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OPETH Frontman Talks About Collaboration With MIKE PORTNOY, STEVEN WILSON
03 Apr 2006
OPETH frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt has confirmed reports that he is planning on collaborating with PORCUPINE TREE's Steven Wilson and DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy on an as-yet-unnamed new project. "We've been talking the three of us," Mikael said in a recent interview with Tony of KASC The Blaze 1260 AM (web site) (the campus radio station at Arizona State University). "It started with me and Steve. Once we first met, which was like six years ago or something, we've been talking about doing something, like writing together. And since he worked with [OPETH
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BLUT AUS NORD Putting Finishing Touches On New Album
03 Apr 2006
French metallers BLUT AUS NORD continue to work on their highly anticipated new album, "M.O.R.T." (Metamorphosis of Realistic Theories). Expected for release early fall, the album follows the band's critically-acclaimed "The Work Which Transforms God"; reissued mid-2005 in the U.S. with the value-added EP "Thematic Emanation of Archetypal Multiplicity" (a recording previously only available in Europe). Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Ruins of the Genesis (Antiparticles)" , "Dis-Harmonization of all Visual Echoes", "Fusion With the Zero", "Samsaric Ocean", "The Meditation of the Ghost (Samadhi)", "Le Cercle de Ceu ...
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DREAM THEATER's PORTNOY To Collaborate With OPETH's ÅKERFELDT?
30 Mar 2006
Jakob Herrmann of Drummer's Digest recently conducted an interview with DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow:
On whether the technical side of the band's music superior to the musical side: Portnoy: "We try to have a balance. There's times when we know we want to write stuff that's very technical, and at that point it's dictated by our technical abilities. But then there's other times where we wanna cool it out and really concentrate on the song, and that's when we wanna put the technical side on the shelf and try to really concentrate on the songwri ... |
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PRIMAL FEAR To Make 'Huge Announcement' In Coming Weeks
30 Mar 2006
According to a posting on PRIMAL FEAR bassist Mat Sinner's official web site, PRIMAL FEAR will be making a "huge announcement" in the coming weeks. The band recently completed a Japanese tour and are preparing for a number of festival appearances during the summer.
In other news, Mat's long-running SINNER project "will be revamped during the summer and we're thinking about [signing] a new record deal and recording a new album," according to Mat. Also on the Sinner-related front, SHIVA — the reformed band featuring Sinner and former ATROCITY drummer Martin Schmidt — are in the process of mixing th ... |
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FAIRYLAND: Webmaster Lashes Out, Shuts Down Website
30 Mar 2006
The webmaster for France's symphonic power metal band Fairyland—who once featured ex-Dark Moor vocalist Elisa C. Martin on vocals—has apparently blocked the band's current website (http://www.fairylandmetal.com) due to three years of unpaid domain, hosting and development fees. The message reads as follows: This website is currently blocked! Since Fairyland haven't paid the bill for more than 3 years. In fact, they never paid anything: no money for the website developpment, nor for the hosting. Neither for the domain name. They actually are in debts for more than 1500€ for now, and I personnaly ... |
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Gaia Epicus vs. Sound Riot Records; Round 2
26 Mar 2006
After unleashing a barrage of allegations against their former label, Sound Riot Records, the label issued a response. Now, Gaia Epicus has picked apart this response on their website, and refuted Sound Riot's response line item by line item. Visit the band's website to read Gaia Epicus' latest shot in this escalating, and heated feud with Sound Riot Records.
Topic: Band News
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THERION: 'Celebrators Of Becoming' DVD/CD Details Revealed
25 Mar 2006
Sweden's THERION will be issuing a six-disc DVD/CD set, entitled "Celebrators of Becoming", on May 5. The package will include four DVDs and two audio discs. It will be available in two versions, one luxury digipak version in a slip case and one cheaper version, but both will contain all discs. The idea is that both should have a very reasonable price and be affordable for all fans. The complete track listing for the set is as follows:
Disc I: Live in Mexico City: 01. Blood Of Kingu 02. Uthark Runa 03. Seven Secrets Of The Sphinx 04. Asgård 05. Son Of The Sun 06. Invocation Of Naamah 07. Typhon |
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Sound Riot Records responds to Gaia Epicus allegations
24 Mar 2006
What SOUND RIOT RECORDS have to tell about the fake declaration done by “problem band” named Gaia Epicus: In reply to defamation posted by Norwegian Power Metal band named Gaia Epicus through the internet in the last week, Sound Riot feel the need to show the facts as they are really. First of all, we have been tolerant with the offenses coming from this band there are almost 2 years, as this isn’t the first time that they spread “bad words” about us to other people. When the technical problem on the songs-order of their second album happened because a mistake on the Master in April 2005, they wrote immediately to many other record labels, our distributors ... |
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VOIVOD: New Song Available For Streaming
22 Mar 2006
A brand new VOIVOD song, entitled "The X-Stream", has been made available for streaming at MP3.com. The track comes off the Canadian pioneering metal band's upcoming album, "Katorz", due in June on The End Records in North America and Nuclear Blast Records in Europe.
VOIVOD recorded and mixed the album with producer Glen Robinson (ANNIHILATOR, TEA PARTY, GWAR) at Multisons studio in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and mastered the CD in New York. The follow-up to 2003's "Voivod", "Katorz" is the first albu ... |
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CELLADOR: Debut Album Tracklisting Revealed
22 Mar 2006
Nebraska-based melodic metallers CELLADOR have finished recording their debut album, "Enter Deception", at Mana Studios in Tampa, Florida with producer Erik Rutan (MORBID ANGEL, HATE ETERNAL). "After a six-week hiatus, the mixing has begun and mastering will follow directly after," the band write in a press release.
"Enter Deception" tentative track listing: 01. A Sign Far Beyond 02. The Final Regret 03. Never Again 04. Leaving All Behind 05. Forever Unbound 06. Release of the Shadow 07. Wakening 08. Seen Through Time 09. No Chances Lost Ja ... |