Defenders Of The Faith, le forum Metal

TWISTED TOWER DIRE has completed work on its fourth album, "Netherworlds", due on February 23, 2007 via Remedy Records. The follow-up to 2003's "Crest of the Martyrs" was recorded at Killabrew Studios in Annandale, Virginia with producer Matt Crooks. The track listing is as follows:

01. Starshine
02. Netherworlds
03. Fortress
04. Casualty of Cruel Times
05. Tales of Submission
06. The Killing Kind
07. Dire Wolf
08. No One Left to Blame
09. Firebird
10. Crionics (SLAYER cover) (digipack only)
11. Stand Up and Shout (DIO cover) (Japanese bonus)

Virginia's "classic metal" act TWISTED TOWER DIRE have parted ways with vocalist Tony Taylor. "Because of some personal problems he's been having, we asked him to take a break from the band and not do the string of shows we have lined up throughout the fall," guitarist Scott Waldrop writes on the group's web site. "This was mainly out of concern for him and also because we thought it would stabilize the band. Tony told us he was quitting on the spot if we asked him take a break. So far, that is that. Right now we're not sure if there's any chance he will come back. Our thoughts are with him and his family. The conversation only lasted about an hour, but it was absolutely one of the worst things I've had to go through between friends. For the meantime, TWISTED TOWER DIRE is playing out with Johnny Aune on vocals from the Raleigh metal band VIPER. Check them out at: http://www.myspace.com/viper."

In the beginning of 2009 Heaven and Hell Records will be releasing re-issues of the first two TWISTED TOWER DIRE albums, The Curse Of Twisted Tower and Isle Of Hydra. Both will be a limited 1,000 press two-disc set. Each will include a ton of bonus material from the beginning of the band’s career up through the time of each album’s original release date. Including material never before released on CD. More details to follow soon.

Heaven and Hell Records add in a press release: "We are proud to be working with one of the best underground true heavy metal bands around today. Over their career TTD have built a strong cult following among the legions of heavy metal fans around the world that has truly been earned. The power, the glory, and the honor of these real metal warriors is more than deserving of these upcoming releases. Please watch for more details on these releases, they are sure to satisfy all fans both new and die-hards."

On February 17, Heaven and Hell Records will re-release the first two TWISTED TOWER DIRE albums, "The Curse of Twisted Tower" and "Isle of Hydra". Each title will be made available as a limited-edition (1,000 copies) two-disc set featuring "a ton" of bonus material from the beginning of the band's career up through the time of each album's original release date, including material never before released on CD.

Le 6ème album des américains de Twisted Tower Dire (Heavy Power) se nomme Wars in the Unknown et vient tout juste de sortir via le label No Remorse Records. Une lyric video pour la chanson True North est disponible à l'écoute.

Nameless Grave Records presents Crest Of The Martyrs Demos, an alternate/demo version of Twisted Tower Dire’s adored third album, making the recordings available for the first time.

In the days of olde, after classic heavy metal was supplanted by extreme music and before the current reignition of interest that the genre has enjoyed, Northern Virginia’s Twisted Tower Dire tirelessly defended true heavy metal in all forms as they sought to breathe new light into a then largely dead genre. By the time their now-legendary third album Crest Of The Martyrs was written they were on top of the world, having played Wacken for the first time a couple years earlier and having released two full-lengths on The Miskatonic Foundation, run by Rich Walker of Solstice fame, as well as a wide array of EPs, splits, compilation tracks, and more.

Crest Of The Martyrs was the next step: a bigger power metal label, sleeker production, and Twisted Tower Dire’s biggest hooks and choruses yet. Underneath the gleaming power metal edge provided by the production provided by the label and studio still lurked the same triumphing true metal band, however, and for the first time Nameless Grave Records is proud to present Crest Of The Martyrs the way the band originally intended it: as a devastating, lean set of heavy metal bangers untouched by modern power metal production, and alternate studio decisions.

Old fans of the band can rejoice to have this different set of recordings available for the first time, and new fans can marvel at the powerhouse of one of America’s finest bands playing at their best. Highly recommended for fans of Visigoth, Pharaoh, and Omen.

Recorded in 2002 at Killabrew Studios, produced by Matt Crooks and Twisted Tower Dire, and mastered by Dan Lowndes at Resonance Sound Studios, Crest Of The Martyrs Demos is completed with artwork personally done for this release by guitarist Scott Waldrop. The CD version features bonus tracks not included on the vinyl, including a second demo as well as a live track from Wacken 2003, and both the CD and vinyl editions bear liner notes from the band. The LP will be pressed in a total run of 500 copies, including 300 on Black and 100 on Silver. No Remorse Records (Greece) will have an exclusive 100 copies on Light Blue vinyl.