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| CHOSEN Announce Canadian Tour Dates In April. |
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 Anonymous writes "It's the luck of the Irish as metallers CHOSEN announce their 2009 Canadian Tour dates that will see them trek from their adopted home of Vancouver, Canada and cross the country to return to their native Ireland to start on production of their upcoming debut album.
CHOSEN moved to Vancouver in search of vocalist John Matter to add to their fusing element of extreme metal and crushing heaviness. With all band mates in line, CHOSEN are hitting the road to celebrate the country that has embraced them since 2007.
CANADIAN TOUR DATES 2009
April 25 - Vancouver, British Columbia @ Tom Lee Music Hall (All Ages)
April 28 - Kamloops, British Columbia @ The Dirty Jersey w/Psyoptic + Damned Grave
April 30 - Calgary, Alberta @ Verns w/ Mother Died Today + I Die Screaming
May 01 - Sylvan Lake, Alberta @ Chef Francisco Pub w/ First Church Of Mud
May 02 - Edmonton, Alberta @ The Mead Hall
May 04 - Red Deer, Alberta @ Cheers North w/ First Church Of Mud
May 05 - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan @ Walker's Nightclub w/ Brutal Machine + Abscission
May 06 - Regina, Saskatchewan @ The Club
May 09 - Winnipeg, Manitoba @ The Royal Albert Hall w/ Putrescence + Mechanical Separation + I Die Screaming + Big Trouble In Little China
May 11 - Thunder Bay, Ontario @ The Black Pirate's Pub
May 15 - Trois-Rivičres, Quebec @ House 1489 w/Soil Of Ignorance
May 16 - Montreal, Quebec @ Bar St. Laurent 2
May 18 - Hull, Quebec @ Ou Quoi Lounge w/ Signs Of Chaos
May 21 - Toronto, Ontario @ The Smiling Buddah Bar w/ A Faster Now + 16 Gauge
May 22 - Toronto, Ontario @ Duffy's Pub
May 23 - Hamilton, Ontario @ Door's Pub
Website: www.chosen.ie
Myspace: www.myspace.com/chosenmetal
Video Clips: www.chosen.ie/media3.htm"
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(comments?) Friday, March 27 @ 19:16:05 EDT (1568 reads) |
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| ICED EARTH: 'FESTIVALS OF THE WICKED' DVD In Works. |
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 Jon Schaffer and IcedEarth.com got together on March 13, 2009 for an update on the band's forthcoming live DVD as well as Jon's plans for the immediate future.
Regarding the immediate plans for ICED EARTH:
“Well, right now I’m wrapping up the post-production for the, “FESTIVALS OF THE WICKED” DVD which I expect will come out late Summer or Fall of this year. I don’t know that for sure, it depends on when we wrap things up, but that’s the plan. That’s the next project.”
“ICED EARTH is going to be taking some downtime. I’ve been very, very busy. I haven’t taken any kind of vacation in six years and I have been non-stop ICED EARTH for three-and-a-half years - from the beginning of the writing of both of these records through the recording, the touring – and there has been a lot of touring…it’s just time. I need to step back from it a little bit. And I’ve got other things planned for this year which I’ll be announcing in due course, but my goals are for right now are to get the DVD finished and (then) to get away completely – no cell phones, no e-mail, no contact with the outside world, just me and my family at a very nice isolated place, no music business, no nothing, and it’s going to be awesome. That’s going to be cool and I plan to come back completely recharged and ready to kill.”
Regarding the kind of projects Jon will be working on after returning from vacation:
“You’re going to have to wait and find out my man. I mean, I’m just not ready to divulge yet. I’ve got a few irons in the fire and some things I’m very excited about. Hansi and I have planned late in 2009 to get together to do DEMONS (& WIZARDS) stuff so that’s going to be cool. We saw each other in Cologne (earlier this year) and made plans and I think it’s realistic to say that there will be a third DEMONS & WIZARDS album probably mid- to late 2010. We’re going to have two song writing sessions. We are committed to doing the bulk of this in-person. One of the things I felt like from the last Demons album was that we had this window of opportunity where we had to get it done and we kind of let time dictate the schedule instead of our feelings and that was probably a mistake. I mean I’m proud of that record (“Touched by the Crimson King” 2005) and it sold killer and it’s a good album but I think Hansi and I are capable of a lot more especially when we get back to the root reasons of why we did this thing together.”
Read the rest or listen to the interview in FULL here. (8.4 MB)
Thanks: IcedEarth.com
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(comments?) Wednesday, March 25 @ 06:54:35 EDT (1824 reads) |
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| ANARION: New Song 'DISPUSION' Posted Online. |
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 Melbourne's melodic/power metallers ANARION have posted a brand new track, titled "Dispusion", to their MySpace page in full. The much anticipated album 'Beneath It All' is due sometime this year.
The album was mixed in Sweden by Daniel Bergstrand (Strapping Young Lad, In Flames, Soilwork). The artwork was done by Travis Smith (Nevermore, Opeth, Devin Townsend). Album artwork can be seen at this location.
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(comments?) Sunday, March 22 @ 06:56:36 EDT (3543 reads) |
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| ANNO DOMINI MORTUS To Play Melbourne's MARCH OF DARKNESS Festival In April. |
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White Noise Productions is proud to present New Zealand Black Metal project, ANNO DOMINI MORTUS live on stage at the Arthouse, 616 Elizabeth St. Melbourne this Good Friday Eve, Thursday April 9th.
Performing alongside another five-star lineup comprised of the best of Victorian and New South Wales Black Metal, March of Darkness is set to explode on stage as perhaps the purest concentration of musical diabolism the Arthouse has seen, with Order of Orias leading Vrag (NSW), Erebus Enthroned (NSW) and Adamus Exul, fresh from their Demo release show at the East Brunswick Club into an unadulterated aural holocaust.
The Melbourne leg of a national tour for ANNO DOMINI MORTUS, Vrag and Erebus Enthroned, this will be an incredibly aggressive and visual performance and a taste of what’s in store for the remainder of 2009.
Doors: 8pm, Entry $15 ($12 w/Flier).
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(comments?) Friday, March 20 @ 05:38:42 EDT (1659 reads) |
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| In Support Of “THE FORMATION OF DAMNATION”, TESTAMENT Announce US Tour. |
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 Bay Area thrash legends TESTAMENT are taking the stage once again for their first US headlining tour in support of the award-winning The Formation of Damnation. The band’s first new studio album in nine years won “Album of the Year” at the 2008 Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards. The tour will feature the classic lineup of vocalist Chuck Billy, guitarists Eric Peterson and Alex Skolnick, bassist Greg Christian, and drummer Paul Bostaph. TESTAMENT will be bringing along metalcore outfit Unearth and neo-thrashers Lazarus A.D. The tour kicks off May 2.
Singer Chuck Billy commented on the upcoming US headlining tour: “It was really exciting last summer touring with Judas Priest, Heaven and Hell, and Motorhead, playing in front of all the old-school as well as new-school metalheads. Now we look forward to CRUSHING on our first headline tour on the Damnation Vacation US run.
Heavy metal forever!!!”
The Formation of Damnation was named one of MySpace’s Top Albums for 2008 and found itself at the top of many year-end lists including #9 Rock Album of the Year on iTunes for 2008, #4 Album of 2008 in Revolver Magazine, #10 on Metal Edge Top 50 of 2008, #1 on Metal Maniacs Top 20 of 2008, and the #2 Brave Pick in Brave Words and Bloody Knuckles. The album also dominated metal radio, coming in at #1 on Sirius-XM’s metal channel, #1 on CMJ’s Loud Rock charts, and was the most played album on metal radio according to FMQB.
Testament US headlining tour starting May 2009:
(with Unearth and Lazarus AD)
5/2 – Seattle, WA – El Corazon
5/3 - Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory
5/4 - Vancouver, BC – Commodore
5/6 - Calgary, AB – MacEwan Ballroom
5/7 - Edmonton, AB – Edmonton Events Centre
5/9 - Winnipeg, MB – The Garrick Centre
5/10 - Maplewood, MN – The Rock
5/12 – Milwaukee, WI – Eagles Theater
5/13 – Sauget, IL – Pop’s
5/15 - Chicago, IL – House of Blues
5/16 - Detroit, MI – Harpos
5/17 - Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
5/18 – Cincinnati, OH – Bogart’s
5/20 - Toronto, ON – Sound Academy
5/21 - Montreal, QC – Metropolis
5/22 - Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
5/23 – Hartford, CT – Webster Theater
5/24 – Worcester, MA – The Palladium
5/26 – Baltimore, MD – Ram’s Head Live
5/27 – Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero
5/28 – Norfolk, VA – Norva
5/29 – Raleigh, NC – Lincoln Theater
5/30 – Atlanta, GA – Masquerade
5/31 – New Orleans, LA – House of Blues
6/2 – Houston, TX – Scout Bar
6/3 – San Antonio – Scout Bar
6/4 – Ft.
Worth, TX – Ridglea Theater
6/6 – Kansas City, MO – The Beaumont
6/7 – Denver, CO – Cervantes
6/9 – Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues
6/10 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues
6/11 – Los Angeles, CA – House of Blues
6/12 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
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| Sunday, March 22 | | » | ANARION: New Song 'DISPUSION' Posted Online. |
| Friday, March 20 | | » | ANNO DOMINI MORTUS To Play Melbourne's MARCH OF DARKNESS Festival In April. |
| Wednesday, March 18 | | » | In Support Of “THE FORMATION OF DAMNATION”, TESTAMENT Announce US Tour. |
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