Metal Blade Update 3/19/04[views:7396][posts:0]______________________________________ [Mar 19,2004 2:39pm - the_reverend ""] http://www.metalblade.com/mbr-updates/MBupdate3-18-04.html click for the web-version with pictures. March 18, 2004 NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: UNEARTH Update from Trevor: "We are finally almost done with the recording for the new album. We will be mixing with Adam real soon, and then mastering in early April. We can't wait to go out for the Headbanger's Ball tour. It's nice having time off to record and relax, but we really love touring. We did the previous Headbanger's Ball tour, but it seems like this one is going to be so much bigger. We've never done a tour of this size and this is actually the longest tour we've ever done. It will be great preparation for Ozzfest this summer. We recently finished up a video for "Black Hearts Now Reign" (new track off The Oncoming Storm). It's going to be some edited live footage. Hopefully, you will see it on Headbanger's Ball real soon. It would be totally great. I grew up watching Headbanger's Ball, so it would be a real honor." New album title announced: "The title of our new album will be The Oncoming Storm. The title represents the downward cycle of man and what we do to each other and this planet. The Oncoming Storm is the imminent consequence of our careless actions and natures natural destruction and recycling of life. i.e.- war, destruction of our planet, draining of our natural resources, outbreak of disease, natural disasters, etc... Look for the release of The Oncoming Storm on June 29th through Metal Blade Records. http://www.unearth.tv AS I LAY DYING Update from Tim: "We can finally announce that we have been added as the opener to the Killswitch Engage/In Flames tour. These are two bands that we really look up to so we are honored to be touring with them. We will be adding "The Beginning" to the set list for this tour as well as a new song that I haven't really named yet. We also plan on rearranging our set list nightly or every other night so our fans will get something totally different from the last time they saw us. We got in a ton of new merchandise that we will be taking out on tour with us, so come and check it out. Don't forget we will be shooting footage for a new video on April 15 at Soma in San Diego, CA. Get your tickets now, and be part of our video." *photo by Jason Joseph 5/4 - Chicago - Vic Theatre 5/5 - Minneapolis - The Quest 5/10 - Seattle - Showbox *more dates coming soon! http://www.asilaydying.com/ CANNIBAL CORPSE enter German Charts with The Wretched Spawn: The new Cannibal Corpse album The Wretched Spawn has entered the German Album Charts at position 74! Pretty good, especially considering the fact that loads of copies were imported to Germany from abroad due to the more brutal artwork of that version. Thumbs up for the Cannibals! http://www.cannibalcorpse.net/ BEYOND THE EMBRACE Update from Oscar: "Adam Gonsalves long time friend and bass player for Beyond the Embrace has decided to leave the band to pursue other interests. A new bass player has yet to be announced. We're still not sure whether or not Adam will be doing the upcoming tour in May. It all depends on how quickly we can audition and train a new bass player. If by late April we still don't have a bass player Adam said he would honor his commitment to the band and do the tour with us. We all wish Adam the best of luck in whatever he does, we will all continue to be very close friends." http://www.beyondtheembrace.com THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER Update From Trevor: "Last weekend we filmed our new video for "Funeral Thirst" that is going to completely blow "Contagion" out of the water. We went all out with this one. Think less cable access "my first metal video" and more disrespect for the dead. In a few hours here, I'll be on the road to the Minnesota Metal fest, which officially kicks off two and a half months of BDM touring. First we'll be out with label mates As I Lay Dying, metalcore superstars Every Time I Die, and Scarlet. We'll be playing second on this tour, so keep that in mind. Next we have a string of dates in the Midwest with Six Feet Under and The Red Chord that should be a riot to say the least. Finally we jump onto the Vital Remains tour in which we will play third, just before the unholy kings themselves. The tour ends in New Mexico, so we have booked some scattered dates on the way home, so check those out. We're going to need places to stay, so if you have room on your couch or floor, don't hesitate. We'll see you all soon." *photo by Wade Gosselin http://www.theblackdahliamurder.com VEHEMENCE Update from John: "Well the time has come for the massive Vehemence update! Sorry for the site being down for so long, but we came across a renewal time and decided to hold off on revamping the site until a new site design was made for our new album. The album will be released on April 6, 2004! Below is how the album cover looks like, and Wes Benscoter did an incredible job on our artwork!! We think it is one of his best art pieces to date. Check out our merchandise page to see what is new, and to see what will be coming out shortly! The confirmed track listing for Helping The World to See: 1. By Your Bedside 2. Kill For God 3. Trinity Broadcasting (Know Your Enemy) 4. To The Taste 5. You Don't Have To Be Afraid Anymore 6. Alone In Your Presence 7. Spirit of The Solider 8. Darkness Is Comfort 9. What Could Go Wrong? 10. We Are All Dying *11. Her Beautiful Eyes *(Bonus Track) The CD includes BONUS multimedia materials "VEHEMENCE TIMELINE" a 57 minute Windows Media Video 9 file of live performances across the U.S.A. featuring new songs, band rehearsals, God Was Created studio footage, and other tomfoolery. We recently bought http://www.vehemence.com and that should be running in a couple weeks. Our band link and emails containing forwards from the http://vehemence.brutaldeath.net will also work long with it so no need to change links if you don't want to. News went out that we used a session pianist for one of our songs on the new album, and we actually had Bjorn do the 20 second piano part. Also, news went out that we were on the Six Feet Under/The Red Chord Tour in April, and sorry to inform we are not, but we are working on touring to promote this album as soon as possible. Check out shows page too since we have a show March 20, 2004. The music video for By Your Bedside is completed, thanks to the video team at Glasseye Inc here in Arizona. After witnessing the video myself I was amazed how much work was created within such a short time. We spent 11 hours of time getting the camera shots recorded, and the editing for it was well thought out by the video team. The song is basically about the process of dying. In this video, it involves a hospital, medical devices, hot nurses, our vocalist's portrayal from alive to dead, and some head-banging accompaniment by the rest of the band. Contains no nudity, sorry if you were expecting that, and will be aired on television some time in the upcoming months. It is definitely an eye teaser all the way through, we will keep you updated on its release." To see photos from the video shoot go to Vehemence's website. http://www.shatteredsilence.net/vehemence/ AMON AMARTH update: Mighty Amon Amarth will play two (full headlining) release shows a week prior release of their yet untitled new album to be released the 13th of September 2004. Support for these two shows will come from label mates Fragments of Unbecoming. There will be loads of extra things and specials around these two shows to make it a real happening for the true Viking fans of Amon Amarth. More news on this soon! AMON AMARTH + FRAGMENTS OF UNBECOMING album release shows 9/4 Bochum, GER Matrix 9/5 Ludwigsburg, GER Rockfabrik Swedish Kings of Viking Death Metal Amon Amarth will team up for a European tour with label mates Impious and another yet to be announced support band. Please spread the following tour dates! Rock Hard presents AMON AMARTH w/ Impious & special guests 10/8 Hamburg, GER Markthalle 10/9 Osnabrück, GER Lagerhalle 10/10 Vosselaar, B Biebob 10/11 Zaandam, NL De Kade 10/12 Paris, F La Locomotive 10/13 Pratteln, SWI Z7 10/14 Wörgl, A Komma 10/15 Linz, A Posthof 10/16 Wien, A Planet Music 10/17 München, GER Backstage 10/18 Praha, CZ Abaton Club 10/19 Nürnberg, GER Hirsch 10/20 Münster/Dieburg, GER Live Arena 10/21 Halle, GER Easy Schorre 10/22 Glauchau, GER Alte Spinnerei 10/23 Bischofswerda, GER East Club 10/24 Potsdam, GER Blauhaus After the phenomenal success of the two shows in Iceland this past weekend (photo by Jagger), Amon Amarth are busy in the following weeks putting together the songs for the upcoming album to be released the Fall of 2004. More news on the recordings will be announced soon, stay tuned... http://amonamarth.com/ FLESHCRAWL Update From Basti: "Hey folks! We are back from the tour with Six Feet Under and it went totally amazing for us!!! Packed venues almost everywhere! Really great! In the meantime, we are busy getting a new homepage ready and stuff. Also we will add some more live shows very soon. Stay tuned..." Metal Massacre Part IV FLESHCRAWL, Inhumate, Apophis, Bleeding Visions 3/27 Waiblingen, Germany Villa Roller FLESHCRAWL w/ Lunatic Dictator, and Brutal God 4/30 Zuerich, Czech Republic Werk 21 http://www.fleshcrawl.de CALLENISH CIRCLE in writing mode for 5th album: Dutch deadly Thrashers CALLENISH CIRCLE started writing material for their upcoming, yet untitled, 5th full-length album (third for Metal Blade Records). According to the band's spokesman Pat, the new material will contain the usual Callenish Circle-ingredients but being a bit more groovy and besides enriched with wacky soundscapes, delivered by Gail of God-mastermind and soundwizard Gail Liebling. The band is planning to enter the studio early next year for a worldwide release on Metal Blade Records in spring 2005. Furthermore Callenish Circle finally recruited a session drummer in the person of Stormrider-skinbasher Spike, also formerly active in Form and good old Speedica. He will be taking over Gav's duties for the rest of the year at the live front. First rehearsals with Spike are scheduled early April. Gav will be back in 2005 to rejoin the Callenish-forces! Confirmed Callenish Circle tourdates: 6/12 Munster/Breitenfeld, Germany Moona Metal Fest 6/26 Trinec, Czech Republic Noc Plna Hvezd (Night Full Of Stars) Festival For info and booking contact: trendkiller@callenish-circle.com http://www.callenish-circle.com/ METAL BLADE RECORDS opens up eBay Store! Check out the new Metal Blade Records eBay store for all the latest and hard to find Metal Blade releases since the company's beginnings!!! The store is constantly being updated with CD's, LP's, cassettes, and more! http://www.stores.ebay.com/metalbladerecordsstore QUICK BITS: **Check out a new live video of As I Lay Dying's song Forever HERE. Now you can get your very own Metal Blade artist Buddy Icon for AOL IM! Icons for As I Lay Dying, The Black Dahlia Murder, Cannibal Corpse, King Diamond, Six Feet Under, Beyond The Embrace, Cattle Decapitation, and UNEARTH are now available for download on the Metal Blade site here. CONTESTS: **Lambgoat.com contest for As I Lay Dying/Every Time I Die/The Black Dahlia Murder/Scarlet tour!!! Lambgoat.com and Metal Blade Records are proud to present the As I lay Dying, Every Time I Die, The Black Dahlia Murder and Scarlet tour contest. For rules and to enter go to Lambgoat.com. The Grand Prize Winner will receive two tickets to a show of their choice: 3/23 Indianapolis, IN Emerson Theatre 3/24 Detroit, MI Shelter at St. Andrews 3/25 Cleveland, OH Peabody's 3/26 Buffalo, NY The Continental 3/27 Toronto, ON Club Rockit 3/28 Toronto, ON Club Rockit 3/29 Montreal, QC Salle L'x 3/30 Providence, RI The Living Room 3/31 New York, NY The Knitting Factory 4/01 Philadelphia, PA The Trocadero 4/02 Baltimore, MD Ottobar 4/03 Richmond, VA Alley Katz 4/04 Charlotte, NC Casbah 4/05 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade 4/06 St. Petersburg, FL State Theatre 4/07 Orlando, FL The Social 4/08 New Orleans, LA Dixie Tavern 4/09 Houston, TX Fat Cats 4/10 Dallas, TX The Door 4/11 San Antonio, TX Sin 13 4/13 Phoenix, AZ The Mason Jar 4/14 West Hollywood, CA The Whisky 4/15 San Diego, CA Soma 4/16 Pomona, CA Glass House 4/17 Petaluma, CA Phoenix Theatre 4/18 San Francisco, CA The Pound 4/19 Salt Lake City, UT Albee Square 4/20 Denver, CO Rock Island 4/21 Kansas City, MO Spitfire 4/22 Rock Island, IL UAW Hall 4/23 Chicago, IL The Venue Two runner-ups will receive a copy of The Black Dahlia Murder's CD Unhallowed and As I Lay Dying's Frail Words Collapse CD and posters for each band. The tour starts very soon so be sure to enter now! http://www.lambgoat.com/ **SoundNova.com contest for As I Lay Dying/Every Time I Die/The Black Dahlia Murder/ Scarlet tour!!! SoundNova.com and Metal Blade Records are proud to present the As I lay Dying, Every Time I Die, The Black Dahlia Murder and Scarlet tour contest. For rules and to enter go to http://soundnova.com/ The Grand Prize Winner will receive two tickets to a show of their choice: 3/23 Indianapolis, IN Emerson Theatre 3/24 Detroit, MI Shelter at St. Andrews 3/25 Cleveland, OH Peabody's 3/26 Buffalo, NY The Continental 3/27 Toronto, ON Club Rockit 3/28 Toronto, ON Club Rockit 3/29 Montreal, QC Salle L'x 3/30 Providence, RI The Living Room 3/31 New York, NY The Knitting Factory 4/01 Philadelphia, PA The Trocadero 4/02 Baltimore, MD Ottobar 4/03 Richmond, VA Alley Katz 4/04 Charlotte, NC Casbah 4/05 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade 4/06 St. Petersburg, FL State Theatre 4/07 Orlando, FL The Social 4/08 New Orleans, LA Dixie Tavern 4/09 Houston, TX Fat Cats 4/10 Dallas, TX The Door 4/11 San Antonio, TX Sin 13 4/13 Phoenix, AZ The Mason Jar 4/14 West Hollywood, CA The Whisky 4/15 San Diego, CA Soma 4/16 Pomona, CA Glass House 4/17 Petaluma, CA Phoenix Theatre 4/18 San Francisco, CA The Pound 4/19 Salt Lake City, UT Albee Square 4/20 Denver, CO Rock Island 4/21 Kansas City, MO Spitfire 4/22 Rock Island, IL UAW Hall 4/23 Chicago, IL The Venue Two runner-ups will receive a copy of The Black Dahlia Murder's CD Unhallowed and As I Lay Dying's Frail Words Collapse CD and posters for each band. The tour starts very soon so be sure to enter now! http://soundnova.com/ **Contest on Maelstrom.nu! If you don't have your copy of Cannibal Corpse's The Wretched Spawn or Gorerotted's Only tools and Corpse yet, here's your chance to win one! Maelstrom, the underground music magazine, has a copy of each for you to win. All you'll have to do is answer a very simple question and The Wretched Spawn or Only Tools and Corpses might be yours! For more info or to enter the contest go to http://www.maelstrom.nu/. NEW MP3's CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ON www.metalblade.com Tarot - Suffer Our Pleasures - Pyre of Gods Cannibal Corpse - The Wretched Spawn - Severed Head Stoning Fragments of Unbecoming - Skyward A Sylphe's Ascension - Shapes of the Pursuers Gorerotted - Only Tools and Corpses - Masticated by the Spasticated Six Feet Under - Bringer of Blood - Amerika The Brutal As I Lay Dying - Frail Words Collapse - Forever The Black Dahlia Murder - Unhallowed - Funeral Thirst TOUR UPDATE: UNEARTH Headbangers Ball tour w/ Hatebreed, Damage Plan, Drowning Pool, Unearth 3/25 N. Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues 3/26 Johnson City, TN Rafters 3/27 Winston-Salem, NC Millennium Center 3/28 Norfolk, VA Norva Theatre 3/30 Washington, DC Nation 3/31 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory 4/01 New York, NY Roseland Ballroom 4/02 Lowell, MA Paul E. Tsongas Arena 4/03 Wilkes-Barre, PA Café Metropolis 4/04 Cincinnati, OH Bogarts 4/05 Grand Rapids, MI The Orbit Room 4/07 Chicago, IL House of Blues 4/08 Ft. Wayne, IN Piere's 4/09 Milwaukee, WI The Rave Bar 4/10 Detroit, MI Harpo's Concert Theatre 4/11 Sauget, IL Pop's 4/13 Minneapolis, MN The Quest Club 4/14 Des Moines, IA Val Air Ballroom 4/16 Dallas, TX Gypsy Tea Room 4/17 Corpus Christi, TX The Pavilion 4/19 San Antonio, TX Sin 13 4/20 Houston, TX Verizon Wireless Theater 4/21 New Orleans, LA Howlin Wolf 4/22 Atlanta, GA Roxy Theatre 4/28 Oklahoma City, OK Bricktown Events Center 4/30 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues 5/02 San Diego, CA Soma 5/03 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre 5/04 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Palladium 5/05 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore 5/07 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre *More dates coming soon! OzzFest 2004 7/10 Hartford, CT Meadows Music Theatre 7/12 Boston, MA Tweeter Center 7/14 Wantagh, NY Tommy Hilfiger at Jones Beach Amphitheatre 7/16 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center 7/18 Bristow, VA Nissan Pavilion 7/20 Columbus, OH Germain Amphitheatre 7/22 Nashville, TN Starwood Amphitheatre 7/24 Denver, CO Fiddler's Green 7/27 Seattle, WA White River Amphitheatre 7/29 San Francisco, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre 7/31 San Bernardino, CA Hyundai Pavilion 8/03 Albuquerque, NM Journal Pavilion 8/05 Dallas, TX Smirnoff Music Center 8/07 San Antonio, TX Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre 8/10 Kansas City, KS Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre 8/12 St. Louis, MO UMB Pavilion 8/14 East Troy, WI Alpine Valley Music Theatre 8/17 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Center 8/19 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center 8/21 Chicago, IL Tweeter Center 8/24 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Music Center 8/26 Camden, NJ Tweeter Waterfront 8/28 Pittsburgh, PA Post Gazette Pavilion 8/31 Raleigh, NC Alltel Pavilion 9/02 Tampa, FL Tampa Bay Amphitheatre 9/04 West Palm, FL Sound Advice Amphitheatre AS I LAY DYING Co headlining tour w/ Every Time I Die, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, and Scarlet 3/23 Indianapolis, IN Emerson Theatre 3/24 Detroit, MI Shelter at St. Andrews 3/25 Cleveland, OH Peabody's 3/26 Buffalo, NY The Continental 3/27 Toronto, ON Club Rockit 3/28 Toronto, ON Club Rockit 3/29 Montreal, QC Salle L'x 3/30 Providence, RI The Living Room 3/31 New York, NY The Knitting Factory 4/01 Philadelphia, PA The Trocadero 4/02 Baltimore, MD Ottobar 4/03 Richmond, VA Alley Katz 4/04 Charlotte, NC Casbah 4/05 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade 4/06 St. Petersburg, FL State Theatre 4/07 Orlando, FL The Social 4/08 New Orleans, LA Dixie Tavern 4/09 Houston, TX Fat Cats 4/10 Dallas, TX The Door 4/11 San Antonio, TX Sin 13 4/13 Phoenix, AZ The Mason Jar 4/14 West Hollywood, CA The Whisky 4/15 San Diego, CA Soma 4/16 Pomona, CA Glass House 4/17 Petaluma, CA Phoenix Theatre 4/18 San Francisco, CA The Pound 4/19 Salt Lake City, UT Albee Square 4/20 Denver, CO Rock Island 4/21 Kansas City, MO Spitfire 4/22 Rock Island, IL UAW Hall 4/23 Chicago, IL The Venue end tour 4/25 Huntington, WV River Valley Riot 4/30 Worcester, MA The Palladium **New England Metal & Hardcore fest** 5/02 Washington, DC Nation Breakdowns Not Bombs Fest w/ Zao, Darkest Hour, and many more! Tour w/ Killswitch Engage and In Flames 5/4 Chicago, IL Vic Theatre 5/5 Minneapolis, MN The Quest 5/10 Seattle, WA Showbox *More dates coming soon end tour 7/04 Bushnell, IL Cornerstone Festival 7/15 Wilmar, MN Sonshine Festival THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER 3/21 West Dundee, IL Clearwater Theater Tour w/ AS I LAY DYING, Every Time I Die, and Scarlet 3/23 Indianapolis, IN Emerson Theatre 3/24 Detroit, MI Shelter at St. Andrews 3/25 Cleveland, OH Peabody's 3/26 Buffalo, NY The Continental 3/27 Toronto, ON Club Rockit 3/28 Toronto, ON Club Rockit 3/29 Montreal, QC Salle L'x 3/30 Providence, RI The Living Room 3/31 New York, NY The Knitting Factory 4/01 Philadelphia, PA The Trocadero 4/02 Baltimore, MD Ottobar 4/03 Richmond, VA Alley Katz 4/04 Charlotte, NC Casbah 4/05 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade 4/06 St. Petersburg, FL State Theatre 4/07 Orlando, FL The Social 4/08 N post was too long read more at your own risk |