Metal Monarchy: July 2008 Archives

Metal Monarchy

July 2008 Archives

DREAM THEATER TO PRESENT 'CHAOS IN MOTION' DVD SET THIS FALL

New York progressive-metallers Dream Theater are preparing to release the DVD of a lifetime. "Chaos In Motion 2007/2008," will document the band's incredibly ambitious world tour, which kicked off June 3, 2007 at the Monsters of Rock festival in Milan, Italy and traversed "115 shows in 105 cities in 35 countries on 5 continents to hundreds of thousands of fans," before concluding over a year later on June 4, 2008 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

AT THE GATES BEGIN US TOUR WITH A BANG; SET LIST REVEALED

Gothenburg pioneers At the Gates are back, and they kicked off their North American tour last night at The Fillmore NY @ Irving Plaza in New York City with a stand out performance. Here is what the Swedish death-metallers played according to Blabbermouth:

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LEMMY IN HOT WATER FOR WEARING ALLEGED NAZI APPAREL IN GERMANY

An investigation is underway as to whether or not Lemmy Kilmister is a Nazi. Pretty ridiculous, right? Apparently, the godlike Motörhead frontman committed a horrific crime in Germany by wearing what could possibly - if looked at a certain angle in a specific light - be a Nazi cap (gasp) in a recent photo from a German newspaper. The picture was taken prior to the band's July 5 "Wacken Rocks Seaside" performance in Aurich, Germany.



SUMMER SLAUGHTER 2007 DVD PREVIEW FEATURING NECROPHAGIST

Talk about luck! The DVD for Summer Slaughter 2007 is almost available... just in time for Summer Slaughter 2008! The disc will feature performance footage from all of the bands that performed on the inaugural trek last summer, including (deep breath) Necrophagist, Decapitated, Cephalic Carnage, Cattle Decapitation, The Faceless, As Blood Runs Black, Arsis, Ion Dissonance, and Beneath the Massacre.

SLIPKNOT REVEAL ARTWORK AND TRACK LIST FOR 'ALL HOPE IS GONE'

The masked marvels from Iowa are at it again. Slipknot have revealed the track list and artwork for All Hope Is Gone just when we all thought we couldn't go one second longer without them. I have to say, the artwork is actually quite classy. Behold Judas:

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