Soulkiller Webzine Metal News for the Week Of May 28th - June 3rd 2012

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• (05.31) Periphery's new album will be called "Periphery II: This Time It's Personal", and will be out July 3rd 2012 on Sumerian Records.
• (05.31) "Undead", the new album from Six Feet Under, sold around 2,700 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 183 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD landed at position No. 5 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart.
• (05.30) Slipknot are putting together demos for their next album, which they hope to record next year.
  
• (05.28) Go here to watch quality footage of Fear Factory's entire Sacramento show on May 21st 2012.
  
• (05.27) Guitarist player "Big" Steeve Hurdle (Ex-Gorguts, Ex-Negativa) passed away on May 20th after post-surgical complications. He was a big part in the sound of Gorguts' third album, "Obscura", a pretty revolutionary and experimental death  metal album, even by today's standards. I remember when I lived back in Montreal, a buddy who worked at Rock En Stock (the local death metal cd shop) told me he had heard the new Gorguts album, and it was going to revolutionize the genre. I thought to myself "Really? I mean, they're a good band, but they don't seem like the type to do that." Then I heard "Obscura", and was like "What the hell? This CD is insane!" It was possibly a little too far out there for my tastes, but as time went on, I kept coming back to that album again and again, because there was something fresh and new there. And over time, I came to respect the album greatly, and agreed that it did indeed revolutionize the genre, not because it has been well copied and imitated since, but because it was something so different that it helped show the audience what the style could do, all you needed was to be brave enough to step outside the box. Steeve will be greatly missed.

Toy Photo Page Updated May 29th 2012

Adventure Kartel Ankou EX SXCLB H Shadey Shoot 1
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World War Robot Group Shoot 53
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Soulkiller Webzine Metal News for the Week Of May 21st - May 27th 2012

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• (05.26) Synthetic Breed will release a new 5 song EP, "Zero Degrees Freedom", on May 29 via Rogue Records America. The digital-only release will be available for purchase through Amazon, Bandcamp, and other digital retailers.
• (05.25) Go here to listen to the new Nile track 'The Fiends Who Come to Steal the Magick of the Deceased'.
• (05.24) Go here to listen to audio previews of all the songs off the new Mnemic album "Mnemesis".
• (05.24) Added a review to the Cattle Decapitation's "Monolith of Inhumanity" album.
• (05.24) Added a review to the Shadows Fall's "Fire From The Sky" album.
• (05.24) Nile's new album "At The Gate Of Sethu" will have a digipack version that will contain two bonus tracks, instrumental versions of songs off the album.
  
• (05.24) "Fire From The Sky", the new album from Shadows Fall, sold around 10,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 38 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band's previous CD, "Retribution", opened with 13,000 units in September 2009 to land at No. 35.
• (05.23) Added a review to the Six Feet Under's "Undead" album.
• (05.23) Devin Townsend's new "By A Thread" Live CD/DVD boxset will be out June 19th 2012.
  
• (05.21) Here's an update on the band Martyr, who have been pretty inactive these past few years. "After 14 years of great musical adventures, drummer Pat Hamelin has decided to leave the band Martyr due to personal reasons. We all wish him well. The remaining members of Martyr are unsure about the future of the band, as there has been a lot of undergoing tensions through the last years that was not taken care of, thus resulting in a frustrating negative vibe that would stagnate creativity and motivation. Martyr is on hold for now. More news to come later. Thanks for your support over all these years!!"

New Silhouette Sketches "Journey To The Mountain"

Some quick 15-20 minutes a piece environment sketches, all based on the same theme. Used a few custom Photoshop brushes of my own, and a few from Ben Andrews http://ben-andrews.deviantart.com/

Toy Photo Page Updated May 23rd 2012

WWRp Square MK2 Frosty Shoot 1
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WWRp Square MK2 Marine JEA Shoot 1
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WWRp Square MK2 EMGY Shoot 1
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Soulkiller Webzine Metal News for the Week Of May 14th - May 20th 2012

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• (05.20) Visit Amazon to listen to audio samples from the new Fear Factory album.
• (05.19) Go here to see a trailer for Devin Townsend's new "By A Thread" Live CD/DVD boxset.
  
• (05.16) The new Testament album will come in a regular version, and a Deluxe CD/DVD that contains 3 extra cover songs and an extended version of one of the album's tracks.
  
• (05.15) Go here to see the cover artwork to the new Testament album, due out July 27, 2012 (Europe) and July 31, 2012 (North America) via Nuclear Blast Records.
• (05.15) Dream Theater guitarist John Petrucci has contributed a guest guitar solo to the forthcoming Periphery album, which should be out July 3rd 2012 on Sumerian Records.

Soulburn 3D Education Page Updated May 18th 2012

For any Russian Viewers of my CG Education Page:
 
Alexander Yergashov has translated 6 more of my tutorials into Russian. If you're a russian speaker, feel free to visit them by clicking the links at the top of these pages: Massively Instance Geometry With Proxy Objects, Ptex, Ptex Use In Mudbox 2013, Cropping An Image That's Off The Canvas, Glows That Look Really Hot, and Painting Starship Panels In Photoshop.

Toy Photo Page Updated May 14th 2012

WWRp Square MK2 Ghost Hunter Shoot 1
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WWRp Square MK2 Deimos Shoot 1
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World War Robot Group Shoot 52
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Toy Photo Page Updated May 13th 2012

WWRp Square MK2 Sand Devil Shoot 1
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WWRp Square MK2 Peaceday Shoot 1
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Soulkiller Webzine Metal News for the Week Of May 7th - May 13th 2012

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• (05.11) Behemoth will release a new album in 2013. They've already started writing a few riffs and other bits and pieces.
  
• (05.10) Glass Cloud's debut album "The Royal Thousand" will be out on Basick Records July 2nd in Europe and one day later in North America.
  
• (05.09) Devolved continues to record their new album for release later this year.
• (05.09) Man Must Die are recording their new album.
  
• (05.09) After a hiatus, Koldborn are back working on their 3rd album.
  
• (05.08) Go here to listen to another new track ('Divide And Conquer') off the forthcoming Shadows Fall album "Fire From The Sky".
• (05.07) Added a review to the Prong's "Carved Into Stone" album.