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| THE AMENTA To Start Mixing n0n. |
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 Amenta writes "Australia's extreme industrial metal collective THE AMENTA will enter The Vault Studios in Sydney, Australia this week to mix its latest release, "n0n", with longtime engineer Lachlan Mitchell (NAZXUL).
Mastering for the album will take place at Studios 301 with Australia's premier mastering engineer Steve Smart.
THE AMENTA describes the new album's sound as a fusion of extreme metal, electronic noise and dub. The follow-up to 2004's "Occasus" will feature 12 tracks in total, including "Skin", "Rape", "Cancer", "Whore", "Dystrophy", "Atrophy", "Slave", "Vermin", "Dirt", "Spine", and "Junky". With each song featuring over 100 actual recorded tracks, THE AMENTA's new album pushes technology to its absolute limits.
The recording of the album spanned three different countries and seven different studios. "n0n" contains a myriad of different contributors and performers with no less than two drummers, six vocalists and two bass players recording on the album which features guest appearances from Jason Mendonca (AKERCOCKE), Alice Daquet (SIR ALICE), Alex Pope (RUINS) and more."
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(comments?) Friday, June 27 @ 10:01:19 EDT (947 reads) |
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| PSYCROPTIC Sign To NUCLEAR BLAST. |
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PSYCROPTIC & Soundworks Management are proud to announce that as of Friday June 20th 2008 Tasmania’s own PSYCROPTIC are officially signed to Nuclear Blast Records worldwide and Stomp for Australia for the new full length album due out this October!!!!
US A&R Gerardo Martinez about the signing: "We are beyond excited to be working with one of the best Technical Death Metal bands in the world right now. We feel the band will reach the status they deserve in a short period of time. Also the band is euphoric about the cooperation."
Currently on tour in the USA as part of the massive Summer Slaughter package... the band themselves had this to say:
“To say that all of us in Psycroptic are excited to be working with Nuclear Blast is quite an understatement... we're over the moon!!!! Nuclear Blast has always been the pinnacle of labels within the metal
realm, and to be signed with them is a huge honor for us...and to be the first Tasmanian band to ever be on the label is a pretty awesome bonus as well."
"The artist roster is nothing short of amazing, and for Psycroptic to be added to it... well, we couldn't be happier!!” – Dave Haley
Stomp Australia had the following comments:
Label Manager Darren Cherry commented. "Psycroptic are a pioneering and ever progressing force in extreme metal and Stomp are proud to be releasing their upcoming fourth studio album which we believe will take them to an entirely new level on a global scale".
For any further press information please contact Glenn Dyson at Prime Cuts Music: pcuts @ bigpond.com
Thanks: Prime Cuts
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| DREADNAUGHT Recruit New Drummer, Plan European Tour. |
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AndoNaught writes "DREADNAUGHT would like to announce that Matt Racovalis (Alarum, The Berzerker) will be joining the current line-up on drums. Matt has been a mainstay of the Australian metal scene for many years now, touring and recording with AlarumThe Berzerker.
The band is booked to enter the studio on May 31, with producer Reggie Bowman to begin work on LP number 4. The as yet untitled record consists of the following tracks (in no particular order):
Twist the Knife
The Push
Agony-Ecstasy
Save Your Life
Tattooed Tears
Ten X The Pain
Buried
(Instra)Mental
More Than One Way
and Collapse
Following completion of the new record the band will be setting their sites on Europe, making the jaunt later in the year to commence talks with interested labels and promoters so the band can finally begin their long overdue assault on the Northern hemisphere."
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(comments?) Tuesday, April 22 @ 09:14:17 EDT (1185 reads) |
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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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| 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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| DOBULE DRAGON: Enter Studio To Record Debut Album. |
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DoubleDragon writes "Australia's DOUBLE DRAGON have entered the studio to record their highly anticipated debut album titled 'Devastator'.
After releasing their debut EP 'Scars Of Fire' in 2006, the critically acclaimed release took the band to new heights, headlining shows across Australia and also landed them supports with international metal acts Slayer, Mastodon, Cephalic Carnage, Black Dahlia Murder, Arch Enemy, Dark Tranquillity and also landed them a spot on the Australian music festival, The Big Day Out. Double Dragon have returned to the studio with producer Ian Miller, promising to make a work of metal that will stand the test of time and cement Double Dragon in Australian metal history.
As for the songs, vocalist Lee states "This is our heaviest work to date, and in hindsight its probably the sound we have been searching for since day 1. There are new elements to the songs, alot more experimentations but at the same time we have concentrated on our strengths, which essentially is twin guitar harmonies, groove and lots of melodic riffs".
"Lyrically the songs are darker, and the vocals will be a heavier than previous Double Dragon releases, but we have also written a couple of ballady type tracks, more classic rock in the vein of mellow Black Sabbath. We will always be a metal band, but the freedom of playing metal music gives us alot of room to experiment with different sounds, and I think our weed smoking fans will understand where we are coming from with the mellow tracks. I really feel these songs are going to be great live, and I cant wait to hit the road again and show the world a good ole fashioned Australian metal ass kicking".
'Devastator' is due for release in June 2008."
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(comments?) Saturday, January 05 @ 20:42:25 EST (1335 reads) |
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| Live Shows Scheduled In Promotion Of 'A Blaze In The Southern Skies' Comp CD. |
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Prime Cuts Music in association with Brash Group and Soundworks have finished producing a double compilation CD of Australia’s biggest and most exciting metal acts. Entitled ‘A Blaze In The Southern Skies’ and featuring 33 tracks, this double CD showcases the vast and diverse metal talent this great country of ours has to offer. The CD will be made available to the Australian metal public via two massive launch shows in both Perth & Melbourne in celebration of this release or from any of the bands featured on the compilations.
Details for the Perth shows are:
Dec 28 2007 @ LHQ, (doors 6pm)
Pathogen; The Furor; Malignant Monster; Chaos Divine; Grotesque
Door Sales only!
Dec 29 2007 @ Amplifier Bar / Club Capitol, (Doors 8pm)
Club Capitol side:
Pathogen; The Furor; Chaos Divine; Psychonaut; Human Extinction Project (featuring Glenn Butcher from Allegiance, Gav from Choke)
Amplifier side:
Dyscord; Grotesque; Malignant Monster; Left Ablaze; Claim The Throne
Presale tix available at Moshtix.com.au - Or get them at the door!
“A Blaze in The Southern Skies” CD's will be available on the night at the Prime Cuts Merch stand.
Details for the Melbourne shows are:
January 11 2008 @ The Peninsula Lounge, Mornington Peninsula
January 12 @ The Corner Hotel, Melbourne
Line Up (Both Shows)
Terrorust; Five Star Prison Cell; Darkest Dawn; Humonic; Be’lakor
Doors sales only for both shows and “A Blaze in The Southern Skies” CD's will be available on the night.
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| Two Dead As THE RED SHORE Tour Bus Crashes. |
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SMiM writes "The Age newspaper reports:
"Two men have died and four have been injured after a minibus carrying men involved in a heavy-metal band tour has crashed down an embankment of the Pacific Highway.
The minibus was in a convoy carrying "deathcore-metal" band The Red Shore on their Christmas Carnage tour.
A spokeswoman for the tour organiser said that members of the California-based All Shall Perish were not involved in the crash. She was unable to provide further details about the men.
The bands were due to perform at Hermann's bar at the University of Sydney tonight [19-Dec; show still to go ahead].
The singer was pronounced dead at the crash site, while a second man, a merchandise manager, died at Coffs Harbour hospital after being trapped for an hour in the minibus after the minibus veered off the road and rolled down an embankment near Cunninghams Bridge at Moonee Beach in northern NSW at 7am.
Four other male passengers are in a stable condition.""
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| MORTAL SIN: Classic Remastered Albums Soon Available. |
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Vocalist Mat Maurer has issued the following update via MORTAL SIN official MySpace regarding the availability of "Mayhemic Destruction" and "Face Of Despair" remastered editions:
"Well peoples, on October 29th we finally take delivery of the long awaited re-release of our first two albums "Mayhemic Destruction" and "Face of Despair". Its been a long and painful journey to finally get these in our hands. "Mayhemic Destruction" has been remastered and includes six bonus live tracks from our 1990 tour with TESTAMENT in Germany. "
"Face of Despair" has also been remastered and includes three bonus demo tracks including one never before heard song. Add on top of these our new album finally being released in Europe on November 16, and you will see that MORTAL SIN has been very busy over the last few months. Geez we also have some new "An Absence of Faith" T-shirts coming very soon too - we'll hopefully have all the new stock on sale at our next gig in Wollongong - otherwise check out our website www.mortalsin.com.au for new merchandise soon."
"For people who ordered MD and FOD a while back we'll be packing orders and sending them off in the first week of November."
"Now... Let's just get some tour dates organised and hopefully we'll finally get to see you on the road somewhere."
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(comments?) Saturday, October 20 @ 18:48:54 EDT (797 reads) |
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| VANISHING POINT: 'The Fourth Season' Available For Online Purchase. |
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Aussie progressive metallers VANISHING POINT have made their latest album 'The Fourth Season' available for purchase online at this location. The album was recently released on Dockyard 1.
The band have also made the following sample tracks available for streaming: 'Embodiment', 'Surrender' and 'Ashen Sky'.
To read a recent HM interview with VANISHING POINT go here. For more information on the band head over to this location.
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(comments?) Saturday, September 29 @ 19:58:50 EDT (558 reads) |
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