Metal Blade News 11-19[views:7216][posts:0]_______________________________________ [Nov 19,2003 10:30pm - the_reverend ""] NEWS: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: It's Official: CANNIBAL CORPSE Are The Top-Selling Death Metal Band Of The SoundScan Era CANNIBAL CORPSE have sold more albums in the U.S. during the SoundScan era than any other death metal band, according to the figures obtained by BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Although the SoundScan numbers are generally indicative of the bands' overall popularity, they are misleading in the sense that many of the veteran death metal groups' early efforts were issued prior to the start of the SoundScan era (May 25, 1991). The following are the total sales figures for several of the genre's forerunners, according to Nielsen SoundScan (all numbers include any DVD and VHS releases, where applicable): CANNIBAL CORPSE: 558,929 DEICIDE: 481,131 MORBID ANGEL: 445,147 SIX FEET UNDER: 370,660 OBITUARY: 368,616 DEATH: 368,184 NAPALM DEATH: 367,654 CARCASS: 220,734 ENTOMBED: 198,764 The top-selling death metal albums of the SoundScan era are as follows: MORBID ANGEL - "Covenant" (1993): 127,154 DEICIDE - "Deicide" (1990): 110,719* DEICIDE - "Legion" (1992): 103,544 OBITUARY - "The End Complete" (1992): 103,378 CANNIBAL CORPSE - "The Bleeding" (1994): 98,319 *Believed to be the top-selling death album of all time, including pre-SoundScan sales http://www.cannibalcorpse.net UNEARTH Update from Trevor Phipps: "The Headbanger's Ball tour was amazing. We are such great friends with the other bands we are kind of bummed we couldn't finish the tour with them, but it's cool, it was still so amazing. The New Jersey Metal Fest was awesome. The crowd as so much fun, it was just a great show. We are continuing to write for the new album and getting ready to go into the studio with Adam D. in February 2004. We would like to thank everyone who supported us on the Headbanger's Ball tour and at the New Jersey Metal Fest. We can't wait to get back on the road in spring." http://www.unearth.tv THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER Update from Brian Eschbach & Trevor Strnad: "We played New Jersey Metal Fest over the weekend and it was awesome! I think all of our fans were really excited to see the real deal with Trevor and Dave. Thanks to all of the kids who came out to see us, you guys are fuckin' awesome! You are the most brutal fuckin' fans ever, you rock! Big horns to the guy with The Black Dahlia Murder logo painted on his jacket. You kick ass! I don't want to give away too much info, but we are still working on new material. I'll leave it at that." "At the fest we received the biggest reaction I have witnessed while in the band. It was awesome to see so much energy in the crowd, and reaffirmed that Dave and I did indeed make the right decision. I met a lot of cool kids, and drank a lot of rum. During my rum escapade, it was brought to my attention how much Dave looks like Michael Moore now that he cut his hair. Overall, it was a fucking riot, and I hope we can be part of the bill in the future." - Trevor http://www.theblackdahliamurder.com AS I LAY DYING video for 94 Hours... The bands video for 94 Hours just aired on Headbangers Ball this past Saturday and should be in rotation now. The video will also be airing on Uranium next week. As soon as we have a confirmed date and time the information will be posted at http://www.metalblade.com/. Don't forget to check out the band when they head out on the road with Chimaira, Soilwork, and Bleeding Through starting 11/24/03 in Winston-Salem, NC. http://www.asilaydying.com/ BEYOND THE EMBRACE - Update from Oscar Gouveia: "We had a great time performing and hanging at the Fest with all our friends. We had a great time slot on Friday night thanks to Scott Lee at Mass concerts. One thing that worked out in our favor was that the main stage was delayed by an hour which meant that Superjoint Ritual didn't go on until we were done, so we had an extra big crowd and an extra big response from them all." http://www.beyondtheembrace.com VADER VADER to conquer Eastern Europe... In April 2004 Vader will play the first regular tour through Belorus, the Ukraine, Latvia and Lithuania. The Flaming Art Agency is going to organize 14 shows in Eastern Europe. If you would like more info, feel free to contact THE FLAMING ARTS Rec., concert agency, distribution, management, Vadim Khomich, P.O. Box 40, Brest 224023 Belarus, Mobile number: + 375 (0) 297 213526, contact@theflamingarts.net or go to http://www.theflamingarts.net/. Live video from Woodstock! You can download live video of Vader from recent Woodstock Festival. This is an amateur recording so its quality isn't very good, but if you want to see "Cold Demons" performed in front of 400 000 of people, check it out by clicking on the "video" at Vader's website. http://vader.pl/ ARMORED SAINT update from Joey Vera: "Anyway, just a quick update on the progress on the new Saint DVD I'm working on: This new DVD will feature Armored Saint during the years 1991-2002. Mostly comprised of live bootleg videos from various tours, the total running program will be approximately an hour and 15 minutes. As of now I'm working on including 12 songs and various offstage foolishness interspersed throughout. The editing should be done in Mid December and I'll give out the complete track listing at that time. Also going to be included on the DVD's special features will be both production videos "Reign of Fire" and "Last Train Home", a Bloopers segment of the band screwing up video program ID's, a special look at our really exciting soundchecks, A photo gallery and more which has not been confirmed yet. The yet untitled DVD should be out in late Spring 2004. That's about it for now; this has been taking most of my waking hours these days. More Later.... See Ya!" http://www.armoredsaint.com/ & http://www.joeyvera.com/ THE HEAVILS Good day Heavilites, Heavilies, Heaviloos & Heavilers The latest news hot off the presses beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-beep. We spent the weekend at Jonny B's house/studio recording pre production songs for our 2nd CD coming out in the spring. We will be in the studio in January with Devin Townsend up in Vancouver, Canada. On the other side of things we just auctioned off Corey's beard for 45 cents to a midget at Kryptonite. She is using it for paintbrushes to paint a picture of Corey for her bedroom. Life is funny like that. http://www.theheavils.com VOMITORY Vomitory will enter Studio Kuling in Örebro, Sweden on December 8th together with producer Henrik Larsson to record the band's fifth assault, "PRIMAL MASSACRE". For two weeks they will torture the studio equipment with their new, bloody and reeking pieces of rotten flesh! The mixing will take place in January in Helsingborg, Sweden with Henrik Larsson behind the mixing board. Juanjo Castellano will be making the killer artwork for "PRIMAL MASSACRE". http://www.vomitory.net METAL BLADE RECORDS opens up eBay Store! Check out the new Metal Blade Records eBay store for all the latest and hard to find Metal Blade releases since the company's beginnings!!! The store is constantly being updated with CD's, LP's, cassettes, and more! http://www.stores.ebay.com/metalbladerecordsstore NEW MP3's CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ON www.metalblade.com As I Lay Dying - Frail Words Collapse - Forever The Black Dahlia Murder - Unhallowed - Funeral Thirst Six Feet Under - Bringer of Blood - Amerika The Brutal The Crown - Possessed 13 - Face of destruction/Deep hit of death King Diamond - The Puppet Master - Blood To Walk TOUR UPDATE: AS I LAY DYING The Unnatural Born Killers tour with SIX FEET UNDER, Skinless, and Behemoth 11/19 San Antonio, TX Sin 13 11/20 Corpus Christi, TX Sharkey's *Pure Hatred Tour with Chimaira, Soilwork, and Bleeding Through* 11/24 Winston-Salem, NC Ziggy's 11/25 Atlanta, GA The Maquerade 11/26 Jacksonville Beach, FL Freebird Café 11/28 St. Petersburg, FL State Theatre 11/29 Lake Park, FL The Kelsey Club 12/01 Houston, TX Engine Room 12/02 Austin, TX The Back Room 12/03 Dallas, TX Trees 12/05 Phoenix, AZ Bash on Ash 12/06 Los Angeles, CA The Roxy 12/07 Pomona, CA The Glasshouse 12/08 San Francisco, CA The Pound 12/09 Portland, OR Meow Meow 12/10 Seattle, WA Graceland 12/11 Boise, ID The Venue 12/12 Salt Lake City, UT Bricks 12/13 Denver, CO Gothic Theatre 12/14 Lawrence, KS Bottleneck 12/15 Sauget, IL Pop's 12/16 Minneapolis, MN The Quest 12/17 Chicago, IL The Metro 12/18 Milwaukee, WI The Eagles Club 12/19 Indianapolis, IN Rehearsal Studio 12/20 Detroit, MI Harpo's 12/21 Cleveland, OH The Odeon *Tour with The Judas Cradle, Cannae, On Broken Wings and If Hope Dies* 01/07 Hollywood, CA The Whiskey 01/08 San Francisco, CA The Pound 01/09 Salinas, CA Jim Dandy's 01/10 Anaheim, CA Chain Reaction SIX FEET UNDER The Unnatural Born Killers Tour w/ Skinless, Behemoth and AS I LAY DYING 11/19 San Antonio, TX Sin 13 11/20 Corpus Christi, TX Sharkey's KING DIAMOND Tour with Entombed, Single Bullet Theory and Nocturne 11/20 Houston, TX The Engine Room 11/21 Fort Worth, TX Ridgela Theatre 11/22 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit CATTLE DECAPITATION Tour with Deicide, Hate Eternal and Krisiun 11/19 New Haven, CT Toad's Place 11/20 Springfield, VA Jaxx *end tour* 11/21 Fayetteville, NC Jester's Pub 11/23 St. Petersburg, FL Venom 11/24 Fort Lauderdale, FL Culture Room 11/26 New Orleans, LA Zeppelins (w/Goatwhore, SkinKrawl, & Rue) *Tour with Morbid Angel* 11/28 Flint, MI The Machine Shop 11/29 Detroit, MI Harpo's 12/01 Nashville, TN Exit Inn 12/02 Springfield, MO The Rockwell 12/03 Houston, TX The Engine Room 12/04 Austin, TX The Backroom *end tour* 12/06 Corona, CA Showcase Theatre with Crematorium, Sacrificial Slaughter and Rotting Stiffs THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER Tour with Himsa, and 3 Inches of Blood 12/03 Spartanburg, SC Ground Zero 12/04 Marietta, GA Swayzes 12/05 Birmingham, AL 1213 Rock Club 12/06 Myrtle Beach, SC The Limelight 12/07 Augusta, GA Plus Eight 12/08 Lumberton, NC Bill Sapp Recreation Center 12/09 Virginia Beach, VA Bubba's Beach Club 12/10 West Springfield, VA Jaxx 12/11 Ronkonkama. NY Hungarian Hall 12/12 Poughkeepsie, NY Club Crannel 12/13 Lackawanna, NY The Cruise In 12/14 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church 12/15 New York, NY Club Rare 12/16 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Roboto Project 12/17 Detroit, MI Magic Stick 12/18 Grand Rapids, MI Skelletones 12/20 Chicago, IL Fireside Bowl KING'S X 11/20 Dallas, TX The Live Room NEAL MORSE 11/21 Metuchen, NJ Metuchen Forum Theater 11/23 Whittier, CA The Center Theater Stage at The Whittier Community Center BEYOND THE EMBRACE 11/22 New Bedford, MA The Cape Verdean 12/06 Providence, RI The Living Room with All That Remains and Cannae 12/19 New Bedford, MA New Wave Café "Heavy Metal X-Mas" THE HEAVILS 11/26 Rockford, IL Kryptonite 11/29 Rockford, IL The Pit Skatepark 10th Anniversary Party 12/31 Rockford, IL First Night Rockford 40GRIT 11/22 Orlando, FL The Club at Firestone 11/23 Jacksonville, FL Freebird Café "Bandfest USA 2003" European Tour Dates GOREROTTED with Pungent Stench 11/20 Ludwigsburg, Germany Rockfabrik 11/21 Salzgitter, Germany Forellenhof 11/22 Deventer, The Netherlands Burgerweeshuis 11/23 Eindhoven, The Netherlands Effenar 11/25 Wermelskirchen, Germany AJZ Bahndamm 11/26 Hamburg, Germany Marx 11/27 Halle, Germany Easy Schorre 11/28 Bischofswerda, Germany East Club 11/29 Wien, Austria Arena THE CROWN with Monolith Deathcult 11/19 Milan, Italy Transilvania 11/20 Rome, Italy Circolo Degli Artisti 11/21 Innsbruck, Austria Hafen 11/22 Ljubljana, Slovenia Metalkova 11/23 Vienna, Austria Arena 11/24 Karlsruhe, Germany Katakomben 11/25 Frankfurt, Germany Nachtleben 11/27 Paris, France Locomotive 11/28 Hersele, Belgium Konk 11/29 Enschede, The Netherlands Atak 11/30 Tilburg, The Netherlands 013 NEAL MORSE *Portnoy extravaganza* 11/19 Bochum, Germany Zeche AMON AMARTH *X-MASS FESTIVAL w/ Deicide, Destruction, Nile, Graveworm, Dew Scented, Disbelief, and Misery Index* 12/07 London, Great Britain Camden Palace 12/08 Paris, France La Locomotive 12/09 Essen, Germany Zeche Carl 12/10 Osnabruck, Germany Hyde Park 12/11 Berlin, Germany Columbia Halle Fritz 12/12 Engelsdorf, Germany Hellraiser 12/13 Wels, Austria Schlachthof 12/14 Vienna, Austria Arena 12/15 Milano, Italy Alcatraz 12/16 Pratteln, Switzerland Z7 12/17 Ludwigsburg, Germany Rockfabrik 12/18 Prague, Czech Republic Roxy 12/19 Strasbourg, France La Laiterie 12/20 Antwerpen, Belgium Hof Ter Loo (with Finntroll, Sadus, Nasty Savage and more) 12/21 Tilburg, Netherlands 013 (with Finntroll, Sadus, Nasty Savage and more) CALLENISH CIRLCE 12/07 Breda, The Netherlands Mezz 1/24 Zwolle, The Netherlands Hedon 1/25 Venlo, The Netherlands Perron 55 1/30 Arnhem, The Netherlands Willmeen 2/21 Antwerpen, Belgium Hof Ter Loo Haunted Ball Festival 2/28 Granada, Spain Pinos Puente Piorno Rock Festival FALCONER 1/06 Milan, Italy Motion 1/08 Wien, Austria Zugabe 1/09 Budapest, Hungry Wigwam 1/10 Innsburk, Austria Hafen 1/11 Munich, Germany Garage 1/12 Essen, Germany Zeche Carl 1/13 Bielefeld, Germany Live Arena 1/14 Hamburg, Germany Markthalle 1/15 Heidelburg, Germany Schwimmbad 1/16 Berlin, Germany Halford 1/17 Aalen, Germany Rock-It 1/18 Pratteln, Switerland Z7 CANNIBAL CORPSE 3/30 Osnabruck, Germany Hyde Park 3/31 Essen, Germany Zeche Carl 4/01 Berlin, Germany Hyde Park 4/02 Praha, Czech Republic Abaton Club 4/03 wien, Austria Planet Music 4/04 Wels, Austria Schlachthof 4/05 Pratteln, Switzerland Z7 4/06 Milan, Italy Alcatraz 4/07 Ludwigsburg, Germany Rockfabrick 4/08 Strasbourg, France La Laiterie 4/09 Erfurt, Germany Centrum 4/10 Antwerpen, Belgium Hof Ter Loo 4/11 Paris, France La Locomotive 4/12 Tilburg, The Netherlands 013 4/13 London, Great Britain Underworld 4/14 Dublin, Ireland Whelans 4/15 Bradford, Great Britain Rio BRAINSTORM Tour with Primal Fear and Rob Rock 3/04 Hardenberg. Netherlands Podium 3/05 London, Great Britain Scala 3/06 Wolverhampton, Great Britain Wulfrun Hall 3/08 Bochm, Germany Zeche 3/09 Paris, France La Locomotiv 3/11 Madrid, Spain Aqualung 3/12 Murcia, Spain Gamma 3/13 Barcelona, Spain Razzmatazz 3/14 Bergara, Spain Sala Jam 3/16 Pratteln, Switzerland Z7 3/17 Milan, Italy Transylvania 3/19 Budapest, Hungry Petöfti Hall 3/20 Lublijana, Slovenia Prinskov 3/21 Nuernburg, Germany Hirsch 3/23 Frankfurt, Germany Batschkapp 3/24 Stuttgart, Germany LKA 3/25 Strasbourg, France La Laiterie 3/26 Antwerpen, Belgium Ho Ter Loo 3/27 Kaufbeuren, Germany Zeppelinhalle Release Schedule: 10/21 The Crown Possessed 13 CD 10/21 King Diamond The Puppet Master CD 11/4 Cannibal Corpse 15 Yeas Killing Spree Box Set 3CD/1DVD 11/4 Falconer The Sceptre of Deception CD 11/4 Vader Blood Plus Reign Forever World CD 11/4 Transatlantic Live In Europe 2DVD 11/4 Transatlantic Live In Europe 2CD 11/4 Transatlantic Live Box Set 2CD/2DVD 1/27 Disillusion Back to Times of Splendor CD 1/27 Gorerotted Only Tools and Corpses CD 1/27 Fragments of Unbecoming CD 1/27 Shining Fury CD 1/27 Symphorce Twice Second CD 2/10 Cannibal Corpse The Wretched Spawn CD/DVD |