May 22nd, 2008 - looking back on the Japan trip / tour collage
Hello All!
The band is back home now in Canada (Steve lives in Boston) after another couple of successful tours. The Symphony X/Epica/Into Eternity US Tour was one of the best we have ever had. The US crowds are killer and we love playing south of our border! After the tour was over, we played a headlining gig and then a sold out show in Pittsburgh with Children Of Bodom. I have never seen such a brutal pit and stage diving! It was an insane crowd, so thanks to COB for letting us play the show with them. They are a great band.
Next up was a 25 hour plane ride to Osaka, Japan. A big hello to all of the crew and bands we played with on the Extreme The Dojo Vol.20! Also thank you to Toys Factory and Smash West for bringing us to Japan for the very first time. Some people were saying that the Japanese crowd would be more quiet than we were used to. The crowds we played for were great! They were chanting, starting pits and clapping before we even entered the stage. This is a tour that we will never forget. I could not believe how cool all the fans were. They would be waiting at the hotel lobby for pictures and autographs and some were at the bullet train as well! The band got treated like real professionals on that tour and we hope to come back for our new album "The Incurable Tragedy". The Osaka show was great. I had no idea that the fans would know the words to our songs in every city, but I guess that is the power of the internet nowadays. In Nagoya we played in a shopping mall and at the top was a cool rock venue called Club Quattro. Playing Tokoyo was also a dream come true. We got there a day early, so half of the band went sightseeing, but Stu and I went to Toys Factory and did some interviews with some big Japan mags like Burrn, Eat and my favorite, Young Guitar! I remember as a kid ordering the Young Guitar Yngwie Malmsteen instructional VHS tapes. They changed my playing style from that day forward. Yngwie is my favorite guitar player of all time. I'm glad to see him on the cover of the new Guitar World as well. Shred guitar is finally back in!!
Thanks to all the fans who came out on all of our recent shows. Next up is Summer Slaughter in Canada. We'll be back out soon. Keep it metal!!!
We just finished our last show w/ Symphony X and Epica and all we can say is that the tour was killer! Everyone from the bands to the crew were super cool. It truly was one of our best touring experiences we've had. We can't express enough gratitude to the Symphony X guys for taking us out and allowing us to play to such a diverse and progressive crowd. We also were amazed to the extent of fans that came out as a result of our exposure with last years Gigantour and the amazing tour we had with Dream Theater.
There are too many highlights of this tour to fit into one update, but among the ones that stood out the most was hanging with Mike Portnoy in Philly. Mike took the time to come and say hello. Mike is a solid guy and we can't thank him enough for his tireless support of Into Eternity. Next was Quebec city when we got a chance to hang w/ Jason from Symphony X for the first time. We won't forget ever as we ended up stumbling into a bar, ordering drinks and pizza... and then realizing we were rocking a gay bar in Quebec...haha. All of Cali was amazing as well. We got a chance to hang w/ our label, party with our Ibanez reps and drink a few cold ones with Ray Alder (Fates Warning, Redemption) as well as Nick from Redemption. It's been a while since we got to play Texas and we want to thank all the fans that came out and supported us out there. We were really hoping to run into ol' George Dubbya or Pantera but unfortunately none of them made it, even though they were on the list! The Florida shows were great too with the highlight being St. Petersburg. They were cheering us on before we even hit the stage!
One of the most amazing things to happen though was being able to meet Shannon Hamm and Scott Clendenin of Death and Control Denied. We got a chance to sit down with Shannon Hamm and were captivated by the stories of the last years of Chuck, Death and the inside stories of Control Denied. It truly was a night we will never forget! The very last show was the insanity of West Virginia and Jaxx! The night included silly string, nerf darts and escalated to pounds of hot meat and cheese with healthy amounts of mayo, onstage sword fighting, the mad chugging of Tequila and a Symphony X set with guest vocals of Stuie B!
There are too many stories from this tour to put into one update. Thanks to all the fans and friends that came out to this tour and we'll see you again after the new album drops!
Thank you to Symphony X, to the crew for being so awesome and treating us not like an opening band, but with respect and friendship.
Keep it Metal!
Tim
Cya in Japan!
April 27th, 2008 - Summer Slaughter Canada announced!
On August 15th, Necrophagist, Dying Fetus, Beneath The Massacre, Into
Eternity, Neuraxis, Whitechapel, Veil of Maya, Divinity and Common Grave
will join forces in Quebec to start SUMMER SLAUGHTER CANADA which is
expected to go throughout the country from East to West ending in
Vancouver tentatively on the 27th of August.
We are almost halfway done our USA tour with Symphony X and Epica. This has been another very successful tour again for us! Every crowd is absolutely insane and a lot of the crowds have been chanting for an encore from us....ha. The band has been going on very early at most venues, so usually we are onstage at 6.30pm or 7pm.
Today we are in amazing Seattle. The crowds here always rule and it is an amazing city by the water. Today I got Romeo to teach me a few tricks. That guy is the next level type of shred player and he is a super nice guy. The new Symphony X is an amazing record. Everybody on this tour has been really cool, from the all the crew to all of the musicians.
After this tour ends we get to do a one off show with Children Of Bodom. It will be a special show with just the 2 bands. I have always wanted to play with them and hopefully I'll be able to learn a few new guitar tricks as well! We are also excitied about our Japan dates that we have coming up. It's going to be a killer year of supporting "The Incurable Tragedy". Keep it metal!
Also I would like to give props to Madison Amps for hooking me up with a killer new rig and Ibanez guitars for hooking up Justin with his new axe!
TIM
April 2nd, 2008 - tour update / album details & new song posted!
Hello everyone,
Things are going great on our small headlining tour to the East coast, where we meet up with Epica and Symphony X. The Winnipeg show and the St.Paul gig were the 2 best so far, but we have met many cool people at all the venues. We had a blown tire on the RV already and customs held us for 3 hours at the border, while they put the RV in a parking garage and put us in a small, white brick waiting room. Our band can survive anything and we have made every show regardless. Nothing will stop this machine! The RV just made it to Des Moines yesterday and the highway was shut down due to a blizzard and car accidents! We were stuck on the interstate in a blizzard behind a mile of non moving traffic. Of course we still made the gig and had a cool show!
Today (I'm writing the 1st) is April Fools Day, so Stu and Troy woke up our tour manager KAT in her hotel room and told her the RV was broken into...ha! I'm sure she is really hating our guts already. We might have to make a post on Blabbermouth soon for a new tour manger!
Thanks to all of our killer die hard fans that have been coming out to support us. You all rule!
metal!
TIM
Century Media:
For proof that from great suffering comes great art, look no further than Into Eternity founding guitarist/principal songwriter Tim Roth. Much as he drew inspiration from his mother's passing when writing the band's critically acclaimed 2006 release, "The Scattering Of Ashes", Roth again found the strength and resilience to turn negatives into positives on the "extreme progressive metal" band's forthcoming release, "The Incurable Tragedy".
Into Eternity's first concept album, "The Incurable Tragedy" was inspired by the deaths of Roth's two best friends, brothers who succumbed to cancer within two months of one another. To make matters worse, when the band began demoing new material shortly after the completion of the Scattering tour -- a star-making year of shows that saw the band perform alongside such internationally renowned acts as Dream Theater, Lamb of God, Megadeth, Opeth, Arch Enemy, The Haunted and Dark Tranquillity -- Roth's father was diagnosed with cancer as well. Showing no mercy, the disease claimed his life last year, just 10 days before Christmas.
Roth channeled his emotions into a moving and riveting album, due out on Century Media Records this summer. This spring, however, the band will take a break from the studio to tour throughout North America with like-minded progressive metal shredders Symphony X. That trek will be followed by the band's first tour of Japan, where they will perform alongside At The Gates, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Mayhem and Pig Destroyer at the prestigious "Extreme The Dojo" festivals.
To tide fans over until the release of "The Incurable Tragedy", the band has posted on their MySpace (www.myspace.com/officialintoeternity) an unmastered rough mix of a brand new song, "'Diagnosis Terminal", which they will perform live at each of their spring concerts. The track is classic Into Eternity, featuring a heavy groove, stop-on-a-dime time changes, reflective lyrics, a memorable chorus, a string-shredding solo, and vocals that range from guttural growls to soaring harmonies.
"'Diagnosis Terminal" is one of the heaviest songs on the new record," Roth says. "The song started with a chorus I had written. Justin (Bender, guitars) then sent me a MP3 demo of a few killer riffs he had, and the song was born. The key I had my chorus in didn't match the pitch of his new riffs, so that's how we came up with the idea of having the same chorus, but in two different keys. I think it sounds clever now, but it was actually just a mistake!
"The whole song has some wacked-out time changes, but we tried to make it all sound as smooth as we could," he continues. "It's tough to make off-time riffs sound natural, but that is the fun of playing in a progressive metal band. I really enjoy the interlude in the middle and the end of the song. On the new record, we have a few riffs in 9/8 and the main solo in "'Diagnosis" is a good example of that.
"After we finished up the music, Stu (Block, vocals) came in and wrote all the melodies and lyrics, and the song "'Diagnosis Terminal" was born. The whole band was involved in this song, and I'm really happy with the way it all turned out."
The band has been rehearsing at our sub-freezing jam spot for 2 weeks solid. We have no heat in the place, so we're trying to rip scales with fingers that won't move. If we can play these songs, in these temperatures, then we should just fine on a heated stage!
There are some Canadian and USA headlining shows coming up, so we want to be prepared. Also, we are throwing in a few old songs that have never been done before. One of the songs we haven't played since 2001. Hopefully that will make our long time fans happy on this tour. I think we will also be testing 3 new tracks from our new unreleased album. We get to hang out with Sacrifice at the Winnipeg Metal Festival, so that is going to be a highlight of the year for me. Sacrifice was one of the first thrash shows that I ever went to as a 14 year old kid and that's what inspired me to play metal.
So we'll be headlining in Canada and out to the East Coast. We'll hook up with the Symphony X Tour and tour the USA (a few Canadian shows too!). Then we'll jump on a plane in Boston and tour in Japan!
I also want to say hello to all of our friends on myspace. We just passed the 30,000 mark! We should have a demo track up for everyone to hear in April!
We'll see everybody out on the road soon!
Metal!
TIM
January 23th, 2008 - demoing our new album
Hello everyone,
It's a new year now and we are almost done all the music in demo form for our new album. Stu has actually come over to my house and belted out his first vocal for a new track. We are demoing on my computer, so my living room is now a studio.
The new songs are sounding really good and really heavy! We are hoping to get into the studio in mid-February.
I also am putting up some more live show dates, so check them out. We'll be back on the road soon!
METAL!
TIM
PS Tickets for the Symphony X tour are still available through ENTER THE VAULT
November 5th, 2007 - working on concept album & touring with Symphony X and Epica in 2008!
Hello everyone,
We are officially done touring for "The Scattering Of Ashes". We ended up doing 150 shows and being away for close to 200 days of the year! The whole band did a great job, as it's not always easy being away from home for so long, but I think it's important to do it the old-school way and tour as much as we can. No one can say we're a lazy band!
Our last tour was with Edguy, Light This City and Echoes Of Eternity. It was a big success for us, so we want to thank those bands again. It was cool bonding with all the bands and 'bro-ing down' with them at 4:20. This touring cycle, we also got to tour with Megadeth, Lamb Of God, Opeth, Arch Enemy, Overkill, Sanctity, The Smash-Up, Destruction, Hirax, Municipal Waste, The Haunted, Dark Tranquillity, Scar Symmetry, Redemption and the mighty Dream Theater! We ended up doing five full U.S. tours on this cycle, and they all were special to us. Playing with Megadeth and Dream Theater each night was a real dream come true!
Right now we are home in Canada awaiting the cold chill of winter. It is supposed to snow tomorrow, so I'll be in front of my warm computer composing new riffs for the next album. For the first time ever, we will be doing a concept album. Stu and I are working on the lyrics right now. It's always good to keep moving forward and to try new things, and this is something that we have always wanted to do. We have done two songs already, and it's turning out really cool. We'll keep you posted in the future as things start to progress further.
Today EnterTheVault.com have revealed dates for Symphony X' 2008 North American headlining tour with support from Epica and Into Eternity! Check out the April/May dates on our tour page. Tickets will be available exclusively at EnterTheVault.com through November 24th. They will then be available via regular outlets.
Thanks to all our fans for supporting us, and we'll see you again in 2008!
TIM
September 11th, 2007 - Into Eternity kicks off Edguy tour; new guitar lesson series posted online
Century Media:
After spending the summer months touring arenas alongside Dream Theater, the Canadian quintet Into Eternity heads back to the clubs tonight for a month-long run as direct support to Edguy, with Echoes of Eternity and Light This City rounding out the bill. This trek marks the group’s fifth and likely final Stateside run in support of their critically acclaimed album, "The Scattering Of Ashes". Be sure to visit www.myspace.com/officialintoeternity for their complete touring itinerary.
Due to popular demand, Tim Roth (guitars, vocals) recently posted several new, amazing guitar lessons on his YouTube page. Check it out at the link below. http://www.youtube.com/user/timrothintoeternity
Roth states: “The Dream Theater tour was a dream come true for us. All of our interludes and progressive parts come from DT, so it was amazing to get to know them. It's a great feeling to meet people that you look up to and they end up being really nice people. I have never seen players that good in my life! The whole tour was a lot of fun and we ended up getting to play in some huge venues.
“We are just about to start the last tour for "The Scattering Of Ashes" campaign with Edguy, Echoes Of Eternity and Light This City. We are direct support to Edguy and toured with them in 2005, so I know the shows will be killer. Now, we have a much bigger fan base and we can't wait to see everybody on the road."
Into Eternity recently shot a stunning conceptual video for the track, “Timeless Winter", with up-and-coming director Don Thompson, and its stunning imagery is sure to help it stand apart from the pack. The video is featured in the group’s new E-Card, which also has all of Roth’s YouTube guitar lessons, in addition to a new photo gallery. Click the link below to check it out. http://www.centurymedia.com/Splash/IntoEternity/thescatteringofashes/
August 12th, 2007 - update from the Dream Theater tour
Hello everyone,
Things have been going great on the road. Slowly each night we are gaining some new fans. Thanks to Mike Portnoy for hooking us up with this tour! Redemption is also doing good on this tour and it's cool to see Ray Alder sing every night.
Today Stu decided to wear a new, but wrinkled shirt. We showed James LaBrie the shirt and needless to say Stu changed his shirt...ha! If James says to change, then you do it ha! John even offered me to try his guitars out. All of Dream Theater is a class act.
Hopefully we'll see everybody on the road very soon! Keep it metal!
TIM
July 21st, 2007 - ready for the Dream Theater tour!
Hello everybody,
Our drummer Steve flew in from Boston last week so we could start heavy
rehearsals for the Dream Theater Tour. Everything is going well and the set
is going smoothly. I think we will have around 35 minutes for a set, so we
hope everybody will come early, because we are opening this tour!
We also have a couple of new off dates booked, so I hope we'll see
everyone out at those as well. On August 15th the side date is with the band
Daath and August 19th we are playing with Nile. Those should be some
interesting shows. Hopefully we'll be heavy enough for those gigs....ha. We
will see you all very soon on the road.
Keep it metal!
TIM
June 8th, 2007 - Dream Theater tour
Hello all!
We have been relaxing back home in Canada for the past 5 weeks since our
last tour. There even has been a little bit of working on new material for a
future record. I just got a small Mbox2 Protools rig, so now I can demo
ideas at home. There are a lot of cool riffs and melodies that we have
planned.
The whole band is ready to hit the road in the 3rd week of July for the
Dream Theater/Redemption/Into Eternity USA Tour! It will be a dream come
true to play some big venues again with one of our biggest influences, Dream
Theater. I never thought the day would come, where we would get to do a full on
tour with the Progressive Metal Gods DT! It will also be cool to see Ray
Alder sing every night with Redemption. Fates Warning was also an big
influence on our sound. Progressive Metal is a big part of Into Eternity.
We'll see everyone very soon on the road. Keep it metal!
I can't believe we are almost done another US tour. There are only 4 shows left for this killer package. We are in Portland tonight, trying to recover from last night. Maurizio from Kataklysm came out in Chicago. Chicago was an amazing gig for us! Denver was a highlight as well. Madison amps brought me my cabinet, so I have a full Madison rig now. Thanks again Andy!! The midwest shows were cool, but Vancouver topped them all I think. It's great to have the Canadian support as well! We met another fan with a cool IE tattoo last night. I'm still blown away when I see that! Jeff and Van (Nevermore) came out in Seattle and we had a few too many drinks with them. They are great guys and it was cool to hang with them again. Nevermore was one of the first really cool bands that we played with back in 2000/2001. They are still one of my all time favorite bands. The guys also brought along Tim Calvert (Nevermore/Forbidden). I was so happy to meet him. Forbidden were an amazing thrash metal band that I really dug growing up. I had Tim tell me road stories all through the evening. Stu would just look over at me and laugh because of my fan boy questions I had for him. I'm sure he was sick of all my questions. Forbidden RULES!
Thanks again to all the bands and crew members that were a part of this tour. There are still 4 shows to go, so we are going to enjoy every day as much as we can. We have one México headlining show April 15th and another headlining show in San Marcos April 17th. From there we head 30 hours back home to Canada. Thanks to all of our great fans that came out and supported our band. You all RULE!!! Hopefully we'll be back on the road in the USA very soon! Keep it metal!
TIM
April 4th, 2007 - road update from Sauget 04/03
Hi everyone,
This has been the most successful USA tour that we have ever done. Every night the crowd is insane! Usually they are cheering and screaming before the music even starts. We are going on every night around 8pm. If it's an early show we might be on at 7:45pm.
It's amazing to watch The Haunted, Dark Tranquility and Scar Symmetry every night. Each band is totally different and cool. I think this is a great package for the fans. Last night (Monday) we played for the first time in Kentucky. The fans were killer and we had a great time. Detroit, Grand Rapids, Toronto and West Virgina were also highlights for us on this tour. Philly and Worcester were the two biggest shows of the tour. We had a 30 minute signing in Worcester and a cool guy gave Stu a new Thor's Hammer. It was pretty cool! I can't believe how nice the fans have been to us. All of our touring is now paying off for us and we have friends/fans in every city. It's like playing a hometown show, but every night. I knew someday that this band would finally take off!
In Millvale I got a new guitar head that I'm using every night. It's a killer company called MADISON. Thanks to Andy for hooking me up! It has a killer metal sound.
Today (Tuesday) we are in Sauget and we are looking forward to hang out with everyone tonight. Last night Stu and I hooked up with DT for 7 pitchers of beer at a local pub. It was a rough night. When we got back to our RV, Per from the Haunted was waiting for us for a safety meeting.. ha! This is a tough life on the road! Thanks to Peter (The Haunted) for giving us props every night onstage! I thought that was cool of him.
keep it metal!
TIM
March 21st, 2007 - road update from Atlanta!
Hello everyone,
It feels great to be back on the road. Now we are rolling in our new RV, so we have a home on wheels. We did a quick 4 shows on the way down to start the tour. Winnipeg was killer, but it was -20 out! In St. Paul we played with a cool King Diamond cover band. The promoter Nathan owned a movie theater, so he set up a private viewing of the movie "300". It was the first time that ever happened! After 2 more killer shows in Milwaukee and Nashville, we headed to warm Florida. Orlando and St. Petersburg were both great cities. Thank you to the fans who brought the Canadian flag in St. Pete, maybe next time we can do an encore for you all! It was a great way to start the tour. The Haunted and Dark Tranquility are both killer bands and really nice people. I think this is going to be a really amazing tour for us! Tonight is Atlanta and the shows here always rule! See you all soon. Keep it metal!
TIM
February 26th, 2007 - Into Eternity shoot new video; prepare for the Metal For The Masses tour
Century Media: Into Eternity are currently gearing up for the inaugural Metal For The Masses tour, which will be co-headlined by Swedish titans The Haunted and Dark Tranquillity, with Scar Symmetry rounding out the stellar bill. The month-long trek kicks off on March 19th and marks the group's second U.S. run with new members Steve Bolognese (ex-Beyond The Embrace) on drums and Justin Bender on guitars.
Into Eternity just shot a new conceptual video for the track, "Timeless Winter", with up-and-coming director Don Thompson, and it's stunning imagery is sure to help it stand apart from the pack. Expect a spring premiere.
Tim Roth (guitars, vocals) checks in with the following report: "We are back to the snow and cold in our hometown again. The Destruction tour just ended in LA and the weather was perfect, so it was hard to leave. Thanks again to Schmier and Destruction for the friendship and overall great time! Also, we would like to send a huge thank you to all of our fans who came and supported the tour and drove hundreds of miles to see us. You all rule!
"Even though the tour ended in LA, our work was not yet over. We spent the whole next day shooting our new video for "Timeless Winter", and we ended up filming over seven hours of performance footage, along with a few hours for the conceptual segments. There was snow everywhere by the end of the shoot. Steve's drums had an inch on them by the time we were done. It was a lot of fun and I can't wait to see the final product.
"Now the band will be taking a week off before heading back to our jam spot to get ready for the Metal For The Masses tour. This will be the metal tour to see this year, without a doubt. This will also mark the second tour with our new members Steve and Justin who proved just how talented they are on the Destruction tour. This is the tightest Into Eternity lineup yet! We can't wait to see you all on the road."
January 27th, 2007 - Into Eternity debut new video on Headbangers Ball this weekend; on tour now with Destruction
Century Media: Into Eternity's stunning new video for the track "Severe Emotional Distress" will make its Headbangers Ball debut Saturday night, Jan. 27th on MTV2 at 10PM EST/7PM PST. The clip, shot by up-and-coming director Kevin Wildt (Set Your Goals, The Warriors), is a conceptual piece with a storyline that goes perfectly with the aggressiveness of the song and the meaning behind the lyrics. If you can’t wait to see it, click this link to check it
out now.
The group kicked off 2007 as direct support to the legendary Destruction, a trek that also marks the addition of new members Steve Bolognese (ex-Beyond The Embrace) on drums and Justin Bender on guitars. This is the group’s second run supporting "The Scattering Of Ashes", and fans can expect a blistering 40+ minute set. Municipal Waste and Hirax will also be joining the package for certain dates.
See the tour page for the complete itinerary or this forum thread (by Alina - thanks!) with all the ticket and club info!
January 9th, 2007 - Into Eternity hit the road with Destruction
Century Media: Into Eternity will kick off 2007 as direct support to the legendary Destruction, which kicks off at the Seattle Metalfest at The Showbox on Jan. 20th. This trek also marks the addition of new members Steve Bolognese (ex-Beyond The Embrace) on drums and Justin Bender on guitars. This is the group’s second run for this album’s touring cycle, and fans can expect a blistering 40+ minute set. Municipal Waste and Hirax will also be joining the package for certain dates; see the tour section for the complete itinerary.
Tim Roth (guitars, vocals) states: “We are pleased to announce our latest tour in support of thrash legends Destruction! I grew up on thrash metal, so it will be amazing to tour with the Destruction guys. It will be our first tour of 2007, and I can't think of a better way to get started. This going to be a high-energy package, and we can't wait to see everyone on the road. Keep it metal!”
December 7th, 2006 - new videos posted online, announce new members
Century Media: Into Eternity will kick off 2007 with a short run of headlining dates
leading them into a major U.S. tour this spring. This trek also marks the
addition of new members, Steve Bolognese (ex-Beyond The Embrace) on drums
and Justin Bender on guitars. Tim Roth (guitars, vocals) states: "We are
really excited to announce Steve and Justin as permanent members. Both will
be hitting the road with us in January. They figured all the music out by
ear, so I didn't have to teach them anything. That just blew me away. Steve
can do rapid-fire double-bass at 240 beats per minute, so the drumming on
the new album won't be a problem for him. Look for us on the road in the
U.S. this spring. See you soon."
Roth recently created a buzz on YouTube with his guitar lesson series, and
view the final installment below where he takes you
through the rhythm parts for the track "Eternal".
Into Eternity have had a phenomenal year that saw the release of a new
album, "The Scattering Of Ashes", which continues to be hailed by critics and
fans alike as a metal masterpiece, and a high profile run on Gigantour
alongside such genre titans as Megadeth, Lamb of God and Opeth. They
emerged as one of the fest's most talked about acts and quickly developed a
die-hard legion of fans along the way. Click below to check out a live
performance of "Severe Emotional Distress" from Gigantour.
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