The last couple of bands for this year’s WACKEN OPEN AIR as well as the running order have now been published, as the line-up is now complete. The new confirmations include TYPE O NEGATIVE, SECRETS OF THE MOON, FASTWAY and TURBONEGRO among others. www.wacken.com
SECRETS OF THE MOON will play a 60 minute set at Party San Open Air – Bad Berka (Germany). The show takes place on Thursday night at 11pm. They are also going to irrupt Northern Germany at this years Wacken Open Air on August 03 and will play one more exclusive show in Hamburg on August 24. Moreover the band is looking forward to their very first appearance on Scandinavian ground on August 23 at the "Hole in the Sky" Festival in Norway.
A studio clip of MONSTROSITY‘s ‘Firestorm’ (taken from the new album "Spiritual Apocalypse") is online now at YouTube.
Streetclip TV will stream excerpts from the AMON AMARTH DVD "Wrath Of The Norsemen" on the 20th and 21st of May at 8:00pm CET in HD quality.
New York’s Death Metal masters IMMOLATION have recorded, mixed and mastered two new releases at Millbrook Sound Studios with producer Paul Orofino. First one is an EP entitled "Hope And Horror" that contains the tracks ‘Den Of Thieves’, ‘The Condemned’ and ‘The Struggle Of Hope And Horror’ (instrumental). Together with the three new exclusive tracks there will be a DVD of an entire live set recorded last year at BB Kings night club in New York City. "The video work on this is amazing, the sound is raw, but you can make everything out really well. It really gets the live feel like your there!" says bassplayer / vocalist Ross Dolan. The other release is the band’s new full-length album "Shadows In The Light", that features the following ten tracks: ‘Hate’s Plague’, ‘Passion Kill’, ‘World Agony’, ‘Tarnished’, ‘The Weight Of Devotion’, ‘Breathing The Dark’, ‘Deliverer Of Evil’, ‘Shadows In The Light’, ‘Lying With Demons’ and ‘Whispering Death’. Both are out on Listenable Records. For all further info check out IMMOLATION’s myspace domain at www.myspace.com/immolationny
MELECHESH have issued the following statement: "We were quite stunned to hear the news of this tour’s cancellation, we actually declined other tour offers to make this one all the more special. Our guitar player, Moloch, who is currently residing in Virginia, USA was about to board the airplane and head to Europe when we heard the news. We looked forward to this tour and to giving 100% also we invested a lot of time in preparing for it. I don’t know what else to say other than we feel disappointed and we apologize to all the people who were looking forward to this tour. We also looked forward to touring with, among others, ENSLAVED and KEEP OF KALESSIN and GOATWHORE. But such things remind me why we always were reluctant to do shows. For now the only confirmed European dates are the festivals (Earthshaker, Metal Mean, Party.San, Hole In the Sky) and we are currently working on a North American tour to support the release of our "Emissaries" album."
AGATHOCLES will take their devastating grind attack to South America. Possible countries include Brazil, Ecuador, Chile, Argentina and Peru. Details and dates are still being worked out.
Swedish Death Metal act DIMENSION ZERO are the 62nd confirmed act for this year’s Wacken Open Air. Jesper Strömblad, main songwriter of the band, will therefore perform twice in Wacken this year, with DIMENSION ZERO and with IN FLAMES. www.wacken.com
Debemur Morti Productions has disclosed the title, artwork and full tracklisting of KROHM‘s forthcoming second album. Mastered at the infamous Necromorbus Studios, "The Haunting Presence" contains seven exhibits of paranormal Black Metal and is the follow up to the critically acclaimed 2004 debut "A World Through Dead Eyes". This time, Numinas’ fevered mind has conjured a deeply personal, ritualistic work of incredible maturity. Check out the cover artwork here. The tracklisting reads as follows: ‘Bleak Shores’, ‘Lifeless Serenade’, ‘I Respiri Delle Ombre’, ‘Relic’, ‘Memories Of The Flesh’, ‘Tra La Carne E Il Nulla’ and ‘Syndrome’. Unmastered samples can be heard at www.myspace.com/krohmvoid. Other relevant links: www.krohmvoid.com, www.debemur-morti.com
OBEISANCE has just inked a deal with Iron Bonehead Productions for a limited edition 7". Entitled "Satanik Shoktroops Of Doom" it contains the title track, ‘STD-Satanikally Transmitted Disease’, ‘Satanika Pandemonia’ and ‘Satanik Metal City’. Look for a December 2007 / January 2008 release. For more information contact www.ironbonehead.de or www.myspace.com/obeisance.
Imperium Productions have signed the German Doom Death Metal band OPHIS. The debut album "Stream Of Misery" will be released in June / July 2007. You can already check out some samples of a new song at www.myspace.com/ophisdoom
Germany’s NECROS CHRISTOS have published the following news: "We are unhappy of the following announcement, but the year of 2007 will mark the last appearance of Luciferus Christhammer in Necros Christos. He will leave the coven, as he sees his paths fulfilled… Therefore the band proclaims to be in search for a new drummer. Everyone who should be interested in taking over Christhammers position should contact the band now." For a detailed statement of Christhammer, check out the band’s website www.darknessdamnationdeath.com
The recordings of the new ONDSKAPT album, that were supposed to take place in August, are now delayed until Autumn. More info soon.
The new BENIGHTED album might be entirely finished by the end of August 2007. The release is planned for mid October and might come as a dual disc with an entire live performance and more. A French tour is currently being booked.
IMPALED NAZARENE are working on their new album "Manifest" that will be recorded this summer. In the meantime the band is trying to set up a complete North America tour for October / November 2007. The "Rapture" album re-release plus bonus material will see the light of day on June 04, 2007.
Osmose Productions proudly announces the release of the new SIGH album "Hangman’s Hymn", due out on June 04, 2007.
After a long delay and a totally re-recorded album in another studio, ARKHON INFAUSTUS‘ "Orthodoxyn" album will finally be released on May 28, 2007. It will be available as a stricly limited edition digibook (1500 copies) including fantastic artwork and a 40 pages booklet. The regular CD will be released as well as a strickly limited vinyl edition (1000 copies) with a poster. The North American version will be available through Red Stream Inc.
SULPHUR is supposed to open on the UNLEASHED and BELPHEGOR tour that starts in mid May in Europe, but the UK dates are being cancelled.
DERANGED will enter a small local recording studio this weekend to "cut a demo" for all of the songs that will be featured on the next full-length album (as announced earlier to be titled "The Red Light Murder Case"). Rikard Wermén (drums) comments: "It’ll just be a quick and pretty rough recording. Basically something for Martin (vocals) and I to have when working on the lyrics… There’s all in all 10 tracks and as it feels now, they are all strong and will most likely end up on the CD." Further on, the band plans to do some serious touring later this year to support the release of "The Red Light Murder Case". The release date is set for November on Regain Records.