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11.15.2003
The first Annual Templars Of Doom
On June 19th, 2004, The first Annual Templars Of Doom
Fest will be held in the wasteland of the United States known to all as Indianapolis Indiana.
Several bands have already confirmed and many others have been contacted. A full list will be issued shortly as well as a web site that will be launched.
I will update you to the progress of this. For more info you can contact Templarsofdoom@yahoo.com
Jason McCash
The Gates Of Slumber
On June 19th, 2004, The first Annual Templars Of Doom
Fest will be held in the wasteland of the United States known to all as Indianapolis Indiana.
Several bands have already confirmed and many others have been contacted. A full list will be issued shortly as well as a web site that will be launched.
I will update you to the progress of this. For more info you can contact Templarsofdoom@yahoo.com
Jason McCash
The Gates Of Slumber
Short Life Crisis (News & Updates)
Joshua Poupard has joined S.L.C. as a second guitarist. We had our first practice with him and he is catching on quickly.
Tour Dates for the our late winter/early spring tour will start being added to the shows page soon. Be sure to keep checking back to see when we are coming your town.
We have a show Dec. 20th at Graffitis in Dallas. Demure, Crimson Thirst and Enami will also be playing. We arent playing a whole lot of local shows so make sure you make it out to this one.
Be sure to sign up in our forum and join in on the discussions.
http://www.shortlifecrisis.net
Joshua Poupard has joined S.L.C. as a second guitarist. We had our first practice with him and he is catching on quickly.
Tour Dates for the our late winter/early spring tour will start being added to the shows page soon. Be sure to keep checking back to see when we are coming your town.
We have a show Dec. 20th at Graffitis in Dallas. Demure, Crimson Thirst and Enami will also be playing. We arent playing a whole lot of local shows so make sure you make it out to this one.
Be sure to sign up in our forum and join in on the discussions.
http://www.shortlifecrisis.net
MERRY METAL CHRISTMAS fest ( Baltimore Md)
December 20, 2003 (Saturday)
Thunder Dome - Baltimore Md
"MERRY METAL CHRISTMAS" fest
fearturing:
*Gorman Prophecy
*HTD
*Non-Existence
*and other artists.
OPEN BAR from 8pm-9pm w/buffet
Tickets $7.00
GORMAN PROPHECY www.gormanprophecy.com
CMT Productions www.cmtproductions.com
P.O. Box 263 ~ Denton, MD 21629 (410.482.9602)
Screaming Ferret Wreckords www.screamingferret.com
Dirtbag Clothing ("Wear it 'til it stinks!")www.dirtbagclothing.com
December 20, 2003 (Saturday)
Thunder Dome - Baltimore Md
"MERRY METAL CHRISTMAS" fest
fearturing:
*Gorman Prophecy
*HTD
*Non-Existence
*and other artists.
OPEN BAR from 8pm-9pm w/buffet
Tickets $7.00
GORMAN PROPHECY www.gormanprophecy.com
CMT Productions www.cmtproductions.com
P.O. Box 263 ~ Denton, MD 21629 (410.482.9602)
Screaming Ferret Wreckords www.screamingferret.com
Dirtbag Clothing ("Wear it 'til it stinks!")www.dirtbagclothing.com
Brand new interview with GORE BEYOND NECROPSY
Brand new interview with GORE BEYOND NECROPSY can now be read on the
Braindead webzine. Check it out!
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/braindead
Brand new interview with GORE BEYOND NECROPSY can now be read on the
Braindead webzine. Check it out!
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/braindead
CONCERT ANNOUNCEMENT (ST. LOUIS)
2nd Annual Thanksgiving Metalfest
Featuring Lacuna Coil & Dog Fashion Disco w/Realm, 13 Days, Final Drive, Byproduct & Krammit
$10
All Ages
Saturday, November 29th
(Tickets on sale now at all Ticketmaster locations.)
LACUNA COIL BIO
Throughout history, Italy has been known for blending the classic with the innovative. In the musical realm, Milans prolific Lacuna Coil has best translated the dichotomy of this Italian consciousness.
With three full-length albums and two EPs released in a 4-year span, each offering has furthered the enunciation of the subtle, solemn beauty Lacuna Coil creates. Signifying "empty spiral" in English, the definition betrays the rich versatility of their music. Comalies, their offering for 2002, maturely exhibits the trademarked gothic overtones and simplistic melancholy of their haunting musical landscape. Leaving all comparisons to Draconian Times-era Paradise Lost and The Gathering's
Mandylion-era behind, Lacuna Coil bring miraculous eloquence to their collision of melody and metal.
Originally formed in 1996, the band teamed up with producer Waldemar Sorychta (Sentenced, Samael, Tiamat) in 1998. Their songwriting talents
immediately evident, Terrorizer Magazine hailed Lacuna Coil's
self-titled debut as "superb, and its strength soon weakens whatever resistance you may have had after repeated plays." 1999 proved to be the band's
most eventful year, with an impressive tour schedule in support of that year's release, In A Reverie, also produced by Sorychta. Sharing stages
with Skyclad, My Insanity, Grip Inc., and Samael, they debuted at the esteemed Dynamo Open Air Festival in The Netherlands, the Metal Mania Festival in Poland, and Italy's prestigious Gods Of Metal Festival. Following an appearance at the Altheimer Open Air Festival, they toured with Swiss gothic legends Lacrimosa and reaped the praise of fellow musicians, critics, and new-found fans. With the demand for Lacuna Coil's music suddenly escalating, they released the Halflife EP (recorded in Damage
Inc. Studio in Ventimiglia, Italy) as a gift to their European community of fans in the year 2000.
Welcoming Waldemar Sorychta back into the producer's chair at Woodhouse Studios to assist them with recording 2001's Unleashed Memories, this
album (released in North America with the previously unavailable
Halflife EP) lavished the band with much-deserved acclaim. Praised by Alternative Press for their "supersize chords that nearly burst into flame,
gorgeous three-part harmonies and chill-inducing melodies that recycle in your head for days" and earning a special mention in Billboard Magazine's Hard Music Spotlight for their "compelling mixture of seductive melodies and aggressive riffs," the band embarked on their first North
American tour with labelmates Moonspell in the winter of 2001. Metal Maniacs documented their live show to be "a sensory overload of the highest
order. In one word: intoxicating."
It is indeed difficult not to get pulled into the dream-like quality of the world Lacuna Coil creates, which floods you with a myriad of heavy and hypnotic sounds. The epic feel of their latest melodic invention, Comalies, will quickly lead to you believe that an incredibly personal epiphany is about to happen. Each song contributes to the build-up,
encouraging introspection while documenting the sadness that this particular journey uncovers. Upholding the emotive yin/yang tradition of vocal interplay between the dulcet tones of Cristina Scabbia and the
deliberate vocals of her male singing partner Andrea Ferro, Comalies is another
dynamic exploration of Lacuna Coil's soulfully somber and stunningly enigmatic musical alchemy.
DOG FASHION DISCO BIO
2001's Anarchists Of Good Taste was a breakthrough for Dog Fashion Disco. The blood and sweat that came from several years plugging away in and around the bands Washington DC homeland and several tracks from
three independently released recordings all went into the Spitfire Records debut, and the resulting resounding critical acclaim spurned numerous opportunities for the group.
The band spent a year and a half on the road, hitting Europe for the
first time and logging miles across North America with artists as
disparate as System Of A Down (whose Serj Tankian made a guest appearance on Anarchists of Good Taste), Stone Temple Pilots, P.O.D., Mindless Self
Indulgence, Mushroomhead, Nothingface and Primer 55.
The relentless touring combined with almost unanimously positive press coverage and radio support at both the college and commercial levels, exposing Dog Fashion Disco to hundreds of thousands of new fans. To say
the future is bright is an understatement. In fact, that is the name of the bands much-anticipated follow-up release, Committed to a Bright Future.
The sentiment isnt Pollyanna sanguinity, nor is it self-deprecating cynicism. Actually, its a little of both. We were being
optimistic and sarcastic at the same time, explains vocalist Todd Smith. Weve always been committed to doing everything that we can to help this band succeed, but we also realize how hard it is to really break
through.
Making the task somewhat easier is the fact that Committed to a Bright Future is as powerful a statement as youre likely to hear. As opposed to the previous release, which featured rerecorded versions of
material that dated back to the bands inception, the new disc was written almost entirely in a two-month span before they entered the studio. This gives the record a seamless, cohesive feel that the first disc lacked.
The albums more Straightforward, agrees Smith, but its
also because we wanted to write songs that transferred well live and made for a really energetic concert. Audiences absorbed the old stuff, but it wasnt the kind of thing that got kids jumping around, beating the crap out of each other, and we love that. We wanted to write songs that
would just pummel you in the face for 45 minutes.
The crazed keyboard flourishes, time-changing insanity and
stream-of-conscious lyrics that the bands deemed evil circus music and had critics invoking the name Mike Patton remain, but the melodic aspects of Dog Fashion Disco have never been displayed more prominently than on
Committed to a Bright Future. It is this accessibility on cuts such as
the jazzy Worm in A Dogs Heart, the riff-roaring Plastic
Surgeons and the hidden cover of Grease that separates the band
from their one-dimensional peers.
Im a big fan of pop music and I think theres a sense of that
in our music, the singer admits without hesitation. I grew up with
Kiss, Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, bands that wrote great songs whose melodies youd sing for two weeks after two listens. I dont think that
being catchy is a negative. We want something people can sing along with.
After the recording of the disc, the band amicably parted ways with
their original guitarist and drummer, replacing them with Jasan Stepp, a friend from the DC scene, and Mike Oliver, a New Yorker whom the bands manager introduced them to, respectively. I know its a clich, Smith laughs, but I swear, in all fairness to the other guys, this band has never worked as well as it does now, and the live show is
unstoppable.
Its a live show that Dog Fashion Disc plans on unleashing nightly
for as long as we can physically stand, says the vocalist.
Were going to be on the road for a year solid at least, boldly
predicts Smith. This is what we do, this is what weve waited our whole lives to do, and this is what we want. We took some great steps on the last album, and were proud of that, but were looking to the future now. A very bright future, needless to say.
ALSO ANNOUNCED
Chimaira
w/Soilwork, Bleeding Through, As I Lie Dying & KrimZin
$13 Advance/$15 Day Of Show
All Ages
Monday, December 15th
(Tickets on sale now at all Ticketmaster locations.)
If there is one band that possesses the essential elements necessary to break big in the heavy metal scene, it's Cleveland's Chimaira. With its
blood-boiling new album The Impossibility Of Reason, Chimaira is postured to set a new standard: The New Wave Of American Heavy Metal.
As any metal historian/critic/fan is well aware of, the 80s saw the
invasion of British metal acts, Iron Maiden and Venom among them, deemed the "New Wave Of British Heavy Metal" or "NWOBHM". Chimaira will be leading the charge of NWOAHM on domestic shores with The Impossibility Of
Reason, an album that is 100% trend free. Armed with an unflappable work ethic, and an album so kinetic and fevered that it blows away all past efforts, Chimaira has metal in its DNA.
Chimaira, which takes its unique name from a mythological beast
comprised of several disparate animals, has established a solid, dedicated, and vast fan base with 1999's This Present Darkness (East Coast Empire) and 2001's Roadrunner Records' debut, Pass Out Of Existence. A touring
machine, Chimaira has hit the road with Slayer, Fear Factory, Machine Head, and Danzig. In addition to these great support slots, the band has also struck out on its own headlining tours, where the six-piece possessed the blue-collar wherewithal to support itself.
Pass Out Of Existence is Chimaira's foundation, but the band hardly rested on its laurels when it came time to make The Impossibility Of Reason. "This is a more mature record," says singer Mark Hunter. "But at the
same time, it's more in your face. Whether it's the heaviest, or the
most melodic, tame song, it's full on." Chimaira fans are going to get what they are looking for and then some with The Impossibility Of Reason. "It's everything our fans love, but with something else," offers Hunter. Whereas other bands balk at and fear change, Chimaira embraced it, on
several levels, for The Impossibility Of Reason. "Look at some of the most notorious metal bands out there," says Hunter. "You can't put on
any of their records without noticing a change from record to record. That is what we strive to do. We feel we've shown a lot of growth and musicianship." Lead guitarist Rob Arnold concurs, "We all had a certain motivation about the music we wanted to create. The fury. The speed. The
aggression. We learned a lot from being on the road."
Sonically, Chimaira focused on crafting an album that ignores current metal trends such as rapping, guest appearances, and scoffs at any traces of "nu" metal. "The Impossibility Of Reason is less futuristic than
the last record. The programming is more subsonic, and it's more of a dark synth style," Hunter explains. "The low sub tones make you feel you like you are inside the record. It's the darkest thing we have ever done. We changed tunings. We tuned to C, the darkest key." Further beefing
up the new, improved Chimaira sound is the new voices Hunter used. On tour, he was able to hone his voice, and when recording The Impossibility Of Reason, he found voices he had never used before or even knew he had.
Lyrically, while The Impossibility Of Reason is not a concept album,
Hunter traces three prevalent themes: rejection, revenge, and
repercussion. "Lyrically, we always try to have songs that our fans can relate to. Everyone has been rejected. Everyone has gotten revenge in some form or
another. We know a lot of these lyrics will strike a nerve, especially
with what is going on in today's society," admits Hunter. The
Impossibility Of Reason is sonically a dark album, but Chimaira chose to represent the album's artwork in white tones. Since metal is often associated
with black, Chimaira bucked the trend and drenched the artwork in blinding, stark, Kubrick-esque style tones, in an effort to let the music scream for itself.
The Impossibility Of Reason is a personal album for Chimaira, in that everyone that participated in non-musical areas of the record grew up with the band, from the artist to the photographer to the producer. The band chose producer Ben Schigel (who fronts his own band Switched) to
man the boards, for very specific reasons. "He has been recording members of this band for 8 or 9 years, when we were in our other bands," says Hunter. "This record was less polished, so we wanted to go with someone who could keep us raw. He knows our band like we know it." Hunter and
Arnold also co-produced the effort. "Mark and I are always in the studio," says Arnold. "We were there every minute of every day. We wanted screaming guitars and booming drums. We wanted to be a part of that
process of getting everything to sound a certain way."
This collaborative effort was also able to give each song on The
Impossibility Of Reason its own distinct identity. Arnold admits that horns-in-the-air guitar solos are something prevalent on the album. "We're going back to the era of ripping out leads and growing out the hair", he
exclaims. "The album is so much more guitar driven." Arnold even goes so far to admit, "standing on the side of the stage, watching Kerry King of Slayer play for six weeks, had a lot to do with what came out of me musically."
"Down Again" defines Chimaira's dynamic ability. "Pure Hatred" is the most pulverizing song, which is an easy guess, given the blunt title.
"That is the song everyone will relate to. It's the final act of revenge, and the chorus is "I hate everyone," says Hunter. The song is devastating enough to elicit comparisons to Pantera's quintessential "Fuck You"
anthem "Walk". The title track, according to Arnold, has fast paced heavy guitars with insane drums, and "a groove... that all familiar groove that we are known for. Then, the chorus hits the listener like a ton of bricks. When the ending comes in, you realize this is a changed band, and that you are hearing something special."
On The Impossibility Of Reason, Chimaira shows its ambitious side. The last song on the record "Implements Of Destruction" is an epic. "We're
trying to bring back the epic instrumental," says Hunter. "It hasn't been done for a while. It's beyond epic. It's 12 minutes and we're paying homage to some of our favorite metal songs."
It's Chimaira's metal vision that has won Slayer's Kerry King over to Chimaira's side. King has espoused the virtues of Chimaira in national magazines such as Guitar World. King is notorious for his criticisms of many "newer" metal bands, but he has championed Chimaira. Ultimately,
there is no better endorsement for the NWOAHM movement than Kerry Fucking King.
With its old-school stylings and head-banging flair, it easy to
understand why metal fans across the globe would be drawn to Chimaira's music. The band's sound is uniquely their own, yet it pays homage to those metal giants that came before them, drawing up the blueprint for the
NWOAMHM. The Impossibility of Reason draws from many seemingly opposite points both within and outside of the metal genre to create a whole that is
far greater than the sum of its parts.
ALSO ANNOUNCED
Dillinger Escape Plan
w/The Locust and Your Enemies Friends
$12
All Ages
Wednesday, January 14th
(Tickets on sale now at all Ticketmaster locations.)
Created by the merger of metal and new-school hardcore, the furious din of the Dillinger Escape Plan is the perfect embodiment of intensity, cathartic rage, urgency, and forward-thinking. Given their abilities and relative youth, its not out of the question to believe that
something this intricate and focused could develop into a paradigm to be followed, a yardstick by which other bands are measured.
The force known as the Dillinger Escape Plan was formed in March 1997 in North New Jersey by Ben (guitars), Chris (drums), and Dimitri (vocals). Armed only with a simple desire to correct the musical misdeeds of their former bands, the trio added bassist Adam and set about writing
material with the aim of pleasing their harshest critics: themselves.
These early steps surfaced shortly thereafter in the form of a six-song self-titled mini-CD on Now Or Never Records. The quartet started making regular stops to unleash their devastating live show in basements, houses, punk spaces, record stores and tiny, underground clubs throughout
the NorthEast and MidWest.
The foursome added John on second guitar in the fall of ‘97 and recorded their now-infamous "demo" at Trax East Studios (HATEBREED, HUMAN
REMAINS, SNAPCASE). Named Under The Running Board, the eight minute blast of intense riffing, near-maddening technical complexity, flawless
execution, and frayed vocal beatings had fans and critics searching the floor on hands and knees for their heads mere seconds after the opening
salvo The Mullet Burden. Rarely had something so intricate been so focused. Under..., consisting of only three songs, received rave reviews internationally and was remarkably named as one of the top releases of 1998 by numerous publications worldwide.
Tales of the bands infamous live performances continued to spread
like wildfire as reports surfaced in fanzines and major publications
alike. DILLINGER... hit the road for their second tour in the summer of 1998, bringing their absolutely ferocious live assault to bear upon the East coast, Midwest and Eastern Canada with BOTCH and JESUIT. The tours final show was an absolutely blistering set on the Relapse Stage at the 1998 Milwaukee Metalfest. Brian Benoit, formerly of JESUIT, replaced
John on guitar in November of 98. A split CD with NORA was released on Ferret, and another East Coast trek followed, this time in the company of CAVE-IN and CONVERGE, before the band returned home to begin
writing material for their first full-length effort.
A split 7" with DROWNING MAN was issued on Hydra Head in May of 1999 and sold out its limited edition pressing of 3,000 in one day. DILLINGER completed writing the full-length and again entered Trax East Studios with Steve Evetts to record. The result of the bands labors is Calculating Infinity, a lethal, unprecedented combination of metal and
hardcore. Calculating... sees DILLINGER maturing by leaps and bounds as the new material incorporates elements of jazz-fusion amidst the semi-controlled chaos. Dimitris vocals are far more intense than ever before,
adding both spoken and whispered passages to his established arsenal. Stunning technicality, intense vocal punishment and total musical
proficiency are immediately evident as songs like 43% Burnt, Sugar Coated Sour and the title track resoundingly attest.
In August 1999, with Calculating... still over a month away from its
release date, the band was invited to open for none other than MR.BUNGLE on the bands 45-date U.S. Tour, based on the strength of both Under The Running Board and their frenetic live show. THE DILLINGER ESCAPE
PLAN...a psycho-overload of adrenaline soaked intensity...a band fast on the rise.
2nd Annual Thanksgiving Metalfest
Featuring Lacuna Coil & Dog Fashion Disco w/Realm, 13 Days, Final Drive, Byproduct & Krammit
$10
All Ages
Saturday, November 29th
(Tickets on sale now at all Ticketmaster locations.)
LACUNA COIL BIO
Throughout history, Italy has been known for blending the classic with the innovative. In the musical realm, Milans prolific Lacuna Coil has best translated the dichotomy of this Italian consciousness.
With three full-length albums and two EPs released in a 4-year span, each offering has furthered the enunciation of the subtle, solemn beauty Lacuna Coil creates. Signifying "empty spiral" in English, the definition betrays the rich versatility of their music. Comalies, their offering for 2002, maturely exhibits the trademarked gothic overtones and simplistic melancholy of their haunting musical landscape. Leaving all comparisons to Draconian Times-era Paradise Lost and The Gathering's
Mandylion-era behind, Lacuna Coil bring miraculous eloquence to their collision of melody and metal.
Originally formed in 1996, the band teamed up with producer Waldemar Sorychta (Sentenced, Samael, Tiamat) in 1998. Their songwriting talents
immediately evident, Terrorizer Magazine hailed Lacuna Coil's
self-titled debut as "superb, and its strength soon weakens whatever resistance you may have had after repeated plays." 1999 proved to be the band's
most eventful year, with an impressive tour schedule in support of that year's release, In A Reverie, also produced by Sorychta. Sharing stages
with Skyclad, My Insanity, Grip Inc., and Samael, they debuted at the esteemed Dynamo Open Air Festival in The Netherlands, the Metal Mania Festival in Poland, and Italy's prestigious Gods Of Metal Festival. Following an appearance at the Altheimer Open Air Festival, they toured with Swiss gothic legends Lacrimosa and reaped the praise of fellow musicians, critics, and new-found fans. With the demand for Lacuna Coil's music suddenly escalating, they released the Halflife EP (recorded in Damage
Inc. Studio in Ventimiglia, Italy) as a gift to their European community of fans in the year 2000.
Welcoming Waldemar Sorychta back into the producer's chair at Woodhouse Studios to assist them with recording 2001's Unleashed Memories, this
album (released in North America with the previously unavailable
Halflife EP) lavished the band with much-deserved acclaim. Praised by Alternative Press for their "supersize chords that nearly burst into flame,
gorgeous three-part harmonies and chill-inducing melodies that recycle in your head for days" and earning a special mention in Billboard Magazine's Hard Music Spotlight for their "compelling mixture of seductive melodies and aggressive riffs," the band embarked on their first North
American tour with labelmates Moonspell in the winter of 2001. Metal Maniacs documented their live show to be "a sensory overload of the highest
order. In one word: intoxicating."
It is indeed difficult not to get pulled into the dream-like quality of the world Lacuna Coil creates, which floods you with a myriad of heavy and hypnotic sounds. The epic feel of their latest melodic invention, Comalies, will quickly lead to you believe that an incredibly personal epiphany is about to happen. Each song contributes to the build-up,
encouraging introspection while documenting the sadness that this particular journey uncovers. Upholding the emotive yin/yang tradition of vocal interplay between the dulcet tones of Cristina Scabbia and the
deliberate vocals of her male singing partner Andrea Ferro, Comalies is another
dynamic exploration of Lacuna Coil's soulfully somber and stunningly enigmatic musical alchemy.
DOG FASHION DISCO BIO
2001's Anarchists Of Good Taste was a breakthrough for Dog Fashion Disco. The blood and sweat that came from several years plugging away in and around the bands Washington DC homeland and several tracks from
three independently released recordings all went into the Spitfire Records debut, and the resulting resounding critical acclaim spurned numerous opportunities for the group.
The band spent a year and a half on the road, hitting Europe for the
first time and logging miles across North America with artists as
disparate as System Of A Down (whose Serj Tankian made a guest appearance on Anarchists of Good Taste), Stone Temple Pilots, P.O.D., Mindless Self
Indulgence, Mushroomhead, Nothingface and Primer 55.
The relentless touring combined with almost unanimously positive press coverage and radio support at both the college and commercial levels, exposing Dog Fashion Disco to hundreds of thousands of new fans. To say
the future is bright is an understatement. In fact, that is the name of the bands much-anticipated follow-up release, Committed to a Bright Future.
The sentiment isnt Pollyanna sanguinity, nor is it self-deprecating cynicism. Actually, its a little of both. We were being
optimistic and sarcastic at the same time, explains vocalist Todd Smith. Weve always been committed to doing everything that we can to help this band succeed, but we also realize how hard it is to really break
through.
Making the task somewhat easier is the fact that Committed to a Bright Future is as powerful a statement as youre likely to hear. As opposed to the previous release, which featured rerecorded versions of
material that dated back to the bands inception, the new disc was written almost entirely in a two-month span before they entered the studio. This gives the record a seamless, cohesive feel that the first disc lacked.
The albums more Straightforward, agrees Smith, but its
also because we wanted to write songs that transferred well live and made for a really energetic concert. Audiences absorbed the old stuff, but it wasnt the kind of thing that got kids jumping around, beating the crap out of each other, and we love that. We wanted to write songs that
would just pummel you in the face for 45 minutes.
The crazed keyboard flourishes, time-changing insanity and
stream-of-conscious lyrics that the bands deemed evil circus music and had critics invoking the name Mike Patton remain, but the melodic aspects of Dog Fashion Disco have never been displayed more prominently than on
Committed to a Bright Future. It is this accessibility on cuts such as
the jazzy Worm in A Dogs Heart, the riff-roaring Plastic
Surgeons and the hidden cover of Grease that separates the band
from their one-dimensional peers.
Im a big fan of pop music and I think theres a sense of that
in our music, the singer admits without hesitation. I grew up with
Kiss, Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, bands that wrote great songs whose melodies youd sing for two weeks after two listens. I dont think that
being catchy is a negative. We want something people can sing along with.
After the recording of the disc, the band amicably parted ways with
their original guitarist and drummer, replacing them with Jasan Stepp, a friend from the DC scene, and Mike Oliver, a New Yorker whom the bands manager introduced them to, respectively. I know its a clich, Smith laughs, but I swear, in all fairness to the other guys, this band has never worked as well as it does now, and the live show is
unstoppable.
Its a live show that Dog Fashion Disc plans on unleashing nightly
for as long as we can physically stand, says the vocalist.
Were going to be on the road for a year solid at least, boldly
predicts Smith. This is what we do, this is what weve waited our whole lives to do, and this is what we want. We took some great steps on the last album, and were proud of that, but were looking to the future now. A very bright future, needless to say.
ALSO ANNOUNCED
Chimaira
w/Soilwork, Bleeding Through, As I Lie Dying & KrimZin
$13 Advance/$15 Day Of Show
All Ages
Monday, December 15th
(Tickets on sale now at all Ticketmaster locations.)
If there is one band that possesses the essential elements necessary to break big in the heavy metal scene, it's Cleveland's Chimaira. With its
blood-boiling new album The Impossibility Of Reason, Chimaira is postured to set a new standard: The New Wave Of American Heavy Metal.
As any metal historian/critic/fan is well aware of, the 80s saw the
invasion of British metal acts, Iron Maiden and Venom among them, deemed the "New Wave Of British Heavy Metal" or "NWOBHM". Chimaira will be leading the charge of NWOAHM on domestic shores with The Impossibility Of
Reason, an album that is 100% trend free. Armed with an unflappable work ethic, and an album so kinetic and fevered that it blows away all past efforts, Chimaira has metal in its DNA.
Chimaira, which takes its unique name from a mythological beast
comprised of several disparate animals, has established a solid, dedicated, and vast fan base with 1999's This Present Darkness (East Coast Empire) and 2001's Roadrunner Records' debut, Pass Out Of Existence. A touring
machine, Chimaira has hit the road with Slayer, Fear Factory, Machine Head, and Danzig. In addition to these great support slots, the band has also struck out on its own headlining tours, where the six-piece possessed the blue-collar wherewithal to support itself.
Pass Out Of Existence is Chimaira's foundation, but the band hardly rested on its laurels when it came time to make The Impossibility Of Reason. "This is a more mature record," says singer Mark Hunter. "But at the
same time, it's more in your face. Whether it's the heaviest, or the
most melodic, tame song, it's full on." Chimaira fans are going to get what they are looking for and then some with The Impossibility Of Reason. "It's everything our fans love, but with something else," offers Hunter. Whereas other bands balk at and fear change, Chimaira embraced it, on
several levels, for The Impossibility Of Reason. "Look at some of the most notorious metal bands out there," says Hunter. "You can't put on
any of their records without noticing a change from record to record. That is what we strive to do. We feel we've shown a lot of growth and musicianship." Lead guitarist Rob Arnold concurs, "We all had a certain motivation about the music we wanted to create. The fury. The speed. The
aggression. We learned a lot from being on the road."
Sonically, Chimaira focused on crafting an album that ignores current metal trends such as rapping, guest appearances, and scoffs at any traces of "nu" metal. "The Impossibility Of Reason is less futuristic than
the last record. The programming is more subsonic, and it's more of a dark synth style," Hunter explains. "The low sub tones make you feel you like you are inside the record. It's the darkest thing we have ever done. We changed tunings. We tuned to C, the darkest key." Further beefing
up the new, improved Chimaira sound is the new voices Hunter used. On tour, he was able to hone his voice, and when recording The Impossibility Of Reason, he found voices he had never used before or even knew he had.
Lyrically, while The Impossibility Of Reason is not a concept album,
Hunter traces three prevalent themes: rejection, revenge, and
repercussion. "Lyrically, we always try to have songs that our fans can relate to. Everyone has been rejected. Everyone has gotten revenge in some form or
another. We know a lot of these lyrics will strike a nerve, especially
with what is going on in today's society," admits Hunter. The
Impossibility Of Reason is sonically a dark album, but Chimaira chose to represent the album's artwork in white tones. Since metal is often associated
with black, Chimaira bucked the trend and drenched the artwork in blinding, stark, Kubrick-esque style tones, in an effort to let the music scream for itself.
The Impossibility Of Reason is a personal album for Chimaira, in that everyone that participated in non-musical areas of the record grew up with the band, from the artist to the photographer to the producer. The band chose producer Ben Schigel (who fronts his own band Switched) to
man the boards, for very specific reasons. "He has been recording members of this band for 8 or 9 years, when we were in our other bands," says Hunter. "This record was less polished, so we wanted to go with someone who could keep us raw. He knows our band like we know it." Hunter and
Arnold also co-produced the effort. "Mark and I are always in the studio," says Arnold. "We were there every minute of every day. We wanted screaming guitars and booming drums. We wanted to be a part of that
process of getting everything to sound a certain way."
This collaborative effort was also able to give each song on The
Impossibility Of Reason its own distinct identity. Arnold admits that horns-in-the-air guitar solos are something prevalent on the album. "We're going back to the era of ripping out leads and growing out the hair", he
exclaims. "The album is so much more guitar driven." Arnold even goes so far to admit, "standing on the side of the stage, watching Kerry King of Slayer play for six weeks, had a lot to do with what came out of me musically."
"Down Again" defines Chimaira's dynamic ability. "Pure Hatred" is the most pulverizing song, which is an easy guess, given the blunt title.
"That is the song everyone will relate to. It's the final act of revenge, and the chorus is "I hate everyone," says Hunter. The song is devastating enough to elicit comparisons to Pantera's quintessential "Fuck You"
anthem "Walk". The title track, according to Arnold, has fast paced heavy guitars with insane drums, and "a groove... that all familiar groove that we are known for. Then, the chorus hits the listener like a ton of bricks. When the ending comes in, you realize this is a changed band, and that you are hearing something special."
On The Impossibility Of Reason, Chimaira shows its ambitious side. The last song on the record "Implements Of Destruction" is an epic. "We're
trying to bring back the epic instrumental," says Hunter. "It hasn't been done for a while. It's beyond epic. It's 12 minutes and we're paying homage to some of our favorite metal songs."
It's Chimaira's metal vision that has won Slayer's Kerry King over to Chimaira's side. King has espoused the virtues of Chimaira in national magazines such as Guitar World. King is notorious for his criticisms of many "newer" metal bands, but he has championed Chimaira. Ultimately,
there is no better endorsement for the NWOAHM movement than Kerry Fucking King.
With its old-school stylings and head-banging flair, it easy to
understand why metal fans across the globe would be drawn to Chimaira's music. The band's sound is uniquely their own, yet it pays homage to those metal giants that came before them, drawing up the blueprint for the
NWOAMHM. The Impossibility of Reason draws from many seemingly opposite points both within and outside of the metal genre to create a whole that is
far greater than the sum of its parts.
ALSO ANNOUNCED
Dillinger Escape Plan
w/The Locust and Your Enemies Friends
$12
All Ages
Wednesday, January 14th
(Tickets on sale now at all Ticketmaster locations.)
Created by the merger of metal and new-school hardcore, the furious din of the Dillinger Escape Plan is the perfect embodiment of intensity, cathartic rage, urgency, and forward-thinking. Given their abilities and relative youth, its not out of the question to believe that
something this intricate and focused could develop into a paradigm to be followed, a yardstick by which other bands are measured.
The force known as the Dillinger Escape Plan was formed in March 1997 in North New Jersey by Ben (guitars), Chris (drums), and Dimitri (vocals). Armed only with a simple desire to correct the musical misdeeds of their former bands, the trio added bassist Adam and set about writing
material with the aim of pleasing their harshest critics: themselves.
These early steps surfaced shortly thereafter in the form of a six-song self-titled mini-CD on Now Or Never Records. The quartet started making regular stops to unleash their devastating live show in basements, houses, punk spaces, record stores and tiny, underground clubs throughout
the NorthEast and MidWest.
The foursome added John on second guitar in the fall of ‘97 and recorded their now-infamous "demo" at Trax East Studios (HATEBREED, HUMAN
REMAINS, SNAPCASE). Named Under The Running Board, the eight minute blast of intense riffing, near-maddening technical complexity, flawless
execution, and frayed vocal beatings had fans and critics searching the floor on hands and knees for their heads mere seconds after the opening
salvo The Mullet Burden. Rarely had something so intricate been so focused. Under..., consisting of only three songs, received rave reviews internationally and was remarkably named as one of the top releases of 1998 by numerous publications worldwide.
Tales of the bands infamous live performances continued to spread
like wildfire as reports surfaced in fanzines and major publications
alike. DILLINGER... hit the road for their second tour in the summer of 1998, bringing their absolutely ferocious live assault to bear upon the East coast, Midwest and Eastern Canada with BOTCH and JESUIT. The tours final show was an absolutely blistering set on the Relapse Stage at the 1998 Milwaukee Metalfest. Brian Benoit, formerly of JESUIT, replaced
John on guitar in November of 98. A split CD with NORA was released on Ferret, and another East Coast trek followed, this time in the company of CAVE-IN and CONVERGE, before the band returned home to begin
writing material for their first full-length effort.
A split 7" with DROWNING MAN was issued on Hydra Head in May of 1999 and sold out its limited edition pressing of 3,000 in one day. DILLINGER completed writing the full-length and again entered Trax East Studios with Steve Evetts to record. The result of the bands labors is Calculating Infinity, a lethal, unprecedented combination of metal and
hardcore. Calculating... sees DILLINGER maturing by leaps and bounds as the new material incorporates elements of jazz-fusion amidst the semi-controlled chaos. Dimitris vocals are far more intense than ever before,
adding both spoken and whispered passages to his established arsenal. Stunning technicality, intense vocal punishment and total musical
proficiency are immediately evident as songs like 43% Burnt, Sugar Coated Sour and the title track resoundingly attest.
In August 1999, with Calculating... still over a month away from its
release date, the band was invited to open for none other than MR.BUNGLE on the bands 45-date U.S. Tour, based on the strength of both Under The Running Board and their frenetic live show. THE DILLINGER ESCAPE
PLAN...a psycho-overload of adrenaline soaked intensity...a band fast on the rise.
All That's Heavy Update (Planet Gemini, Dixie Witch, Probot)
Howdy!
Here is the All That's Heavy Online Music Store
(http://www.stonerrock.com/store) stock update for this week! We've got
four killer new additions and several notable restocks so here's a few
announcements to get things started - the full stock update is below:
** PLANET GEMINI - FIRST TWO CDs IN STOCK NOW!!: We have very limited
quantities of Planet Gemini's first two CDs "SuperGod/DevilMan" and
"13" in stock now!! We're the only place in the universe that has these
for sale!! AND we have them on sale for only $9.99 too!! Here's what I
had to say (hehe) about the SuperGod/DevilMan CD "These guys FUCKING
RULE!!! This is definitely one of the coolest CDs that`s ever come across my desk!!! I fell in love with this band IMMEDIATELY upon first listen and then listened to this CD a dozen more times in succession. Somehow they bring the hardcore doom of Electric Wizard together with the
electrified energy of Big Elf. Totally kick ass!!!" (El Danno)
** NEW DIXIE WITCH CD IN STOCK NOW!!: Well, it's not quite new but it is the remastered version of "Into the Sun" and it is brand new from Small Stone Records! This re-issue also features a bonus track and new
artwork!!
** KILLER RESTOCKS WORTH SPECIAL MENTION: For some strange reason it has been impossible for us to get restocks on these titles for a very
long time.. Not anymore!! These CDs are all back in stock FINALLY!!!
>>>Sixty Watt Shaman "Reason to Live", Sixty Watt haman "Seed of Decades", Karma to Burn "Almost Heathen", Masters of Reality "Sunrise on the
Sufferbus" and Black Label Society "1919 Eternal" <<< Get 'em while we got 'em!! Who knows when we'll be able to get them again!
** PROBOT PRE-ORDER SALE UPDATE: These have been delayed slightly at the pressing plant. We're now going to have them in stock and shipping closer to the end of November. Sorry for the delay!! These things happen
with vinyl.. Pre-order the PROBOT 7" now and you'll still get it for
the super low sale price of only $3.99!! AND you'll also get an
ultra-limited color vinyl version!! This 7" is limited to 6,666 copies
worldwide and only a few hundred of those will be on colored vinyl!!!
** RESTOCKS: Fully updated and massive restocks list below!!
LATEST ARRIVALS:
================
~Dixie Witch: Into the Sun CD
~Planet Gemini: SuperGod DevilMan CD (only $9.99!)
~Planet Gemini: 13 CD (only $9.99)
~Venom: Possessed LP (EARMARK)
~Awesome Machine, The: The Soul of a Thousand Years CD
~Awesome Machine, The: The Soul of a Thousand Years LP
~LOFREQ: If This is the Best Ya Got CD
~Damnation Gulch: Firewater CD
~Pelican T-shirt: Logo on Grey
~Darediablo: Feeding Frenzy CD
~Northwinds: Masters of Magic CD
~Void Forum: Turned on Acid LP
~Eternal Elysium/Of the Spacistor - Split CD
~Sissies: The Juice CD
~Pelican: Australasia CD
http://www.stonerrock.com/store
AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDERING:
============================
~Probot: Self Titled 7" (only $3.99!)
~Probot: Combination Sale (2 Southern Lord CDs and the 7" for only
$25.97!!! That's $10.00 off the regular price of buying all 3 seperately!)
http://www.stonerrock.com/store
BACK IN STOCK:
==============
~16: Scott Case CD
~35007: Liquid LP
~35007: Sea of Tranquility 10 inch
~35007: Sea of Tranquility CD EP
~500 ft. of Pipe: Dope Deal CD
~500 ft. of Pipe: Electrifying Church of the New Light CD
~5ive: Self Titled CD
~5ive: The Hemophiliac Dream CD EP
~7Zuma7: Deep Inside CD
~Abdullah: Self Titled 2LP
~Abramis Brama: Nar Tystnaden Lagt Sig CD
~Acid Ape: Fleshspa CD
~Acid King: Zoroaster CD
~Alabama Thunder Pussy: Staring at the Divine (Picture Disc w/ Bonus
7") LP
~Archie Bunker: Lucky 13 CD
~Astroqueen: Into Submission CD
~Atomic Bitchwax, The: Self Titled CD
~Atomic Bitchwax, The: II CD
~Atomic Bitchwax, The: II LP
~Atomic Bitchwax, The: Self Titled LP
~Atomic Bitchwax, The: Spit Blood CD
~Awesome Machine, The: Under the Influence CD
~Baby Woodrose: Live at Gutter Island LP
~Baby Woodrose: Money for Soul CD
~Baby Woodrose: Carrie CD Single
~Bad Wizard: Sophisticated Mouth CD
~Beaten Back to Pure: The Last Refuge of the Sons of Bitches CD
~Begotten: Self Titled CD
~Black Label Society: 1919 Eternal CD
~Black Nasa: Self Titled CD
~Blackrock: Clutching at Straws CD EP
~Blind Dog: The Last Adventures of Captain Dog CD
~Blind Dog: Captain Dog Rides Again CD
~Bongzilla T-shirt: Gateway Design T-shirt
~Boulder: Reaped in Half Act 1 and Act 2 CD
~Brant Bjork: Keep Your Cool CD
~Camaros: Romantique LP
~Chrome Locust: Self Titled CD
~Church of Misery/Acrimony: Split CD
~Dead Meadow: Howls from the Hills LP
~Dead Meadow: Self Titled CD
~Demon Cleaner: Self Titled CD
~Desert Sessions, The: Vols 9 & 10 CD
~Devillac vs. Transonic Science: Split CD
~Dixie Witch: One Bird Two Stones CD
~Dozer: In the Tail of a Comet CD
~Drunk Horse: Self Titled CD
~Drunk Horse: Adult Situations CD
~Earth: Sunn Amps and Smashed Guitars CD
~Earthlings: Disco Marching Kraft CD EP
~Electric Wizard: Let Us Prey LP
~Eternal Elysium: Share LP
~Eternal Elysium: Spiritualized D CD
~Eternal Elysium: Share CD
~Eyehategod: Southern Discomfort CD
~Farflung: 9 Pin Body CD
~Fatso Jetson: Stinky Little Gods CD
~Fireball Ministry: FMEP CD EP
~Frame: A Loco Motive CD EP
~Fu Manchu: No One Rides for Free CD
~Fu Manchu: Return to Earth 91 - 93 CD
~Fu Manchu: No One Rides for Free LP
~Fu Manchu: Daredevil LP
~Fu Manchu/Fatso Jetson: Split 7 inch
~Gas Giant: Mana LP
~Generous Maria/Skua: Split CD
~Giants of Science: The History of Warfare CD
~Glasspack, The: Powderkeg CD
~Goatsblood: Drull CD
~Goatsnake: I CD
~Golden Pig Electric Blues Band: Self Titled CD
~Greenleaf: Secret Alphabets CD
~Greenleaf: Revolution Rock LP
~Halfway to Gone: High Five CD
~Halfway to Gone: Second Season CD
~Heads, The: Sessions 02 LP
~Hermano: Only a Suggestion CD
~High on Fire: The Art of Self Defense (+ Bonus Tracks) CD
~High on Fire: Surrounded by Thieves CD
~House of Aquarius: The World Though Bloodred Eyes CD
~Iron Monkey: Ruined by Idiots CD
~Josiah: Self Titled CD
~Kaptain Sun: Trip to Vortex CD EP
~Karma to Burn: Almost Heathen CD
~Khanate: Self Titled CD
~Khanate: No Joy LP
~Khanate T-shirt: Album Cover Design T-shirt
~Kyuss: and the Circus Leaves Town LP
~Kyuss: (Welcome to) Sky Valley CD
~Kyuss: and the Circus Leaves Town CD
~Kyuss: Blues for the Red Sun CD
~Kyuss: Blues for the Red Sun LP
~Lamont: Thunder Boogie CD
~Los Natas: Corsario Negro CD
~Los Natas: Bee Jesus (Box Set) 2CD
~Los Natas: Toba Trance CD
~Lowrider: Ode to Io LP
~Magnified Eye: The Last Sun CD
~Mammoth Volume: Noara Dance CD EP
~Mammoth Volume: A Single Book of Songs CD
~Mandra Gora Lightshow Society: Beyond the Mushroom Gate CD
~Masters of Reality: Sunrise on the Sufferbus CD
~Masters of Reality: Welcome to the Western Lodge CD
~Masters of Reality: Flak 'n' Flight CD
~Men of Porn: Experiments in Feedback CD
~Mississippi Sludge: Biscuits and Slavery CD
~Mondo Generator: Cocaine Rodeo CD
~Mondo Generator: A Drug Problem that Never Existed CD
~Monkey3: Self Titled CD
~Monster Magnet: Spine of God LP
~Mushroom River Band, The: Simsalabim CD
~Mustasch: Above All CD
~Mystick Krewe of Clearlight, The: Self Titled CD
~Nebula: Dos EPs CD
~Nebula: Let it Burn (+ Bonus Tracks) CD
~Nebula: Atomic Ritual CD
~Negative Reaction: The Orion Chronicles CD
~Negative Reaction: Endofyorerror CD
~Negative Reaction: The Orbit EP 7 inch
~Novadriver: Void CD
~OJM: Heavy CD
~On Trial: New Day Rising CD
~Operator Generator: Polar Fleet CD
~Orange Goblin: Coup de Grace CD
~Pawnshop: Cruise-o-matic CD
~Pelican: Untitled EP CD
~Penance: Proving Ground (Remixed, Remastered, Repackaged) CD
~Pentagram: First Daze Here (The Vintage Collection) 2LP
~Pentagram: Review Your Choices CD
~Pharoah Overlord: #2 CD
~Pharoah Overlord: #1 CD
~Puny Human: It's Not the Heat, It's the Humanity CD
~Puny Human: Revenge is Easy CD
~Queens of the Stone Age: Self Titled CD
~Queens of the Stone Age: Songs for the Deaf (Ipecac) 2LP
~Quill, The: Voodoo Caravan CD
~Rubes, The: Hokum CD
~Santoro: Self Titled CD
~Scissorfight: Piscataqua CD EP
~Sea of Green: Time to Fly CD
~Sea of Green: Chemical Vacation CD
~Sheavy: Synchronized CD
~Sideburn: Trying to Burn the Sun CD
~Sixty Watt Shaman: Reason to Live CD
~Sixty Watt Shaman: Seed of Decades CD
~Skywise: Morning Star CD
~Sleep: Jerusalem CD
~Slo Burn: Amusing the Amazing CD EP
~Slow Train: Song of the Day CD
~Solace: 13 CD
~Sonic Flower: Self Titled CD
~Soulpreacher: Sonic Witchcraft CD
~Southern Gun Culture / Super Heavy Goat Ass: Split CD
~Spirit Caravan: Self Titled 7 inch
~Spiritual Beggars: On Fire CD
~Spiritual Beggars: Self Titled (+ 4 Bonus Tracks) CD
~StonerRock.com T-shirt: Black T-shirt
~Subversion: Rust Formation CD
~Subversion: Beatin' the Shit Out of it CD
~Sunn0))) T-shirt: Flight of the Behomoth Design T-shirt
~Suplecs: Sad Songs Better Days CD
~Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine T-shirt: Rampton Design T-shirt
~Terminal Lovers: Drama Pit and Loan CD
~Throttlerod: Eastbound and Down CD
~Various Artists: Sucking the 70's 2CD
~Various Artists: Destroysall (A Tribute to Godzilla) CD
~Various Artists: The Mighty Desert Rock Avengers 2CD
~Various Artists: The Mighty Desert Rock Avengers 2LP
~Various Artists: Guerrilla Jukebox Vol 1 CD
~Vibravoid: Void Vibration CD
~Vibravoid: 2001 LP
~Vibravoid: Void Vibration LP
~WE: Dinosauric Futurobic 2LP
~YOB: Catharsis CD
~YOB: Elaborations of Carbon CD
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Howdy!
Here is the All That's Heavy Online Music Store
(http://www.stonerrock.com/store) stock update for this week! We've got
four killer new additions and several notable restocks so here's a few
announcements to get things started - the full stock update is below:
** PLANET GEMINI - FIRST TWO CDs IN STOCK NOW!!: We have very limited
quantities of Planet Gemini's first two CDs "SuperGod/DevilMan" and
"13" in stock now!! We're the only place in the universe that has these
for sale!! AND we have them on sale for only $9.99 too!! Here's what I
had to say (hehe) about the SuperGod/DevilMan CD "These guys FUCKING
RULE!!! This is definitely one of the coolest CDs that`s ever come across my desk!!! I fell in love with this band IMMEDIATELY upon first listen and then listened to this CD a dozen more times in succession. Somehow they bring the hardcore doom of Electric Wizard together with the
electrified energy of Big Elf. Totally kick ass!!!" (El Danno)
** NEW DIXIE WITCH CD IN STOCK NOW!!: Well, it's not quite new but it is the remastered version of "Into the Sun" and it is brand new from Small Stone Records! This re-issue also features a bonus track and new
artwork!!
** KILLER RESTOCKS WORTH SPECIAL MENTION: For some strange reason it has been impossible for us to get restocks on these titles for a very
long time.. Not anymore!! These CDs are all back in stock FINALLY!!!
>>>Sixty Watt Shaman "Reason to Live", Sixty Watt haman "Seed of Decades", Karma to Burn "Almost Heathen", Masters of Reality "Sunrise on the
Sufferbus" and Black Label Society "1919 Eternal" <<< Get 'em while we got 'em!! Who knows when we'll be able to get them again!
** PROBOT PRE-ORDER SALE UPDATE: These have been delayed slightly at the pressing plant. We're now going to have them in stock and shipping closer to the end of November. Sorry for the delay!! These things happen
with vinyl.. Pre-order the PROBOT 7" now and you'll still get it for
the super low sale price of only $3.99!! AND you'll also get an
ultra-limited color vinyl version!! This 7" is limited to 6,666 copies
worldwide and only a few hundred of those will be on colored vinyl!!!
** RESTOCKS: Fully updated and massive restocks list below!!
LATEST ARRIVALS:
================
~Dixie Witch: Into the Sun CD
~Planet Gemini: SuperGod DevilMan CD (only $9.99!)
~Planet Gemini: 13 CD (only $9.99)
~Venom: Possessed LP (EARMARK)
~Awesome Machine, The: The Soul of a Thousand Years CD
~Awesome Machine, The: The Soul of a Thousand Years LP
~LOFREQ: If This is the Best Ya Got CD
~Damnation Gulch: Firewater CD
~Pelican T-shirt: Logo on Grey
~Darediablo: Feeding Frenzy CD
~Northwinds: Masters of Magic CD
~Void Forum: Turned on Acid LP
~Eternal Elysium/Of the Spacistor - Split CD
~Sissies: The Juice CD
~Pelican: Australasia CD
http://www.stonerrock.com/store
AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDERING:
============================
~Probot: Self Titled 7" (only $3.99!)
~Probot: Combination Sale (2 Southern Lord CDs and the 7" for only
$25.97!!! That's $10.00 off the regular price of buying all 3 seperately!)
http://www.stonerrock.com/store
BACK IN STOCK:
==============
~16: Scott Case CD
~35007: Liquid LP
~35007: Sea of Tranquility 10 inch
~35007: Sea of Tranquility CD EP
~500 ft. of Pipe: Dope Deal CD
~500 ft. of Pipe: Electrifying Church of the New Light CD
~5ive: Self Titled CD
~5ive: The Hemophiliac Dream CD EP
~7Zuma7: Deep Inside CD
~Abdullah: Self Titled 2LP
~Abramis Brama: Nar Tystnaden Lagt Sig CD
~Acid Ape: Fleshspa CD
~Acid King: Zoroaster CD
~Alabama Thunder Pussy: Staring at the Divine (Picture Disc w/ Bonus
7") LP
~Archie Bunker: Lucky 13 CD
~Astroqueen: Into Submission CD
~Atomic Bitchwax, The: Self Titled CD
~Atomic Bitchwax, The: II CD
~Atomic Bitchwax, The: II LP
~Atomic Bitchwax, The: Self Titled LP
~Atomic Bitchwax, The: Spit Blood CD
~Awesome Machine, The: Under the Influence CD
~Baby Woodrose: Live at Gutter Island LP
~Baby Woodrose: Money for Soul CD
~Baby Woodrose: Carrie CD Single
~Bad Wizard: Sophisticated Mouth CD
~Beaten Back to Pure: The Last Refuge of the Sons of Bitches CD
~Begotten: Self Titled CD
~Black Label Society: 1919 Eternal CD
~Black Nasa: Self Titled CD
~Blackrock: Clutching at Straws CD EP
~Blind Dog: The Last Adventures of Captain Dog CD
~Blind Dog: Captain Dog Rides Again CD
~Bongzilla T-shirt: Gateway Design T-shirt
~Boulder: Reaped in Half Act 1 and Act 2 CD
~Brant Bjork: Keep Your Cool CD
~Camaros: Romantique LP
~Chrome Locust: Self Titled CD
~Church of Misery/Acrimony: Split CD
~Dead Meadow: Howls from the Hills LP
~Dead Meadow: Self Titled CD
~Demon Cleaner: Self Titled CD
~Desert Sessions, The: Vols 9 & 10 CD
~Devillac vs. Transonic Science: Split CD
~Dixie Witch: One Bird Two Stones CD
~Dozer: In the Tail of a Comet CD
~Drunk Horse: Self Titled CD
~Drunk Horse: Adult Situations CD
~Earth: Sunn Amps and Smashed Guitars CD
~Earthlings: Disco Marching Kraft CD EP
~Electric Wizard: Let Us Prey LP
~Eternal Elysium: Share LP
~Eternal Elysium: Spiritualized D CD
~Eternal Elysium: Share CD
~Eyehategod: Southern Discomfort CD
~Farflung: 9 Pin Body CD
~Fatso Jetson: Stinky Little Gods CD
~Fireball Ministry: FMEP CD EP
~Frame: A Loco Motive CD EP
~Fu Manchu: No One Rides for Free CD
~Fu Manchu: Return to Earth 91 - 93 CD
~Fu Manchu: No One Rides for Free LP
~Fu Manchu: Daredevil LP
~Fu Manchu/Fatso Jetson: Split 7 inch
~Gas Giant: Mana LP
~Generous Maria/Skua: Split CD
~Giants of Science: The History of Warfare CD
~Glasspack, The: Powderkeg CD
~Goatsblood: Drull CD
~Goatsnake: I CD
~Golden Pig Electric Blues Band: Self Titled CD
~Greenleaf: Secret Alphabets CD
~Greenleaf: Revolution Rock LP
~Halfway to Gone: High Five CD
~Halfway to Gone: Second Season CD
~Heads, The: Sessions 02 LP
~Hermano: Only a Suggestion CD
~High on Fire: The Art of Self Defense (+ Bonus Tracks) CD
~High on Fire: Surrounded by Thieves CD
~House of Aquarius: The World Though Bloodred Eyes CD
~Iron Monkey: Ruined by Idiots CD
~Josiah: Self Titled CD
~Kaptain Sun: Trip to Vortex CD EP
~Karma to Burn: Almost Heathen CD
~Khanate: Self Titled CD
~Khanate: No Joy LP
~Khanate T-shirt: Album Cover Design T-shirt
~Kyuss: and the Circus Leaves Town LP
~Kyuss: (Welcome to) Sky Valley CD
~Kyuss: and the Circus Leaves Town CD
~Kyuss: Blues for the Red Sun CD
~Kyuss: Blues for the Red Sun LP
~Lamont: Thunder Boogie CD
~Los Natas: Corsario Negro CD
~Los Natas: Bee Jesus (Box Set) 2CD
~Los Natas: Toba Trance CD
~Lowrider: Ode to Io LP
~Magnified Eye: The Last Sun CD
~Mammoth Volume: Noara Dance CD EP
~Mammoth Volume: A Single Book of Songs CD
~Mandra Gora Lightshow Society: Beyond the Mushroom Gate CD
~Masters of Reality: Sunrise on the Sufferbus CD
~Masters of Reality: Welcome to the Western Lodge CD
~Masters of Reality: Flak 'n' Flight CD
~Men of Porn: Experiments in Feedback CD
~Mississippi Sludge: Biscuits and Slavery CD
~Mondo Generator: Cocaine Rodeo CD
~Mondo Generator: A Drug Problem that Never Existed CD
~Monkey3: Self Titled CD
~Monster Magnet: Spine of God LP
~Mushroom River Band, The: Simsalabim CD
~Mustasch: Above All CD
~Mystick Krewe of Clearlight, The: Self Titled CD
~Nebula: Dos EPs CD
~Nebula: Let it Burn (+ Bonus Tracks) CD
~Nebula: Atomic Ritual CD
~Negative Reaction: The Orion Chronicles CD
~Negative Reaction: Endofyorerror CD
~Negative Reaction: The Orbit EP 7 inch
~Novadriver: Void CD
~OJM: Heavy CD
~On Trial: New Day Rising CD
~Operator Generator: Polar Fleet CD
~Orange Goblin: Coup de Grace CD
~Pawnshop: Cruise-o-matic CD
~Pelican: Untitled EP CD
~Penance: Proving Ground (Remixed, Remastered, Repackaged) CD
~Pentagram: First Daze Here (The Vintage Collection) 2LP
~Pentagram: Review Your Choices CD
~Pharoah Overlord: #2 CD
~Pharoah Overlord: #1 CD
~Puny Human: It's Not the Heat, It's the Humanity CD
~Puny Human: Revenge is Easy CD
~Queens of the Stone Age: Self Titled CD
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RAZORBACK RECORDS Distribution Update 11/14/03
We now accept regular Visa/Mastercard and Discover credit card payments
in addition to Paypal! 100% Secure 128 Bit SSL!
BLOOD FREAK "Sleaze Merchants" CD out next week! Ordering info soon!
new stuff in stock:
REGURGITATE / ENTRAILS MASSACRE / SUPPOSITORY
3-Way Grindcore Knockout Round 1 CD
live grind attack! Rgte has 12 tracks, Entrails Massacre has 4, and
Suppository has 7!
Price: $11 US/$13 World
GOMORRHA
"Sexual Perversity By Autopsy" CD
brand new release! brutal, sick death metal released
by Nice To Eat You Records!
Price: $11 US/$13 World
GROTESQUEUPHORIA
"Conquered By Corruption" CD
brutal death metal from New York,
their brand new release!
Price: $11 US/$13 World
UNHOLY GRAVE
"Death Comes From Nowhere" CD
killer, brutal grindcore from these Japanese
maniacs! 12 extreme songs, released by
Gorecult Records!
Price: $11 US/$13 World
324
"Across The Black Wings" mini-CD
latest release from this Japanese grind
machine!
Price: $8 US/$10 World
FUNERUS
"Festering Earth" CD
extreme, heavy death metal with members from Incantation!
Price: $11 US/$13 World
MYOPIA
"Dancing On Landmines" CD
brutal, insane death/grind from Canada!
Their 2nd full album!
Price: $11 US/$13 World
NOISECORE FREAK
"Corner Itch Theory" CD
insane grind terror from Canada! Brand new
full-length album!
Price: $11 US/$13 World
AUTOPHAGIA
"Postmortem Human Offal" CD
brand new release! 27 tracks of crushing, filthy
grind/gore from Greece!
Price: $11 US/$13 World
TRIBUTE TO GUT
CD
tribute album to the German legends of gore, GUT! Features killer
tracks from: Libido Airbag, NWC 666, Kots, Tu Carne, Vaginal Carnage,
Haematuria, Blue Holocaust, Lymphatic Phlegm, Feculence, Nuero Visceral
Exhumation, Gronibard, Namek, Bowel Stew, Manstractor, Uterus, Cliteater,
Stoma, Depression, Ahumado Granujo, Oxidised Razor, Autophagia,
Rompeprop, Headcrash, Cerebral Turbulency, Carnal Diafragma, Vaginal Incest,
Maggut, Hipermenorrea, Gorecorpse, Tourette Syndrom, Butcher ABC, Shunt
Incision, Abosranie Bogom, Disgorged Foetus, and Amok!
Price: $11 US/$13 World
SUBLIME CADAVERIC DECOMPOSITION
"2" CD
brand new full-length album of sick gore/grind
from France! Released by Osmose Prod. Insane
digi-pak release.
Price: $12 US/$14 World
DECOMPOSING SERENITY
"We'll Stop When You're Dead" mini-CD
Includes all the material from 2 of their out of print
7" ep's: "At Last The Dolls Are Broken" and "Corpse Juice
and Lavander Kisses". 17 insane, gory tracks!
Price: $8 US/$10 World
DERKETA
"Goddess Of Death" CD
finally, a collection CD from one of the USA's most legendary, cult
death metal bands ever! Includes every song they ever did from their
demo
and 7" ep, along with rehearsal tracks, and split 7" w/Nunslaughter
tracks!
Price: $11 US/$13 World
ROT
"A Long Cold Stare" CD
brand new, full-length album from this long-running pure grindcore
band from Brazil! Includes 7 bonus live tracks and a giant booklet!
Price: $11 US/$13 World
SANATORIUM
"Fetus Rape" mini-CD
6 songs of brutal death metal from Slovakia.
Price: $8 US/$10 World
C.S.S.O.
"Collection" CD
amazing release from this cult Japanese grind legend!
all their material is here, which includes: split 7" w/Meat Shits,
4-way "Grindwork" mini-CD, split 7" w/Vivisection, unreleased tracks '94,
unreleased session '95, full 7" ep on Relapse, "Shit Hits Volume 2" tape
'97, split 7" w/Demisor, split 7" w/Mastic Scum, split 7" w/Dead
Infection, unreleased session '98, and split 7" w/Bloody Vice. 45 insane
songs!
Price: $11 US/$13 World
MAUSOLEUM
"Cadaveric Displays of Ghoulish Ghastliness" CD
zombie-cult death metal, on Razorback Records
out now!
Price: $11 US/$13 World
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We now accept regular Visa/Mastercard and Discover credit card payments
in addition to Paypal! 100% Secure 128 Bit SSL!
BLOOD FREAK "Sleaze Merchants" CD out next week! Ordering info soon!
new stuff in stock:
REGURGITATE / ENTRAILS MASSACRE / SUPPOSITORY
3-Way Grindcore Knockout Round 1 CD
live grind attack! Rgte has 12 tracks, Entrails Massacre has 4, and
Suppository has 7!
Price: $11 US/$13 World
GOMORRHA
"Sexual Perversity By Autopsy" CD
brand new release! brutal, sick death metal released
by Nice To Eat You Records!
Price: $11 US/$13 World
GROTESQUEUPHORIA
"Conquered By Corruption" CD
brutal death metal from New York,
their brand new release!
Price: $11 US/$13 World
UNHOLY GRAVE
"Death Comes From Nowhere" CD
killer, brutal grindcore from these Japanese
maniacs! 12 extreme songs, released by
Gorecult Records!
Price: $11 US/$13 World
324
"Across The Black Wings" mini-CD
latest release from this Japanese grind
machine!
Price: $8 US/$10 World
FUNERUS
"Festering Earth" CD
extreme, heavy death metal with members from Incantation!
Price: $11 US/$13 World
MYOPIA
"Dancing On Landmines" CD
brutal, insane death/grind from Canada!
Their 2nd full album!
Price: $11 US/$13 World
NOISECORE FREAK
"Corner Itch Theory" CD
insane grind terror from Canada! Brand new
full-length album!
Price: $11 US/$13 World
AUTOPHAGIA
"Postmortem Human Offal" CD
brand new release! 27 tracks of crushing, filthy
grind/gore from Greece!
Price: $11 US/$13 World
TRIBUTE TO GUT
CD
tribute album to the German legends of gore, GUT! Features killer
tracks from: Libido Airbag, NWC 666, Kots, Tu Carne, Vaginal Carnage,
Haematuria, Blue Holocaust, Lymphatic Phlegm, Feculence, Nuero Visceral
Exhumation, Gronibard, Namek, Bowel Stew, Manstractor, Uterus, Cliteater,
Stoma, Depression, Ahumado Granujo, Oxidised Razor, Autophagia,
Rompeprop, Headcrash, Cerebral Turbulency, Carnal Diafragma, Vaginal Incest,
Maggut, Hipermenorrea, Gorecorpse, Tourette Syndrom, Butcher ABC, Shunt
Incision, Abosranie Bogom, Disgorged Foetus, and Amok!
Price: $11 US/$13 World
SUBLIME CADAVERIC DECOMPOSITION
"2" CD
brand new full-length album of sick gore/grind
from France! Released by Osmose Prod. Insane
digi-pak release.
Price: $12 US/$14 World
DECOMPOSING SERENITY
"We'll Stop When You're Dead" mini-CD
Includes all the material from 2 of their out of print
7" ep's: "At Last The Dolls Are Broken" and "Corpse Juice
and Lavander Kisses". 17 insane, gory tracks!
Price: $8 US/$10 World
DERKETA
"Goddess Of Death" CD
finally, a collection CD from one of the USA's most legendary, cult
death metal bands ever! Includes every song they ever did from their
demo
and 7" ep, along with rehearsal tracks, and split 7" w/Nunslaughter
tracks!
Price: $11 US/$13 World
ROT
"A Long Cold Stare" CD
brand new, full-length album from this long-running pure grindcore
band from Brazil! Includes 7 bonus live tracks and a giant booklet!
Price: $11 US/$13 World
SANATORIUM
"Fetus Rape" mini-CD
6 songs of brutal death metal from Slovakia.
Price: $8 US/$10 World
C.S.S.O.
"Collection" CD
amazing release from this cult Japanese grind legend!
all their material is here, which includes: split 7" w/Meat Shits,
4-way "Grindwork" mini-CD, split 7" w/Vivisection, unreleased tracks '94,
unreleased session '95, full 7" ep on Relapse, "Shit Hits Volume 2" tape
'97, split 7" w/Demisor, split 7" w/Mastic Scum, split 7" w/Dead
Infection, unreleased session '98, and split 7" w/Bloody Vice. 45 insane
songs!
Price: $11 US/$13 World
MAUSOLEUM
"Cadaveric Displays of Ghoulish Ghastliness" CD
zombie-cult death metal, on Razorback Records
out now!
Price: $11 US/$13 World
ORDERING INFORMATION:
Send well-concealed cash or a money made payable to RAZORBACK RECORDS.
No personal checks! Or you can order with your credit card online
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BLACK SABBATH: Box Set To Surface In March
Rhino Records have set a March 2, 2004 release date for the much-anticipated eight-disc BLACK SABBATH box set, "Black Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath (1970-1978)".
Retailing for $99.98, "Black Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath (1970-1978)" will feature remastered versions of the band's albums with Ozzy Osbourne behind the mike, as well as a live DVD with previously unseen footage.
The original SABBATH lineup (along with executive producer Sharon Osbourne) supervised the box set, which will feature the classic albums "Black Sabbath", "Paranoid", "Master of Reality", "Vol. 4", "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath", "Sabotage", "Technical Ecstasy" and "Never Say Die!"
The box will include the band's only non-LP studio recording, "Evil Woman", from 1970. The bonus DVD will feature classic performances of such SABBATH songs as "Iron Man" and "Paranoid", a live cover of Carl Perkins' "Blues Suede Shoes", and a rare promotional clip for the song "Black Sabbath". It will also feature original interviews from such SABBATH disciples as Rob Zombie, James Hetfield, Vince Neil, Krist Novoselic, Melissa Auf Der Maur, Dave Navarro, Billie Joe Armstrong, Slash, Beck, David Lee Roth and Henry Rollins.
The eighty-page booklet also features a group timeline, photos, reprints of all the album lyrics and two new historical essays by writers Chris Welch ("1970-1972: Lords of This World") and Brian Ives ("1973-1978: A Hard Road").
As previously reported, a spokesperson at the management company of SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi has confirmed that the remaining BLACK SABBATH catalog is slated for similar treatment later in 2004. No further information is available at this time.
Rhino Records have set a March 2, 2004 release date for the much-anticipated eight-disc BLACK SABBATH box set, "Black Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath (1970-1978)".
Retailing for $99.98, "Black Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath (1970-1978)" will feature remastered versions of the band's albums with Ozzy Osbourne behind the mike, as well as a live DVD with previously unseen footage.
The original SABBATH lineup (along with executive producer Sharon Osbourne) supervised the box set, which will feature the classic albums "Black Sabbath", "Paranoid", "Master of Reality", "Vol. 4", "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath", "Sabotage", "Technical Ecstasy" and "Never Say Die!"
The box will include the band's only non-LP studio recording, "Evil Woman", from 1970. The bonus DVD will feature classic performances of such SABBATH songs as "Iron Man" and "Paranoid", a live cover of Carl Perkins' "Blues Suede Shoes", and a rare promotional clip for the song "Black Sabbath". It will also feature original interviews from such SABBATH disciples as Rob Zombie, James Hetfield, Vince Neil, Krist Novoselic, Melissa Auf Der Maur, Dave Navarro, Billie Joe Armstrong, Slash, Beck, David Lee Roth and Henry Rollins.
The eighty-page booklet also features a group timeline, photos, reprints of all the album lyrics and two new historical essays by writers Chris Welch ("1970-1972: Lords of This World") and Brian Ives ("1973-1978: A Hard Road").
As previously reported, a spokesperson at the management company of SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi has confirmed that the remaining BLACK SABBATH catalog is slated for similar treatment later in 2004. No further information is available at this time.
CENTINEX: First Gigs Of 2004 Announced
Sweden's CENTINEX have announced the details of their first shows of 2004.
The dates are as follows:
Jan. 11 – London, UK @ Underworld (w/ ROTTING CHRIST, THUS DEFILED, HELL-BORN)
Feb. 06 – Borlänge, SWE @ S2 (w/ HELLPATROL)
As previously reported, CENTINEX's new album, "Decadence - Prophecies Of Cosmic Chaos", is due in March through Candlelight Records. A limited-edition vinyl version (500 copies) will be issued in May through Hells Headbangers Records.
The follow-up to 2002's "Diabolical Desolation" was recorded and mixed at Black Lounge Studios between June 23 and July 20, and contains nine tracks, including an instrumental piece written and performed by Peter Pettersson from Swedish goth/industrial act ARCANA. The artwork for the album was done by Per Gustafson (CULT OF LUNA), while the layout was, once again, handled by Timo "The Eyeless" Ketola.
Sweden's CENTINEX have announced the details of their first shows of 2004.
The dates are as follows:
Jan. 11 – London, UK @ Underworld (w/ ROTTING CHRIST, THUS DEFILED, HELL-BORN)
Feb. 06 – Borlänge, SWE @ S2 (w/ HELLPATROL)
As previously reported, CENTINEX's new album, "Decadence - Prophecies Of Cosmic Chaos", is due in March through Candlelight Records. A limited-edition vinyl version (500 copies) will be issued in May through Hells Headbangers Records.
The follow-up to 2002's "Diabolical Desolation" was recorded and mixed at Black Lounge Studios between June 23 and July 20, and contains nine tracks, including an instrumental piece written and performed by Peter Pettersson from Swedish goth/industrial act ARCANA. The artwork for the album was done by Per Gustafson (CULT OF LUNA), while the layout was, once again, handled by Timo "The Eyeless" Ketola.
IN BATTLE Ink New Deal, Prepare To Record
Sundsvall, Sweden-based death metallers IN BATTLE have signed a deal with Cold/Metal Blade Records, according to a post on the group's official web site.
The band's forthcoming album will be recorded in March/April 2004 at Mana studio in Florida with producer Erik Rutan (HATE ETERNAL/ex-MORBID ANGEL). A summer 2004 release is expected.
IN BATTLE's recently recorded four-song promotional demo, "Soul Metamorphosis", will be made available shortly. The group had previously released two albums (1997's "In Battle" and 1998's "The Rage Of The Northmen") through Austria's Napalm Records.
The complete track listing for "Soul Metamorphosis" is as follows:
01. King God
02. Pioneers Of A Dead Future
03. Soul Metamorphosis
04. Dawn Of Darkness
Sundsvall, Sweden-based death metallers IN BATTLE have signed a deal with Cold/Metal Blade Records, according to a post on the group's official web site.
The band's forthcoming album will be recorded in March/April 2004 at Mana studio in Florida with producer Erik Rutan (HATE ETERNAL/ex-MORBID ANGEL). A summer 2004 release is expected.
IN BATTLE's recently recorded four-song promotional demo, "Soul Metamorphosis", will be made available shortly. The group had previously released two albums (1997's "In Battle" and 1998's "The Rage Of The Northmen") through Austria's Napalm Records.
The complete track listing for "Soul Metamorphosis" is as follows:
01. King God
02. Pioneers Of A Dead Future
03. Soul Metamorphosis
04. Dawn Of Darkness
All-Dwarf KISS Cover Band To Appear On 'Jimmy Kimmel Live'
MINI-KISS, an all-dwarf KISS cover band, will be the featured musical guests on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on Monday, November 17. "Jimmy Kimmel Live" airs in most markets at 12:05 a.m.
To check out pictures of MINI-KISS in action, click here (all photos by Frank Mullen).
MINI-KISS, an all-dwarf KISS cover band, will be the featured musical guests on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on Monday, November 17. "Jimmy Kimmel Live" airs in most markets at 12:05 a.m.
To check out pictures of MINI-KISS in action, click here (all photos by Frank Mullen).
THE BURDEN BROTHERS To Release Debut CD
THE BURDEN BROTHERS, the Dallas-based band featuring guitarist/vocalist Vaden Todd Lewis (THE TOADIES), bassist Casey Orr (GWAR, RIGOR MORTIS), drummer Taz Bentley (REVEREND HORTON HEAT, LOADED, TENDERLOIN, IZZY STRADLIN), and guitarists Corey Rozzoni (CLUMSY, HAPPINESS FACTOR) and Casey Hess (DOOSU), will be issuing their debut CD, "Buried In Your Black Heart", on Tuesday, November 18 via Trauma Records.
The group will be shooting a video for the single "Beautiful Night" in the coming weeks and plan to start touring extensively after the first of the year. In the meantime, the band have lined up several regional dates, including two shows with JANE'S ADDICTION in December.
Dec. 06 - Cains Ballroom - Tulsa, OK
Dec. 19 - NextStage - Dallas, TX (w/ JANE'S ADDICTION)
Dec. 21 - Verizon Wireless Amph. - Houston, TX (w/ JANE'S ADDICTION)
Dec. 31 - Sunset Station - San Antonio, TX
THE BURDEN BROTHERS, the Dallas-based band featuring guitarist/vocalist Vaden Todd Lewis (THE TOADIES), bassist Casey Orr (GWAR, RIGOR MORTIS), drummer Taz Bentley (REVEREND HORTON HEAT, LOADED, TENDERLOIN, IZZY STRADLIN), and guitarists Corey Rozzoni (CLUMSY, HAPPINESS FACTOR) and Casey Hess (DOOSU), will be issuing their debut CD, "Buried In Your Black Heart", on Tuesday, November 18 via Trauma Records.
The group will be shooting a video for the single "Beautiful Night" in the coming weeks and plan to start touring extensively after the first of the year. In the meantime, the band have lined up several regional dates, including two shows with JANE'S ADDICTION in December.
Dec. 06 - Cains Ballroom - Tulsa, OK
Dec. 19 - NextStage - Dallas, TX (w/ JANE'S ADDICTION)
Dec. 21 - Verizon Wireless Amph. - Houston, TX (w/ JANE'S ADDICTION)
Dec. 31 - Sunset Station - San Antonio, TX
ARCH ENEMY's MIKE AMOTT: 'I Am The Biggest Bitch Of All'
ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott has posted the following message on the band's web site:
"Hey ya'll..we're in Texas! And it's fuckin' awesome! The show last night in Houston was really great as we got to play 2 more songs (due to a situation with HATEBREED)...so it was 8 songs instead of the usual 6 — we threw in 'Dark Insanity' (off the 'Black Earth' album) and also 'The Immortal' (off the 'Burning Bridges' album)...recently we have also replaced 'Heart Of Darkness' with 'Bury Me An Angel' — it's working out great! We love playing the fast shit the best anyways... The 3 Florida shows were nice too...met lots of my old pals from the ancient times of DEATH METAL... [Guitarist] James Murphy [TESTAMENT, DEATH, OBITUARY] came on the bus an hung out for awhile — he looked great and seems to be recovering really well from the hell he's been through. Can't wait to hear him shred it up again on his upcoming projects!!! Angela got to meet one of her vocal influences and 'idols' — John Tardy from the mighty OBITUARY...super nice guy! I read on Blabbermouth today that I'd said in an interview that I think 'Metal fans are bitches' - well, I believe that too be true..totally! And the biggest bitch of all is me, ha-ha..I AM THE WORST! I AM THE üBER-BITCH!!!!"
ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott has posted the following message on the band's web site:
"Hey ya'll..we're in Texas! And it's fuckin' awesome! The show last night in Houston was really great as we got to play 2 more songs (due to a situation with HATEBREED)...so it was 8 songs instead of the usual 6 — we threw in 'Dark Insanity' (off the 'Black Earth' album) and also 'The Immortal' (off the 'Burning Bridges' album)...recently we have also replaced 'Heart Of Darkness' with 'Bury Me An Angel' — it's working out great! We love playing the fast shit the best anyways... The 3 Florida shows were nice too...met lots of my old pals from the ancient times of DEATH METAL... [Guitarist] James Murphy [TESTAMENT, DEATH, OBITUARY] came on the bus an hung out for awhile — he looked great and seems to be recovering really well from the hell he's been through. Can't wait to hear him shred it up again on his upcoming projects!!! Angela got to meet one of her vocal influences and 'idols' — John Tardy from the mighty OBITUARY...super nice guy! I read on Blabbermouth today that I'd said in an interview that I think 'Metal fans are bitches' - well, I believe that too be true..totally! And the biggest bitch of all is me, ha-ha..I AM THE WORST! I AM THE üBER-BITCH!!!!"
RUDY SARZO In Talks To Rejoin ANGEL
Bassist Rudy Sarzo (QUIET RIOT, OZZY OSBOURNE, WHITESNAKE) has been speaking with the group ANGEL and is likely to rejoin the band after some twenty-three years of absence, according to Melodic Rock. Sarzo was a member of ANGEL prior to being in both QUIET RIOT and OZZY OSBOURNE. It appears that QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali's refusal to pursue a musical situation that was to include guitarist Reb Beach, vocalist Joe Lynn Turner as well as Sarzo has prompted Rudy to pursue other avenues. Meanwhile, HARDLINE keyboardist Michael T. Ross has joined ANGEL, replacing Greg Guffria. Although Michael is still working closely with Johnny Gioeli in HARDLINE and ACCOMPLICE, Michael has made time to join ANGEL and just completed several dates in California. They are in discussions to record a new ANGEL record and are playing the Bang Your Head Festival in Germany in 2004.
Bassist Rudy Sarzo (QUIET RIOT, OZZY OSBOURNE, WHITESNAKE) has been speaking with the group ANGEL and is likely to rejoin the band after some twenty-three years of absence, according to Melodic Rock. Sarzo was a member of ANGEL prior to being in both QUIET RIOT and OZZY OSBOURNE. It appears that QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali's refusal to pursue a musical situation that was to include guitarist Reb Beach, vocalist Joe Lynn Turner as well as Sarzo has prompted Rudy to pursue other avenues. Meanwhile, HARDLINE keyboardist Michael T. Ross has joined ANGEL, replacing Greg Guffria. Although Michael is still working closely with Johnny Gioeli in HARDLINE and ACCOMPLICE, Michael has made time to join ANGEL and just completed several dates in California. They are in discussions to record a new ANGEL record and are playing the Bang Your Head Festival in Germany in 2004.
Report: Heavy Metal Subgenres Broken Down
Lisa Rose of New Jersey's The Star-Ledger attempts in Friday's online edition to put her finger on the array of subgenres within the heavy metal music spectrum in advance of this weekend's New Jersey Metal And Hardcore Fest, which kicks off today at Asbury Park's Convention Hall complex. Check out her attempt at this location.
Lisa Rose of New Jersey's The Star-Ledger attempts in Friday's online edition to put her finger on the array of subgenres within the heavy metal music spectrum in advance of this weekend's New Jersey Metal And Hardcore Fest, which kicks off today at Asbury Park's Convention Hall complex. Check out her attempt at this location.
DESTRUCTION: DVD Preview Available For Viewing
Veteran German thrashers DESTRUCTION have posted a preview clip from their upcoming DVD. Check out a live version of "Machinery Of Lies": .MPG, Windows Media.
DESTRUCTION will be teaming up with DEICIDE, NILE, AMON AMARTH, DEW-SCENTED, GRAVEWORM and MISERY INDEX for the X-Mass Festivals 2003 tour beginning on December 7 in London, England. A European tour with DEW-SCENTED will follow in February.
Veteran German thrashers DESTRUCTION have posted a preview clip from their upcoming DVD. Check out a live version of "Machinery Of Lies": .MPG, Windows Media.
DESTRUCTION will be teaming up with DEICIDE, NILE, AMON AMARTH, DEW-SCENTED, GRAVEWORM and MISERY INDEX for the X-Mass Festivals 2003 tour beginning on December 7 in London, England. A European tour with DEW-SCENTED will follow in February.
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Attn: Bands:
The following is a brand spanking new compilation we will be
doing. This will be for the STILLBORN FESTIVAL that is put on every
year by HATEBREED. Please take a look at the following and see where
we will promote your band!
December 26th, 27th and 29th, 2003
STILLBORN FESTIVAL featuring:
HATEBREED, Chimaira, Sick of it All, Agnostic Front, Madball, Stretch
Armstrong, Subzero, With Honor, Sworn Enemy, Full Blown Chaos.
December 26, 2003 @ Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA.
December 27, 2003 @ The Worcester Palladium, Worcester, MA.
December 29, 2003 @ The 9:30 Club Washington, DC.
200 Discs will be distributed at each concert. Cost is $45 per
concert. $80 per 2 Markets and $100 for all 3 Markets. The deadline
is December 12th!!
If anyone is interested, please reply and reserve your spot. Payment
and your 2 tracks are due by December 12th. You won't want to miss
out on this Promotion!
Thanks!
Nate Franklin
Just Promotions
http://www.justpromotions.com
nate@justpromotions.com
Please tell them that MidwestMetal.info sent you by using our e-mail address as a reference - jennifer@midwestmetal.info - thank you!
Attn: Bands:
The following is a brand spanking new compilation we will be
doing. This will be for the STILLBORN FESTIVAL that is put on every
year by HATEBREED. Please take a look at the following and see where
we will promote your band!
December 26th, 27th and 29th, 2003
STILLBORN FESTIVAL featuring:
HATEBREED, Chimaira, Sick of it All, Agnostic Front, Madball, Stretch
Armstrong, Subzero, With Honor, Sworn Enemy, Full Blown Chaos.
December 26, 2003 @ Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA.
December 27, 2003 @ The Worcester Palladium, Worcester, MA.
December 29, 2003 @ The 9:30 Club Washington, DC.
200 Discs will be distributed at each concert. Cost is $45 per
concert. $80 per 2 Markets and $100 for all 3 Markets. The deadline
is December 12th!!
If anyone is interested, please reply and reserve your spot. Payment
and your 2 tracks are due by December 12th. You won't want to miss
out on this Promotion!
Thanks!
Nate Franklin
Just Promotions
http://www.justpromotions.com
nate@justpromotions.com
Please tell them that MidwestMetal.info sent you by using our e-mail address as a reference - jennifer@midwestmetal.info - thank you!
Turkey Vulture Records
Turkey Vulture Records is seeking a few more bands for "THE HARDER, THE BETTER: VOLUME SIX". Bands so far appearing on the compilation include THE STREET WALKIN' CHEETAHS, SWEET JUSTICE, NEW SOCIETY OF ANARCHISTS, BOURBON OUTFITTERS, DEAD END PATH, THE SEVENTH GATE, MARY'S CUNT, THE EERIE, RICTUS GRIN, CHAINSNAP, and NO CLASS CITIZEN. This compilation offers great worldwide exposure. Bands interested please go to www.turkeyvulturerecords.com for details on how to become a part of this compilation! Thanks so much!
Turkey Vulture Records is seeking a few more bands for "THE HARDER, THE BETTER: VOLUME SIX". Bands so far appearing on the compilation include THE STREET WALKIN' CHEETAHS, SWEET JUSTICE, NEW SOCIETY OF ANARCHISTS, BOURBON OUTFITTERS, DEAD END PATH, THE SEVENTH GATE, MARY'S CUNT, THE EERIE, RICTUS GRIN, CHAINSNAP, and NO CLASS CITIZEN. This compilation offers great worldwide exposure. Bands interested please go to www.turkeyvulturerecords.com for details on how to become a part of this compilation! Thanks so much!
11.13.2003
WILLOW WISP DVD NOW AVAILABLE!!!!!
-WITNESS DEMONIC SPLENDOR IN GHASTLY BLOOD RED!!
-SEE A NAKED ACOLYTE BEATEN AND SACRIFICED!!
-HEAR EARTH'S MOST ECCENTRIC/EXPERIMENTAL/PROG-OTHIC/BLACK METAL!!!
-MARVEL AT THE UNHOLINESS YOU WILL BEHOLD!!
-WILLOW WISP HAVE FINALLY UNLEASHED THEIR FIRST OFFICIAL DVD ON A WORLD TAKEN AGHAST!!
Featuring 2 Brand New Videos
Hilarious Social Misconduct An Authentic Ritual Performed In The Hollywood Hills Exclusive Rehearsal Footage of 2 Songs That Will Appear On Their As Yet Untitled-Forthcoming CD As Well As Live Performances, New Photos, Menu Selections Composed By The Band Themselves And All Of Their Anticipated Lurid Antics All Caught On Tape For "YOU" Their Satanic Brethren!!
NOW AVAILABLE!!
Send $15.00 plus $3.50 Shipping well concealed cash Or a Money Order Made Out To: T
Tony Eckman/ Willow Wisp
Po Box 9352
N. Hollywood,Ca.
91609-1352
**Act Now And Receive A Limited Edition 4x6 Color Photo Autographed by the band!!
Please Allow 2 to 3 Weeks For Delivery
-WITNESS DEMONIC SPLENDOR IN GHASTLY BLOOD RED!!
-SEE A NAKED ACOLYTE BEATEN AND SACRIFICED!!
-HEAR EARTH'S MOST ECCENTRIC/EXPERIMENTAL/PROG-OTHIC/BLACK METAL!!!
-MARVEL AT THE UNHOLINESS YOU WILL BEHOLD!!
-WILLOW WISP HAVE FINALLY UNLEASHED THEIR FIRST OFFICIAL DVD ON A WORLD TAKEN AGHAST!!
Featuring 2 Brand New Videos
Hilarious Social Misconduct An Authentic Ritual Performed In The Hollywood Hills Exclusive Rehearsal Footage of 2 Songs That Will Appear On Their As Yet Untitled-Forthcoming CD As Well As Live Performances, New Photos, Menu Selections Composed By The Band Themselves And All Of Their Anticipated Lurid Antics All Caught On Tape For "YOU" Their Satanic Brethren!!
NOW AVAILABLE!!
Send $15.00 plus $3.50 Shipping well concealed cash Or a Money Order Made Out To: T
Tony Eckman/ Willow Wisp
Po Box 9352
N. Hollywood,Ca.
91609-1352
**Act Now And Receive A Limited Edition 4x6 Color Photo Autographed by the band!!
Please Allow 2 to 3 Weeks For Delivery
- KARMAGEDDON MEDIA -
< UPCOMING RELEASES IN JANUARY/FEBRUARY/MARCH 2004 >
JANUARY:
- MORIFADE - Domin<>nation digi-CD/CD (26.01) - excluding Japan -
- TRIBUTE TO POSSESSED - Seven Gates of Horror digi-CD (26.01)
- DIMMU BORGIR / OLD MAN'S CHILD - Sons of Satan Gather for Attack CD (26.01)
- SEPTIC FLESH - Sumerian Daemons CD (26.01)
- TRIBUTE TO EURONYMOUS - Nordic Metal CD (26.01) - for Europe only -
- NILE - In The Beginning digi-CD (26.01) - for Europe only -
FEBRUARY:
- CRUACHAN - Pagan digi-CD/CD (09.02)
- WITHIN Y - Extended Mental Dimensions CD (09.02)
- CRUACHAN - Folk-Lore CD (23.02)
- CRUACHAN - Tuatha Na Gael CD (23.02)
- THYRFING - Thyrfing CD (23.02)
- SINISTER - Creative Killings CD (23.02) - excluding North America -
MARCH:
- DISMEMBER - Where Ironcrosses Grow digi-CD/CD (08.03)
- HEARSE - Armageddon Mon Amour digi-CD/CD (08.03)
- THYRFING - Valdr Galga CD (22.03)
- MONSTROSITY - Millennium CD (22.03) - for Europe only -
- Please notice that this release schedule is not valid for the American territories !!!
- Official license-partner for North America : Candlelight Records USA.
- Official license-partner for South America : Encore Records Brazil.
< UPCOMING RELEASES IN JANUARY/FEBRUARY/MARCH 2004 >
JANUARY:
- MORIFADE - Domin<>nation digi-CD/CD (26.01) - excluding Japan -
- TRIBUTE TO POSSESSED - Seven Gates of Horror digi-CD (26.01)
- DIMMU BORGIR / OLD MAN'S CHILD - Sons of Satan Gather for Attack CD (26.01)
- SEPTIC FLESH - Sumerian Daemons CD (26.01)
- TRIBUTE TO EURONYMOUS - Nordic Metal CD (26.01) - for Europe only -
- NILE - In The Beginning digi-CD (26.01) - for Europe only -
FEBRUARY:
- CRUACHAN - Pagan digi-CD/CD (09.02)
- WITHIN Y - Extended Mental Dimensions CD (09.02)
- CRUACHAN - Folk-Lore CD (23.02)
- CRUACHAN - Tuatha Na Gael CD (23.02)
- THYRFING - Thyrfing CD (23.02)
- SINISTER - Creative Killings CD (23.02) - excluding North America -
MARCH:
- DISMEMBER - Where Ironcrosses Grow digi-CD/CD (08.03)
- HEARSE - Armageddon Mon Amour digi-CD/CD (08.03)
- THYRFING - Valdr Galga CD (22.03)
- MONSTROSITY - Millennium CD (22.03) - for Europe only -
- Please notice that this release schedule is not valid for the American territories !!!
- Official license-partner for North America : Candlelight Records USA.
- Official license-partner for South America : Encore Records Brazil.
AFBPromotions 2004 Roster
Wednesday Elektra
http://www.aidforbands.com
wednesday@aidforbands.com
AFBPromotions is gearing up for the 2004 year, with the hopes of
bringing independent music lovers more services and featuring a new
20 artist "roster" line up:
(In no particular order) the new roster is:
Nicatas Drumer, Morgueazm, Schizoid, Rictus Grin, Suture Seven,
Promonium Jesters, Anomy, Iron Bitchface, Endorphins, Encounter Box, Mind Disruption, Control Theory, Little Mojo, Yaya Diallo,
Broomfiller, Gliem, R. Sean Faust, Sapphic Ode, Lucid, and Todays
Abortion
More information on the aforementioned artists/bands will be disclosed with the new website due out the end of December 2003! More great things are on their way ...
AFBPromotions
http://www.aidforbands.com
wednesday@aidforbands.com
[ PS
To those that submitted their information to the 2004 roster, but
didn't get selected, I'll be contacting you shortly via email about a "side project" I'll be doing to help out bands outside of our
roster, so keep an eye on your inbox about it!! ~ Wednesday ]
PPS Thanks to all of you who casted votes to help me decide who the last band would be, Todays Abortion was the "winner"
Wednesday Elektra
http://www.aidforbands.com
wednesday@aidforbands.com
AFBPromotions is gearing up for the 2004 year, with the hopes of
bringing independent music lovers more services and featuring a new
20 artist "roster" line up:
(In no particular order) the new roster is:
Nicatas Drumer, Morgueazm, Schizoid, Rictus Grin, Suture Seven,
Promonium Jesters, Anomy, Iron Bitchface, Endorphins, Encounter Box, Mind Disruption, Control Theory, Little Mojo, Yaya Diallo,
Broomfiller, Gliem, R. Sean Faust, Sapphic Ode, Lucid, and Todays
Abortion
More information on the aforementioned artists/bands will be disclosed with the new website due out the end of December 2003! More great things are on their way ...
AFBPromotions
http://www.aidforbands.com
wednesday@aidforbands.com
[ PS
To those that submitted their information to the 2004 roster, but
didn't get selected, I'll be contacting you shortly via email about a "side project" I'll be doing to help out bands outside of our
roster, so keep an eye on your inbox about it!! ~ Wednesday ]
PPS Thanks to all of you who casted votes to help me decide who the last band would be, Todays Abortion was the "winner"
NAPALM DEATH Guitarist Sits Out European Tour
NAPALM DEATH bassist Shane Embury has addressed the absence of guitarist Jesse Pintado from the group's current European tour in the following posting to the band's official web site:
"Hi there, in France today, show number 7... I noticed that there were a couple of queries as to Jesse's absence from the shows... Basically, he is back in Los Angeles with his family right now taking sometime off and recovering from a very exhaustive year....
"Due to the fact that the tour was already booked we decided to do the shows as a four-piece...
"All should be back on track for next year."
NAPALM DEATH bassist Shane Embury has addressed the absence of guitarist Jesse Pintado from the group's current European tour in the following posting to the band's official web site:
"Hi there, in France today, show number 7... I noticed that there were a couple of queries as to Jesse's absence from the shows... Basically, he is back in Los Angeles with his family right now taking sometime off and recovering from a very exhaustive year....
"Due to the fact that the tour was already booked we decided to do the shows as a four-piece...
"All should be back on track for next year."
OPETH To Play 'Drastically Different' Set On Upcoming U.S. Tour
Sweden's OPETH recently returned from their first-ever Scandinavian tour. The band performed live in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. The Finns finally had a chance to see the band live in concert for the first time ever, and OPETH tried to repay their "debt" by playing a set over two hours 20 minutes long in Helsinki. Surprise for this tour was the inclusion of "April Ethereal" from the 1997 album "My Arms Your Hearse". This has only been played live twice before back in 1997.
The long-awaited DVD, "Lamentations - Live at Shepards Bush Empire" will be released in late November through Music For Nations. American release is set for the end of February 2004.
Candlelight Records have re-issued the first three OPETH albums ("Orchid", "Morningrise", and "My Arms Your Hearse") in embossed tin-can editions. This is a very limited release and they're available now.
Since OPETH have been in North America three times in support of "Deliverance" and "Damnation", there will be some drastic changes in the band's live set list for the upcoming 2004 tour. To keep the interest from the fans, the band will pull out a series of never-before-played numbers from albums past and present. Some songs up for rehearsals are "The Moor", "Nectar" and "Blackwater Park", among others.
Sweden's OPETH recently returned from their first-ever Scandinavian tour. The band performed live in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. The Finns finally had a chance to see the band live in concert for the first time ever, and OPETH tried to repay their "debt" by playing a set over two hours 20 minutes long in Helsinki. Surprise for this tour was the inclusion of "April Ethereal" from the 1997 album "My Arms Your Hearse". This has only been played live twice before back in 1997.
The long-awaited DVD, "Lamentations - Live at Shepards Bush Empire" will be released in late November through Music For Nations. American release is set for the end of February 2004.
Candlelight Records have re-issued the first three OPETH albums ("Orchid", "Morningrise", and "My Arms Your Hearse") in embossed tin-can editions. This is a very limited release and they're available now.
Since OPETH have been in North America three times in support of "Deliverance" and "Damnation", there will be some drastic changes in the band's live set list for the upcoming 2004 tour. To keep the interest from the fans, the band will pull out a series of never-before-played numbers from albums past and present. Some songs up for rehearsals are "The Moor", "Nectar" and "Blackwater Park", among others.
Thrash Metal Documentary To Film In The San Francisco Bay Area
"Get Thrashed", the upcoming documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, will be taping a performance by Bay Area thrashers CONCRETE COFFIN at The Stork Club in Oakland, California on Tuesday, November 18. Everyone is invited to come down to the show and be a part of the taping.
As previously reported, METALLICA, SLAYER, ANTHRAX, TESTAMENT, OVERKILL, VOIVOD, KREATOR, EXODUS, DISTURBED, SLIPKNOT, KITTIE, DEATH ANGEL and MESHUGGAH are among the other bands covered in the documentary, which is tentatively due before the end of the year. The brainchild of director Rick Ernst, a longtime freelance producer for MTV, the film will include interviews, live performances and archival footage.
For more information on "Get Thrashed", visit the project's official web site at this location.
"Get Thrashed", the upcoming documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, will be taping a performance by Bay Area thrashers CONCRETE COFFIN at The Stork Club in Oakland, California on Tuesday, November 18. Everyone is invited to come down to the show and be a part of the taping.
As previously reported, METALLICA, SLAYER, ANTHRAX, TESTAMENT, OVERKILL, VOIVOD, KREATOR, EXODUS, DISTURBED, SLIPKNOT, KITTIE, DEATH ANGEL and MESHUGGAH are among the other bands covered in the documentary, which is tentatively due before the end of the year. The brainchild of director Rick Ernst, a longtime freelance producer for MTV, the film will include interviews, live performances and archival footage.
For more information on "Get Thrashed", visit the project's official web site at this location.
ENFORSAKEN: Sophomore Album Due In February
Arlington Heights, Illinois-based death metallers ENFORSAKEN have set a February 24, 2004 tentative release date through Century Media/Olympic Records for their sophomore album, "The Forever Endeavor".
The mastering of the album was recently completed by James Murphy (DISINCARNATE, DEATH, TESTAMENT, OBITUARY), who also contributed a guitar solo to the song "All For Nothing". All cover and layout art was completed by DARK TRANQUILLITY guitarist Niklas Sundin at Cabin Fever Media. "Niklas did a great job, and his unique artwork paints a very nice mood for the album," the band write on their web site.
ENFORSAKEN will hit the road in support of "The Forever Endeavor" in early 2004.
Arlington Heights, Illinois-based death metallers ENFORSAKEN have set a February 24, 2004 tentative release date through Century Media/Olympic Records for their sophomore album, "The Forever Endeavor".
The mastering of the album was recently completed by James Murphy (DISINCARNATE, DEATH, TESTAMENT, OBITUARY), who also contributed a guitar solo to the song "All For Nothing". All cover and layout art was completed by DARK TRANQUILLITY guitarist Niklas Sundin at Cabin Fever Media. "Niklas did a great job, and his unique artwork paints a very nice mood for the album," the band write on their web site.
ENFORSAKEN will hit the road in support of "The Forever Endeavor" in early 2004.
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY Nominated For A SURROUND MUSIC Award
Zakk Wylde's BLACK LABEL SOCIETY have received a "Best Live Video" nomination at this year's Surround Music Awards for their recently-issued concert DVD, "Boozed, Broozed & Broken-Boned".
The prestigious event takes place on December 11 and 12 (with the awards on the evening of the 11) and features a veritable who's-who of music industry personalities, experts and veterans. This year's award show is to be held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California and is part of the 2003 International Surround Conference and Showcase sponsored by Surround Professional magazine, revealed by High Fidelity Review. See the entire list of the 2003 Surround Music award nominees at this location.
Zakk Wylde's BLACK LABEL SOCIETY have received a "Best Live Video" nomination at this year's Surround Music Awards for their recently-issued concert DVD, "Boozed, Broozed & Broken-Boned".
The prestigious event takes place on December 11 and 12 (with the awards on the evening of the 11) and features a veritable who's-who of music industry personalities, experts and veterans. This year's award show is to be held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California and is part of the 2003 International Surround Conference and Showcase sponsored by Surround Professional magazine, revealed by High Fidelity Review. See the entire list of the 2003 Surround Music award nominees at this location.
Renowned Session Drummer Loses Battle With Cancer
Renowned drummer Tony Thompson, who performed with LED ZEPPELIN's Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones during the 1985 Live Aid reunion, and who also rehearsed with the members of ZEPPELIN for a short-lived project in 1986, passed away earlier today after a battle with renal-cell cancer. Donations can be made at www.tonythompsonfund.com.
(Thanks: Led-Zeppelin.com)
Renowned drummer Tony Thompson, who performed with LED ZEPPELIN's Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones during the 1985 Live Aid reunion, and who also rehearsed with the members of ZEPPELIN for a short-lived project in 1986, passed away earlier today after a battle with renal-cell cancer. Donations can be made at www.tonythompsonfund.com.
(Thanks: Led-Zeppelin.com)
SUFFOCATION Name New CD
Reunited New York death metallers SUFFOCATION have set "Souls To Deny" as the title for their first full-length release since 1995's "Pierced From Within", tentatively due in the spring through Relapse Records. The songwriting process for the follow-up to the 1998 "Despise The Sun" EP has reached the midway point and plans exist for the band to self-produce the CD during January.
On Saturday November 15, SUFFOCATION are scheduled to be playing on the main stage (from 7:45 p.m. until 8:30 p.m.) at the New Jersey Metal And Hardcore Festival in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Other bands slated to play the same night on the same stage include HATE ETERNAL, DEICIDE, NILE, TYPE O NEGATIVE and CRADLE OF FILTH.
SUFFOCATION's current lineup consists of founding members Frank Mullen (vocals), Terrance Hobbs (guitar), Mike Smith (drums) and Josh Barohn (bass), plus longtime friend Guy Marchais (guitar, formerly of PYREXIA and INTERNAL BLEEDING).
Reunited New York death metallers SUFFOCATION have set "Souls To Deny" as the title for their first full-length release since 1995's "Pierced From Within", tentatively due in the spring through Relapse Records. The songwriting process for the follow-up to the 1998 "Despise The Sun" EP has reached the midway point and plans exist for the band to self-produce the CD during January.
On Saturday November 15, SUFFOCATION are scheduled to be playing on the main stage (from 7:45 p.m. until 8:30 p.m.) at the New Jersey Metal And Hardcore Festival in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Other bands slated to play the same night on the same stage include HATE ETERNAL, DEICIDE, NILE, TYPE O NEGATIVE and CRADLE OF FILTH.
SUFFOCATION's current lineup consists of founding members Frank Mullen (vocals), Terrance Hobbs (guitar), Mike Smith (drums) and Josh Barohn (bass), plus longtime friend Guy Marchais (guitar, formerly of PYREXIA and INTERNAL BLEEDING).
DARK FORTRESS Sign With BLACK ATTAKK RECORDS
German black metallers DARK FORTRESS have signed a three-album deal with Neon Knights/Black Attakk Records. The band plan to enter the studio in February/March 2004 to record their new CD, "Stab Wounds", tentatively due in late spring/early summer. Several guest musicians are expected to appear on the album, including Herr Morbid of Italy's FORGOTTEN TOMB and Jens Ryden of Sweden's NAGLFAR.
For more information, visit the band's official web site at this location.
German black metallers DARK FORTRESS have signed a three-album deal with Neon Knights/Black Attakk Records. The band plan to enter the studio in February/March 2004 to record their new CD, "Stab Wounds", tentatively due in late spring/early summer. Several guest musicians are expected to appear on the album, including Herr Morbid of Italy's FORGOTTEN TOMB and Jens Ryden of Sweden's NAGLFAR.
For more information, visit the band's official web site at this location.
FRAGMENTS OF UNBECOMING Complete Work On Debut Album
German death metallers FRAGMENTS OF UNBECOMING have completed work on their full-length debut, "Skywards – A Sylphe's Ascension", due on January 26 through Metal Blade Records Europe. "Catchy guitar melodies, intense rhythms and a highly technical approach make this album an energetic, unique long-player that will suit the tastes of all death metal lovers out there," according to an official press release.
The complete track listing for "Skywards – A Sylphe's Ascension" is as follows:
01. Up From The Blackest Of Soil
02. The Seventh Sunray Enlights My Pathway
03. Shapes Of The Pursuers
04. Skywards – A Sylphe's Ascension
05. Mesmerized
06. Entangled Whispers In The Depth
07. Evensong
08. Scattered To The Four Winds
09. On A Scar's Edge Infinity
10. Lour Pulse
11. Fear My Hatred
12. Life's Last Embers
FRAGMENTS OF UNBECOMING consist of guitarist/vocalist Stefan Weimar (ex-VENEREAL DISEASE), guitarist Sascha Ehrich (ex-MORTIFIED), drummer Ingo Maier (ex-VENEREAL DISEASE), and bassist Wolfram Schellenberg (ex-DISEMBOWLED). The group had previously issued a self-financed EP, titled "Bloodred Tales".
German death metallers FRAGMENTS OF UNBECOMING have completed work on their full-length debut, "Skywards – A Sylphe's Ascension", due on January 26 through Metal Blade Records Europe. "Catchy guitar melodies, intense rhythms and a highly technical approach make this album an energetic, unique long-player that will suit the tastes of all death metal lovers out there," according to an official press release.
The complete track listing for "Skywards – A Sylphe's Ascension" is as follows:
01. Up From The Blackest Of Soil
02. The Seventh Sunray Enlights My Pathway
03. Shapes Of The Pursuers
04. Skywards – A Sylphe's Ascension
05. Mesmerized
06. Entangled Whispers In The Depth
07. Evensong
08. Scattered To The Four Winds
09. On A Scar's Edge Infinity
10. Lour Pulse
11. Fear My Hatred
12. Life's Last Embers
FRAGMENTS OF UNBECOMING consist of guitarist/vocalist Stefan Weimar (ex-VENEREAL DISEASE), guitarist Sascha Ehrich (ex-MORTIFIED), drummer Ingo Maier (ex-VENEREAL DISEASE), and bassist Wolfram Schellenberg (ex-DISEMBOWLED). The group had previously issued a self-financed EP, titled "Bloodred Tales".
Pops Upcoming Shows
CONCERT ANNOUNCEMENT
Poco
And
Heartsfield
$20 Advance/$22 Day Of
All Ages
Saturday, January 24th
(Tickets on sale now at all Ticketmaster locations.)
POCO BIO
One of the first and longest-lasting country-rock groups, Poco had its
roots in the dying embers of the Buffalo Springfield: After co-founders
Neil Young and Stephen Stills exited in the spring of 1968, only
guitarist/singer Richie Furay and bassist Jim Messina remained to complete
the group's swan song, Last Time Around. The final Springfield track,
"Kind Woman," included only Furay and Messina, with a guest appearance on
steel guitar by Rusty Young, formerly of Boenzee Cryque. He stuck with
Furay and Messina, passing on a scheduled audition for a new group that
Gram Parsons was putting together; auditions followed before the
fledgling group reached out to Young's ex-Boenzee Cryque bandmate George
Grantham on drums and vocals and to bassist/singer Randy Meisner. This
lineup rehearsed for four months before making their debut at the L.A.
Troubadour in November. A month later, they made their first appearance at
the Fillmore West on a bill with the Steve Miller Band and Sly & the
Family Stone.
At the time, they were using the name Pogo, but that didn't last; Walt
Kelly, the creator of the comic strip Pogo, from which they'd freely
admitted borrowing the name, didn't appreciate the group's choice and
filed a lawsuit. Not wanting to lose all of the recognition and goodwill
they'd built up locally over the previous five months, the result was a
change of just one consonant, to Poco. Just one day after signing to
Epic in early 1969, Meisner suddenly left the band, apparently over
personality clashes; he later joined the Eagles. Recorded as a four-piece,
Poco's debut, Pickin' Up the Pieces, was released in June of 1969. The
group was back to being a quintet in 1970 with the addition of bassist
Timothy B. Schmit, whose arrival coincided with the recording of their
second album, Poco.
It wasn't long after that Messina decided to leave, feeling that Furay
had assumed too much control over the group's sound. Before departing,
he secured the services of a capable replacement member -- Paul Cotton,
a onetime member of the Illinois Speed Press -- and also played on and
produced their subsequent album, Deliverin', which rose to number 26
and yielded the minor hit "C'mon." Their next album, 1971's From the
Inside, was produced in Memphis by Booker T. & the M.G.'s guitarist Steve
Cropper. The same lineup became the first Poco membership to last for
more than one studio album; their second, A Good Feelin' to Know, was
released in 1972, but by this time, even Furay had begun to lose heart
over the band's lack of commercial success.
The band made one renewed effort, Crazy Eyes, their most accomplished
studio album to date; released late in 1973, it became their most
successful work. However, just as the LP was released, Furay left the group
to hook up with Chris Hillman and John David Souther to form the
Souther-Hillman-Furay Band. Still, Poco continued as a quartet; their next
album, Seven, released in the spring of 1974, failed to replicate the
success of Crazy Eyes. The group was at a critical point in their history
following the release of one more Epic album, Cantamos, which appeared
in the fall of 1974 and got no higher than number 76. After parting with
Epic, Poco signed with ABC Records in 1975; their first album, Head
Over Heels, issued in mid-1975, surpassed expectations to fall just shy of
the Top 40.
After the album Rose of Cimarron, the group came close to splitting up
in 1976, with new member Al Garth exiting in the middle of the year.
Finally, in the spring of 1977, Indian Summer was released; four months
later, Timothy Schmit exited the lineup to replace Meisner in the
Eagles. Grantham followed him out of the band in January of 1978, eventually
becoming Ricky Skaggs' drummer. The group re-formed with Charlie
Harrison and Steve Chapman joining Young and Cotton; Kim Bullard, a Crosby,
Stills & Nash alumnus, came in on keyboards in December of that year,
and Poco was once again a quintet. All of these personnel changes seemed
to have done the trick, because their next album, Legend, released late
in 1978, became the best-selling LP in their history, earning a gold
record in the course of rising to number 14. The accompanying single,
"Crazy Love," reached number 17, far and away their biggest seller to
date. It was matched by Cotton's "Heart of the Night," which got to number
20 during the summer of 1979.
However, their subsequent albums -- Under the Gun, Blue and Gray, and
Cowboys and Englishmen -- did progressively poorly; Ghost Town, issued
late in 1982, peaked at an anemic number 195. Furay rejoined the group
briefly in mid-1984 along with Schmit, resulting in the Inamorata album,
which scarcely made any impact; a five-year hiatus followed before the
original quintet re-formed in the spring of 1989. Their comeback
single, "Call It Love," hit the Top 20, accompanied by the album Legacy,
which made it to number 40. Although the 1968 lineup didn't stay together,
Poco was restored as a working band, touring periodically with Cotton
and Young at its core. In 2002, the band released a new album, Running
Horse, through their website, www.PocoNut.com.
HEARTSFIELD BIO
The members of Heartsfield all met in the Chicago area, although
southwest Michigan is now their base. The group includes Perry Jordan,
acoustic and electric guitar; J.C. Hartsfield, acoustic guitar, mandolin and
fiddle; Phil Lucafo, electric and pedal steel guitars; Fred Dobbs,
electric guitar, banjo; Greg Biela, bass guitar; and Art Baldacci, drums.
The Mississippi-born J.C. Hartsfield started his "pro" career by playing
in country-blues groups at age 12. To support his family, he started
playing with lounge dance bands and Vegas show groups, neither of which
were satisfying to him. In 1970, he met Perry Jordan, who had just left
a group called Liquid Heart. They started playing and writing original
tunes together. Phil soon arrived and made some tapes with Perry and
J.C. He played them for the other members of Liquid Heart and "We all
flipped and started exchanging tunes," Fred recalls. The group returned to
Chicago for a vacation and got together at J.C.'s place to jam. "We
fell in love at first sound," Perry says. This was mid-summer of 1972. The
group began playing around Chicago in particular and the midwest in
general. All of a sudden, the perennially staid Chicago music scene began
to pick up on this group, and within a few months every club
Heartsfield played was packed for every show. And then the hardest people in the
world to please--music critics--began showing up. And this is where
Heartsfield grabbed them. For despite the frills, overdubbing and general
perfection that can be attained in a recording studio, Heartsfield must
be seen in performance to be believed and appreciated. The Chicago
Tribune said that "Heartsfield live is a delight. Everybody gets a chance
to sing and play up-front. And they put out an awesome amount of music."
The Chicago Daily News writes that "their spirit and unmistakable
enjoyment of making music binds a Heartsfield set into an exciting, engaging
experience." The Hot Flash of Kalamazoo, Mich., said "they had people
jumping around like in the days when people did such crazy things as
have fun at concerts." Heartsfield is dedicated to everyone having a good
time at their shows. Says Art: "People want to be entertained. When an
act can communicate to 20,000 people like they're communicating to one
person, the result is fantastic. I think we're just six people who dig
music in all forms, just trying to get by and entertain people." Adds
Perry: "Our group is basically a group of writers who can relate and
understand without a real effort. There are many styles of music we write
and play; we just try to make every song and style sound good. I'm in
love with this band and its music."Mercury recently released
Heartsfield's second album entitled, "The Wonder Of It All." They recorded it at
Golden Voice Studios in South Pekin, Illinois. "We like to keep close to
the roots," J. C. said.
ALSO ANNOUNCED
2nd Annual Thanksgiving Metalfest
Featuring Lacuna Coil & Dog Fashion Disco
w/Realm, 13 Days, Final Drive, Byproduct & Krammit
$10
All Ages
Saturday, November 29th
(Tickets on sale now at all Ticketmaster locations.)
LACUNA COIL BIO
Throughout history, Italy has been known for blending the classic with
the innovative. In the musical realm, Milan’s prolific Lacuna Coil
has best translated the dichotomy of this Italian consciousness.
With three full-length albums and two EPs released in a 4-year span,
each offering has furthered the enunciation of the subtle, solemn beauty
Lacuna Coil creates. Signifying "empty spiral" in English, the
definition betrays the rich versatility of their music. Comalies, their
offering for 2002, maturely exhibits the trademarked gothic overtones and
simplistic melancholy of their haunting musical landscape. Leaving all
comparisons to Draconian Times-era Paradise Lost and The Gathering's
Mandylion-era behind, Lacuna Coil bring miraculous eloquence to their
collision of melody and metal.
Originally formed in 1996, the band teamed up with producer Waldemar
Sorychta (Sentenced, Samael, Tiamat) in 1998. Their songwriting talents
immediately evident, Terrorizer Magazine hailed Lacuna Coil's
self-titled debut as "superb, and its strength soon weakens whatever resistance
you may have had after repeated plays." 1999 proved to be the band's
most eventful year, with an impressive tour schedule in support of that
year's release, In A Reverie, also produced by Sorychta. Sharing stages
with Skyclad, My Insanity, Grip Inc., and Samael, they debuted at the
esteemed Dynamo Open Air Festival in The Netherlands, the Metal Mania
Festival in Poland, and Italy's prestigious Gods Of Metal Festival.
Following an appearance at the Altheimer Open Air Festival, they toured with
Swiss gothic legends Lacrimosa and reaped the praise of fellow
musicians, critics, and new-found fans. With the demand for Lacuna Coil's music
suddenly escalating, they released the Halflife EP (recorded in Damage
Inc. Studio in Ventimiglia, Italy) as a gift to their European
community of fans in the year 2000.
Welcoming Waldemar Sorychta back into the producer's chair at Woodhouse
Studios to assist them with recording 2001's Unleashed Memories, this
album (released in North America with the previously unavailable
Halflife EP) lavished the band with much-deserved acclaim. Praised by
Alternative Press for their "supersize chords that nearly burst into flame,
gorgeous three-part harmonies and chill-inducing melodies that recycle in
your head for days" and earning a special mention in Billboard
Magazine's Hard Music Spotlight for their "compelling mixture of seductive
melodies and aggressive riffs," the band embarked on their first North
American tour with labelmates Moonspell in the winter of 2001. Metal
Maniacs documented their live show to be "a sensory overload of the highest
order. In one word: intoxicating."
It is indeed difficult not to get pulled into the dream-like quality of
the world Lacuna Coil creates, which floods you with a myriad of heavy
and hypnotic sounds. The epic feel of their latest melodic invention,
Comalies, will quickly lead to you believe that an incredibly personal
epiphany is about to happen. Each song contributes to the build-up,
encouraging introspection while documenting the sadness that this
particular journey uncovers. Upholding the emotive yin/yang tradition of vocal
interplay between the dulcet tones of Cristina Scabbia and the
deliberate vocals of her male singing partner Andrea Ferro, Comalies is another
dynamic exploration of Lacuna Coil's soulfully somber and stunningly
enigmatic musical alchemy.
DOG FASHION DISCO BIO
2001’s Anarchists Of Good Taste was a breakthrough for Dog Fashion
Disco. The blood and sweat that came from several years plugging away in
and around the band’s Washington DC homeland and several tracks from
three independently released recordings all went into the Spitfire
Records debut, and the resulting resounding critical acclaim spurned
numerous opportunities for the group.
The band spent a year and a half on the road, hitting Europe for the
first time and logging miles across North America with artists as
disparate as System Of A Down (whose Serj Tankian made a guest appearance on
Anarchists of Good Taste), Stone Temple Pilots, P.O.D., Mindless Self
Indulgence, Mushroomhead, Nothingface and Primer 55.
The relentless touring combined with almost unanimously positive press
coverage and radio support at both the college and commercial levels,
exposing Dog Fashion Disco to hundreds of thousands of new fans. To say
the future is bright is an understatement. In fact, that is the name of
the band’s much-anticipated follow-up release, Committed to a Bright
Future.
The sentiment isn’t Pollyanna sanguinity, nor is it self-deprecating
cynicism. Actually, it’s a little of both. “We were being
optimistic and sarcastic at the same time,†explains vocalist Todd Smith.
“We’ve always been committed to doing everything that we can to help
this band succeed, but we also realize how hard it is to really break
through.â€
Making the task somewhat easier is the fact that Committed to a Bright
Future is as powerful a statement as you’re likely to hear. As
opposed to the previous release, which featured rerecorded versions of
material that dated back to the band’s inception, the new disc was written
almost entirely in a two-month span before they entered the studio.
This gives the record a seamless, cohesive feel that the first disc
lacked.
“The album’s more straightforward,†agrees Smith, “but it’s
also because we wanted to write songs that transferred well live and
made for a really energetic concert. Audiences absorbed the old stuff, but
it wasn’t the kind of thing that got kids jumping around, beating the
crap out of each other, and we love that. We wanted to write songs that
would just pummel you in the face for 45 minutes.â€
The crazed keyboard flourishes, time-changing insanity and
stream-of-conscious lyrics that the band’s deemed “evil circus music†and
had critics invoking the name Mike Patton remain, but the melodic aspects
of Dog Fashion Disco have never been displayed more prominently than on
Committed to a Bright Future. It is this accessibility on cuts such as
the jazzy “Worm in A Dog’s Heart,†the riff-roaring “Plastic
Surgeons†and the hidden cover of “Grease†that separates the band
from their one-dimensional peers.
“I’m a big fan of pop music and I think there’s a sense of that
in our music,†the singer admits without hesitation. “I grew up with
Kiss, Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, bands that wrote great songs whose melodies
you’d sing for two weeks after two listens. I don’t think that
being catchy is a negative. We want something people can sing along
with.â€
After the recording of the disc, the band amicably parted ways with
their original guitarist and drummer, replacing them with Jasan Stepp, a
friend from the DC scene, and Mike Oliver, a New Yorker whom the
band’s manager introduced them to, respectively. “I know it’s a
cliché,†Smith laughs, “but I swear, in all fairness to the other guys,
this band has never worked as well as it does now, and the live show is
unstoppable.
It’s a live show that Dog Fashion Disc plans on unleashing nightly
for “as long as we can physically stand,†says the vocalist.
“We’re going to be on the road for a year solid at least,†boldly
predicts Smith. “This is what we do, this is what we’ve waited our whole
lives to do, and this is what we want. We took some great steps on the
last album, and we’re proud of that, but we’re looking to the
future now.†A very bright future, needless to say.
ALSO ANNOUNCED
Chimaira
w/Soilwork, Bleeding Through, As I Lie Dying & KrimZin
$13 Advance/$15 Day Of Show
All Ages
Monday, December 15th
(Tickets on sale now at all Ticketmaster locations.)
If there is one band that possesses the essential elements necessary to
break big in the heavy metal scene, it's Cleveland's Chimaira. With its
blood-boiling new album The Impossibility Of Reason, Chimaira is
postured to set a new standard: The New Wave Of American Heavy Metal.
As any metal historian/critic/fan is well aware of, the 80s saw the
invasion of British metal acts, Iron Maiden and Venom among them, deemed
the "New Wave Of British Heavy Metal" or "NWOBHM". Chimaira will be
leading the charge of NWOAHM on domestic shores with The Impossibility Of
Reason, an album that is 100% trend free. Armed with an unflappable work
ethic, and an album so kinetic and fevered that it blows away all past
efforts, Chimaira has metal in its DNA.
Chimaira, which takes its unique name from a mythological beast
comprised of several disparate animals, has established a solid, dedicated,
and vast fan base with 1999's This Present Darkness (East Coast Empire)
and 2001's Roadrunner Records' debut, Pass Out Of Existence. A touring
machine, Chimaira has hit the road with Slayer, Fear Factory, Machine
Head, and Danzig. In addition to these great support slots, the band has
also struck out on its own headlining tours, where the six-piece
possessed the blue-collar wherewithal to support itself.
Pass Out Of Existence is Chimaira's foundation, but the band hardly
rested on its laurels when it came time to make The Impossibility Of
Reason. "This is a more mature record," says singer Mark Hunter. "But at the
same time, it's more in your face. Whether it's the heaviest, or the
most melodic, tame song, it's full on." Chimaira fans are going to get
what they are looking for and then some with The Impossibility Of Reason.
"It's everything our fans love, but with something else," offers
Hunter. Whereas other bands balk at and fear change, Chimaira embraced it, on
several levels, for The Impossibility Of Reason. "Look at some of the
most notorious metal bands out there," says Hunter. "You can't put on
any of their records without noticing a change from record to record.
That is what we strive to do. We feel we've shown a lot of growth and
musicianship." Lead guitarist Rob Arnold concurs, "We all had a certain
motivation about the music we wanted to create. The fury. The speed. The
aggression. We learned a lot from being on the road."
Sonically, Chimaira focused on crafting an album that ignores current
metal trends such as rapping, guest appearances, and scoffs at any
traces of "nu" metal. "The Impossibility Of Reason is less futuristic than
the last record. The programming is more subsonic, and it's more of a
dark synth style," Hunter explains. "The low sub tones make you feel you
like you are inside the record. It's the darkest thing we have ever
done. We changed tunings. We tuned to C, the darkest key." Further beefing
up the new, improved Chimaira sound is the new voices Hunter used. On
tour, he was able to hone his voice, and when recording The
Impossibility Of Reason, he found voices he had never used before or even knew he
had.
Lyrically, while The Impossibility Of Reason is not a concept album,
Hunter traces three prevalent themes: rejection, revenge, and
repercussion. "Lyrically, we always try to have songs that our fans can relate to.
Everyone has been rejected. Everyone has gotten revenge in some form or
another. We know a lot of these lyrics will strike a nerve, especially
with what is going on in today's society," admits Hunter. The
Impossibility Of Reason is sonically a dark album, but Chimaira chose to
represent the album's artwork in white tones. Since metal is often associated
with black, Chimaira bucked the trend and drenched the artwork in
blinding, stark, Kubrick-esque style tones, in an effort to let the music
scream for itself.
The Impossibility Of Reason is a personal album for Chimaira, in that
everyone that participated in non-musical areas of the record grew up
with the band, from the artist to the photographer to the producer. The
band chose producer Ben Schigel (who fronts his own band Switched) to
man the boards, for very specific reasons. "He has been recording members
of this band for 8 or 9 years, when we were in our other bands," says
Hunter. "This record was less polished, so we wanted to go with someone
who could keep us raw. He knows our band like we know it." Hunter and
Arnold also co-produced the effort. "Mark and I are always in the
studio," says Arnold. "We were there every minute of every day. We wanted
screaming guitars and booming drums. We wanted to be a part of that
process of getting everything to sound a certain way."
This collaborative effort was also able to give each song on The
Impossibility Of Reason its own distinct identity. Arnold admits that
horns-in-the-air guitar solos are something prevalent on the album. "We're
going back to the era of ripping out leads and growing out the hair", he
exclaims. "The album is so much more guitar driven." Arnold even goes so
far to admit, "standing on the side of the stage, watching Kerry King
of Slayer play for six weeks, had a lot to do with what came out of me
musically."
"Down Again" defines Chimaira's dynamic ability. "Pure Hatred" is the
most pulverizing song, which is an easy guess, given the blunt title.
"That is the song everyone will relate to. It's the final act of revenge,
and the chorus is "I hate everyone," says Hunter. The song is
devastating enough to elicit comparisons to Pantera's quintessential "Fuck You"
anthem "Walk". The title track, according to Arnold, has fast paced
heavy guitars with insane drums, and "a groove... that all familiar groove
that we are known for. Then, the chorus hits the listener like a ton of
bricks. When the ending comes in, you realize this is a changed band,
and that you are hearing something special."
On The Impossibility Of Reason, Chimaira shows its ambitious side. The
last song on the record "Implements Of Destruction" is an epic. "We're
trying to bring back the epic instrumental," says Hunter. "It hasn't
been done for a while. It's beyond epic. It's 12 minutes and we're paying
homage to some of our favorite metal songs."
It's Chimaira's metal vision that has won Slayer's Kerry King over to
Chimaira's side. King has espoused the virtues of Chimaira in national
magazines such as Guitar World. King is notorious for his criticisms of
many "newer" metal bands, but he has championed Chimaira. Ultimately,
there is no better endorsement for the NWOAHM movement than Kerry
Fucking King.
With its old-school stylings and head-banging flair, it easy to
understand why metal fans across the globe would be drawn to Chimaira's music.
The band's sound is uniquely their own, yet it pays homage to those
metal giants that came before them, drawing up the blueprint for the
NWOAMHM. The Impossibility of Reason draws from many seemingly opposite
points both within and outside of the metal genre to create a whole that is
far greater than the sum of its parts.
ALSO ANNOUNCED
Dillinger Escape Plan
w/The Locust and Your Enemies Friends
$12
All Ages
Wednesday, January 14th
(Tickets on sale now at all Ticketmaster locations.)
Created by the merger of metal and new-school hardcore, the furious din
of the Dillinger Escape Plan is the perfect embodiment of intensity,
cathartic rage, urgency, and forward-thinking. Given their abilities and
relative youth, it’s not out of the question to believe that
something this intricate and focused could develop into a paradigm to be
followed, a yardstick by which other bands are measured.
The force known as the Dillinger Escape Plan was formed in March 1997
in North New Jersey by Ben (guitars), Chris (drums), and Dimitri
(vocals). Armed only with a simple desire to correct the musical misdeeds of
their former bands, the trio added bassist Adam and set about writing
material with the aim of pleasing their harshest critics: themselves.
These early steps surfaced shortly thereafter in the form of a six-song
self-titled mini-CD on Now Or Never Records. The quartet started making
regular stops to unleash their devastating live show in basements,
houses, punk spaces, record stores and tiny, underground clubs throughout
the NorthEast and MidWest.
The foursome added John on second guitar in the fall of ‘97 and
recorded their now-infamous "demo" at Trax East Studios (HATEBREED, HUMAN
REMAINS, SNAPCASE). Named Under The Running Board, the eight minute blast
of intense riffing, near-maddening technical complexity, flawless
execution, and frayed vocal beatings had fans and critics searching the
floor on hands and knees for their heads mere seconds after the opening
salvo The Mullet Burden. Rarely had something so intricate been so
focused. Under..., consisting of only three songs, received rave reviews
internationally and was remarkably named as one of the top releases of 1998
by numerous publications worldwide.
Tales of the band’s infamous live performances continued to spread
like wildfire as reports surfaced in fanzines and major publications
alike. DILLINGER... hit the road for their second tour in the summer of
1998, bringing their absolutely ferocious live assault to bear upon the
East coast, Midwest and Eastern Canada with BOTCH and JESUIT. The
tour’s final show was an absolutely blistering set on the Relapse Stage at
the 1998 Milwaukee Metalfest. Brian Benoit, formerly of JESUIT, replaced
John on guitar in November of ‘98. A split CD with NORA was released
on Ferret, and another East Coast trek followed, this time in the
company of CAVE-IN and CONVERGE, before the band returned home to begin
writing material for their first full-length effort.
A split 7" with DROWNING MAN was issued on Hydra Head in May of 1999
and sold out its limited edition pressing of 3,000 in one day. DILLINGER
completed writing the full-length and again entered Trax East Studios
with Steve Evetts to record. The result of the band’s labors is
Calculating Infinity, a lethal, unprecedented combination of metal and
hardcore. Calculating... sees DILLINGER maturing by leaps and bounds as the
new material incorporates elements of jazz-fusion amidst the
semi-controlled chaos. Dimitri’s vocals are far more intense than ever before,
adding both spoken and whispered passages to his established arsenal.
Stunning technicality, intense vocal punishment and total musical
proficiency are immediately evident as songs like 43% Burnt, Sugar Coated Sour
and the title track resoundingly attest.
In August 1999, with Calculating... still over a month away from its
release date, the band was invited to open for none other than MR.BUNGLE
on the band’s 45-date U.S. Tour, based on the strength of both Under
The Running Board and their frenetic live show. THE DILLINGER ESCAPE
PLAN...a psycho-overload of adrenaline soaked intensity...a band fast on
the rise.
Here’s what the books about:
The legend of the 1980's Sunset Strip in Hollywood lives on in a new
full-color photo album from Cleopatra Records, featuring 200 pages of
rare and exclusive photos, flyers and press releases from this pivotal era
of metal. Over two years in the making [and thousands of images later],
Hollywood Rocks! is the most detailed, expansive photo documentation
ever made on the 1980's Sunset Strip metal scene!
Whether you missed out on this spectacular epoch or your alcohol-soaked
memories could use a little refreshing, Hollywood Rocks!features
glossy, full color reproductions of press releases, actual event flyers, rare
"musician's wanted" classified ads, concert and promotional photos of
such Hollywood stars as Guns 'N Roses, Motley Crue, Poison, Jane's
Addiction, Quiet Riot, Warrant, L.A. Guns and many, many other legendary
'80s metal bands!
See actual early press releases of Motley Crue or read an early press
kit by the then unknown band Warrant; you'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll
wonder how anyone ever lived through it all as Hollywood Rocks! depicts
the scene in all of its vivid debauchery. Adding to the mystique of
this genre are follow-up interviews with key players of this historical
era as they look back upon a time when Hollywood was an explosive
breeding ground for these now legendary bands. Members of Poison, Keel, London
and others recall the non-stop party that raged out of the clubs, onto
the sidewalks and out into the streets on a nightly basis!
Set for a Halloween 2003 release date, Hollywood Rocks! is available at
your local book store or direct from Cleopatra Records by visiting the
official Cleopatra Records website at www.cleorecs.com.
UPCOMING POP’S SHOWS
Nov 12 Deicide w/Hate Eternal, Krisiun, Cattle Decapitation &
Ornament Of Disgrace
Nov 13 Art Alexakis of Everclear
Nov 14 Even Flow: A Tribute To Pearl Jam
Nov 15 The Ataris w/Hopesfall & Planes Mistaken For Stars
Nov 18 Girlz Garage Tour w/Lillix, Northern State, The Peak Show,
Brassy & The START
Nov 20 Mindless Self Indulgence
Nov 21 Die Symphony
Nov 25 Cradle Of Filth & Type O Negative
Nov 26 Thunderhead: A Tribute To Rush
Nov 27 Fragile Porcelain Mice w/Nil 8 & Steve Ewing
Nov 29 Lacuna Coil & Dog Fashion Disco
Dec 4 Hot Action Cop w/Switch III
Dec 5 Crash: A Tribute To The Dave Matthews Band
Dec 6 Dimmu Borgir w/Nevermore, Hypocrisy & Children Of Bodom
Dec 7 Alkaline Trio w/Reggie & The Full Effect, From Autumn To
Ashes & No Motiv
Dec 13 Vanilla Fudge & Gypsy
Dec 15 Chimaira w/Soilwork, Bleeding Through, As I Lie Dying &
KrimZin
Jan 14 Dillinger Escape Plan w/The Locust & Your Enemies Friends
Jan 17 British Export: A Tribute To The Beatles
Jan 24 Poco & Heartsfield
CONCERT ANNOUNCEMENT
Poco
And
Heartsfield
$20 Advance/$22 Day Of
All Ages
Saturday, January 24th
(Tickets on sale now at all Ticketmaster locations.)
POCO BIO
One of the first and longest-lasting country-rock groups, Poco had its
roots in the dying embers of the Buffalo Springfield: After co-founders
Neil Young and Stephen Stills exited in the spring of 1968, only
guitarist/singer Richie Furay and bassist Jim Messina remained to complete
the group's swan song, Last Time Around. The final Springfield track,
"Kind Woman," included only Furay and Messina, with a guest appearance on
steel guitar by Rusty Young, formerly of Boenzee Cryque. He stuck with
Furay and Messina, passing on a scheduled audition for a new group that
Gram Parsons was putting together; auditions followed before the
fledgling group reached out to Young's ex-Boenzee Cryque bandmate George
Grantham on drums and vocals and to bassist/singer Randy Meisner. This
lineup rehearsed for four months before making their debut at the L.A.
Troubadour in November. A month later, they made their first appearance at
the Fillmore West on a bill with the Steve Miller Band and Sly & the
Family Stone.
At the time, they were using the name Pogo, but that didn't last; Walt
Kelly, the creator of the comic strip Pogo, from which they'd freely
admitted borrowing the name, didn't appreciate the group's choice and
filed a lawsuit. Not wanting to lose all of the recognition and goodwill
they'd built up locally over the previous five months, the result was a
change of just one consonant, to Poco. Just one day after signing to
Epic in early 1969, Meisner suddenly left the band, apparently over
personality clashes; he later joined the Eagles. Recorded as a four-piece,
Poco's debut, Pickin' Up the Pieces, was released in June of 1969. The
group was back to being a quintet in 1970 with the addition of bassist
Timothy B. Schmit, whose arrival coincided with the recording of their
second album, Poco.
It wasn't long after that Messina decided to leave, feeling that Furay
had assumed too much control over the group's sound. Before departing,
he secured the services of a capable replacement member -- Paul Cotton,
a onetime member of the Illinois Speed Press -- and also played on and
produced their subsequent album, Deliverin', which rose to number 26
and yielded the minor hit "C'mon." Their next album, 1971's From the
Inside, was produced in Memphis by Booker T. & the M.G.'s guitarist Steve
Cropper. The same lineup became the first Poco membership to last for
more than one studio album; their second, A Good Feelin' to Know, was
released in 1972, but by this time, even Furay had begun to lose heart
over the band's lack of commercial success.
The band made one renewed effort, Crazy Eyes, their most accomplished
studio album to date; released late in 1973, it became their most
successful work. However, just as the LP was released, Furay left the group
to hook up with Chris Hillman and John David Souther to form the
Souther-Hillman-Furay Band. Still, Poco continued as a quartet; their next
album, Seven, released in the spring of 1974, failed to replicate the
success of Crazy Eyes. The group was at a critical point in their history
following the release of one more Epic album, Cantamos, which appeared
in the fall of 1974 and got no higher than number 76. After parting with
Epic, Poco signed with ABC Records in 1975; their first album, Head
Over Heels, issued in mid-1975, surpassed expectations to fall just shy of
the Top 40.
After the album Rose of Cimarron, the group came close to splitting up
in 1976, with new member Al Garth exiting in the middle of the year.
Finally, in the spring of 1977, Indian Summer was released; four months
later, Timothy Schmit exited the lineup to replace Meisner in the
Eagles. Grantham followed him out of the band in January of 1978, eventually
becoming Ricky Skaggs' drummer. The group re-formed with Charlie
Harrison and Steve Chapman joining Young and Cotton; Kim Bullard, a Crosby,
Stills & Nash alumnus, came in on keyboards in December of that year,
and Poco was once again a quintet. All of these personnel changes seemed
to have done the trick, because their next album, Legend, released late
in 1978, became the best-selling LP in their history, earning a gold
record in the course of rising to number 14. The accompanying single,
"Crazy Love," reached number 17, far and away their biggest seller to
date. It was matched by Cotton's "Heart of the Night," which got to number
20 during the summer of 1979.
However, their subsequent albums -- Under the Gun, Blue and Gray, and
Cowboys and Englishmen -- did progressively poorly; Ghost Town, issued
late in 1982, peaked at an anemic number 195. Furay rejoined the group
briefly in mid-1984 along with Schmit, resulting in the Inamorata album,
which scarcely made any impact; a five-year hiatus followed before the
original quintet re-formed in the spring of 1989. Their comeback
single, "Call It Love," hit the Top 20, accompanied by the album Legacy,
which made it to number 40. Although the 1968 lineup didn't stay together,
Poco was restored as a working band, touring periodically with Cotton
and Young at its core. In 2002, the band released a new album, Running
Horse, through their website, www.PocoNut.com.
HEARTSFIELD BIO
The members of Heartsfield all met in the Chicago area, although
southwest Michigan is now their base. The group includes Perry Jordan,
acoustic and electric guitar; J.C. Hartsfield, acoustic guitar, mandolin and
fiddle; Phil Lucafo, electric and pedal steel guitars; Fred Dobbs,
electric guitar, banjo; Greg Biela, bass guitar; and Art Baldacci, drums.
The Mississippi-born J.C. Hartsfield started his "pro" career by playing
in country-blues groups at age 12. To support his family, he started
playing with lounge dance bands and Vegas show groups, neither of which
were satisfying to him. In 1970, he met Perry Jordan, who had just left
a group called Liquid Heart. They started playing and writing original
tunes together. Phil soon arrived and made some tapes with Perry and
J.C. He played them for the other members of Liquid Heart and "We all
flipped and started exchanging tunes," Fred recalls. The group returned to
Chicago for a vacation and got together at J.C.'s place to jam. "We
fell in love at first sound," Perry says. This was mid-summer of 1972. The
group began playing around Chicago in particular and the midwest in
general. All of a sudden, the perennially staid Chicago music scene began
to pick up on this group, and within a few months every club
Heartsfield played was packed for every show. And then the hardest people in the
world to please--music critics--began showing up. And this is where
Heartsfield grabbed them. For despite the frills, overdubbing and general
perfection that can be attained in a recording studio, Heartsfield must
be seen in performance to be believed and appreciated. The Chicago
Tribune said that "Heartsfield live is a delight. Everybody gets a chance
to sing and play up-front. And they put out an awesome amount of music."
The Chicago Daily News writes that "their spirit and unmistakable
enjoyment of making music binds a Heartsfield set into an exciting, engaging
experience." The Hot Flash of Kalamazoo, Mich., said "they had people
jumping around like in the days when people did such crazy things as
have fun at concerts." Heartsfield is dedicated to everyone having a good
time at their shows. Says Art: "People want to be entertained. When an
act can communicate to 20,000 people like they're communicating to one
person, the result is fantastic. I think we're just six people who dig
music in all forms, just trying to get by and entertain people." Adds
Perry: "Our group is basically a group of writers who can relate and
understand without a real effort. There are many styles of music we write
and play; we just try to make every song and style sound good. I'm in
love with this band and its music."Mercury recently released
Heartsfield's second album entitled, "The Wonder Of It All." They recorded it at
Golden Voice Studios in South Pekin, Illinois. "We like to keep close to
the roots," J. C. said.
ALSO ANNOUNCED
2nd Annual Thanksgiving Metalfest
Featuring Lacuna Coil & Dog Fashion Disco
w/Realm, 13 Days, Final Drive, Byproduct & Krammit
$10
All Ages
Saturday, November 29th
(Tickets on sale now at all Ticketmaster locations.)
LACUNA COIL BIO
Throughout history, Italy has been known for blending the classic with
the innovative. In the musical realm, Milan’s prolific Lacuna Coil
has best translated the dichotomy of this Italian consciousness.
With three full-length albums and two EPs released in a 4-year span,
each offering has furthered the enunciation of the subtle, solemn beauty
Lacuna Coil creates. Signifying "empty spiral" in English, the
definition betrays the rich versatility of their music. Comalies, their
offering for 2002, maturely exhibits the trademarked gothic overtones and
simplistic melancholy of their haunting musical landscape. Leaving all
comparisons to Draconian Times-era Paradise Lost and The Gathering's
Mandylion-era behind, Lacuna Coil bring miraculous eloquence to their
collision of melody and metal.
Originally formed in 1996, the band teamed up with producer Waldemar
Sorychta (Sentenced, Samael, Tiamat) in 1998. Their songwriting talents
immediately evident, Terrorizer Magazine hailed Lacuna Coil's
self-titled debut as "superb, and its strength soon weakens whatever resistance
you may have had after repeated plays." 1999 proved to be the band's
most eventful year, with an impressive tour schedule in support of that
year's release, In A Reverie, also produced by Sorychta. Sharing stages
with Skyclad, My Insanity, Grip Inc., and Samael, they debuted at the
esteemed Dynamo Open Air Festival in The Netherlands, the Metal Mania
Festival in Poland, and Italy's prestigious Gods Of Metal Festival.
Following an appearance at the Altheimer Open Air Festival, they toured with
Swiss gothic legends Lacrimosa and reaped the praise of fellow
musicians, critics, and new-found fans. With the demand for Lacuna Coil's music
suddenly escalating, they released the Halflife EP (recorded in Damage
Inc. Studio in Ventimiglia, Italy) as a gift to their European
community of fans in the year 2000.
Welcoming Waldemar Sorychta back into the producer's chair at Woodhouse
Studios to assist them with recording 2001's Unleashed Memories, this
album (released in North America with the previously unavailable
Halflife EP) lavished the band with much-deserved acclaim. Praised by
Alternative Press for their "supersize chords that nearly burst into flame,
gorgeous three-part harmonies and chill-inducing melodies that recycle in
your head for days" and earning a special mention in Billboard
Magazine's Hard Music Spotlight for their "compelling mixture of seductive
melodies and aggressive riffs," the band embarked on their first North
American tour with labelmates Moonspell in the winter of 2001. Metal
Maniacs documented their live show to be "a sensory overload of the highest
order. In one word: intoxicating."
It is indeed difficult not to get pulled into the dream-like quality of
the world Lacuna Coil creates, which floods you with a myriad of heavy
and hypnotic sounds. The epic feel of their latest melodic invention,
Comalies, will quickly lead to you believe that an incredibly personal
epiphany is about to happen. Each song contributes to the build-up,
encouraging introspection while documenting the sadness that this
particular journey uncovers. Upholding the emotive yin/yang tradition of vocal
interplay between the dulcet tones of Cristina Scabbia and the
deliberate vocals of her male singing partner Andrea Ferro, Comalies is another
dynamic exploration of Lacuna Coil's soulfully somber and stunningly
enigmatic musical alchemy.
DOG FASHION DISCO BIO
2001’s Anarchists Of Good Taste was a breakthrough for Dog Fashion
Disco. The blood and sweat that came from several years plugging away in
and around the band’s Washington DC homeland and several tracks from
three independently released recordings all went into the Spitfire
Records debut, and the resulting resounding critical acclaim spurned
numerous opportunities for the group.
The band spent a year and a half on the road, hitting Europe for the
first time and logging miles across North America with artists as
disparate as System Of A Down (whose Serj Tankian made a guest appearance on
Anarchists of Good Taste), Stone Temple Pilots, P.O.D., Mindless Self
Indulgence, Mushroomhead, Nothingface and Primer 55.
The relentless touring combined with almost unanimously positive press
coverage and radio support at both the college and commercial levels,
exposing Dog Fashion Disco to hundreds of thousands of new fans. To say
the future is bright is an understatement. In fact, that is the name of
the band’s much-anticipated follow-up release, Committed to a Bright
Future.
The sentiment isn’t Pollyanna sanguinity, nor is it self-deprecating
cynicism. Actually, it’s a little of both. “We were being
optimistic and sarcastic at the same time,†explains vocalist Todd Smith.
“We’ve always been committed to doing everything that we can to help
this band succeed, but we also realize how hard it is to really break
through.â€
Making the task somewhat easier is the fact that Committed to a Bright
Future is as powerful a statement as you’re likely to hear. As
opposed to the previous release, which featured rerecorded versions of
material that dated back to the band’s inception, the new disc was written
almost entirely in a two-month span before they entered the studio.
This gives the record a seamless, cohesive feel that the first disc
lacked.
“The album’s more straightforward,†agrees Smith, “but it’s
also because we wanted to write songs that transferred well live and
made for a really energetic concert. Audiences absorbed the old stuff, but
it wasn’t the kind of thing that got kids jumping around, beating the
crap out of each other, and we love that. We wanted to write songs that
would just pummel you in the face for 45 minutes.â€
The crazed keyboard flourishes, time-changing insanity and
stream-of-conscious lyrics that the band’s deemed “evil circus music†and
had critics invoking the name Mike Patton remain, but the melodic aspects
of Dog Fashion Disco have never been displayed more prominently than on
Committed to a Bright Future. It is this accessibility on cuts such as
the jazzy “Worm in A Dog’s Heart,†the riff-roaring “Plastic
Surgeons†and the hidden cover of “Grease†that separates the band
from their one-dimensional peers.
“I’m a big fan of pop music and I think there’s a sense of that
in our music,†the singer admits without hesitation. “I grew up with
Kiss, Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, bands that wrote great songs whose melodies
you’d sing for two weeks after two listens. I don’t think that
being catchy is a negative. We want something people can sing along
with.â€
After the recording of the disc, the band amicably parted ways with
their original guitarist and drummer, replacing them with Jasan Stepp, a
friend from the DC scene, and Mike Oliver, a New Yorker whom the
band’s manager introduced them to, respectively. “I know it’s a
cliché,†Smith laughs, “but I swear, in all fairness to the other guys,
this band has never worked as well as it does now, and the live show is
unstoppable.
It’s a live show that Dog Fashion Disc plans on unleashing nightly
for “as long as we can physically stand,†says the vocalist.
“We’re going to be on the road for a year solid at least,†boldly
predicts Smith. “This is what we do, this is what we’ve waited our whole
lives to do, and this is what we want. We took some great steps on the
last album, and we’re proud of that, but we’re looking to the
future now.†A very bright future, needless to say.
ALSO ANNOUNCED
Chimaira
w/Soilwork, Bleeding Through, As I Lie Dying & KrimZin
$13 Advance/$15 Day Of Show
All Ages
Monday, December 15th
(Tickets on sale now at all Ticketmaster locations.)
If there is one band that possesses the essential elements necessary to
break big in the heavy metal scene, it's Cleveland's Chimaira. With its
blood-boiling new album The Impossibility Of Reason, Chimaira is
postured to set a new standard: The New Wave Of American Heavy Metal.
As any metal historian/critic/fan is well aware of, the 80s saw the
invasion of British metal acts, Iron Maiden and Venom among them, deemed
the "New Wave Of British Heavy Metal" or "NWOBHM". Chimaira will be
leading the charge of NWOAHM on domestic shores with The Impossibility Of
Reason, an album that is 100% trend free. Armed with an unflappable work
ethic, and an album so kinetic and fevered that it blows away all past
efforts, Chimaira has metal in its DNA.
Chimaira, which takes its unique name from a mythological beast
comprised of several disparate animals, has established a solid, dedicated,
and vast fan base with 1999's This Present Darkness (East Coast Empire)
and 2001's Roadrunner Records' debut, Pass Out Of Existence. A touring
machine, Chimaira has hit the road with Slayer, Fear Factory, Machine
Head, and Danzig. In addition to these great support slots, the band has
also struck out on its own headlining tours, where the six-piece
possessed the blue-collar wherewithal to support itself.
Pass Out Of Existence is Chimaira's foundation, but the band hardly
rested on its laurels when it came time to make The Impossibility Of
Reason. "This is a more mature record," says singer Mark Hunter. "But at the
same time, it's more in your face. Whether it's the heaviest, or the
most melodic, tame song, it's full on." Chimaira fans are going to get
what they are looking for and then some with The Impossibility Of Reason.
"It's everything our fans love, but with something else," offers
Hunter. Whereas other bands balk at and fear change, Chimaira embraced it, on
several levels, for The Impossibility Of Reason. "Look at some of the
most notorious metal bands out there," says Hunter. "You can't put on
any of their records without noticing a change from record to record.
That is what we strive to do. We feel we've shown a lot of growth and
musicianship." Lead guitarist Rob Arnold concurs, "We all had a certain
motivation about the music we wanted to create. The fury. The speed. The
aggression. We learned a lot from being on the road."
Sonically, Chimaira focused on crafting an album that ignores current
metal trends such as rapping, guest appearances, and scoffs at any
traces of "nu" metal. "The Impossibility Of Reason is less futuristic than
the last record. The programming is more subsonic, and it's more of a
dark synth style," Hunter explains. "The low sub tones make you feel you
like you are inside the record. It's the darkest thing we have ever
done. We changed tunings. We tuned to C, the darkest key." Further beefing
up the new, improved Chimaira sound is the new voices Hunter used. On
tour, he was able to hone his voice, and when recording The
Impossibility Of Reason, he found voices he had never used before or even knew he
had.
Lyrically, while The Impossibility Of Reason is not a concept album,
Hunter traces three prevalent themes: rejection, revenge, and
repercussion. "Lyrically, we always try to have songs that our fans can relate to.
Everyone has been rejected. Everyone has gotten revenge in some form or
another. We know a lot of these lyrics will strike a nerve, especially
with what is going on in today's society," admits Hunter. The
Impossibility Of Reason is sonically a dark album, but Chimaira chose to
represent the album's artwork in white tones. Since metal is often associated
with black, Chimaira bucked the trend and drenched the artwork in
blinding, stark, Kubrick-esque style tones, in an effort to let the music
scream for itself.
The Impossibility Of Reason is a personal album for Chimaira, in that
everyone that participated in non-musical areas of the record grew up
with the band, from the artist to the photographer to the producer. The
band chose producer Ben Schigel (who fronts his own band Switched) to
man the boards, for very specific reasons. "He has been recording members
of this band for 8 or 9 years, when we were in our other bands," says
Hunter. "This record was less polished, so we wanted to go with someone
who could keep us raw. He knows our band like we know it." Hunter and
Arnold also co-produced the effort. "Mark and I are always in the
studio," says Arnold. "We were there every minute of every day. We wanted
screaming guitars and booming drums. We wanted to be a part of that
process of getting everything to sound a certain way."
This collaborative effort was also able to give each song on The
Impossibility Of Reason its own distinct identity. Arnold admits that
horns-in-the-air guitar solos are something prevalent on the album. "We're
going back to the era of ripping out leads and growing out the hair", he
exclaims. "The album is so much more guitar driven." Arnold even goes so
far to admit, "standing on the side of the stage, watching Kerry King
of Slayer play for six weeks, had a lot to do with what came out of me
musically."
"Down Again" defines Chimaira's dynamic ability. "Pure Hatred" is the
most pulverizing song, which is an easy guess, given the blunt title.
"That is the song everyone will relate to. It's the final act of revenge,
and the chorus is "I hate everyone," says Hunter. The song is
devastating enough to elicit comparisons to Pantera's quintessential "Fuck You"
anthem "Walk". The title track, according to Arnold, has fast paced
heavy guitars with insane drums, and "a groove... that all familiar groove
that we are known for. Then, the chorus hits the listener like a ton of
bricks. When the ending comes in, you realize this is a changed band,
and that you are hearing something special."
On The Impossibility Of Reason, Chimaira shows its ambitious side. The
last song on the record "Implements Of Destruction" is an epic. "We're
trying to bring back the epic instrumental," says Hunter. "It hasn't
been done for a while. It's beyond epic. It's 12 minutes and we're paying
homage to some of our favorite metal songs."
It's Chimaira's metal vision that has won Slayer's Kerry King over to
Chimaira's side. King has espoused the virtues of Chimaira in national
magazines such as Guitar World. King is notorious for his criticisms of
many "newer" metal bands, but he has championed Chimaira. Ultimately,
there is no better endorsement for the NWOAHM movement than Kerry
Fucking King.
With its old-school stylings and head-banging flair, it easy to
understand why metal fans across the globe would be drawn to Chimaira's music.
The band's sound is uniquely their own, yet it pays homage to those
metal giants that came before them, drawing up the blueprint for the
NWOAMHM. The Impossibility of Reason draws from many seemingly opposite
points both within and outside of the metal genre to create a whole that is
far greater than the sum of its parts.
ALSO ANNOUNCED
Dillinger Escape Plan
w/The Locust and Your Enemies Friends
$12
All Ages
Wednesday, January 14th
(Tickets on sale now at all Ticketmaster locations.)
Created by the merger of metal and new-school hardcore, the furious din
of the Dillinger Escape Plan is the perfect embodiment of intensity,
cathartic rage, urgency, and forward-thinking. Given their abilities and
relative youth, it’s not out of the question to believe that
something this intricate and focused could develop into a paradigm to be
followed, a yardstick by which other bands are measured.
The force known as the Dillinger Escape Plan was formed in March 1997
in North New Jersey by Ben (guitars), Chris (drums), and Dimitri
(vocals). Armed only with a simple desire to correct the musical misdeeds of
their former bands, the trio added bassist Adam and set about writing
material with the aim of pleasing their harshest critics: themselves.
These early steps surfaced shortly thereafter in the form of a six-song
self-titled mini-CD on Now Or Never Records. The quartet started making
regular stops to unleash their devastating live show in basements,
houses, punk spaces, record stores and tiny, underground clubs throughout
the NorthEast and MidWest.
The foursome added John on second guitar in the fall of ‘97 and
recorded their now-infamous "demo" at Trax East Studios (HATEBREED, HUMAN
REMAINS, SNAPCASE). Named Under The Running Board, the eight minute blast
of intense riffing, near-maddening technical complexity, flawless
execution, and frayed vocal beatings had fans and critics searching the
floor on hands and knees for their heads mere seconds after the opening
salvo The Mullet Burden. Rarely had something so intricate been so
focused. Under..., consisting of only three songs, received rave reviews
internationally and was remarkably named as one of the top releases of 1998
by numerous publications worldwide.
Tales of the band’s infamous live performances continued to spread
like wildfire as reports surfaced in fanzines and major publications
alike. DILLINGER... hit the road for their second tour in the summer of
1998, bringing their absolutely ferocious live assault to bear upon the
East coast, Midwest and Eastern Canada with BOTCH and JESUIT. The
tour’s final show was an absolutely blistering set on the Relapse Stage at
the 1998 Milwaukee Metalfest. Brian Benoit, formerly of JESUIT, replaced
John on guitar in November of ‘98. A split CD with NORA was released
on Ferret, and another East Coast trek followed, this time in the
company of CAVE-IN and CONVERGE, before the band returned home to begin
writing material for their first full-length effort.
A split 7" with DROWNING MAN was issued on Hydra Head in May of 1999
and sold out its limited edition pressing of 3,000 in one day. DILLINGER
completed writing the full-length and again entered Trax East Studios
with Steve Evetts to record. The result of the band’s labors is
Calculating Infinity, a lethal, unprecedented combination of metal and
hardcore. Calculating... sees DILLINGER maturing by leaps and bounds as the
new material incorporates elements of jazz-fusion amidst the
semi-controlled chaos. Dimitri’s vocals are far more intense than ever before,
adding both spoken and whispered passages to his established arsenal.
Stunning technicality, intense vocal punishment and total musical
proficiency are immediately evident as songs like 43% Burnt, Sugar Coated Sour
and the title track resoundingly attest.
In August 1999, with Calculating... still over a month away from its
release date, the band was invited to open for none other than MR.BUNGLE
on the band’s 45-date U.S. Tour, based on the strength of both Under
The Running Board and their frenetic live show. THE DILLINGER ESCAPE
PLAN...a psycho-overload of adrenaline soaked intensity...a band fast on
the rise.
Here’s what the books about:
The legend of the 1980's Sunset Strip in Hollywood lives on in a new
full-color photo album from Cleopatra Records, featuring 200 pages of
rare and exclusive photos, flyers and press releases from this pivotal era
of metal. Over two years in the making [and thousands of images later],
Hollywood Rocks! is the most detailed, expansive photo documentation
ever made on the 1980's Sunset Strip metal scene!
Whether you missed out on this spectacular epoch or your alcohol-soaked
memories could use a little refreshing, Hollywood Rocks!features
glossy, full color reproductions of press releases, actual event flyers, rare
"musician's wanted" classified ads, concert and promotional photos of
such Hollywood stars as Guns 'N Roses, Motley Crue, Poison, Jane's
Addiction, Quiet Riot, Warrant, L.A. Guns and many, many other legendary
'80s metal bands!
See actual early press releases of Motley Crue or read an early press
kit by the then unknown band Warrant; you'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll
wonder how anyone ever lived through it all as Hollywood Rocks! depicts
the scene in all of its vivid debauchery. Adding to the mystique of
this genre are follow-up interviews with key players of this historical
era as they look back upon a time when Hollywood was an explosive
breeding ground for these now legendary bands. Members of Poison, Keel, London
and others recall the non-stop party that raged out of the clubs, onto
the sidewalks and out into the streets on a nightly basis!
Set for a Halloween 2003 release date, Hollywood Rocks! is available at
your local book store or direct from Cleopatra Records by visiting the
official Cleopatra Records website at www.cleorecs.com.
UPCOMING POP’S SHOWS
Nov 12 Deicide w/Hate Eternal, Krisiun, Cattle Decapitation &
Ornament Of Disgrace
Nov 13 Art Alexakis of Everclear
Nov 14 Even Flow: A Tribute To Pearl Jam
Nov 15 The Ataris w/Hopesfall & Planes Mistaken For Stars
Nov 18 Girlz Garage Tour w/Lillix, Northern State, The Peak Show,
Brassy & The START
Nov 20 Mindless Self Indulgence
Nov 21 Die Symphony
Nov 25 Cradle Of Filth & Type O Negative
Nov 26 Thunderhead: A Tribute To Rush
Nov 27 Fragile Porcelain Mice w/Nil 8 & Steve Ewing
Nov 29 Lacuna Coil & Dog Fashion Disco
Dec 4 Hot Action Cop w/Switch III
Dec 5 Crash: A Tribute To The Dave Matthews Band
Dec 6 Dimmu Borgir w/Nevermore, Hypocrisy & Children Of Bodom
Dec 7 Alkaline Trio w/Reggie & The Full Effect, From Autumn To
Ashes & No Motiv
Dec 13 Vanilla Fudge & Gypsy
Dec 15 Chimaira w/Soilwork, Bleeding Through, As I Lie Dying &
KrimZin
Jan 14 Dillinger Escape Plan w/The Locust & Your Enemies Friends
Jan 17 British Export: A Tribute To The Beatles
Jan 24 Poco & Heartsfield
11.12.2003
GRIFFIN Sign Japanese Deal
Norwegian metal act GRIFFIN have signed a contract with Spiritual Beast for exclusive distribution of their third full-length album, "No Holds Barred", in Japan.
As previously reported, "No Holds Barred" was recorded at Skansen Lydstudio in Trondheim, Norway under the co-production guidance of CHILDREN OF BODOM frontman Alexi Laiho. In addition to co-producing the effort, Laiho laid down guest guitar and vocals on the CD, which was released in Norway through FaceFront Records.
Prior to hooking up with FaceFront, GRIFFIN were signed to the French label Season Of Mist Records
Norwegian metal act GRIFFIN have signed a contract with Spiritual Beast for exclusive distribution of their third full-length album, "No Holds Barred", in Japan.
As previously reported, "No Holds Barred" was recorded at Skansen Lydstudio in Trondheim, Norway under the co-production guidance of CHILDREN OF BODOM frontman Alexi Laiho. In addition to co-producing the effort, Laiho laid down guest guitar and vocals on the CD, which was released in Norway through FaceFront Records.
Prior to hooking up with FaceFront, GRIFFIN were signed to the French label Season Of Mist Records
OPETH Singer To Guest On New AYREON CD
OPETH frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt has been officially confirmed as one of the guest performers on the new AYREON CD, "The Human Equation", tentatively due in May 2004 through an as-yet-undetermined label.
According to a posting on AYREON mastermind Arjen Lucassen's (ex-BODINE, VENGEANCE) web site, "fans and journalists alike kept telling Arjen to check out Mikael as a possible choice for a singer on an AYREON album. Arjen became more and more curious to hear him and decided to pick up a copy of [OPETH's] 'Damnation'. After a few spins he became an absolute fan of Mikael's voice and music.
"When Arjen contacted Mikael to ask whether he would be interested to participate, Mikael replied within an hour that he knew about AYREON and even had some albums... and that he would love to be part of a new AYREON project.
"Mikael recorded his vocals at the Electric Castle the first week of November and if you want to know if Mikael also grunts on the album, be sure to check the full studio report including pictures to be posted next week!"
As previously reported, other vocalists set to appear on the album include James LaBrie (DREAM THEATER) Devon Graves (a.k.a. Buddy Lackey, DEAD SOUL TRIBE, ex-PSYCHOTIC WALTZ), Magnus Ekwall (THE QUILL), Heather Findlay (MOSTLY AUTUMN), Eric Clayton (SAVIOUR MACHINE) and Mike Baker (SHADOW GALLERY).
AYREON's last two albums, "The Universal Migrator" parts I and II were released at the same time (2000), but were made available for sale independently. Part I, "The Dream Sequencer" contained mainly features laid-back, atmospheric material with songs focusing on melody, while Part II, "Flight Of The Migrator", featured metal songs, with guest appearances by Andi Deris (HELLOWEEN, ex-PINK CREAM 69), Bruce Dickinson (IRON MAIDEN), Russell Allen (SYMPHONY X), Timo Kotipelto (STRATOVARIUS), Ralf Scheepers (PRIMAL FEAR) and Ian Parry (ELEGY), among others.
OPETH frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt has been officially confirmed as one of the guest performers on the new AYREON CD, "The Human Equation", tentatively due in May 2004 through an as-yet-undetermined label.
According to a posting on AYREON mastermind Arjen Lucassen's (ex-BODINE, VENGEANCE) web site, "fans and journalists alike kept telling Arjen to check out Mikael as a possible choice for a singer on an AYREON album. Arjen became more and more curious to hear him and decided to pick up a copy of [OPETH's] 'Damnation'. After a few spins he became an absolute fan of Mikael's voice and music.
"When Arjen contacted Mikael to ask whether he would be interested to participate, Mikael replied within an hour that he knew about AYREON and even had some albums... and that he would love to be part of a new AYREON project.
"Mikael recorded his vocals at the Electric Castle the first week of November and if you want to know if Mikael also grunts on the album, be sure to check the full studio report including pictures to be posted next week!"
As previously reported, other vocalists set to appear on the album include James LaBrie (DREAM THEATER) Devon Graves (a.k.a. Buddy Lackey, DEAD SOUL TRIBE, ex-PSYCHOTIC WALTZ), Magnus Ekwall (THE QUILL), Heather Findlay (MOSTLY AUTUMN), Eric Clayton (SAVIOUR MACHINE) and Mike Baker (SHADOW GALLERY).
AYREON's last two albums, "The Universal Migrator" parts I and II were released at the same time (2000), but were made available for sale independently. Part I, "The Dream Sequencer" contained mainly features laid-back, atmospheric material with songs focusing on melody, while Part II, "Flight Of The Migrator", featured metal songs, with guest appearances by Andi Deris (HELLOWEEN, ex-PINK CREAM 69), Bruce Dickinson (IRON MAIDEN), Russell Allen (SYMPHONY X), Timo Kotipelto (STRATOVARIUS), Ralf Scheepers (PRIMAL FEAR) and Ian Parry (ELEGY), among others.
Lust of Decay - Kingdom of Corpses shirts
Available November 10th from Comatose Music, the new Lust of Decay - Kingdom of Corpses shirts! Short sleeves are $16.00 (USA) and long sleeves are $21.00 (USA)... available in sizes L, XL, and XXL. And as a bonus, if you order a new LOD shirt now, you can get a CD of your choice from the Comatose Music catalog for just $7.00 more! All orders will also include a new Lust of Decay sticker! Only a limited quantity is available, so order now!!!
www.comatosemusic.com
You may contact Comatose Music at hatemachine@carolina.rr.com for shirt size and CD availability. All international orders add $8.00 for shipping and handling
COMATOSE MUSIC
c/o Steve Green
P.O. Box 1518
Kings Mountain, NC 28086
USA
www.comatosemusic.com
www.lustofdecay.com
Available November 10th from Comatose Music, the new Lust of Decay - Kingdom of Corpses shirts! Short sleeves are $16.00 (USA) and long sleeves are $21.00 (USA)... available in sizes L, XL, and XXL. And as a bonus, if you order a new LOD shirt now, you can get a CD of your choice from the Comatose Music catalog for just $7.00 more! All orders will also include a new Lust of Decay sticker! Only a limited quantity is available, so order now!!!
www.comatosemusic.com
You may contact Comatose Music at hatemachine@carolina.rr.com for shirt size and CD availability. All international orders add $8.00 for shipping and handling
COMATOSE MUSIC
c/o Steve Green
P.O. Box 1518
Kings Mountain, NC 28086
USA
www.comatosemusic.com
www.lustofdecay.com
Relapse Records & Release Entertainment Newsletter 11/10/03
Welcome to the Relapse Records and Release Entertainment newsletter, a 20,000+ email geared to keep you up to date on what's happening at the Relapse and Release camps. This issue brings you information all the label’s latest releases as well end-of 2003 tour dates for NILE, UNSANE, SKINLESS, DISFEAR, THE END and many more! If you are new to the Relapse Records and Release Entertainment newsletter, both labels would like to welcome you.
POINT > CLICK > GRIND > Relapse.com
-------------[Quick Guide]--------------
01. Deluxe version of MASTODON's 'Remission' CD w/ bonus DVD OUT NOW!!
02. SKINLESS on the Unnatural Born Killers Tour!
03. BURNT BY THE SUN 'The Perfect Is the Enemy of the Good' OUT NOW!
04. UNSANE 'Lambhouse' CD w/ free bonus DVD OUT NOW! European tour on the horizon!
05. THE END completes new record! US tour with Between the Buried & Me and A Life Once Lost!
06. BONGZILLA fall Shows!
07. ZEKE! ZEKE! ZEKE sign to Relapse!
08. DISFEAR to support ENTOMBED on Scandinavian tour!
09. BURST 'Prey On Life' OUT NOW!
10. ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY’s first tour dates with new vocalist announced!
11. DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN UK tour details!
12. NILE European tour!
13. REGURGITATE 'Deviant' OUT NOW!
14. HARVEY MILK 'The Singles' OUT NOW!
15. V/A – Japanese Assault OUT NOW!
16. HALO 'Body Of Light'
17. MANDIBLE CHATTER 'Of Foreign Lands and People' OUT NOW!
18. V/A - 'ReCollection' coming November 18th!
19. Upcoming releases on Relapse Records and Release Entertainment
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1. Deluxe version of MASTODON's 'Remission' CD w/ bonus DVD OUT NOW!!
The deluxe version of the 'Remission' CD w/ a free, bonus DVD featuring a pro-filmed nine-song live set with previously unreleased material is out now!
Additionally, MASTODON appears on the "MTV 2 Headbangers Ball" double-disc compilation out now. MASTODON contributes ‘March of the Fire Ants’ to a collection that includes major-leagues names such as ROB ZOMBIE, DEFTONES, SLAYER, MUDVAYNE and KILLSWITCH ENGAGE as well as acclaimed up-n-comers LAMB OF GOD, CHIMAIRA, POISON THE WELL, and many more.
www.headbangersballtour.com/albumsite.html
In addition to the "MTV 2 Headbangers Ball" compilation, MASTODON contributes "Crusher, Destroyer" to the recently released Tony Hawk’s Undergound video game.
"MASTODON are undoubtedly the future of metal" - Kerrang!
"MASTODON could be considered the second coming of Metallica and Rush combined, and nobody who's seen them live could counter that opinion." - MTV.com
- MASTODON Tour Dates -
November 15 Asbury Park, NJ Asbury Park Convention Center (as part of New Jersey Metal & Hardcore Festival)
December 13 Athens, GA Tasty World
December 31 Atlanta, GA Echo Lounge
* OUT NOW! MASTODON 'Remission' CD w/ bonus DVD / Ltd. Ed. Double Lp
* MASTODON @ MP3.com: http://www.mp3.com/mastodon
* Visit MASTODON's official site: http://www.mastodonrocks.com
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2. SKINLESS on the Unnatural Born Killers Tour!
SKINLESS follows up their US co-headlining tour with DYING FETUS by joining forces with SIX FEET UNDER, BEHEMOTH and AS I LAY DYING as part of the Unnatural Born Killers Tour 2003! See dates below!
SKINLESS' 'From Sacrifice To Survival' CD is available in fine stores now!
- SKINLESS tour dates –
November 11 Palo Alto, CA The Edge
November 12 Las Angeles, CA Key Club
November 13 Santa Ana, CA The Galaxy
November 14 San Diego, CA Brick By Brick
November 15 Tempe, AZ Bash On Ash
November 16 Albuquerque, NM Launch Pad
November 18 Dallas, TX Club Indigo
November 19 San Antonio, TX Sin 13
November 20 Corpus Christi, TX Sharkey’s
* OUT NOW SKINLESS 'From Sacrifice To Survival' CD
* SKINLESS @ MP3.com: http:///www.mp3.com/skinless
* Visit SKINLESS' official site: http://www.4skinless.net
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3. BURNT BY THE SUN 'The Perfect Is the Enemy of the Good' OUT NOW!
As one of the most revered new acts in modern heavy music, BURNT BY THE SUN administer a deft fusion of artistry and ferocity on its much-anticipated new full-length 'The Perfect Is the Enemy of the Good'. With a sleek combination of metallic hardcore, post-punk pummel, artful arrangements and raw, unrelenting power, BURNT BY THE SUN trail blaze heretofore unexplored musical paths. Blending astounding dexterity, a scorching attack and brilliant production from Matt Bayles (ISIS, VENDETTA RED, MASTODON, BLOOD BROTHERS) BURNT BY THE SUN continues heavy music's ongoing evolution.
* OUT NOW BURNT BY THE SUN 'The Perfect Is the Enemy of the Good' CD
* BURNT BY THE SUN @ MP3.com: http:///www.mp3.com/burntbythesun
* Visit BURNT BY THE SUN's official site: http://www.burntbythesun.com
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4. UNSANE 'Lambhouse' CD w/ free bonus DVD OUT NOW! European tour on the horizon!
For the first time in four years UNSANE are returning to Europe! In late November UNSANE will headline a brief run of dates that will take them across eight countries in a mere two weeks. All dates will be supported by Harmful.
The recently released 'Lambhouse' (UNSANE 1991-1998) compiles the best tracks from all of UNSANE's official releases plus a bonus DVD containing all of the band’s music videos and a live set from each of the band’s 3 major line-ups. 'Lambhouse' clearly provides new listeners and long time fans alike avid testimony as to why UNSANE are universally recognized as the premier noise rock band in the world.
- UNSANE Tour Dates –
***European dates w/ Harmful***
November 29 London, England (UK) Underworld
November 30 Paris, France (F) Le Nouveau Casino
December 1 Tourcoing, France (F) Le Grand Mix
December 2 Strasbourg, France (F) La Laiterie
December 3 Geneva, Switzerland (CH) L’Usine
December 4 Mezzago, Italy (I) Bloom
December 5 Berne, Switzerland (CH) Reitschule
December 6 Lindau, Germany (D) Club Vaudeville
December 7 Munich, Germany (D) Orang Haus at Feierwork
December 8 Berlin, Germany (D) Knaack
December 9 Copenhagen, Denmark (DK) Loppen
December 10 Hamburg, Germany (D) Hafenklang
December 11 Cologne, Germany (D) Underground
December 12 Kontich, Belgium (B) Lintfabriek
December 13 Tilburg, Netherlands (NL) 013
December 14 Groningen, Netherlands (NL) Vera
* OUT NOW UNSANE 'Lambhouse' CD w/ free bonus DVD
* UNSANE @ MP3.com: http:///www.mp3.com/unsane
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5. THE END completes new record! Kick off US tour with Between the Buried & Me and A Life Once Lost!
THE END have finished recorded their forthcoming album 'Within Dividia' at Wild Studios with producer Pierre Remillard (Cryptopsy, Misery Index, Gorguts). Within Dividia sees THE END employing a film noir atmosphere set to music, with the album musically and lyrically narrating the conceptual tale of The Dividia Estate and its inhabitants. The finished track listing for 'Within Dividia' is "These Walls", "Fetesque", "The Sense of Reverence", "The Scent of Elegance", "Organelle (in she we lust)", "Dear Martyr", "Orthodox Unparalleled" and "Of Fist and Flame".
'Within Dividia' will be released in North American on January 13th, 2004 and in Europe on January 26th.
THE END has embarked on a month long North American tour alongside Between the Buried and Me and A Life Once Lost and will follow with a week of Canadian shows. See dates below!
- THE END Tour Dates -
***Dates through Nov 23 with Between the Buried & Me, A Life Once Lost***
November 10 Nashville, TN The Muse
November 11 Birmingham, AL Cave 9
November 12 Winston Salem, NC Brew Ha-Has
November 13 Baltimore, MD The Sidebar
November 14 North Haven, CT North Haven Congregational Church
November 15 Asbury Park, NJ Asbury Park Convention Center (as part of New Jersey Metal & Hardcore Festival)
November 16 New York, NY CBGB’s (also w/ Premonitions of War, Watch Them Die, and more)
November 17 Bloomfield, NJ Bloomfield Ave. Café
November 18 Ronkonkoma (Long Island), NY The Hungarian Hall
November 19 Springfield, MA Fat Kat’s
November 20 Rochester, NY Penny Arcade
November 21 Wilkes Barre, PA Cafe Metropolis
November 22 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church
November 23 Buffalo, NY Broadway Joe’s
***THE END solo shows***
November 24 Windsor, ON Changez By Nite (w/ A Taste of Blood, Abandoned Hearts Club, and more)
November 25 Hamilton, ON The Underground
November 26 Kingston, ON Schezo
November 27 Ottawa, ON Bumpers Roadhouse
* OUT NOW! THE END 'Transfer Trachea Reverberations From Point; False Omniscient' CD
* THE END @ MP3.com: http://www.mp3.com/the_end_toronto
* Visit THE END's official site: http://www.allchaos.net
* Coming January 13, 2004! THE END 'Within Dividia' CD / Ltd. Ed. Lp
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6. BONGZILLA fall shows!
- BONGZILLA Tour Dates –
***US Headlining dates***
November 13 Ypsilanti, MI Elbow Room
November 14 Cincinnati, OH Sudsey Malone’s (w/ Rune)
November 15 Asbury Park, NJ Asbury Park Convention Center (as part of New Jersey Metal & Hardcore Festival)
November 16 College Park, MD WMUC Radio Station Hall @ the University of Maryland
November 17 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop (w/ Weedeater, 16)
* OUT NOW BONGZILLA 'Gateway' CD
* BONGZILLA @ MP3.com: http:///www.mp3.com/bongzilla
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7. ZEKE! ZEKE! ZEKE sign to Relapse!
ZEKE, Seattle's celebrated speed-punk trio, have signed to Relapse Records. The high-powered trio will release their much-anticipated new full length in Spring, 2004.
Drawing influences from Judas Priest, Motorhead and Iron Maiden amongst others, ZEKE's brand of hardcore speed rock mixes punk nihilism with a hard hitting metal extravagance. The bands signing with the Relapse label follows stints on both Epitaph Records, where ZEKE issue their Kicked in the Teeth (1998) and Dirty Sanchez (2000) albums, and the Aces & Eights label who issued what is widely considered the band's finest release to date, 2001's Death Alley.
"There are those who have used rock music as a vehicle for social change, or as a means of expressing their most intimate emotions or sublime spiritual yearnings...and then, to paraphrase an old TV show theme song, there's ZEKE and bands of their ilk, who approach rock 'n roll with what might euphemistically be called a refreshing lack of pretense". - ROLLING STONE
"Sheer brute punk strength. Punk's got young, loud and snotty again, only played just a little faster". - MONTREAL MIRROR
"An adrenalized cocktail of speed and combustive punk rawk...unchecked aggression and shameless thrash-mongering on a search-and-destroy mission". - WILLAMETTE WEEKLY
- ZEKE Tour Dates –
November 20 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
November 21 San Diego, CA Casbah
November 22 Long Beach, CA Alex's Bar
November 23 San Francisco, CA The Pound
November 28 Seattle, WA Graceland
December 5 Tacoma, WA Hell's Kitchen
December 6 Bellingham, WA The Factory
December 31 Denver, CO Larimar Lounge
* Visit ZEKE's official site: http://www.zekeyou.com
* Coming Spring, 2004! ZEKE's Relapse debut CD / LP
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8. DISFEAR to support ENTOMBED on Scandinavian Tour!
DISFEAR are preparing to head out on a 3 week Scandinavian Tour supporting ENTOMBED and RAISED FIST as part of the second installment of the “Close Up Made Us Do It” Tour series.
2004 DISFEAR tour plans are in the works for Spain, Portugal, Italy and Germany.
Additionally, DISFEAR have issued the 'Powerload' 7” on Spain’s excellent Throne Records (www.thronerecords.com) and will soon be issuing the vinyl version of 'Misanthropic Generation' on Yannick of TRAGEDY's Feral Ward Records (www.feralward.com). Both will feature exclusive tracks!
- DISFEAR Tour Dates –
***Scandinavian Close-Up Made Us Do It Tour w/ ENTOMBED and RAISED FIST***
December 3 Sundsvall, Sweden (S) Pipeline
December 4 Uppsala, Sweden (S) Grand
December 5 Sandviken, Sweden (S) Kungen
December 6 Orbro, Sweden (S) Downtown
December 8 Göteborg, Sweden (S) Kåren
December 9 Århus, Denmark (DK) Voxhall
December 10 Köpenhamn, Denmark (DK) Pumpehuset
December 11 Malmö, Sweden (S) KB
December 12 Halmstad, Sweden (S) Diezel
December 13 Mariestad, Sweden (S) Klubb Kaliber
December 16 Värnersborg, Sweden (S) Café Mic
December 17 Boras, Sweden (S) Rockborgen
December 18 Karlstad, Sweden (S) Nöjesfabriken/Garaget
December 19 Linköping, Sweden (S) Skylten
December 20 Stockholm, Sweden (S) Arena (also w/ TURBONEGRO)
* OUT NOW DISFEAR 'Misanthropic Generation' CD
* DISFEAR @ MP3.com: http:///www.mp3.com/disfear
* Visit DISFEAR's official site: http://www.disfear.com
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9. BURST 'Prey On Life' OUT NOW!
"original and fresh, superior in production, musical capability and creativity...simply amazing" - DIGITAL METAL
On 'Prey On Life', BURST construct powerful, crisp and perfectly balanced music that molds both emotion and intensity. With a sound firmly rooted in heavy metal and the punk/hardcore aesthetic, BURST relies just as heavily on ambience, atmosphere, and tone as it does complexity, aggression and raw emotion. A wholly original entity, BURST delivers unquestionably brilliant music that consumes and digests the listener with grand and hypnotic waves of sound.
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10. ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY’s first tour dates with new vocalist!
ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY is gearing up for their first run of dates with new vocalist Johnny Weils! The quintet will do a short run of dates through the Northeast and Eastern Canada before entering the studio to complete demo-ing for their next full-length record 'Fulton Hill'.
- ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY Tour Dates –
December 5 Baltimore, MD Otto Bar
December 6 Brooklyn, NY North Six
December 7 Providence, RI The Sickle
December 8 Montreal, PQ Foufounes Electrique
December 9 Toronto, ON The 360
December 10 Rochester, NY Water Street Music Hall
December 11 Cleveland, OH Agora Shop
December 12 Youngstown, OH Nyabinghi
December 13 Philadelphia, PA Balcony Bar
* OUT NOW ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY 'Staring At the Divine' CD / Ltd Ed. Picture Disc
* ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY @ MP3.com: http:///www.mp3.com/alabamathunderpussy
* Visit ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY’s official site: http://www.AlabamaThunderpussy.com
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11. DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN UK Tour!
- DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Tour Dates –
December 7 Antwerpen, Belgium (B) Hof Ter Loo (as part of Riotfest)
December 8 Brighton, England (UK) Concorde 2
December 9 Birmingham, England (UK) Academy 2
December 10 Bristol, England (UK) Fleece & Firkin
December 11 Manchester, England (UK) Hop & Grape
December 12 Glasgow, Scotland (UK) Cathouse
December 13 Nottingham, England (UK) Rock City
December 14 London, England (UK) Mean Fiddler
* OUT NOW DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN 'Calculating Infinity' CD
* DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN @ MP3.com: http:///www.mp3.com/dillingerescapeplan
* Visit DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN’s official site: http://www. dillingerescapeplan.com
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12. NILE European Tour!
NILE will kick-off an extensive round of European Touring in the coming weeks. The first segment is a NILE run of Headlining dates set to include Greece, the UK, and Ireland. The second segment of dates see NILE joining the much-celebrated European X-Mas Festival with DEICIDE, DESTRUCTION and more.
See NILE at the following dates!
– NILE Tour Dates –
****NILE headlining dates***
November 27 Thessaloniki, Greece (GR) Hydrogios
November 28 Athens, Greece (GR) Rotom
November 29 Villeurbane, France (F) CCO
November 30 Nantes, France (F) Barakson
December 2 Swansea, England (UK) Escape Club
December 3 Dublin, Ireland (IRL) Whelan’s
December 4 Glasgow, Scotland (UK) Cathouse
December 5 Scheffield, England (UK) Corporation
December 6 Manchester, England (UK) Manchester Academy 3
***As part of the X-Mas Festival ***
December 7 London, United Kingdom (UK) Camden Palace (also with Akercoke)
December 8 Paris, France (F) La Locomotive
December 9 Essen, Germany (D) Zeche Carl
December 10 Osnabruck, Germany (D) Hyde Park
December 11 Berlin, Germany (D) Columbia Halle Fritz
December 12 Engelsdorf, Germany (D) Hellraiser
December 13 Wels, Austria (A) Schlachthof
December 14 Vienna, Austria (A) Arena
December 15 Milano, Italy (I) Alcatraz
December 16 Pratteln, Switzerland (CH) Z7
December 17 Ludwigsburg, Germany (D) Rockfabrik
December 18 Praga, Czech Republic (CZ) Roxy
December 19 Strasbourg, France (F) La Laiterie
December 20 Antwerpen, Belgium (B) Hof Ter Loo
December 21 Tilburg, Netherlands (NL) 013
* OUT NOW! NILE "In Their Darkened Shrines" CD / Ltd. Ed. 2xLP
* NILE @ MP3.com: http://www.mp3.com/nile
* Visit NILE's official site: http://www.nile-catacombs.net
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13. REGURGITATE 'Deviant' coming OUT NOW!
The epitome of post-CARCASS extremity, REGURGITATE gouge out merciless ultra-grind. Faster and more aggressive than previous REGURGITATE albums; Deviant deals sharp-edged hooks, strafing drum battery and distorted blasts of bass. Deviant is monstrous grindcore extravaganza from one of the undergrounds most ferocious and offensive bands!
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14. HARVEY MILK 'The Singles' OUT NOW!
Too heavy to be post rock. Too weird to be metal. Too everything to be anything, HARVEY MILK is unconventional and wholly unique, both structurally and sonically. Grand in its stubborn difficulty and epic in its difficult beauty, the sound of HARVEY MILK is simultaneously ugly and beautiful. Legendary for their devastating live shows and their absolutely absurd heaviness, HARVEY MILK crafted inconceivable slabs of mesmerizing, ultra dynamic sludge, as well as precious moments of effortless grace and restraint. The Singles delivers all the retardedly hard to find moments of HARVEY MILK's career and is at once hypnotic, repetitive, jarring, unpredictable, exhausting and perplexing. Harvey Milk is dead. Long live Harvey Milk.
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15. V/A – Japanese Assault OUT NOW!
The sixth offensive in Relapse Record's "Global Assault" Series inflicts catastrophic corruption via four of Japan's leading underground purveyors. Incongruous insanity from SENSELESS APOCALYPSE, MUGA, REALIZED and SWARRRM assails the listener, mixing two parts intensity with one part inanity. The Japanese Assault awaits!
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16. HALO 'Body Of Light' OUT NOW!
"A holocaustic vortex of distorted guitars and vocals over monstrously heavy beats...a slow-motion sonic apocalypse in glorious monochrome." - ALTERNATIVE PRESS
"Mindfucks don't come more intense than this." - METAL HAMMER
Having punctured the harsh outer skin with 2001's 'Guattari (From the West Flows Grey Ash & Pestilence)', HALO burrow deeper into the corrupt inner flesh of post-industrial depravity and corporate disease with 'Body of Light'. A rumbling diatribe of fear, loathing and pure sonic oppression, 'Body of Light' swallows its listener with the density of a collapsing star.
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17. MANDIBLE CHATTER 'Of Foreign Lands and People' OUT NOW!
In twelve years, MANDIBLE CHATTER has covered more musical territory than most enduring groups cover in a lifetime. If there were a single attribute that all MANDIBLE CHATTER releases could be said to have in common, it would be the ability to surprise the listener. Textures, even genres, are often blended, exploiting contrasts to there fullest, yet always retaining the cohesive thread. Much like navigating Hampton Court's maze by night, with MANDIBLE CHATTER one can never be quite sure what lies around the corner, as the listener is transported through a generous variety of sculptured ambiences that are alternately hypnotic, blissful, mysterious, frightening, and everywhere in between.
Sometimes the difference between noise and music is all in your head.
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18. V/A - 'ReCollection' coming November 18th!
Entry: recall
Function: noun
Definition: remembrance
Synonyms: anamnesis, memory, recollection, reminiscence
For the first time ever, Relapse Records offers a comprehensive collection of music videos spanning the label's history - all on one low-priced DVD! RECOLLECTION delivers a bountiful bombardment of captivating videos including fast-action clips from current label heavyweights HIGH ON FIRE, NEUROSIS, UNSANE, and The DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, up-and-comers ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY and ALCHEMIST, and long-time conspirators AMORPHIS and BRUTAL TRUTH amongst others. Relapse Records' 'RECOLLECTION' DVD Video Collection visually documents Relapse's rise from its upstart beginnings to its current incarnation as a leader in the international extreme music movement. Seeing is believing!!
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19. Upcoming releases on Relapse Records, Release Entertainment, and Desolation House
::: [COMING November 18, 2003] :::
~ V/A – Relapse Recollection low-price DVD Video collection
::: [COMING January 13, 2004] :::
~ THE END 'Within Dividia' CD / Ltd. Ed. Lp
~ V/A – 'Contaminated VI' 2xCD, low-price label sampler
::: [OUT NOW] :::
~ MASTODON "Remission" CD with free bonus DVD
~ UNSANE "Lambhouse" CD with free bonus DVD
~ EXHUMED "Anatomy Is Destiny" CD (European edition with a bonus disc Live In Japan)
~ BURST "Prey On Life" CD
~ BURNT BY THE SUN "The Perfect Is the Enemy of the Good" CD / Ltd. Ed. LP
~ MANDIBLE CHATTER "Of Foreign Lands and People" CD
~ HALO "Body of Light" CD
~ DISFEAR "Misanthropic Generation" CD
~ HARVEY MILK "The Singles" CD
~ V/A –JAPANESE ASSAULT CD (featuring MUGA, SENSELESS APOCALYPSE, REALIZED, SWARRRM)
~ REGURGITATE "Deviant" CD
~ CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER "Convicted" CD re-issue with bonus tracks
~ CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER "Money Talks" CD re-issue with bonus tracks
~ ALCHEMIST "Austral Alien" CD
~ AMORPHIS CD "Chapters" Deluxe CD with free bonus DVD
~ SULACO "Sulaco" low-price Mini-CD
~ TROUM "Sigqan" CD (Desolation House)
~ SKINLESS "From Sacrifice To Survival" CD
~ DYING FETUS "Stop at Nothing" CD
~ NASUM "Helvete" CD
~ DYSRHYTHMIA "Pretest" CD
~ ALIO DIE / Mathias Grassow 2xCD "Expanding Horizons" CD (Release)
~ MORTICIAN "Darkest Day of Horror" CD
~ MERZBOW "Pulse Demon" CD re-issue
~ GODFLESH "Messiah" CD
~ AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED "Altered States of America" 3” CD / 10” Lp
~ EAST WEST BLAST TEST (featuring Dave Witte and Chris Dodge) CD
~ V/A – DUTCH ASSAULT CD (featuring INHUME, SUPPOSITORY, LAST DAYS OF HUMANITY, S.M.E.S.)
~ GENOCIDE SUPERSTARS "Superstar Destroyer" CD
~ ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY "Constellation" CD re-issue w/ bonus tracks!
~ V/A Contaminated 5.0 2xCD (Relapse Records low-price 2xCD sampler featuring 45 tracks from 45 different bands)
* Visit the RELAPSE RECORDS STORE in Philadelphia, PA! RELAPSE RECORDS 608 South
4th St, Philadelphia, PA, PH: 215.629.1090
Welcome to the Relapse Records and Release Entertainment newsletter, a 20,000+ email geared to keep you up to date on what's happening at the Relapse and Release camps. This issue brings you information all the label’s latest releases as well end-of 2003 tour dates for NILE, UNSANE, SKINLESS, DISFEAR, THE END and many more! If you are new to the Relapse Records and Release Entertainment newsletter, both labels would like to welcome you.
POINT > CLICK > GRIND > Relapse.com
-------------[Quick Guide]--------------
01. Deluxe version of MASTODON's 'Remission' CD w/ bonus DVD OUT NOW!!
02. SKINLESS on the Unnatural Born Killers Tour!
03. BURNT BY THE SUN 'The Perfect Is the Enemy of the Good' OUT NOW!
04. UNSANE 'Lambhouse' CD w/ free bonus DVD OUT NOW! European tour on the horizon!
05. THE END completes new record! US tour with Between the Buried & Me and A Life Once Lost!
06. BONGZILLA fall Shows!
07. ZEKE! ZEKE! ZEKE sign to Relapse!
08. DISFEAR to support ENTOMBED on Scandinavian tour!
09. BURST 'Prey On Life' OUT NOW!
10. ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY’s first tour dates with new vocalist announced!
11. DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN UK tour details!
12. NILE European tour!
13. REGURGITATE 'Deviant' OUT NOW!
14. HARVEY MILK 'The Singles' OUT NOW!
15. V/A – Japanese Assault OUT NOW!
16. HALO 'Body Of Light'
17. MANDIBLE CHATTER 'Of Foreign Lands and People' OUT NOW!
18. V/A - 'ReCollection' coming November 18th!
19. Upcoming releases on Relapse Records and Release Entertainment
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1. Deluxe version of MASTODON's 'Remission' CD w/ bonus DVD OUT NOW!!
The deluxe version of the 'Remission' CD w/ a free, bonus DVD featuring a pro-filmed nine-song live set with previously unreleased material is out now!
Additionally, MASTODON appears on the "MTV 2 Headbangers Ball" double-disc compilation out now. MASTODON contributes ‘March of the Fire Ants’ to a collection that includes major-leagues names such as ROB ZOMBIE, DEFTONES, SLAYER, MUDVAYNE and KILLSWITCH ENGAGE as well as acclaimed up-n-comers LAMB OF GOD, CHIMAIRA, POISON THE WELL, and many more.
www.headbangersballtour.com/albumsite.html
In addition to the "MTV 2 Headbangers Ball" compilation, MASTODON contributes "Crusher, Destroyer" to the recently released Tony Hawk’s Undergound video game.
"MASTODON are undoubtedly the future of metal" - Kerrang!
"MASTODON could be considered the second coming of Metallica and Rush combined, and nobody who's seen them live could counter that opinion." - MTV.com
- MASTODON Tour Dates -
November 15 Asbury Park, NJ Asbury Park Convention Center (as part of New Jersey Metal & Hardcore Festival)
December 13 Athens, GA Tasty World
December 31 Atlanta, GA Echo Lounge
* OUT NOW! MASTODON 'Remission' CD w/ bonus DVD / Ltd. Ed. Double Lp
* MASTODON @ MP3.com: http://www.mp3.com/mastodon
* Visit MASTODON's official site: http://www.mastodonrocks.com
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2. SKINLESS on the Unnatural Born Killers Tour!
SKINLESS follows up their US co-headlining tour with DYING FETUS by joining forces with SIX FEET UNDER, BEHEMOTH and AS I LAY DYING as part of the Unnatural Born Killers Tour 2003! See dates below!
SKINLESS' 'From Sacrifice To Survival' CD is available in fine stores now!
- SKINLESS tour dates –
November 11 Palo Alto, CA The Edge
November 12 Las Angeles, CA Key Club
November 13 Santa Ana, CA The Galaxy
November 14 San Diego, CA Brick By Brick
November 15 Tempe, AZ Bash On Ash
November 16 Albuquerque, NM Launch Pad
November 18 Dallas, TX Club Indigo
November 19 San Antonio, TX Sin 13
November 20 Corpus Christi, TX Sharkey’s
* OUT NOW SKINLESS 'From Sacrifice To Survival' CD
* SKINLESS @ MP3.com: http:///www.mp3.com/skinless
* Visit SKINLESS' official site: http://www.4skinless.net
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3. BURNT BY THE SUN 'The Perfect Is the Enemy of the Good' OUT NOW!
As one of the most revered new acts in modern heavy music, BURNT BY THE SUN administer a deft fusion of artistry and ferocity on its much-anticipated new full-length 'The Perfect Is the Enemy of the Good'. With a sleek combination of metallic hardcore, post-punk pummel, artful arrangements and raw, unrelenting power, BURNT BY THE SUN trail blaze heretofore unexplored musical paths. Blending astounding dexterity, a scorching attack and brilliant production from Matt Bayles (ISIS, VENDETTA RED, MASTODON, BLOOD BROTHERS) BURNT BY THE SUN continues heavy music's ongoing evolution.
* OUT NOW BURNT BY THE SUN 'The Perfect Is the Enemy of the Good' CD
* BURNT BY THE SUN @ MP3.com: http:///www.mp3.com/burntbythesun
* Visit BURNT BY THE SUN's official site: http://www.burntbythesun.com
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4. UNSANE 'Lambhouse' CD w/ free bonus DVD OUT NOW! European tour on the horizon!
For the first time in four years UNSANE are returning to Europe! In late November UNSANE will headline a brief run of dates that will take them across eight countries in a mere two weeks. All dates will be supported by Harmful.
The recently released 'Lambhouse' (UNSANE 1991-1998) compiles the best tracks from all of UNSANE's official releases plus a bonus DVD containing all of the band’s music videos and a live set from each of the band’s 3 major line-ups. 'Lambhouse' clearly provides new listeners and long time fans alike avid testimony as to why UNSANE are universally recognized as the premier noise rock band in the world.
- UNSANE Tour Dates –
***European dates w/ Harmful***
November 29 London, England (UK) Underworld
November 30 Paris, France (F) Le Nouveau Casino
December 1 Tourcoing, France (F) Le Grand Mix
December 2 Strasbourg, France (F) La Laiterie
December 3 Geneva, Switzerland (CH) L’Usine
December 4 Mezzago, Italy (I) Bloom
December 5 Berne, Switzerland (CH) Reitschule
December 6 Lindau, Germany (D) Club Vaudeville
December 7 Munich, Germany (D) Orang Haus at Feierwork
December 8 Berlin, Germany (D) Knaack
December 9 Copenhagen, Denmark (DK) Loppen
December 10 Hamburg, Germany (D) Hafenklang
December 11 Cologne, Germany (D) Underground
December 12 Kontich, Belgium (B) Lintfabriek
December 13 Tilburg, Netherlands (NL) 013
December 14 Groningen, Netherlands (NL) Vera
* OUT NOW UNSANE 'Lambhouse' CD w/ free bonus DVD
* UNSANE @ MP3.com: http:///www.mp3.com/unsane
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5. THE END completes new record! Kick off US tour with Between the Buried & Me and A Life Once Lost!
THE END have finished recorded their forthcoming album 'Within Dividia' at Wild Studios with producer Pierre Remillard (Cryptopsy, Misery Index, Gorguts). Within Dividia sees THE END employing a film noir atmosphere set to music, with the album musically and lyrically narrating the conceptual tale of The Dividia Estate and its inhabitants. The finished track listing for 'Within Dividia' is "These Walls", "Fetesque", "The Sense of Reverence", "The Scent of Elegance", "Organelle (in she we lust)", "Dear Martyr", "Orthodox Unparalleled" and "Of Fist and Flame".
'Within Dividia' will be released in North American on January 13th, 2004 and in Europe on January 26th.
THE END has embarked on a month long North American tour alongside Between the Buried and Me and A Life Once Lost and will follow with a week of Canadian shows. See dates below!
- THE END Tour Dates -
***Dates through Nov 23 with Between the Buried & Me, A Life Once Lost***
November 10 Nashville, TN The Muse
November 11 Birmingham, AL Cave 9
November 12 Winston Salem, NC Brew Ha-Has
November 13 Baltimore, MD The Sidebar
November 14 North Haven, CT North Haven Congregational Church
November 15 Asbury Park, NJ Asbury Park Convention Center (as part of New Jersey Metal & Hardcore Festival)
November 16 New York, NY CBGB’s (also w/ Premonitions of War, Watch Them Die, and more)
November 17 Bloomfield, NJ Bloomfield Ave. Café
November 18 Ronkonkoma (Long Island), NY The Hungarian Hall
November 19 Springfield, MA Fat Kat’s
November 20 Rochester, NY Penny Arcade
November 21 Wilkes Barre, PA Cafe Metropolis
November 22 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church
November 23 Buffalo, NY Broadway Joe’s
***THE END solo shows***
November 24 Windsor, ON Changez By Nite (w/ A Taste of Blood, Abandoned Hearts Club, and more)
November 25 Hamilton, ON The Underground
November 26 Kingston, ON Schezo
November 27 Ottawa, ON Bumpers Roadhouse
* OUT NOW! THE END 'Transfer Trachea Reverberations From Point; False Omniscient' CD
* THE END @ MP3.com: http://www.mp3.com/the_end_toronto
* Visit THE END's official site: http://www.allchaos.net
* Coming January 13, 2004! THE END 'Within Dividia' CD / Ltd. Ed. Lp
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6. BONGZILLA fall shows!
- BONGZILLA Tour Dates –
***US Headlining dates***
November 13 Ypsilanti, MI Elbow Room
November 14 Cincinnati, OH Sudsey Malone’s (w/ Rune)
November 15 Asbury Park, NJ Asbury Park Convention Center (as part of New Jersey Metal & Hardcore Festival)
November 16 College Park, MD WMUC Radio Station Hall @ the University of Maryland
November 17 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop (w/ Weedeater, 16)
* OUT NOW BONGZILLA 'Gateway' CD
* BONGZILLA @ MP3.com: http:///www.mp3.com/bongzilla
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7. ZEKE! ZEKE! ZEKE sign to Relapse!
ZEKE, Seattle's celebrated speed-punk trio, have signed to Relapse Records. The high-powered trio will release their much-anticipated new full length in Spring, 2004.
Drawing influences from Judas Priest, Motorhead and Iron Maiden amongst others, ZEKE's brand of hardcore speed rock mixes punk nihilism with a hard hitting metal extravagance. The bands signing with the Relapse label follows stints on both Epitaph Records, where ZEKE issue their Kicked in the Teeth (1998) and Dirty Sanchez (2000) albums, and the Aces & Eights label who issued what is widely considered the band's finest release to date, 2001's Death Alley.
"There are those who have used rock music as a vehicle for social change, or as a means of expressing their most intimate emotions or sublime spiritual yearnings...and then, to paraphrase an old TV show theme song, there's ZEKE and bands of their ilk, who approach rock 'n roll with what might euphemistically be called a refreshing lack of pretense". - ROLLING STONE
"Sheer brute punk strength. Punk's got young, loud and snotty again, only played just a little faster". - MONTREAL MIRROR
"An adrenalized cocktail of speed and combustive punk rawk...unchecked aggression and shameless thrash-mongering on a search-and-destroy mission". - WILLAMETTE WEEKLY
- ZEKE Tour Dates –
November 20 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
November 21 San Diego, CA Casbah
November 22 Long Beach, CA Alex's Bar
November 23 San Francisco, CA The Pound
November 28 Seattle, WA Graceland
December 5 Tacoma, WA Hell's Kitchen
December 6 Bellingham, WA The Factory
December 31 Denver, CO Larimar Lounge
* Visit ZEKE's official site: http://www.zekeyou.com
* Coming Spring, 2004! ZEKE's Relapse debut CD / LP
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8. DISFEAR to support ENTOMBED on Scandinavian Tour!
DISFEAR are preparing to head out on a 3 week Scandinavian Tour supporting ENTOMBED and RAISED FIST as part of the second installment of the “Close Up Made Us Do It” Tour series.
2004 DISFEAR tour plans are in the works for Spain, Portugal, Italy and Germany.
Additionally, DISFEAR have issued the 'Powerload' 7” on Spain’s excellent Throne Records (www.thronerecords.com) and will soon be issuing the vinyl version of 'Misanthropic Generation' on Yannick of TRAGEDY's Feral Ward Records (www.feralward.com). Both will feature exclusive tracks!
- DISFEAR Tour Dates –
***Scandinavian Close-Up Made Us Do It Tour w/ ENTOMBED and RAISED FIST***
December 3 Sundsvall, Sweden (S) Pipeline
December 4 Uppsala, Sweden (S) Grand
December 5 Sandviken, Sweden (S) Kungen
December 6 Orbro, Sweden (S) Downtown
December 8 Göteborg, Sweden (S) Kåren
December 9 Århus, Denmark (DK) Voxhall
December 10 Köpenhamn, Denmark (DK) Pumpehuset
December 11 Malmö, Sweden (S) KB
December 12 Halmstad, Sweden (S) Diezel
December 13 Mariestad, Sweden (S) Klubb Kaliber
December 16 Värnersborg, Sweden (S) Café Mic
December 17 Boras, Sweden (S) Rockborgen
December 18 Karlstad, Sweden (S) Nöjesfabriken/Garaget
December 19 Linköping, Sweden (S) Skylten
December 20 Stockholm, Sweden (S) Arena (also w/ TURBONEGRO)
* OUT NOW DISFEAR 'Misanthropic Generation' CD
* DISFEAR @ MP3.com: http:///www.mp3.com/disfear
* Visit DISFEAR's official site: http://www.disfear.com
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9. BURST 'Prey On Life' OUT NOW!
"original and fresh, superior in production, musical capability and creativity...simply amazing" - DIGITAL METAL
On 'Prey On Life', BURST construct powerful, crisp and perfectly balanced music that molds both emotion and intensity. With a sound firmly rooted in heavy metal and the punk/hardcore aesthetic, BURST relies just as heavily on ambience, atmosphere, and tone as it does complexity, aggression and raw emotion. A wholly original entity, BURST delivers unquestionably brilliant music that consumes and digests the listener with grand and hypnotic waves of sound.
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10. ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY’s first tour dates with new vocalist!
ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY is gearing up for their first run of dates with new vocalist Johnny Weils! The quintet will do a short run of dates through the Northeast and Eastern Canada before entering the studio to complete demo-ing for their next full-length record 'Fulton Hill'.
- ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY Tour Dates –
December 5 Baltimore, MD Otto Bar
December 6 Brooklyn, NY North Six
December 7 Providence, RI The Sickle
December 8 Montreal, PQ Foufounes Electrique
December 9 Toronto, ON The 360
December 10 Rochester, NY Water Street Music Hall
December 11 Cleveland, OH Agora Shop
December 12 Youngstown, OH Nyabinghi
December 13 Philadelphia, PA Balcony Bar
* OUT NOW ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY 'Staring At the Divine' CD / Ltd Ed. Picture Disc
* ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY @ MP3.com: http:///www.mp3.com/alabamathunderpussy
* Visit ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY’s official site: http://www.AlabamaThunderpussy.com
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11. DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN UK Tour!
- DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Tour Dates –
December 7 Antwerpen, Belgium (B) Hof Ter Loo (as part of Riotfest)
December 8 Brighton, England (UK) Concorde 2
December 9 Birmingham, England (UK) Academy 2
December 10 Bristol, England (UK) Fleece & Firkin
December 11 Manchester, England (UK) Hop & Grape
December 12 Glasgow, Scotland (UK) Cathouse
December 13 Nottingham, England (UK) Rock City
December 14 London, England (UK) Mean Fiddler
* OUT NOW DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN 'Calculating Infinity' CD
* DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN @ MP3.com: http:///www.mp3.com/dillingerescapeplan
* Visit DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN’s official site: http://www. dillingerescapeplan.com
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12. NILE European Tour!
NILE will kick-off an extensive round of European Touring in the coming weeks. The first segment is a NILE run of Headlining dates set to include Greece, the UK, and Ireland. The second segment of dates see NILE joining the much-celebrated European X-Mas Festival with DEICIDE, DESTRUCTION and more.
See NILE at the following dates!
– NILE Tour Dates –
****NILE headlining dates***
November 27 Thessaloniki, Greece (GR) Hydrogios
November 28 Athens, Greece (GR) Rotom
November 29 Villeurbane, France (F) CCO
November 30 Nantes, France (F) Barakson
December 2 Swansea, England (UK) Escape Club
December 3 Dublin, Ireland (IRL) Whelan’s
December 4 Glasgow, Scotland (UK) Cathouse
December 5 Scheffield, England (UK) Corporation
December 6 Manchester, England (UK) Manchester Academy 3
***As part of the X-Mas Festival ***
December 7 London, United Kingdom (UK) Camden Palace (also with Akercoke)
December 8 Paris, France (F) La Locomotive
December 9 Essen, Germany (D) Zeche Carl
December 10 Osnabruck, Germany (D) Hyde Park
December 11 Berlin, Germany (D) Columbia Halle Fritz
December 12 Engelsdorf, Germany (D) Hellraiser
December 13 Wels, Austria (A) Schlachthof
December 14 Vienna, Austria (A) Arena
December 15 Milano, Italy (I) Alcatraz
December 16 Pratteln, Switzerland (CH) Z7
December 17 Ludwigsburg, Germany (D) Rockfabrik
December 18 Praga, Czech Republic (CZ) Roxy
December 19 Strasbourg, France (F) La Laiterie
December 20 Antwerpen, Belgium (B) Hof Ter Loo
December 21 Tilburg, Netherlands (NL) 013
* OUT NOW! NILE "In Their Darkened Shrines" CD / Ltd. Ed. 2xLP
* NILE @ MP3.com: http://www.mp3.com/nile
* Visit NILE's official site: http://www.nile-catacombs.net
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13. REGURGITATE 'Deviant' coming OUT NOW!
The epitome of post-CARCASS extremity, REGURGITATE gouge out merciless ultra-grind. Faster and more aggressive than previous REGURGITATE albums; Deviant deals sharp-edged hooks, strafing drum battery and distorted blasts of bass. Deviant is monstrous grindcore extravaganza from one of the undergrounds most ferocious and offensive bands!
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14. HARVEY MILK 'The Singles' OUT NOW!
Too heavy to be post rock. Too weird to be metal. Too everything to be anything, HARVEY MILK is unconventional and wholly unique, both structurally and sonically. Grand in its stubborn difficulty and epic in its difficult beauty, the sound of HARVEY MILK is simultaneously ugly and beautiful. Legendary for their devastating live shows and their absolutely absurd heaviness, HARVEY MILK crafted inconceivable slabs of mesmerizing, ultra dynamic sludge, as well as precious moments of effortless grace and restraint. The Singles delivers all the retardedly hard to find moments of HARVEY MILK's career and is at once hypnotic, repetitive, jarring, unpredictable, exhausting and perplexing. Harvey Milk is dead. Long live Harvey Milk.
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15. V/A – Japanese Assault OUT NOW!
The sixth offensive in Relapse Record's "Global Assault" Series inflicts catastrophic corruption via four of Japan's leading underground purveyors. Incongruous insanity from SENSELESS APOCALYPSE, MUGA, REALIZED and SWARRRM assails the listener, mixing two parts intensity with one part inanity. The Japanese Assault awaits!
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16. HALO 'Body Of Light' OUT NOW!
"A holocaustic vortex of distorted guitars and vocals over monstrously heavy beats...a slow-motion sonic apocalypse in glorious monochrome." - ALTERNATIVE PRESS
"Mindfucks don't come more intense than this." - METAL HAMMER
Having punctured the harsh outer skin with 2001's 'Guattari (From the West Flows Grey Ash & Pestilence)', HALO burrow deeper into the corrupt inner flesh of post-industrial depravity and corporate disease with 'Body of Light'. A rumbling diatribe of fear, loathing and pure sonic oppression, 'Body of Light' swallows its listener with the density of a collapsing star.
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17. MANDIBLE CHATTER 'Of Foreign Lands and People' OUT NOW!
In twelve years, MANDIBLE CHATTER has covered more musical territory than most enduring groups cover in a lifetime. If there were a single attribute that all MANDIBLE CHATTER releases could be said to have in common, it would be the ability to surprise the listener. Textures, even genres, are often blended, exploiting contrasts to there fullest, yet always retaining the cohesive thread. Much like navigating Hampton Court's maze by night, with MANDIBLE CHATTER one can never be quite sure what lies around the corner, as the listener is transported through a generous variety of sculptured ambiences that are alternately hypnotic, blissful, mysterious, frightening, and everywhere in between.
Sometimes the difference between noise and music is all in your head.
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18. V/A - 'ReCollection' coming November 18th!
Entry: recall
Function: noun
Definition: remembrance
Synonyms: anamnesis, memory, recollection, reminiscence
For the first time ever, Relapse Records offers a comprehensive collection of music videos spanning the label's history - all on one low-priced DVD! RECOLLECTION delivers a bountiful bombardment of captivating videos including fast-action clips from current label heavyweights HIGH ON FIRE, NEUROSIS, UNSANE, and The DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, up-and-comers ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY and ALCHEMIST, and long-time conspirators AMORPHIS and BRUTAL TRUTH amongst others. Relapse Records' 'RECOLLECTION' DVD Video Collection visually documents Relapse's rise from its upstart beginnings to its current incarnation as a leader in the international extreme music movement. Seeing is believing!!
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19. Upcoming releases on Relapse Records, Release Entertainment, and Desolation House
::: [COMING November 18, 2003] :::
~ V/A – Relapse Recollection low-price DVD Video collection
::: [COMING January 13, 2004] :::
~ THE END 'Within Dividia' CD / Ltd. Ed. Lp
~ V/A – 'Contaminated VI' 2xCD, low-price label sampler
::: [OUT NOW] :::
~ MASTODON "Remission" CD with free bonus DVD
~ UNSANE "Lambhouse" CD with free bonus DVD
~ EXHUMED "Anatomy Is Destiny" CD (European edition with a bonus disc Live In Japan)
~ BURST "Prey On Life" CD
~ BURNT BY THE SUN "The Perfect Is the Enemy of the Good" CD / Ltd. Ed. LP
~ MANDIBLE CHATTER "Of Foreign Lands and People" CD
~ HALO "Body of Light" CD
~ DISFEAR "Misanthropic Generation" CD
~ HARVEY MILK "The Singles" CD
~ V/A –JAPANESE ASSAULT CD (featuring MUGA, SENSELESS APOCALYPSE, REALIZED, SWARRRM)
~ REGURGITATE "Deviant" CD
~ CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER "Convicted" CD re-issue with bonus tracks
~ CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER "Money Talks" CD re-issue with bonus tracks
~ ALCHEMIST "Austral Alien" CD
~ AMORPHIS CD "Chapters" Deluxe CD with free bonus DVD
~ SULACO "Sulaco" low-price Mini-CD
~ TROUM "Sigqan" CD (Desolation House)
~ SKINLESS "From Sacrifice To Survival" CD
~ DYING FETUS "Stop at Nothing" CD
~ NASUM "Helvete" CD
~ DYSRHYTHMIA "Pretest" CD
~ ALIO DIE / Mathias Grassow 2xCD "Expanding Horizons" CD (Release)
~ MORTICIAN "Darkest Day of Horror" CD
~ MERZBOW "Pulse Demon" CD re-issue
~ GODFLESH "Messiah" CD
~ AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED "Altered States of America" 3” CD / 10” Lp
~ EAST WEST BLAST TEST (featuring Dave Witte and Chris Dodge) CD
~ V/A – DUTCH ASSAULT CD (featuring INHUME, SUPPOSITORY, LAST DAYS OF HUMANITY, S.M.E.S.)
~ GENOCIDE SUPERSTARS "Superstar Destroyer" CD
~ ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY "Constellation" CD re-issue w/ bonus tracks!
~ V/A Contaminated 5.0 2xCD (Relapse Records low-price 2xCD sampler featuring 45 tracks from 45 different bands)
* Visit the RELAPSE RECORDS STORE in Philadelphia, PA! RELAPSE RECORDS 608 South
4th St, Philadelphia, PA, PH: 215.629.1090
Abacus News for 11-10-2003
WEBSHOP UPDATE
New this week: In this week, new from Nuclear Blast the import version of Destruction's Metal Discharge featuring a bonus disc with covers and live tracks and the new Hammerfall double live disc, One Crimson Night. Also the new Tiamat import digi single, Cain, complete with two tracks from their forthcoming release, Prey, as well as a cover version of the WASP track "Sleeping In The Fire". We also have the double DVD release from Axel Rudi Pell, Knight Treasures (Live And More), featuring a live disc and a second disc with interviews and other extras.
Limited Edition Dimmu Borgir Journal and Military Box Set!
Click here for Info
MARDUK Blackcrowned Box Set SPECIAL - We recently received less than 200 copies of this very-limited box set back in stock. This has been selling on ebay for over $50 recently. You can get it from us now for $30 with NO SHIPPING COST. These will probably be gone quickly, so don't miss out!
ARCH ENEMY and DIMMU BORGIR SHIRTS!!!! Click here to see our extensive shirt collection!
Eyes Of Fire - Disintegrate (MCD) $3.00
Eyes Of Fire cross the boundaries and break down the barriers of conventional music by incorporating extremely monstrous pounding tribal and atmospheric sounds into their heavily guitar-driven attack. Featuring members of Mindrot and Phobia, the band’s debut EP is sure to prove them a dominating force in the Southern California scene. Will appeal to fans of Neurosis, Anathema, Isis, My Dying Bride, Katatonia, Mindrot, Cult Of Luna and more. (2003) Track List: Disintegrate / Hopeless / Anyone
BAND UPDATES
The newest addition to the Abacus Recordings roster, Winnipeg’s Burnthe8Track, have recently finished up recording their debut album. Here’s a report from singer Derek Kun:
“We recorded from Oct 1 to Oct 31 at Westside Records in Burlington, Ontario, Canada (just outside Toronto). Our producer/engineer Justin Koop (Silverstein, Grade) is currently in the late stages of mixing and mastering. We recorded 12 songs and are extremely happy with the record so far and as a result we are still not sure which of the songs will be released as our first single. Our time in the studio was fantastic and insane at the same time. We worked (if you can call it work) 12-16 hours every day with only one day off. We have also been busy working on the album artwork and trying to determine a title for the new record.”
While in the studio the band has also been reworking their website, which should be up and running by next week. There are also plans to film a video sometime between mid-December and mid-January. (www.burnthe8track.com)
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Narcissus are receiving amazing reviews of Crave and Collapse! The band is playing a show with Vaux on Nov. 15 at The Lime Spider in Akron, OH. Narcissus will also be playing alongside Planes Mistaken for Stars on Nov. 23rd in Columbus, OH @ Little Brothers. (www.narcissusrock.com)
“Artsy metalcore/emo hybrid with surprisingly ornate musicianship, Crave and Collapse is an impeccably solid album that will surely turn heads…” – ThePRP.com
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Radiation 4 are gearing up for tour this winter! The band expects to play roughly 4 to 5 weeks with dates and details to be announced next week. (www.radiation4.com)
“For those of you looking for something that is very creative, adventurous, and brutal at the same time, radiation 4 may just be able to satisfy your fetish. radiation 4 is one band that is not predictable by any means.” – METALREVIEWS.COM
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Glass Casket have been keeping ever active in their North Carolina stompin' ground (check the Abacus Recordings’ website for more details) Glass Casket have several shows lined up in the coming months. They will be playing a week of shows with Into the Moat Dec. 17 through Dec. 23, dates and locations to be announced this week. Stay tuned for some more tour plans this winter with other KILLER bands... details to be announced shortly! When their album drops early next year be prepared to protect your jugular! (www.glasscasket.com)
TOUR DATES
GLASS CASKET ::
11/15 Lumberton, NC w/ Manhattan Project, Death of April
Dec. 17 Jacksonville, FL @ TBA (w/ Into the Moat & They Came Burning)
Dec. 18 Birmingham, AL @ Cave9 (w/ Into the Moat)
Dec. 19 New Orleans, LA @ Banks St. Warehouse, 4820 Banks St. (w/ Into the Moat & They Came Burning)
Dec. 20 Ft. Worth, TX @1919 Hemphill (w/ Into the Moat & They Came Burning)
Dec. 21 San Antonio, TX @ Sin 13 (w/ Into the Moat & They Came Burning)
Dec. 22 Houston, TX @ Fuel Cyber Café (w/ Into the Moat & They Came Burning)
HASTE::
11/11 Chameleon Club – Lancaster, PA w/ Stretch Armstrong, With Honor
11/12 Bombshelter – Manchester, NH w/ Stretch Armstrong, With Honor
11/13 L’Anti – Quebec City, PQ w/ Stretch Armstrong, With Honor
11/14 Café’ L’Conditionnel – Montreal, PQ w/ Stretch Armstrong, With Honor
11/15 Babylon – Ottawa, ON w/ Stretch Armstrong, With Honor
11/17 Rockit Nite Club – Toronto, ON w/ Stretch Armstrong, With Honor
11/18 Trashateria – Guelph, ON w/ Stretch Armstrong, With Honor
11/19 Embassy – London, ON w/ Stretch Armstrong, With Honor
11/20 Cruise Inn - Lackawanna, NY w/ Hopesfall, Premonitions Of War
11/21 Forward Hall – Erie, PA w/ Stretch Armstrong, With Honor
11/28 North Star – Philadelphia, PA w/ Hopesfall, Hey Mercedes, Bear vs. Shark
11/29 The Downtown – Farmingdale, NY w/ Hopesfall, Hey Mercedes
11/30 Fat Cat’s – Springfield, MA w/ Hopesfall, Hey Mercedes, Bear vs. Shark
12/5 Frankie’s – Toledo, OH w/ Hopesfall, Bear vs. Shark
12/6 Clutch Cargo – Detroit, MI w/ Hopesfall, Hey Mercedes, Bear vs. Shark
12/7 Metro – Chicago, IL w/ Hopesfall, Hey Mercedes, Bear vs. Shark
12/18 Zydeco – Birmingham, AL
12/19 1213 Rock Shows – Anniston, AL
NARCISSUS::
Nov. 15th - Akron, OH @ The Lime Spider w/ The Vaux
Nov. 23rd - Columbus, OH @ Little Brothers w/ Planes Mistaken for Stars, Lovedrug
WEBSHOP UPDATE
New this week: In this week, new from Nuclear Blast the import version of Destruction's Metal Discharge featuring a bonus disc with covers and live tracks and the new Hammerfall double live disc, One Crimson Night. Also the new Tiamat import digi single, Cain, complete with two tracks from their forthcoming release, Prey, as well as a cover version of the WASP track "Sleeping In The Fire". We also have the double DVD release from Axel Rudi Pell, Knight Treasures (Live And More), featuring a live disc and a second disc with interviews and other extras.
Limited Edition Dimmu Borgir Journal and Military Box Set!
Click here for Info
MARDUK Blackcrowned Box Set SPECIAL - We recently received less than 200 copies of this very-limited box set back in stock. This has been selling on ebay for over $50 recently. You can get it from us now for $30 with NO SHIPPING COST. These will probably be gone quickly, so don't miss out!
ARCH ENEMY and DIMMU BORGIR SHIRTS!!!! Click here to see our extensive shirt collection!
Eyes Of Fire - Disintegrate (MCD) $3.00
Eyes Of Fire cross the boundaries and break down the barriers of conventional music by incorporating extremely monstrous pounding tribal and atmospheric sounds into their heavily guitar-driven attack. Featuring members of Mindrot and Phobia, the band’s debut EP is sure to prove them a dominating force in the Southern California scene. Will appeal to fans of Neurosis, Anathema, Isis, My Dying Bride, Katatonia, Mindrot, Cult Of Luna and more. (2003) Track List: Disintegrate / Hopeless / Anyone
BAND UPDATES
The newest addition to the Abacus Recordings roster, Winnipeg’s Burnthe8Track, have recently finished up recording their debut album. Here’s a report from singer Derek Kun:
“We recorded from Oct 1 to Oct 31 at Westside Records in Burlington, Ontario, Canada (just outside Toronto). Our producer/engineer Justin Koop (Silverstein, Grade) is currently in the late stages of mixing and mastering. We recorded 12 songs and are extremely happy with the record so far and as a result we are still not sure which of the songs will be released as our first single. Our time in the studio was fantastic and insane at the same time. We worked (if you can call it work) 12-16 hours every day with only one day off. We have also been busy working on the album artwork and trying to determine a title for the new record.”
While in the studio the band has also been reworking their website, which should be up and running by next week. There are also plans to film a video sometime between mid-December and mid-January. (www.burnthe8track.com)
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Narcissus are receiving amazing reviews of Crave and Collapse! The band is playing a show with Vaux on Nov. 15 at The Lime Spider in Akron, OH. Narcissus will also be playing alongside Planes Mistaken for Stars on Nov. 23rd in Columbus, OH @ Little Brothers. (www.narcissusrock.com)
“Artsy metalcore/emo hybrid with surprisingly ornate musicianship, Crave and Collapse is an impeccably solid album that will surely turn heads…” – ThePRP.com
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Radiation 4 are gearing up for tour this winter! The band expects to play roughly 4 to 5 weeks with dates and details to be announced next week. (www.radiation4.com)
“For those of you looking for something that is very creative, adventurous, and brutal at the same time, radiation 4 may just be able to satisfy your fetish. radiation 4 is one band that is not predictable by any means.” – METALREVIEWS.COM
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Glass Casket have been keeping ever active in their North Carolina stompin' ground (check the Abacus Recordings’ website for more details) Glass Casket have several shows lined up in the coming months. They will be playing a week of shows with Into the Moat Dec. 17 through Dec. 23, dates and locations to be announced this week. Stay tuned for some more tour plans this winter with other KILLER bands... details to be announced shortly! When their album drops early next year be prepared to protect your jugular! (www.glasscasket.com)
TOUR DATES
GLASS CASKET ::
11/15 Lumberton, NC w/ Manhattan Project, Death of April
Dec. 17 Jacksonville, FL @ TBA (w/ Into the Moat & They Came Burning)
Dec. 18 Birmingham, AL @ Cave9 (w/ Into the Moat)
Dec. 19 New Orleans, LA @ Banks St. Warehouse, 4820 Banks St. (w/ Into the Moat & They Came Burning)
Dec. 20 Ft. Worth, TX @1919 Hemphill (w/ Into the Moat & They Came Burning)
Dec. 21 San Antonio, TX @ Sin 13 (w/ Into the Moat & They Came Burning)
Dec. 22 Houston, TX @ Fuel Cyber Café (w/ Into the Moat & They Came Burning)
HASTE::
11/11 Chameleon Club – Lancaster, PA w/ Stretch Armstrong, With Honor
11/12 Bombshelter – Manchester, NH w/ Stretch Armstrong, With Honor
11/13 L’Anti – Quebec City, PQ w/ Stretch Armstrong, With Honor
11/14 Café’ L’Conditionnel – Montreal, PQ w/ Stretch Armstrong, With Honor
11/15 Babylon – Ottawa, ON w/ Stretch Armstrong, With Honor
11/17 Rockit Nite Club – Toronto, ON w/ Stretch Armstrong, With Honor
11/18 Trashateria – Guelph, ON w/ Stretch Armstrong, With Honor
11/19 Embassy – London, ON w/ Stretch Armstrong, With Honor
11/20 Cruise Inn - Lackawanna, NY w/ Hopesfall, Premonitions Of War
11/21 Forward Hall – Erie, PA w/ Stretch Armstrong, With Honor
11/28 North Star – Philadelphia, PA w/ Hopesfall, Hey Mercedes, Bear vs. Shark
11/29 The Downtown – Farmingdale, NY w/ Hopesfall, Hey Mercedes
11/30 Fat Cat’s – Springfield, MA w/ Hopesfall, Hey Mercedes, Bear vs. Shark
12/5 Frankie’s – Toledo, OH w/ Hopesfall, Bear vs. Shark
12/6 Clutch Cargo – Detroit, MI w/ Hopesfall, Hey Mercedes, Bear vs. Shark
12/7 Metro – Chicago, IL w/ Hopesfall, Hey Mercedes, Bear vs. Shark
12/18 Zydeco – Birmingham, AL
12/19 1213 Rock Shows – Anniston, AL
NARCISSUS::
Nov. 15th - Akron, OH @ The Lime Spider w/ The Vaux
Nov. 23rd - Columbus, OH @ Little Brothers w/ Planes Mistaken for Stars, Lovedrug
RELAPSE RECORDS / RELEASE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS & TOUR UPDATE 11/03
"...one of the labels at the forefront of extreme metal, not just in terms of their success, but more importantly in terms of the highly creative bands they continue to sign and promote." - TERRORIZER
"Relapse is just too good at what it does." - CMJ
MAIN POINTS OF INTEREST:
* Relapse acts announced for 2003 MassConcerts Presents: NJ Metal and Hardcore Festival, November 14th and 15th in Asbury Park, NJ.!
* MASTODON appears on the MTV2 / Roadrunner Records-issued "Headbangers Ball" 2xCD compilation and new Tony Hawk video game! Band's Remission CD reissued by Relapse Records as a deluxe CD / DVD digipak!
* ZEKE sign to Relapse Records!
* THE END sign to Relapse Records!
* the DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN announce UK and U.S. headlining tours!
* DISFEAR to tour Europe with ENTOMBED!
* HIGH ON FIRE appears in the new Tony Hawk video game "Tony Hawk's Underground" with music from Surrounded By Thieves!
* PIG DESTROYER, NASUM to team up with NAPALM DEATH and AxCx for monstrous January, 2004 Japanese tour!
* ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY announce new vocalist, December U.S. tour dates!
* NILE announce European tour dates!
* HALO's sophomore Relapse release Body of Light out now!!
* SUFFOCATION to issue its new full length release, Souls to Deny, in Spring 2004.
* UNSANE CD / DVD retrospective LAMBHOUSE out now!
* RELAPSE DVD video collection RECOLLECTION out now!
NOTE: TOUR UPDATE follows NEWS UPDATE in this message.
***ALL Relapse Records, Release Entertainment and Desolation House artists are available for interviews now. To schedule an interview(s), simply contact Carl Schultz at press@relapse.com / (610)734-1000 (x103), or by simply responding to this e-mail with your request(s). **In-person interviews with any Relapse / Release artist(s) can be arranged at live events as well**
** Relapse Records President Matthew F. Jacobson also available for interviews now! To schedule an interview(s), simply contact Carl Schultz at press@relapse.com / (610)734-1000 (x103), or by simply responding to this e-mail with your request(s).
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****NEWS UPDATE(S): (Listed alphabetically)****
27: (www.27.vg)
- OUT NOW: 27's amazing debut Songs From the Edge of the Wing. Featuring ex-members of DIRT MERCHANTS and SPORE, the Boston outfit crafts beautiful, moving sound pictures with the velvety vocals of Maria Christopher weaving through the music like smoke through a cabaret. Boston's 27 seamlessly blend stirring melodies, a quiet intensity, and alluring vocals into songs so captivating that they transcend any strict categorization. It's little wonder why this fledgling Boston trio have captured the rapt attention of all who have come in contact with their mesmerizing work.
- Europe's Undergroove Records has just released 27's Animal Life album in Europe in with a bonus 5" record!
- Hydrahead Records has just released a new 27 7" ('try' b/w 'night belongs to us')
- Stay tuned to www.RELAPSE.com for forthcoming 27 information / tour dates.
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AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED: (www.agoraphobicnosebleed.com)
- AGORAPHOBIC's 100 song 3" CD / 10" LP Altered States of America - is out now!!
- ANb Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is now open for business...stay tuned for further details.
- Look for an ANb picture disc 7" coming soon on Reptilian Records. The 7" will come with a parody of the widely-distributed "Chick Track" "educational" booklets.
- "they implanted bombs in their stomachs...and when they started to talk their tummies would feel funny...they knew then that the bombs were activated."
- AGORAPHOBIC will issue a split CDEP with ISIS to benefit mutual friend Shuan Luu, who has been diagnosed with brain cancer. Set for a spring, 2004 release via Relapse, this EP will contain some special recordings from ANb and two professionally recorded live versions of ISIS' 'The Beginning and the End' and 'Weight', as well as a remix of the ISIS song "Carry". Both ANb and ISIS wish nothing but the best of luck to Mr. Luu during his time of need.
- "Dude, get the hell out of here." - ROLLING STONE
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ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY (www.alabamathunderpussy.com)
- ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY have filled their recently vacated vocalist position with Columbus, OH native Johnny Weils. Weils will make his ATP live debut when the band kicks off a string of Eastern U.S. dates beginning December 5th, in Baltimore, MD. Stay tuned to the 'tour' section of www.RELAPSE.com for dates / info.
-Weils, who's previous outfit Barbed Wire Dolls released two singles on Sympathy For the Record Industry (Rocket From the Crypt, Turbonegro, Hot Snakes, etc.), replaces former ATP vocalist Johnny Throckmorton. Wiles earned the coveted position on the strength and variation of his vocal ability as well as his impressive rehearsals with ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY.
- The vinyl version of Staring At the Divine is available now! The deluxe LP comes housed with a bonus clear 7" containing exclusive tracks.
- ATP's 1999 release Constellation has been repackaged and remastered by Relapse and is available now! Look for ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY's Rise Again CD to also be reissued by Relapse in early 2004!
-"Indeed, for all the hype surrounding DOWN, ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY are harder, meaner and more fun to listen to...like a concoction of BLACK SABBATH, LYNYRD SKYNYRD and MOTORHEAD" - KNAC.com
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ALCHEMIST (www.alchemist.com.au)
- ALCHEMIST have lined up November, 2003 live dates as they gear up for a headlining position at the prestigious METAL FOR THE BRAIN 2003 Festival on the 20th of December. Stay tuned to the 'tour' section of www.RELAPSE.com for dates / info.
- ALCHEMIST is currently working on two more video clips and expect to have them ready shortly. Videos will be shot for the tracks 'Alpha Cappella Nova Vega and 'Speed of Life'.
- "Just about any heavy music adventurer would die for this band."
- METAL MANIACS
- "one of the more astounding bands you have seen or heard in a very long time."
- METAL HAMMER
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AMORPHIS (www.amorphis.net)
- The long-awaited "best of" AMORPHIS CD / DVD, entitled Chapters is out now!! Chapters contains all the highlight's of AMORPHIS' brilliant career to date (along with some special surprises) and is issued in deluxe, amazing packaging with extensive liner notes and a DVD-rom.
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BONGZILLA (www.bongzilla.com)
- The band's thunderous album, Gateway is out now!!
- Having just concluded a HIGHLY successful European headlining tour, BONGZILLA will remain on the road until mid-November, pairing up with fellow rockers DRUNK HORSE, HONKY, DIXIE WITCH, THE END, DYSRHYTHMIA and RUNE in the process. Check the 'tour' section of RELAPSE.com for dates / info.
- JUST ANNOUNCED! BONGZILLA has been confirmed to appear at the 2003 MassConcerts Presents: NJ Metal and Hardcore Festival, November 14th and 15th in Asbury Park, NJ. BONGZILLA will join an impressive lineup of Relapse's finest including labelmates MASTODON, SUFFOCATION, THE END, NILE, DYSRYHTHMIA and TODAY IS THE DAY. Keep an eye on the 'Events' section of RELAPSE.com and /or www.njmetalandhardcorefest.com for more details!
- "BONGZILLA are back and they are positively better than ever."
- METAL UPDATE / JUDGMENT
- "a haze of guitar distortion, gritty vocals and long, epical songs a' la SLEEP...leaden yet loud" - CMJ
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BURNT BY THE SUN (www.burntbythesun.com)
- The mighty BURNT BY THE SUN's new album The Perfect is the Enemy of the Good is out now!
- As one of the most revered new acts in modern heavy music, BURNT BY THE SUN administer a deft fusion of artistry and ferocity on its much anticipated new full-length, The Perfect is the Enemy of the Good. With a sleek combination of metallic hardcore, post-punk pummel, artful arrangements and raw, unrelenting power, BURNT BY THE SUN trailblaze heretofore unexplored musical paths. Blending astounding dexterity, a scorching attack and brilliant production from Matt Bayles (ISIS, VENDETTA RED, MASTODON, BLOOD BROTHERS) BURNT BY THE SUN continues heavy music's ongoing evolution.
- "Saber-toothed metallic hardcore that's full of surprises" - ALTERNATIVE PRESS
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BURST (www.BURST.nu)
- Sweden's BURST showcase their unique style of heavy music on its Relapse debut, Prey On Life, available now!
- BURST (Linus Jägerskog - vocals, Jesper Liveröd - bass (ex-NASUM), Patrik Hultin -drums, Jonas Rydberg - guitar, Robert Reinholdz - guitar), who have previously issued music on respected labels such as Prank (SF) and Chrome St. Magnus (GER), construct powerful, crisp and perfectly balanced music that molds both emotion and intensity. BURST's Prey On Life was recorded at Gothenburg, Sweden's Studio Phlat Planet with producer Fredrik Reinedahl (IN FLAMES, PASSENGER) and features artwork from Aaron Turner (ISIS).
- BURST have completed work on a video for the track 'Sculpt The Lives' (from Prey on Life) alongside documentary and filmmakers Dan Bengtsson and Ulf Södergren. Look for the amazing 'Sculpt The Lives' clip soon!
- "an immensely powerful and essential album" - ROCK SOUND
- "BURST are like contemporaries Cult of Luna and Opeth in so far as genre definitions and limits mean nothing to them. This is art rock, but like the amazing ISIS, it's really really hard art rock." - METAL HAMMER
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CEPHALIC CARNAGE (www.cephaliccarnage.com)
- The band's critically acclaimed album, Lucid Interval is out now!! Lucid Interval continues the band's hyper-progression from the underground to one of modern extreme music's forerunners. You've heard the hype now see what it's all about!
Lucid Interval is out now!
- CEPHALIC CARNAGE just completed tours with both HATEBREED (the "Rise of Brutality" tour) and labelmates EXHUMED! Stay tuned to the 'tour' section of www.RELAPSE.com for more CEPHALIC tour dates / info. Not to be missed live!
- CEPHALIC CARNAGE drummer / percussionist John Merryman has just finished his work with MR. BUNGLE's Trey Spruance on upcoming studio releases from Secret Chiefs 3 and Estradasphere. Keep an eye / ear out!
- "Lucid Interval is a masterwork of Autobahn-style speed and out-from-left-field jazz breakdowns and mathematical time signatures." - CMJ
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DAYLIGHT DIES (www.daylight-dies.com)
- DAYLIGHT DIES' Relapse debut, No Reply is out now!
- Relapse recording artists DAYLIGHT DIES are now actively searching for a new vocalist after partings ways with former vocalist Guthrie Iddings. Parties interested in trying out contact DAYLIGHT DIES directly at vocalist@daylight-dies.com. Providing recorded example of your singing prior is greatly preferred.
- "Pristine Doom Metal: The power and majesty of Daylight Dies is in full bloom on their masterful debut, No Reply." - OUTBURN
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DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN (www.dillingerescapeplan.com)
- the DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN have been hard at work on new material for their upcoming new album which they plan to begin recording imminently. Tentative track titles include: "Troy", "Panasonic Youth", "Bipolar Bear", "Apollos Creed", "Universal Beauty" and "Sunshine The Werewolf"
- the DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN have recorded a brand new song entitled "Baby's First Coffin", for the soundtrack of the upcoming Lakeshore motion picture "Underworld". This new DEP track is the first original studio recording released by the band featuring vocalist Greg Puciato. Also included on the "Underworld" soundtrack will be songs by David Bowie, and Maynard of TOOL.
- the DEP have announced both UK and US headlining tours! DILLINGER will hit UK shores this December for a week's worth of dates that will kick off December 8th in Brighton. Support on the tour will be provided by Cult of Luna. The day previous, DILLINGER will appear at Belgium's Riotfest in Antwerpen.
- DILLINGER will kick off a full scale US tour on January 14th, 2004. The scheduled 7 week trek will run until early March and will include support from THE LOCUST and Your Enemies Friends.
- "Raging, intricate, screaming prog-metal" -SPIN
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DISFEAR (www.disfear.com)
- DISFEAR's mighty Relapse-debut Misanthropic Generation is out now !!
- The Scandinavian hardcore assault of DISFEAR utilizes blistering distortion, nihilistic rage and a scorching metallic powerload to bleed the Earth and burn its skies. On Misanthropic Generation, detonating powerchords collide with raging rhythms, while the merciless vocals of Tomas Lindberg (ex-AT THE GATES) explode through the heart of the band's sonic architecture.
- JUST ANNOUNCED! DISFEAR are preparing to head out on a 3 week Scandinavian Tour supporting ENTOMBED and RAISED FIST as part of the second installment of the "Close Up Made Us Do It" Tour series. - check out the 'tour' section of RELAPSE.com for more dates / info.
- DISFEAR have issued the 'Powerload' 7" on Spain's excellent Throne Records (www.thronerecords.com) and will soon be issuing the vinyl version of 'Misanthropic Generation' on Yannick of TRAGEDY's Feral Ward Records (www.feralward.com). Both will feature exclusive tracks!
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DYING FETUS (www.dyingfetus.com)
- DYING FETUS' long-awaited new full-length, Stop at Nothing is out now!! Retaining the vicious, dual-vocal attack and slamming grooves that have become their trademark, DYING FETUS' Stop at Nothing is a savage return-to-form by one of the most influential bands in death metal.
- DYING FETUS will embark on a five week, 33 city European co-headlining tour with Hate Eternal that will kick off January 7th, 2003 in London, England! Check the 'tour' section of RELAPSE.com for more dates / info.
- "DYING FETUS accomplishes what few bands can: the Maryland band unites the warring, internal hard rock factions of hardcore and metal. Hardcore kids love the moshy stomp and breakdowns, while metal fans love to bang their heads to the band's gnarly, gritty riffs." - Amy Sciarretto, CMJ / Revolver / Metal Maniacs
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DYSRHYTHMIA (www.dysrhythmia-band.com)
- DYSRHYTHMIA's (drummer Jeff Eber, guitarist Kevin Hufnagel and bassist Clayton Ingerson) debut Relapse full-length, Pretest was recorded at Chicago's Electrical Audio Studios with engineer Steve Albini (NIRVANA, HELMET, NEUROSIS). Pretest is out now!
- In between tours, DYSRHYTHMIA has been keeping busy. Besides beginning to write the follow-up to Pretest, the members of DYSRHYTHMIA have been involved in the following:
* DYSRHYTHMIA bassist Clayton Ingerson is featured on viola on the new Project: Failing Flesh CD "A Beautiful Sickness" which features ex-Voivod bassist/vocalist Eric Forrest.
* DYSRHYTHMIA drummer Jeff Eber will be featured on the upcoming Spastic Ink [current band of Watchtower guitarist Ron Jarzombek] record "Ink Compatible".
* DYSRHYTHMIA guitarist Kevin Hufnagel is collaborating with Colin Marston, of Infidel?/Castro! and Behold...the Arctopus, on an experimental ambient guitar project called Byla. Three songs have been completed thus far with more in the works and plans to release a full-length sometime in 2004. www.byla.net coming soon!
- JUST ANNOUNCED! DYSRHYTHMIA has been confirmed to appear at the 2003 MassConcerts Presents: NJ Metal and Hardcore Festival, November 14th and 15th in Asbury Park, NJ . DYSRHYTHMIA will join an impressive lineup of Relapse's finest including labelmates MASTODON, SUFFOCATION, THE END, NILE, BONGZILLA and TODAY IS THE DAY. Keep an eye on the 'Events' section of RELAPSE.com and /or www.njmetalandhardcorefest.com for more details!
- " the record SONIC YOUTH would make if they cared more about heavy metal, the record SLAYER would do if they were art school nerds.
- PHILADELPHIA CITY PAPER
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- THE END (www.allchaos.net)
- Relapse Records is proud to announce the signing of Mississauga, Ontario quintet
THE END. The forward-thinking troupe will release their first proper Relapse full-length in early 2004.
- THE END (Aaron Wolff - vocals / Steve Watson - guitar / Andrew Hercules - guitar
Sean Dooley - bass / Anthony Salajko - drums), whose debut release, Transfer Trachea Reverberations From Point: False Omniscient, was named the 2001 Metal Album of the Year by The Canadian Independent Music Awards, recorded their forthcoming album -- Within Dividia -- at Wild Studios with producer Pierre Remillard (Cryptopsy, Misery Index, Gorguts).
- Within Dividia sees THE END employing a film noir atmosphere set to music, with the album musically and lyrically narrating the conceptual tale of "The Dividia Estate" and its eerily compelling inhabitants. The final track listing for Within Dividia is "These Walls", "Fetesque", "The Sense of Reverence", "The Scent of Elegance", "Organelle (in she we lust)", "Dear Martyr", "Orthodox Unparalleled" and "Of Fist and Flame".
- THE END's Within Dividia will be released in North American on January 13th, 2004 and in Europe on January 26th.
- THE END has embarked on a month long North American tour alongside Between the Buried and Me and A Life Once Lost and will follow with a week of Canadian shows. Stay tuned to the 'tour' section of www.RELAPSE.com for more tour dates / info.
- JUST ANNOUNCED! THE END has been confirmed to appear at the 2003 MassConcerts Presents: NJ Metal and Hardcore Festival, November 14th and 15th in Asbury Park, NJ . THE END will join an impressive lineup of Relapse's finest including labelmates MASTODON, SUFFOCATION, NILE, DYSRHYTHMIA, BONGZILLA and TODAY IS THE DAY. Keep an eye on the 'Events' section of RELAPSE.com and /or www.njmetalandhardcorefest.com for more details!
- "THE END is demented like Dillinger Escape Plan, metallic like Mastodon and noisy like Neurosis...angular rock sneers in a way that hasn't been heard in quite some time." - CMJ
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EXHUMED (www.EXHUMED.us)
- EXHUMED's new Relapse full length, Anatomy is Destiny is available now!
- EXHUMED just completed a successful European headlining tour with labelmates CEPHALIC CARNAGE in tow. The three week jaunt begin October 11th in Paris, France and concluded November 2nd in Zottegem, Belgium.
- EXHUMED have been confirmed to be a part of the 2004 European 'No Mercy Fest' w/ CANNIBAL CORPSE, HYPOCRISY, KATAKLYSM and more, taking place this coming spring! Stay tuned to the 'tour' section of www.RELAPSE.com for dates / info.
- Look for a major 2004 EXHUMED tour announcement to be issued shortly! In the meantime, stay tuned to the 'tour' section of www.RELAPSE.com for dates / info.
- "EXHUMED is CARCASS reincarnated." - TERRORIZER
- "Some of the sickest, most over the top death metal anthems of all time"
- HIT PARADER
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GADGET (www.gadget.cjb.net)
- Relapse Records is proud to announce the signing of Swedish grindcore stars GADGET! GADGET will record their Relapse debut at Sweden's Phlat Planet Studios in Gothenburg with Fredrik Reinedahl (Burst, Dimension Zero, Passenger). Look for GADGET's high-energy Relapse debut to drop this Fall!
- GADGET appears on the recently-released "Swedish Assault" compilation as well as on the Relapse label sampler "Contaminated 5.0" with the track "Boredom Suits Me Fine".
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HALO (halo.antisound.net)
- HALO = DRUMS / BASS / VOICE / NOISE = R.ALLEN + STK : HALO = FROM MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA : HALO ENDORSES BROKEN CYMBALS / GROUND HUM / BLOOD / SKIN / STATIC + ANTI-TUNING : HALO = SOUNDTRACKS OF DECAY, DEGRADATION & COLLAPSE
- HALO's sophomore Relapse release Body of Light is out now!!
- Having punctured the harsh outer skin with 2001's Guattari (From the West Flows Grey Ash & Pestilence), HALO burrow deeper into the corrupt inner flesh of post-industrial depravity and corporate disease with Body of Light. A rumbling diatribe of fear, loathing and pure sonic oppression, Body of Light swallows its listener with the density of a collapsing star.
- The HALO free MP3 site continues to be bombarded with visitors. Check out the pulverizing art that is HALO here: www.mp3.com/corporate_disease
- "A holocaustic vortex of distorted guitars and vocals over monstrously heavy beats...a slow-motion sonic apocalypse in glorious monochrome." - ALTERNATIVE PRESS
- BEYOND HEAVY.
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HIGH ON FIRE (www.highonfire.net)
- HIGH ON FIRE are in the midst of completing work on material for the follow up to Surrounded By Thieves and are preparing to head into the studio. According to the band, the new material is shaping up to be "Faster, Louder and Heavier"...?!?!!!
- HIGH ON FIRE appears in the new Tony Hawk video game "Tony Hawk's Underground" with music from Surrounded By Thieves.
- HIGH ON FIRE has set up an official band mailing list where updates and breaking news will be delivered to fans from the band themselves! To subscribe to the HIGH ON FIRE list, send an e-mail to: highonfire-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
- HIGH ON FIRE will also appear an upcoming High Times CD compilation with the brand new track "Crossing the Bridge (Axeweilder)". Look for it soon.
- "The kind of massively catchy hum-along riffs that elevated BLACK SABBATH to godhead status...mind melting." - GUITAR WORLD
- "Oakland trio HIGH ON FIRE displays an uncommon power that makes all other hyperbolized bands seem puny." - TIME OUT NEW YORK
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MASTODON (www.mastodonrocks.com)
- "MASTODON could be considered the second coming of Metallica and Rush combined, and nobody who's seen them live could counter that opinion."
- MTV.com
- MASTODON has completed work on their first music video. The video, also for Remission's 'March of the Fire Ants', was shot in the band's hometown of Atlanta with director Chad Rullman (NEUROSIS). The video, a 'surreal narrative' incorporating principal photography, and featuring MASTODON performing as a part of the story line, is expected to make its world debut imminently.
- JUST ANNOUNCED! MASTODON has been confirmed to appear at the 2003 MassConcerts Presents: NJ Metal and Hardcore Festival, November 14th and 15th in Asbury Park, NJ . MASTODON will join an impressive lineup of Relapse's finest including labelmates THE END, SUFFOCATION, NILE, DYSRHYTHMIA, BONGZILLA and TODAY IS THE DAY. Keep an eye on the 'Events' section of RELAPSE.com and /or www.njmetalandhardcorefest.com for more details!
- MASTODON appears on the MTV2 / Roadrunner Records-issued "Headbangers Ball" 2xCD compilation, highlighting the best of today's heavy music scene. MASTODON appears alongside hard music giants DEFTONES, HATEBREED and SLAYER as well as fellow fast-rising artists KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, SHADOWS FALL, POISON THE WELL and ARCH ENEMY. For more info, please visit the official album site here: www.headbangersballtour.com/albumsite.html
- MASTODON's much-talked about Remission album has been reissued by Relapse Records as a deluxe CD / DVD digipak! The revamped Remission includes a free DVD featuring MASTODON's lauded live show professionally filmed at the Masquerade in the band's hometown of Atlanta. The final track listing for the live DVD is "O'le Nessie", "March of the Fire Ants", "Hail to Fire", "Where Strides the Behemoth", "Battle at Sea", "Mother Puncher", "Burning Man", "Workhorse" and "Crusher Destroyer".
- MASTODON appears in the new Tony Hawk video game "Tony Hawk's Underground" with music from Remission.
- "MASTODON are undoubtedly the future of metal" - KERRANG!
- "Possibly the finest band on the planet" - METAL HAMMER
- "The future is bright, the future is MASTODON" - ROCK SOUND
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NASUM (www.nasum.com)
- NASUM's blistering new album, Helvete is out now!!
- NASUM bassist Jesper Liveröd has decided to leave the band to concentrate on his other band BURST - he has made it clear that there is no bad blood or ill will within NASUM.
- NASUM is now a 4-piece! The band welcomes new members Urban Skytt (From REGURGITATE) on second guitar, and Jon "Elle" Lindqvist (from SAYYADINA) on bass.
- JUST ANNOUNCED!! NASUM will head to Japan for a MONSTROUS tour with NAPALM DEATH, PIG DESTROYER and AxCx!! The tour is slated to begin in early January, 2004. Get ready to GRIND!!
- "Extreme metal doesn't get much better than this." - Barney Greenway (METAL HAMMER / NAPALM DEATH)
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NILE (www.nile-catacombs.net)
- NILE's critically-acclaimed album In Their Darkened Shrines is out now!!
- NILE just completed their third U.S. headlining tour in support of their album, In Their Darkened Shrines. The tour, dubbed the "Art of Noise II" criss-crossed the United States. Support on the tour came from KREATOR, VADER, AMON AMARTH and GOATWHORE. The "Art of Noise 2" Tour followed NILE's successful "Art of Noise" Tour that took place last January / February featuring NILE with guests Napalm Death and Strapping Young Lad.
- NILE have completed work on two music videos for songs from In Their Darkened Shrines. The videos, directed and filmed by acclaimed director Darren Doane (Deftones, AFI, Poison the Well, Kyuss), include a concept video for the track "Sarcophagus" and a performance video for the song "Execration Text", both shot at Center Staging in Burbank, CA. NILE's "Sarcophagus" video is in rotation at both MTV2 and FUSE's "Uranium" now! Keep an eye out!
- NILE will appear as one of the headliners at the first annual "MassConcerts Presents: The New Jersey Metal and Hardcore Festival", November 15th in Asbury Park, NJ. NILE will then travel to Europe for a month's worth of shows that will include headlining performances in Greece, France, England, Ireland and Scotland before joining the 2003 version of Europe's revered "X-mas Festivals", which will also include Deicide and Destruction, amongst others.
- "NILE are certainly not your average gore-and-guts-obsessed death metallers, and they defy the genre's musical trappings as well." - GUITAR WORLD
- "NILE are death metal's IRON MAIDEN" - METAL HAMMER (July, 2003)
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PIG DESTROYER : (NEW WEBSITE COMING SOON!)
- Currently recording the follow-up to their critically acclaimed Prowler In the Yard album, entitled Terrifyer. The band has made it known that this will be a "full-on concept album" (!!) with narrative and prose written by vocalist JR Hayes. Expect the unexpected...
- PIG DESTROYER's Terrifyer will be a CD / DVD release. The album's first disc will feature the band's unique art-grind, while the second disc will contain one, 30 minute + long DVD audio track...mixed in 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound.
- Upon the completion of their as-yet-untitled new release, PIG DESTROYER will head to Japan for a MONSTROUS tour with NAPALM DEATH, NASUM and AxCx!! The tour is slated to begin in early January, 2004. Get ready to GRIND!!
- "PIG DESTROYER's musical diversity manifests itself as miniature epics that play out like chaotic, minutelong roller-coaster rides. Hi-tech."
- WASHINGTON CITY PAPER
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RELAPSE RECORDS (www.relapse.com)
- Relapse continues to take an active stance in the underground extreme music movement as the label will sponsor and co-sponsor a number of America's prestigious music festivals including the upcoming "MassConcerts Presents: The New Jersey Metal and Hardcore Festival", November 14th - 15th in Asbury Park, NJ. Check the 'events' section of www.RELAPSE.com for news / info.
- For the first time ever, Relapse Records offers a comprehensive collection of music videos spanning the label's history - all on one low-priced DVD! RECOLLECTION delivers a bountiful bombardment of captivating videos including fast-action clips from current label heavyweights HIGH ON FIRE, NEUROSIS, UNSANE, and The DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, up-and-comers ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY and ALCHEMIST, and long-time conspirators AMORPHIS and BRUTAL TRUTH amongst others. Relapse Records' RECOLLECTION DVD Video Collection visually documents Relapse's rise from its upstart beginnings to its current incarnation as a leader in the international extreme music movement. Seeing is believing!!
Relapse Records President Matthew F. Jacobson is available for interviews now! To schedule an interview(s), simply contact Carl Schultz at press@relapse.com / (610)734-1000 (x103), or by simply responding to this e-mail with your request(s).
- Relapse is the multi-death corporation dedicated to providing fans with the lifestyle choices they desire.
SKINLESS (www.4skinless.com)
- SKINLESS' piledriving new CD From Sacrifice To Survival is out now!!
- ON TOUR NOW! SKINLESS has teamed up with SIX FEET UNDER for the "Unnatural Born Killers" Tour. The month long tour kicked off on Thursday, October 16th in Tampa, FL and also includes openers Behemoth and As I Lay Dying. Stay tuned to the 'tour' section of www.RELAPSE.com for more tour dates / info.
- SKINLESS have just completed the filming of their first video from the new album
From Sacrifice to Survival. Look for the video for the album's title track to debut soon!
- "One of the hardest working and most powerful live acts in the world."
- METAL MANIACS
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SOILENT GREEN (www.soilentgreen.net)
- SOILENT GREEN is currently working on new material for their next Relapse release. The band is expected to hit the studio by Spring, 2004 with touring to follow.
- SOILENT GREEN is pleased to welcome new members Tony White (guitar) and Scott Crochet (bass) to the fold! White and Crochet made their touring SOILENT debuts on the band's recent U.S. tour.
- "The quintessential underground metal band." - ROLLING STONE
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SULACO: (http://listen.to/sulaco)
- SULACO's self-titled debut Relapse MCD is available now!
- Featuring ex-members of LETHARGY, KALIBAS and MUNGBEAN DEMON, SULACO excel at the unconventional, shattering preconceptions and genre-boundaries in one fell swoop. SULACO's debut mini-CD unveils a fluid fusion of futuristic, tech-metal chops, articulate song craft, and refined aggression. The trio's attack -- equal parts intelligent and innate -- is spearheaded by vocalist/guitarist Erik Burke's sandpaper screams and bent, twisted riff engineering. This high-impact debut is certain to turn heads, fry minds and introduce another progenitor in the 21st century metal lexicon.
- "musical molestation like no other...acid-spitting" - ROCK SOUND
- "Their Relapse debut packs just four songs - but when you're this extreme, that's enough to make a point." - ALTERNATIVE PRESS
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SUFFOCATION (www. suffocation.us )
- Relapse Records is proud to announce the signing of death metal legends SUFFOCATION. The band will issue its new full length release, Souls to Deny, in Spring 2004.
- SUFFOCATION, (Frank Mullen - vocals, Terrance Hobbs - guitar, Guy Marchais - guitar, Josh Barohn - bass, Mike Smith - drums) one of the most influential and emulated bands in the history of extreme music and the pioneers of the now-infamous 'New York death metal sound', return to the Relapse label after releasing the now classic albums Effigy Of The Forgotten (1991), Breeding The Spawn (1993), and Pierced From Within (1995) via Roadrunner Records.
- SUFFOCATION, who headlined the sold-out 2003 installments of the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival, Maryland Deathfest and Milwaukee Metalfest(s), recently unveiled a brand new song, entitled "Deceit". The as-then-unsigned band's video for "Deceit" made its world-premier on FUSE's (formerly Much Music) "Uranium" program this past June and, as a testament to their universally-recognized impact on the genre, the band was profiled on both "Uranium" and MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball" without the influence of label backing.
- JUST ANNOUNCED! SUFFOCATION has been confirmed to appear at the 2003 MassConcerts Presents: NJ Metal and Hardcore Festival, November 14th and 15th in Asbury Park, NJ . SUFFOCATION will join an impressive lineup of Relapse's finest including labelmates MASTODON, THE END, NILE, DYSRHYTHMIA, BONGZILLA and TODAY IS THE DAY. Keep an eye on the 'Events' section of RELAPSE.com and /or www.njmetalandhardcorefest.com for more details!
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TODAY IS THE DAY (www.todayistheday.org)
- The band's haunting 2xCD studio album, Sadness Will Prevail is out now!!
- TODAY IS THE DAY have just finished work on a video for "The Descent" from Sadness Will Prevail. Directed by Adam Albrandt and Brian D. Lange (NINE INCH NAILS), the video was shot in Philadelphia over a 2 day span. Keep an eye out!
- TODAY IS THE DAY is currently writing new material for KISS THE PIG, the bands 7th full-length CD. The "Most Hateful, Destructive, and Super-Fast material the band has ever composed", KISS THE PIG takes on an Ultra-Violent speed attack fueled with Heavy Doses of Pure Acid. A Psychedelic Bloodbath not to be missed!!
- JUST ANNOUNCED! TODAY IS THE DAY has been confirmed to appear at the 2003 MassConcerts Presents: NJ Metal and Hardcore Festival, November 14th and 15th in Asbury Park, NJ . TODAY IS THE DAY will join an impressive lineup of Relapse's finest including labelmates MASTODON, THE END, NILE, DYSRHYTHMIA, BONGZILLA and SUFFOCATION. Keep an eye on the 'Events' section of RELAPSE.com and /or www.njmetalandhardcorefest.com for more details!
- "TITD is the real, zero-compromise deal. Think metal by way of Diamanda Galás:
It hurts, but it's so rewarding - and it's cheaper than meds." - LA WEEKLY
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UNSANE:
- The long awaited UNSANE "greatest hits" collection LAMBHOUSE (UNSANE 1991-1998) is available now!
- LAMBHOUSE (UNSANE 1991-1998) is a CD / DVD package that includes all of the band's video clips (including the notorious "Scrape" video and the never-before-seen "Body Bomb" clip!) as well as a killer collection of the UNSANE's best music ever. LAMBHOUSE clearly provides new listeners and long time fans alike avid testimony as to why UNSANE are universally recognized as the premier noise rock band in the world.
- The final track listing for LAMBHOUSE is as follows: "Over Me", "Committed", "Wait to Lose", "Sick" , "Hazmat", "Lead", "Empty Cartridge", "Blew", "Can't See", "Out", "Alleged", "Scrape", "Broke", "Straight", "Body Bomb", "My Right", "Streetsweeper", "Urge to Kill", "This Town". "Vandal X", "Bath", "Organ Donor", "Cracked Up" and "Exterminator". The bonus DVD also features live UNSANE footage.
- UNSANE has announced a U.S. tour in support of LAMBHOUSE, their upcoming CD / DVD retrospective! The scheduled 3 week tour will kick off on October 9th in Cleveland, OH. Check the 'tour' section of RELAPSE.com for dates / info. Stay tuned to the 'tour' section of www.RELAPSE.com for more tour dates / info.
- For the first time in four years, UNSANE are returning to Europe! In late November, UNSANE will headline a brief run of dates that will take them across eight countries in a mere two weeks. All dates will be supported by Harmful.
- UNSANE is Chris Spencer- vocals, guitar | Dave Curran- vocals, bass | Vinny Signorelli- drums
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UPHILL BATTLE (www.uphillbattle.org)
- Currently writing material for their forthcoming full-length for Relapse (Tentatively titled Wreck of Nerves). Expect an early 2004 release date.
- The band's new video - for the catchy-as-hell crowd favorite "Ripped-off Face" is airing now! Keep an eye / ear out!
- Band website relaunched! Check it at www.UPHILLBATTLE.org today.
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vidnaObmana (www.vidnaobmana.be)
- vidnaObmana is currently completing work on his haunting Dante trilogy for Relapse/Release. Legacy follows critically-acclaimed albums Tremor and Spore.
Fresh from performing Spore material live in the States and Europe, the power of dynamics and the fusion of the present with the past hits a maximum level on Legacy. The trilogy's third album will also feature surprising and very complimentary contributions from some of the most talented musicians outside the ambient realm. Towards the end of this year we'll reveal more details about the anticipated closing chapter of vidna's Dante trilogy.
- A video for the track "SkinStrip" (from Spore) has just been completed! "SkinStrip" is the first ever vidnaObmana music video! Shot at one of the most fascinating factories in Antwerp (Belgium) just prior to its demolition, the video was produced by www.vidnaObmana.be webmaster and talented visual artist Patrick Ceuppens.
- vidnaObmana just completed the soundtrack to Berrios' new short film 'Other People'. You can expect this very beautiful and profound new movie online soon at www.vidnaObmana.be.
- "Nightmarish textures and trance-like ambience...truly unforgettable"
- REAL DETROIT WEEKLY
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ZEKE (www.zekeyou.com)
- Seattle's celebrated speed punk trio ZEKE have signed to Relapse Records. The high-powered group will release their much anticipated new full length in Spring, 2004.
- Drawing influences from Judas Priest, Motorhead and Iron Maiden amongst others, ZEKE's brand of hardcore speed rock mixes punk nihilism with a hard hitting metal extravagance. The band's signing with the Relapse label follows stints on both Epitaph Records -- where ZEKE issue their Kicked in the Teeth (1998) and Dirty Sanchez (2000) albums -- and the Aces & Eights label, who issued what is widely considered the band's finest release to date, 2001's Death Alley.
- RIDE WITH ZEKE!!!
- "Sheer brute punk strength. Punk's got young, loud and snotty again, only played just a little faster". - MONTREAL MIRROR
- "An adrenalized cocktail of speed and combustive punk rawk...unchecked aggression and shameless thrash-mongering on a search-and-destroy mission".
- WILLAMETTE WEEKLY
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RELAPSE / RELEASE TOUR UPDATE:
ALCHEMIST:
November 8 Melbourne, Australia Espy Gershwin Room
November 9 Adelaide, Australia Gypsy Bar
November 15 Canberra, Australia U. of Canberra (all ages)
December 14 Sydney, Australia Bar Broadway
December 20 Canberra, Australia U. of Canberra Refectory (as part of Metal For the Brain)
ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY:
December 5 Baltimore, MD Otto Bar
December 6 Brooklyn, NY North Six
December 7 Providence, RI The Sickle
December 8 Montreal, PQ Foufounes Electrique
December 9 Toronto, ON The 360
December 10 Rochester, NY Water Street Music Hall
December 11 Cleveland, OH Agora Shop
December 12 Youngstown, OH Nyabinghi
December 13 Philadelphia, PA Balcony Bar
AMORPHIS:
November 18 London, England (UK) Astoria
December 13 Thessaloniki, Greece (GR) Ydrogios
December 14 Athens, Greece (GR) Gagarin205
BONGZILLA:
November 13 Ypsilanti, MI Elbow Room
November 14 Cincinnati, OH Sudsey Malone's (w/ Rune)
November 15 Asbury Park, NJ Asbury Park Convention Center (as part of New Jersey Metal & Hardcore Festival)
November 16 College Park, MD WMUC Radio Station Hall @ the University of Maryland
November 17 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop (w/ Weedeater, 16)
BURNT BY THE SUN:
****Dave Witte playing as part of MELT BANANA***
November 11 Paris, France (F) Nouveau Casino
November 12 Le Mans, France (F) Be Bop Festival
November 13 Bordeaux, France (F) C.A.T.
November 14 Poitiers, France (F) Confort Moderne
November 15 Orleans, France (F) Astrolabe
November 16 Geneve, Switzerland (CH) Usine
November 18 Napoli, Italy (I) tba
November 20 Bologna, Italy (I) Covo
November 21 Milano, Italy (I) Cox
November 22 Innsbruck, Austria (A) Treibhaus
November 23 Wien, Austria (A) Chelsea
November 25 Linz, Austria (A) Kapu
November 26 Munchen, Germany (D) Harry Klein
November 27 Jena, Germany (D) Kassablanca
November 28 Koeln, Germany (D) Gebaeude9
November 29 Bielefeld, Germany (D) Forum
December 1 Frankfurt, Germany (D) Mousonturm
December 2 Berlin, Germany (D) SO36
****Burnt By the Sun 2004 dates***
January 30 Ronkonkoma, NY The Hungarian Hall
January 31 North Haven, CT North Haven Congregational Church
The DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN:
December 7 Antwerpen, Belgium (B) Hof Ter Loo (as part of Riotfest)
December 8 Brighton, England (UK) Concorde 2 (w/ Cult of Luna, JR Ewing, Beecher)
December 9 Birmingham, England (UK) Academy 2 (w/ Cult of Luna, JR Ewing, Beecher)
December 10 Bristol, England (UK) Fleece & Firkin (w/ Cult of Luna, JR Ewing, Beecher)
December 11 Manchester, England (UK) Hop & Grape (w/ Cult of Luna, JR Ewing, Beecher)
December 12 Glasgow, Scotland (UK) Cathouse (w/ Cult of Luna, JR Ewing, Beecher)
December 13 Nottingham, England (UK) Rock City (w/ Cult of Luna, JR Ewing, Beecher)
December 14 London, England (UK) Mean Fiddler (w/ Cult of Luna, JR Ewing, Beecher)
****North American Tour with THE LOCUST***
January 14 Sauget, IL Pops
January 15 Kansas City, MO Spitfire
January 16 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock
January 17 Chicago, IL The Metro
January 18 Indianapolis, IN Emerson Theatre
January 20 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
January 21 Grand Rapids, MI The Intersection
January 22 Detroit, MI St. Andrews
January 23 Toronto, ON Opera House
January 24 London, ON Call The Office
January 25 Guelph, ON Trasheteria
January 26 Ottowa, QU Babylon
January 27 Montreal, QU Rainbow
January 29 Worcester, MA The Palladium
January 30 Sayeville, NJ Krome
January 31 Philadelphia, PA The Trocodero
February 1 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
February 2 TBD
February 3 Richmond, VA Alley Katz
February 4 Winston-Salem, NC Ziggy's
February 5 Jacksonville, FL Jack Rabbits
February 6 Tampa, FL Twilight
February 7 Orlando, FL House Of Blues
February 9 Tallahassee, FL The Beta Bar
February 10 Columbia, SC Uncle Doctors
February 11 Atlanta, GA Masquerade
February 12 Nashville, TN Exit In
February 13 Memphis, TN Hi Tone
February 15 TBD
February 16 Houston, TX Engine Room
February 17 Austin, TX Emo's
February 18 Dallas, TX Trees
February 20 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theatre
February 21 San Diego, CA Epicentre
February 22 Anaheim, CA House Of Blues
February 23 Los Angeles, CA House Of Blues
February 24 TBD
February 25 TBD
February 27 Portland, OR Roseland
February 28 Seattle, WA Showbox
February 29 TBD
March 01 TBD
March 03 Denver, CO Bluebird
DISFEAR:
***Scandinavian Close-Up Made Us Do It Tour w/ ENTOMBED and RAISED FIST***
December 3 Sundsvall, Sweden (S) Pipeline
December 4 Uppsala, Sweden (S) Grand
December 5 Sandviken, Sweden (S) Kungen
December 6 Orbro, Sweden (S) Downtown
December 8 Göteborg, Sweden (S) Kåren
December 9 Århus, Denmark (DK) Voxhall
December 10 Cöpenhagen, Denmark (DK) Pumpehuset
December 11 Malmö, Sweden (S) KB
December 12 Halmstad, Sweden (S) Diezel
December 13 Mariestad, Sweden (S) Klubb Kaliber
December 15 tba
December 16 Värnersborg, Sweden (S) Café Mic
December 17 Uddevalla, Sweden (S) Club Adrian
December 18 Karlstad, Sweden (S) Nöjesfabriken/Garaget
December 19 Linköping, Sweden (S) Skylten
December 20 Stockholm, Sweden (S) Arena (also w/ TURBONEGRO)
DYING FETUS:
December 19 Brooklyn, NY L'Amours
January 7 London, England (UK) Underworld
January 8 Eindhoven, Netherlands (NL) Effenaar
January 9 Rotterdam, Netherlands (NL) Baroeg
January 10 Trier, Germany (D) Exil
January 11 Paris, France (F) La Locomotive
January 12 Munster (Breitefeld), Germany (D) Live Arena
January 13 Essen, Germany (D) Zeche Carl
January 14 Berlin, Germany (D) K14
January 15 Warsaw, Poland (P) Proxima
January 16 Praga, Czech Republic (CZ) Black Pes
January 17 Englesdorf, Germany (D) Hellraiser
January 18 Vienna, Austria (A) Planet Music
January 19 Budapest, Hungary (H) Kultiplex
January 20 Ljubljana, Slovenia (SL) Ka
January 21 Milano, Italy (I) Rainbow
January 22 Rome, Italy (I) Alphaeus
January 24 Athens, Greece (GR) Ann Club
January 25 Thessaloniki,Greece (GR) Hydrogios
January 27 Pratteln, Switzerland (CH) Z7
January 28 Marseilles, France (F) CC Mirabeau (also w/ Loathing)
January 29 Irun, Spain (E) Tunk
January 30 Barcelona, Spain (E) La Capsa
January 31 Madrid, Spain (E) Caracol
February 1 Murcia, Spain (E) Moloko
February 2 Porto, Portugal (P) Hard Club
February 4 Bordeaux, France (F) Cat
February 5 Villeurbanne, France (F) Cco
February 6 Vosselaar, Belgium (B) Beibob
February 7 Drachten, Netherlands (NL) Iduna
February 8 Gronigen, Netherlands (NL) Vera
DYSRHYTHMIA:
November 13 Lowell, MA The Playloft @ the Lowell Brewery Exchange
November 14 Asbury Park, NJ Asbury Park Convention Center (as part of New Jersey Metal & Hardcore Festival)
November 15 King of Prussia, PA Tower Records FREE In-store performance @ 7 pm
December 12 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church (w/ Pelican, Khanate)
THE END:
***Tour with Between the Buried & Me, A Life Once Lost***
November 10 Nashville, TN The Muse
November 11 Birmingham, AL Cave 9
November 12 Winston Salem, NC Brew Ha-Has
November 13 Baltimore, MD The Sidebar
November 14 North Haven, CT North Haven Congregational Church
November 15 Asbury Park, NJ Asbury Park Convention Center (as part of New Jersey Metal & Hardcore Festival)
November 16 New York, NY CBGB's (w/ Between the Buried & Me, A Life Once Lost, Premonitions of War, Watch Them Die, and more)
November 17 Bloomfield, NJ Bloomfield Ave. Café
November 18 Ronkonkoma (Long Island), NY The Hungarian Hall
November 19 Springfield, MA Fat Kat's
November 20 Rochester, NY Penny Arcade
November 21 Wilkes Barre, PA Cafe Metropolis
November 22 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church
November 23 Buffalo, NY Broadway Joe's
November 24 Windsor, ON Changez By Nite (w/ A Taste of Blood, Abandoned Hearts Club, and more)
November 25 Hamilton, ON The Underground
November 26 Kingston, ON Schezo
November 27 Ottawa, ON Bumpers Roadhouse
EXHUMED:
***As part of No Mercy Fest w/ CANNIBAL CORPSE, HYPOCRISY, KATAKLYSM, and more***
March 30 Osnabruck, Germany (D) Hyde Park
March 31 Essen, Germany (D) Zeche Carl
April 1 Berlin, Germany (D) Halford
April 2 Praha, Czech Republic (CZ) Abaton Club
April 3 Wien, Austria (A) Planet Music
April 4 Wels, Austria (A) Schlachtof
April 5 Pratteln, Switzerland (CH) Z7
April 6 Milan, Italy (I) Alcatraz
April 7 Ludwigsburg, Germany (D) Rockfabrik
April 8 Strasbourg, France (F) La Laiterie
April 9 Erfurt, Germany (D) Centrum
April 10 Antwerpen, Belgium (B) Hof Ter Loo
April 11 Paris, France (F) La Locomotive
April 12 Tilburg, Netherlands (NL) 013
April 13 London, England (UK) Underworld
April 14 tba....
April 15 Bradford, England (UK) Rio
MASTODON:
November 15 Asbury Park, NJ Asbury Park Convention Center (as part of New Jersey Metal & Hardcore Festival)
December 13 Athens, GA Tasty World
December 31 Atlanta, GA Echo Lounge (w/ Cream Abdul Babar)
NASUM:
***Japanese Tour w/ NAPALM DEATH, PIG DESTROYER, A.C.***
January 9 Osaka, Japan Club Quattro
January 10 Nagoya, Japan Club Quattro
January 12 Tokyo, Japan Club Quattro
NILE:
November 15 Asbury Park, NJ Asbury Park Convention Hall as part of MassConcerts Presents New Jersey Metalfest
****NILE w/ Misery Index***
November 27 Thessaloniki, Greece (GR) Hydrogios
November 28 Athens, Greece (GR) Rotom
****NILE w/ Dew Scented, Misery Index***
November 29 Villeurbane, France (F) CCO
November 30 Nantes, France (F) Barakson
December 2 Swansea, England (UK) Escape Club
December 3 Dublin, Ireland (IRL) Whelan's
December 4 Glasgow, Scotland (UK) Cathouse
December 5 Scheffield, England (UK) Corporation
December 6 Manchester, England (UK) Manchester Academy 3
***As part of the X-Mas Festival with Deicide, Destruction, Amon Amarth and more***
December 7 London, United Kingdom (UK) Camden Palace (also with Akercoke)
December 8 Paris, France (F) La Locomotive
December 9 Essen, Germany (D) Zeche Carl
December 10 Osnabruck, Germany (D) Hyde Park
December 11 Berlin, Germany (D) Columbia Halle Fritz
December 12 Engelsdorf, Germany (D) Hellraiser
December 13 Wels, Austria (A) Schlachthof
December 14 Vienna, Austria (A) Arena
December 15 Milano, Italy (I) Alcatraz
December 16 Pratteln, Switzerland (CH) Z7
December 17 Ludwigsburg, Germany (D) Rockfabrik
December 18 Praga, Czech Republic (CZ) Roxy
December 19 Strasbourg, France (F) La Laiterie
December 20 Antwerpen, Belgium (B) Hof Ter Loo
December 21 Tilburg, Netherlands (NL) 013
ORIGIN:
November 21 Topeka, KS Brewski's
November 22 Kansas City, MO Spitfire Club
PIG DESTROYER:
***Japanese Tour w/ NAPALM DEATH, NASUM, AxC***
January 9 Osaka, Japan Club Quattro
January 10 Nagoya, Japan Club Quattro
January 12 Tokyo, Japan Club Quattro
REPULSION:
December 20 Flint, MI Machine Shop
SAYYADINA:
November 22 Alkmaar, Netherlands (NL) Parkhof
November 23 Gronignen, Netherlands (NL) Platform Theater
November 24 Brussels, Belgium (B) The Bunker
November 27 San Sebastian, Spain (E) Sala Mogambo
November 28 Barcelona, Spain (E) La Makabra Squat
November 29 St. Etienne, France (F) Main Dans La Main
November 30 Modenna, Italy (I) C.S. Scintilla
December 1 Tarza, Italy (I) Corona del Re
December 2 Vienna, Austria (A) EKH
December 3 Vsetin, Czech Republic (CZ) RC Sandrik
December 4 Pardubice, Czech Republic (CZ) RC Ponorka
December 5 Leipzig, Germany (D) Zorro
December 6 Rostock, Germany (D) Jaz
SKINLESS:
November 10 tba
November 11 Palo Alto, CA The Edge
November 12 Los Angeles, CA Key Club
November 13 Santa Ana, CA Galaxy
November 14 San Diego, CA Brick By Brick
November 15 Tempe, AZ Bash On Ash
November 16 Albuquerque, NM Launch Pad
November 18 Dallas, TX Deep Ellum Live
November 19 San Antonio, TX Sin 13
November 20 Corpus Christi, TX Sharkey's
SOILENT GREEN:
November 15 Metairie, LA Cypress Hall (w/ Skinkrawl)
SULACO:
December 20 Syracuse, NY Planet 505 (w/ Found Dead Hanging, Acacia Strain, and more)
UNSANE:
***European Tour with special guests Harmful***
November 29 London, England (UK) Underworld
November 30 Paris, France (F) Le Nouveau Casino
December 1 Tourcoing, France (F) Le Grand Mix
December 2 Strasbourg, France (F) La Laiterie
December 3 Geneva, Switzerland (CH) L'Usine
December 4 Mezzago, Italy (I) Bloom
December 5 Berne, Switzerland (Ch) Reitschule
December 6 Lindau, Germany (D) Club Vaudeville
December 7 Munich, Germany (D) Orang Haus at Feierwork
December 8 Berlin, Germany (D) Knaack
December 9 Copenhagen, Denmark (DK) Loppen
December 10 Hamburg, Germany (D) Hafenklang
December 11 Cologne, Germany (D) Underground
December 12 Kontich, Belgium (B) Lintfabriek
December 13 Tilburg, Netherlands (NL) 013
December 14 Groningen, Netherlands (NL) Vera
SUFFOCATION:
November 14 Asbury Park, NJ Asbury Park Convention Hall as part of MassConcerts Presents New Jersey Metalfest
TODAY IS THE DAY:
November 15 Asbury Park, NJ Asbury Park Convention Hall as part of MassConcerts Presents New Jersey Metalfest
ZEKE:
November 20 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
November 21 San Diego, CA Casbah
November 22 Long Beach, CA Alex's Bar
November 23 San Francisco, CA The Pound
November 28 Seattle, WA Graceland
December 5 Tacoma, WA Hell's Kitchen
December 6 Bellingham, WA The Factory
Betsey Cichoracki
Press Assistant
* Relapse Records *
* Release Entertainment *
www.relapse.com
betsey@relapse.com
610.734.1000 (x106)
For hi-resolution, downloadable album art, band images,etc., visit www.relapse.com/ekits.
"...one of the labels at the forefront of extreme metal, not just in terms of their success, but more importantly in terms of the highly creative bands they continue to sign and promote." - TERRORIZER
"Relapse is just too good at what it does." - CMJ
MAIN POINTS OF INTEREST:
* Relapse acts announced for 2003 MassConcerts Presents: NJ Metal and Hardcore Festival, November 14th and 15th in Asbury Park, NJ.!
* MASTODON appears on the MTV2 / Roadrunner Records-issued "Headbangers Ball" 2xCD compilation and new Tony Hawk video game! Band's Remission CD reissued by Relapse Records as a deluxe CD / DVD digipak!
* ZEKE sign to Relapse Records!
* THE END sign to Relapse Records!
* the DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN announce UK and U.S. headlining tours!
* DISFEAR to tour Europe with ENTOMBED!
* HIGH ON FIRE appears in the new Tony Hawk video game "Tony Hawk's Underground" with music from Surrounded By Thieves!
* PIG DESTROYER, NASUM to team up with NAPALM DEATH and AxCx for monstrous January, 2004 Japanese tour!
* ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY announce new vocalist, December U.S. tour dates!
* NILE announce European tour dates!
* HALO's sophomore Relapse release Body of Light out now!!
* SUFFOCATION to issue its new full length release, Souls to Deny, in Spring 2004.
* UNSANE CD / DVD retrospective LAMBHOUSE out now!
* RELAPSE DVD video collection RECOLLECTION out now!
NOTE: TOUR UPDATE follows NEWS UPDATE in this message.
***ALL Relapse Records, Release Entertainment and Desolation House artists are available for interviews now. To schedule an interview(s), simply contact Carl Schultz at press@relapse.com / (610)734-1000 (x103), or by simply responding to this e-mail with your request(s). **In-person interviews with any Relapse / Release artist(s) can be arranged at live events as well**
** Relapse Records President Matthew F. Jacobson also available for interviews now! To schedule an interview(s), simply contact Carl Schultz at press@relapse.com / (610)734-1000 (x103), or by simply responding to this e-mail with your request(s).
**For hi-resolution images / logos / album art please visit www.relapse.com/ekits**
****NEWS UPDATE(S): (Listed alphabetically)****
27: (www.27.vg)
- OUT NOW: 27's amazing debut Songs From the Edge of the Wing. Featuring ex-members of DIRT MERCHANTS and SPORE, the Boston outfit crafts beautiful, moving sound pictures with the velvety vocals of Maria Christopher weaving through the music like smoke through a cabaret. Boston's 27 seamlessly blend stirring melodies, a quiet intensity, and alluring vocals into songs so captivating that they transcend any strict categorization. It's little wonder why this fledgling Boston trio have captured the rapt attention of all who have come in contact with their mesmerizing work.
- Europe's Undergroove Records has just released 27's Animal Life album in Europe in with a bonus 5" record!
- Hydrahead Records has just released a new 27 7" ('try' b/w 'night belongs to us')
- Stay tuned to www.RELAPSE.com for forthcoming 27 information / tour dates.
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AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED: (www.agoraphobicnosebleed.com)
- AGORAPHOBIC's 100 song 3" CD / 10" LP Altered States of America - is out now!!
- ANb Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is now open for business...stay tuned for further details.
- Look for an ANb picture disc 7" coming soon on Reptilian Records. The 7" will come with a parody of the widely-distributed "Chick Track" "educational" booklets.
- "they implanted bombs in their stomachs...and when they started to talk their tummies would feel funny...they knew then that the bombs were activated."
- AGORAPHOBIC will issue a split CDEP with ISIS to benefit mutual friend Shuan Luu, who has been diagnosed with brain cancer. Set for a spring, 2004 release via Relapse, this EP will contain some special recordings from ANb and two professionally recorded live versions of ISIS' 'The Beginning and the End' and 'Weight', as well as a remix of the ISIS song "Carry". Both ANb and ISIS wish nothing but the best of luck to Mr. Luu during his time of need.
- "Dude, get the hell out of here." - ROLLING STONE
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ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY (www.alabamathunderpussy.com)
- ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY have filled their recently vacated vocalist position with Columbus, OH native Johnny Weils. Weils will make his ATP live debut when the band kicks off a string of Eastern U.S. dates beginning December 5th, in Baltimore, MD. Stay tuned to the 'tour' section of www.RELAPSE.com for dates / info.
-Weils, who's previous outfit Barbed Wire Dolls released two singles on Sympathy For the Record Industry (Rocket From the Crypt, Turbonegro, Hot Snakes, etc.), replaces former ATP vocalist Johnny Throckmorton. Wiles earned the coveted position on the strength and variation of his vocal ability as well as his impressive rehearsals with ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY.
- The vinyl version of Staring At the Divine is available now! The deluxe LP comes housed with a bonus clear 7" containing exclusive tracks.
- ATP's 1999 release Constellation has been repackaged and remastered by Relapse and is available now! Look for ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY's Rise Again CD to also be reissued by Relapse in early 2004!
-"Indeed, for all the hype surrounding DOWN, ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY are harder, meaner and more fun to listen to...like a concoction of BLACK SABBATH, LYNYRD SKYNYRD and MOTORHEAD" - KNAC.com
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ALCHEMIST (www.alchemist.com.au)
- ALCHEMIST have lined up November, 2003 live dates as they gear up for a headlining position at the prestigious METAL FOR THE BRAIN 2003 Festival on the 20th of December. Stay tuned to the 'tour' section of www.RELAPSE.com for dates / info.
- ALCHEMIST is currently working on two more video clips and expect to have them ready shortly. Videos will be shot for the tracks 'Alpha Cappella Nova Vega and 'Speed of Life'.
- "Just about any heavy music adventurer would die for this band."
- METAL MANIACS
- "one of the more astounding bands you have seen or heard in a very long time."
- METAL HAMMER
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AMORPHIS (www.amorphis.net)
- The long-awaited "best of" AMORPHIS CD / DVD, entitled Chapters is out now!! Chapters contains all the highlight's of AMORPHIS' brilliant career to date (along with some special surprises) and is issued in deluxe, amazing packaging with extensive liner notes and a DVD-rom.
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BONGZILLA (www.bongzilla.com)
- The band's thunderous album, Gateway is out now!!
- Having just concluded a HIGHLY successful European headlining tour, BONGZILLA will remain on the road until mid-November, pairing up with fellow rockers DRUNK HORSE, HONKY, DIXIE WITCH, THE END, DYSRHYTHMIA and RUNE in the process. Check the 'tour' section of RELAPSE.com for dates / info.
- JUST ANNOUNCED! BONGZILLA has been confirmed to appear at the 2003 MassConcerts Presents: NJ Metal and Hardcore Festival, November 14th and 15th in Asbury Park, NJ. BONGZILLA will join an impressive lineup of Relapse's finest including labelmates MASTODON, SUFFOCATION, THE END, NILE, DYSRYHTHMIA and TODAY IS THE DAY. Keep an eye on the 'Events' section of RELAPSE.com and /or www.njmetalandhardcorefest.com for more details!
- "BONGZILLA are back and they are positively better than ever."
- METAL UPDATE / JUDGMENT
- "a haze of guitar distortion, gritty vocals and long, epical songs a' la SLEEP...leaden yet loud" - CMJ
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BURNT BY THE SUN (www.burntbythesun.com)
- The mighty BURNT BY THE SUN's new album The Perfect is the Enemy of the Good is out now!
- As one of the most revered new acts in modern heavy music, BURNT BY THE SUN administer a deft fusion of artistry and ferocity on its much anticipated new full-length, The Perfect is the Enemy of the Good. With a sleek combination of metallic hardcore, post-punk pummel, artful arrangements and raw, unrelenting power, BURNT BY THE SUN trailblaze heretofore unexplored musical paths. Blending astounding dexterity, a scorching attack and brilliant production from Matt Bayles (ISIS, VENDETTA RED, MASTODON, BLOOD BROTHERS) BURNT BY THE SUN continues heavy music's ongoing evolution.
- "Saber-toothed metallic hardcore that's full of surprises" - ALTERNATIVE PRESS
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BURST (www.BURST.nu)
- Sweden's BURST showcase their unique style of heavy music on its Relapse debut, Prey On Life, available now!
- BURST (Linus Jägerskog - vocals, Jesper Liveröd - bass (ex-NASUM), Patrik Hultin -drums, Jonas Rydberg - guitar, Robert Reinholdz - guitar), who have previously issued music on respected labels such as Prank (SF) and Chrome St. Magnus (GER), construct powerful, crisp and perfectly balanced music that molds both emotion and intensity. BURST's Prey On Life was recorded at Gothenburg, Sweden's Studio Phlat Planet with producer Fredrik Reinedahl (IN FLAMES, PASSENGER) and features artwork from Aaron Turner (ISIS).
- BURST have completed work on a video for the track 'Sculpt The Lives' (from Prey on Life) alongside documentary and filmmakers Dan Bengtsson and Ulf Södergren. Look for the amazing 'Sculpt The Lives' clip soon!
- "an immensely powerful and essential album" - ROCK SOUND
- "BURST are like contemporaries Cult of Luna and Opeth in so far as genre definitions and limits mean nothing to them. This is art rock, but like the amazing ISIS, it's really really hard art rock." - METAL HAMMER
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CEPHALIC CARNAGE (www.cephaliccarnage.com)
- The band's critically acclaimed album, Lucid Interval is out now!! Lucid Interval continues the band's hyper-progression from the underground to one of modern extreme music's forerunners. You've heard the hype now see what it's all about!
Lucid Interval is out now!
- CEPHALIC CARNAGE just completed tours with both HATEBREED (the "Rise of Brutality" tour) and labelmates EXHUMED! Stay tuned to the 'tour' section of www.RELAPSE.com for more CEPHALIC tour dates / info. Not to be missed live!
- CEPHALIC CARNAGE drummer / percussionist John Merryman has just finished his work with MR. BUNGLE's Trey Spruance on upcoming studio releases from Secret Chiefs 3 and Estradasphere. Keep an eye / ear out!
- "Lucid Interval is a masterwork of Autobahn-style speed and out-from-left-field jazz breakdowns and mathematical time signatures." - CMJ
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DAYLIGHT DIES (www.daylight-dies.com)
- DAYLIGHT DIES' Relapse debut, No Reply is out now!
- Relapse recording artists DAYLIGHT DIES are now actively searching for a new vocalist after partings ways with former vocalist Guthrie Iddings. Parties interested in trying out contact DAYLIGHT DIES directly at vocalist@daylight-dies.com. Providing recorded example of your singing prior is greatly preferred.
- "Pristine Doom Metal: The power and majesty of Daylight Dies is in full bloom on their masterful debut, No Reply." - OUTBURN
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DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN (www.dillingerescapeplan.com)
- the DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN have been hard at work on new material for their upcoming new album which they plan to begin recording imminently. Tentative track titles include: "Troy", "Panasonic Youth", "Bipolar Bear", "Apollos Creed", "Universal Beauty" and "Sunshine The Werewolf"
- the DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN have recorded a brand new song entitled "Baby's First Coffin", for the soundtrack of the upcoming Lakeshore motion picture "Underworld". This new DEP track is the first original studio recording released by the band featuring vocalist Greg Puciato. Also included on the "Underworld" soundtrack will be songs by David Bowie, and Maynard of TOOL.
- the DEP have announced both UK and US headlining tours! DILLINGER will hit UK shores this December for a week's worth of dates that will kick off December 8th in Brighton. Support on the tour will be provided by Cult of Luna. The day previous, DILLINGER will appear at Belgium's Riotfest in Antwerpen.
- DILLINGER will kick off a full scale US tour on January 14th, 2004. The scheduled 7 week trek will run until early March and will include support from THE LOCUST and Your Enemies Friends.
- "Raging, intricate, screaming prog-metal" -SPIN
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DISFEAR (www.disfear.com)
- DISFEAR's mighty Relapse-debut Misanthropic Generation is out now !!
- The Scandinavian hardcore assault of DISFEAR utilizes blistering distortion, nihilistic rage and a scorching metallic powerload to bleed the Earth and burn its skies. On Misanthropic Generation, detonating powerchords collide with raging rhythms, while the merciless vocals of Tomas Lindberg (ex-AT THE GATES) explode through the heart of the band's sonic architecture.
- JUST ANNOUNCED! DISFEAR are preparing to head out on a 3 week Scandinavian Tour supporting ENTOMBED and RAISED FIST as part of the second installment of the "Close Up Made Us Do It" Tour series. - check out the 'tour' section of RELAPSE.com for more dates / info.
- DISFEAR have issued the 'Powerload' 7" on Spain's excellent Throne Records (www.thronerecords.com) and will soon be issuing the vinyl version of 'Misanthropic Generation' on Yannick of TRAGEDY's Feral Ward Records (www.feralward.com). Both will feature exclusive tracks!
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DYING FETUS (www.dyingfetus.com)
- DYING FETUS' long-awaited new full-length, Stop at Nothing is out now!! Retaining the vicious, dual-vocal attack and slamming grooves that have become their trademark, DYING FETUS' Stop at Nothing is a savage return-to-form by one of the most influential bands in death metal.
- DYING FETUS will embark on a five week, 33 city European co-headlining tour with Hate Eternal that will kick off January 7th, 2003 in London, England! Check the 'tour' section of RELAPSE.com for more dates / info.
- "DYING FETUS accomplishes what few bands can: the Maryland band unites the warring, internal hard rock factions of hardcore and metal. Hardcore kids love the moshy stomp and breakdowns, while metal fans love to bang their heads to the band's gnarly, gritty riffs." - Amy Sciarretto, CMJ / Revolver / Metal Maniacs
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DYSRHYTHMIA (www.dysrhythmia-band.com)
- DYSRHYTHMIA's (drummer Jeff Eber, guitarist Kevin Hufnagel and bassist Clayton Ingerson) debut Relapse full-length, Pretest was recorded at Chicago's Electrical Audio Studios with engineer Steve Albini (NIRVANA, HELMET, NEUROSIS). Pretest is out now!
- In between tours, DYSRHYTHMIA has been keeping busy. Besides beginning to write the follow-up to Pretest, the members of DYSRHYTHMIA have been involved in the following:
* DYSRHYTHMIA bassist Clayton Ingerson is featured on viola on the new Project: Failing Flesh CD "A Beautiful Sickness" which features ex-Voivod bassist/vocalist Eric Forrest.
* DYSRHYTHMIA drummer Jeff Eber will be featured on the upcoming Spastic Ink [current band of Watchtower guitarist Ron Jarzombek] record "Ink Compatible".
* DYSRHYTHMIA guitarist Kevin Hufnagel is collaborating with Colin Marston, of Infidel?/Castro! and Behold...the Arctopus, on an experimental ambient guitar project called Byla. Three songs have been completed thus far with more in the works and plans to release a full-length sometime in 2004. www.byla.net coming soon!
- JUST ANNOUNCED! DYSRHYTHMIA has been confirmed to appear at the 2003 MassConcerts Presents: NJ Metal and Hardcore Festival, November 14th and 15th in Asbury Park, NJ . DYSRHYTHMIA will join an impressive lineup of Relapse's finest including labelmates MASTODON, SUFFOCATION, THE END, NILE, BONGZILLA and TODAY IS THE DAY. Keep an eye on the 'Events' section of RELAPSE.com and /or www.njmetalandhardcorefest.com for more details!
- " the record SONIC YOUTH would make if they cared more about heavy metal, the record SLAYER would do if they were art school nerds.
- PHILADELPHIA CITY PAPER
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- THE END (www.allchaos.net)
- Relapse Records is proud to announce the signing of Mississauga, Ontario quintet
THE END. The forward-thinking troupe will release their first proper Relapse full-length in early 2004.
- THE END (Aaron Wolff - vocals / Steve Watson - guitar / Andrew Hercules - guitar
Sean Dooley - bass / Anthony Salajko - drums), whose debut release, Transfer Trachea Reverberations From Point: False Omniscient, was named the 2001 Metal Album of the Year by The Canadian Independent Music Awards, recorded their forthcoming album -- Within Dividia -- at Wild Studios with producer Pierre Remillard (Cryptopsy, Misery Index, Gorguts).
- Within Dividia sees THE END employing a film noir atmosphere set to music, with the album musically and lyrically narrating the conceptual tale of "The Dividia Estate" and its eerily compelling inhabitants. The final track listing for Within Dividia is "These Walls", "Fetesque", "The Sense of Reverence", "The Scent of Elegance", "Organelle (in she we lust)", "Dear Martyr", "Orthodox Unparalleled" and "Of Fist and Flame".
- THE END's Within Dividia will be released in North American on January 13th, 2004 and in Europe on January 26th.
- THE END has embarked on a month long North American tour alongside Between the Buried and Me and A Life Once Lost and will follow with a week of Canadian shows. Stay tuned to the 'tour' section of www.RELAPSE.com for more tour dates / info.
- JUST ANNOUNCED! THE END has been confirmed to appear at the 2003 MassConcerts Presents: NJ Metal and Hardcore Festival, November 14th and 15th in Asbury Park, NJ . THE END will join an impressive lineup of Relapse's finest including labelmates MASTODON, SUFFOCATION, NILE, DYSRHYTHMIA, BONGZILLA and TODAY IS THE DAY. Keep an eye on the 'Events' section of RELAPSE.com and /or www.njmetalandhardcorefest.com for more details!
- "THE END is demented like Dillinger Escape Plan, metallic like Mastodon and noisy like Neurosis...angular rock sneers in a way that hasn't been heard in quite some time." - CMJ
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EXHUMED (www.EXHUMED.us)
- EXHUMED's new Relapse full length, Anatomy is Destiny is available now!
- EXHUMED just completed a successful European headlining tour with labelmates CEPHALIC CARNAGE in tow. The three week jaunt begin October 11th in Paris, France and concluded November 2nd in Zottegem, Belgium.
- EXHUMED have been confirmed to be a part of the 2004 European 'No Mercy Fest' w/ CANNIBAL CORPSE, HYPOCRISY, KATAKLYSM and more, taking place this coming spring! Stay tuned to the 'tour' section of www.RELAPSE.com for dates / info.
- Look for a major 2004 EXHUMED tour announcement to be issued shortly! In the meantime, stay tuned to the 'tour' section of www.RELAPSE.com for dates / info.
- "EXHUMED is CARCASS reincarnated." - TERRORIZER
- "Some of the sickest, most over the top death metal anthems of all time"
- HIT PARADER
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GADGET (www.gadget.cjb.net)
- Relapse Records is proud to announce the signing of Swedish grindcore stars GADGET! GADGET will record their Relapse debut at Sweden's Phlat Planet Studios in Gothenburg with Fredrik Reinedahl (Burst, Dimension Zero, Passenger). Look for GADGET's high-energy Relapse debut to drop this Fall!
- GADGET appears on the recently-released "Swedish Assault" compilation as well as on the Relapse label sampler "Contaminated 5.0" with the track "Boredom Suits Me Fine".
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HALO (halo.antisound.net)
- HALO = DRUMS / BASS / VOICE / NOISE = R.ALLEN + STK : HALO = FROM MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA : HALO ENDORSES BROKEN CYMBALS / GROUND HUM / BLOOD / SKIN / STATIC + ANTI-TUNING : HALO = SOUNDTRACKS OF DECAY, DEGRADATION & COLLAPSE
- HALO's sophomore Relapse release Body of Light is out now!!
- Having punctured the harsh outer skin with 2001's Guattari (From the West Flows Grey Ash & Pestilence), HALO burrow deeper into the corrupt inner flesh of post-industrial depravity and corporate disease with Body of Light. A rumbling diatribe of fear, loathing and pure sonic oppression, Body of Light swallows its listener with the density of a collapsing star.
- The HALO free MP3 site continues to be bombarded with visitors. Check out the pulverizing art that is HALO here: www.mp3.com/corporate_disease
- "A holocaustic vortex of distorted guitars and vocals over monstrously heavy beats...a slow-motion sonic apocalypse in glorious monochrome." - ALTERNATIVE PRESS
- BEYOND HEAVY.
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HIGH ON FIRE (www.highonfire.net)
- HIGH ON FIRE are in the midst of completing work on material for the follow up to Surrounded By Thieves and are preparing to head into the studio. According to the band, the new material is shaping up to be "Faster, Louder and Heavier"...?!?!!!
- HIGH ON FIRE appears in the new Tony Hawk video game "Tony Hawk's Underground" with music from Surrounded By Thieves.
- HIGH ON FIRE has set up an official band mailing list where updates and breaking news will be delivered to fans from the band themselves! To subscribe to the HIGH ON FIRE list, send an e-mail to: highonfire-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
- HIGH ON FIRE will also appear an upcoming High Times CD compilation with the brand new track "Crossing the Bridge (Axeweilder)". Look for it soon.
- "The kind of massively catchy hum-along riffs that elevated BLACK SABBATH to godhead status...mind melting." - GUITAR WORLD
- "Oakland trio HIGH ON FIRE displays an uncommon power that makes all other hyperbolized bands seem puny." - TIME OUT NEW YORK
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MASTODON (www.mastodonrocks.com)
- "MASTODON could be considered the second coming of Metallica and Rush combined, and nobody who's seen them live could counter that opinion."
- MTV.com
- MASTODON has completed work on their first music video. The video, also for Remission's 'March of the Fire Ants', was shot in the band's hometown of Atlanta with director Chad Rullman (NEUROSIS). The video, a 'surreal narrative' incorporating principal photography, and featuring MASTODON performing as a part of the story line, is expected to make its world debut imminently.
- JUST ANNOUNCED! MASTODON has been confirmed to appear at the 2003 MassConcerts Presents: NJ Metal and Hardcore Festival, November 14th and 15th in Asbury Park, NJ . MASTODON will join an impressive lineup of Relapse's finest including labelmates THE END, SUFFOCATION, NILE, DYSRHYTHMIA, BONGZILLA and TODAY IS THE DAY. Keep an eye on the 'Events' section of RELAPSE.com and /or www.njmetalandhardcorefest.com for more details!
- MASTODON appears on the MTV2 / Roadrunner Records-issued "Headbangers Ball" 2xCD compilation, highlighting the best of today's heavy music scene. MASTODON appears alongside hard music giants DEFTONES, HATEBREED and SLAYER as well as fellow fast-rising artists KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, SHADOWS FALL, POISON THE WELL and ARCH ENEMY. For more info, please visit the official album site here: www.headbangersballtour.com/albumsite.html
- MASTODON's much-talked about Remission album has been reissued by Relapse Records as a deluxe CD / DVD digipak! The revamped Remission includes a free DVD featuring MASTODON's lauded live show professionally filmed at the Masquerade in the band's hometown of Atlanta. The final track listing for the live DVD is "O'le Nessie", "March of the Fire Ants", "Hail to Fire", "Where Strides the Behemoth", "Battle at Sea", "Mother Puncher", "Burning Man", "Workhorse" and "Crusher Destroyer".
- MASTODON appears in the new Tony Hawk video game "Tony Hawk's Underground" with music from Remission.
- "MASTODON are undoubtedly the future of metal" - KERRANG!
- "Possibly the finest band on the planet" - METAL HAMMER
- "The future is bright, the future is MASTODON" - ROCK SOUND
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NASUM (www.nasum.com)
- NASUM's blistering new album, Helvete is out now!!
- NASUM bassist Jesper Liveröd has decided to leave the band to concentrate on his other band BURST - he has made it clear that there is no bad blood or ill will within NASUM.
- NASUM is now a 4-piece! The band welcomes new members Urban Skytt (From REGURGITATE) on second guitar, and Jon "Elle" Lindqvist (from SAYYADINA) on bass.
- JUST ANNOUNCED!! NASUM will head to Japan for a MONSTROUS tour with NAPALM DEATH, PIG DESTROYER and AxCx!! The tour is slated to begin in early January, 2004. Get ready to GRIND!!
- "Extreme metal doesn't get much better than this." - Barney Greenway (METAL HAMMER / NAPALM DEATH)
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NILE (www.nile-catacombs.net)
- NILE's critically-acclaimed album In Their Darkened Shrines is out now!!
- NILE just completed their third U.S. headlining tour in support of their album, In Their Darkened Shrines. The tour, dubbed the "Art of Noise II" criss-crossed the United States. Support on the tour came from KREATOR, VADER, AMON AMARTH and GOATWHORE. The "Art of Noise 2" Tour followed NILE's successful "Art of Noise" Tour that took place last January / February featuring NILE with guests Napalm Death and Strapping Young Lad.
- NILE have completed work on two music videos for songs from In Their Darkened Shrines. The videos, directed and filmed by acclaimed director Darren Doane (Deftones, AFI, Poison the Well, Kyuss), include a concept video for the track "Sarcophagus" and a performance video for the song "Execration Text", both shot at Center Staging in Burbank, CA. NILE's "Sarcophagus" video is in rotation at both MTV2 and FUSE's "Uranium" now! Keep an eye out!
- NILE will appear as one of the headliners at the first annual "MassConcerts Presents: The New Jersey Metal and Hardcore Festival", November 15th in Asbury Park, NJ. NILE will then travel to Europe for a month's worth of shows that will include headlining performances in Greece, France, England, Ireland and Scotland before joining the 2003 version of Europe's revered "X-mas Festivals", which will also include Deicide and Destruction, amongst others.
- "NILE are certainly not your average gore-and-guts-obsessed death metallers, and they defy the genre's musical trappings as well." - GUITAR WORLD
- "NILE are death metal's IRON MAIDEN" - METAL HAMMER (July, 2003)
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PIG DESTROYER : (NEW WEBSITE COMING SOON!)
- Currently recording the follow-up to their critically acclaimed Prowler In the Yard album, entitled Terrifyer. The band has made it known that this will be a "full-on concept album" (!!) with narrative and prose written by vocalist JR Hayes. Expect the unexpected...
- PIG DESTROYER's Terrifyer will be a CD / DVD release. The album's first disc will feature the band's unique art-grind, while the second disc will contain one, 30 minute + long DVD audio track...mixed in 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound.
- Upon the completion of their as-yet-untitled new release, PIG DESTROYER will head to Japan for a MONSTROUS tour with NAPALM DEATH, NASUM and AxCx!! The tour is slated to begin in early January, 2004. Get ready to GRIND!!
- "PIG DESTROYER's musical diversity manifests itself as miniature epics that play out like chaotic, minutelong roller-coaster rides. Hi-tech."
- WASHINGTON CITY PAPER
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RELAPSE RECORDS (www.relapse.com)
- Relapse continues to take an active stance in the underground extreme music movement as the label will sponsor and co-sponsor a number of America's prestigious music festivals including the upcoming "MassConcerts Presents: The New Jersey Metal and Hardcore Festival", November 14th - 15th in Asbury Park, NJ. Check the 'events' section of www.RELAPSE.com for news / info.
- For the first time ever, Relapse Records offers a comprehensive collection of music videos spanning the label's history - all on one low-priced DVD! RECOLLECTION delivers a bountiful bombardment of captivating videos including fast-action clips from current label heavyweights HIGH ON FIRE, NEUROSIS, UNSANE, and The DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, up-and-comers ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY and ALCHEMIST, and long-time conspirators AMORPHIS and BRUTAL TRUTH amongst others. Relapse Records' RECOLLECTION DVD Video Collection visually documents Relapse's rise from its upstart beginnings to its current incarnation as a leader in the international extreme music movement. Seeing is believing!!
Relapse Records President Matthew F. Jacobson is available for interviews now! To schedule an interview(s), simply contact Carl Schultz at press@relapse.com / (610)734-1000 (x103), or by simply responding to this e-mail with your request(s).
- Relapse is the multi-death corporation dedicated to providing fans with the lifestyle choices they desire.
SKINLESS (www.4skinless.com)
- SKINLESS' piledriving new CD From Sacrifice To Survival is out now!!
- ON TOUR NOW! SKINLESS has teamed up with SIX FEET UNDER for the "Unnatural Born Killers" Tour. The month long tour kicked off on Thursday, October 16th in Tampa, FL and also includes openers Behemoth and As I Lay Dying. Stay tuned to the 'tour' section of www.RELAPSE.com for more tour dates / info.
- SKINLESS have just completed the filming of their first video from the new album
From Sacrifice to Survival. Look for the video for the album's title track to debut soon!
- "One of the hardest working and most powerful live acts in the world."
- METAL MANIACS
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SOILENT GREEN (www.soilentgreen.net)
- SOILENT GREEN is currently working on new material for their next Relapse release. The band is expected to hit the studio by Spring, 2004 with touring to follow.
- SOILENT GREEN is pleased to welcome new members Tony White (guitar) and Scott Crochet (bass) to the fold! White and Crochet made their touring SOILENT debuts on the band's recent U.S. tour.
- "The quintessential underground metal band." - ROLLING STONE
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SULACO: (http://listen.to/sulaco)
- SULACO's self-titled debut Relapse MCD is available now!
- Featuring ex-members of LETHARGY, KALIBAS and MUNGBEAN DEMON, SULACO excel at the unconventional, shattering preconceptions and genre-boundaries in one fell swoop. SULACO's debut mini-CD unveils a fluid fusion of futuristic, tech-metal chops, articulate song craft, and refined aggression. The trio's attack -- equal parts intelligent and innate -- is spearheaded by vocalist/guitarist Erik Burke's sandpaper screams and bent, twisted riff engineering. This high-impact debut is certain to turn heads, fry minds and introduce another progenitor in the 21st century metal lexicon.
- "musical molestation like no other...acid-spitting" - ROCK SOUND
- "Their Relapse debut packs just four songs - but when you're this extreme, that's enough to make a point." - ALTERNATIVE PRESS
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SUFFOCATION (www. suffocation.us )
- Relapse Records is proud to announce the signing of death metal legends SUFFOCATION. The band will issue its new full length release, Souls to Deny, in Spring 2004.
- SUFFOCATION, (Frank Mullen - vocals, Terrance Hobbs - guitar, Guy Marchais - guitar, Josh Barohn - bass, Mike Smith - drums) one of the most influential and emulated bands in the history of extreme music and the pioneers of the now-infamous 'New York death metal sound', return to the Relapse label after releasing the now classic albums Effigy Of The Forgotten (1991), Breeding The Spawn (1993), and Pierced From Within (1995) via Roadrunner Records.
- SUFFOCATION, who headlined the sold-out 2003 installments of the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival, Maryland Deathfest and Milwaukee Metalfest(s), recently unveiled a brand new song, entitled "Deceit". The as-then-unsigned band's video for "Deceit" made its world-premier on FUSE's (formerly Much Music) "Uranium" program this past June and, as a testament to their universally-recognized impact on the genre, the band was profiled on both "Uranium" and MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball" without the influence of label backing.
- JUST ANNOUNCED! SUFFOCATION has been confirmed to appear at the 2003 MassConcerts Presents: NJ Metal and Hardcore Festival, November 14th and 15th in Asbury Park, NJ . SUFFOCATION will join an impressive lineup of Relapse's finest including labelmates MASTODON, THE END, NILE, DYSRHYTHMIA, BONGZILLA and TODAY IS THE DAY. Keep an eye on the 'Events' section of RELAPSE.com and /or www.njmetalandhardcorefest.com for more details!
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TODAY IS THE DAY (www.todayistheday.org)
- The band's haunting 2xCD studio album, Sadness Will Prevail is out now!!
- TODAY IS THE DAY have just finished work on a video for "The Descent" from Sadness Will Prevail. Directed by Adam Albrandt and Brian D. Lange (NINE INCH NAILS), the video was shot in Philadelphia over a 2 day span. Keep an eye out!
- TODAY IS THE DAY is currently writing new material for KISS THE PIG, the bands 7th full-length CD. The "Most Hateful, Destructive, and Super-Fast material the band has ever composed", KISS THE PIG takes on an Ultra-Violent speed attack fueled with Heavy Doses of Pure Acid. A Psychedelic Bloodbath not to be missed!!
- JUST ANNOUNCED! TODAY IS THE DAY has been confirmed to appear at the 2003 MassConcerts Presents: NJ Metal and Hardcore Festival, November 14th and 15th in Asbury Park, NJ . TODAY IS THE DAY will join an impressive lineup of Relapse's finest including labelmates MASTODON, THE END, NILE, DYSRHYTHMIA, BONGZILLA and SUFFOCATION. Keep an eye on the 'Events' section of RELAPSE.com and /or www.njmetalandhardcorefest.com for more details!
- "TITD is the real, zero-compromise deal. Think metal by way of Diamanda Galás:
It hurts, but it's so rewarding - and it's cheaper than meds." - LA WEEKLY
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UNSANE:
- The long awaited UNSANE "greatest hits" collection LAMBHOUSE (UNSANE 1991-1998) is available now!
- LAMBHOUSE (UNSANE 1991-1998) is a CD / DVD package that includes all of the band's video clips (including the notorious "Scrape" video and the never-before-seen "Body Bomb" clip!) as well as a killer collection of the UNSANE's best music ever. LAMBHOUSE clearly provides new listeners and long time fans alike avid testimony as to why UNSANE are universally recognized as the premier noise rock band in the world.
- The final track listing for LAMBHOUSE is as follows: "Over Me", "Committed", "Wait to Lose", "Sick" , "Hazmat", "Lead", "Empty Cartridge", "Blew", "Can't See", "Out", "Alleged", "Scrape", "Broke", "Straight", "Body Bomb", "My Right", "Streetsweeper", "Urge to Kill", "This Town". "Vandal X", "Bath", "Organ Donor", "Cracked Up" and "Exterminator". The bonus DVD also features live UNSANE footage.
- UNSANE has announced a U.S. tour in support of LAMBHOUSE, their upcoming CD / DVD retrospective! The scheduled 3 week tour will kick off on October 9th in Cleveland, OH. Check the 'tour' section of RELAPSE.com for dates / info. Stay tuned to the 'tour' section of www.RELAPSE.com for more tour dates / info.
- For the first time in four years, UNSANE are returning to Europe! In late November, UNSANE will headline a brief run of dates that will take them across eight countries in a mere two weeks. All dates will be supported by Harmful.
- UNSANE is Chris Spencer- vocals, guitar | Dave Curran- vocals, bass | Vinny Signorelli- drums
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UPHILL BATTLE (www.uphillbattle.org)
- Currently writing material for their forthcoming full-length for Relapse (Tentatively titled Wreck of Nerves). Expect an early 2004 release date.
- The band's new video - for the catchy-as-hell crowd favorite "Ripped-off Face" is airing now! Keep an eye / ear out!
- Band website relaunched! Check it at www.UPHILLBATTLE.org today.
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vidnaObmana (www.vidnaobmana.be)
- vidnaObmana is currently completing work on his haunting Dante trilogy for Relapse/Release. Legacy follows critically-acclaimed albums Tremor and Spore.
Fresh from performing Spore material live in the States and Europe, the power of dynamics and the fusion of the present with the past hits a maximum level on Legacy. The trilogy's third album will also feature surprising and very complimentary contributions from some of the most talented musicians outside the ambient realm. Towards the end of this year we'll reveal more details about the anticipated closing chapter of vidna's Dante trilogy.
- A video for the track "SkinStrip" (from Spore) has just been completed! "SkinStrip" is the first ever vidnaObmana music video! Shot at one of the most fascinating factories in Antwerp (Belgium) just prior to its demolition, the video was produced by www.vidnaObmana.be webmaster and talented visual artist Patrick Ceuppens.
- vidnaObmana just completed the soundtrack to Berrios' new short film 'Other People'. You can expect this very beautiful and profound new movie online soon at www.vidnaObmana.be.
- "Nightmarish textures and trance-like ambience...truly unforgettable"
- REAL DETROIT WEEKLY
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ZEKE (www.zekeyou.com)
- Seattle's celebrated speed punk trio ZEKE have signed to Relapse Records. The high-powered group will release their much anticipated new full length in Spring, 2004.
- Drawing influences from Judas Priest, Motorhead and Iron Maiden amongst others, ZEKE's brand of hardcore speed rock mixes punk nihilism with a hard hitting metal extravagance. The band's signing with the Relapse label follows stints on both Epitaph Records -- where ZEKE issue their Kicked in the Teeth (1998) and Dirty Sanchez (2000) albums -- and the Aces & Eights label, who issued what is widely considered the band's finest release to date, 2001's Death Alley.
- RIDE WITH ZEKE!!!
- "Sheer brute punk strength. Punk's got young, loud and snotty again, only played just a little faster". - MONTREAL MIRROR
- "An adrenalized cocktail of speed and combustive punk rawk...unchecked aggression and shameless thrash-mongering on a search-and-destroy mission".
- WILLAMETTE WEEKLY
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RELAPSE / RELEASE TOUR UPDATE:
ALCHEMIST:
November 8 Melbourne, Australia Espy Gershwin Room
November 9 Adelaide, Australia Gypsy Bar
November 15 Canberra, Australia U. of Canberra (all ages)
December 14 Sydney, Australia Bar Broadway
December 20 Canberra, Australia U. of Canberra Refectory (as part of Metal For the Brain)
ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY:
December 5 Baltimore, MD Otto Bar
December 6 Brooklyn, NY North Six
December 7 Providence, RI The Sickle
December 8 Montreal, PQ Foufounes Electrique
December 9 Toronto, ON The 360
December 10 Rochester, NY Water Street Music Hall
December 11 Cleveland, OH Agora Shop
December 12 Youngstown, OH Nyabinghi
December 13 Philadelphia, PA Balcony Bar
AMORPHIS:
November 18 London, England (UK) Astoria
December 13 Thessaloniki, Greece (GR) Ydrogios
December 14 Athens, Greece (GR) Gagarin205
BONGZILLA:
November 13 Ypsilanti, MI Elbow Room
November 14 Cincinnati, OH Sudsey Malone's (w/ Rune)
November 15 Asbury Park, NJ Asbury Park Convention Center (as part of New Jersey Metal & Hardcore Festival)
November 16 College Park, MD WMUC Radio Station Hall @ the University of Maryland
November 17 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop (w/ Weedeater, 16)
BURNT BY THE SUN:
****Dave Witte playing as part of MELT BANANA***
November 11 Paris, France (F) Nouveau Casino
November 12 Le Mans, France (F) Be Bop Festival
November 13 Bordeaux, France (F) C.A.T.
November 14 Poitiers, France (F) Confort Moderne
November 15 Orleans, France (F) Astrolabe
November 16 Geneve, Switzerland (CH) Usine
November 18 Napoli, Italy (I) tba
November 20 Bologna, Italy (I) Covo
November 21 Milano, Italy (I) Cox
November 22 Innsbruck, Austria (A) Treibhaus
November 23 Wien, Austria (A) Chelsea
November 25 Linz, Austria (A) Kapu
November 26 Munchen, Germany (D) Harry Klein
November 27 Jena, Germany (D) Kassablanca
November 28 Koeln, Germany (D) Gebaeude9
November 29 Bielefeld, Germany (D) Forum
December 1 Frankfurt, Germany (D) Mousonturm
December 2 Berlin, Germany (D) SO36
****Burnt By the Sun 2004 dates***
January 30 Ronkonkoma, NY The Hungarian Hall
January 31 North Haven, CT North Haven Congregational Church
The DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN:
December 7 Antwerpen, Belgium (B) Hof Ter Loo (as part of Riotfest)
December 8 Brighton, England (UK) Concorde 2 (w/ Cult of Luna, JR Ewing, Beecher)
December 9 Birmingham, England (UK) Academy 2 (w/ Cult of Luna, JR Ewing, Beecher)
December 10 Bristol, England (UK) Fleece & Firkin (w/ Cult of Luna, JR Ewing, Beecher)
December 11 Manchester, England (UK) Hop & Grape (w/ Cult of Luna, JR Ewing, Beecher)
December 12 Glasgow, Scotland (UK) Cathouse (w/ Cult of Luna, JR Ewing, Beecher)
December 13 Nottingham, England (UK) Rock City (w/ Cult of Luna, JR Ewing, Beecher)
December 14 London, England (UK) Mean Fiddler (w/ Cult of Luna, JR Ewing, Beecher)
****North American Tour with THE LOCUST***
January 14 Sauget, IL Pops
January 15 Kansas City, MO Spitfire
January 16 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock
January 17 Chicago, IL The Metro
January 18 Indianapolis, IN Emerson Theatre
January 20 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
January 21 Grand Rapids, MI The Intersection
January 22 Detroit, MI St. Andrews
January 23 Toronto, ON Opera House
January 24 London, ON Call The Office
January 25 Guelph, ON Trasheteria
January 26 Ottowa, QU Babylon
January 27 Montreal, QU Rainbow
January 29 Worcester, MA The Palladium
January 30 Sayeville, NJ Krome
January 31 Philadelphia, PA The Trocodero
February 1 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
February 2 TBD
February 3 Richmond, VA Alley Katz
February 4 Winston-Salem, NC Ziggy's
February 5 Jacksonville, FL Jack Rabbits
February 6 Tampa, FL Twilight
February 7 Orlando, FL House Of Blues
February 9 Tallahassee, FL The Beta Bar
February 10 Columbia, SC Uncle Doctors
February 11 Atlanta, GA Masquerade
February 12 Nashville, TN Exit In
February 13 Memphis, TN Hi Tone
February 15 TBD
February 16 Houston, TX Engine Room
February 17 Austin, TX Emo's
February 18 Dallas, TX Trees
February 20 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theatre
February 21 San Diego, CA Epicentre
February 22 Anaheim, CA House Of Blues
February 23 Los Angeles, CA House Of Blues
February 24 TBD
February 25 TBD
February 27 Portland, OR Roseland
February 28 Seattle, WA Showbox
February 29 TBD
March 01 TBD
March 03 Denver, CO Bluebird
DISFEAR:
***Scandinavian Close-Up Made Us Do It Tour w/ ENTOMBED and RAISED FIST***
December 3 Sundsvall, Sweden (S) Pipeline
December 4 Uppsala, Sweden (S) Grand
December 5 Sandviken, Sweden (S) Kungen
December 6 Orbro, Sweden (S) Downtown
December 8 Göteborg, Sweden (S) Kåren
December 9 Århus, Denmark (DK) Voxhall
December 10 Cöpenhagen, Denmark (DK) Pumpehuset
December 11 Malmö, Sweden (S) KB
December 12 Halmstad, Sweden (S) Diezel
December 13 Mariestad, Sweden (S) Klubb Kaliber
December 15 tba
December 16 Värnersborg, Sweden (S) Café Mic
December 17 Uddevalla, Sweden (S) Club Adrian
December 18 Karlstad, Sweden (S) Nöjesfabriken/Garaget
December 19 Linköping, Sweden (S) Skylten
December 20 Stockholm, Sweden (S) Arena (also w/ TURBONEGRO)
DYING FETUS:
December 19 Brooklyn, NY L'Amours
January 7 London, England (UK) Underworld
January 8 Eindhoven, Netherlands (NL) Effenaar
January 9 Rotterdam, Netherlands (NL) Baroeg
January 10 Trier, Germany (D) Exil
January 11 Paris, France (F) La Locomotive
January 12 Munster (Breitefeld), Germany (D) Live Arena
January 13 Essen, Germany (D) Zeche Carl
January 14 Berlin, Germany (D) K14
January 15 Warsaw, Poland (P) Proxima
January 16 Praga, Czech Republic (CZ) Black Pes
January 17 Englesdorf, Germany (D) Hellraiser
January 18 Vienna, Austria (A) Planet Music
January 19 Budapest, Hungary (H) Kultiplex
January 20 Ljubljana, Slovenia (SL) Ka
January 21 Milano, Italy (I) Rainbow
January 22 Rome, Italy (I) Alphaeus
January 24 Athens, Greece (GR) Ann Club
January 25 Thessaloniki,Greece (GR) Hydrogios
January 27 Pratteln, Switzerland (CH) Z7
January 28 Marseilles, France (F) CC Mirabeau (also w/ Loathing)
January 29 Irun, Spain (E) Tunk
January 30 Barcelona, Spain (E) La Capsa
January 31 Madrid, Spain (E) Caracol
February 1 Murcia, Spain (E) Moloko
February 2 Porto, Portugal (P) Hard Club
February 4 Bordeaux, France (F) Cat
February 5 Villeurbanne, France (F) Cco
February 6 Vosselaar, Belgium (B) Beibob
February 7 Drachten, Netherlands (NL) Iduna
February 8 Gronigen, Netherlands (NL) Vera
DYSRHYTHMIA:
November 13 Lowell, MA The Playloft @ the Lowell Brewery Exchange
November 14 Asbury Park, NJ Asbury Park Convention Center (as part of New Jersey Metal & Hardcore Festival)
November 15 King of Prussia, PA Tower Records FREE In-store performance @ 7 pm
December 12 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church (w/ Pelican, Khanate)
THE END:
***Tour with Between the Buried & Me, A Life Once Lost***
November 10 Nashville, TN The Muse
November 11 Birmingham, AL Cave 9
November 12 Winston Salem, NC Brew Ha-Has
November 13 Baltimore, MD The Sidebar
November 14 North Haven, CT North Haven Congregational Church
November 15 Asbury Park, NJ Asbury Park Convention Center (as part of New Jersey Metal & Hardcore Festival)
November 16 New York, NY CBGB's (w/ Between the Buried & Me, A Life Once Lost, Premonitions of War, Watch Them Die, and more)
November 17 Bloomfield, NJ Bloomfield Ave. Café
November 18 Ronkonkoma (Long Island), NY The Hungarian Hall
November 19 Springfield, MA Fat Kat's
November 20 Rochester, NY Penny Arcade
November 21 Wilkes Barre, PA Cafe Metropolis
November 22 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church
November 23 Buffalo, NY Broadway Joe's
November 24 Windsor, ON Changez By Nite (w/ A Taste of Blood, Abandoned Hearts Club, and more)
November 25 Hamilton, ON The Underground
November 26 Kingston, ON Schezo
November 27 Ottawa, ON Bumpers Roadhouse
EXHUMED:
***As part of No Mercy Fest w/ CANNIBAL CORPSE, HYPOCRISY, KATAKLYSM, and more***
March 30 Osnabruck, Germany (D) Hyde Park
March 31 Essen, Germany (D) Zeche Carl
April 1 Berlin, Germany (D) Halford
April 2 Praha, Czech Republic (CZ) Abaton Club
April 3 Wien, Austria (A) Planet Music
April 4 Wels, Austria (A) Schlachtof
April 5 Pratteln, Switzerland (CH) Z7
April 6 Milan, Italy (I) Alcatraz
April 7 Ludwigsburg, Germany (D) Rockfabrik
April 8 Strasbourg, France (F) La Laiterie
April 9 Erfurt, Germany (D) Centrum
April 10 Antwerpen, Belgium (B) Hof Ter Loo
April 11 Paris, France (F) La Locomotive
April 12 Tilburg, Netherlands (NL) 013
April 13 London, England (UK) Underworld
April 14 tba....
April 15 Bradford, England (UK) Rio
MASTODON:
November 15 Asbury Park, NJ Asbury Park Convention Center (as part of New Jersey Metal & Hardcore Festival)
December 13 Athens, GA Tasty World
December 31 Atlanta, GA Echo Lounge (w/ Cream Abdul Babar)
NASUM:
***Japanese Tour w/ NAPALM DEATH, PIG DESTROYER, A.C.***
January 9 Osaka, Japan Club Quattro
January 10 Nagoya, Japan Club Quattro
January 12 Tokyo, Japan Club Quattro
NILE:
November 15 Asbury Park, NJ Asbury Park Convention Hall as part of MassConcerts Presents New Jersey Metalfest
****NILE w/ Misery Index***
November 27 Thessaloniki, Greece (GR) Hydrogios
November 28 Athens, Greece (GR) Rotom
****NILE w/ Dew Scented, Misery Index***
November 29 Villeurbane, France (F) CCO
November 30 Nantes, France (F) Barakson
December 2 Swansea, England (UK) Escape Club
December 3 Dublin, Ireland (IRL) Whelan's
December 4 Glasgow, Scotland (UK) Cathouse
December 5 Scheffield, England (UK) Corporation
December 6 Manchester, England (UK) Manchester Academy 3
***As part of the X-Mas Festival with Deicide, Destruction, Amon Amarth and more***
December 7 London, United Kingdom (UK) Camden Palace (also with Akercoke)
December 8 Paris, France (F) La Locomotive
December 9 Essen, Germany (D) Zeche Carl
December 10 Osnabruck, Germany (D) Hyde Park
December 11 Berlin, Germany (D) Columbia Halle Fritz
December 12 Engelsdorf, Germany (D) Hellraiser
December 13 Wels, Austria (A) Schlachthof
December 14 Vienna, Austria (A) Arena
December 15 Milano, Italy (I) Alcatraz
December 16 Pratteln, Switzerland (CH) Z7
December 17 Ludwigsburg, Germany (D) Rockfabrik
December 18 Praga, Czech Republic (CZ) Roxy
December 19 Strasbourg, France (F) La Laiterie
December 20 Antwerpen, Belgium (B) Hof Ter Loo
December 21 Tilburg, Netherlands (NL) 013
ORIGIN:
November 21 Topeka, KS Brewski's
November 22 Kansas City, MO Spitfire Club
PIG DESTROYER:
***Japanese Tour w/ NAPALM DEATH, NASUM, AxC***
January 9 Osaka, Japan Club Quattro
January 10 Nagoya, Japan Club Quattro
January 12 Tokyo, Japan Club Quattro
REPULSION:
December 20 Flint, MI Machine Shop
SAYYADINA:
November 22 Alkmaar, Netherlands (NL) Parkhof
November 23 Gronignen, Netherlands (NL) Platform Theater
November 24 Brussels, Belgium (B) The Bunker
November 27 San Sebastian, Spain (E) Sala Mogambo
November 28 Barcelona, Spain (E) La Makabra Squat
November 29 St. Etienne, France (F) Main Dans La Main
November 30 Modenna, Italy (I) C.S. Scintilla
December 1 Tarza, Italy (I) Corona del Re
December 2 Vienna, Austria (A) EKH
December 3 Vsetin, Czech Republic (CZ) RC Sandrik
December 4 Pardubice, Czech Republic (CZ) RC Ponorka
December 5 Leipzig, Germany (D) Zorro
December 6 Rostock, Germany (D) Jaz
SKINLESS:
November 10 tba
November 11 Palo Alto, CA The Edge
November 12 Los Angeles, CA Key Club
November 13 Santa Ana, CA Galaxy
November 14 San Diego, CA Brick By Brick
November 15 Tempe, AZ Bash On Ash
November 16 Albuquerque, NM Launch Pad
November 18 Dallas, TX Deep Ellum Live
November 19 San Antonio, TX Sin 13
November 20 Corpus Christi, TX Sharkey's
SOILENT GREEN:
November 15 Metairie, LA Cypress Hall (w/ Skinkrawl)
SULACO:
December 20 Syracuse, NY Planet 505 (w/ Found Dead Hanging, Acacia Strain, and more)
UNSANE:
***European Tour with special guests Harmful***
November 29 London, England (UK) Underworld
November 30 Paris, France (F) Le Nouveau Casino
December 1 Tourcoing, France (F) Le Grand Mix
December 2 Strasbourg, France (F) La Laiterie
December 3 Geneva, Switzerland (CH) L'Usine
December 4 Mezzago, Italy (I) Bloom
December 5 Berne, Switzerland (Ch) Reitschule
December 6 Lindau, Germany (D) Club Vaudeville
December 7 Munich, Germany (D) Orang Haus at Feierwork
December 8 Berlin, Germany (D) Knaack
December 9 Copenhagen, Denmark (DK) Loppen
December 10 Hamburg, Germany (D) Hafenklang
December 11 Cologne, Germany (D) Underground
December 12 Kontich, Belgium (B) Lintfabriek
December 13 Tilburg, Netherlands (NL) 013
December 14 Groningen, Netherlands (NL) Vera
SUFFOCATION:
November 14 Asbury Park, NJ Asbury Park Convention Hall as part of MassConcerts Presents New Jersey Metalfest
TODAY IS THE DAY:
November 15 Asbury Park, NJ Asbury Park Convention Hall as part of MassConcerts Presents New Jersey Metalfest
ZEKE:
November 20 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
November 21 San Diego, CA Casbah
November 22 Long Beach, CA Alex's Bar
November 23 San Francisco, CA The Pound
November 28 Seattle, WA Graceland
December 5 Tacoma, WA Hell's Kitchen
December 6 Bellingham, WA The Factory
Betsey Cichoracki
Press Assistant
* Relapse Records *
* Release Entertainment *
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betsey@relapse.com
610.734.1000 (x106)
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11.11.2003
update for our All That's Heavy Online Music Store
Howdy!
This stock update for our All That's Heavy Online Music Store
(http://www.stonerrock.com/store) will be quick and to the point: The
Awesome Machine "The Soul of a Thousand Years" CD and LP are both IN
STOCK NOW!!!! Also, YOB "Catharsis" CD is BACK IN STOCK NOW!! Here's some
quick info on the brand new behemoth from The Awesome Machine (the
latest restocks since our last newsletter are listed below as well):
THE AWESOME MACHINE
THE SOUL OF A THOUSAND YEARS CD / LP
IT'S IN STOCK NOW!!!!
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Reaching way out past the well worn stoner rock blueprint to pastures
far more stimulating and rewarding, Sweden’s The Awesome Machine are
suddenly immense. Three albums in and they’re now right up there with the
very best. They’ve got some of the classic old school qualities of
those early 90’s Candlemass times; they’re massively powerful and suddenly
very special. The perfectly named band does not sound like anyone else,
they’re just plugged in to the source in a way the REAL classic stoner
doom bands of past times have been – Candlemass, St.Vitus - and take it
somewhere the others don’t.
The Awesome Machine mix their doom with a dark edge psychedelic swirl,
a flavored medieval trance state and this spellbinding guitar sound
that’s all of their own. The Awesome Machine pace everything just so
perfectly and when they do hook in to more obvious territory it still sounds
massive in a very rewarding Soundgarden/Kyuss/Queens kind of way. The
real treasures are when they really get out there and reach the places
none of the others go. The Awesome Machine are not just another stoner
rock band, they’re a uniquely massive band and this is highly
recommended. One of the albums of the year. (Organ Magazine)
http://www.stonerrock.com/store
MOST RECENT RESTOCKS:
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~Acid King - Zoroaster CD
~Earth - Sunn Amps and Smashed Guitars CD
~Eternal Elysium - Spiritualized D CD
~Eternal Elysium - Share LP
~Los Natas - Toba Trance CD
~Pharoah Overlord - #1 CD
~Pharoah Overlord - #2 CD
~Various Artists: The Mighty Desert Rock Avengers 2CD
~Various Artists: The Mighty Desert Rock Avengers 2LP
~YOB: Catharsis CD
Click the link to visit All That's Heavy now:
http://www.stonerrock.com/store
Over and out from:
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http://www.stonerrock.com/store
Howdy!
This stock update for our All That's Heavy Online Music Store
(http://www.stonerrock.com/store) will be quick and to the point: The
Awesome Machine "The Soul of a Thousand Years" CD and LP are both IN
STOCK NOW!!!! Also, YOB "Catharsis" CD is BACK IN STOCK NOW!! Here's some
quick info on the brand new behemoth from The Awesome Machine (the
latest restocks since our last newsletter are listed below as well):
THE AWESOME MACHINE
THE SOUL OF A THOUSAND YEARS CD / LP
IT'S IN STOCK NOW!!!!
======================================
Reaching way out past the well worn stoner rock blueprint to pastures
far more stimulating and rewarding, Sweden’s The Awesome Machine are
suddenly immense. Three albums in and they’re now right up there with the
very best. They’ve got some of the classic old school qualities of
those early 90’s Candlemass times; they’re massively powerful and suddenly
very special. The perfectly named band does not sound like anyone else,
they’re just plugged in to the source in a way the REAL classic stoner
doom bands of past times have been – Candlemass, St.Vitus - and take it
somewhere the others don’t.
The Awesome Machine mix their doom with a dark edge psychedelic swirl,
a flavored medieval trance state and this spellbinding guitar sound
that’s all of their own. The Awesome Machine pace everything just so
perfectly and when they do hook in to more obvious territory it still sounds
massive in a very rewarding Soundgarden/Kyuss/Queens kind of way. The
real treasures are when they really get out there and reach the places
none of the others go. The Awesome Machine are not just another stoner
rock band, they’re a uniquely massive band and this is highly
recommended. One of the albums of the year. (Organ Magazine)
http://www.stonerrock.com/store
MOST RECENT RESTOCKS:
=======================
~Acid King - Zoroaster CD
~Earth - Sunn Amps and Smashed Guitars CD
~Eternal Elysium - Spiritualized D CD
~Eternal Elysium - Share LP
~Los Natas - Toba Trance CD
~Pharoah Overlord - #1 CD
~Pharoah Overlord - #2 CD
~Various Artists: The Mighty Desert Rock Avengers 2CD
~Various Artists: The Mighty Desert Rock Avengers 2LP
~YOB: Catharsis CD
Click the link to visit All That's Heavy now:
http://www.stonerrock.com/store
Over and out from:
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There comes a time in every publicist's life...
...when they just need to get married and take a vacation....
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the time is here. For those of you who don't know, this weekend is our wedding. The months and months of planning are finally about to come to an end, and on Saturday, the 15th, Liz and I will become the newest husband/wife PR team in the metal world. With our glasses held high and truckloads of family and friends joining, we take the vows and party our asses off on Saturday, and then hit the southern end of the country for a week in Orlando, and our much-needed honeymoon.
I know there's a lot going on here, and any requests you may have, please let us know now if they need taken care of immediately. For all other requests, we'll be back into slave-mode as of the 24th, so if we take a bit to get back to you, now you know why. But as of this Thursday, Nov. 13th, we'll be closing down shop by late afternoon to go get this shindig happeneing, so please drop us a line before then if anything is urgently requested.
We thanks every one of you we talk to and work with for everything you've done, and we'll look forward to working together more. Keep the requests coming, and we'll keep the music flowing the best we can. Talk to you soon.
Liz and Dave
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Liz and Dave - Earsplit PR
PO Box 142, Congers NY 10920-0142 | earsplitpr@aol.com
"When I was just a baby my momma told me, 'son, always be a good boy, don't ever play with guns'.
But I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die." - Johnny Cash
EARSPLIT ON TAP:
| -16- | Asterius | Attila Csihar | Boris | Cream Abdul Babar/Kylesa |
| Fu Manchu | Generous Maria | Ghost Orgy | Grief | Hammers of Misfortune |
| Harmful | Hatebreed | Helvis | Jezabel | Khanate | King Prawn |
| Life Of Agony | Leadfoot | Meatjack | Namanista | PB Army | Pharaoh |
| Place Of Skulls | The Postman Syndrome | Probot | Project Bottlecap |
| Psychotogen | The Quill | Rue | Sourvein | SUNNO))) | Tartharia | Throcult |
| Toadliquor | Trivium | Unpersons | Wehrwolfe | YOB |
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COMING SOON:
Swarm Of The Lotus full length, Rue full-length,
the long-awaited Probot album, EarsplitPR website and more....
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...when they just need to get married and take a vacation....
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the time is here. For those of you who don't know, this weekend is our wedding. The months and months of planning are finally about to come to an end, and on Saturday, the 15th, Liz and I will become the newest husband/wife PR team in the metal world. With our glasses held high and truckloads of family and friends joining, we take the vows and party our asses off on Saturday, and then hit the southern end of the country for a week in Orlando, and our much-needed honeymoon.
I know there's a lot going on here, and any requests you may have, please let us know now if they need taken care of immediately. For all other requests, we'll be back into slave-mode as of the 24th, so if we take a bit to get back to you, now you know why. But as of this Thursday, Nov. 13th, we'll be closing down shop by late afternoon to go get this shindig happeneing, so please drop us a line before then if anything is urgently requested.
We thanks every one of you we talk to and work with for everything you've done, and we'll look forward to working together more. Keep the requests coming, and we'll keep the music flowing the best we can. Talk to you soon.
Liz and Dave
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Liz and Dave - Earsplit PR
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"When I was just a baby my momma told me, 'son, always be a good boy, don't ever play with guns'.
But I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die." - Johnny Cash
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| Toadliquor | Trivium | Unpersons | Wehrwolfe | YOB |
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COMING SOON:
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MARILYN MANSON To Be Featured On 'The Sharon Osbourne Show'
MARILYN MANSON will be a featured guest on "The Sharon Osbourne Show" on Friday, November 14. "The Sharon Osbourne Show" airs on the WB network. For more information, see sharonosbourne.com.
MARILYN MANSON will be a featured guest on "The Sharon Osbourne Show" on Friday, November 14. "The Sharon Osbourne Show" airs on the WB network. For more information, see sharonosbourne.com.
11.09.2003
Lofreq
LOFREQ will be playing @
the HI-POINTE (st. louis,mo) SUPERFUNHAPPYHOUR LIVE BROADCAST!!! 88.1 FM
KDHX http://www.kdhx.org
MONDAY, NOV. 10TH
W/ THROTTLEROD http://www.throttlerod.com
and LUNG DUST
AND!!! @
FRIEND'S & COMPANY (charleston, il)
TUESDAY, NOV. 11TH
W/ THROTTLEROD
see ya there!!!
XOXO
LOFREQ
news-"IF THIS IS THE BEST YA GOT...WE WANT OUR SOULS BACK" is now available from http://www.stonerrock.com at thier "ALL THAT'S HEAVY" store. you
can also get it for free if you buy at least $50 worth of some of the TONS of other cool shit that's available from them...check it out!!!
in the next few weeks there are many changes to come to the LOFREQ
website...TOUR TEXAS photos/video, other photos, SNAKE OIL SUPERCHARM- a tribute to ZODIAC MINDWARP and the LOVE REACTION news (if not the CD
itself!?), a brand new (super filthy) LINKS page, and much more!!!
stay tuned!!!
LOFREQ will be playing @
the HI-POINTE (st. louis,mo) SUPERFUNHAPPYHOUR LIVE BROADCAST!!! 88.1 FM
KDHX http://www.kdhx.org
MONDAY, NOV. 10TH
W/ THROTTLEROD http://www.throttlerod.com
and LUNG DUST
AND!!! @
FRIEND'S & COMPANY (charleston, il)
TUESDAY, NOV. 11TH
W/ THROTTLEROD
see ya there!!!
XOXO
LOFREQ
news-"IF THIS IS THE BEST YA GOT...WE WANT OUR SOULS BACK" is now available from http://www.stonerrock.com at thier "ALL THAT'S HEAVY" store. you
can also get it for free if you buy at least $50 worth of some of the TONS of other cool shit that's available from them...check it out!!!
in the next few weeks there are many changes to come to the LOFREQ
website...TOUR TEXAS photos/video, other photos, SNAKE OIL SUPERCHARM- a tribute to ZODIAC MINDWARP and the LOVE REACTION news (if not the CD
itself!?), a brand new (super filthy) LINKS page, and much more!!!
stay tuned!!!
Bugra & KRVESTREB from TURKEY
Hails UNDERGROUND FREAKS
I am Bugra & KRVESTREB from TURKEY.We have not been able to get into touch as for a long time as I have had to to deal with many problems.The most important of all was my military service...
I could not reply to the letters and e.mails,for which I am really sorry.During my military service,I had difficult and bad days.We went to Iraq and we joined to a
part of the war in Iraq. The difficult 15 months passed and at last,despite all the difficulties,I was able to finish it. If you send me your lastest news,I can put them to my fanzine.I started working on the second issue of KREVESTREB web-zine and I am planning to release the new issue in a month’s time.I will be again with a new issue in which there will be reviews,interviews,recent
news regarding elite black/death/grind/thrash bands,magazines,fanzines,distro,prod.,records
...etc. Tell this to your friends and if they have any material to send,they can feel free to send.I can promote and make reviews on them.Moreover,I have a plan about a distro called KAOSS;and I will send the latest news about this in the near future.
My band KRVESTREB continues to the works,soon we will start to the works for the new demo.For now the title of the demo is ‘Sexual Pervertion’;it is again Dark,Brutal,Sick Black/GrindGore. I will send the latest news soon,as well.Take Good Care and Reply Soon.......
(Only Underground Black/Death/Grind/Gore and Thrash Metal.)My ambition are to setup a friendship of Underground and Support to True Underground
Bands-Labels-Zines-Distros-Prod.s......
Sent your material for review and possible interview.Sent all of your
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Hails UNDERGROUND FREAKS
I am Bugra & KRVESTREB from TURKEY.We have not been able to get into touch as for a long time as I have had to to deal with many problems.The most important of all was my military service...
I could not reply to the letters and e.mails,for which I am really sorry.During my military service,I had difficult and bad days.We went to Iraq and we joined to a
part of the war in Iraq. The difficult 15 months passed and at last,despite all the difficulties,I was able to finish it. If you send me your lastest news,I can put them to my fanzine.I started working on the second issue of KREVESTREB web-zine and I am planning to release the new issue in a month’s time.I will be again with a new issue in which there will be reviews,interviews,recent
news regarding elite black/death/grind/thrash bands,magazines,fanzines,distro,prod.,records
...etc. Tell this to your friends and if they have any material to send,they can feel free to send.I can promote and make reviews on them.Moreover,I have a plan about a distro called KAOSS;and I will send the latest news about this in the near future.
My band KRVESTREB continues to the works,soon we will start to the works for the new demo.For now the title of the demo is ‘Sexual Pervertion’;it is again Dark,Brutal,Sick Black/GrindGore. I will send the latest news soon,as well.Take Good Care and Reply Soon.......
(Only Underground Black/Death/Grind/Gore and Thrash Metal.)My ambition are to setup a friendship of Underground and Support to True Underground
Bands-Labels-Zines-Distros-Prod.s......
Sent your material for review and possible interview.Sent all of your
materials in REGISTERED LETTER.
TOTAL UNDERGROUND & FUCKING UNDERGROUND SUPPORT THE TRUE UNDERGROUND
KRVESTREB UNDERGROUND LEGION;
c/o BUgRA (PANZERFAUST) PK:1297 01122 Cemalpasa - ADANA - TURKEY
E-mail: krvestreb@hotmail.com mobil tel: 00 90 536 229 87 83
www.krvestreb.cjb.net
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The price is Euro 10 for minute.Who partecipate will have also an interview on the magazine.
Contact us soon screametal@email.it .Some bands are In Better Days,Dark Clouds,Law of The Plague,Immemoreal,Iron Bitchface,Swartzkoglen,Slow Agony,KH3...
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We are looking for bands and labels that want to be on compilation Phantasmata Vol.3...
The price is only Euro 20 for a song.Contact us soon phantasmata@email.it .
Some bands are Iron Bitchface,Law of The Plague,Slow Agony,KH3,Carnal Lust,Gutted,Steel Glory,
Tuatha De Dannan,Hybrid Viscery,Adultery,Skinfected,Raspatul,Dawn of Defiance,Bone Crushing Annihilation...
http://utenti.lycos.it/phantasmata
The Internet Promo Agency:
Services:
Promotion:
- promotion through internet, radio and written press
- promotional banner on our sites
- booking of bands on compilations
- booking of written or phone interviews
- promotion of bands through newsletter
- promotion of productions through the website
- mailing of press package
- contest on website
- email promotion (over 19400 contacts)
- street team promotion (staff of over 500 kids in 50 countries in the world)
- supported by ScreaMetal Magazine
- supported by MetalSon Magazine
- supported by Musicland Magazine
Management:
- finding a label,studio, printer, distributor,licence... and all kinds of deals
- help in distribution of your releases
- help in marketing and merchdising
- supported by Phantasmata Production
Bands,Labels,.....if you are interested contact us.screametal@email.it
Special offers :
Euro/$ 250 for a year of promotion and management (all our sevices).
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Some old and new clients are Void Sales,Slow Agony,World War III Rec....
MetalSon Magazine(magazine on A4paper in 8000 copies)
We are looking for bands and labels that want to be on compilation attached on magazine.
The price is Euro 20 for minute.Contact us soon .Some bands are Bestial Devastation,Execrator.....
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Special offer for advertisement on magazine:
Back Cover:Euro/$ 200
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Let me know for the end of October.
CADAVERIA: Sophomore Album To Surface In January
CADAVERIA, the Italian band featuring former OPERA IX vocalist Cadaveria and ex-OPERA IX drummer/NECRODEATH vocalist Marçelo Santos (a.k.a. Flegias), have pushed back the release date of their sophomore album, "Far Away From Conformity", to January 12 through Scarlet Records.
The follow-up to last year's "The Shadows' Madame" was recorded and mixed at Capitan Woofer Studio in Italy between May and July and was mastered at Mastering Room in Sweden.
The complete track listing for "Far Away From Conformity" (view cover here) is as follows:
01. Blood And Confusion
02. Eleven Three O Three
03. Irreverent Elegy
04. The Divine Rapture
05. Omen Of Delirium
06. Call Me
07. Out Body Experience
08. Prayer Of Sorrow
09. Vox Of Anti-Time
In other news, Cadaveria and CADAVERIA bassist Killer Bob (a.k.a. John) are currently recording an album for Italy's Nocturnal Music with their side project DYNABYTE.
The band, whose music is said to be influenced by the likes of FEAR FACTORY, RAMMSTEIN and MARILYN MANSON, have posted their entire March 2002 demo, titled simply "Promo 2002", at their official web site.
The songs available for download are as follows:
01. Dynabyte (mp3)
02. I Stand Still (mp3)
03. Immigrant Song (LED ZEPPELIN cover) (mp3)
04. I'll Rise (mp3)
DYNABYTE's debut album is slated for release in early 2004.
CADAVERIA, the Italian band featuring former OPERA IX vocalist Cadaveria and ex-OPERA IX drummer/NECRODEATH vocalist Marçelo Santos (a.k.a. Flegias), have pushed back the release date of their sophomore album, "Far Away From Conformity", to January 12 through Scarlet Records.
The follow-up to last year's "The Shadows' Madame" was recorded and mixed at Capitan Woofer Studio in Italy between May and July and was mastered at Mastering Room in Sweden.
The complete track listing for "Far Away From Conformity" (view cover here) is as follows:
01. Blood And Confusion
02. Eleven Three O Three
03. Irreverent Elegy
04. The Divine Rapture
05. Omen Of Delirium
06. Call Me
07. Out Body Experience
08. Prayer Of Sorrow
09. Vox Of Anti-Time
In other news, Cadaveria and CADAVERIA bassist Killer Bob (a.k.a. John) are currently recording an album for Italy's Nocturnal Music with their side project DYNABYTE.
The band, whose music is said to be influenced by the likes of FEAR FACTORY, RAMMSTEIN and MARILYN MANSON, have posted their entire March 2002 demo, titled simply "Promo 2002", at their official web site.
The songs available for download are as follows:
01. Dynabyte (mp3)
02. I Stand Still (mp3)
03. Immigrant Song (LED ZEPPELIN cover) (mp3)
04. I'll Rise (mp3)
DYNABYTE's debut album is slated for release in early 2004.
BYZANTINE Name Debut CD
West Virginia's BYZANTINE have set "The Fundamental Component" as the title for their debut album, due on February 10, 2004 through Prosthetic Records. "[At first] we were not going to even name the album," the band write on their web site. "Just let it be our self-titled debut. But, in order to draw distinction from the DK [Entertainment] European release, which is untitled and scheduled to come out who knows when, and also to have more marketing potential, we decided on naming it."
Having cut their teeth touring and playing shows with everyone from LAMB OF GOD to NORA to LACUNA COIL, BYZANTINE will embark on a national run in early January. Exact cities and dates will be announced soon.
West Virginia's BYZANTINE have set "The Fundamental Component" as the title for their debut album, due on February 10, 2004 through Prosthetic Records. "[At first] we were not going to even name the album," the band write on their web site. "Just let it be our self-titled debut. But, in order to draw distinction from the DK [Entertainment] European release, which is untitled and scheduled to come out who knows when, and also to have more marketing potential, we decided on naming it."
Having cut their teeth touring and playing shows with everyone from LAMB OF GOD to NORA to LACUNA COIL, BYZANTINE will embark on a national run in early January. Exact cities and dates will be announced soon.
MORTIIS Begin Recording New Album
MORTIIS are currently holed up at Silvertone Studios in Fredrikstad, Norway with producer Vegard Blomberg working on new material for their forthcoming album.
Work on the follow-up to the acclaimed "Smell Of Rain" album has been going well. "So far the studio has been totally right for us," said Mortiis. "Good vibes, good people and it's cool to finally be able to work in Pro Tools as well The sound really speaks for itself on that level, even though we're still totally on a 'work-in-progress' level."
In a departure from the band's last album, MORTIIS have adopted a different approach to the recording, preferring to lock themselves away for short periods. Mortiis added, "I like the way we are working now, by coming in and living in the studio for a week at a time and just working on whatever we feel like working on at the moment. It is a much more creative environment compared to last time when I had to live as a squatter for months on end and went out and got drunk every day because I didn't want to go back to the flea infested mattress that was my home for several weeks. It feels good not to have to deal with that this time around."
Working titles for the newly recorded tracks include: "Way Too Wicked", "The Grudge", "Twist The Knife" and "Broken Skin". "The songs so far sound a lot more certain of themselves and all around it is a lot harsher, a lot heavier. It contains the anger I was unable to vent last time around basically", said Mortiis.
The new material is set to appear on what will be the band's third album for the Earache label, with a release scheduled for summer 2004.
MORTIIS are Mortiis (vocals), Levi Troite (guitar), Asmund Sveinunggard (guitar) and Svein Traserud (drums).
MORTIIS are currently holed up at Silvertone Studios in Fredrikstad, Norway with producer Vegard Blomberg working on new material for their forthcoming album.
Work on the follow-up to the acclaimed "Smell Of Rain" album has been going well. "So far the studio has been totally right for us," said Mortiis. "Good vibes, good people and it's cool to finally be able to work in Pro Tools as well The sound really speaks for itself on that level, even though we're still totally on a 'work-in-progress' level."
In a departure from the band's last album, MORTIIS have adopted a different approach to the recording, preferring to lock themselves away for short periods. Mortiis added, "I like the way we are working now, by coming in and living in the studio for a week at a time and just working on whatever we feel like working on at the moment. It is a much more creative environment compared to last time when I had to live as a squatter for months on end and went out and got drunk every day because I didn't want to go back to the flea infested mattress that was my home for several weeks. It feels good not to have to deal with that this time around."
Working titles for the newly recorded tracks include: "Way Too Wicked", "The Grudge", "Twist The Knife" and "Broken Skin". "The songs so far sound a lot more certain of themselves and all around it is a lot harsher, a lot heavier. It contains the anger I was unable to vent last time around basically", said Mortiis.
The new material is set to appear on what will be the band's third album for the Earache label, with a release scheduled for summer 2004.
MORTIIS are Mortiis (vocals), Levi Troite (guitar), Asmund Sveinunggard (guitar) and Svein Traserud (drums).
HAMMERFALL Cheated Out Of U.S. Tour Earnings
Sweden's HAMMERFALL have been cheated out of their entire earnings from their U.S. tour last year, including all the merchandising money — in the amount of 250,000 Swedish kronor (approximately $32,000).
"A person has stolen the money from the five-week-long tour, plus the money from the sales of t-shirts and other merchandise," HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak told the Swedish daily newspaper Aftonbladet.
Added vocalist Joacim Cans, "It took us several months to find this out. In addition, he stole the drums, the amplifiers, and all the other rental equipment [used during the tour]."
HAMMERFALL's record company, Nuclear Blast Records, had recommended this person who was part of the tour entourage.
"He came with good references, but he had an extreme split personality," Oscar said. "All of a sudden, he would become enraged [for no apparent reason]."
When asked if they have reported this theft to the police, Joacim said, "That's up to our German management to handle. The police report has to be filed in the U.S. To everyone's surprise, the man recently showed up again [after not being seen for a while]. But he's spent all the money [he stole]. According to the booking agency [that was responsible for arranging the tour], he's promised to pay it back."
Sweden's HAMMERFALL have been cheated out of their entire earnings from their U.S. tour last year, including all the merchandising money — in the amount of 250,000 Swedish kronor (approximately $32,000).
"A person has stolen the money from the five-week-long tour, plus the money from the sales of t-shirts and other merchandise," HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak told the Swedish daily newspaper Aftonbladet.
Added vocalist Joacim Cans, "It took us several months to find this out. In addition, he stole the drums, the amplifiers, and all the other rental equipment [used during the tour]."
HAMMERFALL's record company, Nuclear Blast Records, had recommended this person who was part of the tour entourage.
"He came with good references, but he had an extreme split personality," Oscar said. "All of a sudden, he would become enraged [for no apparent reason]."
When asked if they have reported this theft to the police, Joacim said, "That's up to our German management to handle. The police report has to be filed in the U.S. To everyone's surprise, the man recently showed up again [after not being seen for a while]. But he's spent all the money [he stole]. According to the booking agency [that was responsible for arranging the tour], he's promised to pay it back."
ANGEL DUST Vow To Carry On Despite Bassist's Departure
German power metallers ANGEL DUST have vowed to carry on with a new bassist following their acrimonious split with Frank Banx late last month. The group will commence the songwriting process for a new album in January, with a tentative summer 2004 release date planned.
Writing to the band's official guestbook on October 29, Banx said, "I herewith declare that there will be no more ANGEL DUST albums in future, no more shows in future or any other kind of official appearance of [ANGEL DUST singer] Dirk Thurisch and me together because of [irreconcilable] personal and musical differences. I will release no pop music!! For details, please [refer to] my statement from late July last year.
"Those who believe that I destroyed ANGEL DUST should know that I left the band [of my own accord]. You can keep your ANGEL DUST. I will keep mine in memory."
ANGEL DUST's last studio album, "Of Human Bondage", was released in 2002 through Century Media Records.
German power metallers ANGEL DUST have vowed to carry on with a new bassist following their acrimonious split with Frank Banx late last month. The group will commence the songwriting process for a new album in January, with a tentative summer 2004 release date planned.
Writing to the band's official guestbook on October 29, Banx said, "I herewith declare that there will be no more ANGEL DUST albums in future, no more shows in future or any other kind of official appearance of [ANGEL DUST singer] Dirk Thurisch and me together because of [irreconcilable] personal and musical differences. I will release no pop music!! For details, please [refer to] my statement from late July last year.
"Those who believe that I destroyed ANGEL DUST should know that I left the band [of my own accord]. You can keep your ANGEL DUST. I will keep mine in memory."
ANGEL DUST's last studio album, "Of Human Bondage", was released in 2002 through Century Media Records.
MACHINE HEAD: 'Imperium' Video Posted Online
The full-length, uncut version of the video for MACHINE HEAD's new single, "Imperium", has been posted online in the "Media" section of the band's official web site. Also available for viewing is an exclusive behind-the-scenes feature on the making of the video. "Imperium" comes off the group's fifth studio album, "Through The Ashes Of Empires", which was released in Europe on October 27 through Roadrunner Records.
MACHINE HEAD are currently seeking a North American record deal following their recent split with the U.S. branch of Roadrunner Records. The band kicked off a European headlining tour on October 31 in Dublin, Ireland.
The full-length, uncut version of the video for MACHINE HEAD's new single, "Imperium", has been posted online in the "Media" section of the band's official web site. Also available for viewing is an exclusive behind-the-scenes feature on the making of the video. "Imperium" comes off the group's fifth studio album, "Through The Ashes Of Empires", which was released in Europe on October 27 through Roadrunner Records.
MACHINE HEAD are currently seeking a North American record deal following their recent split with the U.S. branch of Roadrunner Records. The band kicked off a European headlining tour on October 31 in Dublin, Ireland.
BESEECH: New Music Sample Available For Download
Swedish "gothic metallers" BESEECH have posted a 50-second sound clip from their upcoming fourth full-length album, "Drama", at this location (.zip file, 777 KB). The CD (view cover here) is due on January 26 through Napalm Records
The follow-up to 2002's "Souls Highway" was recorded at Studio Mega and was mastered at Cutting Room. The group's first effort since the departure of longtime guitarist Klas Bohlin will feature the following track listing:
01. Drama
02. Higher Level
03. Voices
04. Forever Falling
05. Bitch
06. Addicted
07. Come On In
08. Friend Emptiness
A brand-new promotional photo of the group can be viewed at this location.
Swedish "gothic metallers" BESEECH have posted a 50-second sound clip from their upcoming fourth full-length album, "Drama", at this location (.zip file, 777 KB). The CD (view cover here) is due on January 26 through Napalm Records
The follow-up to 2002's "Souls Highway" was recorded at Studio Mega and was mastered at Cutting Room. The group's first effort since the departure of longtime guitarist Klas Bohlin will feature the following track listing:
01. Drama
02. Higher Level
03. Voices
04. Forever Falling
05. Bitch
06. Addicted
07. Come On In
08. Friend Emptiness
A brand-new promotional photo of the group can be viewed at this location.
ION VEIN Part Ways With Drummer, Seek Replacement
Chicago prog/power metallers ION VEIN have parted ways with longtime drummer Scott Lang due to musical differences. A replacement has not yet been named. Interested parties can send e-mail inquiries to mail@ionvein.com with "drummer" in the subject box.
ION VEIN have lined up a show at the Penny Road Pub in S. Barrington, Ilinois on December 6. Joe Babiak from PARALLEL MIND will be filling in on drums for the gig. Also appearing on the bill will be DSG (DAVID SHANKLE GROUP) and TWELFTH GATE.
ION VEIN's latest album, "Reigning Memories", was produced by Neil Kernon (CANNIBAL CORPSE, NEVERMORE, QUEENSRŸCHE) and is now available at most of the top online metal vendors. Check out ionvein.com for all the latest news.
Chicago prog/power metallers ION VEIN have parted ways with longtime drummer Scott Lang due to musical differences. A replacement has not yet been named. Interested parties can send e-mail inquiries to mail@ionvein.com with "drummer" in the subject box.
ION VEIN have lined up a show at the Penny Road Pub in S. Barrington, Ilinois on December 6. Joe Babiak from PARALLEL MIND will be filling in on drums for the gig. Also appearing on the bill will be DSG (DAVID SHANKLE GROUP) and TWELFTH GATE.
ION VEIN's latest album, "Reigning Memories", was produced by Neil Kernon (CANNIBAL CORPSE, NEVERMORE, QUEENSRŸCHE) and is now available at most of the top online metal vendors. Check out ionvein.com for all the latest news.
11.08.2003
News Update from United Inc
Hello, everyone!!! Let me fill you in on a few special items we'll be carrying in the United mobile store...
* New CHEMLAB EP limited edition, signed and numbered!
* FUCK ART LET'S KILL shirts, reissued!
* PITCHSHIFTER's Double CD import!
* NEW PITCHSHIFTER shirt
* DRAGSTER CDs from the UK!
* PIGFACE DVDs and much much more!!
There is a new limited edition Chemlab EP that will be numbered and signed and available ONLY on the tour. The 4-song EP consists of 2 Sutures (which are sonic experiences that are featured on every Chemlab
record), 1 new song & I remix (Chemlab/Agression Remix) off the new CD. It also contains 2 previously unreleased tracks from demo sessions for Eastside Militiafeaturing William Tucker and Geno (Filter).
Remember the infamous "FUCK ART LET'S KILL" shirt?? Created by Jared Louche, seen on the Ministry tour, and reissued! Jared will be singing with Pigface the first few weeks of the tour.
We will also have available Pitchshifters new double CD bootlegged, distorted, remixed & uploadedfor sale, along with a brand new shirt, as well as Dragster's CD. Both J.S. Clayden (PS) and Fi (Dragster) will be
sharing the stage with Pigface. Both CDs and shirts are currently only available in the UK.
We will also be selling 2 new Pigface DVDs: 'United I Tour' and '90-96' featuring footage from Glitchand Son of a Glitch .
And as usual there will be lots of new, old and free swag available at the booth! Over 40 shirt designs, over 250 CDs, rarities and imports, and your Pigface paraphernalia as well!
A reminder... Dope is hosting MTV2's Headbanger's Ball this Saturday night (the 8th). Don't miss the sneak preview at these guys with a rep!
Expect some surprises with this tour. We have a wedding scheduled and much more...
There is still time to be wed by Pigface! It is available on Ebay.
Don't miss these great tours happening as we breathe:
We've got Bile with KMFDM on the WWIII tour www.bilestyle.com
Nocturne is out with King Diamond and Entombed www.nocturne.cc
More Machine Than Man is touring with Razed in Black www.mmtm.com
Yours,
Suzan / Candyxxx
If you'd like to be involved and want to promote, feel free to
download flyers, links to cool downloads like videos, photos and more
tour info!
Or e-mail me at united@theunitedtour.com.
Hello, everyone!!! Let me fill you in on a few special items we'll be carrying in the United mobile store...
* New CHEMLAB EP limited edition, signed and numbered!
* FUCK ART LET'S KILL shirts, reissued!
* PITCHSHIFTER's Double CD import!
* NEW PITCHSHIFTER shirt
* DRAGSTER CDs from the UK!
* PIGFACE DVDs and much much more!!
There is a new limited edition Chemlab EP that will be numbered and signed and available ONLY on the tour. The 4-song EP consists of 2 Sutures (which are sonic experiences that are featured on every Chemlab
record), 1 new song & I remix (Chemlab/Agression Remix) off the new CD. It also contains 2 previously unreleased tracks from demo sessions for Eastside Militiafeaturing William Tucker and Geno (Filter).
Remember the infamous "FUCK ART LET'S KILL" shirt?? Created by Jared Louche, seen on the Ministry tour, and reissued! Jared will be singing with Pigface the first few weeks of the tour.
We will also have available Pitchshifters new double CD bootlegged, distorted, remixed & uploadedfor sale, along with a brand new shirt, as well as Dragster's CD. Both J.S. Clayden (PS) and Fi (Dragster) will be
sharing the stage with Pigface. Both CDs and shirts are currently only available in the UK.
We will also be selling 2 new Pigface DVDs: 'United I Tour' and '90-96' featuring footage from Glitchand Son of a Glitch .
And as usual there will be lots of new, old and free swag available at the booth! Over 40 shirt designs, over 250 CDs, rarities and imports, and your Pigface paraphernalia as well!
A reminder... Dope is hosting MTV2's Headbanger's Ball this Saturday night (the 8th). Don't miss the sneak preview at these guys with a rep!
Expect some surprises with this tour. We have a wedding scheduled and much more...
There is still time to be wed by Pigface! It is available on Ebay.
Don't miss these great tours happening as we breathe:
We've got Bile with KMFDM on the WWIII tour www.bilestyle.com
Nocturne is out with King Diamond and Entombed www.nocturne.cc
More Machine Than Man is touring with Razed in Black www.mmtm.com
Yours,
Suzan / Candyxxx
If you'd like to be involved and want to promote, feel free to
download flyers, links to cool downloads like videos, photos and more
tour info!
Or e-mail me at united@theunitedtour.com.
ZAKK WYLDE To Begin Recording New BLACK LABEL SOCIETY Album
OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Zakk Wylde will enter the studio on November 19 to begin recording the next BLACK LABEL SOCIETY album, tentatively due next spring through Spitfire Records. Wylde will spend approximately five weeks working on the follow-up to this year's "The Blessed Hellride", which has sold 126,960 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan. No further information is available at this time.
OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Zakk Wylde will enter the studio on November 19 to begin recording the next BLACK LABEL SOCIETY album, tentatively due next spring through Spitfire Records. Wylde will spend approximately five weeks working on the follow-up to this year's "The Blessed Hellride", which has sold 126,960 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan. No further information is available at this time.
BORKNAGAR Debut To Get Reissue Treatment
Norway's BORKNAGAR will be reissuing their self-titled debut album on December 28 through Displeased Records. Originally released in 1996 via Malicious Records and re-released in the U.S. in 1999 through Century Media, the new version of the CD will feature a brand-new booklet layout and will also be made available on vinyl.
BORKNAGAR are currently hard at work at Toproom and Fagerborg Studios with producer Borge Finstad (MAYHEM, SOLEFALD) recording the follow-up to 2001's "Empiricism", due in early 2004 through Century Media Records.
Norway's BORKNAGAR will be reissuing their self-titled debut album on December 28 through Displeased Records. Originally released in 1996 via Malicious Records and re-released in the U.S. in 1999 through Century Media, the new version of the CD will feature a brand-new booklet layout and will also be made available on vinyl.
BORKNAGAR are currently hard at work at Toproom and Fagerborg Studios with producer Borge Finstad (MAYHEM, SOLEFALD) recording the follow-up to 2001's "Empiricism", due in early 2004 through Century Media Records.
MOONSPELL: 'Everything Invaded' Video Posted Online
MOONSPELL's video for the track "Everything Invaded" has been posted online at the Century Media Records web site. Check it out: High-Speed, Low-Speed (Real Media). The clip was directed by Tiago Guedes, who had previously worked with the group on the clip for "Nocturna" (off 2001's "Darkness And Hope"). "Everything Invaded" comes off the group's latest CD, "The Antidote", which was released in late September. The follow-up to "Darkness And Hope" was recorded at Finnvox Studios in Helsinki, Finland with producer Hiili Hiilesmaa (H.I.M., SENTENCED, AMORPHIS).
The group, who utilized the services of AMORPHIS bassist Niclas Etelävuori during the recording sessions for "The Antidote", have since recruited Aires Pereira (ex-MALEVOLENCE) as the temporary replacement for recently departed bassist Sérgio Crestana.
MOONSPELL will be supporting TYPE O NEGATIVE and CRADLE OF FILTH on a North American tour beginning on November 13 in Albany, New York (first show to feature TYPE O NEGATIVE will take place in Worcester, MA the following night). In addition, the band will be teaming up with LACUNA COIL, PASSENGER and POISONBLACK for a European club tour this winter.
MOONSPELL's video for the track "Everything Invaded" has been posted online at the Century Media Records web site. Check it out: High-Speed, Low-Speed (Real Media). The clip was directed by Tiago Guedes, who had previously worked with the group on the clip for "Nocturna" (off 2001's "Darkness And Hope"). "Everything Invaded" comes off the group's latest CD, "The Antidote", which was released in late September. The follow-up to "Darkness And Hope" was recorded at Finnvox Studios in Helsinki, Finland with producer Hiili Hiilesmaa (H.I.M., SENTENCED, AMORPHIS).
The group, who utilized the services of AMORPHIS bassist Niclas Etelävuori during the recording sessions for "The Antidote", have since recruited Aires Pereira (ex-MALEVOLENCE) as the temporary replacement for recently departed bassist Sérgio Crestana.
MOONSPELL will be supporting TYPE O NEGATIVE and CRADLE OF FILTH on a North American tour beginning on November 13 in Albany, New York (first show to feature TYPE O NEGATIVE will take place in Worcester, MA the following night). In addition, the band will be teaming up with LACUNA COIL, PASSENGER and POISONBLACK for a European club tour this winter.
DIABOLICAL MASQUERADE: Limited-Edition T-Shirt Available On EBAY
A limited "underground" edition of only 50 DIABOLICAL MASQUERADE "Nightwork" T-shirts has been printed as a collector's item and will be sold exclusively on eBay at this location.
As previously reported, DIABOLICAL MASQUERADE, the side-project of KATATONIA guitarist Anders Nyström (a.k.a. Blakkheim), recently entered Studio Castillo in Stockholm with engineer David Castillo (live sound engineer for KATATONIA) to begin recording their fifth album, tentatively due in early 2004 through Avantgarde Music. The follow-up to 2001's "Death's Design" will be a musical "cross between 'Nightwork' (1998) and 'Death's Design' — in other words lots of horror, weirdness and METAL!" according to the band's official web site.
A limited "underground" edition of only 50 DIABOLICAL MASQUERADE "Nightwork" T-shirts has been printed as a collector's item and will be sold exclusively on eBay at this location.
As previously reported, DIABOLICAL MASQUERADE, the side-project of KATATONIA guitarist Anders Nyström (a.k.a. Blakkheim), recently entered Studio Castillo in Stockholm with engineer David Castillo (live sound engineer for KATATONIA) to begin recording their fifth album, tentatively due in early 2004 through Avantgarde Music. The follow-up to 2001's "Death's Design" will be a musical "cross between 'Nightwork' (1998) and 'Death's Design' — in other words lots of horror, weirdness and METAL!" according to the band's official web site.
CENTURY MEDIA Brings Metal To The Masses
On November 18, the Century Family brings the metal back to the masses with a specially priced double-disc set. This compilation, "Metal For The Masses Volume II", is exclusively available at all Hot Topic retail outlets nationwide and features one 20-track disc clocking in over 75 minutes with new tracks from such groundbreaking and up and coming artists as ARCH ENEMY, DIABOLIC, DIMMU BORGIR, EYES OF FIRE, GLASS CASKET, HASTE, SHADOWS FALL and WATCH THEM DIE, among others. This disc will also have exclusive new tracks from ENFORSAKEN and GOD FORBID, whose new albums will not be unleashed until the first quarter of 2004.
The second disc in this blistering set is comprised of over 150 MP3 tracks from a diverse array of artists such as BLOODBATH, BORKNAGAR, CARNAL FORGE, DARK TRANQUILLITY, DARKANE, DEMOLITION HAMMER, DESTRUCTION, DISMEMBER, DIVINE EMPIRE, DREAM EVIL, EXTOL, EYEHATEGOD, FIREBALL MINISTRY, FLESHGRIND, FORSAKEN, GATHERING, GORGOROTH, GRAVE, HAMMERFALL, ICED EARTH, IMMOLATION, IN FLAMES, INTO ETERNITY, JAG PANZER, JUNGLE ROT, KALMAH, KATAKLYSM, KOVENANT, KRISIUN, LABYRINTH, LACUNA COIL, LOCK-UP, MESHUGGAH, MORGOTH, NEVERMORE, NIGHTRAGE, NIGHTWISH, OLD MAN'S CHILD, ONLY LIVING WITNESS, PASSENGER, SATRYICON, SCAR CULTURE, SENTENCED, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, STRATOVARIUS, TIAMAT, TIDFALL, TURMOIL, UNLEASHED, VITAL REMAINS and WITHERED EARTH, among others.
"Metal For The Masses Volume I" gave fans an inexpensive way to check out new songs from a plethora of the underground's hottest artists and has moved over 50,000 units in only 10 months time. "Metal For The Masses Volume II" will be specially priced at only $3.99. Be sure to hit www.revolvermag.com "Get Lucky" section between December 2 and January 13 for a chance to win an air brushed guitar with 100 runner ups receiving a copy of the new disc.
"Metal For The Masses Volume II" track listing:
01. WATCH THEM DIE – "Sadist Ways" (3:56)
02. ARCH ENEMY – "We Will Rise" (4:06)
03. MY RUIN – "Made To Measure" radio edit (4:43)
04. GOD FORBID – "Better Days" (3:58)
05. SKINLAB – "Beneath The Surface" (3:09)
06. STAMPIN' GROUND – "Bear The Scars" (4:11)
07. EYES OF FIRE – "Disintegrate" (4:05)
08. MOONSPELL – "Everything Invaded" radio edit (3:55)
09. NEVERMORE – "Never Purify" (4:03)
10. SHADOWS FALL – "Idiot Box" (4:30)
11. LACUNA COIL – "Heaven's A Lie" radio edit (3:50)
12. HASTE – "With All The Pride And Dignity Of A Drowning Swimmer" (3:04)
13. RADIATION 4 – "Tick. Tock. Tick." (2:50)
14. NARCISSUS – "Pride/Politics" (3:48)
15. GLASS CASKET – "Pencil Lead Syringe" (4:39)
16. ENFORSAKEN – "Poison Me" radio edit (4:15)
17. DIABOLIC – "From The Astral Plane… Entwined With Infinity" (3:47)
18. MISERY INDEX – "Retailiate" (3:28)
19. DIMMU BORGIR – "For The World To Dictate Our Death" (4:46)
20. SOILWORK – "Light The Torch" (3:43)
Total Playing Time: 77:25
On November 18, the Century Family brings the metal back to the masses with a specially priced double-disc set. This compilation, "Metal For The Masses Volume II", is exclusively available at all Hot Topic retail outlets nationwide and features one 20-track disc clocking in over 75 minutes with new tracks from such groundbreaking and up and coming artists as ARCH ENEMY, DIABOLIC, DIMMU BORGIR, EYES OF FIRE, GLASS CASKET, HASTE, SHADOWS FALL and WATCH THEM DIE, among others. This disc will also have exclusive new tracks from ENFORSAKEN and GOD FORBID, whose new albums will not be unleashed until the first quarter of 2004.
The second disc in this blistering set is comprised of over 150 MP3 tracks from a diverse array of artists such as BLOODBATH, BORKNAGAR, CARNAL FORGE, DARK TRANQUILLITY, DARKANE, DEMOLITION HAMMER, DESTRUCTION, DISMEMBER, DIVINE EMPIRE, DREAM EVIL, EXTOL, EYEHATEGOD, FIREBALL MINISTRY, FLESHGRIND, FORSAKEN, GATHERING, GORGOROTH, GRAVE, HAMMERFALL, ICED EARTH, IMMOLATION, IN FLAMES, INTO ETERNITY, JAG PANZER, JUNGLE ROT, KALMAH, KATAKLYSM, KOVENANT, KRISIUN, LABYRINTH, LACUNA COIL, LOCK-UP, MESHUGGAH, MORGOTH, NEVERMORE, NIGHTRAGE, NIGHTWISH, OLD MAN'S CHILD, ONLY LIVING WITNESS, PASSENGER, SATRYICON, SCAR CULTURE, SENTENCED, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, STRATOVARIUS, TIAMAT, TIDFALL, TURMOIL, UNLEASHED, VITAL REMAINS and WITHERED EARTH, among others.
"Metal For The Masses Volume I" gave fans an inexpensive way to check out new songs from a plethora of the underground's hottest artists and has moved over 50,000 units in only 10 months time. "Metal For The Masses Volume II" will be specially priced at only $3.99. Be sure to hit www.revolvermag.com "Get Lucky" section between December 2 and January 13 for a chance to win an air brushed guitar with 100 runner ups receiving a copy of the new disc.
"Metal For The Masses Volume II" track listing:
01. WATCH THEM DIE – "Sadist Ways" (3:56)
02. ARCH ENEMY – "We Will Rise" (4:06)
03. MY RUIN – "Made To Measure" radio edit (4:43)
04. GOD FORBID – "Better Days" (3:58)
05. SKINLAB – "Beneath The Surface" (3:09)
06. STAMPIN' GROUND – "Bear The Scars" (4:11)
07. EYES OF FIRE – "Disintegrate" (4:05)
08. MOONSPELL – "Everything Invaded" radio edit (3:55)
09. NEVERMORE – "Never Purify" (4:03)
10. SHADOWS FALL – "Idiot Box" (4:30)
11. LACUNA COIL – "Heaven's A Lie" radio edit (3:50)
12. HASTE – "With All The Pride And Dignity Of A Drowning Swimmer" (3:04)
13. RADIATION 4 – "Tick. Tock. Tick." (2:50)
14. NARCISSUS – "Pride/Politics" (3:48)
15. GLASS CASKET – "Pencil Lead Syringe" (4:39)
16. ENFORSAKEN – "Poison Me" radio edit (4:15)
17. DIABOLIC – "From The Astral Plane… Entwined With Infinity" (3:47)
18. MISERY INDEX – "Retailiate" (3:28)
19. DIMMU BORGIR – "For The World To Dictate Our Death" (4:46)
20. SOILWORK – "Light The Torch" (3:43)
Total Playing Time: 77:25
DRAGONLORD: 'Live At Seattle Metal Fest' Video On Sale Now
A video of DRAGONLORD's performance at the Seattle Metal Fest on August 22 has been made available for purchase (priced at $25) via the band's official web site at this location.
The complete track listing for the video (view cover here) is as follows:
01. Vals De La Muerte
02. Unholyvoid
03. Spirits In The Mist
04. Judgement Failed
05. Wolfhunt
06. Born To Darkness
07. Rapture
08. Black Funeral
09. Blood Voyeur
10. Tradition And Fire
DRAGONLORD is the San Francisco Bay Area black metal band featuring members of TESTAMENT. The band are currently working on material for the follow-up to 2001's "Rapture", tentatively due next year through Spitfire Records.
A video of DRAGONLORD's performance at the Seattle Metal Fest on August 22 has been made available for purchase (priced at $25) via the band's official web site at this location.
The complete track listing for the video (view cover here) is as follows:
01. Vals De La Muerte
02. Unholyvoid
03. Spirits In The Mist
04. Judgement Failed
05. Wolfhunt
06. Born To Darkness
07. Rapture
08. Black Funeral
09. Blood Voyeur
10. Tradition And Fire
DRAGONLORD is the San Francisco Bay Area black metal band featuring members of TESTAMENT. The band are currently working on material for the follow-up to 2001's "Rapture", tentatively due next year through Spitfire Records.
NEW JERSEY METAL AND HARDCORE FEST: Schedule, Set Times Announced
The complete schedule and set times have been announced for the New Jersey Metal And Hardcore Fest, a two-day event set to be held at Asbury Park's Convention Hall complex on Friday, November 14 and Saturday, November 15.
The final lineup of acts scheduled to perform at the festival looks as follows:
Main Stage - Friday, November 14:
02:15-02:35 HUMAN DECLINE
02:45-03:05 HELD UNDER
03:15-03:35 BACKSTABBERS INC.
03:45-04:05 SINAI BEACH
04:15-04:35 NOVEMBERS DOOM
04:45-05:05 BLACK DAHLIA MURDER
05:15-05:35 HYPOCRISY
05:45-06:15 CHILDREN OF BODOM
06:30-07:00 NEVERMORE
07:15-08:00 DIMMU BORGIR
08:15-09:00 MORBID ANGEL
09:30-10:15 SUPERJOINT RITUAL
10:45-11:45 DANZIG
Second Stage - Friday, November 14:
02:30-02:50 DYSRHYTHMIA
03:00-03:20 SCARS OF TOMORROW
03:30-03:45 LOVE IS RED
04:00-04:20 A PERFECT MURDER
04:30-04:50 SECOND STORY WINDOW
05:00-05:20 THE TAKEOVER
05:30-05:50 PREMONITIONS OF WAR
06:00-06:20 LICK GOLDEN SKY
06:30-06:50 CANNAE
07:00-07:20 THE PROMISE
07:30-07:50 DEVILDRIVER
08:00-08:20 FULL BLOWN CHAOS
08:30-08:50 A LIFE ONCE LOST
09:00-09:20 DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND
09:30 09:50 WITHERED EARTH
10:00-10:20 BEYOND THE EMBRACE
10:30-10:50 STRAPPING YOUNG LAD
11:00-11:20 SHATTERED REALM
11:30-12:00 SYMPHONY X
Main Stage – Saturday, November 15:
12:15-12:35 WASTEFORM
12:45-01:05 THE END
01:15-01:35 SCARLET
01:45-02:05 SUBZERO
02:15-02:35 WATCH THEM DIE
02:45-03:05 ALL THAT REMAINS
03:15-03:35 NORA
03:45-04:05 BLEEDING THROUGH
04:15-04:35 MASTODON
04:45-05:05 UNEARTH
05:15-05:45 HATE ETERNAL
06:00-06:30 MOONSPELL
06:45-07:30 DEICIDE
07:45-08:30 SUFFOCATION
08:45-09:30 NILE
09:45-10 30 TYPE O NEGATIVE
10:45-11:45 CRADLE OF FILTH
Second Stage – Saturday, November 15:
12:00-12:20 BYZANTINE
12:30-12:45 SUPERVILLIAN
01:00-01:20 THE KILLING
01:30-01:50 EMBRACE TODAY
02:00-02:20 CREMATORIUM
02:30-02:50 DAUGHTERS
03:00-03:20 REMEMBERING NEVER
03:30-03:50 AGONY SCENE
04:00-04:20 SCAR CULTURE
04:30-04:50 FLESH GRIND
05:00-05:20 MALIGNANCY
05:30-05:50 RED CHORD
06:00-06:20 MISERY INDEX
06:30-06:50 CATTLE DECAPITATION
07:00-07:20 KRISIUN
07:30-07:50 DIABOLIC
08:00-08:20 MORTICIAN
08:30-08:50 DEW-SCENTED
09:00-09:20 TODAY IS THE DAY
09:30-09:50 BONGZILLA
10:00-10:20 BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME
10:30-10:50 MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD
11:00-11:20 ALL OUT WAR
11:30-12:00 BIOHAZARD
The complete schedule and set times have been announced for the New Jersey Metal And Hardcore Fest, a two-day event set to be held at Asbury Park's Convention Hall complex on Friday, November 14 and Saturday, November 15.
The final lineup of acts scheduled to perform at the festival looks as follows:
Main Stage - Friday, November 14:
02:15-02:35 HUMAN DECLINE
02:45-03:05 HELD UNDER
03:15-03:35 BACKSTABBERS INC.
03:45-04:05 SINAI BEACH
04:15-04:35 NOVEMBERS DOOM
04:45-05:05 BLACK DAHLIA MURDER
05:15-05:35 HYPOCRISY
05:45-06:15 CHILDREN OF BODOM
06:30-07:00 NEVERMORE
07:15-08:00 DIMMU BORGIR
08:15-09:00 MORBID ANGEL
09:30-10:15 SUPERJOINT RITUAL
10:45-11:45 DANZIG
Second Stage - Friday, November 14:
02:30-02:50 DYSRHYTHMIA
03:00-03:20 SCARS OF TOMORROW
03:30-03:45 LOVE IS RED
04:00-04:20 A PERFECT MURDER
04:30-04:50 SECOND STORY WINDOW
05:00-05:20 THE TAKEOVER
05:30-05:50 PREMONITIONS OF WAR
06:00-06:20 LICK GOLDEN SKY
06:30-06:50 CANNAE
07:00-07:20 THE PROMISE
07:30-07:50 DEVILDRIVER
08:00-08:20 FULL BLOWN CHAOS
08:30-08:50 A LIFE ONCE LOST
09:00-09:20 DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND
09:30 09:50 WITHERED EARTH
10:00-10:20 BEYOND THE EMBRACE
10:30-10:50 STRAPPING YOUNG LAD
11:00-11:20 SHATTERED REALM
11:30-12:00 SYMPHONY X
Main Stage – Saturday, November 15:
12:15-12:35 WASTEFORM
12:45-01:05 THE END
01:15-01:35 SCARLET
01:45-02:05 SUBZERO
02:15-02:35 WATCH THEM DIE
02:45-03:05 ALL THAT REMAINS
03:15-03:35 NORA
03:45-04:05 BLEEDING THROUGH
04:15-04:35 MASTODON
04:45-05:05 UNEARTH
05:15-05:45 HATE ETERNAL
06:00-06:30 MOONSPELL
06:45-07:30 DEICIDE
07:45-08:30 SUFFOCATION
08:45-09:30 NILE
09:45-10 30 TYPE O NEGATIVE
10:45-11:45 CRADLE OF FILTH
Second Stage – Saturday, November 15:
12:00-12:20 BYZANTINE
12:30-12:45 SUPERVILLIAN
01:00-01:20 THE KILLING
01:30-01:50 EMBRACE TODAY
02:00-02:20 CREMATORIUM
02:30-02:50 DAUGHTERS
03:00-03:20 REMEMBERING NEVER
03:30-03:50 AGONY SCENE
04:00-04:20 SCAR CULTURE
04:30-04:50 FLESH GRIND
05:00-05:20 MALIGNANCY
05:30-05:50 RED CHORD
06:00-06:20 MISERY INDEX
06:30-06:50 CATTLE DECAPITATION
07:00-07:20 KRISIUN
07:30-07:50 DIABOLIC
08:00-08:20 MORTICIAN
08:30-08:50 DEW-SCENTED
09:00-09:20 TODAY IS THE DAY
09:30-09:50 BONGZILLA
10:00-10:20 BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME
10:30-10:50 MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD
11:00-11:20 ALL OUT WAR
11:30-12:00 BIOHAZARD
TYPE O NEGATIVE To Release Special CD+DVD Package
TYPE O NEGATIVE will be putting out a special CD + DVD package on January 12, 2004 combining "The Least Worst Of" CD and the "After Dark" DVD.
Complete with an eight-page booklet and brilliant box, the whole package will retail for less than the price of the DVD on its own, according to Roadrunner Records U.K.
TYPE O NEGATIVE will be putting out a special CD + DVD package on January 12, 2004 combining "The Least Worst Of" CD and the "After Dark" DVD.
Complete with an eight-page booklet and brilliant box, the whole package will retail for less than the price of the DVD on its own, according to Roadrunner Records U.K.
11.07.2003
Unmatched Brutality Distribution Update
Unmatched Brutality Distribution Update
http://www.unmatchedbrutality.com
Inveracity - Circle of Perversion
Now taking pre-orders!!
Preorders will ship on or before December 3rd.
Listen to an MP3 on the main page!
NEW RETCH SHIRTS ARE IN! Check out the site for a pick
Other New Stuff!
Bongzilla - Singles Collection
$10.00ea.
Review: Here is the stuff that you aren't going to find on Relapse since these tracks were taken from their pre-Relapse days and are now very rare and hard to find. This is like a Sleep meets Eyehategod style of hemp fueled sludge core. 12 bongpacking tunes more than worthy of your next roasting session.
Label: Barbarian
Tracks: 12 Length: 64:50
Cinerary - Nuns T-shirt - $15.00ea.
Size XL L
Description: Artwork from the new reissed version of the "Rituals" MCD.
Sizes L and XL in stock!!
Decomposing Serenity - We'll Stop When Your Dead
$8.00ea.
Review: Two rare 7" vinyls on one disc. Tracks 1-9 are from the At Last the Dolls are Broken 7" and tracks 10-17 are from the Corpse Juice and Lavander Kisses 7".
Label: Last House on the Right Tracks: 17 Length: 13:53
Decomposing Serenity/Mortuary Hacking Session
$8.00ea.
Review: The first all female gore/grind act I have ever heard team up with veteran noise/grinding Decomposing Serenity to produce a pitch
shifted mass of gurgling experimentation. MxHxSx deliver a bizarre twist to
their Gut styled offering in which even a harmonic makes an appearance.
Label: Last House on the Right
Tracks: 12 Length: 16:31
Decomposing Serenity/Sugar Plum Fairy - Split
$8.00ea.
Review: Latest offering from the ultimate in bizarre gore/grind. 12 blistering tracks sure to give you nightmares!
Defaced Creation - Serenity in Chaos
$10.00ea.
Review: Hailing from Sweden, Defaced Creation play straight forward blast filled death metal and are masters of it. This truly is an album that shouldn’t be missed by any fan of brutal bands such as Severe Torture
and Hate Eternal.
Label: VOD
Tracks: 12 Length: 32:48
Goatsblood - Drull
$10.00ea.
Review: Canadian juggernauts of bloated blackened sludge core have stirred their cauldron of creativity summoning nine new hymns of tortured, tyrannical drudgery akin to vintage Eye Hate God and Burning Witch.
Label: Willowtip
Tracks: 8 Length: 38:01
Harakiri - Twilight of the Idols
$10.00ea.
Review: Indiana’s Harakiri display explosive and violent US style grindcore with some guttural death metal touches. Much more brutal and grinding than any previous release this death/grind/hardcore hybrid will
have fans of all styles seeking this disc out.
Label: Willowtip
Tracks: 10 Length: 27:28
Jesus Laceration - Of the Spirit and the Sun
$8.00ea.
Review: Debut release from Finnish one man band(?) but not with a drum machine. This is traditional black/death metal blend but with a little more melody which brings to mind Edge of Sanity.
Label: Severe
Tracks: 4 Length: 16:02
Kalibas - Enthusiastic Corruption of the Common Good
$8.00ea.
Review: The latest release from one of the best death/grind/hardcore crossover bands in the US.
Label: Willowtip
Tracks: 5 Length: 15:25
Kalibas - Product of Hard Living
$10.00ea.
Review: Kalibas are playing the noisy, chaotic style of grindcore that Relapse Records is eating up these days. They are similar to The Red Chord, only more straightforward and without the breakdowns and vocals have a death grind dual vocal attack with the guttural growls and the seering screams.
Kataplexia - Morgues Reality
$10.00ea.
Review: The debut album from Kataplexia is chock full of gutteral death metal in the Columbian style, such as: Internal Suffering, Goretrade, and Purulent. The clear production and top-notch songwriting makes this
band stand out of the crowd.
Label: Severe
Tracks: 8 Length: 27:04
Leng Tche - Man Made Predator
$10.00ea.
Review: The latest explosive gore/grind release from Belgian’s Leng Tche. Featuring members of Aborted!
Label: Willowtip Tracks: 19 Length: 29:09
Mithras - Worlds Beyond the Veil
$10.00ea.
Review: Strictly reserved for fans of Morbid Angel’s “Formulas Fatal to the Flesh” album, Mithras have captured not only the guitar and drum tones but an aspect of their song writing as well. If you are in to MA and the like then you owe it to yourself to give this a listen.
Label: Golden Lake
Tracks: 13 Length: 67:41
Retch - Eat it Bitch T-shirt - $12.00ea.
Size XL L XXL
Description: Gray logo on front with Eat it Bitch on back in white.
Sizes L, XL and XXL in stock!!
Skitsystem - Allt E Skit
$10.00ea.
Review: Long running Swedish crust band featuring Tomas Lindberg ( ex-At the Gates, The Crown, and Lock Up to name a few). This CD compiles 3 long out of print releases from 1995 through 1997 which adds up to 19
tracks in all and puts the hard back in hardcore.
Label: Barbarian
Tracks: 19 Length: 39:36
Watchmaker - Kill Fucking Everyone
$10.00ea.
Review: This is a hard to categorize release. There are elements of death, black grind and even a little modern hardcore in the mix. All in all Watchmaker demonstrate the aural definition of angst. This is loud, raw and best of all violent!
Label: Willowtip
Tracks: 19 Length: 29:56
Order SECURE online with your credit card!
Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover and Pay Pal
Send well-concealed cash or a money made payable to Unmatched Brutality
Records.
Unmatched Brutality Records
PO Box 12023
Knoxville, TN 37912
USA
email: info@unmatchedbrutality.com
web site: http:// www.unmatchedbrutality.com
Unmatched Brutality Records Page
Unmatched Brutality Distribution Update
http://www.unmatchedbrutality.com
Inveracity - Circle of Perversion
Now taking pre-orders!!
Preorders will ship on or before December 3rd.
Listen to an MP3 on the main page!
NEW RETCH SHIRTS ARE IN! Check out the site for a pick
Other New Stuff!
Bongzilla - Singles Collection
$10.00ea.
Review: Here is the stuff that you aren't going to find on Relapse since these tracks were taken from their pre-Relapse days and are now very rare and hard to find. This is like a Sleep meets Eyehategod style of hemp fueled sludge core. 12 bongpacking tunes more than worthy of your next roasting session.
Label: Barbarian
Tracks: 12 Length: 64:50
Cinerary - Nuns T-shirt - $15.00ea.
Size XL L
Description: Artwork from the new reissed version of the "Rituals" MCD.
Sizes L and XL in stock!!
Decomposing Serenity - We'll Stop When Your Dead
$8.00ea.
Review: Two rare 7" vinyls on one disc. Tracks 1-9 are from the At Last the Dolls are Broken 7" and tracks 10-17 are from the Corpse Juice and Lavander Kisses 7".
Label: Last House on the Right Tracks: 17 Length: 13:53
Decomposing Serenity/Mortuary Hacking Session
$8.00ea.
Review: The first all female gore/grind act I have ever heard team up with veteran noise/grinding Decomposing Serenity to produce a pitch
shifted mass of gurgling experimentation. MxHxSx deliver a bizarre twist to
their Gut styled offering in which even a harmonic makes an appearance.
Label: Last House on the Right
Tracks: 12 Length: 16:31
Decomposing Serenity/Sugar Plum Fairy - Split
$8.00ea.
Review: Latest offering from the ultimate in bizarre gore/grind. 12 blistering tracks sure to give you nightmares!
Defaced Creation - Serenity in Chaos
$10.00ea.
Review: Hailing from Sweden, Defaced Creation play straight forward blast filled death metal and are masters of it. This truly is an album that shouldn’t be missed by any fan of brutal bands such as Severe Torture
and Hate Eternal.
Label: VOD
Tracks: 12 Length: 32:48
Goatsblood - Drull
$10.00ea.
Review: Canadian juggernauts of bloated blackened sludge core have stirred their cauldron of creativity summoning nine new hymns of tortured, tyrannical drudgery akin to vintage Eye Hate God and Burning Witch.
Label: Willowtip
Tracks: 8 Length: 38:01
Harakiri - Twilight of the Idols
$10.00ea.
Review: Indiana’s Harakiri display explosive and violent US style grindcore with some guttural death metal touches. Much more brutal and grinding than any previous release this death/grind/hardcore hybrid will
have fans of all styles seeking this disc out.
Label: Willowtip
Tracks: 10 Length: 27:28
Jesus Laceration - Of the Spirit and the Sun
$8.00ea.
Review: Debut release from Finnish one man band(?) but not with a drum machine. This is traditional black/death metal blend but with a little more melody which brings to mind Edge of Sanity.
Label: Severe
Tracks: 4 Length: 16:02
Kalibas - Enthusiastic Corruption of the Common Good
$8.00ea.
Review: The latest release from one of the best death/grind/hardcore crossover bands in the US.
Label: Willowtip
Tracks: 5 Length: 15:25
Kalibas - Product of Hard Living
$10.00ea.
Review: Kalibas are playing the noisy, chaotic style of grindcore that Relapse Records is eating up these days. They are similar to The Red Chord, only more straightforward and without the breakdowns and vocals have a death grind dual vocal attack with the guttural growls and the seering screams.
Kataplexia - Morgues Reality
$10.00ea.
Review: The debut album from Kataplexia is chock full of gutteral death metal in the Columbian style, such as: Internal Suffering, Goretrade, and Purulent. The clear production and top-notch songwriting makes this
band stand out of the crowd.
Label: Severe
Tracks: 8 Length: 27:04
Leng Tche - Man Made Predator
$10.00ea.
Review: The latest explosive gore/grind release from Belgian’s Leng Tche. Featuring members of Aborted!
Label: Willowtip Tracks: 19 Length: 29:09
Mithras - Worlds Beyond the Veil
$10.00ea.
Review: Strictly reserved for fans of Morbid Angel’s “Formulas Fatal to the Flesh” album, Mithras have captured not only the guitar and drum tones but an aspect of their song writing as well. If you are in to MA and the like then you owe it to yourself to give this a listen.
Label: Golden Lake
Tracks: 13 Length: 67:41
Retch - Eat it Bitch T-shirt - $12.00ea.
Size XL L XXL
Description: Gray logo on front with Eat it Bitch on back in white.
Sizes L, XL and XXL in stock!!
Skitsystem - Allt E Skit
$10.00ea.
Review: Long running Swedish crust band featuring Tomas Lindberg ( ex-At the Gates, The Crown, and Lock Up to name a few). This CD compiles 3 long out of print releases from 1995 through 1997 which adds up to 19
tracks in all and puts the hard back in hardcore.
Label: Barbarian
Tracks: 19 Length: 39:36
Watchmaker - Kill Fucking Everyone
$10.00ea.
Review: This is a hard to categorize release. There are elements of death, black grind and even a little modern hardcore in the mix. All in all Watchmaker demonstrate the aural definition of angst. This is loud, raw and best of all violent!
Label: Willowtip
Tracks: 19 Length: 29:56
Order SECURE online with your credit card!
Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover and Pay Pal
Send well-concealed cash or a money made payable to Unmatched Brutality
Records.
Unmatched Brutality Records
PO Box 12023
Knoxville, TN 37912
USA
email: info@unmatchedbrutality.com
web site: http:// www.unmatchedbrutality.com
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Howdy!
Here is the All That's Heavy Online Music Store (http://www.stonerrock.com/store) stock update for this week! The big announcement is that the Probot 7" is available for pre-ordering right now!! Full details below!!! There are also 8 new additions, a new Pelican t-shirt and some very killer re-stocks including specially imported Los Natas and Pharoah Overlord CDs!! I really recommend that you have a close look at the restocks list this week - we've restocked so many cool titles this last week that it's almost sickening!! Here's a few announcements to get things started - the full stock update is below:
** PROBOT PRE-ORDER SALE: Pre-order the PROBOT 7" now and get it for the super low sale price of only $3.99!! AND you'll also get an ultra-limited color vinyl version!! This 7" is limited to 6,666 copies worldwide and only a few hundred of those will be on colored vinyl!!! We're also getting this title directly from the factory as soon as it's pressed so we'll be shipping pre-orders while the wax is still hot!! (Which will be around mid-November :)
** NEW ETERNAL ELYSIUM IN STOCK: Finally!! Some new tunes from Japan's cosmic doom masters Eternal Elysium!! The Eternal Elysium/Of the Spacistor Split CD is now in stock and ready to ship!! And these new songs are some of the best stuff from Eternal Elysium yet!! (Specially imported directly from Japan!)
** KILLER RESTOCKS WORTH SPECIAL MENTION: Pharoah Overlord "#1" CD, Los Natas "Toba Trance" CD, Pelican "Untitled" CD EP, YOB "Elaborations of Carbon" CD, Fu Manchu "No One Rides for Free" CD, Fu Manchu/Fatso Jetson "Split 7 inch" and most of the Baby Woodrose titles!!
** FREEBIES LIST UPDATED: Our "Freebies List" has been updated with a ton of cool brand new CDs!! All orders over $50.00 are eligible for freebies and they can really add a lot of extra value for your money!! Check out the details at this link: http://www.stonerrock.com/store/freebies.asp ** RESTOCKS: Fully updated and massive restocks list below!!
LATEST ARRIVALS:
================
~Eternal Elysium/Of the Spacistor - Split CD
~LOFREQ: If This is the Best Ya Got CD
~Damnation Gulch: Firewater CD
~Pelican T-shirt: Logo on Grey
~Darediablo: Feeding Frenzy CD
~Northwinds: Masters of Magic CD
~Northwinds: Great God Pan CD
~Void Forum: Turned on Acid LP (pre-Vibravoid!)
~Sissies: The Juice CD
~Spirit Caravan: The Last Embrace 2CD
~Pelican: Australasia CD
~Mastodon: Remission (w/ Bonus DVD)
~Unsane: Lambhouse (w/ Bonus DVD)
~Fu Manchu: Go For It...Live! 2LP
http://www.stonerrock.com/store
AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDERING:
============================
~Probot: Self Titled 7" (only $3.99!)
~Probot: Combination Sale (2 Southern Lord CDs and the 7" for only $25.97!!! That's $10.00 off the regular price of buying all 3 seperately!)
http://www.stonerrock.com/store
BACK IN STOCK:
==============
~16: Scott Case CD
~35007: Liquid LP
~35007: Sea of Tranquility 10 inch
~35007: Sea of Tranquility CD EP
~35007: Liquid CD
~500 ft. of Pipe: Dope Deal CD
~500 ft. of Pipe: Electrifying Church of the New Light CD
~5ive: Self Titled CD
~5ive: The Hemophiliac Dream CD EP
~7Zuma7: Deep Inside CD
~Abdullah: Self Titled 2LP
~Abdullah: Graveyard Poetry CD
~Abramis Brama: Nar Tystnaden Lagt Sig CD
~Alabama Thunder Pussy: Staring at the Divine (Picture Disc w/ Bonus 7") LP
~Archie Bunker: Lucky 13 CD
~Astroqueen: Into Submission CD
~Atomic Bitchwax, The: Self Titled CD
~Atomic Bitchwax, The: II CD
~Atomic Bitchwax, The: II LP
~Atomic Bitchwax, The: Self Titled LP
~Atomic Bitchwax, The: Spit Blood CD
~Awesome Machine, The: Under the Influence CD
~Baby Woodrose: Live at Gutter Island LP
~Baby Woodrose: Money for Soul CD
~Baby Woodrose: Blows Your Mind CD
~Baby Woodrose: Carrie CD Single
~Bad Wizard: Sophisticated Mouth CD
~Beaten Back to Pure: The Last Refuge of the Sons of Bitches CD
~Begotten: Self Titled CD
~Black Label Society: The Blessed Hellride CD
~Black Nasa: Self Titled CD
~Blackrock: Clutching at Straws CD EP
~Blind Dog: The Last Adventures of Captain Dog CD
~Blind Dog: Captain Dog Rides Again CD
~Bongzilla: Apogee LP
~Bongzilla T-shirt: Gateway Design T-shirt
~Boulder: Reaped in Half Act 1 and Act 2 CD
~Camaros: Romantique LP
~Chrome Locust: Self Titled CD
~Church of Misery/Acrimony: Split CD
~Cold Mourning/Officium Triste: Split CD
~Dead Meadow: Self Titled CD
~Dead Meadow: Howls from the Hills LP
~Demon Cleaner: Self Titled CD
~Desert Sessions, The: Vols 9 & 10 CD
~Devillac vs. Transonic Science: Split CD
~Dozer: In the Tail of a Comet CD
~Drunk Horse: Self Titled CD
~Drunk Horse: Adult Situations CD
~Earthlings: Disco Marching Kraft CD EP
~El Caco: Viva CD
~Electric Wizard: Let Us Prey LP
~Eternal Elysium: Share CD
~Eyehategod: Southern Discomfort CD
~Farflung: 9 Pin Body CD
~Fatso Jetson: Stinky Little Gods CD
~Fireball Ministry: FMEP CD EP
~Firebird: No. 3 LP
~Frame: A Loco Motive CD EP
~Fu Manchu: No One Rides for Free CD
~Fu Manchu: Return to Earth 91 - 93 CD
~Fu Manchu: Go For It...Live! 2CD
~Fu Manchu: No One Rides for Free LP
~Fu Manchu: Daredevil LP
~Fu Manchu/Fatso Jetson: Split 7 inch
~Gas Giant: Mana LP
~Generous Maria/Skua: Split CD
~Giants of Science: The History of Warfare CD
~Glasspack, The: Powderkeg CD
~Goatsblood: Drull CD
~Goatsnake: I CD
~Goatsnake/Burning Witch: Split CD
~Golden Pig Electric Blues Band: Self Titled CD
~Gorilla: Self Titled CD
~Greenleaf: Secret Alphabets CD
~Greenleaf: Revolution Rock LP
~Halfway to Gone: High Five CD
~Halfway to Gone: Second Season CD
~Heads, The: Sessions 02 LP
~Heads, The: Under Sided CD
~Hermano: Only a Suggestion CD
~Hidden Hand, The: Divine Propaganda CD
~High on Fire: The Art of Self Defense (+ Bonus Tracks) CD
~High on Fire: Surrounded by Thieves CD
~House of Aquarius: The World Though Bloodred Eyes CD
~Iron Monkey: Ruined by Idiots CD
~Josiah: Self Titled CD
~Kaptain Sun: Trip to Vortex CD EP
~Khanate: Self Titled CD
~Khanate: No Joy LP
~Khanate T-shirt: Album Cover Design T-shirt
~Kyuss: and the Circus Leaves Town LP
~Kyuss: (Welcome to) Sky Valley CD
~Kyuss: and the Circus Leaves Town CD
~Kyuss: Blues for the Red Sun CD
~Kyuss: Blues for the Red Sun LP
~Lamont: Thunder Boogie CD
~Los Natas: Bee Jesus (Box Set) 2CD
~Los Natas: Toba Trance CD
~Lowrider: Ode to Io CD
~Lowrider: Ode to Io LP
~Magnified Eye: The Last Sun CD
~Mammoth Volume: A Single Book of Songs CD
~Mammoth Volume: Noara Dance CD EP
~Mandra Gora Lightshow Society: Beyond the Mushroom Gate CD
~Masters of Reality: Welcome to the Western Lodge CD
~Masters of Reality: Flak 'n' Flight CD
~Men of Porn: Experiments in Feedback CD
~Mermaid: Red Led or Death CD
~Mississippi Sludge: Biscuits and Slavery CD
~Mondo Generator: A Drug Problem that Never Existed CD
~Mondo Generator: Cocaine Rodeo CD
~Monkey3: Self Titled CD
~Monster Magnet: Spine of God LP
~Mushroom River Band, The: Simsalabim CD
~Mustasch: Above All CD
~Mystick Krewe of Clearlight, The: Self Titled CD
~Nebula: Dos EPs CD
~Nebula: Let it Burn (+ Bonus Tracks) CD
~Nebula: Atomic Ritual CD
~Negative Reaction: The Orion Chronicles CD
~Negative Reaction: Endofyorerror CD
~Negative Reaction: The Orbit EP 7 inch
~Novadriver: Void CD
~OJM: Heavy CD
~On Trial: New Day Rising CD
~Operator Generator: Polar Fleet CD
~Orange Goblin: Coup de Grace CD
~Pawnshop: Cruise-o-matic CD
~Pelican: Untitled EP CD
~Penance: Spiritualnatural CD
~Penance: Proving Ground (Remixed, Remastered, Repackaged) CD
~Pentagram: First Daze Here (The Vintage Collection) 2LP
~Pentagram: First Daze Here (The Vintage Collection) CD
~Pentagram: Review Your Choices CD
~Pharoah Overlord: #1 CD
~Puny Human: It's Not the Heat, It's the Humanity CD
~Puny Human: Revenge is Easy CD
~Queens of the Stone Age: Self Titled CD
~Queens of the Stone Age: Songs for the Deaf (Ipecac) 2LP
~Quill, The: Voodoo Caravan CD
~Rubes, The: Hokum CD
~Santoro: Self Titled CD
~Scissorfight: Piscataqua CD EP
~Sea of Green: Time to Fly CD
~Sea of Green: Chemical Vacation CD
~Sheavy: Synchronized CD
~Sideburn: Trying to Burn the Sun CD
~Skywise: Morning Star CD
~Sleep: Dopesmoker CD
~Sleep: Jerusalem CD
~Slo Burn: Amusing the Amazing CD EP
~Slow Train: Song of the Day CD
~Solace: 13 CD
~Sonic Flower: Self Titled CD
~Soulpreacher: Sonic Witchcraft CD
~Southern Gun Culture / Super Heavy Goat Ass: Split CD
~Spirit Caravan: Self Titled 7 inch
~Spiritual Beggars: On Fire CD
~Spiritual Beggars: Self Titled (+ 4 Bonus Tracks) CD
~StonerRock.com T-shirt: Black T-shirt
~Subversion: Rust Formation CD
~Subversion: Beatin' the Shit Out of it CD
~Sunn0))) T-shirt: Flight of the Behomoth Design T-shirt
~Suplecs: Sad Songs Better Days CD
~Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine T-shirt: Rampton Design T-shirt
~Terminal Lovers: Drama Pit and Loan CD
~Throttlerod: Eastbound and Down CD
~Various Artists: Doomed 3CD
~Various Artists: Destroysall (A Tribute to Godzilla) CD
~Various Artists: T.V. EYE Video Magazine #1 and #2 DVD
~Various Artists: Guerrilla Jukebox Vol 1 CD
~Vibravoid: Void Vibration CD
~Vibravoid: 2001 LP
~Vibravoid: Void Vibration LP
~WE: Dinosauric Futurobic 2LP
~YOB: Elaborations of Carbon CD
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Howdy!
Here is the All That's Heavy Online Music Store (http://www.stonerrock.com/store) stock update for this week! The big announcement is that the Probot 7" is available for pre-ordering right now!! Full details below!!! There are also 8 new additions, a new Pelican t-shirt and some very killer re-stocks including specially imported Los Natas and Pharoah Overlord CDs!! I really recommend that you have a close look at the restocks list this week - we've restocked so many cool titles this last week that it's almost sickening!! Here's a few announcements to get things started - the full stock update is below:
** PROBOT PRE-ORDER SALE: Pre-order the PROBOT 7" now and get it for the super low sale price of only $3.99!! AND you'll also get an ultra-limited color vinyl version!! This 7" is limited to 6,666 copies worldwide and only a few hundred of those will be on colored vinyl!!! We're also getting this title directly from the factory as soon as it's pressed so we'll be shipping pre-orders while the wax is still hot!! (Which will be around mid-November :)
** NEW ETERNAL ELYSIUM IN STOCK: Finally!! Some new tunes from Japan's cosmic doom masters Eternal Elysium!! The Eternal Elysium/Of the Spacistor Split CD is now in stock and ready to ship!! And these new songs are some of the best stuff from Eternal Elysium yet!! (Specially imported directly from Japan!)
** KILLER RESTOCKS WORTH SPECIAL MENTION: Pharoah Overlord "#1" CD, Los Natas "Toba Trance" CD, Pelican "Untitled" CD EP, YOB "Elaborations of Carbon" CD, Fu Manchu "No One Rides for Free" CD, Fu Manchu/Fatso Jetson "Split 7 inch" and most of the Baby Woodrose titles!!
** FREEBIES LIST UPDATED: Our "Freebies List" has been updated with a ton of cool brand new CDs!! All orders over $50.00 are eligible for freebies and they can really add a lot of extra value for your money!! Check out the details at this link: http://www.stonerrock.com/store/freebies.asp ** RESTOCKS: Fully updated and massive restocks list below!!
LATEST ARRIVALS:
================
~Eternal Elysium/Of the Spacistor - Split CD
~LOFREQ: If This is the Best Ya Got CD
~Damnation Gulch: Firewater CD
~Pelican T-shirt: Logo on Grey
~Darediablo: Feeding Frenzy CD
~Northwinds: Masters of Magic CD
~Northwinds: Great God Pan CD
~Void Forum: Turned on Acid LP (pre-Vibravoid!)
~Sissies: The Juice CD
~Spirit Caravan: The Last Embrace 2CD
~Pelican: Australasia CD
~Mastodon: Remission (w/ Bonus DVD)
~Unsane: Lambhouse (w/ Bonus DVD)
~Fu Manchu: Go For It...Live! 2LP
http://www.stonerrock.com/store
AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDERING:
============================
~Probot: Self Titled 7" (only $3.99!)
~Probot: Combination Sale (2 Southern Lord CDs and the 7" for only $25.97!!! That's $10.00 off the regular price of buying all 3 seperately!)
http://www.stonerrock.com/store
BACK IN STOCK:
==============
~16: Scott Case CD
~35007: Liquid LP
~35007: Sea of Tranquility 10 inch
~35007: Sea of Tranquility CD EP
~35007: Liquid CD
~500 ft. of Pipe: Dope Deal CD
~500 ft. of Pipe: Electrifying Church of the New Light CD
~5ive: Self Titled CD
~5ive: The Hemophiliac Dream CD EP
~7Zuma7: Deep Inside CD
~Abdullah: Self Titled 2LP
~Abdullah: Graveyard Poetry CD
~Abramis Brama: Nar Tystnaden Lagt Sig CD
~Alabama Thunder Pussy: Staring at the Divine (Picture Disc w/ Bonus 7") LP
~Archie Bunker: Lucky 13 CD
~Astroqueen: Into Submission CD
~Atomic Bitchwax, The: Self Titled CD
~Atomic Bitchwax, The: II CD
~Atomic Bitchwax, The: II LP
~Atomic Bitchwax, The: Self Titled LP
~Atomic Bitchwax, The: Spit Blood CD
~Awesome Machine, The: Under the Influence CD
~Baby Woodrose: Live at Gutter Island LP
~Baby Woodrose: Money for Soul CD
~Baby Woodrose: Blows Your Mind CD
~Baby Woodrose: Carrie CD Single
~Bad Wizard: Sophisticated Mouth CD
~Beaten Back to Pure: The Last Refuge of the Sons of Bitches CD
~Begotten: Self Titled CD
~Black Label Society: The Blessed Hellride CD
~Black Nasa: Self Titled CD
~Blackrock: Clutching at Straws CD EP
~Blind Dog: The Last Adventures of Captain Dog CD
~Blind Dog: Captain Dog Rides Again CD
~Bongzilla: Apogee LP
~Bongzilla T-shirt: Gateway Design T-shirt
~Boulder: Reaped in Half Act 1 and Act 2 CD
~Camaros: Romantique LP
~Chrome Locust: Self Titled CD
~Church of Misery/Acrimony: Split CD
~Cold Mourning/Officium Triste: Split CD
~Dead Meadow: Self Titled CD
~Dead Meadow: Howls from the Hills LP
~Demon Cleaner: Self Titled CD
~Desert Sessions, The: Vols 9 & 10 CD
~Devillac vs. Transonic Science: Split CD
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KISS-OPOLY: The Game That Lets You Rock And Roll All Nite!
A KISS monopoly game, dubbed "KISS-opoly", will be arriving just in time for the holidays. Click here to check out a photo of "the game that lets you rock and roll all nite!" More information on how to order the set will be made available soon.
A KISS monopoly game, dubbed "KISS-opoly", will be arriving just in time for the holidays. Click here to check out a photo of "the game that lets you rock and roll all nite!" More information on how to order the set will be made available soon.
SOULFLY: New CD To Be Mixed By TERRY DATE
SOULFLY have selected Terry Date (PANTERA, DEFTONES, MACHINE HEAD) to mix the follow-up to last year's "3", tentatively due in early 2004 through Roadrunner Records.
The band, which currently consists of mainman Max Cavalera, guitarist Marc Rizzo (ex-ILL NINO), drummer Joe Nunez (STRIPPING THE PISTOL), and bassist Bobby Burns (ex-PRIMER 55 guitarist), have completed nine new tracks during sessions at The Saltmine Studios in Mesa, Arizona, with Cavalera himself once again handling the production duties.
Among the tracks set to appear on the as-yet-untitled effort are the following:
01. The Prophecy
02. Living Sacrifice
03. Defeat U
04. Mars
05. R.A.F.
06. Born Again Anarchist
07. Believe
08. Porrada
09. Soulfly IV
Former MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson has reportedly recorded a guest appearance on four tracks on the CD, which marks the group's first without longtime bassist Marcello D. Rapp, who was fired from the group in mid-September.
Cavalera is currently in Serbia where he is scheduled to participate in a special concert tonight (Nov. 7), dubbed "Eye For An Eye" (see flyer here), alongside some of the most popular and most respected musicians from Serbia and Montenegro: Boban (RITAM NEREDA, backing vocals, guitar), Kojot (EYESBURN, bass, vocals), Alek (EYESBURN, drums) and Nino (EYESBURN, guitar). While in Serbia, Cavalera will also record a song with the Belgrade-based ska-metal band EYESBURN for inclusion on the new SOULFLY album.
SOULFLY have selected Terry Date (PANTERA, DEFTONES, MACHINE HEAD) to mix the follow-up to last year's "3", tentatively due in early 2004 through Roadrunner Records.
The band, which currently consists of mainman Max Cavalera, guitarist Marc Rizzo (ex-ILL NINO), drummer Joe Nunez (STRIPPING THE PISTOL), and bassist Bobby Burns (ex-PRIMER 55 guitarist), have completed nine new tracks during sessions at The Saltmine Studios in Mesa, Arizona, with Cavalera himself once again handling the production duties.
Among the tracks set to appear on the as-yet-untitled effort are the following:
01. The Prophecy
02. Living Sacrifice
03. Defeat U
04. Mars
05. R.A.F.
06. Born Again Anarchist
07. Believe
08. Porrada
09. Soulfly IV
Former MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson has reportedly recorded a guest appearance on four tracks on the CD, which marks the group's first without longtime bassist Marcello D. Rapp, who was fired from the group in mid-September.
Cavalera is currently in Serbia where he is scheduled to participate in a special concert tonight (Nov. 7), dubbed "Eye For An Eye" (see flyer here), alongside some of the most popular and most respected musicians from Serbia and Montenegro: Boban (RITAM NEREDA, backing vocals, guitar), Kojot (EYESBURN, bass, vocals), Alek (EYESBURN, drums) and Nino (EYESBURN, guitar). While in Serbia, Cavalera will also record a song with the Belgrade-based ska-metal band EYESBURN for inclusion on the new SOULFLY album.
INTO ETERNITY To Release New Album In February
Canada's INTO ETERNITY have set a February 10, 2004 release date through Century Media Records for their third album entitled "Buried In Oblivion". As was the case with their previous two albums, "Buried In Oblivion" was recorded in the group's hometown of Regina at Touchwood Studios with Scott Krall (bass), Grant Hall and Johnny "Sixpack" Gasparic handling the majority of duties.
The complete track listing for "Buried In Oblivion" (view album cover here) is as follows:
01. Splintered Visions
02. Embraced By Desolation
03. Three Dimensional Aperture
04. Beginning Of The End
05. Point Of Uncertainty
06. Spiralling Into Depression
07. Isolation
08. Part I: Buried In Oblivion
09. Part II: Black Sea Of Agony
10. Morose Seclusion
The track "Splintered Visions" was recently featured on Century Media's "Identity 8" sampler CD series alongside other bands from the Century Media roster. Tour plans are tentatively in the works and will be announced soon.
For more information, visit the band's official web site at this location.
Canada's INTO ETERNITY have set a February 10, 2004 release date through Century Media Records for their third album entitled "Buried In Oblivion". As was the case with their previous two albums, "Buried In Oblivion" was recorded in the group's hometown of Regina at Touchwood Studios with Scott Krall (bass), Grant Hall and Johnny "Sixpack" Gasparic handling the majority of duties.
The complete track listing for "Buried In Oblivion" (view album cover here) is as follows:
01. Splintered Visions
02. Embraced By Desolation
03. Three Dimensional Aperture
04. Beginning Of The End
05. Point Of Uncertainty
06. Spiralling Into Depression
07. Isolation
08. Part I: Buried In Oblivion
09. Part II: Black Sea Of Agony
10. Morose Seclusion
The track "Splintered Visions" was recently featured on Century Media's "Identity 8" sampler CD series alongside other bands from the Century Media roster. Tour plans are tentatively in the works and will be announced soon.
For more information, visit the band's official web site at this location.
VEHEMENCE Part Ways With Keyboardist
VEHEMENCE, the self-styled "chaotic melodic death metal" band from Phoenix, Arizona, have parted ways with keyboardist Jason Keesecker. There are no plans for a replacement, although a session pianist will be used for the upcoming album.
According to the band, "the recording of the new CD, 'Helping The World To See', is going very smoothly, and all that is left to record is the vocals. Then we will spend about a month mixing this monster."
The tentative track listing for "Helping The World To See" is as follows:
01. Kill For God
02. By Your Bedside
03. You Don't Have To Be Afraid Anymore
04. We Are All Dying
05. Spirit Of The Soldier
06. Alone In Your Presence
07. Darkness Is Comfort
08. What Could Go Wrong?
09. To The Taste
10. Trinity Broadcasting (Know Your Enemy)
11. Her Beautiful Eyes (bonus track, originally appeared on the group's 1998 demo)
VEHEMENCE, the self-styled "chaotic melodic death metal" band from Phoenix, Arizona, have parted ways with keyboardist Jason Keesecker. There are no plans for a replacement, although a session pianist will be used for the upcoming album.
According to the band, "the recording of the new CD, 'Helping The World To See', is going very smoothly, and all that is left to record is the vocals. Then we will spend about a month mixing this monster."
The tentative track listing for "Helping The World To See" is as follows:
01. Kill For God
02. By Your Bedside
03. You Don't Have To Be Afraid Anymore
04. We Are All Dying
05. Spirit Of The Soldier
06. Alone In Your Presence
07. Darkness Is Comfort
08. What Could Go Wrong?
09. To The Taste
10. Trinity Broadcasting (Know Your Enemy)
11. Her Beautiful Eyes (bonus track, originally appeared on the group's 1998 demo)
MORBID ANGEL Recruit MONSTROSITY Axeman For SUPERJOINT Tour
MORBID ANGEL have enlisted Tony Norman from MONSTROSITY to handle second-guitar duties during the band's current tour with SUPERJOINT RITUAL. Click here to check out pictures from the group's performance at Lupo's in Providence, Rhode Island Wednesday night (November 5).
MORBID ANGEL have enlisted Tony Norman from MONSTROSITY to handle second-guitar duties during the band's current tour with SUPERJOINT RITUAL. Click here to check out pictures from the group's performance at Lupo's in Providence, Rhode Island Wednesday night (November 5).
Former FEAR FACTORY Guitarist To Play BODY BAG Reunion Show
Former FEAR FACTORY guitarist Dino Cazares has spent the past two weeks in Portland rehearsing with death metallers BODYBAG for their reunion gig, which is scheduled to take place tonight (Nov. 7) at Club DV8 in Portland, Oregon. "Things are going great," says drummer BODY BAG drummer Jimmy Littlefield. "Dino is a true pro and a real hard worker. We're having a blast. Steve Holt from 36 CRAZYFISTS is doing our sound. A lot of people are really helping to make this a great show."
After the BODY BAG gig, Dino will fly to Rochester, New York to represent Ibanez at the grand opening of The House Of Guitars. Also set to appear at the event is porn star Jenna Jameson.
Former FEAR FACTORY guitarist Dino Cazares has spent the past two weeks in Portland rehearsing with death metallers BODYBAG for their reunion gig, which is scheduled to take place tonight (Nov. 7) at Club DV8 in Portland, Oregon. "Things are going great," says drummer BODY BAG drummer Jimmy Littlefield. "Dino is a true pro and a real hard worker. We're having a blast. Steve Holt from 36 CRAZYFISTS is doing our sound. A lot of people are really helping to make this a great show."
After the BODY BAG gig, Dino will fly to Rochester, New York to represent Ibanez at the grand opening of The House Of Guitars. Also set to appear at the event is porn star Jenna Jameson.
German Black Metal Band Sued By The Catholic Church!
The ridiculous battle between the Holy Inquisition and "Germany's most Satanic metal act" ANCIENT CEREMONY has taken a new twist. After they were banned from performing at the Summer Breeze festival this past summer due to the "blasphemous" nature of their concept and lyrics, ANCIENT CEREMONY's founder/vocalist Chris Anderle has received a letter from the legal representatives of the Catholic church threatening to file a lawsuit against him for expressing his disdain for the church via a series of photos posted on the band's web site. The church's lawyers are demanding that Anderle either remove the pictures from the site or pay a fine of 10,000 euros. The group's lawyer is currently studying the matter.
The ridiculous battle between the Holy Inquisition and "Germany's most Satanic metal act" ANCIENT CEREMONY has taken a new twist. After they were banned from performing at the Summer Breeze festival this past summer due to the "blasphemous" nature of their concept and lyrics, ANCIENT CEREMONY's founder/vocalist Chris Anderle has received a letter from the legal representatives of the Catholic church threatening to file a lawsuit against him for expressing his disdain for the church via a series of photos posted on the band's web site. The church's lawyers are demanding that Anderle either remove the pictures from the site or pay a fine of 10,000 euros. The group's lawyer is currently studying the matter.
11.06.2003
HATEBREED's 'The Rise of Brutality' Enters BILLBOARD Chart At No. 30
HATEBREED's "Rise Of Brutality" has shifted 32,515 copies in its first week of release to debut at position No. 30 on The Billboard 200 chart.
The follow-up to last year's "Perseverance" was recorded at Planet Z studios in Massachusetts with producer Zeuss (SHADOWS FALL, SWORN ENEMY) and was mixed at Armoury Studios in Vancouver, B.C. with Mike Fraser (METALLICA, AC/DC).
"Perseverance" has sold nearly 220,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan. HATEBREED's 1997 debut, "Satisfaction Is The Death Of Desire", has shifted more than 150,000 units.
HATEBREED's "Rise Of Brutality" has shifted 32,515 copies in its first week of release to debut at position No. 30 on The Billboard 200 chart.
The follow-up to last year's "Perseverance" was recorded at Planet Z studios in Massachusetts with producer Zeuss (SHADOWS FALL, SWORN ENEMY) and was mixed at Armoury Studios in Vancouver, B.C. with Mike Fraser (METALLICA, AC/DC).
"Perseverance" has sold nearly 220,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan. HATEBREED's 1997 debut, "Satisfaction Is The Death Of Desire", has shifted more than 150,000 units.
SIX FEET UNDER's BARNES: 'CANNIBAL CORPSE Were Jealous Of Me'
SIX FEET UNDER singer Chris Barnes recently spoke to Music Incider about his departure from CANNIBAL CORPSE in the mid-'90s after a nine-year tenure with the group.
"Those guys, I had less respect for them at a certain point in time because of how I felt I was being treated," he said. "I felt like I was being alienated almost, and not really respected for what I had accomplished within the band. I felt they were jealous of me, and those emotions came out in our personal behavior towards each other. I think that they wanted more say in what I was getting credit for. I didn't go at it to get credit for things. I went at it to create something on my end of things that was just as good as what they were creating with their music. It wasn't my fault that people wanted to talk to me about things, but I think they took it like that and it they took it on themselves to really want to tell me how to write things. They wanted to make me feel like I wasn't good enough, and I felt like I was writing good music. We would be in the studio, and they would decide that they didn't like what I had written. I was adamant. I felt that it was better than they could ever write, and over the years my stuff got way more respect than what they thought I could do, but what they thought I could do is what they wanted me to do, so I have to respect that. That's my whole circle.
"I am much happier [now]. I am not stressed out about the people I am with. I am never stressed out about that. I am more stressed out about being able to get this band [SIX FEET UNDER] to overtake the world. To make the mark." Read the rest of the interview here
SIX FEET UNDER singer Chris Barnes recently spoke to Music Incider about his departure from CANNIBAL CORPSE in the mid-'90s after a nine-year tenure with the group.
"Those guys, I had less respect for them at a certain point in time because of how I felt I was being treated," he said. "I felt like I was being alienated almost, and not really respected for what I had accomplished within the band. I felt they were jealous of me, and those emotions came out in our personal behavior towards each other. I think that they wanted more say in what I was getting credit for. I didn't go at it to get credit for things. I went at it to create something on my end of things that was just as good as what they were creating with their music. It wasn't my fault that people wanted to talk to me about things, but I think they took it like that and it they took it on themselves to really want to tell me how to write things. They wanted to make me feel like I wasn't good enough, and I felt like I was writing good music. We would be in the studio, and they would decide that they didn't like what I had written. I was adamant. I felt that it was better than they could ever write, and over the years my stuff got way more respect than what they thought I could do, but what they thought I could do is what they wanted me to do, so I have to respect that. That's my whole circle.
"I am much happier [now]. I am not stressed out about the people I am with. I am never stressed out about that. I am more stressed out about being able to get this band [SIX FEET UNDER] to overtake the world. To make the mark." Read the rest of the interview here
THE LEGION To Tour Europe In February
Swedish black/death metallers THE LEGION are planning a European tour that will kick off before the end of February. "We might also do a one-off gig in our hometown Jönköping together with INSISION sometime in January," the band write on their web site. "Still, neither the tour or the gig has been confirmed yet but you have been warned... More info coming any day!"
THE LEGION's debut album, "Unseen To Creation", was released last month through France's Listenable Records. The CD, which was recorded at Abyss Studios with producer Tommy Tägtgren, features "ten songs of complex and eclectic black/death metal, ranging in style from MORBID ANGEL to SETHERIAL." The cover art was done by Kris Verwimp, who has previously worked with MARDUK, ABSU, and IMMORTAL, among others.
"Unseen To Creation" will be available on a limited-edition gatefold green vinyl sometime next year. The exact release date will be announced soon.
Swedish black/death metallers THE LEGION are planning a European tour that will kick off before the end of February. "We might also do a one-off gig in our hometown Jönköping together with INSISION sometime in January," the band write on their web site. "Still, neither the tour or the gig has been confirmed yet but you have been warned... More info coming any day!"
THE LEGION's debut album, "Unseen To Creation", was released last month through France's Listenable Records. The CD, which was recorded at Abyss Studios with producer Tommy Tägtgren, features "ten songs of complex and eclectic black/death metal, ranging in style from MORBID ANGEL to SETHERIAL." The cover art was done by Kris Verwimp, who has previously worked with MARDUK, ABSU, and IMMORTAL, among others.
"Unseen To Creation" will be available on a limited-edition gatefold green vinyl sometime next year. The exact release date will be announced soon.
Audio Lunchbox - Win A Portable MP3 Player!
Audio Lunchbox is now live and selling music! With it's opening, it's time to start the first team mission! We will be giving away a Neuros MP3 player to the teamer that turns in the most reports approved for cred! Ten runner-ups will also receive a free full album download (of your choice) from www.audiolunchbox.com! Check out the MP3 player up for grabs!
Neuros 128 MB MP3 Digital Audio Computer
With the site now live and offering mp3s for download, let's get the word out to fans who love the music being sold on the site! Let's focus on hitting up message boards of the following labels and their bands with a link to www.audiolunchbox.com.
Epitaph (Rancid, The Distillers, Pennywise, Bad Religion)
for more www.epitaph.com
Ferret (A Static Lullaby, Every Time I Die, Killswitch Engage, Funeral For A Friend)
for more www.ferretstyle.com
Trustkill (Poison The Well, Eighteen Visions, Bleeding Through, Most Precious Blood, Nora)
for more www.trustkill.com
Vagrant (Dashboard Confessional, From Autumn To Ashes, Alkaline Trio, The Get Up Kids)
for more www.vagrant.com
Let the communities know you can download full albums in MP3 format from those bands for a price cheaper than a CD at a store! Plus, there are hundreds of other albums they can browse through.
You can also get the word out about the site through instant messaging people on AOL, AIM, Yahoo, MSN, etc. that are into the bands that are available on Audio Lunchbox.
To make sure your reports of message board posts and/or instant message conversations, check out the Report Guidelines page here www.totalassault.com/101
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Jon King
Total Assault
Email: jon@totalassault.com
AIM/Yahoo!: JonLoudside
www.totalassault.com
Audio Lunchbox is now live and selling music! With it's opening, it's time to start the first team mission! We will be giving away a Neuros MP3 player to the teamer that turns in the most reports approved for cred! Ten runner-ups will also receive a free full album download (of your choice) from www.audiolunchbox.com! Check out the MP3 player up for grabs!
Neuros 128 MB MP3 Digital Audio Computer
With the site now live and offering mp3s for download, let's get the word out to fans who love the music being sold on the site! Let's focus on hitting up message boards of the following labels and their bands with a link to www.audiolunchbox.com.
Epitaph (Rancid, The Distillers, Pennywise, Bad Religion)
for more www.epitaph.com
Ferret (A Static Lullaby, Every Time I Die, Killswitch Engage, Funeral For A Friend)
for more www.ferretstyle.com
Trustkill (Poison The Well, Eighteen Visions, Bleeding Through, Most Precious Blood, Nora)
for more www.trustkill.com
Vagrant (Dashboard Confessional, From Autumn To Ashes, Alkaline Trio, The Get Up Kids)
for more www.vagrant.com
Let the communities know you can download full albums in MP3 format from those bands for a price cheaper than a CD at a store! Plus, there are hundreds of other albums they can browse through.
You can also get the word out about the site through instant messaging people on AOL, AIM, Yahoo, MSN, etc. that are into the bands that are available on Audio Lunchbox.
To make sure your reports of message board posts and/or instant message conversations, check out the Report Guidelines page here www.totalassault.com/101
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Jon King
Total Assault
Email: jon@totalassault.com
AIM/Yahoo!: JonLoudside
www.totalassault.com
[DreamOrNightmare] DREAM OR NIGHTMARE - CD update
Hello!
Before getting into the latest on our recording, I want to thank everyone for joining the group; we definitely appreciate your support! Welcome to the realm of DREAM OR NIGHTMARE! Also, please see that the new official band contact address has changed.
If anybody wants to get in touch with us via standard mail, the address is 6279 Second Ave. / Kent, OH 44240 (as it appears on the group page); we are no longer using the P.O. Box. All other contact info will remain the same. As far as the recording goes, we have completed the music and are now working on vocals and basic mixes. We're really happy with how everything's turning out, some new gear we just purchased for our studio is helping the sound a lot.
Because of the unavoidable delays that we've had due to our recording this CD totally on our own (the computer crash, etc, etc....... a lot of you know the situations we've had to deal with), we've decided to go ahead and take the necessary time with the vocals, mixing, and mastering to make sure that we produce the best possible product we can. Since the CD is already behind schedule, we figure that we might as well take the extra time to make sure that things are done right (it would be foolish to rush what we're doing at this point). I want to thank everyone who has backed us, stuck with us, and stayed patient while we've been working on getting the new music ready for release. Our fans have always kicked ass and have
never disappointed! Once you get the chance to check out our finished CD, you'll see that all the time and effort that was put in over these months has been worthwhile. This disc will be one of the most creative and original metal releases that you will hear anywhere (especially with both Jim and Dave doing lead
vocals replacing the singer from our previous CD, and the way we are now incorporating some keyboards). As always, I'll keep you updated!
Keep rockin' hard and heavy,
Joe Sims
*****Special thanks to the people at the "Music Universe" Yahoo
Group and "Bahamakin" for making us their featured band! You can
check us out on their page at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MusicUniverse/.*****
Website: www.dreamornightmare.com
Music Downloads: www.mp3.com/DREAM_OR_NIGHTMARE
Hello!
Before getting into the latest on our recording, I want to thank everyone for joining the group; we definitely appreciate your support! Welcome to the realm of DREAM OR NIGHTMARE! Also, please see that the new official band contact address has changed.
If anybody wants to get in touch with us via standard mail, the address is 6279 Second Ave. / Kent, OH 44240 (as it appears on the group page); we are no longer using the P.O. Box. All other contact info will remain the same. As far as the recording goes, we have completed the music and are now working on vocals and basic mixes. We're really happy with how everything's turning out, some new gear we just purchased for our studio is helping the sound a lot.
Because of the unavoidable delays that we've had due to our recording this CD totally on our own (the computer crash, etc, etc....... a lot of you know the situations we've had to deal with), we've decided to go ahead and take the necessary time with the vocals, mixing, and mastering to make sure that we produce the best possible product we can. Since the CD is already behind schedule, we figure that we might as well take the extra time to make sure that things are done right (it would be foolish to rush what we're doing at this point). I want to thank everyone who has backed us, stuck with us, and stayed patient while we've been working on getting the new music ready for release. Our fans have always kicked ass and have
never disappointed! Once you get the chance to check out our finished CD, you'll see that all the time and effort that was put in over these months has been worthwhile. This disc will be one of the most creative and original metal releases that you will hear anywhere (especially with both Jim and Dave doing lead
vocals replacing the singer from our previous CD, and the way we are now incorporating some keyboards). As always, I'll keep you updated!
Keep rockin' hard and heavy,
Joe Sims
*****Special thanks to the people at the "Music Universe" Yahoo
Group and "Bahamakin" for making us their featured band! You can
check us out on their page at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MusicUniverse/.*****
Website: www.dreamornightmare.com
Music Downloads: www.mp3.com/DREAM_OR_NIGHTMARE
11.05.2003
HATEBREED's 'The Rise of Brutality' Enters BILLBOARD Chart At No. 30
HATEBREED's "Rise Of Brutality" has shifted 32,515 copies in its first week of release to debut at position No. 30 on The Billboard 200 chart.
The follow-up to last year's "Perseverance" was recorded at Planet Z studios in Massachusetts with producer Zeuss (SHADOWS FALL, SWORN ENEMY) and was mixed at Armoury Studios in Vancouver, B.C. with Mike Fraser (METALLICA, AC/DC).
"Perseverance" has sold nearly 220,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan. HATEBREED's 1997 debut, "Satisfaction Is The Death Of Desire", has shifted more than 150,000 units.
HATEBREED's "Rise Of Brutality" has shifted 32,515 copies in its first week of release to debut at position No. 30 on The Billboard 200 chart.
The follow-up to last year's "Perseverance" was recorded at Planet Z studios in Massachusetts with producer Zeuss (SHADOWS FALL, SWORN ENEMY) and was mixed at Armoury Studios in Vancouver, B.C. with Mike Fraser (METALLICA, AC/DC).
"Perseverance" has sold nearly 220,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan. HATEBREED's 1997 debut, "Satisfaction Is The Death Of Desire", has shifted more than 150,000 units.
ANAL CUNT's SETH PUTNAM: 'CHRIS BARNES Is A Pussy'
ANAL CUNT frontman Seth Putnam reportedly caused SIX FEET UNDER singer Chris Barnes to cut short his band's headlining performance at The Living Room in Providence, Rhode Island on October 24 by screaming obscenities at the former CANNIBAL CORPSE vocalist and challenging him to a fight.
The following is Putnam's account of the incident, as posted on his official web site:
"I'm always surprised about stuff like this. I figure a band as funny as SIX FEET UNDER would be booked into comedy clubs, but they keep insisting on doing shows at rock clubs. Anyways, since coming to the realization that [SIX FEET UNDER] are one of the funniest bands in the world last year, this has been the first time I've had the opportunity to see them. If you didn't know, ever since the whole incident with Chris Barnes 7 years ago (if you don't know about this, it's explained [here]), [SIX FEET UNDER] haven't played in Boston (that I know of, anyways). So, I went, by myself, to Rhode Island (60 miles/100km away) to see them, get a good laugh, and hope Chris Barnes would try and fight me by himself, or at least admit he's a pussy. I timed getting there badly, and got stuck seeing 2 of the opening bands. The first was BEHEMOTH. I heard their first CD years ago, and thought it was funny, kind of like IMPALED NORTHERN MOONFOREST with a drum machine (I never got past the first song, so I don't know if the whole CD is like this). I didn't like them. After about 30 minutes however, some big mouth was yelling at their soundman to shut the power off in a wigger-like fashion. I assumed he was with [SIX FEET UNDER]. I then noticed a HATEBREED laminated pass around his neck (HATEBREED weren't playing, he was just trying to look like he was an important homosexual or something), and thought, this guy is definitely gay enough to be with [SIX FEET UNDER]. I asked the poor soundman for BEHEMOTH if that toughguywigger type was with [SIX FEET UNDER], he said yes. Next up was SKINLESS. Lots of people have told me good things about them, and I was in jail with their roadie once, so I was mildly interested in seeing them. I didn't like them at all. Luckily, I got into a long conversation with someone, so I didn't really have to pay attention to them. They finally got off. Then [SIX FEET UNDER] came onstage to only about 50 people (there were maybe 150-200 people there during the previous bands). I stood right up front, in front of Chris Barnes, and was looking forward to seeing them. They opened with 'Bringer Of Blood', then did some other songs. After about 5-6 songs, they mysteriously stopped, and left the stage. According to the set list, there were around 10 songs left. Of course, somewhere during the course of the show, I yelled the chorus to 'Chris Barnes Is A Pussy' ('Chris Barnes Is A – Faggot'). All I can think of is that he was nervous, and afraid of me, and ran to his usual hiding spot (the tour bus). I yelled he was a faggot a couple more times outside the bus, then went home. I wish he could've at least finished the set before running away. Most people there had no idea why they stopped for no reason whatsoever. I explained to a couple people about our situation years earlier, and that he was a pussy, and had to run and hide in his tour bus. So, to wrap things up, 7 years later, Chris Barnes is still a pussy. At least they did 'Murdered In The Basement', my favorite song from the new CD. I wish they did a bunch of their hilarious cover songs. I think they should really consider doing 'Bohemian Rhapsody' by QUEEN for their next CD. It could really show off Barnes' vocal range, plus, he's gay like Freddie Mercury, so it would make sense. I'll bet Freddie Mercury didn't run from all his fights. I'm sure he would've at least slapped the other person with a pink glove or something."
ANAL CUNT frontman Seth Putnam reportedly caused SIX FEET UNDER singer Chris Barnes to cut short his band's headlining performance at The Living Room in Providence, Rhode Island on October 24 by screaming obscenities at the former CANNIBAL CORPSE vocalist and challenging him to a fight.
The following is Putnam's account of the incident, as posted on his official web site:
"I'm always surprised about stuff like this. I figure a band as funny as SIX FEET UNDER would be booked into comedy clubs, but they keep insisting on doing shows at rock clubs. Anyways, since coming to the realization that [SIX FEET UNDER] are one of the funniest bands in the world last year, this has been the first time I've had the opportunity to see them. If you didn't know, ever since the whole incident with Chris Barnes 7 years ago (if you don't know about this, it's explained [here]), [SIX FEET UNDER] haven't played in Boston (that I know of, anyways). So, I went, by myself, to Rhode Island (60 miles/100km away) to see them, get a good laugh, and hope Chris Barnes would try and fight me by himself, or at least admit he's a pussy. I timed getting there badly, and got stuck seeing 2 of the opening bands. The first was BEHEMOTH. I heard their first CD years ago, and thought it was funny, kind of like IMPALED NORTHERN MOONFOREST with a drum machine (I never got past the first song, so I don't know if the whole CD is like this). I didn't like them. After about 30 minutes however, some big mouth was yelling at their soundman to shut the power off in a wigger-like fashion. I assumed he was with [SIX FEET UNDER]. I then noticed a HATEBREED laminated pass around his neck (HATEBREED weren't playing, he was just trying to look like he was an important homosexual or something), and thought, this guy is definitely gay enough to be with [SIX FEET UNDER]. I asked the poor soundman for BEHEMOTH if that toughguywigger type was with [SIX FEET UNDER], he said yes. Next up was SKINLESS. Lots of people have told me good things about them, and I was in jail with their roadie once, so I was mildly interested in seeing them. I didn't like them at all. Luckily, I got into a long conversation with someone, so I didn't really have to pay attention to them. They finally got off. Then [SIX FEET UNDER] came onstage to only about 50 people (there were maybe 150-200 people there during the previous bands). I stood right up front, in front of Chris Barnes, and was looking forward to seeing them. They opened with 'Bringer Of Blood', then did some other songs. After about 5-6 songs, they mysteriously stopped, and left the stage. According to the set list, there were around 10 songs left. Of course, somewhere during the course of the show, I yelled the chorus to 'Chris Barnes Is A Pussy' ('Chris Barnes Is A – Faggot'). All I can think of is that he was nervous, and afraid of me, and ran to his usual hiding spot (the tour bus). I yelled he was a faggot a couple more times outside the bus, then went home. I wish he could've at least finished the set before running away. Most people there had no idea why they stopped for no reason whatsoever. I explained to a couple people about our situation years earlier, and that he was a pussy, and had to run and hide in his tour bus. So, to wrap things up, 7 years later, Chris Barnes is still a pussy. At least they did 'Murdered In The Basement', my favorite song from the new CD. I wish they did a bunch of their hilarious cover songs. I think they should really consider doing 'Bohemian Rhapsody' by QUEEN for their next CD. It could really show off Barnes' vocal range, plus, he's gay like Freddie Mercury, so it would make sense. I'll bet Freddie Mercury didn't run from all his fights. I'm sure he would've at least slapped the other person with a pink glove or something."
NILE Get Custom Guitar, End Touring Cycle
Dean Guitars recently completed a NILE custom V guitar — a "beautiful" U.S.A. handmade V in transparent black flame maple burst. Mr. Dean Zelinsky personally hand-delivered the guitar to NILE guitarist/vocalist Karl Sanders at the Vic Theatre in Chicago and spent the evening hanging out with the band, taking pictures and enjoying the show. Read about it here.
In other news, NILE have posted the following message on their official web site:
"Currently we have a European tour upcoming, and then we will be finished with the touring for this record - and we are then looking forward to resting from a long and hard touring cycle, and then collectively writing and recording the next NILE album. This was our third and last U.S. tour in support of 'In their Darkened Shrines' and we appreciate everyone who came to see NILE on tour. Thanks for the metal! We will see you again on tour on the next record."
Check out NILE's video for the track "Sarcophagus" at this location.
Dean Guitars recently completed a NILE custom V guitar — a "beautiful" U.S.A. handmade V in transparent black flame maple burst. Mr. Dean Zelinsky personally hand-delivered the guitar to NILE guitarist/vocalist Karl Sanders at the Vic Theatre in Chicago and spent the evening hanging out with the band, taking pictures and enjoying the show. Read about it here.
In other news, NILE have posted the following message on their official web site:
"Currently we have a European tour upcoming, and then we will be finished with the touring for this record - and we are then looking forward to resting from a long and hard touring cycle, and then collectively writing and recording the next NILE album. This was our third and last U.S. tour in support of 'In their Darkened Shrines' and we appreciate everyone who came to see NILE on tour. Thanks for the metal! We will see you again on tour on the next record."
Check out NILE's video for the track "Sarcophagus" at this location.
OMNIUM GATHERUM, ROTTEN SOUND, DIABLO: Live Video Footage Available For Viewing
OMNIUM GATHERUM, ROTTEN SOUND, DIABLO, NOWEN and DENIGRATE are featured in an eight-minute live video clip filmed at Tuhma club in Finland on May 16, 2003. Download it here (Windows Media, 44.7 MB).
OMNIUM GATHERUM, ROTTEN SOUND, DIABLO, NOWEN and DENIGRATE are featured in an eight-minute live video clip filmed at Tuhma club in Finland on May 16, 2003. Download it here (Windows Media, 44.7 MB).
Producer ANDY SNEAP Outlines Upcoming Projects
Metal producer extraordinaire Andy Sneap (ARCH ENEMY, NEVERMORE, OPETH, MACHINE HEAD, SKINLAB) has posted the following update on his web site:
"As you can see from the pics [Photo#1, Photo#2], we're slowly but surely getting there with the new studio. There's been no end of complications, but hopefully the control room will be getting fitted out by the end of next week.
"The OPETH live at Shepherds Bush DVD is now complete. That's been tough, a lot of work, dealing with the film people, who seem to think they have priority all the time. Quite frustrating at times but its come out great, don't ask me for a track listing, I have no idea what the songs are called, just 'long one' and 'even longer one'. For the boffins who need to know, its encoded in both DTS and Dolby 5.1 + normal stereo mix.
"STAMPIN' GROUND's 'A New Darkness Upon Us', has been getting great reviews across the board, KKKKK in Kerrang! a couple of weeks ago and 8/10 in Metal Hammer this week.
"As far as upcoming work, couple of projects for the end of the year (providing I can get these builders off site), KILLSWITCH ENGAGE mix for second half of January, TESTAMENT looking at February then KREATOR after that. I'll keep you posted and get more pics of studio up asap."
Metal producer extraordinaire Andy Sneap (ARCH ENEMY, NEVERMORE, OPETH, MACHINE HEAD, SKINLAB) has posted the following update on his web site:
"As you can see from the pics [Photo#1, Photo#2], we're slowly but surely getting there with the new studio. There's been no end of complications, but hopefully the control room will be getting fitted out by the end of next week.
"The OPETH live at Shepherds Bush DVD is now complete. That's been tough, a lot of work, dealing with the film people, who seem to think they have priority all the time. Quite frustrating at times but its come out great, don't ask me for a track listing, I have no idea what the songs are called, just 'long one' and 'even longer one'. For the boffins who need to know, its encoded in both DTS and Dolby 5.1 + normal stereo mix.
"STAMPIN' GROUND's 'A New Darkness Upon Us', has been getting great reviews across the board, KKKKK in Kerrang! a couple of weeks ago and 8/10 in Metal Hammer this week.
"As far as upcoming work, couple of projects for the end of the year (providing I can get these builders off site), KILLSWITCH ENGAGE mix for second half of January, TESTAMENT looking at February then KREATOR after that. I'll keep you posted and get more pics of studio up asap."
Lost Cliff Burton Video Found*
Unavailable for over twenty-one years watch Cliff Burton's head-banging 1982 performance with heavy metal group Trauma only 24 hours before being discovered by Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich. Enjoy this extremely rare performance that for the first time is available to Metallica and Cliff fans.
Just click here
* There is a fee
Unavailable for over twenty-one years watch Cliff Burton's head-banging 1982 performance with heavy metal group Trauma only 24 hours before being discovered by Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich. Enjoy this extremely rare performance that for the first time is available to Metallica and Cliff fans.
Just click here
* There is a fee
11.04.2003
Krammit News
For those of you that were unaware, we have a show this friday at the Creepy Crawl with Baine, Dark Adtic, and False Hope. Tickets are $8, get them from us if possible.
Also, the website is at the beginning of a remodeling. Therefore, some parts may be slightly screwy for a while. Once it's done though, it'll be frame-free, better looking, and faster loading.
That's all for now.
----Krammit----
www.krammit.net
For those of you that were unaware, we have a show this friday at the Creepy Crawl with Baine, Dark Adtic, and False Hope. Tickets are $8, get them from us if possible.
Also, the website is at the beginning of a remodeling. Therefore, some parts may be slightly screwy for a while. Once it's done though, it'll be frame-free, better looking, and faster loading.
That's all for now.
----Krammit----
www.krammit.net
Short Life Crisis (News & Updates)
We have been back from our tour now for a couple of weeks. We would like to thank everyone who came out to shows, bought merch, fed us and gave us places to stay. There are way too many people to list them all right now but without yall this tour would not have been possible. We are already making plans for an early spring tour witch will cover most the places we have been as well as take us out east and further north.
We will keep you posted as things come together.
On a sad note, Justin has decided to part ways with S.L.C.. Things have come up beyond his control and wont be able to continue. He will still be working closely with the bands booking as well as playing with the band until a replacement is found. He will focus more on building his label Gorgeous Wreck. So if interested in taking over bass duties email
us shortlifecrisis@yahoo.com or call John & Pete (972)-230-9187. You must have your own equipment and be willing to tour for long periods of time.
We have been sponsored by www.lifebydeath.com. They are designing three sticker designs for us. Make sure you check the site out.
Finally, we have a new flash-based website coming soon. Kirk at www.babystacker.com is going to be doing it for us. He is also
responsible for the opening page / CD artwork. So keep checking back cause he promises not to disappoint.
http://www.shortlifecrisis.net
We have been back from our tour now for a couple of weeks. We would like to thank everyone who came out to shows, bought merch, fed us and gave us places to stay. There are way too many people to list them all right now but without yall this tour would not have been possible. We are already making plans for an early spring tour witch will cover most the places we have been as well as take us out east and further north.
We will keep you posted as things come together.
On a sad note, Justin has decided to part ways with S.L.C.. Things have come up beyond his control and wont be able to continue. He will still be working closely with the bands booking as well as playing with the band until a replacement is found. He will focus more on building his label Gorgeous Wreck. So if interested in taking over bass duties email
us shortlifecrisis@yahoo.com or call John & Pete (972)-230-9187. You must have your own equipment and be willing to tour for long periods of time.
We have been sponsored by www.lifebydeath.com. They are designing three sticker designs for us. Make sure you check the site out.
Finally, we have a new flash-based website coming soon. Kirk at www.babystacker.com is going to be doing it for us. He is also
responsible for the opening page / CD artwork. So keep checking back cause he promises not to disappoint.
http://www.shortlifecrisis.net
TYPE O NEGATIVE ANNOUNCES A CO-HEADLINING TOUR WITH BLACK METAL'S CRADLE OF FILTH
TYPE O NEGATIVE ANNOUNCES A CO-HEADLINING TOUR WITH BLACK METAL'S CRADLE OF FILTH
BAND ALSO TO CO-HEADLINE NEW JERSEY METAL AND HARDCORE FESTIVAL THIS NOVEMBER
New York, NY: In terms of their sense of humor and their bleak 'n dreary outlook on life, TYPE O NEGATIVE couldn't get any blacker. But the Brooklyn band continues to walk the darkest of musical paths and has chosen to spend this Fall touring with the Blackest of Black Metal Bands, none other than Cradle Of Filth! That's right! TYPE O NEGATIVE and Cradle Of Filth will co-headline a national tour kicking off November 14 at the Palladium in Worcester, MA. The tongues of heavy metal fans are wagging in anticipation over this supreme metal tour.
TYPE O, fresh off a successful summer run supporting their new album Life Is Killing Me, with Lacuna Coil in tow, joins forces with Cradle Of Filth for the autumn tour season for what is sure to be one of the hottest tickets of the year, given the theatrics of both bands! Portuguese goth band Moonspell will open the dates.
In addition to this nefarious tour, TYPE O will appear as a coheadliner on the main stage of this year's inaugural New Jersey Metal And Hardcore Fest at The Convention Hall in Asbury Park, NJ on November 15. A full list of confirmed dates with Cradle Of Filth have just been announced.
Life Is Killing Me was released in June, and has sold over 80,000 copies and has reigned atop the Metal Radio charts for weeks on end.
For more information on TYPE O NEGATIVE, please contact the Roadrunner Records Media Relations Department.
NOVEMBER
12 Bridge Street Music Hall Syracuse, NY
13 The Chance Poughkeepsie, NY
14 Worcester Palladium Boston, MA
15 Asbury Park Convention Hall Asbury Park, NJ
16 Newport Music Hall Columbus, OH
19 Orbit Room Grand Rapids, MI
20 Eagles Club Milwaukee, WI
21 Agora Theatre Cleveland, OH
22 Riviera Theatre Chicago, IL
24 Quest Club Minneapolis, MN
25 Pop's St. Louis, MO
26 Bricktown Oklahoma, OK
28 Ridglea Theatre Ft. Worth, TX
29 Sunset Station San Antonio, TX
DECEMBER
1 Marquee Theatre Tempe, AZ
2 Hollywood Palladium Los Angeles, CA
3 The Joint Las Vegas, NV
5 Warfield Theatre San Francisco, CA
6 Crystal Ballroom Portland, OR
7 Showbox Theatre Seattle, WA
9 The Fillmore Denver, CO
11 Val Air Ballroom Des Moines, IA
13 Metropol Pittsburgh, PA
15 9:30 Club Washington, D.C.
16 Electric Factory Philadelphia, PA
TYPE O NEGATIVE ANNOUNCES A CO-HEADLINING TOUR WITH BLACK METAL'S CRADLE OF FILTH
BAND ALSO TO CO-HEADLINE NEW JERSEY METAL AND HARDCORE FESTIVAL THIS NOVEMBER
New York, NY: In terms of their sense of humor and their bleak 'n dreary outlook on life, TYPE O NEGATIVE couldn't get any blacker. But the Brooklyn band continues to walk the darkest of musical paths and has chosen to spend this Fall touring with the Blackest of Black Metal Bands, none other than Cradle Of Filth! That's right! TYPE O NEGATIVE and Cradle Of Filth will co-headline a national tour kicking off November 14 at the Palladium in Worcester, MA. The tongues of heavy metal fans are wagging in anticipation over this supreme metal tour.
TYPE O, fresh off a successful summer run supporting their new album Life Is Killing Me, with Lacuna Coil in tow, joins forces with Cradle Of Filth for the autumn tour season for what is sure to be one of the hottest tickets of the year, given the theatrics of both bands! Portuguese goth band Moonspell will open the dates.
In addition to this nefarious tour, TYPE O will appear as a coheadliner on the main stage of this year's inaugural New Jersey Metal And Hardcore Fest at The Convention Hall in Asbury Park, NJ on November 15. A full list of confirmed dates with Cradle Of Filth have just been announced.
Life Is Killing Me was released in June, and has sold over 80,000 copies and has reigned atop the Metal Radio charts for weeks on end.
For more information on TYPE O NEGATIVE, please contact the Roadrunner Records Media Relations Department.
NOVEMBER
12 Bridge Street Music Hall Syracuse, NY
13 The Chance Poughkeepsie, NY
14 Worcester Palladium Boston, MA
15 Asbury Park Convention Hall Asbury Park, NJ
16 Newport Music Hall Columbus, OH
19 Orbit Room Grand Rapids, MI
20 Eagles Club Milwaukee, WI
21 Agora Theatre Cleveland, OH
22 Riviera Theatre Chicago, IL
24 Quest Club Minneapolis, MN
25 Pop's St. Louis, MO
26 Bricktown Oklahoma, OK
28 Ridglea Theatre Ft. Worth, TX
29 Sunset Station San Antonio, TX
DECEMBER
1 Marquee Theatre Tempe, AZ
2 Hollywood Palladium Los Angeles, CA
3 The Joint Las Vegas, NV
5 Warfield Theatre San Francisco, CA
6 Crystal Ballroom Portland, OR
7 Showbox Theatre Seattle, WA
9 The Fillmore Denver, CO
11 Val Air Ballroom Des Moines, IA
13 Metropol Pittsburgh, PA
15 9:30 Club Washington, D.C.
16 Electric Factory Philadelphia, PA
HALLOWEEN HAS BEEN MOVED...
HALLOWEEN HAS BEEN MOVED...
To November 8th
Only Folks This Evil Could Get Away With It!
Come on down to Evilnow's home of Whores & Horrors!
HEAR the evil music of USUPRER! LIVE in studio at THREE RING RADIO!
€ TALK with SHANE BUGBEE - Troublemaker Extroadinaire for over 20 years, Host of ThreeRingRadio.com, Creator of evilnow.com & Chicagoland's Official Church Of Satan representative!
€ FEEL The Evil with the folks from RADIO FREE SATAN!
€ MEET the WHORE OF HORROR and witness a real live Blood Ritual!
€ ENJOY FREE BBQ & DRINKS!
€ EXPERIENCE the dark realms of Their Haunted House!
€ WATCH OUT Satan might just show up!
EARACHE RECORDS & RADIO FREE SATAN PRESENT:
USURPER LIVE IN STUDIO ON THREE RING RADIO
War with Satan is coming to Three Ring Radio on November 8th at 4pm Central time! Black Metal gods Usurper will be appearing live in the Studio and
broadcast on Radiofreesatan.com. They will be performing live in full metal regalia to play songs from their new CD ŒTwilight¹s Domain¹, as well as
classics they haven't preformed in over 8 years, never released songs and perhaps a cover or two.
Each member will succumb to a pull no punches interview with Three Ring Radio executioner Shane Bugbee. Usurper will also take part in a drinking
contest against the Radio Free Satan staff. And, Best of All-- Don¹t
miss
out on the huge Metal debate: Who is the best metal band of all time?
The Venom vs. Slayer argument that was begun during the 9-11 live show, it will be finished this night. The sheer hostility of this debate is certain to
spill blood!
Get ready for neck thrashing, knife fights, beer swilling and more! Sore necks are on the way! Thrashing will be so hard heads will be rolling down the street! Drinking, eating and total decadence will flow free in this on air orgy!
Can the studio stand up to the awesome metal power of Usurper or will the walls come crashing in? Will crowds of protestors or fans break through
the steel doors? Will the studio go up in smoke during the metal debate?
Who can drink the most without dying? Will ambulances be called? Find out on
November 8th, live and in your face at 4pm Central Time!
www.threeringradio.com
www.Radiofreesatan.com
Three Ring Radio November 8th at 4pm Central Time
More info at www.evilnow.com
--
If your interested please check out a couple of websites I DO:
www.evilnow.com - Home to stuff I make & sell.
www.threeringradio.com - Info on a weekly radio show I do for Radio
Free
Satan
www.pogotheclown.com - Some of my historic art collection, most for
sale...
also a link to ebay stuff!
HALLOWEEN HAS BEEN MOVED...
To November 8th
Only Folks This Evil Could Get Away With It!
Come on down to Evilnow's home of Whores & Horrors!
HEAR the evil music of USUPRER! LIVE in studio at THREE RING RADIO!
€ TALK with SHANE BUGBEE - Troublemaker Extroadinaire for over 20 years, Host of ThreeRingRadio.com, Creator of evilnow.com & Chicagoland's Official Church Of Satan representative!
€ FEEL The Evil with the folks from RADIO FREE SATAN!
€ MEET the WHORE OF HORROR and witness a real live Blood Ritual!
€ ENJOY FREE BBQ & DRINKS!
€ EXPERIENCE the dark realms of Their Haunted House!
€ WATCH OUT Satan might just show up!
EARACHE RECORDS & RADIO FREE SATAN PRESENT:
USURPER LIVE IN STUDIO ON THREE RING RADIO
War with Satan is coming to Three Ring Radio on November 8th at 4pm Central time! Black Metal gods Usurper will be appearing live in the Studio and
broadcast on Radiofreesatan.com. They will be performing live in full metal regalia to play songs from their new CD ŒTwilight¹s Domain¹, as well as
classics they haven't preformed in over 8 years, never released songs and perhaps a cover or two.
Each member will succumb to a pull no punches interview with Three Ring Radio executioner Shane Bugbee. Usurper will also take part in a drinking
contest against the Radio Free Satan staff. And, Best of All-- Don¹t
miss
out on the huge Metal debate: Who is the best metal band of all time?
The Venom vs. Slayer argument that was begun during the 9-11 live show, it will be finished this night. The sheer hostility of this debate is certain to
spill blood!
Get ready for neck thrashing, knife fights, beer swilling and more! Sore necks are on the way! Thrashing will be so hard heads will be rolling down the street! Drinking, eating and total decadence will flow free in this on air orgy!
Can the studio stand up to the awesome metal power of Usurper or will the walls come crashing in? Will crowds of protestors or fans break through
the steel doors? Will the studio go up in smoke during the metal debate?
Who can drink the most without dying? Will ambulances be called? Find out on
November 8th, live and in your face at 4pm Central Time!
www.threeringradio.com
www.Radiofreesatan.com
Three Ring Radio November 8th at 4pm Central Time
More info at www.evilnow.com
--
If your interested please check out a couple of websites I DO:
www.evilnow.com - Home to stuff I make & sell.
www.threeringradio.com - Info on a weekly radio show I do for Radio
Free
Satan
www.pogotheclown.com - Some of my historic art collection, most for
sale...
also a link to ebay stuff!
11.03.2003
EXHUMED, BEHEMOTH, WEHRWOLFE To Team Up For North American Tour
EXHUMED, BEHEMOTH and WEHRWOLFE will be teaming up for a North American tour beginning in late November.
The following is BEHEMOTH's latest posting on their official web site:
"We've done 11 shows till now [as part of the The Unnatural Born Killers Tour 2003 with SIX FEET UNDER, SKINLESS and AS I LAY DYING]. Yesterday we played in Montreal, Canada and this was absolutely the highlight of this tour. It seems like Canada will become one of the best markets for as, as well as the greatest crowds we've ever had ! Wanted to say that we totally appreciate what u guys in Montreal have done to us...the response went far beyond my expectations.
"Tomorrow we come back to NY. There is about 30 more shows to come...our American agent is working on another round after we are done with this tour so it seems like we'll be touring America till late December. It's gonna be main support for EXHUMED. [WEHRWOLF] will be opening. We have also 3 Mexican headlining dates already confirmed which feels great coz the shows we played there couple of years back were outstanding."
BEHEMOTH dates in Mexico:
Dec. 11 - Guanes (by San Pedro), MEX @ TBA
Dec. 12 - Mexicali, MEX @ TBA
Dec. 13 - Tijuana, MEX @ TBA
EXHUMED, BEHEMOTH and WEHRWOLFE will be teaming up for a North American tour beginning in late November.
The following is BEHEMOTH's latest posting on their official web site:
"We've done 11 shows till now [as part of the The Unnatural Born Killers Tour 2003 with SIX FEET UNDER, SKINLESS and AS I LAY DYING]. Yesterday we played in Montreal, Canada and this was absolutely the highlight of this tour. It seems like Canada will become one of the best markets for as, as well as the greatest crowds we've ever had ! Wanted to say that we totally appreciate what u guys in Montreal have done to us...the response went far beyond my expectations.
"Tomorrow we come back to NY. There is about 30 more shows to come...our American agent is working on another round after we are done with this tour so it seems like we'll be touring America till late December. It's gonna be main support for EXHUMED. [WEHRWOLF] will be opening. We have also 3 Mexican headlining dates already confirmed which feels great coz the shows we played there couple of years back were outstanding."
BEHEMOTH dates in Mexico:
Dec. 11 - Guanes (by San Pedro), MEX @ TBA
Dec. 12 - Mexicali, MEX @ TBA
Dec. 13 - Tijuana, MEX @ TBA
Rock Magazine CREEM To Publish Again
Long-defunct rock magazine Creem is making a comeback. Currently a web-only publication (www.creemmedia.com), Creem is expected be on store shelves in a print edition next spring, according to publisher Robert Matheu.
Creem began in Detroit in March 1969 and ran monthly until folding in November 1988. A revival was launched in the early 1990s, but the publication largely lay dormant until fall 2000, when Cameron Crowe's semi-autobiographical movie "Almost Famous" was released, according to Billboard.com.
Crowe wrote for Creem as a teenager under the editing of the late Lester Bangs, an eccentric, prolific writer who became synonymous with the publication.
The film renewed interest in Bangs and Creem, and Matheu decided to try to restore luster to the magazine's name. He contacted the owners of the publication rights and obtained permission to bring it back.
Long-defunct rock magazine Creem is making a comeback. Currently a web-only publication (www.creemmedia.com), Creem is expected be on store shelves in a print edition next spring, according to publisher Robert Matheu.
Creem began in Detroit in March 1969 and ran monthly until folding in November 1988. A revival was launched in the early 1990s, but the publication largely lay dormant until fall 2000, when Cameron Crowe's semi-autobiographical movie "Almost Famous" was released, according to Billboard.com.
Crowe wrote for Creem as a teenager under the editing of the late Lester Bangs, an eccentric, prolific writer who became synonymous with the publication.
The film renewed interest in Bangs and Creem, and Matheu decided to try to restore luster to the magazine's name. He contacted the owners of the publication rights and obtained permission to bring it back.
MALEVOLENT CREATION: Drummer DAVE CULROSS Rejoins The Fold
Floridian death metallers MALEVOLENT CREATION have issued the following update:
"It's been a while since we have had a news update so here it is. First off, the rumors concerning drummer Dave Culross rejoining MALEVOLENT CREATION are in fact very true!!!! We are very excited about working with Dave again and working on the next album with him. Other great news is that our next (9th) album will be released on Nuclear Blast Records worldwide. Nuclear Blast released our last album, 'The Will To Kill', in Europe and did a great job for us and we are happy to continue this relationship with them. Recording for the untitled 9th full-length will take place in February with producer Jean Francois Dagenais producing again with a June 2004 release date. MALEVOLENT CREATION are also confirmed to play next year's killer 'With Full Force' open air festival in Germany and are in negotiations with numerous other European summer festivals to promote the new album to be released in June 2004. In the works are a live album recorded in Brazil during our Brazilian tour in September and a DVD containing various footage throughout the band's 16-year career. It is taking a bit of time to sift through all this crazy shit but it will be worth it. Also, Roadrunner Records has just released a MALEVOLENT CREATION 'Best Of' CD containing 18 songs from our first 3 albums and a few other rarities. So if you you wanna know where it all started be sure to pick it up because trying to find those first 3 albums is hard these days. Our last 2 live shows in support of 'The Will To Kill' album will happen on December 13th and 14th here in Florida.
"Well, that's it for now. We have an album we have to finish writing !!!.See you all in 2004!!!!!"
Upcoming MALEVOLENT CREATION shows:
Dec. 13 - Venom Nightclub - St.Petersburg, FL (w/ CONTORTED)
Dec. 14 - Culture Room - Ft.Lauderdale, FL (w/ DIVINE EMPIRE, PREMONITION
Floridian death metallers MALEVOLENT CREATION have issued the following update:
"It's been a while since we have had a news update so here it is. First off, the rumors concerning drummer Dave Culross rejoining MALEVOLENT CREATION are in fact very true!!!! We are very excited about working with Dave again and working on the next album with him. Other great news is that our next (9th) album will be released on Nuclear Blast Records worldwide. Nuclear Blast released our last album, 'The Will To Kill', in Europe and did a great job for us and we are happy to continue this relationship with them. Recording for the untitled 9th full-length will take place in February with producer Jean Francois Dagenais producing again with a June 2004 release date. MALEVOLENT CREATION are also confirmed to play next year's killer 'With Full Force' open air festival in Germany and are in negotiations with numerous other European summer festivals to promote the new album to be released in June 2004. In the works are a live album recorded in Brazil during our Brazilian tour in September and a DVD containing various footage throughout the band's 16-year career. It is taking a bit of time to sift through all this crazy shit but it will be worth it. Also, Roadrunner Records has just released a MALEVOLENT CREATION 'Best Of' CD containing 18 songs from our first 3 albums and a few other rarities. So if you you wanna know where it all started be sure to pick it up because trying to find those first 3 albums is hard these days. Our last 2 live shows in support of 'The Will To Kill' album will happen on December 13th and 14th here in Florida.
"Well, that's it for now. We have an album we have to finish writing !!!.See you all in 2004!!!!!"
Upcoming MALEVOLENT CREATION shows:
Dec. 13 - Venom Nightclub - St.Petersburg, FL (w/ CONTORTED)
Dec. 14 - Culture Room - Ft.Lauderdale, FL (w/ DIVINE EMPIRE, PREMONITION
CRYPTOPSY Part Ways With Singer, Seek Replacement
Canadian technical death metallers CRYPTOPSY have officially parted ways with vocalist Martin Lacroix (ex-SPASME). No reason was given was given for Lacroix's departure. The group are currently seeking a replacement frontman while continuing to write material for their fifth studio album, tentatively due in early 2004 through Century Media Records.
The as-yet-untitled effort will be recorded at Wild Studio in St-Zenon, Quebec, Canada with producer Pierre Rémillard (KATAKLYSM, GORGUTS, KRISIUN). No further information is available at this time.
As previously reported, CRYPTOPSY drummer Flo Mounier will be appearing at the Montreal Drum Fest on November 7. Mounier's 25-minute performance will include a medley of new material with fellow CRYPTOPSY members Jon Levasseur, Eric Langlois and Alex Auburn followed by a drum solo and a drum "duet" with Ange Curcio (ERIC LAPOINTE, COREY HEART). The night will end with a performance by DREAM THEATER's Mike Portnoy and his LED ZEPPELIN tribute band. For more info and tickets check out www.montrealdrumfest.com.
Canadian technical death metallers CRYPTOPSY have officially parted ways with vocalist Martin Lacroix (ex-SPASME). No reason was given was given for Lacroix's departure. The group are currently seeking a replacement frontman while continuing to write material for their fifth studio album, tentatively due in early 2004 through Century Media Records.
The as-yet-untitled effort will be recorded at Wild Studio in St-Zenon, Quebec, Canada with producer Pierre Rémillard (KATAKLYSM, GORGUTS, KRISIUN). No further information is available at this time.
As previously reported, CRYPTOPSY drummer Flo Mounier will be appearing at the Montreal Drum Fest on November 7. Mounier's 25-minute performance will include a medley of new material with fellow CRYPTOPSY members Jon Levasseur, Eric Langlois and Alex Auburn followed by a drum solo and a drum "duet" with Ange Curcio (ERIC LAPOINTE, COREY HEART). The night will end with a performance by DREAM THEATER's Mike Portnoy and his LED ZEPPELIN tribute band. For more info and tickets check out www.montrealdrumfest.com.
11.02.2003
RED STREAM, INC. is RELOCATING!
DEAR PARTNERS and FAITHFUL CUSTOMERS,
RED STREAM, INC. is RELOCATING!
to Orlando, Florida!
For a variety of personal and professional reasons, Red Stream, Inc. is relocating to Orlando, Florida. It's been a great 10 years in
Pennsylvania but the time has come for a much-needed change of scenery. The opporunities accompanying a fresh start in a new area will bring more drive to release the most obscure, original and timeless music we can unearth.
Our last day in Pennsylvania will be November 11th, 2003. We will be closed November 12-17th for the physical move, during which orders cannot be processed. But you can still order, as all orders will be processed as soon as possible starting November 18th, the projected first day of business launched from our new location.
If you've sent anything to our PO Box in Camp Hill, do not worry. All mail will be forwarded to our new location.
Please update your records with our new contact information:
Red Stream, Inc.
P.O. Box 196242
Winter Springs, FL 32719-6242
U.S.A.
The website will stay the same (daily updates): www.redstream.org
Phone/fax numbers will be announced as they are made available.
Regards,
Patrick/Red Stream, Inc.
DEAR PARTNERS and FAITHFUL CUSTOMERS,
RED STREAM, INC. is RELOCATING!
to Orlando, Florida!
For a variety of personal and professional reasons, Red Stream, Inc. is relocating to Orlando, Florida. It's been a great 10 years in
Pennsylvania but the time has come for a much-needed change of scenery. The opporunities accompanying a fresh start in a new area will bring more drive to release the most obscure, original and timeless music we can unearth.
Our last day in Pennsylvania will be November 11th, 2003. We will be closed November 12-17th for the physical move, during which orders cannot be processed. But you can still order, as all orders will be processed as soon as possible starting November 18th, the projected first day of business launched from our new location.
If you've sent anything to our PO Box in Camp Hill, do not worry. All mail will be forwarded to our new location.
Please update your records with our new contact information:
Red Stream, Inc.
P.O. Box 196242
Winter Springs, FL 32719-6242
U.S.A.
The website will stay the same (daily updates): www.redstream.org
Phone/fax numbers will be announced as they are made available.
Regards,
Patrick/Red Stream, Inc.
greetings from Withered Earth
greetings from Withered Earth check out our site at www.witheredearth.com
and the new cd "Of which they bleed" on Olympic/Century Media Recs
later
adam / withered earth
www.witheredearth.com
www.olympicrecordings.com
witheredearth@hotmail.com
Adam Bonacci
5 Beechwood Dr.
Rochester, New York 14606
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
greetings from Withered Earth check out our site at www.witheredearth.com
and the new cd "Of which they bleed" on Olympic/Century Media Recs
later
adam / withered earth
www.witheredearth.com
www.olympicrecordings.com
witheredearth@hotmail.com
Adam Bonacci
5 Beechwood Dr.
Rochester, New York 14606
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
NEW PLACE TO GET METAL ACCESORIES MADE!!!!!!!
Greetings
My name is Javier Baldeón, I make them arrive this email to inform on the new face of the distribution Web also I make t-shirts and embroided patch, I take care of orders for distributors and Rec.
the prices are the following ones:
Embroided patch, minimum 8 units by I title. = 1.80 US$ (unit/ with sent).
If the order for example is of 100 embroided patch of the same model, the price is 150 US$ (with sent).
T-shirts, minimum 21 t-shirts (they can be several models) = 8.50 US$ (unit. / with sent).
Hats, minimum 8 units by I title. = 7US$ (unit/ with sent).
If the order for example is of 50 Hats of the same model, the price is 290 US$ (with sent).
In order to be able to make the patches and Tshirt, I need 15 days, to avoid problems.
Now I am making patches for back, to the same percentage of the logotipos of the t-shirts, the price by unit it is of 5.25 USS, it is possible to be used the following colors, gilded, gold, lead and silver.
List of patch.
Abigail
Absu
Bathory
Beherit
Blasphemy
Bulldozer
Burzum
Conqueror
Corpse Molestation
Celtic Frost
Dark Angel
Destroyer 666
Destruction
Emperor
Expulser
Gospel of the storm
Gorgoroth
Hadez
Hellhammer
Holocausto
Immolation
Impaled Nazarene
Iron Maiden
Kreator
Master's Hammer
Mayhem
Merciful Fate
Mystifier (old Logo)
Mystifier (New logo)
Morbosidad
Morbid Angel
Morbid
Mutilator
Nuclear Death
Profanatica
Possessed
Samael
Sarcofago
Sextrash
Suffocation
Sodom
Tormentor
Venom
Violent Force
Vulcano
Atte.
Javier Luis Baldeón Peréz
Jr. Tizon y Bueno 569
Interior 6 - Lima 11
Perú - South America
web magazine : www.unearthly-mag.cjb.net
web distribution : www.geocities.com/themetalcave/
Greetings
My name is Javier Baldeón, I make them arrive this email to inform on the new face of the distribution Web also I make t-shirts and embroided patch, I take care of orders for distributors and Rec.
the prices are the following ones:
Embroided patch, minimum 8 units by I title. = 1.80 US$ (unit/ with sent).
If the order for example is of 100 embroided patch of the same model, the price is 150 US$ (with sent).
T-shirts, minimum 21 t-shirts (they can be several models) = 8.50 US$ (unit. / with sent).
Hats, minimum 8 units by I title. = 7US$ (unit/ with sent).
If the order for example is of 50 Hats of the same model, the price is 290 US$ (with sent).
In order to be able to make the patches and Tshirt, I need 15 days, to avoid problems.
Now I am making patches for back, to the same percentage of the logotipos of the t-shirts, the price by unit it is of 5.25 USS, it is possible to be used the following colors, gilded, gold, lead and silver.
List of patch.
Abigail
Absu
Bathory
Beherit
Blasphemy
Bulldozer
Burzum
Conqueror
Corpse Molestation
Celtic Frost
Dark Angel
Destroyer 666
Destruction
Emperor
Expulser
Gospel of the storm
Gorgoroth
Hadez
Hellhammer
Holocausto
Immolation
Impaled Nazarene
Iron Maiden
Kreator
Master's Hammer
Mayhem
Merciful Fate
Mystifier (old Logo)
Mystifier (New logo)
Morbosidad
Morbid Angel
Morbid
Mutilator
Nuclear Death
Profanatica
Possessed
Samael
Sarcofago
Sextrash
Suffocation
Sodom
Tormentor
Venom
Violent Force
Vulcano
Atte.
Javier Luis Baldeón Peréz
Jr. Tizon y Bueno 569
Interior 6 - Lima 11
Perú - South America
web magazine : www.unearthly-mag.cjb.net
web distribution : www.geocities.com/themetalcave/
11.01.2003
Roadrunner Rules Ozzfest
Back in 1998, Roadrunner was proud to display some of its finest on the Ozzfest tour, and that year put together a promo compilation of the Roadrunner bands that were on that years tour. We're giving away 5 copies of that album, entitled Roadrunner Rules Ozzfest, Vol. 2. What's better--each album is autographed by Dez from DevilDriver, Rayna from Coal Chamber, Max from Soulfly, Joey Z. from Life of Agony, and an unrecognizable 5th autograph. We'll let you pick whose you want it to be if you win. Answer away:
What band played right before the headliner (Ozzy) during the 1998 Ozzfest?
Submit your answer here!
Back in 1998, Roadrunner was proud to display some of its finest on the Ozzfest tour, and that year put together a promo compilation of the Roadrunner bands that were on that years tour. We're giving away 5 copies of that album, entitled Roadrunner Rules Ozzfest, Vol. 2. What's better--each album is autographed by Dez from DevilDriver, Rayna from Coal Chamber, Max from Soulfly, Joey Z. from Life of Agony, and an unrecognizable 5th autograph. We'll let you pick whose you want it to be if you win. Answer away:
What band played right before the headliner (Ozzy) during the 1998 Ozzfest?
Submit your answer here!
10.31.2003
Police Called After MARILYN MANSON Cuts Show Short
TheKansasCityChannel.com reports that police were called out (KCTV Video) to control a crowd of concert-goers unhappy after MARILYN MANSON, featured attraction at a "Freakers Ball" event Thursday night (October 30), ended his show early when fans pushed down a barrier.
According to accounts from people attending the concert at the Kansas City International Raceway, a security fence between the fans and the stage was pushed down twice, and after the second time the Manson band left the stage.
Some of the fans began rushing toward the stage, upset that the concert had been cut short. Kansas City Police Capt. Robert Zimmerman said some threw bottles at off-duty police officers who were hired to provide security at the concert.
"The crowd became unruly," he said. "We ended up calling in what we call a field force. It involved approximately 100 officers."
The officers, some wearing protective helmets, came from nearby Independence and Lee's Summit as well as Kansas City. Some fans said irritant sprays were directed at them as police took action to control the crowd.
Concert-goer Rodney Borden said that crews began taking down the band's equipment after the fence went down a second time and the musicians walked off.
"Everybody started just getting all freaked out and rioting after that," he said. "Cop cars were getting smashed. Cops were trying to get everybody out of there, and people were just fighting back. They wouldn't do what they got to do, just leave."
"It was like total chaos," said another young man.
"People are nuts," said Darrick Knight. "That's why I don't go to rock concerts that much."
The concert had started in the afternoon, and Manson's group was the last of six acts to perform. Zimmerman said about 12,000 people attended the concert.
Ambulances were at the scene, but apparently there were only a few minor injuries.
According to the MARILYN MANSON web site, the band is scheduled to perform in Dallas Friday night.
TheKansasCityChannel.com reports that police were called out (KCTV Video) to control a crowd of concert-goers unhappy after MARILYN MANSON, featured attraction at a "Freakers Ball" event Thursday night (October 30), ended his show early when fans pushed down a barrier.
According to accounts from people attending the concert at the Kansas City International Raceway, a security fence between the fans and the stage was pushed down twice, and after the second time the Manson band left the stage.
Some of the fans began rushing toward the stage, upset that the concert had been cut short. Kansas City Police Capt. Robert Zimmerman said some threw bottles at off-duty police officers who were hired to provide security at the concert.
"The crowd became unruly," he said. "We ended up calling in what we call a field force. It involved approximately 100 officers."
The officers, some wearing protective helmets, came from nearby Independence and Lee's Summit as well as Kansas City. Some fans said irritant sprays were directed at them as police took action to control the crowd.
Concert-goer Rodney Borden said that crews began taking down the band's equipment after the fence went down a second time and the musicians walked off.
"Everybody started just getting all freaked out and rioting after that," he said. "Cop cars were getting smashed. Cops were trying to get everybody out of there, and people were just fighting back. They wouldn't do what they got to do, just leave."
"It was like total chaos," said another young man.
"People are nuts," said Darrick Knight. "That's why I don't go to rock concerts that much."
The concert had started in the afternoon, and Manson's group was the last of six acts to perform. Zimmerman said about 12,000 people attended the concert.
Ambulances were at the scene, but apparently there were only a few minor injuries.
According to the MARILYN MANSON web site, the band is scheduled to perform in Dallas Friday night.
MetalUpdate.com NEWS
BURZUM
black metal’s most notorious frontman Varg Vikernes aka Count Grishnack
reportedly attempted to escape from prison while on 17-hour leave from a
low-security facility – he was apprehended when the stolen car he was
driving was forced off an Oslo highway by police – reports indicate that
at the time of his capture, Vikernes was wearing camouflage clothing and
was carrying knives and an AG3 automatic rifle
IMPALED
following a complete self-administered lobotomy, guitarist / vocalist
Andrew LaBarre has been forced to take leave from his duties in the
hallowed halls of St. Julien's Hospital, bringing his tenure in Impaled to
an abrupt end
KALMAH
keyboardist Pasi Hiltula has left the band to concentrate on his own
projects – the swamp lords are considering leaving the position unfilled
and leave the space for guitars
ANGEL DUST
bassist Frank Banx has left the band – in a message to BW&BK he revealed
plans to found his own record company, Frank Banx Enterprises, and look
for a distributing partner for Canada and the USA to re-release ‘Into The
Dark Past’ from 1986 including unreleased bonus tracks from the 1985 demo
‘Marching For Revenge’
RIOT
drummer Frank Gilchriest (Virgin Steele) has been added to the lineup
THE GATHERING
in the wake of the birth of his new baby girl, bassist Hugo Prinsen
Geerligs is leaving the band to focus on his private life – the new bass
player is a woman named Marjolein Kooijman - meanwhile, on January 26th
Century Media Records will release a semi-acoustic live album entitled
‘Sleepy Buildings’
GOD AMONG INSECTS
this old school death metal project features bassist Tomas Elofsson
(Sanctification), Tobben Gustafsson (Vomitory), guitarist Lord K.
Philipson (The Project Hate) and vocalist Jörgen Sandström (The Project
Hate, Entombed) – the music is said to be like a mixture of old Grave,
Bolt Thrower, Morbid Angel, Deicide, etc.
SHAITAN MAZAR
this new act features former Nile members Chief Spires (bass, vocals) and
John Ehlers (guitar) and is rounded out by Jason Hohenstein (vocals),
Robert Dirr (guitars) and Brett Goode (drums) – the musical style is being
described by Spires as "ranging from the most extreme attack to metal,
ambient, melodic passages. Our purpose is, basically, no limits."
INCANTATION
guitarist Thomas Pioli (Ceremonium, Obliteration, Hemlock) has been
recruited to fill the second guitar position for the "Rotting With Your
Christ" South American tour
LOST HORIZON
Hans Boström has been added as session guitarist for live gigs
ANCIENT
former vocalist Kaiaphas will perform guest vocals on the new album,
currently under construction
WITHOUT FACE
21-year-old Dina has been added as the new female vocalist - Zsolt is the
new guitar player – the band is hard at work writing new material
BLISTERED EARTH
the Massachusetts thrash act has filled the vacant lead guitar slot with
Peter Rutcho (Vomitron) and is currently in the studio recording their
first full length entitled "Leading The Strike"
DARKEST HOUR
the rest of the European tour including two weeks with The Crown in
November has been cancelled because guitarist Mike Schleibaum's father has
been battling cancer for about two years and Mike has been called home by
his family to spend his last days with him
DISSECTION
the band’s comeback tour scheduled for December 2004 will reportedly be
"something out of the ordinary" with shows around two hours long and
containing only old material — more or less every song from the first two
albums ‘The Somberlain’ and ‘Storm Of The Light's Bane’
METAL BLADE RECORDS
the label office and staff homes narrowly escaped the fires in Simi
Valley, CA, saved only by the brave and courageous firefighters and
emergency personnel
DEICIDE
according to a newspaper report, guitarist Eric Hoffman and a member of
the band’s crew were arrested last week by U.S. customs inspectors when a
search at the Canadian border uncovered drugs (amphetamines, marijuana,
anabolic steroids, hypodermic needles and three types of prescription
depressants) and weapons (.22-caliber revolver, a set of brass knuckles
and a collapsible police baton) in their possession
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NEW SIGNINGS
Relapse Records: The End, Zeke
Sony / Epic USA: Yngwie Malmsteen
Prosthetic Records: Byzantine
Mausoleum Records: StormHammer
Low Frequency Records: Twilight Ophera
Red Galaxy Records: Systemic
Butchery Music: Hyperborea
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-- TOUR DATES --
(dates are subject to change - check local listings)
CHIMAIRA
10/31 Glasgow, United Kingdom
11/01 Dundee, United Kingdom
11/02 Newcastle, United Kingdom
11/03 Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
11/04 Cardiff, United Kingdom
11/05 London, United Kingdom
CHIMAIRA w/ SOILWORK
11/17 Columbus, OH
11/18 Toronto, ONT
11/19 Montreal, QUE
11/20 Providence, RI
11/21 Boston, MA
11/22 Irvington, NJ
11/23 Philadelphia, PA
11/24 Winston-Salem, NC
11/25 Atlanta, GA
11/26 Jacksonville Beach, FL
11/28 St. Petersburg, FL
11/29 Lake Park, FL
12/01 Houston, TX
12/02 Austin, TX
12/03 Dallas, TX
12/05 Phoenix, AZ
12/06 W. Hollywood, CA
12/07 Pomona, CA
12/08 San Francisco, CA
12/21 Cleveland, OH
DEICIDE w/ HATE ETERNAL, KRISIUN & CATTLE DECAPITATION
10/31 McAllen, TX
11/01 San Antonio, TX
11/02 Austin, TX
11/03 Albuquerque, NM
11/04 Phoenix, AZ
11/05 San Diego, CA
11/06 Los Angeles, CA
11/07 Santa, Ana, CA
11/08 San Francisco, CA
11/10 Denver, CO
11/11 Omaha, NE
11/12 Sauget, IL
11/13 Chicago, IL
11/14 Cleveland, OH
11/15 Asbury Park, NJ (NJ Metal & Hardcore Fest)
11/16 Montreal, QUE
11/17 Toronto, ONT
11/18 Pittsburgh, PA
11/19 New Haven, CT
11/20 West Springfield, VA
11/21 Roanoke, VA
11/22 Spartanburg, SC
DIMMU BORGIR w/ NEVERMORE, CHILDREN OF BODOM
& HYPROCRISY
11/07 Buffalo, NY
11/08 Detroit, MI
11/09 Chicago, IL
11/11 Toronto, ON
11/12 Montreal, QU
11/13 New Haven, CT
11/14 Asbury Park, NJ (NJ Metal & Hardcore Fest)
11/15 Philadelphia, PA
11/16 Pittsburgh, PA
11/18 Atlanta, GA
11/19 Tampa, FL
11/21 Houston, TX
11/22 Dallas, TX
11/23 Austin, TX
11/25 Tempe, AZ
11/26 Los Angeles, CA
11/28 San Francisco, CA
11/29 Portland, OR
11/30 Seattle, WA
12/01 Vancouver, BC
12/03 Salt Lake City, UT
12/04 Denver, CO
12/05 Lawrence, KS
12/06 Louis, MO
12/07 Minneapolis, MN
12/09 Milwaukee, WI
12/10 Cleveland, OH
12/11 Washington, DC
12/12 Brooklyn, NY
12/13 Worcester, MA
12/14 Albany, NY
HEADBANGER'S BALL TOUR
Shadows Fall, Killswitch Engage, Lamb Of God, God Forbid & Unearth
10/31 Worcester, MA
11/01 Philadelphia, PA
11/02 Pittsburgh, PA
11/03 Columbus, OH
11/04 Sauget, IL
11/05 Minneapolis, MN
11/06 Chicago, IL
11/07 Detroit, MI
11/08 Cleveland, OH
11/09 Milwaukee, WI
11/11 Denver, CO
11/12 Salt Lake City, UT
11/14 Vancouver, BC
11/15 Seattle, WA
11/16 Portland, OR
11/17 Chico, Ca
11/18 San Francisco, CA
11/19 Los Angeles, CA
11/20 San Diego, CA
11/21 Pomona, CA
11/22 Scottsdale, AZ
11/24 Dallas, TX
11/25 San Antonio, TX
11/26 Houston, TX
11/28 Lake Buena Vista, FL
11/29 Atlanta, GA
12/01 Norfolk, VA
12/02 Washington D.C.
12/03 New York, NY
12/04 Sayreville, NJ
KING DIAMOND w/ ENTOMBED, SINGLE BULLET THEORY
& NOCTURNE
10/31 Milwaukee, WI
11/01 Cleveland, OH
11/02 Columbus, OH
11/04 Toronto, ON
11/05 Montreal, QC
11/06 New Haven, CT
11/07 Brooklyn, NY
11/08 Farmingdale, NY
11/10 Randolph, NJ
11/11 Allentown, PA
11/13 Philadelphia, PA
11/14 West Springfield, VA
11/15 Pittsburgh, PA
11/17 Tampa, FL
11/18 Ft. Lauderdale, FL
11/20 Houston, TX
11/21 Ft. Worth, TX
11/22 San Antonio, TX
LIFE OF AGONY
11/01 Zürich, SWI
11/03 Luxemburg, LUX
11/04 Paris, FRA
11/05 Tilburg, NETH
11/07 Nottingham, UK
11/08 Glasgow, SCO
11/09 London, UK
12/10 Long Island, NY
12/11 Long Island, NY
FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF TOUR DATES GO TO:
http://www.metalupdate.com/tour.html
BURZUM
black metal’s most notorious frontman Varg Vikernes aka Count Grishnack
reportedly attempted to escape from prison while on 17-hour leave from a
low-security facility – he was apprehended when the stolen car he was
driving was forced off an Oslo highway by police – reports indicate that
at the time of his capture, Vikernes was wearing camouflage clothing and
was carrying knives and an AG3 automatic rifle
IMPALED
following a complete self-administered lobotomy, guitarist / vocalist
Andrew LaBarre has been forced to take leave from his duties in the
hallowed halls of St. Julien's Hospital, bringing his tenure in Impaled to
an abrupt end
KALMAH
keyboardist Pasi Hiltula has left the band to concentrate on his own
projects – the swamp lords are considering leaving the position unfilled
and leave the space for guitars
ANGEL DUST
bassist Frank Banx has left the band – in a message to BW&BK he revealed
plans to found his own record company, Frank Banx Enterprises, and look
for a distributing partner for Canada and the USA to re-release ‘Into The
Dark Past’ from 1986 including unreleased bonus tracks from the 1985 demo
‘Marching For Revenge’
RIOT
drummer Frank Gilchriest (Virgin Steele) has been added to the lineup
THE GATHERING
in the wake of the birth of his new baby girl, bassist Hugo Prinsen
Geerligs is leaving the band to focus on his private life – the new bass
player is a woman named Marjolein Kooijman - meanwhile, on January 26th
Century Media Records will release a semi-acoustic live album entitled
‘Sleepy Buildings’
GOD AMONG INSECTS
this old school death metal project features bassist Tomas Elofsson
(Sanctification), Tobben Gustafsson (Vomitory), guitarist Lord K.
Philipson (The Project Hate) and vocalist Jörgen Sandström (The Project
Hate, Entombed) – the music is said to be like a mixture of old Grave,
Bolt Thrower, Morbid Angel, Deicide, etc.
SHAITAN MAZAR
this new act features former Nile members Chief Spires (bass, vocals) and
John Ehlers (guitar) and is rounded out by Jason Hohenstein (vocals),
Robert Dirr (guitars) and Brett Goode (drums) – the musical style is being
described by Spires as "ranging from the most extreme attack to metal,
ambient, melodic passages. Our purpose is, basically, no limits."
INCANTATION
guitarist Thomas Pioli (Ceremonium, Obliteration, Hemlock) has been
recruited to fill the second guitar position for the "Rotting With Your
Christ" South American tour
LOST HORIZON
Hans Boström has been added as session guitarist for live gigs
ANCIENT
former vocalist Kaiaphas will perform guest vocals on the new album,
currently under construction
WITHOUT FACE
21-year-old Dina has been added as the new female vocalist - Zsolt is the
new guitar player – the band is hard at work writing new material
BLISTERED EARTH
the Massachusetts thrash act has filled the vacant lead guitar slot with
Peter Rutcho (Vomitron) and is currently in the studio recording their
first full length entitled "Leading The Strike"
DARKEST HOUR
the rest of the European tour including two weeks with The Crown in
November has been cancelled because guitarist Mike Schleibaum's father has
been battling cancer for about two years and Mike has been called home by
his family to spend his last days with him
DISSECTION
the band’s comeback tour scheduled for December 2004 will reportedly be
"something out of the ordinary" with shows around two hours long and
containing only old material — more or less every song from the first two
albums ‘The Somberlain’ and ‘Storm Of The Light's Bane’
METAL BLADE RECORDS
the label office and staff homes narrowly escaped the fires in Simi
Valley, CA, saved only by the brave and courageous firefighters and
emergency personnel
DEICIDE
according to a newspaper report, guitarist Eric Hoffman and a member of
the band’s crew were arrested last week by U.S. customs inspectors when a
search at the Canadian border uncovered drugs (amphetamines, marijuana,
anabolic steroids, hypodermic needles and three types of prescription
depressants) and weapons (.22-caliber revolver, a set of brass knuckles
and a collapsible police baton) in their possession
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NEW SIGNINGS
Relapse Records: The End, Zeke
Sony / Epic USA: Yngwie Malmsteen
Prosthetic Records: Byzantine
Mausoleum Records: StormHammer
Low Frequency Records: Twilight Ophera
Red Galaxy Records: Systemic
Butchery Music: Hyperborea
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-- TOUR DATES --
(dates are subject to change - check local listings)
CHIMAIRA
10/31 Glasgow, United Kingdom
11/01 Dundee, United Kingdom
11/02 Newcastle, United Kingdom
11/03 Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
11/04 Cardiff, United Kingdom
11/05 London, United Kingdom
CHIMAIRA w/ SOILWORK
11/17 Columbus, OH
11/18 Toronto, ONT
11/19 Montreal, QUE
11/20 Providence, RI
11/21 Boston, MA
11/22 Irvington, NJ
11/23 Philadelphia, PA
11/24 Winston-Salem, NC
11/25 Atlanta, GA
11/26 Jacksonville Beach, FL
11/28 St. Petersburg, FL
11/29 Lake Park, FL
12/01 Houston, TX
12/02 Austin, TX
12/03 Dallas, TX
12/05 Phoenix, AZ
12/06 W. Hollywood, CA
12/07 Pomona, CA
12/08 San Francisco, CA
12/21 Cleveland, OH
DEICIDE w/ HATE ETERNAL, KRISIUN & CATTLE DECAPITATION
10/31 McAllen, TX
11/01 San Antonio, TX
11/02 Austin, TX
11/03 Albuquerque, NM
11/04 Phoenix, AZ
11/05 San Diego, CA
11/06 Los Angeles, CA
11/07 Santa, Ana, CA
11/08 San Francisco, CA
11/10 Denver, CO
11/11 Omaha, NE
11/12 Sauget, IL
11/13 Chicago, IL
11/14 Cleveland, OH
11/15 Asbury Park, NJ (NJ Metal & Hardcore Fest)
11/16 Montreal, QUE
11/17 Toronto, ONT
11/18 Pittsburgh, PA
11/19 New Haven, CT
11/20 West Springfield, VA
11/21 Roanoke, VA
11/22 Spartanburg, SC
DIMMU BORGIR w/ NEVERMORE, CHILDREN OF BODOM
& HYPROCRISY
11/07 Buffalo, NY
11/08 Detroit, MI
11/09 Chicago, IL
11/11 Toronto, ON
11/12 Montreal, QU
11/13 New Haven, CT
11/14 Asbury Park, NJ (NJ Metal & Hardcore Fest)
11/15 Philadelphia, PA
11/16 Pittsburgh, PA
11/18 Atlanta, GA
11/19 Tampa, FL
11/21 Houston, TX
11/22 Dallas, TX
11/23 Austin, TX
11/25 Tempe, AZ
11/26 Los Angeles, CA
11/28 San Francisco, CA
11/29 Portland, OR
11/30 Seattle, WA
12/01 Vancouver, BC
12/03 Salt Lake City, UT
12/04 Denver, CO
12/05 Lawrence, KS
12/06 Louis, MO
12/07 Minneapolis, MN
12/09 Milwaukee, WI
12/10 Cleveland, OH
12/11 Washington, DC
12/12 Brooklyn, NY
12/13 Worcester, MA
12/14 Albany, NY
HEADBANGER'S BALL TOUR
Shadows Fall, Killswitch Engage, Lamb Of God, God Forbid & Unearth
10/31 Worcester, MA
11/01 Philadelphia, PA
11/02 Pittsburgh, PA
11/03 Columbus, OH
11/04 Sauget, IL
11/05 Minneapolis, MN
11/06 Chicago, IL
11/07 Detroit, MI
11/08 Cleveland, OH
11/09 Milwaukee, WI
11/11 Denver, CO
11/12 Salt Lake City, UT
11/14 Vancouver, BC
11/15 Seattle, WA
11/16 Portland, OR
11/17 Chico, Ca
11/18 San Francisco, CA
11/19 Los Angeles, CA
11/20 San Diego, CA
11/21 Pomona, CA
11/22 Scottsdale, AZ
11/24 Dallas, TX
11/25 San Antonio, TX
11/26 Houston, TX
11/28 Lake Buena Vista, FL
11/29 Atlanta, GA
12/01 Norfolk, VA
12/02 Washington D.C.
12/03 New York, NY
12/04 Sayreville, NJ
KING DIAMOND w/ ENTOMBED, SINGLE BULLET THEORY
& NOCTURNE
10/31 Milwaukee, WI
11/01 Cleveland, OH
11/02 Columbus, OH
11/04 Toronto, ON
11/05 Montreal, QC
11/06 New Haven, CT
11/07 Brooklyn, NY
11/08 Farmingdale, NY
11/10 Randolph, NJ
11/11 Allentown, PA
11/13 Philadelphia, PA
11/14 West Springfield, VA
11/15 Pittsburgh, PA
11/17 Tampa, FL
11/18 Ft. Lauderdale, FL
11/20 Houston, TX
11/21 Ft. Worth, TX
11/22 San Antonio, TX
LIFE OF AGONY
11/01 Zürich, SWI
11/03 Luxemburg, LUX
11/04 Paris, FRA
11/05 Tilburg, NETH
11/07 Nottingham, UK
11/08 Glasgow, SCO
11/09 London, UK
12/10 Long Island, NY
12/11 Long Island, NY
FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF TOUR DATES GO TO:
http://www.metalupdate.com/tour.html
Funerus - "Festering Earth" out now!!!!!
Out now on Ibex Moon Records
Funerus - "Festering Earth"
The debut release from FUNERUS “Festering Earth” includes 9 songs of total low-end sewage death metal, in the vein of Rottrevore, Grave, and Bolt Thrower.
Ibex Moon Records is offering a special 500 limited edition prerelease version of this masterpiece of old school death metal for the special price of $10.00 postage paid US, $2.00 Mexico and Canada, and $3 everywhere else.
Current Funerus tour dates:
Thursday October 30th, Cleveland, Ohio, Pat's in the Flats, 2233 W. 3rd St., W/ October 31, Soulless, $6.00 - 18 and Over, 216-621-8044 for club info
Saturday November 1st, Columbus, Ohio, Illusions (Raintree Plaza), 2467 E. Dublin/Granville Road /161, Columbus, Ohio "DAY 2 OF FEST", MONSTERS OF METAL 2 (Featuring ACHERON, WEHRWOLF, ect), Info Line 614-818-6060, Doors open at 3:30pm $10 cover 2 Day Pass
www.funerus.com
For wholesale and retail orders contact:
info@ibexmoonrecords.com
www.ibexmoonrecords.com
Out now on Ibex Moon Records
Funerus - "Festering Earth"
The debut release from FUNERUS “Festering Earth” includes 9 songs of total low-end sewage death metal, in the vein of Rottrevore, Grave, and Bolt Thrower.
Ibex Moon Records is offering a special 500 limited edition prerelease version of this masterpiece of old school death metal for the special price of $10.00 postage paid US, $2.00 Mexico and Canada, and $3 everywhere else.
Current Funerus tour dates:
Thursday October 30th, Cleveland, Ohio, Pat's in the Flats, 2233 W. 3rd St., W/ October 31, Soulless, $6.00 - 18 and Over, 216-621-8044 for club info
Saturday November 1st, Columbus, Ohio, Illusions (Raintree Plaza), 2467 E. Dublin/Granville Road /161, Columbus, Ohio "DAY 2 OF FEST", MONSTERS OF METAL 2 (Featuring ACHERON, WEHRWOLF, ect), Info Line 614-818-6060, Doors open at 3:30pm $10 cover 2 Day Pass
www.funerus.com
For wholesale and retail orders contact:
info@ibexmoonrecords.com
www.ibexmoonrecords.com
Genitorturers Official Newsletter
Genitorturers Tour News
Hi all! Here is the latest tour updates! Just confirmed Nov. 22 in Atlanta, Ga @Masquerade & Nov 25 in Orlando @ The House of Blues!!!!!!! The House of Blues show is a very special event and will include special guest performances by Hanzel und Gretyl as well as an awe inspiring performance by arial artist Brandy Wirtz!!
Thanks to all of you who have been coming out and supporting the shows!
Dont miss the band in CA this weekend!! The Halloween night show at the Galaxy Theater and Nov 1 at Key club & more...
GENITORTURERS "FLESH IS THE LAW" 2003 Tour Dates
with opening act HANZEL UND GRETYL
October 25-Baton Rouge, LA- Clicks
October 26 San Antonio, Tx- Sin 13
October 27- El Paso, Tx- Club 101
October 28 Albuquerque, NM- Launchpad
October 30 San Diego, CA- Brick by Brick*
October 31 Santa Ana, CA- Galaxy Theater.
November 1 Hollywood, Ca -Key Club
November 2 Concord, CA -Bourbon street
November 3 San Francisco, Ca - DNA Lounge
November 4 Portland, Oregon -Paris Theater
November 5 Seattle, Washington- Fenix
November 7 Denver, Co- Ogden Theater * also with additional special guests "Slaves on Dope"
November 8 Independence, Mo- The Bunker
November 10 Saint Paul, MN- The Lab @4th St. Station
November 11- Chicago, Il- Oasis one sixty
November 12 Toronto, Canada- Funhaus
November 13 Cleveland, Ohio Peabodys
November 14 Detroit, Michigan Harpos
November 15 Brooklyn, New York- Lamour'
November 16 Springfield VA- Jaxx
November 19 Baltimore, Maryland - Thunderdome
November 20- Fayetteville, North Carolina- Jesters
November 21-Nashville, TN- Exit/ In
November 22-Atlanta, Ga -Masquerade
November 25 Orlando, FL- House Of Blues ( lake buena vista)**Special end of tour event! Dont miss this show!!!!!
Visit the Genitorturers Official Web Site at: http://www.genitorturers.com
Genitorturers Tour News
Hi all! Here is the latest tour updates! Just confirmed Nov. 22 in Atlanta, Ga @Masquerade & Nov 25 in Orlando @ The House of Blues!!!!!!! The House of Blues show is a very special event and will include special guest performances by Hanzel und Gretyl as well as an awe inspiring performance by arial artist Brandy Wirtz!!
Thanks to all of you who have been coming out and supporting the shows!
Dont miss the band in CA this weekend!! The Halloween night show at the Galaxy Theater and Nov 1 at Key club & more...
GENITORTURERS "FLESH IS THE LAW" 2003 Tour Dates
with opening act HANZEL UND GRETYL
October 25-Baton Rouge, LA- Clicks
October 26 San Antonio, Tx- Sin 13
October 27- El Paso, Tx- Club 101
October 28 Albuquerque, NM- Launchpad
October 30 San Diego, CA- Brick by Brick*
October 31 Santa Ana, CA- Galaxy Theater.
November 1 Hollywood, Ca -Key Club
November 2 Concord, CA -Bourbon street
November 3 San Francisco, Ca - DNA Lounge
November 4 Portland, Oregon -Paris Theater
November 5 Seattle, Washington- Fenix
November 7 Denver, Co- Ogden Theater * also with additional special guests "Slaves on Dope"
November 8 Independence, Mo- The Bunker
November 10 Saint Paul, MN- The Lab @4th St. Station
November 11- Chicago, Il- Oasis one sixty
November 12 Toronto, Canada- Funhaus
November 13 Cleveland, Ohio Peabodys
November 14 Detroit, Michigan Harpos
November 15 Brooklyn, New York- Lamour'
November 16 Springfield VA- Jaxx
November 19 Baltimore, Maryland - Thunderdome
November 20- Fayetteville, North Carolina- Jesters
November 21-Nashville, TN- Exit/ In
November 22-Atlanta, Ga -Masquerade
November 25 Orlando, FL- House Of Blues ( lake buena vista)**Special end of tour event! Dont miss this show!!!!!
Visit the Genitorturers Official Web Site at: http://www.genitorturers.com
OPERATION ASPARAGUS PRESS RELEASE OCTOBER 29TH
FIRST “OFFICIAL” OPERATION ASPARGUS SHOW (FINALLY): If you thought Dick Delicious was stupid, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet! Jay aka Operation Asparagus is proud to announce the first ever “official” Operation Asparagus show. Some of you may have witnessed the handful of the guerilla gigs, but this is the first official show.
It will be:
FRIDAY NOVEMBER, 7TH 2003
NINE LIVE SALOON IN ATLANTA
“We” will be headlining and hitting the stage around midnight.
What is Operation Asparagus? It is a one man acoustic / electric / comedy / hiphop / who knows what-the-fuck show that features Jay (Dick Delicious) playing everything. Think Hasil Atkins on even more crack plus Ween, plus Zappa, plus Too Short – or something like that. Really, the whole thing is pretty hard to describe - it just has to be seen to be believed. If you are in Atlanta you should check it out.
I am currently in the studio recording some demo material in my home studio. I will let you guys know as soon as it becomes available.
Operation Asparagus:
http://www.operationasparagus.com
What about Dick Delicious? Dick D is no more. The good news is the box set, that was already a great deal, is now the SUPERBOX – all orders from the Dick Delicious site for a box set have now been upgraded to the SUPERBOX. Some of you that have bought CDs in recent months already know this.
DICK DELICIOUS & THE TASTY TESTICLES SUPERBOX:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2568537872&category=1574
In Case You Didn’t Already Know: I have a part time “job” writing for Consumption Junction. Here are some links to a few of my classics:
A WARNING TO LOWLY PORN THIEVES
http://consumptionjunction.com/content/home_detail.asp?id=520&page=1
Mesh Caps: A Pandemic of Stupidity
http://consumptionjunction.com/content/home_detail.asp?id=513&page=1
Night of the Living Metrosexual (came out WAY before South Park)
http://consumptionjunction.com/content/home_detail.asp?id=484&page=2
How To Pick Up a Stripper
http://consumptionjunction.com/content/home_detail.asp?id=445&page=3
The Wearing-Down Mack Approach
http://consumptionjunction.com/content/home_detail.asp?id=423&page=4
Heavy Metal Math
http://consumptionjunction.com/content/home_detail.asp?id=413&page=4
So what took so long? While it is not nearly as bad as waiting for the next Guns n’ Roses CD to get finished…there has been a pretty good lapse in time since the perils of Operation Hell On Earth, the demise of Dick Delicious, and the formation of Operation Asparagus. You would have thought that my luck had to improve, but if you thought that – you were wrong, so wrong. I actually spent most of this past summer and early fall either living on the lam, in jail, or awaiting a nasty court date that all stemmed from some troubles I had in a shit ass small town over seven years ago. Some of you may have read the first two chapters of The Good Ole Boy Network (now taken offline) on dickd.com, unfortunately, there is a third chapter.
If you have some time, and want to read one to read one of the most fucked up stories ever about corrupt law enforcement, then grab a beer, sit back, enjoy my tale of abject human misery, and be happy that its not you:
THE GOOD OLE BOY NETWORK
So what’s this all about then? It’s about (Planet) Soperton – a.k.a. Treutlen County, GA. What the fuck is a Soberton? You might ask. Its the most fucked up place west of Afghanistan; nestled at the crossroads of Deliverance and Midnight Express, where the clocks have been rolled back in time at least a half a century, while boasting a civil rights record that would make China blush. It’s a shit town with no industry, other than snagging minor drug offenders off three mile long stretch of interstate they’ve conveniently annexed, then financially / spiritually torturing them; and eventually putting them to work on their counties roads in prison chain gangs. It features a corrupt sheriff, cruel and unusual punishment, Ben Affleck, a haunted jail, crooked bondsman, the LSD, the FBI, mail fraud, corruption, corruption, and more corruption.
If nothing else, maybe some of you sick fucks will learn something from my misfortune. Though you may reside in the United States, if you are on the right stretch of interstate, in the wrong county -- you are only one Terry Stop away from a legal twilight zone.
September 11, 1997 - Happy Birthday Dude...You're fucked!!
On September 11, 1997 I was traveling east on I-16 around 4 PM en route to Savahana to meet up with a band I played with (the Spo-its) we were going to New York to record and on the way back I was stopping in Myrtle Beach to do some surfing. I looked in my rear view mirror to see a police car with flashing lights mounted in the grill signalling me to pull over. I started to think to myself, "this is going to be one short vacation." I pulled to the side of the road, stopped the car, and stepped out to speak with the officer in a co-operative and non-threatening manner. Without even telling me why I was being stopped, the officer asked me to step to the rear of the vehicle. He promptly began to frisk me - patting me down, feeling up my ball , and eventually sticking his hands directly in my pants where he retrieved about a half an ounce of marijuana and a 2 hits of LSD, all in one plastic bag. The amount of time that had elapsed between the actual stop and the discovery of the drugs was no more than two minutes. The reason given for the search of my person was the "my fly was unzipped". I was never read my rights at any point. I then was left in the back of his car, which was turned off, handcuffed for approximately two hours while the Sheriff arrived and they tore through my vehicle. I sat in back of the car in the blazing afternoon sun the entire time and the heat rose to the point where I nearly passed out. Following the search of by vehicle the Deputy returned to his cruiser and informed me that I was being charged with possession of LSD, possession of marijuana, speeding and DUI even though no sobriety tests were ever performed. At that point I was transported to the Truetlen County jail and booked. I was not given a phone call or an opportunity to seek council. I submitted to a urine test and answered questions under what I felt was pressure to the effect that things would get worse or I could get hurt if I didn't co-operate.
September 12, 1997 - The Bondsman
After spending one night in jail I was taken out of my cell and brought back into the Sheriff's office and was informed that by bail was $6,000. Sheriff Hooks introduced me to the local bondsman named Wesley Wadley. I did not make any calls asking for a bondsman, nor was I offered a choice of who I could use. Mr. Wadley explained that I could be released right if: 1. He could hold my 86 Ford F150 as a property bond, to be kept at the Sheriff's Department. 2. He would take the $450 dollars I had in my wallet at the jail. 3. Upon My return home I would have to send his and additional $1,200. He explained that I needed to put up at least $3,000 of money and property to get released. I'm not sure where this corrupt bastard learned his math, but last time I checked 10% of $6,000 is $600. Wanting to get out of jail, I agreed to what I believed to be his rather ridiculous conditions to get let out and upon my return home I sent the $1,200. All of the staff in the Sheriff's Department were fully aware of Mr. Wadley's activities. My initial thoughts were that they were that they were just taking my money, and that I may never see a court date - it was just a payoff. I didn't hire a lawyer, although the whole situation did seem odd at the time.
November 1997 - Recovering My Vehicle
I stayed in touch with Mr. Wadley and in November and asked to make arrangements to recover my truck because I needed it to get back and forth to work. In order to recover my truck Mr. Wadley asked that I bring an additional $1,600. I agreed and met him at the jail where my truck was and I paid him what he asked. Again, the Sheriff's Department was fully aware of this. At that time I asked about when my court date would be. They said they did not know, and I would be notified via mail. I have found out since that they do know when I would a least be scheduled for calender call, seeing as they only have Superior Court once every six months and the calender is set well in advance.
March 18, 1998 - The Phone Call with Mr. Wadley
I was at home on the night of March 18th when my phone rang about 11:00 PM. It was Mr. Wadley on the phone calling asking if I was ready to be in court the next morning at 8 AM. Keep in mind I live in Atlanta which is 3 hours from Soperton. At that time I had not received any notice from the court to appear. My address had not changed since my arrest and I get all of my other mail without difficulty. I told him I had not received notice, but I would come anyway. He was very understanding and explained that there must have been some kind of mistake. I told him I would be there, but he told me just to go to work and that he would see that I would get a continuance. He asked that I phone him the next day just to confirm. After ending the phone call, I called him again just to make sure that was OK. He assured me it was.
March 19, 1998 - Phone Call with Mr. Wadley 2
The next day I contacted Mr. Wadley and he said everything was fine, and that I just needed to come in and sign some "continuance forms". I told him I would be in over the weekend, he said that would be fine.
March 22, 1998 - The Scam
I arrived at the Sheriff's Department on March 22 to sign the "papers". They asked me to step inside and proceeded to lock me up for failure to appear. I told them that I was told a continuance was filed. I asked to speak with Mr. Wadley and he explained that he had nothing to say to me. It was at that point that I realized I had been scammed. The reason my bail was so high was that they never planned on sending the court notice, so that my money would be forfeited when I did not appear. The Sheriff is the only one who can decide who can do bonds in a town and I am quite sure that he gets a cut of the action from Mr. Wadley. I'm sure the clerk or someone at the post office is also involved to make sure that the notices to not reach the proper destination. They decided to hold me on no bond and they took my money from the bond. March 23 thru March April 3, 1998 - County Jail Once again I was not given a phone call until Tuesday, March 24th at 8:30 PM. Two phone calls a week were only allowed on Tuesday and Thursday nights. I would seem that would make that almost impossible to get representation. That is what they want. They want you to lose hope and just take what they have to give. I was lucky enough to get a friend in Atlanta to hire a lawyer, Tommy Smith, from the area. He had to drive down and pay him, then the lawyer had to call the jail in order for me to speak with him, I still was not allowed to call anyone. During my two week stay in jail I was never given a toothbrush and we were fed only two meals a day which at times consisted of wild game. It's clear that the jail makes money by taking money from the state per inmate and profiting by giving inmates as little as possible. I have later come to find to find this is a common practice with the Georgia Department of Corrections. My first conversation with Mr. Smith was over the phone when I explained to him I felt I had been robbed by the bondsman and his associates and I was stuck in jail with no bail. He agreed to come down to the jail and meet me the next day. Several hours later one of the jailers (a guy named Jason about 18 years old and so inbred that he was related to himself) took me aside and began to yell at me about how that Mr. Wadley was an honest man and that he would never rip me off, and threatened me with violence if I didn't keep my mouth shut. It was then that I realized that they had listened in or taped my conversation with my lawyer. I am sure if this was investigated, one would find proof of this. On April 3 Mr. Smith got me a bond hearing with Judge H. Gibbs Flanders. Mr. Smith had gone to the clerks office where my notice to appear was still sitting there in my file. It was addressed to the correct address where I had been living for years, but was stamped with an "undeliverable to the address" stamp on it. Upon further investigation of the letter, we saw that it had never even been postmarked in Atlanta. There was no Atlanta post mark. Mr. Smith, Sheriff Wayne "Gator" Hooks, the DA, and myself all stood before the judge. Mr. Smith presented the Judge with the envelope and showed how it matched the address on my drivers license which they were holding. He said the fact that I hadn't received it was inexplicable. Sheriff Hooks acting as sort of a second prosecutor started interjecting that Mr. Wadley had called me and that I knew to be there. Mr. Wadley was not in the courtroom. This became the pattern for all future appearances; the Sheriff prosecuted me alongside the DA. For a The Judge agreed to let me go again on $10,000 bond after Mr. Hooks had a fit when he thought I might go free. It was then I realized Sheriff Hooks is Judge, Jury, and Executioner in Truetlen County. Everyone bows to his whims. Everyone is afraid of him. As a plea bargain the DA offered me 10 years probation and a fine on the LSD charge. I had just hired Mr. Smith he said to plead not guilty for the time being till he had a chance to look into the facts. If he didn't think we had a case, he agreed to accept the DA's offer. The DA did not oppose this. I was released when my bond was posted. When I returned home I had lost my job.
May 1998 - Recovering Stolen Money
Mr. Smith investigated Georgia bond laws and saw that Mr. Wadley had violated laws concerning bonds. A bondsman can not ask for more than 10% by law. He sent a letter to Mr. Wadley reminding him of the regulations and treating legal action if the money was not returned. Mr. Wadley, knowing he had been caught, sent Mr. Smith $2500 and the money was returned to me, minus my lawyers cut.
June 1998 - The DA Shuffle
Mr. Smith advised me to take the DA's offer. I said that was fine. Upon contacting the Truetlen DA's office they told my lawyer that that offer had never been made, and any plea would have to include jail time. I am quite sure the Sheriff was pulling the DA's strings and using the legal system to get back at me because he had to had back his cut of the money. I have never been convicted of any serious crime, and the best they DA could offer is 10 years probation, a stiff fine, and 120-180 in a detention center. I find it suspicious that the DA raised the ante after my confrontation with the bondsman. Once again, they are a tight group - the "good 'ol boy" network was in effect and I was fucked. July 1998 - Motion to Suppress Because no reasonable ground could be reached Mr. Smith filed a motion to suppress with the court. We wanted to plea out. The terms were just too unreasonable, and Mr. Smith (or any other lawyer) had actually heard of a plea agreement getting worse. Mr. Smith tried to question the validity of the stop. Officer Corban took the stand and his testimony did not match the actual events of the stop. In Mr. Corbans words "Mr. Quinlan stepped out of the vehicle, when asked what was in his pocket, he explained he has LSD and pot in his pocket and proceeded to reach for it himself and hand it over". He just recited to procedure for a proper "Terry Stop" verbatim. He lied. Knowing that if I was put on the stand it would be my word against his, and with no witnesses or cameras I did not take the stand and we lost the motion.
August, 1998 - More Tricks
In August of 1998 we were set for trial. Tommy had filed a leave of absence with the clerk for the entire month of August, as he would be in Europe. In August the court sent me a notice to appear for trial, even though my lawyer could not attend. I called Mr. Smith's law firm and they had my case continued.
January, 1999 - The Sheriff Strikes Back
When my trial neared in January I knew that we had to work out a deal with the DA. Through Mr. Smith we presented the DA and the Judge with a virtual mountain of evidence to show how much I had done for myself. By this time it was almost a year and a half after my initial arrest and I had stayed out of trouble. I presented the courts with 30+ page presentations filled with character references from clients and family, a letter of explanation, proof that I owned my own business, lists a AA/NA meeting I had attended, a professional drug evaluation, tax records, and results from clean drug tests. I also included contact information, so that everything in my package could be verified. I doubt anyone has brought so much to the table seeking a plea agreement in that county. Mr. Smith met with both the DA and the Judge, personally delivering the materials I had prepared. He negotiated with the DA to get the jail time dropped. Every time the two parties would almost reach a reasonable agreement the DA would call the Sheriff and the Sheriff would reject it and would insist that I serve 5 years in prison. All of my materials were never even presented to him, I've barley spoken 5 words to him, however, I did throw a wrench is his nice little money making scam and now he's using the courts as a vehicle to exact revenge.
February 12, 1999 - My Day in Court
When speaking with my lawyer before my court date he said I had three choices:
1. Take the case to trial. I was informed that the sheriff will get angry with juries that don't deliver guilty verdicts. The town is small and corrupt - I wouldn't stand a chance. If we lost I would get my five years.
2. I could plea "straight up" to the charges and throw myself at the mercy of the Judge who is also probably fears the Sheriff, and it could yield unpredictable results.
3. I could accept the "plea bargain" though it was unfair, excessive, and biased. At least then I would know the worst case scenario.
Weighing my options I took the "plea bargain", seeing it as the less of three evils. I got 6 months in a boot camp, over $4,000 in fines, 10 years of probation, and a double suspension of my drivers license. Aftermath I began serving my time in boot camp in March. It was the most humiliating experience of my entire life...I broke my foot during my incarceration and was denied medical attention for weeks, among other horror stories of being locked up is South Georgia, the scope of which could be another full article. I was released in late July and was forced to start my whole life over again. Since then it has been nothing but an uphill battle, and I still am struggling to put the pieces of my life back together. The end result of my little run in with the Department of Corrections did not leave me feeling correct at all; the years of stress has given me a pretty negative outlook on life and a system system riddled with corruption. The advice I would have to give to anyone is: if you're driving to Savahana down I16 - don't let this happen to you...the railroad goes on, and on, and on...
Part 2: March 1999 - July 1999 – Prison Boot Camp
You might remember my last article "The Good Ole' Boy Network" before you read this one - where I went through an unbelievable amount of bullshit in a Truetlen County (a crooked corrupt county in South Georgia). Where I left you last I had just been sentenced to 6 months in a prison boot camp for a 1/4 oz. of when and 2 hits of LSD - first offense...
On February 15, 1999 I was sentenced to 120-180 days in a Probation Detention Center (a PDC - Emanuel Probation Detention Center in Twin City, GA- near Swainsboro). I was allowed to stay free until I had to turn myself in to the Sheriffs Office at 8:30 AM in Soperton, GA. I stayed awake all night the night before and my friend Johny "Cold Beer" and my girlfriend started the 3.5 hour drive to South Georgia at 4AM.
I arrived at the Sheriffs Office at 8AM and sat saying my last goodbyes to my girlfriend until 8:30 when this inbred Deputy Sheriff told me it was time to go and put me in the back of a cop car. I wasn't handcuffed and I rode in the front seat of the deputy's car with a police dog in the back. On the way he stopped at a county garage and went inside to get oil and left me in the car with it running, upon arrival to the center this moron left me outside (again with the car running) for another 20 minutes. Either time I could have just gotten behind the wheel and driver the fuck out of there - this is the kind of idiots we are dealing with here.
When he came back he drove the car around to the intake area, where I was greeted by a Department of Corrections Sergant who looked like he was the mutated offspring of the banjo boy from "Deliverance". Before I even stepped out of the car the verbal abuse began - he began insulting me, degrading me, threatening me, and giving me orders military style ("sir yes sir" and all that BS) that was just the beginning of a hazing process that would make a drunken frat hazing look like an ettiquite class.
I was stripped searched, de-loused and went through just about every kind of physical humiliation you could imagine, then they made me stand in a room at attention for about 4 hours with several other inmates staring at a wall with a sign on it that had the 12 "General Orders" and read it over and over again. I stood at attention the whole first day as they went through the intake process, and then I was admitted to the general population. The whole first week we had to sit in a room with the other new inmates while staff member after staff member came in and explained the "program" and continued the cycle of abuse.
My only contact with the outside world consisted of letters and one 10 minute phone call on Monday night once a week. Summer was coming, it was South Georgia, there was no air conditioning, and we had to spend all day dressed in hot jumpsuits at all times. The staff was on your ass 24/7 over one thing or another - punishment was swift and severe. You had to shave every whisker off your face each morning with a shitty disposable razor that was only replaced once a week. Every day at 6AM, 8AM, 10AM, 11:30AM, 2PM, 5PM, 6:30 PM, and 9:30PM the entire inmate population would have to stand at attention silently by their bunks while the staff took about 20 minutes to walk around the center and do a count of the inmates. Each Friday there was major inspections - sometimes you would have to stand at attention for 2-3 hours.
After the first week I began work on the "chain gang" - doing various shitty jobs no slack jawed yokel would do around there even for money (Twin Cities is not exactly an employment mecca) - cleaning up around the dump, dumpster diving, and clearing land. The inmate labor is contracted out to the surrounding counties for less money then they would have to pay than if they actually gave some redneck a job. Then, at the end of an 8 or nine hour shift, we would return to the center, get strip searched to make sure you didn't bring anything back in (anyone who would take a job where you have to look up other guy's asses every day is definently a butt pirate) , would be forced to go on a 4.5 mile forced run, endured more abuse from the staff (locker searches, inspections, drills), eat dinner (yum!! - I lost about 20 pounds), do more miliary drills, get about 30 minutes of free time - then lights out - they got you up at 5:30 AM each day.
One thing I never understood about the concept of the chaingang is how it serves the interest of public safety sending 12 pissed off felons out in the community with axes with one unarmed correction officer. At several points during my incarceration I thought about just cutting his head off and going home.
On my fourth week there I broke my right foot while jogging on Sunday night. The pain was so serious I could barley walk and other inmates helped carry me inside. I reported my injury to medical first thing the next morning. After a very brief examination of my injury the nurse told me that "I was faking it and if I was getting paid 10 dollars and hour to go out and work that I wouldn't be coming to her with this crap" and sent me off to work on the chaingang again that day.
That day I mowed a field (probably 200 yards x 200 yards) with a heavy push lawn mower for 8 hours and a broken foot, all while this sadistic corrections officers sat in the shade, chewed tobacco, laughed at me, and threatened me with disciplinary action if I didn't pick up the pace. The next day my foot had swollen up so much I couldn't barley put on my shoe. Again I went to medical, only to be told that there was nothing wrong with me, and I was sent back into slavery for the day. This went on day after day for a week until I finally convinced them that something was wrong and I was excused from the chain gang, but for some stupid reason I still had to go on the 4.5 mile run each afternoon, stand at attention 8 times a day, and do the military drills. While the rest of the inmates went out to work they made me sit in a room facing a wall for nine hours a day in a chair - no reading, no sleeping - nothing - just sitting there.
Finally two and a half weeks later I finally convinced them to get me an X-Ray. They transported me to Riedsville Maximum Security Prison, and the x-ray confirmed what I had been saying all along - my foot was fractured. So for the last 14 days I had been marching, doing 4.5 mile runs, and standing at attention on a broken foot. My leg was put in a cast and I walked with the aid of crutches. For the next 6 weeks every day while the other inmates went out to work I sat like a vegetable in the room 9 or 10 hours a day - after a while I was looking forward to returning to life as a slave.
After six weeks they removed my cast and sent me straight back on the chain gang, no period of recovery - I still could barley walk because my foot was so stiff, but I was glad not to be sitting in that god damned room while time ebbed.
After a few more weeks I had about a month or so of my sentence to complete and disaster struck again. The inmates are housed in four dorms (60 prisoners to a dorm) and one day the trash can in the dorm caught on fire because someone left a burning cigarette in the trash (it was forbidden to smoke in the dorms). I was the first to spot it and took the cover off in an attempt to extinguish it. I put the fire out, but the room still was blue with smoke - a guard came in and asked what the hell was going on. There was no way out of it so I explained what had happened. The guard got really pissed off and made the whole dorm line up. Everyone in the dorm was to be punished, unless someone came forward and turned in the person who started the fire. Some of the other inmates tried to blame me for starting the fire because I had explained the obvious to the guard, and they said I was a "snitch". These same inmates all made written statements saying they saw me put the cigarette in the trash, even though I don't smoke. I was the scapegoat for the fire.
After the warden read the statements, I was sent to the hole (24 hour a day solitary lockdown) for starting the fire. While in the hole, the warden came in and explained that he was planning on revoking the remainder of my probation (10 years) and sending my to prison for destruction of state property. I was terrified...here I was with no contact with anyone who could exonerate me and a bunch of stupid happy cons happy that they aren't the ones going down for it laying around in the dorms.
Other than the fear of going up the river for 10 years, in a kind of sick way - in liked the hole. It gave me a chance to catch up on my masturbation, I didn't have to deal with anyone else, and the staff stayed out of your face. After about a week of being in the hole you begin to forget if it's night or day. You are in a room with a steel bed, a toilet, a sink, and an intercom that would go to the main control room. Every once in a while I would get on the intercom, in what I thought was the middle of the night and fuck with the corrections officers, saying something like:
"Good evening and thanks for listening to W-HOLE Radio being broadcast from lovely segregation unit #2 here in scenic Twin Cities, GA...Today in news: well, we have no idea what happened. Today in sports: we have no idea who played. Today's weather: we have no idea, we haven't been outside. The weather in the hole is a balmy 80 degrees and will remain that way through the rest of today, next week, and next year...and now for a brief selection from Kenny G doing 'Just the Two of Us'."
Then a voice would blare back at me to shut the fuck up...but what the hell are they gonna do - throw me in the hole?
After a week and a half some other inmates finally came forward and signed statements that I wasn't the one who started the fire and I was let out of the hole. I spent the last month or so of my sentence just dealing with the usual day to day bullshit and slavery until Friday, July 16th when I was released. At 8:30 AM they let me walk out the front door where I was met by my useless piece of shit ex-girlfriend (who had been fucking my even more useless piece of shit best friend the whole time I was in), and I was a free man again...YAY!! I'll tell you one thing the Georgia Department of Corrections left me feeling anything but correct...oh well...life sucks then you die, go to hell, and get screwed again...
Part III: Soperton Strikes Back
July 16th 1999 – March 2001 – Probation
Upon, being released from jail I am placed on Fulton County probation, which I complete to maximum length on supervision (2 years) and am allowed to serve the remainder of my probation on unsupervised (administrative) status out of Treutlen County. During this time, frustrated by the previous injustices, I write and publish on the internet my accounts of the events (seen above) of what occurred in Treutlen County.
Meanwhile in Soperton on October 27th 2001, Sheriff Wayne Hooks and Deputy Ryan Grinner beat two men unconscious that were in their custody in front of a group of at least 20 people at a local Huddle House. Later, they attempted to in influence the witness’s testimony; and are indicted by the federal government on January 9th 2001.
July 9th 2003 – Demons from The Past
By this time it has been almost seven years after my initial arrest, five years after my conviction, and three years into my unsupervised probation status. One warm summer day I go to check my mail. There’s a letter in my mailbox address from the Soperton Probation Office. One or two times a year I receive one from them checking on my whereabouts to see if I changed employment, so I didn’t think this would be a big deal. I open it, and my heart sinks down to my feet. It’s says:
“You are hereby ordered to report to the Soperton Probation office at 11AM, Monday July 14th or a warrant will be issued for your arrest.”
My mind begins to race – “What the hell do they want with me after all of this time?” – I start to panic. I call down to Soperton to try to find out why they want to see me, but can’t get any details from them. Next, I call my attorney, Tommy Smith, from the initial case to see if he can get any information. I ask Tommy if he can accompany me to this visit. It happens, on that very day, he was leaving the country for Spain and had already filed a leave of absence with the courts. I ask him what I should do, he tells me that he would attempt to call to see if they would reschedule the appointment. He calls, they very arrogantly deny his request, so he faxes in a letter showing his attached leave of absence, and tells them that we will have to reschedule upon his return.
With no legal council available, and this hanging over my head, I decide the thing to do is to find the best lawyer that is available in the Atlanta area to see what they can do, seeing as Mr. Smith was able to do so little in the Soperton legal vacuum the first time through. I am referred through a friend to Jack Cook, an older and very well respected lawyer in the Atlanta metro area. I make an appointment with him the next morning.
July 10th 2003 – Meeting With Jackson Cook
The next morning at Mr. Cook’s office I again explain my situation to see if he can help. I explain that I have been released to unsupervised probation, have not been arrested, and stressed that fast that I had not been in trouble for anything since I the original crime on September 11th of 1997. He calls down to Soperton again and asks for a reason that I am expected to make a 400 mile round trip. Again, no explanation is given from the very arrogant attitude from Mrs. Gillis. He asks if he can speak to one of her superiors, and is referred to another person in the probation office. In his opinion, the fact that they would not give a reason for my appearance coupled with past troubles and my flawless record on probation advised me not to go down there, and said that he would write the judge to ask for a continence. That day a letter was fedexed to Treutlen County regarding this.
July 14th – Pins and Needles
On that advice of jack cook I did not show up for my probation appointment. I decided that I’d would get some insurance, just in case they were going to try to say that my reason for not showing up was some kind of attempt to elude a drug test, so I went to Any Lab Test (a private screening clinic, whose test are approved my the Atlanta probation office), submitted to a drug screen, and tested negative. Mr. Cook advised me not to be at my residence on the 14th, just in case they sent a deputy directly up to get me.
July 14th – 21st – On the Lamb?
Not knowing weather or not a warrant had been issued for my arrest - I spent much of the next week sleeping at my office and trying to avoid my house while I waited for a decision from the judge. On the morning of the 21st I called Mr. Cook and he indicated to me that the judge had called him back and told him that it would be fine to wait until Mr. Smith was back in the country to do the probation visit. Awesome, the pressure is off…maybe everything will be ok? Until…
August 10th – Vacation
On the afternoon of the 10th I call to check on how everything was going. I wanted to know when Tommy would be back in the states and when I should go down. I was told by the secretary at Jack’s office that he would be on vacation until the end of the week. I had a bad feeling because…
August 11th – Visit from the Dekalb County goon squad
About 5 in the morning I hear a rap, rap, rap at my back door. It’s the Dekalb county police and the have a warrant for my arrest signed from the good folks over in Treutlen County for my arrest. I try to explain, in vain, that it all had to be a mistake and that my lawyers had handled this. They state “Yeah man – sure – we hear that kind of shit all the time.”
I am taken to a holding cell where I stay till early afternoon what I am picked u by my arch nemesis himself, sheriff Wallace Wayne hooks and am transferred down to the Treutlen county jail.
AUGUST 11TH TILL SEPTEMBER 5TH - INCARCERATION
August 12th – Attack of the urine Nazi
Immediately fir the thing the next morning Mrs. Thalia Gillis comes up to my cell requesting a urine screen – which I turn up negative for, with the exception of benzodipines – which is a metabolite on xanax which I have prescription for and I explain that.
August 18th – 21st – Nero Play’s His Fiddle While Soperton Burns
While incarcerated in the Treutlen Count jail the trial of Wayne hooks and Deputy Ryan Griner begins for three federal felony changes of deprivation of civil rights while in custody. Ironically, I am locked up in the jail above the sheriff’s office as this all happens. There is a lot of speculation that he will win the trial seeing as of the twenty or so witnesses to the incident – only one waitress could make it to court to testify. While this whore circus is going on – the whole town is shut down and there is no court, leaving me hanging.
August 22nd – Ever Dog Has His Day
On the Friday morning the jury gets back with its verdict, finding the good sheriff guiltily on both counts of felony civil rights violations. He is forced to vacate his job of 18 years, which is promptly filled by his cousin.
August 23rd – 4th Delays, delays, delays…
The exodus of the sheriff apparently makes it so the whole town ceases functioning. Court is put off for two weeks while the changes take place.
September 5th – Finally, May Day in Court
On the morning of Friday the 5th, I am finally given a court date. My lawyer (very expensively) comes down from Atlanta and meets my attorney in Vidalia for the hearing. Mrs. Gillis (my probation officer), however decides that she can’t make it to the hearing. My lawyers ask the judge that I be released on my own recognizance, which he agrees to, and I am free to go. An October 3rd date is set for my hearing.
October 3rd – Finally, finally my day in court…
On the morning of Friday July 3rd both of my lawyers and me show up for court. The prosecutor, an abject dickhead, offers us a deal of “probation starting out with intense” – we decline the offer and the hearing proceeds.
First my probation officer gets on the stand as a witness. The prosecutor asks why she asked my to come down to Soperton after so many years on unsupervised probation. The prosecution had printed out several pages from the dick delicious website – one of which depicts me doing a line of (coke) sugar off of our drummers head. My lawyer argue that since it is impossible t verify weather the photo has been doctored, the coke is real, that it not be entered to evidence (they were quite sure that it never would be admitted)
Up to this time there was always some question in my mind as to weather the judge was in collusion with the powers that be in Soperton – as the hearing went on – the answer to that question became obvious – he was. The legal wrangling in court become quite intense, with the DA getting up and objecting to everything, and the judge agreeing to 90% of his objections.
As the hearing went on, my lawyers twiddled the three charges down to just two, getting the DA to drop the “refusing to take a drug test charge” and “engaging in vicious habits” but were able to just barely technically argue that I had violated my probation by not showing up for the meeting and that there was no law that stated that I must be able to have a lawyer when showing up for a probation visit. My lawyer says that there is no need for further punishment in this case, seeing as it is just one minor violation in a seven year period, and that the remainder of my probation should be dropped. The judge decides to put me back on supervised probation for another year.
Epilogue – Now, the year of probation is not the end of the world, but it leaves me open to have to keep going back down to Soperton every time that they want for the next five years.
http://consumptionjunction.com/content/home_detail.asp?id=413&page=4At this time, we are waiting to go back to court for an appeal.
Wow – if you’ve read this far. I’m amazed and don’t forgeforget:
OPERATION ASPARAGUS
FRIDAY NOVEMBER, 7TH 2003
NINE LIVE SALOON IN ATLANTA
Werd Up,
Jay
FIRST “OFFICIAL” OPERATION ASPARGUS SHOW (FINALLY): If you thought Dick Delicious was stupid, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet! Jay aka Operation Asparagus is proud to announce the first ever “official” Operation Asparagus show. Some of you may have witnessed the handful of the guerilla gigs, but this is the first official show.
It will be:
FRIDAY NOVEMBER, 7TH 2003
NINE LIVE SALOON IN ATLANTA
“We” will be headlining and hitting the stage around midnight.
What is Operation Asparagus? It is a one man acoustic / electric / comedy / hiphop / who knows what-the-fuck show that features Jay (Dick Delicious) playing everything. Think Hasil Atkins on even more crack plus Ween, plus Zappa, plus Too Short – or something like that. Really, the whole thing is pretty hard to describe - it just has to be seen to be believed. If you are in Atlanta you should check it out.
I am currently in the studio recording some demo material in my home studio. I will let you guys know as soon as it becomes available.
Operation Asparagus:
http://www.operationasparagus.com
What about Dick Delicious? Dick D is no more. The good news is the box set, that was already a great deal, is now the SUPERBOX – all orders from the Dick Delicious site for a box set have now been upgraded to the SUPERBOX. Some of you that have bought CDs in recent months already know this.
DICK DELICIOUS & THE TASTY TESTICLES SUPERBOX:
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In Case You Didn’t Already Know: I have a part time “job” writing for Consumption Junction. Here are some links to a few of my classics:
A WARNING TO LOWLY PORN THIEVES
http://consumptionjunction.com/content/home_detail.asp?id=520&page=1
Mesh Caps: A Pandemic of Stupidity
http://consumptionjunction.com/content/home_detail.asp?id=513&page=1
Night of the Living Metrosexual (came out WAY before South Park)
http://consumptionjunction.com/content/home_detail.asp?id=484&page=2
How To Pick Up a Stripper
http://consumptionjunction.com/content/home_detail.asp?id=445&page=3
The Wearing-Down Mack Approach
http://consumptionjunction.com/content/home_detail.asp?id=423&page=4
Heavy Metal Math
http://consumptionjunction.com/content/home_detail.asp?id=413&page=4
So what took so long? While it is not nearly as bad as waiting for the next Guns n’ Roses CD to get finished…there has been a pretty good lapse in time since the perils of Operation Hell On Earth, the demise of Dick Delicious, and the formation of Operation Asparagus. You would have thought that my luck had to improve, but if you thought that – you were wrong, so wrong. I actually spent most of this past summer and early fall either living on the lam, in jail, or awaiting a nasty court date that all stemmed from some troubles I had in a shit ass small town over seven years ago. Some of you may have read the first two chapters of The Good Ole Boy Network (now taken offline) on dickd.com, unfortunately, there is a third chapter.
If you have some time, and want to read one to read one of the most fucked up stories ever about corrupt law enforcement, then grab a beer, sit back, enjoy my tale of abject human misery, and be happy that its not you:
THE GOOD OLE BOY NETWORK
So what’s this all about then? It’s about (Planet) Soperton – a.k.a. Treutlen County, GA. What the fuck is a Soberton? You might ask. Its the most fucked up place west of Afghanistan; nestled at the crossroads of Deliverance and Midnight Express, where the clocks have been rolled back in time at least a half a century, while boasting a civil rights record that would make China blush. It’s a shit town with no industry, other than snagging minor drug offenders off three mile long stretch of interstate they’ve conveniently annexed, then financially / spiritually torturing them; and eventually putting them to work on their counties roads in prison chain gangs. It features a corrupt sheriff, cruel and unusual punishment, Ben Affleck, a haunted jail, crooked bondsman, the LSD, the FBI, mail fraud, corruption, corruption, and more corruption.
If nothing else, maybe some of you sick fucks will learn something from my misfortune. Though you may reside in the United States, if you are on the right stretch of interstate, in the wrong county -- you are only one Terry Stop away from a legal twilight zone.
September 11, 1997 - Happy Birthday Dude...You're fucked!!
On September 11, 1997 I was traveling east on I-16 around 4 PM en route to Savahana to meet up with a band I played with (the Spo-its) we were going to New York to record and on the way back I was stopping in Myrtle Beach to do some surfing. I looked in my rear view mirror to see a police car with flashing lights mounted in the grill signalling me to pull over. I started to think to myself, "this is going to be one short vacation." I pulled to the side of the road, stopped the car, and stepped out to speak with the officer in a co-operative and non-threatening manner. Without even telling me why I was being stopped, the officer asked me to step to the rear of the vehicle. He promptly began to frisk me - patting me down, feeling up my ball , and eventually sticking his hands directly in my pants where he retrieved about a half an ounce of marijuana and a 2 hits of LSD, all in one plastic bag. The amount of time that had elapsed between the actual stop and the discovery of the drugs was no more than two minutes. The reason given for the search of my person was the "my fly was unzipped". I was never read my rights at any point. I then was left in the back of his car, which was turned off, handcuffed for approximately two hours while the Sheriff arrived and they tore through my vehicle. I sat in back of the car in the blazing afternoon sun the entire time and the heat rose to the point where I nearly passed out. Following the search of by vehicle the Deputy returned to his cruiser and informed me that I was being charged with possession of LSD, possession of marijuana, speeding and DUI even though no sobriety tests were ever performed. At that point I was transported to the Truetlen County jail and booked. I was not given a phone call or an opportunity to seek council. I submitted to a urine test and answered questions under what I felt was pressure to the effect that things would get worse or I could get hurt if I didn't co-operate.
September 12, 1997 - The Bondsman
After spending one night in jail I was taken out of my cell and brought back into the Sheriff's office and was informed that by bail was $6,000. Sheriff Hooks introduced me to the local bondsman named Wesley Wadley. I did not make any calls asking for a bondsman, nor was I offered a choice of who I could use. Mr. Wadley explained that I could be released right if: 1. He could hold my 86 Ford F150 as a property bond, to be kept at the Sheriff's Department. 2. He would take the $450 dollars I had in my wallet at the jail. 3. Upon My return home I would have to send his and additional $1,200. He explained that I needed to put up at least $3,000 of money and property to get released. I'm not sure where this corrupt bastard learned his math, but last time I checked 10% of $6,000 is $600. Wanting to get out of jail, I agreed to what I believed to be his rather ridiculous conditions to get let out and upon my return home I sent the $1,200. All of the staff in the Sheriff's Department were fully aware of Mr. Wadley's activities. My initial thoughts were that they were that they were just taking my money, and that I may never see a court date - it was just a payoff. I didn't hire a lawyer, although the whole situation did seem odd at the time.
November 1997 - Recovering My Vehicle
I stayed in touch with Mr. Wadley and in November and asked to make arrangements to recover my truck because I needed it to get back and forth to work. In order to recover my truck Mr. Wadley asked that I bring an additional $1,600. I agreed and met him at the jail where my truck was and I paid him what he asked. Again, the Sheriff's Department was fully aware of this. At that time I asked about when my court date would be. They said they did not know, and I would be notified via mail. I have found out since that they do know when I would a least be scheduled for calender call, seeing as they only have Superior Court once every six months and the calender is set well in advance.
March 18, 1998 - The Phone Call with Mr. Wadley
I was at home on the night of March 18th when my phone rang about 11:00 PM. It was Mr. Wadley on the phone calling asking if I was ready to be in court the next morning at 8 AM. Keep in mind I live in Atlanta which is 3 hours from Soperton. At that time I had not received any notice from the court to appear. My address had not changed since my arrest and I get all of my other mail without difficulty. I told him I had not received notice, but I would come anyway. He was very understanding and explained that there must have been some kind of mistake. I told him I would be there, but he told me just to go to work and that he would see that I would get a continuance. He asked that I phone him the next day just to confirm. After ending the phone call, I called him again just to make sure that was OK. He assured me it was.
March 19, 1998 - Phone Call with Mr. Wadley 2
The next day I contacted Mr. Wadley and he said everything was fine, and that I just needed to come in and sign some "continuance forms". I told him I would be in over the weekend, he said that would be fine.
March 22, 1998 - The Scam
I arrived at the Sheriff's Department on March 22 to sign the "papers". They asked me to step inside and proceeded to lock me up for failure to appear. I told them that I was told a continuance was filed. I asked to speak with Mr. Wadley and he explained that he had nothing to say to me. It was at that point that I realized I had been scammed. The reason my bail was so high was that they never planned on sending the court notice, so that my money would be forfeited when I did not appear. The Sheriff is the only one who can decide who can do bonds in a town and I am quite sure that he gets a cut of the action from Mr. Wadley. I'm sure the clerk or someone at the post office is also involved to make sure that the notices to not reach the proper destination. They decided to hold me on no bond and they took my money from the bond. March 23 thru March April 3, 1998 - County Jail Once again I was not given a phone call until Tuesday, March 24th at 8:30 PM. Two phone calls a week were only allowed on Tuesday and Thursday nights. I would seem that would make that almost impossible to get representation. That is what they want. They want you to lose hope and just take what they have to give. I was lucky enough to get a friend in Atlanta to hire a lawyer, Tommy Smith, from the area. He had to drive down and pay him, then the lawyer had to call the jail in order for me to speak with him, I still was not allowed to call anyone. During my two week stay in jail I was never given a toothbrush and we were fed only two meals a day which at times consisted of wild game. It's clear that the jail makes money by taking money from the state per inmate and profiting by giving inmates as little as possible. I have later come to find to find this is a common practice with the Georgia Department of Corrections. My first conversation with Mr. Smith was over the phone when I explained to him I felt I had been robbed by the bondsman and his associates and I was stuck in jail with no bail. He agreed to come down to the jail and meet me the next day. Several hours later one of the jailers (a guy named Jason about 18 years old and so inbred that he was related to himself) took me aside and began to yell at me about how that Mr. Wadley was an honest man and that he would never rip me off, and threatened me with violence if I didn't keep my mouth shut. It was then that I realized that they had listened in or taped my conversation with my lawyer. I am sure if this was investigated, one would find proof of this. On April 3 Mr. Smith got me a bond hearing with Judge H. Gibbs Flanders. Mr. Smith had gone to the clerks office where my notice to appear was still sitting there in my file. It was addressed to the correct address where I had been living for years, but was stamped with an "undeliverable to the address" stamp on it. Upon further investigation of the letter, we saw that it had never even been postmarked in Atlanta. There was no Atlanta post mark. Mr. Smith, Sheriff Wayne "Gator" Hooks, the DA, and myself all stood before the judge. Mr. Smith presented the Judge with the envelope and showed how it matched the address on my drivers license which they were holding. He said the fact that I hadn't received it was inexplicable. Sheriff Hooks acting as sort of a second prosecutor started interjecting that Mr. Wadley had called me and that I knew to be there. Mr. Wadley was not in the courtroom. This became the pattern for all future appearances; the Sheriff prosecuted me alongside the DA. For a The Judge agreed to let me go again on $10,000 bond after Mr. Hooks had a fit when he thought I might go free. It was then I realized Sheriff Hooks is Judge, Jury, and Executioner in Truetlen County. Everyone bows to his whims. Everyone is afraid of him. As a plea bargain the DA offered me 10 years probation and a fine on the LSD charge. I had just hired Mr. Smith he said to plead not guilty for the time being till he had a chance to look into the facts. If he didn't think we had a case, he agreed to accept the DA's offer. The DA did not oppose this. I was released when my bond was posted. When I returned home I had lost my job.
May 1998 - Recovering Stolen Money
Mr. Smith investigated Georgia bond laws and saw that Mr. Wadley had violated laws concerning bonds. A bondsman can not ask for more than 10% by law. He sent a letter to Mr. Wadley reminding him of the regulations and treating legal action if the money was not returned. Mr. Wadley, knowing he had been caught, sent Mr. Smith $2500 and the money was returned to me, minus my lawyers cut.
June 1998 - The DA Shuffle
Mr. Smith advised me to take the DA's offer. I said that was fine. Upon contacting the Truetlen DA's office they told my lawyer that that offer had never been made, and any plea would have to include jail time. I am quite sure the Sheriff was pulling the DA's strings and using the legal system to get back at me because he had to had back his cut of the money. I have never been convicted of any serious crime, and the best they DA could offer is 10 years probation, a stiff fine, and 120-180 in a detention center. I find it suspicious that the DA raised the ante after my confrontation with the bondsman. Once again, they are a tight group - the "good 'ol boy" network was in effect and I was fucked. July 1998 - Motion to Suppress Because no reasonable ground could be reached Mr. Smith filed a motion to suppress with the court. We wanted to plea out. The terms were just too unreasonable, and Mr. Smith (or any other lawyer) had actually heard of a plea agreement getting worse. Mr. Smith tried to question the validity of the stop. Officer Corban took the stand and his testimony did not match the actual events of the stop. In Mr. Corbans words "Mr. Quinlan stepped out of the vehicle, when asked what was in his pocket, he explained he has LSD and pot in his pocket and proceeded to reach for it himself and hand it over". He just recited to procedure for a proper "Terry Stop" verbatim. He lied. Knowing that if I was put on the stand it would be my word against his, and with no witnesses or cameras I did not take the stand and we lost the motion.
August, 1998 - More Tricks
In August of 1998 we were set for trial. Tommy had filed a leave of absence with the clerk for the entire month of August, as he would be in Europe. In August the court sent me a notice to appear for trial, even though my lawyer could not attend. I called Mr. Smith's law firm and they had my case continued.
January, 1999 - The Sheriff Strikes Back
When my trial neared in January I knew that we had to work out a deal with the DA. Through Mr. Smith we presented the DA and the Judge with a virtual mountain of evidence to show how much I had done for myself. By this time it was almost a year and a half after my initial arrest and I had stayed out of trouble. I presented the courts with 30+ page presentations filled with character references from clients and family, a letter of explanation, proof that I owned my own business, lists a AA/NA meeting I had attended, a professional drug evaluation, tax records, and results from clean drug tests. I also included contact information, so that everything in my package could be verified. I doubt anyone has brought so much to the table seeking a plea agreement in that county. Mr. Smith met with both the DA and the Judge, personally delivering the materials I had prepared. He negotiated with the DA to get the jail time dropped. Every time the two parties would almost reach a reasonable agreement the DA would call the Sheriff and the Sheriff would reject it and would insist that I serve 5 years in prison. All of my materials were never even presented to him, I've barley spoken 5 words to him, however, I did throw a wrench is his nice little money making scam and now he's using the courts as a vehicle to exact revenge.
February 12, 1999 - My Day in Court
When speaking with my lawyer before my court date he said I had three choices:
1. Take the case to trial. I was informed that the sheriff will get angry with juries that don't deliver guilty verdicts. The town is small and corrupt - I wouldn't stand a chance. If we lost I would get my five years.
2. I could plea "straight up" to the charges and throw myself at the mercy of the Judge who is also probably fears the Sheriff, and it could yield unpredictable results.
3. I could accept the "plea bargain" though it was unfair, excessive, and biased. At least then I would know the worst case scenario.
Weighing my options I took the "plea bargain", seeing it as the less of three evils. I got 6 months in a boot camp, over $4,000 in fines, 10 years of probation, and a double suspension of my drivers license. Aftermath I began serving my time in boot camp in March. It was the most humiliating experience of my entire life...I broke my foot during my incarceration and was denied medical attention for weeks, among other horror stories of being locked up is South Georgia, the scope of which could be another full article. I was released in late July and was forced to start my whole life over again. Since then it has been nothing but an uphill battle, and I still am struggling to put the pieces of my life back together. The end result of my little run in with the Department of Corrections did not leave me feeling correct at all; the years of stress has given me a pretty negative outlook on life and a system system riddled with corruption. The advice I would have to give to anyone is: if you're driving to Savahana down I16 - don't let this happen to you...the railroad goes on, and on, and on...
Part 2: March 1999 - July 1999 – Prison Boot Camp
You might remember my last article "The Good Ole' Boy Network" before you read this one - where I went through an unbelievable amount of bullshit in a Truetlen County (a crooked corrupt county in South Georgia). Where I left you last I had just been sentenced to 6 months in a prison boot camp for a 1/4 oz. of when and 2 hits of LSD - first offense...
On February 15, 1999 I was sentenced to 120-180 days in a Probation Detention Center (a PDC - Emanuel Probation Detention Center in Twin City, GA- near Swainsboro). I was allowed to stay free until I had to turn myself in to the Sheriffs Office at 8:30 AM in Soperton, GA. I stayed awake all night the night before and my friend Johny "Cold Beer" and my girlfriend started the 3.5 hour drive to South Georgia at 4AM.
I arrived at the Sheriffs Office at 8AM and sat saying my last goodbyes to my girlfriend until 8:30 when this inbred Deputy Sheriff told me it was time to go and put me in the back of a cop car. I wasn't handcuffed and I rode in the front seat of the deputy's car with a police dog in the back. On the way he stopped at a county garage and went inside to get oil and left me in the car with it running, upon arrival to the center this moron left me outside (again with the car running) for another 20 minutes. Either time I could have just gotten behind the wheel and driver the fuck out of there - this is the kind of idiots we are dealing with here.
When he came back he drove the car around to the intake area, where I was greeted by a Department of Corrections Sergant who looked like he was the mutated offspring of the banjo boy from "Deliverance". Before I even stepped out of the car the verbal abuse began - he began insulting me, degrading me, threatening me, and giving me orders military style ("sir yes sir" and all that BS) that was just the beginning of a hazing process that would make a drunken frat hazing look like an ettiquite class.
I was stripped searched, de-loused and went through just about every kind of physical humiliation you could imagine, then they made me stand in a room at attention for about 4 hours with several other inmates staring at a wall with a sign on it that had the 12 "General Orders" and read it over and over again. I stood at attention the whole first day as they went through the intake process, and then I was admitted to the general population. The whole first week we had to sit in a room with the other new inmates while staff member after staff member came in and explained the "program" and continued the cycle of abuse.
My only contact with the outside world consisted of letters and one 10 minute phone call on Monday night once a week. Summer was coming, it was South Georgia, there was no air conditioning, and we had to spend all day dressed in hot jumpsuits at all times. The staff was on your ass 24/7 over one thing or another - punishment was swift and severe. You had to shave every whisker off your face each morning with a shitty disposable razor that was only replaced once a week. Every day at 6AM, 8AM, 10AM, 11:30AM, 2PM, 5PM, 6:30 PM, and 9:30PM the entire inmate population would have to stand at attention silently by their bunks while the staff took about 20 minutes to walk around the center and do a count of the inmates. Each Friday there was major inspections - sometimes you would have to stand at attention for 2-3 hours.
After the first week I began work on the "chain gang" - doing various shitty jobs no slack jawed yokel would do around there even for money (Twin Cities is not exactly an employment mecca) - cleaning up around the dump, dumpster diving, and clearing land. The inmate labor is contracted out to the surrounding counties for less money then they would have to pay than if they actually gave some redneck a job. Then, at the end of an 8 or nine hour shift, we would return to the center, get strip searched to make sure you didn't bring anything back in (anyone who would take a job where you have to look up other guy's asses every day is definently a butt pirate) , would be forced to go on a 4.5 mile forced run, endured more abuse from the staff (locker searches, inspections, drills), eat dinner (yum!! - I lost about 20 pounds), do more miliary drills, get about 30 minutes of free time - then lights out - they got you up at 5:30 AM each day.
One thing I never understood about the concept of the chaingang is how it serves the interest of public safety sending 12 pissed off felons out in the community with axes with one unarmed correction officer. At several points during my incarceration I thought about just cutting his head off and going home.
On my fourth week there I broke my right foot while jogging on Sunday night. The pain was so serious I could barley walk and other inmates helped carry me inside. I reported my injury to medical first thing the next morning. After a very brief examination of my injury the nurse told me that "I was faking it and if I was getting paid 10 dollars and hour to go out and work that I wouldn't be coming to her with this crap" and sent me off to work on the chaingang again that day.
That day I mowed a field (probably 200 yards x 200 yards) with a heavy push lawn mower for 8 hours and a broken foot, all while this sadistic corrections officers sat in the shade, chewed tobacco, laughed at me, and threatened me with disciplinary action if I didn't pick up the pace. The next day my foot had swollen up so much I couldn't barley put on my shoe. Again I went to medical, only to be told that there was nothing wrong with me, and I was sent back into slavery for the day. This went on day after day for a week until I finally convinced them that something was wrong and I was excused from the chain gang, but for some stupid reason I still had to go on the 4.5 mile run each afternoon, stand at attention 8 times a day, and do the military drills. While the rest of the inmates went out to work they made me sit in a room facing a wall for nine hours a day in a chair - no reading, no sleeping - nothing - just sitting there.
Finally two and a half weeks later I finally convinced them to get me an X-Ray. They transported me to Riedsville Maximum Security Prison, and the x-ray confirmed what I had been saying all along - my foot was fractured. So for the last 14 days I had been marching, doing 4.5 mile runs, and standing at attention on a broken foot. My leg was put in a cast and I walked with the aid of crutches. For the next 6 weeks every day while the other inmates went out to work I sat like a vegetable in the room 9 or 10 hours a day - after a while I was looking forward to returning to life as a slave.
After six weeks they removed my cast and sent me straight back on the chain gang, no period of recovery - I still could barley walk because my foot was so stiff, but I was glad not to be sitting in that god damned room while time ebbed.
After a few more weeks I had about a month or so of my sentence to complete and disaster struck again. The inmates are housed in four dorms (60 prisoners to a dorm) and one day the trash can in the dorm caught on fire because someone left a burning cigarette in the trash (it was forbidden to smoke in the dorms). I was the first to spot it and took the cover off in an attempt to extinguish it. I put the fire out, but the room still was blue with smoke - a guard came in and asked what the hell was going on. There was no way out of it so I explained what had happened. The guard got really pissed off and made the whole dorm line up. Everyone in the dorm was to be punished, unless someone came forward and turned in the person who started the fire. Some of the other inmates tried to blame me for starting the fire because I had explained the obvious to the guard, and they said I was a "snitch". These same inmates all made written statements saying they saw me put the cigarette in the trash, even though I don't smoke. I was the scapegoat for the fire.
After the warden read the statements, I was sent to the hole (24 hour a day solitary lockdown) for starting the fire. While in the hole, the warden came in and explained that he was planning on revoking the remainder of my probation (10 years) and sending my to prison for destruction of state property. I was terrified...here I was with no contact with anyone who could exonerate me and a bunch of stupid happy cons happy that they aren't the ones going down for it laying around in the dorms.
Other than the fear of going up the river for 10 years, in a kind of sick way - in liked the hole. It gave me a chance to catch up on my masturbation, I didn't have to deal with anyone else, and the staff stayed out of your face. After about a week of being in the hole you begin to forget if it's night or day. You are in a room with a steel bed, a toilet, a sink, and an intercom that would go to the main control room. Every once in a while I would get on the intercom, in what I thought was the middle of the night and fuck with the corrections officers, saying something like:
"Good evening and thanks for listening to W-HOLE Radio being broadcast from lovely segregation unit #2 here in scenic Twin Cities, GA...Today in news: well, we have no idea what happened. Today in sports: we have no idea who played. Today's weather: we have no idea, we haven't been outside. The weather in the hole is a balmy 80 degrees and will remain that way through the rest of today, next week, and next year...and now for a brief selection from Kenny G doing 'Just the Two of Us'."
Then a voice would blare back at me to shut the fuck up...but what the hell are they gonna do - throw me in the hole?
After a week and a half some other inmates finally came forward and signed statements that I wasn't the one who started the fire and I was let out of the hole. I spent the last month or so of my sentence just dealing with the usual day to day bullshit and slavery until Friday, July 16th when I was released. At 8:30 AM they let me walk out the front door where I was met by my useless piece of shit ex-girlfriend (who had been fucking my even more useless piece of shit best friend the whole time I was in), and I was a free man again...YAY!! I'll tell you one thing the Georgia Department of Corrections left me feeling anything but correct...oh well...life sucks then you die, go to hell, and get screwed again...
Part III: Soperton Strikes Back
July 16th 1999 – March 2001 – Probation
Upon, being released from jail I am placed on Fulton County probation, which I complete to maximum length on supervision (2 years) and am allowed to serve the remainder of my probation on unsupervised (administrative) status out of Treutlen County. During this time, frustrated by the previous injustices, I write and publish on the internet my accounts of the events (seen above) of what occurred in Treutlen County.
Meanwhile in Soperton on October 27th 2001, Sheriff Wayne Hooks and Deputy Ryan Grinner beat two men unconscious that were in their custody in front of a group of at least 20 people at a local Huddle House. Later, they attempted to in influence the witness’s testimony; and are indicted by the federal government on January 9th 2001.
July 9th 2003 – Demons from The Past
By this time it has been almost seven years after my initial arrest, five years after my conviction, and three years into my unsupervised probation status. One warm summer day I go to check my mail. There’s a letter in my mailbox address from the Soperton Probation Office. One or two times a year I receive one from them checking on my whereabouts to see if I changed employment, so I didn’t think this would be a big deal. I open it, and my heart sinks down to my feet. It’s says:
“You are hereby ordered to report to the Soperton Probation office at 11AM, Monday July 14th or a warrant will be issued for your arrest.”
My mind begins to race – “What the hell do they want with me after all of this time?” – I start to panic. I call down to Soperton to try to find out why they want to see me, but can’t get any details from them. Next, I call my attorney, Tommy Smith, from the initial case to see if he can get any information. I ask Tommy if he can accompany me to this visit. It happens, on that very day, he was leaving the country for Spain and had already filed a leave of absence with the courts. I ask him what I should do, he tells me that he would attempt to call to see if they would reschedule the appointment. He calls, they very arrogantly deny his request, so he faxes in a letter showing his attached leave of absence, and tells them that we will have to reschedule upon his return.
With no legal council available, and this hanging over my head, I decide the thing to do is to find the best lawyer that is available in the Atlanta area to see what they can do, seeing as Mr. Smith was able to do so little in the Soperton legal vacuum the first time through. I am referred through a friend to Jack Cook, an older and very well respected lawyer in the Atlanta metro area. I make an appointment with him the next morning.
July 10th 2003 – Meeting With Jackson Cook
The next morning at Mr. Cook’s office I again explain my situation to see if he can help. I explain that I have been released to unsupervised probation, have not been arrested, and stressed that fast that I had not been in trouble for anything since I the original crime on September 11th of 1997. He calls down to Soperton again and asks for a reason that I am expected to make a 400 mile round trip. Again, no explanation is given from the very arrogant attitude from Mrs. Gillis. He asks if he can speak to one of her superiors, and is referred to another person in the probation office. In his opinion, the fact that they would not give a reason for my appearance coupled with past troubles and my flawless record on probation advised me not to go down there, and said that he would write the judge to ask for a continence. That day a letter was fedexed to Treutlen County regarding this.
July 14th – Pins and Needles
On that advice of jack cook I did not show up for my probation appointment. I decided that I’d would get some insurance, just in case they were going to try to say that my reason for not showing up was some kind of attempt to elude a drug test, so I went to Any Lab Test (a private screening clinic, whose test are approved my the Atlanta probation office), submitted to a drug screen, and tested negative. Mr. Cook advised me not to be at my residence on the 14th, just in case they sent a deputy directly up to get me.
July 14th – 21st – On the Lamb?
Not knowing weather or not a warrant had been issued for my arrest - I spent much of the next week sleeping at my office and trying to avoid my house while I waited for a decision from the judge. On the morning of the 21st I called Mr. Cook and he indicated to me that the judge had called him back and told him that it would be fine to wait until Mr. Smith was back in the country to do the probation visit. Awesome, the pressure is off…maybe everything will be ok? Until…
August 10th – Vacation
On the afternoon of the 10th I call to check on how everything was going. I wanted to know when Tommy would be back in the states and when I should go down. I was told by the secretary at Jack’s office that he would be on vacation until the end of the week. I had a bad feeling because…
August 11th – Visit from the Dekalb County goon squad
About 5 in the morning I hear a rap, rap, rap at my back door. It’s the Dekalb county police and the have a warrant for my arrest signed from the good folks over in Treutlen County for my arrest. I try to explain, in vain, that it all had to be a mistake and that my lawyers had handled this. They state “Yeah man – sure – we hear that kind of shit all the time.”
I am taken to a holding cell where I stay till early afternoon what I am picked u by my arch nemesis himself, sheriff Wallace Wayne hooks and am transferred down to the Treutlen county jail.
AUGUST 11TH TILL SEPTEMBER 5TH - INCARCERATION
August 12th – Attack of the urine Nazi
Immediately fir the thing the next morning Mrs. Thalia Gillis comes up to my cell requesting a urine screen – which I turn up negative for, with the exception of benzodipines – which is a metabolite on xanax which I have prescription for and I explain that.
August 18th – 21st – Nero Play’s His Fiddle While Soperton Burns
While incarcerated in the Treutlen Count jail the trial of Wayne hooks and Deputy Ryan Griner begins for three federal felony changes of deprivation of civil rights while in custody. Ironically, I am locked up in the jail above the sheriff’s office as this all happens. There is a lot of speculation that he will win the trial seeing as of the twenty or so witnesses to the incident – only one waitress could make it to court to testify. While this whore circus is going on – the whole town is shut down and there is no court, leaving me hanging.
August 22nd – Ever Dog Has His Day
On the Friday morning the jury gets back with its verdict, finding the good sheriff guiltily on both counts of felony civil rights violations. He is forced to vacate his job of 18 years, which is promptly filled by his cousin.
August 23rd – 4th Delays, delays, delays…
The exodus of the sheriff apparently makes it so the whole town ceases functioning. Court is put off for two weeks while the changes take place.
September 5th – Finally, May Day in Court
On the morning of Friday the 5th, I am finally given a court date. My lawyer (very expensively) comes down from Atlanta and meets my attorney in Vidalia for the hearing. Mrs. Gillis (my probation officer), however decides that she can’t make it to the hearing. My lawyers ask the judge that I be released on my own recognizance, which he agrees to, and I am free to go. An October 3rd date is set for my hearing.
October 3rd – Finally, finally my day in court…
On the morning of Friday July 3rd both of my lawyers and me show up for court. The prosecutor, an abject dickhead, offers us a deal of “probation starting out with intense” – we decline the offer and the hearing proceeds.
First my probation officer gets on the stand as a witness. The prosecutor asks why she asked my to come down to Soperton after so many years on unsupervised probation. The prosecution had printed out several pages from the dick delicious website – one of which depicts me doing a line of (coke) sugar off of our drummers head. My lawyer argue that since it is impossible t verify weather the photo has been doctored, the coke is real, that it not be entered to evidence (they were quite sure that it never would be admitted)
Up to this time there was always some question in my mind as to weather the judge was in collusion with the powers that be in Soperton – as the hearing went on – the answer to that question became obvious – he was. The legal wrangling in court become quite intense, with the DA getting up and objecting to everything, and the judge agreeing to 90% of his objections.
As the hearing went on, my lawyers twiddled the three charges down to just two, getting the DA to drop the “refusing to take a drug test charge” and “engaging in vicious habits” but were able to just barely technically argue that I had violated my probation by not showing up for the meeting and that there was no law that stated that I must be able to have a lawyer when showing up for a probation visit. My lawyer says that there is no need for further punishment in this case, seeing as it is just one minor violation in a seven year period, and that the remainder of my probation should be dropped. The judge decides to put me back on supervised probation for another year.
Epilogue – Now, the year of probation is not the end of the world, but it leaves me open to have to keep going back down to Soperton every time that they want for the next five years.
http://consumptionjunction.com/content/home_detail.asp?id=413&page=4At this time, we are waiting to go back to court for an appeal.
Wow – if you’ve read this far. I’m amazed and don’t forgeforget:
OPERATION ASPARAGUS
FRIDAY NOVEMBER, 7TH 2003
NINE LIVE SALOON IN ATLANTA
Werd Up,
Jay
New Worm Spreads By Posing As Virus Fix
A new worm is making the rounds, which poses as a virus fix to tempt users to open the attached file.
The worm, dubbed Sober by security firms, spreads via e-mail, contains a host of different subject lines in both German and English, and delivers its payload via an attached file that claims to be a fix for a bogus worm.
Among the subject lines seen in copies of the worm are those that prey upon users' fears of security problems, such as "A worm is on your computer," "You have sent me a virus," and "New Sobig-Worm variation (please read)."
The attached file can be disguised with .exe, .scr, .bat, or .pif extensions. Opening the file propagates the worm to the target PC.
Sober has had its greatest impact in Europe, particularly the U.K. and Germany, and is currently considered a low or medium risk by most security firms. Symantec, for instance, ranks it as a '2' in its 1 through 5 scale
A new worm is making the rounds, which poses as a virus fix to tempt users to open the attached file.
The worm, dubbed Sober by security firms, spreads via e-mail, contains a host of different subject lines in both German and English, and delivers its payload via an attached file that claims to be a fix for a bogus worm.
Among the subject lines seen in copies of the worm are those that prey upon users' fears of security problems, such as "A worm is on your computer," "You have sent me a virus," and "New Sobig-Worm variation (please read)."
The attached file can be disguised with .exe, .scr, .bat, or .pif extensions. Opening the file propagates the worm to the target PC.
Sober has had its greatest impact in Europe, particularly the U.K. and Germany, and is currently considered a low or medium risk by most security firms. Symantec, for instance, ranks it as a '2' in its 1 through 5 scale
SIN Promotion News
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BAND OPPORTUNITIES
Don't forget to tell everyone that Sin Promotions sent you!
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NORTH BY NORTHEAST NOW ACCEPTING BND SUBMISSIONS FOR CONFERENCE
http://www.nxne.com/
Bands Wanted! Co-Op CD Project by 3000 Records
We are working hard on a brand new series of Co-Op CD projects called
RADIO NOW! At this time we are accepting registrations for bands with
original music. All styles of music are welcome. NO BAND IS TURNED
DOWN, however we may refuse any song if it is not appropriate for
radio guidelines. See the complete list of benefits and request a
free email brochure and forms necessary to participate in this
project. Visit http://www.radionow.3000records.com
MUSIC WANTED FOR INDIE 911/RELIX MAGAZINE "JAMOFF!";
The Label Services Network Has Teamed With Relix Magazine, Fender
Guitars And Sonicbids To Launch Two Unique Opportunities For
Independent Musicians http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=58077
UNDERGROUND DVD COMPILATION - SUBMISSIONS WANTED
info@canirun.com canIrun.com is taking submissions for a new DVD
compilation. Mostly looking for Live videos, Music Videos, show
information and band interviews. This is open to all Hardcore, Punk,
Metal, Emocore, Hip-Hop, etc. bands. Please email to get more
information and a street address where you can submit your VHS, DVD
or cVHS tapes and CD discs. This is a total DIY, non-profit project,
if anyone would like to donate to the cause please email me as well.
About the DVD; If you have live, studio or backstage video of you and
your band but not in a music video format I will do an edit to your
CD, MP3 or Wav file if you'd like me to (I wont download anything,
all submittions through snail mail ONLY). The DVD will have all kinds
of music on it, underground, local and new bands. It all depens on
whats submitted and what I can fit on a 4.7 GB DVD-R. All the cost
will come out of my pocket, the DVD will be sold at shows and at
places like Generations in Manhattan, online and off my dot com. It
will be available on DVD before new years (thats my cut-off date).
Both Video and Sound will be edited and filtered for best results.
The Quality might be poor depending on original video quality and
compression abilities and time scheduleing. All material must be
released to me for business, promotional and marketing. Any questions
please email me at the address above and visit the URL for more band
and other info.
WSCW COLLEGE RADIO SEEKING BAND SUBMISSIONS
My name is Bill LeBeau and I'm the head Music Director @ WSCW Radio.
Some of you already know who I am. Anyways, over the past few months,
the scene has changed. There are new bands, and new sounds! Here @
WSCW, we love to support the scene as best as we can However, our
collection of cd's from the local scene today is somewhat outdated.
If you are interested in sending me a press kit/cd, my mailing
address is listed below. Please send all demos/cds/presskits to the
following address:
Attn: Bill LeBeau
WSCW Radio - Music Director
486 Chandler Street
Worcester, MA 01602
GRS's GET IN THE GAME MUSIC CONTEST
They're having a contest to be featured in their next video game,
with tons of cash prizes! Think you've got what it takes? Check it
out. Note there is an entry fee.
http://www.grsgames.com/products/game1/contest.html
UP YOUR WEBSITE HITS!
This is a great idea to increase your website hits. You check out a
couple music related sites and they check out yours. You'll find some
great helpful interesting music websites, and then it's your turn to
be listed and have a bunch of people check out your website. Could
turn into not only more website hits, but maybe some new fans.. worth
the minute it takes to do. http://www.musicmarketer.com/Default.asp?
id=2420
SCAM ALERT
I wanted to let all of you know about a so-called A&R company that is
out to scam everyone. They ahve contacted several of the Maine bands
in our area with A&R representation that guarentees a record
deal...but guess what, the companies that contact you are all fake,
and want nothing more than for you to send them money. This article
says it best. http://www.banduniverse.com/Article.cfm?ID=105&Type=Article So in
closing, be weary of the following businesses/record labels: 97
Radio, Canadian/American records, Talent 2K, Jetspeed records and
Deftone Records. We were almost duped, so don't let it happen to you.
please pass this along to anyone involved in the music business that
you may know.
ATENTION HIGH SCHOOL BANDS - NEED A DEMO?
Can't afford to get together a demo? There is a battle being held by
Stronghold Talent in the central MA area. Winner gets a demo cut by
a small home studio. http://www.strongholdent.org/battle.html for
more info.
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LABELS LOOKING FOR NEW BANDS/ARTISTS
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DEAD KENNEDYS DRUMMER FORMS NEW LABEL
D.H. Peligro, drummer for the Dead Kennedys, announced the formation
of his new record label,Dirrty Records. The label will produce,
distribute, and promote releases specifically in the genres of rock,
modern metal, hardcore, and punk. If your band have what it takes
and wants to share your music with the world then submit your demo
to:
Dirrty Records
468 North Camden Drive #200
Beverly Hills, CA
90210.
TOOTH & NAIL RECORDS ALWAYS ACCEPTING DEMOS
Make sure your band is ready to be shopped, this is an independent
record label. Tooth & Nail is always accepting demos. If you want to
send yours send to:
A&R Department,
Tooth & Nail Records
P.O. Box 12698
Seattle, WA
98111.
SMALL INDIE LABEL
.. seeking 2 more bands for distro/promo deals. please send MP3 files
to agitatethesys@aol.com hardcore,metal,punk,emo only!
THUNDEROUS RECORDS LOOKING FOR TALENT
Thunderous Records, an indie label with three releases, is looking
for bands. We will pay the pressing costs and either consign the
music to you at an agreed upon price or we will D.I.Y the release to
sell at your shows and consignment stores. we require no contract. If
you're interested, please e-mail thunderoususa@netscape.net, and
please feel free to visit our website at
http://www.thunderousrecords.com. Check out Thunderous Records'
latest release, Blutos Revenge's "Use Once and Destroy" at
http://www.cdbaby.com/blutosrevenge.
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VENUES/PROMOTERS LOOKING FOR BANDS
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BANDS WANTED THURS NIGHTS IN NJ
Asbury Park, New Jersey venue seeking bands for paid gigs on Thursday
nights. Pay based on door, no ticket sales required! Metal/Hard Rock,
covers or originals. 45 minute set. Load in 8pm.Contact
bookings@sonicide.com or call 732-288-2915 for info.Openings
available now!
SICK PROMOTIONS SHOW OPPORTUNITIES
BOOKING: MOLLY BLOOMS 2 - Sundays at molly blooms2 all ages in amityville ny
CORNER OF RT 110 AND MERRICK RD-any kind of acts....but we'd prefer
hc/metal/rock Fridays 21+ at molly blooms 2 amityville ny -
starting in january all kinds of acts..trying to do an eclectic
nite...all types of diff stuff...trying everything...from
rap/rock/acoustic/soul/etc..
MOLLY BLOOMS 1 - in smithtown, MONDAY NITES....ANYTHING GOES...art
gallery nite....artist nite...need some good bands ...
BEDROCKS - thurs nites...543 w hoffman st, lindenhurst ny bedrocks is
a small bar.that only plays(dj every week) and books metal/hc /rock
acts
RITUAL - saturday nites, only hard rock Club on long island...2686
hempstead tpke in levittown NY
CONTACT: MerryDeath inksperience@aol.com Sick Promotions
631-682-1518 or 516-731-5052
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CLASSIFIEDS SECTION
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SIGNED BAND SEEKS DRUMMER, GUITARIST, & BASSIST
A Capitol Records recording artist is in search of drummer, guitarist
and bassist to complete recording and touring. Rock to progressive
rock. Candidates must be technical and high energy. If interested
call Tina 513-851-7672
BOSTON MA METAL BAND SEEKS DRUMMER
Gut from Boston MA seeks a metal drummer who can commit to 2-3
practices a week, weekend/weeknight
gigs, and a coast to coast tour sometime in the future. We have a
practice space in Allston MA and local and national industry
contacts. A full length album, compilation appearances, and a coast
to coast tour are in the works. All we need is a drummer! We're
looking for someone with a good attitude, good chops, and a high
degree of skill with the double-kick pedal. Our website is
http://www.bostongut.com. Anyone interested, please send email to
boston_gut@yahoo.com.
MA METAL BAND SEEKS BASSIST
Heavy metal band feautring members of CARV, and Vile Embrace, are in
search of sick bass player!! Influences include: Meshuggah, Lamb of
God, Fear Factory, In Flames, Pantera, Killswitch Engage,(etc)
Bassist must have experience, transportation, pro gear, 150%
dedication, and please no statues, we want the live show, totally
insane!! Also we are looking for someone who will participate in the
writing process, and who will bring something to the table! Fluent
in odd times is a total plus!!! go to http://www.siculae.com/ and
check out the mutlimedia section for a sample of what we are doing!!
(Siculae is not our band name, we are still waiting for the official
line up to decide on a name) You can also contact Mike
hatehead@hotmail.com!!!!
SINGER AVAILABLE IN MA
I'M LOOKING TO JOIN OR FORM A HARD ROCK/ METAL BAND, WITH PEOPLE AGES
18-30. I'M FORMERLY FROM THE BAND CREE 8. I HAVE 2 YEARS EXPERIENCE
PLAYING CLUBS IN THE BOSTON/PROVIDENCE/ WORCESTER MUSIC SCENE,
CONNECTIONS, VOICE DEMOS & CD'S INFLUENCES: REVIS, STAIND, CHIMAIRA,
SHINEDOWN, ULTRASPANK, UNLOCO, NOTHINGFACE, FUEL, GODSMACK, POWERMAN
5000, LO-PRO, STAIND, ILL NINO. IF INTERESTED EMAIL ME AT
NYGHTSKYY@AOL.COM
Band ads are only $3! Email us for details!
There is also a "show swapping" section available
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RADIO SHOWS THAT WILL PLAY YOUR MUSIC
Courtesy of Indie Contact Newsletter www.indie-music.com/icb/
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WCH RadioJohn ODay wchradio@yahoo.com
http://www.wchradio.i8.com
We are an internet based radio station out of St. Louis, MO. The
station is operated strictly by St. Louis area youth. At this time
our hours are limited, but we do try to play as much indie music
as possible. We are also members of the DJ Record pool where we
rate new music from indie to major record labels.
WebRadioPugetSound.com
wrps1@comcast.net
http://www.webradiopugetsound.com
We will only play artists that give permission to perform their
works and meet other programming criteria. Permission to perform
documents are found on our website.
Lord Litter's Radio Show
LordLitter@LordLitter.de
http://www.LordLitter.de
http://www.CyberStormRadio.com - the weekly show
http://www.radiomarabu.de - the German on demand show
Now broad/webcasting at 6 stations ALL OVER THE WORLD! Europe's
best radio program that side of John Peel Shut-Ups-Website. The
show presents the variety of the true indie-scene. From Country
to Experimental - from Folk to Hard Rock - the show that presents
YOUR music! If you want to send releases for airplay please check
http://www.LordLitter.de/radioshow.html
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Have a great week & weekend...
~Megan Sin Promotions
www.sinpromos.com
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BAND OPPORTUNITIES
Don't forget to tell everyone that Sin Promotions sent you!
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
NORTH BY NORTHEAST NOW ACCEPTING BND SUBMISSIONS FOR CONFERENCE
http://www.nxne.com/
Bands Wanted! Co-Op CD Project by 3000 Records
We are working hard on a brand new series of Co-Op CD projects called
RADIO NOW! At this time we are accepting registrations for bands with
original music. All styles of music are welcome. NO BAND IS TURNED
DOWN, however we may refuse any song if it is not appropriate for
radio guidelines. See the complete list of benefits and request a
free email brochure and forms necessary to participate in this
project. Visit http://www.radionow.3000records.com
MUSIC WANTED FOR INDIE 911/RELIX MAGAZINE "JAMOFF!";
The Label Services Network Has Teamed With Relix Magazine, Fender
Guitars And Sonicbids To Launch Two Unique Opportunities For
Independent Musicians http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=58077
UNDERGROUND DVD COMPILATION - SUBMISSIONS WANTED
info@canirun.com canIrun.com is taking submissions for a new DVD
compilation. Mostly looking for Live videos, Music Videos, show
information and band interviews. This is open to all Hardcore, Punk,
Metal, Emocore, Hip-Hop, etc. bands. Please email to get more
information and a street address where you can submit your VHS, DVD
or cVHS tapes and CD discs. This is a total DIY, non-profit project,
if anyone would like to donate to the cause please email me as well.
About the DVD; If you have live, studio or backstage video of you and
your band but not in a music video format I will do an edit to your
CD, MP3 or Wav file if you'd like me to (I wont download anything,
all submittions through snail mail ONLY). The DVD will have all kinds
of music on it, underground, local and new bands. It all depens on
whats submitted and what I can fit on a 4.7 GB DVD-R. All the cost
will come out of my pocket, the DVD will be sold at shows and at
places like Generations in Manhattan, online and off my dot com. It
will be available on DVD before new years (thats my cut-off date).
Both Video and Sound will be edited and filtered for best results.
The Quality might be poor depending on original video quality and
compression abilities and time scheduleing. All material must be
released to me for business, promotional and marketing. Any questions
please email me at the address above and visit the URL for more band
and other info.
WSCW COLLEGE RADIO SEEKING BAND SUBMISSIONS
My name is Bill LeBeau and I'm the head Music Director @ WSCW Radio.
Some of you already know who I am. Anyways, over the past few months,
the scene has changed. There are new bands, and new sounds! Here @
WSCW, we love to support the scene as best as we can However, our
collection of cd's from the local scene today is somewhat outdated.
If you are interested in sending me a press kit/cd, my mailing
address is listed below. Please send all demos/cds/presskits to the
following address:
Attn: Bill LeBeau
WSCW Radio - Music Director
486 Chandler Street
Worcester, MA 01602
GRS's GET IN THE GAME MUSIC CONTEST
They're having a contest to be featured in their next video game,
with tons of cash prizes! Think you've got what it takes? Check it
out. Note there is an entry fee.
http://www.grsgames.com/products/game1/contest.html
UP YOUR WEBSITE HITS!
This is a great idea to increase your website hits. You check out a
couple music related sites and they check out yours. You'll find some
great helpful interesting music websites, and then it's your turn to
be listed and have a bunch of people check out your website. Could
turn into not only more website hits, but maybe some new fans.. worth
the minute it takes to do. http://www.musicmarketer.com/Default.asp?
id=2420
SCAM ALERT
I wanted to let all of you know about a so-called A&R company that is
out to scam everyone. They ahve contacted several of the Maine bands
in our area with A&R representation that guarentees a record
deal...but guess what, the companies that contact you are all fake,
and want nothing more than for you to send them money. This article
says it best. http://www.banduniverse.com/Article.cfm?ID=105&Type=Article So in
closing, be weary of the following businesses/record labels: 97
Radio, Canadian/American records, Talent 2K, Jetspeed records and
Deftone Records. We were almost duped, so don't let it happen to you.
please pass this along to anyone involved in the music business that
you may know.
ATENTION HIGH SCHOOL BANDS - NEED A DEMO?
Can't afford to get together a demo? There is a battle being held by
Stronghold Talent in the central MA area. Winner gets a demo cut by
a small home studio. http://www.strongholdent.org/battle.html for
more info.
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LABELS LOOKING FOR NEW BANDS/ARTISTS
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
DEAD KENNEDYS DRUMMER FORMS NEW LABEL
D.H. Peligro, drummer for the Dead Kennedys, announced the formation
of his new record label,Dirrty Records. The label will produce,
distribute, and promote releases specifically in the genres of rock,
modern metal, hardcore, and punk. If your band have what it takes
and wants to share your music with the world then submit your demo
to:
Dirrty Records
468 North Camden Drive #200
Beverly Hills, CA
90210.
TOOTH & NAIL RECORDS ALWAYS ACCEPTING DEMOS
Make sure your band is ready to be shopped, this is an independent
record label. Tooth & Nail is always accepting demos. If you want to
send yours send to:
A&R Department,
Tooth & Nail Records
P.O. Box 12698
Seattle, WA
98111.
SMALL INDIE LABEL
.. seeking 2 more bands for distro/promo deals. please send MP3 files
to agitatethesys@aol.com hardcore,metal,punk,emo only!
THUNDEROUS RECORDS LOOKING FOR TALENT
Thunderous Records, an indie label with three releases, is looking
for bands. We will pay the pressing costs and either consign the
music to you at an agreed upon price or we will D.I.Y the release to
sell at your shows and consignment stores. we require no contract. If
you're interested, please e-mail thunderoususa@netscape.net, and
please feel free to visit our website at
http://www.thunderousrecords.com. Check out Thunderous Records'
latest release, Blutos Revenge's "Use Once and Destroy" at
http://www.cdbaby.com/blutosrevenge.
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
VENUES/PROMOTERS LOOKING FOR BANDS
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
BANDS WANTED THURS NIGHTS IN NJ
Asbury Park, New Jersey venue seeking bands for paid gigs on Thursday
nights. Pay based on door, no ticket sales required! Metal/Hard Rock,
covers or originals. 45 minute set. Load in 8pm.Contact
bookings@sonicide.com or call 732-288-2915 for info.Openings
available now!
SICK PROMOTIONS SHOW OPPORTUNITIES
BOOKING: MOLLY BLOOMS 2 - Sundays at molly blooms2 all ages in amityville ny
CORNER OF RT 110 AND MERRICK RD-any kind of acts....but we'd prefer
hc/metal/rock Fridays 21+ at molly blooms 2 amityville ny -
starting in january all kinds of acts..trying to do an eclectic
nite...all types of diff stuff...trying everything...from
rap/rock/acoustic/soul/etc..
MOLLY BLOOMS 1 - in smithtown, MONDAY NITES....ANYTHING GOES...art
gallery nite....artist nite...need some good bands ...
BEDROCKS - thurs nites...543 w hoffman st, lindenhurst ny bedrocks is
a small bar.that only plays(dj every week) and books metal/hc /rock
acts
RITUAL - saturday nites, only hard rock Club on long island...2686
hempstead tpke in levittown NY
CONTACT: MerryDeath inksperience@aol.com Sick Promotions
631-682-1518 or 516-731-5052
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
CLASSIFIEDS SECTION
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
SIGNED BAND SEEKS DRUMMER, GUITARIST, & BASSIST
A Capitol Records recording artist is in search of drummer, guitarist
and bassist to complete recording and touring. Rock to progressive
rock. Candidates must be technical and high energy. If interested
call Tina 513-851-7672
BOSTON MA METAL BAND SEEKS DRUMMER
Gut from Boston MA seeks a metal drummer who can commit to 2-3
practices a week, weekend/weeknight
gigs, and a coast to coast tour sometime in the future. We have a
practice space in Allston MA and local and national industry
contacts. A full length album, compilation appearances, and a coast
to coast tour are in the works. All we need is a drummer! We're
looking for someone with a good attitude, good chops, and a high
degree of skill with the double-kick pedal. Our website is
http://www.bostongut.com. Anyone interested, please send email to
boston_gut@yahoo.com.
MA METAL BAND SEEKS BASSIST
Heavy metal band feautring members of CARV, and Vile Embrace, are in
search of sick bass player!! Influences include: Meshuggah, Lamb of
God, Fear Factory, In Flames, Pantera, Killswitch Engage,(etc)
Bassist must have experience, transportation, pro gear, 150%
dedication, and please no statues, we want the live show, totally
insane!! Also we are looking for someone who will participate in the
writing process, and who will bring something to the table! Fluent
in odd times is a total plus!!! go to http://www.siculae.com/ and
check out the mutlimedia section for a sample of what we are doing!!
(Siculae is not our band name, we are still waiting for the official
line up to decide on a name) You can also contact Mike
hatehead@hotmail.com!!!!
SINGER AVAILABLE IN MA
I'M LOOKING TO JOIN OR FORM A HARD ROCK/ METAL BAND, WITH PEOPLE AGES
18-30. I'M FORMERLY FROM THE BAND CREE 8. I HAVE 2 YEARS EXPERIENCE
PLAYING CLUBS IN THE BOSTON/PROVIDENCE/ WORCESTER MUSIC SCENE,
CONNECTIONS, VOICE DEMOS & CD'S INFLUENCES: REVIS, STAIND, CHIMAIRA,
SHINEDOWN, ULTRASPANK, UNLOCO, NOTHINGFACE, FUEL, GODSMACK, POWERMAN
5000, LO-PRO, STAIND, ILL NINO. IF INTERESTED EMAIL ME AT
NYGHTSKYY@AOL.COM
Band ads are only $3! Email us for details!
There is also a "show swapping" section available
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
RADIO SHOWS THAT WILL PLAY YOUR MUSIC
Courtesy of Indie Contact Newsletter www.indie-music.com/icb/
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
WCH RadioJohn ODay wchradio@yahoo.com
http://www.wchradio.i8.com
We are an internet based radio station out of St. Louis, MO. The
station is operated strictly by St. Louis area youth. At this time
our hours are limited, but we do try to play as much indie music
as possible. We are also members of the DJ Record pool where we
rate new music from indie to major record labels.
WebRadioPugetSound.com
wrps1@comcast.net
http://www.webradiopugetsound.com
We will only play artists that give permission to perform their
works and meet other programming criteria. Permission to perform
documents are found on our website.
Lord Litter's Radio Show
LordLitter@LordLitter.de
http://www.LordLitter.de
http://www.CyberStormRadio.com - the weekly show
http://www.radiomarabu.de - the German on demand show
Now broad/webcasting at 6 stations ALL OVER THE WORLD! Europe's
best radio program that side of John Peel Shut-Ups-Website. The
show presents the variety of the true indie-scene. From Country
to Experimental - from Folk to Hard Rock - the show that presents
YOUR music! If you want to send releases for airplay please check
http://www.LordLitter.de/radioshow.html
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
Have a great week & weekend...
~Megan Sin Promotions
www.sinpromos.com
OPETH Postpone Australian Tour
OPETH have had to reschedule their previously announced Australian tour, originally slated to take place in December, because the price of flights to Australia were "ridiculously expensive" due to the time of year, making the tour uneconomical.
The dates will be re scheduled for the last week of March 2004. Dates will be announced shortly. The group will also be attempting to include Perth this time.
OPETH have had to reschedule their previously announced Australian tour, originally slated to take place in December, because the price of flights to Australia were "ridiculously expensive" due to the time of year, making the tour uneconomical.
The dates will be re scheduled for the last week of March 2004. Dates will be announced shortly. The group will also be attempting to include Perth this time.
Former TESTAMENT/DEATH Guitarist Lands Endorsement Deal
Former TESTAMENT/DEATH guitarist James Murphy has finalized a deal to be endorsed by Caparison Guitars. Other artists using Caparison guitars: ARCH ENEMY, SOILWORK, THE HAUNTED, and KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, among others.
In other news, Murphy has posted the following message on his web site:
"Here's what I've been up to... I just mastered the new ENFORSAKEN [CD] [web site] for Century Media/Olympic Records called 'The Forever Endeavor', on which I also played a guest guitar solo. I also finished 5 guest solos for a band in Greece called MEMORAIN [web site] and right now I'm working on mixing the CD of a Polish band called DEMISE [web site]. All this and still organizing the DEATH tribute and trying to find the time to write DISINCARNATE material... whew!!!"
Former TESTAMENT/DEATH guitarist James Murphy has finalized a deal to be endorsed by Caparison Guitars. Other artists using Caparison guitars: ARCH ENEMY, SOILWORK, THE HAUNTED, and KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, among others.
In other news, Murphy has posted the following message on his web site:
"Here's what I've been up to... I just mastered the new ENFORSAKEN [CD] [web site] for Century Media/Olympic Records called 'The Forever Endeavor', on which I also played a guest guitar solo. I also finished 5 guest solos for a band in Greece called MEMORAIN [web site] and right now I'm working on mixing the CD of a Polish band called DEMISE [web site]. All this and still organizing the DEATH tribute and trying to find the time to write DISINCARNATE material... whew!!!"
DISMEMBER Reveal DVD Title, Artwork
Long-running Swedish death metallers DISMEMBER have set "Hate / Kill / Live" as the title for their upcoming double DVD, due on January 26, 2004 through Escapi. The first disc will contain the group's live performance from May 27, 2003 at Klubben in Stockholm, while the second disc will feature a 90-minute documentary/home video spanning the group's entire career. View the DVD cover at this location.
DISMEMBER's new album, "Where Ironcrosses Grow", is due in early 2004 through Karmageddon Media (formerly Hammerheart Records). The follow-up to 2000's "Hate Campaign" was recorded at Stockholm's Sami studio and will feature artwork by acclaimed artist Dan Seagrave (ENTOMBED, SUFFOCATION, MORBID ANGEL). Among the cuts set to appear on the effort are "Tragedy Of The Faithful", "Sword Of Light", "Where Ironcrosses Grow", "Chasing The Serpent", and "Me-God".
Long-running Swedish death metallers DISMEMBER have set "Hate / Kill / Live" as the title for their upcoming double DVD, due on January 26, 2004 through Escapi. The first disc will contain the group's live performance from May 27, 2003 at Klubben in Stockholm, while the second disc will feature a 90-minute documentary/home video spanning the group's entire career. View the DVD cover at this location.
DISMEMBER's new album, "Where Ironcrosses Grow", is due in early 2004 through Karmageddon Media (formerly Hammerheart Records). The follow-up to 2000's "Hate Campaign" was recorded at Stockholm's Sami studio and will feature artwork by acclaimed artist Dan Seagrave (ENTOMBED, SUFFOCATION, MORBID ANGEL). Among the cuts set to appear on the effort are "Tragedy Of The Faithful", "Sword Of Light", "Where Ironcrosses Grow", "Chasing The Serpent", and "Me-God".
10.30.2003
HATEBREED: 'This Is Now' Video Posted Online
HATEBREED's video for the track "This Is Now" has been posted online. Check it out: Windows Media, Real Media. "This Is Now" comes off the group's third album, "The Rise Of Brutality", which was released on October 28 through Republic/Universal Records. The follow-up to last year's "Perseverance" was recorded at Planet Z studios in Massachusetts with producer Zeuss (SHADOWS FALL, SWORN ENEMY) and was mixed at Armoury Studios in Vancouver, B.C. with Mike Fraser (METALLICA, AC/DC).
"Perseverance" has sold around 216,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan. HATEBREED's 1997 debut, "Satisfaction Is The Death Of Desire", has shifted 151,000 units.
HATEBREED's video for the track "This Is Now" has been posted online. Check it out: Windows Media, Real Media. "This Is Now" comes off the group's third album, "The Rise Of Brutality", which was released on October 28 through Republic/Universal Records. The follow-up to last year's "Perseverance" was recorded at Planet Z studios in Massachusetts with producer Zeuss (SHADOWS FALL, SWORN ENEMY) and was mixed at Armoury Studios in Vancouver, B.C. with Mike Fraser (METALLICA, AC/DC).
"Perseverance" has sold around 216,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan. HATEBREED's 1997 debut, "Satisfaction Is The Death Of Desire", has shifted 151,000 units.
Swedish Death Metal 'Supergroup' Gets A Name
GOD AMONG INSECTS is the name of the brand-new Swedish "old-school" death metal band featuring guitarist Lord K (a.k.a. Kenth Philipson) (THE PROJECT HATE), vocalist Jörgen Sandström (ENTOMBED, THE PROJECT HATE, ex-GRAVE), bassist Tomas Elofsson (SANCTIFICATION) and drummer Tobias Gustafsson (VOMITORY).
"We still have a few more songs to complete but things are going as planned and it all sounds excellent," Lord K writes in an online posting. "Down-tuned, old-school and brutal. Like a mixture of old GRAVE, BOLT THROWER, MORBID ANGEL, DEICIDE and whatnot. We are looking forward to get these songs on tape and let you guys hear some excellent death metal in 2004.
In related news, THE PROJECT HATE are currently working on material for their fourth studio album, which they plan to record sometime next year. "No date [has yet been] set and we are in no rush," says K. "The stuff we have written so far goes along the same lines as before. We have our sound and we are damn proud of it. No need to change a winning formula."
THE PROJECT HATE's third album, "Hate, Dominate, Congregate, Eliminate", has just been released through ENTOMBED's label imprint, Threeman Recordings.
GOD AMONG INSECTS is the name of the brand-new Swedish "old-school" death metal band featuring guitarist Lord K (a.k.a. Kenth Philipson) (THE PROJECT HATE), vocalist Jörgen Sandström (ENTOMBED, THE PROJECT HATE, ex-GRAVE), bassist Tomas Elofsson (SANCTIFICATION) and drummer Tobias Gustafsson (VOMITORY).
"We still have a few more songs to complete but things are going as planned and it all sounds excellent," Lord K writes in an online posting. "Down-tuned, old-school and brutal. Like a mixture of old GRAVE, BOLT THROWER, MORBID ANGEL, DEICIDE and whatnot. We are looking forward to get these songs on tape and let you guys hear some excellent death metal in 2004.
In related news, THE PROJECT HATE are currently working on material for their fourth studio album, which they plan to record sometime next year. "No date [has yet been] set and we are in no rush," says K. "The stuff we have written so far goes along the same lines as before. We have our sound and we are damn proud of it. No need to change a winning formula."
THE PROJECT HATE's third album, "Hate, Dominate, Congregate, Eliminate", has just been released through ENTOMBED's label imprint, Threeman Recordings.
SLIPKNOT Re-Launch Web Site
SLIPKNOT have re-launched their official web site. Check it out here. The band are currently working on the as-yet-untitled follow-up to 2001's "Iowa" in Los Angeles with producer Rick Rubin (AUDIOSLAVE, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, SLAYER). An early 2004 release through Roadrunner Records is expected.
SLIPKNOT have re-launched their official web site. Check it out here. The band are currently working on the as-yet-untitled follow-up to 2001's "Iowa" in Los Angeles with producer Rick Rubin (AUDIOSLAVE, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, SLAYER). An early 2004 release through Roadrunner Records is expected.
ANAL CUNT Added To SUPERJOINT RITUAL Show In Massachusetts
ANAL CUNT have been added to the November 7 SUPERJOINT RITUAL show in Worcester, Massachusetts. This will be the band's first gig since reforming a couple months ago. They are also playing a headlining show on November 10 at Bill's Bar in Boston. ANAL CUNT will be playing a lot of material they haven't performed in years, as well as some old songs they have never played live before. The group's current lineup is: Seth Putnam (vocals), John Kozik (guitar, was in A.C. 1992-1995), and Nate Linehan (drums, from 1996-1999). After these shows, ANAL CUNT plan on doing various concerts worldwide, beginning with gigs in New York and New Jersey in late November, to be followed by a Japanese tour with NAPALM DEATH, NASUM and PIG DESTROYER in January.
For more information on ANAL CUNT, check out singer Seth Putnam's web site at www.sethputnam.com.
ANAL CUNT have been added to the November 7 SUPERJOINT RITUAL show in Worcester, Massachusetts. This will be the band's first gig since reforming a couple months ago. They are also playing a headlining show on November 10 at Bill's Bar in Boston. ANAL CUNT will be playing a lot of material they haven't performed in years, as well as some old songs they have never played live before. The group's current lineup is: Seth Putnam (vocals), John Kozik (guitar, was in A.C. 1992-1995), and Nate Linehan (drums, from 1996-1999). After these shows, ANAL CUNT plan on doing various concerts worldwide, beginning with gigs in New York and New Jersey in late November, to be followed by a Japanese tour with NAPALM DEATH, NASUM and PIG DESTROYER in January.
For more information on ANAL CUNT, check out singer Seth Putnam's web site at www.sethputnam.com.
10.29.2003
MESHUGGAH, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD To Appear On THE MELVINS Tribute CD
MESHUGGAH, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, HIGH ON FIRE and DOG FASHION DISCO are among the artists confirmed to appear on an upcoming tribute CD to THE MELVINS. Titled "We Reach: The Music Of The Melvins", the album will be the second release through Fractured Transmitter Records, the label formed by MUSHROOMHEAD vocalist Jason Mann (with distribution through Lumberjack). Album art will be handled by Derek Hess (SEPULTURA, CONVERGE, POISON THE WELL). A summer 2004 release is expected.
MESHUGGAH, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, HIGH ON FIRE and DOG FASHION DISCO are among the artists confirmed to appear on an upcoming tribute CD to THE MELVINS. Titled "We Reach: The Music Of The Melvins", the album will be the second release through Fractured Transmitter Records, the label formed by MUSHROOMHEAD vocalist Jason Mann (with distribution through Lumberjack). Album art will be handled by Derek Hess (SEPULTURA, CONVERGE, POISON THE WELL). A summer 2004 release is expected.
CORETEZ To Make Live Debut In November
CORETEZ, the new band featuring former ILL NINO members Roger Vasquez and Marc Rizzo (SOULFLY), will make their live debut on November 13 at The Downtown in Farmingdale, New York. Also performing on the bill will be BLOODSIMPLE (featuring VISION OF DISORDER members Tim Williams (vocals) and Mike Kennedy (guitar), along with ex-MEDICATION bassist Kyle Sanders and drummer Chris Hamilton) and headliners BIOHAZARD.
In other news, CORETEZ "have a TON of songs that we are really proud of and cannot wait for [everyone] to hear," the band write on their web site. "Everything from brutally heavy to beautifully melodic. We think [everyone will] love our CD when it drops. We just finished the new version of 'Voices' and it came out amazing. Jamey Jasta from HATEBREED did some vocals on it and Zeuss (SHADOWS FALL, HATEBREED) mixed and mastered the track at Planet Z studios so the sound is phenomenal."
The CORETEZ track "Five Months" is featured on the "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" soundtrack, which is due on November 4 through Nitrus Records
CORETEZ, the new band featuring former ILL NINO members Roger Vasquez and Marc Rizzo (SOULFLY), will make their live debut on November 13 at The Downtown in Farmingdale, New York. Also performing on the bill will be BLOODSIMPLE (featuring VISION OF DISORDER members Tim Williams (vocals) and Mike Kennedy (guitar), along with ex-MEDICATION bassist Kyle Sanders and drummer Chris Hamilton) and headliners BIOHAZARD.
In other news, CORETEZ "have a TON of songs that we are really proud of and cannot wait for [everyone] to hear," the band write on their web site. "Everything from brutally heavy to beautifully melodic. We think [everyone will] love our CD when it drops. We just finished the new version of 'Voices' and it came out amazing. Jamey Jasta from HATEBREED did some vocals on it and Zeuss (SHADOWS FALL, HATEBREED) mixed and mastered the track at Planet Z studios so the sound is phenomenal."
The CORETEZ track "Five Months" is featured on the "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" soundtrack, which is due on November 4 through Nitrus Records
New Grindcore News.....
Hello Grindfreaks!
While MORTALIZED have their new MCD out on BLOODBATH Records,
the band's website was reworked with better design and Mp3s!
Check it and sign the guestbook! http://www.mortalized.fr.st
Bye!
Gab
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http://www.nihilistic.ca.tc
Last updates: ints of SKINLESS, MARTIN VAN DRUNEN, ILLOGICIST, SUFFER (R.I.P), DAMAGED...
TRIBUTE TO GODFLESH Double CDr/ pro cover. Out Now!
Distro:
http://www.nihildistro.fr.st CDs à 9-10 Euros,
Demos et Eps à 4 E... PORT COMPRIS!
Some bands websites:
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MORTALIZED (Jap) Grind death http://www.mortalized.fr.st
CARMOLEST PHYSICIST (Fra) Death grindcore: http://nembrionic.site.voila.fr/
HUTT (Bra) Grindcore http://www.hutt.ca.tc
TORMENT (Fra) Brutal death http://site.voila.fr/TORMENTDEATH
PUTREFIED (Fra) Grindcore http://www.putrefied.fr.st
Hello Grindfreaks!
While MORTALIZED have their new MCD out on BLOODBATH Records,
the band's website was reworked with better design and Mp3s!
Check it and sign the guestbook! http://www.mortalized.fr.st
Bye!
Gab
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NIHILISTIC HOLOCAUST Webzine/ Prod:
http://www.nihilistic.ca.tc
Last updates: ints of SKINLESS, MARTIN VAN DRUNEN, ILLOGICIST, SUFFER (R.I.P), DAMAGED...
TRIBUTE TO GODFLESH Double CDr/ pro cover. Out Now!
Distro:
http://www.nihildistro.fr.st CDs à 9-10 Euros,
Demos et Eps à 4 E... PORT COMPRIS!
Some bands websites:
SCARVENGER (Fra) Death heavy http://www.scarvenger.fr.st
MORTALIZED (Jap) Grind death http://www.mortalized.fr.st
CARMOLEST PHYSICIST (Fra) Death grindcore: http://nembrionic.site.voila.fr/
HUTT (Bra) Grindcore http://www.hutt.ca.tc
TORMENT (Fra) Brutal death http://site.voila.fr/TORMENTDEATH
PUTREFIED (Fra) Grindcore http://www.putrefied.fr.st
New Forum Added to Metalwhore.com
Hey amigos!
i just added a forum to metalwhore.
you guys should stop by and promote your stuff.
i have an "attention whore" section that's public, but i'd be more than happy to have you registered.
later brothers!
jeff
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Hey amigos!
i just added a forum to metalwhore.
you guys should stop by and promote your stuff.
i have an "attention whore" section that's public, but i'd be more than happy to have you registered.
later brothers!
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10.28.2003
Just Promotions
Bands,
Check out the 3 following current compilations we are offering. We
have extended the deadline for the Deftones compilation. Please note
that we have also cancelled the A Perfect Circle compilation that we
were going to do due to lack of interest.
Rock Bands - I'm currently looking for a few concerts out there
mainly for Rock Bands so stay tuned. For the most part we currently
have metal and hardcore compilations and they are as follows:
November 14th-15th, 2003
New Jersey Metal & Hardcore Festival
Featuring: Danzig, Superjoint Ritual, Morbid Angel, Dimmu Borgir,
Nevermore, Children Of Bodom, Hypocrisy, Strapping Young Lad,
Symphony X, Cradle Of Filth, Type O Negative, Nile, Deicide and more!
Asbury Convention Hall
Asbury, NJ
500 Discs will be distributed at this Festival. Cost is $80 per band.
The deadline is November 7th!!
>>*INTERESTED? PLEASE EMAIL*<<
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November 17th, 19th and 20th, 2003
DEFTONES Featuring:
DENALI and POISON THE WELL
3 Different Markets
November 17th - Worcester, MA - The Palladium
November 19th - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
November 20th - New York City, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom
200 Discs will be distributed at each concert. Cost is $45 per
concert.
$80 per 2 Markets and $100 for all 3 Markets. The deadline is
November 5th!!
>>*INTERESTED? PLEASE EMAIL*<<
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December 2nd, 3rd and 4th 2003
MTV2s Headbangers Ball Featuring:
SHADOWS FALL, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, LAMB OF GOD and GOD FORBID
3 Different Markets
December 2nd - Washington, D.C. - 9:30 Club
December 3rd - New York City - Irving Plaza
December 4th - Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom
200 Discs will be distributed at each concert. Cost is $45 per
concert.
$80 per 2 Markets and $100 for all 3 Markets. The deadline is
November 21st!!
>>*INTERESTED? PLEASE EMAIL*<<
---------------------------------------------------------------------
If you're interested, please reply or email nate@justpromotions.com -
**Remember** - we can accept your MP3s via email (send to
justpromote@aol.com ) and can accept payments via PayPal(
http://www.paypal.com ) so you don't need to leave your home or spend
extra cash on postage and packaging.
We're currently filling our first COMPILATION EXCHANGE - so please,
if you're interested, let me know. You can check that out by
visiting http://www.justpromotions.com and clicking on "Exchange".
Thanks!!
Nate Franklin
Just Promotions
http://www.justpromotions.com
nate@justpromotions.com
If you use this service, please tell them you heard it from MidwestMetal.info and give them the following e-mail address: jennifer@midwestmetal.info as a reference.
Bands,
Check out the 3 following current compilations we are offering. We
have extended the deadline for the Deftones compilation. Please note
that we have also cancelled the A Perfect Circle compilation that we
were going to do due to lack of interest.
Rock Bands - I'm currently looking for a few concerts out there
mainly for Rock Bands so stay tuned. For the most part we currently
have metal and hardcore compilations and they are as follows:
November 14th-15th, 2003
New Jersey Metal & Hardcore Festival
Featuring: Danzig, Superjoint Ritual, Morbid Angel, Dimmu Borgir,
Nevermore, Children Of Bodom, Hypocrisy, Strapping Young Lad,
Symphony X, Cradle Of Filth, Type O Negative, Nile, Deicide and more!
Asbury Convention Hall
Asbury, NJ
500 Discs will be distributed at this Festival. Cost is $80 per band.
The deadline is November 7th!!
>>*INTERESTED? PLEASE EMAIL*<<
--------------------------------------------------------------
November 17th, 19th and 20th, 2003
DEFTONES Featuring:
DENALI and POISON THE WELL
3 Different Markets
November 17th - Worcester, MA - The Palladium
November 19th - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
November 20th - New York City, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom
200 Discs will be distributed at each concert. Cost is $45 per
concert.
$80 per 2 Markets and $100 for all 3 Markets. The deadline is
November 5th!!
>>*INTERESTED? PLEASE EMAIL*<<
--------------------------------------------------------------
December 2nd, 3rd and 4th 2003
MTV2s Headbangers Ball Featuring:
SHADOWS FALL, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, LAMB OF GOD and GOD FORBID
3 Different Markets
December 2nd - Washington, D.C. - 9:30 Club
December 3rd - New York City - Irving Plaza
December 4th - Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom
200 Discs will be distributed at each concert. Cost is $45 per
concert.
$80 per 2 Markets and $100 for all 3 Markets. The deadline is
November 21st!!
>>*INTERESTED? PLEASE EMAIL*<<
---------------------------------------------------------------------
If you're interested, please reply or email nate@justpromotions.com -
**Remember** - we can accept your MP3s via email (send to
justpromote@aol.com ) and can accept payments via PayPal(
http://www.paypal.com ) so you don't need to leave your home or spend
extra cash on postage and packaging.
We're currently filling our first COMPILATION EXCHANGE - so please,
if you're interested, let me know. You can check that out by
visiting http://www.justpromotions.com and clicking on "Exchange".
Thanks!!
Nate Franklin
Just Promotions
http://www.justpromotions.com
nate@justpromotions.com
If you use this service, please tell them you heard it from MidwestMetal.info and give them the following e-mail address: jennifer@midwestmetal.info as a reference.
Dark Horizons (Label) News
Greetings,,
Dark Horizon Records is running our SAMHAIN (HALLOWEEN) SALE. From now until 12/01/03 All items in our catalog are on sale. CD's $10, MCD's $7, LP's $11, MLP's $9, MAGAZINES $2.50, ALL BUTTONS $2.00 www.darkhorizon666.com New Merchandise Update 10/28/03 Abazagorath "Enshrined Blasphemer" MCD $10 Black Metal Agonia Records Abhor "Nequaquam Vacuum" CD $12 Black Metal Black Tears Of Death Aborym "With No Human Intervention" CD $12 Black Metal Mercenary Music Act Of Gods "Dies Irae" MCD $10 Death Metal Osmose A Grusome Find "The Fire That Burns In Hell" CD $10 Black Metal Vile Are Records All Shall Perish "Hate . Malice . Revenge" CD $12 Death Metal Amputated Vein Amorphis "The Karelian Isthmus" CD $12 Death Metal Reapse Amorphis "Chapters + DVD" $12 Death / Doom Relapse An "An" 7" EP $5 Black Metal Northern Sound Anaal Nathrakh "The Codex Necro" CD $12 Black Metal Mercenary Music Anal Cunt "Morbid Florist" CD $10 Easy Listening Relapse Anvil #1 (Skinless,
Thanks,
Dark Horizon Records
Greetings,,
Dark Horizon Records is running our SAMHAIN (HALLOWEEN) SALE. From now until 12/01/03 All items in our catalog are on sale. CD's $10, MCD's $7, LP's $11, MLP's $9, MAGAZINES $2.50, ALL BUTTONS $2.00 www.darkhorizon666.com New Merchandise Update 10/28/03 Abazagorath "Enshrined Blasphemer" MCD $10 Black Metal Agonia Records Abhor "Nequaquam Vacuum" CD $12 Black Metal Black Tears Of Death Aborym "With No Human Intervention" CD $12 Black Metal Mercenary Music Act Of Gods "Dies Irae" MCD $10 Death Metal Osmose A Grusome Find "The Fire That Burns In Hell" CD $10 Black Metal Vile Are Records All Shall Perish "Hate . Malice . Revenge" CD $12 Death Metal Amputated Vein Amorphis "The Karelian Isthmus" CD $12 Death Metal Reapse Amorphis "Chapters + DVD" $12 Death / Doom Relapse An "An" 7" EP $5 Black Metal Northern Sound Anaal Nathrakh "The Codex Necro" CD $12 Black Metal Mercenary Music Anal Cunt "Morbid Florist" CD $10 Easy Listening Relapse Anvil #1 (Skinless,
Thanks,
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10.27.2003
RAMMSTEIN To Enter Studio In Early November
German industrial metallers RAMMSTEIN will enter the studio around November 6 to begin recording their new album, tentatively due late spring/early summer through Republic/Universal Records. Production duties will once again be handled by Jacob Hellner, who worked with the group on 2001's "Mutter". No further information is available at this time.
As previously reported, RAMMSTEIN will issue a DVD, entitled "Lichtspielhaus" (German for "Cinema" or "Movie House") in PAL and NTSC formats on November 17.
The following is the unofficial track listing for the DVD:
Promo videos:
01. Du Riechst So Gut
02. Seemann
03. Rammstein
04. Engel
05. Du Hast
06. Du Riechst So Gut 98
07. Sonne
08. Links 2, 3, 4
09. Ich Will
10. Mutter
11. Feuer Frei
(featuring additional audio comments of the band)
Making of...:
01. Sonne
02. Ich Will
03. Links 2, 3, 4
04. Du Hast
05. Feuer Frei
06. Du Riechst So Gut
+Interviews
Additional footage:
MTV US
MTV Masters (updated)
Kerrang Awards
Live Shows (clips):
Berlin Arena 1996
Rock am Ring 1998
Berlin Wuhlheide 1998
Mexico (KISS Tour) 1999
Big Day Out (Australia)
German industrial metallers RAMMSTEIN will enter the studio around November 6 to begin recording their new album, tentatively due late spring/early summer through Republic/Universal Records. Production duties will once again be handled by Jacob Hellner, who worked with the group on 2001's "Mutter". No further information is available at this time.
As previously reported, RAMMSTEIN will issue a DVD, entitled "Lichtspielhaus" (German for "Cinema" or "Movie House") in PAL and NTSC formats on November 17.
The following is the unofficial track listing for the DVD:
Promo videos:
01. Du Riechst So Gut
02. Seemann
03. Rammstein
04. Engel
05. Du Hast
06. Du Riechst So Gut 98
07. Sonne
08. Links 2, 3, 4
09. Ich Will
10. Mutter
11. Feuer Frei
(featuring additional audio comments of the band)
Making of...:
01. Sonne
02. Ich Will
03. Links 2, 3, 4
04. Du Hast
05. Feuer Frei
06. Du Riechst So Gut
+Interviews
Additional footage:
MTV US
MTV Masters (updated)
Kerrang Awards
Live Shows (clips):
Berlin Arena 1996
Rock am Ring 1998
Berlin Wuhlheide 1998
Mexico (KISS Tour) 1999
Big Day Out (Australia)
KREATOR, EXODUS Confirmed For 'Get Thrashed' Documentary
KREATOR and EXODUS are the latest bands confirmed to appear in "Get Thrashed", the upcoming documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene.
As previously reported, METALLICA, SLAYER, ANTHRAX, TESTAMENT, OVERKILL, VOIVOD, DISTURBED, SLIPKNOT, KITTIE, DEATH ANGEL and MESHUGGAH are among the other bands covered in the documentary, which is tentatively due before the end of the year. The brainchild of director Rick Ernst, a long-time freelance producer for MTV, the film will include interviews, live performances and archival footage.
For more information on "Get Thrashed", visit the project's official web site.
KREATOR and EXODUS are the latest bands confirmed to appear in "Get Thrashed", the upcoming documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene.
As previously reported, METALLICA, SLAYER, ANTHRAX, TESTAMENT, OVERKILL, VOIVOD, DISTURBED, SLIPKNOT, KITTIE, DEATH ANGEL and MESHUGGAH are among the other bands covered in the documentary, which is tentatively due before the end of the year. The brainchild of director Rick Ernst, a long-time freelance producer for MTV, the film will include interviews, live performances and archival footage.
For more information on "Get Thrashed", visit the project's official web site.
DEICIDE's Record Label: Canadian Border Incident Was 'A Misunderstanding'
DEICIDE's record label issued a statement today directly countering a newspaper report that the group's guitarist and a member of their road crew were arrested when they were found with drugs and weapons in a mobile home they were driving in upstate New York en route to Detroit from Canada.
Buffalo News quoted a New York State Police source on Thursday as saying DEICIDE's Eric P. Hoffman, 35, of New Port Richey, Fla., was arrested on October 21 on charges of criminal possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell, possession of a hypodermic needle and three misdemeanor charges of criminal possession of a controlled substance. Also reportedly arrested was Benjamin T. Boynton, 43, a member of the band's road crew (misidentified in the article as a member of DEICIDE), of Madras, Ore., who was charged Tuesday afternoon with third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell, felony marijuana possession, felony weapon possession and two misdemeanor counts of criminal possession of a weapon.
Earache Records, who were apparently unaware of the Buffalo News report before they decided to comment on the incident, issued the following statement today as part of their weekly news update:
"DEICIDE were forced to miss their October 21 show in Detroit, Michigan, due to a misunderstanding with officials at the Canadian border. According to frontman Glen Benton who was travelling separately from his three bandmates, Benton arrived at the Detroit venue in time for soundcheck, only to find drummer Steve Asheim and the Hoffman brothers nowhere in sight. It was soon revealed that the tardy parties were being detained by officials at the Canadian border and they would not make it to Detroit in time for the show. The men were held at the border over night and were finally released early the following morning, with no charges against them. DEICIDE would like to sincerely apologize to all the Detroit fans, and promise to make it up to them soon."
DEICIDE's record label issued a statement today directly countering a newspaper report that the group's guitarist and a member of their road crew were arrested when they were found with drugs and weapons in a mobile home they were driving in upstate New York en route to Detroit from Canada.
Buffalo News quoted a New York State Police source on Thursday as saying DEICIDE's Eric P. Hoffman, 35, of New Port Richey, Fla., was arrested on October 21 on charges of criminal possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell, possession of a hypodermic needle and three misdemeanor charges of criminal possession of a controlled substance. Also reportedly arrested was Benjamin T. Boynton, 43, a member of the band's road crew (misidentified in the article as a member of DEICIDE), of Madras, Ore., who was charged Tuesday afternoon with third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell, felony marijuana possession, felony weapon possession and two misdemeanor counts of criminal possession of a weapon.
Earache Records, who were apparently unaware of the Buffalo News report before they decided to comment on the incident, issued the following statement today as part of their weekly news update:
"DEICIDE were forced to miss their October 21 show in Detroit, Michigan, due to a misunderstanding with officials at the Canadian border. According to frontman Glen Benton who was travelling separately from his three bandmates, Benton arrived at the Detroit venue in time for soundcheck, only to find drummer Steve Asheim and the Hoffman brothers nowhere in sight. It was soon revealed that the tardy parties were being detained by officials at the Canadian border and they would not make it to Detroit in time for the show. The men were held at the border over night and were finally released early the following morning, with no charges against them. DEICIDE would like to sincerely apologize to all the Detroit fans, and promise to make it up to them soon."
DIMMU BORGIR, HYPOCRISY, NORTHER: Live Photos Posted Online
Several high-quality photos of DIMMU BORGIR, HYPOCRISY and NORTHER, taken at their concert in Milan, Italy on October 14, have been posted online at this location (all photos by Timo Isoaho).
DIMMU BORGIR and HYPOCRISY will be teaming up with CHILDREN OF BODOM and NEVERMORE for a U.S. tour that will kick off on November 7 in Buffalo, New York.
Several high-quality photos of DIMMU BORGIR, HYPOCRISY and NORTHER, taken at their concert in Milan, Italy on October 14, have been posted online at this location (all photos by Timo Isoaho).
DIMMU BORGIR and HYPOCRISY will be teaming up with CHILDREN OF BODOM and NEVERMORE for a U.S. tour that will kick off on November 7 in Buffalo, New York.
RAG MEN Sign With EULOGY RECORDS
RAG MEN, the New York-based band featuring frontman Jorge Rosado (MERAUDER, GOD IS I), guitarist Mitts (SKARHEAD, CROWN OF THORNZ), bassist Ian "Bulldog" Edwards (FREYA, ex-EARTH CRISIS), and drummer Rigg Ross (SKARHEAD, ex-HATEBREED), have signed a North American record deal with Eulogy Records. The group's self-titled debut CD is scheduled for release in February. Download the album cut "My World" at this location. RAG MEN had previously signed a European record deal with Gangstyle Records.
RAG MEN, the New York-based band featuring frontman Jorge Rosado (MERAUDER, GOD IS I), guitarist Mitts (SKARHEAD, CROWN OF THORNZ), bassist Ian "Bulldog" Edwards (FREYA, ex-EARTH CRISIS), and drummer Rigg Ross (SKARHEAD, ex-HATEBREED), have signed a North American record deal with Eulogy Records. The group's self-titled debut CD is scheduled for release in February. Download the album cut "My World" at this location. RAG MEN had previously signed a European record deal with Gangstyle Records.
LACUNA COIL Complete Video For 'Heaven's A Lie'
Italy's LACUNA COIL have just finished filming a new promotional video for their single "Heaven's A Lie" with Revolver Film Company's (www.revolver.se) award-winning director Patric Ullaeus (DIMMU BORGIR, TIAMAT, MNEMIC, PASSENGER).
LACUNA COIL will kick off another round of American dates on November 12 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. "Heaven's A Lie" comes off the group's 2002 release, "Comalies".
Italy's LACUNA COIL have just finished filming a new promotional video for their single "Heaven's A Lie" with Revolver Film Company's (www.revolver.se) award-winning director Patric Ullaeus (DIMMU BORGIR, TIAMAT, MNEMIC, PASSENGER).
LACUNA COIL will kick off another round of American dates on November 12 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. "Heaven's A Lie" comes off the group's 2002 release, "Comalies".
Kevin Dubrow sells Randy Rhodes item
Very few "Authentic" signed items from Randy Rhoads have ever been available to the public. From Quiet Riots' Kevin DuBrow comes this offering: A Beautiful 31"x26" display featuring a personal postcard handwritten by Randy when he was in England during pre-production for Ozzy Osbourne, just prior to the recording of Blizzard of Oz and Diary of a Madman. The display also features 2 photos of Randy from Kevin's private collection. The piece is professionally framed and double matted with a glimpse of Rand's trademark polka dots. A must for an serious collector. The digital pics provided don't even come close to showing this amazing piece. Provenace is impeccable as your purchase is directly from Mr. DuBrow, Please forward any questions prior to bidding. Serious bidders only.....PayPal, Cashier's Checks and Money Orders accepted. Buyer is responsible for all packing and shipping fees as this item will be packed professionally. International bidders are welcome.
Very few "Authentic" signed items from Randy Rhoads have ever been available to the public. From Quiet Riots' Kevin DuBrow comes this offering: A Beautiful 31"x26" display featuring a personal postcard handwritten by Randy when he was in England during pre-production for Ozzy Osbourne, just prior to the recording of Blizzard of Oz and Diary of a Madman. The display also features 2 photos of Randy from Kevin's private collection. The piece is professionally framed and double matted with a glimpse of Rand's trademark polka dots. A must for an serious collector. The digital pics provided don't even come close to showing this amazing piece. Provenace is impeccable as your purchase is directly from Mr. DuBrow, Please forward any questions prior to bidding. Serious bidders only.....PayPal, Cashier's Checks and Money Orders accepted. Buyer is responsible for all packing and shipping fees as this item will be packed professionally. International bidders are welcome.
Marduk
MARDUK Set Release Date For DVD - Oct. 26, 2003
Swedish black metallers MARDUK have set a January 19, 2004 release date for their much-anticipated DVD, titled "Funeral Marches And Warsongs". The long-delayed disc will tentatively include, among other features, a live show recorded in Paris on the European leg of the World Funeral tour as well as footage of the band's reunion with former vocalist Joakim Göthberg during their appearance at the Party.San Open Air festival in Germany in August.
In other news, MARDUK were forced to cancel the last two shows on their recent Mexican tour after vocalist Legion was taken ill. Check out pictures from the tour here. Also on the MARDUK-related front, , DEVILS WHOREHOUSE, the side project of MARDUK guitarist Morgan Håkansson and bassist B. War, will issue their full-length debut, "Revelation Unorthodox", on January 12, 2004 through Blooddawn Productions. "Revelation Unorthodox", which will be available on CD as well as limited edition LP and picture-disc LP, is the follow-up to the mini-album "Howling", which was released in 2000. A limited-edition digipack reissue of the EP, featuring several bonus tracks, is slated for release on January 19. Download two MP3 clips from the forthcoming album: "Pentagram Murderer" (mp3), "The Raven" (mp3).
MARDUK Set Release Date For DVD - Oct. 26, 2003
Swedish black metallers MARDUK have set a January 19, 2004 release date for their much-anticipated DVD, titled "Funeral Marches And Warsongs". The long-delayed disc will tentatively include, among other features, a live show recorded in Paris on the European leg of the World Funeral tour as well as footage of the band's reunion with former vocalist Joakim Göthberg during their appearance at the Party.San Open Air festival in Germany in August.
In other news, MARDUK were forced to cancel the last two shows on their recent Mexican tour after vocalist Legion was taken ill. Check out pictures from the tour here. Also on the MARDUK-related front, , DEVILS WHOREHOUSE, the side project of MARDUK guitarist Morgan Håkansson and bassist B. War, will issue their full-length debut, "Revelation Unorthodox", on January 12, 2004 through Blooddawn Productions. "Revelation Unorthodox", which will be available on CD as well as limited edition LP and picture-disc LP, is the follow-up to the mini-album "Howling", which was released in 2000. A limited-edition digipack reissue of the EP, featuring several bonus tracks, is slated for release on January 19. Download two MP3 clips from the forthcoming album: "Pentagram Murderer" (mp3), "The Raven" (mp3).
10.26.2003
Apnea has just finished our new cd
This is Steve from Apnea/Backhoe Butchery. Apnea has just finished our new cd and I'm inviting you to listen to two of the new tracks on www.soundclick.com/Apnea The new songs are "Soulbutcher" and
"Seductress In Agel's Robes" Tell me what you think!
Check out Apnea's web page at http://www.geocities.com/thebandapnea/
This is Steve from Apnea/Backhoe Butchery. Apnea has just finished our new cd and I'm inviting you to listen to two of the new tracks on www.soundclick.com/Apnea The new songs are "Soulbutcher" and
"Seductress In Agel's Robes" Tell me what you think!
Check out Apnea's web page at http://www.geocities.com/thebandapnea/
10.25.2003
Inhale the Ellipses News
Heads up,
Salutations and hugs. If you don't know, Inhale the Ellipses is a crazy
rock band from central Iowa that you have probably witnessed at a show near
you. well guess what..... we're doing more shows! Bring your friends, the
people you hate, the people you love to an Inhale show soon. Here we go!
- Sunday, November 2nd
@ Gabes Oasis, Iowa City, IA
show starts @ 6pm, $5.00 all ages
w/ NIL8, 8 Found Dead, and tba
www.gabesoasis.com
- Friday, November 14th
@ Tba, Fort Dodge, IA
w/ Infandous, and others
(stay tuned)
- Friday, November 28th
@ The Mad Hatter, Bemidji, MN
Show starts @ 7pm, $5.00, 18 & over
w/ WWJD?
- Saturday, November 29th
@ The Mad Hatter, Bemidji, MN
Show starts @ 7pm, $5.00, 18 & over
w/ The Amish Armada, Epicurean, Green Fog Vigilante
- Monday, December 15th
@ The House of Bricks, Des Moines, IA
5pm-9pm, $6.00, all ages
w/ Society 1, Two Words
Stay tuned for more info, and remember, the role models you look up to
secretly want to squash you, so wear protection...take care
Inhale the Ellipses
www.inhalemusic.com
Heads up,
Salutations and hugs. If you don't know, Inhale the Ellipses is a crazy
rock band from central Iowa that you have probably witnessed at a show near
you. well guess what..... we're doing more shows! Bring your friends, the
people you hate, the people you love to an Inhale show soon. Here we go!
- Sunday, November 2nd
@ Gabes Oasis, Iowa City, IA
show starts @ 6pm, $5.00 all ages
w/ NIL8, 8 Found Dead, and tba
www.gabesoasis.com
- Friday, November 14th
@ Tba, Fort Dodge, IA
w/ Infandous, and others
(stay tuned)
- Friday, November 28th
@ The Mad Hatter, Bemidji, MN
Show starts @ 7pm, $5.00, 18 & over
w/ WWJD?
- Saturday, November 29th
@ The Mad Hatter, Bemidji, MN
Show starts @ 7pm, $5.00, 18 & over
w/ The Amish Armada, Epicurean, Green Fog Vigilante
- Monday, December 15th
@ The House of Bricks, Des Moines, IA
5pm-9pm, $6.00, all ages
w/ Society 1, Two Words
Stay tuned for more info, and remember, the role models you look up to
secretly want to squash you, so wear protection...take care
Inhale the Ellipses
www.inhalemusic.com
Hello all posters of the old Metal Observer ezboard!
Hello all posters of the old Metal Observer ezboard!
I'd like to announce the debut of Rapture Radio Network anchored by
Wes Jaques' metal radio show. The first live broadcast will be this
Sunday, October 26, at 11 pm EST. Here's the direct link to listen to
24 hours of metal, commentary and insight into the world as seen by
Wes. http://www.live365.com/stations/wesjaques?play
Hello all posters of the old Metal Observer ezboard!
I'd like to announce the debut of Rapture Radio Network anchored by
Wes Jaques' metal radio show. The first live broadcast will be this
Sunday, October 26, at 11 pm EST. Here's the direct link to listen to
24 hours of metal, commentary and insight into the world as seen by
Wes. http://www.live365.com/stations/wesjaques?play
Bloodletting North America IV
Tuesday November 25th @ The Dungeon
Bloodletting North America IV
featuring…
Gorgasm Chicago Death Metal www.violatedrot.com/gorgasm/
Mortal Decay New Jersey Death www.mortaldecay.net
Pyaemia Netherlands Death Metal www.pyaemia.com
Severed Savior CA Death Metal www.severedsavior.com
Spawn of Possession Swedish Death www.spawnofpossession.com
With Immortality Philly Death www.withimmortality.com
All Ages 6 PM $10
Directions at http://dungeonsound.cjb.net
www.uniqueleader.com
DAVE SPENCER
WWW.WITHIMMORTALITY.COM
610-513-2138
AIM: BARKDOG666
Tuesday November 25th @ The Dungeon
Bloodletting North America IV
featuring…
Gorgasm Chicago Death Metal www.violatedrot.com/gorgasm/
Mortal Decay New Jersey Death www.mortaldecay.net
Pyaemia Netherlands Death Metal www.pyaemia.com
Severed Savior CA Death Metal www.severedsavior.com
Spawn of Possession Swedish Death www.spawnofpossession.com
With Immortality Philly Death www.withimmortality.com
All Ages 6 PM $10
Directions at http://dungeonsound.cjb.net
www.uniqueleader.com
DAVE SPENCER
WWW.WITHIMMORTALITY.COM
610-513-2138
AIM: BARKDOG666
10.24.2003
MetalUpdate.com Tour Dates
A LIFE ONCE LOST w/ BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME & THE END
10/26 Milwaukee, WI
10/27 Minneapolis, MN
10/28 Des Moines, IA
10/29 Wichita, KS
10/30 Denver, CO
10/31 Salt Lake City, UT
11/01 San Francisco, CA
11/02 Corona, CA
11/03 San Diego, CA
11/04 Las Vegas, NV
11/05 Phoenix, AZ
11/06 El Paso, TX
11/07 San Marcos, TX
11/08 Corpus Christi, TX
11/09 Dallas, TX
11/10 Nashville, TN
11/11 Birmingham, AL
11/12 Winston Salem, NC
11/13 Baltimore, MD
11/14 Connecticut
11/15 Asbury Park, NJ
11/16 New York, NY
11/17 Mountclair, NJ
11/18 Long Island, NY
11/19 Springfield, MA
11/20 Rochester, NY
11/21 Wilkes-Barre, PA
11/22 Philadelphia, PA
GORGASM w/ PYAEMIA, SPAWN OF POSSESSION
& SEVERED SAVIOR
11/07 San Diego, CA
11/08 Corona, CA
11/09 Southgate, CA
11/10 Phoenix, AZ
11/12 Albuquerque, NM
11/13 El Paso, TX
11/14 Houston, TX
11/15 San Antonio, TX
11/16 Amarillo, TX
11/18 Oklahoma City, OK
11/20 Winston-Salem, NC
11/21 Baltimore, MD
11/22 Manchester, NH
11/23 Syracuse, NY
11/24 New York, NY
11/25 Clifton Heights, PA
11/27 Sudbury, ON
11/28 Toronto, ON
11/29 Ottawa, ON
11/30 Rimouski, QC
12/01 Quebec, QC
12/02 Montreal, QC
12/04 Cleveland, OH
12/05 Detroit, MI
12/06 St. Paul, MN
12/07 Joplin, MO
12/08 Ft. Collins, CO
12/13 Palo Alto, CA
IRON MAIDEN w/ GAMMA RAY
10/24 Munich, GER
10/25 Stuttgart, GER
10/27 Milan, ITA
10/28 Firenze, ITA
10/30 Zurich, SWI
11/01 Barcelona, SPA
11/02 Madrid, SPA
IRON MAIDEN
11/04 Frankfurt, GER
11/05 Rotterdam, NETH
11/07 Wroklaw, POL
11/10 Helsinki, FIN
11/12 Copenhagen, DEN
11/14 Stockholm, SWE
11/15 Gothenburg, SWE
11/17 Hannover, GER
11/18 Berlin, GER
11/20 Leuven, BEL
11/22 Paris, FRA
11/24 Dortmund, GER
11/26 Hamburg, GER
11/27 Arena, GER
11/29 Nancy, FRA
12/01 Dublin, IRE
12/03 Newcastle, ENG
12/04 Nottingham, ENG
12/06 Sheffield, ENG
12/08 Glasgow, SCO
12/09 Manchester, ENG
12/12 London, ENG
12/15 Cardiff, WAL
12/16 Birmingham, ENG
WATCH THEM DIE
11/06 Los Angeles, CA
11/07 Phoenix, AZ
11/08 Albuquerque, NM
11/09 Oklahoma City, OK
11/10 Memphis, TN
11/11 Atlanta, GA
11/12 Winston-Salem, NC
11/13 Baltimore, MD
11/14 North Haven, CT
11/15 Asbury Park, NJ
11/16 New York, NY
11/17 Wilkes-Barre, PA
11/18 Pittsburgh, PA
11/19 Bowling Green, OH
11/22 North Little Rock, AR
11/22 Little Rock, AR
11/23 New Orleans, LA
11/24 Baton Rouge, LA
11/25 Fort Worth TX
12/01 Aptos, CA
12/02 San Francisco, CA
12/03 Arcata, Ca
12/04 Eugene, OR
12/06 Tacoma, WA
12/08 Ashland, OR
DWELL IN DARKNESS FESTIVAL
http://www.smnnews.com/dwellindarkness
11/07 & 11/08 - Mesa, AZ
Macabre, Vehemence, Crisis, Crematorium, Steel Prophet, Cage, Watch Them
Die, Skinlab, Flotsam and Jetsam, Hostile Groove, Red Tear Memory, Exiled,
Impaler, Willow Wisp, Blood Haven, Mutilaciun, Tyranis, Epic, Ikonoklast,
Death II All, Wycked Synn, Noctuary, Gat-Rot, Rising Pain, Hostility, 4
In Tha Chamber, Crushed, Point 9%, SiX, Unida, 40 Grit, Acumen Nation,
Pitch Blaack, Insolence, My Ruin, 12 Ton Sledge, Something Must Die,
Graves At Sea, Scission, Soul Clown, Defile, WarMachine, Flesh Fair,
Madlife, Ankla, Acid King, Dreams Of Damnation
NEW JERSEY METAL AND HARDCORE FEST
http://www.njmetalandhardcorefest.com
11/14 & 11/15 - Asbury Park, NJ
Danzig, Superjoint Ritual, Morbid Angel, Dimmu Borgir, Nevermore, Children
Of Bodom, Hypocrisy, Strapping Young Lad, Symphony X, Cradle Of Filth,
Type O Negative, Nile, Deicide, Suffocation, Hate Eternal, Biohazard,
Moonspell, Mastodon, Unearth, Krisium, Bongzilla, Diabolic, The Red Chord,
A Life Once Lost, Premonitions Of War, Cannae, Between The Buried And Me,
All That Remains, Dysrhythmia, Lick Golden Sky, Byzantine, Eyes Of Fire,
Full Blown Chaos, With Honor, Subzero, Between The Buried And Me, The End,
Watch Them Die, Withered Earth, Novembers Doom, Crematorium, Wasteform,
Misery Index, Mastodon, Most Precious Blood, The Takeover, Beyond The
Embrace, The Black Dahlia Murder, Bleeding Through, The Killing,
Daughters, Held Under, Embrace Today, Traumacide, Human Decline, A Perfect
Murder, Scarlet, All Out War, Super Villian, Sinai Beach, Scar Culture,
Mortician, The Agony Scene, Across Five Aprils, Malignancy, Backstabbers
Incorporated, Fleshgrind, Remembering Never, Dew Scented, Devil Driver,
The Devin Townsend Band, Cattle Decapitation, Today Is The Day
A LIFE ONCE LOST w/ BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME & THE END
10/26 Milwaukee, WI
10/27 Minneapolis, MN
10/28 Des Moines, IA
10/29 Wichita, KS
10/30 Denver, CO
10/31 Salt Lake City, UT
11/01 San Francisco, CA
11/02 Corona, CA
11/03 San Diego, CA
11/04 Las Vegas, NV
11/05 Phoenix, AZ
11/06 El Paso, TX
11/07 San Marcos, TX
11/08 Corpus Christi, TX
11/09 Dallas, TX
11/10 Nashville, TN
11/11 Birmingham, AL
11/12 Winston Salem, NC
11/13 Baltimore, MD
11/14 Connecticut
11/15 Asbury Park, NJ
11/16 New York, NY
11/17 Mountclair, NJ
11/18 Long Island, NY
11/19 Springfield, MA
11/20 Rochester, NY
11/21 Wilkes-Barre, PA
11/22 Philadelphia, PA
GORGASM w/ PYAEMIA, SPAWN OF POSSESSION
& SEVERED SAVIOR
11/07 San Diego, CA
11/08 Corona, CA
11/09 Southgate, CA
11/10 Phoenix, AZ
11/12 Albuquerque, NM
11/13 El Paso, TX
11/14 Houston, TX
11/15 San Antonio, TX
11/16 Amarillo, TX
11/18 Oklahoma City, OK
11/20 Winston-Salem, NC
11/21 Baltimore, MD
11/22 Manchester, NH
11/23 Syracuse, NY
11/24 New York, NY
11/25 Clifton Heights, PA
11/27 Sudbury, ON
11/28 Toronto, ON
11/29 Ottawa, ON
11/30 Rimouski, QC
12/01 Quebec, QC
12/02 Montreal, QC
12/04 Cleveland, OH
12/05 Detroit, MI
12/06 St. Paul, MN
12/07 Joplin, MO
12/08 Ft. Collins, CO
12/13 Palo Alto, CA
IRON MAIDEN w/ GAMMA RAY
10/24 Munich, GER
10/25 Stuttgart, GER
10/27 Milan, ITA
10/28 Firenze, ITA
10/30 Zurich, SWI
11/01 Barcelona, SPA
11/02 Madrid, SPA
IRON MAIDEN
11/04 Frankfurt, GER
11/05 Rotterdam, NETH
11/07 Wroklaw, POL
11/10 Helsinki, FIN
11/12 Copenhagen, DEN
11/14 Stockholm, SWE
11/15 Gothenburg, SWE
11/17 Hannover, GER
11/18 Berlin, GER
11/20 Leuven, BEL
11/22 Paris, FRA
11/24 Dortmund, GER
11/26 Hamburg, GER
11/27 Arena, GER
11/29 Nancy, FRA
12/01 Dublin, IRE
12/03 Newcastle, ENG
12/04 Nottingham, ENG
12/06 Sheffield, ENG
12/08 Glasgow, SCO
12/09 Manchester, ENG
12/12 London, ENG
12/15 Cardiff, WAL
12/16 Birmingham, ENG
WATCH THEM DIE
11/06 Los Angeles, CA
11/07 Phoenix, AZ
11/08 Albuquerque, NM
11/09 Oklahoma City, OK
11/10 Memphis, TN
11/11 Atlanta, GA
11/12 Winston-Salem, NC
11/13 Baltimore, MD
11/14 North Haven, CT
11/15 Asbury Park, NJ
11/16 New York, NY
11/17 Wilkes-Barre, PA
11/18 Pittsburgh, PA
11/19 Bowling Green, OH
11/22 North Little Rock, AR
11/22 Little Rock, AR
11/23 New Orleans, LA
11/24 Baton Rouge, LA
11/25 Fort Worth TX
12/01 Aptos, CA
12/02 San Francisco, CA
12/03 Arcata, Ca
12/04 Eugene, OR
12/06 Tacoma, WA
12/08 Ashland, OR
DWELL IN DARKNESS FESTIVAL
http://www.smnnews.com/dwellindarkness
11/07 & 11/08 - Mesa, AZ
Macabre, Vehemence, Crisis, Crematorium, Steel Prophet, Cage, Watch Them
Die, Skinlab, Flotsam and Jetsam, Hostile Groove, Red Tear Memory, Exiled,
Impaler, Willow Wisp, Blood Haven, Mutilaciun, Tyranis, Epic, Ikonoklast,
Death II All, Wycked Synn, Noctuary, Gat-Rot, Rising Pain, Hostility, 4
In Tha Chamber, Crushed, Point 9%, SiX, Unida, 40 Grit, Acumen Nation,
Pitch Blaack, Insolence, My Ruin, 12 Ton Sledge, Something Must Die,
Graves At Sea, Scission, Soul Clown, Defile, WarMachine, Flesh Fair,
Madlife, Ankla, Acid King, Dreams Of Damnation
NEW JERSEY METAL AND HARDCORE FEST
http://www.njmetalandhardcorefest.com
11/14 & 11/15 - Asbury Park, NJ
Danzig, Superjoint Ritual, Morbid Angel, Dimmu Borgir, Nevermore, Children
Of Bodom, Hypocrisy, Strapping Young Lad, Symphony X, Cradle Of Filth,
Type O Negative, Nile, Deicide, Suffocation, Hate Eternal, Biohazard,
Moonspell, Mastodon, Unearth, Krisium, Bongzilla, Diabolic, The Red Chord,
A Life Once Lost, Premonitions Of War, Cannae, Between The Buried And Me,
All That Remains, Dysrhythmia, Lick Golden Sky, Byzantine, Eyes Of Fire,
Full Blown Chaos, With Honor, Subzero, Between The Buried And Me, The End,
Watch Them Die, Withered Earth, Novembers Doom, Crematorium, Wasteform,
Misery Index, Mastodon, Most Precious Blood, The Takeover, Beyond The
Embrace, The Black Dahlia Murder, Bleeding Through, The Killing,
Daughters, Held Under, Embrace Today, Traumacide, Human Decline, A Perfect
Murder, Scarlet, All Out War, Super Villian, Sinai Beach, Scar Culture,
Mortician, The Agony Scene, Across Five Aprils, Malignancy, Backstabbers
Incorporated, Fleshgrind, Remembering Never, Dew Scented, Devil Driver,
The Devin Townsend Band, Cattle Decapitation, Today Is The Day
MetalUpdate.com News
MALEVOLENT CREATION
former drummer Dave Culross (Suffocation, Incantation) has reportedly
rejoined the band – a new album is in the works for an early 2004 release
SKINLAB
former guitarist Scott Sergeant (Laaz Rockit, Killingculture) has rejoined
the group to take part in the rest of the touring cycle for 'reVolting
Room' and begin writing for the next album
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER
original members Trevor Strnad (vocals) and Dave Lock (bass) have returned
to the fold
CENTINEX
Ronnie Bergerståhl (Julie Laughs No More, Amaran, Mynjun) has joined the
band as fulltime drummer
UNEARTH
Mike Justain (The Red Chord) has replaced original drummer Mike Rudberg
THE CROWN
returned growler Johan Lindstrand is in the process of re-recording the
vocals for the album ‘Crowned In Terror’ – the vox were originally handled
by Tomas Lindberg (At The Gates, The Great Deceiver)
DARKANE
guitarist Klas Ideberg is recovering from surgery for a slipped disc in
his back – he is expected to be ready to perform on the band’s upcoming
trek with Death Angel
MÖRK GRYNING
once again, Kimera will handle the guitar on the forthcoming tour with
Green Carnation and Suidakra
DAMAGE PLAN
the band formerly known as New Found Power and featuring Vinnie and
Dimebag from Pantera is now called Damage Plan – the group’s debut album
is expected to hit the streets in January 2004
BONDED BY METAL
as the European tour winds down, it is also falling apart - Agent Steel,
God Dethroned, Callenish Circle and Prospect have all dropped off the
original bill
METALLICA
the South American tour was cancelled as a result of a flare-up of Lars
Ulrich’s pre-existing rotator cuff injury
HELL ON EARTH
although the band’s plan to host a live suicide at a recent show never
materialized, it has prompted the Pinellas County, Florida commissioners
to ban public suicide as well as the promotion of public suicide for
commercial or entertainment purposes
NEW SIGNINGS
Epic Records: Lamb Of God
Metal Blade Records: Unearth
Massacre Records: Prototype
Great White North: Sanatena
Black Lotus Records: Leash Law
Rage Of Achilles: Spiritus Mortis, Bullet, Siena Root, Chastisement,
Kiuas, Manitou
MALEVOLENT CREATION
former drummer Dave Culross (Suffocation, Incantation) has reportedly
rejoined the band – a new album is in the works for an early 2004 release
SKINLAB
former guitarist Scott Sergeant (Laaz Rockit, Killingculture) has rejoined
the group to take part in the rest of the touring cycle for 'reVolting
Room' and begin writing for the next album
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER
original members Trevor Strnad (vocals) and Dave Lock (bass) have returned
to the fold
CENTINEX
Ronnie Bergerståhl (Julie Laughs No More, Amaran, Mynjun) has joined the
band as fulltime drummer
UNEARTH
Mike Justain (The Red Chord) has replaced original drummer Mike Rudberg
THE CROWN
returned growler Johan Lindstrand is in the process of re-recording the
vocals for the album ‘Crowned In Terror’ – the vox were originally handled
by Tomas Lindberg (At The Gates, The Great Deceiver)
DARKANE
guitarist Klas Ideberg is recovering from surgery for a slipped disc in
his back – he is expected to be ready to perform on the band’s upcoming
trek with Death Angel
MÖRK GRYNING
once again, Kimera will handle the guitar on the forthcoming tour with
Green Carnation and Suidakra
DAMAGE PLAN
the band formerly known as New Found Power and featuring Vinnie and
Dimebag from Pantera is now called Damage Plan – the group’s debut album
is expected to hit the streets in January 2004
BONDED BY METAL
as the European tour winds down, it is also falling apart - Agent Steel,
God Dethroned, Callenish Circle and Prospect have all dropped off the
original bill
METALLICA
the South American tour was cancelled as a result of a flare-up of Lars
Ulrich’s pre-existing rotator cuff injury
HELL ON EARTH
although the band’s plan to host a live suicide at a recent show never
materialized, it has prompted the Pinellas County, Florida commissioners
to ban public suicide as well as the promotion of public suicide for
commercial or entertainment purposes
NEW SIGNINGS
Epic Records: Lamb Of God
Metal Blade Records: Unearth
Massacre Records: Prototype
Great White North: Sanatena
Black Lotus Records: Leash Law
Rage Of Achilles: Spiritus Mortis, Bullet, Siena Root, Chastisement,
Kiuas, Manitou
10.23.2003
Arc of Descent News
NEWS
First and foremost, I would like to extend my apologies to a certain band and individual that I forgot to add on my last newsletter. Dan from Worst Case Scenario, I'm sorry. Dan is the man who set up our entire weekend mini-tour, and things were so hectic when we got back, wait, no, I'm just an ass...heh...anyway, sorry bout that Dan, really wasn't intentional. My bad. Thanks for everything, it was a killer trip.
BAD NEWS
Unfortunately, we have lost another player from AOD. J had decided that AOD is not what he wants anymore. As one of the founding members of AOD, this is a very sad time. If anyone knows a drummer that would be interested in trying out, please let us know...we just want to say good luck to Jason, he will be dearly missed in the band, but at least we still have him as a friend, which is all that matters.
SHOWS
Come check us out live!!!
Please email alain@arcofdescent.com for your tickets to any show!!!
Friday, October 31, 2003
Halloween Party at AOD Headquarters
8:00 PM
$2 cover, all you can eat and drink
Arc of Descent
Fearingmind www.fearingmindmetal.com
Sunday, December 14, 2003
Recher Theater Show
7:00 PM
$5 cover
Arc of Descent
A Void Within
TBA
Friday, December 19, 2003
Night of Metal at Thunderdome
9:00 PM
$5 cover, $5 EXTRA at door if under 21 (sorry)
Odin's Court
Images of Eden
Critical Path
Arc of Descent
Friday, January 2, 2003
Tourist Inn
not sure about time or price yet...
Ballistic
Fearingmind
Arc of Descent
Thank you for your support,
Alain, Biggles, and Ronnie
Arc of Descent
NEWS
First and foremost, I would like to extend my apologies to a certain band and individual that I forgot to add on my last newsletter. Dan from Worst Case Scenario, I'm sorry. Dan is the man who set up our entire weekend mini-tour, and things were so hectic when we got back, wait, no, I'm just an ass...heh...anyway, sorry bout that Dan, really wasn't intentional. My bad. Thanks for everything, it was a killer trip.
BAD NEWS
Unfortunately, we have lost another player from AOD. J had decided that AOD is not what he wants anymore. As one of the founding members of AOD, this is a very sad time. If anyone knows a drummer that would be interested in trying out, please let us know...we just want to say good luck to Jason, he will be dearly missed in the band, but at least we still have him as a friend, which is all that matters.
SHOWS
Come check us out live!!!
Please email alain@arcofdescent.com for your tickets to any show!!!
Friday, October 31, 2003
Halloween Party at AOD Headquarters
8:00 PM
$2 cover, all you can eat and drink
Arc of Descent
Fearingmind www.fearingmindmetal.com
Sunday, December 14, 2003
Recher Theater Show
7:00 PM
$5 cover
Arc of Descent
A Void Within
TBA
Friday, December 19, 2003
Night of Metal at Thunderdome
9:00 PM
$5 cover, $5 EXTRA at door if under 21 (sorry)
Odin's Court
Images of Eden
Critical Path
Arc of Descent
Friday, January 2, 2003
Tourist Inn
not sure about time or price yet...
Ballistic
Fearingmind
Arc of Descent
Thank you for your support,
Alain, Biggles, and Ronnie
Arc of Descent
CHTON News
The Norwegian deathmetal band CHTON sign with RETRIBUTE RECORDS from the
UK for their debut album (working title: "Chtonian Lifecode"). The album
will be recorded in February 2004 at GODT SELSKAP studios (who did the
latest NECROPHAGIA album + Gorelord, Eternal Silence, Wurdulak, The
Apparatus etc.)
The two pro-recorded promo-tracks that landed the deal can still be
downloaded from www.chton.com + a video has been shot for one of the
tracks; "Book of Black Earth".
CHTON features Torstein from MANES on guitars and Terje from ETERNAL
SILENCE on vocals.
CHTON will play this coming saturday (25th of October) at Rosendal Scene -
Trondheim, Norway - with ZYKLON (Nor) and BLOODTHORN (Nor).
http://www.chton.com
http://www.retributerecords.com
http://www.godtselskap.no
The Norwegian deathmetal band CHTON sign with RETRIBUTE RECORDS from the
UK for their debut album (working title: "Chtonian Lifecode"). The album
will be recorded in February 2004 at GODT SELSKAP studios (who did the
latest NECROPHAGIA album + Gorelord, Eternal Silence, Wurdulak, The
Apparatus etc.)
The two pro-recorded promo-tracks that landed the deal can still be
downloaded from www.chton.com + a video has been shot for one of the
tracks; "Book of Black Earth".
CHTON features Torstein from MANES on guitars and Terje from ETERNAL
SILENCE on vocals.
CHTON will play this coming saturday (25th of October) at Rosendal Scene -
Trondheim, Norway - with ZYKLON (Nor) and BLOODTHORN (Nor).
http://www.chton.com
http://www.retributerecords.com
http://www.godtselskap.no
PROTOTYPE SIGNS TO MASSACRE RECORDS GERMANY
PROTOTYPE SIGNS TO MASSACRE RECORDS GERMANY
It's been a wild ride these few past weeks...
First off, as you may or may not recall, we had relatively recently signed a contract to release "Trinity" in Europe via Insanity Records (Germany.) Well, a couple of weeks ago we got word from the label founder himself that he was no longer going to pursue the label due to financial constraints and was therefore releasing all of the bands from their contracts. This, as you may imagine, was a low blow to our (and Intromental Management's) efforts towards finally getting "Trinity" to Europe. As it turns out, some things are simply blessings in disguise :)
MASSACRE RECORDS has decided to pick up where Insanity left off and release "Trinity" in Jan/Feb 2004!!!!
Very special thanks go to Claus and Lars at Intromental for their persistence and hard work!
PROTOTYPE TRACK ADDED TO MAJOR XBOX/PLAYSTATION GAME
Prototype's unreleased song "Probe", in instrumental form, has been chosen to be featured in Activision's Spring 2004 release "MTX:Mototrax" game. The game will be available for Sony PlayStation 2, Microsoft Xbox and Nintendo GameCube. We've been wanting to include our music in games for some time now, and this is a great one to get started on. We expect to get more of our stuff on other games in the future.
Stay tuned for more news as it happens...
VINCE
KRAGEN
KIRK
PROTOTYPE
www.prototypeonline.com
PROTOTYPE SIGNS TO MASSACRE RECORDS GERMANY
It's been a wild ride these few past weeks...
First off, as you may or may not recall, we had relatively recently signed a contract to release "Trinity" in Europe via Insanity Records (Germany.) Well, a couple of weeks ago we got word from the label founder himself that he was no longer going to pursue the label due to financial constraints and was therefore releasing all of the bands from their contracts. This, as you may imagine, was a low blow to our (and Intromental Management's) efforts towards finally getting "Trinity" to Europe. As it turns out, some things are simply blessings in disguise :)
MASSACRE RECORDS has decided to pick up where Insanity left off and release "Trinity" in Jan/Feb 2004!!!!
Very special thanks go to Claus and Lars at Intromental for their persistence and hard work!
PROTOTYPE TRACK ADDED TO MAJOR XBOX/PLAYSTATION GAME
Prototype's unreleased song "Probe", in instrumental form, has been chosen to be featured in Activision's Spring 2004 release "MTX:Mototrax" game. The game will be available for Sony PlayStation 2, Microsoft Xbox and Nintendo GameCube. We've been wanting to include our music in games for some time now, and this is a great one to get started on. We expect to get more of our stuff on other games in the future.
Stay tuned for more news as it happens...
VINCE
KRAGEN
KIRK
PROTOTYPE
www.prototypeonline.com
Animated Dead Show .. Halloween Night
Dont forget Halloween Hellbash Oct 31st @ Club 313
Animated Dead and Havenots
Doors @ 9pm Free Show!!!!!!!
$500 cash prize for best costume !!!!!!
Dont forget Halloween Hellbash Oct 31st @ Club 313
Animated Dead and Havenots
Doors @ 9pm Free Show!!!!!!!
$500 cash prize for best costume !!!!!!
Joe Christ Newsletter
This is the Joe Christ Newsletter for Fall 2003. Please feel free to
forward this email to other potentially interested people in your
address book.
*
NEW EMAIL ADDRESS
Please make a note of my new email address and change it in your
address book:
flamingauto@earthlink.net
The sylabub@concentric.net account will be closed in a few weeks.
*
"THE DIRECTOR YELLED CUT..."
"The Director Yelled Cut...The films of Joe Christ Volume 2" is now
available on DVD from Dept 13 Films ( http://www.dept13.com ) . The
disk
features my very first movie, "COMMUNION IN ROOM 410" (1988) and my
documentary "SEX BLOOD & MUTILATION" (1995)...plus previously unseen
footage from the never-released sequel "SEX BLOOD & MUTILATION 2"
(1996,
2003) which was edited this Summer. Not only that, but, for people who
know about it (like those of you reading this) there's a hidden "Easter
Egg": "IS IT SNUFF? YOU DECIDE!" (1997), my fake snuff flick. There is
also a track of running commentary throughout the length of the
program.
Until I have it set up on my website, you can order "THE DIRECTOR
YELLED CUT..." directly from me.
Send check or M.O. for $20 per DVD (includes shipping) made out to:
J.W.Linhart Jr
PO Box 5381
Atlanta GA 31107
It'll be available from my website in a few weeks, but if you've just
got to have it now, get it directly from me.
*
GOING ON SIGNING TOUR WITH NANCY A COLLINS
I'm going to be tagging along with my wife, horror / dark-fantasy
author Nancy A Collins, as she goes out on her Fall 2003 book-signing
tour of the Southeastern US. I'm not holding movie screenings, just
going along for the ride. Drop by and say "hello" to both of us at:
Sat, Oct 25 - ORLANDO FL - SciFi City - noon til 1:30 pm
Sun, Oct 26 - TAMPA FL - Camelot Books booth at NecronomiCon - all day
Thu, Nov 6 - NEW ORLEANS LA - Borders (Metairie) - starting 7:30 pm
Sat, Nov 8 - BATON ROUGE LA - Louisiana Book Fair - all day
Sun, Nov 9 - HOUSTON TX - Borders (Kirby) - starting 4 pm
Sat, Nov 15 - ATLANTA GA - Secret Room at The Chamber - starting 11 pm
Sat, Nov 22 - WINSTON SALEM NC - Borders - starting 2 pm
Sun, Nov 23 - CHARLOTTE NC - Borders (Stonecrest) - starting 2 pm
*
VIEW SOME CLIPS FROM MY MOVIES
The trailer from the "THEY DIE NEXT" DVD:
http://promo.consumptionjunction.com/shop/vids/joechrist/they_die_next_trailer.wmv
Genesis P-Orridge in "SEX BLOOD & MUTILATION":
http://promo.consumptionjunction.com/shop/vids/joechrist/sbm_genesis01.wmv
Joe Christ and Tanya Bodnar in "MY STRUGGLE":
http://promo.consumptionjunction.com/shop/vids/joechrist/0813mystruggle01.wmv
Amanda B James and Joe Christ in "AMY STRANGLED A SMALL CHILD":
http://promo.consumptionjunction.com/shop/vids/joechrist/0817amysexvomit.wmv
Nanzi X Regalia and Joe Christ in "CRIPPLED":
http://promo.consumptionjunction.com/shop/vids/joechrist/crippled_fist.wmv Joe Christ and Curtis Cottrell in "SPEED FREAKS WITH GUNS:
http://promo.consumptionjunction.com/shop/vids/joechrist/speedfreaks_priest.wmv
*
MISCELLANEOUS
Work continues on "THAT'S JUST WRONG", which will be released directly
onto a DVD with my 2 most recent movies, "MY STRUGGLE" and "AMY
STRANGLED A SMALL CHILD". Wiley Wells (FearSore of the band D'Hiver
Mort) is playing one of the lead characters, as is Nanzi X Regalia,
who's appeared in two of my earlier movies. And of course, I'm in it
too.
That's all for now...'til next time.
XOXOXO
Joe Christ
http://www.joechrist.com
flamingauto@earthlink.net
This is the Joe Christ Newsletter for Fall 2003. Please feel free to
forward this email to other potentially interested people in your
address book.
*
NEW EMAIL ADDRESS
Please make a note of my new email address and change it in your
address book:
flamingauto@earthlink.net
The sylabub@concentric.net account will be closed in a few weeks.
*
"THE DIRECTOR YELLED CUT..."
"The Director Yelled Cut...The films of Joe Christ Volume 2" is now
available on DVD from Dept 13 Films ( http://www.dept13.com ) . The
disk
features my very first movie, "COMMUNION IN ROOM 410" (1988) and my
documentary "SEX BLOOD & MUTILATION" (1995)...plus previously unseen
footage from the never-released sequel "SEX BLOOD & MUTILATION 2"
(1996,
2003) which was edited this Summer. Not only that, but, for people who
know about it (like those of you reading this) there's a hidden "Easter
Egg": "IS IT SNUFF? YOU DECIDE!" (1997), my fake snuff flick. There is
also a track of running commentary throughout the length of the
program.
Until I have it set up on my website, you can order "THE DIRECTOR
YELLED CUT..." directly from me.
Send check or M.O. for $20 per DVD (includes shipping) made out to:
J.W.Linhart Jr
PO Box 5381
Atlanta GA 31107
It'll be available from my website in a few weeks, but if you've just
got to have it now, get it directly from me.
*
GOING ON SIGNING TOUR WITH NANCY A COLLINS
I'm going to be tagging along with my wife, horror / dark-fantasy
author Nancy A Collins, as she goes out on her Fall 2003 book-signing
tour of the Southeastern US. I'm not holding movie screenings, just
going along for the ride. Drop by and say "hello" to both of us at:
Sat, Oct 25 - ORLANDO FL - SciFi City - noon til 1:30 pm
Sun, Oct 26 - TAMPA FL - Camelot Books booth at NecronomiCon - all day
Thu, Nov 6 - NEW ORLEANS LA - Borders (Metairie) - starting 7:30 pm
Sat, Nov 8 - BATON ROUGE LA - Louisiana Book Fair - all day
Sun, Nov 9 - HOUSTON TX - Borders (Kirby) - starting 4 pm
Sat, Nov 15 - ATLANTA GA - Secret Room at The Chamber - starting 11 pm
Sat, Nov 22 - WINSTON SALEM NC - Borders - starting 2 pm
Sun, Nov 23 - CHARLOTTE NC - Borders (Stonecrest) - starting 2 pm
*
VIEW SOME CLIPS FROM MY MOVIES
The trailer from the "THEY DIE NEXT" DVD:
http://promo.consumptionjunction.com/shop/vids/joechrist/they_die_next_trailer.wmv
Genesis P-Orridge in "SEX BLOOD & MUTILATION":
http://promo.consumptionjunction.com/shop/vids/joechrist/sbm_genesis01.wmv
Joe Christ and Tanya Bodnar in "MY STRUGGLE":
http://promo.consumptionjunction.com/shop/vids/joechrist/0813mystruggle01.wmv
Amanda B James and Joe Christ in "AMY STRANGLED A SMALL CHILD":
http://promo.consumptionjunction.com/shop/vids/joechrist/0817amysexvomit.wmv
Nanzi X Regalia and Joe Christ in "CRIPPLED":
http://promo.consumptionjunction.com/shop/vids/joechrist/crippled_fist.wmv Joe Christ and Curtis Cottrell in "SPEED FREAKS WITH GUNS:
http://promo.consumptionjunction.com/shop/vids/joechrist/speedfreaks_priest.wmv
*
MISCELLANEOUS
Work continues on "THAT'S JUST WRONG", which will be released directly
onto a DVD with my 2 most recent movies, "MY STRUGGLE" and "AMY
STRANGLED A SMALL CHILD". Wiley Wells (FearSore of the band D'Hiver
Mort) is playing one of the lead characters, as is Nanzi X Regalia,
who's appeared in two of my earlier movies. And of course, I'm in it
too.
That's all for now...'til next time.
XOXOXO
Joe Christ
http://www.joechrist.com
flamingauto@earthlink.net
Pigface/Invisible Records Update
Hey guys!!! Suzan here at Underground inc. taking a step back from things to see this increasingly monumental picture. As always, lots going on; people joining forces that are now stronger than ever., There’s people all over the US coordinating and collaborating, and simultaneously elaborating on the meaning of it all. It’s a beauty of a sight.
We are three weeks away from the tour hitting the road and one & half weeks away from beginning rehearsals. Soon members will slowly start to trickle in from all over the world. There are some of the usual F*ckheads, Martin Atkins (Killing Joke, PiL, Ministry, NiN etc), Charles Levi (of My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult), Curse Mackey (of Evil Mothers and Grim Faeries) and Jared Louche – front man of Chemlab. This time we have some newcomers: J.S. Clayden (front-man for Pitchshifter), who will be introducing his new band shortly & the STUNNING Fi from UK media-darlings DRAGSTER. And our most recent additions – Kami from Apocalypse Theatre, Michelle Walters from VooDou not to mention Seibold from Hate Dept. on guitar, and yours truly, Candyxxx from BoZo PoRno CiRcus. Martin has invited a personal special guest as well, En Esch, who was an important part of early Pigface, along with his Slick Idiot bandmate Guenter Schulz (ex-KMFDM) on guitar. Having mentioned the above, I should also say that there are going to be some some very – and I mean very – special guests on this on this one.
THEN! We’ve got the rest of the people involved…
Dope, Professional Murder Music, Rachel Stamp and Diablo Syndrome. Check out these websites, they’re really worth checking out:
www.dopearmy.com www.murdermusic.com www.rachelstamp.com
Keeping the tradition with the last tour, Underground inc. has also announced the opportunity to be eternally wed- Pigface style! The ceremony will be auctioned off on ebay… so make your proposals soon, boys, clocks-a-ticking!
So before you blink or think twice, or lose this fabulous and enlightening opportunity to be involved, sign up! There is still time…
www.theunitedtour.com
Witnessing the process,
Suzan / Candyxxx
united@theunitedtour.com
www.theunitedtour.com
Be sure to check out these resources online:
main field rep page - http://www.invisiblerecords.com/fieldrepmain.htm
field rep purpose/faq - http://www.invisiblerecords.com/fieldreppurpmain.htm
up-to-the-minute tour dates - http://www.theunitedtour.com/united2dates.htm
Hey guys!!! Suzan here at Underground inc. taking a step back from things to see this increasingly monumental picture. As always, lots going on; people joining forces that are now stronger than ever., There’s people all over the US coordinating and collaborating, and simultaneously elaborating on the meaning of it all. It’s a beauty of a sight.
We are three weeks away from the tour hitting the road and one & half weeks away from beginning rehearsals. Soon members will slowly start to trickle in from all over the world. There are some of the usual F*ckheads, Martin Atkins (Killing Joke, PiL, Ministry, NiN etc), Charles Levi (of My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult), Curse Mackey (of Evil Mothers and Grim Faeries) and Jared Louche – front man of Chemlab. This time we have some newcomers: J.S. Clayden (front-man for Pitchshifter), who will be introducing his new band shortly & the STUNNING Fi from UK media-darlings DRAGSTER. And our most recent additions – Kami from Apocalypse Theatre, Michelle Walters from VooDou not to mention Seibold from Hate Dept. on guitar, and yours truly, Candyxxx from BoZo PoRno CiRcus. Martin has invited a personal special guest as well, En Esch, who was an important part of early Pigface, along with his Slick Idiot bandmate Guenter Schulz (ex-KMFDM) on guitar. Having mentioned the above, I should also say that there are going to be some some very – and I mean very – special guests on this on this one.
THEN! We’ve got the rest of the people involved…
Dope, Professional Murder Music, Rachel Stamp and Diablo Syndrome. Check out these websites, they’re really worth checking out:
www.dopearmy.com www.murdermusic.com www.rachelstamp.com
Keeping the tradition with the last tour, Underground inc. has also announced the opportunity to be eternally wed- Pigface style! The ceremony will be auctioned off on ebay… so make your proposals soon, boys, clocks-a-ticking!
So before you blink or think twice, or lose this fabulous and enlightening opportunity to be involved, sign up! There is still time…
www.theunitedtour.com
Witnessing the process,
Suzan / Candyxxx
united@theunitedtour.com
www.theunitedtour.com
Be sure to check out these resources online:
main field rep page - http://www.invisiblerecords.com/fieldrepmain.htm
field rep purpose/faq - http://www.invisiblerecords.com/fieldreppurpmain.htm
up-to-the-minute tour dates - http://www.theunitedtour.com/united2dates.htm
Dwell In Darkness
Hollywood's Only Eccentric/Experimental/Prog-othic/Black/Death/Industrial/Cinematic Metal band will be performing at this year's prestigious DWELL IN DARKNESS 2 day Metal Event. Friday, November 7, 2003 at Midnight. Check out the link below for event information and location.
Click here: DWELL IN DARKNESS - November 7th - 8th, Tempe, Arizona
**Also check out the Official Willow Wisp German Fansite at Click here: House Of Death
Hollywood's Only Eccentric/Experimental/Prog-othic/Black/Death/Industrial/Cinematic Metal band will be performing at this year's prestigious DWELL IN DARKNESS 2 day Metal Event. Friday, November 7, 2003 at Midnight. Check out the link below for event information and location.
Click here: DWELL IN DARKNESS - November 7th - 8th, Tempe, Arizona
**Also check out the Official Willow Wisp German Fansite at Click here: House Of Death
Another edition of the Hump Day Report.
Twelve Heads . . . yes I'm back with yet another edition of the Hump Day Report. I hope this one finds you searching your mom's medical book to find out what those sores are on your cock. No shows this weekend my brutal friends - so you'll have to curl up with a copy of "Unfit For Human Occupancy" and stick your tongue in the one you love. Oh yeah!
Speaking of "Unfit" - why don't you buy a copy online right now? No - right fuckin' now! You can pick one up for only $9.99 or "Flesh of the Weak" for only $8.99. What about snagging either "Core Til Death" or "Core Til Death II" for only $6.66 each? What a deal! Go to the Heavycore Records online store and grab one now - or a custom Heavycore hoodie with your name on the front! Fuck yeah . . . www.lowtwelve.com/hcrecords.html
Did you see the Brutality Report this past week? Oh it was a good one - you have to check it out if you missed it. We shot the extra footage for the upcoming Heavycore DVD "Roasting Posers Volume I" and it was one hell of a time! Check it out at >www.lowtwelve.com/2003-233.html if you want to see two hot chicks dancing on a table with the "Heavycore" anthem cranked in the background. It's a beautiful site!
Speaking of "Roasting Posers Volume I" - you're going to just shit the bed when you check it out. Bands like Pro-Pain and Lividity are tearing it the fuck up live on this DVD and some incredible videos from regional maniacs like Slugtrail, Skeptik, Blessed with Pain, and Alchymist really blew my ass away. Of course our "Lines Drawn" video is on the release, and we even added the live "Heavycore" anthem from the recent Melissa benefit when brothers in Blessed with Pain, Alchymist, and The Breed of Sedition jumped up and joined in. There are tons of great bands from California, New Mexico, New York, Missouri, Maryland, and beyond. We have a few last minute bands coming in - but the total will be around 19 or 20. Be prepared for this one! Cover art from Jeff Gaither will be coming in very soon - I can't even wait to show you that.
Speaking of Heavycore - we are nearing 1,000 members if you can believe that. How insane is that shit? We started it in 1999 and in four short years we've gathered 1,000 brothers in metal. It's incredible and I can't say enough how much I appreciate all of your support for Low Twelve and the many great Heavycore bands out there. Thank you! Go check out the site if you haven't for a while - the message board is really active and we are getting about 30,000 hits a month on it easily. During Core Wars 2003, we were getting 50,000 hits a month on the Heavycore site and 30,000 on the Low Twelve site simultaneously! That's a alot of people checking out some brutality my comrades. Go visit www.heavycore.org before I bitch slap you now!
We are gearing up to record the music for "This Side Toward Enemy" as a meeting is being set up with the engineers who will be helping us track it. Craig Cole and Jim Bethel will be giving us a big hand and a friend of Wes' from Clinton will be doing all the drum stuff. It's going to be a collaboration of nastiness. We plan on mixing, producing, and mastering the cd ourselves from the sacred Low Twelve Command Center. Les, Wes, and I are totally pumped to lay this shit down - twelve songs with everything we've got poured into them. Fuckin' A.
I'm going to cut this short - as the World Series is getting ready to crank up. Gotta see Clemens pitch his last game.
Brutal Times Twelve,
Pete Altieri
www.lowtwelve.com www.heavycore.org www.ThisSideTowardEnemy.com
Twelve Heads . . . yes I'm back with yet another edition of the Hump Day Report. I hope this one finds you searching your mom's medical book to find out what those sores are on your cock. No shows this weekend my brutal friends - so you'll have to curl up with a copy of "Unfit For Human Occupancy" and stick your tongue in the one you love. Oh yeah!
Speaking of "Unfit" - why don't you buy a copy online right now? No - right fuckin' now! You can pick one up for only $9.99 or "Flesh of the Weak" for only $8.99. What about snagging either "Core Til Death" or "Core Til Death II" for only $6.66 each? What a deal! Go to the Heavycore Records online store and grab one now - or a custom Heavycore hoodie with your name on the front! Fuck yeah . . . www.lowtwelve.com/hcrecords.html
Did you see the Brutality Report this past week? Oh it was a good one - you have to check it out if you missed it. We shot the extra footage for the upcoming Heavycore DVD "Roasting Posers Volume I" and it was one hell of a time! Check it out at >www.lowtwelve.com/2003-233.html if you want to see two hot chicks dancing on a table with the "Heavycore" anthem cranked in the background. It's a beautiful site!
Speaking of "Roasting Posers Volume I" - you're going to just shit the bed when you check it out. Bands like Pro-Pain and Lividity are tearing it the fuck up live on this DVD and some incredible videos from regional maniacs like Slugtrail, Skeptik, Blessed with Pain, and Alchymist really blew my ass away. Of course our "Lines Drawn" video is on the release, and we even added the live "Heavycore" anthem from the recent Melissa benefit when brothers in Blessed with Pain, Alchymist, and The Breed of Sedition jumped up and joined in. There are tons of great bands from California, New Mexico, New York, Missouri, Maryland, and beyond. We have a few last minute bands coming in - but the total will be around 19 or 20. Be prepared for this one! Cover art from Jeff Gaither will be coming in very soon - I can't even wait to show you that.
Speaking of Heavycore - we are nearing 1,000 members if you can believe that. How insane is that shit? We started it in 1999 and in four short years we've gathered 1,000 brothers in metal. It's incredible and I can't say enough how much I appreciate all of your support for Low Twelve and the many great Heavycore bands out there. Thank you! Go check out the site if you haven't for a while - the message board is really active and we are getting about 30,000 hits a month on it easily. During Core Wars 2003, we were getting 50,000 hits a month on the Heavycore site and 30,000 on the Low Twelve site simultaneously! That's a alot of people checking out some brutality my comrades. Go visit www.heavycore.org before I bitch slap you now!
We are gearing up to record the music for "This Side Toward Enemy" as a meeting is being set up with the engineers who will be helping us track it. Craig Cole and Jim Bethel will be giving us a big hand and a friend of Wes' from Clinton will be doing all the drum stuff. It's going to be a collaboration of nastiness. We plan on mixing, producing, and mastering the cd ourselves from the sacred Low Twelve Command Center. Les, Wes, and I are totally pumped to lay this shit down - twelve songs with everything we've got poured into them. Fuckin' A.
I'm going to cut this short - as the World Series is getting ready to crank up. Gotta see Clemens pitch his last game.
Brutal Times Twelve,
Pete Altieri
www.lowtwelve.com www.heavycore.org www.ThisSideTowardEnemy.com
Verbal Narcotic is at the NUMBER ONE position on the playlist for Prymus!
Verbal Narcotic is at the NUMBER ONE position on the playlist for Prymus! This is the metal station on mp3.com that very often gets up to number one! It's Jez's station and she calls it Prymus. She has her own record label too. All you have to do is get VN at least 10 listens a month to keep them on the station. You must go to the message board and sign in and mention u listened for Verbal Narcotic. Here's the link to the station! MP3.com works in conjunction with Rolling Stone Magazine. Rolling Stone will seek out bands with the highest ratings on MP3.com
Listen regularly and help keep VN's rating high on MP3.com!
Here's the link to the station!
Right click, copy, and paste it into your browser, then save it in
your VN favorites.
http://stations.mp3s.com/stations/205/prymus.html
-Cheryl
Verbal Narcotic is at the NUMBER ONE position on the playlist for Prymus! This is the metal station on mp3.com that very often gets up to number one! It's Jez's station and she calls it Prymus. She has her own record label too. All you have to do is get VN at least 10 listens a month to keep them on the station. You must go to the message board and sign in and mention u listened for Verbal Narcotic. Here's the link to the station! MP3.com works in conjunction with Rolling Stone Magazine. Rolling Stone will seek out bands with the highest ratings on MP3.com
Listen regularly and help keep VN's rating high on MP3.com!
Here's the link to the station!
Right click, copy, and paste it into your browser, then save it in
your VN favorites.
http://stations.mp3s.com/stations/205/prymus.html
-Cheryl
10.22.2003
Nashville Pussy: DVD Details Revealed
NASHVILLE PUSSY's new DVD, entitled "Keep on F*cking In Paris" , will be released on November 11 through Music Video. The video will be presented in 4:3 full-frame and the disc will carry a Dolby Digital 2.0 (Stereo) soundtrack. The track listing includes:
01. Something Nasty
02. Struttin' Cock
03. Piece of Ass
04. She's Got the Drugs
05. The Bitch Just Kicked Me Out
06. You Give Drugs a Bad Name
07. Shoot First and Run Like Hell
08. Go To Hell
09. Let's Ride
10. High As Hell
11. Gonna Hitchhike Down to Cincinnati and Kick the Shit Outta Your Drunk Daddy
12. Fried Chicken and Coffee
13. Shot Down in Flames
14. Age of Pamparius
15. Go Mother F*cker Go
Extras include a potentially amusing sing-a-long option, a bonus video, a slide show and the lyrics. The suggested retail price will be $19.95.
Upcoming NASHVILLE PUSSY tour dates:
Oct. 31 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Whiskey
Nov. 02 – Ventura, CA @ Ventura Theatre
Nov. 03 - San Jose, CA @ The Blank Club
Nov. 04 - San Francisco, CA @ The Bottom of the Hill
Nov. 05 – Sacremento, CA @ The Roadhouse
Nov. 07 – Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey
Nov. 08 – Portland, OR @ Dante's
Nov. 10 – Whistler, BC @ Garfinkels
Nov. 12 – Vancouver, BC @ The Brickyard
NASHVILLE PUSSY's new DVD, entitled "Keep on F*cking In Paris" , will be released on November 11 through Music Video. The video will be presented in 4:3 full-frame and the disc will carry a Dolby Digital 2.0 (Stereo) soundtrack. The track listing includes:
01. Something Nasty
02. Struttin' Cock
03. Piece of Ass
04. She's Got the Drugs
05. The Bitch Just Kicked Me Out
06. You Give Drugs a Bad Name
07. Shoot First and Run Like Hell
08. Go To Hell
09. Let's Ride
10. High As Hell
11. Gonna Hitchhike Down to Cincinnati and Kick the Shit Outta Your Drunk Daddy
12. Fried Chicken and Coffee
13. Shot Down in Flames
14. Age of Pamparius
15. Go Mother F*cker Go
Extras include a potentially amusing sing-a-long option, a bonus video, a slide show and the lyrics. The suggested retail price will be $19.95.
Upcoming NASHVILLE PUSSY tour dates:
Oct. 31 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Whiskey
Nov. 02 – Ventura, CA @ Ventura Theatre
Nov. 03 - San Jose, CA @ The Blank Club
Nov. 04 - San Francisco, CA @ The Bottom of the Hill
Nov. 05 – Sacremento, CA @ The Roadhouse
Nov. 07 – Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey
Nov. 08 – Portland, OR @ Dante's
Nov. 10 – Whistler, BC @ Garfinkels
Nov. 12 – Vancouver, BC @ The Brickyard
10.21.2003
Meatjack Tour
This album is a bold offering, epic in sound, and one that will surely garner a huge amount of notice from the metal community. Meatjack have the mathy edge of Keelhaul, the in-you-face volume of Bongzilla, and the faintest strains of early Godflesh industrial noise. Dont read this comparison as a sleight against Meatjack at all, it is intended merely as a reference point, as the band as carved out a niche all their own. There is something exciting going on with this record, and it is a mandatory listen for any heavy music fan.
[Digitalmetal.com | Andy Shal]
As they continue to pummel eardrums town to town across the US, the Maryland insaniac trio that will scare you to tears are headed into town next week:
Wed. Oct 22nd Kansas City, MO @ BALANCA'S PYRO ROOM
Check out the band's website www.meatjack.com for more info, samples, and the usual, and send all press requests to us goons here at Earsplit PR HQ. Thanks.
Remaining dates of Meat...
Sat. Oct 18th Iowa City, IA @ Gabe’s Oasis w/ Kita
Sun. Oct 19th Omaha, NE @ Ranch Bowl
Mon. Oct 20th Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge w/ Half of Zero
Tues. Oct. 21st Amarillo, TX @ The Pod
Weds. Oct 22nd Kansas City, MO @ BALANCA'S PYRO ROOM
Thurs. Oct 23rd Dallas, TX @ Red Blood Club w/ Rwake
Fri. Oct 24th Oklahoma City @ Green Door w/ Weedeater
Sat. Oct 25th Little Rock, AR@ Downtown Music w/ Weedeater & Rwake
Sun. Oct 26th St. Louis, MO @ Creepy Crawl
Mon. Oct 27th TBA
Tues. Oct 28th Lafayette, LA @ Renaissance Cafe w/ Collapsar
Weds. Oct 29th Memphis, TN @ Stop 345 w/ DEICIDE
Thurs. Oct. 30th @ TBA
Fri. Oct 31st New Orleans, LA @ Checkpoint Charlie’s w/ Stinking Lizaveta
Sat. Nov 1st New Orleans, LA @ Checkpoint Charlie’s w/ Stinking Lizaveta
Sun. Nov 2nd Tallahasee, FL@ Beta Bar w/ Cream Abdul Babar
Mon. Nov 3rd Tampa, FL @ New World Brewery w/ Social Infestation
Tues. Nov 4th Orlando, FL @ Cherry Street @ Built 4 Speed Tattoos w/ Social Infestation
Weds. Nov 5th Savannah, GA@ The Jinx w/ Social Infestation & Unpersons
Thurs. Nov 6th Atlanta, GA@ The Earl w/ Social Infestation & Unpersons
Fri. Nov 7th Asheville, NC @ Green Eggs & Jam w/ Social Infestation
Sat. Nov 8th Norfolk, VA @ Pallettes Outer Banks Bar & Grill w/ Beaten Back To Pure
This album is a bold offering, epic in sound, and one that will surely garner a huge amount of notice from the metal community. Meatjack have the mathy edge of Keelhaul, the in-you-face volume of Bongzilla, and the faintest strains of early Godflesh industrial noise. Dont read this comparison as a sleight against Meatjack at all, it is intended merely as a reference point, as the band as carved out a niche all their own. There is something exciting going on with this record, and it is a mandatory listen for any heavy music fan.
[Digitalmetal.com | Andy Shal]
As they continue to pummel eardrums town to town across the US, the Maryland insaniac trio that will scare you to tears are headed into town next week:
Wed. Oct 22nd Kansas City, MO @ BALANCA'S PYRO ROOM
Check out the band's website www.meatjack.com for more info, samples, and the usual, and send all press requests to us goons here at Earsplit PR HQ. Thanks.
Remaining dates of Meat...
Sat. Oct 18th Iowa City, IA @ Gabe’s Oasis w/ Kita
Sun. Oct 19th Omaha, NE @ Ranch Bowl
Mon. Oct 20th Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge w/ Half of Zero
Tues. Oct. 21st Amarillo, TX @ The Pod
Weds. Oct 22nd Kansas City, MO @ BALANCA'S PYRO ROOM
Thurs. Oct 23rd Dallas, TX @ Red Blood Club w/ Rwake
Fri. Oct 24th Oklahoma City @ Green Door w/ Weedeater
Sat. Oct 25th Little Rock, AR@ Downtown Music w/ Weedeater & Rwake
Sun. Oct 26th St. Louis, MO @ Creepy Crawl
Mon. Oct 27th TBA
Tues. Oct 28th Lafayette, LA @ Renaissance Cafe w/ Collapsar
Weds. Oct 29th Memphis, TN @ Stop 345 w/ DEICIDE
Thurs. Oct. 30th @ TBA
Fri. Oct 31st New Orleans, LA @ Checkpoint Charlie’s w/ Stinking Lizaveta
Sat. Nov 1st New Orleans, LA @ Checkpoint Charlie’s w/ Stinking Lizaveta
Sun. Nov 2nd Tallahasee, FL@ Beta Bar w/ Cream Abdul Babar
Mon. Nov 3rd Tampa, FL @ New World Brewery w/ Social Infestation
Tues. Nov 4th Orlando, FL @ Cherry Street @ Built 4 Speed Tattoos w/ Social Infestation
Weds. Nov 5th Savannah, GA@ The Jinx w/ Social Infestation & Unpersons
Thurs. Nov 6th Atlanta, GA@ The Earl w/ Social Infestation & Unpersons
Fri. Nov 7th Asheville, NC @ Green Eggs & Jam w/ Social Infestation
Sat. Nov 8th Norfolk, VA @ Pallettes Outer Banks Bar & Grill w/ Beaten Back To Pure
Society of Genitorturers Official Newsletter
Society of Genitorturers Official Newsletter
For Immediate Release
GENITORTURERS "FLESH IS THE LAW" 2003 TOUR!
Ka'bangin' is 2nd nature to the band GENITORTURERS whose live shows consistently draw rave reviews and keep die hard fans suckling close to the fold.
The commencement of the Genitorturers Fall 2003 "Flesh Is The Law" tour is mere days away... and what pleasures they have in store for fans will surely satisfy!
The Genitorturers will be playing a selection of brand new songs as well as passionate favorites on their "Flesh is the Law" tour which kicks off in Baton Rouge next week on Oct 25th! Dates through Halloween weekend in California take center stage with headlining appearances at The Galaxy Theater's " Halloween Ball" as well as Hollywood's KEY club Nov 1st "Devils Ball" hosted by fetish promoter Joseph Brooks.
The Genitorturers will continue their trek across the U.S.A with special guest openers *Hanzel und Gretyl, known for their unrelenting throttling grooves and goose-step grind!
This bill of badass ubercore female fronted bands stands sternly apart in the midst of standard issue AOR rock radio mediocrity.. the dividing line is a clear and definitely one that everyone will follow straight to hell..
Cumming to your town soon!
To download official tour flyers go to :
http://www.genitorturers.com/streetteam
Here are the official confirmed dates!
GENITORTURERS "FLESH IS THE LAW" 2003 Tour Dates
October 25-Baton Rouge, LA- Clicks * new date!
October 26 San Antonio, Tx- Sin 13
October 27- El Paso, TX- Club 101
October 28 Albuquerque, NM- Launchpad
October 30 San Diego, CA- Brick by Brick*
October 31 Santa Ana, CA- Galaxy Theater.
November 1 Hollywood, Ca -Key Club
November 2 Concord, CA -Cadillac Ranch
November 3 San Francisco, Ca - DNA Lounge
November 4 Portland, Oregon -Paris Theater
November 5 Seattle, Washington- Fenix
November 7 Denver, Co- Ogden Theater * also with additional special guests "Slaves on Dope"
November 8 Independence, MO- The Bunker
November 10 Saint Paul, MN- The Lab @4th St. Station
November 11- Chicago, IL- Oasis one sixty
November 12 Toronto, Canada- Funhaus
November 13 Cleveland, Ohio Peabody's
November 14 Detroit, Michigan Harpos
November 15 Brooklyn, New York- Lamour'
November 16 Springfield VA- Jaxx
November 19 Baltimore, Maryland - Thunderdome
November 20- Fayetteville, North Carolina- Jesters
November 21-Nashville, TN- Exit/ In
November 22-Atlanta, GA * venue to be announced
November 23_ To be Announced...
Please check pollstar.com for more venue information , ticket price and age limits of shows.
To join the Genitorturers Streetteam, please email : socofgen@aol.com and give us your name and town!
Streetteam members especially needed for EL Paso Tx!
Website back online
** FYI, our site was temporarily down yesterday due a problem with the server (Oct 16) but is up again now! All tour flyer templates are posted up and ready for download now. To download a tour flyer got to:
http://www.genitorturers.com/streetteam and double click on the image to get a print ready 300 dpi file.
Visit the Genitorturers Official Web Site at: http://www.genitorturers.com
Society of Genitorturers Official Newsletter
For Immediate Release
GENITORTURERS "FLESH IS THE LAW" 2003 TOUR!
Ka'bangin' is 2nd nature to the band GENITORTURERS whose live shows consistently draw rave reviews and keep die hard fans suckling close to the fold.
The commencement of the Genitorturers Fall 2003 "Flesh Is The Law" tour is mere days away... and what pleasures they have in store for fans will surely satisfy!
The Genitorturers will be playing a selection of brand new songs as well as passionate favorites on their "Flesh is the Law" tour which kicks off in Baton Rouge next week on Oct 25th! Dates through Halloween weekend in California take center stage with headlining appearances at The Galaxy Theater's " Halloween Ball" as well as Hollywood's KEY club Nov 1st "Devils Ball" hosted by fetish promoter Joseph Brooks.
The Genitorturers will continue their trek across the U.S.A with special guest openers *Hanzel und Gretyl, known for their unrelenting throttling grooves and goose-step grind!
This bill of badass ubercore female fronted bands stands sternly apart in the midst of standard issue AOR rock radio mediocrity.. the dividing line is a clear and definitely one that everyone will follow straight to hell..
Cumming to your town soon!
To download official tour flyers go to :
http://www.genitorturers.com/streetteam
Here are the official confirmed dates!
GENITORTURERS "FLESH IS THE LAW" 2003 Tour Dates
October 25-Baton Rouge, LA- Clicks * new date!
October 26 San Antonio, Tx- Sin 13
October 27- El Paso, TX- Club 101
October 28 Albuquerque, NM- Launchpad
October 30 San Diego, CA- Brick by Brick*
October 31 Santa Ana, CA- Galaxy Theater.
November 1 Hollywood, Ca -Key Club
November 2 Concord, CA -Cadillac Ranch
November 3 San Francisco, Ca - DNA Lounge
November 4 Portland, Oregon -Paris Theater
November 5 Seattle, Washington- Fenix
November 7 Denver, Co- Ogden Theater * also with additional special guests "Slaves on Dope"
November 8 Independence, MO- The Bunker
November 10 Saint Paul, MN- The Lab @4th St. Station
November 11- Chicago, IL- Oasis one sixty
November 12 Toronto, Canada- Funhaus
November 13 Cleveland, Ohio Peabody's
November 14 Detroit, Michigan Harpos
November 15 Brooklyn, New York- Lamour'
November 16 Springfield VA- Jaxx
November 19 Baltimore, Maryland - Thunderdome
November 20- Fayetteville, North Carolina- Jesters
November 21-Nashville, TN- Exit/ In
November 22-Atlanta, GA * venue to be announced
November 23_ To be Announced...
Please check pollstar.com for more venue information , ticket price and age limits of shows.
To join the Genitorturers Streetteam, please email : socofgen@aol.com and give us your name and town!
Streetteam members especially needed for EL Paso Tx!
Website back online
** FYI, our site was temporarily down yesterday due a problem with the server (Oct 16) but is up again now! All tour flyer templates are posted up and ready for download now. To download a tour flyer got to:
http://www.genitorturers.com/streetteam and double click on the image to get a print ready 300 dpi file.
Visit the Genitorturers Official Web Site at: http://www.genitorturers.com
Shattermask is in the Finals
Shattermask is in the Finals..........for the battle to open for Marilyn Manson. The show is Wed. Oct.22nd at Pop's.........Doors open at 7:30pm.........
Shattermask is in the Finals..........for the battle to open for Marilyn Manson. The show is Wed. Oct.22nd at Pop's.........Doors open at 7:30pm.........
Just Promotions
Hey Metal Bands!!
Check out how your band can get your music into the hands of up to
600 people at the following shows:
MTVs HEADBANGERS BALL TOUR
Featuring: SHADOWS FALL, LAMB OF GOD, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and LAMB OF
GOD!!
12/2/2003 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
12/3/2003 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza
12/4/2003 Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom
We will be distributed 200 compilation CDs at each concert. Cost to
have your 2 tracks distributed is $45 for 1 of the above concerts;
$80 for 2 of the above concerts or $100 for all 3 of the above
concerts!
This is something you will NOT want to miss out on, especially if
your band is similar to the artists playing this tour!
Email nate@justpromotions.com or reply if you're interested. Please let me know that MidwestMetal.info sent you. The
Deadline will be November 21st. Payments can be made payable to Just
Promotions. PayPal is also accepted.
Start reserving your spots now, this will fill up fast!
Thanks,
Nate Franklin
Just Promotions
http://www.justpromotions.com
nate@justpromotions.com
Hey Metal Bands!!
Check out how your band can get your music into the hands of up to
600 people at the following shows:
MTVs HEADBANGERS BALL TOUR
Featuring: SHADOWS FALL, LAMB OF GOD, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and LAMB OF
GOD!!
12/2/2003 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
12/3/2003 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza
12/4/2003 Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom
We will be distributed 200 compilation CDs at each concert. Cost to
have your 2 tracks distributed is $45 for 1 of the above concerts;
$80 for 2 of the above concerts or $100 for all 3 of the above
concerts!
This is something you will NOT want to miss out on, especially if
your band is similar to the artists playing this tour!
Email nate@justpromotions.com or reply if you're interested. Please let me know that MidwestMetal.info sent you. The
Deadline will be November 21st. Payments can be made payable to Just
Promotions. PayPal is also accepted.
Start reserving your spots now, this will fill up fast!
Thanks,
Nate Franklin
Just Promotions
http://www.justpromotions.com
nate@justpromotions.com
Heavycore
Greetings Heavycore Brothers!
Check out the Heavycore "Roast Girls" dancing in the upcoming DVD "Roasting Posers Volume I". You guys will love this shit! Turn up your speakers!
http://www.lowtwelve.com/roastgirls.html
For more information about how the filming went this weekend, read this issue of the Brutality Report - scroll towards the bottom of the page
CLICK HERE
Hope you enjoy it - this is going to kick total ass!
Core Til Death,
Pete Altieri - Founder & Chief Disposer of Posers
www.heavycore.org Proud to be Poser Free
Greetings Heavycore Brothers!
Check out the Heavycore "Roast Girls" dancing in the upcoming DVD "Roasting Posers Volume I". You guys will love this shit! Turn up your speakers!
http://www.lowtwelve.com/roastgirls.html
For more information about how the filming went this weekend, read this issue of the Brutality Report - scroll towards the bottom of the page
CLICK HERE
Hope you enjoy it - this is going to kick total ass!
Core Til Death,
Pete Altieri - Founder & Chief Disposer of Posers
www.heavycore.org Proud to be Poser Free
10.18.2003
LAMB OF GOD To Discuss Signing With Major Label On 'Headbanger's Ball'
LAMB OF GOD To Discuss Signing With Major Label On 'Headbanger's Ball'
LAMB OF GOD are expected to confirm rumors that they have signed a new deal with Epic Records during an appearance on MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball" this Saturday (October 18) at 10:00 p.m. EST. The band will also discuss the upcoming "Headbanger's Ball Tour", the group's forthcoming DVD release, their recent soundtrack appearances and all their videos to date.
As previously reported, LAMB OF GOD's upcoming DVD, due out by the end of the year, is set to be released with a list price of $9.99 and will consist of 4-5 live performance tracks taken from this year's Hellfest and New England Hardcore and Metal Festival, all three LAMB OF GOD videos, interviews with the group and individual members, promo videos and various self-recorded behind-the-scenes material.
LAMB OF GOD will kick off the "Headbangers Ball Tour" with KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, SHADOWS FALL, GOD FORBID, and UNEARTH on October 28 in Montreal.
LAMB OF GOD To Discuss Signing With Major Label On 'Headbanger's Ball'
LAMB OF GOD are expected to confirm rumors that they have signed a new deal with Epic Records during an appearance on MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball" this Saturday (October 18) at 10:00 p.m. EST. The band will also discuss the upcoming "Headbanger's Ball Tour", the group's forthcoming DVD release, their recent soundtrack appearances and all their videos to date.
As previously reported, LAMB OF GOD's upcoming DVD, due out by the end of the year, is set to be released with a list price of $9.99 and will consist of 4-5 live performance tracks taken from this year's Hellfest and New England Hardcore and Metal Festival, all three LAMB OF GOD videos, interviews with the group and individual members, promo videos and various self-recorded behind-the-scenes material.
LAMB OF GOD will kick off the "Headbangers Ball Tour" with KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, SHADOWS FALL, GOD FORBID, and UNEARTH on October 28 in Montreal.
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