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NEWS UPDATE FEBRUARY 2011
BRUTAL ASSAULT FESTIVAL UPDATE
This year the finest brutal mayhem will happen from 11 till .13th of August 2011 at the usual location: Fortress Josefov in Jaromer, Czech Republic. It is the 16th edition of this ever growing fest. We gathered some news.
Newly confirmed bands are Norwegian mighty black metallers 1349, Polish technical death metal band DECAPITATED and Swedish doom/gothic metallers DRACONIAN. More bands coming soon
Norwegian black metal legend MAYHEM, American metalcore star AS I LAY DYING, mythological occult metal band ABSU, technical death metal pioneers ATHEIST, doom metallers SEVENTH VOID, alternative/gothic band A PALE HORSE NAMED DEATH, Spanish pathologists HAEMORRHAGE, British symphonic black metallers HECATE ENTHRONED, thrashers SYLOSIS and Norwegian death metallers BLOOD RED THRONE have been confirmed for Brutal Assault 2011. Pre-order ticket info coming soon, stay tunned!
CATHEDRAL, ASPHYX and NORTHER confirmed for BA 2011
This will be a very special show! British doom/stoner veterans CATHEDRAL, headed by former Napalm Death front man Lee Dorian, will appear at the Brutal Assault festival 2011. The band have recently announced their „retirement“ from the scene and they plan to play only several concerts by the end of this year. Brutal Assault will be one of the last gigs for this legendary band.
Among newly confirmed bands are also Dutch doom/death-metallers ASPHYX and Finnish melodic-death metal band NORTHER.
First off all, we have the pioneers of Swedish melodic metal - SOILWORK, who have already played Brutal Assault but their latest album "The Panic Broadcast" is the right reason to remind their energic show and find out why this album is probably the band's best one up to date. Lovers of pure black metal will be pleased by Norwegian true combo TSJUDER. The hardcore scene will be represented by young hope from England, YOUR DEMISE who already proved their potential on last year's Never Say Die Tour.
First confirmed bands in 2011 - this was the first message
Welcome in 2011, in the year of the 16th edition of the Brutal Assault festival. Let’s celebrate New Year with 3 new bands that appear in Old Army Fortress in Josefov.
Greek demons SEPTICFLESH (releasing new album this spring), French groove metallers DAGOBA and Viking metallers EINHERJER (also preparing new album) from Norway are newly confirmed for BA 2011.
More bands coming soon, keep your eyes opened.
Update on 22/02/2011:
Brutal Assault announces new bands: ANATHEMA, HAIL OF BULLETS, SCAR SYMMETRY !
British legendary doom-metal band ANATHEMA has been confirmed for Brutal Assault 2011. After 3 years from their last appearance at the BA Festival they are coming back with their great new album "We're Here Because We're Here".
Other newly confirmed are Dutch death metal band HAIL OF BULLETS and Swedish melodic death metallers SCAR SYMMETRY.
More info: www.brutalassault.cz
GARY MOORE RIP
Another great guitar legend has left us. In the early morning of February the 6th Gary Moore was found dead in his bed in a hotel in Spain. It came as a surprise to everybody, since the musician had no health problems. According to several sources he should be another victim of alcohol abuse.
Gary Moore was an amazing guitarist. He was born on the 4th of April 1952 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. At young age he left home to become a musician, leading him to Dublin and finally the UK. He was the pivotal man in Skid Row (not the US band with shouter Sebastian Bach of course ïŠ ) but joined Thin Lizzy several times, being friends with Phil Lynott and Brian Downey since his teens. Phil Lynott helped him a lot with his career. Moore shared the stage with B.B. King, Albert King, Colosseum II and Greg Lake. He caught my real attention in the eighties, as a solo artist making heavier records. ‘Corridors Of Power’ and ‘Victims Of The Future’ are all time classics, while ‘Run For Cover’, ‘Back On The Streets’, ‘Wild Frontier’ and ‘After The War’ are not to be under esteemed as well. From 2004 on it was followed by a career focused on the blues, with ‘Still Got The Blues’ (2004) as million selling record. It is a pity we have to say goodbye to another icon. Phil Lynott and he can play darts again in heaven.
WOLVERINE
Swedish progressive Rock band “Wolverine†is set to release a brand new studio album
’Communication Lost’ was recorded at various locations in Sweden between February and August 2010. It was mixed by Jacob Hansen at Hansen Studios
(Denmark) in july/august 2010 and mastered by Eroc at Eroc's Mastering Ranch
(Germany) in December 2010/January 2011.
The album, which was produced by the band, features 11 tracks and runs approximately 70 minutes:
Downfall
Into the great nothing
Poison ivy
Your favourite war
Embrace
Pulse
What remains
In memory of me
In the quiet of dawn
Communication lost
A beginning
Lyrically the album deals with personal issues the band and the individual members experienced during the four years the band spent on composing the material. The result is a melodic and moody metal album which feels like a natural progression from Still which was released in 2006.
“Communication Lost†will be released on May 23 in Europe via Candlelight records
GOTTHARD
After the tragic accident of their friend and singer Steve Lee, who died in the United States on
5th of October 2010, the musicians of the Swiss rock band Gotthard withdrew from the public
towards the end of the year in order to take a break. Now they are back with plans for the future
and to tackle a difficult task.
Quote from Leo Leoni: „... after the very emotional days following Steve‘s death, it was important
for all of us to come to terms with the pain, let the incident sink in and find ourselves again.
So we got together at the beginning of the year and started considering the new situation ... it
was clear to all of us quite quickly, that it has to go on - GOTTHARD is not a job - GOTTHARD IS
OUR LIFE „!
Quote from Hena Habegger: „... of course we can only continue if we are lucky enough to find the right man. For us, it is not just a voice that can bring our songs back to life... more precisely we are looking for a singer whose personality also matches ours - the Gotthard Family!
Like walking through wintery landscapes – Finnr's Cane sign with Prophecy Productions
With their atmospherically gripping debut album "Wanderlust," the Canadian band Finnr's Cane have recently fascinated and enthused lovers of wintery soundscapes somewhere between mighty offshoots of traditionally grim Black Metal and sublime Post Rock. This unusual trio which replaces the bass guitar with a cello is going to take its unconventional musical jaunts supported by Prophecy Productions in the future, as the musicians have signed a contract on five albums.
In their intuitive, epic tracks, the musicians of Finnr's Cane intertwine bitter-cold riffs with gorgeous melodies, Black Metal frenzy with ambient-like atmospheric rock, only following their infallible instinct for exciting soundscapes far from well-worn paths. All these features will be apparent in April, when a new edition of the rarely available "Wanderlust" with enhanced artwork will be released. After that, the band is going to concentrate on recording their second album. May the wild songs of Finnr's Cane invite all those who are adventuresome on an ecstatic trip through scenarios of snow and ice that are as impressive as they are deadly, a trip that you won't be forgetting soon...!
Finnr's Cane Homepage
Finnr's Cane @ Facebook
Finnr's Cane @ Myspace
Farsot: Recordings of "insects" finished
Farsot have finished recording their upcoming album "insects." The follow-up to "||||" was produced under the aegis of Markus Stock in Studio E / Mellrichstadt. "insects" is going to pick up where the band's previous releases left off: the listener is enticed to discover, to confront the disturbing dynamics, to feel the deep, earthy mystique. This time, you are going to be faced with a topical framework that is more real than you can ever wish for.
The track-list of "insects:"
1. like flakes of rust
2. empyrean
3. perdition
4. 7
5. adamantine chains
6. the vermilion trail
7. withdrawal
8. somnolent
At the moment the finishing touches are being put to the layout and the different formats, a task that will be completed in the coming weeks. Further information on the album will follow in the near future.
Geplaatst door Vera op zaterdag 12 februari 2011 - 16:14:01
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