January 29 2007 - 30 Seconds To Mars - ‘Attack’ Single & First UK Live Dates
30 Seconds To Mars will release ‘Attack’ on 19th February; the first single to be taken from their hugely successful U.S. album, ‘A Beautiful Lie’.
30 Seconds To Mars was formed by Jared Leto, who is famous for his roles in such films as Requiem For a Dream and Fight Club, and set to play John Lennon’s murderer in next year’s biopic of Mark Chapman; Chapter 27. The band comprises: Jared Leto, vocals and guitar; Shannon Leto, drums; Tomo Milicevic, guitars; and Matt Wachter, bass. Since forming in 2001 and releasing their debut album in 2002, they have gone from
strength-to-strength as musicians, songwriters and live performers, with the new abum selling over 900,000 copies to date in the U.S. The success of this album was further acknowledged by MTV, who awarded the band MTV Best Video Award for the video to their ‘The Kill’ single.
‘Attack’ features vast, abrasive guitars and infectious vocals, which soar from a pain-stricken wail to an intimate whisper. It’s an introduction to a lyrically direct and progressive album, which is lean and impacting, with
focussed eclecticism which compliments the honesty of the songwriting. From start to finish, ‘A Beautiful Lie’ is a story riddled with pain, frustration, ambition, and ultimately purification. It's not a concept album per se, but it's certainly conceptual, unravelling like scenes from a spellbinding film about a man on the precipice of collapse who has to
change in order to move forward.
30 Seconds To Mars will head to the UK in January for promo and live dates:
Wed 31st Jan MDH Academy 2, Manchester (upgraded from Roadhouse)
Thurs 1st Feb Electric Ballroom, London (upgraded from Underworld)
Both gigs upgraded due to demand.
‘Attack’ will be released on 19th February, followed by the album ‘A Beautiful Lie’ on 26th.
January - 19 2007 - Misery Signals tour Europe with All That Remains
After successfully setting Europe ablaze at the end of last year with Darkest Hour, ferocious Wisconsin hardcore outfit Misery Signals will join ALL THAT REMAINS on tour in Europe in April.
ALL THAT REMAINS
MISERY SIGNALS
TEXTURES
ETERNAL LORD - UK only!
29.03.2007 Germany Berlin Magnet
30.03.2007 Germany Leipzig Conne Island
31.03.2007 Germany Bochum Matrix
01.04.2007 Germany Karlsruhe Stadtmitte
02.04.2007 Germany München Feierwerk
03.04.2007 Austria Wien Arena
04.04.2007 Italy Padova Sottosopra Club
05.04.2007 Switzerland Aarau Kiff
06.04.2007 Germany Trier Exhaus
07.04.2007 France Paris Batofar
08.04.2007 UK Kingston The Peel
09.04.2007 UK London Carling Academy
10.04.2007 UK Southampton Nexus
11.04.2007 UK Oxford Zodiac
12.04.2007 UK Newport TJs
13.04.2007 UK Stoke On Trent The Sugarmill
14.04.2007 UK Sheffield Corporation
15.04.2007 UK Manchester Music Box
16.04.2007 UK Glasgow Classic Grand
17.04.2007 UK Aberdeen Moshulu
18.04.2007 UK Middlesbrough Teesside University
19.04.2007 UK Brighton Concorde 2
20.04.2007 Belgium Hasselt Muziek-O-Droom
21.04.2007 Holland Amsterdam Melkweg, Power Fest
The bands second album ‘MIRRORS’ is out now on Ferret.
The video for "The Failsafe", a track culled from 'Mirrors' can be found here: http://www.ferretstyle.com/thefailsafe/
January 16 2007 - KILLSWITCH ENGAGE POSTPONE SHOWS; GUITARIST UNDERGOES EMERGENCY SURGERY
Metal favourites Killswitch Engage were forced to postpone three sold-out shows of their current European headlining tour at the last minute on Saturday January 13 when guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz was deemed too injured to play.
Following months of recuperation after previous back surgery for a herniated disc, Adam had been touring in the USA with little to no incident, but after a week of shows in the UK, the guitarist found himself suffering increasing back pain, spending the time before and after shows lying flat with a bag of ice on his lower back, in an effort to continue touring. By Saturday however, the pain had risen to such a level that a local doctor rushed him to hospital in London, only hours before the band were due to take the stage at Brixton Academy. To make matters worse, vocalist Howard Jones was suffering from a chest infection. At that point, the band had still intended to play the evening’s show.
After a series of tests in hospital, Adam was informed his back injury was so severe, he could definitely not continue the European tour, nor fly home – and would in fact need urgent surgery. Killswitch Engage had no choice but to postpone their shows in London, Bristol, and Paris while a Plan B was devised. Naturally, the band were worried about Adam and extremely disappointed he would not be able to finish the tour. Equally, they did not want to let their fans down by canceling the remaining 16 European shows.
Therefore, ex-Soilwork guitarist Peter Wichers has been flown over from the USA to fill in for Adam for the duration of the European dates. The band have been rehearsing with Peter since his arrival in the UK, and the tour will resume in Holland on January 17. In a brief statement the band said, “Adam will be missed, but he wants the tour to go on… we will try to miss as few shows as possible, and make up as many as we can. We appreciate all the messages and concern that everyone has shown.”
We are relieved to report that Adam’s surgery went well, and he is now recuperating in hospital with family at his bedside. He will fly home in a few days.
The band have rescheduled the London show for January 29, and are currently looking at options to reschedule the Bristol date. All tickets for the original shows remain valid for the rescheduled dates.
January 15 2007 - THE HEDRONS Single ‘HEATSEEKER’ Single Released 8th January 2007
Fresh from making history and becoming the first British band to play a Virtual Gig on the internet phenomenon Second Life, The Hedrons release their third single ‘Heatseeker’ on 8th January 2007 through Measured Records/Pinnacle. The track will be available in CD, limited edition 7” vinyl and Digital Download formats and is taken from their debut album ‘One More Won’t Kill Us’ due for release on 5th February.
By the end of 2006 The Hedrons will have played in excess of 120 shows across the country including debut appearances at Download, T In The Park and Guilfest, they also supported the legendary Alice In Chains, and their second single ‘I Need You’ was playlisted at XFM London, and broke the Top 5 of the Indie chart.
Hailing from Glasgow, The Hedrons are… Chi (Bass), Rosie (Lead Guitar), Soup (Drums) and Tippi (Lead Vocals).
The Hedrons met in 2005, and the outcome was what music had been craving… an all girl rock band with songs that bite and drag you in, and a live show with such vigour and energy they are becoming impossible to ignore! Their sound has been described as the modern love child of the Foo Fighters and Joy Division godfathered by Iggy Pop & The Stooges! Catch them live at the following dates:
JANUARY 2007
FRI 05 Leslie, Greenside Hotel
SAT 06 Paisley, Crowbar
WED 10 Aberdeen, Kef
THU 11 Edinburgh, Cabaret Voltaire
FRI 12 Newcastle, Academy
SAT 13 Coventry, Colosseum
MON 15 Liverpool, Barfly
TUE 16 Stoke, Sugarmill
WED 17 Leicester, Charlotte
FRI 19 Bristol, Louisiana
SAT 20 Aldershot, West End Centre
SUN 21 Cardiff, Barfly
MON 22 Southampton, Joiners
WED 24 London, Metro
THU 25 Northampton, Soundhaus
FRI 26 Peterbrough, Met Lounge
SAT 27 Cambridge, The Loft
TUE 30 Manchester, Night & Day
WED 31 Nottingham, Social
FEBRUARY
FRI 02 Barnsley, Locorum
TUE 06 Birmingham, Bar Academy
WED 07 York, Fibbers
THU 08 Hull, Lamp
SAT 10 Glasgow, King Tuts
More info at - http://www.thehedrons.com
January 10 2007 - Super Huge Metal Blade Records update!
MONSTROSITY album news
POWERWOLF start recording
SONIC REIGN launch website
Tour dates for BORN FROM PAIN – CANNIBAL CORPSE - DESASTER – DISILLUSION – GOATWHORE - MACHINEMADEGOD
Veteran death metallers MONSTROSITY have set "Spiritual Apocalypse" as the title of their new album, tentatively due in April of 2007. The follow-up to 2003's "Rise to Power" will contain 10-11 songs in the vein of 1996's "Millennium", but "a lot faster," according to a posting on the group's web site.
http://www.monstrosity.us/
POWERWOLF have entered the studio (at top secret location - simply to avoid having deranged groupies camping outside the studio) to record their second album! “After some exhausting weeks of composing and decomposing tunes of blood and madness we´re now almost finished with the songwriting. Two or three songs need to get final treatments! The production started on January 2nd, and you can follow the wolves´ trail in form of a studio blog.” Click here to get the latest updates about the process in the studio: http://www.myspace.com/powerwolfmetal
SONIC REIGN have launched their new website. Click here to check it out: www.sonicreign.de
Watch out for their album “Raw Dark Pure” to be released April 5th (G/A/S) / 9th (Europe)!
METAL BLADE TOUR DATES
BORN FROM PAIN:
21.01. Moscow – Tabula Rasa (Russia)
27.01. Hoorn – Manifesto (Netherlands)
17.02. Athens – Underworld Club (Greece)
18.02. Salonika – t.b.a. (Greece)
24.02. Schoonhoven - Bastille Metalfest (Netherlands)
25.02. Köln – MTC (Germany)
+ FIRST BLOOD + BLOODLINED CALLIGRAPHY + THE SETUP
27.02. London – Underworld (Great Britain)
+ FIRST BLOOD + BLOODLINED CALLIGRAPHY + THE SETUP
01.03. Reading – Face Bar (Great Britain)
+ FIRST BLOOD + BLOODLINED CALLIGRAPHY + THE SETUP
03.03. Lowestoft – Seabreeze (Great Britain)
+ FIRST BLOOD + BLOODLINED CALLIGRAPHY + THE SETUP
04.03. Swindon – Furnace (Great Britain)
+ FIRST BLOOD + BLOODLINED CALLIGRAPHY + THE SETUP
05.03. Hamburg – Hafenklang (Germany)
+ FIRST BLOOD + BLOODLINED CALLIGRAPHY + THE SETUP
07.03. Linköping – Skylten (Sweden)
08.03. Gothenburg – Henriksberg (Sweden)
FIRST BLOOD + BLOODLINED CALLIGRAPHY + THE SETUP
09.03. Rostock – Toxis (Germany)
FIRST BLOOD + BLOODLINED CALLIGRAPHY + THE SETUP
10.03. Cottbus – Gladhaus (Germany)
FIRST BLOOD + BLOODLINED CALLIGRAPHY + THE SETUP
11.03. Lodz - Demode (Poland)
FIRST BLOOD + BLOODLINED CALLIGRAPHY + THE SETUP
12.03. Berlin – Cassiopeia (Germany)
FIRST BLOOD + BLOODLINED CALLIGRAPHY + THE SETUP
13.03. Schweinfurt – Alter Stadtbahnhof (Germany)
FIRST BLOOD + BLOODLINED CALLIGRAPHY + THE SETUP
14.03. Weinheim – Café Central (Germany)
FIRST BLOOD + BLOODLINED CALLIGRAPHY + THE SETUP
17.03. Knokke Heist – Ravellingen (Belgium)
+ FIRST BLOOD + BLOODLINED CALLIGRAPHY + THE SETUP
18.03. Uden – De Pul (Netherlands)
+ FIRST BLOOD + BLOODLINED CALLIGRAPHY + THE SETUP
19.03. Osnabrück – Ostbunker (Germany)
+ FIRST BLOOD + BLOODLINED CALLIGRAPHY + THE SETUP
20.03. Marburg – KFZ (Germany)
+ FIRST BLOOD + BLOODLINED CALLIGRAPHY + THE SETUP
22.03. Wien – Arena (Austria)
+ FIRST BLOOD + BLOODLINED CALLIGRAPHY + THE SETUP
23.03. München – Feierwerk/Hansa 39 (Germany)
+ FIRST BLOOD + BLOODLINED CALLIGRAPHY + THE SETUP
24.03. Rosswein – Jugendhaus (Germany)
+ FIRST BLOOD + BLOODLINED CALLIGRAPHY + THE SETUP
25.03. Trier – Exhaus (Germany)
+ FIRST BLOOD + BLOODLINED CALLIGRAPHY + THE SETUP
28.03. Madrid – Ritmo Y Compas (Spain)
+ FIRST BLOOD + BLOODLINED CALLIGRAPHY + THE SETUP
29.03. Barcelona – Mephisto (Spain)
+ FIRST BLOOD + BLOODLINED CALLIGRAPHY + THE SETUP
30.03. Lyon - Lyon Hall (France)
+ FIRST BLOOD + BLOODLINED CALLIGRAPHY + THE SETUP
31.03. Mönchengladbach – Aquarium (Germany)
+ FIRST BLOOD + BLOODLINED CALLIGRAPHY + THE SETUP
01.04. Hameln – Regenbogen (Germany)
+ FIRST BLOOD + BLOODLINED CALLIGRAPHY + THE SETUP
07.04. Eisleben – Wiesenhaus (Germany)
05.05. Wuustweezel – Puntpop (Belgium)
11.05. Durbuy – Rock Festival (Belgium)
12.05. Luzern – Sedel (Switzerland)
01.06. Sillé Le Guillaume – Free Edge Festival (France)
+ SETTLE THE SCORE
08.12. Magdeburg – t.b.a. (Germany)
CANNIBAL CORPSE + DISAVOWED + tbc
Thursday 22-02 France Antipode rennes
Friday 23-02 Spain Tunk Irun
Saturday 24-02 Portugal hard Club Oporto
Sunday 25-02 Spain Sala Heiniken Mardid
Monday 26-02 Spain Apollo Barcelona
Tuesday 27-02 France Ninkasi Kao Lyon
Wednesday28-02 Italy Nouvo Estragon Bologna
Thursday 01-03 Italy Cicolo Degli Artisti Rome
Saturday 03-03 Greece Ann Club Athens
Sunday 04-03 Greece Hydrogios Thessaloniki
Monday 05-03 Bulgaria Sredec hall Sofia
Tuesday 06-03 Romania Studio martin Bucharest
Wednesday07-03 Serbia SKC Beograd
Thursday 08-03 Slovenia Media park Ljubljana
Friday 09-03 Hungary A 38 Budapest
Saturday 10-03 Germany Backstage Munchen
Sunday 11-03 czech rep Abaton Praha
Monday 12-03 Poland Loch Ness Cracow
Wednesday14-03 Latvia Melna Piektiena Riga
Thursday 15-03 Estonia Club Hollywood Tallin
Friday 16-03 Finland Nostori Helsinki
Saturday 17-03 Finland Pakkahuone Tampere
Monday 19-03 Sweden Koren Gothenborg
Tuesday 20-03 Denmark The Rock Kobenhavn
Wednesday21-03 Germany Musik Zentrum Hannover
Thursday 22-03 Germany F Haus Jena
Friday 23-03 Holland Effenaar Eindhoven
Saturday 24-03 Belgium Biebob Vosselaar
DESASTER:
20.01.07 A Kufstein - Bavarian Battle Festival - (w/ Master am.)
10.02.07 D Berlin - Knaack (w/ Ars Mortis and Desaster K.F.W.)
10.03.07 D Bitburg - Up an Up (w/ Torment of Souls and Worldescape)
14.04.07 D Koblenz - METAL CRUISE - MS Rheingold (w/ Metal Inquisitor, Primordial) – SOLD OUT!!!
11.05.07 FIN Tampere - Hellbangers Festival (w/ Nocturnal, Urn, Flame am.)
02.06.07 D Koblenz - Hellbangers Festival - Festung Ehrenbreitstein (w/ Nocturnal, Metal Inquisitor, Zarathustra, Flame)
10.06.07 D Wachenroth - SufferingLifeFestival (w/ Tankard, Avulsed, Soul Demise, A.O.K., Totenmond, Inhumate am.)
20.-21.07 D Pößneck - Hell's Pleasure Open Air (w/ Melechesh, Shining, Secrets of the Moon, Helrunar, Necros Christos, Eure Erben am.)
DISILLUSION:
02/23/2007 | Oeventrop / Winternachtstraum Festival
www.winternachtstraum.com <http://www.winternachtstraum.com>
02/24/2007 | Reichelsheim / Havanna Club
www.havanna-reichelsheim.de <http://www.havanna-reichelsheim.de>
03/23/2007 | Rüsselsheim / Das Rind
Das Rind <http://www.dasrind.de/>
04/13/2007 | Leipzig / Scheddelspalter
HMNIS <http://www.scheddel.de>
05/26/2007 | Leipzig / Wave Gotik Treffen
Wave Gotik Treffen <http://www.wave-gotik-treffen.de>
05/27/2007 | Leipzig / Wave Gotik Treffen
Wave Gotik Treffen <http://www.wave-gotik-treffen.de/>
05/28/2007 | Leipzig / Wave Gotik Treffen
Wave Gotik Treffen <http://www.wave-gotik-treffen.de/>
06/29/2007 | Linz / Soul Of Metal Festival
Soul Of Metal <http://fischer-markus.com/soulofmetal/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1>
08/02/2007 | Wacken / Wacken Open Air
Wacken Open Air <http://www.wacken.com>
08/03/2007 | Wacken / Wacken Open Air
Wacken Open Air <http://www.wacken.com>
08/04/2007 | Wacken / Wacken Open Air
Wacken Open Air <http://www.wacken.com>
08/16/2007 | Dinkelsbühl / Summer Breeze Open Air
Summer Breeze Open Air <http://www.summer-breeze.de>
08/17/2007 | Dinkelsbühl / Summer Breeze Open Air
Summer Breeze Open Air <http://www.summer-breeze.de>
08/18/2007 | Dinkelsbühl / Summer Breeze Open Air
Summer Breeze Open Air <http://www.summer-breeze.de>
The Excess of Evil tour
MARDUK
+ ENSLAVED
+ KEEP OF KALESSIN
+ MELECHESH
+ GOATWHORE
+ PANTHEON I
Thursday 10-05 Germany K 17 Berlin
Friday 11-05 Germany F Haus Jena
Saturday 12-05 Germany eastclub Bischofswerda
Sunday 13-05 Czech Fleda Brno
Monday 14-05 Germany Backstage München
Tuesday 15-05 Germany Batschkapp Frankfurt
Wednesday16-05 Germany Roxy Saarbrücken
Thursday 17-05 Suisse Z 7 Pratteln
Friday 18-05 Italy Estragon Bologna
Saturday 19-05 France Tba Lyon
Sunday 20-05 Germany La laiterie Strasbourg
Monday 21-05 France Locomotive Paris
Tuesday 22-05 France Antipode Rennes
Wednesday23-05 UK tba London
Thursday 24-05 Germany Turock Essen
Friday 25-05 Holland Plato Helmond
Saturday 26-05 Belgium Biebob Vosselaar
Sunday 27-05 Germany Markthalle Hamburg
MACHINEMADE GOD:
09.02.2007 BAD HOMBURG (D) Bullet Proof Club
17.02.2007 BERLIN (D) K 17
20.02.2007 SAARBRÜCKEN (D) Club Garage
22.02.2007 NÜRNBERG (D) Avalons Dust
23.02.2007 VILLACH (A) Volkshaus Landskron
24.02.2007 GLEISDORF (A) Kulturkeller
25.02.2007 AUGSBURG (D) Kantine
02.03.2007 Bochum (D) Matrix
31.03.2007 HEIDENHEIM (D)T9
19.05.2007 Iserlohn (D) Outlaw-Festival
December 13 2006 - 36 Crazyfists hit your town (probably) - Those Alaskan crazy cats, 36 CRAZYFISTS just can’t get enough of the UK. After slaying all-comers on their joint headline tour with Atreyu just a few months back, including a triumphant appearance at London’s Brixton Academy, our Alaskan chums have decided to go back to basics and play a whole month’s worth of smaller shows, the length and breadth of the UK.
While most bands of their stature play just 4 or 5 major venues, this time it’s different. The band wanted to hit places they’ve never been before, so they’ve booked the road trip to end all road trips. Check ‘em out at the following venues;
Sun 1st Apr – Birmingham Barfly
Mon 2nd Apr – Manchester Academy 3
Tue 3rd Apr – Newcastle Northumbria Uni
Wed 4th Apr – Glasgow King Tuts
Fri 6th Apr – Dundee Reading Rooms
Sat 7th Apr – Aberdeen Tunnels
Sun 8th Apr – Edinburgh Liquid Rooms
Mon 9th Apr – York Fibbers
Tue 10th Apr – Nottingham Rock City
Thu 12th Apr – Leeds Cockpit
Fri 13th Apr – Sheffield Leadmill
Sat 14th Apr – Northampton Soundhaus
Sun 15th Apr – Cardiff Barfly
Mon 16th Apr – Oxford Zodiac
Wed 18th Apr – Colchester Arts Centre
Thu 19th Apr – Bristol Bierkeller
Fri 20th Apr – Exeter Lemon Grove
Sat 21st Apr – Yeovil Ski Lodge
Sun 22nd Apr – Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
Tue 24th Apr – London Islington Academy
Wed 25th Apr – Brighton Concorde 2
Thu 26th Apr – Liverpool Stanley Theatre
Fri 27th Apr – Dublin Music Centre
Sat 28th Apr – Belfast Spring & Airbrake
Mon 30th Apr – Leicester Princess Charlotte
Tue 1st May – Stoke Sugarmill
36 CRAZYFISTS’ current album, ‘Rest Inside The Flames’ is in stores now.
You can click over to www.roadrunnerrecords.co.uk/artists/36crazyfists for the latest news and info, plus MP3s and videos. Alternatively, you can point your mouse to www.36crazyfists.com.
December 11 2006 - ENTER SHIKARI UK TOURDATES FOR JANUARY / MARCH 2007
Hot on the heels of their sold out tour of the UK during Oct / Nov / Dec - and following the news that, despite massive offers from major record labels, the band have elected to stick to their DIY roots and self-release their music via their own Ambush Reality label – Enter Shikari have lined up yet more UK dates for January and March 2007.
January 11th / 12th / 13th sees the band heading to Holland for their first ever shows outside of the UK. Upon their return, they head out on a couple of swift weekend runs, just to keep the winter chill off;
JANUARY
Thursday 18 - NORTHAMPTON - Soundhaus
Friday 19 - MIDDLESBOROUGH - Sumo
Saturday 20 - PRESTON - 53 Degrees East
Thursday 25 - GLOUCESTER - Guildhall
Friday 26 - BARROW IN FURNESS - Canteen
Saturday 27 - PETERBOROUGH – Radius
February brings Enter Shikari’s second ever set of shows outside the UK, when they head to Germany, France and Austria as guests of Billy Talent and Alexisonfire.
Once safely returned to British shores, one day off is allowed before they head out again in support of their second ‘proper’ single ‘Anything Can Happen In The Next Half Hour’ (released March 5th) and in advance for their as-yet-untitled debut album (March 19th);
MARCH
Thursday 01 - CARDIFF - Solus
Saturday 03 - WOLVERHAMPTON - Wulfrun
Sunday 04 - SOUTHAMPTON - University
Tuesday 06 - SHEFFIELD - Leadmill
Wednesday 07 - GLASGOW - QMU
Thursday 08 - NEWCASTLE - University
Friday 09 - MANCHESTER - Academy II
Saturday 10 - LONDON - Hammersmith Palais
Tickets are available now from all the usual ticket outlets, and support bands will be announced soon.
For more info on Enter Shikari –
