Away Team

Black metal group NACHTMYSTIUM will be heading to Austin, TX next week for the annual South By South West music festival. In addition to playing the official Metal Sucks Showcase on March 15 , the band will be playing a handful of dates leading up to and surrounding the show.

NACHTMYSTIUM announced last week that they’ve entered Engine Studios in Chicago, IL to begin working on their third release for Century Media Records, Silencing Machine. The band will team up with Stanford Parker again to produce the album, who also worked on Assassins: Black Meddle, Part I (2008) and Addicts: Black Meddle, Part II (2010). More details on the forthcoming album will be released shortly.

NACHTMYSTIUM Tour Dates:
3/11 – St. Louis, MO @ Fubar
w/ The Atlas Moth and Bruce Lamont

3/12 – Little Rock, AZ @ Downtown Music
w/ Rwake, Zoroaster, The Atlas Moth and Bruce Lamont

3/14 – Austin, TX @ Scoot Inn (1308 East 4th Street)
*Thrasher/Converse Death Match Showcase – Day Show
w/ FEAR, Cro-mags, Saviours, Black Tusk and more

3/14 – Austin, TX @ Barbarella Patio (615 Red River)
*Metalsucks Official SXSW Showcase
w/ High on Fire, Darkest Hour, Intronaut, Holy Grail, Monstro
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3/15 – Austin, TX @ The Asylum (705 Red River St)
*Reggies Rock Club Showcase – Day Show
w/ Turquoise Jeep, Empires, Trippple Nippples, White Mystery, Common Anomaly

3/16 – Austin, TX @ The Longbranch Inn (1133 East 11th Street)
*Century Media/CVLT NATION/Stumptown Coffee Roasters Showcase – Day Show
w/ Andrew WK, The Atlas Moth, Bruce Lamont, YAITW, Vestiges, Enabler

3/17 – Austin, TX @ Lovejoy’s
*Brooklyn Vegan Showcase – Day Show
w/ Alcest, The Atlas Moth, Pallbearer, Bruce Lamont, more TBA.

3/18 – Austin, TX @ Lovejoy’s

3/19 – Dentox, TX @ Queens Music Hall
w/ Alcest, The Atlas Moth, Mutilation Rites, Bruce Lamont

3/21 – Columbia, MO @ Cafe Berlin
w/ The Atlas Moth and Bruce Lamont

Gothic metallers PARADISE LOST have now revealed the cover artwork for their much anticipated new studio album, Tragic Idol, set to be released on April 23rd in Europe and April 24th in North America via Century Media Records. Named one of Decibel Magazine‘s “Top 25 Most Anticipated Albums of 2012“, Tragic Idol features artwork designed by Parisian artist Valnoir (www.metastazis.com), who has not only worked on this band’s release, but also with artists such as MORBID ANGEL, LAIBACH, ULVER, WATAIN, and more than 150 others.

Furthermore, the band will be touring the UK this April, performing tracks from their forthcoming album Tragic Idol. To celebrate the event, PARADISE LOST will have a very limited number of VIP tickets available (10 per show), which you can purchase online from the band’s official website! In regards to this tour, vocalist Nick Holmes comments: “This is a pretty extensive UK tour for us, I’m speechless and excited. It’s nice to know there’s a WH Smith in every town we play.”









For more PARADISE LOST click here.

After releasing a handful of updates and teasers, JEFF LOOMIS fans have been dying to know when they can expect the ex-Nevermore guitar prodigy’s forthcoming album. It is with much excitement that JEFF LOOMIS finally reveals the details of his highly anticipated sophomore effort entitled Plains of Oblivion. The new album will be released on April 10th in North America and April 9th in Europe via Century Media Records.

The ten track effort will be produced by Aaron Smith (7 Horns 7 Eyes) and is some of JEFF LOOMIS‘ best work yet. The full track listing and artwork for Plains of Oblivion can be seen below.

JEFF LOOMIS teamed up with Colin Marks of Rain Song Design ( www.rain-song.co.uk) to create the intriguing artwork. Marks is most well known for his previous work with All Shall Perish, The End and Xerath.

Plains of Oblivion Track Listing:
01 Mercurial (featuring Marty Friedman)
02 The Ultimatum (featuring Tony MacAlpine)
03 Escape Velocity
04 Tragedy And Harmony (featuring Christine Rhoades)
05 Requiem For The Living (featuring Attila Voros)
06 Continuum Drift (featuring Chris Poland)
07 Surrender (featuring Ihsahn)
08 Chosen Time (featuring Christine Rhoades)
09 Rapture
10 Sibylline Origin

It is with regret that Rise To Remain announces that they have parted company with their bass player Joe Copcutt and drummer Pat Lundy on the eve of their first American tour. As a result, they will no longer be able to take part in the shows as planned supporting Machine Head. The band apologizes to all their US fans but would like to assure them that they will be playing shows there very soon.

The US release of their critically acclaimed debut album City Of Vultures via Century Media Records now moves to June 5th, when Rise To Remain will be heading to American shores for an extensive soon-to-be-announced tour. The American album release will also feature exclusive new material recorded in the coming months.

Rise To Remain will head back out on the road in the UK and Europe as previously announced in March on their headlining tour with German metallers Heaven Shall Burn in support.

New members will be announced in due course. In the meantime, Rise To Remain would like to thank Joe and Pat for their contribution to the band’s success and wish them well with all their plans for the future.









For more RISE TO REMAIN click here.

German modern metal force CALIBAN is proud to announce the release of their eighth studio album, I Am Nemesis on February 28, 2012 via Century Media Records. After spending 10 months writing new material, the band is very excited to get the record out to fans. “It was important to us to have an elaborate album without any fillers,” says lead guitarist Marc Görtz. “Additionally, the sound of the album is the best we’ve ever had by far: it is heavy and brutal without being chaotic.”

Lyrically, I Am Nemesis is a continuation of the band’s last record, Say Hello To Tragedy and focuses on controversial and often overlooked world issues. Musically, Görtz says, “The album breaks new soil without forgetting our roots. There are new influences such as shimmering guitar melodies and technical grooves with Meshuggah-like heaviness.”

The track listing for I Am Nemesis:
We Are The Many
The Bogeyman
Memorial
No Tomorrow
Edge Of Black
Davy Jones
Deadly Dream
Open Letter
Dein R3.ich
Broadcast To Damnation
This Oath
Modern Warfare









For more CALIBAN click here.

“Shattered Like Glass” comes off the brand new album Worlds Torn Asunder out everywhere today via Century Media Records.

Warbringer heads out on the “America Torn Asunder” kicking off next week. The headlining tour is in support of their new album Worlds Torn Asunder with support from Lazarus A.D., Landmine Marathon, and Diamond Plate.

America Torn Asunder Tour:
Oct. 3 – Key Club – W. Hollywood, CA
Oct. 4 – Chain Reaction – Anaheim, CA
Oct. 5 – Cheyenne Saloon – Las Vegas, NV
Oct. 6 – Clubhouse – Tempe, AZ
Oct. 8 – Pour House – Oklahoma City, OK
Oct. 9 – Emo’s Alternative Lounge – Austin, TX
Oct. 10 – The Hangar – New Orleans, LA
Oct. 11 – Brass Mug – Tampa, FL
Oct. 12 – Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
Oct. 13 – The Casbah – Charlotte, NC
Oct. 14 – Sonar – Baltimore, MD
Oct. 15 – Krug’s Place – Frederick, MD
Oct. 16 – The Basement – Kingston, NY
Oct. 17 – Championship Bar – Trenton, NJ
Oct. 18 – The Gramercy Theatre – New York, NY
Oct. 19 – Bogie’s – Albany, NY
Oct. 21 – Montage Music Hall – Rochester, NY
Oct. 22 – Broadway Joe’s – Buffalo, NY
Oct. 23 – Wreck Room – Toronto, Ont.
Oct. 24 – Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH
Oct. 25 – Vaudeville Mews – Des Moines, IA
Oct. 26 – Station 4 – St. Paul, MN
Oct. 27 – Reggie’s Rock Club – Chicago, IL
Oct. 28 – Blondie’s – Detroit, MI
Oct. 29 – The Firebird – St. Louis, MO
Oct. 31 – Marquis Theatre – Denver, CO
Nov. 1 – The Complex – Salt Lake City, UT
Nov. 4 – Funky Winker Bean’s – Vancouver, BC
Nov. 5 – El Corazon – Seattle, WA
Nov. 6 – Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR
Nov. 7 – Thee Parkside – San Francisco, CA









For more WARBRINGER click here.

Century Media Records is proud to announce the signing of IN FLAMES.

“We are very happy to make IN FLAMES part of the Century Media Family. The band has a very loyal international fan base and has found a partner with an international set up,” says Antje Lange, Century Media Records.
“This is number 10….. Album number 10!!!!! That we even made it this far, that is amazing. Then, to deliver the album of our career, that is something else….. It’s fast, slow, heavy and mellow. It’s happy, sad, angry and calm. ‘Sounds of a playground Fading’ is everything we ever done on crack (it’s a metaphor boys and girls), it’s cask strength whisky when it’s THAT perfect moment. Use and abuse!!!!!
By the way, we are happy to be in bed with Century media. They know the business, we know the music, a perfect match. What can possibly go wrong….ha, ha, ha!!!!!!”
- Anders Fridén/In Flames

IN FLAMES was founded 1990 in Gothenburg and soon became one of the most successful Swedish Metal bands since the release of their break-through album “The Jester Race” in 1996. Like many of the predecessors, their last album “A Sense Of Purpose” (2008) charted all over the world including the band¹s highest ever entry on the American Billboard top 200 with an amazing #28.

In September 2010 IN FLAMES once again entered their own IF Studios together with Roberto Laghi, Daniel Bergstrand and Örjan Örnkloo to start the recording of the new album. The album ‘Sounds Of A Playground Fading‘ is planned for a June 2011 release. Around that time, IN FLAMES will play some of the most important European summer festivals (Sonisphere, Rock Am Ring/Rock Im Park, Hellfest, and more), followed by the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival US tour in July and an European tour in Fall/Winter 2011.









For more IN FLAMES click here.

Los Angeles hardcore/metal band TERROR will release its fifth album, “Keepers Of The Faith“, on August 30 in Europe and September 14 in North America via Century Media Records. Doom Patrol will issue the album in Japan on September 1. The CD contains 13 new tracks produced by Chad Gilbert of NEW FOUND GLORY at Buzzbomb Studios in Orange County, California. It was engineered by Paul Miner (DEATH BY STEREO, ADAMANTIUM) and mixed by Matt Hyde (SLAYER, HATEBREED).

“Keepers of The Faith” will be made available in three different versions worldwide, with the U.S. and European editions to each be released as a digipak with a special fold-out poster.

Commented frontman Scott Vogel: “This is the record we put everything we have into, from the music to the lyrics, the layout to the title and to the direct hand-to-hand street marketing approach, we are putting it all on the line. We took all the rules of what’s going on in the industry today and washed them from our minds. We wanted to capture those early days of hardcore. This is the record we were destined to make. This is TERROR at its best and I’m so excited to get this out and start touring surrounding its energy and passion.”

The track listings are as follows:

“Keepers of The Faith” – U.S. Digipak (Sept. 14 release)
01. Your Enemies Are Mine
02. Stick Tight
03. Return To Strength
04. The Struggle
05. Shattered
06. You’re Caught
07. Dead Wrong
08. Keepers of the Faith
09. Stay Free
10. Hell And Back
11. Only Death
12. The New Blood
13. Defiant

“Keepers of The Faith” – European Track Listing (Aug. 30 release)
01. Your Enemies Are Mine
02. Stick Tight
03. Return To Strength
04. The Struggle
05. Shattered
06. You’re Caught
07. Dead Wrong
08. Keepers of the Faith
09. Stay Free
10. Hell And Back
11. Only Death
12. The New Blood
13. Defiant
14. T.T.I.H. *
*European bonus song

“Keepers of The Faith” – Japanese Track Listing (Sept. 1 release on Doom Patrol Records)
01. Your Enemies Are Mine
02. Stick Tight
03. Return To Strength
04. The Struggle
05. Shattered
06. You’re Caught
07. Dead Wrong
08. Keepers Of The Faith
09. Stay Free
10. Hell And Back
11. Only Death
12. The New Blood
13. Defiant
14. One With The Underdogs (live) **
15. Voice Of The Damned (live) **
16. Never Alone (live) **
17. Always The Hard Way (live) **
18. Lowest Of The Low (live) **
** Japanese bonus tracks (live at Shibuya Club Asia On Sep. 23, 2009)

For more information on TERROR visit them here.

“Just Drive“, from IN THIS MOMENT, can be streamed on the band’s MySpace page. The track comes off the group’s third album, “A Star-Crossed Wasteland“, which is scheduled for release on July 13 via Century Media Records.

“A Star-Crossed Wasteland” track listing:
01. The Gun Show
02. Just Drive
03. The Promise
04. Standing Alone
05. A Star-Crossed Wasteland
06. Blazin’
07. The Road
08. Iron Army
09. The Last Cowboy
10. World In Flames

Commented guitarist Chris Howorth: “As I write this, we are currently nine days from the start of the [Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival].
“We have been holed up in our rehearsal studio for the last two weeks working on all the new songs and putting together our set list. We have dialed in a pretty brutal set comprised of songs from our first album and our new CD.
“We can’t wait to unleash these songs on the Mayhem crowd every day.
“Over the last two days we have also done a live performance for Fuel TV and an acoustic performance/interview for Revolver TV. Both performances went great and we were stoked that our good friend Adrian Patrick from OTHERWISE flew in to perform the song ‘The Promise‘ with us at both events. It was crazy seeing a dude on stage singing with us, but it was also a really cool change from the norm. Maria and Adrian are singing this duet together and playing off each other, so it’s really dramatic.
“Also, on a really cool side note, Adrian is planning to follow the Mayhem tour to perform ‘The Promise‘ with us each day, so fans will get to see the song performed just like it is on the album all summer.
“We are releasing a new song called ‘Just Drive’ today and it’s one of Maria‘s and my favorite songs from the album. It’s a driving, up-tempo song with an epic chorus and aggressive guitar work. We can’t wait for fans to hear it.”

ROCKSTAR ENERGY MAYHEM FESTIVAL Dates:
Sat 07/10/10 Devore, CA San Manuel Amphitheater
Sun 07/11/10 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
Tue 07/13/10 Auburn, WA White River Amphitheatre
Wed 07/14/10 Nampa, ID Idaho Center Amphitheater
Fri 07/16/10 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Wireless Pavilion
Sat 07/17/10 Albuquerque, NM The Pavilion
Sun 07/18/10 Englewood, CO Comfort Dental Amphitheatre
Tue 07/20/10 Maryland Heights, MO Verizon Wireless Amph. St. Louis
Wed 07/21/10 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
Fri 07/23/10 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
Sat 07/24/10 Hartford, CT Comcast Theatre
Sun 07/25/10 Montreal, QC Parc Jean Drapeau
Tue 07/27/10 Mansfield, MA Comcast Center
Wed 07/28/10 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
Fri 07/30/10 Tinley Park, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Sat 07/31/10 Noblesville, IN Verizon Wireless Music Center
Sun 08/01/10 Atlanta, GA Aaron’s Amphitheatre At Lakewood
Tue 08/03/10 Raleigh, NC Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
Wed 08/04/10 Virginia Beach, VA Virginia Beach Amphitheater
Fri 08/06/10 Clarkston, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
Sat 08/07/10 Burgettstown, PA First Niagara Pavilion
Sun 08/08/10 Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live
Tue 08/10/10 Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheatre @ State Fairgrounds
Wed 08/11/10 West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheatre
Fri 08/13/10 Dallas, TX Superpages.com Center
Sat 08/14/10 Oklahoma City, OK Oklahoma City Zoo Amphitheatre

For more information visit IN THIS MOMENT here.

Century Media Records is proud to announce the following songs for all Rockband X-Box 360 users. Music from current genre leaders SUICIDE SILENCE, WINDS OF PLAGUE and IN THIS MOMENT can now be purchased for game play at the links below.

This marks the first round of Century Media artist songs available for the Rock Band Network. Fans are encouraged to submit artist and song requests for Rock Band here.

See below for a list of all CM tracks that are currently available. Stay tuned in the coming months for new tracks from IWABO, Nevermore, Warbringer and many more.

Click on name of band or song to go to purchase/download site.
3 Inches Of Blood
Battles And Brotherhood

Behemoth
Conquer All

Despised Icon
Day Of Mourning

God Forbid
Empire Of The Gun

In This Moment
Forever
Mechanical Love

Iwrestledabearonce
Tastes Like Kevin Bacon

Lacuna Coil
Closer
Swamped
Our Truth
Survive

Opiate For The Masses
Burn You Down

Suicide Silence
Disengage

Winds Of Plague
Approach The Podium

LACUNA COIL took part in an interview and played acoustic versions of the songs “Spellbound” and “I Won’t Tell You” on May 24, 2010 at the studios of the 98Rock radio station in Baltimore, Maryland.
LACUNA COIL‘s new album, “Shallow Life“, sold 21,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 16 on The Billboard 200 chart.
“Shallow Life” was released in the U.S. in April 2009 via Century Media Records. The CD was recorded in September/October 2008 at NRG Studios in North Hollywood, California with producer Don Gilmore, who has previously worked with LINKIN PARK, TRAPT, AVRIL LAVIGNE, GOOD CHARLOTTE, THE VERONICAS, PEARL JAM, TRUST COMPANY and DURAN DURAN.
LACUNA COIL released a special double-disc “deluxe edition” of “Shallow Life” for the price of a single CD, featuring alternate artwork, a disc full of rare and previously unreleased material (studio, acoustic and live tracks) and an expanded booklet.

LACUNA COIL‘s remaining live date:
JUL 31 2010 – SONISPHERE, UK – APOLLO STAGE

For more information on LACUNA COIL visit their website here.