ION VEIN March 2006 Newsletter Articles / Bands' News Date: Mar 18, 2006 - 08:09 PM ION VEIN PART WITH LABEL, BEGIN RECORDING NEW ALBUM --------------------------------------------------- Ion Vein main man, Chris Lotesto, issued the following statement, "We have officially parted ways with the UK's Now and Then Records who have apparently gone under. What could have been a very promising relationship ending up being nothing more than a complete joke! We still have no idea what happened with our last album, Reigning Memories, as the label would never divulge ANY information to us and then dropped off the face of the earth. I guess they are out of the business from what second hand information I can gather but the last thing we expected was for them to turn out to be yet another useless piece of music business shit. Oh well." The band has begun recording their third album at Rax Trax Studios in Chicago, with producer, Neil Kernon, once again manning the helm. Lotesto added, "We are very happy to be working with Neil again, things are absolutely crushing so far! We have finally come into our own with a much heavier, in-your-face sound that we hope will finally shed all the comparisons and classifications. We will be searching for a new label home once the recording is complete so there is no timeframe at this point for a release date." ION VEIN TO OPEN FOR JAPANESE METAL LEGENDS LOUDNESS ---------------------------------------------------- The original members of the late 80s Japanese metal band have reunited and are now touring the US! We will be direct support for them at Joe's on Weed St. in Chicago, IL Wednesday, March 22nd so don't miss it! Tickets are now available via Ticketmaster. CHICAGO POWERFEST ----------------- Don't miss this killer event featuring Morgana Lefay, Noctural Rites, Eldritch, Biomechanical, Agent Steel, Ion Vein, Twelfth Gate, Gracepoint, Mirror Black and Withering Soul, April 7 & 8 at Mr. Kelley's Music Box in Chicago Heights, IL!! Two day passes are $55 in advance and single day walk-ups will be allowed. Check out www.chicagopowerfest.com for all the info. or www.myspace.com/chicagopowerfest. GAMMA RAY IN MINNESOTA ---------------------- Germany's Gamma Ray will be making their only midwest stop on Friday, May 12th, at the Rock in Maplewood, MN and we will be opening for them along with Avian (feat. vocalist, Lance King) and Miles Beyond. Tickets are now available via Ticketmaster. TOUR DATES ---------- 3-22 Joe's Chicago, IL 4-8 Mr. Kelley's Chicago Heights, IL 5-12 The Rock Maplewood, MN See you on tour! Chris, Russ, Chuck and Brian This article comes from Holy Sword http://truemetal.org/holysword/ The URL for this story is: http://truemetal.org/holysword/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=144