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| Heavy Metal Guitarist Charged Over Crash. |
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 lukelord writes "The bass player of Victorian heavy metal outfit THE RED SHORE is facing court charges over a bus crash that killed two of his band mates late last year, NSW police say.
The band's minibus left the Pacific Highway and crashed into a tree at Moonee Beach, near Coffs Harbour, in NSW, about 7am (AEDT) on December 19. The band's 27-year-old lead singer, Damien Morris, died at the scene.
Andy Milner, the band's 22-year-old merchandiser, died in hospital after being trapped in the wreck for an hour.
Six others, all men aged between 19 and 26, suffered non-life threatening injuries in the single vehicle crash and were taken to Coffs Harbour Hospital.
The Geelong - based band had been attempting the 1,000 KM journey to Sydney for a gig after playing the night before in Brisbane.
Bass player Jamie Hope, 21, was allegedly at the wheel at the time of the crash. A NSW police spokesman said the Geelong man had been summonsed to Coffs Harbour Local Court on August 4.
He will face two counts of negligent driving causing death and three counts of negligent driving causing grievous bodily harm. The charges come as The Red Shore gear up for a 24-show national tour starting on May 22 in Adelaide with Hope filling in on vocals."
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(comments?) Saturday, April 19 @ 21:19:13 EDT (750 reads) |
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| DAWN OF AZAZEL: New Demo Tracks Posted Online. |
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 DAWN OF AZAZEL have uploaded three new demo tracks on their MySpace page www.myspace.com/dawnofazazel
Commented frontman Rigel Walshe: "These three new tracks are demo versions of three new tracks that will be appearing on the forthcoming album - 'Fornication RevelationThe Art of Seduction' and 'Liquor and Lust'. We have been rehearsing intensely since [drummer] Jeremy [Suckling, ex-SCORIA] joined the fold and we feel these new tracks represent the strongest material, musically and lyrically and ideologically that we have produced since our inception."
"We are currently shopping around for a deal and will be returning to the studio, and hitting the road, in the Northern Hemisphere early in the second half of the year . Expect great things!!"
Thanks: DawnOfAzazel.Com
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| MORTAL SIN To Play At WACKEN OPEN AIR 2008. |
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 mapex writes "MORTAL SIN have been confirmed to once again play the Wacken Open Air festival in germany 2008.
Playing on the True Metal Stage at midday on friday the 1st of August.
Also on the bill are Iron Maiden, Carcass, At the gates, Kreator, Children Of Bodom, and many more!
For more information visit MortalSin.Com.Au"
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| MORTAL SIN Return From a Successful Tour Of Europe With OVERKILL. |
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Legendary Australian heavy metal band MORTAL SIN have sent in the following update to HailMetal.Com e'zine regarding their tour of Europe with OVERKILL:
"The month of March will be remembered by MORTAL SIN as the most successful venture away from their home territory ever when they supported U.S. thrash legends OVERKILL through 15 shows in Europe. Beginning with two Metalmania Festivals headlined by MEGADETH in The Czech Republic and Poland, the tour then rolled into the former capital Munich. With many of the shows being sold out, Overkill vocalist Bobby Elsworth paid tribute to Mortal Sin as "a perfect match up for Overkill, a great package for promoters...- we tried for months to get Exodus as the support, but you know what? Fuck Exodus, Mortal Sin have done way better than we would have hoped Exodus would do!" Overkill made Mortal Sin more than welcome and fun times were had in each of the cities we played."
"By the time the tour reached Essen (home town of Kreator), the crowds were getting louder and louder for Mortal Sin. It was like a time machine had transported us all back to 1987 - wristbands, denim jackets, hair flying everywhere and bodies landing on the stage non stop throughout the Mortal Sin and Overkill sets. In Gothenburg, Sweden on the last show of the Overkill tour Mortal Sin were invited up on stage to sing "Old School" with Bobby and the gang, such was the respect shown - the offer was accepted and the respect returned!'
"From Sweden Mortal Sin travelled North to Oslo in Norway for the 2008 Inferno Festival, one of the most important Scandinavian metal festivals, this year featuring Onslaught, Behemoth, Vreid, Gorgoroth, Satyricon, Unleashed, 1349, Overkill and Destruction among others. At minus 4 degrees, it was the coldest night of the tour and the streets were covered in Ice. Mortal Sin opened the main stage in the Rockefeller Centre and won over the predominantly Black Metal crowd with a blistering set which was recorded on CD and will be soon be released as an official Live Bootleg. It was a brilliant end to a brilliant tour."
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| TESTAMENT: Touring Australia In September? |
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 According to a press release by Chris Maric from RIOT Entertainment, legendary thrashers TESTAMENT will be returning to Australia in September of this year.
The band will release a new album titled "The Formation Of Damnation" in April 25 in Oz. To hear samples go to this location [45MB].
Thanks: Chris @ RIOT.
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| CHILDREN OF BODOM To Return To OZ & NZ. |
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CHILDREN OF BODOM will be returning to Australia and New Zealand in June this year. Confirmed dates are as follows:
June 20 @ The Arena Entertainment Complex, Brisbane, AUS (All Ages)
June 22 @ The Palace Theatre (formerly The Metro), Melbourne, AUS
June 24 @ The Enmore Theatre, Sydney, AUS (All Ages)
June 26 @ The Transmission Room, Auckland, NZ (All Ages)
June 28 @ Fowler's Live, Adelaide, AUS (All Ages)
June 30 @ Capitol Theatre, Perth, AUS
Tickets go on sale on Monday, March 17.
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(comments?) Monday, March 10 @ 16:27:14 EDT (1368 reads) |
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| LEICOHTICA & NEVETHERYN Announce Joint Australian Tour. |
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SMiM writes "Australia's multi-layered gothic black metal band LEICOHTICA and unconventional epic post-rock/metal act NEVETHERYM have announced Australian mini-tour dates for March/April 2008. The groups will be supporting their latest releases, "The Balance of Fire" and "Rendezvous", respectively.
Mar 28 @ The Brisbane Hotel, Hobart, TAS
Mar 29 @ The Central Club, Melbourne, VIC
Mar 30 @ Newmarket Hotel, Bendigo, VIC
Apr 02 @ The Bass Bar, Wagga Wagga, NSW
Apr 03 @ The Basement, Wagga Wagga, NSW
Apr 04 @ The Basement, Canberra, ACT
Apr 05 @ The Harp, Sydney, NSW
Apr 06 @ The Grand Hotel, NSW
According to LEICOHTICA's official bio, the group's latest CD has been described by critics as "defiantly beautiful and angelically graceful whilst simultaneously bearing the full force of hell down upon its listeners." To get this sound the band uses soprano, mezzo-soprano and baritone operatic voices with crushing death metal growls, furious double kickers and devastating guitar riffage to create its disobediently eclectic "beauty-and-the-beast" style.
For more information, visit www.myspace.com/leicohtica.
Source: Blabbermouth.net"
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(comments?) Sunday, March 09 @ 16:23:15 EDT (1341 reads) |
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| OPETH Set "Watershed" As Upcoming Album Title. |
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 "Watershed" is the name of Opeth´s 9th studio observation. The album has just been mixed and mastered by Jens Bogren with M. Åkerfeldt. The album consists of 7 songs and the titles are as follows:
1. Coil
2. Heir Apparent
3. The Lotus Eater
4. Burden
5. Porcelain Heart
6. Hessian Peel
7. Hex Omega
All the songs have been written by M. Åkerfeldt apart from "Porcelain Heart" which was co-written with Fredrik Åkesson. One additonal track, "Derelict Herds" has also been recorded and this was written by Mikael Åkerfeldt and Per Wiberg. On top of this, 3 cover songs has been recorded. "Bridge of sighs" from Robin Trower´s 1974 Lp with the same title, "Den ständiga resan" (sung in Swedish) by Marie Fredriksson as well as the classic Alice in Chains song, "Would?".
The follow-up to 2005's "Ghost Reveries" is the first OPETH release to feature new guitarist Fredrik Åkesson and drummer Martin Axenrot and is the band's second effort for Roadrunner Records.
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| IRON MAIDEN Live In India. Setlist, Concert Footage, Photos Posted Online. |
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 Fan-filmed video footage of IRON MAIDEN performing the song "Wasted Years" Friday night night (February 1) at the opening show of the band's Somewhere Back In Time - World Tour '08 at the Bandra-Kurla Complex in Mumbai, India can be viewed below. Check out photos from the concert at MaidenNorway.com.
The group's setlist was as follows:
01. Intro - Churchill's Speech
02. Aces High
03. 2 Minutes to Midnight
04. Revelations
05. The Trooper
06. Wasted Years
07. The Number of the Beast
08. Run to the Hills
09. Rime of the Ancient Mariner
10. Powerslave
11. Heaven Can Wait
12. Can I Play With Madness?
13. Fear of the Dark
14. Iron Maiden
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15. Moonchild
16. The Clairvoyant
17. Hallowed Be Thy Name
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| Bosnian TOXICDEATH To Play In Serbia. |
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 InMetal writes "Bosnian death metal act TOXICDEATH have been confirmed for the Castle Festival, set to take place on July 1-5 in Smederevo Fortress, Sebria.
The festival will also feature the following bands: Judas priest, Avantasia, Helloween, Lordi, At The Gates, Sodom, Soilwork, Evergrey, Dismember, Manticora, Sybreed, Secret Sphere + many others.
Further info @ CastleFestival.org"
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