Metal Blade New 6/16/2004[views:10361][posts:0]______________________________________ [Jun 16,2004 9:52pm - the_reverend ""] June 16, 2004 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: SIX FEET UNDER update from Chris Barnes! Well, well...what's up, all you crazy muthas!! - I'll make it brief and let you all know real quick that we finished up production and the final mix last week on Graveyard Classics 2 at Morrisound Recording in Tampa with Chris Carroll mixing. Recording and mixing went better than we hoped and I couldn't be happier not only because I feel that this is our finest sounding CD to date, but also because what we have done on this CD has never been attempted in the history of rock n roll thus far, I know that's a bold statement...and I know ill get ripped to shreds for making it, so that's all ill say for now, you'll know what I mean soon enough. Also to all our fans thank you for your devotion, we will see you soon. To all the SFU haters we will see you soon. -Barnes http://sfu420.com/ KING DIAMOND new Double Live Album! "The new double live album simply KICKS ASSSSSSS!!!! Top notch performance by everyone involved, including our amazing audiences. I don't think I have ever heard the old classic Diamond songs performed this well and this close to the originals. I speak for everyone when I say, that we have never had as much fun on stage as we had on this last tour, and it shows when you listen to the album. This is the ultimate King Diamond line-up at work ON STAGE. For my own part, my voice is stronger than ever, and singing old songs like "Welcome Home" gives me more pleasure today than ever before. It's all there for our fans to hear, a King Diamond show from beginning to end, RAW * IN YOUR FACE * LOUD * MOODY * BRUTAL * HORROR * and AWESOME AUDIENCE SING-ALONGS * it's KING DIAMOND LIIIIIIIIIIIIVE!!!!!!!!!" - King Diamond King Diamond has officially released the title and track listing for the upcoming double live CD. Track listing: 1. Funeral 2. A Mansion In Darkness 3. The Family Ghost 4. Black Horsemen 5. Spare This Life 6. Mansion In Sorrow 7. Spirits 8. Sorry Dear 9. Eye Of The Witch 10. Sleepless Nights 11. The Puppet Master 12. Blood To Walk 13. So Sad 14. Living Dead "Outro" 15. Welcome Home 16. The Invisible Guests 17. Burn 18. "Introductions" 19. Halloween 20. No Presents For Christmas http://www.covenworldwide.org/ UNEARTH update from the band: What up everyone? We are chillen in Canada and having a blast. The shows in Quebec, Montreal, Manchester and Augusta have all been great. Thanks to all who have come out. Burnt by the Sun and A Perfect Murder have been tearing it up the past couple nights. If Hope Dies also did some damage on the first couple dates of the tour. We have a few more gigs North of the border, so come on out and support the shows. We just got the word that our show in London UK on June 19th is sold out. Great news, sorry to those who won't be able to get in, but thanks to all who went out and got the tickets. See you in a week! rock - Unearth **Be sure to check out the MP3 for the new track "The Great Dividers" off the upcoming album The Oncoming Storm now available on the Metal Blade Records site! http://www.unearth.tv/ AMON AMARTH studio update: The drums are recorded for all the songs and at the moment the guitars are being put on tape. Next week we'll start recording the bass and vocals. Everything is running according to plan, and we've even managed to write a totally new song in the studio that may appear on the album. Check out the site for more updates as progress continues! :Cheers: [By Johan Hegg] http://amonamarth.com/ CATTLE DECAPITATION update from the band: Cattle Decapitation is back from tour!!!! We had a blast touring with the Black Dahlia fuckers, so much that we're doing it again!!!! We'll have dates coming soon, but for now, just check http://www.pollstar.com/ for our tour dates. Vital Remains were a bunch of great guys and we thank them for the hospitality! Cattle Decap meet & greet/signing! Cattle Decap will be playing a few songs off of the new album Humanure and will then sit down to sign posters, CD's, or pics. After the signing is over there will be a FREE Vegan BBQ for all that attend that will include veggie dogs, veggie burgers, and sodas for everyone! July 13th, 2004 Blue Meannie Records 916 Broadway El Cajon CA, 92021 (619) 440-4449 Time: 2-4pm Cattle Decapitation has announced 2 CD release shows in Southern California! Friday July 16th Soma 3350 Sports Arena Blvd San Diego, CA 92110 619 266 7662 Tickets $10 Doors 7pm With Broken Foundation, Stretcher, Downspell and more! Saturday July 17th Chain Reaction 1652 West Lincoln St Anaheim, CA 92801 714 635 6067 Tickets $10 Coming soon will be a whole overhaul of our site including a whole new look, pics, and intro... stay tuned!!! http://www.cattledecapitation.com/ THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER get 4 out or 5 K's on Kerrang Download Fest live review! "The Black Dahlia Murder (KKKK) were also stunning. The Detroit metallers are brutally powerful, a stunning blend of guttural vocals and fearsome bruising rage." "We had a great time at the Download Festival! We really weren't sure what to expect from the crowd at first because it was first time we played a more mainstream festival but the crowd was very receptive to a brutal metal band and it was amazing. We hope to get out to the UK again soon!" - Brian Eschbach http://www.theblackdahliamurder.com/ BEYOND THE EMBRACE Update from the road: "We missed the show in Michigan due to some van problems, which really sucks. The Iced Earth shows have been going amazing, and we've seen a lot more people in the crowd. It's really cool to see kids that you've never seen before, in the front row, singing all of the words to Insect Song, especially since the cd only came out a few weeks ago." New track off BEYOND THE EMBRACE's Insect Song available: To check out one of Beyond The Embrace's latest songs off their sophomore release Insect Song go HERE (http://www.beyondtheembrace.com/media/audio/BTE-Plague.mp3). Also be sure to check out the band live when they come through your town with Iced Earth! Dates in the tour update section. http://www.beyondtheembrace.com/ CANNIBAL CORPSE South American tour report: We have just returned from an 8-show tour of Central and South America. This was the first time we have had the opportunity to do a real tour of South America, and we were very happy with the great response we received down there. We had played in Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires and Santiago on separate occasions before, so we already knew they had great death metal scenes in those cities. The remaining 5 dates were in cities we had never played before, so we were very pleased to see that their death metal fans were just as brutal as the cities we had already been to. From what we saw on this tour, we'd have to say the scene down there is incredibly strong, with great, brutal fans, and lots of killer bands. The next time we tour South America, we'd like to arrange a few "off" days, so we have more time to hang out with the fans we meet and see the cities we play in. The schedule for this tour was pretty hectic at times (we had a 12+ hour journey from Sao Luis to Buenos Aires that stopped at a total of 6 airports, for example), but the energy at the shows more than compensated for any lost sleep on the many flights we had. We also would like to play in some additional countries next time, as we know they must have great scenes as well. Now we're heading to Europe for the Waldrock Festival, where we'll get to play for thousands of Dutch metalheads, and share the stage with some of Metal's biggest names. After that, we'll be heading north to Canada, so all of the death metal maniacs up there had better be ready! We want to give many thanks to all at Tumba records for putting on this tour, and all of the local promoters that brought us to their cities. And of course, most importantly, we want to give massive thanks to the awesome, brutal fans in Brazil, Costa Rica, Argentina and Chile for making the tour the great success that it was. Thank you! Alex http://www.cannibalcorpse.net/ AS I LAY DYING Vote for "94 Hours" as one of the Best Videos of the New Millennium (so far) on the Headbanger's Ball website by clicking here http://www.mtv.com/onair/mtv2/headbangers_ball/best_metal/ http://www.asilaydying.com Metal Blade Records signs Neaera! We are very proud to announce the signing of one of the hottest newcomers we have heard in a long time! NEAERA were created to break barriers and to shatter boundaries! Their heavy blend of Metalcore and Swedish Death Metal is unique and full of energy. These young lads from Münster, Germany know how to crush an audience! Here's what the band had to say about the deal: "It is still a little hard to grasp for us, but from today on we are actually in a contract with Metal Blade Records! Being offered a contract by Metal Blade was way beyond anything we would have dared to hope for when we started out! It is really great to see that a professional record label such as Metal Blade is offering such a huge chance to a relatively new band such as us. As much more are we overwhelmed by the fact that we now have the honour to speak of bands like BOLT THROWER, AMON AMARTH, AS I LAY DYING, CANNIBAL CORPSE and UNEARTH and call them our colleagues! Without the musical influences of all these great bands, we probably would not exist as a band .We are greatly looking forward to the future cooperation and want to thank all the people at Metal Blade for their confidence!" Check out their homepage http://www.neaera.com/ - there you'll find more info about the boys and an MP3 of the demo song "Broken Spine". Check out NEAERA in concert: 6/29/04 - D-Bielefeld @ Falkendom / with WALLS OF JERICHO and SOULGATE´S DAWN 7/29/04 - D-Münster @ Triptychon / with NARZISS and FALL OF A SEASON NEAERA will enter the studio in the fall of 2004 for an early 2005 release! http://www.neaera.com/ THE HEAVILS jam with Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen!!! "Wing Ding 2004 was a great success. If you were there, you saw Mr. Rick Nielsen himself and Miles from Harmony Riley come onstage for the second performance ever of "Just Got Back" from the new album Heavilution. It only made sense that the man who wrote it jammed it out. Corey from Suspect came onstage for the last song, and rocked it out as well. There are some shows and stuff being worked on right now, and we will let you know as soon as things are confirmed. For now enjoy the new disc, in stores everywhere NOW - Heavilution. Get used tp the songs - the Heavilution is underway. Mack out." http://theheavils.com/ VEHEMENCE Update: VEHEMENCE has just been added to the 'Bestial Fest' June 26th, in Hollywood, Ca at the Knitting Factory. Other acts scheduled to appear are Dark Funeral, Anal Blast, Unholy Ghost, Impaled, Noctuary, Phobia, Throcult, Coffin Texts and many others. For more information go to http://www.bestialfest.cjb.net/ Tickets are available through the Knitting Factory box office and through their website. http://www.knittingfactory.com/ Knitting Factory 7021 Hollywood Blvd Hollywood, CA 90028 (323) 463 0204 http://www.vehemence.com/ VADER plays for over 50 000 people! Over 50 000 people saw VADER' s gig in Chorzów, Poland, where the band opened for METALLICA. Unfortunately, there were some technical problems, nevertheless they played a pretty successful show, containing a few VADER's classics: Sothis, Wings, Epitath, Xeper, and Carnal. We would like to thank to all people that made the show possible: Metal Mind Productions, Odyssey Agency, METALLICA's management and musicians. It was a great honor for the band to share the stage with Four Horsemen. We invite you to visit our gallery of pics (http://www.vader.pl/foto-e.html) where you can see some pics from the show. http://www.vader.pl/ CATARACT update: Dear friends, it's about time for another update here, and first of all, we wanna thank you guys and girls for the overwhelming feedback on our deal with Metal Blade and Dead Serious. We've done a big step and you're the ground we're walking on... the final touches on the recordings are done and the layout is almost finished; so With Triumph Comes Loss will be ready for release on the 7th of September! Netherlands's hard moshing Born From Pain are confirmed as our supporting act for the record release show on the 17th of September at Abart Music Club, Zurich! We've also added some more shows, please note that the show in Konstanz has been moved to October, 1st as we're playing the Hellfire Fest (check http://www.mad-tourbooking.de/) in Berlin on Oct, 2nd. And we're more than happy we've got another Swiss show added, with Hatesphere and grind masters Misery Index at Kulturwerk 118 in Sursee! Talking of Hatesphere - please come and support them and us on the following Monday in Winterthur! More coming soon! http://www.cataract-collective.com/ BRAINSTORM Update from Andy: "Here we are again... back home... a bit tired and really sad, as we still have your screams ("fuck yeah"... NOT "mmmh yeah" ha ha ha...GREAT!) in our ears! You're awesome! Really, as I said... a dream came true, and we still can't believe what happened. It's amazing to see, what great friends we have overseas. So THANK YOU CLEVELAND!!! (see pics page) We had a blast and we enjoyed every f*#@ing single minute hanging out with you! Hope to see you again as soon as possible! ...aaahhhh, and YES,... my mother knows it all after I told her all the great things. Wanna know what she said now? "Go back... and do it again!" ha ha ha! Yes, we will... So, now it's time to go to Sweden... WOW!!!!! Vikings.... here we come:-)!!! All the best, take care and..... storm your brain! Rock on... " http://www.truemetal.org/brainstorm ANCIENT The video for the album's title track "Night Visit" is now available for download here (http://www.ancientband.com/). http://www.ancientband.com METAL BLADE WANTS YOU!!!! Metal Blade is looking for dedicated metal and hardcore fans to pass out posters and flyers at local venues and music stores. Your first mission: to empty our warehouse of tons of postcards for the upcoming Strhess Tour with Shadow's Fall, AS I LAY DYING, Himsa, and Remembering Never. If you accept the challenge: 1) Refer to the tour dates below and make note of the tour stop nearest to you. 2) Email your name, address, phone number and nearest tour stop to you to metalblade@metalblade.com. Put in the subject line "STRHESS TOUR STREET TEAM". Serious inquiries only please! Shadows Fall, AS I LAY DYING, Himsa & Remembering Never 7/16 Montreal, QC Rainbow 7/17 Toronto, ON Opera House 7/18 Glen Falls, NY Glen Falls Civic Center Aggressive Music Festival 7/19 Williamsville, NY Infinity 7/21 Wilkes-Barre, PA Wyoming Valley Zoo 7/22 Springfield, VA Jaxx 7/24 Norfolk, VA The Norva 7/26 Jacksonville, FL Jack Rabbit 7/27 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Culture Room 7/28 St. Petersburg, FL State Theatre 7/29 New Orleans, LA House of Blues 7/30 Houston, TX Engine Room 7/31 Austin, TX The Back Room 8/01 Abilene, TX Desperado's 8/03 Oklahoma City, OK Bricktown Live 8/05 Albuquerque, NM Launch Pad 8/06 Tucson, AZ The Rock 8/08 Anaheim, CA House of Blues 8/09 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues 8/10 Grand Junction, CO Mesa Theatre 8/13 Clinton, IA Pig Pen 8/15 Cleveland, OH The Scene Pavilion Strhess Fest 8/17 Toledo, OH Headliners 8/18 Erie, PA Forward Hall 8/19 Syracuse, NY The Lost http://www.metalblade.com/ Music Choice's Last Rites: Music Choice's Last Rites- the only death, thrash & black metal show on television! For more information to http://www.musicchoice.com/lr 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 CONTESTS: Metal Blade Records and Hot Topic are proud to announce the As I Lay Dying signed guitar give away! As I Lay Dying has jumped into the pit with mastermind guitar builders Fernandes Guitars! They're giving away a top of the line Fernandes Revelle Deluxe, autographed by all the members of As I Lay Dying! This is the exact guitar that Nick plays every night on tour! One Grand Prize Winner Will Receive: One (1) Fernandes Revelle Deluxe Guitar, Autographed By As I Lay Dying Click HERE to enter now! https://www.hottopic.com/community/contestLogin.asp?contId=148&contLogo=cont est%5F148%25 Click HERE to check out the new AS I LAY DYING interview at HOTTOPIC.com http://www.hottopic.com/community/interviews/interviews_asilaydying.asp?LS=0 QUICK BITS: **If you want to use MP3's or videos that are featured on the Metal Blade Records site please DOWNLOAD them instead of linking directly to the MB site. Thanks! 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. http://www.metalblade.com/buddy_icons/aim_icons.html NEW MP3's CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ON www.metalblade.com Unearth - The Oncoming Storm - The Great Dividers Beyond The Embrace - Insect Song - Fleshengine Breakdown VoiVod - War and Pain - War and Pain remix The Heavils - Heavilution - Get Behind Me Rival - State of Mind - Tyrants Cannibal Corpse - The Wretched Spawn - Severed Head Stoning Vehemence - Helping the World to See - By Your Bedside Six Feet Under - Bringer of Blood - Amerika The Brutal As I Lay Dying - Frail Words Collapse - 94 Hours The Black Dahlia Murder - Unhallowed - Funeral Thirst RELEASE SCHEDULE: 6/15 VoiVod - War and Pain Box Set 3CD's 6/29 Unearth - The Oncoming Storm CD 7/13 Cattle Decapitation - Humanure CD 7/13 Ancient - Night Visit CD 7/13 Incapacity - Ninth Order Extinct CD 7/27 Starwood - If It Ain't Broke, Break It! CD 8/10 Six Feet Under - Live With Full Force CD/DVD 8/10 The Crown - Crowned Unholy CD/DVD 9/7 Amon Amarth - Fate of the Norns CD 9/7 Cataract - With Triumph Comes Loss CD 9/21 Vader - The Beast CD 9/21 King Diamond - T.B.A. - 2 CD's TOUR UPDATE: AS I LAY DYING 7/04 Bushnell, IL Cornerstone Festival Tour with Zao and Haste the Day 7/05 Omaha, NE Ranch Bowl 7/06 Colorado Springs, CO 32 Bleu 7/07 Fort Collins, CO Starlight 7/11 Columbus, OH Little Brothers 7/12 Akron, OH The Lime Spider 7/13 Ann Arbor, MI The Blind Pig 7/14 Grand Rapids, MI The Intersection end tour 7/15 Wilmar, MN Sonshine Festival Tour with Shadows Fall, Himsa, and Remembering Never 7/16 Montreal, QC Rainbow 7/17 Toronto, ON Opera House 7/18 Glen Falls, NY Glen Falls Civic Center Aggressive Music Festival 7/19 Williamsville, NY Infinity 7/21 Wilkes-Barre, PA Wyoming Valley Zoo 7/22 Springfield, VA Jaxx 7/24 Norfolk, VA The Norva 7/26 Jacksonville, FL Jack Rabbit 7/27 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Culture Room 7/28 St. Petersburg, FL State Theatre 7/29 New Orleans, LA House of Blues 7/30 Houston, TX Engine Room 7/31 Austin, TX The Back Room 8/01 Abilene, TX Desperado's 8/03 Oklahoma City, OK Bricktown Live 8/05 Albuquerque, NM Launch Pad 8/06 Tucson, AZ The Rock 8/08 Anaheim, CA House of Blues 8/09 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues 8/10 Grand Junction, CO Mesa Theatre 8/11 Denver, CO Bluebird Theatre 8/12 Omaha, NE Ranch Bowl 8/13 Clinton, IA Pig Pen 8/15 post was too long read more at your own risk |