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September 10th, 2008

In this issue:

featured artists, free tracks, new videos, behind the scenes, in stores now, coming soon

Introduction

Another month, another edition of The Orchard Metal Newsletter. The summer haze is lifting around these parts, and we’ve got plenty of pummel for you this Fall with new records on the immediate horizon from Oakland deathcore demons All Shall Perish and German blacksters Eisregen. But it doesn’t stop there. Aside from tracks off the new Bloodbath, music from the tempestuous teens of Hackneyed, and a new video from Nuclear Blast's Sonic Syndicate, we've got an OMN Exclusive -- All Shall Perish's "Never Again," one of the finest tracks on the stellar Awaken The Dreamers. Our Behind The Scenes section this month comes frontloaded with a hilarious clip of Hammerfall recording their latest record, beating up cardboard boxes, and destroying a TV set. Tough stuff. And, of course, the release schedule is staying strong throughout the rest of the year, with the latest from Sonic Syndicate, a new Bloodbath album, and a compendium of Napalm awesomeness.

Featured Artists

		All Shall Perish Awaken The Dreamers [Nuclear Blast] Release Date: Sept 16 Website Myspace


Oakland deathcore demigods All Shall Perish are set to release the highly-anticipated follow up to 2006’s metal milestone The Price of Existence on September 16th via Nuclear Blast Records. Entitled Awaken the Dreamers, the band’s third proper full-length further blurs the boundaries between technical grind, relentless death, and balls-to-the-wall metalcore. The furious twelve-track collection was once again recorded at Oakland’s Castle Ultimate with Zack Ohren (Decrepit Birth, Light This City).

		Eisregen Knochenkult [Massacre Records] Release Date: Sept 19 Website Myspace


In English, the word "Eisregen" translates to "Ice Rain." That's a pretty fair description of the sound this German black metal quartet has been perfecting for the past thirteen years -- freezing blastbeaten, grinding occasionaly-orchestral intensity. Just over a year after the releas of their wildly-succesful Blutbahnen, Eisregen is preparing to release their seventh studio album, Knochenkult ("bone cult"), on September 19th via Massacre Records.

Free Tracks

All Shall Perish | Never Again
from Awaken The Dreamers [Nuclear Blast]

Hackneyed | Neon Sun
from Death Prevails [Nuclear Blast]

Sonic Syndicate | My Escape
from Love And Other Disasters [Nuclear Blast]

Katra | Beast Within
from Beast Within [Napalm Records]

Descending | Enter Annihilation
from Enter Annihilation[Massacre Records]

Laaz Rockit | Brain Wash
from Left For Dead [Massacre Records]

Eisregen | Knochenkult
from Knochenkult [Massacre Records]

Bloodbath | Slaughter The Will To Live
from The Fathomless Mastery [Peaceville]

New Videos

Sonic Syndicate | Jack of Diamonds
from Love And Other Disasters [Nuclear Blast]

Behind the Scenes

			Hammerfall \| Studio Video

		Gothenburg power metal monolith Hammerfall have been releasing snippets from their in-studio exploits over the past four weeks. In this edition, the band lays down some tracks, and gets medieval on some cardboard. No, really.


			Arsis \| Interview

		Metal Injection recently sat down with Virgina death metalers Arsis to talk their new album We Are The Nightmare, among other things, during a recent stop on the Trash and Burn Tour in Atlanta.


			All Shall Perish \| In The Studio

		All Shall Perish's September 16th release, Awaken The Dreamers, comes along with a DVD filled with behind the scenes, in-studio footage. Recently MTV's Headbangers Blog gave fans a sneak peek of the sessions at Castle Ultimate Studios in Oakland with producer Zach Ohren.

In Stores Now

		Anathema Hindsight [Snapper Music] Website Myspace		Collection of new songs and updated arrangements of old favorites from influential and genre-bending UK doom metal band. RIYL: My Dying Bride, Paradise Lost



		Descending Enter Annihilation [Massacre Records] Website Myspace		Debut album from Greek thrash metal quintet led by former Nightrage guitarist Constantine. RIYL: Children Of Bodom, At The Gates



		Laaz Rockit Left For Dead [Massacre Records] Website Myspace		First studio album in 17 years from Bay Area thrash metal pioneers. Germany's HEAVY magazine named it "Album Of The Month" in June '08. Since reuniting in 2006, they've shared the stage with Anthrax and Testament.



		Katra Beast Within [Napalm Records] Website Myspace		Debut album from buzzy Finnish goth metal combo featuring former members of Nocturn. Includes the Finnish radio hit "Grail of Sahara." RIYL: Nightwish, Leaves' Eyes



		Dignity Project Destiny [Napalm Records] Website Myspace		Debut album from Austrian / Swedish pop metal combo featuring Roland Navratil of Edenbridge. RIYL: Europe, TNT



		Hackneyed Death Prevails [Nuclear Blast] Website Myspace		The debut album fromHackneyed speaks for itself - modern death metal with its very own flavor that shows their technical abilities while giving tribute to the legends of the genre. Thi band's appeal lies in their amazingly mature songs and also in the promise of great things to come - the members of Hackneyed range from 14 to 18 years old!



		Various Artists Nothing Burns Like Napalm Vol. 1 [Napalm Records] Website		Label sampler from long-running Austrian cult metal label. Features tracks from German gothic metal band Lacrimas Profundere, Faroese metal-folksters Týr, Scottish power metal combo Alestorm, German / Norwegian symphonic goth metal band Leaves' Eyes, and many more.

Coming Soon

		All Shall Perish Awaken The Dreamers [Nuclear Blast] Release Date: Sept 16 Website Myspace		Third studio album from California melodic deathcore quintet who have toured with Hate Eternal, Agnostic Front. Previous album The Price Of Existence sold 20K worldwide; Blabbermouth called it "an impressive piece of metal, one that should vault this scrappy, hard-touring band a lot higher in the pecking order."



		Eisregen Knochenkult [K-Scope] Release Date: Sept 19 Website Myspace		2008 album from Germany's best-selling death metal combo. Previous album Blutbahnen [2007] reached #32 on German album charts.



		Bloodbath The Fathomless Mastery [Peaceville] Release Date: Oct 6 Website Myspace		Bloodbath are an extreme metal supergroup from Stockholm, Sweden. Formed in 1998 with a mutual fascination for the glory days of death metal, the band’s line up has changed and evolved throughout the years, featuring the elite of Swedish metal. This line-up has once again reunited for The Fathomless Mastery which they have described as representing ‘nothing but hateful brutality.’





		Sonic Syndicate Love And Other Disasters [Nuclear Blast] Release Date: Oct 14 Website Myspace		Third album from Swedish melodic death metal combo who won Nuclear Blast's 2006 Bandcontest. Previous album Only Inhuman [2007] debuted at #22 on Swedish charts; Rock Sound praised its "groundbreaking killer riffs, raging grooves and tons of sweeping melodies." RIYL: Children of Bodom, Killswitch Engage

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