COB In Store Signings in Dublin and Glasgow

16 May 2008 In: Music

The band has scheduled two signing sessions before their 2 UK headlining shows on Wednesday 11th June at 4:30pm at zavvi Dundrum in Dublin, Ireland and Thursday 12th June at 5:00pm at zavvi Buchanan street in Glasgow, Scotland.

These events are wristband only. Wristbands are available on a first come first served basis to personal callers only from 9:00am on Saturday 7th June at zavvi Dundrum and 9:00am on Monday 9th June at zavvi Glasgow Buchanan. 1 wristband per person. www.zavvi.co.uk

Press release about the new video. Check it out! 

Polish metal titans BEHEMOTH recently shot a new video for the track “At The Left Hand Ov God,” which comes off their highly acclaimed new album The Apostasy. The clip was produced by acclaimed Polish director Dariusz Szermanowicz and Group 13. An in-depth, exclusive look into making of the video has been posted online, so click on the link below to check it out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3tkZ3UrmDk

Also, check out pictures from the video shoot at http://www.behemoth.pl/in the Visuals/Misc section.

In other news, the band has just finished their second leg of their “European Apostasy” tour, which covered UK, France, Spain and Portugal.

Nergal (vocals, guitars) states: “We’ve just returned home, exhausted but satisfied! It was extremely successful trek I have to say. Shows in London, Lisbon, Limoges and Nantes in France and especially the one in Paris, which we filmed for upcoming DVD were probably our best performances EVER. I’m so fuckin’ happy we managed to catch that memorable night on cameras, so we can share it with fans in the near future. Also, I’d like to send my regards to both opening bands: Suicide Silence and Devilish Impressions for being great companions. We are taking some time off now to enjoy a few weeks of well deserved rest before we hit the road again. The Inferno Festival and North American tour await. Get ready for some more darkness to come!”

BEHEMOTH are set to make their much anticipated return to North America this spring on “The Invaluable Darkness Tour Part 2″ as direct support to Dimmu Borgir. The month-long trek, which kicks off on April 2nd, also features Keep of Kalessin in the support slot and marks BEHEMOTH’s third stateside run in support of The Apostasy. Feel free to visit www.myspace.com/behemoth to view their complete touring itinerary.

The video​ for Behemoth’s ‘At The Left Hand Ov God’ is curre​ntly onlin​e here:​ http:​/​/​headb​anger​sblog​.​mtv.com/​2008/​04/​24/​video​-​premi​ere-​behem​oths-​at-​the-​left-​hand-​ov-​god/​ and will make its TV premi​er​ on Headb​anger​s Ball this Satur​day.​ 

Here is the offic​ial press​ relea​se from MTV: 

Play games​ with Behem​oth front​man Adam “Nerg​al” Darsk​i and you might​ just find yours​elf witho​ut a consc​ience​ or a soul.​ The Polis​h princ​e of black​ and metal​ is charm​ing and frien​dly,​ but his heart​ pulse​s with a hatre​d for relig​ion and conte​mpt for the mains​tream​.​ And his music​ mirro​rs his belie​fs (or lack there​of)​,​ echoi​ng with infer​nal song struc​tures​ and cries​ of absol​ute torme​nt.​ Behem​oth’s​ video​s aren’​t much cheer​ier,​ as demon​strat​ed by their​ lates​t offer​ing,​ “At the Left Hand Ov God.”
It’s our most epic song so far,​” Nerga​l says.​ “We decid​ed to go with somet​hing more sophi​stica​ted and deman​ding this time.​ It’s not very often​ that bands​ pick up five minut​e long songs​ for their​ video​s.​ In oppos​ition​ to curre​nt tende​ncies​,​ we decid​ed to build​ somet​hing more compl​ex and intri​guing​.​”
Also unlik​e many other​ extre​me bands​,​ Behem​oth based​ the video​ aroun​d a concr​ete story​.​
“‘At the Left Hand Ov God’ has a very provo​cativ​e yet symbo​lic and multi​-​dimen​siona​l massa​ge,​ so we took a lot of time to write​ a decen​t scrip​t,​ so it’s not just a band perfo​rmanc​e,​” Nerga​l says.​ “We wante​d to expos​e the theat​rical​ side of the band,​ but the point​ was to still​ keep it distu​rbing​ and dange​rous.​ There​’s defin​itely​ too many gimmi​cks and clich​és in metal​ these​ days.​ I belie​ve that our new video​ repre​sents​ serio​us attit​ude.​ With ‘At the Left Hand Ov God,​’ we are bring​ing evil back.​ You have been forew​arned​.​”
The video​ was direc​ted by Polis​h TV and Film produ​ction​ compa​ny Grupa​13.​ “They​ have a lot of exper​ience​,​ but it was first​ time they worke​d with metal​ band,​” Nerga​l says.​ “They​ did an amazi​ng job. I’m still​ blown​ away by how much effor​t they put into this video​.​ I hope toget​her we accom​plish​ed not only the most impre​ssive​ of all Behem​oth’s​ video​s but one of the most memor​able and outst​andin​g metal​ video​s in the genre​.​”

Watch​ Behem​oth’s​ “At the Left Hand Ov God” video​ on Satur​day’s​ Headb​anger​s Ball.​

Search with Pantera

10 May 2008 In: Music

We’re doing this “Search With Pantera” thing. It’s a search engine you use for free and accumulate “swag bucks” that you trade in for Pantera stuff. It’s powered by Google so you can use this instead of Google.

Get all the info on “Search With Pantera” by clicking here:

http://www.searchwithpantera.com

Behemoth have lined up several summer festival shows that are gonna be the final shows wrapping up ìThe Apostasyî touring cycle.
Commented Nergal: ìWe are stoked beyond belief! Weíve just confirmed a number of best summer festivals across Europe and I canít think of a better way to end the promotional campaign for our latest recordî.

The dates are as follows: 

2008-05-31 NL - Tilburg, Neurotic Deathfest
2008-06-21 MA- Casa Gateways Festival
2008-06-25 NO - Hove, Hove Festivalen
2008-06-27 BE - Dessel, Graspop Festival
2008-06-28 FI - Helsinki, Tuska Open Air
2008-07-05 SE - Arvika, Arvika Festivalen
2008-07-06 SI - Tolmin, Metalcamp
2008-08-09 DE - Bad Berka, Partysan Open Air
2008-08-14 DE - Dinkelsb¸hl, Summer Breeze Open Air
2008-08-15 CZ - Jaromer, Brutal Assault
2008-08-29 NO - Bergen, Hole In The Sky Festival
2008-09-27 DE - Essen, Essen Death Fest w/Nile, Grave and Belphegor + more (NOT DOING ASGARD FESTIVAL!!)

BEHEMOTH, are set to make their much anticipated return to North and South America this spring. Be sure to visit www.myspace.com/behemoth to view their complete touring itinerary

In this Headbangers Ball Blog Opeth interview podcast, Åkerfeldt talks about his musical goals for Watershed, his personal approach to the lyrics and how having children has made him more angry and aware. He also addressed the musical changes Åkesson has brought to the band, the impact The Zombies and The Hollies had on the new disc and why he chose to cover songs by Pat Travers and Alice in Chains. 

Check it out: http://headbangersblog.mtv.com/2008/05/09/exclusive-podcast-opeth-frontman-mikael-akerfeldt/

The Gauntlet Interviews Mikael Akerfeldt!

9 May 2008 In: Music

Colette Claire from TheGauntlet.com got her interview on with Mikael Akerfeldt of Opeth.

This video was taken on the opening night of the Progressive Nation Tour at the Gibson in Los Angeles, CA on May 2nd. Mikael talks about the duration of this tour, the new album, Watershed, and the recording process, and going through different ideas while writing music.

Check it out: http://www.thegauntlet.com/interviews/298/Opeth.html

This is it! A fantastic opportunity to win a pair of tickets to the hardest rocking awards show of the year!!
Spinefarm Records UK is offering 150 pairs of tickets to see Children Of Bodom perform in all their heavy metal glory at this year’s Golden Gods Awards, to be held June 16th 2008 at London’s O2. What’s more, some especially lucky folk will also be selected to receive Spinefarm goody bags including all sorts of special Spinefarm bits and pieces!
All you have to do to get your hands on these little beauties is fill in the form below, and hope that the reaper selects YOU when he dips his scythe in our electronic post bag! Winners will be notified by email around 2 weeks before the date of the event, so you’ll have plenty of time to prep your neck muscles for what promises to be the most headbanging show of the year!
So what are you waiting for?!
http://www.spinefarmrecords.co.uk/competition/goldengods

Want To Work Security For Megadeth?

3 May 2008 In: Music

In response to a Washington Post column about the Philadelphia Flyers fans that read “women and children could be security for Megadeth,” lead singer Dave Mustaine sent a videotaped message of support wearing a jersey of the Flyers captain, Jason Smith. Megadeth and the Philadelphia Flyers have joined up to give fans of both the team and the band a special playoff treat - a free downloadable iron-on so you can make your own Megadeth Security shirts. The Flyers continue their playoff run on Wednesday night against the Montreal Canadians.

To craft your very own Megadeth Security T-shirt at home, Go here:http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/Megadeth%20Security.pdf
for the print out.

Flyers fans and Megadeth fans alike - wear it proud!

Megadeth are currently on tour with Gigantour, for more information on these guys check out Megadeth.com.

Nightwish Cancels The concert in Sayreville

3 May 2008 In: Music

From the letter taken from Nighwish’s Official Website:

Sad news for the fans who were planning to go to the concert in Sayreville, NJ on May 5th. Unfortunately, the band has to cancel the show due to circumstances beyond their control. The only suitable cargo flight from Mexico has been cancelled, which means that there is no way to get the backline transported to the venue in time. We are truly sorry about the cancellation.

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