reformation d'Atheist : "Jupiter"

[Pierre]

Voilà qui devrait faire plaisir à Slahsvar


Seminal technical metal pioneers ATHEIST have regrouped for a run of exclusive live performances.

Guitarist/vocalist Kelly Shaefer has reassembled what is widely considered the band's classic recording lineup (Shaefer, guitarist Rand Burkey, bassist Tony Choy, and drummer Steven Flynn) for two exclusive festival performances; Italy's Evolution Festival and Germany's Wacken Open Air. Shaefer comments, "We're very excited to be able to get back on the stage and play these insane tunes hit the air again the proper way with Flynn, Burkey and Choy. It's going to be very exciting and something not to be missed!"

ATHEIST will take part on Evolution Festival (scheduled for July 16 and 17 in Brescia, Italy) and Wacken Open Air (scheduled for August 3-5 in Schleswig Holstein, Germany). These will be the first in a series of exclusive festival performances announced. Shaefer continues, "We would like to make a great festival run this year and expose as many as possible to the music we lived and died for. Many thanks to the Evolution Festival and Wacken for helping to give many people who never got to see ATHEIST live a chance to see us one last time. This is our chance to make the music we worked so hard to create come alive one last time, and we guarantee that it will not disappoint."

ATHEIST has recently had its wildly-influential catalog (1988's "Piece of Time", 1993's "Elements", and the 1991's legendary "Unquestionable Presence") reissued internationally via Relapse Records. Additionally, "Unquestionable Presence" was recently featured in Decibel magazine as part of its ongoing Hall of Fame feature. The Hall of Fame feature highlights influential and pivotal releases in metal history, and "Unquestionable Presence" joins of ranks of previously profiled classics such as SLAYER's "Reign In Blood", SEPULTURA's "Roots", and AT THE GATES' "Slaughter of the Soul", among others.

[Everflow]

'tain ça arrête pas, dans 2 mois on va apprendre que Cynic se reforme...

[Gaëtan]

Dans une récente interview, Kelly Shaefer a confirmé que la reformation d'ATHEIST ne sera pas spécialement suivi de la sortie d'un nouvel album du groupe. Plusieurs deal leur ont été proposés mais aucun n'a aboutit car le groupe craint qu'un nouvel album n'aurait pas le même feeling qu'avant, ne serait-ce que par l'évolution personnelle de chacun des membres. Par ailleurs, Shaefer révèle qu'il prévoit de sortir en collaboration avec Steve Flynn un album de "metal fusion" (terme qui n'a sûrement rien à voir avec du RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE...) avec de nombreux guests... (Foofur)

Tant mieux!

[Mr. Sandman]

Bon bah le nouvel album est bien prévu :

Vocalist Kelly Shaefer of the reactivated seminal technical metal pioneers ATHEIST has issued the following update:

"So I will be heading to [Atlanta, where ATHEIST drummer Steve Flynn is based] just after [daughter] SkyeLilly's birthday [November 11] zipping back home for Turkey Day [Thanksgiving], and then back to the lab for more technical metal brewing. We hope to have [the new ATHEIST album] ready by spring 2009 and then it's off for some/lots touring and hope to hit some countries we have not been to as well as ones we have not been to since '93. Australia, Scotland, Ireland, Holland, as well as, of course, Germany, Italy, Scandinavia etc."

[Gaëtan]

Je croyais qu'ils arrêtaient pour de bon et qu'ils ne voulaient surtout pas faire de nouvel album...
Bon, on verra bien. Si ça permet de les voir tourner un peu plus, ce sera cool.

[Fully]

'tain ça arrête pas, dans 2 mois on va apprendre que Cynic se reforme...

c'est ça

[Everflow]

ça devient tellement prévisible...

[Mr. Sandman]

D'après le chanteur, le nouvel album devrait se rapprocher de "Unquestionnable Presence"...

[Mr. Sandman]

tout comme ses copains de Cynic, Atheist vien de signer chez Season of Mist. (cocorico !)

[Everflow]

Un double CD live à Wacken vient de sortir chez Relapse, on peut l'écouter en ligne : http://www.atheistlive.info/

Technical metal pioneers ATHEIST are currently streaming Unquestionable Presence: Live At Wacken, online now at AtheistLive.info.

Unquestionable Presence: Live At Wacken is the complete live set from the band’s 2006 reunion gig at Wacken Open Air Festival recorded in front of 60,000 fans.

Unquestionable Presence: Live At Wacken comes as a two-disc set with the second CD containing a collection of essential Atheist tracks as hand-picked by the band. The two are packaged together complete with a 24-page booklet that contains photos and extensive liner notes from the band detailing the Wacken experience and why they chose the selected tracks. Unquestionable Presence: Live At Wacken was released last month courtesy of Relapse Records and is available now at this location.

[Gaëtan]

Unquestionable Presence: Live At Wacken is the complete live set from the band’s 2006 reunion gig at Wacken Open Air Festival recorded in front of 60,000 fans.

Heu... mouais, si on veut...
Ils avaient joué sur la Party Stage, et si y avait 2000 personnes c'est déjà bien.

[jesus]

la magie du marketing !

[Noll]

ça fait quand même plaisir d'entendre ça car c'est quand même un bon groupe...
Le concert à Wacken était excellent pour ma part !!

[Everflow]

Unquestionable Presence: Live At Wacken is the complete live set from the band’s 2006 reunion gig at Wacken Open Air Festival recorded in front of 60,000 fans.

Heu... mouais, si on veut...
Ils avaient joué sur la Party Stage, et si y avait 2000 personnes c'est déjà bien.

Si on suit leur logique même le mec bourré qui fait du karaoke à la ballroom il a joué devant 60 000 personnes.

[Mr. Sandman]

* Le groupe ATHEIST (USA - Death Technique) vient de réveler le titre de son prochain album qui sera intitulé "Jupiter". Le groupe est actuellement en studio pour enregistrer son nouvel album avec le producteur Matt Washburn. C'est Jason Suecof (TRIVIUM, CHIMAIRA, DEVILDRIVER) qui se chargera de mixer le disque. La sortie est prévue pour novembre chez Season of Mist. (VS-Webzine)

[Mr. Sandman]

Outre le fait que ATHEIST mixe actuellement son nouvel album en compagnie de Jason Suecof, album qui se nomme "Jupiter" (17 années après "Elements"), on apprend que le bassiste Tony Choy ne fait plus partie du groupe et donc n'a pas enregistré ce nouvel album.
Aucune info sur son successeur pour l'instant.

bizarre...

[Everflow]

Pour ceux que ça intéresse, le baratin du groupe sur le départ de Tony Choy :

Reactivated seminal technical metal pioneers ATHEIST have completed work on their long-awaited fourth album, "Jupiter", for a tentative November release via Season Of Mist. The CD was recorded at LedBelly studios in Atlanta, Georgia with engineer Matt Washburn and will be mixed by Jason Suecof (TRIVIUM, CHIMAIRA, DEVILDRIVER).

ATHEIST has issued the following update on the band's recent activities:

"First we would like to extend sincere apologies to all ATHEIST fans around the world. We have been silent on the matter of a former member being dismissed for some time, but we were entirely focussed on recording our new album, 'Jupiter'. Therefore, we did not want to get sidetracked on an issue, which, quite honestly, was far less important to us than it might appear to some looking in from the outside.

"When we came together to write again, it was an obvious choice, for several reasons, to try and continue in what has been our touring lineup.

"We've had such a great time together on the road for the past four years. We're all great friends, and all of us were working peacefully towards the completion of the album. Therefore it hit us very unexpectedly when Tony [Choy, bass] called one day and informed us that he would not record with us. What's worse is that this happened only four weeks prior to our confirmed studio date. This left us in a very unfortunate position and without a choice.

"Although we are quite angry with him for this extremely late and inconsiderate change of heart, we have no desire to let this become personal or start some public feud. We simply want to be sure the facts are out there so we can get on with writing and playing music.

"While this might come as a surprise to some, we simply shrugged our shoulders and continued on, unfazed, for one simple reason: Tony was never instrumental to ATHEIST's sound in the first place. The true genius behind the technical bass lines of 'Unquestionable Presence' was co-founding member Roger Patterson.

"It's not well known to today's fans that Roger actually wrote all the bass tracks just prior to his ultimately sad and tragic death and deserves the credit. Tony simply played what was written. However, the public perception has become distorted over the past two decades.

"It was the trio of Steve [Flynn, drums], Kelly [Shaefer, vocals/guitar] and Roger who helped to bring ATHEIST alive — and continue to do so today — without Roger, of course. Tony had no influence on the band's original sound.

"It was that one young, gifted kid, Roger Patterson, who inspired subsequent generations of bass players to delve into technical metal and bring their instrument to the forefront. Yet, unfortunately, Roger has not always received the credit due to him.

"With all due respect, most of the credit has been misplaced on Tony.

"It was actually following Roger's terrible accident that Tony joined us, after Doug Keyser from WATCHTOWER declined our offer to join for personal reasons.

"It must be said that nobody can deny Tony did a good job of playing the parts written by another musician.

"We will never stop being thankful for Tony to step in and help us out at that most difficult time. He remains a great friend. Apart from that, however, Tony's contribution to the sound of ATHEIST consists only of his participation as a fifth contributing member in writing 'Elements'.

"We leave it to CYNIC and PESTILENCE to tell their own stories, if anybody feels the need to hear them.

"Those who are close to us know we do not like to discuss band business publicly. We prefer to keep those things internal, as they have nothing to do with the music. Yet this story must be told for a variety of reasons — primarily to honor Roger! Thus, with this very brief glimpse into our history, we hope people understand why we handled things like we did and why we were able to react quickly when Tony left us in the lurch just before the recording of 'Jupiter'.

"As with previous classic ATHEIST material, Tony had not contributed to the writing of 'Jupiter' in any significant way, so we did not have to start over. Also, we had no intention to accept any further delay caused by Tony, especially since there was already an extremely talented young musician in our ranks: Jonathan Thompson (guitar).

"Not only did Jonathan do his intricate guitar lines flawlessly on 'Jupiter', but as a huge fan of Roger's work, he also wrote and performed the very impressive and original bass lines on this album as well. That is quite a story in itself.

"Tony may tour with ATHEIST, but for now it shall suffice that rather than settle for some random guy, we went with the best and kept it in the family.

"Now that our work on what we hope will soon become another classical technical metal masterpiece is nearly finished and the news of Tony Choy's removal has already reached the public, we feel the need to have our story heard instead of letting the false legend, rumor and speculation perpetuate and persist in replacing truth.

"ATHEIST are alive and well and 'Jupiter' will prove us to be stronger than ever!"

[Globox666]

Ouais la perception que j'en ai c'est quand même Tony Choy t'es mon ami, on t'aime bien mais mange toi ça bien dans la face, quand même, en rigolant, histoire de....

[Everflow]

Sur l'orientation du nouvel album :

Regarding the direction of the new material, vocalist Kelly Shaefer wrote in a recent online posting, "[We] have taken great strides to make this the record we, as fans, would want to hear from ATHEIST. It's ferocious, intelligent, and dead-balls heavy as shit!

"When people hear this, they're going to say, 'It's ATHEIST!'"

"There are so many twists and turns in the average ATHEIST song, and we felt like it was very important to have enough killer material written so as to make it the most interesting record we have ever created. We wanted to make sure we took the next logical step in the evolution of our music. According to the critics out there, it's a tall — almost impossible — order. However, we feel like we have done it."

"Our late and great friend and foundational element of the ATHEIST sound, Roger Patterson, was always with us in spirit in the process of writing," added Shaefer. "In fact, that frantic, technical Patterson spirit has come shining through once more in the form of Jonathan Thompson, our newest guitar player. 'JT' is a young-spirited multi-talented player — he also plays bass for Flynn's band GNOSTIC. As long-time ATHEIST fans, JT and Chris Baker understand what ATHEIST is at its core and what the fans expect. Both have proven to be invaluable in bringing out that classic ATHEIST sound and have been instrumental the course of writing this long-awaited record."

[big mouth]

La seule chose qui manque dans tout cela, et qui est primordiale c'est Rand Burkey....

[Mr. Sandman]

Au passage sa track-list:

1.Second to Sun
2.Fictitious Glide
3.Fraudulent Cloth
4.Live and Live Again
5.Faux King Christ
6.Tortoise the Titan
7.When the Beast
8.Third Person

[Mr. Sandman]

Et voici sa très chouette cover:

[féfé]

Yeah !

Je connais pas du tout mais ça donne envie

[MDT]

Wow!! Elle déchire cette pochette!
J'espère que le contenu de l'album sera à la hauteur.

[Everflow]

Superbe.