Metalblade News 9/15/2004[views:43561][posts:6]______________________________________ [Sep 16,2004 1:49am - the_reverend ""] click to see some pictures http://www.metalblade.com/mbr-updates/MBupdate9-15-04.html FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Metal Blade Records Owner/CEO Brian Slagel to guest on Canada’s TSN! Brian Slagel will be making his third appearance on the TSN (Canada’s version of ESPN) show Off The Record on Thursday September 16th. Brian Slagel, being an extreme supporter of hockey, is currently traveling back and forth to catch the World Cup of Hockey games all over the US and Canada and will be on the air to voice his opinions on the sport and much more. For more information on the show click HERE. http://www.metalblade.com/ AMON AMARTH tops German charts! We are proud to announce the Chart entry of the new Amon Amarth album Fate Of Norns in Germany AND Austria! GERMANY on Pos.# 31 (Media Control Top 100 Charts) AUSTRIA on Pos.# 56 (Media Control Austria) This is the highest Chart entry in Germany to date for Metal Blade Records! Congratulations to the Stockholm-gang! http://amonamarth.com/ THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER Tour recap and update from Trevor: “The Cannibal Corpse tour was an amazing experience. Our record hasn’t gotten out nearly as much in Canada as it has in the states, so we are thankful that we were finally given such exposure to the great north. Hello to the Neuraxis/Despised Icon and Ion Dissonance guys; the girls that sold us the mushrooms that broke Dave’s tooth; Gene Hoglan for calling us “Daddio”, Three Inches of Blood; Strawberry for showing me the might that is Malefaction; and all of our wonderful new Canadian friends. Also, good luck to our brothers in Severed Savior, who lost their new bus to a fire on their way home from the last date. Next up was the all too brief tour with Goatwhore, Cattle Decapitation, and Watch Them Die. This tour was like a traveling circus. Cattle was a fucking riot as usual, and Travis (vocals), who had broken his hand on the first date of the tour, was addicted to smelling the rotten pizza smell that seeped from the end of his cast. We had met Ben previously through a few dates with Soilent Green, but it was awesome to meet the rest of the GW crew. Those guys can drink for real serious. Props to our new friends Watch Them Die… what a great group of people. Also if you are a grind fan, I highly recommend you check out Kill the Client’s record “Wage Slave.” We met these dudes in Texas, and they are the sickest grind band to walk the earth since Brutal Truth. Last but not least, we played Strhessfest 2004 in Cleveland OH. We dressed up as characters from Street Fighter 2, so if anyone has pictures, please get a hold of us. This brings us to the present. Unhallowed has been issued in a very limited vinyl pressing through Metal Blade records. The LPs look phenomenal, and are going fast. I’ve seen them carried by Lumberjack and Relapse. Also, The MTV2 Headbangers Ball comp should be out soon, featuring our song “Contagion”. The artwork for the A Cold Blooded Epitaph EP has been floating in limbo for some time now. We’re considering going through someone else soon to get it out by the wintertime, hopefully. When it does see the light of day, it will be armed with some new live tracks featuring the great Zach Gibson. We’ve been practicing quite a bit, and so far have written three and a half songs for the new record. It’s amazing to finally have these songs and be able to gauge what the second album is going to sound like. The ante has been upped on all fronts; and Zach’s contributions have been fucking incredible to say the least. One or two of these bad lads should be making their debut on the next tour. Speaking of tour, we’ll have the Unearth dates up on this site as soon as they are set in stone. We’ll be taking Pushead protégé Gideon with us as our merch whore, so please buy the man a drink. This tour will feature completely new shirt designs created by Dave and myself, so be sure to check them out. Also, for our local fans, we’ll be playing a devil’s night party with Fordirelifesake, Bang! Bang!, and Coalition at St. Andrew’s hall. Be there. That’s all for now. Stay metal.” *live photo by Rev Aaron Pepelis http://returntothepit.com http://www.theblackdahliamurder.com/ UNEARTH Update from Trevor: “Our show at Brew Ha-Ha’s in Winston-Salem, North Carolina has been changed to Ziggy’s. Our tour will now be playing with Shadow’s Fall, The Haunted, Candiria and All That Remains on that date only. Tickets should be on sale for all the shows on our upcoming US headlining run. Make sure to pick up your tickets before they are gone. Tour starts in two weeks! See you all soon.” *live photo by Mark Coatsworth http://www.unearth.tv BEYOND THE EMBRACE Beyond the Embrace and Byzantine join forces and co-headline the "SOFA KING METAL TOUR 2004" with special guests Children of Tragedy. For a printable version of the tour poster click here. Beyond the Embrace have also confirmed a show on October 16 at the Palladium in Worcester, MA with Seemless, Burn in Silence Oma and Screams of Erida. BEYOND THE EMBRACE Sofa King Metal Tour with Byzantine, and Children of Tragedy 9/24 Charleston, WV The Sound Factory 9/25 Uniontown, PA Schubydoo’s 9/26 Morgantown, WV 123 Pleasant Street 9/28 Athens, OH The Union 9/30 Grand Rapids, MI Club North 10/01 Cleveland, OH The Odeon 10/05 Johnson City, TN The Hideaway 10/06 Tallahassee, FL Big Daddy’s 10/07 Jacksonville, FL Thee Imperial 10/08 Sarasota, FL Rockerfellas 10/09 Seminole, FL The Boiler Room 10/10 Wilmington, NC Lucky’s end tour 10/19 Worcester, MA Palladium w/ Seemless, Burn in Silence Oma, and Screams of Erida http://www.beyondtheembrace.com/ INTO THE MOAT Update from Matthew: “Well, we just got back from the Texas Murder Fest. Getting flown to another state to play metal is about the most fun thing I can fathom. It was a primarily a death metal crowd, and I don’t think they were into us too much. That was rather disheartening, though I think a lot of it was based on image. Once our records comes out death metal kids, that haven’t seen that we have short hair, will like it. Haha. To our new friends in Houston that put us up for the night, bought us pizza and treated us better than we deserve: thanks dudes.” http://www.intothemoat.com CATTLE DECAPITATION Tour update from Travis: “We’re in Shreveport, LA right now heading towards hurricane Ivan. We’re going to go to our Baton Rouge show tonight, well, we’ll at least go towards it and see if we’re still playing. See you there.” http://www.cattledecapitation.com FRAGMENTS OF UNBECOMING Update from Sascha: “We successfully passed both gigs in Bochum and Ludwigsburg supporting our label colleagues AMON AMARTH. Considering the amazing atmosphere and though different experiences, we are much obliged to all the fans that came and made this shows unforgettable. In Bochum at Matrix: You were the most amazing crowd ever! Thanks again to Metal Blade for making this happen. Because of an astonishing request for our logotype Shirt, we made another hundred copies with the ‘Fragments Of Unbecoming’ moniker white-printed on the front. For further details and online order conditions go to the ‘clothing’ section on our homepage. Farewell and all the best for you out there. Support the underground!” FRAGMENTS OF UNBECOMING w/ Deadspawn and Epicidium Friday September 17th REALM OF THE DEAD III HDJ | Mainz | Mitternachtsgasse 8 http://www.fragmentsofunbecoming.com/ Who’s going in the studio: The Red Chord will be heading into Planet Z in Mass with Zeuss (Hatebreed, Shadows Fall) November 1st to the 21st to record "Clients" the follow up to their underground hit "Fuse Together in Revolving Doors". Looking at a Spring 2005 release date. Into The Moat will be heading into Mana Studios with Eric Rutan (Hate Eternal) in October to record their debut Metal Blade Records release titled "The Design". Eric Rutan (produced Premonitions of War and Hate Eternal albums) will both engineer and produce the album. Looking at a February/March 2005 release date. QUICK BITS: Ray Alder from Fates Warning will be on the Chaos metal show on Indie 103.1 (L.A.) on Wednesday September 29th from 11pm to 12am to promote the new FWX album. If you live in the Los Angeles area please tune in and check it out! You can also listen to the interview via the Internet HERE As I Lay Dying has been nominated for San Diego Music Award’s Artist of the Year. To vote for As I Lay Dying click HERE. Anyone can vote! The San Diego Music Awards will take place Tuesday Sept 28th at Humphrey’s By the Bay in San Diego, CA. http://www.asilaydying.com Cattle Decapitation’s Humanure is nominated for Best Hard Rock Album in the San Diego Music Awards. Go HERE to check out the categories and to vote! ROCK THE VOTE!!! If you are not already registered to vote or you want to get more information on voting for this years Presidential elections be sure to go by http://www.rockthevote.com/. Music Choice's Last Rites: CANNIBAL CORPSE will be featured on the 9/20 episode of Music Choice's Last Rites- the only death, thrash & black metal show on television! For more information to http://www.musicchoice.com/lr IRON CLAD RECORDINGS news update: IF HOPE DIES update from the band: So, it's been a bit since an update so I’ll bring ya up to speed with what’s going on at IHD camp. IHD is hanging out at home right now and playing weekends. We are finishing up school, working, buying new gear, and all kinds of fun shit. But nonetheless we will be playing close to every weekend until we are able to hit the road again. We plan to start writing some new material soon, the only set back is lack of a place to practice (if anyone knows of a place in the Auburn NY area email us!!) other than all that, there has been a few show changes for the weekends to come, so check the shows section for details. -Thanks for checking in, Love IHD *live photo by Rev Aaron Pepelis http://returntothepit.com http://www.ifhopedies.com/ METAL BLADE RECORDS eBay Store! Be sure to check out the Metal Blade Records eBay store for all the latest and hard to find Metal Blade releases since the company’s beginnings!!! The store is constantly being updated with CD’s, LP’s, cassettes, and more! http://www.stores.ebay.com/metalbladerecordsstore NEW MP3’s CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ON www.metalblade.com Amon Amarth – Fate of Norns – An Ancient Sign of Coming Storm NEW Cataract – With Triumph Comes Loss – Nothings Left NEW Unearth – The Oncoming Storm – The Great Dividers Starwood – If It Ain’t Broke, Break It! – Won’t Back Down King Diamond – Deadly Lullabyes – Mansion In Darkness NEW Impious – Hellucinate – Hellucinations NEW Six Feet Under – Graveyard Classics 2 – Rock and Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution NEW As I Lay Dying – Frail Words Collapse – 94 Hours The Black Dahlia Murder – Unhallowed – Funeral Thirst METAL BLADE RECORDS VIDEO’S: NEW!!! As I Lay Dying – Forever – HIGH or LOW Unearth – The Great Dividers – HIGH or LOW The Black Dahlia Murder – Contagion – HIGH or LOW Cannibal Corpse – Decency Defied – HIGH or LOW The Heavils – Get Behind Me – HIGH or LOW RELEASE SCHEDULE: Updates in BOLD 8/10 Six Feet Under – Live With Full Force CD/DVD 8/10 The Crown – Crowned Unholy CD/DVD 9/07 Amon Amarth – Fate of the Norns CD 9/07 Cataract – With Triumph Comes Loss CD 9/21 Vader – The Beast CD 9/21 King Diamond – Deadly Lullaby’s – 2 CD’s 10/05 Fates Warning – FWX – CD 10/05 Impious – Hellucinate – CD 10/05 Cannibal Corpse – The Wretched Spawn – CD/DVD with Worm Infested CD as bonus 10/19 Six Feet Under – Graveyard Classic’s 2 – CD 10/19 Daysend – Severance – CD 10/19 PsyOpus – Ideas of Reference – CD 10/19 From A Second Story Window – Not One Word Has Been Omitted - CD 10/19 YOB – The Illusion of Motion – CD 11/2 - Paria – Misanthropos CD 11/2 - If Hope Dies - The Ground Is Pushing Up To Meet Us – CD TOUR UPDATE: UNEARTH Tour w/ THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, Terror, and Remembering Never 9/23 Poughkeepsie, NY The Chance 9/24 Worcester, MA The Palladium w/ Since the Flood 9/25 Irvington, NJ Cricket Club w/ If Hope Dies 9/26 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of the Living Arts 9/28 New York, NY Knitting Factory 9/29 Buffalo, NY Showplace Theatre 9/30 Cleveland, OH Peabody’s 10/01 Pittsburgh, PA The World 10/02 Detroit, MI St. Andrews Hall 10/03 Chicago, IL The Bottom Lounge 10/04 Minneapolis, MN Ascot Room 10/05 Kansas City, MO El Torreon 10/06 Denver, CO Rock Island 10/08 Seattle, WA Graceland 10/09 Portland, OR Meow Meow 10/10 San Francisco, CA The Pound w/ Something Must Die 10/11 Los Angeles, CA The Troubadour w/ Sinai Beach, no Terror 10/12 San Luis Obispo, CA Club Slo Brew 10/13 Bakersfield, CA Jerry’s Pizza 10/14 Pomona, CA Glasshouse 10/15 San Diego, CA The Epicenter 10/16 Phoenix, AZ Mason Jar 10/18 Austin, TX Emo’s 10/19 Dallas, TX Gypsy Tea Room 10/20 Houston, TX Engine Room 10/22 St. Petersburg, FL State Theatre 10/23 Lake Park, FL Kelsey Club 10/24 Orlando, FL The Social 10/25 Atlanta, GA Masquerade 10/26 Winston-Salem, NC Ziggy’s w/ Shadow’s Fall, and The Haunted 10/27 Richmond, VA Alley Katz 10/28 Baltimore, MD Ottobar end tour 10/29 Allentown, PA The Sterling w/ Kiss of Death, Stickfigure, and Those Opposed THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER Tour w/ UNEARTH, Terror, and Remembering Never 9/23 Poughkeepsie, NY The Chance 9/24 Worcester, MA The Palladium with Since the Flood 9/25 Irvington, NJ Cricket Club with If Hope Dies 9/26 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of the Living Arts 9/28 New York, NY Knitting Factory 9/29 Buffalo, NY Showplace Theatre 9/30 Cleveland, OH Peabody’s 10/01 Pittsburgh, PA The World 10/02 Detroit, MI St. Andrews Hall 10/03 Chicago, IL The Bottom Lounge 10/04 Minneapolis, MN Ascot Room 10/05 Kansas City, MO El Torreon 10/06 Denver, CO Rock Island 10/08 Seattle, WA Graceland 10/09 Portland, OR Meow Meow 10/10 San Francisco, CA The Pound with Something Must Die 10/11 Los Angeles, CA The Troubadour with Sinai Beach, no Terror 10/12 San Luis Obispo, CA Club Slo Brew 10/13 Bakersfield, CA Jerry’s Pizza 10/14 Pomona, CA Glasshouse 10/15 San Diego, CA The Epicenter 10/16 Phoenix, AZ Mason Jar 10/18 Austin, TX Emo’s 10/19 Dallas, TX Gypsy Tea Room 10/20 Houston, TX Engine Room 10/21 New Orleans, LA Howlin Wolf 10/22 St. Petersburg, FL State Theatre 10/23 Lake Park, FL Kelsey Club 10/24 Orlando, FL The Social 10/25 Atlanta, GA Masquerade 10/26 Winston-Salem, NC Ziggy’s with Shadow’s Fall and The Haunted 10/27 Richmond, VA Alley Katz 10/28 Baltimore, MD Ottobar end tour 10/30 Chicago, IL House of Blues CATTLE DECAPITATION Tour w/ Decide, and GOATWHORE 9/16 Jacksonville, FL Thee Imperial 9/17 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade 9/18 Fayetteville, NC Jesters Pub 9/19 Baltimore, MD Thunderdome 9/20 New York, NY BB King’s Blues Club 9/21 Philadelphia, PA The Trocadero 9/22 Hartford, CT Webster Theatre 9/23 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Small’s 9/24 Cincinnati, OH Bogarts 9/25 East Dubuque, IL The Arena 9/26 Minneapolis, MN Station 4 9/27 Chicago, IL House of Blues 9/29 Denver, CO Bluebird Theatre 10/01 Seattle, WA Graceland 10/02 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre 10/03 San Francisco, CA The Pound 10/04 San Diego, CA 4th & B 10/05 Los Angeles, CA House of Blues 10/06 Santa Ana, CA Galaxy Theatre 10/07 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues 10/08 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theatre 10/09 Oklahoma City, OK Bricktown Live 10/10 San Antonio, TX Sanctuary 10/11 Corpus Christi, TX El Palacio Ballroom 10/12 Houston, TX Cardi’s 10/13 Columbia, MO Mojo’s 10/14 Memphis, TN Hi Tone 10/15 Springfield, MO The Rockwell 10/16 Wichita, KS Double Vision 10/17 Lawrence, KS El Torreon 10/18 St. Louis, MO Creepy Crawl 10/19 Eau Claire, WI House of Rock 10/22 Wilkes-Barre, PA Metropolis Tour w/ Napalm Death, VADER, and GOATWHORE 10/23 Poughkeepsie, NY The Chance end tour 11/05 Phoenix, AZ Mason Jar 11/07 Tehachapi, CA Tapa Dancehall 11/10 Hanford, CA Square 8 Hall 11/12 Bakersfield, CA Jerry’s Pizza 11/13 Fresno, CA Big Game Studios 11/14 Modesto, CA The Workshop 11/16 New Orleans, LA Dixie Tavern 1/23 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade 1/27 Dallas, TX Trees 130 Tucson, AZ The Rock 1/31 Phoenix, AZ Mason Jar GOATWHORE Tour w/ Decide, and CATTLE DECAPITATION 9/16 Jacksonville, FL Thee Imperial 9/17 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade 9/18 Fayetteville, NC Jesters Pub 9/19 Baltimore, MD Thunderdome 9/20 New York, NY BB King’s Blues Club 9/21 Philadelphia, PA The Trocadero 9/22 Hartford, CT Webster Theatre 9/23 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Small’s 9/24 Cincinnati, OH Bogarts 9/25 East Dubuque, IL The Arena 9/26 Minneapolis, MN Station 4 9/27 Chicago, IL House of Blues 9/29 Denver, CO Bluebird Theatre 10/01 Seattle, WA Graceland 10/02 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre 10/03 San Francisco, CA The Pound 10/04 San Diego, CA 4th & B 10/05 Los Angeles, CA House of Blues 10/06 Santa Ana, CA Galaxy Theatre 10/07 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues 10/08 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theatre 10/09 Oklahoma City, OK Bricktown Live 10/10 San Antonio, TX Sanctuary 10/11 Corpus Christi, TX El Palacio Ballroom 10/12 Houston, TX Fat Cat’s 10/13 Columbia, MO Mojo’s 10/14 Memphis, TN Hi Tone 10/15 Springfield, MO The Rockwell 10/16 Wichita, KS Double Vision 10/17 Lawrence, KS Bottleneck 10/18 St. Louis, MO Creepy Crawl 10/19 Eau Claire, WI House of Rock 10/22 Wilkes-Barre, PA Metropolis Tour w/ Napalm Death, VADER, and CATTLE DECAPITATION 10/23 Poughkeepsie, NY The Chance Tour w/ Napalm Death, Kataklysm, and VADER 10/27 Nashville, TN Exit Inn 10/28 New Orleans, LA Howlin Wolf Tour w/ CANNIBAL CORPSE, Napalm Death, VADER, Kataklysm 10/31 Dallas, TX Trees 11/01 El Paso, TX Margarita’s Night Club 11/02 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre 11/11 Milwaukee, WI The Rave 11/12 Detroit, MI Harpo’s 11/14 Cleveland, OH Agora Theatre 11/15 Toronto, ON Rockit 11/16 Pittsburgh, PA The World 11/18 Farmingdale, NY Downtown 11/19 Worcester, MA The Palladium 11/20 West Springfield, VA Jaxx 11/23 Tampa, FL Masquerade 11/24 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Culture Room BEYOND THE EMBRACE Sofa King Metal Tour with Byzantine, and Children of Tragedy 9/24 Charleston, WV The Sound Factory 9/25 Uniontown, PA Schubydoo’s 9/26 Morgantown, WV 123 Pleasant Street 9/28 Athens, OH The Union 9/30 Grand Rapids, MI Club North 10/01 Cleveland, OH The Odeon 10/05 Johnson City, TN The Hideaway 10/06 Tallahassee, FL Big Daddy’s 10/07 Jacksonville, FL Thee Imperial 10/08 Sarasota, FL Rockerfellas 10/09 Seminole, FL The Boiler Room 10/10 Wilmington, NC Lucky’s end tour 10/19 Worcester, MA Palladium w/ Seemless, Burn in Silence Oma, and Screams of Erida SIX FEET UNDER Tour w/ Internal Bleeding, Premonitions of War, and Misery Signals 9/16 Phoenix, AZ Big Fish Pub 9/17 Southgate, CA Allen Theatre 9/18 Corona, CA Showcase Theatre 9/19 Grand Junction, CO Mesa Theatre 9/20 Denver, CO Climax Theatre 9/21 Omaha, NE Ranch Bowl 9/22 Kansas City, MO El Torreon 9/23 Nashville, TN The Muse 9/24 Atlanta, GA Masquerade THE RED CHORD Tour w/ God Forbid, Norma Jean, and A Life Once Lost 9/23 Providence, RI The Living Room 9/24 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom 9/25 Poughkeepsie, NY The Chance 9/26 Springfield, MA Fat Cat Music Hall w/ If Hope Dies VEHEMENCE 9/17 Westland, Mi The Token Lounge Tour with Mortician and Akercocke 9/19 Brooklyn, NY North Six 9/20 Baltimore, MD Thunderdome 9/22 Fayetteville, NC Jesters Pub 9/23 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade 9/24 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Culture Room 9/25 Orlando, FL Haven Lounge 9/26 Tampa, FL The Masquerade 9/28 New Orleans, LA Dixie Tavern 9/29 Dallas, TX Club Indigo 10/01 Houston, TX Fat Cat’s 10/06 Los Angeles, CA Key Club 10/07 Corona, CA Showcase Theatre 10/09 San Francisco, CA The Pou post was too long read more at your own risk |
| ________________________________ [Sep 16,2004 2:01am - Abbath ""] anyone heard the new amon amarth album yet? comments? |
| ______________________________________ [Sep 16,2004 8:31am - the_reverend ""] I've heard 2 songs. I wasn't really paying attention. |
| ________________________________________ [Sep 16,2004 12:35pm - Aegathis nli ""] I bought it last week, that makes 2 of their cds that i own .I can honestly say now that they dont really impress me at all. |
| _________________________________ [Sep 16,2004 12:52pm - Abbath ""] nice one thanks aegathis, i'd only buy it if newberries was doing like a 9.99 on it or something |
| _____________________________________ [Sep 16,2004 1:04pm - AUTOPSY_666 ""] I think it's the best AMON AMARTH CD yet! It's great to drive to. I got mine at Newbury Comics for $10.88 on sale. |
| _______________________________________ [Sep 16,2004 2:23pm - Aegathis nli ""] I got it for 10 bux cause it was new, only reason why i bought it, and cause i wanted to get a cd at the time. Im not saying its bad , i just dont see why the band is so special. I still make myself listen to all their stuff every now and then to see if i can make myself like them. |