March 4, 2010:
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BARREN EARTH LIVE FOOTAGE FROM HELSINKI METAL MEETING ONLINE
Debut Full-Length Record in Stores this April
HELSINKI, FINLAND – Live footage of Finland’s up-and-coming prog/death supergroup, Barren Earth, has surfaced online, thanks to a fan at the Helsinki Metal Meeting last month. A live video of the band performing the song, “Flicker”, from their forthcoming debut full-length record, Curse of the Red River, can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bUqa37EMBI&feature=related and the track “Jewel” from the 2009 debut EP, ‘Our Twilight’, can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAV292K5tGo&feature=related.
A full report of the action from Helsinki can be read at http://www.bravewords.com/news/133372.
Curse of the Red River will hit stores in the US on April 6th.
With a wealth of experience from internationally renowned acts, featuring former members of Finnish metallers, Amorphis, to current members of Swallow the Sun, Moonsorrow, and Kreator, Barren Earth presents progressive and folk textured death/doom metal of the highest order. Curse of the Red River combines the best elements of metal, prog, and more obscure psychedelic rock.
March 1, 2010:
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DARKTHRONE LAUNCHS ‘CIRCLE THE WAGONS’ MINI-SITE
New Album From Black Metal Duo Available on Vinyl March 8th, CD April 6th
NORWAY – Norway’s legendary black metal duo, Darkthrone, has launched a mini-site at for their forthcoming album, Circle the Wagons, containing exclusive audio samples, album info, and more. The mini-site can be viewed at www.peaceville.com/darkthrone/circlethewagons/.
The highly anticipated, Circle the Wagons, is due out on vinyl on March 8th, through the Peaceville Records webstore, and regular and special edition CD on April 6th (US).
Fans can preorder both the vinyl and CD editions of Circle the Wagons through the new mini-site, and those who sign up for the Darkthrone mailing list will receive a free download of a track off the new album.
The track list for Circle the Wagons is…
Side A
1. Those Treasures Will Never Befall You
2. Running for Borders
3. I am the Graves of the 80s
4. Stylized Corpse
Side B
5. Circle the Wagons
6. Black Mountain Totem
7. I am the Working Class
8. Eyes Burst at Dawn
9. Bränn Inte Slottet
Artwork for the album comes once again courtesy of Dennis Dread, notable for his talents on previous Darkthrone albums, F.O.A.D and 2008’s Dark Thrones and Black Flags.
Circle the Wagons was self-recorded at Necrohell II Studios.
From their thrash and death beginnings to their ascension to the pantheon of black metal greats, Darkthrone has always refused to stand still. They continue to embrace and explore their roots and capture the real spirit of sonic greatness on Circle the Wagons.
Darkthrone’s drummer/vocalist, Fenriz, can also be seen in the black metal documentary, “Until the Light Takes Us”, a film that takes viewers behind the scenes of the complex and largely misunderstood black metal movement that swept across Europe in the mid-nineties. “Until the Light Takes Us” is currently showing in independent theaters across North America and Europe. For more information head to www.blackmetalmovie.com.
February 16, 2010:
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DARKTHRONE REVEALS TRACK LIST AND ARTWORK FOR ‘CIRCLE THE WAGONS’
New Album From Black Metal Legend Available on Vinyl March 8th, CD April 6th
NORWAY – Norway’s legendary black metal duo, Darkthrone, has revealed the track list for the upcoming release, Circle the Wagons, a creative feast of metal and punk to be released on vinyl on March 8th, through the Peaceville Records webstore, and regular and special edition CD on April 6th (US).
Side A
1. Those Treasures Will Never Befall You
2. Running for Borders
3. I am the Graves of the 80s
4. Stylized Corpse
Side B
5. Circle the Wagons
6. Black Mountain Totem
7. I am the Working Class
8. Eyes Burst at Dawn
9. Bränn Inte Slottet
The vinyl edition can be pre-ordered now at www.peaceville.com/darkthrone. The limited/numbered 180gm vinyl edition of 2000 comes with heavyweight sleeve, printed inner sleeve, and an art print of the cover on 250gm Tintoretto Gesso Paper. Exclusive to the Peaceville store, orders will ship from March 8th and include a link to a digital version of the album (available when the regular and special edition CD versions of the album are released on April 6th).
Artwork for the album comes once again courtesy of Dennis Dread, notable for his talents on previous Darkthrone albums, F.O.A.D and 2008’s Dark Thrones and Black Flags.
Circle the Wagons was self-recorded at Necrohell II Studios.
Fans that sign up for the Darkthrone mailing list at http://www.burningshed.com/store/peaceville/freedownload/24/ will receive a free download of a new track off Circle the Wagons.
From their thrash and death beginnings to their ascension to the pantheon of black metal greats, Darkthrone has always refused to stand still. They continue to embrace and explore their roots and capture the real spirit of sonic greatness on Circle the Wagons.
Darkthrone sails against the tides of trend and disposable metal, uncompromising and defiant as ever, an ideology expanded upon by Darkthrone drummer/lyricist, Fenriz, when explaining the meaning behind the title…
“The new metal decade starts with our album. It is a message to the invaders of our metal domain to circle their wagons! With our own brand of heavy metal/speed metal-punk we are a constant ambush on the modern overground metal traitors. Join us in our fight against instant gratification, and let's see who stands when the smoke clears.”
February 11, 2010:
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ARCH ENEMY WRAPS UP HEADLINING NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
New Blog Post and Interviews
SWEDEN - For the first time in almost two years, Sweden’s melodic death metal juggernaut, Arch Enemy, has wrapped up a North American tour. Arch Enemy’s headlining run on the 16-city “Tyrants of Evil” tour, alongside Exodus, Arsis, and Mutiny Within, kicked off in Towson, MD on January 20th and wrapped up in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Fans can get a behind the scenes look at life on this winter’s biggest heavy metal tour by reading the second installment of vocalist Angela’s Gossow’s blog at Vans.com (http://www.vans.com/musicblog/).
For another perspective on the tour, fans can tune into the Metaleater Radio Show today, beginning at 7:00pm Eastern, to hear an exclusive interview with Arch Enemy guitarist, Michael Amott. The show will rebroadcast tomorrow at 10:00pm Eastern, exclusively on the CMS Radio Network. Fans can also listen online at http://metaleater.com/radioshow.php.
An exclusive video interview with Michael Amott can be viewed at http://www.metalinjection.net/tv/view/4458/arch-enemy-michael-ammoth-interview.
Arch Enemy has been relentlessly touring in support of their latest release, The Root of All Evil, which hit stores in October on Century Media Records. The band will head home to Sweden, before beginning a European headlining run on the “Metal Hammer Meltdown” tour.
February 9, 2010:
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KILLING TIME RELEASES FIRST STUDIO ALBUM IN OVER A DECADE
‘Three Steps Back’ Out Today on Dead City Records
NEW YORK, NY – For the first time in over a decade, New York City’s influential hardcore punk outfit, Killing Time, is celebrating the release of a brand new studio album, Three Steps Back, out today on Dead City Records. Three Steps Back is Killing Time’s first full-length album since releasing The Method in 1997, and it can be purchased through the Dead City Records webstore (www.DeadCityRecords.com), and most major digital music retailers.
“This album has been such a huge part of our lives for the past two years,” explains Killing Time drummer, Anthony Drago. “We put a lot of ourselves into it. I'd say about ten years of pent up New York Hardcore aggression. We are all extremely psyched to finally have it out there.”
The track list for Three Steps Back is…
1.) Flight Plan
2.) Spaceheater
3.) 24
4.) Cropduster
5.) Mingus
6.) The Accident
7.) Rope a Dope
8.) Inheritance
9.) Half Empty
10.) Lookout
11.) Crouch
12.) AKB
“’Three Steps Back’ brings a welcome dose of that Sick of it All-style street hardcore, simple, stripped-down and unpretentious. It's full of hooks, heart and venom, ganged-up backing vocals, lead-pipe breakdowns and short, sharp songs with equal parts tough-guy machismo, world-weary observation, and a reborn sense of go-get-em optimism and motivation…It's a proud and proper New York hardcore record and it kicks all kinds of ass.” – Blabbermouth.net.
The opening track off Three Steps Back, “Flight Plan”, is available for streaming on the band’s official MySpace (www.myspace.com/killingtimenyhc) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/killingtimenyhc) pages.
Originally formed in 1988, Killing Time took the hardcore scene by storm with their now-classic release, Brightside, in 1989. Featuring former members of Breakdown and Token Entry, Killing Time’s unique blend of hardcore, punk, and metal still continues to influence bands to this day.
Killing Time’s past releases on In-Effect and Blackout Records have sold more than 100,000 units to date.
February 8, 2010:
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DARKTHRONE TO RELEASE ‘CIRCLE THE WAGONS’
New Album From Black Metal Legends Available on Vinyl March 8th, CD April 6th
NORWAY – The unrelenting Norwegian duo, Darkthrone, will welcome a new decade with a new album, to be released on Peaceville Records. Circle the Wagons, a creative feast of metal and punk, will initially be released on vinyl on March 8th, through the Peaceville Records webstore, as an exclusive taster for the legions of metal supporters out there who still care about great music delivered the classic way. The vinyl will also include a link to download a digital version of the album, which will be available when the regular and special edition CD versions of the album are released on April 6th.
The vinyl edition can be pre-ordered now at www.peaceville.com/darkthrone. The packaging and contents of the special edition CD will be announced shortly, and will be available to pre-order from the Circle the Wagons mini-site, which will launch on February 12th.
Circle the Wagons was self-recorded at Necrohell II Studios.
Artwork for the album comes once again courtesy of Dennis Dread, notable for his talents on previous Darkthrone albums, F.O.A.D and 2008’s Dark Thrones and Black Flags.
From their thrash and death beginnings to their ascension to the pantheon of black metal greats, Darkthrone has always refused to stand still. They continue to embrace and explore their roots and capture the real spirit of sonic greatness on Circle the Wagons.
Darkthrone sails against the tides of trend and disposable metal, uncompromising and defiant as ever, an ideology expanded upon by Darkthrone drummer/lyricist, Fenriz, when explaining the meaning behind the title…
“The new metal decade starts with our album. It is a message to the invaders of our metal domain to circle their wagons! With our own brand of heavy metal/speed metal-punk we are a constant ambush on the modern overground metal traitors. Join us in our fight against instant gratification, and let's see who stands when the smoke clears.”
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