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Tuesday 31 July 2007

Season of mist news (July 2007)

Jul 26th, 2007

SALEM

An article about SALEM's June 23rd concert at the Hellfest in Clisson, France, was published in the biggest daily newspaper in Israel, Yediot Ahronot's YNET, which has a circulation of around half a million copies. The article includes rare band pictures from the event.

Jul 26th, 2007

NEW ROTTING CHRIST VIDEO

Greek metallers ROTTING CHRIST just made a new video for the killer "Enuma Elish" song, off the band's latest album "Theogonia". Check it out here [LIEN SITE SOM] and on Season of Mist's MySpace page and YouTube channel.

Jul 26th, 2007

ESOTERIC

British doomsters ESOTERIC have completed writing and arranging material for their fifth album and are preparing to enter the studio to record it. The album will contain seven songs, spanning over 100 minutes, and will be released on double-CD format. You can expect an early 2008 release on Season of Mist!

UPCOMING LIVE DATES

RED HARVEST
27 Jul 07 Storås (NO) Storåsfestivalen http://www.storaasfestivalen.no/
10 Aug 07 Bad Berka (DE) Party San Festival (+ Vader + Belphegor + Melechesh + ...)
11 Aug 07 Svojsice U Prelouce (CZ) Brutal Assault Festival http://www.brutalassault.cz

ANCIENT RITES
28 Jul 07 Merksem (BE) Bouckenborgh vzw - Neverfest Open Air www.nevelfest.be

AGRESSOR
05 Aug 07 Napoli (IT) SouthXtreem Noise festival

ROTTING CHRIST
05 Aug 07 Napoli (IT) S-Hammer Metal Fest
17 Aug 07 Oulu (FI) Club Teatria - Jalometalli Festival www.jalometalli.net
25 Aug 07 Reykjavík (IS) Gaukur á Stöng
26 Aug 07 Reykjavík (IS) Gaukur á Stöng
ROTTING CHRIST (+ KRISIUN)
31 Aug 07 Vilnus (LT) Mulen Ruzas
01 Sep 07 Riga (LV) Melna Piektdiena
02 Sep 07 Tallin (EE) Nomme Cult
03 Sep 07 Tampere (FI) Hella
04 Sep 07 Turku (FI) Klubi
05 Sep 07 Helsinki (FI) Nosturi
06 Sep 07 Kuopio (FI) Henry's Pub
07 Sep 07 Oulu (FI) TBA
08 Sep 07 Umea (SE) Midnight
09 Sep 07 (SE) TBA
10 Sep 07 Oslo (NO) Maiden
11 Sep 07 Göteborg (SE) Belsepub
12 Sep 07 Kiel (DE) Pumpe
13 Sep 07 Hannover (DE) Headbanger Ballroom
14 Sep 07 Berlin (DE) K17
16 Sep 07 St-Petersburg (RU) Orlandina
18 Sep 07 Ufa (RU) Ogni Ufy
19 Sep 07 Ekaterinburg (RU) TBA
20 Sep 07 Magnitogorsk (RU) DK Ordzhonikidze
21 Sep 07 Samara (RU) Strokovski Park
22 Sep 07 Moscow (RU) Tochka
23 Sep 07 TBA (BY) TBA
ROTTING CHRIST (+ VADER + KRISIUN + INCANTATION)
27 Sep 07 Warszawa (PL) Progresja
28 Sep 07 TBA (PL) TBA
29 Sep 07 Elk (PL) Centrum Kultury
30 Sep 07 Olsztyn (PL) Secesja
01 Oct 07 Gdynia (PL) Ucho
02 Oct 07 Bydgoszcz (PL) Vanila Club
03 Oct 07 Poznan (PL) TBA
04 Oct 07 Zielona Góra (PL) TBA
05 Oct 07 Lubin (PL) CK Muza
06 Oct 07 Zabrze (PL) Wiatrak
07 Oct 07 Bielsko-Biala (PL) Rudeboy
08 Oct 07 Rzeszów (Pl) Rotunda
09 Oct 07 Kraków (PL) Pod Palma
10 Oct 07 Lodz (PL) Funaberia
ROTTING CHRIST
19 Oct 07 Irakleion (GR) TBA
20 Oct 07 Hania (GR) TBA
09 Nov 07 Kalamata (GR) TBA
10 Nov 07 Patra (GR) Stone Bar
11 Nov 07 Ioannena (GR) Space
03 Nov 07 Lamia (GR) TBA
04 Nov 07 Larisa (GR) Mylos 1927
20 Nov 07 Montreal (CA) TBA
21 Nov 07 Quebec (CA) TBA
22 Nov 07 Trois-rivière (CA) Le Maquisart
23 Nov 07 St-Hyacithe (CA) Bar le Trash
24 Nov 07 Rouyn (CA) Petit théatre du vieux Noranda
25 Nov 07 Sudbury (CA) Jubilee Center
26 Nov 07 Toronto (CA) TBA
27 Nov 07 Ottawa (CA) TBA
08 Dec 07 Athens (GR) Gagarin
09 Dec 07 Alexandroupolis (GR) Domus club
15 Dec 07 Thessaloniki (GR) Ydrogeios
16 Dec 07 Kavala (GR) Jazz Rock Bar

MAYHEM
20 Aug 07 Malmø (SE) Malmøfestivalen
21 Aug 07 Copenhagen (DK) The Rock
24 Aug 07 Bergen (NO) Hole In The Sky festival
25 Aug 07 Stavanger (NO) Folken
30 Aug 07 Tel Aviv (IL) Distortion Festival
05 Oct 07 Notodden (NO) Motstoy Festival

ANAAL NATHRAKH
24 Aug 07 Bergen (NO) Hole In The Sky festival

EYELESS
29 Sep 07 Marseille (FR) Espace Julien - Chaos Fest

FURIA
06 Oct 07 Hussigny (FR) Salle L. Aragon

AGHORA
06 Oct 07 Baarloo (NL) Sjiwa - Progpower www.progpower.com

THE OLD DEAD TREE
20 Oct 07 Paris (FR) Le Nouveau Casino
24 Nov 07 Villeurbanne (FR) CCO
12 Dec 07 Strasbourg (FR) La Laiterie (+ Distress)
14 Dec 07 Marseille (FR) Le Poste à Galène (+ Blazing War Machine)

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SOME DEFINITIONS ABOUT GENRE"S OF ROCK MUSIC & HEAVY METAL MUSIC

Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a genre of music that evolved in the United states in the late 1940s and became popular in the early 1950s, quickly spreading to the rest of the world. It later spawned the various sub-genres of what is now called simply 'rock

The musical basis of rock and roll is its beat, usually accompanied by lyrics. The beat is basically a boogie woogie blues rhythm with an accentuated backbeat, the latter almost always provided by a snare drum. Classic rock and roll is played with one electric guitar or two electric guitars (one lead, one rhythm), an electric bass guitar, and a drum kit. Keyboards are a common addition to the mix. In the rock and roll style of the early 1950s, the saxophone was often the lead instrument, replaced by guitar in the mid 1950s. In the earliest form of rock and roll, during the late 1940s, the piano was the lead instrument, and indeed, among the roots of rock and roll is the boogie woogie piano of the big-band era that dominated American music in the 1940s.

The massive popularity and eventual worldwide scope of rock and roll gave it an unprecedented social impact. Far beyond simply a musical style, rock and roll influenced lifestyles, fashion, attitudes, and language. Many of its early stars, notably Elvis presley, built movie and/or television careers around their music.

The term "rock and roll", which was black slang for dancing or sex, appeared on record for the first time in 1922 on Trixie Smith's "My Baby Rocks Me With One Steady Roll". The word "rock" had a long history in the English language as a metaphor for "to shake up, to disturb or to incite". The verb "Roll" was a medieval metaphor which meant "having sex". Writers for hundreds of years have used the phrases "They had a roll in the hay" or "I rolled her in the clover". 1 In 1934 the Boswell Sisters were referring to the rock and roll of waves in their song "Rock and Roll" [2] Country singer Tommy Scott was referring to the motion of a railroad train in the 1951 "Rockin and Rollin'". [3]

John Lennon summed it up by stating: "If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'."^[1]

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed between 1968 and 1974.^[1] With roots in blues-rock and psychedelic rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, heavy, guitar-and-drums-centered sound, characterized by highly amplified distortion and fast guitar solos. Allmusic declares, "Of all rock & roll's myriad forms, heavy metal is the most extreme in terms of volume, machismo, and theatricality."^[2]

Heavy metal has long had a worldwide following of fans known as "metalheads" or "headbangers". Although early heavy metal bands such as Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath attracted large audiences, they were critically reviled at the time, a status common throughout the history of the genre. As the original wave of heavy metal bands began to wane, the late 1970s brought the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, which stripped away much of the music's blues influence and fused it with a punk rock sensibility.

Heavy metal became broadly popular during the 1980s, when many now-widespread subgenres first evolved. Variations more aggressive and extreme than metal music of the past were mostly restricted to an underground audience; others, including glam metal and, to a lesser extent, thrash metal went on to mainstream commercial success. In recent years, new styles such as nu metal have further expanded the definition of the genre.

Power metal is a style of heavy metal music with the aim of evoking an "epic" feel, incorporating characteristics of primarily traditional metal along with thrash metal or speed metal, often within symphonic context. There is some dispute about the term, which can refer to two different, but related styles: one pioneered and largely practiced in North America, and one based in Germany, Italy and Scandinavia. In contemporary usage, "power metal" describes music influenced by or derived from the European variant, with the exception of several American bands that are associated with both power metal and thrash metal. (Iced Earth and Nevermore.)

Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music, one of the extreme metal subgenres, that is characterised by its high speed and aggression.^[1]

The origins of thrash metal are generally traced to the late 1970s and early 1980s, when a number of bands began incorporating the sound of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal^[2] with elements of hardcore punk (in particular its drum tempos), creating a new genre and developing into a separate movement from punk rock. This genre is much more aggressive compared to its relative, speed metal. There is often significant crossover from one metal category to another, and the influence of non-metal genres, including classical music and jazz, is not uncommon.

Doom metal is a form of heavy metal that emerged as a recognized genre of metal in the mid-1980s. Doom metal is slow, heavy, and rife with pessimism, evoking an atmosphere of darkness, despair and misery. It is strongly influenced by the early work of Black Sabbath. A number of early Black Sabbath tracks, such as "Black Sabbath" and "War Pigs," are often considered embryonic or prototypical doom metal songs. Many of the tracks on their third album Master of Reality (released in 1971) seem to have more in common with what today is seen as doom metal, with tracks such as "Sweet Leaf", "Into The Void", and "Children of the Grave" that featured Tony Iommi's guitar and Geezer Butler's bass tuned down to C# for heavier riffing and reduced string tension for his previously injured fingers. However Black Sabbath was not the only influence. Many doom metal bands started up only a few years after Black Sabbaths debut, with many hailing from countries where the popularity of Black Sabbath had not yet spread.

Gothic metal is a genre of heavy metal music that originated during the mid 1990s in Europe as an outgrowth of doom-death, a fusion genre of doom metal and death metal.

The definition of gothic metal is commonly debated amongst fans and the media; older fans and musicians have a firm concept of the genre and its characteristics, having been around through its growth and evolution, having strict ideas of what bands pertain to the genre and what bands don't. Newer fans reject this categorization as limiting, useless or wrong, often claiming bands are gothic metal that do not meet the criteria of the older fans

Grindcore often shortened to grind, is an evolution of hardcore punk, most commonly associated with death metal and crust punk. Grindcore is characterized by heavily distorted, down-tuned guitars, blastbeats, hardcore punk and crossover thrash influenced riffing, short songs, and a vocal style consisting of growls and higher-pitched vocals, often similar to those found in black metal. Lyrical concepts range from social and political issues to gore and horror to humor.

Speed metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal that spawned in the mid-late 1970s and was the direct musical progenitor of thrash metal^[1] ^[2]. When Speed metal first emerged as a genre, it innovatively increased the tempo of the music template set forth by Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, and Deep Purple while keeping their melodic ideas. Speed Metal can find its significant beginnings with NWOBHM bands.

Many speed metal bands also ostensibly fall within the categories of other heavy metal sub-genres, typically Thrash metal, Shred metal and Power metal^[3]. This is mainly due to the influence speed metal had on the development of these genres, although it should also be mentioned that Speed metal was used by some Glam metal and NWOBHM groups during the 1980s. Many Japanese bands from the 1980s to the present can also be described as speed metal, largely due to the success of X Japan.

Black metal is a type of extreme heavy metal music that started in the early 1980s. The genre is characterized by an aggressive and abrasive sound, coupled with a dark atmosphere and rejection of Judeo-Christian values.

The first bands with black metal characteristics included Bathory, Mercyful Fate, Hellhammer/Celtic Frost and Venom. These bands were mostly thrash metal bands that formed the prototype for black metal; they are referred to collectively as the First Wave. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, a Second Wave emerged in Norway, including prominent bands like Darkthrone and Mayhem. Although there is no well-defined Third Wave, modern black metal bands have incorporated new musical and lyrical trends into their music.

Black metal has been met with considerable hostility from mainstream culture, mainly because of the misanthropic and anti-Judeo-Christian attitude of bands contributing to the genre. Additionally, a few black metal bands have been known to have associations with church burnings, murder, and in rare instances, National Socialism.

Death metal Generally includes violent or dark lyrics which focus on death as a nihilistic metaphor, chromatic chord progressions and a varied song structure without a standard verse-chorus arrangement; compositions instead emphasize an ongoing development of themes and motifs. The genre is often identified with downtuned rhythm guitars, fast percussion, and dynamic intensity. Blast beats, exceedingly fast drum patterns, are frequently used to add to the ferocity of the genre. The vocals are often grunts, snarls, and low gurgles colloquially called death grunts or death growls. Death grunts require use of the throat and guts, unlike traditional singing techniques which discourage this technique. Some people consider it an overtone style of singing. Music journalist Chad Bowar notes that, because of the similarity of the vocals to those of the Sesame Street character, the style is sometimes called "Cookie Monster vocals".^[1] This term has become commonly used as a show of dislike for the genre.

Death metal is occasionally known for abrupt tempo, key, and time signature changes, and extremely fast and complex guitar and drumwork, although this is not always the case, as seen in some forms of death metal which focus on ferocity and speed rather than technicality^[vague]. Bands of this genre frequently utilize downtuned and distorted guitars, a downtuned, sometimes distorted bass guitar, a drum set almost universally using two bass drums or a double bass drum pedal. Although this is the standard setup, bands have been known to incorporate other instruments such as keyboards and saxophone. Death metal is very physically demanding of its musicians, especially in its more complex forms.

Death metal lyrics usually address more nihilistic themes than other forms of rock music (with the exception of black metal), usually using metaphors of a gruesome nature to explore a larger concept. The genre, originally an offshoot of thrash metal, was established to celebrate the darker underlying ideas that lay dormant in metal music. The focus on mortality along with the extreme nature of the music likely inspired the naming of this genre.

There are three common theories on the origin of the term "death metal." The first being is the title of the Possessed song Death Metal, which was featured on their 1985 debut album Seven Churches (an album widely regarded as the first death metal album, predating Morbid Angel's and Death's works. But in the same year, a song called Death Metal appeared on the debut album Power from Hell by thrash metal band Onslaught. A 1985 demo by Death was also called Death by Metal. The second theory is that the name of genre pioneers Death was the origin of the genre's name, since their 1987 debut album Scream Bloody Gore made death metal a more recognised form. Their austere name has said to have been adopted as the genre's title. A third theory emerged in 2003 when the late Thomas 'Quorthon' Forsberg of black metal band Bathory claimed in an interview with the British journalist Joel McIver that he had invented the term 'death metal' as far back as 1984, even though his band never pursued a death metal approach.

*Definitons are taken from the wikipedia

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Tuesday 31 July 2007

Season of mist news (July 2007)

Jul 26th, 2007

SALEM

NEW ROTTING CHRIST VIDEO

ESOTERIC

UPCOMING LIVE DATES

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