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Morrow Metal What’s going on in the world of metal... Bombworks Records and Ian Arkley are working together on a Seventh Angel live disc.
Necessary metal, the independent album list:
Consecrator are set to record new material.
Pale Horse – Until the Last Seal is Opened: Re-release of old material from this classic death/doom band. Very brutal sound for fans of early Mortification, Vengeance Rising, and Seventh Angel. www.bombworksrecords.com
Holy Blood’s terrific new album, Waves are Dancing, will include a second disc that has a concept video for their song, “The Spring.” Encryptor’s two albums, Post Mortem Soul and Sermon Decay will be re-released by Bombworks Records. Slechtvalk is recording a live DVD. Christian Rivel of Narnia will be releasing material from two new side bands this winter. Divinefire features players from Narnia, Veni Domine, Renascent, Saviour Machine, Candlemass, Crimson Moonlight and others. Audiovision features players from Kiss, Narnia, Yngwie Malmsteen, Whitesnake, Europe, Stormwind, Candlemass, and many others. Both bands have signed to King Records in Japan and Rivel Records in Europe. Crimson Moonlight’s new album Veil of Remembrance will be out in very early 2005. Absurd2, whose lineup includes members of Extol and Vardoger, has just released a new three-song EP on Endtime Productions. Momentum Scandinavia has re-released a remastered version of Vaakevandring’s highly sought-after demo, including a bonus track. Antestor’s highly anticipated new fulllength, The Forsaken, is now available on Endtime Productions and features the famous Hellhammer on drums. Frost Like Ashes has signed to Psycho AcoustiX Records. The Fear Dark Festival 2005 will showcase Slechtvalk, Eluveitie, Pantokrator, and Thy Majestie. Check out www.fear-dark.com. Morphia has released its new album Fading Beauty.
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Dark Endless – Dark End Times: Once unavailable to anyone outside of this band’s close circle of friends, this grim, primitive, one-man black metal band will send chills up your spine. Cold, dark, and fast. Fans of Horde will salivate. Limited quantity, so act fast. www.bombworksrecords.com Destra – Joe’s Rhapsody: Progressive rock/metal from talented Brazilian band. Sometimes inconsistent, but better than their first album. Very nice packaging! www.destraonline.com.br Dynasty – Motus Perpetuus: Brazilian prog/ power metal band. For fans of Eterna, Symphony X, Hammerfall, Angra, Sonata Arctica, and Stratovarius. Nothing too original, but solid and well executed. Vocals similar to Guardian, First Watch-era. www.dynasty.com.br Excurses – Devil’s Footprints: Killer Canadian death metal band. Aggressive, talented, and sure to please. Twenty-two minutes of gunsa-blazin.’ Excellent vocals. A must buy! www.excurses.com Venia – Genesis: Finnish melodic power metal band with a female singer. Vocals and production could stand some improvement, but band does show strong promise. www.veniaband.com Abolishment of Hate – S/T: Absolutely insane instrumental death metal from Jeff Lewis (ex-Mortification). If you love death metal but hate the vocals, this is right up your alley. www.jefflewis.ca
While on tour together, Cool Hand Luke and Forever Changed competed in their own staged events, including the “Highway to the Danger Zone” contest, to see which band could use the phrase “highway to the danger zone” in a sentence from the stage. This was followed by the “most parking tickets” round, which was won by CHL $90 to $60, thanks to the meter cop in Ybor City, FL. Extol plans on touring their new album in the US from April to July. The CBA market will get first distribution crack at the new album in late March, followed by the general market in early May. The band formerly known as Crutch, Aletheian has re-released the full concept album, Apolutrosis and … Hope Prevails. They hope to follow these up with a live concert DVD and a new album sometime next year. Robert Randolph and The Family Band were on Austin City Limits again this Fall, showcasing a brand new performance taped last June. Kerry Livgren has been creating an epic cantata for the past few years now. “It’s coming along slowly but surely,” explains Livgren. “Kind of hung up on technical issues with it at the moment. No date announced yet.” Brutal Fight and Once For All join the Strike First label family (a “farm league” style imprint of Facedown Records). Brutal Fight has toured its Meshuggah-influenced music along the West Coast numerous times, and Europe twice. Both debut releases should hit early 2005. mewithoutYou is going on tour with Owen, The Snake The Cross The Crown, and Despistado, sponsored by Radiotakeover.
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