Metal Blade News 7/01/2004[views:9387][posts:0]_____________________________________ [Jul 2,2004 4:32pm - the_reverend ""] see the web-version: http://www.metalblade.com/mbr-updates/MBupdate7-01-04.html with my pictures! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: UNEARTH update from the band: The Oncoming Storm finally hit stores everywhere on Tuesday, June 29th. Not only can you pick up the 11 song CD everywhere for only $9.99, but you will notice that our CD is also a CD-ROM with a bonus video for "Black Hearts Now Reign", in addition to a full lay-out with killer art work done by Sons of Nero and full lyrics and credits. Thanks to everyone who has supported us thus far. Your appreciation for our music means everything to us. We will be seeing you all this summer on tour on Ozzfest, off-fest days with Lamb of God, Atreyu and Every Time I Die and at the annual HELLFEST! We were confirmed for the hardcore fest of the year this week and we couldn't be more stoked. See you all on the road... **Unearth's The Oncoming Storm was the #5 new release at Tower on it's first day! The band also came in at #11 nationally after one-day sales at independent retail. http://www.unearth.tv/ THE RED CHORD Update from Guy: "The Red Chord is back in commission! We have been practicing like maniacs to get things finished for the new record and be ready to hit the road again. So finally, we're hitting the road again in July for just over a month starting with Hellfest and then co-headlining the Radiotakeover Tour with Evergreen Terrace, A Life Once Lost and Fear Before the March of Flames. This will round out our summer and we will be putting the finishing touches on the 'Clients' album for Metal Blade and recording in late September/early October. All the RTO tour dates will be posted soon. We apologize for the lack of a web site. www.theredchord.com went down about a month ago and we've been having a hard time getting it back up and running. The guy who ran our server decided he didn't want to run a server anymore and it went down pretty abruptly. So in the meantime, for tour dates and all that stuff check out www.blackmarketactivities.com and we'll try to keep that updated. Our new drummer, John Longstreth just played his first show with us at a small gig last weekend in Providence with our good friends A Life Once Lost, A Perfect Murder, Misery Signals & Wasteform and it went pretty decent. Some kinks since it was our first time out with him, but we're sure that those will all be ironed out by the time we hit the road next month. Hope to see you all on the road soon." *Live pic by Rev Aaron from http://returntothepit.com/ Here's a quick rundown of upcoming tour dates from The Red Chord. July 23rd HELLFEST (DAY 1) July 24th Palladium Downstairs, Worcester, MA w/ Suffocation, Mastodon, Since the Flood July 25th Springfield, MA @ Fat Cats w/ Acacia Strain July 27th-August 27th Radiotakeover Tour w/ A Life Once Lost, Evergreen Terrace, Fear Before the March of Flames For complete listings go to http://www.blackmarketactivities.com/ or http://www.metalblade.com/. CATTLE DECAPITATION update from the band: *Cattle Decapitation is part of a giant pull out poster in the new issue of METAL MANIACS!!! Check it out! On the flipside is the best death metal band of all time, CARCASS! It hits the newsstands 6/29/04!!! *Cattle had a small mentioning in this weeks issue of Entertainment Weekly! It appears the band Decapitated bailed off the tour we were supposed to do with them next month and people are trying to link their departure to the beheading of journalist Neil Burg in Iraq. At the end of the article it says "this can't possibly be good news for the band slated to open for them:Cattle Decapitation." THE ONLY THING KEEPING CATTLE DECAPITATION FROM DOING THIS TOUR IS IF WE WERE BEHEADED OURSELVES! Don't believe the hype... see you all next month, check out the shows section for tour dates!!! *Cattle Decap will be hanging out and destroying the jukebox with a few of the 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 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, Dodecameron and Warface! (SEE FLYER BELOW) AND ...a special ORANGE COUNTY record release show! Saturday July 17th Chain Reaction 1652 West Lincoln St Anaheim, CA 92801 714 635 6067 Tickets $10 Doors 7pm With Eyes of Fire, Black Holiday and Tazulmal *Also, make sure to check out the new site that is now up! http://www.cattledecapitation.com/ AS I LAY DYING update from the band: There were some tour dates listed wrong and everything is up to date. We are not playing the Montreal show on the Shadows Fall tour and we are sorry for the confusion. Back on the road in a couple days... See you soon. Fri. July 02 - Bushnell, IL @ Cornerstone Festival, 10:30pm RFL Stage Sun. July 04 - Bushnell, IL @ Cornerstone Festival, 11:30pm HM Stage TOUR w/ ZAO, Haste The Day & Love Is Red Mon. July 05 - Omaha, NE @ Ranch Bowl Tue. July 06 - Colorado Springs, CO @ 32 Bleu Wed. July 07 - Ft. Collins, CO @ Starlight Thur. July 08 - Oklahoma City, OK @ Green Door Fri. July 09 - Columbia, MO @ Mojo's Sat. July 10 - Indianapolis, IN @ Emerson Theater Sun. July 11 - Columbus, OH @ Little Brother's Mon. July 12 - Akron, OH @ Lime Spider Tue. July 13 - Ann Arbor, MI @ Blind Pig Wed. July 14 - Grand Rapids, MI @ The Intersection Thur. July 15 - Wilmar, MN @ Sonshine Festival TOUR w/ SHADOWS FALL, Himsa & Remembering Never Sat. July 17 - Toronto ON @ Opera House Sun. July 18 - Albany NY @ Glens Falls Civic Center Mon. July 19 - Buffalo NY @ Infinity Wed. July 21 - Wilkes-Barre PA @ Wyoming Valley Zoo Thur. July 22 - Springfield VA @ Jaxx Fri. July 23 - Elizabeth, NJ @ Rexplex (HELLFEST) Sat. July 24 - Norfolk VA @ Norva Mon. July 26 - Jacksonville FL @ Jackrabbits Tue. July 27 - Ft. Lauderdale FL @ Culture Room Wed. July 28 - St. Petersburg, FL @ State Theatre Thur. July 29 - New Orleans LA @ House Of Blues Fri. July 30 - Houston TX @ Engine Room Sat. July 31 - Austin TX @ Back Room Sun. August 1 - Abilene TX @ Desparado's Tue. August 3 - Oklahoma City OK @ Bricktown Live Thur. August 5 - Albuquerque NM @ Launchpad Fri. August 6 - Tuscon AZ @ The Rock Sun. August 8 - Anaheim CA @ House Of Blues Mon. August 9 - Las Vegas NV @ House Of Blues Tue. August 10 - Grand Junction CO @ Mesa Theatre Wed. August 11 - Denver CO @ Bluebird Theatre Thur. August 12 - Omaha NE @ Ranch Bowl Fri. August 13 - Cedar Rapids IA @ Pig Pen Sat. August 14 - Joliet, IL @ Challenge Park Xtreme Sun. August 15 - Cleveland OH @ Scene Pavillion Mon. August 16 - Grand Rapids MI @ Intersection Tue. August 17 - Toledo OH @ Headliners Wed. August 18 - Erie, PA @ Forward Hall Thur. August 19 - Syracuse NY @ The Lost Sat. August 21 - Lewiston, PA @ Purple Door Festival *live pics by Wade Gosselin http://www.asilaydying.com/ INTO THE MOAT Update from Matthew: "We regret to inform everyone that, unfortunately, we will not be able to tour this summer. A week ago, a certain booking agency that will remain nameless (but are in a great band) completely screwed us over in more ways than they can understand, They left us with about 2 weeks to book an entire tour on our own. Derek of From A Second Story Window, to no personal gain, over took this task of helping Psyopus and us with the shows. We did not have enough time for the label to help us out with a van to tour in; therefore, we are stuck in this god-forsaken state. We apologize more than words can express to the following people: our fans, we will be back on the road when the new records comes out in January, and this time we will be going everywhere and not stopping for a long time, Psyopus, we were really looking forward to this tour, good luck with it, we must go out together eventually, Derek, and Guy, thank you so much for your help, we love you and hope there are no hard feelings. Also, thank you much to our web guy, Rob, for helping us post show info so quickly on the site. I hope everyone can understand that this is no one's fault except the booking agency. I hope that everyone can understand the position we are in. We are going to spend the summer finishing up writing and recording the new record. Take Care." *Live pic by Rev Aaron from http://returntothepit.com/ http://www.intothemoat.com CALLENISH CIRCLE to release re-issue of their pre-Metal Blade history! Holland's premiere Death/Thrash-formation Callenish Circle will re-issue their complete pre Metal Blade Records history on a 2-CD!!! The 2-CD is entitled 'Forbidden Empathy' and the release-date is set on the 20th of September through Karmageddon Media. Brand new cover-artwork was designed by Swedish art-wizard Niklas Sundin @ Cabin Fever Media (a.o. In Flames, Arch Enemy, And Dark Tranquility). All recordings were digitally re-mastered by Berthus Westerhuis at Franky's Recording Kitchen in Holland. Official statement from the band: "Good news... Callenish Circle celebrates its 12th birthday soon and since most fans only know us from our 2 recent albums (Flesh_Power_Dominion & My Passion//Your Pain, both released on Metal Blade Records) we thought the time was finally there to collect all our ancient material and re-release it as 2-CD on a descent record label with a proper distribution-network. The 2-CD will be sold for a fan-friendly price of a regular CD, so everybody who's interested in our musical history can get all our previous recordings at once for a fair price. Furthermore we are working on new material and our new (5th) studio-album is to be expected in 2005 on Metal Blade Records again." Complete track listing Forbidden Empathy 2-CD: *Disc I: Graceful... yet Forbidding album ('99) 1) No Reason 2) Forgotten 3) Inner Battle (intro) 4) Beyond 5) Broken 6) Oppressed Natives 7) Silent Tears 8) Passionate Dance (intro) 9) Caught by Deceit 10) Shadows of the Past Escape EP ('98) 11) Silent Tears 12) Epacse 13) Broken 14) Mirror of Serenity *Disc II: Drift of Empathy album ('96) 1) Inner Sense 2) Mental Affection 3) Slough of Despond 4) Solitude 5) Last Words 6) The Dreamers Path 7) Disguised Ignorance 8) Where the Moon meets the Sea 9) Scars Lovelorn demo ('95) 10) Slough of Despond 11) Disguised Ignorance 12) Lovelorn 13) Shadows 14) The Dreamers Path * (*Taken from the 'And the Ravens Left the Tower' compilation '96) http://www.callenish-circle.com/ VADER update: VADER: car accident! Yesterday the band had a serious car accident! VADER had just finished up the first part of their European tour and had been driving down A1 towards Torun (Poland) when the other bus hit them, throwing it out on the opposite lane. Cracked car, destroyed trailer, but fortunately the band, staff and equipment managed to escape unharmed. The Beast almost ready! Only a few days left to finish the work. "The Beast" is almost ready! While the band is playing the first part of the European tour, Piotr Lukaszewski is mixing the album at Studio Gdansk and Jacek Wisniewski is drawing the album artwork and other graphics. The album is going to be mastered from 15th of July. Peter announces titles of the songs, here they are: Apopheniac, By Any Means Necessary, Choices, Dark Transmission, Firebringer, Insomnia, Out of the Deep, Stranger in the Mirror, The Sea Came in at Last, The Zone. The first single, including two new songs will be released on 25th of August with 4/2004 issue of Thrash'em All Magazine. The album will hit the market on 20th of September. http://vader.pl/ New CATARACT CD to be released as limited edition with DVD! Good news! The limited first edition of the new CATARACT album With Triumph Comes Loss will include a bonus DVD! Read below for further details. All comments by guitar player Simon! The bonus-DVD contains four different chapters: 1. Live "Dance of Days Festival 04" - 26 min. A choice of seven songs recorded live at Remise/Wil (Switzerland) 26/04/03. "It's a variety of songs of our most important releases so far ("Golem", "Great Days of Vengeance" and "Martyrs Melodies"). It also includes two brand new tracks from the "With Triumph Comes Loss" CD! Everything is filmed with three cameras and recorded with a 24-track portable desk. This is the hard and raw side of a CATARACT live appearance. It shows everybody what to expect when we play live. This will bring the intensity of our music closer to all non believers." 2. Studio report - 10 min. "Well, if you ever wanted to know the secrets behind recording you will get it all in here. Road movie style." 3. The Collective 01-04 - 13 min. "This is a variety of live songs recorded on more or less acceptable quality from shows between 01 and 04. In your face and honest." 4. Photo Gallery - 1:30 min "Approximately 35 pics that were taken all over the globe over the past three years. Stylish" "All in all, we have approx. 50 minutes of CATARACT in its purest form. Everybody that doesn't know us yet gets a good introduction to the CATARACT-collective. For everybody else: Stay true and enjoy! With this DVD we want to introduce ourselves to the world. Live, raw and no fake bullshit. It's all real, its all us. Love it or leave it. It's our hearts and our love." With Triumph Comes Loss was produced by Tue Madsen at Antfarm Studios in Denmark. Here's the track listing of the album: 1. Killing Tool 2. Nothing's Left 3. Vanished In The Dark 4. Skies Grow Black 5. As We Speak 6. Godevil 7. Fuel 8. Reborn From Fire 9. Saving Shelter 10. Hallow Horns 11. With Triumph Comes Loss With Triumph Comes Loss will be released the 7th of September 2004 via Metal Blade Records! http://www.cataract-collective.com/ SYMPHORCE interview tonight on LVRocks! Tune in tonight at 8pm PST, 11pm EST for a killer live show tonight. They will have new music from some of the best metal bands around. Go to http://www.lvrocks.com/ and http://www.radio306.com/ to tune in and listen. Cede Dupont Of Symphorce will be the featured interview tonight! http://www.symphorce.net/ AMON AMARTH tour with label mates DISILLUSION & IMPIOUS! Great news! German Prog-death-hopefuls DISILLUSION are confirmed as the third band for the AMON AMARTH / IMPIOUS tour starting October 8 in Hamburg! ICS and Rock Hard Magazine presents: AMON AMARTH, IMPIOUS, & DISILLUSION 10/8 - GER - Hamburg - Markthalle 10/9 - GER - Osnabruck - Lagerhalle 10/10 - B - Vosselaar - Biebob 10/11 - NL - Zaandam - De Kade 10/11 - F - Paris - La Locomotive 10/13 - SWI - Pratteln - Z7 10/14 - A - Worgl - Komma 10/15 - A - Linz -Posthof 10/16 - A - Wien - Planet Music 10/17 - GER - Munchen - Backstage 10/18 - CZ - Praha - Abaton Club 10/19 - GER - Nurnberg -Hirsch 10/20 - GER - Munster / Dieburg - Live Arena 10/21 - GER - Halle - Easy Schorre 10/22 - GER - Glauchau - Alte Spinnerei 10/23 - GER - Bischofswerda - East Club 10/24 - GER - Potsdam - Blauhaus http://amonamarth.com/, http://www.disillusion.de/, & http://www.impious.net/ BRAINSTORM ready to jump to England! On their "Tempting the World 2004 - Tour", German No.1 Metal Band BRAINSTORM will support Finnish Superstars NIGHTWISH on their show at the Astoria in London (UK) on July 16th.The band is really excited about their first trip on the island: "How amazing... this World-Tour brings us to so many new territories and finally, we can meet all our fanatic and fantastic fans! We're proud and ready to kick some ass and lookin´ forward to take over!" These are the last chances to catch up BRAINSTORM on their worldwide tour: 7/16 Astoria Theatre · London (UK) 8/06 Wacken Open Air · Wacken (D) 8/20 Metalcamp Festival · Tolmin (SLO) 8/21 Summer Breeze · Abtsgmünd (D) 9/18 ProgPower USA V · Atlanta, GA (USA) 10/02-10/03 Rock Over Turkey Festival · Ankara (TR) http://www.brainstorm-web.net/ Neal Morse one of the 100 Greatest Frontmen by Classic Rock Magazine! Neal Morse was voted the #100 Greatest Frontman in Classic Rock Magazine's July issue. "The erstwhile leader of Spock's Beard, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Neal Morse gave much-needed impetus to the progressive rock scene with that band's debut "The Light" in 1995. He later took his psychedelic influences and penchants for spiritual lyrics to the all-star Transatlantic. He's now a solo artist, after quitting Spock's Beard on religious grounds." http://www.nealmorse.com ARMORED SAINT update from the band: Well Kiddies Phil & Gonzo have re-formed their Rock, Blues Band called "Yo Diddley" along with current members of "Life After Death", Ray "Geezer" Burke & that illustrious Vocalist Jack "Lo" Emrick. They will Be Playing some blues standards (Red House, Cross Roads, Couldn't Stand The Weather) along with some old Derringer & Some Classic Danny Johnson tunes from his Great Band called "Axis" from the record Circus World, and even a rock, blues rendition of the classic "I'm coming home", from Marvin Gaye. So If you are in the area They will be performing on July 3rd, 2004 In Beautiful Burbank, CA at the club called River Line, across from the Warner Brother Studios...here is the info.... come on out & Support http://www.music.com/. It will be a blast ...$5.00 Cover...the address is: 4201 West Olive Avenue @ Pass Avenue, again it is across from the Warner Brother Studios...9:00 Slot.... So Get there early & have some Dinner before the show. See ya there! Phil Sandoval is now offering Guitar Lessons at the Performing Arts Center, The Annex, in Alhambra, CA. Hourly Rates Available, call for Details. Call or come by: 216 E. Main St., Alhambra, CA 91801, Tel: 626.578.8789 Gonzo & Phil Will just attended Jazzcamp West at the YMCA Camp Jones Gulch near San Jose. It was a beautiful location in the Red Woods...7 Days of Nothing But Music Education & Performance & FUN. Life After Death is slowly completing the writing to the 2nd record for this band...lots of surprises in store. We know this seems like Axel Rose's writing time period ...but hang in there, you will be pleasantly shocked! Finally, Gonzo & Phil Have formed a Racing Team, along with brother-in-law Eddie Smith. "Team Armored Saint" has been born. They Are Racing RC Xtm Mammoth 4-Wheel Drive Tucks, (soon to be racing 1/10th scale gas trucks; 1/8 buggies (KYOSHO) & mini T's). Watch out for new merchandise for Team Armored Saint. Become apart of the Team. FUN in The Sun for all!!!!!! New Armored Saint record now pushed to some time in 2005. John & the Anthraxians have been very busy, more power to them. Hopefully soon the gears will shift. All the best & keep supporting Music! That is it for now from the Brothers Sandoval ... The Saint http://www.armoredsaint.com/ Vote for AS I LAY DYING'S 94 Hours & SIX FEET UNDER'S Amerika The Brutal on Headbangers Ball! Vote for As I Lay Dying's "94 Hours" and Six Feet Under's "Amerika the Brutal" as one of the Best Videos of the New Millennium (so far) on the Headbanger's Ball website by clicking here. 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 post was too long read more at your own risk |