First new Corvus Corax song online

Corvus Corax is still working on their next album Cantus Buranus II which is scheduled for release on August 1st, but they have already uploaded a new song on their MySpace page. It’s called “O Varium Fortune” and despite the fact that it’s only a 3-minute rough mix of the song, it’s still well worth a listen. It’s very nice, definitely Corvus Corax. I’m eagerly awaiting this album.

Seabound offers an exclusive MP3 download

During Seabound’s U.S. Alliance Tour, they performed the song “Watching Over You” as an encore with Iris’s singer Reagan Jones in certain cities. This duet was so well received by the crowds that the band decided to record it. Now it’s available as an exclusive MP3 download for fans of both bands to enjoy (or relive the experience, if you were there) over and over again. This particular recording was made at the March 29th concert in San Francisco. To download “Watching Over You” live, just head on over to Seabound.de or simply click here.

Udo Dirkschneider celebrates 20 years: Special concerts, DVD, South American tour

Udo Dirkschneider first met fame as the singer for Accept, but for the past 20 years he has been at the head of his own band U.D.O. To celebrate, the band has planned 2 special concerts in Germany, one of which will have an extra-long 3 hour set that will also include several Accept songs. This concert will also be filmed and turned into a DVD in the future for all U.D.O. fans who couldn’t get tickets for the sold out show.

U.D.O. is also booking concerts for South America and Mexico during the first half of June. For details, visit the tourdates page of U.D.O.’s website.

Schock’s “Making of Halt Still” video

As I reported a while ago, Schock is hard at work on their next album, Halt Still. But it looks like they are making a lot of progress on the album because they recently released a “making of Halt Still” video on their MySpace page. It’s in German, but even if you can’t understand any of it, there’s still plenty of music to listen to between segments of the members speaking and making random noises.

Corvus Corax is famous around the world for their enthralling medieval style music and fantastic on-stage performances. Last year, the band released a DVD of their memorable concert with an orchestra in Berlin as a collection of their best live songs. So it is only fitting that this year, Corvus Corax will be releasing a compilation with their best studio songs.

Kaltenberg Anno MMVII will be released on July 6th with 13 tracks. In addition to these, there will be 3 bonus features including a song called “Hymnus Cantica” which is the official hymn of the Kaltenberg Knights Tournament, “Is Nomine Vacans” which is their song from the roleplaying game Gothic 3, and 15 minutes of a Corvus Corax show in Mexico City.

You can listen to some music by Corvus Corax on their website, however it’s a pop-up so you’ll have to go there and manually click “Music” in the left-side menu and then “Samples” at the top.

Kaltenberg Anno MMVII tracklist
01. Bibit Aleum
02. Tuska
03. Venus vina musica
04. Skudrinka (”Matze”)
05. Nominalto
06. Ballade de mercy
07. Suam elle ires
08. Filii neidhardi
09. Cheiron
10. Titenka
11. In taberna
12. Platerspiel
13. Saltarello/Ductia/Trotto
14. “Hymnus Cantica” (bonus)
15. “Is nomine vacans” (bonus)
Video: Corvus Corax Live at Theatro de Ciudat, Mexico City (bonus)