Reunited SATAN Announces First-Ever North American Appearance - Jan. 21, 2013[views:6002][posts:9][show listing] ________________________________________ [Jan 21,2013 11:41am - HookedonMetal ""] Legendary NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) band SATAN will perform at the Wings Of Metal festival, set to take place August 30-31 at Katacombes in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. This special event will mark SATAN's first appearance in North America. For more information, visit www.wingsofmetal.com. SATAN has tapped Dario Mollo to mix its new album, "Life Sentence", for a March/April release via Listenable Records. Mollo is part of TONY MARTIN'S HEADLESS CROSS touring project and has worked with numerous artists as a producer and engineer, including SKYCLAD, ANATHEMA, CRADLE OF FILTH, LACUNA COIL, Tony Martin and Glenn Hughes. "Life Sentence" was recorded September-November 2012 at First Avenue Studios in Newcastle, England and is now being mixed and mastered by Mollo at Damage Inc. Studio in Italy. "We're really happy to have Dario on board to mix the album," SATAN said in a statement. "We've already had a few tracks back and they sound amazing. We wanted to capture the energy the band produce when playing live and we've done just that." "Life Sentence" track listing: 01. Time To Die 02. Twenty Twenty Five 03. Cenotaph 04. Siege Mentality 05. Incantations 06. Testimony 07. Tears Of Blood 08. Life Sentence 09. Personal Demons 10. Another Universe "Life Sentence" is the culmination of a process that began when the original "Court In The Act" lineup got together for an exclusive "one-off" reunion show at Germany's Keep It True festival in 2011 in what marked their first performance together in 28 years. The band was somewhat overwhelmed with the response — 10 minutes into headliners CRIMSON GLORY's set, the crowd could still be heard chanting, "Satan! Satan!" The SATAN bandmembers immediately booked more shows in Germany, Holland, Belgium and London, and have since kept in close contact with each other, writing songs and making demos. The recording lineup for "Life Sentence" will be the same as that on "Court In The Act": Brian Ross (vocals) Steve Ramsey (guitar) Russ Tippins (guitar) Graeme English (bass) Sean Taylor (drums) Fittingly, "Life Sentence"' arrival will mark the 30th anniversary of the "Court In The Act" release. SATAN is one of the most important groups that emerged in the early NWOBHM era. Their unique mixture of heavy and power metal spirit with thrash riffage brought a handful of unforgettable tunes and revolutionized heavy music as we know it. "Court in the Act" was SATAN's debut release and was considered a true milestone at the time of its release (1983). The songs were melodic, but at the same time very aggressive. The band's two guitarists, Russ Tippins and Steve Ramsey, delivered a truly amazing performance; although their styles were completely different, they managed to perfectly complement each other's playing and introduced a handful of timeless riffs and solos. A digipack reissue of "Court In The Act" was made available in November 2008 featuring three bonus tracks. Fan-filmed video footage of SATAN's performance at the Keep It True XIV festival, which was held April 29-30, 2011 at Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany, can be seen below. For more information, visit www.satanmusic.com. bennyhillifier bennyhillifier |
| __________________________________ [Jan 22,2013 7:02am - robotpie ""] Guess I know where i'll be August 30/31. |
| __________________________________ [Jan 22,2013 7:55am - veqlargh ""] Satan were a decent band. Not one of the better NWOBHM bands, and pretty irrelevant in 2013, but this show should be a good time anyway. |
| _______________________________________ [Jan 22,2013 9:14am - HookedonMetal ""] They still have it live for sure. I caught them at Keep it True two years ago and holy shit, were they awesome! |
| __________________________________ [Jan 22,2013 9:55am - veqlargh ""] As long as they dress in the Road Warrior rags from Into the Future, it will be worth the ticket price. |
| __________________________________________ [Jan 22,2013 9:24pm - longdeadgod_nli ""] I wish skyclad would get back together with walkyier and play a north american show. |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 22,2013 9:47pm - the_reverend ""] veqlargh said:Satan were a decent band. Not one of the better NWOBHM bands, and pretty irrelevant in 2013, but this show should be a good time anyway. exactly what I was thinking. I would still love to see them, but really. |
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| _______________________________________ [Jan 23,2013 2:20am - NuclearWinter ""] I'd say Satan is more than just "decent," and definitely holds relevance today. Totally going to this. bennyhillifier bennyhillifier bennyhillifier |