How to earn even more dollars from music fans? Ask Music for Nations. They plan to release a special edition of Opeth’s last album "Blackwater park". This edition would feature an additional CD with 2 new tracks. Of course everyone who bought the regular edition has to buy this new version to get the bonussongs, what a rip-offs...
Over, finished, done, gone, out... After J.C. Green left the band to pursue an education, Justin suffered a nervous breakdown prior to boarding his flight to the US. Unable to make the trip, nevermind perform a 2 month long tour, Justin has decided to call it quits. Godflesh is done for...
The M-Tronic label will offer an exclusive mp3 of Kaltesglas on the day the new album is released, May 14. In the meantime, German IDM artists Beefcake have joined the label for the release of their EP "Hôte" in September.
A live session from Lunascape will be broadcasted by the Belgian music channel TMF in their program TMF Café. Broadcast dates are: Thursday 2 may > 23:00. Sunday 5 may > 20:00. Tuesday 7 may > 21:00.
The new Agalloch is completed with a possible release date in july on The End Records. The new album is a grand multi-dimensional opus of 70 minutes featuring their dark melancholic metal with post rock and neo-folk elements.
Next Saturday (May 4) a festival will take place at Alte Spinnerei in Glauchau, Germany. The festival is sponsored by Tesco and will feature Genocide Organ, Grey Wolves and Dagda Mor. Furthermore, the label will soon release new albums by Apoptose and Janitor.
Some news from Smalltown Supersound: the label will showcase some of its artists at Cargo in London on the 1st of May. More info can be found at New Speed.
Apoptygma Berzerk would like to thank everyone who visited their shows during the European leg of the World Harmony Tour. The dates for the U.S. leg of the tour can now be found at their website
Múm signed with Fatcat Records and will release "Finally we are no one" in may. The album is the stunning, highly anticipated second album from this Icelandic 4-piece. Beautifully meshing some dense but intricate programming with gorgeous vocal and instrumental melodies. Their first single is "Green Grass Of Tunnel" and will be released on march the 29th.
Another showbiz death: Lisa 'Left-Eye" Lopes died in a car-accident in Honduras. The member of R'n'B act TLC had just started to record her second solo album for Suge Knight's Deathrow label. Read more at CNN.
Sigh, Khanate and Thrones on tour in the USA in april and may. The tourdates can be found here.
Those who've missed the European tour, should not worry: Godspeed You Black Emperor will tour through the U.S. and Canada later this year, when also their new album is planned. More news can be found here. The concert played at Amsterdam, Holland, will be broadcasted tomorrow (friday) on Radio 3FM at 22:00 Dutch time.
Matt Sharp sues Weezer... "Sharp wants to be credited for co-writing a slew of songs, seeks royalties he claims he is owed and wants his partnership with the band settled, among other relief." More here and here.
Bumblefoot/Ron Thal will play at least one live show in Holland this summer. Session musicians are almost all members of Sun Caged.
Jazzland Records news: The new album "Out Here. In There" from Sidsel Endresen and Bugge Wesseltoft will be released in May. Jazzland remixed is scheduled for an early August release.There will also be a double CD compilation from the Jazzland catalogue in October. Currently these artists are in the studio recording new material: Beady Belle, Pål, Raymond Pellicer & Patrick Shaw and Bugge Wesseltoft (live album)
The Gathering just returned from an exhausting 2 weeks session at the 'E-sound' studio. A new mini album called "Black Light District" is announced on Psychonaut records. The cd will be released in june, but the first couple of months it will only be available on internet! Read more about it on the official Gathering site.
Dan Swanö's Nightingale signed with The End Records. Details here.
Season of Mist records will release the Mayhem catalogue on vinyl. "Deathcrush", "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas", "Wolf’s Lair Abyss" and "Grand Declaration of War" will all be included in a limited edition box (2.000 copies), along with a 7" containing 2 never officially released songs recorded after "Deathcrush" with Dead doing the vocals!
Hooray, Beady Belle visits Holland, Estonia, Lithuana and France. Be sure to check out their soulfull electronic jazz. A review will follow soon.
Norwegian electro noise act Single Unit released the 'Passion Pirates and Parasites' 7" picture disc, out in a ltd.ed of 300 on Synesthetic Recordings.
Alice in Chains lead singer dies. Read the whole story at CNN or Yahoo.
Red Harvest has renewed its website. The video "AEP" from the new album "Sick Transit Gloria Mundi" is also available for download.
EM411 is a really interesting place for electronic musicians. Software, hardware, music reviews and lot's more. One big and happy community :)
The Belgian Fusarium mailorder has started a new webmagazine called Geluidsoverlast. Check it out for reviews, interviews, and more.