European release of new ALMAH album "Fragile Equality" is issued on 17th of October through AFM records. The band has recorded a real power metal masterpiece with progressive, folk and even hrash elements:
"Hi Friends! We just finished the workings on our new Almah album Fragile Equality. Since the band Angra has been terminated, I would like to put my focus on Almah, which turned to a real band with a steady line up. Also my mate Felipe Andreoli (ex-Angra) will be part of this line up and we are looking forward to a great future. Our new album will be released at October 17th. We all would like to thank you for your great support!"
- Edu Falaschi -
Tracklisting: 01. Birds Of Prey 02. Beyond Tomorrow 03. Magic Flame 04. All I Am 05. You’ll Understand 06. Invisible Cage 07. Fragile Equality 08. Torn 09. Shade Of My Soul 10. Meaningless World
Line-up: Edu Falaschi (vocals) Marcelo Barbosa (guitar) Paulo Schroeber (guitar) Felipe Andreoli (bass) Marcelo Moreira (drums)
ALMAH was started in 2006 as first solo album of Edu Falaschi, recorded with guest musicians. In summer 2007 it became a real band, as ANGRA took a break in their activity. "Fragile Equality" was recorded at Norcal Studios in Sao Paolo and produced by Edu Falaschi and Felipe Andreoli in April-June 2008.
After almost 2 years, the deed is nearly done. The finishing of the upcoming DOMAIN album "The Chronicles Of Love, Hate And Sorrow" is within spitting distance.
Producer and guitarist Axel "Ironfinger" Ritt resides again at the Meadow Studios / Darmstadt - Germany, to put the final cut on the metal opera, which bases upon the epistolary novel "Die Leiden des jungen Werther" by famous German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
The release date of the new album in Europe will be November this year, USA and Asia January 2009.
German female-fronted gothic metallers FLOWING TEARS have made a new song entitled "Colossal Shaped Despair" available for streaming on their ' .. The track comes off the group's new album, "Thy Kingdom Gone", due on October 20 via Ascendance Records, the new label funded by Lee Barrett (founder of Candlelight Records; former member of EXTREME NOISE TERROR, TO-MERA) and A&R'd by Sam Grant (writer, promoter, broadcaster, interviewer for Sonic Cathedral online).
According to the band, the follow-up to 2004's "Razorbliss" is "a concept album containing 12 songs" and "it has probably become the darkest and most intense one we ever did. We're really excited about how this one turned out and can't wait for you to listen to it! I think we really managed to capture the essence of what FLOWING TEARS is about: there's tons of really heavy melancholic guitar stuff, tons of atmospheres, and probably the most personal and dedicated lyrics we've ever written."
The group adds, "Somehow the album pretty much breathes the spirit of albums like 'Joy Parade' or 'Jade' in terms of atmosphere and density, even though it's much heavier. And even though the album feels very homogenous, it is probably our most varied one. There's a lot to discover… you'll be surprised. Expect an intense one. No party music, not meant to have a good time with definitely."
"Thy Kingdom Gone" track listing:
01. Orchidfire 02. Pain Has Taken Over 03. Rain Of A Thousand Years 04. Grey 05. Thy Kingdom Gone 06. Words Before You Leave 07. Miss Fortune 08. Colossal Shaped Despair 09. Kismet 10. For My Enemies 11. Souls Of The Neon Reign 12. The War We Left Behind
The front cover artwork was created by Seth Siro Anton, who has previously worked with MOONSPELL, SOILWORK and PARADISE LOST.
FLOWING TEARS released a live album, "Invanity - Live in Berlin", last October via Ascendance Records.
"Razorbliss" was issued in Europe in March 2004 through Century Media Records. The follow-up to 2002's "Serpentine" was recorded at Woodhouse Studios in Hagen, Germany with producer Waldemar Sorychta (THE GATHERING, LACUNA COIL, SENTENCED, MOONSPELL) and was the band's first to feature vocalist Helen Vogt, who replaced Stefanie Duchêne in 2003.
Reunited progressive metallers CYNIC — whose 1993 album "Focus" is regarded as a landmark release in the field of technical/progressive metal — will release their new album, "Traced In Air" on October 28 via Season of Mist Records (one day earlier internationally). The CD contains eight songs, and the band worked once again with renowned artist Robert Venosa (who created the unmistakeable cover and visuals for "Focus") on the art for the new album, which can be viewed below.
"Traced In Air" track listing: 01. Nunc Fluens 02. The Space For This 03. Evolutionary Sleeper 04. Integral Birth 05. The Unknown Guest 06. Adam's Murmur 07. King of those Who Know 08. Nunc Stans
Returning from the "Focus" era for the new eight-song, 35-minute effort are are founding members Paul Masvidal (guitars/clean vocals) and Sean Reinert (drums) along with Sean Malone (bass), and joining the band in the studio is newcomer Tymon Kruidenier (guitars/growls). The band recorded the effort at a California studio with producer Warren Riker (DOWN, SANTANA).
Norwegian masters of doom FUNERAL will release their new album, "As The Light Does The Shadow", on September 22 via Indie Recordings. One of the tracks, "In The Fathoms Of Wit And Reason", features a guest appearance by Robert Lowe (CANDLEMASS, SOLITUDE AETURNUS) on vocals.
"As The Light Does The Shadow" track listing: 01. The Will To Die 02. Those Fated To Fall 03. The Strength To End It 04. The Elusive Light 05. In The Fathoms Of Wit And Reason 06. Towards The End 07. Let Us Die Alone 08. The Absence Of Heaven 09. Hunger 10. Fallen One
The new TESLA single entitled "I Wanna Live" is available for streaming on the band's ' . The track comes off the group's seventh studio album, "Forever More" (see cover art below), which is set for release October 7 on Tesla Electric Company Recordings (in partnership with Ryko Distribution).
For "Forever More", TESLA reunited with producer Terry Thomas, who was behind the boards for the band's 1994 gold-certified "Bust A Nut" album, and engineered by Michael Rosen who worked with TESLA on "Into The Now".
Finnish moster rockers LORDI have set "Deadache" as the title of fourth album, due in North America on October 28 via The End Records. The CD "will showcase the band's trademark melodic hard rock sound, something the band has amplified from the debut, 'Get Heavy', onto the mega-successful 'The Arockalypse'," according to a press release.
A radio-broadcast-quality version of the album's first single, "Bite It Like A Bulldog" — which was premiered last week on Finnish radio — can be heard '
Трек-лист альбома "Unnatural & Wrong": 01. Morbid Fuckin' Death 02. Antigod ' 03. Karma ' 04. Alternative 05. Machine 06. Blight 07. Epitaph To The Multiplied 08. Absurd 09. Everything Is For Nothing 10. Euthanasia
Norwegian black metal band ISKALD will release its second full-length album, "Revelations of Reckoning Day", in Norway on September 15 and the rest of Europe on September 26 via Indie Recordings. The CD was recorded at a studio in Berlin, Germany with producers Stamos Koiousis and Vangelis Labrakis from Greece.
According to a press release, "With their new album ISKALD takes the step into the elite of black metal. Combine the complexity of EMPEROR with the groove and rawness of IMMORTAL, and we are closing in on what ISKALD are all about. The prestine production of Stamos Koliousis and Vangelis Labrakis adds another dimension to this killer album!"
"Revelations of Reckoning Day" track listing 01. Ruin of Mankind 02. A Breath of Apocalypse 03. Warriors of the Northern Twilight, Part II 04. Endtime 05. The Orphanage 06. Det Stilner Til Storm 07. Tartarus 08. Journey to Hell 09. Dommedag
Dutch female-fronted goth rock band WITHIN TEMPTATION played last night (Wednesday, August 6) at the sixth Summer Darkness festival in Tivoli, Utrecht. The band was joined for the ballad "Somewhere" by former THE GATHERING/current AGUA DE ANNIQUE singer Anneke van Giersbergen who performed the track as a duet with WITHIN TEMPTATION's Sharon den Adel.
According to a posting on the web site of UK's "premier independent metal promoters" Arcane Promotions, the "classic lineup" of the long-defunct late '80s/early '90s American progressive death metal band NOCTURNUS will reunite for a tour where it will perform material from its acclaimed 1990 LP "The Key". So far the following dates have been announced:
Oct. 18 - London, UK @ Electrowerkz Oct. 19 - Birmingham, UK @ The Asylum
Before Zachary Stevens (vocals; CIRCLE II CIRCLE) and Jeff Plate (drums; TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, METAL CHURCH) joined SAVATAGE, they were in a band called WICKEDWITCH with guitarist/bassist Matt Leff (ADAM BOMB, TRIGGER EFFECT). Now these three skilled musicians have reunited to record fresh takes on their classic, unreleased material and combine them with all-new tracks.
WICKEDWITCH fans may remember some of these awesome gems. The following tracks are being recorded for consideration on the upcoming release:
01. Bleed 02. Psychotic 03. Innocence 04. Promise 05. Between The Lines 06. Breakdown 07. Soul To Fire 08. This Time 09. The Moment 10. Just A Game 11. Midnight Rain 12. Wings Of An Angel
These tracks are being held as b-sides or possible bonus tracks for territories outside the United States:
13. She's Addiction 14. Holding On 15. Amnesia Please
ICED EARTH's new full-length studio album, "The Crucible of Man (Something Wicked Part II)", will be released through SPV Records on the following dates:
Germany, Austria, Switzerland: September 5 Rest of Europe: September 8 USA, Canada: September 9
"The Crucible of Man (Something Wicked Part II)" track listing: 01. In Sacred Flames 02. Behold The Wicked Child 03. Minions Of The Watch 04. The Revealing 05. A Gift Or A Curse 06. Crown Of The Fallen 07. The Dimensional Gauntlet 08. I Walk Alone 09. Harbinger Of Fate 10. Crucify The King 11. Sacrificial Kingdoms 11. Something Wicked (Part 3) 12. Divide And Devour 14. Come What May 15. Epilogue
DRAGONFORCE will release its new album, "Ultra Beatdown", on August 25 via Roadrunner Records.
"Ultra Beatdown" track listing: 01. Heroes Of Our Time 02. The Fire Still Burns 03. Reasons To Live 04. Scars Of Yesterday 05. Heartbreak Armageddon 06. The Last Journey Home 07. Inside The Winter Storm 08. The Warrior Inside
In a recent interview with Revolver magazine, DRAGONFORCE guitarist Sam Totman stated about the group's new material, "It's not going to be majorly different. But hopefully the melodies will be nicer, the guitar solos will be better, the production will be better. You just try to improve in every area." Vocalist ZP Theart added, "There isn't much to change, but yet there is. The last three albums have been very much guitar-orientated, and this one probably will be as well, but I want to try to do some extra coloring in with the vocals."
ONE MAN ARMY AND THE UNDEAD QUARTET, the Swedish band featuring former THE CROWN vocalist Johan Lindstrand, is putting the finishing touches on its third album, "Grim Tales", due October/November via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded at the Black Lounge Studios in Avesta, Sweden with producer Jonas Kjellgren (SCAR SYMMETRY).
Commented Lindstrand: "The mixing is almost done. I've heard 5-6 tracks and it has completely blown my mind. It's a very well-produced death metal album to say the least. It's the most massive production I've been involved with during my entire life and I've done a couple of albums throughout the years. Everyone's happy with their own work. All from songwriting to performance so we can't wait to play this for you and then finally get on the road and start with some serious action together with you."
"Grim Tales" projected track listing (in no particular order):
01. Misfit With A Machinegun 02. Cursed By The Knife 03. Saint Lucifer 04. Bastards Of Monstrosity 05. Dominator Of The Flesh 06. A Date With Suicide 07. Make Them Die Slowly 08. Bonebreaker Propaganda 09. The Frisco Reaper 10. Death Makes It All Go Away
Former ACCEPT and current U.D.O. frontman Udo Dirkschneider will join Finnish monster hard rockers LORDI for at least one song during their appearance at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which is scheduled to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany.
Dirkschneider makes an appearance on the song "They Only Come Out At Night" (listen to the audio below) on LORDI's latest album, "The Arockalypse", which came out in March 2006.
Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT were honored with the "Album of the Year" Metal Hammer Golden Gods Award for their latest album, "The Formation of Damnation". TESTAMENT beat out the other worthy contenders in this category: ATREYU, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, CHILDREN OF BODOM and DOWN.
The Metal Hammer Golden Gods 2008 awards ceremony was held earlier tonight (Monday, June 16) at the IndigO2 (O2 Arena) in London, UK
Norway's ULVER has posted a cover version of PRINCE's "Thieves in the Temple" on its official ' . "Thieves in the Temple" was originally released on PRINCE's 1990 "Graffiti Bridge" album, with the song hitting No. 6 on the U.S. single chart.
For the cover, ULVER collaborated with female soul singer and WYCLEF JEAN protégée Siri Stranger. The boys downplay their own participation and relation to Prince with the following statement: "Prince is not our familiar, but we appreciate his spirituality and sensibility, manifest in this song. We are thieves in his temple."
Their song is part of a massive 81-track, five-CD tribute titled "Shockadelica: 50th Anniversary Tribute To The Artist Known As Prince" (C+C Records).
Guitarist Chris Caffery (SAVATAGE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA) entered the studio at the end of April to begin recording his new solo album for an October release. According to Chris, "[We] entered Ultimate Music Studios in Cortland, NY today to begin the recording of drum tracks.
"Mr. John Macaluso [drums] unveiled his brand new kit and we made some serious progress. We spent some time getting sounds together and two of the songs are finished 100%. Tomorrow we will hope to make it through another five or six and Wednesday we should finish the 13.
"It is so cool to watch John work in the studio. There is a new life and serious groove to everything he plays.
"I can't wait for you all to hear this music. I will finish the drums and hope to have bass and all lead guitars done by the end of next week. I should be able to start mixing some stuff by next weekend!
"I know everyone always feels their newest CD is the best stuff they have done...so, I will refrain from the usual comments...but I believe you will be quite pleasantly surprised when you hear this CD."
Caffery recently revealed that this next solo album will include "a really cool metal cover of 'Get Up, Stand Up' by BOB MARLEY." He added, "It is actually a cool metal anthem!" Other working songtitles set to appear on the CD include "House of Insanity", "Shame", "Fight The Fleas", "Sorry", "Schizophrenia", "Seasons Change", "Back's To The Wall", "Solitaire", "Winter in Hamburg" and "No Matter What". The instrumental track "Schizophrenia" will contain "many guest solos," including those from Glen Drover (ex-MEGADETH), Jeff Loomis (NEVERMORE) and Alex Skolnick (TESTAMENT, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA).
Chris Caffery's latest solo album, "Pins and Needles", was released in Europe in March 2007 via Metal Heaven Records. The CD arrived in North America on June 5 via Locomotive.
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Rock legend ALICE COOPER will release his new album, "Along Came A Spider", through SPV/Steamhammer on the following dates:
Germany, Austria, Switzerland: July 25 Rest of Europe: July 28 North America: July 29
Check out the CD artwork below.
"Along Came A Spider" was co-produced by Greg Hampton and Danny Saber in Los Angeles. It reportedly features guest appearances by Ozzy Osbourne, who plays harmonica on a track he co-wrote with Cooper, and Slash, who plays guitar on the record as well.
Alice recently told Billboard.biz that his forthcoming LP is "a real 'Alice' album. Conceptually, it's going to be pretty interesting."
Cooper wouldn't reveal too many details, but said the album is based on a fictional serial killer named Spider, who wraps his victims in a silk web. "Every song is sort of a letter to the police," he explains. "They think they're investigating it from the outside, but he's actually woven them into the whole thing."
"Along Came A Spider" track listing (in alphabetical order): 01. Catch Me 02. Hungry 03. I Am The Spider 04. I Know Where You Live 05. (In Touch With) Your Feminine Side 06. Killed By Love 07. Salvation 08. The One That Got Away 09. Vengeance Is Mine 10. Wake The Dead 11. Wrapped In Silk
Dutch symphonic metallers EPICA will take part in a special concert dubbed "Classical Conspiracy" on June 14 at the Miskolc International Opera Festival in Hungary. The band will perform classical pieces from Mozart, Dvorak, Verdi, Orff, Prokofiev, Grieg, Vivaldi as well as symphonic versions of its own songs.
EPICA celebrated the five-year anniversary of the release of its debut album, "The Phantom Agony", by performing the CD in its entirety on May 16 at Tivoli in Utrecht, The Netherlands. After the regular set, EPICA returned for a four-song encore: "Veniality", "Sancta Terra", "Fools of Damnation" and "Consign to Oblivion".
Commented the band: "The shows we did the last two weekends were amazing. Almost every one of them was sold out. It was great to be rocking the stage with Simone [vocals] again and we are looking forward to the upcoming shows a lot!
"At the moment we are working very hard to complete the preparations for the Classical Conspiracy show. As posted earlier, the choir and the orchestra have started their rehearsals as well."
Kscope has set an August 25 release date for the new semi-acoustic album from ANATHEMA entitled "Hindsight". The LP will be available to download from August 18.
"Hindsight" features old and new favourites from the band's career, with new arrangements utilizing acoustic, electrical and orchestral instruments to construct the deep, emotional landscapes ANATHEMA have become renowned for.
This album will also feature the beautiful cello playing of Dave Wesling from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. A close friend of the band, Dave previously toured with the band in 2004 and is featured on the DVD "A Moment In Time". The record has been arranged, recorded, performed and produced solely by the band.
"Hindsight" track listing: 01. Fragile Dreams 02. Leave No Trace 03. Inner Silence 04. One Last Goodbye 05. Are You There? 06. Angelica 07. A Natural Disaster 08. Temporary Peace 09. Flying 10. Unchained (Tales Of The Unexpected)
European release of new ALMAH album "Fragile Equality" is issued on 17th of October through AFM records. The band has recorded a real power metal masterpiece with progressive, folk and even hrash elements: 
German female-fronted gothic metallers FLOWING TEARS have made a new song entitled "Colossal Shaped Despair" available for streaming on their ' .. The track comes off the group's new album, "Thy Kingdom Gone", due on October 20 via Ascendance Records, the new label funded by Lee Barrett (founder of Candlelight Records; former member of EXTREME NOISE TERROR, TO-MERA) and A&R'd by Sam Grant (writer, promoter, broadcaster, interviewer for Sonic Cathedral online).
"Traced In Air" track listing:
"As The Light Does The Shadow" track listing:
The new TESLA single entitled "I Wanna Live" is available for streaming on the band's ' . The track comes off the group's seventh studio album, "Forever More" (see cover art below), which is set for release October 7 on Tesla Electric Company Recordings (in partnership with Ryko Distribution). 
Finnish moster rockers LORDI have set "Deadache" as the title of fourth album, due in North America on October 28 via The End Records. The CD "will showcase the band's trademark melodic hard rock sound, something the band has amplified from the debut, 'Get Heavy', onto the mega-successful 'The Arockalypse'," according to a press release.
Трек-лист альбома "Unnatural & Wrong":
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"Revelations of Reckoning Day" track listing
Dutch female-fronted goth rock band WITHIN TEMPTATION played last night (Wednesday, August 6) at the sixth Summer Darkness festival in Tivoli, Utrecht. The band was joined for the ballad "Somewhere" by former THE GATHERING/current AGUA DE ANNIQUE singer Anneke van Giersbergen who performed the track as a duet with WITHIN TEMPTATION's Sharon den Adel.
U.D.O., the German band led by former ACCEPT frontman Udo Dirkschneider, has scheduled the following dates in Russia and the Ukraine: 
01. Bleed 
"The Crucible of Man (Something Wicked Part II)" track listing:
"Ultra Beatdown" track listing: 
"Grim Tales" projected track listing (in no particular order):
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Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT were honored with the "Album of the Year" Metal Hammer Golden Gods Award for their latest album, "The Formation of Damnation". TESTAMENT beat out the other worthy contenders in this category: ATREYU, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, CHILDREN OF BODOM and DOWN. 
Norway's ULVER has posted a cover version of PRINCE's "Thieves in the Temple" on its official ' . "Thieves in the Temple" was originally released on PRINCE's 1990 "Graffiti Bridge" album, with the song hitting No. 6 on the U.S. single chart.
Guitarist Chris Caffery (SAVATAGE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA) entered the studio at the end of April to begin recording his new solo album for an October release. According to Chris, "[We] entered Ultimate Music Studios in Cortland, NY today to begin the recording of drum tracks. 
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"Along Came A Spider" track listing (in alphabetical order): 
"Hindsight" track listing: