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“АРАВТ” БУЮУ НҮҮДЛИЙН ДАЙЧИДТАЙ ХИЙСЭН ЯРИЛЦЛАГА

Өнөөдөр бид Нүүдлийн Дайчид цомгоо худалдаанд гаргаад байгаа, тун удахгүй өөрсдийн анхны тоглолтоо тавих гэж байгаа нүүдэлчин мэтал “Аравт” хамтлагийн гитарчин Морган-тай уулзаж байна.

Тэдний тоглолт 2015 оны 10-р сарын 10-ны өдөр ВЕГАС КЛУБ-т болно. Юуны түрүүнд та бүхэнд анхны цомог, анхын тоглолтоо сонсогч түмэн (хишигтэндээ) хүргэх гэж байгаад баяр хүргэе.

Мэталиум: Сонсогч нарт өөрсдийгөө танилцуулахгүй юу?

Морган: Сайн байна уу? Аравт хамтлагын зүгээс энэ өдрийн мэндийг хүргэе. Хамтлагийн бүрэлдэхүүнд маань Дуучин Нямдорж, Аргил гитарчин Болорсүх,  Гитарчин Баттөр, Бөмбөрчин Гантулга нар багтдаг байгаа. Би өөрөө гитарчин бас морин хуур тоглодог.

Мэталиум: Хамтлаг хэзээ байгуулагдав? Яаж хамтлагаа төсөөлж байв?

Морган: Хамтлаг байгуулагдаад яг нэг жилийн нүүр үзэж байна. Их удаан бодож яваад хийж байгаа уран бүтээл учираас хамтлагын өнгө аяс эхнээсээ ер нь тодорхой байсан л даа.  Тийм ч учраас их богино хугацаанд хамтлагийнхаа цомгийг гаргаж чадсан байх. Ер нь л анх бид 5 ярилцаж төлөвлөсөн ажлаа цаг тухайд нь хийж амжуулж чадаж байна.

Мэталиум: Морган хэзээнээс хөгжим, тэр тусмаа мэтал хөгжим сонсч эхэлсэн бэ? Хөгжим хэзээнээс тоглож эхлэв?

Морган: Анх бол ах нарыг дагаад л орцонд гитар нүдэж суудаг байлаа. Өөрөө би морин хуурын ангид сурдаг байсан болоод ч тэр үү ер нь Монгол хэв маягтай дуу хийж үзэх хүсэлтэй, хамтлагтай болоод тайзан дээр тоглох мөрөөдөлтэй.  Cannibal Corpse, Metallica гэх мэт яг тухайн үедээ л хүн болгоны сонсдог байсан хөгжмийг л сонсож өссөн дөө. Тухайн үед ах нараас кассет гуйж их сонсдог, ганц байгаа өөрийнхөө кассет дээр эргүүлж тойруулаад л хуулж аваад л сонсоод суудаг байлаа.

Мэталиум: Нүүдлийн Дайчид цомгийн тухай яриач...

Морган: Цомог маань нийт 10 дуутай.  Дууны бичлэгийг Beat студи дээр бүгдийг нь амьдаар бичсэн.  Хамгийн онцолж ярих дуу бол Монголын рок дуучидтай (10 хамтлаг, дуучид нийлж) Бид Монгол хэмээх дуу байна л даа. Маш их зохион байгуулалт, хөлс хүч шаардсан дуу болсон. Манай сонсогчдод ч бас таалагдсан гэдэгт итгэлтэй байна.

Мэталиум: Хамтлагийн дуугаралтыг ямар стиль, ямар маягийн гэж тодорхойлж байна?

Морган: За ер нь бол их холимог урсгал учираас сонсогчид маань л яг тодорхойлж гаргаж ирэх байх.  Аравтын өнгө аяс бол метал хөгжим дээр үндэсний аялгуу зоож, ардын хөгжимөөр хачирласан шинэлэг аялгуу болсон гэж боддог.

Мэталиум: Тоглолтын бэлтгэл дуусч, хоног цаг тоолон суугаа байх, сэтгэгдэл ямар байна?

Морган: Хуруу дараад л өдөр тоолоод л сууна даа. Бэлтгэл ажил ер нь бол дууссан. Тоглолтын тасалбарыг Hi Fi Records дээр борлуулж байгаа. Дуугаралт зохион байгуулалт тал дээр маш их анхаарч байгаа. Ерөнхийдөө NIS NIS FEST дээр ажилласан баг ажиллах болохоор маш итгэлтэй л сууж байна.

Мэталиум: Нээлтийн хамтлагийн тухайд?

Морган: Тоглолтоо нээж урьж байгаа хамтлуудаа хүндлээд Аравт тоглож эхлэх болно. Хэсэг хугацаанд завсарлаад иргээд төгсгөлөө хийнэ дээ.

Мэталиум: Чиний хувьд хамгийн их нөлөөлсөн 5 цомог эсвэл хамтлаг юу вэ?

Морган:  За ер нь бол тоочоод барамгүй л юм даа. Их олон хөгжим хольж сонсдог. Cannibal corpse, Carcass, Amon Amarth, Lamb of god, Meshuggah, гээд л явж өгөх биз...

Мэталиум: Монголын мэтал хөгжмийн тухай бодлоосоо хуваалцаач...

Морган: Нэг хэсэг бол янзын сайхан байлаа шд. Одоо бол эхэн үеээ бодвол сонсогч их болж. Олон нийт ч хүлээн зөвшөөрдөг болсон байна. Нэг нотолгоо гэвэл Монголын Үндэсний Радио Телевиз ээр Аравт хамтлаг өөрсдийн уран бүтээлээ шууд тоголж үзүүллээ. TM болон OTV гээр шууд нэвтрүүлэг болон тусгай нэвтрүүлэг бэлдэж гаргалаа.  МҮОНРТ- ийн P3 Радио бүтэн 7 хоногийн турш орой болгон тусгай нэвтрүүлэг бэлдэж цацлаа. Төв шуудангийн нүүрэн талд том зарлал өлөглөө. Ер нь нэг үеээ бодвол хүмүүс маш их сонирхож байна. Метал хөгжимд одоо маш сайн менежэр, боловсруулалт, идвэхжүүлэлт дутаад байна. Монгол Метал дэлхийд гарах боломжтой гэж би боддог.

Мэталиум: Харин сонсогчдын хувьд?

Морган: Нийт хүрээ нь ихэссэн боловч зүгээр л тоглолтын үүдээр эргэлдэж архидаж, үнэгүй орчих гээд л хүн амьтан үймүүлээд явдаг хүмүүс их болжээ. Заал хоосон боловч гадаа нь их байх жишээтэй. Гэхдээ бас чинь сэтгэлээсээ тусгаж аваад хөгжмөө зөв хэрэглэж байгаа залуучууд ч их байна.

Мэталиум: “Аравт”-ын хувьд сархад, тамхи тэргүүтэнг яаж хүлээж авдаг вэ?

Морган: Ер нь бол олон нийтийн газар, Тайзан дээр бусдыгаа хүндлэх ёстой л доо. Архи уувал арван тамтай гэдэг дээ.. хэхэ. Ер нь бол дэмий зүйл. Яг бид 5 бол тэгж их уугаад гадуур дотуур хөлчүүрхээд явсан удаа байхгүй ээ. Ер нь бол тэгэх ч гүй байх..

Мэталиум: Сүүлийн үед урд хөршид олон хамтлагууд ирж тоглож байна. Энэ долоо хоногт л гэхэд Megadeth, Carcass зэрэг томчууд иржээ. Та нар хамгийн сүүлд ямар тоглолт үзэв?

Морган: За ёстой үзэж байгаагүй юм байна. Энд тэнд явж байхдаа зарим нэг хүмүүстэй тааралдаж л байдаг юм. Яг үнэндээ бид 5 чинь оффис ажилтай, арай гэж гарсан жоохон цагаа хамтлагтаа зориулдаг болохоор гадагшаа явах битгий хэл нэг орой сайхан найзуудтайгаа юм яриад суух ч зав гарахгүй юм байна шү ү дээ. Тэгээд болох биз..

Мэталиум: Цомог, пянз цуглуулдаг уу? Тийм бол, цуглуулгаасаа танилцуулаач

Морган: За надаа бол нилээд олон кассет бол байгаа шүү. Хэхэх. Хэдэн жилийн дараа алт болох байх..

Мэталиум: Сүүлийн асуулт, бидний сүүлийн асуулт зочин хойморт суугаа хүндээ үлдээдэг уламжлалтай. Юу хүссэнээ энд ярьж, хэлж болно.

Морган: Аравт хамтлагыг дэмжиж тусалж байгаа хүмүүс төсөөлсөнөөс маш их байгаад үнэхээр их баярлаж байгаа. Тоглолт болон цомгийг маань авах гэж бяцхан хүлээлт үүссэн байгааг харах бас их сайхан мэдрэмж юм байна. Тоглолтонд ирэх залуучууд цагаа сайн барих хэрэгэй байна шүү. За тэгээд метал хөгжимөө сонсоод эрч хүчээ сэлбээд ажиллаад байж дээ ажиллаад байж....

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Winter's Wake - Yellow Moon (EP) Review

Four brothers from a very unlikely place is conjuring an unlikelier music. This is the story of Winter's Wake debut album Yellow Moon. Born in the fiery pits of Staten Island, New York comes a band that reaches beyond the seas to tap into the Norsk wave of Viking (Folk) metal. At first, it seems like a futile attempt to write music, but make no mistake about it, this is a young band that cannot be ignored.

Yellow Moon is epic, fierce and it's definitely loud & exciting. We haven't heard anything like this in awhile so we can only say to you, just listen. The four track EP album has a rich variety of sounds, at first you can hear elements of folk metal, with flute infused mellow music climbing to a more faster and louder riffs accompanied by black metal vocals. It's an interesting mixture, because you can't come out and say this is a (that) genre band. Winter's Wake definitely has Viking/Folk roots embedded in their music, but also reaching over the boundaries.

Metalium is very pleased to be recommending Winter's Wake to everybody. You can expect Immortal esque vocals with lots of melody and riff that remind you Einherjer or Enseferium. The album doesn't have a "bad" or "meh" song. It's a full play album you can just put it in and forget about skip/ff-ing. Musically their sound is similar to that of Bathory, Immortal.  Fans of the bands mentioned will no doubt develop a taste for Yellow Moon.

Track by Track: Haven of North - 3.5/5 Fear Beyond Darkness - 4.5/5 Yellow Moon - 4.5/5 Winter's Wake - 5/5

Look out for a full length album, I have a feeling it's going to be thrice as good as the EP.

Winter's Wake can be found here -> www.facebook.com/WintersWakeMetal Metalium reviews/interviews here -> www.facebook.com/Metalium.mn

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Best albums of 2014 [Metalium's Year End Review] Pt. 1

The year 2014 is wrapping up in less than two days... We have had a good run this year even without our regular radio programming we still spoke with bands, discovered great music and best of all - being part of your metal life.

So, without further horse s*** , let's get down to business.

10. Christopher Lee – Metal Knight (EP)

Metalium has always kept an open eye (and ear) to all genres of metal. This includes Sir Christopher Lee, who's personal and professional achievements go beyond us mere mortals. Needless to say he has done so fuckin' much in 90 years on earth than most of us. His EP album "Metal Knight" is a straight metal blow in your face. No bullshit, No hype. The album incorporates traditional heavy metal with various operatic elements and composition due to the nature of the album's concept and songs. Opera vocals with (backing singers), powerful riffs and a majestic buildup of excitement. We think this is a different Opera/Symphonic Metal album on the scene. In addition we absolutely love the idea of artists composing and making albums without overblown marketing or hype. Metal Knight is our No. 10 album of 2014. Tracks to lookout for: - I, Don Quixote - Toreader March

9. Body Count – Manslaughter

Like we said earlier, Metalium listens to all kinds of metal. We always had a thing for odd musicians... People might argue that Ice-T leading a band of musicians in the field of metal was just for gags. But think twice, Body Count has the core elements of metal, rebellion and antagonist music & lyric combined with brutality. Manslaughter is their 2014 release, it's straight as fuck, no drama. We love our metal brothers, white or black! Tracks to lookout for: -Talk Shit, Get Shot! - Manslaughter

8. Agalloch – The Serpent and the Sphere

There are tons of Folk Metal bands in the ocean, but none can swallow you like Agalloch. Their doomy gloomy sound dipped in folk & electrical music slowly creeps upon you and you seem to enjoy it. No exception here on their 2014 album. It's deep, it's curious, it's full of emotions and its loong. Most of the songs are above your average lengths, but each song has a structure that builds up from a single riff to a longer reach and you seem to be swept away by all of them. Words cannot describe the feeling we got... We just know this is a treat for all Atmospheric, Folk, Doom fans. Enjoy!

Tracks to lookout for:

- The whole album!!!

7. Dust Bolt – Awake the Riot

Last year we had Lost Society from Finland ripping everyone in the path, this year they are still at large, but another a challenger is coming up. Dust Bolt hails from Germany, a nation known to have one of the best thrash bands. Their Awake the Riot album is No. 7 on our list. Why?  Because they are what thrash is and what thrash needs to be. Fast, brutal, crazy and more faster. Few bands are around that sounds like these guys. Metalium salutes!

Tracks to lookout for:

- Soul Erazor- Agent THRASH

6. Cannibal Corpse – A Skeleton Domain

Giants of death metal are back again with another release. This album is specifically recommended by our very own DJ/Host Crow, who has been digging into death metal lately. He says the albums is 'Cannibal being Cannibal' but what makes it good is that it stands out far better than other death metal albums of 2014, aside from Obituary, which more furious and unforgiving. Your 2014 dose of death metal is not complete without them.

Tracks to lookout for:

- Skeletal Domain - Kill or Become - Murderer's Pact

5. Judas Priest – Redeemer of Souls

Another veteran band with a new release is none other than Judas Priest, their Redeemer of Souls is a proof that some bands still have the good stuff. It's been a long time since they did a good album. We have to be honest, it's not as good as their old days but you won't find a classic metal like them delivering good sounds these days very easily.

4. Solstafir – Otta

Solstafir, a band from the mid 90's is back this year with this astonishing album. Much like Agalloch, this album is beautifully composed and arranged. Not your typical metal, with sung in English. Entirely in its mother tongue, Otta sets the mood from the start, emotional, gloomy and full of atmosphere. Not in an ambient way but a more personal, deep way of expression. One of the best underrated albums of 2014 - Otta is No.4 on our list.

Tracks to lookout for: -Entire album!!!

3. Obituary – Inked in Blood

Even with a long history and many albums, Obituary is an oddball death metal band that is still good to listen. Inked in Blood came out this year, its not Slowly We Rot, but the engulfing riffs and drums make this album stand out among common sounds. It's almost as if the band said 'FUCK it', let's just sing and jam and hit record. The end result? our No. 3 album of 2014.

2. Mongol – Chosen by Tegri

Mongol is unknown to most, but make no mistake about it, they are true and they are our No. 2 of 2014. The band released their album Chosen by Tengri this year and even came all the way over to Mongolia to sing for the local crowd. We loved them both on the album and live. Mongol taps into the rich history of XIII century of Mongolian Empire and  their sound is similar to that of Children of Bodom, Tengger Cavalry mixed with death metal elements. This album is a great. This may sound cliche already but we just adore the idea of the songs, lyrics and performance of the album.

Tracks to look out for: - The entire album

1. Nine Treasures – Nine Treasures

Our No. 1 album of the year 2014 is by a band from Inner Mongolia called Nine Treasures. Folk metal quintet's self titled album of the year proves that singing mother tongues can be just as cool as singing an widely known language. Their lyrical themes and riffs are a perfect representation of how stories can be told and still deliver that good vibe without jeopardizing lyric, music or riffs. They too came to Mongolia this year alongside Mongol and  dominated the stage. Tracks to lookout for: - Black Heart - Sonsii - Three Year Old Warrior

There you have it friends, by our ears and eyes, those are the best albums of 2014 for us. Of course there are tons of other stuff, but to us they had a certain connection . Happy new year! May 2015 bring us more metal. Metalium, 2014-12-30

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Metalium interviews Malmhaus (AKA Metalhead) Director Ragnar Bragason

Today, we have the honor of conducting an interview with Ragnar Bragason, a film director and screenwriter, whose latest film captivated the music loving audiences, especially those who hail metal. He is the man behind an independent movie “Malmhaus” (A.K.A Metalhead), depicting a grief struck girl wounded from her older brother’s accidental death causing her to take comfort in the image of the deceased brother.

(Director: Ragnar Bragason) M: In the movie, metal music is a key focus, why? And are you a metalhead? We assume you are behind the soundtrack? R: I bought my first album at the age of 11. It was Iron Maiden's Number Of The Beast and I've been a metalhead ever since. When I wrote the screenplay I wrote into it the songs I wanted to use in the film. It was a list of nine songs and I was lucky that I could get the license to use most of them. Originally I made a list of around 100 songs that have made a huge impact on me and followed me throughout my life. M: How did you produce the movie in general? Time-span, budget, casting etc. R: The script was written in 2010 and the film was filmed in 2012. The budget was around one million US$. It was shot over a period of 8 weeks in the dead of winter. Most of the characters are written with specific actors in mind. Actors I like or have worked with before. M: Can you tell us about your approach, style and concept of directing films? R: I'm a self taught, I didn't go to film school. So my background is doing TV documentaries and Music videos. Two different mediums but that was my own film school, along with the local video rental shop. I just watched all the films I could get, obscure, international etc. My concept is truth. That's the only thing I strive for. Either in tone, setting or acting. And I only do my own stories. I write and direct. M: Lead role of the girl’s development, in terms of preparation? Did she really learn to play or was this something she already knew how to do it? R: I was really fortunate to find Thorbjorg Helga who plays Hera in the film. When I met her the story took flight and I started writing seriously. She didn't play guitar before, well, maybe she could strum a cord at at party. But she took things very seriously and had two teachers for over a year who taught her the basics. It was very important that the audience believed that she plays guitar.

M: Malmhaus is not majorly distributed, but vastly popular. How do you feel about this? R: Well, Metalhead has the same distribution that an indipendantly made European film has. It has a sales company that has sold the theatrical rights to some 18 countries. The rest have to see the film at at film festival, on a DVD or on the Internet. A Vimeo-on-Demand release is coming up on the 10th of December. The sad thing is that Hollywood controls most of the world market. They bully the distributors to screen all their product and monopoly. To distribute an indipendant film, especially in a obscure language like Icelandic, takes a long time. But slowly and surely the film goes out there. M: Since opening in Toronto IFF opening, how many countries has Malmhaus been shown at? R: I don't have the exact number but I would say at festivals around 30 countries. At general theatrical distribution 3 but a lot coming up in the new year. M: We particularly liked the scene where the Trio comes over to see the girl & stays for dinner. It’s our favorite part of the film, are those guys in a band or actors? R: Both. Our Norwegian co-producer held casting in Oslo. A lot of guys came in. Some actors, some musicians. M: Would you say the movie is about journey of self identity? R: Sure. It one of the major themes of the film. Along with community and forgiveness. M: Can you tell us some of the difficulties of filming Malmhaus? R: Well, it went smoothly. Besides that we didn't get the snow we wanted. It was mostly a dry winter in Iceland so most of the snow is done in post production. It was time consuming but worked out fine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck9qv1GJLkg M: As a director, who would you say your major influence is? R: Mike Leigh, John Casavettes, David Lynch, Charles Dickens M: What’s your next movie? Any chance of Metalhead 2 or a documentary with a similar storyline to this? R: Nothing of the sort planned, but you never know. I'm not big on repeating myself so my next film will be something compleately different. I have a few scripts and projects going but nothing concrete at the moment.

M: Will Malmhaus hit dvd/blu-ray anytime soon? R: Yes, we are doing funding for a first run of DVD and BluRay with English and Spanish Subtitles on Karolina Fund. If we reach the goal the discs will be sent to people in February. So please, go to the site and pre-buy a copy! https://www.karolinafund.com/project/view/703 It's already out on DVD in Sweden and DVD and BluRay in Germany. M: With that, we are wrapping our interview. Thank you so much for the chance to speak directly to you. We will post the interview on Facebook and on our Tumblr blog. And needless to say again, we really enjoyed the movie! Keep rocking dude!

Its been nice talking to you Ragnar, we hope you will make many more movies like this.

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Graveworm Interview (Nov. 2014)

Metalium interviews Stefano Fiori, Graveworm (Ita)

There are only a number of bands that reach into a metalhead’s heart and mind. They are the bands that ultimately become an alias for the listener. In our case, Graveworm became one of those rare bands that shined even without mass promotion, back to back music video and teaser/trailer gigs.Today we have Stefano Fiori, lead vocalist of the band here with us to talk about the road so far and the new Legion from the Grave fanclub.

Before we get started, we’d like to say it’s an honor and thrill to be conducting an interview with you Stefano.

S: Always a pleasure for me speaking with people all over the world about GravewormM: Tell us, where and when did it all begin?

M: It’s been over two decades, a long and trying time for any band, how do you feel about yourself and the accomplishments?

S:It was an awesome time and I think we all never expected to play festivals, playing tours and recording albums. When we started we speak about what we wanted to do with the band and we maked a list with all the thinks we wanted to do with the band… The list is done and we really never expected it… hehe. And now we are still here, playing shows and having a great time

M: How did you all come up with the name and concept of the band? We certainly know bands with symphonic or melodic element tend to be more optimistic whilst Graveworm is just in your face, which we think sets the tone of things to come.

S: As I told it was a strange thing. We just needed a bandname and we opened the vocabulary and the first name we founded was Graveworm… It sounds great for us and for the music we played in that time. Covers from death metal bands like Cannibal Corspse, Napalm death , Gorefst and others. Only later we discovered the German

band Crematory and we introduced a keyboard in the band… since that time you can say Graveworm was definitely born.

M: The first couple of albums with Serenade Records, please tell us your favorite memories from that era?

S: it was a great time. The first studio experience, was really weird. We never was into a studio and it was like conquer the world.. Yeah we will record an album. We will go on tour and we will conquer the whole world.. haha. We were young.

M: From “Engraved in Black”, around the Nuclear Blast signing era, probably a breakthrough point for the band. How did you conceive the album? And what was Nuclear Blast’s word when they wanted to sign you?

  S: Markus Wosgien a good friend of us who worked with Serenade Records too asked us one day if we are interested to sign with nuclear blast. You can´t imagine my face when I got the phone call from him . It was a punch in my face. And we don´t hesitate one second to sign the contract. And I´m still happy that we got this chance to work with such a great label. They work really professional and it´s really easy to work with it…. You can concentrate your whole work into the music…

M: You have a very polar voice performance in opinion that is different from other Black, Symphonic Black Metal bands. How do you train your voice? S: Train? 3 screams before a show and that´s it M: It’s been 3 years since your last album “Fragments of Death”, which was a terrific release, when is the next big album coming to us? (If you pay close attention, the band has a two year break between most albums, every release so far has been excellent, Metalium assumes the next wave is going to be epic!) S:Next album. Next year. We are working hard at the moment. We has some problems during this year but we will be ready to record the album in 2015 and there are some awesome songs on it… Some elements remember me of older Graveworm songs. I´m really looking forward to record the album and to play it live. M: Graveworm doesn’t have a lot of video footage, promotional or fan-made. Is this something to do with the band’s trademark or just something that’s gone by? S: it has no special reason.. Maybe we will try to change it in the near future as we all seen that videos and other stuff are very important.. and we have some friends who can make some great stuff.. So be prepared to see and hear some special things.

M: I understand that the band is originally from Italy, but at some point, you guys were also in Germany? Aside from signed to NB, how does this work?

S: Some band members moved to Germany. Steve for example moved to Germany a long time ago and it was impossible to go on with the working,. So we decided to go separate ways,. Fortunately he moved back to our hometown and back to the band.. You will hear it in the new songs that he is back It´s difficult to work when there are so much km between each members. Maybe with the possibilities of nowadays like fast internet, Skype and others there could be a change to work as a band too….. but its cool that all members life in the neighborhood… Its definitely easier.

M: On most albums, you guys have one title dedicated to a tribute song, for instance Losing My Religion, How Many Tears and Fear of the Dark and so on. What’s the latest cover you’re working on? It’s always great to hear these songs in your sound and play. S:I cannot tell you… we are trying some songs for the new album. It´s always funny to play songs you listened when you where young. Important for us is that the song have to sound like a Graveworm song..

(Stefano rehearsing the new cover song, title-unknown).M: Tell us about your fan club, Legions from the Grave…

S: It was an idea Axel came up with and we found his idea great… So we started the whole thing after our latest tour and the fan club is growing fast. Its great to see people all over the world united under the flag of the legion.

M: I remember last year you guys went to China to perform live but the venue cancelled at the last stage. If another Asian tour is underway, will you stop by our little capital of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia?

S:no no we played in china and in Taiwan and I´m sure we will come back. We have some great contacts there.. We were in Tunisia one day and where expected to play a the festival there. The same day as we should play they cancelled the whole festival. Don´t know way but we where very sad because of the people who wanted to see us. But we have had a great time there. Made a signing session at a small bar and meet a lot of people. I hope we will get the change to play there on day.. It is an awesome country with great people…

M: Stefano, can you tell us about your involvement in Shadowcast?

S:It´s a long time ago since I played for them… Moritz Neuner who played for us on the (N)utopia album asked me if I was interested in playing with them. We made some sessions and I really felt great. So I decided to join the band.. Unfortunately we played just some shows and than the band finished to exist… but it was a funny timeM: What is everyone’s favorite band record at the moment?

S: I cannot tell you exactly but on the Legions fan-site there is a personal list of every band member and there you can find the favorite band record of each member

M: I read from somewhere else that you guys all have ‘day time jobs’ which blew my mind. Can you tell us a bit about it?

S: Why It blows your mind? The band is just a hobby for us.. It´s a big hobby but we all have to work beside the band.. And that´s okay. The most important thing for us is to have fun with the music . It´s just great to travel around , meet new people and so… That´s all… We don´t want to have stress to record new albums just because we have to life…

M: I would like to talk more about your music, but we will wait until the much anticipated new album comes out in the near future. On behalf of my crew, thank you so very much for talking to us and best wishes for you and the band’s future! If there is anything you want to say to the fans, please feel free!

S:Thanks for this great opportunity and be sure we will speak again after the release of the new album.. Thanks and I hope we will meet one day on Graveworm show. Stefano Cheers More information can be found at: www.graveworm.de www.facebook.com/gravewormofficial

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Есөн-Эрдэнэ хамтлагтай хийсэн ярилцлага (2014.8)

Мэталиум – Өвөр Монголын “Есөн Эрдэнэ” хамтлагтай хийсэн ярилцлагын хэсгээс уншигч таньд толилуулж байна.

Есөн Эрдэнэ хамтлаг нь Өвөр Монголоос гаралтай фолк мэтал хамтлаг ба үнэхээр гоц хөгжимтэй ба тэд өнгөрөгч 8-р сард Улаанбаатар хотноо зохиогдсон фэстиваль дээр ирж тоголсон ба анх удаа Ар Монголд айлчилсан тохиолдол нь байлаа. Хамтлаг Монгол ардын хөгжим морин хуур, ятга болон бусад ардын хөгжмүүдийг орчин үеийн хэви мэтал хөгжимтэй гайхалтай сайхан найруулж домог яриа, аж амьдрал болон олон баялаг өнгийг гаргаж чаддаг гэж бид бодлоо. Одоогоор тэд БНХАУ-ын Бээжин хотод ажиллаж амьдардаг ба Мэталиум , хамтлагийн дуучин Асхан-тай Улсын Их Дэлгүүрийн хажууд байрлах нэгэн зоогийн газар цаг гаруй халуун яриа өрнүүлсэнгээс хэсгийг та бүхэнд хүргэж байна. Энэ удаагийн ярилцлагыг Тавка анд гоцолсонг дурьдах нь зүй хэрэг болов уу.

М: Дараагийн цомгийн ажилд орсон уу?

А: Харьж байгаад л эхлүүлнэ...

М: Ер нь дуунууд нь зохиогдоод эхэлсэн үү?

А: Жижиг жижиг хэд хэдэн юм байна. Тэднийгээ бүтэн дуу болгоно доо

М: Гурав дахь цомог болж гарах уу?

А: Яг бүтэн цомог биш, EP цомог болно. Таван дуутай... Жил болгон шинэ цомог гаргах нь дуунууд хоорондоо адилхан болохоос сэргийлж байгаа юм.

М: Анх байгуулагдсан тухай?

А: 2011 оны 9-р сард бүгд нийлсэн. Гэхдээ 2010 оны өвөл бүрэлдэж эхэлсэн... Би их сургуульд байхдаа дөрвөн жил өөр нэг хамтлагт тоглож байсан.

М: Хэдэн гишүүнтэй вэ?

А: Дөрвүүлээ... Уул нь тавуулаа байсан, нэг гишүүн Өвөр Монгол руу гэртээ дуудагдаад харьсан.  Одоо бүрэлдэхүүнд:

ДинКай – Бөмбөрчин Оргил – Аргил гитар Цогбаяр – Морин хуурч Асхан – Дуучин, гитарчин Бид ‘92, ‘89, ‘87, ‘85 онд тус тус төрсөн.

М: Монголд ирээд ямар санагдав?

А: Бид машинаар ирж, хөдөөгөөр дайрч хотод ирсэн. Зөндөө их газар харсан.

М: Дурсгалт газруудаар аялав уу?

А: Чингисийн хөшөө (Цонжин Болдог) үзсэн. Бас Мэлхий Хад дээр очиж бид морь унацгаасан.

М: Ингэхэд танай цомгууд хэзээ гарсан билээ?

А: 2012 онд Арван Алд Гулын Хоншоор, 2013 онд Есөн Эрдэнэ цомгууд тус тус гаргасан. Эхний цомгийг Хятадын underground metal label-тэй хамтарч гаргасан, гэхдээ зохиогчийн эрхийг хамтлаг эзэмшдэг. Харин удаах цомгийг өөрсдөө бичиж, найруулж гаргасан.

М: Өмнө нь хаагуур аялан тоглолт хийж байсан вэ?

А: Германд Wacken фэстиваль дээр тоглож байсан. Бас БНХАУ, Өвөр Монголын хотуудаар аялал хийж байсан. Ирэх жил Австрали явна. Европт уран бүтээлчдийн менежмент хийдэг нэг компанитай хамтарч ажиллах болсон. Эхлээд бид 11-р сард Австралийн хамтлагийн хамтаар Хятадаар аялах ба бид гоцлол хамтлагаар явах юм.

М: Wacken-д яаж ялалт байгуулсан вэ?

А: 20-30 хамтлаг Хятадаас өрсөлдөөд 4 өдөр болгон 2 хамтлаг шалгараад, тэндээс шилдэг хамтлагийг сонгосон. Wacken-ний HeadBanger тайз дээр бид тоголсон.

М: Танай дуунууд Korpiklaani (Fin) хамтлагийн хөгжимтэй төстэй санагдсан...

А: Манай дуунуудад янз бүрийн хөгжмийн, тэр дундаа фолк элемент байдаг. Миний хувьд анх Nu-Metal, Thrash Metal, Melodic Death Metal урсгалуудыг сонсч байлаа. Би гитарийн рифф их сонсох аймар дуртай... Ялангуяа America Metal сонсдог болохоор бидний дуунуудад гитар рифф нь сонсогддог.

М: Хамтлагт морин хуураас гадна өөр ямар ардын хөгжим оролцдог вэ?

А: Ятга байна шүү. Гэхдээ тайзайн дээр бол Балалайка хөгжмөөр орлуулдаг. Дуугаралт нь ойрхон сонсогддог.

М: Ятга тоголдог гишүүн байна уу эсвэл өөр хөгжимчин авч ирдэг үү?

А: Тусдаа тоголдог хүн байна. Тоглоод суралцахаас гадна хүч шаардсан хөгжмийн зэмсэг санагдсан.

М: Хэн дуугаа зохиодог вэ?

А: Би дууны “ясыг” нь гаргаад тэгээд бүгдээр хамтарч дуунуудаа бичдэг.

М: Дуунуудаараа ямар санааг илтгэхийг хичээдэг вэ?

А: Янз бүрийн санааг илэрхийлдэг. Би гитар тоглоод арван жил болж байна. Дуунууддаа олон төрлийн санааг оруулдаг. Сонсьё дууг жишээгээр авбал байгаль дэлхий хүнд хандаж хэлж буй үгс байх г.м.

(Энэ ярилцлагыг хийхэд хамгийн таатай байсан ба албан ёсны гэхээсээ илүүтэйгээр анд найзууд уулзаж суугаа мэт сэтгэгдэл төрсөн юм. Монгол гэх энэ нэрийг өөр нэг газар цуурайтуулах залуус бол эд мөнөөс мөн. Тэдний аялан тоглолт, амьдралд амжилт хүсье! Ирэх жил Улаанбаатарт эргэн ирээрэй гэж хэлье!) MetaliuM, 2014-8

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Review Time - Noise Festival (Noise Production)

Review Time - Noise Festival (Noise Production) August 23, 2014 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

OK, since there are reviews and opinions in Mongolian, I will make this is English and try to focus more on the bands that came all the way out here...

Nine Treasures was great. I really enjoyed their music, granted, I have never seen them live but this band had already played all around Inner Mongolia, China and recently in Wacken Open Air, which makes them an anticipation. And boy I enjoyed their songs and stage atmosphere. The band has two guitarists, a horse fiddle player and a drummer. Might not seem all that, but their songs and music had the crowd going. After the gig, we spoke with them and they already have two albums out with several tours done.

Even though the festival had two headliners, my (and Crow's) eyes were set on Mongol, a band hailing from Alberta, Canada. The frozen capital of Canadian metal. The band came out on stage with great reception, although the fans were small compared to the huge concert hall, they greeted with energy and gesture. Vocalist Brandon said hi to everyone while rest of the gang, Thomas, Luke, Josh, Kenton & Dayton all geared up for a thrashing set. Their songs were fast, vicious and sometimes with nice little breakdowns of acoustic effect guitars to show the influence of Mongolian music is incorporated in their sound through a musicians' imagination.

Mongol have just released their album Chosen by the Tengri and played several songs from the album, of them, Clans Carve the Way, Subutai, Storming the Wall were my (and hopefully our crew) favorites. One more to mention is Warrior's Voyage, which can be found on their Altan Urug album's last track.

On stage Mongol had come before the fans with costumes, something you don't see here in Mongolia and people seemed to enjoy it. I know I did, because it gave us a chance to see how others vision us Mongolians. Despite some drunk fans' rude finger salutes the band played with little problem, only thing was the keyboardist's instrument had a glitch and he took on the role of back-up vocalist, which in my ears seemed to be more fitting, if I can say so.

I must say that the band gave their all on stage even with the situation of the dwindled crowd and a man down on an instrument. To us, it was more than an honor to see them play before us. And we hope, to them, it was a journey they took with pride and risk.

All in all, the festival's sound was good, stage was decent, artists were awesome, only thing for me brag about is that it could've attracted a lot more crowd but first step is never easy. Kudos to Noise Production.

You can hear more Mongol at http://mongolcanada.bandcamp.com/ and check out our cousins of Nine Treasures next doors at https://www.facebook.com/ninetreasuresofficial

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Metalium interviews WINTERFANG (US)

Metalium interviews WINTERFANG

July 30, 2014 (Post-date: Aug 13, 2014)

We have been talking to a lot new bands around and here with us in the  Tumblr corner, we have WINTERFANG, a folk metal band hailing from Pennsylvania, USA. Typically folk metal or bands associating with winter, snow, blizzard comes from northern Europe but make no mistake about the guys from the states, they are young, exciting and very folky if I may say so.

Brandon and Kevin... soon to recruit more fangs. M: Hails Winterfang! So very ‘cool’ to meet you... Please introduce yourselves and the band.

W: Hello, My name is Brandon and I am the guitarist

      Hey, My name is Kevin and I am the vocalist

M: I just heard the song “The Traveler” and got a very a Ensiferum, Turisas kind of music and it’s so good. What are some major influences on your music?

W: Kevin – Thank you very much.  It is funny that you mention Ensiferum because we were inspired by the song “Last Breath” from their recent album “Unsung Heroes” to write the song “The Traveler”

W: Brandon – Children of Bodom and Wintersun definitely inspire me on a daily basis musically. But I also look for influence in things like video games, movies or books, or traveling around. Lots of little things factor into how I go about writing riffs and such.

M: Also, the vocalist has this ‘Irish’ kind of accent when singing, is he Irish or maybe lives in a place with Irish folks?

W: Kevin – I am not Irish although it would be cool if I was. I just tried to go for a rough sound when singing that. I guess to create the sound of a weary traveler singing around a fire. Hence the name “The Traveler”

M: Has WINTERFANG got any albums or demos out? If so, where can people listen to it?

W: We do not have any albums out yet but we are currently working on a 5 song EP that is going to have a variety of everything we can do. Unfortunately since it is just the two of us we have many time constraints. Recording is slow but we would rather take our time to put out what we want than to rush it.

M: It’s interesting to hear this sort of music coming out of Pennsylvania, how does the town/surrounding attribute to the writing?

W: Brandon - It doesn’t really, haha. What I mean is, in terms of the sounds, the whole Scandinavian sound is just non-existent in our particular area, which is why we look elsewhere for influence. Our area just gets boring, so I guess it does contribute that way, by being so incredibly stale that we have to write the best possible music we can to deal with it.

W: Kevin – Haha, I agree with Brandon. It is also the reason we have trouble finding other musicians to play with. No one really plays melodic or folk music around us. So it does let us strive to be unique and stay to who we are.

M: Speaking of state and winter, how is the weather in your home town? I bet you have heard chilling stories of how friggin’ cold it gets in some part of Europe and here in Mongolia.

W: Well the good thing about our weather is we get a decent cycle of all the seasons equally. We have heard about the crazy winters around Europe and Mongolia. It must be freezing! It’s funny because people who live here get worried and scared when we only get a few inches of snow. They don’t realize that other places around the world get way more snow haha. M: Now, let’s talk about your personal lives, how old are the members? What do you guys do when not making nice music?

W: Kevin – I am 23. For the most part my personal life consists of working and playing video games haha. Thankfully I have a good imagination to compensate for my fairly boring personal life.

W: Brandon – I’m 23 as well. I just work during the day, and I try to jam with some friends some days of the week too. I’m engaged as well, so I spend a lot of time with my future wife, and I also love playing video games or read when I’m not writing Winterfang material too. M: What was your latest festival that you attended as individuals or as a band?

W: We have not played at any festivals but we would love to play one soon! As far as watching shows we try to catch Pagan Fest and Mayhem fest when they come to our areas. Most metal festivals are a good time.

M: We recently spoke with another folk metal band called Mongol, any chance you guys are coming around here to play for our audience?

W: If we can get more members and a full band we could really get our music going and hopefully play around the world. We would love the chance to be able to play for you. It would be a great honor to play in the company of such great people who really appreciate the music we play.

M: Any bands you guys wanna co-jam with? Please list em all

W: Aw, well we would honestly love to play with all the bands that inspire us. Children of Bodom, Wintersun, Ensiferum, and Kalmah are just a few to name. We will jam with anyone who loves to play folk or melodic metal though.

M: We wanna thank you guys for taking the time to talk to us., one last  but not the least question, where would Winterfang be in the near future as a band? M: Social media is becoming a huge thing these days, how does Winterfang utilize this?  And more importantly how does digital distribution is affecting classic way of buying/trading music?

W: Instagram has been a massive help for spreading our music. It has let us share with people around the world. Facebook and YouTube have also been great because it is very accessible. We try to post all of our new stuff on those websites.  The buying of cd’s has definitely decreased now due to YouTube, that’s for sure. But the way we see it is this: People are gonna get it regardless, whether they pirate music or watch it on YouTube, so there really isn’t anything that can be done at this point. We’re also avid cd buyers, so we do our parts in supporting bands, haha.

W: Hopefully we will be out playing shows and having a good time. Also we would be more than happy to have a full album out not to far from now. We have a lot of great material and ideas just waiting to be recorded. If time is kind to us we will hopefully be able to share all of this with whoever wants to listen!

We really appreciate you taking the time to talk to us about our music. It really means a lot to know someone has an interest in what we do. Our music means everything to us. We hope to show you some new material soon!

And so our interviews ends... for now. We will be back with more news and releases from Winterfang as soon as they hit full speed on the EP.

Please visit their official Facebook page and support them by clicking that Like button metalheads! They are posting cool pics on Instagram as well

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Mongol (Can) - Interview [Part II]

MetaliuM interviews Mongol (Can)

July 29, 2014

  Once again, we are talking to our brothers of Mongol in Canada who just released their new album “Chosen by the Tengri”. Here to talk more about the album and more, we have the guys themselves…(They have news for us that will surely excite us)

Note: Zev - Luke Tev Tegri - Brandon Zelme - Tom

(Chosen by Tengri Album Release Party July 26 2014)

M: Hey dudes, long time no chat. What’s up?

Zev: Currently we are sitting around in our underwear playing guitar, doin’ an interview with some Mongolian dude!

Zelme: Just finished a promo video for a certain upcoming metal festival…

Tev Tegri:  The new album is a big transition for us into a whole new, bigger and better sound. We’ve definitely come to more fully embrace the Mongolian image and delved further into the sound. We just played our album release with Nekrogoblikon on Saturday and we were met with a huge response!

M: Last time we did an interview you guys were in the process of recording right? And now that it is complete, how do you feel?

Zelme: We’re feeling accomplished now that we’ve finally released the album, it feels good to finally be getting it out there.

M: And we also talked about the possibilities of you guys coming to Mongolia, recent rumor says you guys are… Elaborate please?

Zev: Yes, Mongol has gladly accepted an invitation to play Noise Fest 2014, which we hear is Mongolia’s first ever international metal festival! Myself and Zelme will be reaching Mongolia on the 8th and the rest of the guys will be coming in in the following week.

M: Now, that is fantastic news! You guys must be stoked to be performing live in front of the Mongolian crowd.

Tev Tegri: For sure we’re all stoked on the idea of finally being able to meet and play in front of all of the Mongolian friends we’ve made through the band so far already, and of course we expect to make many more!

M: What’s the playlist and will there be any surprises?

Tev Tegri: We’ll be playing most of the new album, with a couple of oldies thrown in for good measure of course! We would also like to know what songs Mongolia would like to hear from us? M: We just like to hear you LIVE and full of energy, we think the crowd has never seen a folk influenced metal band, especially from abroad, so that outta be good.

Zelme: Thanks man, we hope we can inspire some of the locals, and to see Noise Metal Fest be met with great success. It’s really awesome to be able to be on Mongolia’s first ever international metal fest and be a part of Mongolia’s growing metal scene.

(Farmageddon Fundraiser - Jan, 2014)

M: What are you guys looking forward to aside from the explosive show? (Maybe as individuals)

Zelme: To experience Mongolian culture, and see all the sights first hand.

Zev: To see the Ghengis Khan Statue and party and have a good time with the Mongolian locals.

Tev Tegri: Just absorbing as much of the culture I can in the short time I will be there, and being able to bring home some inspiration for the next album!

M: We hope you will enjoy our country and the experience

Tev Tegri: We’re all looking forward to it and finally meeting you guys in person!

M: We are darn happy that Mongol is coming Mongolia. Have an epic time and will continue this interview in video when you land. Rock on bros!

Zev: Rock on Eegii!

Tev Tegri: Until then! Zelme: Thank you for being so welcoming!

The band's newest release is FREE to stream at this LINK The band's Facebook page is here, go like them NOW!!! And last but not least, see them live in Mongolia on NOISE FESTIVAL '14 - Aug 23

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INTERVIEW - DELUMINATOR (GER)

METALIUM INTERVIEWS “DELUMINATOR” (GER)

July 22, 2014

Hails, once again we are once more behind the interview desk and with us today are Deluminator from Dresden, Germany. They just released their EP titled “Coronary” on Bandcamp.com, here to talk to us about the release and more, the guys themselves.

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M: Thanks for having the time to talk to us dudes.

D: Hey man! First of all, thank you really much for giving us the opportunity to do this interview with you.

M: Please tell us about your band, sound and origin?

D: To be honest, we're not really into metal community, simply because there is none. Hannes, our guitarist, he's the only real metalhead in this band and even he's got difficulties finding metal events in Dresden. Usually we're all visiting those small hardcore and punk shows and only sometimes we're visiting metal concerts. The last cool metal show in Dresden was Toxic Holocaust, I guess.

M: Being a young band, you guys must have lot planned in the future. What are some of your near future goals?

D: Well, this is really a difficult question. We're all studying at the moment, so that only the weekend is left to play some shows and stuff, but at the moment we're trying to plan a tour for october and that is mainly what we want to do with this band: touring and travelling.

M: How old you are guys by the way and the ever imminent question of the parents’ approval for metal music. How is this regulated among you? :)

D: Everyone of us is 20 years old, but our singer Tariq, he is 23.  Our parents don't always listen to metal, but they're supporting us wherever they can. So, they're really cool down with this shit. And after all, they are responsable for our taste of music and for what we're doing now.

M: Let’s talk more about your EP “Coronary”, how did you guys write the songs and came up with the name and artwork for it?

D: To answer the last two questions first, the artwork was made by a good friend of us. We asked her to design something really evil and dark and she did a great job. The name of the EP “Coronary” simply comes from one of our songs called “Dehumanized” in which we express our thoughts of being pissed off of people. Related to our songwriting: We don't have only one songwriter. It usually starts with one of us coming into our rehearsal room, telling the rest about a new riff or stuff and if we dig it, we try to build up a new song around it. We do not have any restrictions as long as it sounds heavy.

M: What are your top 5 metal bands?

D: Judas Priest, Lamb of God, Behemoth, Napalm Death, Slayer … there are too many to be honest!

M: Will fans be able hear influences of those bands in your EP or upcoming releases?

D: Of course, but we just try to mix up heavy, trashy and groovy parts. So, it is more or less unintentional.

M: From my earphone point of view (not to mention the length of the songs) you guys sound more ‘thrash’ but having death metal riffs. Can we label you as Thrash under our interview? Or do you guys prefer a different tag?

D: We can't really tell you what we're actually doing and how we could be allocated. But it's funny that you ask for Thrash! Just last week we thought about bringing in some more thrashy parts to our trashy parts.

M: Something we always ask our artists in the interview corner is, what have you heard of our country and the scene here? (You may answer in any way that is most visualizing for you, we know that the scene here is young and unknown to some)

D: Actually we were pretty surprised about your request for an interview with us. Mongolia is so far away that we never heard anything about the scenes in your country before, but it's always nice to have people around who care about our scene and promote bands from all over the world.

M: Would you guys be interested to play here next summer maybe?

D: Of course we are very interested, but as you know, unfortunately it's all about the money.

M: That’s about all the questions we have for now, if you guys have something share with everyone, please… The mic is yours on the last one.

D: Keep fascism out of the metal business and support your local scene!

Thank you very much, mate! Hope to see you soon. Take care.

M: We will be back to talk with the dudes of DELUMINATOR soon once they have more news/music. Rock on dudes! Hope to see you in Mongolia soon.

  Note: The interview was done over email as it has always been, only in some cases with Skype. Anyhow, if you have a band that wants to reach more people, specifically in Mongolia, then contact us at [email protected]

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Өдрийн Сонин дээр нийтлэгдсэн "Аясын Салхи" хамтлагтай хийсэн ярилцлагыг татаж уншаарай...

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New Videos Round-Up

Here are some fresh videos that was released in the last two weeks. Watain - Outlaw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJvTodICIVU

In This Moment - Whore http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GurkREc-q4I

Voivod - Kluskap Okom http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyvR6kOy5p4

Deicide - End the Wrath of God http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOYXgRzkl2k

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Fleshgod Apocalypse - New Product!!!!!!!!!!

While Metallica is announcing more on European Tour dates, in Italy - FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE just announced that they are making a Pasta under their very own band name.

Comes with little surprise that Italian Metal Monsters are deep in their root of pasta and wine. Speaking of wine, they are releasing their very own, yes, you guessed it! WINE!!!

Things are getting more and more elaborate these days. Source: http://www.fleshgodapocalypse.com/ www.facebook.com/metalium.mn for more news

#fleshgodapocalypse #pasta #metal #news

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Anthrax - New Studio album & more...

www.anthrax.com

Legendary trash/speed metal Anthrax says a new album is being written and a new live DVD with footages of South American gig.

Also Scott is writing his memoir which is set to be published sometime next fall 2014. He says, "i have to write this now or else I will forget the past four decades and will trouble recalling them". He is co-writing with a renowned magazine editor sources say... NY Daily Reports:

Ian’s memoir, titled “I’m the Man,” will tackle his life in the weird, wild world of the heavy metal scene, and provide a history of the formation of his band. John Wiederhorn, a senior writer at Revolver, will collaborate with Ian on the book.

“Why a book? Because I think my story can connect with anyone and, if I was able to make the life I wanted for myself happen, then anyone can,” Ian said in a release. “I’m really excited to be writing a book because the idea of getting forty-something years of stuff out of my brain and onto the page seems very therapeutic.”

visit www.facebook.com/metalium.mn for more news and releases

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Lake of Tears - Live Album coming soon

Mark your calendar date Tears' fans, for the date for the long awaited LIVE album of Lake of Tears is coming in January 31, 2014.

The band is announcing their title as "By the Black Sea", with 16 songs recorded live with videos and interviews. Definitely, something for us to grab for our collections.

More news coming soon...

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NEW VIDEO - Amaranthe "INVINCIBLE"

Fusion metal from Sweden/Denmark is showcasing their newest music video under the title - INVINCIBLE. The band is fronted by three vocals, known for their pop elements mixed with metal. We all know the band had the Hollywood video for HUNGER, but they are back for more film like video this time. The song comes from their album THE NEXUS. Check out the fusioners here

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Nightwish (Fin) - Tablet Application UPDATED

Fans of Nightwish, gather around and huddle... For it is time for update and bit of unreleased live songs from the band, all featured in their latest update for the Nightwish FanPOD. Now available in iTunes, you can go this address to download 

The screenshot we found looks interesting...

Tell us about it when you downloaded it.