| 2010-07-16 | Grave Digger: New Album Details Revealed | German power metallers Grave Digger have set "The Clans Will Rise Again" as the title of their new album, due in Europe on October 1 via Napalm Records. The CD was recorded between mid-May and mid-July at the Meadow Studios, which is owned by Grave Digger's new guitarist Axel Ritt, and Principal Studios, where all of Grave Digger albums since 1995's "Heart Of Darkness" have been tracked. It was produced by Chris Boltendahl and mixed by Jörg Umbreit.
According to a press release, "Chris Boltendahl, Jens Becker, Stefan Arnold, HP Katzenburg and Axel Ritt offer an explosive mixture of the typical Grave Digger riff metal, combined with awesome epic chorus hooks, which will fascinate the fans from the very first note.
"The Clans Will Rise Again" is a loose sequel of the "Tunes Of War" album, but this time not a concept album about the Scottish history, rather a work about Scotland, its mysticism and its people."
"The Clans Will Rise Again" track listing:
01. Days Of Revenge
02. Paid In Blood
03. Hammer Of The Scots
04. Highland Farewell
05. The Clans Will Rise Again
06. Rebels
07. Valley Of Tears
08. Execution
09. Whom The Gods Love Die Young
10. Spider
11. The Piper Mcleod
12. Coming Home
13. When Rain Turns To Blood
Grave Digger will celebrate its 30th anniversary at this year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 5-7, 2010 in Wacken, Germany. The band will perform its seventh and most successful album, "Tunes Of War" (1996), in its entirety at the event and will be accompanied by "illustrious guests," such as the 20-headed BAUL MULUY PIPES & DRUMS BAND from Hamburg, German metal queen Doro Pesch, Blind Guardian lead singer Hansi Kürsch and the metal a capella ensemble Van Canto. There will also be a special elaborate stage set with an extraordinary pyro show.
Wacken Open Air will mark the first and final time Grave Digger will play the entire "Tunes Of War" album live. The band will also perform some of its other "greatest hits," such as "Ballad Of A Hangman", "Heavy Metal Breakdown" and "Excalibur" at the end of its set.
Grave Digger's latest album, "Ballads Of A Hangman", was released on January 9, 2009 via Austria's Napalm Records.
Source: DarkSide.ru |
| 2003-08-07 | Australia's "DESTRUCTION OF OZ" Festival Canceled! | Australia's "Destruction Of Oz Festival", which was set to include appearances by Doro, Cryptopsy, Sodom and Marduk (among others), has been officially canceled due to poor ticket sales.
The following is a letter from the festival's organizer, Mark of Extreme Noize magazine, explaining the cancellation:
"To The Metal Community,
"As of today (August 6, 2003) we have officially closed the Destruction of Oz Festival. We are truly sorry to have to do this but feel we have no choice. Because of low sales, to continue we feel would not worthwhile. I have personally gotten professional advice of how many tickets we can expect to sell all up and the estimated amount would come nowhere close to cover the cost of putting such an event on. We feel it is better to cut our losses now than occur an even bigger expense by carrying on.
"To be honest, we do not know why sales are as low as they are, especially when they started selling well but it may be because of certain rumours that have been going around. The first one was that certain bands had dropped out — this is not true as all bands were still keen and very enthusiastic to come to Australia. The second rumour was that the event had actually sold out. It seems people could not even bother to ring their local retailer or Ticketek to verify whether this was even true or not and just accepted the fact. It is funny how rumors get around. Even to look on the guest book and people try to tell me that news travels fast along the grapevine and that they had heard the gig was cancelled — before I had even confirmed it or mentioned it to anyone. A word of advice — don't believe anything unless it comes from the horse's mouth so to speak.
"It is fair to say, that yes, we might have sold a lot more tickets before the actual gig, but as I said, going by ticket sales as they stood at the time of cancellation this is unlikely.
"We apologise to you all for the disappointment that you are sure to feel. Believe me — if anyone is more disappointed it is us. We have all put a lot of time, effort and money into this venture, all of which has been lost. We never organised this for money but decided to put this event on for you guys. Unfortunately, I guess not enough people were interested in seeing these bands after all.
"As for ticket refunds, yes, none of you have missed out. I have spoken to all the retailers involved and someone is also speaking to Ticketek on our behalf to make sure that ALL tickets are refunded including booking fee. This we will be paying at OUR cost, not yours. Please note though that tickets will not be refunded until after the 22nd of August as it is not as simple as just collecting your money. But guaranteed that these costs will be reimbursed to you. As for those who are traveling from interstate or who have been inconvenienced in some way, please contact us straight away so we can issue an official apology. Email: info@extremenoizerecords.com. We are sorry that you have made the effort to come from places as far away as you have for it to end like this. You are all an example of true metal heads though, to have made the effort.
"Once again, our sincerest apologies for any inconvenience and thank you to those who had made the effort."
Source: BlabberMouth |
| 2003-07-18 | Cryptopsy To Get "Really Intense" On Next Album | Canadian technical death metallers Cryptopsy are currently hard at work writing new material for their upcoming fifth studio album — the group's first with new vocalist Martin Lacroix (ex-SPASME). The as-yet-untitled effort will be recorded at Wild Studio in St-Zenon, Quebec, Canada with producer Pierre Rémillard (Kataklysm, Gorguts, Krisiun) and is tentatively set for an early 2004 release through Century Media Records.
Guitarist Alex Auburn recently checked in with the following report on the group's songwriting process:
"We just finished the seventh song for the album. The new stuff is really intense so far, well-balanced between all instruments leaving enough room for each instrument to have its space when we record. We will be doing one or two more songs and that's it. All of the songs are very different because everybody in the band wrote a lot. Studio time is booked for October and November. We are also set to headline the first huge metal festival in Australia on August 22nd alongside Marduk, Doro and Sodom among others. No other shows outside of Australia are currently scheduled due to time constraints and us having to continue writing."
Source: BlabberMouth |
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