and will feature artwork by Carlos Del Olmo (SOILWORK, TERROR 2000, AGENT STEEL, THE DEFACED).
"Requiem Forever" track listing:
01. Possessed by Power 02. Hold On 03. Shadowhunt 04. Violate 05. Painting the Wind 06. Invincible Enemy 07. Vindictive Heart 08. The Tower 09. Nightfall – Omnicida 10. Sleepless Nights 11. Gods of War 12. Light No More (demo) (Japanese bonus track)
Former IRON MAIDEN/WOLFSBANE frontman Blaze Bayley spoke to Blazefans.com prior to the band's show at Belgium's Izzefest festival on September 3 about BLAZE's forthcoming album and DVD. "The new album is planned for May 2006 along with the DVD coming a bit later featuring three exclusive songs and documenting the work on the new album," he said. "The new album will be very different from 'Blood & Belief'. 'Blood & Belief' is my favorite album because the vocals are perfect and sound like on a live album. I would like to keep it up this way for the new album. We did a LONG preparation for 'Blood & Belief' and spent a very SHORT time in the studio. Studios are so boring and uninspiring. They are not creative enough for a metal band, they are only for pop bands and stuff like that who like to spend most time in studios."
BLAZE's current lineup consists of the following:
Blaze Bayley – Vocals Oliver Palotai – Guitar Luca Priciotta – Guitar Christian Ammann – Bass Daniel Schild - Drums
New album of ARCONA "Vo Slavu Velikim!" is recorded. Album includes 14 tracks with total playing time appr. 1 hour. Musicians have been working on album for 2 months. It will be released in October through Sound Age label.
Musicians, who took part in album recordings: Masha 'Scream' - voice, choruses, screaming, keyboards, tambourine, vargan, acoustic guitar (4) Sergei 'Lazar' (Rossomahaar) - guitar, solo guitar, acoustic guitar, 12-strings acoustic guitar, choruses, shoutings, growling Ruslan 'Kniaz' (Rossomahaar) - bass Vlad 'Artist' (Rossomahaar) - drums, percussions Vladimir Cherepovskiy (Mervent) - gaita, din whistle, low din whistle, sopilka, vargan (11, 6), drymba, prosvirelka, okarina, dvodentsivka, jolomiya Iliya 'Wolfenhirt' (Svarga) - voic, choruses, shoutings Igor 'Hurry' (Svarga) - accordeon Alexei 'Nightbird' (Alkonost) - screaming Andrei Karasev - violin
Track list: ARCONA - "Vo Slavu Velikim!" 1. Intro (Kolomyyka) 2. Skvoz' Tuman Vekov 3. Rus' Iznachalnaya 4. Vo Slavu Velikim! 5. Po Syroy Zemple 6. Tuman Yarom 7. Zov Bitvy 8. Vedy Proshlogo 9. Velykden' 10. Gnev Vremen 11. Na Svarogovoy Doroge 12. Vyydy, vyydy, Ivanku... 13. Vosstaniye Roda 14. Sila Slavnykh
CATHEDRAL, the immortal legends of extreme doom metal from Britain, lead by vocalist and mastermind Lee Dorrian, are releasing a new album through Nuclear Blast, entitled "The Garden of Unearthly Delights", which is scheduled on the 26th of September. The song "Upon Azrael's Wings" from the upcoming album is available ' (Real media format).
The tracklisting of the new album:
01. Dearth AD 2005 02. Tree of Life & Death 03. North Berwick Witch Trails 04. Upon Azrael's Wings 05. Corpsecycle 06. Fields Of Zagara 07. Oro,The Manslayer 08. Beneath a Funeral Sun 09. The Garden 10. Proga - Europa (hidden track)
A new song entitled "Scrutinized" has been posted at Nuclear Blast's page from the swedish death metallers' HYPOCRISY upcoming album "Virus", scheduled on the 20th of September. The track can be downloaded ' (Real media format).
"Virus" track listing:
01. Intro (not named yet) 02. Warpath 03. Scrutinized 04. Fearless 05. Craving for Another Killing 06. Let the Knife Do the Talking 07. A Thousand Lies 08. Incised Before I've Ceased 09. Blooddrenched 10. Compulsive Psychosis 11. Living to Die
With a week of delay, we're really sorry to deliver this sad news: Voivod's guitarist Denis "Piggy" D'Amour died on the night of the 26th of august from advanced colon cancer.
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Italian experimentalists EPHEL DUATH have recently completed work on the highly anticipated follow up to "The Painter's Palette" at Studio 73 in Ravenna, Italy.
LACRIMAS PROFUNDERE are currently writing material for their seventh album, which they hope to begin recording in October for an early 2006 release via Napalm Records. A single will precede the album in January.
WITHIN Y, the Swedish melodic death metal band featuring former GARDENIAN drummer Thim Blom, will enter GBG Sound studio late next week to begin recording their as-yet-untitled sophomore album. "We will start with the drums, as usual, and hopefully we can give you a hint on how Thim's doing in a little video clip in a week or two!" the band write on their web site.
Drummer Diego "Grom" Meraviglia (HORTUS ANIMAE, ex-DOOMSWORD) has officially quit ANCIENT. As of today, Meraviglia is no longer part of the cult extreme metal band's lineup. "I decided to end my official envolvement with ANCIENT for a number of reasons," Diego said in a statement. "It has been a nice and rewarding five years, full of great experiences and I wish to thank all the other guys in the band and all the great fans, but I have reached a point in my career where I simply feel I need to move on. There were profound professional differences as well between me and the rest of the band and that convinced me it was time to quit." 
New album of ARCONA "Vo Slavu Velikim!" is recorded.
A new song entitled "Scrutinized" has been posted at Nuclear Blast's page from the swedish death metallers' HYPOCRISY upcoming album "Virus", scheduled on the 20th of September. The track can be downloaded ' (Real media format).