FIREWIND: Give Away Free Download of “The Ark of Lies”

FIREWIND are giving away a free download of the song “The Ark of Lies”…FIREWIND and Gus G have returned with a new album entitled Days of Defiance. It isn’t the first song off FIREWIND’s new Century Media effort, with the band issuing another snippet back in August. Grab “The Ark of Lies” over at this social media connection. source: siN's Metal News

ΑΚΟΜΑ ΠΙΟ ΔΙΚΑ ΜΑΣ ΠΑΙΔΙΑ - " HOMO IRATUS"

Greek death metallers HOMO IRATUS (also written as one word, HOMOIRATUS) have acquired a new singer, Alex (HUMAN REJECTION), for the band's upcoming shows and future recordings.

Alex (pictured below) made his live debut with HOMO IRATUS on September 30 when the group supported NAPALM DEATH in Thessaloniki, Greece.

HOMO IRATUS recently released a self-financed EP, "Truth Conquers All", and is currently writing material for a new full-length CD.

HOMO IRATUS is:

Alex (vocals)
Angelos (bass/back vocals)
Argyris (drums)
Kostas (guitar)

HOMO IRATUS's second full-length album, "Apocalypse", was released in 2004 via Crimes Against Humanity Records.

For more information, visit www.myspace.com/homoiratusofficial.

Photo credit: Louis Kostantinou of Metalpaths.com
source: blabbermouth

TO ΔΙΚΟ ΜΑΣ ΤΟ ΠΑΙΔΙ - "GEORGE KOLLIAS"

NILE drummer George Kollias and Modern Music School will embark on an Italian drum-clinic tour later this tour. George will perform NILE songs and explain in detail everything he does behind the kit.

The dates are as follows:

Oct. 08 - Cagliari - Teatro Club
Oct. 09 - Rome - Fonderia Delle Arti
Oct. 10 - Macerata - [to be announced]
Oct. 11 - Firenze - Free Stroke Drum School
Oct. 12 - Genova - Bulldog Pub
Oct. 13 - Milano - Percussion Village
Oct. 14 - Treviso - Auditoriom Comunale Falzè Di Trevigliano
Oct. 15 - Lucinico (Go) - Pieffe Factory

NILE will embark on the European leg of the "Those Whom The Gods Detest Tour 2011 - Part II" in January 2011. The trek, which will feature support from MELECHESH, will cover Scandinavia, United Kingdom, Eastern Europe and the Baltic States, with additional gigs in Poland, Germany, Austria, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Switzerland. Exact cities and dates will be announced soon.

"Those Whom The Gods Detest", the latest album from NILE, sold 3,500 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 160 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD landed at position No. 3 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.

Produced and mixed by Neil Kernon (NEVERMORE, CANNIBAL CORPSE, QUEENSRŸCHE), along with a drum-recording job by Erik Rutan (CANNIBAL CORPSE, VITAL REMAINS, GOATWHORE), "Those Whom the Gods Detest" features the band's strongest production and perhaps its best material to date. The cover artwork was created by Michal "Xaay" Loranc, whom NILE guitarist/vocalist Karl Sanders had previously worked with on his second solo album, "Saurian Exorcisms".
source: blabbermouth