Danish metallers ILLDISPOSED will embark on a headlining tour of the U.K. in February. Support at the shows will come from AMENTI. The dates are as follows: Feb. 14 - York, UK - Certificate 18 Feb. 15 - Reading, UK - The Face Bar Feb. 16 - Cardiff, UK - Club Ifor Bach Feb. 17 ...
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Up-and-coming German metal/hardcore outfit NEAERA is currently writing material for its third album, tentatively due late 2007 via Metal Blade Records. "Everything's running smoothly, five new songs are already finished, and we are aiming for a studio date sometime between late spring and early summer '07," the group writes on its web site. NEAERA's second ...
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Danish death metal band COMPOS MENTIS has inked a deal with Mighty Music for the release of its second album, "Gehennesis". Commened the group: "We are very proud to contribute to the revival of the label and we are certain that they will be able to create the deserved attention on 'Gehennesis'. Thus, we are ...
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Danish death metallers COMPOS MENTIS have announced the addition of Ken Holst (BLOODSOIL, ex-ADVERSARY), who played with the group as a session guitarist, as as a permanent member of the band. As previously reported, keyboardist Bo Damgaard recently left COMPOS MENTIS after seven years "due to lack of time," according to a posting on the ...
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Mighty Music will be reissuing PANZERCHRIST's "Room Service" (2003) and "Soul Collector" (2000) albums as well as some previously unreleased material. A December 2006 release is expected. In other news, Mighty Music sub-label Prutten Records (which deals in vinyl-only releases) will issue the band's rare and sought-after legendary debut 1995 demo on limited-edition ultra-high-quality vinyl. ...
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Dutch melodic death metallers CALLENISH CIRCLE have been confirmed for the Green Christmas Festival 2006, set to take place December 15-16 in Rakvere, Estonia. "This will be the first show ever for CALLENISH CIRCLE in the Baltic States and it speaks for itself the band is looking forward very much to play this festival," reads ...
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Taiwan's biggest metal export, the symphonic black metal band CHTHONIC, will release its fourth album, "Seediqbale", on October 3 through Down Port Music/RED. The weepy sounds of the er-hu, a two-string violin that dates back to Tang dynasty (618-907), gives CHTHONIC's music an ethnic flare while adding another eerie layer to the band's sounds of ...
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The nominees have been announced for the Danish Metal Awards 2006, which will be held on November 18 at Amager Bio in Copenhagen, Denmark. IN FLAMES, MERCENARY, ILLDISPOSED and THE PSYKE PROJECT will be performing live at the event. The nominees are as follows: Best Metal Album: ILLDISPOSED – Burn Me Wicked MERCENARY – The ...
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Keyboardist Bo Damgaard has left the Danish death metal band COMPOS MENTIS after seven years "due to lack of time," according to a posting on the group's web site. Says the band, "We are now searching for a new keyboardist from the Aarhus area. If you are interested, please don't hesitate to contact us!" As ...
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Dutch melodic death metallers CALLENISH CIRCLE have replaced OBSCENITY as the headliners of the Death Attack Festival, set to take place this Friday (September 29) in Coesfeld, Germany. Other acts scheduled to perform include PANDEMIA from the Czech Republic, and the German bands LAID IN ASHES, KARKADAN, GOMORRAH and PATH OF GOLCONDA. CALLENISH CIRCLE's latest ...
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Danish extreme metallers SCAMP will enter ZigZound early next year with producer Ziggy (ILLDISPOSED, MERCENARY, HATESPHERE) to begin work on their full-length debut. Mixing duties will be handled by Tue Madsen (MNEMIC, THE HAUNTED, SICK OF IT ALL) at Antfarm studio in Aarhus, Denmark. SCAMP is currently completing the songwriting process for the new CD ...
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Danish metallers ILLDISPOSED have posted a number of photos from their September 2, 2006 concert in Aarhus, Denmark at www.illdisposed.com. ILLDISPOSED's latest album, "Burn Me Wicked", entered the Danish album chart at position No. 58. The follow-up to 2004's "1-800 Vindication" was recorded at ZigZound Studio during November/December 2005 with producer Ziggy and ...
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A live video of Danish metallers ILLDISPOSED performing the song "Now We're History" at the Wacken Open Air 2005 festival in Germany has been posted online in the "Downloads" section at www.illdisposed.com. ILLDISPOSED's latest album, "Burn Me Wicked", entered the Danish album chart at position No. 58. The follow-up to 2004's "1-800 Vindication" ...
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Danish death metal band COMPOS MENTIS have been confirmed for this year's Aalborg Metal Festival, set to take place October 7 in Aalborg, Denmark. Also scheduled to appear are ENTOMBED, ENSLAVED, DESTRUCTION, HEAVEN SHALL BURN, CATARACT, GOD FORBID, KATAKLYSM and many others. More information is available at this location. As previously reported, COMPOS ...
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Danish death metal band COMPOS MENTIS is currently seeking a label to release its recently completed second album, "Gehennesis". The CD was recorded at ZigZound studio (NAPALM DEATH, ILLDISPOSED, MERCENARY, HATESPHERE, etc.) and contains the following tracks: 01. The Drunken Diamond 02. The Mind's Eye 03. In the Womb of Winter 04. Portrait of an ...
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Danish extreme metallers PANZERCHRIST have had the release date of their new album, "Battalion Beast" (Neurotic Records), pushed back to August 28. An e-card containing the tracks "The Gods They Do Not Give Us Long" and "The Lean Black Cruisers" from the upcoming CD has been made available at this location. With this ...
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Danish metallers ILLDISPOSED have issued the following statement: "Because of family- and job-related obligations that cannot be ignored, we are forced to cancel our appearance at the Battle Of Metal Festival in Geiselwind, and unfortunately the entire VADER tour that was planned for this fall. This really sucks for us because we were looking forward ...
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ARCH ENEMY frontwoman Angela Gossow has posted the following message on her official MySpace page: "I get so many wonderful messages every day it is almost overwhelming. I am sorry, but it is impossible to answer them all.. So I have collected the most frequently asked questions and will answer them here in one go: ...
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A brand new ILLDISPOSED track, entitled "Illdispunk'd", is available for free download at the band's MySpace profile. The song comes off the Danish metallers' latest album, "Burn Me Wicked", which has entered the Danish album chart at position No. 58. The follow-up to 2004's "1-800 Vindication" was recorded at ZigZound Studio during November/December ...
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MERCENARY singer Mikkel Sandager has recorded a guest appearance on the new ILLDISPOSED album, "Burn Me Wicked", which has just entered the Danish album chart at position No. 58. In other news, MERCENARY keyboardist Morten Sandager has been asked to join Danish hard rock veterans PRETTY MAIDS for two shows — the first one this ...
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ILLDISPOSED's latest album, "Burn Me Wicked", has entered the Danish album chart at position No. 58. The follow-up to 2004's "1-800 Vindication" was recorded at Combi Sound Studio in Aarhus, Denmark with producer Ziggy. In other news, ILLDISPOSED have uploaded pictures from their recent show in Copenhagen. Check them out at this location. ...
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A PANZERCHRIST e-card containing the track "The Gods They Do Not Give Us Long" from the Danish extreme metallers' upcoming "Battalion Beast" CD has been made available at this location. With this e-card, pre-order packages can be placed, including shirt, limited-edition slipcase CD and full-color poster. PANZERCHRIST, who embody Reno Kiilerich (ex-DIMMU BORGIR, ...
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Dutch melodic death metallers CALLENISH CIRCLE have been confirmed as the support atc for CRADLE OF FILTH on their only Benelux club date on Thursday, June 1 at the Effenaar venue in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. CALLENISH CIRCLE's new album, "[Pitch.Black.Effects]", was released in the U.S. in January via Metal Blade Records. The follow-up to 2003's ...
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Danish war specialists PANZERCHRIST, who embody Reno Kiilerich (ex-DIMMU BORGIR, DEW-SCENTED) on drums and Bo Summer (ILLDISPOSED) on vocals, have revealed the track listing of their upcoming full-length album, tentatively titled "Battalion Beast". Drums, guitars and bass were all recorded at Smart N' Hard studio with Jacob Bredahl (HATESPHERE) during February/March 2006. Vocals and keyboard ...
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Danish metallers ILLDISPOSED have announced the following European dates in support of their upcoming Roadrunner Records release, "Burn Me Wicked": May 24 - Copenhagen (DK) - Stengade 30 May 25 - Kassel (D) - Spot May 26 - Oberndorf (D) - Omi Open May 27 - Annaberg (D) - Alte Brauerei May 28 - Berlin ...
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RISE TO ADDICTION, the British band featuring former BLAZE members John Slater (guitar) and Steve Wray (guitar), will return to the studio next week with producer Andy Sneap (MACHINE HEAD, TRIVIUM, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE) to track another five songs to go with the seven already recorded for the band's debut album. "The band is really happy ...
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Danish metallers ILLDISPOSED have posted the cover artwork for their new album, "Burn Me Wicked", due in Germany on May 26 via Roadrunner Records. The follow-up to 2004's "1-800 Vindication" was recorded at Combi Sound Studio in Aarhus, Denmark with producer Ziggy. "Burn Me Wicked" (view cover here) final track listing: 01. Shine ...
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Switzerland's GURD, the band formed out of the ashes of the power-thrash metal legends POLTERGEIST, have been confirmed for this year's Metal Dayz Festival, set to take place August 4-6 in Pratteln, Switzerland. Also scheduled to appear the event are ANNIHILATOR, BLAZE, IN EXTREMO, NANOWAR, ILLDISPOSED, AFTER ALL and MOB RULES. GURD recently completed work ...
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Vocalist Patrick Savelkoul of the Dutch melodic death metallers CALLENISH CIRCLE recorded a guest appearance on the new album from fellow Dutch thrashers ENGINE OF PAIN on Tuesday (March 28). Other guest musicians on the album include Dennis Schreurs (SEVERE TORTURE), Sander Gommans (AFTER FOREVER) and Joost van den Broek (AFTER FOREVER, STAR ONE). The ...
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HELLOWEEN, CELTIC FROST, DARK FUNERAL, ANNIHILATOR and MINISTRY are among the confirmed bands for the Metalway Festival, set to take place July 28-30 at the campo de fútbol Santa Lucia in Gernika (Bizkaia), Spain. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ANNIHILATOR BARON ROJO CELTIC FROST DARK FUNERAL DREAMAKER EDGUY GAMMA RAY GOTTHARD HELLOWEEN ...
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