News Archive - 2009
8/12/2009
NERVECELL to headline Metal Asylum in Dubai [December 11, 2009]
 
Hey guys!

Nervecell will be performing a headlining show at Metal Asylum (Rockwell Bar / Capitol Hotel) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates this coming Friday December 11, 2009 with Perversion, Crow and 2 Zero 2.

Doors open at 9pm. Click on the flyer below for info:
 

 
Cheers!

NERVECELL
4/12/2009
NERVECELL official ONLINE STORE!
 
Hey guys

The official NERVECELL ONLINE STORE is now up and running on store.nervecell.net

Order official Nervecell merchandising (T-shirts, CDs etc.) online and make your payment securely via PayPal. We ship worldwide!

Thanks for your support.

Nervecell

21/11/2009

NERVECELL to tour with SUFFOCATION in Europe / UK - March 2010

 

We are very proud to announce that NERVECELL is now confirmed to tour Europe / UK with US Death Metal legends SUFFOCATION! The tour entitled Legacy of Blood European Tour 2010 will be taking place in March 2010. Also appearing on this tour are Annotations of An Autopsy (UK), Fleshgod Apocalypse (Italy) and Burning The Masses (US).

It's a great honor for us to tour with Suffocation, as they have been a major musical influence on every member of Nervecell. We grew up listening to Suffocation and to go on the road with them is just mind-blowing for us! The band is proud to be the first from the Middle East to tour alongside one of the fore fathers of the death metal scene.

Nervecell have recently completed 2 successful European tours in June/July & October 2009 - European Festival Tour 2009 and Preaching Venom European Tour 2009 and we cannot wait to return to perform for the killer European audiences early next year with Suffocation.
 
Legacy of Blood European Tour 2010 dates:
 

12.03.10 Holland, Utrecht @ Tivoli   
13.03.10 Germany, Karlsruhe @ Substage  
14.03.10 Germany, Hamburg @ Markthalle   
15.03.10 Denmark, Aarhus @ Voxhall   
16.03.10 Germany, Berlin @ Columbia Club  
17.03.10 Poland, Warsaw @ Klub Progresja  
18.03.10 Slovakia, Bratislava @ Randal  
19.03.10 Czech Rep, Prague @ Chmelnice   
20.03.10 Germany, Leipzig @ Conne Island  
21.03.10 Austria, Graz @ Seifenfabrik   
22.03.10 Austria, Wien @ Arena  
23.03.10 Slovenia, Ljubljana @ Kino Siska  
24.03.10 Germany, München @ Feierwerk  
25.03.10 Italy, Arcene  @ Soundtrack Club  
26.03.10 Italy, Rome @ Blackout Club  
27.03.10 Italy, Pinarella di Cervia @ Rock Planet  
28.03.10 Switzerland, Erstfeld @ Transilvania
29.03.10 France, Paris @ Glazart   
30.03.10 UK, London @ Underworld  
31.03.10 Ireland, Dublin @ Whelans   
01.04.10 UK, Leeds @ Rios  
02.04.10 UK, Birmingham @ O2 Academy 2  
03.04.10 Germany, Essen @ Turock, Death Feast Open Air Warm Up  
04.04.10 Belgium, Antwerpen @ Trix  

 

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Cheers!
Nervecell
18/11/2009
NERVECELL live in Sri Lanka with AS I LAY DYING!
 

Hey guys!

We would like to announce that Nervecell will be performing live in Colombo, Sri Lanka on December 19, 2009 with AS I LAY DYING. We had played with AILD at Dubai Desert Rock Festival 2008 and it's really great to be sharing the stage with them once again, only this time in a whole new country!

This will be Nervecell's first ever live show in Sri Lanka and the band is really looking forward to see some crazy Sri Lankan metal fans come down and go crazy!!!

The show will be taking place in Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka – December 19, 2009

For more info visit www.asilaydying.lk

Cheers!

Nervecell

17/11/2009
New live videos @ Metal Asylum (Dubai, 9/10/09) posted online
 
New live videos from NERVECELL's latest headlining show in Dubai @ Metal Asylum (Rockwell Bar - 9/10/2009) now posted online. Watch them on the following links on YouTube:
 
Demean
Existence Ceased
Human Chaos
 
Thanks to our friends at Fullstop Productions for filming and producing the videos!
26/10/2009
NERVECELL "Preaching Venom" Out Now In Europe!
 
Greetings!

We are proud to announce that today, October 26th 2009, NERVECELL "Preaching Venom" CD is officially released in stores all across Europe on Lifeforce Records. This has been a moment that we were all looking forward to in the band since our signing with Lifeforce Records this August 2009 and we are eager for the European fans to finally have their official release of our album which was originally released in the Middle East and North Africa.

The CD was mixed at Hertz Studio (VADER, DECAPITATED, HATE) in Poland by Wieslawscy Bros. and was mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music (SEPULTURA, SUFFOCATION, UNEARTH) in New Windsor, New York. The album's artwork was created by Dennis Sibeijn (ABORTED, ALL SHALL PERISH, JOB FOR A COWBOY).

This European release of "Preaching Venom" includes the band’s 2004 EP "Human Chaos" (5 tracks) as a bonus!

 

 
Do grab your copy today at your nearest store in Europe and you can also purchase the album online from any of the following links:
 
Lifeforce Records Store
Amazon (Germany)
Amazon (UK)
Amazon (France)
iTunes
CDON.com
 
Stay tuned for the summary of NERVECELL's latest tour – Preaching Venom European Tour 2009 which took place Sep/Oct 2009. Lots of cool photos of the tour will be posted!
 
Until then CRANK IT UP!
NERVECELL
11/10/2009
Preorder NERVECELL "Preaching Venom" CD + T-shirt deal!
 
Hey guys!

For a limited period you can now preorder "Preaching Venom" CD + exclusive T-shirt + autographed poster on Lifeforce Records store online for just Euros 20 + shipping.

CD comes with Nervecell's "Human Chaos" 5-track EP as a bonus!

CLICK HERE TO ORDER

"Preaching Venom" will be in stores officially all across Europe on October 26th 2009

Cheers!

NERVECELL

 

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7/10/2009
NERVECELL to headline Metal Asylum in Dubai
 
Hey everyone!

Nervecell are scheduled to headline Metal Asylum show at Rockwell Bar / Capitol Hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Friday October 9, 2009 with Wasted Land, Crow and Point of View.

Doors open at 9pm. Click on the flyer below for info:
 

 
See you all there!

NERVECELL
3/9/2009
NERVECELL to begin "Preaching Venom" European Tour (Sep/Oct 2009)
 

Hey guys,

Nervecell will be heading back to Europe this weekend to kick off the band's "Preaching Venom" European Tour during September / October 2009. The first date on the tour will mark the band's debut performance in The Netherlands at Occultfest on September 5, 2009.

We will be playing a number of club shows in between some of the previously confirmed festivals scheduled to take place in September and October 2009.

We had an absolute blast performing at this year's European summer festivals (Wacken Open Air, With Full Force, Rock AM Ring, Rock IM Park ad others) and we certainly can’t wait to get back out on the road again!

 
Nervecell "Preaching Venom" European 2009 Tour dates:
 
5/9 - Netherlands, Hoogeveen @ Occultfest
 
10/9 - Netherlands, Den Haag @ De Vinger Club
 
11/9- Netherlands, Tilburg @ Little Devil Club
 
12/9 - Netherlands, Den Haag @ Rockkroeg Kanslös Club
 
18/9 - Germany, Halle @ Marktwirtschaft Club
 
19/9 - Austria,  Marchtrenk @ New Jam Festival (headlining)
 
20/9 - Austria, Vienna @ Escape Metalcorner Club
 

25/9 - Netherlands, Amsterdam @ The Cave Club

 
26/9 - Belgium, Antwerp @ De Rots Club
 

2/10 - Germany, Lichtenfels @ Way of Darkness Festival (w/ Cannibal Corpse, Malevolent Creation, Vader & more)

 

3/10 - Belgium, Namur @ Mass Deathtruction Festival (w/ Vader, Madruk & more)

 

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Looking forward to seeing you all there!

Cheers!
NERVECELL
17/8/2009

NERVECELL signs with LIFEFORCE RECORDS!

 

After months of discussions, negotiations and debates on seeking a secure label for our latest album "Preaching Venom", and the future of Nervecell during these difficult times in the record industry, the long awaited chase has indeed come to an end. We are proud to announce that Nervecell has now officially signed to Lifeforce Records and to say that we are thrilled about it is the understatement of the year!!! We honestly feel that this new relationship with Lifeforce is a great accomplishment and one that many once thought was impossible for a metal band based in the Middle East; but as the Nervecell legacy will tell, we are no strangers to breaking boundaries and crushing the limitations that we have constantly faced during the last 9 years in our career as a Dubai based death metal band. Having said that, to be the first band originating from Dubai to ever be on a label is a pretty cool bonus and yet another record broken! To have Lifeforce Records backing us today and strongly believing in our music, we feel honored and rest assured we look forward to cooperating with them as we know this will only lead to bigger and better opportunities for the band. Together with a strong team at Lifeforce Records and with label mates such as Heaven Shall Burn, Nightrage and The Faceless we are confident that the future is bright...and well, we really couldn’t be happier!

Commented Lifeforce CEO Stefan Lüdicke: "After meeting the guys at this year's With Full Force festival, it was an easy decision for us to say that we need to work with Nervecell. We hardly ever met a band with such strong work ethic and with the highly professional team of people working for the band it will be a great pleasure for us to get the name Nervecell out to the world."

"Preaching Venom" will be Nervecell's debut on Lifeforce Records and is scheduled to be released in stores all across Europe on October 26, 2009.

 

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For more info visit:
www.lifeforcerecords.com
www.myspace.com/nervecell
 
Cheers!
NERVECELL
30/7/2009
Testament’s Alex Skolnick comments on Nervecell!
 
Wow, we are absolutely shocked and can’t believe it! After doing an interview for Total Rock radio station (UK) with Anna Phoebe, we received an e-mail telling us Testament’s lead guitarist Alex Skolnick had a little something to say about us and ended up personally sending us this little voice message. It really blew us away that someone who we admire so much and who we have been inspired by, actually gave us a listen, thanks Alex!

CLICK HERE to download MP3 [Right click & save target as to download]

Or Zipped File (MP3) CLICK HERE

We’re heading to Germany today to perform at Wacken Open Air 20th Anniversary on Saturday July 31st and we're really looking forward for it!

Cheers

Nervecell

20/7/2009
Tour Diary Video #1 - Nervecell European Festival Tour 2009
 
Hey guys!

Watch the tour diary video (part 1) of Nervecell's European Festival Tour 2009 covering Rock Im Park Festival 2009 (Germany), Rock Am Ring Festival 2009 (Germany) and Metal GDL Festival 2009 (Portugal) and on the road footage. Many thanks to Adnan Mryhij for the editing.

Watch it below or click here

 
 
Cheers!

Nervecell

 
13/7/2009
Photos @ With Full Force Festival 2009 posted online
 

Greetings everyone!

Nervecell photos at With Full Force Festival 2009 (Germany) are now posted online on these links:

 
Live photos - CLICK HERE

Misc. photos - CLICK HERE

 

Nervecell had an absolute blast at With Full Force which was definitely by far the best European festival we have experienced on this tour to date. It was great to meet up with some of our old friends and bands at the festival. Thanks to the organizers for treating us so well and for putting together such a killer line up this year. We hope to come back and see all you crazy people in the pits again!

A tour diary (video) will be posted online this week so stay tuned for that!

Nervecell will be performing at Wacken Open Air 2009 in Germany – July 31st. Hope to see you all there!

Prost!

Nervecell

2/7/2009
New European Dates in September / October!
 
Nervecell have added 3 new European dates to the fall tour set to take place in September / October 2009. Nervecell will be performing at Mass Deathtruction Festival 2009 in Namur, Belgium - October 3rd with Vader, Marduk and more. See poster below:
 

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In addition Nervecell will be performing at Marktwirtschaft Club in Hölle/Saale, Germany - September 18th and at Escape Metalcorner Club in Vienna, Austria - September 20th.

Below is a list of confirmed dates set to take place in September / October 2009:

Sep 5 - Occultfest (Hoogeveen, Netherlands)

Sep 18 - Marktwirtschaft Club (Hölle/Saale, Germany)

Sep 19 - New Jam Festival (Marchtrenk, Austria)

Sep 20 - Escape Metalcorner Club (Vienna, Austria)

Oct 2 - Way of Darkness Festival (Lichtenfels, Germany) – View poster

Oct 3 - Mass Deathtruction Festival (Namur, Belgium) – View poster

There will be more dates added to the tour in the weeks ahead, stay tuned!

Catch Nervecell live at With Full Force Festival in Leipzig, Germany on the Main Stage this Saturday - July 4th 2009. For more info visit www.withfullforce.de

See you there!

NERVECELL

 
18/6/2009
Photos @ Rock Im Park, Rock Am Ring & Metal GDL 2009 Festivals posted online + live tracks
 
Hey guys!

Nervecell photos at Rock Im Park & Rock Am Ring 2009 festivals (Germany) and Metal GDL 2009 festival (Portugal) are now posted online. Check them out on the links below:

 
Rock Im Park Live Photos
Rock Am Ring Live Photos
Rock Im Park / Rock Am Ring Misc. Photos
Metal GDL Live Photos
Metal GDL Misc. Photos
 
Many thanks to Lana Helweh, Fab Souil for the photos
 
You can also stream / buy Nervecell's live performance tracks at Rock Im Park & Rock Am Ring festivals exclusively via Concert Online on this link:
http://concert-online.com/en/artist/4595/live-recordings/Nervecell.html
 
Thanks to everyone who came and supported us, we had a great time!
 
+ Latest Nervecell interviews:
 
Alternate Zone (Netherlands)
Shouscene (Dubai)
City Times (Dubai)
7 Days (Dubai)
Gulf News (Dubai)
 
Cheers!
Nervecell
4/6/2009
Nervecell European Festival tour updates via Twitter
 
Hey everyone!

We're heading off to Germany today starting our first show of the Nervecell European Festival Tour at Rock Im Park festival, right after we're going to Portugal to perform Metal GDL Festival and then back to Germany for Rock Am Ring. For more info see our tour dates.

You can now receive instant updates of our tour via Twitter. Just check out our page www.twitter.com/nervecellband and feel free to join!

Cheers
Nervecell
19/5/2009
More European Festival dates announced
 

Hello everyone!

Nervecell are proud to announce the addition of 3 new festivals to the band's current European Festival Tour 2009 which is soon underway next month. Nervecell are now scheduled to perform at Way of Darkness Festival in Germany (with Cannibal Corpse, Malevolent Creation, Vader, Marduk and more), New Jam Festival (headlining) in Austria and Occultfest 2009 in The Netherlands.

Nervecell have also previously confirmed their performance at the 4 biggest German Rock/Metal festivals set to take place this year – Wacken Open Air, With Full Force, Rock AM Ring & Rock IM Park, with the addition of Portugal’s Metal GDL Festival.

 

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Nervecell European Festival Tour 2009 dates:
 

Rock IM Park Festival

(Nürnberg, Germany) – June 5, 2009
 

Metal GDL Festival

(Grandola, Portugal) – June 6, 2009

 

Rock AM Ring Festival

(Nürburgring, Germany) – June 7, 2009
 

With Full Force Festival

(Leipzig, Germany) – July 4, 2009
 

Wacken Open Air Festival

(Wacken, Germany) – July 31, 2009
 

Occultfest

(Hoogeveen, Netherlands) – Sep 5, 2009
 

New Jam Festival [headlining]

(Linz, Austria) – Sep 19, 2009

 

Way of Darkness Festival

(Lichtenfels, Germany) – Oct 2, 2009
 
Mass Deathtruction Festival
(Namur, Belgium) - October 3, 2009
 

Quoted the band: “Since 2001 when the band first started playing local shows we have always dreamt of taking our music overseas and always wondered how cool it would be to play on those mighty European festivals and share the stage with the bands that have influenced us! It's such a great felling to look back at that and realize that 8 years later our dedication to music has now given us what we had longed for, the chance to prove ourselves to the 30,000 – 80,000 metalheads that will be present at some of these festivals! This truly is the pinnacle of our career and we are sure it's going to be a blast!”

 

In other news, catch Nervecell live on Dubai Eye 103.8 FM on the show "Open Mic" - May 30th 2009, 9pm

 
Cheers!
Nervecell
16/5/2009
The Metal Forge "Preaching Venom" CD review
 
Another killer "Preaching Venom" CD review by Australian metal webzine The Metal Forge - "Let whoever listens in on Nervecell be warned but this music is not for the faint of heart". 9/10 - Read the review by CLICKING HERE

Cheers!
NERVECELL
27/4/2009
Rock Hard Magazine (Germany) "Preaching Venom" CD review
 
Hey what's up! Check out the new "Preaching Vemon" CD review by the well known Rock Hard Magazine (Germany). Click here to read it.

Cheers!
Nervecell

30/3/2009
Nervecell confirmed for WACKEN OPEN AIR 2009 & ROCK AM RING / ROCK IM PARK 2009
 
Greetings everyone!

We are proud to announce that NERVECELL will be performing live at Wacken Open Air (20th Anniversary) and Rock AM Ring / Rock IM Park festivals this summer in Germany. In addition, Nervecell have already confirmed to appear at With Full Force Festival (Germany) and Metal GDL Festival (Portugal) this summer.

 
So far these are the confirmed festival appearances for Nervecell in 2009:
 
Rock IM Park Festival (Germany) - June 5, 2009
Metal GDL Festival (Portugal) - June 6, 2009
Rock AM Ring Festival (Germany) - June 7, 2009
With Full Force Festival (Germany) - July 4, 2009
Wacken Festival (Germany) - July 31, 2009
 
The band is really excited and looking forward to appear at Europe's biggest festivals this summer!

More European dates will be announced soon so stay tuned!

NERVECELL

27/3/2009
Swedish TV (SVT2) interview posted online
 
Hello everyone

Watch the latest NERVECELL interview on the Swedish TV channel SVT2 (the "Kobra" show) online by CLICKING HERE. The interview also features Dubai Desert Rock Festival 2009, Opeth and others (please note the interview is in Swedish).

Nervecell
23/3/2009
Dubai Desert Rock Festival '09 / Beyond The Venom Tour photos!
 

Hails!

As most of you may know we have just completed the "Beyond The Venom" mini Dubai tour which consisted of local club venues and of course our slot at the mighty Dubai Desert Rock Festival 2009 which took place earlier this month. As expected all the shows turned out to be fabulous, especially the club shows where the fans were literally on the stages with us! Big thanks go out to all our fans and friends who came out to the shows and to the promoters for keeping the scene alive and for the killer support towards Nervecell.

Extra special thanks go out to our crew from hell for their awesome work on this tour; Ahmed "That Guy" Al-Sharif, Adnan "Head" Mryhij, Phil Ortiguero, Farkad Sakran and last but not the least Serg Lutfi.

 
Dubai Desert Rock Festival 2009 photos:
Live photos – CLICK HERE
Misc. photos – CLICK HERE
 

Beyond The Venom Dubai Tour 2009 photos:

Live photos – CLICK HERE

Misc. photos – CLICK HERE 
 

CLICK HERE to watch the live video of "Vicious Circle of Bloodshed" at Club Submarine (Strong South’s Death Row Event, Dubai - 28.2.2009). Video produced by Ahmad “That Guy” Sharif.

Huge thanks to the following people for the great photos; Jit, Hein, Crom, Lana Helweh, Ahmed "That Guy" Al-Sharif, Lama Helweh, Mohammed Taifi and Nick England.

14/2/2009
Beyond The Venom...Live in Dubai (3 new headlining shows!)
 

Nervecell have now included an additional 3 headlining shows live in Dubai prior to the band’s Desert Rock Festival performance set to take place on March 6, 2009.

The band is really looking forward to tear down the home stages back to back and plan to continue touring outside the U.A.E through the rest of the year in support of the latest release "Preaching Venom". So don’t forget to mark your calendars and catch Nervecell live at the following dates:

27.2.2009...Touch Bar, Four Points Sheraton (Rock Nation) - 12 midnight

28.2.2009...Submarine Club, Dhow Palace Hotel (The Strong South Event) - 12 midnight

6.3.2009....Desert Rock Festival @ Dubai Festival City (with Motorhead, Opeth, Arch Enemy, Chimaira & others)

7.3.2009...Jimmy Dix Club, Movenpick Hotel (Metal Asylum) - 10 pm

Click here or on the image below to see the flyer/poster for more details.

 

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Stay tuned for more live dates to be confirmed!

NERVECELL

28/1/2009
Nervecell confirmed for WITH FULL FORCE FESTIVAL 2009 & METAL GDL FESTIVAL 2009
 

Happy New Year everyone!

We are aware it’s a bit too late for the wishes but we wanted to kick start the new year with nothing but GREAT news for you all.

As you may already know we had recently confirmed our appearance at the next Dubai Desert Rock Festival taking place on March 6th this year in Dubai which will be an absolute killer line-up (click here for poster) and as always we look forward to playing to our loyal home crowd yet again.

We now confirm that Nervecell will also be performing at 2 more major festivals in Europe this summer, which are With Full Force Festival 2009, one of the biggest metal festivals in Europe (line up includes DIMMU BORGIR, HATEBREED, CARCASS, AMON AMARTH and many more, (click here for poster) taking place on 3-5 July, 2009 in Löbnitz, Germany.

The second festival will be Metal GDL Festival 2009 (click here for poster) taking place on the 5th & 6th of June, 2009 in Portugal. Metal GDL is one of the leading metal festivals in Portugal and has featured Devil Driver, Krisiun and Hatesphere among others in the line up last year. Stay tuned as the 2009 line-up will be revealed very soon.

This now marks Nervecell’s return to Europe and the band are eager to unleash the tunes of our latest album "Preaching Venom" for the European audiences finally!

Stay tuned for more tour dates to be confirmed soon. The credit crises may be upon us but the METAL will always be alive!!!

Cheers!

NERVECELL

16/1/2009
'Demean' Official video posted online
 

Hello everyone!

After a long wait, we have finally released our brand new official video for the song ‘Demean’ online. The video was filmed and directed by Ahmad “That Guy” Sharif. Do check it out below or click here


 

In other news our latest album “Preaching Venom” was listed as No.6 on Metaleater.com Top 25 Releases of 2008, by Brian Davis, as well as listed in the High Expectations of 2009 list quoting; “NERVECELL - bring the crushing brilliance of "Preaching Venom" to American stages. Please. I'm not to proud to beg if that will help…”. Do check out full lists by clicking here

Stay tuned for more news very soon!

NERVECELL

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