WEDNESDAY 7TH JULY 2010 – FREE DOWNLOAD
To celebrate the upcoming Orange Goblin performance at the first ever High Voltage Festival in London, we are giving away a free downloadable version of the track They Come Back (Harvest of Skulls) from the 2007 OG album Healing Through Fire here.
TUESDAY 15TH JUNE 2010 – OG ANNOUNCES 15TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR FOR DECEMBER!!!
This year marks the 15th anniversary of Orange Goblin and, to celebrate this, Jagermeister, Metal Hammer, and Terrorizer present the band on a rare and very special tour in December 2010. This will culminate with the annual OG Christmas show at the O2 Academy in Islington, London.
Orange Goblin are very pleased to announce that for this tour they will be joined by not one, but two VERY special guests. US doom-rock heavyweights SOLACE, promoting their massive new album A.D. and one of the UK's finest bands, FIREBIRD, also promoting their new release, Double Diamond. This promises to be one of the tours of the year and tickets are on sale through each venue and various ticket outlets.
The full list of dates for the tour is:
Wednesday 15th December – MANCHESTER, Sound Control
Thursday 16th December – GLASGOW, Ivory Blacks
Friday 17th December – BIRMINGHAM, The Asylum
Saturday 18th December – SOUTHAMPTON, Talking Heads
Sunday 19th December – LONDON, O2 Islington Academy
THURSDAY 22ND APRIL 2010 – ORANGE GOBLIN TO PLAY MAMMOTHFEST!!!
Orange Goblin will be appearing at Mammothfest 2010 at The Hove Centre, Sussex, England on Saturday 18th September.
Other bands on the bill include Sylosis, Malefice, Abgott, Pitchshifter, Breed 77, Beholder, and many, many more with headliners still to be announced!!!
Day tickets for the event are £40 and info on tickets and everything else can be found at the festival website www.mammothfest.co.uk
See you down the front!
TUESDAY 23RD MARCH 2010 – OG for HIGH VOLTAGE FESTIVAL!!!
We are very pleased to announce that Orange Goblin have been added to the list of bands set to appear at this years HIGH VOLTAGE FESTIVAL. This event will take place on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th July 2010 at Victoria Park, East London.
Orange Goblin will be playing on the Metal Hammer sponsored stage on Saturday 24th but the whole weekend looks certain to be a 'don't miss' event!
Other bands set to appear at High Voltage include: ZZ TOP, HEAVEN & HELL, ELP, DOWN, CLUTCH, HIGH ON FIRE, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, THE ANSWER, URIAH HEEP, MARILLION, UFO, FOREIGNER, GARY MOORE, WISHBONE ASH, THE QUIREBOYS, FOCUS, and many, many more...
This promises to be THE Rock & Metal event in London this summer so get your tickets now by visiting www.highvoltagefestival.com
THURSDAY 11TH MARCH 2010 – NO NEW ALBUM...YET! AND MORE NEWS!!!!
Orange Goblin have announced that due to various circumstances, there will be no new album for the foreseeable future. The band have said: "With everybody's commitments to work, family and other things, we have decided that it is best that we do not commit to any deadline for the next album as we wouldn't want to rush and deliver a record that we are not 100% happy with. Song writing will continue as and when we can but we honestly couldn't say when we will be ready to go into the studio to record again, it will definitely NOT be in 2010. Please rest assured that it will happen but sometimes it is better to stop and think of what is best for Orange Goblin as a band!"
Following on along these lines, Ben Ward has announced that he has left the band RAVENS CREED. In a statement last month, the Orange Goblin singer said: "It is with great sadness that I have to report that I am stepping down from my duties as front-man and vocalist for Ravens Creed. It has reached the point that I can no longer give the band the time and energy that it deserves and I feel that by leaving now it will allow Steve, Jay and Frazer the opportunity to get somebody who is as passionate and dedicated to the band as they all are. I have had a great four years with the band and will leave with a lot of fond memories but right now I believe this is the right thing to do. I wish the band all the success and hope they make me regret this decision! Orange Goblin has always been my priority and I need to concentrate on that 100%".
Members of Orange Goblin will once again be spinning discs at their 'Metal Disco' at this year's ROADBURN Festival in Tilburg, Holland. The festival takes place from 15th to the 18th of April and boasts an amazing line-up over the four days featuring Goatsnake, Shrinebuilder, Enslaved, Eyehategod, Yob, Kylesa, Triptykon, Thorrs Hammer, Karma To Burn, Comus, Church Of Misery, Brant Bjork & The Bros, The Gates Of Slumber, Sourvein, Dixie Witch, and many, many more!!!
Orange Goblin will be one of the bands donating a track to a new Metal Hammer compilation album paying homage to the masters of Heavy Metal, BLACK SABBATH. OG will contribute their as yet to be recorded cover of 'Symptom Of The Universe'. Other bands that will be featured include Apocolyptica, Prong, Electric Wizard and Cavalera Conspiracy.
Lastly, a handful of live festival and club dates have been announced for the band. Check out the Shows page for more information.
FRIDAY 11TH DECEMBER – CHRISTMAS SHOW LINE UP CHANGES!!!!
It is with great sadness that we have to inform you that due to circumstances beyond the bands control, SOLACE will NOT be performing at the Orange Goblin show at The Scala, London, on Saturday 19th December 2009.
Boston's kings of Rock, ROADSAW, will now be main support. The bill also features Centurions Ghost, Sons of Merrick, and we are very happy to announce the addition of HONKEYFINGER!!! People may be familiar with Mr. Honkeyfinger as he guested on the track 'Beginner's Guide To Suicide' on the last OG album 'Healing Through Fire'! Honkeyfinger is the one-man band from the bowels of the earth, erupting molten fuzz lapsteel, screaming harmonica riffs and desperate bestial howling in a scorching hot cocktail of heavy raw blues power. The Honkeyfinger sound hotwires the electric freak rock of vintage Beefheart, Blue Cheer, ZZTop, and Black Sabbath into a jumping, lurching monster. Boiling up the ghosts of Bukka White, Leadbelly, and John Lee Hooker with the bones of the country blues, laced with the acid fried heaviosity of the Buttholes Surfers - this is the thick stinking soup that Mr.Honkeyfinger serves. You can check out the HONKEYFINGER sound at www.myspace.com/honkeyfinger
As well as all this, there is an aftershow party in the venue until 6am with guest DJ KRUSHER at the decks! There will also be a special performance by Blood Island Raiders later in the evenings proceedings as well as DJ sets from members of Orange Goblin, too!
Tickets for this show are selling out fast and numbers available on the door will be limited so to avoid disappointment please purchase yours in advance at www.ticketweb.co.uk or via The Scala box office (020 7833 2022).
THURSDAY 12TH NOVEMBER – OG & SAINT VITUS SHOW - CHANGE OF DATE & VENUE!!!
Please note that the Saint Vitus and Orange Goblin show that was scheduled to take place at The Scala, London on Wednesday 10th February 2010, has now been changed. The show will now take place at THE ISLINGTON ACADEMY, LONDON on WEDNESDAY 3rd FEBRUARY 2010.
Saint Vitus will headline on what will be their first and ONLY show in the UK for 20 years. Orange Goblin will appear as special guests for this show only. Opening at Islington Academy will be Centurions Ghost who are supporting Saint Vitus on the rest of the tour.
MONDAY 2ND NOVEMBER – OG TO SUPPORT SAINT VITUS IN LONDON IN 2010!!!
US doom metal legends SAINT VITUS will be touring Europe for the first time in 20 years in early 2010 and we can reveal that Orange Goblin will be performing as very special guests for the London show only.
You can see these two heavyweights of the scene together on the same bill for the first time at THE SCALA, LONDON on WEDNESDAY 10th FEBRUARY 2010.
We will let you know how to purchase tickets when we get more information.
THURSDAY 15TH OCTOBER – OG CONFIRMED FOR HAMMERFEST 2 & YOUTUBE CHANNEL LAUNCHED
Orange Goblin are pleased to announce that they will be bringing the heavy metal thunder to next year's Hammerfest 2!
They join a bill that already includes DevilDriver, Iced Earth, Skindred, Napalm Death, Panic Cell, Attica Rage, Godsized, Zico Chain, Huron, Hellfighter, Isolysis, More I See, and Marshall Law. Next year’s Hammerfest promises to throw more horns and bang more heads than ever before in Prestatyn, North Wales on 11-13 March, 2010.
Last year saw Opeth, Skindred, Saxon, Cathedral, and loads more awesome bands head up to Wales to rock the socks and cocks off of thousands of partying metalheads. Next time, make sure you’re one of them!
In other news, Orange Goblin have launched their new official YouTube channel.
You can now watch Orange Goblin promotional videos as well as old and recent live footage on the Official Orange Goblin YouTube Channel. The band will also be adding trailers and clips from their favourite movies, bands and anything else that we think you might find interesting!
The address is: www.youtube.com/orangegoblinofficial
WEDNESDAY 16th SEPTEMBER – ORANGE GOBLIN GO GREECE LIGHTNING!!!!!
Orange Goblin have secured a new date in Athens, Greece following the cancellation of the shows in 2008! So for the first time in almost 5 years the Goblins will be back to play at The An Club, Athens, Greece on Saturday 16th January 2010.
Support will come from Lord 13 and Lucky Funeral.
Tickets cost €20 (limited to the first 100 Internet presales) and €25 regular presale/doors from orangegoblinath.eventbrite.com.
TUESDAY 8th SEPTEMBER – OG CHRISTMAS SHOW TIME AGAIN!!!!!!!
Orange Goblin are very pleased to announce their annual end of year Christmas show! This year's festivities take place at The Scala, Pentonville Road, Kings Cross, London N1 9NL on Saturday 19th December 2009.
As in previous years, the support acts for the Christmas show have been hand-picked by ORANGE GOBLIN themselves and this year the line-up is stronger than ever! As main support, playing their first UK show since 2007 will be the mighty New Jersey scumbags SOLACE! Before them will be Boston rockers, ROADSAW (who will be performing a set of KYUSS covers after getting the seal of approval from Josh Homme!). Before that will be London heavyweights CENTURIONS GHOST and opening the proceedings will be another heavy, up and coming London band, SONS OF MERRICK.
Doors Open at 7pm and the times are as follows:
Sons of Merrick: 7.30pm–8pm
Centurions Ghost: 8.15pm–8.50pm
Roadsaw: 9pm–9.50pm
Solace: 10.00pm–10.50pm
Orange Goblin: 11.05pm–00.20pm
Tickets are priced £10 in advance or £12 on the door and are available through www.ticketweb.co.uk or the Scala box-office www.scala-london.co.uk.
After the show will be Unholy Rock/Metal club in the venue (admission is free if you stay after the show!) until 6am, with members of Orange Goblin and the support acts DJ'ing until the early hours. It promises to be THE don't miss gig of the year!!!!
THURSDAY 30th JULY – ORANGE GOBLIN COMING TO WALES!
Orange Goblin are happy to announce a return to Wales! The band will play their ONE and ONLY 2009 show in Wales on Saturday 17th October at TJ's in Newport.
Support for this show comes from the mighty TAINT, as well as Buffalo Kings, and Revoker.
Tickets should be available soon through the venue Web site at www.tjsnewport.com.
WEDNESDAY 15th JULY – OG JOIN THE PLANET CARAVAN!!
Orange Goblin are very proud to announce their first show in the USA for over three years! OG will join an astonishing line-up at the PLANET CARAVAN FESTIVAL which takes place at The Orange Peel in Asheville, North Carolina, on Friday 18th and Saturday 19th September. OG will be appearing on the Saturday 19th, but the two-day festival also features other great acts such as CLUTCH, PENTAGRAM, KYLESA, BURST, WINO, YOB, ASTRA, REVOLUTION MOTHER, TADDY PORTER, ORCHID, and PICK UP THE SNAKE. Tickets go on sale on at 12.00pm Eastern Time on Saturday 18th July at www.etix.xom, the Orange Peel Box Office or via 1-866-468-7630.
For more information, please go to the festival Web site at www.planetcaravanfestival.com. This will be a one-off show and your ONLY opportunity to catch Orange Goblin in the US this year; but, rest assured, that there are plans for the band to tour in 2010 following the release of the new album which is currently being written. This album will be released via Candlelight Records sometime in 2010.
WEDNESDAY 17th JUNE – THE GOBLIN HEAD NORTH!
Orange Goblin will play a one-off exclusive show, their ONLY appearance in the North of England in 2009, on Saturday 28th November. The show will take place at The Roadhouse in Manchester. The venue has a capacity of 250 and tickets go on sale soon; you are advised to get them in advance to avoid disappointment.
MONDAY 8th JUNE 2009 – NEWS UPDATE
Orange Goblin are happy to announce that they will co-headline this years Rock Im Wald Festival on Saturday 15th August in Neuensee bei Lichtenfels in Germany. Other bands scheduled to appear include Backyard Babies, Eat The Gun, and many more. For info on tickets, etc., please visit www.rockimwald.de. A little closer to home, the band will also be headlining at the Concorde II in Brighton on Saturday 14th November. This will be a chance for the band to play some of the brand new material currently being written for the next album, scheduled for release in 2010 through Candlelight Records.
A few more appearances this year are still in the pipeline, so keep checking back here for details.
WEDNESDAY 6th MAY 2009 – MORE OG SHOWS ANNOUNCED & NEWS!!!
Following a very successful appearance at this year's Roadburn Festival in The Netherlands, Orange Goblin are very pleased to announce two more shows for later in 2009. As well as the previously advertised Hellfest and Globaltica Festivals in France and Poland respectively, the band will now be appearing at the MUSICA W FESTIVAL, CASTELLINA MARITTIMA, NEAR PISA, ITALY on Friday 14th August. Orange Goblin have also announced their first UK appearance of 2009, headlining at THE UNDERWORLD, CAMDEN, LONDON on Saturday 12th September. The Musica W Festival in Italy is a FREE festival and will feature many other bands, for information you can check www.musicaw.net. Tickets for the London show will go on sale soon and can be purchased through the venue Web site www.theunderworldcamden.co.uk.
In other news, Ben and Martyn will be guest DJs at the Intrepid Fox, London on Friday 29th May. The pair will be spinning a mixture of Classic Rock, Metal, Doom, Thrash, Stoner, and more between 9pm and midnight so get down there, get drunk and hassle them with your requests!!!
Songwriting for the next Orange Goblin album is ongoing but looks very promising with the skeletons of four or five new songs already in place. Two rough working titles for the new songs so far include: RED TIDE RISING and THE BISHOPS WOLF.
All of Orange Goblin would also like to extend their sympathy and condolences to the family and friends of Jon Blank, who died on Saturday 2nd May. Jon was the bassist in Rezin and more recently a member of WINO's touring band who recently played with OG at the Roadburn Festival in The Netherlands.
THURSDAY 16th APRIL 2009 - OG RETURN TO POLAND!
Orange Goblin are pleased to announce that they will be heading back to Poland to play at this year's Globaltica World Culture Festival which takes place in Gdynia on Saturday 25th July 2009. We will get back to you with details of how to purchase tickets and other acts that are set to appear as we get them.
There will be other festival announcements coming soon.
FRIDAY 13th FEBRUARY 2009 - OG FEATURED ON CROBAR COMPILATION
Orange Goblin are among the list of stellar names to be featured on the first compilation of music from London's No.1 Rock Bar, The Crobar. The album will be released in the shops and online on 13th April 2009. It will be two CDs of pure rock fury, a compilation unlike any other – totally credible, totally heavy and totally rocking! The full track-listing is as follows:
CD1:
1 - Motörhead - No Class
2 - Alice In Chains - Dam That River
3 - Corrosion Of Conformity - Albatross
4 - Monster Magnet - Powertrip
5 - ZZ Top - Beer Drinkers And Hell Raisers
6 - Kyuss - Demon Cleaner
7 - Orange Goblin - Scorpionica
8 - Testament - The Evil Has Landed
9 - Carcass - Heartwork
10 - Taint - Drunken Marksman
11 - The Answer - Come Follow Me
12 - Witchcraft - Witchcraft
13 - Grand Magus - Legion
14 - Electric Wizard - Dunwich
CD2:
1 - Alice Cooper - Under My Wheels
2 - Judas Priest - Victim Of Changes
3 - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Back My Bullets
4 - Down - Stone The Crow
5 - Probot feat. Lemmy - Shake Your Blood
6 - Clutch - Escape From The Prison Planet
7 - Cathedral - Corpsecycle
8 - Municipal Waste - The Art Of Partying
9 - The Obsessed - Streetside
10 - Gentlemans Pistols - Creamy Lid
11 - Exodus - War Is My Shepherd
12 - D.R.I. - Beneath The Wheel
13 - Sacred Reich - Surf Nicaragua
14 - Iron Monkey - House Anxiety
MONDAY 12th JANUARY 2009 - OG POSTPONES ALBUM RECORDING
Orange Goblin regret that plans to record a new album in May have been postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. Complications beyond the band's control have meant that we have fallen behind schedule with the writing process and a decision was made to put the recording back to ensure that we deliver the best album possible. We apologise to the fans but can assure them that it will be worth the wait!
We'll keep you updated with the progress and when we plan to re-schedule the release.
With this in mind the band will not be touring until much later in the year but are available for summer Festivals and will still be appearing at the Roadburn Festival in Holland (April 23rd) and Hellfest Open Air Festival in France (June 19th-21st).
Also, please check out the Orange Goblin Web Store (click the Merch page) where new products are now available.
THURSDAY 27th NOVEMBER 2008 - ORANGE GOBLIN ALBUM NEWS: PRODUCER REVEALED
Orange Goblin will enter a recording studio in London at the end of May 2009 to record what will be their 7th studio album and first for new label Candlelight. Production on this one will be handled by Sanford Parker who has recently produced albums by the likes of Nachtmystium, Lair Of The Minotaur, Pelican, Rwake, Unearthly Trance, Venemous Concept, Minsk, Buried At Sea, and more.
Orange Goblin vocalist Ben Ward said "We are excited at the prospect of working with Sanford, we are all big fans of his work with bands like Pelican, Nachtmystium, and Lair Of The Minotaur, and I'm sure he will add a new element to what we do in Orange Goblin. It's inspiring to work with someone new that 'gets' exactly what we are about and Sanford's enthusiasm to work with us made him an obvious choice!"
The album should be due for release in September 2009.
WEDNESDAY 19th NOVEMBER 2008 - OG ANNOUNCED FOR ROADBURN 2009 & LIVE ALBUM RECORDING!!!
Orange Goblin are very pleased to announce their appearance at the 2009 Roadburn Festival. The renowned festival takes place at the 013 Venue in Tilburg, Holland from 23rd to the 26th April 2009. Orange Goblin are scheduled to appear on the main stage on Thursday 23rd April and the whole performance will be recorded for a limited edition, vinyl only live album to be released on Roadburn Records. Other bands already lined up to appear include Mono, Neurosis, Six Organs of Admittance, Cathedral, Orange Goblin, Amon Düül II, Bohren & der Club of Gore, Motorpsycho, The Young Gods, OM, Saint Vitus, Wolves in the Throne Room, Colour Haze, Ufomammut, Akimbo, Steve Von Till, Guapo, Solace, Omega Massif, Skullflower, Negura Bunget, A Storm of Light, Alexander Tucker, Church of Misery, Scott Kelly, Radio Moscow, Firebird, Black Sun, Farflung, Wino, White Hills, Dyse, The Winchester Club, U.S. Christmas, The Devil's Blood, Dragontears, Gomer Pyle, The Outskirts Of Infinity plus many more. Members of the band will also be performing their usual DJ duties at the festival over the course of the weekend. For further information, visit www.roadburn.com
TUESDAY 14th OCTOBER 2008 - ORANGE GOBLIN HARD ROCK HELL II FESTIVAL COMPETITION
For those of you attending the Hard Rock Hell II Festival at Pontins Holiday Camp, Prestatyn, North Wales over the weekend of Friday 5th and Saturday 6th December, there is an exclusive competition where you can win the unique prize of having Orange Goblin perform a 20-minute set live in your chalet!!! The whole thing will be featured in the press and on covering TV stations as well. For info about the competition, visit www.fellowshipproductions.co.uk
MONDAY 29th SEPTEMBER 2008 - ORANGE GOBLIN CHRISTMAS SHOW ANNOUNCED
The annual Orange Goblin Christmas show has been announced and it will take place at The Underworld, Camden, London on Saturday 20th December. Support comes from reformed NWOBHM legends ANGEL WITCH and a new band formed from the ashes of Capricorns, THE ALABASTER SUNS. Tickets are priced at Ł12 in advance and people are advised to buy early to avoid disappointment. Please visit www.theunderworldcamden.co.uk
TUESDAY 19th AUGUST 2008 - OG LIVE SHOWS REMINDER!
OK everyone, here's a reminder of the few shows you have left this year to catch Orange Goblin live before they head into the studio to begin work on a new album, scheduled to be recorded in early 2009 and released before the Summer of 2009. The schedule looks like this:
SAT 30th AUG - THE THATCHED HOUSE, Stockport (Nr. Manchester)
SAT 6th SEPT - AZKENA ROCK FESTIVAL, Vitoria Gastiez, Spain (Also featuring THe Sex Pistols and more!)
FRI 10th OCT - THE OLD ANGEL, Nottingham
SAT 11th OCT - FIBBERS, York
SUN 12th OCT - IVORY BLACKS, Glasgow
MON 13th OCT - STUDIO 24, Edinburgh
FRI 31st OCT - THE JOINERS, Southampton
SAT 1st NOV - THE FREEBUTT, Brighton
SAT 15th NOV - VINTAGE ROCKBAR, Doncaster
SAT 29th NOV - SAWYERS, Kettering
SAT 6th DEC - HARD ROCK HELL II FESTIVAL, Prestatyn Pontins, North Wales
MONDAY 28th JULY 2008 - NEWS UPDATE
Everybody raise your glasses to OG guitarist Joe who got married to his long-term girlfriend Valeria on Saturday 14th June.
Orange Goblin have just started work on material for a new album which they are planning to record in March 2009 for a summer release. So far there are 3 or 4 new songs in the pipeline and the band hope to have new material to play live before the end of the year. Expect an announcement regarding record label developmnents to follow very soon.
The band are also starting to make plans to re-release their first five albums through Rise Above Records. These will be deluxe packages featuring unheard material such as demo's, covers and live recordings as well as new photo's and sleeve notes. There are plans to release them on Gatefold Vinyl as well as a limited edition box-set of all five. We'll keep you updated with the progress of these but the band hope to have them available before the end of this year.
Orange Goblin are pleased to announce a new deal with German booking company, VIBRA-AGENCY. For anyone wishing to book the band on mainland Europe please contact www.vibra-agency.de
THURSDAY 19th JUNE 2008 - AZKENA ROCK FESTIVAL LINE-UP ANNOUNCED
Orange Goblin will be playing at this years Azkena Rock Festival which takes place at Mendizabala, Vitoria Gasteiz, near Bilbao in Spain on the 4th, 5th and 6th of September 2008. Orange Goblin make an appearance on the Saturday 6th Sept which will be the bands FIRST EVER APPEARANCE in Spain. Other bands confirmed to appear at the Azkena Rock Festival include The Sex Pistols, Blue Cheer, Blind Melon, The Sonics, Blues Explosion, Hanoi Rocks, Ray Davies, Danko Jones, The Quireboys, Duff McKagens Loaded, John Cale, Hayseed Dixie and many many more. For more information please visit the festival website www.azkenarockfestival.com
MONDAY 16th JUNE 2008 - BLACK SWAN FESTIVAL UPDATE!
Orange Goblin will no longer be appearing at this years Black Swan Festival, originally advertised to take place at Marriott's Stadium in Witney, Oxfordshire on Saturday 16th August. The organiser's have encountered difficulties in securing a venue and now have it set up to take place at Bath Racecourse on Saturday 27th September but unfortunately Orange Goblin are unable to appear on that date. Please contact the organisers of the Black Swan Festival for any more details or for any queries you may have.
MONDAY 9th JUNE 2008 - LIVE SHOWS UPDATE!
Due to the venue double booking, the Orange Goblin show at the Barfly in Liverpool on Saturday 11th October has now been cancelled. The band would like to apologise to fans but are powerless to do anything about it and will re-schedule a Liverpool appearance in the near future. The show on that date will now take place at Fibbers in York. This makes up a short UK tour for the band, the dates are now as follows:
FRI 10 OCT - Nottingham, The Old Angel
SAT 11 OCT - York, The Fibbers
SUN 12 OCT - Glasgow, Ivory Blacks
MON 13 OCT - Edinburgh, Studio 24
Main support on all these dates comes from ALABASTER SUNS.
Due to a mix up between promoters and the venue, the Black Swan Festival also looks likely to be moving to a different location than previously advertised. We will keep you posted as soon as we learn where it will now take place.
TUESDAY 20th MAY 2008 - OG ADDED TO THE BLACK SWAN FESTIVAL!!
Orange Goblin are very proud to announce that they have been added to the bill for the BLACK SWAN FESTIVAL which takes place at the Marriott's Stadium, Witney in Oxfordshire on Saturday 16th August (Joe's birthday!!) Other bands scheduled to appear include black metal gods Mayhem, UK punk legends Discharge, UK Subs, Charger, Crowning Glory and many more. Orange Goblin will play the Main Stage.For full details on the line-up and how to buy tickets please go to www.myspace.com/blackswanfestival.
Ben Ward will be on tour from this Friday 23rd with RAVENS CREED as they hit the UK for their first ever shows. You can catch them on any of the following dates:
FRI 23 MAY - Nottingham, The Old Angel
SAT 24 MAY - Edinburgh, Studio 24
SUN 25 MAY - Newcastle, Trillians
MON 26 MAY - Leeds, The Fenton
TUE 27 MAY - Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach
WED 28 MAY - Wolverhampton, Little Civic
THU 29 MAY - Brighton, Engine Rooms
FRI 30 MAY - London, Bar Monsta
TUESDAY 22nd APRIL 2008 - OG FOR HARD ROCK HELL II FESTIVAL!!
Orange Goblin are very proud to announce that they have been added to the bill for this years Hard Rock Hell II Festival which takes part at Prestatyn Sands Holiday Camp in North Wales from 5th - 7th December 2008. Orange Goblin will appear in the Main Arena on Saturday 6th December alongside the mighty Black Label Society. Other bands already announced to appear include Hawkwind, Budgie, Tygers Of Pan Tang, Warrior Soul, Clutch, Thin Lizzy, The Wildhearts, Viking Skull, Korpiklaani, Tigertailz, Battlelore and RAVENS CREED, who feature OG's Ben Ward on vocals! There are many more bands still to be confirmed and you can check for updates, ticklets and general info by visiting www.hardrockhell.com.
More UK shows have also been announced and a full list of Orange Goblin's schedule can be found on the shows page. Expect an announcement of a tour of Spain and Portugal to be announced very soon too. These may then be the last dates the band announces for a while as Orange Goblin plan to head back into the studio to begin writing the follow up to last year's critically acclaimed album, Healing Through Fire.
New T-Shirts and hoodies are now available through the merch page. Get in quick!
TUESDAY 26th FEBRUARY 2008 - MARTYN LEAVES RAVENS CREED
Due to time restraints and being unable to commit as much as he would like to Ravens Creed, Orange Goblin bassist Martyn Millard has decided to step down. His replacement in the Ravens Creed ranks is 'the one man wall of death' Frazer Craske, bass player for UK pagan-thrash legends Sabbat. The band also features OG frontman Ben Ward on vocals and their 'Venom worshipping' metal can be heard by clicking onto their MySpace site here. Ravens Creed will be on tour at the end of May, their first ever shows together and you can see them at the following venues:
RAVENS CREED 'ALBION THUNDER' UK TOUR - MAY 2008
Fri 23rd - Nottingham, The Old Angel
Sat 24th - Edinburgh, Studio 24
Sun 25th - Newcastle, Trillians
Mon 26th - Leeds, The Fenton
Tue 27th - Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach
Wed 28th - Wolverhampton, Little Civic
Thu 29th - Brighton, Engine Rooms
Fri 30th - London, Bar Monsta
In other news, Orange Goblin have 2 more dates for 2008. The band will be appearing at The Thatched House in Stockport on Saturday 6th September and at Studio 24 in Edinburgh on Monday 13th October, the latter of these shows is part of a mini UK tour, please check the Shows section for full listings.
FRIDAY 1st FEBRUARY 2008 - MORE OG SHOWS ANNOUNCED
We are pleased to reveal some more shows for this year. OG will be playing at The Underworld in Camden, London on Saturday 12th April. Support for this show comes from Texan heavyweights Dixie Witch! This will be Dixie Witch's ONLY UK show of their European tour and having played with them in the US on many occasions, OG are very happy to share the stage with them on this side of the pond. OG will also be playing at The Joiners in Southampton on Halloween (Friday 31st October) and The Freebutt in Brighton on Saturday 1st November. We are hoping to make the Halloween show a big party and encourage people to turn up in suitable horror themed fancy dress, there will be Orange Goblin goodies for the best costumes! Check the shows page for details of how to get tickets.
TUESDAY 22nd JANUARY 2008 - HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
Orange Goblin are very pleased to announce some great news from the Metal press end of year polls! The band were voted joint 10th in Terrorizer magazines 'Best Band of 2007' poll. In the albums of the year polls 'Healing Through Fire' was voted No.20 in Metal Hammer, No.2 on AbsolutMetal.com and also made the top 50 in Classic Rock. Thanks to all the OG die-hards that voted, your support is, as always, appreciated!!
In other news, 2 new shows have been added to the listings. OG will play at The Old Angel in Nottingham on Friday 10th October and The Barfly in Liverpool on Saturday 11th October. Keep checking the 'Shows' page for updates.
If you check the 'Merch' page on this site you will see that the webstore has had a little bit of a makeover and that new T-Shirt designs are available. Within the next few weeks you will also be able to purchase the 'Healing Through Fire album on CD (this also includes a free DVD) and on Limited Edition gatefold vinyl format. Keep checking to make sure you get yours before they sell out, numbers are very limited so be warned!
OUR 'ALBUMS OF 2007' WERE:
MARTYN:
1 - ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY - OPEN FIRE
2 - HIGH ON FIRE - DEATH IS THIS COMMUNION
3 - MIDDIAN - AGE ETERNAL
JOE:
1 - TAINT - SECRETS & LIES
2 - BARONESS - THE RED ALBUM
3 - GENTLEMANS PISTOLS - GENTLEMANS PISTOLS
BEN:
1 - COBALT - EATER OF BIRDS
2 - OBITUARY - XECUTIONERS RETURN
3 - WATAIN - SWORN TO THE DARK
CHRIS:
1 - BARONESS - THE RED ALBUM
2 - TAINT - SECRETS & LIES
3 - HIGH ON FIRE - DEATH IS THIS COMMUNION
WEDNESDAY 21st NOVEMBER - NEW SHOWS FOR 2008 ANNOUNCED!
Orange Goblin are pleased to announce their first show in Denmark for nearly 6 years! The show will take place at a venue called Godset, in Kolding, Denmark on Saturday 10th May 2008. Also, Orange Goblin have just been confirmed to appear on the main stage at next years Bulldog Bash Motorcycle Festival, the world No.1 custom show and music event that takes place at the Shakespeare County Raceway, Warwickshire UK from the 7th -10th August 2008. Orange Goblins performance will be on Saturday 9th August and many, many more bands are due to be announced.
MONDAY 19th NOVEMBER - .....THE GOOSE IS GETTING FAT!!!
The annual Orange Goblin Christmas show draws nearer and nearer folks and this year promises to be the best yet! For those of you that saw OG and Solace rip up the UK together on tour in May you will already know what an amazing bill this is, add to this the electrified heavy blues of Josiah and you have all the potential for the gig of the year!! You can still get your tickets by clicking here. What are you waiting for??
MONDAY 29th OCTOBER - CHANGE OF SUPPORT FOR X-MAS SHOW
We regret to inform you that the mighty SOURVEIN, who were scheduled to support Orange Goblin at the Islington Academy on Saturday 8th December have unfortunately had to cancel their UK shows and therefore will NOT be appearing at the London show. In their place, Orange Goblin are pleased to reveal that New Jersey scumbags SOLACE will be returning to these shores for the first time since the OG / Solace 'Bring Out Your Dead' UK Tour in May earlier this year! Josiah are also on the bill so don't hesitate and get your tickets now by clicking here
WEDNESDAY 24th OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 9TH SHOW CANCELLED & NEWS
Unfortunately, the Orange Goblin show at The Attic in Rushden on Friday 9th November has been cancelled. This is due to the venue being closed down. The promoters and the band tried desperately to find an alternative venue in the area to make the show happen but at such late notice it was not possible and a decision has been made to cancel the show. Orange Goblin apologise to everyone for this but are powerless to do anything about the situation.
Here's another reminder that the next Orange Goblin show at The Lounge Bar in Alton, Hampshire on Saturday 3rd November is an ALL TICKET show. Please make sure that you buy tickets in advance by clicking here. Support at this show comes from Taint, Witchsorrow and the winner of the local Battle Of The Bands competition.
A cool video of Orange Goblin performing live at the 'Stoned Hands of Doom Festival' in Rome earlier this year has been posted on the web. You can see it by clicking here
Orange Goblin are also proud to announce a new sponsorship deal with VANS, the world's leading manufacturer of Skateboard shoes and clothing.
THURSDAY 27th SEPTEMBER - NEW OG WEBSTORE OPEN
We are very happy to announce that the new Orange Goblin Merchandise webstore is now up and running. To order various OG goodies simply click on the Merch page and follow the instructions. Over the course of the next few weeks we hope to add more items including CD's and the just released gatefold vinyl edition of 'Healing Through Fire'. Happy shopping!!
MONDAY 24th SEPTEMBER - GREECE SHOWS CANCELLED!!!
Orange Goblin are very sorry to announce that due to problems beyond their control, the shows this weekend in Athens and Thessaloniki have been cancelled. There was a massive cock-up by the promoters involving a double booking with Candlemass and despite the best efforts of the very helpful staff at the Underworld in Athens, the band regret that they will have to pull the 2 shows. Everyone in Orange Goblin would like to apologise to the Greek fans and hope that we can arrange something at a later date to make up for it.
The band would like to thank all the fans that came out to help make the 'European Plague Invasion' tour so successful. The band had a great time and look forward to seeing everyone on the road again soon. Also, a massive thanks must go out to our new brothers in Astrosoniq for all their help and friendship that made the tour such a blast.
The venue for the Orange Goblin show on Friday 9th November, The Attic in Rushden, is closing down! Therefore the promoters are moving the show to an alternative venue in nearby Northampton. We will let you know the name of the venue as soon as it is confirmed!
WEDNESDAY 5th SEPTEMBER - RADIO 1 ROCK SHOW NEWS
The Radio One sessions that Orange Goblin recorded at Maida Vale studios on August 17th will be played at midnight this coming Monday 10th September (00.01 Monday night / Tuesday morning) on the Daniel Carter Radio 1 Rock Show. For those unable to catch it at that time of night, from Tuesday morning it will be available to listen to for 7 days via the 'listen again' feature at www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/rockshow. As mentioned before the band recorded 4 tracks, Scorpionica, They Come Back (Harvest of Skulls), The Ballad Of Solomon Eagle and Blue Snow.
The band head off to Europe this coming weekend, kickstarting the 'European Plague Invasion' at the South of Mainstream Festival near Berlin on Saturday. We look forward to seeing our friends and fans over in Germany, Belgium and Holland before heading to Greece later this month.
The band are also pleased to announce their first ever show on the island of Sardinia! This show takes place at the Fabrik Club, Cagliari on Saturday 8th March 2008.
TUESDAY 21st AUGUST - CHRISTMAS SHOW ANNOUNCED & NEWS UPDATE
The annual Orange Goblin Christmas show has been announced today and tickets will go on sale tomorrow, 22nd August. This years shennanigans will take place on SATURDAY 8th DECEMBER at the ISLINGTON CARLING ACADEMY, LONDON. Support for this special show comes from the mighty North Carolina sludge-meisters SOURVEIN and hard-rocking UK hopefuls JOSIAH!! However, more VERY special guests hope to be announced very soon, keep checking here for updates. After the success of last years show, which was filmed for the DVD that accompanies the new Orange Goblin CD 'Healing Through Fire', we hope to see verybody there again for more of the same drunken, festive mayhem!!!
Also announced is Orange Goblins debut appearance in Liverpool. The band will play the Barfly in the city on Saturday 12th January 2008.
Orange Goblin recorded in the famous Studio 4 at BBC Maida Vale Studios last Friday for an exclusive Radio 1 Rock Show session to be aired at a later date on Dan Carters show. The band recorded 4 songs (Scorpionica, They Come Back (Harvest of Skulls), The Ballad Of Solomon Eagle and Blue Snow) Keep checking here for news on the transmission date.
Dont forget......OG headline the first night of an all weekend festival of heavy music at THe Phoenix in Dartford on Saturday 1st September. Raging Speedhorn headline the next night at the same venue! Also, tickets are selling fast for the Orange Goblin show at The Lounge Bar, Alton, Hampshire on Saturday 3rd November. Please visit here to purchase tickets. Support comes from TAINT and WITCHSORROW.
THIS WEEK......WE HAVE MOSTLY BEEN LISTENING TO..................
ENTOMBED - Serpent Saints
DRUDKH - Songs of Grief & Solitude
TURBONEGRO - Retox
WEEDEATER - God Luck & Good Speed
DEATHSPELL OMEGA - Kenose
VOLT - Rorhat
OBITUARY - Xecutioners Return
DARK ANGEL - Darkness Descends
WEDNESDAY 25th JULY - OG TO PLAY FESTIVAL IN SWITZERLAND
Orange Goblin will headline this years MadSanta Festival at the Schuetzi in Olten, Switzerland on Saturday 1st December. Many more bands will be confirmed at a later date but it promises to be a great Christmas celebration as well as Orange Goblin's only appearance in Switzerland this year! You can check out the festival details by visiting www.madsanta.ch. Tickets will be available from October from www.starticket.ch.
The band have also announced a show at the Barfly in Birmingham on Saturday 1st March 2008.
Orange Goblin are also proud to announce that they guitarist Joe Hoare and bass player Martyn Millard have just landed a full endorsement with the ONLY rock amplification company, Marshall.
In other news, this months Terrorizer magazine features the Orange Goblin track 'They Come Back (Harvest Of Skulls)', on the covermount CD alongside the likes of Nile, Entombed, Pig Destroyer and more. Also inside the magazine is an Orange Goblin poster and a review of the OG performance at this years Download Festival at Castle Donington. It's available at all good newsagents. The band would also like to wish good friend and Terrorizer Assistant Editor Marion Garden all the best of luck as she leaves Terrorizer and heads to a new life in Canada with her new family!!
THURSDAY 12th JULY - OG TO RECORD BBC SESSIONS!!
Orange Goblin are honoured to have been asked to record some sessions at the legendary BBC studios at Maida Vale in London. These sessions will be used exclusively for Dan Carters Radio One Rock Show. The recording will take place on Friday 17th August and we will let you know the transmission date as soon as it is confirmed.
In other news the band are pleased to announce that they will be returning to Norway for a one-off show at the John Dee venue in Oslo on Saturday 16th February 2008. There are plans currently being made for more shows around Scandinavia in 2008, as well as extensive tours in the USA, Australia, Japan and mainland Europe. Keep checking here for all updates.
THURSDAY 5th JULY - HEALING THROUGH FIRE VINYL UPDATE
We can now reveal that the Orange Goblin album 'Healing Through Fire' will be released on gatefold vinyl on September 24th through Sanctuary Records. This will initially be a limited edition of 1000, all signed personally by the band. The gatefold sleeve will also include exclusive photo's, artwork and more.
In other news, Orange Goblin have a 3 page feature in the latest edition of Metal Hammer magazine. It involves the band enjoying a night out in Londons Soho and getting very drunk at the expense of the record label. An 'interesting' read to say the least! Get it now from all good newsagents.
FRIDAY 29th JUNE - RAVENS CREED VINYL AVAILABLE!
Ravens Creed, the Venom worshipping scumbags, featuring Orange Goblins Ben Ward and Martyn Millard, as well as Steve Watson (ex-Iron Monkey), Jason Graham and James Kiely, have just had their 'Militia of Blood Sacrifice' 4-track EP released on 7" vinyl through Land O Smiles Records. You can order one simply by clicking on the Land O Smiles website here, and scrolling down the page. Tracks include Panzer Maniac, Exploding The Steel, Imperial Leather and Dead Crow Mantle.
WEDNESDAY 27th JUNE - NEWS UPDATE!!
Orange Goblin are currently home and enjoying a well-earned break after last weeks amazing shows with Heaven & Hell in Poland and the successful mini Irish tour. We'd like to say a few thanks, firstly to all at Metal Mind in Poland for their hard work, all of the H&H crew for making us welcome and obviously Vinnie, Tony, Geezer and Ronnie for just being legends!!! Secondly thanks again to James and Jennifer at Distortion Project, the guys in Triggerman and Bad Boat and Pete at Podie Ponk Productions for a great sojourn through the Emerald Isle (Guinness and Magners heaven!)
Happy 1st Birthday today to Joe's little boy, Francesco! Raise your glasses everyone!
Healing Through Fire is now officially released in the USA. It hit the shops on Monday and has recieved some great reviews from the American press. The album also sees the light of day in Japan very soon and the band are currently finalising the details for the 12" vinyl release which should be out before the end of the year.
THIS WEEK......WE HAVE MOSTLY BEEN LISTENING TO..................
WATAIN - Sworn To The Dark
BLOOD ISLAND RAIDERS - Blood Island Raiders
MUNICIPAL WASTE - The Art Of Partying
ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY - Open Fire
NEGURA BUNGET - Om
GRAM PARSONS - Grievous Angel
WEDNESDAY 13th JUNE - DONINGTON ROCKED!!!
Massive thanks to all the Orange Goblin fans that came out and showed their support for OG on the Dimebag Darrell Stage at the Download Festival this past weekend at Castle Donington. The band said "It was an honour to finally get to play at the spiritual home of Heavy Metal! We hope we can do it all again someday!" Also big thanks to all the organisers for such an awesome festival.
TUESDAY 29th MAY - EUROPEAN VENUE CHANGE AND NEWS
After recently revealing the final date of the Orange Goblin 'European Plague Invasion' Tour, we can now reveal that the show on Tuesday 11th September has been changed from the MuK in Giessen to the brilliantly named Bastard and Skate Hall in Osnabrueck in Germany. This is due to a mix up at the venue but tickets had not yet gone on sale anyway!
Thanks to all the fans that came out to support Orange Goblin and the other bands at this weekends 'Stoned Hands Of Doom' Festival in Rome. A very drunken weekend was had by all and now the OG wagon rolls on to Poland for the show in Wroclaw this coming weekend.
Healing Through Fire has been out just over a week and has entered the UK album charts at a very respectable No.141, so get to your local music shop and help us break into the Top 100!!
Happy Birthday to Elmo! On Monday 28th May, baby Turner celebrated his first birthday. Another good reason for us to all get drunk!!!
THIS WEEK......WE HAVE MOSTLY BEEN LISTENING TO..................
SOLACE - The Black Black EP
ACRIMONY - Bong On......Live Long
JAMES GANG - Anthology
IRON MONKEY - Our Problem
CHURCH OF MISERY - The Second Coming
MAYHEM - Ordo Ad Chao
MAY BLITZ - May Blitz / 2nd of May
KISS - Dynasty
MONDAY 21st MAY - OG ANNOUNCED TO APPEAR AT DAMNATION 2007!!
Orange Goblin have been announced as one of the bands due to appear at this years Damnation Festival to be held at Leeds Metropolitan University on Saturday 20th October. Other bands scheduled to appear include Kreator, Amen, 1349, Aborted, Kataklysm, Panic Cell, Ted Maul and more are to be announced soon. For any information regarding the festival and where to buy tickets please check www.damnationfestival.co.uk
Thanks to all the fans that came out to support Orange Goblin and Solace on last weeks 'Bring Out Your Dead' UK Tour. We had a great time and it was very encouraging to see so many fans at every show, it is much appreciated!
Finally, don't forget that the new OG album 'Healing Through Fire' is out today! Now get to the shops!!!!!
WEDNESDAY 9th MAY - FINAL DATE OF EUROPEAN SHOWS CONFIRMED
The remaining date of the Orange Goblin / Astrosoniq 'Plague Invasion' Tour has been confirmed. On Tuesday 11th September, OG will play at the MuK venue in Giessen, Germany. The rest of the dates can be seen by visiting the Shows page.
Orange Goblin are featured in this months Rock Sound magazine. Each member talks about the one album that changed their lives. The magazine is out now.
Don't forget that Orange Goblin will be hitting the road in the UK this week with US heavyweights Solace as support. All dates are sponsored by Jagermeister and can be seen on the Shows page.
FRIDAY 4th MAY - OG TO SUPPORT HEAVEN & HELL IN POLAND & OG ON THE BOX!!!
Orange Goblin will play 2 shows as special guests to the mighty Heaven & Hell, the classic post-Ozzy line-up of Black Sabbath featuring Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Vinnie Appice. The shows will take place in Poland , Tuesday 19th June in Warsaw at the Torwav and Wednesday 20th June in Katowice at the Spodek. The band are thrilled and honoured to be asked to be a part of this momentous tour. For info on tickets etc please check out the site www.metalmind.com.pl
Orange Goblin will also be one of the featured artists on the RockSound TV channel throughout May. RockSound TV is a new cable channel (Channel 368) that features hard and heavy music. The first airing of the Orange Goblin feature (including live footage and an interview with Martyn and Ben) can be seen next Friday 11th May. It will then be screened throughout the month.
FRIDAY 27th APRIL - MORE FESTIVAL NEWS!
As well as the addition to this years Download Festival, Orange Goblin have also been announced to appear at this years Guilfest to be held in Guildford, Surrey over the weekend of 13th, 14th and 15th of July. OG will be appearing on the Sunday the 15th. Tickets are on sale and for info check out the official Guilfest website, www.guilfest.co.uk.
The band are also proud to announce a further festival appearance, at the Sauzipf Rocks Festival to be held in Radenthein, Austria on Saturday 11th August. Other band appearing include End Of Level Boss, Rotor and many more. For info and tickets please check out www.sauzipfrocks.com.
WEDNESDAY 25th APRIL - OG TO PLAY AT DOWNLOAD!!
Orange Goblin have been added to the star-studded line-up performing at this years Download Festival to be held on June 8th, 9th and 10th at Castle Donington, UK. Orange Goblin will be playing on Sunday 10th on the second stage, now named 'The Dimebag Darrell Stage' in honour of the former Pantera guitarist. As well as Orange Goblin, the festival also includes top names such as Iron Maiden, Mastodon, Slayer, Lamb Of God, Dimmu Borgir, Napalm Death, Turbonegro, My Chemical Romance, Linkin Park and many many more. Tickets are on sale now through the Official Download Festival website, here.
More shows and festival announcements coming soon............
TUESDAY 17th APRIL - ALBUM RELEASE DATES & NEWS!!
It has now been revealed that the new Orange Goblin album 'Healing Through Fire' will be released through Sanctuary Records in the UK and Europe on Monday 21st May, and in the US and the rest of the world on Tuesday 26th June. The album will initially be released as a CD with a bonus DVD featuring live footage from the bands headline show at Londons Mean Fiddler in December 2006. The full tracklisting for the DVD is as follows:
- Some You Win, Some You Lose
- Quincy The Pigboy
- Getting High On The Bad Times
- The Ballad Of Solomon Eagle
- Hot Magic, Red Planet
- Round Up The Horses
- They Come Back (Harvest Of Skulls)
- Your World Will Hate This
- Blue Snow
- Scorpionica
The DVD also features interviews with the band and unseen studio footage.
In other news the band have added another live date in the UK on Saturday 3rd November at a new venue called The Lounge Bar in Alton, Hants. Support acts for this date will be announced soon.
THURSDAY 12th APRIL - BRAND NEW OG TRACK ONLINE!!!
Orange Goblin have posted the track 'Hounds Ditch' from the forthcoming album 'Healing Through Fire' on their myspace page. You can hear it by clicking here.
MONDAY 2nd APRIL - EUROPEAN SHOWS ANNOUNCED
Orange Goblin will be heading to mainland Europe for some shows in September to promote the new album which is released on May 21st. The confirmed dates are as follows:
Sat 8th Sept - South Of Mainstream Festival, Borkheide (Nr.Berlin), GERMANY
Sun 9th Sept - Molotow, Hamburg, GERMANY
Mon 10th Sept - Rosenkeller, Jena, GERMANY
Tue 11th Sept - Bastard Skate Hall, Osnabreuck, GERMANY
Wed 12th Sept - Paradiso, Amsterdam, HOLLAND
Thu 13th Sept - 013, Tilburg, HOLLAND
Fri 14th Sept - Underground, Cologne, GERMANY
Sat 15th Sept - Lintfabriek, Kontich, BELGIUM
Fri 28th Sept - Underworld, Athens, GREECE
Sat 29th Sept - Rock Bottom Club, Thessaloniki, GREECE
Support on all dates comes from Astrosoniq (except the two Greece shows)
TUESDAY 27th MARCH - EDINBURGH SHOW CANCELLED, INVERNESS ANNOUNCED
Orange Goblin would like to apologise, but due to matters beyond their control (ie. Dodgy promoters disappearing from the face of the Earth!) the show in Edinburgh on Saturday 19th May has now been cancelled. People that bought tickets may be able to contact who they bought them from to claim a refund, but please note this is by no means the fault of Orange Goblin. The band have announced that the final night of the 'Bring Out Your Dead' UK Tour with Solace will now take place at the Ironworks in Inverness, Scotland. The band would also like to warn people against buying any tickets through the TNF Music site as the promoters have badly let the band and the fans down!
THURSDAY 22nd MARCH - OG ANNOUNCE FIRST EVER SHOW IN POLAND
Orange Goblin are proud to announce that they will finally be playing their first ever show on Polish soil on Saturday 2nd June 2007. The show will take place at the Firlej Club in Wroclaw, Poland. Support comes from Polish band Corruption and tickets can be purchased from www.shortcut.pl
The band have just put the finishing touches to the new album 'Healing Through Fire' which was recently recorded at Fortress Studios in London with producer Mark Daghorn. The final tracklisting for the record will be:
1 - The Ballad Of Solomon Eagle
2 - Vagrant Stomp
3 - The Ale House Braves
4 - Cities Of Frost
5 - Hot Knives and Open Sores
6 - Hounds Ditch
7 - Mortlake (Dead Water)
8 - They Come Back (Harvest Of Skulls)
9 - Beginners Guide To Suicide
The album will come with a bonus DVD featuring live footage and interviews with the band regarding the making of the album and will be available via Sanctuary Records on May 21st 2007.
MONDAY 12th FEBRUARY - NEW SHOWS ANNOUNCED & MORE!
Orange Goblin have been announced as headliners for this years STONED HANDS OF DOOM Festival in Rome, Italy. The festival, now in it's 3rd year takes place at the Jailbreak, Rome on Saturday 26th May. There is also a pre-festival party at the Sinister Noise Club, Rome on Friday 25th May which will feature DJ sets from members of Orange Goblin and Walter from Roadburn. This festival will also act as a launch party in Europe for the new OG album, scheduled for a worldwide release on 20th May. As well as Orange Goblin, other bands appearing will be Solace (US), Colour Haze (D) and many more to be announced.
Orange Goblin have also added another date to the short tour of Ireland in June. OG will now appear at Mason's in Londonderry on Sunday 24th June with support from Triggerman. There will be European dates in September announced very soon and more UK shows are confirmed for later in the year. Check the shows page for details.
THIS WEEK......WE HAVE MOSTLY BEEN LISTENING TO..................
MIDDIAN - Age Eternal
DEATH BREATH - Stinking Up The Night
SAINT VITUS - Mournful Cries
ATOMIC ROOSTER - Death Walks Behind You
VIO-LENCE - Eternal Nightmare
WOLVES IN THE THRONEROOM - S/T
GALLHAMMER - The Dawn Of..
FRANK ZAPPA - Hot Rats
FRIDAY 2nd FEBRUARY 2007
THURSDAY 11th JANUARY 2007 - HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
Well, it's 2007 and nothing really seems any different. The band are continuing to write new stuff for the new album 'Healing Through Fire' and you can rest assured that it's sounding great! We will try to keep you posted with news as regularly as possible and we hope to do a studio diary when the recording begins.
There is a new piece of video footage available on Youtube featuring the OG track 'Blue Snow' nicely edited with some live footage from the recent show at Forte Prenestino in Rome, Italy. You can check it out by clicking here.
Raven's Creed, the band featuring OG's Ben and Martyn, will release their first demo in the next few months. The material is very different from the regular OG stuff and is more of blend of Venom, Celtic Frost, Death and Exodus. The band also features Steve Watson (ex-Iron Monkey and Cerebral Fix) and Jay Graham (ex-Tony Iommi and Return To The Sabbat) and they plan to release the album 'Albion Thunder' later in 2007. Ben says "It's really only a matter of time, we just need EMI and Sony to end their bidding war for us so we can get on with global and universal domination!".
THURSDAY 21st DECEMBER - HAVE A VERY METAL CHRISTMAS!!!
All of the members of Orange Goblin would like to say a massive thanks to all the fans that have supported us throughout 2006! We look forward to unleashing the new album, working title 'Healing Through Fire' in May next year and hope to play as many shows in your town as possible. So go and get drunk and have a great Christmas!
Our thoughts are with the families of Gavin Easthope, Karen Easthope and Phillip Alexander, who died this time last year in a tragic road accident following the Orange Goblin Christmas show in London.
OUR 'ALBUMS OF 2006' ARE:
MARTYN:
1 - CELTIC FROST - MONOTHEIST
2 - SCISSORFIGHT - JAGGERNAUT
3 - OM - CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS
JOE:
1 - THE BROUGHT LOW - RIGHT ON TIME
2 - MASTODON - BLOOD MOUNTAIN
3 - DAVID GILMOUR - ON AN ISLAND
BEN:
1 - COFFINS - THE OTHER SIDE OF BLASPHEMY
2 - CARPATHIAN FOREST - FUCK YOU ALL!
3 - DRUDKH - BLOOD IN OUR WELLS
CHRIS:
CAN'T BE BOTHERED!!
WEDNESDAY 13th DECEMBER - OG TO DJ AT ROADBURN 2007
Orange Goblin's Ben, Martyn and Chris will be guest DJ's at this years Roadburn festival which takes place at the 013 Club in Tilburg, Holland on 20th and 21st April 2007. Bands scheduled to appear include The Melvins, Blue Cheer, Neurosis, The Hidden Hand, OM, Clutch, Pelican, Colour Haze, Big Business, Acid King, Thrones and many, many more. Check out www.roadburn.com for details of how to purchase tickets. This promises to be the biggest and best Roadburn yet and 'Wino' from The Hidden Hand is calling it this generations European woodstock!
MONDAY 11th DECEMBER - NEWS UPDATE
Filming will take place for the upcoming Orange Goblin DVD at this Saturday's Christmas show at The Mean Fiddler in London. We hope all those attending will help to make it one of the loudest and most memorable OG shows ever! There will also be brand new T-Shirt designs available at the merch stand, so make sure you bring that Christmas money!
Orange Goblin would like to say a massive thanks to all the people and fans that made the recent tour of Italy such a success and a great time. Marco at Garbage Dump Agency, The Nerds, Matteo and El Thule, all the guys in Doomraiser, our good friend Dario, the fans that came out in Vicenza, Milan and Rome and everybody else that helped, we raise our glasses to you. Grazie!
The band will enter a London studio on March 3rd 2007 to start work on the brand new album. Production this time around will be handled by Mark Daghorn who has recently worked with Mendeed, Cradle of Filth and many more, as well as being involved in the two previous Orange Goblin albums. The album is scheduled for a May 21st release date on Sanctuary Records.
MONDAY 20th NOVEMBER - ORANGE GOBLIN HEADING BACK TO GREECE
We are very pleased to announce that Orange Goblin will be heading back to Greece to play two shows in September 2007. The full details are as follows:
Fri 28th Sept - Athens, Underworld Club
Sat 29th Sept - Thessaloniki, Rock Bottom Club
THURSDAY 16th NOVEMBER - OG SIGN TO SANCTUARY & UK TOUR ANNOUNCED
Orange Goblin are proud to announce that they have signed a new record deal with Sanctuary, who will release the new OG album in May 2007. The band would like to thank Rise Above Records for ten great years of support and now look forward to a new adventure.
To promote the album Orange Goblin will be doing a UK tour in May 2007 with legendary US heavyweights SOLACE as main support on all dates. The schedule is as follows:
Fri 11th May - London, The Underworld (w/El Thule)
Sat 12th May - Southampton, Joiners
Sun 13th May - Bristol, Bierkeller (w/Gonga)
Mon 14th May - Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach
Tue 15th May - Nottingham, Old Angel
Wed 16th May - Manchester, Jabez Clegg (w/Lazarus Blackstar & The Freezing Fog)
Thu 17th May - Newcastle, Trillians
Fri 18th May - Glasgow, Classic Grand
Sat 19th May - Edinburgh, The Exchange
All dates are sponsored by Jagermeister
TUESDAY 14th NOVEMBER - NEWS UPDATE
Orange Goblin's Ben Ward will go into the studio this week to record a vocal track for the new MIDDIAN album, which is due out in April 2007. Middian is the new project of Mike from YOB and is one of the most hotly anticipated metal releases of next year. Ben will appear on the track 'Sink To The Centre'.
Writing for the new Orange Goblin album, scheduled for release in May 2007 is well underway with 4 tracks finished and lots of ideas coming together. The band say that the next record will definately be a progression from 'Thieving...' and are using their local history as a theme. Ben Ward said "It's not a concept album at all but we are using the theme of the Great Plague of London and the Great Fire that followed for a lot of lyrical and musical influence. It's definately the strongest material we have written." A few people will have heard a couple of new songs that have been played in the recent live set and the band are currently drawing up a short list of potential producers and studios. A full UK tour with VERY special guests is being planned for May to co-incide with the release of the album.
CHARGER have now been added to the bill for the Orange Goblin show at The Harlequin Theatre, Redhill on Saturday 20th January. Tickets and info can be found at www.redhilltakeover.com
THIS WEEK......WE HAVE MOSTLY BEEN LISTENING TO..................
BLADE OF THE RIPPER - Blade Of The Ripper
BURIED AT SEA - Migration
FREE - Songs Of Yesterday
YOB - Catharsis
SEND MORE PARAMEDICS - The Awakening
BLAZE FOLEY - Wanted More Dead Than Alive
CURSED - One
CAT STEVENS - Tea For The Tillerman
FUGAZI - Red Medicine
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART - Trout Mask Replica
EYEHATEGOD - In The Name Of Suffering
TUESDAY 7th NOVEMBER - AN APOLOGY
Ben Ward would like to apologise for his drunken behaviour to the fans that came out to the OG show in Birmingham on Sunday 5th November. He said "I would genuinely like to apologise to the fans that had come out to support us. My behaviour was out of line and I let everyone, including my bandmates and myself down. There are no excuses, just some personal demons that need exorcising. I hope that I get a chance to make it up to everyone in the future."
MONDAY 30th OCTOBER - PHOTOS FROM GERMANY ONLINE
Live photo's from Orange Goblin's performance at the South Of Mainstream Festival, held near Berlin in September, are now available by clicking here.
WEDNESDAY 25th OCTOBER - LONDON SHOW LINE-UP CHANGED
Unfortunately, The Abominable Iron Sloth will not be able to appear with Orange Goblin at The Mean Fiddler in London on Saturday 16th December for various personal reasons. In their place on the bill, alongside OG, Grand Magus and Cudamantra, will be our good friends from Swansea, the mighty TAINT. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased by clicking www.meanfiddler.com
THIS WEEK......WE HAVE MOSTLY BEEN LISTENING TO..................
COFFINS - The Other Side Of Blasphemy
EMPEROR - Equilibrium
UNEARTHLY TRANCE - Season of Seance
NAPALM DEATH - Utopia Banished
D.R.I - Dealing With It
THE BEATLES - White Album
METALLICA - Ride The Lightning
PW LONG - Remembered
CROSSED OUT - Fuck Grindcore!
VENOMOUS CONCEPT - Retro-Active Abortion
VARUKERS - How Do You Sleep?
GALLHAMMER - Gloomy Lights
FRIDAY 20th OCTOBER - NEWS UPDATE
Thanks to all the fans that came out to the show in Southampton last Friday and made it such a great night. The only downer was the fact that a silver case containing Ben Ward's microphone and lyric books went missing after the show. If anybody has any info on it's whereabouts, the band would be most grateful to hear from you and ask that you contact them through the channels on the contact page of this site.
Orange Goblin recieved a great 5K review of their recent Belfast performance in this weeks KERRANG! magazine. The review can be viewed on the Press page of this site. There are also photos, courtesy of DollHouse Photography viewable by clicking here.
Our good friends at Muckspreader Productions have made snippets of the Orange Goblin video for 'Some You Win, Some You Lose' available on YouTube.com, along with exclusive footage of OG performing 'Quincy The Pigboy' live at The Forum in London when they supported Danzig in 2004. To view both of these, simply click here.
WEDNESDAY 11th OCTOBER - LONDON SHOW LINE-UP CONFIRMED
We are happy to finally confirm the full bill for the Orange Goblin show at The Mean Fiddler, London on Saturday 16th December. Main support comes from the mighty metal Vikings, GRAND MAGUS, who will be playing their first show on British soil with their new drummer. Also playing will be THE ABOMINABLE IRON SLOTH, the super-heavy beast featuring members of Will Haven. Opening the show will be the space-jam/metal merchants CUDAMANTRA. Tickets are on sale now for ÂŁ12 and you can get yours by going to www.meanfiddler.com
WEDNESDAY 4th OCTOBER
THIS WEEK......WE HAVE MOSTLY BEEN LISTENING TO..................
AMON AMARTH - With Oden On Our Side
OM - Conference Of The Birds
ANATHEMA - Alternative 4
KREATOR - Pleasure To Kill
POSSESSED - Seven Churches
TERRY REID - Seed Of Memory
ROLLING STONES - Exile On Main Street
DISCHORD V/A - 20 Years Of Dischord Box-Set
CREAM - Live At The Royal Albert Hall
IMMORTAL - Blizzard Beasts
BURZUM - Aske
TUESDAY 26th SEPTEMBER - NEWS UPDATE
After the cancellation of the Hellacaust Festival last week, we are pleased to announce that the festival is now back on, in the guise of the Metal Mayhem Festival! It will now be held at Edwards No.8 in Birmingham on the same date, Sunday 5th November. Orange Goblin will headline a bill that also features Conquest Of Steel, Season's End, Exploder and many more. Doors open at 4pm and tickets cost ÂŁ8 in advance or ÂŁ10 on the door and can be purchased from www.ticketweb.co.uk
OG ANNOUNCE FIRST EVER SHOW IN PORTUGAL
Orange Goblin are happy to announce their first ever appearance in Portugal. We will be playing at The Lotus Bar in Cascais, just outside Lisbon on Saturday 24th February 2007. Details of ticket prices and support acts can be found by checking the Shows page.
THURSDAY 21st SEPTEMBER - NEWS UPDATE
This years Hellacaust Festival scheduled for Sunday 5th November has been cancelled due to difficulties concerning the venue. Orange Goblin were due to appear alongside the likes of Kreator, Akercocke, Doro Pesch and more. It now looks likely to go ahead sometime in early 2007 at the Birmingham Academy. We'll keep you posted.
Orange Goblin have been confirmed as headliners for the Redhill Takeover to be held at The Harlequin Theatre in Redhill, Surrey on Saturday 20th January. Support will come from Head-On, Project Valkyrie and many more as this is an all day event. Tickets and info can be found at www.redhilltakeover.com
Small Stone Records 'Sucking The 70's Vol.II..Back In The Saddle' featuring Orange Goblin and a whole load of top bands covering tracks from the seventies, will now officially be released on Friday November 3rd 2006. Check www.smallstone.com for details on how to order your copy. Orange Goblin perform a cover of The Damned's 'New Rose' and you can check them out performing it live at The North Star Bar, Philadelphia in May 2006 by clicking here.
THIS WEEK......WE HAVE MOSTLY BEEN LISTENING TO..................
IRON MAIDEN - A Matter Of Life & Death
KREATOR - Coma Of Souls
MOTORHEAD - Kiss Of Death
XASTHUR - Subliminal Genocide
GRAND FUNK RAILROAD - Live
SLAYER - Reign In Blood
METALLICA - Master Of Puppets
ASVA - Futurists Against The Ocean
REPULSION - Horrified
WILLIAM ELLIOT WHITMORE - Songs Of The Blackbird
BORN AGAINST/SCREACHING WEASEL - Split
And finally just another reminder to the Irish fans that we'll be over there in just over a week to play at The Voodoo Lounge in Dublin on Friday 29th September and The Limelight in Belfast on Saturday 30th September. Support on both dates comes from Saturnalia and Triggerman.
WEDNESDAY 13th SEPTEMBER - WEBSITE UPDATED
We have updated the website with new photos in the Live section and new reviews and features in the Press section. Have a browse and let us know what you think in the Forum. We hope to have a PayPal account set up very soon so that we can start selling T-Shirts, CD's and more from the Merch section.
The Orange Goblin MySpace page has recently undergone a make-over too. Go and have a look! www.myspace.com/theorangegoblin
TUESDAY 29th AUGUST - NEWS UPDATE!
R.I.P JESSE PINTADO
Former Napalm Death and Terrorizer guitarist, Jesse Pintado, died in hospital in Holland over the weekend. All of Orange Goblin would like to offer sympathy and condolences to Jesse's friends and family. Jesse will always be remembered as a legend in extreme and underground music and will be sadly missed. R.I.P.
SHOW TICKETS AVAILABLE ONLINE
Tickets for the upcoming Orange Goblin show in Southampton are available online at the See Tickets website. In the very near future, tickets will also be on sale at the same address for the OG Christmas show at The Mean Fiddler in London. As well as this, there are still tickets available for the OG show in High Wycombe on Saturday 16th September. Check Monday 7th August news for details.
OG HONOURED IN 'BLUES ROCK' TOP 100!!
In the August edition of Classic Rock Magazine, Orange Goblin were featured in the 'Top 100 Blues Rock Anthems' poll. The song 'Time Travelling Blues' from the album of the same name was listed at No.95. We are honoured to be mentioned in the same poll as bands such as Led Zeppelin, Cream, AC/DC, Black Sabbath, The Rolling Stones and more. That said, the band were reported to be 'upset that they didn't make the top 10!!!!!!!'. The Classic Rock magazine website can be viewed here!
ORANGE GOBLIN AUDIO FROM EMISSIONS...FESTIVAL ONLINE!
You can hear roughly 10 minutes worth of the Orange Goblin set from this years Emissions From The Monolith Festival which was held at The Nyabinghi in Youngstown, Ohio at the end of May. OG headlined the Friday night and the mp3, available from TubeVision, can be heard by clicking here!
THIS WEEK......WE HAVE MOSTLY BEEN LISTENING TO..................
SODOM - Persecution Mania
WILLIE NELSON - Red Headed Stranger
GOATSNAKE - Flower Of Disease
CELTIC FROST - Monotheist
ACID BATH - Paegan Terrorism Tactics
LOUIS ARMSTRONG - The Golden Years
KOLDBRANN - Moribund
CROWBAR - Live + 1
EXHORDER - The Law
TERRORIZER - World Downfall
QUEEN - Sheer Heart Attack
BLACK SABBATH - Vol.4
WEDNESDAY 16th AUGUST - OG CHRISTMAS SHOW CHANGE OF VENUE!!
Due to the phenomenal success of the last few Orange Goblin Christmas Shows at The Underworld in Camden, this years has been moved to a larger venue, The Mean Fiddler on Charing Cross Road, London. The show has also changed date, from Friday 15th December, to Saturday 16th December. Last years show, saw the venue sell-out and leave a few people outside in the cold, so the promoters have decided, that to avoid a repeat, it's time to move the Goblin spectacle to a bigger venue. Ticket details will be available as soon as we have them and should be on sale by the end of this week. As always expect a strong supporting cast, we are hoping to persuade our good buddies Scissorfight to hop over the pond again and there will probably be another big name or two added to the bill in the near future! Keep checking the shows page here for more details.
ORANGE GOBLIN TO PAY TRIBUTE TO NOLA, ALONGSIDE CHARGER
Orange Goblin will shortly be recording a cover of a song by a band from New Orleans to be the flip side of a split 7" with Midland's noisy oiks Charger. Charger have already recorded their cover of an EYEHATEGOD classic track. We hope to go into the studio soon, but are undecided about which song to do. It could be either EHG, CROWBAR, DOWN or any one of the many influential bands from the swamps of Louisiana. Keep checking here for updates on what song we do and a release date.
JOE & VALERIA NAME THE BABY......
This should have been mentioned a few weeks back but better late then never! OG guitarist Joe and his girlfriend Valeria had a little baby boy back in July and have recently confirmed that his name will be Francesco Dylan Hoare Rinaldi. As you can imagine we have had a few nights out, wetting baby Frankie's head. More OG baby news to follow????????????
THIS WEEK......WE HAVE MOSTLY BEEN LISTENING TO..................
SLAYER - Christ Illusion
DAVID ALLAN COE - Nothing Sacred
FU MANCHU - The Action Is Go
QUEEN - A Day At The Races
CONCRETE SOX - Your Turn Next
GBH - Charged
JOHN COLTRANE - Compilation
SACRED REICH - The American Way
DEICIDE - Legion
SAHG - I
IMMORTAL - Blizzard Beasts
MONDAY 7th AUGUST - HIGH WYCOMBE TICKET NEWS
Tickets for the Orange Goblin show at The White Horse in High Wycombe on Saturday 16th September are now available for PayPal customers. Please click here and scroll down to the OG logo to purchase yours today to guarantee entrance!! Support comes from Crowning Glory, Sada, Blackout and more.
TUESDAY 1st AUGUST - UK FESTIVAL CANCELLED AND NEWS UPDATE
Please note that the UK Metalfest at the Dome in Doncaster, scheduled for Saturday 2nd September, has now been postponed until March 2007. With this in mind we cannot confirm just yet whether Orange Goblin will be appearing, but we will keep you posted. All other bookings in the Shows section are going ahead as planned. Keep checking for updates.
Brand new Orange Goblin merchandise is now available, but only at the live shows for the moment! We are currently working on setting up a mail order facility through this website, where we plan to sell all OG goods including CD's, Vinyl, T-Shirts, Hoodies and more.....We will let you know when this is up and running!!!
Orange Goblin are featured in this month's issue of Metal Hammer magazine. There is a very interesting article about the growth of Lee Dorrian's record label, Rise Above Records, home to OG for the past ten years. The Rise Above Records website also has Orange Goblin CD's and Limited Edition vinyl for sale!
Please stop by the Forum page to leave your comments about anything related to Orange Goblin, Metal, Rock or anything else that you care to write about! Stay Clean!
THIS WEEK......WE HAVE MOSTLY BEEN LISTENING TO..................
ABYSSIC HATE - Suicide Emotions
GEORGE JONES - The Spirit Of Country
KYUSS - ...And The Circus Leaves Town
CANNIBAL CORPSE - The Bleeding
JUDAS PRIEST - Screaming For Vengeance
DARK FUNERAL / VON - Devil Pigs
DOWN - II
GUY CLARK - Old No.1
DRUDKH - Blood In Our Wells
ANATHEMA - Pentacost III
COUNTRY JOE & THE FISH - Electric Music....
TUESDAY 18th JULY - MORE LIVE DATES ADDED AND NEWS UPDATE
Orange Goblin have added a couple of dates for later this year in the North of England. The first one will be an appearance at the two-day Metal Festival to be held at The Dome in Doncaster on Saturday 2nd September. As well as Orange Goblin, there will also be sets from Breed 77, BioMechanical, Murder One and many, many more. We will post details of how to purchase tickets for this when we recieve them. The second additional show will be at Joseph's Well in Leeds on Saturday 4th November with local hell-raisers, The Sex Maniacs. Tickets for this can be purchased from the venue. Keep checking the Shows page for additional information and please note that the scheduled Colchester show on 4th November has now been changed to Saturday 9th December.
ORANGE GOBLIN STUDIO REPORT ON STONERROCK.COM
Click here to read a report of what went on when Orange Goblin were at Mad Oak Studios in Boston to record their track for 'Sucking The 70's II' as well as a couple of brand new tracks! Don't believe the reporters unfounded stories about Orange Goblin being bad tippers...it's all a conspiracy!
TRACKLISTING FOR 'SUCKING THE 70's II' ALMOST COMPLETE
The highly anticipated Small Stone Records 'Sucking The 70's II' Compilation, featuring Orange Goblin, is almost complete and so far features the following:
1. Acid King - “The Stake” (Steve Miller)
2. Alabama Thunderpussy “Man On The Silver Mountain” (Rainbow)
3. Amplified Heat – "Neighbor,Neighbor" (ZZ Top)
4. Antler - "Those Shoes" (The Eagles)
5. Clutch & Five Horse Johnson – “Red Hot Mama” (Funkadelic)
6. Color Haze – "One Way Or Another" (Cactus)
7. Brad Davis (Fu Manchu) - “Outlaw Man” (Eagles)
8. Dixie Witch - “Rock Candy” (Montrose)
9. Dozer - “Mongoloid” (DEVO)
10. Fireball Ministry - "Turn To Stone" (Joe Walsh)
11. Gideon Smith & The Dixie Damned – “Season Of The Witch” (Donovan)
12. Greatdayforup- "Super Stupid" (Funkadelic)
13. Halfway To Gone – “Honky Cat” (Elton John)
14. Honky – “Snortin' Whiskey” (Pat Travers)
15. Los Natas - “Born To Be Wild” (Steppenwolf)
16. Mos Generator – “Garden Road” (Rush)
17. Novadriver - "Sin City" (AC~DC)
18. Orange Goblin - “New Rose” (The Damned)
19. Porn – (TBC) (Cheech & Chong)
20. Puny Human - "Crazy Horses" (The Osmunds)
21. Red Giant - "Saturday Night Special" (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
22. Scott Reeder – "Two Of Us" (The Beatles)
23. Roadsaw - "When The Levee Breaks" (Led Zepplin)
24. RPG – “Parchment Farm” (Blue Cheer)
25. Sasquatch – “Are You Ready” (Grand Funk)
26. Sons Of Otis – “Bad Man” (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
27. The Brought Low – "Don't Lie To Me" (Big Star)
28. The Glasspack - "Rock n Roll Singer" (AC~DC)
29. The Muggs – “I Don’t Need No Doctor” (Humble Pie)
30. Throttlerod - “I Just Wanna Make Love To You” (Foghat)
31. Valis - “Dreamweaver” (Gary Wright)
32. Whitey Morgan and The Waycross Georgia Farmboys - "Running With The Devil" (Van Halen)
Keep checking www.smallstone.com for updates.
THIS WEEK......WE HAVE MOSTLY BEEN LISTENING TO..................
NATTEFROST - Terrorist
ULTRALORD - We Hate You And Hope You Die
THE BROUGHT LOW - Right On Time
JIMI HENDRIX - Axis Bold As Love
VENOM - Black Metal
JOHNNY CASH - American V : A Hundred Highways
SCOTT H BIRAM - Graveyard Shift
INTEGRITY - Those Who Fear Tomorrow
SLAYER - Show No Mercy
ZEKE - Death Alley
SOURVEIN - Emerald Vulture
TUESDAY 4th JULY - OG ADDED TO HELLACAUST INDOOR METAL FEST
Orange Goblin will appear at the first ever Hellacaust Indoor Metal Festival at The Sanctuary in Birmingham, England on Sunday 5th November. Other bands set to appear are Benediction, Mithras, Conquest Of Steel, Season's End, Lunarmile, Exploder, Headless Cross, Musta Talvi and many more...(there are rumours that Bolt Thrower and Cathedral have been approached but that is not confirmed yet!) Tickets are ÂŁ20 in advance and go on sale at the end of July. Keep checking back here for more info as we get it.
MONDAY 3rd JULY - IRISH SHOWS DETAILS ANNOUNCED
Orange Goblin will play at The Voodoo Lounge, Dublin on Friday 29th September. Support comes from Saturnalia and Triggerman and tickets cost 16 Euros in advance. The next day we play at The Limelight, Belfast with the same support but this is an early 'Matinee' show and the doors open at 4.30 pm with OG onstage at 7.15pm. Tickets for Belfast are ÂŁ11 in advance. These will be the first shows in Ireland for OG in over four years!
RAVENS CREED - GETTING READY TO SLAY!!!!!
You can see what Ben and Martyn are up to away from Orange Goblin by checking out their side project Ravens Creed. It also features Steve Watson (ex-Iron Monkey/Cerebral Fix) and Jay Graham (ex-Return To The Sabbat/Tony Iommi) and is kind of a throwback to 80's metal in the vein of Celtic Frost, Venom and a bit of Swedish-style death metal. Click here to see the myspace page and hear the early demos.
FRIDAY 30th JUNE - NEW LONDON SHOW ANNOUNCED & ANOTHER GOBLIN BABY!!
Orange Goblin will headline the first Midnight Massacre Club night at The Purple Turtle (61-65 Crowndale Road) in Camden, London on Friday 28th July. As well as a full set from Orange Goblin there will be metal DJ's, Pole-Dancing and support from Obiat, Namaste and Cambian Dawn. Tickets are ÂŁ8 in advance or ÂŁ9 on the door and are available from here. Doors are at 8pm, first band at 8.30pm and Orange Goblin will be on at Midnight! Nearest tube station is Mornington Crescent and nearest buses are the 29, 134 or 253. Hope to see you there!!! Keep checking the shows page for updates.
THIS WEEK......WE HAVE MOSTLY BEEN LISTENING TO..................
DARKTHRONE - The Cult Is Alive
CARPATHIAN FOREST - Fuck You All!
MERCYFUL FATE - Don't Break The Oath
GORGOROTH - Twilight Of The Idols
SUICIDAL TENDENCIES - Join The Army
MAYHEM - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
CELTIC FROST - Into The Pandemonium
DEATH - Scream Bloody Gore
SAMHAIN - November Coming Fire
KING DIAMOND - Abigail
JOE ADDS ANOTHER JUNIOR GOBLIN!!
Congratulations to OG guitarist Joe, whose girlfriend Valeria gave birth to a healthy baby boy on Tuesday 27th June! Obviously we are all delighted for them as it means we confirm our status as the most fertile band in the world and it's another excuse for a huge piss-up! Cheers!!!
THURSDAY 15th JUNE - OG ARE COMING TO ITALIA!!!!
Orange Goblin will be heading to Italy at the end of November / beginning of December to play 3 shows! It'll be the first shows in Italy in over two years and we look forward to playing in Rome for the first time ever! We will add the confirmed dates and venues when we get them so get the Peroni ready!!!
This weeks Kerrang! magazine features a great review of Orange Goblin in Colombus, Ohio from our recent US tour and there is also a top write up of the Brighton show in April in this months Terrorizor magazine, as well as a strong review of our recent London show in Classic Rock! Check 'em out!
The obvious reason for not much getting done is the start of the World Cup which has seemingly taken over the planet for a month. This is the perfect excuse for all four members of OG to drink a lot, barbecue a lot and generally do absolutely fuck all for a month (or until England get knocked out and we all lose interest!) Come On England!!!!!
THIS WEEK......WE HAVE MOSTLY BEEN LISTENING TO..................
GRAVES AT SEA - Documents Of Grief
HUMBLE PIE - No Regrets
1349 - Hellfire
LORD - Built Lord Tough
DISMEMBER - The God That Never Was
ZEKE - Dirty Sanchez
STEELY DAN - Pretzel Logic
ZZ TOP - Tres Hombres
SAMHAIN - Unholy Passion
EXHORDER - Slaughter In The Vatican
WEDNESDAY 31st MAY - BACK FROM THE US OF A!!!!
What a great two weeks folks! Sorry the Tour Diary never happened but as expected, the hangovers and dodgy memories got in the way, and anytime we did find a computer we just thought '...Bollocks, I can't be bothered!' Firstly, let's get the thank-you's out the way. What an honour it was to share the stage with Scissorfight every night and those guys are brothers of ours forever! As are a few of the other bands we had the honour of playing with, Dixie Witch, Graves At Sea, Throttlerod, Beaten Back To Pure, Motherboar, Bible Of The Devil and everyone else...Cheers! Also huge raised jugs of ale to the Kings of New Jersey, Solace and the mighty Alabama Thunderpussy! Again, you guys are the coolest! It was good hanging out and partying with all of you guys!
We would also like to thank all the kind people that put us up/ put up with us, brought us drinks and brought us other goodies (you know who you are!) Hopefully, we will get to do it all again soon! The shows were amazing and it was mainly down to all the Goblin and Scissorfight fans that came out and showed their support for which we are eternally grateful! Personal highlights for me were New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and Emissions (again!) but that's not to say that we didn't enjoy the other shows. We are only sorry that the tour wasn't longer and we didn't get across to the West Coast! We are also kinda grateful in a funny sort of way to Arby's, Taco Bell, Wendy's, Waffle House and Cracker Barrel for keeping us going (just!)
Very special thanks also to Craig Riggs, Kevin Straub, Lamont and our Boston family for the great times, the great recordings and the awesome hospitality! See you in Europe! I think Dave Unger said it best when he said '...I may be high.....but I'd love to watch an elephant fuck a kangaroo's pouch!'
CHRIS AND ANNELIE ADD TO THE GOBLIN FAMILY
Congratulations to Chris and his wife Annelie, who gave birth to a baby boy on Sunday 28th May in Gothenberg, Sweden. Chris has flown straight out to Sweden to see little Elmo Arne Bonham Turner. Raise your glasses everyone!
ORANGE GOBLIN ADDED TO THE SOUTH OF MAINSTREAM FESTIVAL!
Orange Goblin will appear at the South Of Mainstream Fetival in Gutshof Cammer (30 mins south of Berlin), Germany on Saturday 9th September. Other bands set to appear are Place Of Skulls, End Of Level Boss, TODD and many more.
BEN & SOLACE COVER PENTAGRAM
Click here to see Orange Goblin's singer jamming with Solace on the Pentagram classic 'Forever My Queen' in rehearsals before the Roadburn Festival in Tilburg, Holland on 22nd April 2006.
TUESDAY 9th MAY - NEWS UPDATE
We will be heading off to the USA this weekend for a two week jaunt with our good friends Scissorfight! We hope to see alot of old friends and new fans at the shows and anybody willing to buy the band a drink is more than welcome! There will also be limited edition US merch available at the shows, which we hope will raise enough funds to help us buy a packet of cigarettes to share! We will try to do a kind of Tour Diary on here to keep you up to date of the goings on in America, but there is a danger of hangovers and blurred memories causing problems with this, but we'll try!!
In other news, we have decided that we'll be recording a cover of 'New Rose' by The Damned for the upcoming 'Sucking The 70's II Compilation'. As well as this, we'll be recording our first new material since 'Theiving From The House Of God' in 2004. We are looking forward to doing 2 new songs with Craig Riggs (Scissorfight, Antler, Roadsaw, Five Horse Johnson and more) at Mad Oak Studios in Boston, MA. The working titles for the songs so far are 'They Come Back (Harvest Of Skulls)' and 'The Ballad Of Solomon Eagle'.
ORANGE GOBLIN LIVE @ ROADBURN AVAILABLE ONLINE
The Orange Goblin set from the 11th Roadburn Festival is also online now. If you wanna hear it, then you can do so by clicking here. Special thanks to all of the Roadburn team for the link.
THIS WEEK......WE HAVE MOSTLY BEEN LISTENING TO..................
SATYRICON - Now, Diabolical
THE OBSESSED - Lunar Womb
PINK FLOYD - The Wall (Live)
MORBID ANGEL - Alters Of Madness
GRAND MAGUS - Wolf's Return
CARCASS - Symphonies Of Sickness
CLUTCH - Blast Tyrant
DIAMOND HEAD - Lightning To The Nations
FRIDAY 5th MAY - GET READY TO CELEBRATE SLAYER!!!!!
On June 6th 2006, the world will celebrate the first ever 'Day Of Slayer'. Orange Goblin will be doing their bit and you all should too! Click here for details.
MONDAY 24th APRIL 2006 - ROADBURN ROCKED!!!
Well, after the hangovers have cleared the memories of an awesome Roadburn Festival remain! Perfect weather, great bands, good friends and an endless supply of beer meant this years festival was probably the best yet! OG would like to say a huge thanks to all of the fans that came out and all the cool bands that we got to hang out and share a beer with. Solace (Fiiiirrrrsstts!), Leafhound, Witchcraft, Brant Bjork, End Of Level Boss and everybody else....Cheers! Also a big special thanks to Walter and the whole team at Roadburn for their great organisation and hospitality, we hope to see you again next year!
Don't forget that this weekend the band will be playing in Brighton (Saturday) and London (Sunday). The London show is an early start and features Jecano, Olde Crone, Sourvein and Ramesses as support so make a day of it, it's a bank holiday Monday!!!
THIS WEEK......WE HAVE MOSTLY BEEN LISTENING TO..............
ZZ TOP - First Album
FUDGE TUNNEL - Hate Songs in E Minor
BATHORY - Bathory
THE STUPIDS - Peruvian Vacation
PIG DESTROYER - Terrifyer
THE DEVILS REJECTS - Original Soundtrack
PINK FLOYD - Meddle
THE ALLMAN BROS - Live @ The Fillmore
FALKENBACH - Heralding/The Fireblade
BEN WARD FEATURED IN ROCKSOUND 'VENOM' FEATURE!!
Ben Ward rants about his love of the legendary Venom and comments on the Black Metal gods influence on today's underground metal scene in this months edition of RockSound, available at all good newsagents! Lay down your Soul to the God's Of Rock 'N' Roll!!!!!
TUESDAY 18th APRIL 2006 - NEW OG LIVE SHOTS & NEWS UPDATE!
Big thanks to all the fans that came out at the Birmingham and Nottingham shows. The band would also like to thank all the guys in Cudamantra (especially James and Charlotte for the hospitality and best breakfast in the midlands!!) and the guys in Godsize for the bass amp!! There are some photos from the Birmingham show which were taken by Tom Barnes and can be viewed here.
Hopefully see you at Roadburn!!.....................Orange 'Fuckin' Goblin Baby!!!!
THURSDAY 13th APRIL 2006 - NEW ORANGE GOBLIN DATES ANNOUNCED
Orange Goblin are proud to announce the following shows for later in 2006. We hope to add some more dates in Europe and in the North of England. Keep checking the shows page for full listings and we hope to get to somewhere near you as soon as we can.
September
16.9.06 - High Wycombe, The White Horse
29.9.06 - Dublin, The Voodoo Lounge (w/Saturnalia)
30.9.06 - Belfast, The Limelight (w/Saturnalia)
October
13.10.06 - Southampton, The Joiners Arms
December
9.12.06 - Colchester, The Arts Centre
15.12.06 - London, The Underworld
WED 12th APRIL 2006 - OFFICIAL OG MYSPACE PAGE AT LAST!!
Finally we have given in to the lure of Myspace and our official page can be viewed here.
There is also another fansite that can be viewed here. We'll try to keep these up to date!!
Big thanks to all those that braved the weather and turned out on Sunday at The Peel in Kingston, all the bands were killer and we look forward to seeing you again soon!
The Rise Above Records website has undergone a facelift too, click here to check it out!
You may also want to check out the new site of Orange Goblin's favourite sponsor 'Jagermeister!'. The new UK branch of their site can be viewed here
FRI 7th APRIL 2006 - ORANGE GOBLIN MEET AND GREET @ ROADBURN
Fans will be able to meet up with Orange Goblin and Hawkwind to have a beer at The Bat Cave inside the 013, Tilburg, Holland on Friday 21st April. There will also be performances by Toner Low, End Of Level Boss, Astrosoniq and Spaceship Landing. Orange Goblin will be headlining the Green Room at the festival on Saturday 22nd, the festival also features Brant Bjork, Witchcraft, Solace, Hawkwind and many more. Please check here for details of times and bands.
WED 5th APRIL 2006 - ORANGE GOBLIN IN TERRORIZER DOOM SPECIAL
Orange Goblin feature strongly in this month's Terrorizer magazine, which delves deep into the realms of Doom Metal and all it's various sub-genres. The magazine can be found at any decent newsagent!
ORANGE GOBLIN FANSITE NOW OPEN ON MYSPACE
You can talk about the band with other Orange Goblin fans at the brand new Myspace site. The site features news and forums about everything relating to Orange Goblin. Click here to take a look.
IN OTHER NEWS.....
The band are still putting the finishing touches to some new songs that shall be recorded in May as well as preparing for the upcoming UK and US tours. As always, amps are blowing, guitars are failing and vans are breaking down just in time. We wouldn't want it any other way! Our show this Sunday is going to be great as the bill now features Sada, Suns Of Thunder and Son Of Merrick as well as the previously advertised Crowning Glory and Cudamantra. As before at the Peel, there will be a barbecue, strippers and an endless supply of beer and Jagermeister. We look forward to seeing a few of you there. Stay Clean!
THIS WEEK......WE HAVE MOSTLY BEEN LISTENING TO..............
AUTOPSY - Mental Funeral
PLACE OF SKULLS - The Black Is Never Far
MEGADETH - Rust In Peace
FLOOR - Dove
SEVERE TORTURE - Fall Of The Despised
THE HIDDEN HAND - Devoid Of Colour
METALLICA - ...And Justice For All
RORSCHACH - Protestant
JIMI HENDRIX - Band Of Gypsys
WELCOME TO THE NEW ORANGE GOBLIN WEBSITE!!!!!!!!
It has taken us a while to get it together but at last it's done. Now we'll be able to keep you up to date with all the going's on and you'll be able to let us know what you think on the Forums page!
ORANGE GOBLIN 1996 - 2006 TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY!
This year see's us celebrate 10 years together as a band. That's a whole third of our lives and you don't even get that for murder these days! With that said, we would like to take this opportunity to thank all the fans and anybody else that has supported the band in the last decade. Here's to a few more. Drink Up!!!!!!
ORANGE GOBLIN LIVE DATES!
April:
All dates are sponsored by Jagermeister
9.4.06 - Kingston, The Peel (Cudamantra & Crowning Glory support)
Please note that the Kingston show has changed from Sat 8th to Sun 9th April
14.4.06 - Birmingham, Edwards No.8 (Cudamantra support)
15.4.06 - Nottingham, Rock City (Cudamantra & Bumsnogger support)
22.4.06 - Roadburn Festival, 013 Club, Tilburg, Netherlands
29.4.06 - Brighton, Concorde II (Crowning Glory & Bowlrider support)
30.4.06 - London Camden Underworld (Ramesses, Sourvein, Olde Crone & Jecano support)
Please note that the advertised shows in Belfast and Dublin on 7th and 8th of April have now been cancelled, but are due to be re-scheduled for September. Keep checking the shows page for updates
May:
US TOUR 2006 (w/ Scissorfight)
All dates are sponsored by Jagermeister
16.5.06 - Boston MA, The Middle East
17.5.06 - Worcester MA, Lucky Dog Music Hall
18.5.06 - New York NY, Continental
19.5.06 - Philadelphia PA, North Star Bar
20.5.06 - Richmond VA, Alley Katz
21.5.06 - Charlotte NC, The Milestone
22.5.06 - Nashville TN, The End
23.5.06 - St.Louis MO, Creepy Crawl
24.5.06 - Chicago IL, Double Door
25.5.06 - Columbus OH, Little Brothers
26.5.06 - Youngstown OH, Emissions From The Monolith Festival @ Nyabinghi
27.5.06 - Rochester NY, The Montage
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Keep checking the shows page for a full update. THIS WEEK......WE HAVE MOSTLY BEEN LISTENING TO..............
SCISSORFIGHT - Jaggernaut
KYLESA - To Walk A Middle Course
MUNICIPAL WASTE - Hazardous Mutation
DIXIE WITCH - Smoke & Mirrors
HATE FOREST – All
DRILLER KILLER – The 4Q Mangrenade
DRUDKH – The Swan Road
BEN WARD IN METAL HAMMER
Orange Goblin's vocalist Ben Ward appears in this months Metal Hammer magazine answering the Last 13 Questions.
JOE & CHRIS ADD TO THE ORANGE GOBLIN FAMILY!!!!!
Congratulations are in order as Joe and his girlfriend Valeria are expecting a baby boy in June, while Chris and his wife Annelie are expecting in July! After the US dates the band will be taking a break but will be back on the road in September.
NEW MATERIAL BEING WRITTEN !!!
We have started to write new songs for the follow up to 2004's acclaimed album 'Thieving From The House Of God'. Those at the 10 year anniversary show in December 2005 would have heard one new track 'They Come Back'. We hope to record a little bit of new material at Mad Oak Studios, Allston MA with Craig Riggs (Scissorfight, Antler, Roadsaw) in May but a release date is not even being thought about yet!
OG TO APPEAR ON 'SUCKING THE 70's VOL. II'
Orange Goblin will record a track for the second 'Sucking The 70's' compilation, released by Small Stone Records. This will feature a whole bunch of todays leading rock bands recording their favourite classics from the 70's! At the moment, we are debating what song to do but the favourite right now is a version of The Damned's 'Neat Neat Neat' or 'New Rose'. Let us know what you think we should cover in the Forum section!
BEN WARD HORROR MOVIE INTERVIEW
OG vocalist Ben Ward recently done an interview with DVD Maniacs about his love of horror movies. You can check it out here.
ON A SAD NOTE
It is with deep sadness that we have to report that three Orange Goblin fans were tragically killed in a car accident as they returned home after our 10 year anniversary show in London on December 16th 2005. Gavin Easthope, 30, Karen Easthope, 25 and Phillip Alexander, 30, were killed when a truck collided with their stationary car. Also in the vehicle was Vicky Newns, 25, who was seriously injured.
Orange Goblin and everybody associated with the band would like to let the families and friends know that we are thinking of them at this sad time, and will do everything we can to help them.