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THE SWORD are releasing WARP RIDERS — a psychedelic space opera

Posted by tekhammer at 30 June 2010

Category: Doom Metal, Hard Rock

The Sword are releasing their third album, titled Warp Riders, on August 24. It’s being billed as “a psychedelic space opera that explores the temporal themes of death and rebirth”.

The cover alone makes me want to buy it, as it’s done in the style of classic pulp sci-fi novels.

In addition to this release, The Sword are also releasing a limited edition 12″ hexagonal (!) picture-disc single of (The Night the Sky Cried) Tears of Fire.

“Fans that are eagerly awaiting to hear the new material will have their thirst quenched on July 6 when first single Tres Brujas will be let loose online. The track is also the first part of a video trilogy helmed by former THE SWORD collaborators Artificial Army, which will launch in August. The second and third chapters of the saga will be for Lawless Lands and Night City.”

Warp Riders‘ track list is:

01. Acheron/Unearthing the Orb
02. Tres Brujas
03. Arrows in the Dark
04. The Chronomancer I: Hubris
05. Lawless Lands
06. Astraea’s Dream
07. The Warp Riders
08. Night City
09. The Chronomancer II: Nemesis
10. (The Night the Sky Cried) Tears of Fire

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AMORPHIS – Forging The Land Of Thousand Lakes

Posted by Witchfinder General at 30 June 2010

Category: Doom Metal, Folk Metal, Heavy Metal, Progressive

Finally a live concert from Amorphis. DVD only unless you get the deluxe edition that has audio CDs. Covering their entire catalogue although not surprisingly there are only minimal selections from their very early stuff and the less sucessful of their mid-era stuff.

Their three most recent studio albums with the current vocalist Tomi Joutsen are great stuff, especially Eclipse and Skyforger.  I had no idea how to tag these guys as they are a bit of everything – melodic, doom, folk, heavy, melodic, progressive, some growl vox, they defy easy classification (as did their countrymates Sentenced).

Check out www.amorphis.net for the DVD trailer.

Tracklists:

DVD 1:
Live in Oulu 2009
01. Silver Bride
02. Sampo
03. Towards And Against
04. The Castaway
05. Smithereens / The Smoke
06. Majestic Beast
07. Alone
08. Silent Waters
09. Divinity
10. Elegy Medley (Against Widows/Cares/On Rich And Poor)
11. From The Heaven Of My Heart
12. Sky Is Mine
13. Magic And Mayhem / Black Winter Day
14. Sign From The North Side
15. House Of Sleep
16. My Kantele

DVD 2:
Summer Breeze Open Air 2009
01. Leaves Scar
02. Towards And Against
03. From The Heaven Of My Heart
04. Against Widows
05. The Castaway
06. Sampo
07. Silver Bride
08. Alone
09. The Smoke
10. My Kantele
11. House Of Sleep
12. Magic And Mayhem

Bonus Material:
- Tales From The 20 Years (documentary)
- Video clips:
01. Black Winter Day
02. My Kantele
03. Against Widows
04. Divinity
05. Alone
06. Evil Inside
07. House Of Sleep
08. The Smoke
09. Silent Waters
10. Silver Bride
11. From The Heaven Of My Heart
12. My Kantele (Jyrki TV show, 1996)
13. Interview (Jyrki TV show, 1996)
- Photo gallery

CD 1 – Live in Oulu 2009
(Deluxe Edition only):
01. Silver Bride
02. Sampo
03. Towards And Against
04. The Castaway
05. Smithereens / The Smoke
06. Majestic Beast
07. Alone
08. Silent Waters
09. Divinity

CD 2 – Live in Oulu 2009
(Deluxe Edition only):
01. Elegy Medley (Against Widows/Cares/On Rich And Poor)
02. From The Heaven Of My Heart
03. Sky Is Mine
04. Magic And Mayhem / Black Winter Day
05. Sign From The North Side
06. House Of Sleep
07. My Kantele

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PARADISE LOST reissuing DRACONIAN TIMES on vinyl

Posted by tekhammer at 22 June 2010

Category: Doom Metal, Gothic

Paradise Lost are reissuing their 1995 album, Draconian Times hailed as their most influential album in a double 180 gram burgundy coloured vinyl. It's going to be numbered and limited to 2000 copies and will come out on July 26th on Peaceville records.

The track list is:

Side 1
1. Enchantment (6:04)
2. Hallowed Land (5:03)
3. The Last Time (3:23)

Side 2
1. Forever Failure (4:13)
2. Once Solemn (3:03)
3. Shadowkings (4:42)

Side 3
1. Elusive Cure (3:21)
2. Yearn For Change (4:19)
3. Shades Of God (3:54)

Side 4
1. Hands Of Reason (3:57)
2. I See Your Face (3:16)
3. Jaded (3:26)

Preorder it now from Peaceville.

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CANDLEMASS celebrate their 25th anniversary with an extra long concert

Posted by tekhammer at 17 June 2010

Category: Doom Metal

Candlemass are celebrating 25 years of legendary doom by performing an extra long show at Debaser Medis in Stockholm on Dec 18. They will be performing Epicus Doomicus Metalicus in its entirety with the original singer, Johan Längqvist.

Robert Lowe will still be there performing old and new songs at this epic event.

Tickets are available at Debaser.

I really should save some money ready so that I can go to an event like this one day. Because having only a few months to save up for a trip to the other side of the planet is going to take me longer than 6 months to save and plan for. :(

source: Candlemass.se

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CODEX DOOMICUS — Doom magazine in production

Posted by tekhammer at 12 June 2010

Category: Doom Metal, Heavy Metal

A print magazine dedicated to doom metal — titled Codex Doomicus — appears to be in the works and scheduled for a summer release (winter for those of us in the southern hemisphere).

Based in Quebec, Canada, Codex Doomicus so far has a MySpace page, upon which a history of doom metal appears, a few songs from various doom bands, and a notice requesting material to be reviewed.

Could be interesting. I look forward to its release, and getting hold of a copy.

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