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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - November 17th, 2009 The "US Plague Tour", featuring MARDUK, NACHTMYSTIUM, BLACK ANVIL, MANTIC RITUAL, and MERRIMACK that was scheduled to stop at the Key Club on Friday, December 4th, has been moved, due to the Key Club closing it doors to re-model. The new location for the show, is the Salon Royal (Royal Hall) in downtown, located at 8637 South Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA 90002. Parking is provided, with an entrance through the "Steel and Lube" entrance.

A statement from Jordan of Church of the 8th Day, the promoters for the show:

"Since everyone has been asking, what and where the Royal Hall is, I wanted to explain, and send something out to clear things up. The Key Club canceled the show, about two weeks ago, leaving us just a few weeks to move it. Since we had two stages worth of bands booked, it was near impossible to move the show to anywhere in Hollywood, at a reputable club, as everything was already booked. We found a place in downtown, which is a banquet hall, and we are going to build it into a venue from the ground up, with two full stages and great sound, full bar, and a BBQ. There have been numerous events held there, including the Bestial Legion Fest. If you purchased tickets through one of the local bands, your tickets will still be valid at the new venue. If you purchased your tickets through TicketMaster, you should be receiving your refund any day. The Key Club said they will be issuing refunds, but they haven't been responding to us about the progress of it, so if you'd like to call and find out, go ahead. You can now purchase tickets exclusively through our new ticketing website, 8thDayTix.com. We're sorry about the confusion, and hope to see everyone there. More information can be found at www.churchofthe8thday.com."

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Friday, November 20, 2009

Angelus Apatrida: Thrash Metallers ANGELUS APATRIDA sign worldwide deal with Century Media Reco

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Angelus Apatrida: Thrash Metallers ANGELUS APATRIDA sign worldwide deal with Century Media Records! - 11/20/2009
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Devin Townsend Uses His "Special Touch"...
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Devin hand drew thousands of albums as an exclusive deal through CMDistro.com. He shares some of his painting and numbering techniques for us in this comical YouTube video!

Here are some of the exclusive album covers hand-drawn by Devin himself:

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Friday, October 30, 2009

Halloween at Century Media!

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Monday, October 26, 2009

Ghost House Micro Videos (featuring IN THIS MOMENT)

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Monday, October 26, 2009

Ghost House Micro Videos (featuring WINDS OF PLAGUE)

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Monday, October 26, 2009

Ghost House Micro Videos (Featuring WARBRINGER)

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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Century Media Positions Itself For The Future
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Century Media has been a brand name that has been synonymous with heavy metal for the past 20 years. The company is announcing new appointments that will position itself for aggressive growth in the next decade by bringing on Don Robertson as President Mike Gitter as VP of A+R and Marc Schapiro as marketing/product manager for the company’s InsideOut Music and Superball imprints.

Oliver Withoft (CEO) states, “The world as we know it will change dramatically within the next two years. We, at Century Media, are looking forward to change. It will set a couple of things right that went way out of line in our industry over the past decade. Embracing these changes with an outstanding team will be even more fun and rewarding. These new appointments also kick off a business development initiative intended to extend the Century Media brand.”

Don Robertson will oversee all aspects of the company’s USA operation as President, bringing twenty years of industry expertise spanning management, label and publishing. He states, “I’m proud and excited to join the extremely talented staff at Century Media in this role. For 20 years they have been at the forefront of the metal community and continue to break new barriers. The record business is in exciting times where you must be innovative, smart and hungry to survive. Century Media is all that and more. This is the company to watch!”

Mike Gitter brings a track record of vision and accomplishment as part of Atlantic and Roadrunner Records, having garnered gold level successes with projects including Bad Religion, Killswitch Engage and MTV Headbanger's Ball compilation. He also signed such genre titans as Megadeth, Dragonforce, Opeth, Glassjaw and Nightwish.

Gitter further describes his enthusiasm, “Not only am I becoming part of Century Media's legacy, but I'm also becoming part of what is guaranteed to be its most exciting chapter yet. It's a rare moment in a label's history where vision and know-how come together -- that's the Century Media of now. This is the company that's going to surprise not merely the metal industry but the music industry at large in the next couple years.”

Marc Schapiro has joined on as marketing/product manager for InsideOut Music and Superball imprints while also working with Century Media as a whole for new business development and marketing. Marc brings the resources of his company, Branch Marketing Collective, which focuses on sponsorship and event marketing.

Schapiro comments: "I couldn't be more excited to be part of the InsideOut Music, Superball Music and the whole Century Media family. They are some of the most forward-thinking labels in this new era of the music business, and have an amazing team in place that I'm psyched to be a part of. Most importantly, I am looking forward to bringing bigger and more innovative opportunities to some of my favorite artists of all time like Devin Townsend, King's X and Oceansize."

Throughout the past 20 years, Century Media has been working with some of the scene's greatest musicians turning many into household names. CM has stood resolutely through the ups and downs of continually changing economic and political markets and shifting tides in consumer tastes. It is proud of its leadership in the hard music scene; a banner for the valuable art form and means of expression. Despite all of the years and breakthroughs the company maintains their organic, family feel and business is still being conducted by fans of the music for fans of the music.

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Signs of Infinite Power
By Fu Manchu
Release date: 2009-10-20

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Monday, September 28, 2009

ARCH ENEMY - Exclusive New Song Download 'Pilgrim' at Guitarworld.com!
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To celebrate the release of Arch Enemy's forthcoming album, The Root Of All Evil, Guitar World is pleased to offer a free download of "Pilgrim." Go to Guitarworld.com to download the mp3 now!

In case the above myspace link doesn't work, just copy and paste this URL into your webbrowser: http://www.guitarworld.com/ae-pilgrim The E-CARD for THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL can be viewed below - just click on the banner:

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