NEWS MPRESSUM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- US based band RIOTGOD sign with METALVILLE for a release in Europe and the US. RIOTGOD featuring Bob Pantella (drums) and Jim Baglio  (bass) from MONSTER MAGNET ... also in their ranks are Gareet Sweeny (guitar) and Sunshine (vocals). The music is described as an explosive mixture of Kyuss, Led Zeppelin meets Deep Purple. The selftitled album will be released in summer 2010. check out the bands myspace under : www.myspace.com/riotgod Guitarist Martin Haglund has left Swedish metallers ASTRAL DOORS. He explains in a statement, "This decision has not been easy to make, but its needed. I have reached a point where I feel I have to focus more on my kids and support them in their hobbies and interests, [and] by doing that I'm not able to give ASTRAL DOORS 100%. I don't want to be the one that's holding the band back so I let go. I will continue playing, writing and record music but on a more suitable level. I'll keep the metal flowing that's for sure. "Being a member of ASTRAL DOORS has given me experiences and memories that I'll bring to the grave. I am truly proud of my time in ASTRAL DOORS and what we have accomplished and brought to the hard-rock scene. "Thanks and hugs to all of you!! Now ASTRAL DOORS will reload and hit you harder then ever!!" Adds ASTRAL DOORS singer Nils Patrik Johansson: "Martin is a great guy and we wish him all the best. He did a great job with the mixing of our previous album, that's for sure. Hope the job he did with that album will open a lot of doors for him as a producer. "ASTRAL DOORS will not bring in a new guitar player in the band to replace Martin: Joachim Nordlund (the founder of ASTRAL DOORS, together with Johan Lindstedt and Nils Patrik Johansson) will from now on handle all guitars himself." ASTRAL DOORS GUITARIST QUIT Releasedate for RIOTGOD set in the US 27th of July 2010 The summer comes to an end, Metalville is working consequent on the winter programm The first Riotgod tour has started RIOTGOD 18.09.2010(CH) Winterthur, Gaswerk 20.09.2010(GER) Stuttgart, Club 1210 25.09.2010(FRA) Eloyes, Espace Culturel 02.10.2010(CH) Affoltern a. Albis, Albis-Rocks-Festival 15.10.2010(GER) Reichenbach, H.E.A.T Festival 16.10.2010(CH) Pratteln, Galery 22.10.2010(CH) Pfaeffikon SZ, Rocktown 23.10.2010(CH) Worblaufen/BE, Downstairs Tibis 27.11.2010(GER) Albstadt - Festhalle 29.12.2010(CH) Pratteln - Konzertfabrik Z7 The next Downspirit Live Dates coming up: DOWNSPIRIT As a spezial gift for X-Mas and after 10 years of Astral Doors the band will release on November 10th 2010 their Retrospective:         TESTAMENT OF ROCK         Fans voted for their favorite songs.         The album also contains as Bonustrack the unreleased Song "Victory" ASTRAL DOORS Maybe a little Thrash sensation - Tuck from Hell with their debut album THRASHING - to be released on November 12th 2010 Said about TUCK FROM HELL: "This is a really promising band. I hope they will continue writing superior tracks like this and release a full length soon" *Sweden Rock Magazine about their promo 4 track demo. ……and if your father is already a succesfull musician - the son sometimes wants it too….. (The drummer of Tuck from Hell - is Fredrik Johannson - the son of the Astral Doors Singer) TUCK FROM HELL Metalville is happy to announce - the band Cycle of Pain releases their self titled album via Metalville in Europe. Cycle of Pain is: J.D. Deservio from Black Label Society Joe Taylor Gregg Locascio LATEST SIGNING - CYCLE OF PAIN: A lot of friends helped them and played on the record: Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society), Hugo Ferreira (Tantric), Marcus Ratzenboeck (Tantric), Burton C Bell (Fear Factory) Russell Allen (Symphony X) Ray Luzier (Korn) Sen Dog (Cypress Hill), Brian Tichy (Billy Idol), Attention: NEW ADRESS STARTING JANUARY 1st. 2011 Widdersdorfer Str. 325-327, 50933 Cologne, Germany We are moving - Office is closed from December 23rd 2010 to January 3rd 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 DEGRADEAD new at Metalville A new Style, a new Band at Metalville. The year 2010 is almost over, but shortly befroe ending Swedens most talented Newcomer DEGRADEAD signed  by Metalville. Jesper Strömblad ( ex- In Flames ) named the band "The Future of Metal" and helped them at the start of the  carreer. The Debut"Till Death Do Us Apart" was classified at Rock Hard Magazine as 10x Dynamite. The second  album " Out of Body Experience" topped the previous release and all expectations by entering the swedish charts  on position Nr. 48. We are waiting excited for the new album " A World Destroyer" in Spring 2011. Mikael Sehlin - Vocals David Szücs - Guitar Anders Nyström - Guitar Michel Bärzén - Bass Kenneth Helgesson - Drums www.degradead.com www.myspace.com/degradead 2010 BLACK WATER RISING Old friends under new flag will bring us an absolutely highclass album in March: Vocalist Rob Traynor is known from the band DUST TO DUST, the former Stereomud Guitarist Johnny Fattoruso, and Boiler Room Drummer Mike Meselsohn, - do we really need more to receive an excellent Rock Album ? In the USA already respected and successfull - we have no doubt to establish and increase the band in Europe. …….. Ready for take off: Shraphead from Eidskog, Norway has existed since August 2004. Within these 4 years the band have played  many shows as support for famous bands and packed shows as headliners, and received great feedback from  audience and media. In 2006 the band release their their ep named "Ageless" which contained 4 songs the band had written from the  beginning. After the release they went on a successful Norwegian tour and also played a couple of festivals later that summer. Early 2008 Shraphead went into the studio again, this time with other producers and new material. After spreading the result all around the world the band has gotten unbelievable feedback. Their debut album is  yet to come, but the music has already gotten a lot of exciting feedback. At Metal Hammer already Demo of the month - hopefully album of the month with us in 2011. More is yet to come, of course we have more in the back hand……. We are excited about the second Riotgod Album in Fall 2011 and of course we can`t wait to see the first Astral  Doors DVD in Winter. Metalville - the next Step Metalville has changed in a few territories the distribution partner. In Germany, Austria and the Netherlands we are now distributed by Rough Trade. 01-2011 02-2011 03-2011 04-2011 The releaseplan is a little bit restructed - and ready to go: The Quill - Full Circle (MV 0017) - Release 24.06.2011 - Digipak and Download The Quill is back! Five years after the most recent studio album the band is ready to once again spread its  musical gospel. The new album "Full Circle" is packed with heavy rock firmly rooted in the seventies but  vibrant and updated rather than retro.  Yes, there's a new twist to the sound. Less is more, if you will. The songs are sharp, direct and catchy, built  around big riffs, big grooves and big hooks. Just check out "Sleeping with your enemy" and try to get that  chorus out of your head. Surrender to the up-tempo outburst of energy that is "Medicine". And physically feel  how "Bring it on" simply rocks like a motherfucker. Very much classic rock and yet contemporary in the Foo  Fighters / Queens Of The Stone Age vein. Needless to say, The Quill is a band reborn. This is what they are meant to do. Great music and great shows  will always find an audience. BLACK WATER RISING - (MV 0016) - Release 24.06.2011 - Digipak and Download Think the Brought Low but with radio-friendly songs or the Black Label Society with more of a Southern spin  and you're close to the sound of Brooklyn's Black Water Rising. Featuring former Dust to Dust vocalist Rob  Traynor, former Stereomud guitarist Johnny Fattoruso, former Boiler Room drummer Mike Meselsohn, and  bassist Oddie McLaughlin, the band began gigging around New York City. Hard rockers BLACK WATER RISING are proud to announce the european release of their self-titled debut  album. The self-titled debut from BLACK WATER RISING, is a collection of soul baring, angst ridden, riff  heavy material that is proudly anchored in the foundations of traditional hard rock song writing. Its giant guitar  driven monster riffs are served up on a bed of crushing grooves with soaring melodic vocals and big hooks.  Basically, NO FRILLS RIFF ROCK! DEGRADEAD - A World Destroyer (MV 0015) - Release 27.05.2011 - Digipak and Download The Death Metal Shooting Stars with their 3rd Album - Album Release Concert on May 26th at Debaser Medis in Stockholm. SHRAPHEAD - Blind & Seduced (MV 0013) - Release 27.05.2011 - Digipak and Download Album Release concert on May 27th in Oslo at ROCK IN - Killer Metal from Norway Are you a Shraphead ???????? 05-2011 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- More is yet to come, of course we have more in the back hand……. We are excited about the second Riotgod Album in Fall 2011 as well as a brand new studio album of Astral  Doors and of course we can`t wait to see the first Degradead DVD in Winter. Oh yes - and we are going on tour - DESERT FORCES OF ROCK 2011 Under this flag unite 3 Metalville bands, that are very rare in our territories. Astral Doors, Riotgod, and The Quill  together in a package is the ultimate club concert surprise for all Retro Rock Fans. With the experience after touring with Grave Digger, Blind Guardian and Doro  - and the first studio album since  1,5 years the ASTRAL DOORS are proud to be back on tour. After the successful debut album and minitour in  2010 RIOTGOD is back with the second album and ready for the 2nd tour. The package is complete with  Swedens Stoner Rock Band THE QUILL. After 5 years the band is hungry to be back on the road. The new  studio record will be released in July 2011 and might be the best of their carreer. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23.10.2011 Geiselwind Strohofer 24.10.2011 Dresden Puskin Club 26.10.2011 Hamburg Logo 27.10.2011 Berlin K17 28.10.2011 Osnabrück Ballroom 29.10.2011 tba 30.10.2011 tba 15.10.2011 Frankfurt Musikkeller 16.10.2011 Karlsruhe Stadtmitte 17.10.2011 Ingolstadt Cafe Zentral 18.10.2011 Wien Viper Room 20.10.2011 Salzburg Club b.lack 21.10.2011 München Garage Delüx 22.10.2011 Winterthur Gaswerk 06-2011 With excitement we expect - the Desert Forces of Rock. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 07-2011 Metalville - A Great Summer After a more or less conservative spring and after the change to Rough Trade we have a little Metalville Summer. The releases of Shraphead and Degradead have received very good response and with our bands Black Water  Rising and The Quill we have luck - and 2 Highlights. Top results in a lot of Music Magazines, in german Rock Hard and Metal Hammer Top ten positions in the  Soundchecks - this is more feedback than we expected. - Many thanks to the media for the support. We also found new partnerships. Current merchandise of the bands Astral Doors and The Quill is coverend by  Art-Worx geführt and Nuclear Blast handels currently our mailorder business. The next bands are ready to go with their new albums and hope to receive good feedback here as well. Voices of Extreme (MV 0018) - Release 22.07.2011 - Digipak and Download Their debut CD "Hypocrite" immediately found favor with critics and listeners alike, propelling them to the  forefront of metal's hierarchy. Experts at their craft, V.O.X. has earned song writing credits on Van Halen's DVD  entitled "The Early Years," as well as endorsements with ESP, Charvel and Hartke. The line-up includes Don  Chaffin on lead vocals, guitarist Nick Gertsson, drummer John Macaluso, and bassist Bob Brennan. With the  task of completing their second full length CD at hand, V.O.X. has added guitar wunderkind David Mercado to  the line-up. Over the past three years, V.O.X. has shared the stage with Paul Di'Anno, Kamelot, Godsmack,  Symphony X, Alice in Chains, Dokken, Zebra, and Twisted Sister, proving their mettle as a premier live act on  the Eastern Seaboard. Eat The Gun - Runner (MV 0019) - Release 29.07.2011 Digipak and Download They shared the stage with international artists like Toten Hosen, Him, In Extremo, Backyard Babies, Hardcore  Superstarm Donots, Status Quo, and played some of Germany's largest rock festivals like Taubertal Festival,  Big Day Out Festival or Open Flair Festival. So far EAT THE GUN have sold thousands of albums and worked  tirelessly to become a constant in rock music. EAT THE GUN Studio Album No 4 "Runner" coming soon… Throughout 2010 EAT THE GUN have been working on their latest album titled RUNNER. Together with  producer Toni Meloni (The Sorrow, Apokalyptische Reiter, Toten Hosen), the trio created songs that are both  intuitive and gripping and at the same time thought-provoking and disturbing. EAT THE GUN provide catchy and  driving modern stadium rock, ready for the stage - nothing more and nothing less. The band has an incredible  energy to push and find partners everywhere. - VW Soundfoundation, Wacken Foundation, Initiative Musik and  many more. Live in the Media Tent at Wacken Open Air. 08/05/11WackenWacken Open Air (press tent) September October 09/02/11SolmsDive In Festival 10/01/11BielefeldForum 09/17/11EssenTurock Open Air 2011 December – On Tour with DORO 12/08/11SaarbrückenGarage 12/13/11FuldaKreuz 12/09/11AschaffenburgColos Saal 12/14/11NürnbergHirsch 12/10/11MünchenBackstage Werk 12/16/11OsnabrückRosenhof 12/11/11HannoverCapitol 12/17/11HerxheimFesthalle 12/18/11HamburgDocks At September 30th, 2011 a new sound of Rock will find the way to Metalville - we welcome our first Progressive Band. RENAISSANCE OF FOOLS (MV 0020) - Release 30.09.2011 - Digipak and Download It all begun with a meeting of two musicians who found that they shared the same musical vision. Those two  were Daniel Magdic, who has a background as guitarist and composer of Pain of Salvation, and Magnus  Karlsson. They teamed up with BjörnTauman and Mathias Henrysson to start the band Cudfish. Cudfish was put to the grave when Magnus and Björn went to Los Angeles to study at LAMA (Los Angeles Music Academy).  When they got back from LA Daniel, Magnus and Björn decided to pick up the work and started Renaissance of  Fools. They started to rehearse and write songs, but at the time they didn't have a singer. In 2008 they met the  very talented singer Kjell Bergendahl and the line-up was complete. They soon started recording their debut  album which was mixed by PelleSaether in Studio Underground. The mix was then sent to Alien Beans studio in USA where it was mastered by Ty Tabor of Kings X. The album also contains a guest appearance by Per  Wiberg from Opeth. and then... with excitement we expect the Master of 2 very important Metalville Albums for fall 2011 ASTRAL DOORS -  Jerusalem (MV 0022) - Release October 2011 - Digipak and Download After a great gig at the Bang Your Head Open Air they presented a rough mix version to the first journalists. The  new album of the Astral Doors - Jerusalem is a concept album. At the moment it is still in the mix by Daniel  Bergström abgemischt.  It is clear already - that this is the strongest Astral Doors Album so far. RIOTGOD - TBA (MV 0021) - Relrase October 2011 - Digipak and Download The first album found a lot of fans, and the first Club Tour hat great ticket sales.  And of course - Bob Pantella,  Jim Baglino and Garret Sweeny wrote new songs during their Tour activities with Monster Magnet. We can`t wait to listen to the 2. Riotgod Album. It should be more rock - and stronger - but of course - it is Stoner Rock - and  nothing else. Maybe we have a little surprise in the pipeline, but sofar there are no more releases planned in 2011. M E T A L V I L L E     B A N D S     O N     T O U R DESERT FORCES OF ROCK 2011 Under this flag unite 3 Metalville bands, that are very rare in our territories.   Astral Doors, Riotgod, and The Quill together in a package is the ultimate club concert surprise for all Retro  Rock Fans. With the experience after touring with Grave Digger, Blind Guardian and Doro - and the first studio album since  1,5 years the ASTRAL DOORS are proud to be back on tour. After the successful debut album and minitour in  2010 RIOTGOD is back with the second album and ready for the 2nd tour. The package is complete with  Swedens Stoner Rock Band THE QUILL. After 5 years the band is hungry to be back on the road. The new  studio record will be released in July 2011 and might be the best of their carreer. 15.10.2011 Frankfurt - Musikkeller 23.10.2011 Geiselwind Strohofer 16.10.2011 Karlsruhe - Stadtmitte 24.10.2011 Dresden Puskin Club 17.10.2011 Ingolstadt - Cafe Paradox 26.10.2011 Hamburg Logo 18.10.2011 Wien - Viper Room 27.10.2011 Berlin K17 20.10.2011 Salzburg - Club b.lack 28.10.2011 Osnabrück Ballroom 21.10.2011 München  Garage Delüx   29.10.2011 Köln Werkstatt 22.10.2011 Winterthur Gaswerk 30.10.2011 tba DEGRADEAD 2011-08-20 Botkyrka Stockholm 2011-10-29 Rockbitch Boat HALLOWEENFEST Stockholm - Riga DOWNSPIRIT 19.08.11 - CH   Safenwil AG - Schrottplatz 21.09.11 - GER Aschaffenburg - Colos Saal (+ Sinner/Voodoo Circle) 22.09.11 - GER Recklinghausen - Vest Arena (+ Sinner/Voodoo Circle) 23.09.11 - GER Geiselwind - Autohof Strohofer (+ Sinner/Voodoo Circle) 24.09.11 - GER Andernach - JuZ (+ Sinner/Voodoo Circle) 25.09.11 - BEL AS - GC DRIESCHAAR (+ Sinner/Voodoo Circle) 26.09.11 - GER Augsburg - Spectrum (+ Sinner/Voodoo Circle) 28.09.11 - GER Bruchsal - Fabrik (+ Sinner/Voodoo Circle) 29.09.11 - GER Stuttgart - Roehre (+ Sinner/Voodoo Circle) 30.09.11 - GER Burglengenfeld - VA Zentrum (+ Sinner/Voodoo Circle) 01.10.11 - AUT Woergl - Komma (+ Sinner/Voodoo Circle) 02.10.11 - CH   Pratteln - Galery (+ Sinner/Voodoo Circle) 19.11.11 - GER Donaueschingen - Delta Animal House 26.11.11 - CH   Zürich - Dynamo (+ Freedom Call) 02.12.11 - CH   Basel - Redrocks 03.12.11 - CH   Herisau - Metalvetia Metalclub 17.12.11 - CH   Winterthur - Albani ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Office is closed during the Wacken Open Air 2011 - 05.08.2011 to 07.08.2011 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A new category is online - In the “Gallery” you’ll find some pictures -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  ** DOWNSPIRIT supporting GOOD CHARLOTTE in Zürich Komplex 457, 04.08.2011 ** ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 08-2011 Metalville is on                - check it out  >>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 09-2011 Russia Tour 25.11 - Saint Petersburg 30.11 - Saratov 26.11 - Moscow 01.12 - Samara 27.11 - Voronezh 02.12 - Nizhnekamsk 28.11 - Ryazan 03.12 - TBA 29.11 - Penza 04.12 - Nizhny Novgorod (All dates without guarantee) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15.10.2011 Frankfurt Musikkeller 16.10.2011 Karlsruhe Stadtmitte 17.10.2011 Ingolstadt Cafe Paradox 18.10.2011 Wien Viper Room 20.10.2011 Salzburg Club b.lack 21.10.2011 München Garage   22.10.2011 Winterthur Gaswerk 23.10.2011 Geiselwind Strohofer 24.10.2011 Dresden Pushkin Club 26.10.2011 Hamburg Logo 27.10.2011 Berlin K17 28.10.2011 Osnabrück Ballroom   29.10.2011 Köln Werkstatt  Desert Forces of Rock Tour 2011 2011 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10-2011 CHART ENTRY IN SWEDEN Astral Doors entered the swedish Charts on position-no.76 with the new Album “JERUSALEM” ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- M e t a l v i l l e - B a n d s  O n  T o u r 02.02.12 | Oelde - Alte Post 03.02.12 | Ahaus - Logo 04.02.12 | Berlin - Wild At Heart 07.02.12 | Kiel - Roter Salon 08.02.12 | Oberhausen - Drucklufthaus 09.02.12 | Ludwigsburg - Rockfabrik 10.02.12 | Uster (CH) - Rock City 11.02.12 | Freiburg - Walfisch 11-2011 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EAT THE GUN & THE QUILL FIRE YOUR GUN TOUR 2012 ASTRAL DOORS & RIOTGOD Desert Forces Of Rock Tour 2012 24.02.2012 25.02.2012 26.02.2012 27.02.2012 28.02.2012 04.03.2012 07.03.2012 08.03.2011 Siegburg Frankfurt Karlsruhe Ingolstadt Wien Geiselwind Hamburg Berlin Kubana Musikkeller Stadtmitte Eventhalle Westpark Viper Room Strohofer Eventcenter Logo K17 12-2011      New Releases >< Watch Out >< The First Highlights 2012 DEGRADEAD Live At Wacken And Beyond   On August 6, 2010 Degradead played for their first time at Wacken Open Air.  Here is their full set, as performed on the W.E.T Stage before an enthusiastic audience. From Tullinge to Hyderabad <> Is a documentary following Degradead from their first years in Tullinge, a small suburb south of Stockholm where the band was formed, to their successful tour of India in February 2011. Including Interviews, Live Clips, a lot of interesting stuff for the fans and Bonus Video Clips. After 3 Albums "Till Death Do Us Apart", "Out Of Body Experience", and "A World Destroyer"  is this DVD the consequent product to report the current status of Degradead. A New Album is scheduled for Fall 2012. Out: 27.01.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Opera Diabolicus  † 1614 OPERA DIABOLICUS is the brainchild of composer / musician David Grimoire and lyricist Adrian de Crow. The concept of combining the dark elements of music and theatre in alliance with musical excellency. The music could be described as dramatic and dark doom metal with atmospheric, epic and progressive elements. Out: 20.01.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Temple Of Your Soul (T.O.Y.S.) For All Out: 27.01.12 Temple of your Soul recorded a great Rock Album. Founded in  2006 the band started to get established in the Underground.  Still looking for the right line up. Finally after former Underdog guitar player joined the band and musical singer Karoline Drechsel gave the songs a new voice - a competitive line up was found. Temple Of Your Soul showed on tour with Jon Oliva`s Pain that this is just the beginning……… ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Office is closed from December 23rd 2011 to January 3rd 2012