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MOONSORROW: New Album “Jumalten Aika” Out Now, European Tour Starting This Month

Posted by aliblackdiamond on April 3, 2016
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MOONSORROW’s seventh studio album “Jumalten Aika” – which means ‘The Age Of Gods’ in English – is out now.

“Jumalten Aika” is available in the following physical formats:

–   Ltd. 2CD Mediabook & Patch – European edition
–   Ltd. 2CD Digipak & Patch – US edition
–   Gatefold black 2LP+CD
–   Gatefold white 2LP+CD – CMDistro.de (EU exclusive), limited to 100 copies, SOLD OUT
–   Gatefold transparent green 2LP+CD – Nuclearblast.de exclusive, limited to 200 copies
–   Gatefold clear 2LP+CD – distributed via RED in the US, limited to 400 copies
–    Gatefold silver 2LP+CD – CMDistro.com (US webshop exclusive), limited to 200 copies
–    Jewelcase CD

Moonsorrow Jumalten Aika vinyl

The limited edition 2CD formats come with a strictly limited patch as well as a bonus disc including cover versions of GRAVE‘s ‘Soulless’ and ROTTING CHRIST‘s ‘Non Serviam’.

Get your copy at CMDistro or EMP!

Or download “Jumalten Aika” at one of the following outlets:
iTunes
AmazonMP3

You can watch the official video for the album track ‘Suden Tunti’ here:

To present “Jumalten Aika” live, MOONSORROW will embark on a co-headlining tour in April with fellow countrymen KORPIKLAANI. Both bands will perform extended long sets. Prior to that, there will also be an official MOONSORROW album release show at Virgin Oil in Helsinki on April 1st, 2016. See below for all tour dates and confirmed festivals!

MOONSORROW live:

MOONSORROW “Jumalten Aika” official album release show:
01.04.16 – Virgin Oil, Helsinki, FI

FINNISH FOLK METAL MAFIA presents
MOONSORROW and KORPIKLAANI
08.04.16 – Durbuy Rock Festival, Bomal-sur-Ourthe, BE
09.04.16 – Les Tanzmatten, Selestat, FR
10.04.16 – Melkweg, Amsterdam, NL*
11.04.16 – Le Trabendo, Paris, FR
12.04.16 – Rock School Barbey, Bordeaux, FR
13.04.16 – Arena , Madrid, ES
14.04.16 – Razzmatazz 2, Barcelona, ES
15.04.16 – CC John Lennon, Limoges, FR
16.04.16 – Car?, Brest, FR
17.04.16 – Antipode, Rennes, FR
18.04.16 – CCO Villeurbanne, Lyon, FR
19.04.16 – Les Trinitaires, Metz, FR
20.04.16 – O2 Islington Academy , London, UK
21.04.16 – Club Academy, Manchester, UK
22.04.16 – The Button Factory, Dublin, IRE
23.04.16 – The Limelight 2, Belfast, UK
24.04.16 – The Classic Grand, Glasgow, UK
25.04.16 – Leeds Uni Stylus, Leeds, UK
26.04.16 – Academy 2, Birmingham, UK
27.04.16 – The Fleece, Bristol, UK
28.04.16 – The 1865, Southampton, UK
29.04.16 – Matrix, Bochum, DE
*with Heidevolk

MOONSORROW  festivals 2016:
26.03 Inferno Festival, NO
07.05 Dark Troll Fest, DE
17.06 Tampere Metal Meeting, FI
18.06 Hellfest, FR
19.06 Graspop, BE
09.07 Jalometalli Festival, FI
17.07 Ilosaarirock, FI
23.07 Ragnard Rock, FR
06.08 Porispere Festival, FI
12.08 Rockstadt Extreme, RO
19.08 Summer Breeze, DE

MOONSORROW is:
Ville Sorvali – Bass & lead vocals
Henri Sorvali – Guitars, keyboards & vocals
Mitja Harvilahti – Guitars & vocals
Markus Eurén- Keyboards
Marko Tarvonen – Drums & vocals

MOONSORROW online:
moonsorrow.com
facebook.com

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DARK FUNERAL: Enter Studio To Record Sixth Studio Album

Posted by aliblackdiamond on February 1, 2016
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Almost precisely 20 years after the Swedish masters of black metal released their debut and landmark album, “The Secrets of The Black Arts”, and six years after the release of their last full-length studio album, DARK FUNERAL are finally entering the studio again to create another blasphemous masterpiece!

Lord Ahriman comments: “We’ve been waiting for this day a long time! Today we’ve finally entered Dug-Out studios in Uppsala to begin the recording of our sixth studio album!

Last we were here, we recorded the Nail Them To The Cross single and that was indeed a great warm up for the new album. It introduced Heljarmadr as the new vocalist and lyricist, showing that we are unstoppable and that we still hold the world in our hands, ready to crush and destroy!

We are extremely eager to bring this monster into this world and after months of preparations we are finally here to summon the beast!!”

The album will be recorded and produced by Daniel Bergstrand (In Flames, Meshuggah, Soilwork, Dimmu Borgir, Behemoth and many more) and will be released via Century Media Records.

More details coming soon!

DARK FUNERAL live:

06.05.2016 – Liljan, Borlänge, SE

07.05.2016 – Incineration Festival, London, UK

03.06.2016 – Metallsvenskan, Örebro, SE

05.06.2016 – Fortarock 2016, Nymegen, NL

17.06.2016 – Graspop Metal Meeting, Dessel, BE

18.06.2016 – Hellfest, Clisson, FR

29.07.2016 – Metaldays, Tolmin, SL

13.08.2016 – Brutal Assault 2016, Jaromer, CZ

More info: http://bnds.in/ir9miw

DARK FUNERAL online:

https://www.darkfuneral.se
https://www.facebook.com/darkfuneral
https://www.youtube.com/darkfuneral
https://www.twitter.com/darkfuneral
https://www.instagram.com/darkfuneralofficial

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ENTOMBED A.D: Present First Song From Upcoming “Dead Dawn” Album

Posted by aliblackdiamond on January 17, 2016
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The deadly dawn of a new ENTOMBED A.D. chapter will be opened on February 26th, 2016 with a new album full of death, rock and roll. The band is proud to present a first appetizer called ‘Midas In Reverse’. Check it out here:

Nico Elgstrand (guitar/backing vocals) comments the creation of “Dead Dawn” as follows: “I think it is safe to say that all of us in the band feel like we just have given birth to one tank each. Meaning the pregnancy and delivery was everything but pleasant! Still, when watching our newest offspring play with their cannons and bombs, blasting everything around them to bits, we feel, just like any parent, pride and joy and wouldn’t have it undone for all the money in the world!”

Rounded off by a striking cover artwork created by Watain frontman Erik Danielsson, and backed up by a versatile production team consisting of Tom Van Heesch and Jacob Hellner of Big Island Sound, Stockholm as well as Nico Elgstrand himself, who produced a majority of the tracks whereas Svante Forsbäck of Chartmakers mastered this new beast, “Dead Dawn” looks and sounds great, too.

Following a successful live campaign around “Back To The Front” including an European tour with Grave in 2014 as well as tons of festival appearances, ENTOMBED A.D. shall hit the road again shortly before releasing “Dead Dawn”. First up is the Europa Blasphemia tour in January/February 2016 with Behemoth, Abbath and Inquisition, followed by an extensive US run in the spring (more details soon) and a good run of summer festivals like Hellfest (FR), Wacken (DE), Summer Breeze (DE), and many more.

ENTOMBED A.D. is:
L-G Petrov – Vocals
Nico Elgstrand – Guitars
Olle Dahlstedt – Drums
Victor Brandt – Bass

ENTOMBED A.D. Live:
Europa Blasphemia 2016 tour w/ Behemoth, Abbath & Inquisition
29.01.2016 Amager Bio, Copenhagen, Denmark !!!SOLD OUT!!!
30.01.2016 Traedgarn, Gothenburg, Sweden
31.01.2016 Arenan, Stockholm, Sweden
02.02.2016 Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany
03.02.2016 Astra, Berlin, Germany
04.02.2016 Meetfactory, Prague, Czech Republic
05.02.2016 Weststadthalle, Essen, Germany
06.02.2016 Tivoli Ronda, Utrecht, The Netherlands
07.02.2016 Trix, Antwerp, Belgium
09.02.2016 La Cigale, Paris, France
10.02.2016 Fri-Son, Fribourg, Switzerland
11.02.2016 Live Club, Trezzo sull adda, Italy
12.02.2016 Z7, Pratteln, Switzerland
13.02.2016 Backstage, Munich, Germany
14.02.2016 Kino Siska, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Festivals 2016:
10.-11.03.2016 Close Up Boat, Stockholm, Sweden
03.06.2016 Metalfest Open Air, Plzen, Czech Republic
19.06.2016 Hellfest, Clisson, France

25.06.2016 Dokkum Open Air, Dokkum, The Netherlands

07.07.2016 Rock Harz, Ballenstedt, Germany
08.07.2016 Resurrection Festival, Viveiro, Spain
06.-09.08.2016 Wacken Open Air, Wacken, Germany
17.-20.08.2016 Summer Breeze Open Air, Dinkelsbuehl, Germany
More dates to be announced soon.

ENTOMBED A.D . online:
facebook.com/entombedAD

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Century Media Reportedly Acquired By SONY

Posted by tarjavirmakari on August 24, 2015
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Sources speaking to Music Business Worldwide are suggesting that Century Media, the independent metal label founded in 1988, has been acquired for $17 million by Sony Music Entertainment.

Founded by Robert Kampfi and Oliver Withöft in Dortmund, Germany in 1988, Century has gone on to introduce bands such as In This Moment, Lacuna Coil, Moonspell, Nevermore (pictured), Shadows Fall, Suicide Silence and Winds of Plague.

Withöft died last year aged 49 after a long period of illness.

Century’s family also includes Magic Arts Publishing, Lonely Planet Publishing, Inside Out Music, Super Ball, Rock The Nation America and other merchandise and management subsidiaries.

CENTURY MEDIA Founder ROBERT KAMPF Launches New Label ANOTHER CENTURY

Posted by tarjavirmakari on August 20, 2014
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Century Media founder Robert Kampf has announced the formation of a new record label, Another Century, reports Blabbermouth.net. The label will focus on hard rock and has already signed three bands to the roster: Los Angeles rock veterans REV THEORY, New Zealand’s rising stars LIKE A STORM and Chicago’s THE BLOODLINE.

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Comments Kampf: “Twenty five years after starting Century Media, the excitement to do another version of the label could not be any larger.

“My undying love for rock has driven the formation of this label, Another Century.

“Over the years, great bands like OTHERWISE and IN THIS MOMENT have been released on Century Media but sometimes got lost or felt ill mixed among some of the heavier CM bands. Another Century now has a clear path and mission statement: To develop and break the best bands in rock to come!”

OTHERWISE is gearing up to release its sophomore album, “Peace At All Costs”, on September 16 and is having massive success with its single “Darker Side Of The Moon”, which is currently #29 on the U.S. Active Rock chart. The album was produced by David Bottrill (TOOL, MUSE) and mixed by Jay Ruston (STEEL PANTHER). The band is set to hit the road with LIKE A STORM next month and will appear at Sacramento’s Aftershock festival as well as Louisville’s Louder Than Life fest.

REV THEORY, formed in 2002, has sold over half a million albums and is currently wrapping up the recording its next album. The first single, “Born 2 Destroy”, is making its way to radio soon.

New Zealand’s LIKE A STORM is the rock world’s 2014 Cinderella story. The band independently released an EP, “Chaos Theory: Part I”, and made its way over to the States touring with the likes of SICK PUPPIES, SHINEDOWN, ALTER BRIDGE and CREED as well as hit several festivals. The band sent its single “Love The Way You Hate Me” to radio and personally called stations to play the track. The song became a hit, soaring up the charts, where it currently is sitting at No. 22, making them the U.S.’s highest charting rock band ever from New Zealand. The band will have a new full-length out on Another Century on October 28 and is currently on tour now, meeting up with OTHERWISE next month.

THE BLOODLINE was formed by Shaun Glass (SOIL) and features vocalist Travis Neal (DIVINE HERESY), guitarist Chuck Wepfer and Frankie Harchut on drums. THE BLOODLINE is currently in the studio recording its debut album and delivers a huge fresh sound in rock/metal with massive hooks, soaring melodies and pummeling grooves that will ignite any listeners’ ears.

ULVER: “Trolsk Sortmetall 1993 – 1997” Box Set Announced

Posted by aliblackdiamond on April 10, 2014
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Century Media are very proud to announce the ultimate box set (anthology) of ULVER. This release will present the formative (metal) years of ULVER, and its title is “Trolsk Sortmetall 1993-1997”. It will contain the albums “Bergtatt” (1994), “Kveldssanger” (1995) and “Nattens Madrigal” (1996), collectively known as “The Trilogie – Three Journeyes through the Norwegian Netherworlde” (released under this title as a 1000 ltd. ed. triple picture vinyl box set in 1997). Additional contents will be the band’s rudimentary but legendary demo tape “Vargnatt” (1993) plus the rare compilation track “Synen” (Cthulhu Records 1997) as well as a recently unearthed 4-track rehearsal recording of tracks from “Nattens Madrigal,” which have been a well-kept secret until this very day.

With the exception of “Nattens Madrigal,” which is still the ferocious sounding black beast it always was, but now has a slightly more compassionate re-mastering courtesy of Tom Kv�lsvoll at Strype Audio, Oslo, all the material has been carefully and considerably re-mastered to analogue tape by Jaime Gomes Arellano in Orgone Studios, London and consulted by ULVER’s mastermind Kristoffer Rygg.

Mark Pilkington, of Strange Attractor Press UK, will be supplying liner notes offering a hermetic look into the early history and histrionics of ULVER, whilst Jon `Metalion` Kristiansen, author and publisher of Slayer Mag and founder of Head Not Found Records (where “Bergtatt” and “Kveldssanger” were originally released), will write his personal reminiscence about his relations with this massively influential band.

“Trolsk Sortmetall 1993–1997” will be released as a brazen 5CD box set with a canvas-bound slipcase and 100+ page booklet as well as a 4LP box (plus cassette). The entire layout will be done by Metastazis, Paris, who has previously worked with ULVER and has for this design been given access to lots of never before seen archival material.

With a total playing time of nearly three hours, “Trolsk Sortmetall 1993-1997” is bound to become an essential epitome documenting the nascent days of these Norwegian (black) metal luminaries.

Important note:

As many of you might have noticed, the albums “Bergtatt” and “Kveldssanger” have recently been bootlegged on vinyl, allegedly by two European labels (one from Belgium, one from the Netherlands). Those bootlegs both look and sound sub par. We highly advise you not to spend a single penny on any of those rip-off releases. If you are one of those who have been waiting patiently for these classic albums to finally get released on high quality vinyl, please wait for a few more months and get the definitive official editions instead, fully supported by the band.

We guarantee you good things come to those who wait!

ULVER online:

http://www.jester-records.com/ulver

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ulver/31166220421

https://twitter.com/ULVEROFFICIAL

http://ulver.bandcamp.com

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