HUMANITY IS DOOMED (DOOM METAL NEWS)

"We don't take speed, we take slow"
FINALLY..Forgive me, as with everything in doom, it is slooow and atmospheric as This is a new monthly feature on ITP (as is NOTES FROM THE EXTREME METAL UNDERGROUND, and DAMNED IN BLACK-black metal news) "HUMANITY IS DOOMED", doom metal news. The HUMANITY IS DOOMED feature will focus mostly on death, drone and funeral doom with some traditional and stoner doom. (ABOVE VIDEOS FUNERAL ORCHESTRA-"Opium de occulta" SECOND VIDEO: EXAHALUS/PERSISTENCE IN MOURNING SPLIT "The Grim Retreat")
SOURCE OF NEWS: DOOMMETAL.COM, BLABBERMOUTH.NET, DOOM METAL ALLIANCE MYSPACE, MYSPACE BAND ACCOUNTS, SOLITUDE PRODUCTIONS, FIREDOOM RECORDS, BORNINBLOOD.COM ECT.:


*UK funeral doom legends ESOTERIC are currently searching for a new keyboard player. FROM ESOTERIC MYSPACE: We are saddened to announce that our keyboard/synth player, Olivier Goyet will be leaving the band in order to move back to his homeland, France. We are currently looking for a replacement. Interested parties please get in contact with us through email, the website or myspace. Thanks.

**Drone doom heroes EXHALUS and PERSISTENCE IN MOURNING have released a split CD entitled "THE GRIM RETREAT" 7/13/09 on not.exhalus.net. FROM EXHALUS:
Grim Retreat:
released: 2009
run time: 45 min

tracklisting:

Exhalus
1. The Numinous Insignification
2. Instrumental to a Progressive Demise
3. Foreshadowing
4. Kenoticism
Persistence in Mourning
5. Succumbed 0.1
6. Succumbed 0.2
7. Succumbed 0.6

Track 6 (Succumbed 0.2) is a collaboration between Persistence in Mourning and Exhalus.
***Norwegian funeral doom masters FUNERAL have posted new tracks (pre-prod) on the bands MYSPACE. FROM FUNERAL MYSPACE: A unmixed pre-production medley of the next album is now uploaded to myspace!
Indie Recordings is planning to release the album sometime in the first half of 2010. The new songs are more variated than before, and alot of the material is heavier than in years. 17 songs are recorded so far, and we are in discussion with the label about the possibility to release a 2cd album. Roger Bjørge (Illusion Suite) will also this time contribute with orchestration. http://www.myspace.com/doomfuneral

****Indiana USA doomsters THE GATES OF SLUMBER have completed work on their new CD "Hymns of Blood and Thunder" due out 9/13/09 on RISE ABOVE records. FROM GATES OF SLUMBER: GATES OF SLUMBER COMPLETES WORK ON NEW ALBUM “HYMNS OF BLOOD & THUNDER

Critically acclaimed “True Heavy Metal” band THE GATES OF SLUMBER has completed work on its new studio album Hymns of Blood & Thunder. The album is slated to drop in North America on September 13, 2009 via Rise Above Records.

THE GATES OF SLUMBER encapsulates the metal experience for true believers. Weaned on Black Sabbath, St. Vitus, the melodic might of Iron Maiden and a host of classic bands from Thin Lizzy to Rainbow to Mercyful Fate, THE GATES OF SLUMBER draws deep from heavy metal's most powerful blood and delivers doom metal in its purest form.

The band’s hotly anticipated new album, Hymns of Blood & Thunder drops on the heels of the brightest and busiest year in the respected power trio’s history; one that saw THE GATES OF SLUMBER pack clubs during its first U.S. headlining tour and land atop many year-end media polls with Conqueror, an album that was hailed as “a breath of fresh air within the doom / true metal underground.” The record placed at the #5 position in Decibel’s "Top 40 Albums of 2008" and made Village Voice Media’s "Top 10 Metal Albums of 2008", joining an impressive list of some of the genre’s finest including AC/DC, Judas Priest and Metallica.

Recorded in Chicago’s Semaphore Studios with producer Sanford Parker (Nachtmystium, Pelican), THE GATES OF SLUMBER unleashes its holy grail in the formidable Hymns of Blood & Thunder. A mighty document of both powerful songwriting and instrumental skull-crushing, the album is heavy and chillingly bleak; in an almost unrelenting way that hasn't been heard since Judas Priest's heyday (Sad Wings of Destiny, Sin After Sin, etc.). Displaying a powerful focus and direction and demonstrating a very compelling emotional range, THE GATES OF SLUMBER have upped its levels of both technique and melody, resulting in an album that is at once frighteningly dark in its effect, tight in its grooves and unrivaled in its sheer power.

"Just prior to the band’s 2008 U.S. headlining tour, I started working on songs for the new record with the goal in mind that it had to be a step forward for us compositionally as well as production wise,” THE GATES OF SLUMBER front man / guitarist Karl Simon remarks. “I knew that I personally wanted to work on more integrated and composed solos to allow for different sides of me to come out - sides that are more influenced by Judas Priest and The Scorpions, rather than the flurries of hammer-ons that I owe to Tony Iommi and Wino. The songs are more aggressive, more riff-y this time, but they also retain the musical elements that we've explored over the last couple of records. Lyrically it's a continuation of our obsession with war, and death and the fantasy worlds where those things are all so common and cool."

Hymns of Blood & Thunder is a sinister, muscular collection that ties the disparate strands of the band’s style together while jacking the adrenaline rush up to previously undreamed-of levels. The group is at the absolute peak of its powers in terms of technical execution and the result is a hard, driving sound that is faster and louder. From the moment the album’s battering-ram sound kicks in all the way through to its ominous title track closer, the group’s fourth full length rocks with a classic heavy-metal vengeance and a hooky, driving momentum that's usually absent in metal's doomy end. Like it or not, heavy metal is here, there and everywhere and THE GATES OF SLUMBER scores a head banger's bull's-eye with Hymns of Blood & Thunder.

"I started working on “Hymns of Blood & Thunder” almost immediately after the “Conqueror” sessions,” Simon continues. “From the first moment I began work on the music for this record, I knew that it was going to surpass everything on Conqueror; and it has. Each of the songs travels through its own movement. In place of "the epic song" or "the fast song" each of these tracks takes its turn being that: “Chaos Calling” is fast, but in the bridging mid-section you will be surprised by the feel change. “Beneath the Eye of Mars” is a grinding death march, until we invoke the deep influence of classic 70's metal in the song’s “pause before the final fall”. The album has its lush surprises as well. We've grown, and being true to that are not forgetting all that we have learned. Get ready to fail your saving throw v. shitting your pants."

The final track listing for Hymns of Blood & Thunder is as follows:

1.) Chaos Calling
2.) Death Dealer
3.) Beneath the Eyes of Mars
4.) The Doom of Aceldama
5.) Age of Sorrow
6.) The Bringer of War
7.) Descent Into Madness
8.) Iron Hammer
9.) The Mist in the Mourning
10.) Blood and Thunder

THE GATES OF SLUMBER has clearly become a new American voice for underground metal, and has done so with maximum conviction. With plans for serious worldwide touring on behalf of Hymns of Blood & Thunder, THE GATES OF SLUMBER is out to show why it is regarded as one of the most talked about new true doom / heavy metal bands today. Beginning August 1, the band will team up with Atlanta’s ZOROASTER and Belgium’s SERPENTCULT for the “North America is DOOMED” summer tour. A full listing of upcoming THE GATES OF SLUMBER live dates follows this message.

In addition to Simon, THE GATES OF SLUMBER features Jason McCash (bass) and “Iron” Bob Fouts (drums).

more info at: www.myspace.com/thegatesofslumber


www.riseaboverecords.com www.myspace.com/thegatesofslumber
******German doomsters AHAB have pushed BACK the release date for "Divinity of Oceans" due to the bands distributor SPV folding and going bankrupt. FROM AHAB MYSPACE: Ahoi seamen,

due to a change of the german/austrian distributor (no longer SPV/now EDEL) the release-date in Germany/Austria changed slightly.

Find here the new dates:

22.07.2009 – Finland, Spain
24.07.2009 – Switzerland, Sweden, Benelux, France, Italy
27.07.2009 – Rest of Europe
28.07.2009 – Canada
07.08.2009 – Germany, Austria
22.09.2009 – USA

This was The Captain speaking!
Cheerio,Ahab
*******Belgian doom band MY LAMENT unleashed the bands new CD entitled "Broken Leaf" 6/22/09 on Solitude Productions. FROM SOLITUDE PRODUCTIONS:
Revelation from this Belgian band with their debut album "Broken Leaf"! The first album of MY LAMENT consists of eight powerful, perfectly recorded songs, which have a balance between cruelty of ATARAXIE and melodic lines of OFFICIUM TRISTE and SATURNUS. Brilliant playing skills of the musicians with great sound separate MY LAMENT from a lot of modern bands in this style, and put their music on same line with the famous bands of doom death metal scene!
*******Russian label SOLITUDE PRODUCTIONS (V/A - Rising Of Yog-Sothoth: Tribute to Thergothon (2CD) Summer / Autumn 2009) THERGOTHON tribute is currently in the mixing process. FROM SOLITUDE PRODUCTIONS: Got the track from worship
and still waiting for Imindain
Last status was - in mixing process
*********Saudi Arabian doomsters GRIEVING AGE have released their debut release entitled "In Aloof Lantern, Thy Bequeathed A Wailer Quietus" as the band are currently unsigned.
FROM GRIEVING AGE MYSPACE: Joyously we would like to declare that the album has been launched!!

Grieving Age stated " Working with Dan Swano ( Ex- Katatonia, Bloodbath, Edge Of Sanity ) in mixing and mastering the album and Aaron Stainthorpe ( My Dying Bride ) in all album artworks and logo is a magnificent and tremendous step to us! It's kinda like a beautiful dream.

Grieving Age added "we are so glad that we are finally going to release our debut album, it took us 5 years to achieve such a sound,something we always wanted and dreamed of ! this album shows a different path,hopefully people will like it and appreciate it."

Big thanks to Kamal Al Nauimi ( Deathless Anguish ) for recording and producing this album and Badr Al Zaharani for recording all vocals " we had such a great time,definitely we will do it again.


4 minute from each already been uploaded on myspace,go and check it now!!



REC INFO


Produced and Recorded in Al Khobar 2008 by: Kamal Al Nauimi (Deathless Anguish and Flesh Laceration), also appeared as session Bassist

All Vocals been recorded at Third World Studio 2008 by:
Badr Al Zahrani

Mixed and Mastered At Unisound Studio 2009 by: Dan Swano

Artwork, Logo and Layout by: Aaron Stainthorpe (My Dying Bride)
*********Danish doom metal band SATURNUS have announced the bands first live appearance in Romania. FROM SATURNUS MYSPACE: Saturnus is really proud to announce there first ever live performance in Romania at this years Heart Rock Festival, the event will take place 26 of September.
***********Finnish doom masters COLOSSEUM have released a video for "Towards the Infinite" from the bands latest offering "CHAPTER 2: NUMQUAM" released 1/14/09. VIDEO FOR "TOWARDS THE INFINITE" here on COLOSSEUM's website: http://colosseumdoom.com/
************Drone/doom masters SUNN 0)))unleashed their seventh studio "Monoliths and Dimensions" 5/26/09 (North America) and 5/18/09 (UK and EUROPE) as the duo plan to tour internationally as both a 4 and 5 piece with Atila Csihar (MAYHEM) and Steve Moore. FROM STEPHEN O'MALLEY of SUNN 0))): SUNN O)))s M&D opus is birthed. sunn100. You can now order the album via Southern Lord on CD format (vinyl release TBO, probably late summer). Also available are some tshirts & hoodies featuring qlipothic art via Timo Ketola (also present on the CD layout), all art directed by yours truly. Please note that all CD & vinyl versions of the album contain the same tracklist & mixes, there are no bonus audio materials for this album. The SLR jewelcase CD version is a great package and tactile experience with vellum stocks & ocard. Japanese edition, again by Daymare, is beautifully and elaborately packaged in a mini-gatefold LP package with oversized vellum obi, 4 "art cards" and a poster. The bonus material on the Japanese version this time is "bonus artwork".

We are preparing tours as a 4 and 5 piece in support of this opus. Attila Csihar and Steve Moore will be in the ranks as well as a yet undecided 5th member for some shows. Randall Dunn will be on the big guns.

SUNN O))) "Monoliths & Dimensions" tours 2009

Midwest USA July 2-12
West coast USA August 5-11
East coast/Southeast USA September 18-30
Middle & East Europe/Scandinavia October 17 - Nov 1st

There should also be UK and Japan jaunts following those pieces. We are working on it, more to come.

We are also considering and contemplating a few special event concerts with an expanded acoustic ensemble lineup. This is a whole different ballgame but may be in the cards and we have a few loyal partners in Europe on board to help manifest if/when the time is correct.

We're proud of the huge accomplishments and results of this intensively ambitious, challenging and difficult album. I think that all we have done with our music to date has led up to this piece of work, its a great evocation of the spirit and essence of what SUNN O))) is/was/shall be over the years. The living music. And its really a gift to the real deep listeners. Enjoy.

Thanks in advance for the interest and support! To old & new fans, diehards and curious newcomers alike! Old and new collaborators, this album is for all of you!

Gratitude,
Stephen O'Malley & SUNN O)))

PS: Check my webpage, Ideologic, to see reviews and features from the press realted to M&D.
***********A new sub genre of the metal sub genre of DOOM? ELECTRONIC DOOM featuring such projects as HALO, P.H.O.B.U.S.,DRUGHONKEY, UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE, PLANET AIDS ect. All the doomsters are talking about electronic doom as a thread on DOOMMETAL.COM exists on said subject: http://www.doom-metal.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=3256
*************Russian doom label SOLITUDE PRODUCTIONS is celebrating their 4th anniversary and has this news for doomsters and DSBM black/doom fans from SOLITUDE PRODUCTIONS:
Today is the fourth anniversary since the foundation of the label. We are proud to present the information about signing new bands and the perspectives of further development.

1. We have got several new bands:

S:T Erik (Sweden) – http://www.myspace.com/sterik
Debut album From Under The Tarn is already recorded, the graphic art is in progress.

Nox Aurea (Sweden) - http://www.myspace.com/noxaurea; http://www.noxaurea.se
The band has finished their debut album Via Gnosis. Estimated release date – Autumn 2009.

Ophis (Germany) - http://www.myspace.com/ophisdoom; http://www.ophisdoom.de
Well-known German band, performed at a number of doom festivals sharing the stages with Skepticism, Mourning Beloveth, Mournful Congregation, Longing For Dawn, Evoken, Isole, Officium Triste and others. The band already has MCD "Nostrae Mortis Signaculum" and CD "Stream of Misery" in their discography. Now they are working on second full-length CD which release is planned for beginning of 2010.

2. We have collected all the tracks for Tribute to Thergothon and now working of the cover art. The release is planned for beginning of autumn 2009.

3. The “Art Of Silence” series releases will be issued in the end of July. All Cds will be limited to 100 copies. In this series we present the records which can hardly attract wide attention by some reasons (like experimental character of music or record quality), however, are worth listening to our mind. We have developed a special thick cardboard sleeve being a small LP sleeve replica for these series; special packages are made in Japan. Each release will include a sticker, a small booklet and a card with copy number.

4. And, finally, some news from our previously signed bands:
Abstract Spirit are working on their second full-length album. Release is planned for autumn 2009.
Kauan have finished the recording of their third album, which will be matered in famous Finnvox studio.
Mournful Gust are working on re-issue of the album She's My Grief. The whole album will be remastered and will contain a bonus CD with exclusive material.
Reido are about to finish the recording of their second album, the work is estimated to be completed in autumn 2009.
**********Portuguese doomsters AVERA INFERI released "Blood of Bacchus" (DIGIPACK) 7/14/09 on Season Of the Mist.
*************The scheduled DOOMED TO PROGRESS (PRESENTED BY METAL THURSDAYS: WITH; Shroud of Bereavement, Todesbonden, Gwynbleidd, Dreaded Silence) at Ralph Chadwicks Square Diner in Worcester, Massachusetts has been rescheduled for 10/10/09
**************Doom metal masters OGRE are disbanding and will perform their last U.S. show 9/12/09 at Genois in Portland, Oregon: From OGRE:

After much band deliberation and discussion, OGRE has decided that our tenth Anniversary show (September 12 at Genoís in Portland) is going to be our final US gig and, essentially, the end of the band. This decision to dissolve the band was not an easy one to come by, but we feel it is the right call. At this point, there is too much going on in each of our lives to sustain OGRE at the level of quality that our fans expect and deserve.

And, before people decide to jump to conclusions (as is often the case when these things happen), we want to make clear that this decision was entirely mutual, all three of us agreeing that this was the right time to bring things to an appropriate conclusion. We have accomplished a lot of great things during our ten-year run, playing with too many amazing bands to mention, recording three well-received albums, and of course, touring Japan last year. We are proud of what the three of us have been able to do (especially considering how little we started with!), and we thought it would be better to end things on a high note, rather than fizzling out, as so many bands do.

With that in mind, we have decided to turn the tenth anniversary show into something of a ìlast waltz,î giving the band and our fans one last chance to jam out and celebrate together. We have a lot of surprises and special treats planned for this show, and if we can pull everything together in time, itís going to be a night to remember. Suffice to say for now, itís going to be an entire night with OGRE, including three (yes, three!) full sets of fan favorites, cover songs, and OGRE rarities. We really hope that as many OGRE fans, past and present, near and far, will come out and celebrate with us on the 12th, so please make sure to keep checking our MySpace page for more details as the gig approaches.

Even though we have decided to make this our final US show, that doesnít mean youíve heard the last from OGRE. We will continue to work on the deluxe vinyl reissues of our three albums, which are slated for release by Iron Kodex Records (Germany) in the fall and are going to be absolutely killer. In addition, before we made the decision to dissolve the band, we were in the process of planning some European shows in 2010, and we fully hope to honor those obligations. Clearly, the OGRE is a tough beast to slay.

Finally, we just wanted to say thanks to everyone, world-wide, who has supported OGRE over the past ten years. We hope to see some of you at Genoís on September 12!

www.myspace.com/ogre
ONE FOOT ON THE MONITOR: DOOM METAL NORTH AMERICAN SUMMER/FALL TOUR DATES/FESTIVALS:
SUNN 0))) U.S.A./EUROPEAN TOUR DATES: Aug 5 2009 8:00P
SUNN O))) @ Neumo’s Seattle, Washington
Aug 6 2009 8:00P
SUNN O))) @ Neumo’s Seattle, Washington
Aug 8 2009 8:00P
SUNN O))) @ Independent San Francisco, California
Aug 9 2009 8:00P
SUNN O))) @ Historic Brookdale Lodge Brookdale, California
Aug 11 2009 8:00P
SUNN O))) @ Center for Arts, Eagle Rock Los Angeles, California
Aug 13 2009 8:00P
SUNN O))) @ Bluebird Theatre Denver, Colorado
Aug 14 2009 8:00P
SUNN O))) @ Avalon Theatre Salt Lake City, Utah
Sep 17 2009 8:00P
SUNN O))) @ Mr Small’s Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Sep 19 2009 8:00P
SUNN O))) @ AS220 Providence, Rhode Island
Sep 20 2009 8:00P
SUNN O))) @ First Unitarian Church Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sep 22 2009 8:00P
SUNN O))) @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple New York, New York
Sep 23 2009 8:00P
SUNN O))) @ Sonar Baltimore, Maryland
Sep 24 2009 8:00P
SUNN O))) @ Bijou Theatre Knoxville, Tennessee
Sep 25 2009 8:00P
SUNN O))) @ Orange Peel Asheville, North Carolina
Sep 26 2009 8:00P
SUNN O))) @ Legends Atlanta, Georgia
Sep 27 2009 8:00P
SUNN O))) @ Steny-Stoval Chapel Athens, Georgia
Sep 28 2009 8:00P
SUNN O))) @ Steney-Stoval Chapel Athens, Georgia
Sep 30 2009 8:00P
SUNN O))) @ Mercy Lounge Nashville, Tennessee
Oct 17 2009 8:00P
SUNN O))) @ LUFF Laussane, Lucerne
Nov 6 2009 8:00P
KTL @ Unlimited 23 Festival Wels, Oberösterreich
Nov 8 2009 8:00P
KTL @ Dis-patch Festival Belgrade
Nov 26 2009 8:00P
KINDERTOTENLIEDER @ Kampnagel Hamburg, Hamburg
Nov 28 2009 8:00P
KINDERTOTENLIEDER @ Kampnagel Hamburg, Hamburg
Dec 12 2009 8:00P
SUNN O))) @ ATP Festival Minehead, Southwest
Dec 13 2009 8:00P
SUNN O))) @ ATP Festival Minehead, Southwest
Dec 14 2009 8:00P
SUNN O))) @ Koko London, London and South East
Dec 16 2009 8:00P
KINDERTOTENLIEDER @ Centre Dramatique National d’Orleans Orléans, Lorraine
Dec 17 2009 8:00P
KINDERTOTENLIEDER @ Centre Dramatique National d’Orleans Orléans,
Lorraine
BORN TO LATE DOOM FESTIVAL 2 AUGUST 1st, 2009 at the BUG JAR 219 MONROE AVE, ROCHESTER, NY 14607. (WITH: IRON MAN, OGRE, PALE DIVINE, CYRUS, AGAINST NATURE, ORODRUIN, ARGUS, WHILE HEAVEN WEPT, REVELATION, APOSTLE OF SOLITUDE, ARGUS)
SAINT VITUS (EAST COAST) USA TOUR DATES: Oct. 16 - Club Europa - Brooklyn, New York
Oct. 17 - Palladium - Worcester, MA (w/ MISFITS, TYPE O NEGATIVE)
Oct. 18 - Sonar - Baltimore, MD
STONER HANDS OF DOOM X FEST: Krug's Place, 906 N East St, Frederick, MD
September 3-6, 2009: SHoD X TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

Thurs Sept 3rd
Approx 8pm-1:30am

Backwoods Payback (headliner)
Argus
Ol' Scratch
Megashira
The Crimson Electric
Soul

Friday Sept 4th
Approx 7pm-1:30am

Valkyrie (headliner)
Unorthodox
Reese, Kallimon, Laue Project
Pale Divine
Obiat
Borgo Pass
John Wilkes Booth
Iron Weed
Sat. Sept 5th
Approx 12pm-1:30am

Place of Skulls (headliner)
Earthride
Internal Void
Las Cruces
Blood of the Sun
Sons of Otis
Devil to Pay
Admiral Browning
Telestrion
Stone Axe (featuring Tony Reed from Mos Generator)
Sun Gods in Exile
We're All Gonna Die
Spacecharge
Armazilla
Sun June 6th -
Approx 1pm-1:30am

Solace (headliner)
Sixty Watt Shaman
Against Nature
Memory Driven
Elder
White Witch Canyon
Ogre
Black Pyramid
Electric Magma
Black Cowgirl
Centrifuge
Born of Thunder
Cortez

As always, there will be changes.

Of note:
Internal Void will be re-releasing the Voyage tape on CD with some live tracks and hope to have it ready for their only show at SHoD festival.
Sorry, due to the complexity and length of the fest, this event is 21+ only.

The club is roomy, with lots of seating, and great food. Food is tavern fare and generally priced from $6-$14.

You will be allowed to leave and return throughout each day
GATES OF SLUMBER, ZOROASTER, SERPENTCULT U.S. TOUR DATES:
Upcoming Shows
Aug 1 2009 9:00P
Empty Bottle W/ ZOROASTER, SERPENTCULT Chicago, Illinois
Aug 2 2009 9:00P
Mac’s Bar W/ ZOROASTER, SERPENTCULT Lansing, Michigan
Aug 3 2009 8:00P
Wreck Room W/ ZOROASTER, SERPENTCULT Toronto, Ontario
Aug 4 2009 8:00P
Rainbow Bistro W/ ZOROASTER, SERPENTCULT Ottawa, Ontario
Aug 5 2009 8:00P
Katacombes W/ ZOROASTER, SERPENTCULT Montreal, Quebec
Aug 6 2009 7:00P
Club Jerky’s W/ ZOROASTER, SERPENTCULT Providence,, Rhode Island
Aug 7 2009 8:00P
O’Briens Pub W/ ZOROASTER, SERPENTCULT Bridgewater, Massachusetts
Aug 8 2009 8:00P
Taking Head Club W/ ZOROASTER, SERPENTCULT Baltimore, Maryland
Aug 9 2009 8:00P
The Studio at Webster Hall W/ ZOROASTER, SERPENTCULT New York City, New York
Aug 10 2009 8:00P
The M Room W/ ZOROASTER, SERPENTCULT Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Aug 11 2009 8:00P
Howler’s Cafe W/ ZOROASTER, SERPENTCULT Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Aug 12 2009 8:00P
Peabody’s w/ ZOROASTER, SERPENTCULT Cleveland, Ohio
Aug 13 2009 8:00P
Ravari Room W/ ZOROASTER, SERPENTCULT Columbus, Ohio
Aug 14 2009 8:00P
The Emerson Theater W/ DEMIRICOUS, ZOROASTER, SERPENTCULT, APOSTLE OF SOLITUDE, COFFIN WORM Indianapolis, Indiana
Oct 17 2009 12:00P
HAMMER OF DOOM II Würzburg Posthalle Würzburg
Oct 23 2009 8:00P
The Borderline LONDON, London and South East
Oct 24 2009 12:00P
DAMNATION FESTIVAL -- UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS UNION W/ ROTTING CHRIST and ELECTRIC WIZARD
ZOROASTER U.S./INTERNATIONAL TOUR DATES: Jul 30 2009 8:00P
The Muse w/ Weedeater Nashville, Tennessee
Jul 31 2009 8:00P
The Dame w/ bongripper, everyone lives everyone, alegionnaire Lexington, Kentucky
Aug 1 2009 8:00P
Empty Bottle w/ The Gates of Slumber, Serpent Cult Chicago, Illinois
Aug 2 2009 8:00P
Mac’s Bar w/ The Gates of Slumber, Serpent Cult Lansing, Michigan
Aug 3 2009 8:00P
Wreck Room w/ The Gates of Slumber, Serpent Cult Toronto, Ontario
Aug 4 2009 8:00P
Rainbow Bistro w/ The Gates of Slumber, Serpent, Cult Ottowa, Ontario
Aug 5 2009 8:00P
Katacombes w/ The Gates of Slumber, Serpent Cult Montreal, Quebec
Aug 6 2009 8:00P
Club Jerky’s w/ The Gates of Slumber, Serpent Cult Providence, Rhode Island
Aug 7 2009 8:00P
O’Briens Pub w/ The Gates of Slumber, Serpent Cult Alston, Massachusetts
Aug 8 2009 8:00P
Talking Head Club w/ The Gates of Slumber, Serpent Cult Baltimore, Maryland
Aug 9 2009 8:00P
The Studio at Webster Hall w/ The Gates of Slumber, Serpent Cult New York, New York
Aug 10 2009 8:00P
The M Room w/ The Gates of Slumber, Serpent Cult Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Aug 11 2009 8:00P
Howler’s Cafe w/ The Gates of Slumber. Serpent Cult Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Aug 12 2009 8:00P
Peabody’s w/ The Gates of Slumber, Serpent Cult Cleveland, Ohio
Aug 13 2009 8:00P
Ravari Room w/ The Gates of Slumber, Serpent Cult Columbus, Ohio
Aug 14 2009 8:00P
Emerson Theater w/ The Gates of Slumber, Serpent Cult Indianapolis, Indiana
Aug 15 2009 9:00P
Yokums Pavillon " Patomac Highlands Metal Fest" Seneca Rocks, West Virginia
Sep 18 2009 8:00P
Orange Peel Planet Caravan Festival w/ Pentegram, Clutch, Kylesa, Burst, and more! Ashville, Tennessee
Sep 20 2009 8:00P
The Sterling Hotel w/ burst Allentown, Pennsylvania
Sep 21 2009 8:00P
Music Hall of Williamsburg w/ gojira, burst Brooklyn, New York
Sep 22 2009 8:00P
Ottobar w/ gojira, burst Baltimore, Maryland
Sep 24 2009 8:00P
Masquerade w/ gojira, burst atlanta, Georgia
Sep 25 2009 8:00P
The Hangar w/ gojira, burst new orleans, Louisiana
Sep 26 2009 8:00P
Rock Bottom w/ burst San Antonio, Texas
Sep 27 2009 8:00P
Warehouse Live w/ gojira, burst Houston, Texas
Sep 28 2009 8:00P
Club Dada w/ burst Dallas, Texas
Sep 29 2009 8:00P
Red 7 w/ burst Austin, Texas
Oct 1 2009 8:00P
Big Daddy’s w/ burst Tallahassee, Florida
Oct 2 2009 8:00P
The Social w/ gojira, burst Orlando, Florida
Oct 5 2009 8:00P
Valarium w/ gojira, burst Knoxville, Tennessee
Oct 6 2009 8:00P
The Dojo w/ burst Indianapolis, Indiana
Oct 7 2009 8:00P
Rave Bar w/ gojira, burst Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Oct 8 2009 8:00P
Blondie’s w/ burst Detroit, Michigan
Oct 9 2009 8:00P
The Pearl Room w/ gojira, burst Mokena, Illinois
Oct 16 2009 8:00P
Steinbruch Theater w/ absu, nachtmystium, razor of occum Darmstadt
Oct 17 2009 8:00P
Turock w/ absu, nachtmystium, razor of occam Essen
Oct 18 2009 8:00P
Markthalle w/ absu, nachtmystium, razor of occam Hamburg
Oct 19 2009 8:00P
The Rock w/ absu, nachtmystium, razor of occam Copenhagen
Oct 19 2009 8:00P
The Rock w/ absu, nachtmystium, razor of occam Copenhagen
Oct 20 2009 8:00P
K17 w/ absu, nachtmystium, razor of occam Berlin
Oct 21 2009 8:00P
Z-Bau w/ absu, nachtmystium, razzor of occam Nürnberg
Oct 22 2009 8:00P
Conne Island w/ absu, nachtmystium, razzor of occam Leipzig
Oct 23 2009 8:00P
K19 w/ absu, nachtmystium, razzor of occam Kassel
Oct 24 2009 8:00P
Exit Chmelnice w/ absu, nachtmystium, razzor of occam Prague
Oct 25 2009 8:00P
Durer Kert w/ absu, nachtmystium, razzor of occam Budapest
Oct 26 2009 8:00P
Arena w/ absu, nachtmystium, razor of occam Wien
Oct 27 2009 8:00P
Gala Hala w/ absu, nachtmystium, razzor of occam Ljubljana
Oct 28 2009 8:00P
Feierwerk w/ absu, nachtmystium, razzor of occam München
Oct 29 2009 8:00P
Spazio 211 w/ absu, nachtmystium, razzor of occam Turin
Oct 30 2009 8:00P
Dynamo Werk 21 w/ absu, nachtmystium, razzor of occam Zürich
Oct 31 2009 8:00P
Glazart w/ absu, nachtmystium, razzor of occam Paris
Nov 1 2009 8:00P
Rock City w/ absu, nachtmystium, razzor of occam Nottingham
Nov 2 2009 8:00P
Moho Live w/ absu, nachtmystium, razzor of occum Manchester
Nov 3 2009 8:00P
Underworld w/ absu, nactmystium, razzor of occum London
Nov 4 2009 8:00P
Academy 2 w/ absu, nachtmystium, razzor of occum Dublin
Nov 5 2009 8:00P
White Rabbit w/ absu, nachtmystium, razzor of occum Plymouth
Nov 6 2009 8:00P
JH De Klinker w/ absu, nachtmystium, razzor of occum Aarschot
Nov 7 2009 8:00P
Watt w/ absu, nachtmystium, razzor of occum Holland Rotterdam
ONE FOOT ON THE MONITOR: DOOM METAL SUMMER/FALL INTERNATIONAL/EUROPEAN TOUR DATES:
SWALLOW THE SUN, INSOMNIUM , and OMNIUM GATHERUM presented by Legacy, Metal.de

27.11.09 Netherlands Rotterdam @ Baroeg
28.11.09 Germany Essen @ Turock
29.11.09 Belgium Vosselaar @ Biebob
30.11.09 UK Plymouth @ White Rabbit
01.12.09 UK Leeds @ Rios
02.12.09 UK Wrexham @ Central Station
03.12.09 UK Manchester @ The Star and Garter
04.12.09 UK Glasgow @ Ivory Blacks
05.12.09 UK Newcastle upon Tyne @ Academy 2
07.12.09 UK London @ Underworld
08.12.09 Netherlands @ Amersfoort De Kelder
10.12.09 France Paris @ Glazart
11.12.09 Germany München @ Feierwerk
12.12.09 Italy Rome @ Blackout Club
13.12.09 Italy Bologna @ Sottotetto Club
14.12.09 Austria Wien @ Arena
15.12.09 Slovakia Bratislava @ Randal Club
16.12.09 Czech Rep Prague @ Exit Chmelnice
17.12.09 Germany Berlin @ K17
19.12.09 Germany Leipzig @ Conne Island
ESOTERIC EUROPEAN TOUR DATES: Sep 12 2009 8:00P
Dublin Doom Day @ Fibber Mcgees, Ireland Dublin, Dublin
Oct 17 2009 8:00P
The Asylum, UK Birmingham, Midlands
OFFICIUM TRISTE EUROPEAN TOUR DATES: Sep 11 2009 8:00P
Ritmo Y Compas Madrid
Sep 12 2009 8:00P
Ritmo Y Compas Madrid
Sep 18 2009 8:00P
Perron 55 Venlo
Oct 3 2009 8:00P
De Peppel Zeist
Oct 31 2009 8:00P
The Mannville Arms Bradford
PANTHIEST EUROPEAN TOUR DATES: Oct 30 2009 8:00P
TBC Karvina
Oct 31 2009 1:00P
Brania Fest III Wodzislaw Sl
Jan 30 2010 8:00P
The Witchwood Ashton-Under-Lyne, Northwest
ALTARAXIE EUROPEAN TOUR DATES: Aug 29 2009 8:00P
Festival des Arts Bourrains La Neuville Chant D’oisel
Sep 11 2009 8:00P
Ritmo y compas Madrid, Madrid
SATURNUS EUROPEAN TOUR DATES: Sep 10 2009 7:00P
Mephisto Barcelona
Sep 11 2009 8:00P
Ritmo y Compás Madrid
Sep 12 2009 8:00P
The Scene Dublin
Sep 26 2009 12:00A
AHAB EUROPEAN TOUR DATES: Sep 10 2009 7:00P
Z-Bau Nürnberg
Sep 11 2009 7:00P
Titans Of Metal-Festival Dresden
Sep 12 2009 7:00P
Turock Essen
Sep 13 2009 7:00P
Kulturbastion Torgau
Sep 14 2009 7:00P
Markthalle Hamburg
Sep 15 2009 7:00P
Nachtleben Frankfurt
Sep 16 2009 7:00P
Exhaus Trier
Sep 17 2009 7:00P
Club Zentral Stuttgart
Sep 18 2009 7:00P
Metropolis München
Sep 19 2009 7:00P
KW70 Bad Salzungen
Heart Rock Festival Bucharest
KAYO DOT EUROPEAN TOUR DATES (LOCATIONS TBA): Sep 11 2009 8:00P
Cafe OTO London
Sep 12 2009 8:00P
The Yorkie Lancaster
Sep 13 2009 8:00P
Tbc Bristol
Sep 14 2009 8:00P
NEED HELP! Tbc
Sep 15 2009 8:00P
TBA Glasgow
Sep 16 2009 8:00P
Cardigan Arms Leeds
Sep 17 2009 8:00P
Freebutt Brighton
Sep 17 2009 8:00P
Freebutt Brighton
Sep 18 2009 8:00P
TBA London
Sep 19 2009 8:00P
ZXZW Festival Tilburg
Sep 20 2009 8:00P
Tbc Belgium
Sep 21 2009 8:00P
Tbc France
Sep 22 2009 8:00P
Tbc France
Sep 23 2009 8:00P
Tbc Spain
Sep 24 2009 8:00P
Passos Manuel Porto
Sep 25 2009 8:00P
Tbc Portugal
Sep 26 2009 8:00P
Wurlitzer Ballroom Madrid
Sep 27 2009 8:00P
Tbc Barcelona
Sep 28 2009 8:00P
Tbc France
Sep 29 2009 8:00P
Le Kab Geneva
Sep 30 2009 8:00P
Tbc Italy
Oct 1 2009 8:00P
Tbc Italy
Oct 2 2009 8:00P
Tbc Austria
Oct 3 2009 8:00P
Tbc Czech Republic
Oct 4 2009 8:00P
Tbc Germany
Oct 5 2009 8:00P
Tbc Poznan
Oct 6 2009 8:00P
Tbc Germany
Oct 7 2009 8:00P
ACU Utrecht
NOVEMBERS DOOM INTERNATIONAL TOUR DATES: Aug 7 2009 6:00P
Brutal Assault Festival - Czech Republic JAROMEŘ
Sep 7 2009 6:00P
Minnesota MetalFest Minneapolis, Minnesota
Sep 11 2009 6:00P
Madrid is the Dark Festival - Spain Madrid, Madrid
Sep 12 2009 8:00P
Caos Emergente Open Air Fest - Portugal Recarei, Porto
Oct 2 2009 5:00P
Noctis III Metal Fest - Canada Calgary, Alberta
COLOSSEUM EUROPEAN TOUR DATE: Aug 22 2009 8:00P
Heavy Corner Helsinki
SKEPTICISM EUROPEAN TOUR DATE: Aug 7 2009 8:00P
Brutal Assault festival Jaromer
MADRID IS DARK FEST 9/11 and 12/2009 @ RITMO and COMPAS c/ Conde Vilches, 22, Madrid, Madrid 28028
Cost: -- EUR : WITH (NOVEMBERS DOOM (US) SATURNUS (DK) ISOLE (SE) ATARAXIE (FR) HELEVORN (SP),DRACONIAN (SE) OFFICIUM TRISTE (NL) AUTUMNAL (SP) PROCESS OF GUILT (PT) AATHMA (SP))



9/11/09- MADRID IS DARK FEST: NOVEMBERS DOOM (US) SATURNUS (DK) ISOLE (SE) ATARAXIE (FR) HELEVORN (SP
9/12/09- MADRID IS DARK FEST: DRACONIAN (SE) OFFICIUM TRISTE (NL) AUTUMNAL (SP) PROCESS OF GUILT (PT) AATHMA (SP)
HAMMER OF DOOM 2 FEST-WURZBURGH, GERMANY-POSTHALLE 10/17/09: Hi Friends,

We thought the billing is complete, but we had the chance to add two great new bands. SPIRITUS MORTIS (feat. Albert Witchfinder (ex-REVEREND BIZARRE) and FALL OF THE IDOLS. Here is the complete billing:

HAMMER OF DOOM 2

TROUBLE (USA)
DEATH ROW (USA)
(pre-PENTAGRAM with Joe Hasselvander, Victor Griffin and Martin Swaney)
PAGAN ALTAR (UK)
COUNT RAVEN (SWE)
THE GATES OF SLUMBER (USA)
THE LAMP OF THOTH (UK)
SPIRITUS MORTIS (FIN)
ATLANTEAN KODEX (GER)
FALL OF THE IDOLS (FIN)
DARK FOREST (UK)


October 17th. 2009 Würzburg Posthalle
http://www.myspace.com/hammerofdoomfestival

We will announce the ticket price in the near future, so stay tuned. Tickets will be available at bestellung@keep-it-true.de or www.nuclearblast.de

Metal On,

Heiko + Oli
PLANET CARAVAN FESTIVAL 9/18 and 19th, 2009 ASHVILLE, NC @ THE ORANGE PEEL:
Planet Caravan is a unique two-day music festival that celebrates the original sound of heavy music. The festival will take place on Friday and Saturday, Sep. 18th and 19th, 2009 at The Orange Peel in Asheville, NC. Our lineup includes: CLUTCH, GATES OF SLUMBER, PENTAGRAM, ORANGE GOBLIN, KYLESA, BURST, YOB,WINO, ASTRA, REVOLUTION MOTHER, ORCHID, and PICK UP THE SNAKE.
Tickets on sale here: http://www.ticketweb.com/snl/EventListings.action?pl=ACE&orgId=98762.
Please visit our website at www.planetcaravanfestival.com for more information.
http://www.myspace.com/planetcaravanfestival
Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal, Enjoy Your Funeral, In dooom-\m/ -l-