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Marduk in the studio
The band just completed the recordings of the bass, drums and guitar for the new album. The vocals will be recorded soon, the album (apparently to be out in November / December) will be followed by a World Tour, the "DEATHMARCH2004/2005" tour, which will star on December.
Also a date will be placed at the Headbangers Ballrom-Hamburg, Germany on the 19th of September.
Also a date will be placed at the Headbangers Ballrom-Hamburg, Germany on the 19th of September.
| Band profile: | Marduk |
Vanden Plas plans on new albums
These are Stephan's explanations about an album (the band has already made 15 song with 10 to select forthe new album) and a musical:
"First we wanted to do an album called "Monte Cristo" which should have been kind of a rock musical. But after a while we realized that it would be very hard to find a good solution regarding the songwriting. If the songs are too hard, no one in the theater-scene would listen to them. If they are too soft, our fans could be a bit irritated. At the end we felt limited in both ways. So we decided to make a regular Vanden Plas album (based on Monte Cristo) and a musical (called Monte Cristo). This way we are free to write some heavy stuff and in the same way we are free to write theater-like songs which aren´t heavy at all. That´s the best solution for us, and hopefully nobody will be disappointed!
The musical will star different singers. Hopefully it will be played at a theater someday, but right now I don't even know if it will ever be recorded because that would be a big challenge. We just started the songwriting of
the musical, and if you think about what is neccessary to create a musical, you can imagine that it will take a longer time to realize that.
Anyway, for the moment our regular CD is the most important thing, we have to finish that first."
On the other hand Andy Kuntz's solo album "Abydos" that has been released on 30/08/2004 has entered in the last german Rock Hard Magazine Top ten.
To check sound samples of this album go here:
http://www.insideout.de/indexx.php?arg=AQcSBEtBQUyPAQ
"First we wanted to do an album called "Monte Cristo" which should have been kind of a rock musical. But after a while we realized that it would be very hard to find a good solution regarding the songwriting. If the songs are too hard, no one in the theater-scene would listen to them. If they are too soft, our fans could be a bit irritated. At the end we felt limited in both ways. So we decided to make a regular Vanden Plas album (based on Monte Cristo) and a musical (called Monte Cristo). This way we are free to write some heavy stuff and in the same way we are free to write theater-like songs which aren´t heavy at all. That´s the best solution for us, and hopefully nobody will be disappointed!
The musical will star different singers. Hopefully it will be played at a theater someday, but right now I don't even know if it will ever be recorded because that would be a big challenge. We just started the songwriting of
the musical, and if you think about what is neccessary to create a musical, you can imagine that it will take a longer time to realize that.
Anyway, for the moment our regular CD is the most important thing, we have to finish that first."
On the other hand Andy Kuntz's solo album "Abydos" that has been released on 30/08/2004 has entered in the last german Rock Hard Magazine Top ten.
To check sound samples of this album go here:
http://www.insideout.de/indexx.php?arg=AQcSBEtBQUyPAQ
| Band profile: | Vanden Plas |
Morbid Angel part ways with Earache Records
More labels movements, in this case is Morbid Angel that part ways with Earache. They will be checking new offers by the interested labels, they plan to decide about it in the next months because they plan a release for 2005, this are few worlds from Morbid Angel:
"We wish Earache continued success in selling our catalogue and have an obvious professional vested interest in this. We wish to thank all of the Earache employees past and present for their work on Morbid Angel's releases. We are looking forward with excitement to the future."
"We wish Earache continued success in selling our catalogue and have an obvious professional vested interest in this. We wish to thank all of the Earache employees past and present for their work on Morbid Angel's releases. We are looking forward with excitement to the future."
| Band profile: | Morbid Angel |
Nightmare - Part Ways With Napalm Records
The band explains the reason of the separation:
"We have parted ways with NAPALM Records very amicably... We will never forget what this label has done for us so far... giving us the breath for a second birth in 1999... NAPALM RECORDS being actually focusing into a completely different music style from what we offer, we simply decided all together that it would be better for us to find a more suitable label for what we have to offer..."
The band is looking for a record deal.
"We have parted ways with NAPALM Records very amicably... We will never forget what this label has done for us so far... giving us the breath for a second birth in 1999... NAPALM RECORDS being actually focusing into a completely different music style from what we offer, we simply decided all together that it would be better for us to find a more suitable label for what we have to offer..."
The band is looking for a record deal.
| Band profile: | Nightmare |
Helloween - New Record Deal With Steamhammer/SPV
Helloween has signed a new record deal with Steamhammer/SPV records. After 20 years, 18 published records, and a killer performance in front of 40,000 people at this year's Wacken Open Air Festival, the band has signed with SPV yet again! In 1987/1988, Helloween were already under contract with SPV and this collaboration brought Manfred Schütz and SPV the first two golden records - at that time 250,000 units - for "Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part 1 & 2
Original member Michael Weikath stated: "SPV was the at the beginning of it all and that is already the basis for a successful co-operation.
SPV managing director Manfred Schütz stated: "Helloween is one of the first Metal Acts, which set the standard for German Heavy Metal world-wide. The outstanding success with the first two golden records still remains for me as one of the most beautiful moments in memory and I am proud that Helloween is now a SPV/Steamhammer act"
At the end of of 2004, the band will begin the production of a new album with producer Charlie Bauerfeind. The publication date is planned for summer 2005, the world tour begins in October 2005
Original member Michael Weikath stated: "SPV was the at the beginning of it all and that is already the basis for a successful co-operation.
SPV managing director Manfred Schütz stated: "Helloween is one of the first Metal Acts, which set the standard for German Heavy Metal world-wide. The outstanding success with the first two golden records still remains for me as one of the most beautiful moments in memory and I am proud that Helloween is now a SPV/Steamhammer act"
At the end of of 2004, the band will begin the production of a new album with producer Charlie Bauerfeind. The publication date is planned for summer 2005, the world tour begins in October 2005
| Band profile: | Helloween |
Strapping Young Lad enter in the studio
SYL is back in studio on Aug 17th, more info to come about the new recording on hevydevy and on the SYL site. To finish, the Strapping young lad "for Those Aboot To Rock" (DVD) will be released in Europe on Nov. 2nd 2004 (same release date for the US). We will keep you updated, we will probably have some of the DVD available on the site.
www.devintownsend.com
www.devintownsend.com
| Band profile: | Strapping Young Lad |
Axel Rudi Pell: New album ready
the upcoming album called "The Ballads III" is ready and here is the final track list:
1. Don't Say Goodbye
2. Forever Angel (Acoustic)
3. The Temple Of The King
4. Heartbreaker
5. The Line
6. Sea Of Evil
7. The Curse Of The Chains
8. All The Rest Of My Life
9. Forever Angel
10. The Temple Of The Holy
11. Under The Gun
the album is planed to be release on 25/10/2004.
There is also planned the release of a single before of the album, but not confirm yet.
1. Don't Say Goodbye
2. Forever Angel (Acoustic)
3. The Temple Of The King
4. Heartbreaker
5. The Line
6. Sea Of Evil
7. The Curse Of The Chains
8. All The Rest Of My Life
9. Forever Angel
10. The Temple Of The Holy
11. Under The Gun
the album is planed to be release on 25/10/2004.
There is also planned the release of a single before of the album, but not confirm yet.
Ayreon - Reissue of the old albums by InsideOut
For Ayreon fans the first news is the re-issues of the old Ayreon albums by InsideOut. One re-issue is already available in stores. The Universal Migrator Part 1 & Part 2 are no longer sold seperately, but as a special double CD edition for a single CD price. Check your stores now! Next re-issue will be 'Into the Electric Castle' with a bonus multi-media file and improved artwork.
As a sidenote. A third single is to be released early fall, 2004.
As a sidenote. A third single is to be released early fall, 2004.
| Source: | ayreon.com |
| Band profile: | Ayreon |
15th Anniversary celebration
In October, the Gathering will exist for 15 years! The band has prepared many things to celebrate this anniversary with their public!
First the band will do a Dutch tour in October.
During this tour two special jubilee shows will be held on October 15th and October 16th at Dutch venues Mezz Concert & Dance in Breda and Groene Engel in Oss. With several songs the band will be supported on stage by enormous video projections of clips made by national and international multimedia artists. A promising Dutch VJ will mix these clips with his own video art and live images of the band on stage. Dutch talented people can still join the project. If you're interested, please visit the website of Parnassus on Stage . At the gig in Oss, the winning videoclip will be announced and as a gift the band will release the best video clips on a future live DVD, that should be released next year.
2nd leg of the Sleepy Buildings tour
Then, the Gathering will hit European roads again for the 2nd leg of the Sleepy Buildings tour in November. In the forthcoming shows the band will of course bring all highlights from their 15 year career completed with some totally new songs that will appear on the forthcoming new studio album planned for release in 2005. So if you want to catch the Gathering on tour be sure to get your tickets in time! There is no concert planned until September 2005! The band will take a long break from touring. They will work on the new album whose release is planned for 2005. And of course, Anneke will give birth to her baby!!
Next to the tour activities, the Gathering has prepared two special actions!!
In the Netherlands, everybody who buys the albums Souvenirs or Sleepy Buildings during September at some selected stores will receive a special 'tour T-shirt'. And he makes chance to win 2 free concert tickets and 2 backstage passes including meet & greet with the Gathering! Have a look at the website soon to see which CD stores are a part of this action.
The second action is the Gathering supporting War Child Netherlands
During the Dutch tourdates in October a photo exhibition will be held from photographer Peter Blok . Peter Blok has photographed the band for several years and this resulted in a collection of his most beautiful and sensational the Gathering photos on and off stage. In December the enlarged the Gathering photo's of the exhibition will be auctioned on eBay under the worldwide the Gathering fan base!. Each 1 piece limited edition enlarged photo in a 20 x 28 inch frame, is supplied with authentic autographs of band and photographer. All proceeds from the auction will be granted to War Child Netherlands
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First the band will do a Dutch tour in October.
During this tour two special jubilee shows will be held on October 15th and October 16th at Dutch venues Mezz Concert & Dance in Breda and Groene Engel in Oss. With several songs the band will be supported on stage by enormous video projections of clips made by national and international multimedia artists. A promising Dutch VJ will mix these clips with his own video art and live images of the band on stage. Dutch talented people can still join the project. If you're interested, please visit the website of Parnassus on Stage . At the gig in Oss, the winning videoclip will be announced and as a gift the band will release the best video clips on a future live DVD, that should be released next year.
2nd leg of the Sleepy Buildings tour
Then, the Gathering will hit European roads again for the 2nd leg of the Sleepy Buildings tour in November. In the forthcoming shows the band will of course bring all highlights from their 15 year career completed with some totally new songs that will appear on the forthcoming new studio album planned for release in 2005. So if you want to catch the Gathering on tour be sure to get your tickets in time! There is no concert planned until September 2005! The band will take a long break from touring. They will work on the new album whose release is planned for 2005. And of course, Anneke will give birth to her baby!!
Next to the tour activities, the Gathering has prepared two special actions!!
In the Netherlands, everybody who buys the albums Souvenirs or Sleepy Buildings during September at some selected stores will receive a special 'tour T-shirt'. And he makes chance to win 2 free concert tickets and 2 backstage passes including meet & greet with the Gathering! Have a look at the website soon to see which CD stores are a part of this action.
The second action is the Gathering supporting War Child Netherlands
During the Dutch tourdates in October a photo exhibition will be held from photographer Peter Blok . Peter Blok has photographed the band for several years and this resulted in a collection of his most beautiful and sensational the Gathering photos on and off stage. In December the enlarged the Gathering photo's of the exhibition will be auctioned on eBay under the worldwide the Gathering fan base!. Each 1 piece limited edition enlarged photo in a 20 x 28 inch frame, is supplied with authentic autographs of band and photographer. All proceeds from the auction will be granted to War Child Netherlands
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| Source: | sandandmercury.com |
| Band profile: | The Gathering |
Dream Theater - Live At Budokan latest news
Dream Theater's "LIVE AT BUDOKAN" will be released on Tuesday, October 5th, 2004. It will be available as a 2-DVD set, a 3-CD set, as well as a bundle that contains both the 2-DVD and 3-CD.
The 2-DVD set features Dream Theater's concert recorded on April 26th, 2004, at the Budokan in Tokyo, Japan. Disc 1 has the complete live concert. Disc 2 is packed with special features including a Japanese tour documentary, guitar / keyboard / drum solos, the tour opening video and a multiangle version of "Instrumedley".
The tracklisting of the concert is as follows:
1. As I am
2. This Dying Soul
3. Beyond This Life
4. Hollow Years
5. War Inside My Head
6. The Test that Stumped Them All
7. Endless Sacrifice
8. Instrumedly
9. Trial of Tears
10. New Millennium
11. Keyboard Solo
12. Only a Matter of Time
13. Goodnight Kiss
14. Solitary Shell
15. Stream of Conciousness
16. Disappear
17. Pull Me Under
18. In the Name of God
You can pre-order the different bundles at CDUniverse.com and Amazon.co.uk
http://www.dreamtheater.net/news_dreamtheater.php#lab
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The 2-DVD set features Dream Theater's concert recorded on April 26th, 2004, at the Budokan in Tokyo, Japan. Disc 1 has the complete live concert. Disc 2 is packed with special features including a Japanese tour documentary, guitar / keyboard / drum solos, the tour opening video and a multiangle version of "Instrumedley".
The tracklisting of the concert is as follows:
1. As I am
2. This Dying Soul
3. Beyond This Life
4. Hollow Years
5. War Inside My Head
6. The Test that Stumped Them All
7. Endless Sacrifice
8. Instrumedly
9. Trial of Tears
10. New Millennium
11. Keyboard Solo
12. Only a Matter of Time
13. Goodnight Kiss
14. Solitary Shell
15. Stream of Conciousness
16. Disappear
17. Pull Me Under
18. In the Name of God
You can pre-order the different bundles at CDUniverse.com and Amazon.co.uk
http://www.dreamtheater.net/news_dreamtheater.php#lab
Read more ››
| Band profile: | Dream Theater |
Silvio Massaro undergoes surgery
A stament and a little interview in Vanishing Point site have been post explaining the situation of the singer and some info on the upcoming album:
On the morning of August 16th, only hours from celebrating his 30th birthday, Silvio Massaro was admitted to St. Vincent Hospital, Melbourne Australia, for surgery on his sinus'. We asked him for the reason why this surgery was done. We sent in our little reporter Linda Fiorentino to ask the important questions.
LF: Could you start off by telling everyone why you went into surgery?
SM: Well for years now I have been suffering from massive headaches which would literally render me being locked up in a dark room, curled up in a ball, till the pain went away. I'd get a huge build up of congestion in my sinus' which would be the main problem of it creating so much pressure being built up, making my head throb! After numerous x-rays and tests we found out my sinus' was the main reason why I was getting these bastard headaches all the time.
LF: How long were you in for? What did they have to do to you?
SM: I was only in over night and in for most of the following day. They reconstructed my whole sinus by taking out parts of my skull behind my nose and scarping out cartilage. I have never been in so much pain as I am in now. I feel like someone has swung a baseball bat across my face!
LF: How long will you be out action?
SM: Well my doctor assures me that the worst will be over in a couple of weeks.
LF: Off the subject a bit here but when are we going to see the new CD from VP?
SM: Haha! Good question... Well all will be revealed very soon I hope. There has been a chain of events as of late, which I can't get into for legal reasons, but we will issue some press releases in the next couple of weeks. It's been so frustrating for us lately knowing we have a killer album to release but can't release just yet. We understand and sympathise with our fans' frustrations and for that were sorry. I know they won't be disappointed with the new CD. So I can say with confidence that it's definitely worth the wait!
LF: Well thanks for taking the time out to chat to me Silvio and we really hope that you have a speedy recovery.
SM: No probs, thank you.
http://www.vanishing-point.com.au/
On the morning of August 16th, only hours from celebrating his 30th birthday, Silvio Massaro was admitted to St. Vincent Hospital, Melbourne Australia, for surgery on his sinus'. We asked him for the reason why this surgery was done. We sent in our little reporter Linda Fiorentino to ask the important questions.
LF: Could you start off by telling everyone why you went into surgery?
SM: Well for years now I have been suffering from massive headaches which would literally render me being locked up in a dark room, curled up in a ball, till the pain went away. I'd get a huge build up of congestion in my sinus' which would be the main problem of it creating so much pressure being built up, making my head throb! After numerous x-rays and tests we found out my sinus' was the main reason why I was getting these bastard headaches all the time.
LF: How long were you in for? What did they have to do to you?
SM: I was only in over night and in for most of the following day. They reconstructed my whole sinus by taking out parts of my skull behind my nose and scarping out cartilage. I have never been in so much pain as I am in now. I feel like someone has swung a baseball bat across my face!
LF: How long will you be out action?
SM: Well my doctor assures me that the worst will be over in a couple of weeks.
LF: Off the subject a bit here but when are we going to see the new CD from VP?
SM: Haha! Good question... Well all will be revealed very soon I hope. There has been a chain of events as of late, which I can't get into for legal reasons, but we will issue some press releases in the next couple of weeks. It's been so frustrating for us lately knowing we have a killer album to release but can't release just yet. We understand and sympathise with our fans' frustrations and for that were sorry. I know they won't be disappointed with the new CD. So I can say with confidence that it's definitely worth the wait!
LF: Well thanks for taking the time out to chat to me Silvio and we really hope that you have a speedy recovery.
SM: No probs, thank you.
http://www.vanishing-point.com.au/
| Band profile: | Vanishing Point |
Catamenia plan to enter in the studio
We have confirmed our studio time for the next release. The studio will take place from 1st of November to 10th of December, so the sixth release can be waited to be on stores in early of 2005. Estimated time for release is February / March '05.
http://www.catamenia.net/
http://www.catamenia.net/
Solitude Aeturnus in the studio
The Texas doomers are working in new material to their new album that will be called "Alone"
| Band profile: | Solitude Aeturnus |
Yngwie Malmsteen update
A little update on www.yngwie.org says that the guitar heroe is working on his next (rock) album, but also is taking care for a new "classical" opus.
| Band profile: | Yngwie Malmsteen |
Tristania New Album
Tristania's new album, entitled "Ashes", is due for release in January 2005. They have also finally confirmed having signed with SPV.
| Band profile: | Tristania |