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Metal News.
The Eternal's debut album is already receiving rave reviews in overseas press, including four out of five in UK rock bible Kerrang! and perfect scores in various European zines, so it is with great pleasure that the band announce the Australian release of their acclaimed work 'The Sombre Light of Isolation.' The melodic doom act are set to embark on a national tour to launch the release, including two shows in Adelaide. The Eternal will play an all ages show on Sun 1 Aug at the Crown and Anchor with Chalice, Omnium Gatherum, ...Of the Human Condition and Chaos Engine before returning once again on Sat 14 Aug for a show at the Territorian with Raven Black Night and ...Of the Human Condition. Following the Australian tour, The Eternal will head to Europe to co-headline the Doomination of Europe II tour with UK group The Prophecy.
Having just returned from an eastern states
tour with Melbourne's Procedure 286, Enemy Of? are set to launch
their second release 'Never Alone' in an all-ages extravaganza
on Fri 13 Aug at Enigma. The EP was recorded at Soundhouse with
Anj and Ian Miller late last year and sees the band develop
far beyond 2003's 'Mend'. Also playing the CD launch are Truth
Corroded, Double Dragon and Procedure 286.
A new track by "New Wave Of American Heavy Metal" band Shadows Fall has been posted online at mp4.centurymedia.com/audio/powerofeyeandeye.mp3. The Power of I & I serves as a preview of the band's new album, the anticipated follow-up to 2002's 'The Art of Balance'. 'The War Within' will be available in stores from Mon 20 Sept.
Tidal's much-awaited full length album 'Impulsive
Disturbance' will be available in stores from Mon 30 Aug through
Greasy Pop Records and MGM Distribution. A national live launch
in planned for early Oct. Speaking of new releases, Diatribe
are currently in pre-production for their first full length
recording, expected to be due out around Christmas time. In
the meantime, catch them live this Fri 30 July at 'The War Room'
(Enigma Bar, 18+) and at Le Rox (Bridgeway Hotel) on Fri 13
Aug for an all ages show with Skintilla, Celebrity Minefield,
Slitwrist and a mystery surprise band called Impulsive Disturbance.
Local four-piece metal band Nun Nicer have just finished recording a new CD at Industry Studios. The 7-track EP should be mixed and mastered by early August, so keep an eye out for details of the yet-to-be-confirmed CD launch to be held shortly after.
The new Devolved album 'Calculated' will
be released on Mon 6 Sept to be followed by a national tour
in Oct/Nov, after which the band will relocate permanently to
the US.
Expatriates Captain Cleanoff have got their shit together
to play Adelaide for the first time this year at Enigma's 'The
War Room' on Fri 10 Aug with Omnium Gatherum, chunkmeisters
los Diablos and Melbourne's Shallow Grave, a band who garnered
the In Flames support in the Eastern States and features former
members of Mid Youth Crisis, Fuck...I'm Dead and Within Blood.
Shallow Grave will them play the Crown and Anchor with locals
Truth Corroded on Sat 21 Aug.
As unlikely as it seems, Fear Factory's new
album 'Archetype' is being hailed as a startling return to form
by the US group. A video of the title track has been posted
on line in high-speed (ut.netmusicpromotions.com/15cd17695pw66.html)
and low-speed (ut.netmusicpromotions.com/wq6c17695bsm6.html)
formats. Check it out: after all, it couldn't possibly be any
worse than its shocking predecessor 'Digimortal'.
The Australian release date for Ewigkeit's new prog opus
has been delayed a few weeks. It will now be available in stores
from Mon 16 Aug.
Original vocalist Lord Worm has re-joined
Cryptopsy after an eight-year absence. He replaced third vocalist
Martin Lacroix, who, according to drummer Flo Mounier, was a
strong live performer but a poor lyrics writer. As he explained
in a recent interview: "[Lacroix] did a great job live, but
his English wasn't perfect. I called up Lord Worm to ask him
if he could write the lyrics and in the same call he told me
that he'd like to come back. It was that easy. He's been working
hard to make up for his eight-year absence and come back stronger
than ever". Cryptopsy's fifth album is tentatively due in early
2005.
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