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NEWS JUNE @ 2009 Desire's Tour Dates Portuguese Doom Metallers Desire have just announced a new set of live dates for this year on Portuguese soil: 10-06-09: Porto Rio, Porto; 03-07-09: Associações de Músicos de Faro, Faro; 04-07-09: Casa da Cultura de Beja, Beja; 11-07-09: Nyktos Bar, Figueira da Foz; 19-12-09: Associação Cultural de Vila Maior, Viseu; The band is also playing the Ermal Festival, at Vieira do Minho, in August, and there plans to play during September and October in Lisbon and the Azores (respectively). www.myspace.com/desireband Alex Kurtagic's Design Services Benighted Leams' mastermind and Supernal Music's manager Alex Kurtagic, is currently offering his design services in order to create original artwork to order for a limited time. This is a rare chance for private collectors to own an original piece of his art made to one's specification, so those of you who have an interest, e-mail him at info@alexkurtagic.info to discuss your individual requirements (business commissions are also welcome). www.alexkurtagic.info Benediction Live in Portugal Death Metal legends Benediction will be playing a one-off show in Portugal next month, on July 3, at Side B Bar in Benavente. No support acts have been confirmed as of yet. www.myspace.com/sidebbar Desire's One-Off Show Portuguese Doom Metal masters Desire are hosting another special event in accordance with their last EP's release. This time they will be supported by Portugal's Decayed and The Spektrum. The show will take place at Transmission Bar in Lisbon and is set to start at 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/desireband Onirik's New Full-Length Portuguese Black Metaller Gonius Rex has just released his sophomore record. Entitled After Centuries of Silence, the album is said to feature a "better necro production and more elaborate artwork" and, as before, it is being distributed by Nightmare Productions. www.nightmareprod.com MAY @ 2009 Bal-Sagoth's Bassist Leaves Symphonic Extreme Metallers Bal-Sagoth have just announced the departure of long-time bassist Mark Greenwell from the ranks. However, the identity of the new member will be revealed soon. www.bal-sagoth.freeserve.co.uk Corpus Christii Announces Split Release and Shows The band has just announced that they're working on a new 4-way 10" split release with BlackwindS, Setherial and Morte Incandescente. It will feature a track of each band and it's due to come out later this year. They are also about to do a mini-tour in September through the Balkans, along with Slovenia's Somrak. Meanwhile, drummer Menthor has been confirmed to be a full-time member, and a new full-length is currently being assembled. www.corpuschristii.com APRIL @ 2009 The Firstborn, Paranormal Waltz and VS777 One-Off Show Side B Bar, in Benavente, Portugal, will be hosting a rare event featuring Portuguese metallers The Firstborn, Paranormal Waltz (a rather historical Portuguese underground band) and VS777. The show's taking place next April 18 at 10:15 p.m., and doors open at 9:30 p.m. www.myspace.com/sidebbar Susperia's New Album Release Dates Norwegian metallers Susperia have confirmed the release of their fifth full-length album, Attitude, via Candlelight Records on May 18 in Europe and on the 19 in U.S.A./Canada. Recordings took place in late 2008 at Cyrus and Strand Studios in Norway, having been later mixed at Fredman Studio, in Sweden, by both Henrik Udd and Fredrik Nordström. The album is the band's debut for the label, and it features guest vocals from Dimmu Borgir's Shagrath and Testament's Chuck Billy. www.susperia.net Orcivus' New Vinyl and Merchandise Hiberica Records has just announced the release of a brand new overdue T-shirt featuring artwork from the band's debut Consummatum Est, as well as the album's vinyl version. The label has also announced the likelihood of a live performance from the band in Norway next month. www.hiberica.com Desire Releases EP Portuguese Doom Metal legends Desire have recently made available a brand new EP entitled CrowcifiX. This work comprises two original new songs, plus a live rendition of Frozen Heart... Lonely Soul..., in a total of 30 minutes of "intense and powerful despair". It comes available on both CD (digipack) and vinyl (12"). www.myspace.com/desireband Troll Invades Portugal Norwegian Black Metallers Troll are due to play in Portugal, at Side B Bar, in Benavente, Lisbon, with Lisbon's Darkside of Innocence as supporters. Doors open at 9 p.m. www.myspace.com/sidebbar MARCH @ 2009 My Dying Bride's New Effort Doom Metal legends My Dying Bride have announced that their new (and tenth) album, For Lies I Sire, will be available from March 29 through Peaceville Records. Recorded and mixed at Futureworks in Manchester, with long-time producer Mags, the album's special U.K. Guitar Edition (on a digipack with a slipcase containing a 24-page booklet, a bonus 12-page guitar booklet and customized plectrum) is already available for pre-order at www.burningshed.com/store/peaceville/product/246/1430. www.peaceville.com Millencolin, Anathema and Dream Theater in Portugal Portuguese agency Prime Artists has just announced the visit of the aforementioned bands to Portuguese soil in the following dates: 16-04-09: Millencolin, Incrível Almadense, Almada (with Far From Finished and Easy Way); 05-05-09: Anathema, Incrível Almadense, Almada (with Oblique Rain); 06-05-09: Anathema, Teatro Sá da Bandeira, Porto (with Oblique Rain); 18-06-09: Dream Theater, Coliseu dos Recreios, Lisbon; www.primeartists.eu Alex Kurtagic Releases Novel Supernal Music's Alex Kurtagic has recently announced the upcoming publication of his first novel, which is due be released by the end of March. Entitled Mister, the novel is reported to be "replete with obscure information and modern heretics, its elegant prose losing the reader in its bizarre logic, delirious paranoia, and meandering speculations, where nothing - and nobody - is what it seems." www.alexkurtagic.info Bal-Sagoth Reschedules Portuguese Shows Originally supposed to play live in Portugal on a couple of dates next April, Bal-Sagoth had to set new dates for these events, which are the following: 22-05-09: Side B Bar, Benavente, Lisbon; 23-05-09: Porto (venue to be confirmed); Support acts Hordes of Yore and Humanart will still be opening for the band has initially planned. www.myspace.com/sidebbar Pure Pain Metal Fest Taking place at Side B Bar in Benavente, Lisbon, Portugal, Pure Pain Metal Fest is gathering three national bands on its bill: Holocausto Canibal, Flagellum Dei and Lux Ferre. Doors open at 9:30 p.m. and the show is set to start at 10:30 p.m. www.myspace.com/sidebbar FEBRUARY @ 2009 Divine Lust's Promotional Tour The band has recently announced a small set of promotional live dates for their new album The Bitterest Flavours: 21-03-09: Sibe B, Benavente, Lisbon, Portugal (with Why Angels Fall and Mourning Lenore) 02-04-09: Santiago Alquimista, Lisbon (with The Eternal and Painted Black) 03-04-09: At.Mosh.Phera-Cero, Palencia, Spain (with The Eternal and Painted Black) 04-04-09: Metalpoint, Porto, Portugal (with The Eternal and Painted Black) 05-04-09: TNT, Santiago de Compostela, Spain (with The Eternal and Painted Black) 23-05-09: Rock n' Shots 80s Klub, Cascais, Portugal 30-05-09: Nyktos Bar, Figueira da Foz, Portugal www.divinelust.com Decayed's One-Off Show Portuguese Black Metallers Decayed will be playing live next Saturday 21 at Side B Bar, in Benavente, Lisbon, alongside The Ransack and Konad. The show is set to start at 9:30 p.m. www.myspace.com/sidebbar Sangue Negro Festival in Portugal Nightmare Productions and Cave Discos have just announced the line-up for this year's Sangue Negro Festival in Portugal: England's The One will be playing as headliners, while Balmog, Scarificare and Pestilência make sure to keep the hordes' interest intact. The event will be held at Side B Bar, in Benavente, Lisbon and the show is set to start at 9:30 p.m. www.myspace.com/sidebbar Mütiilation's Rerelease Available After being sold out for almost 3 years and previously limited to 500 copies, Mütiilation's Hail Sathanas We Are the Black Legions is now officially available again on a limited 1000 units repress by Portugal's Nightmare Productions. www.nightmareprod.com Ava Inferi's One-Off Show Founded by former Mayhem's guitarist Rune Eriksen, Ava Inferi will be doing a special concert next Friday 6 at Side B Bar, in Benavente, Lisbon that will start a small tour that the band is due to do in Europe. Show starts at 11:45 p.m. www.myspace.com/sidebbar Marilyn Manson's New Album and Video According to a press-release, Marilyn Manson's new album is entitled The High End of Low. Currently being mixed for a tentative May release, Manson has described it as "a self-described state of being that I'm in. You're going to be fucking freaked. It's the shit." Manson will also be shooting the album's first video this month, for the song I Want to Kill You Like They Do in the Movies, of which he revealed that "it's nine minutes long and severely sadist. Basically, it's murder, sex, death, the end." www.marilynmanson.com Sarah Jezebel Deva's Solo Effort Known from her work with Britain's Cradle of Filth and other acts like The Kovenant, Mortiis and Therion, Sarah Jezebel Deva continues the work on her debut record. Entitled A Sign of Sublime, the album is due to be released later in the year and so far, the drums have been laid down by Trigger the Bloodshed's Max Blunos. www.myspace.com/jezebeldeva Autopsy Rereleases Album Severed Survival, the band's seminal debut album, is being rereleased by Peaceville Records on February 23, as a two-disc special edition, featuring not only the band's trademark classic, but also rare and previously unheard versions of tracks from the early days, but most essentially two brand new tracks recorded last Autumn, especially to mark this release. The songs are also available on the extremely limited Horrific Obsession 7". www.peaceville.com JANUARY @ 2009 The Sisters of Mercy in Portugal One of the most legendary acts in alternative music, The Sisters of Mercy will be playing live in Portugal, next March 16, at Coliseu dos Recreios, in Lisbon, as part of their European tour. Doors open at 8:30 pm., so that the show can start an hour later. www.primeartists.eu Carcass Re-Issues Sophomore Album Death Metal legends Carcass have just made available a brand new re-edition of Symphonies of Sickness, their second album for Earache, in North America. Being the last of the crop to be re-released, it is out now as a limited edition CD and DVD set, housed in a deluxe digipack with extra artwork, but featuring the original gore artwork inside. It includes six previously unreleased bonus tracks, along with the second part of a mini-documentary series as bonus video material. www.myspace.com/carcass Theriomorphic, Corpus Christii and Crystalline Darkness' One-Off Show These three Portuguese bands will team up for a special event next January 31, at Side B Bar, in Benavente, Lisbon. Doors open at 9 p.m. and the show is set to start at 10:15 p.m. www.myspace.com/sidebbar The Datsuns in Portugal Neo-zealanders The Datsuns will be coming to Portugal during their Headstunts tour, for a show at Lisbon's Santiago Alquimista, next February 28. Doors open at 9 p.m. and the show is set to start an hour later. www.primeartists.eu Proclamation's One-Off Show in Portugal Spain's old-school Black Metallers Proclamation will be playing live next Saturday 23 at Side B Bar, in Benavente, Lisbon, alongside Portuguese My Enchantment and Hacksaw. The show serves as a warm-up gig for this year's Steel Warrior's Rebellion festival and it's set to start at 9:30 p.m. www.myspace.com/sidebbar Ataraxia's One-Off Appetiser Show An exclusive Italian presentation of some of the songs within the upcoming Ataraxia's full-length will be played next March 7, at the Teatro Cittadella, on Piazza Cittadella 11, in Modena, Italy. The show is set to start at 9.30 p.m. and it said to feature "celtic environments, fairy soundscapes and eastern flavours in a beautiful theatre. www.ataraxia.net Dragonforce and Turisas in Portugal Finnish Turisas will be filling the opening slot for British Dragonforce's show at the Cine-Teatro de Corroios, in Portugal, next February 5. Doors will be opening at 8 p.m. and the show is set to start at 9 p.m. www.primeartists.eu Mithras Announce New Frontman Following the departure of long time Mithras' frontman Rayner Coss from the band last December, Mithras have just announced Sam Bean (formerly of The Senseless and The Berzerker) as their new vocalist and bassist. According to Mithras "Sam was the only person asked to audition for the spot and dominated the tracks chosen for the audition with his brutal vocal delivery and deft bass work." www.mithras.org.uk Infernal Kingdom Release Debut Portuguese Black Metallers Infernal Kingdom have just announced the release of their awaited debut. Entitled The Black Throne of Hell, the album is available in CD and MC formats, and to celebrate its release, the band is due to play a couple of shows in Vigo, Spain and in Porto, Portugal. www.blackmetal-lusitania.com Hyubris and My Deception's One-Off Show Portuguese Folk Metallers Hyubris will be playing alongside Gothic Metallers My Deception at Side B Bar, in Benavente, Lisbon, next Saturday 17. The event is set to start at 9 p.m. www.myspace.com/sidebbar The Haunted Release Double Compilation The new two-disc compilation from the Swedish heavyweights is set to be released by Earache Records next March 29 in Europe and next April 7 in America, with material ranging from 1998 to 2003. Entitled Warning Shots, the first disc will contain 28 songs from the group's roster, and the second, rare and unreleased songs. The booklet is set to feature an extensive interview with bass player Jonas Bjorler, reflecting on the compilation's material. www.myspace.com/thehaunted Kreator in Portugal The German Thrash legend will be playing at Portugal's Teatro Sá da Bandeira, next January 30, alongside Caliban, Eluveitie and Emergency Gate. Doors are set to open at 7 p.m. www.primeartists.eu Corpus Christii's New Live Dates Nocturnus Horrendus and his gang have announced a new set of performances in Portugal at the following events: - 30-01-09: Side B, Benavente (with Theriomorphic and Crystalline Darkness); - 31-01-09: Algarve em Chamas Festival, Lagoa (with The Firstborn, In Tha Umbra and others) - 30-04-09: Steel Warriors' Rebellion Festival, Benavente (with Esoteric, The Haunted and others); www.myspace.com/corpuschristii666 Supernal Music Launches New Website Alex Kurtagic (manager of Supernal Music and of Benighted Leams' fame) has announced the new online version of his label's homepage, as well as the availability of a new digital catalogue for this month. www.supernalmusic.com Deicide Signs with Century Media Records Glen Benton and Co. have just signed a new worldwide deal with Century Media Records, which will release the band's upcoming studio effort (still on the works), being currently produced at Sanford's Audiohammer Studios, in Florida, with produced Mark Lewis, who has already worked with Chimaira and The Black Dahlia Murder. No release date has been set as of yet, although the record's expected to be out by summertime. www.deicide.com Samoth Launches New Project Known for his work with Emperor and Zyklon (among others), Samoth has just announced that, since last Spring, he's been working alongside his Scum colleague, Cosmocrator (of Mindgrinder's fame) on an Extreme Metal-based band project. Both have already written and demoed a complete album, and the search for both a vocalist and a drummer is the main goal for now. www.myspace.com/samothofficial Epping Forest Headlines Hard Metal Fest and Announces Endorsement The band's confirmed to close the fifteenth edition of Portugal's Hard Metal Fest, in Mangualde, at the Centro Cultural de Santo André. Doors are set to open at 3 p.m., with the shows starting half an hour later. Bands in order of appearence are Mons Lvnae, Alcoholocaust, Revolution, Within, Rato Raro, The Godiva, Angriff, Dawn of Tears, Switchtense, Dew Scented, Avulsed and Epping Forest. In other news, Epping Forest have also celebrated a new endorsement deal with America's Dean Guitars. www.eppingforest.net Black Tape for a Blue Girl Records with Brian Viglione Brian Viglione (of The Dresden Dolls' fame) is now Black Tape for a Blue Girl's new percussionist. Brian has been working alongside Sam Rosenthal on the group's forthcoming album, 10 Neurotics, and apparently the new songs are featuring an "aurally lush environment and shape that pushes them beyond their initial versions". www.blacktapeforabluegirl.com © 2009 The Lodge

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