Meshuggah and Suidakra new albums are coming...

Meshuggah' upcoming remixed version of its acclaimed 2002 effort, Nothing will be out on September 15th through Nuclear Blast Records.
The CD will include a bonus DVD containing live footage from the Swedish metallers' most recent European tour.

German melodic black/death metallers Suidakra are mixing their new album, Caledonia, tentatively due in October via Armageddon Music.
The follow-up to 2005's Command To Charge was recorded at Gernhart Records studio in Siegburg, Germany.
According to the band, "Caledonia adopts the lyrical concept of ancient Scottish history, which explains song titles such as Highland Hills, Forth-Clyde and The IXth Legion."

The Misfits, new tour dates added

In September The Misfits will return to the UK headlining festivals structured in celebration of 30 years of punk rock.

SEPT. 21 LONDON, UK: ELECTRIC BALLROOM
SEPT. 22 SHEFFIELD, UK: PLUG
SEPT. 23 DURHAM, UK: UNIVERSITY
SEPT. 24 EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND: LIQUID ROOM
SEPT. 26 LEEDS, UK: METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
SEPT. 27 BOURNEMOUTH, UK: OPERA HOUSE
SEPT. 28 CARDIFF, UK: COAL EXCHANGE
SEPT. 29 BIRMINGHAM, UK: CARLING ACADEMY
SEPT. 30 MANCHESTER, UK: ACADEMY 2

More details here: www.misfits.com

Cradle Of Filth new album, Thornography

British black metallers CRADLE OF FILTH have finalized the track listing for their new album, Thornography, due on October 16th via Roadrunner Records.
The follow-up to 2004's Nymphetamine, Thornography was recorded at Lincolnshire, England's Chapel studios with producer Rob Caggiano (BLEEDING THROUGH, ANTHRAX) and was mixed at Backstage Studios in Derbyshire, England by Andy Sneap (MACHINE HEAD, SKINLAB, NEVERMORE).

Tracklist:

01 Under Pregnant Skies She Comes Alive Like Miss Leviathan
02 Dirge Inferno
03 Tonight in Flames
04 Libertina Grimm
05 Byronic Man
06 I Am The Thorn
07 Cemetery And Sundown
08 Lovesick For Mina
09The Foetus Of A New Day Kicking
10Rise Of The Pentagram
11 Under Huntress Moon
12 Temptation

Kingdom Come: the return!

Frontiers Records announce the completion of Kingdom Come's new studio album entitled Ain't Crying For The Moon to be released in Europe on October 20th.
"After having done a lot of experimenting with Perpetual", says Lenny Wolf, the mastermind behind Kingdom Come, "I thought it was the time to take out the axe again and rock the house. The new CD will be one of my heaviest recordings ever. I was trying to build walls of guitars in combination with that typical KC moody and spacey approach. It does not have the typical blues factor anymore, which many of you may remember from the first records. I have transported my roots into the year 2006. "Still the new album keeps on having a very personal and quite recognizable touch, even if Kingdom Come are an ever-evolving musical reality. "Of course when we will come to your towns, we will definitely play songs from our early days as well", adds Wolf who, as a special gift to the fans, decided to include in the new album track listing an exclusive remake of Kingdom Come's first US hit Get It On, originally released on the band's debut album in 1988.

Ain't Crying For The Moon shall include the following tracks (click on the song title to hear an MP3 sample):

Two Legged Sheep
Not Here To Be Your Friend
Same Old Stars
Ain't Crying For The Moon
Perfect Citizen
This Is My Life
Bon Scott
Removed The Sting
Friends In Spirit
Darkroom
Look At You
Across The Universe
Get It On (2006 version)

Frontiers Records will release the album in Europe exclusively on October 20th.

Pamela Moore new album, Stories From A Blue Room

CDInzane is proud to introduce Pamela Moore's 2nd studio release, Stories From A Blue Room.
A mix of electric and hardrock, backed by one of the leading female vocalist of rock! This CD also features Michael Wilton (Queensryche), Jeff Loomis (Nevermore), Terry Nunn, vocalist of Berlin gets together with Pamela to sing on a few tracks!
Pam leaves in about 1 week to start the 4 month tour with Queensryche.

More infos here: www.pamelamoore.net

Dan Lilker is back!

Rochester, NY "'70s black metal" band Crucifist - featuring bass player Dan Lilker (Anthrax, Nuclear Assault, Brutal Truth, The Ravenous), Mike Waske (drums, Orodruin), John Gallo (guitar, Orodruin, Blizaro) plus Ron Blackwell (vocals) - has completed the initial recording sessions for its debut album.
The CD will now be mixed and mastered prior to release.

The tentative track listing is as follows:

01 Intro
02 Putrid Mother Lode
03 Witchgrip
04 Skull-Smashing Face-Ripping Death
05 Honor
06 Demon-Haunted World
07 Curse of the Plasma Hound
08 Tumefaction
09 Anus Mundi
10 Angel Of Death (Angel Witch cover)

Right now Crucifist has booked the following gigs:

July 29th - Toronto, Canada - Smiling Buddha Bar (with Rammer, Demontage, Maniac)
August 12th - Detroit, MI - 2500 Club (Detroit Death Fest)
November 7th - Rochester, NY - Penny Arcade (with Celtic Frost, Goatwhore)

For more infos, visit www.crucifist.com.

Hands down: Helmet are back with a very good album, Monochrome

For the follow up to Size Matters, Helmet left Interscope Records and got signed to Warcon, enlisting new drummer Mike Jost, bass player Jeremy Chatelain plus Strap It On and Meantime soundman Wharton Tiers to co-produce the record. Even going as far as recording on the same tape machine they used on those records. The result is of course something new with a little bit of old, but always good.
Listening to all the Helmet LPs, it's plain to see how far the band's influence goes, from Deftones, Chevelle, Norma Jean, to even Killswitch Engage. Guitar master Page Hamilton and the band have even been around since way, way before Korn and similars. These guys have made modern metal way before modern metal got started. This is a good reason to give this album a chance, listen to Monochrome and you won't be surely disappointed.
Unfortunately Monochrome registered a first-week tally of almost 5,500 copies landing on N° 159 of the Billboard chart - a step down from the nearly 10,000 units that its predecessor, Size Matters, opened with back in October 2004.

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Rhapsody becomes...Rhapsody Of Fire!

Rhapsody Of Fire is the new monicker of the Italian symphonic metal act formerly known as Rhapsody.
The new outfit will release the next album, Triumph Or Agony, on September 25th on Magic Circle Music. Keyboardist/songwriter Alex Staropoli commented, "The name Rhapsody Of Fire better represents the energy that has always been present in this band and its music.
New tracks include Silent Dream, Son Of Pain and the epic 16-minute tour-de-force The Mystic Prophecy Of The Demonknight.
Vocalist Fabio Lione gives his songwriting debut for Rhapsody Of Fire with the song Il Canto del Vento.The album also features an array of guest narrators and character actors, including several recruits from the London theatre scene, actress Susannah York of the Superman film series and a return appearance by renowned actor Christopher Lee as the all-knowing Wizard King. Also debuting is his daughter, Christina Lee, as Princess Lothen. Turilli explains a bit of the story behind the album.
Triumph Or Agony represents the chapter of the saga when our heroes - Khaas, hero of the middle lands, Tarish the elfking, Princess Lothen, Dargor, the shadowlord, and the wise wizard Iras Algor, are ready to enter the dark caves of 'Dar-Kunor', a subterranean labyrinth of horrors located in the heart of the misty darklands. The heroes have to challenge the ancestral secrets of 'Dar-Kunor' in order to search for the last of the seven black books written in primordial times with the blood of the angels by Nekron, the demonknight, son of the hellgod Kron. This black book could contain the worst of the prophecies threatening the known world.

Rhapsody Of Fire are: Fabio Lione - Vocals, Luca Turilli - Guitars, Alex Staropoli - Keyboards, Patrice Guers - Bass, Alex Holzwarth - Drums.

Triumph Or Agony was produced by Luca Turilli and Alex Staropoli.

Tracklist:

01 Dar-Kunor
I Echoes From The Elvish Woods
II Fear Of The Dungeons
02 Triumph Or Agony
03 Heart Of The Darklands
04 Old Age Of Wonders
05 The Myth Of The Holy Sword
06 Il Canto Del Vento
07 Silent Dream
08 Bloody Red Dungeons
09 Son Of Pain
10 The Mystic Prophecy Of The Demonknight
I A New Saga Begins
II Through The Portals Of Agony
III The Black Order
IV Nekron`s Bloody Rhymes
V Escape From Horror
11 Dark Reign Of Fire
I Winter Dawn`s Theme

EVOLUTION FESTIVAL, Toscolano Maderno, Italy, July 14-16th

Honey For Christ, "The Darkest Pinnacle Of Light"

Style: Heavy Metal
Label: Rundown Records
Total playing time: 26:24
Web site: http://www.honeyforchrist.co.uk/

Tracklist:

1 Satan & Swastika
2 The Final Transition
3 The Darkest Pinnacle Of Light
4 Sorrow Descending
5 Signs Of Bitterness

Believe it or not, Honey For Christ have came out with their strongest material to date. Formed in 1998 this Northern Irish trio have released a bunch of demos but The Darkest Pinnacle Of Light it’s without any doubt their best one. First of all: praise should be given to HFC for producing these tracks by themselves and coming out with a thundering and polished sound, even if the final mix could be better. Anyway actual musicianship it’s impressive and that’s the only thing I care for. More aggressive than the previous demo (Forging Iron Will) The Darkest Pinnacle Of Light, Honey For Christ continue - thanks God, or maybe Satan, hihi! - to escape any standard classification. These Irish dudes are a powerful metal band, that’s it. The blasting Satan & Swastika and the bloody title track take a total all-guns-blazing drums assault with some perfect timing riffs and a bit of clean vocals which show some well appreciated pieces of originality. The Final Transition it’s more mid paced and surely it’s one the most well arranged track of this EP. “Sorrow Descending” it’s a very challenging song, kinda of Katatonia-meets-Moonspell type of magnetic ballad. Signs Of Bitterness it’s darkish too, not so straightforward but with a strong section which will blow your head away. In conclusion: a band that doesn’t fear to experiment and cross the heavy sub-genres. Honey For Christ cannot be considered a promise only, but one of the best Emerald island current bands. Give them a chance instead of listening to copycats clones or fake make-up-only clowns.