More details are being made available on EYEHATEGOD’s new, self-titled album. The European version (available on Century Media Records) will come in a CD digipack while the LP will be a single slab of vinyl in a gatefold jacket. The first pressing will be limited to 2,000 copies and made available in the following colors:
• Black (1,500 copies)
• Gold (500 copies, available exclusively at www.cmdistro.com – Europe only!)
The album will contain 11 tracks, the official tracklisting is as follows:
1. Agitation! Propaganda!
2. Trying to Crack the Hard Dollar
3. Parish Motel Sickness
4. Quitter’s Offensive
5. Nobody Told Me
6. Worthless Rescue
7. Framed to the Wall
8. Robitussin and Rejection
9. Flags and Cities Bound
10. Medicine Noose
11. The Age of Bootcamp
The CMDistro preorder will start April 28th, 2014 and also includes exclusive t-shirt bundles.
The band has also announced a string of US shows next month, marking their return trip to Japan (with Venom and Morbid Angel) and 3 Floyd Beer’s annual Dark Lord Day festival as well as various US West Coast shows and the previously announced Baltimore, MD show with High on Fire and COC. An European tour is planned for Fall 2014.
EYEHATEGOD’s first album in over a decade assembled and financed entirely by the band and will be released on May 26th by their partners Century Media Records in Europe and May 27th by Housecore Records in North America.
Guitar virtuoso Gus G. released his debut solo album “I Am The Fire” on 18th March via Century Media Records.
Gus has announced via his official Facebook page the following news:
“So, I’ve just heard from my label that #IAmTheFire debuted the charts in Greece at #27 and also entered Billboard Heatseeksers charts in the US at #32 in its 1st week. Thanx to all of YOU for buying the album and for your continuous support! It means the world to me. Can’t wait to see you all on tour soon! G.“
For Metal Shock Finland’s recent review of “I Am The Fire” check here.
According to Entertainment Law Digest, British metal label Earache Records claims in court that a U.S. distributor owes it $250,000 in licensing fees, and broke a promise to release a catalog of hundreds of albums.
Earache sued New York-based The Century Family, an affiliate of the nonparty record label Century Media Records, of Dortmund, Germany, in Federal Court.
The Century Family and Does 1-10 are the only defendants.
Earache claims Century Family breached a January 2013 agreement to market and distribute its music, and ducked its obligations by falsely claiming Earache had breached a three-year licensing agreement.
Founded by Digby “Dig” Pearson in the mid-’80s, Earache gate-crashed the British heavy metal scene in 1987 with the release of Napalm Death’s “Scum.” The Nottingham record company became the go-to label for groundbreaking death metal and grindcore records.
Earache claims that Pearson and Century Media’s founders Robert Kampf and Oliver Withoft were friends for more than two decades when Earache decided to do business with the German label’s American affiliate in 2013.
According to Earache, of the 356 albums it delivered to Century, including 10 new releases, the company has distributed only albums in the United States.
“Without each album being released in the U.S. during the term of the agreement, it is impossible for Earache Records to earn royalties in the U.S. market (in this case, for several years), and fulfill its obligations to its artists,” the 17-page lawsuit states. (Parentheses in complaint.)
To duck two advance payments of $125,000, Century Family’s lawyers sent the British label a letter that falsely accused it of breaching the licensing agreement, the complaint states. Earache calls that a “transparent pretext” for delaying payment.
As well as defaulting on the fees, Century Family allegedly used album artwork and set release dates without Earache’s approval. The U.S. company failed to account for royalties in a timely manner, Earache adds.
Earache says Century Family is still marketing and selling Earache’s records in the U.S. market.
It seeks an injunction and $250,000 in damages.
Earache and its New York-based affiliate are represented by Alan Dowling of Santa Monica.
LACUNA COIL’s new album “Broken Crown Halo” has landed on the first racks as of today. Fans in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Finland, Australia and New Zealand are the first ones to get their fresh dose of LACUNA COIL’s dark and sultry gothic infused metal.
Next are:
UK / BENELUX / FRANCE / GREECE / DENMARK / PORTUGAL / NORWAY / REST OF EUROPE: Monday, 31.03.2014
USA / CANADA / ITALY / SPAIN / POLAND: Tuesday, 01.04.2014
SWEDEN: Wednesday, 02.04.2014
The following formats are available in Europe, Australia/NZ:
Limited to 2000 copies worldwide and only available via certain partners in Germany/Austria/Switzerland, Benelux, France, Italy, UK and USA:Ltd. Edition 2CD+DVD Artbook (LP sized Mediabook with extended 36p booklet, album, DVD, career spanning “Best Of” CD)
Ltd. Edition CD+DVD
LP + entire album on CD
Digital Album
Check out a trailer for DVD that comes with the Ltd. Edition 2CD+DVD Artbook and Ltd. Edition CD+DVD:
For additional information and a quick browse through the Ltd. Edition 2CD+DVD Artbook see below:
Extreme metal icons ARCH ENEMY will unleash their 9th studio album, “War Eternal”, worldwide via Century Media Records (Trooper Entertainment in Japan) on June 9th in Europe and June 10th in North America. The artwork for the album was created by Costin Chioreanu (http://twilight13media.com/), who previously worked with Michael Amott on SPIRITUAL BEGGARS’ re-issue of their self-titled debut.
Chief song-writer, guitarist and band leader Michael Amott comments: “I was looking for a hand-drawn feel with a unique atmosphere, something that would complement the music that we’ve been working so hard on these last couple of years. In the end my choice fell upon Romanian artist Chioreanu Costin, who’s work I’ve admired for some time. Costin really grasped my vision for the artwork and layout, he’s delivered some of the coolest artwork elements we’ve ever had with ARCH ENEMY!”
ARCH ENEMY’s upcoming album, “War Eternal”, was recorded in various studios during winter 2013/2014 and produced by the band themselves with Jens Bogren (OPETH, PARADISE LOST, KREATOR) mixing and mastering the album at Fascination Street Studio. For a preview of “War Eternal”, be sure to check out the official video for the album’s title track, created by Patric Ullaeus:
War Eternal track-listing (standard edition)
1. Tempore Nihil Sanat (Prelude in F minor)
2. Never Forgive, Never Forget
3. War Eternal
4. As The Pages Burn
5. No More Regrets
6. You Will Know My Name
7. Graveyard Of Dreams
8. Stolen Life
9. Time Is Black
10. On And On
11. Avalanche
12. Down To Nothing
13. Not Long For This World
ARCH ENEMY will start their War Eternal world tour in May with an extensive run through Europe. A US tour is planned for fall 2014. Let the eternal war begin!
ARCH ENEMY live 23.05.2014 Turbohalle, Bucharest, Romania 24.05.2014 Metal Summer Festival, Istanbul, Turkey 25.05.2014 Mixtape 5, Sofia, Bulgaria 27.05.2014 Majestic Music Club, Bratislava, Slovakia 29.05.2014 Rock and Roll Arena, Romagnano Sesia (Novara), Italy 30.05.2014 New Age Club, Roncade, Italy 02.06.2014 L’Etage, Rennes, France 03.06.2014 Le 106, Rouen, France 04.06.2014 La Laiterie, Strasbourg, France 05.06.2014 Rosenhof, Osnabruck, Germany 07.06.2014 Sweden Rock Festival, S�lvesborg, Sweden 09.06.2014 Studio USF, Bergen, Norway 10.06.2014 John Dee, Oslo, Norway 11.06.2014 Copenhell, Copenhagen, Denmark 13.06.2014 Colos-Saal, Aschaffenburg, Germany 14.06.2014 Conrad Sohm, Dornbirn, Austria 15.06.2014 Nova Rock – Nickelsdorf, Austria 27.06.2014 Rock am Hartsfeldsee, Dischingen, Germany 09.07.2014 RockMaraton, Pecs, Hungary 11.07.2014 Rock Harz Open Air, Ballenstedt, Germany 12.07.2014 Masters Of Rock, Vizovice, Czech Republic 13.07.2014 Seven Festival, Wegorzewo, Poland 19.07.2014 Dong Open Air, Neukirchen-Vluyn, Germany 02.08.2014 Wacken Open Air, Wacken, Germany 07.08.2014 Getaway Rock, G�vle, Sweden 08.08.2014 Leyendas Del Rock, Alicante, Spain 09.08.2014 Alcatraz Metal Festival, Kortrijk, Belgium 14.08.2014 Summer Breeze, Dinkelsbuhl, Germany 17.08.2014 Alt-Fest, Kettering, UK 22.09.2014 Re:Republic, Minsk, Belarus 23.09.2014 Yunost’, Kiev, Ukraine 25.09.2014 Arena Hall, Krasnodar, Russia 27.09.2014 Glav Club, Moscow, Russia 28.09.2014 Zal Ozhidaniya, Saint Petersburg, Russia 30.09.2014 Otdykh Club, Novosibirsk, Russia 01.10.2014 Angar Club, Omsk, Russia 03.10.2014 Tele Club, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Gothenburg’s MIASMAL have launched ‘Until The Last’ track from their upcoming album “Cursed Redeemer,” which is set to be released in Europe on April 21st on CD, LP and as digital download via Century Media Records. The song can be heard at this location.
“Cursed Redeemer” tracklist:
1. Cursed Redeemer
2. Call Of The Revenant
3. Whisky Train
4. Excelsior
5. A Veiled Remembrance
6. Until The Last
7. Frozen In Time
8. 2013
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