Karmageddon Media is extremely proud to present PROJECT: FAILING FLESH Hereby label proudly announce the exclusive signing of PROJECT: FAILING FLESH for the European territories. PROJECT: FAILING FLESH consists of Timothy Gutierrez (instruments), former VOIVOD-vocalist Eric Forrest and Kevin 131 (instruments). The album "A Beautiful Sickness" was recorded and mixed at Assembly Line Studios in Vienna Virginia (USA) under supervision of producer Kevin 131. The release for "A Beautiful Sickness" is scheduled for December 1st on Karmageddon Media. Musically it's kind of industrial metal. For more information and soundclips of Project: Failing Flesh check the band's official website.
A brand new WOLVERINE track, titled ' , has been posted online in MP3 format. "New Best Friends" comes off the group's forthcoming album, "Cold Light Of Monday", tentatively due on November 17 through Elitist Records The complete track listing for "Cold Light Of Monday" is as follows:
01. Dawn 02. Sarah 03. ' 04. Tightrope 05. Carousel 06. Trust 07. Pantomime 08. Red Canvas 09. Dusk 10. Tied With Sin 11. The Final Redemption
INCANTATION are searching for a session touring guitarist with the possibility of becoming a permanent member. The band are looking for "someone with talent, dedication, integrity, and the sincere commitment for the INCANTATION style of death metal. This means NO egos, rockstars, scumbags, backstabbers, ect. So if you think you've got what it takes to be a true metaller, contact ' ."
Chicago doom metal act DEAD OF WINTER have announced the addition of ex-AVERNUS guitarist/current FLESHGRIND bassist James Genenz and ex-AVERNUS drummer William Hamning to the group's ranks. The band, who are currently writing material for a new demo, hope to secure a label deal in 2004 and release their debut album shortly thereafter. In the meantime, sample the song "In Vain" at the following location: '
Sweden's TIAMAT have finished filming the promotional video for their new single "Cain" with Revolver Film Company's (www.revolver.se) award-winning director Patric Ullaeus (DIMMU BORGIR, WITHIN TEMPTATION, PASSENGER). "Cain", due on September 29 through Century Media Records, will contain a radio edit of the album opener, the straight, up-tempo rocker "Love In Chains", and an exclusive cover version of the old W.A.S.P. classic "Sleeping (In The Fire)" — all packaged in a nice digipak with cover artwork by mainman Johan Edlund himself. "Cain" comes off TIAMAT's eighth studio album, "Prey", due on October 27 through Century Media. The self-produced CD, which is being described as one of Edlund's most personal recorded statements to date, was mixed and mastered at Finnvox Studios in Helsinki, Finland. Although it is not a concept album, there is a strong unifying theme running through each of the 13 tracks. The complete track listing for "Prey" is as follows:
1. Cain 2. Ten Thousand Tentacles 3. Wings Of Heaven 4. Love In Chains 5. Divided 6. Carry Your Cross And I'll Carry Mine 7. Triple Cross 8. Light In Extension 9. Prey 10. The Garden Of Heathen 11. Clovenhoof 12. Nihil 13. The Pentagram
Swedish melodic metallers HAMMERFALL have confirmed the track listing for their upcoming live CD/DVD, "One Crimson Night", due on October 20 through Nuclear Blast. The CD/DVD will contain the entire concert from Lisebergshallen in Goteborg, Sweden on February 20, 2003, while the DVD will also include an "On The Road" documentary from the European part of "The Crimson Crusades", as well as the gold-album ceremony held on stage in Goteborg. The track listing for "One Crimson Night" is as follows:
01. Lore Of The Arcane 02. Riders Of The Storm 03. Heeding The Call 04. Stone Cold 05. Hero's Return 06. Legacy Of Kings 07. Bass Solo: Magnus Rosen 08. At The End Of The Rainbow 09. The Way Of The Warrior 10. The Unforgiving Blade 11. Glory To The Brave 12. Guitar Solo: Stefan Elmgren 13. Let The Hammer Fall 14. Renegade 15. Steel Meets Steel 16. Crimson Thunder 17. Templars Of Steel 18. Hearts On Fire 19. Hammerfall
Swedish melodic metallers NOSTRADAMEUS will be entering Roasting House studios in Malmo, Sweden on November 10 to begin recording their fourth album, due in early 2004 through Germany's AFM Records. NOSTRADAMEUS' last studio album, "The Third Prophecy", was released in January.
DESTRUCTION have shooted a new video for the song "Desecrators (of the new age)", taken from the upcoming album "Metal Discharge". It is available in different formats on band's official website at the following location : '
IRON MAIDEN have posted online cuts of all their new album, "Dance Of Death", songs, for 45 seconds each. As previously reported, album was released on 8th of September this year (exactly a week ago). So, download 'em all: 01. Wildest Dreams 02. Rainmaker 03. No More Lies 04. Montsegur 05. Dance Of Death 06. Gates Of Tomorrow 07. New Frontier 08. Paschendale 09. Face In The Sand 10. Age Of Innocence 11. Journeyman
San Francisco power/thrash metallers IMAGIKA have announced the addition of vocalist Norman Skinner (MACHINE CALLED MAN, TRAMOTANE) to the band's ranks. Skinner replaces longtime singer David Michael, who left IMAGIKA in August because his "heart wasn't in it anymore," according to an official statement from the rest of the group. IMAGIKA's fourth album is due in early 2004 through an as-yet-undisclosed label. The band, who were previously signed to Germany's Massacre Records, released their last CD, "And So It Burns", in October 2000.
Finnish black metallers ARTHEMESIA have parted ways with drummer Mor Vethor. "Mor Vethor had to leave the band, because his skills didn't match the requirements of our music, thus all recordings [for our new album] are now cancelled," the band write on their official web site. "We will restart the recording sessions again in the late spring [2004] with our new drummer. And I promise our new drummer will blow your head away (we will inform his name sooner or later, let's keep some secrecy for awhile)! Consider yourselves warned! Due to the postponed studios, the album will be out in October 4th [2004]." The group, whose style is being described in an official press release as "an extremely powerful hybrid of black metal and death/thrash/heavy metal with a touch of classical and dark ambient music," are planning on recording and mixing their upcoming album, "ShamaNatahS - II Describe I Mind", in three different studios (Christslayer, Hellhole and Sonic Pump) before mastering it at Finnvox Studios (NIGHTWISH, STRATOVARIUS, SONATA ARCTICA) with Mika Jussila. Cover artwork for the album will be created by Mike Bohatch (Eyes of Chaos). The complete track listing for the album (in no particular order) is as follows:
01. Mors Principium Est 02. Swampendom 03. Transcendental Mindflow - Into the Cosmos Unknown 04. Uhrikelpoisia Teuraselaimia 05. Death Executed by Complex Actions 06. The Order of the Opposite Force 07. ShamaNatahS 08. Patheme
"ShamaNatahS - II Describe I Mind" will be released through Holland's Karmageddon Media (formerly Hammerheart Records).
Reunited Long Island, New York-based death metallers PYREXIA, who recently signed an exclusive distribution deal with Crash Music, will be entering Sabella Studios in October to record their newest full-length opus, "Cruelty Beyond Submission". A January 2004 release via a partnership between Rex Records (PYREXIA's label) and Deepsend Records is expected.
Finnish melodic death/doom metallers SWALLOW THE SUN, who feature several members of FUNERIS NOCTURNUM, have set "The Morning Never Came" as the title for their debut album, due in November through Firebox Records. "The Morning Never Came" was recorded at Sam's Workshop with producer Sami Kakko. The track listing for the album is as follows:
01. Through Her Silvery Body 02. Deadly Nightshade 03. Out Of This Gloomy Light 04. Swallow 05. Hold This Woe 06. Silence Of The Womb 07. Under The Waves 08. The Morning Never Came
SENTENCED has recorded supporting song for Oulun Karpat, ice hockey team in Oulu. Song is called "Routasydan" and its first ever Sentenced song in Finnish. Song is composed by Miika Tenkula and lyrics are by Sami Lopakka. 'The idea came from Karpat. They wanted us to do a song and same time little bit renew the form supporting songs usually have. First of all we made a demo song that sounded like us and then when they liked it we went straight to the studio', Ville Laihiala tells. 'I'm a hard supporter of Karpat so this is like honor thing', Ville continues. "Routasydan" will be published on CD that contains also previous supporting songs of Karpat. It will be available in early october at Karpat Fan-shop.
DREAM THEATER have revealed that their forthcoming new studio album will be titled "Train Of Thought" and have set a release date of November 11 for the record. The album - the follow-up to 2002's "Six Degrees Of Turbulence" - was produced by guitarist John Petrucci and drummer Mike Portnoy, with mixing duties performed by Kevin 'Caveman' Shirley. "Train Of Thought" will feature the following tracklisting: 01. As I Am 02. This Dying Soul 03. Endless Sacrifice 04. Honor Thy Father 05. Vacant 06. Stream Of Consciousness 07. In The Name Of God
The much-anticipated eight-disc BLACK SABBATH box set, "Black Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath (1970-1978)", is due on November 4. The collection will feature remastered versions of the band's albums with Ozzy Osbourne behind the mike, as well as a live DVD with previously unseen footage. Retailing for $99.98, the set features the classic albums "Black Sabbath", "Paranoid", "Master of Reality", "Vol. 4", "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath", "Sabotage", "Technical Ecstasy" and "Never Say Die!". The original SABBATH lineup supervised the box set, along with executive producer Sharon Osbourne.
Sweden's CONSTRUCDEAD, the band featuring TERROR 2000 drummer Erik Thyselius, have set "Violadead" as the title for their sophomore album, tentatively due in January through Sound Pollution Records. The follow-up to 2002's "Repent" was recorded and is currently being mixed at Helsingborg's Queenstreet Recording with producer Richard Larsson. The album will be released both in jewel-case and a limited-edition digipack version. The group, who were recently joined by GODSIC frontman Peter Tuthill, were previously signed to Cold Records.
MORBID ANGEL's forthcoming CD, "Heretic", will be released in several different formats, according to the group's label, Earache Records. "Heretic" — due in Europe on September 22 through Earache Records — was recorded and mixed at D.O.W. (Diet Of Worms) studios in Seffner, Florida and was co-produced by the band and longtime front-of-house mixing engineer Juan "Punchy Gonzalez. The album — the group's ninth overall release (including their 1986 "Abominations Of Desolation" demo and the 1996 live album, "Entangled In Chaos") — marks a return to the fold of bassist/vocalist Steve Tucker, who originally left the band in early April 2001 due to "personal and family problems." The following versions of "Heretic" will be available, according to Earache.com: 01. Box set — "Heretic" CD plus an 18-track unreleased "Bonus Levels" CD and free "Heretic" sticker, all housed in Deluxe Box. Available in stores in Germany only, or direct to your door from Earache's webstore. 02. Double Disc Slipcase — "Heretic" CD plus "Bonus Levels" CD housed in slipcase. Available from Earache USA on wholesale basis only. 03. Double Disc — comes with "Bonus Levels" CD. Available in stores everywhere. 04. 12" Vinyl Picture Disc — available from vinyl specialist stores everywhere. 05. Regular Single-Disc CD — available from stores that have no clue about the double-disc edition!
The release date of ICED EARTH's new album, "The Glorious Burden", has been officially pushed back to January 13, 2004 (a day earlier internationally), according to SPV Records. A single containing the tracks "The Reckoning (Don't Tread On Me)", "When The Eagle Cries" (Unplugged), "Valley Forge" and "Hollow Man" will be released on October 27. "The Glorious Burden" is the group's first CD to feature new vocalist Tim Owens (ex-JUDAS PRIEST), who replaced Matt Barlow earlier in the summer. The follow-up to 2001's "Horror Show" features Owens alongside ICED EARTH mainman Jon Schaffer (guitar), Richard Christy (drums, ex-DEATH, CONTROL DENIED), James MacDonough (bass) and Ralph Santolla (guitar, EYEWITNESS, MILLENIUM, ex-DEATH). The complete track listing for "The Glorious Burden" is as follows: 01. Star Spangled Banner 02. Declaration Day 03. When The Eagle Cries 04. The Reckoning (Don't Tread On Me) 05. Attila 06. Red Baron/Blue Max 07. Hollow Man 08. Waterloo 09. Valley Forge 10. Gettysburg (1863) 11. The Devil To Pay 12. Hold At All Costs 13. High Water Mark
Veteran death metallers CANNIBAL CORPSE will be heading back to the studio on September 15 to start the recording process for the follow-up to last year's "Gore Obsessed", due in early 2004 through Metal Blade Records. The band will once again record at Sonic Ranch Studios in Tornillo, Texas with producer Neil Kernon (NEVERMORE, JUDAS PRIEST). More information, including the album title, will be announced shortly.
Gothenburg-based Death/Thrashers WITHIN Y just finished the recordings for their upcoming debut album titled "Extended Mental Dimensions". Tracklisting for "Extended Mental Dimensions": 01. Lost in Solitude 02. God in Silence 03. Remains of a Shattered Illusion 04. Things 05. Injection 06. Face Down 07. Behold 08. Silently Leaving 09. Feeble and Weak 10. Sacred Lies
The album was recorded and mixed during the month August and early September at Meta4Music Studios in Gothenburg, Sweden. Artwork is currently being created by art-wizard Niklas Sundin at Cabin Fever Media. The release for "Extended Mental Dimensions" is scheduled for January 19th, 2004 on Karmageddon Media.
THY MAJESTIE have announced that after four years with label Scarlet Records, the band have parted ways and are now seeking a new deal. In the meantime the band are working on the last few songs of their new album, which they themselves describe as an "historical concept based on Joan Of Arc".
SEETHINGS, the new Swedish band fronted by former DARKANE vocalist Lawrence Mackrory, have posted MP3 clips of three songs from their debut album, "Parallels", due in Europe and Scandinavia on October 27 through Scarlet Records. Check them out: ' ' '
Norwegian black metallers ANCIENT will enter the studio in November to record their new album, tentatively due in early 2004 through Metal Blade Records. The CD will be recorded at Mirage and Alpha-Omega studios and the mixing and mastering will take place at Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden. The as-yet-untitled follow-up to 2001's "Proxima Centauri" will contain the following cuts, among others: 1. Envision The Beast 2. Fuel The Flames 3. Raping The Children Of Abel 4. Night Visit
An "unmixed" version of NAPALM DEATH's cover of KREATOR's ' has been posted online in MP3 format The track — which is said to be a favorite of NAPALM DEATH guitarist Mitch Harris — comes off the group's upcoming collection of covers, entitled "Leaders Not Followers 2", due in early 2004 through the band's own Feto label. As previously reported, "Leaders Not Followers 2" will include the following cuts: 01. CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER – "Lowlife" 02. OFFENDERS – "Face Down In The Dirt" 03. DEVASTATION – "Devastation" 04. ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT - "Dope Fiend" 05. AGNOSTIC FRONT - "Blind Justice" 06. WEHRMACHT - "Night Of Pain" 07. ANTI CIMEX - "Game Of The Assholes"/"Victims Of A Bomb Raid" 08. SEPULTURA - "Troops Of Doom" 09. INSANITY - "Fire Death Fate" 10. HIRAX - "Hate Fear + Power" 11. DAYGLO ABORTIONS - "Bedtime Story" 12. HELLHAMMER - "Messiah" 13. KREATOR - "Riot Of Violence" 14. DISCHARGE - "War's Not Fairytale" 15. SIEGE - "Conform" 16. MASSACRE - "Clangor Of War" 17. MASTER - "Master" 18. DIE KREUZEN - "I'm Tired"
Norway's SUSPERIA have signead a record deal for threee albums with Tabu Recordings - sublabel of Tuba Records. As previously reported, on 24th of September band will enter a studio to record their new third album, tenatively untiteled "Unlimited". Next year February release is expected.
NECROPHAGIA frontman Killjoy and cult horror actress and singer with band JEZEBEL, Eileen Daly ("Cradle of Fear", "Razor Blade Smile") have agreed to collaborate on a number of music and film projects. To begin with KILLJOY will be remixing and preparing a much darker version of the track "Lector And Bundy" from JEZEBEL's album "Forbidden Fruit", Killjoy comments: "I'm really looking forward to working with Eileen, artistically and vocally she has an extremely unique vibe, in this day and age when most female vocalists' are trying to sound masculine, Eileen grabs the proverbial goat by the horns and injects a much needed dose of "femme fatal" into the scene ... she has the most unlimited potential of anyone I know !!! Eileen definitely has what I call "The Dark Gift". Later this year Killjoy and Eileen Daly are planning to collaborate on some UK horror and gore filming in conjunction with horror maestro Alex Chandon whose directorial work can be seen in numerous CRADLE OF FILTH videos and the blood-soaked feature "Cradle Of Fear". Killjoy and Eileen DALY will also be working on some new NECROPHAGIA songs where Killjoy's and Daly's distinctive vocal styles are expected to create whole new levels of aural mayhem and menace.
New live video tracks from SLAYER "South Of Heaven" and "Angel Of Death" are posted online on ofiicial Dave Lombardo site. Video was shoted in Sweden on Hultsfred Festival 2002. In other news, Dave recently finished recording of the new album by RIP INC. with producer Waldemar Sorychta.
A brand new WOLVERINE track, titled ' , has been posted online in MP3 format. 
Sweden's TIAMAT have finished filming the promotional video for their new single "Cain" with Revolver Film Company's (www.revolver.se) award-winning director Patric Ullaeus (DIMMU BORGIR, WITHIN TEMPTATION, PASSENGER). 
Swedish melodic metallers HAMMERFALL have confirmed the track listing for their upcoming live CD/DVD, "One Crimson Night", due on October 20 through Nuclear Blast. 
DESTRUCTION have shooted a new video for the song "Desecrators (of the new age)", taken from the upcoming album "Metal Discharge". 
IRON MAIDEN have posted online cuts of all their new album, "Dance Of Death", songs, for 45 seconds each.
San Francisco power/thrash metallers IMAGIKA have announced the addition of vocalist Norman Skinner (MACHINE CALLED MAN, TRAMOTANE) to the band's ranks. Skinner replaces longtime singer David Michael, who left IMAGIKA in August because his "heart wasn't in it anymore," according to an official statement from the rest of the group. 
Finnish black metallers ARTHEMESIA have parted ways with drummer Mor Vethor. 
Reunited Long Island, New York-based death metallers PYREXIA, who recently signed an exclusive distribution deal with Crash Music, will be entering Sabella Studios in October to record their newest full-length opus, "Cruelty Beyond Submission". A January 2004 release via a partnership between Rex Records (PYREXIA's label) and Deepsend Records is expected.
Finnish melodic death/doom metallers SWALLOW THE SUN, who feature several members of FUNERIS NOCTURNUM, have set "The Morning Never Came" as the title for their debut album, due in November through Firebox Records. "The Morning Never Came" was recorded at Sam's Workshop with producer Sami Kakko. 
SENTENCED has recorded supporting song for Oulun Karpat, ice hockey team in Oulu. Song is called "Routasydan" and its first ever Sentenced song in Finnish. Song is composed by Miika Tenkula and lyrics are by Sami Lopakka. 
DREAM THEATER have revealed that their forthcoming new studio album will be titled "Train Of Thought" and have set a release date of November 11 for the record. The album - the follow-up to 2002's "Six Degrees Of Turbulence" - was produced by guitarist John Petrucci and drummer Mike Portnoy, with mixing duties performed by Kevin 'Caveman' Shirley. 
Sweden's CONSTRUCDEAD, the band featuring TERROR 2000 drummer Erik Thyselius, have set "Violadead" as the title for their sophomore album, tentatively due in January through Sound Pollution Records. 
MORBID ANGEL's forthcoming CD, "Heretic", will be released in several different formats, according to the group's label, Earache Records. 
The release date of ICED EARTH's new album, "The Glorious Burden", has been officially pushed back to January 13, 2004 (a day earlier internationally), according to SPV Records. A single containing the tracks "The Reckoning (Don't Tread On Me)", "When The Eagle Cries" (Unplugged), "Valley Forge" and "Hollow Man" will be released on October 27. "The Glorious Burden" is the group's first CD to feature new vocalist Tim Owens (ex-JUDAS PRIEST), who replaced Matt Barlow earlier in the summer. The follow-up to 2001's "Horror Show" features Owens alongside ICED EARTH mainman Jon Schaffer (guitar), Richard Christy (drums, ex-DEATH, CONTROL DENIED), James MacDonough (bass) and Ralph Santolla (guitar, EYEWITNESS, MILLENIUM, ex-DEATH). 
Veteran death metallers CANNIBAL CORPSE will be heading back to the studio on September 15 to start the recording process for the follow-up to last year's "Gore Obsessed", due in early 2004 through Metal Blade Records. The band will once again record at Sonic Ranch Studios in Tornillo, Texas with producer Neil Kernon (NEVERMORE, JUDAS PRIEST). More information, including the album title, will be announced shortly.
Gothenburg-based Death/Thrashers WITHIN Y just finished the recordings for their upcoming debut album titled "Extended Mental Dimensions". 
THY MAJESTIE have announced that after four years with label Scarlet Records, the band have parted ways and are now seeking a new deal. In the meantime the band are working on the last few songs of their new album, which they themselves describe as an "historical concept based on Joan Of Arc".
SEETHINGS, the new Swedish band fronted by former DARKANE vocalist Lawrence Mackrory, have posted MP3 clips of three songs from their debut album, "Parallels", due in Europe and Scandinavia on October 27 through Scarlet Records. Check them out: 
Norwegian black metallers ANCIENT will enter the studio in November to record their new album, tentatively due in early 2004 through Metal Blade Records. The CD will be recorded at Mirage and Alpha-Omega studios and the mixing and mastering will take place at Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden. The as-yet-untitled follow-up to 2001's "Proxima Centauri" will contain the following cuts, among others: 
An "unmixed" version of NAPALM DEATH's cover of KREATOR's ' has been posted online in MP3 format 
German thrashers KREATOR will enter the studio in May 2004 to begin recording their new album, tentatively due late next year through SPV Records.
Norway's SUSPERIA have signead a record deal for threee albums with Tabu Recordings - sublabel of Tuba Records. 
New live video tracks from SLAYER "South Of Heaven" and "Angel Of Death" are posted online on ofiicial Dave Lombardo site. Video was shoted in Sweden on Hultsfred Festival 2002.