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- The Gauntlet: Arsis Metal News
- The News as It Was: Bulgarian Lifestyle
- LaKisha’s ‘Idol’ spotlight spilled onto Flint
- Entertainment: The Year in Music | fans year valley : TheMonitor.com
… Earth Crisis & More: Metal File – News Story | Music…
MTV.com – Dec 28, 2007
“The goal isn’t just to mix so many different influences and sounds but to put them together with this very heavy stuff and have them fit perfectly” he said. “The music that we make doesn’t just sound like a gathering of parts — all the sounds. work together in a straight line. The debut album by Enemy of the Sun Shadows (out January 22) is multifaceted and complex filled with abrupt rhythm changes and genre shifts… Demonical the Swedish death-metal band that features past and present members of Centinex Grave and others have announced the departure of singer Ludvig Engellau. He bailed due to “musical and personal reasons” according to a statement. The band plans to carry on with a session singer and will find a full-time replacement early next year.
The Gauntlet: Arsis Metal News
The Gauntlet – Dec 28, 2007
The album will be entitled “As Guilt Becomes Regret”. The disc will contain two demos from 2001 & 2002 plus rare bonus tracks and a live video CD-Rom segment. These demos gained them considerable attention in the underground music scene leading to several tours and landing them with recording contracts from several prospective labels. The two additional tracks found on this release are alternative studio takes never before released. The CDrom video segment was recorded April 12 2003 at Pallette’s uter Banks (Norfolk VA). “As Regret Becomes Guilt” features impressive packaging with a 12 page booklet that was designed by Mark Riddick… The ship date is December 28 2008. Arsis is known for their unique blend of old school shredding heavy metal and modern gut wrenching death metal. A range of influences from Iron Maiden Dio and Alice Cooper to the modern sounds of Carcass At The Gates and Death can be detected. Arsis has since released two full length albums and one EP with Willowtip Records and will soon release another full length on the Nuclear Blast label. Their complete discography is as follows:Demo 2001 Demo 2001Demo 2002 Demo 2002A Celebration of Guilt Full-length 2004 A Diamond for Disease EP 2005 United in Regret Full-length 2006 As Regret Becomes Guilt 2007Arsis has been touring since 20– with such notable bands as Necrophagist Cattle Decapitation Job for a Cowboy Goatwhore God Forbid etc Negative Existence was created in 2007 by Alex Cox formerly of Deathgasm Records. The new label is currently working with respected artists Maniac Butcher Demoncy and now Arsis.
The News as It Was: Bulgarian Lifestyle
Sofia News Agency – Dec 28, 2007
But the intensity of Bulgaria’s duo Elitsa and Stundzhi convinced many Europeans that the music jamboree still matters at least as a medium of the traditional on a modern note. Amidst a period of effacement and chalga-risation of Bulgarian music Elitsa and Stundzhi showed it is worth winning the battle of songcraft over showmanship. Amidst the business-as-usual contributions they showed it is worth to be authentic and innovative. With political back-scratching as always determining the final results Elitsa and Stundzhi did not make it to the top three. They made it to the hearts of millions of people. Bulgaria Chooses Its First Music IdolThe 20-year-old Nevena Tsoneva won the first season of the reality show Music Idol in Bulgaria on June 7… Manowar’s new double live album "Gods of War Live" will be released on July 6 2007. This over-two-hour-long manifestation of pure power will feature the entire set list of the recently completed leg of the "Demons Dragons and Warriors Tour 2007". Bulgarian Heavy Metal Fans Get Adrenaline Rush at Iron Maiden GigBulgarian heavy metal lovers got an adrenaline rush on June 4 when British legends Iron Maiden filled the Lokomotiv stadium in Bulgarian capital for the band’s gig. The band came to Bulgaria to stage a tremendous show part of their European tour "A matter of the Beast Summer Tour 07". This time Iron Maiden came in their every-heavy-metal-fan dream cast including Bruce Dickinson. George Michael Sings "Freedom" for Bulgaria’s Nurses in LibyaA mature and politically engaged George Michael took the stage in Sofia on May 28 in support of the plight of the five Bulgarian nurses jailed in Libya. Widely described as the most impatiently awaited gig of the year in Bulgaria the concert was part of George Michael’s "25 Live" concert tour his first in over fifteen years.
LaKisha’s ‘Idol’ spotlight spilled onto Flint
mlive.com – Dec 28, 2007
ESTMRE AP HEADLINES » LaKisha’s ‘Idol’ spotlight spilled onto Flintby Doug Pullen | The Flint JournalFriday December 28 2007 1:31 PM For a place that doesn’t pride itself much on the music that has been made here Flint enjoyed a banner year in 2007 musically speaking. Between the ascent of a locally trained gospel singer by the name of LaKisha Jones on the biggest TV show in America and the rise of Chiodos a bunch of hard-working young guys from Davison the rest of the world is finding out what some of us have known for a long time. With that in mind here are the top music stories of the year from this vantage point:1. Idol-izing: Until Feb. 21 LaKisha Ann Jones was a little known gospel singer from Flint… 9 and hopes to record her first CD by late spring or early summer. Bone-ing Up: Chiodos the Davison quintet that forged its metal-meets-emo-meets-art-rock sound at clubs like Flint Local 432 started the year by performing on the Taste of Chaos tour followed that by recording quickly the followup to its prophetically titled 2005 album “All’s Well That Ends Well” (nearly 200000 sold and counting) played the main stage on this year’s Vans Warped Tour and saw its new album “Bone Palace Ballet” debut at No. The CD should surpass 100000 sales by the time you read this. The group supported that with its first major headlining tour which ended Nov. 30 for an SR hometown and Detroit crowd at Clutch Cargo’s.
Entertainment: The Year in Music | fans year valley : TheMonitor.com
Monitor – Dec 28, 2007
Korn and company leave fans in aweFor hard rock fans ctober offered one of the year’s highlights. For the first time in the Valley nu-metal pioneers Korn took to the stage with several high profile musicians in tow. Touring in support of the “We have a problem tour” which featured Five Finger Death Punch and Hell Yeah the show was well worth the years of wait. Not only were rock fans in the presence of greatness with former Pantera legend Vinnie Paul behind the drums for Hell Yeah but they were also treated to a guest appearance by Joey Jordison of Slipknot on loan to Korn while David Silveria is on hiatus. The opening bands built momentum for Korn who rocked the stage with a classic set. From fan reports familiar with Korn’s live show the Valley was also privy to a more talkative Jonathan Davis than usual… Korn and company leave fans in aweFor hard rock fans ctober offered one of the year’s highlights. For the first time in the Valley nu-metal pioneers Korn took to the stage with several high profile musicians in tow. Touring in support of the “We have a problem tour” which featured Five Finger Death Punch and Hell Yeah the show was well worth the years of wait. Not only were rock fans in the presence of greatness with former Pantera legend Vinnie Paul behind the drums for Hell Yeah but they were also treated to a guest appearance by Joey Jordison of Slipknot on loan to Korn while David Silveria is on hiatus. The opening bands built momentum for Korn who rocked the stage with a classic set. From fan reports familiar with Korn’s live show the Valley was also privy to a more talkative Jonathan Davis than usual. Davis said they would definitely be back.