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EDGUY: New Album Almost Completed

Posted by Stargazer on January 13, 2014

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edguybandjoker_638 According to Nuclear Blast, EDGUY have sneaked into the studio to record the follow up to their chart breaking 2011 album “Age Of The Joker” (a.o. #3 in Germany).

The band has issued the following brief statement from the studio:

“We have focused on what makes this band unique and recorded what we believe is going to be the strongest & heaviest album this band has ever recorded. We didn’t waste any time with updates or distractions. There is no doubt, that this album is going to be the album we’ll be measured against in the future. And it makes us proud to say that as a band that has been existing for over 22 years now, fully aware that the best is yet to come.“

The album is in the mixing process right now and will be out in April. More details will be revealed soon.

SABATON: Unveiled Addition Cover Artwork Of The Upcoming Album

Posted by Stargazer on January 13, 2014

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Swedish Heavy Metal band SABATON are going to release their new album “Heroes” on the 16^th of May via Nuclear Blast. The band has recently unveiled an additional cover artwork for the album.

“Hi everyone, and many thanks for the huge response on our new album artwork made by Peter Sallai. Just like »Carolus Rex« and »Swedish Empire Live« our new album »Heroes« will have an alternate artwork for some editions. Here it is, what do you think?” The band commented.

SABATON - 2nd artwork heroes

“Heroes” recorded at Abyss Studio, along with producer Peter Tägtgren (AMORPHIS, CHILDREN OF BODOM and more), with whom SABATON already worked on “Carolus Rex”.

“He still has some aces in his sleeves that we are sure will lift the new album”, says bass player Pär Sundström.

Catch SABATON live in 2014 on the following dates; more dates to be added:

04.04. USA Grand Rapids, MI – The Intersection

05.04. USA Milwaukee, WI – The Rave

06.04. USA Chicago, IL – House Of Blues

07.04. USA Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue

09.04. USA Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE

10.04. USA Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall

11.04. USA Cleveland, OH – Agora Theatre

12.04. USA Detroit, MI – St. Andrew’s Hall

14.04. CND Toronto, ON – Phoenix Concert Theatre

15.04. CND Quebec City, QC – Imperial Theater

16.04. CND Montreal, QC – Corona Theatre

17.04. USA Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero –

18.04. USA New York, NY – Best Buy Theater

19.04. USA Worcester, MA – The Palladium

21.04. USA West Springfield, VA – Empire

23.04. USA Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade

24.04. USA Orlando, FL – House Of Blues

25.04. USA Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Revolution

26.04. USA St. Petersburg, FL – State Theatre

28.04. USA Houston, TX – Scout Bar

29.04. USA Dallas, TX – Trees

01.05. USA Tempe, AZ – Club Red

02.05. USA West Hollywood, CA – House Of Blues

03.05. USA San Francisco, CA – Slim’s

05.05. USA Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory

06.05. USA Seattle, WA – El Corazon

07.05. CND Vancouver, B.C. – The Venue

09.05. CND Edmonton, AB – The Starlite Room

10.05. CND Calgary, AB – Republik

11.0.5 CND Regina, SK – Riddell Centre

12.05. CND Winnipeg, MB – Park Theatre

14.05. USA Denver, CO – The Summit Music Hall

15.05. USA Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theater

16.05. USA Oklahoma City, OK – Diamond Ballroom

31.05. NL Nijmegen – Fortarock

13.06. CH Interlaken – Greenfield Festival

19.06. D Loreley – Metalfest

21.06. NO Halden – Fredrikstens Fästning

26.06. SK Piestany – Topfest

27.06. BE Dessel – Graspop Metal Meeting

10.07. D Ballenstedt – Rock Harz

11.07. CZ Vizovice – Masters Of Rock Tickets

12.07. HU Pecs – Rockmaraton

25.07. SLO Tolmin – Metaldays

31.07. SE Stenungsund – Nösnäsvallen
01.08. AT Graz – Seerock

02.08. SE        Varberg                                              – Fästningshörnan
07.08. SE        Borgholm                                           – Borgholms Slottsruin
08.08. SE        Ronneby                                             – Brunnsparken
09.08. SE        Trelleborg                                          – Östervång
16.08. SE        Falun                                                  – Sabaton Open Air
21.08. SE        Uppsala                                              – Vaksala Torg
22.08. SE        Norrköping                                         – Folkets Park / Borgen
23.08. SE        Karlstad                                              – Mariebergsparken

BURY TOMORROW: Stream Brand New Track Off Upcoming Album; UK Tour Dates Announced

Posted by Stargazer on January 10, 2014

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Hampshire metallers, BURY TOMORROW, are now streaming their brand new track, ‘Watcher’ which is taken from their forthcoming third album, entitled ‘Runes’, set to be released on May 30^th, 2014 on Nuclear Blast Records.

“We felt this song gave the best representation of the sound we have gone for with Runes. Watcher shows our heavy and melodic side really well and we were stoked to show the world some new riffs,” says frontman, Daniel Winter-Bates. “The response so far has been beyond our expectations, people seem to have completely got what we were going for musically and lyrically. We can’t wait to release an official single but for now this is a little taster. Runes is the album we have always wanted to make and we cannot wait for everyone to hear it. Progressing from (2012’s) ‘Union of Crowns’, we’ve tried to capture our favourite era of metalcore whilst blending the nuances of what make the genre so great today. It’s a faster, more aggressive album, but it still sounds like us, we couldn’t be prouder of it!”

The band can also reveal a tour of intiminate venues around the UK in support of the album’s release.

 MAY

21.05. UK Stoke – Sugarmill
22.05. UK Edinburgh – Studio 24
23.05. UK Liverpool – Academy 2
28.05. UK Oxford – Academy 2
29.05. UK Cardiff – Solus 2
30.05. UK Plymouth – White Rabbit
31.05. UK Kingston – Peel

Before that run, they band also play the Impericon Festival in Manchester in April.

APRIL
27.04. UK Manchester – The Ritz, Impericon Festival

DORO Gets In The World Champion Box Ring

Posted by Stargazer on January 10, 2014

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Legendary German singer Doro Pesch is a huge boxing fan and best friend of female boxing legend Regina Halmich. On countless world championships, she was thrilled in the front row and was even standing in the ring herself, 2002 during the celebrity-boxing.

According to Nuclear Blast, Doro Pesch will perform the march-in hymn for WBO title holder Marco Huck, on his rematch against challenger Firat Arslan.

“I am so much looking forward to perform my hit single „Raise Your Fist In The Air“, as a march-in hymn for world champion Marco Huck, as I am huge fan of boxing since my childhood. I saw many fights live, mostly of my good friend Regina Halmich, for who I was playing few times in the ring. „Raise Your Fist In The Air“ is the perfect song for a boxing fight, as it is about the fighting spirit, power and fists” commented DORO.

The fight is taking place at the Hans-Martin-Schleyer Halle in Stuttgart. It will be broadcasted live on German national TV channel ARD – as well as in 60 countries worldwide. DORO will perform live approx. at 23.00 CET.

On May 2nd and 3rd DORO will celebrate her 30th stage-anniversary with two extraordinary shows at the CCD-Stadthalle in her hometown Düsseldorf.

BEHEMOTH: Unveils New Video: The Making Of “The Satanist” Part 1 Of 4

Posted by Stargazer on January 9, 2014

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Behemoth-TheSatanist Metallers BEHEMOTH has posted a brand new behind the scenes video for “The Satanist”. This video is the first in a series of four that chronicles a selection of the creative and technical processes behind the album. The album will be released on February 3rd in the UK, February 4th in North America and Poland, February 5^th in Japan, and February 7^th in Europe and the rest of the world. Also, ‘Blow Your Trumpets Gabriel’ has been released on iTunes and can be purchased HERE. You can watch the video below:

BEHEMOTH front man, Nergal, simply offers the following statement: “»The Satanist« is magic. It’s dangerous. It’s adventurous, and it’s organic.”

BEHEMOTH tour dates for 2014 can be seen below:

07.02. DE Munich – Backstage

08.02. DE Stuttgart – LKA Longhorn

09.02. NL Amsterdam – Melkweg

10.02. UK London – Forum

11.02. FR Paris – Bataclan

13.02. CH Pratteln – Z7

14.02. DE Wiesbaden – Schlachthof

15.02. DE Bochum – Matrix

16.02. BE Antwerp – Trix

18.02. NL Tilburg – O13

19.02. LU Luxembourg – Atelier

21.02. AT Wien – Gasometer

22.02. DE Chemnitz – Südbahnhof

24.02. SE Gothenburg – Traedgarn

25.02. SE Stockholm – Tyrol

26.02. DK Copenhagen – Amager Bio

27.02. DK Aarhus – Voxhall

28.02. DE Hamburg – Grünspan

01.03. DE Berlin – Postbahnhof

VOODOO SIX: Confirm Santa Cruz As Main Support On UK Tour

Posted by Stargazer on January 9, 2014

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Metallaers VOODOO SIX have recently announced that Santa Cruz are confirmed as main support on their UK tour in March. Santa Cruz, a Finnish rock band who are also on Spinefarm Records, played in the UK last summer and then returned later in the year to tour with Kobra and the Lotus.

VOODOO SIX Tourdates for 2014 can be read below:

12 March – Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton
13 March – Sound Control, Manchester
14 March – Audio, Glasgow
15 March – Buskers, Dundee
17 March – The Cluny, Newcastle
19 March – Warehouse 23, Wakefield
20 March – Rock City Basement, Nottingham
21 March – The Underworld, London
22 March – The Craufurd Arms, Milton Keynes
23 March – The Joiners, Southampton

Voodoo Six UK Tour - March 2014