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Artist News: News Bits: Mastodon, Opeth, Nightwish, Hawkwind, Evil Masquerade...more

Posted on Wednesday, September 21 @ 00:00:00 UTC by nightowl

Mastodon will tour this fall with Dillinger Escape Plan and Red Fang from October 25, in Austin TX (La Zona Rosa) to December 1 in Lake Buena Vista, FL (House Of Blues). In addition, the band are scheduled for the October 5 edition of CBS-TV's Late Show with David Letterman (11:30 pm ET/PT). [Source: Blabbermouth.net]

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Swedish progressive metallers Opeth have scheduled a four-date Australian headlining tour in December:

Dec. 15 - The Tivoli - Brisbane, Australia
Dec. 16 - The Enmore - Sydney, Australia
Dec. 18 - The Palace - Melbourne, Australia
Dec. 20 - Fremantle Metro - Perth, Australia

They're currently on a North American tour with Katatonia. [Source: Blabbermouth.net]

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Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers Nightwish will release their new album, Imaginaerum, in the U.S. on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 via Roadrunner Records; in Finland on Wednesday, November 30 and the rest of Europe on Friday, December 2 via Nuclear Blast Records. [Source: Blabbermouth.net]

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Hawkwind will release Leave No Star Unturned: Cambridge January 1972 on September 27, 2011. Amazon.com writes in it's "product description": "Previously unheard and unreleased live Hawkwind show from the Cambridge Corn Exchange in 1972. Recorded at the beginning of Hawkwind's mainstream breakthrough year, it features 'classic line-up' members Dave Brock -- Nik Turner -- Lemmy -- Robert Calvert. Diligently cleaned-up and re-mastered to provide maximum listening quality, and enabling Hawkwind's dedicated fan base to experience the band in full flow, poised to fly high and fly far, making the very concept of space rock their own in perpetuity." You can pre-order this title. [Source: Amazon]

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Denmark-based symphonic metal band Evil Masquerade has completed work on its fifth album, Pentagram, for a late 2011/early 2012 release via an as-yet-undetermined record label. The CD was once again produced by guitarist Henrik Flyman and mixed by Tommy Hansen (Jorn, Helloween) at Jailhouse Studios in Denmark. The track listing for the CD is as follows:

Pentagram / A Silhouette / Perfect Disgrace / The Spirits Of The Dead / Moonlight Fantasy / Unholy Water / Pray For Mercy On Our Souls / Soul Taker / On A Bed Of Thorns / Strangers Might Fool Ya / When The Fire Dies / The Golden Ratio

The music on Pentagram is described as heavily influenced by such bands as Dio, Black Sabbath, and Rainbow. Evil Masquerade are: Henrik Flyman - Guitar; Apollo Papathanasio (Firewind,Spiritual Beggars) - Vocals; Dennis Buhl - Drums; Thor Jeppesen - Bass. [Source: Blabbermouth.net]

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Founding Despised Icon guitarist Eric Jarrin has rejoined the Canadian progressive band Heaven's Cry, which is reforming after a seven-year break. The group performed at the legendary Montreal club Les Foufounes Electriques on September 18 as the support act for the Swedish act Katatonia.

Hailing from Montreal, Heaven's Cry gained worldwide recognition with its first album, Food For Thought Substitute, in 1997, and is currently working on its third release. The band's second effort, Primal Power Addiction, released in 2002, exceeded the success of its predecessor, with the group getting to tour Europe the same year and support many international acts in Canada.

Heaven's Cry's reformed lineup includes Pierre St-Jean, Sylvain Auclair, Eric Jarrin and René Lacharité. "The idea of playing again together is extremely exciting," Eric Jarrin said. "We all went our separate ways for the past six or seven years, and to come back to work on a new album with everyone's experiences and successes is really promising! But I wish to warn all Despised Icon fans, this has nothing to do with my previous work. This is a completely different genre, a very contrasting musical venture for me." Heaven's Cry will enter the studio early next year to record its third album. [Source: Blabbermouth.net]

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It's a great pleasure for us to announce Lunocode's deal renewal with Spider Rock until 10/06/2013, stating their trust in our work. We're therefore happy and honoured to announce the release date for their upcoming first full length album; title will be Celestial Harmonies, and will be out on 10 January 2012 through Spider Rock Promotion, for worldwide digital distribution.

This is the final tracklist: 1) Sin Cara / 2) Heart Of The World / 3) Indifference (feat. Olaf Thorsen) / 4) Misty Visions Of An Ordinary Day / 5) The Origin of Matter and Mind: I) On Matter And Mind - II) High - III) The Cosmic Architect - IV) Tree Of Life - V) Crossing The Line - VI) Albert II

The first four songs are not part of a concept, still mantaining a common fil rouge. The fifth is instead a long suite in six parts (average duration: 5 minutes), with an instrumental overture as intro. "Heart Of The World" is a remixed and rearranged acoustic version of a song on the EP Last Day Of The Earth; "Indifference" will be featuring of Olaf Thorsen (Labyrinth, Vision Divine) special guitar solo. [Source: Spider Rock Promotions]

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Soul Secret, on their brand new website (www.soulsecret.net), reveals the artwork and tracklist for their upcoming album Closer To Daylight:

Tracklist: Checkmate (5:51) / River's Edge (6:48) - featuring Marco Sfogli (James LaBrie) / If (3:48) / The Shelter (7:52) / Pillars Of Sand (9:09) / October 1917 (3:34) / Behind The Curtain (8:46) / Aftermath (16:43) - featuring Arno Menses (Subsignal, ex-Sieges Even)

Produced by Soul Secret and published by Galileo Records, as previously announced it was mixed and mastered by Markus Teske and the entire artwork was created by Alexandra V Bach. Release date will be announced soon. View the artwork here [Source: Davide Guidone]

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