Basick Records have announced on their website that drummer Christian Schreil has left Uneven Structure"to pursue other interests". He writes: [i]"It is to my greatest sadness that I have to tell all of you that Uneven Structure and I are going to go separate ways.
Massive Audio Nerve have announced that guitarist Mark Black and drummer Adde Larsson have joined the band. They will replace Nils Olsson and Andreas Engberg, respectively. A previous lineup change was announced earlier this year. The band will enter the studio to record their fourth album 'Cancer Vulgaris' in February 2012. Ten of the twelve song titles are listed here.
Sick Drummer Magazine has posted a drumcam video of Vildhjarta's David Lindkvist playing the song 'Dagger', off their recently released debut album 'Måsstaden'. Watch it below. He comments: "My biggest influences are by far Sean Reinert and Tomas Haake, but on måsstaden, you will also hear a lot of drumming inspired by bands like Ion Dissonance. [...]". We conducted an exclusive interview with the band at Euroblast festival in Cologne, Germany in October this year.
Monuments drummer Mike Malyan has posted a drum cover of The Algorithm's song 'Isometry' to his YouTube channel. Watch it below. Some gear information is available in the video description. Both bands recently played Euroblast festival vol. 7. Live footage from The Algorithm as well as from Monuments was posted earlier.
Friend For A Foe have announced Mike Lumer as the band's new drummer on their Facebook page. Moreover they have posted a bass mixing tutorial on Facebook.
Sick Drummer Magazine has posted a Textures drum playthrough video featuring drummer Stef Broks playing along to the band's new song 'Singularity', off their forthcoming full-length album 'Dualism'. Watch it below. Two listening parties for the new album will be held on August 31st, in Mumbai, India and New York City, USA.
Textures will be touring through North America supporting Periphery as part of the Frak The Gods tour, alongside The Human Abstract, The Contortionist and Stray From The Path. They will also be co-headlining this year's edition of Euroblast festival, which will take place in Cologne, Germany on October 21st-22nd.
Om Mani have announced on their Facebook page that the band will no longer continue. Recently their drummer left the country. They feel it is impossible to find a decent replacement so they decided to call it quits. The official announcement (in French) can be read on their Facebook page.
Sick Drummer Magazine has uploaded two drumcam videos of drummers Navene Koperweis of Animals As Leaders and Sam Applebaum of Veil Of Maya performing some of the respective band's songs. Watch it below. They were recorded during the 2010 Summer Slaughter Tour. Some live footage videos from their show at the South by Southwest festival were posted earlier.
The Tacoma, Washington-based band Stealing Axion have found a new drummer to complete their lineup. They have put up a video introducing Blake Ferris on their Youtube page. Watch it below. They had been looking for a drummer since November last year.
