Altsounds - CENTURY MEDIA NEWS 23RD JULY EDITION!

PARADISE LOST CONFIRM UK TOUR & SONISPHERE FESTIVAL APPEARANCE

British gothic metal act PARADISE LOST will release their highly anticipated new album “Faith Divides Us – Death Unites Us” on Century Media Records on September 28, 2009 in Europe. To present you the new material live, the band will head out on a massive headlining tour through UK & Europe kicking off October 30, 2009. See below for the exact dates!

Promising to be an even darker and heavier album than its extremely successful predecessor “In Requiem” (2007), you can now get a first impression of the new opus at the band’s official MySpace page. Just head over to http://www.myspace.com/paradiselostuk and enjoy the album’s stunning opening track “As Horizons End”.

Paradise Lost have also been confirmed to play at this years Sonisphere Festival on Sunday 2nd August, which will be new drummer Adrian Erlandsson’s first live performance with Paradise Lost in the UK

PARADISE LOST live in the UK:
2nd Aug – Sonsiphere Festival - Knebworth

PARADISE LOST
Faith Divides Us – Death Unites Us Tour 2009
30. Oct – Glasgow (UK) King Tuts
01. Nov – Newcastle (UK) Academy
02. Nov – Manchester (UK) Academy
03. Nov – London (UK) Academy
04. Nov – Sheffield (UK) Academy
05. Nov – Wolverhampton (UK) Wulfrun Hall

For full European tour & festival dates please see PARADISE LOST online:
http://www.paradiselost.co.uk
http://www.myspace.com/paradiselostuk

DESPISED ICON - post new track online; play UK & Europe on Never Say Die! Tour 2009!

Montreal’s masters of brutality DESPISED ICON are about to return with their new album “Day of Mourning” in September. Now, the devastating new track, “MVP,” is available on the band’s MySpace page http://www.myspace.com/despisedicon, so head over now to check it out.

Furthermore, the band will hit European stages on the highly anticipated Imperial Never Say Die! Club Tour 2009 with labelmates Architects and Iwrestledabearonce as well as Horse The Band, As Blood Runs Black, Oceano and The Ghost Inside, see below for the exact dates!

The new DESPISED ICON album was recorded with Yannick St-Amand, mixed by Andreas Magnusson (Haste The Day, Born of Osiris) and mastered by Alan Douches (Mastodon, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Nile). “Day Of Mourning” will be released on September 21st in Europe and September 22nd in the US!

DESPISED ICON live - Never Say Die Club Tour 2009
ARCHITETCS, DESPISED, Horse The Band, As Blood Runs Black, Oceano, I Wrestled A Bear Once, The Ghost Inside

30.10.2009 (UK) Brighton - Concorde 2
31.10.2009 (UK) Birmingham - Academy 2
01.11.2009 (UK) Sheffield - Corporation
02.11.2009 (UK) Glasgow - Cathouse
03.11.2009 (UK) Manchester - Academy 2
04.11.2009 (UK) London - The Electric Ballroom

For more information on DESPISED ICON & full European tour details see:
http://www.myspace.com/despisedicon

TENET – “Sovereign” debut album out now in Europe; new promo track online

TENET, the brainchild of guitarist Jed Simon (Strapping Young Lad / Zimmer’s Hole), are pleased to announce that the “Sovereign” debut album is out NOW in Europe via Century Media Records. The intense new promo track “Crown Of Thorns” has been now launched via the band’s official myspace profile at: www.myspace.com/tenetforce

Guitarist and TENET mastermind Jed Simon comments the release of “Sovereign” as follows:

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“Hey all you head-banging maniacs out there! The long, long, LONG wait is over! FUCK YES! FINALLY! I thought at times, as many of you did too I’m sure, that this was never going to see the light of day. It’s been a long road, and I’m stoked that so many of you have stayed by my side, waiting patiently. YOU RULE. So without any further bullshit, I give you “Sovereign”. This ain’t about punching people in the face, we’ve all done that...this is for pure head-banging, the pure love of metal. Remember that? Fuck yeah you do, and if you don’t...then it’s time to fuckin’ learn. Welcome to the NEW old school. Now put on your thrash hats and let’s see those heads shaking!

I’ve been balls deep in doing interviews the last few weeks and so far the response has been tremendous. That means a lot to me: everybody, thank you. With an album that has been talked about for so long, I have been nervous about the response. The initial reviews I have been reading are great, and it has really helped to validate all these years of work, and obsession, that has driven this beast. Finally the beast is free, and that freedom is an awesome thing. I gotta say, I feel like a skin has been shed...and it’s all good.

Right now we are working on getting this thing into touring mode. It’s going to take some work, I won’t lie, but when we get to your town...get ready to burn! No shuffling around the stage looking at our shoes, no ‘jump up’ in the air like a fuckin’ pogo goof, no sissies, no whining, no gimmicks, no keyboards. You’ll get A SHOW. A beer-soaked, raging good time. You’ll get what you pay for, and you deserve it. Until then my friends, welcome to the family!“

Mixed by Vincent Wojno (Machine Head, Kreator, Trouble, etc) and mastered by Andy Sneap (Megadeth, Opeth, Arch Enemy, etc.), “Sovereign” comes with artwork courtesy of Travis Smith (Opeth, Death, Nevermore, etc.) and will not only leave any lover of traditional thrash metal impressed but will also make an impact on fans of modern metal sounds without pseudo-trendy ambitions. If you like your METAL heavy and with a good dose of the 'old school', then you have found your home on “Sovereign”!

TENET line-up on “Sovereign”:

Jed Simon – Guitars (Strapping Young Lad, Zimmer’s Hole)
Steve “Zetro” Souza – Vocals (Exodus, Legacy)
Glen Alvelais – Lead Guitars (Forbidden, Testament)
Byron Stroud – Bass (Fear Factory, Strapping Young Lad)
Gene Hoglan – Drums (Dark Angel, Death, Strapping Young Lad)

TENET online:
www.myspace.com/tenetforce
www.tenetforce.com

IWRESTLEDABEARONCE – new album out in August / on tour in Europe

IWRESTLEDABEARONCE’s first full length album “It’s All Happening” will hit European stores on August 31st, 2009.

Completed in producer-extraordinaire Ross Robinson's (Slipknot, The Cure, At The Drive In) studio with engineer/producer Ryan Boesch (Eels, Foo Fighters) at the helm, IWABO's new album will take their complex sound to a new level.

Steven Bradley (guitars) comments:

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"We couldn't be happier with how the album turned out! Ryan Boesch somehow understood every idea we had and captured them all perfectly. We went out of our way to expand our sound in every way possible, and this album is definitely more extreme in every direction than our previous EP. Also, we wanted to steer clear of an over-produced and lifeless sounding record, and I believe we've found a balance between all the electronics we use and a raw un-edited sound."

The European version of “It’s All Happening” comes with exclusive remixes of “White Water In The Morning” and “Pazuzu For The Win” as bonus material and is topped off with the band’s new clip for “You Ain’t No Family” as video enhancement.

Additionally, the band is getting ready to destroy European stages on the Never Say Die! Club Tour 2009

I Wrestled A Bear Once - Never Say Die Club Tour 2009
ARCHITETCS, DESPISED ICON, Horse The Band, As Blood Runs Black, Oceano, I Wrestled A Bear Once, The Ghost Inside

30.10.2009 (UK) Brighton - Concorde 2
31.10.2009 (UK) Birmingham - Academy 2
01.11.2009 (UK) Sheffield - Corporation
02.11.2009 (UK) Glasgow - Cathouse
03.11.2009 (UK) Manchester - Academy 2
04.11.2009 (UK) London - The Electric Ballroom

IWRESTLEDABEARONCE online:
http://www.myspace.com/iwrestledabearonce

CALIBAN – launch new episode of CalibanTV; announce new song premiere on July 24th

CALIBAN have launched a brand new episode of CalibanTV! Head over to http://www.myspace.com/caliban and experience some entertainment from CALIBAN’s touring madness while travelling through Australia and Asia!

Furthermore the band has announced they will launch another new song off their new album “Say Hello To Tragedy” on July 24thvia their redesigned MySpace page (http://www.myspace.com/caliban) to get another taste of “Say Hello To Tragedy” which will hit stores on August 24th in Europe

In the meantime you can still listen to “24 Years” at MySpace or watch their new video clip for the track here:
The new album “Say Hello To Tragedy” was produced by Benny Richter, co-produced by guitarist Marc Goertz and mixed by Killswitch Engage guitarist Adam D - the same team behind the predecessor “The Awakening”

The band has been confirmed to headline the Beastfest European tour 2009 featuring label mates Suicide Silence and Maroon as well as Emmure and After The Burial after which the band will play the UK with Emmure – dates below

See below for the exact dates and enjoy this year’s hottest modern metal tour!

Caliban, supporting Emmure
w/ After The Burial + tba.
10.11.09 Wrexham (UK) - Central Station
11.11.09 Glasgow (SCO) - Cathouse
12.11.09 Sheffield (UK) - Corporation
14.11.09 Leeds (UK) - Rios
15.11.09 Birmingham (UK) - Academy 2
17.11.09 Newcastle (UK) - Academy 2
18.11.09 Newport (UK) - TJ's
19.11.09 London (UK) - Relentless Garage