Metal Update news 01/07/05[views:73601][posts:0]______________________________________ [Jan 8,2005 11:39am - the_reverend ""] go to their site and sign up, you bastards... --------- METAL UPDATE --------- -- http://www.metalupdate.com -- The Metal Update will deliver a weekly report to your email inbox. To sign up, go to MetalUpdate.com and click the SUBSCRIBE! link. The Metal Update is free. This week's Metal Update went out to over 15,435 subscribers. -- NEWS -- VICTORY RECORDS Victory Records reports that three of their bands have charted this week on Billboard's Top 200: Taking Back Sunday (#113), Hawthorne Heights (#120), and Straylight Run (#196). Furthermore, four of their bands are on the Heatseekers chart: Hawthorne Heights (#1), Silverstein (#47), Bury Your Dead (#96), and Action Action (#111). DARK TRANQUILLITY An MP3 of the new single, "Lost to Apathy," has been posted at the Century Media website. The video for the track is expected to air on Headbangers Ball and Uranium early next month. Dark Tranquillity's new album, 'Character,' will be released in the U.S. on January 25th. MERCENARY Mercenary has received Album of the Year, Vocalist of the Year, and Guitarist of the Year honors from the Danish Metal Awards. Their winning album '11 Dreams' will be released in the U.S. on February 8th. DEVILINSIDE Drummer Dan Johnson (ex-With Dead Hands Rising), vocalist Joe Talbot (Richard Pryor on Fire), and bassist Patrick Morris (Demonicon) have been added to the lineup. Devilinside will begin touring with Suffocation in February, continue touring in March in support for Cryptopsy. SYSTEM OF A DOWN The band is currently mixing their two-disc set entitled, "Mesmerize/Hypnotize," with Andy Wallace. The first disc is expected to be released in the Spring, with the second disc being released six months later. NEW SIGNINGS Deepsend Records: Whispering Gallery, VLE Displeased Records: Cobalt Dressed to Kill Records: The Divining Ibex Moon Records: Thornafire InsideOut Music America: Shadow Gallery Iron Pegazus: Mortem Magick Records: Icarus Witch, Astarte, Throes Of Dawn, Shade Empire, Opera IX Martyr Records: A Suburban Blood Drive Pluto Records: Divide the Day Steamhammer/SPV: Hatesphere Trustkill Records: BEDlight for Blue EYES FOR MORE NEWS GO TO: http://www.metalupdate.com -- HELP WANTED -- VOCALIST wanted - Vehemence is now in search for a new vocalist. Longtime vocalist/lyricist Nathan Gearhart has stepped down due to family obligations, and we now need a powerful frontman to fill his shoes. He will be missed, but at the same time we are excited to have some new blood in the band. We are currently looking for someone who will be fully committed to shows, practices, and tours and must have great stage presence. We DO NOT want a Nathan clone, and would prefer someone who can bring something new to our sound. No matter what 'scene' you are from, if you are an extreme metal vocalist, get in touch! The goal is to expand, and reach a wider audience with our new vocalist so if you are interested, please email vehemence@vehemence.com DRUMMER wanted - Chicago death metal band Gorgasm, is looking for a new drummer. We are looking for someone who is serious about music and is ready, willing and able to tour all over the world. Contact gorgasmusic@yahoo.com DRUMMER wanted - New York based black metal band ASH are seeking a full-time member for studio and live work. The band's music can be described as raw, hateful black metal in the vein of Darkthrone, Ulver, Dawn, and Khold. Interested parties should contact Narg at slaughtersun2003@yahoo.com ARTIST wanted - San Diego True Metal band Skelator has begun recording their self-produced EP, "SWORDS." Any good metal album cover artists should contact SkelatorsRedOmen@yahoo.com BASSIST, DRUMMER & GUITARIST wanted - New York based MAHAVATAR, featuring Jamaican guitarist Karla Williams and Israeli vocalist Lizza Hayson, will release their debut album Go With The NO! on February 15th through Cruz del Sur Music. The ladies are currently looking for a new bass player, drummer and rhythm guitarist to fill Mahavatar's ranks. Contact can be made at info@mahavatar.net. DRUMMER & KEYBOARDIST wanted - Magick Records recording artist, ICARUS WITCH is auditioning for full time drummer & keyboardist willing to write, rehearse, record & tour. Based in Pittsburgh, PA this true metal band's influences are classic Dio, Maiden, Priest, Queensryche, Rainbow, etc. Serious inquires email jmyers@cleorecs.com -- READERS' POLL 2004 -- The results are in, and here's how you voted: BEST ALBUM OF 2004 (tie) Lamb of God 'Ashes of the Wake' Megadeth 'The System Has Failed' BEST BAND WEBSITE Dimmu Borgir http://www.dimmu-borgir.com BEST LABEL WEBSITE Century Media Records http://www.centurymedia.com BEST PRINT MAGAZINE WEBSITE Brave Words and Bloody Knuckles http://www.bwbk.com BEST METAL WEBSITE SMN News http://www.smnnews.com Thank you to everyone who participated in the voting. -- FEATURES -- Recent Features: SUFFOCATION http://www.metalupdate.com/interviewsuffocation.html HYPOCRISY http://www.metalupdate.com/interviewhypocrisy2.html CARCASS http://www.metalupdate.com/interviewcarcass.html -- REVIEWS -- - METAL JUDGMENT - http://www.metaljudgment.com Tristania 'Ashes' (Abyss, Death, Hel) http://www.metaljudgment.com/albums/tristania_frames.html Slayer, Killswitch Engage, Mastodon Concert (Abyss, Death, Hel, Requiem) http://www.metaljudgment.com/concerts/slayerkem_frames.html Trans-Siberian Orchestra Concert (Redwolff) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/tso04_frames.html Gluecifer 'Automatic Thrill' (Martyr) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/gluecifer_frames.html Rwake 'If You Walk Before You Crawl You Crawl Before You Die' (Piss Angel) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/rwake_frames.html Various Artists 'Death Metal: A Documentary' DVD (Requiem) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/deathdoc_frames.html Gwar 'Tour de Scum' DVD (Metal Militia) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/gwartdvd_frames.html Carrion 'The Crime of Idle Hands' (Redwolff) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/carrion_frames.html Ulysses Siren 'Above the Ashes' - Classic (Slither) http://www.metaljudgment.com/classics/usiren_frames.html Daath - Demo (Slither) http://www.metaljudgment.com/demos/daath_frames.html Insurrection - Demo (Sabbath) http://www.metaljudgment.com/demos/insurrection_frames.html -- NEW RELEASES -- 12/03 - Desecration - Murder in Mind 12/11 - Thargos - Black Metal Punkz 12/13 - Daylight Dies - Live from the Contamination Festival 12/13 - Death Reality - Bloodprints 12/13 - Destruktor - Nuclear Storm 12/13 - Nunslaughter - The Bog People 12/13 - Spawn - Human Toxin 12/17 - Atomizer - Songs of Sacrifice . . . Songs of Slaughter 12/25 - Nunslaughter / Soulless - Scorn on the 4th of July 12/25 - Nunslaughter - Christmassacre 12/30 - Digested Flesh - The Answer to Infection 1/04 - The Mass - City of Dis 1/04 - Razor Crusade - Infinite Water 1/04 - With Honor / The Distance - Split CD 1/08 - Cowboy Prostitutes - Cowboy Prostitutes 1/10 - A Perfect Murder - Rehearsal 1/11 - Alabama Thunderpussy - Constellation 1/11 - Alabama Thunderpussy - Rise Again 1/11 - Ayreon - Actual Fantasy Revisited 1/11 - Bodies in the Gears of the Apparatus / Despised Icon - Split CD 1/11 - Mad Margritt - Straight Through the Heart 1/11 - Razor Crusade - Infinite Water 1/13 - Ordained - 50 Ways to Kill Your Lover 1/14 - Abgott - Fizala 1/15 - Last Crack - Burning Funkhouse Live 1/18 - Chris Caffery - Faces 1/18 - Darkthrone - Sardonic Wrath 1/18 - Yyrkoon - Occult Medicine 1/24 - Blessing the Hogs - The Twelve Gauge Solution 1/24 - Cursed - Two 1/24 - Dark Tranquillity - Character 1/24 - Firewind - Forged by Fire 1/24 - Morgoth - 1987-1997: The Best of Morgoth 1/24 - Nevea Tears - Do I Have to Tell You Why I Love You 1/24 - Puritys Failure - Extensions EP 1/24 - The Secret - Luce 1/24 - The Smackdown - Calling the Spots 1/24 - Until the End - The Blind Leading the Lost 1/24 - The Warriors - War is Hell 1/25 - Akercocke - Rape of the Bastard Nazarene 1/25 - Agnostic Front - Another Voice 1/25 - Behemoth - Demigod 1/25 - Dark Tranquillity - Character 1/25 - God Dethroned - Lair of the White Word 1/25 - Imperial - This Grave is My Poem 1/25 - Nightwish - From Wishes to Eternity (Live) - DVD 1/25 - Seemless - Seemless 1/25 - Society 1 - Fearing the Exit - DVD 1/25 - V/A - Alone in the Dark - Soundtrack 1/28 - Veiled Allusions - When Darkness Descends -- IN PRINT -- METAL MANIACS http://www.metalmaniacs.com The February 2005 issue is out now featuring: Ancient, Anthrax, Arch Enemy, Arkhon Infaustus, Axis Of Advance, Ewigkeit, The Haunted, Herod, Jethro Tull, Jungle Rot, Lickgoldensky, Lyzanxia, Psyopus, Malevolent Creation, Meshuggah, Murder Squad, Napalm Death, Nortt, Rotting Christ, Rwake, Scarlet, Thralldom, Witchmaster -- ON THE NET -- BEOWOLF PRODUCTIONS & TREATS FROM THE UNDERGROUND! http://www.beowolfproductions.com New features: Amish Armada, Circle of Dead Squirrels, St. Madness HEAVY METAL UNIVERSE http://www.heavymetaluniverse.com New features: Angra, Saxon LIVE 4 METAL http://www.live4metal.com New features: Lair of the Minotaur, Zombie Ritual, Mercury Rain METAL VOX http://www.metalvox.com.br New features: Shadow of Sadness, Dark Season PIVOTAL RAGE http://www.pivotalrage.com Pivotal Rage is featured in the 'Zine and Not Heard section of the February 2005 issue of Metal Maniacs VAMPIRE MAGAZINE http://www.vampire-magazine.com New features: Ad Vitam Aeternam, Ayreon, Crest Of Darkness, Daysend, De Lirium's Order, Dead Soul Tribe, Deadborn, Divercia, Hades Almighty, Illdisposed, Infernö, Karl Sanders/Nile, Machine Head, Mortiis, Sauron, Severe Torture, Slumber, Valafar, Vreid -- TOUR DATES -- (Dates are subject to change - check local listings) DEEP FREEZE FESTIVAL 1/15 -- Westminster, CO Flotsam And Jetsam, JagPanzer, Silencer, Corruption, Esovae, Depth Charge, Empyrean Eclipse, Of Winds And Faint Echoes DOOMFEST III http://www.doomfest3.homestead.com 1/07 - 1/08 -- Lansing, IL Animated Dead, Forsaken, Necrodemon, Arnolfini Marriage, Leper Colony, Dark Disciple, Flesh Gallery, The Wretched, Epicedium, Bone Crushing Annihiation, Solidification, Legion, Mouth Of The Architect, Enforsaken, Kenshiro, Cursed Eternity Cryptic, Drogheda, Riphead, Black Trinity Decrypt, Withering Soul, Estuary, Veneficum, Circle Of Dead Children, Mummification SICK SHITFEST 3 http://www.sickshitfest2005.cjb.net 01/22 -- Albany, NY Pyrexia, Dehumanized, Disciples of Berkowitz, Circle of Dead Children Mucopus, Organ Harvest, Scucca, Re-creation, Splatt Guts Mortal Decay, Screaming Afterbirth, Total Fucking Destruction Clitorture, Last Call, Brick by Brick ,Hell On Sunday Street Sweeper, El Chupacabre TRAUMAFEST 1/07 - 1/08 -- Madrid, SPA Dismember, Repulsion, Macabre, Extreme Noise Terror, Pungent Stench, Dead Infection, Pig Destroyer, Fromtheashes, Strong Intention, Wormed SOILWORK w/ DARK TRANQUILLITY, HYPOCRISY & MNEMIC 4/05 Buffalo, NY 4/06 Chicago, IL 4/07 Milwaukee, WI 4/08 Lawrence, KS 4/09 Englewood, CO 4/10 Salt Lake City, UT 4/12 Seattle, WA 4/14 San Francisco, CA 4/15 Anaheim, CA 4/16 Los Angeles, CA 4/17 Scottsdale, AZ 4/19 Austin, TX 4/20 Houston, TX 4/22 Columbus, OH 4/23 Philadelphia, PA 4/26 Atlanta, GA 4/27 Orlando, FL 4/29 W. Springfield, VA 4/30 Hartford, CT 5/01 New York, NY 5/03 Quebec City, QC 5/05 Toronto, ON 5/07 Detroit, MI SUFFOCATION w/ BEHEMOTH, CATTLE DECAPITATION & DEVILINSIDE 1/17 Nashville, TN 1/18 Fayetteville, NC 1/20 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 1/21 Seminole, FL 1/22 Jacksonville, FL 1/23 Atlanta, GA 1/24 New Orleans, LA 1/25 Houston, TX 1/26 San Antonio, TX 1/27 Dallas, TX 1/29 Albuquerque, NM 1/30 Tucson, AZ 1/31 Phoenix, AZ 2/01 Santa Ana, CA 2/02 Los Angeles, CA 2/03 San Francisco, CA 2/04 Portland, OR 2/05 Seattle, WA 2/07 Salt Lake City, UT 2/08 Denver, CO 2/09 Omaha, NE 2/10 Minneapolis, MN 2/11 Sauget, IL 2/12 Detroit, MI 2/13 Chicago, IL 2/14 Cleveland, OH 2/15 Philadelphia, PA 2/16 New York, NY 2/17 Hartford, CT 2/18 Worcester, MA 2/19 Cohoes, NY 2/20 Montreal, QC 2/21 Quebec, QC 2/22 Ottawa, ON 2/23 Toronto, ON 2/25 Rochester, NY 2/26 Baltimore, MD 2/27 Jacksonville, NC FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF TOUR DATES GO TO: http://www.metalupdate.com/tour.html -- LINKS -- VICTORY RECORDS http://www.victoryrecords.com DARK TRANQUILLITY http://www.darktranquillity.com MERCENARY http://www.mercenary.dk DEVILINSIDE http://www.devilinsidemafia.com SYSTEM OF A DOWN http://www.systemofadown.com ===== If you, your band, your label, your wwwsite or your 'zine have information that you believe would be of interest to Metal Update readers, please contact the Metal Update at editor@metalupdate.com (c) Copyright 2005 by http://www.metalupdate.com - All Rights Reserved Metal Update PO Box 979 Santa Monica, CA 90406 USA |