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This Week In METAL (2/13/08)

by Black Bubblegum

DOWNLOAD: Trap Them – They Followed the Scent of Jihad All The Way to Thieves Paradise from “Sleepwell Deconstructor” (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Earth – Omens And Portents I: The Driver from “The Bees Made Honey In The Lions Skull” (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Nasum – Doombringer from “Helvete” (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Behemoth – Prometherion from “The Apostasy” (MP3)

Scott WeinrichThe Hidden Hand, Place Of Skulls, The Obsessed, Spirit Caravan, and the aforementioned Shrinebuilder all have had one thing in common, the stamp of quality by doom legend Scott “Wino” Weinrich. Now Southern Lord brings word of “Punctuated Equilibrium”, aka the “Wino” solo record! Backed by skinsman extraordinaire Jean-Paul Gaster (Clutch) and Jon Blank (Rez n) on bass, the new record will be tracked by producer (and legend in his own right) J Robbins (Jawbox, Burning Airlines, etc).

Trap ThemFresh off of the right & left hook known as “Sleepwell Deconstructor” and “Seance Prime”, hardcore punkers Trap Them will be bobbin’ & weavin’ through Europe and the east & west coasts through the end of April, including a date at the Charleston on March 12th and another at The Knit on June 16th. Look for them to support the massive multi-instrument collective The Ocean and grind pioneers Extreme Noise Terror in Europe. Sprechen about Germany’s The Ocean, check out their guest blog over at Headbanger’s Blog and if you play cello and/or viola and feel like touring Europe & the US, email em!

D-Beat kings Tragedy (ex-His Hero Is Gone) have added a May 2nd show at the Knitting Factory with Japanese hardcore band Systematic Death & Disnihil. Tickets are on sale. Definitely highly reccommended…..

Torche posted a new track from their upcoming Kurt Ballou-produced LP “Meanderthal”. The track “Piranha” is now streaming at their myspace, and the “Meanderthal” track listing and updated tour dates (including a date with Municipal Waste & Iron Lung) is below……along with a whole lot of other stuff….

Hate Eternal – Bringer of Storms (from upcoming “Fury & Flames”)

Opeth is coming with a new album, touring.

Emperor

“On Friday, June 1, 2007, Emperor played an amazing set at B.B. Kings in Times Square–one of only three shows the Norwegian metal group would play in the States.” Guitar World has a video from the show – watch the black metal legends keep it icier than Lil Wayne whilst tearing through “Into the Infinity of Thoughts” and “The Burning Shadows of Silence” from the classic 1994 LP “In the Nightside Eclipse”.

EarthDylan Carlson & Earth will release their latest opus “The Bees Made Honey In The Lion’s Skull” on Feb 26th, a twangy, dark western soundtrack-y effort that serves as a likely follow-up to last year’s “Hibernaculum” and even features appearances on four tracks by the awesome Bill Frisell. Pick up the shirt/disc combo at Southern Lord, and if you are overseas now or in the next month, check em out (tour dates below).

The UK doomsters Moss have posted a sample from their newly completed album “Sub Templum” produced by Jus Osborn of Electric Wizard fame. Look for it later this year on Lee Dorian’s (Cathedral, ex-Napalm Death) Rise Above Records.

Polish metallers Behemoth have announced that they will document their February 17th show in Paris for a new live DVD. In other news, the guys will take a time out from tearing up bibles long enough to support Dimmu Borgir on their upcoming US Tour. Dates below….

Yakuza – Black Market Liver from “Transmutations”

Gnaw Their Tongues

Crucial Blast has announced the signing of Gnaw Their Tongues out of the Netherlands, a harsh combination of the most frightening parts of black metal, noise, horror film scores, and doom…. this is what they SHOULD use for a soundtrack to horror films instead of the latest by Korn or Seether. Originally released only on CD-R (100 copies) and vinyl (500 copies) via Burning World Records, Crucial Blast will deluxe that joint with digipack and booklet by the end of May. For more info, check out an interview with the one man wrecking crew at Vampire, at his blog.

Mick BarrADD-guitarist Mick Barr has announced plans for his new project Krallice, “vitriolic time-stretching epic black metal” created with Colin Marston (Behold… The Arctopus, Dysrhythmia, Byla), to come out this summer on Profound Lore. The new Ocrilim LP, “ANNWN” is available now.

Speaking of Colin Marston, the Warr guitarist is currently hard at work behind the boards of a new Jarboe solo album. Look for Jarboe to count on the help of Kevin Hufnagel (also Dysrhythmia), Josh Graham (A Storm Of Light, Neurosis, Battle Of Mice), Vinnie Signorelli (ex-Swans, Unsane,)A Storm Of Light), and a few un-named others….

Warbringer – Combat Shock (from upcoming “War Without End”).

Metalsucks has the out-of-print Warbringer EP for download here.

News Blast (Beats):

Matt Woods(Bloodhorse) sat down for an interview with the guys at Stonerrock.com. Recco’d…. Black metallers Nachtmystium are streaming a track from their new album “Assassins” at their myspace…. For the unaware, Meshuggah’s new LP “obZen” is imminent! Look for it on March 7th (new song streaming at their myspace), with a tour supporting Ministry to follow. (Updated Ministry & Meshuggah tour dates below)…. Swiss legends Celtic Frost have announced plans to release “Monotheist Companion”, a compilation of unreleased tracks and rearrangements from the “Monotheist” sessions…. Deadbird (feat members of Arkansas sludgers Rwake) have announced a a split 7-inch with Burned Up Bled Dry to “either be a precursor, simultaneous, or the aftermath of” Deadbird’s upcoming LP, “Twilight Ritual” on At A Loss…. According to Dan Lillker, bassist for the recently reformed Brutal Truth, we can expect another 15 new tracks from the recently reformed NYC grind legends, a few of which debuted on XM Radio during “The Ultraviolence” guest-hosted by Scott Hull (Pig Destroyer) this past weekend…. Darkthrone have announced the name of their newest LP, “Dark Thrones and Black Flags”…. Mark “Barney” Greenway (Napalm Death) predicts the end of Slayer…. The Red Chord has been added to the Darkest Hour/ Cephalic Carnage extravaganza at Blender Theater on Feb 29th, as well as a few other dates… Tickets are still available and updated “Doomsayers Tour” dates are below….

Other upcoming facemelters: Reunited straight-edge heroes Earth Crisis return with Terror, Shai Hulud, & Sworn Enemy at Blender Theater on 3/1,
Egypt-obsessive South Carolinians Nile with the awesome Nachtmystium, Suicide Silence, The Faceless, The Agonist @ BB Kings on 3/30, and Testament @ BB Kings on 4/6

All tour dates & tracklists below…..

TRAP THEM – 2008 TOUR DATES
March 06 – O’BRIEN’S Allston, MA *
March 07 – VALENTINE’S Albany,NY **
March 08 – House Show Syracuse, NY
March 09 – ROBOTO PROJECT Pittsburgh, PA ***
March 10 – SIREN RECORDS Doylestown, PA @
March 11 – tba New Brunswick, NJ
March 12 – Charleston Brooklyn, NY +
March 13 – tba Providence, RI
March 14 – tba Allston, MA
March 15 – WASTED CITY Fort Ethan Allen / Colchester, VT ^
March 16 – DOVER BRICKHOUSE Dover, NH
March 19 – Steinbruch Theater Darmstadt, GER $
March 20 – Nijdrop Opwijk,BEL $
March 21 – Locomotive Paris, FR $
March 22 – Turock Essen, GER $
March 23 – Arts Centre Colchester, UK $
March 24 – Underworld London, UK$
March 25 – Bosuil Weert, NL $
March 26 – Hafenklang Hamburg, GER $
March 27 – Bastard Club Osnabrück, GER $
March 28 – K17 Berlin, GER $
March 29 – Juha Rosswein, GER $
March 30 – UCHO Gdynia, PL $
March 31 – Exit Chmelnice Prague, CZ $
April 01 – Apollo Club Ruzomberok, SK $
April 02 – Arena Wien, Austria $
April 03 – Dynamo Werk21 Zürich, SWI$
April 04 – Garage milano, ITA$
April 05 – Feierwerk München, GER$
April 10 – tba Victorville, CA
April 11 – tba Phoenix, AZ %
April 12 – tba Tijuana, MEX %
April 13 – tba Fresno, CA %
April 14 – tba Sacramento, CA %
April 15 – tba Medford, OR %
April 16 – STUDIO 7 Seattle, WA %
April 17 – SATYRICON Portland, OR %
April 18 – 924 Gilman Berkeley, CA %
April 19 – tba San Francisco, CA %
April 20 – LA MURDERFEST @ The Knitting Factory Los Angeles, CA
June 14 – Club Hell Providence, Rhode Island #
June 15 – Copa De Oro Perth Amboy, NJ #
June 16 – Knitting Factory, Brooklyn, NY #
June 17 – Talking Head Baltimore, MD #
June 18 – Siren Records Doylestown, PA #
June 19 – Valentines Albany, NY

* with HIRUDINEA, TO THE WOLVES, SAINT JUDE
** with ENGINEER, COCKPUNCH
*** with PATH TO MISERY, BEARATHON, KIM PHUC
+ with TOURNAMENT
++ with CONVERSIONS, SPRING BREAK NORTH KOREA
+++ with BLACK SHIPS, ROMANS,
^ with
DISAPPEARER, PLOWS, FURNACE
@ with PASSION, ROMANS, COSMONAUT
$ with ROTTEN SOUND, THE OCEAN, VICTIMS
% with EXTREME NOISE TERROR, STRONG INTENTION
# w/ KILLING THE DREAM, RUINER

TORCHE – “MEANDERTHAL” Track Listing:
01. Triumph of Venus
02. Grenades
03. Piranha
04. Sandstorm
05. Speed of the Nail
06. Healer
07. Across the Shields
08. Sundown
09. Little Champion
10. Without A Sound
11. Fat Waves
12. Amnesian
13. Meanderthal

TORCHE – 2008 TOUR DATES
February 24 – Churchill’s Pub Miami, FL*
March 9 – Common Grounds Gainesville, FL
March 10 – The Jinx Savannah, GA
March 11 – Drunken Unicorn, Atlanta, GA**
March 12 – Downtown Music, Little Rock AR**
March 13 – Andy’s Bar, Denton TX**
March 14 – Hydra Head Records Showcase at SXSW ***
March 15 – SXSW Austin, TX
March 16 – Double Wide Dallas, TX
March 18 – The Beta Bar Tallahassee, FL
March 19 – State Theater St. Petersburg, FL^
March 21 – The Drunken Unicorn Atlanta, GA ^

* with WATERFORD LANDING, TOUNGE OF THE HEARTWORM, JACUZZI BOYS
** with HARVEY MILK
*** with HARVEY MILK, KAYO DOT, CLOUDS, EVERLOVELY LIGHTNINGHEART
^ with MUNICIPAL WASTE & IRON LUNG

EARTH – 2008 EUROPEAN TOUR DATES
Feb 5 – BARFLY Brighton, UK
Feb 6 – COOLER Bristol, UK
Feb 7 – ZION ARTS CENTRE Manchester, UK
Feb 8 – STAGE 2 @ NORTHUMBRIA UNI Newcastle, UK
Feb 9 – STEREO Glasgow,UK
Feb 11 – MEDICINE BAR, Birmingham, UK
Feb 12 – DINGWALLS, London, UK
Feb 13 – LE GRAND MIX Tourcoing, FR
Feb 14 – ANCIENNE BELGIQUE Brussels, BEL
Feb 15 – NOUVEAU CASINO Paris, FR
Feb 16 – LAUTRE CANAL Nancy, FR
Feb 17 – DAMPFZENTRALE Bern, SWI
Feb 18 – THEATRE ALHAMBRA Geneva, SWI
Feb 19 – MAGNOLIA Mialn, ITA
Feb 21 – CIRCOLO DEGLI ARTISTI Roma, ITA
Feb 22 – BRONSON Ravenna, ITA
Feb 23 – PMK Innbruck, AUS
Feb 24 – SZENE Vienna, AUS
Feb 25 – PALACE AKROPOLIS Prague, CZ
Feb 27 – LIDO Berlin, GER
Feb 28 – LOPPEN Copenhagen, DEN
Mar 1 – GARAGE Oslo, NOR
Mar 2 – NEFERTITI Gothenburg, SWE
Mar 4 – HAFENKLANG Hamburg, GER
Mar 5 – VERA Gronigen, HOL
Mar 6 – FORUM Bielenfeld, GER
Mar 7 – EFFENAAR Eindhoven, HOL

DIMMU BORGIR & BEHEMOTH – 2008 US TOUR DATES
Apr 02 – Sound Academy – Toronto, ON – CANADA
Apr 03 – Metropolis – Montreal, QC – CANADA
Apr 04 – The Trocadero – Philadelphia, PA
Apr 07 – The Myth – Minneapolis, MN
Apr 09 – Edmonton Events Center – Edmonton, AB – CANADA
Apr 10 – Macewan Ballroom – Calgary, AB – CANADA
Apr 11 – The Big Easy – Spokane, WA
Apr 12 – Roseland Theatre – Portland, OR
Apr 14 – The Warfield – San Francisco, CA
Apr 16 – The Grove – Anaheim, CA
Apr 17 – Rialto Theatre – Tucson, AZ
Apr 18 – Sunshine Theatre – Albuquerque, NM
Apr 19 – Ogden Theater – Denver, CO
Apr 21 – Stubbs BBQ – Austin, TX
Apr 22 – Cain’s Ballroom – Tulsa, OK
Apr 25 – Starland Ballroom – Sayreville, NJ
Apr 26 – The Palladium (New England Metal Fest) – Worcester, MA
Apr 27 – 9:30 Club – Washington, DC
Apr 28 – The Norva – Norfolk, VA
Apr 30 – Culture Room – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
May 01 – Jannus Landing – St. Petersburg, FL
May 02 – The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
May 03 – Bogarts – Cincinnati, OH
May 04 – House of Blues – Chicago, IL

THE DOOMSAYERS – 2008 TOUR DATES*
Feb 04 – JACK RABBIT’S Jacksonville, FL
Feb 05 – CULTURE ROOM Ft Lauderdale, FL
Feb 06 – THE SOCIAL Orlando, FL
Feb 08 – JAVA JAZZ HOUSTON, TX
Feb 09 – THE DOOR DALLAS, TX
Feb 10 – WHITE RABBIT SAN ANTONIO, TX
Feb 12 – THE CLUBHOUSE TEMPE, AZ
Feb 13 – THE ROXY Los Angeles, CA
Feb 14 – THE GLASSHOUSE Pomona, CA
Feb 15 – SOMA San Diego, CA
Feb 16 – THE NEW OAKLAND METRO Oakland, CA
Feb 17 – HAWTHORNE THEATER Portland, OR
Feb 18 – EL CORAZON Seattle, WA
Feb 20 – MARQUIS THEATER Denver, CO
Feb 21 – THE BOTTLENECK Lawrence, KS
Feb 22 – THE PICADOR Iowa City, IA
Feb 23 – TRIPLE ROCK Minneapolis, MN
Feb 24 – REGGIE’S Chicago, IL
Feb 25 – MAGIC STICK Detroit, MI
Feb 26 – PEABODYS Cleveland, OH
Feb 27 – CHAMPION SHIP Lemoyne, PA
Feb 28 – MAINSTAGE Pompton Lakes, NJ
Feb 29 – BLENDER THEATER, New York, NY^
March 1 – CROCODILE ROCK, Allentown, PA^
March 2 – 9:30 CLUB Washington, DC^

* All Dates with DARKEST HOUR, CEPHALIC CARNAGE, EMMURE, WHITECHAPEL
^ with THE RED CHORD

MINISTRY & MESHUGGAH “C U LaTour”- 2008 TOUR DATES (UPDATED)
March 25 – Big Easy, Spokane, WA
March 26 – The Whiskey, Calgary, AB Canada
March 27 – Croatian Cultural Center, Vancouver, BC
March 28 – Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC CANADA
March 29 – Showbox SoDo, Seattle, WA
March 30 – Roseland Theatre, Portland, OR
APRIL 1 – Fillmore, San Francisco, CA
APRIL 2 – Fillmore, San Francisco, CA
APRIL 5 – House of Blues, Los Angeles, CA
APRIL 6 – House of Blues, Los Angeles, CA
APRIL 7 – House of Blues, San Diego, CA
APRIL 8 – Marquee Theatre, Tempe, AZ
APRIL 9 – House of Blues, Las Vegas, NV
APRIL 11 – The Great Salt Air, Salt Lake City, UT
APRIL 12 – Ogden Theatre, Denver, CO
APRIL 14 – Sunshine Theatre, Albuquerque, NM
APRIL 15 – La Zona Rosa, Austin, TX
APRIL 16 – Cain’s Ballroom, Tulsa, OK
APRIL 17 – Palladium, Dallas, TX
APRIL 18 – Verizon Wireless Theatre, Houston, TX
APRIL 19 – House of Blues, New Orleans, LA
APRIL 21 – Revolution, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
APRIL 22 – House of Blues, Orlando, FL
APRIL 23 – Jannus Landing, St. Petersburg, FL
APRIL 24 – Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte, NC
APRIL 25 – Masquerade, Atlanta, GA
APRIL 26 – Rams Head Live, Baltimore, MD
APRIL 27 – Palladium, Worcester, MA
APRIL 29 – Fillmore at the TLA, Philadelphia, PA
MAY 1 – Irving Plaza, New York, NY
MAY 2 – Irving Plaza, New York, NY
MAY 3 – Metropolis, Montreal, QC CANADA
MAY 4 – Koolhaus, Toronto, ON CANADA
MAY 6 – Agora Theatre, Cleveland, OH
MAY 7 – Emerald Theatre, Detroit, MI
MAY 8 – House of Blues, Chicago, IL
MAY 9 – House of Blues, Chicago, IL