Metal Update news 1/23/2004[views:8971][posts:0]_______________________________________ [Jan 23,2004 12:20pm - the_reverend ""] 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 14,175 subscribers. -- NEWS -- MINISTRY John Monte (M.O.D., Mindfunk, Dragpipe) has replaced longtime bassist Paul Barker STRATOVARIUS drummer Anders Johansson (Hammerfall) has decided not to join the band – the search for a permanent drummer is ongoing VENOMOUS CONCEPT this new supergroup features bassist Shane Embury (Napalm Death), guitarist Buzz Osborne (Melvins, Fantomas), drummer Danny Herrera (Napalm Death) and vocalist Kevin Sharp (Brutal Truth) – the music is described as outlaw punk ANNIHILATOR bassist Russ "The Woodsman" Bergquist has left the band for undisclosed personal reasons EXHUMED drummer John Longstreth (Origin, Skinless) will join the band for upcoming tours SKINLESS in the wake of John Longstreth’s departure, drummer Bob “The Big Guns” Beaulac will return to the fold for some shows in March and some European touring RAGING SPEEDHORN guitarist Jaye Thompson (Defenestration) has replaced Tony Loughlin SINGLE BULLET THEORY drummer John Sasso has left the group THROCULT the new lineup is as follows: Ivan Alcala (v,g), Nick Jackson (g), Dave Borusch (b) & David Csicsely (d) ION VEIN Chuck White (Spirit Web, Winterkill, Michael Angelo) is the band’s new drummer CIRCLE OF FEAR Brian Keeley (Chopcore) has been added as new guitarist ICED EARTH ‘The Glorious Burden’ debuted at #145 on The Billboard 200 chart and #4 on Billboard’s Top Independent Albums chart LACUNA COIL the band has proved to be Century Media Records’ most successful European band in the company’s 13-year history with commercial radio play all over the USA and strong sales of ‘Comalies’ - in light of the excellent support throughout the years and because of the good relations with the worldwide Century Family, Lacuna Coil will renew their record deal with the label CENTURY MEDIA the Century Family has become majority owner of New Jersey based Now Or Never Records - this collaboration will see Century Media handling the manufacturing, marketing, and retail distribution of current and upcoming Now Or Never releases CRASH MUSIC the label has signed an exclusive distribution deal for the United States with Blunt Force Records, the label owned by Dying Fetus – this new relationship will see the release of the following Fetus albums: ‘Infatuation With Malevolence’, ‘Purification Through Violence’, ‘Killing On Adrenaline’ & ‘Grotesque Impalement’ JUDAS PRIEST BBC new reports that former drummer David Holland has been found guilty of trying to rape a teenage boy who visited his home for drum lessons DRUMS OF THE DEAD Dave Lombardo (Slayer, Grip Inc., Fantomas) will be performing drums for the soundtrack to the upcoming re-make of the classic horror flick ‘Dawn Of The Dead’ PROBOT Dave Grohl recently informed the Metal Update that he will be hosting a future episode of Headbanger’s Ball that will feature all old school metal – he further revealed that he will be joined by Eric Wagner (Trouble) and Wino (The Hidden Hand) to perform “My Tortured Soul” off of the Probot album – for more information, see this week’s feature NEW SIGNINGS Century Media: Heaven Shall Burn SPV Records: Raging Speedhorn Crash Music: Gurkkhas Firebox Records: Necare Willowtip Records: Crowpath Frontiers Records: Lionsheart Konqueror Records: Deceiver NotCommon Records: Conifer, Raising Kubrick -- HELP WANTED -- DRUMMER wanted – Philadelphia’s Single Bullet Theory seeks drummer – currently in preproduction for next full length for Crash/Pavement – contact: thebullettheory@aol.com GUITARIST wanted - Southern MA black/ thrash/ technical death band Shadows Of The Unseen seeks a lead guitarist - material already written - recording this spring - pro attitude a must – contact: Asouza3843@aol.com BASSIST wanted - Framingham, MA’s Trauma Concept seeks bassist - influences: Fear Factory, Slayer, Pantera, Sepultura, Machine Head, Cryptopsy, Nothingface, Killswitch Engage - has management & booking support, and plans on shopping to labels in 2004 - must be dedicated - practice 3 times a week - preferably between age 18-26 – must be able to tour – contact: lostangelslayer@aol.com BASSIST wanted – Canada’s Horde Of Worms seeks bass grinder with pro attitude and gear – must reside in the GTA or move here - also seeking a Moog/ Sequencer/ Noisemaker and drummer if they exist – contact: hordeofworms@hotmail.com BASSIST wanted – Houston, TX’s Crimson Massacre seeks permanent bassist – influences: Morbid Angel, old Emperor, Cryptopsy, Suffocation, Monstrosity, Angelcorpse, Averse Sefira - must devote heavy amounts of time to touring and upcoming recording – contact: JmJ109@juno.com MUSICIANS wanted - San Antonio, TX female-fronted melodic metal band seeks a permanent, dedicated 2nd guitarist and possible drummer who is fluent with double bass - no drug addicts - influences: Lacuna Coil, In Flames, Nightwish, Children Of Bodom, Ozzy, Theatre Of Tragedy, Type-O-Negative, Evanescence – contact: OfInfinityEmail@aol.com -- FEATURES -- PROBOT http://www.metalupdate.com/interviewprobot.html In the early 90's, Nirvana rose from the underground to become unwitting leaders of the grunge movement. The three-piece and their Seattle Sound ushered in a dark era in which metal became a dirty word. Only the true of heart remained to recall the glory days and plot the eventual return of metalcraft. It is ironic that one of the three, drummer Dave Grohl, should now ride onto the battlefield waving the tattered metal flag. . . .and in case you missed these recent features: Chimaira http://www.metalupdate.com/interviewchimaira.html 2003: The Year In Metal http://www.metalupdate.com/yir2003.html Moonspell http://www.metalupdate.com/interviewmoonspell.html -- REVIEWS -- - METAL JUDGMENT - http://www.metaljudgment.com Exodus 'Tempo of the Damned' (Abyss, Death, Hel) http://www.metaljudgment.com/albums/exodus_frames.html The End 'Within Dividia' (Abyss, Death, Hel) http://www.metaljudgment.com/albums/theend_frames.html Premonitions of War 'Left In Kowloon' (Jotun) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/pow_frames.html Mourning Beloveth 'The Sullen Sulcus' (Lugubrious) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/mb_frames.html Sleep 'Dopesmoker' (Redwolff) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/sleep_frames.html Majhas 'Stepping Into Character' (Slither) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/majhas_frames.html Built Upon Frustration 'Resurrection' (Blind) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/buf_frames.html U.D.O. 'Live From Russia' (Solomon) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/udolfr_frames.html My Dying Bride 'Turn Loose The Swans' - Classic (Requiem) http://www.metaljudgment.com/classics/mdb_frames.html Centrifuge - Demo (Ember) http://www.metaljudgment.com/demos/centrifugev_frames.html Myles Of Destruction - Demo (Requiem) http://www.metaljudgment.com/demos/mylesod_frames.html Destroyed By Anger - Demo (Metal Militia) http://www.metaljudgment.com/demos/dba_frames.html Malstrom - Demo (Blind) http://www.metaljudgment.com/demos/malstrom_frames.html -- NEW RELEASES -- 1/12 - Thunderstone - The Burning 1/12 - Cadaveria - Far Away From Conformity 1/12 - Dawn - Slaughtersun 1/12 - The Black League - Man's Ruin Revisited 1/12 - Demilich - Nespithe 1/12 - Type O Negative - The Least Worst Of... (CD/DVD) 1/13 - Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden 1/13 - Magnitude Nine - Decoding The Soul 1/13 - Yngwie Malmsteen - Attack!! 1/13 - The End - Within Dividia 1/13 - Chaos Breed - Unleashed Carnage 1/13 - Relapse Records - Contaminated VI 1/13 - Conspiracy A.D. - Humanity = Destruction 1/13 - Evemaster – Wither 1/13 - Big Iron - Falling Down 1/13 - Decrypt - Holy Erotic Rapture 1/13 - Brutus – Slachtbeest 1/13 - Solitude Aeturnus - Into The Depths Of Sorrow 1/19 - Drudkh - Autumn Aurora 1/13 - Deceased - Rotten To The Core 1/19 - Marduk - Funeral Marches And Warsongs (DVD) 1/20 - Facebreaker - Bloodred Hell 1/26 - Blood Duster 1/26 - Axxis - Time Machine 1/26 - Dimmu Borgir / Old Man's Child - Sons of Satan... 1/26 - Septic Flesh - Sumerian Daemons 1/26 - Nile - In The Beginning 1/26 - Attacker - Soul Taker 1/26 - Farmer Boys - The Other Side 1/26 - The Gathering - Sleepy Buildings 1/26 - Watch Them Die 1/26 - Divine Empire - Nostradamus 1/26 - In The Eyes Of Death #4 1/26 - Macabre Minstrels - Morbid Campfire Songs 1/26 - Visual Rebellion (DVD) 1/26 - Dismember - Hate / Kill / Live (DVD) 1/27 - Spiritus Mortis 1/27 - The Kiss Of Death 1/27 - Force Of Evil 1/27 - Pig Destroyer - Splits 1/27 - Fantomas - Delirium Cordia 1/27 - Pyrexia - Cruelty Beyond Submission 1/27 - Fall Of The Bastards - Dusk Of An Ancient Age 1/27 - Gorerotted - Only Tools And Corpses 1/27 - Shining Fury - Last Sunrise 1/27 - Symphorce - Twice Second 1/27 - Stampin' Ground - A New Darkness Upon Us 1/27 - Deathwitch - Violence, Blasphemy, Sodomy 1/27 - Dimension Zero - Penetrations From The Lost World 1/27 - Organic Infest - The Way To Temptation 1/27 - Vesania - Firefrost Arcanum 1/27 - Pyrexia - Cruelty Beyond Submission 1/27 - Bayside - Sirens And Condolences 1/27 - Premonitions of War - Left In Kowloon 1/27 - Secret Heroes - Loose, High & Free 1/27 - Monsters Of Metal Vol. 1 (DVD) 1/27 - Relapse Records - Contamination Festival (DVD) 1/30 - Elite - Kampen 1/31 - Tyranny - Bleak Vistae 1/31 - Mar De Grises - The Tatterdemalion Express 2/02 - Probot 2/02 - Edguy - King Of Fools 2/02 - Exodus - Tempo Of The Damned 2/02 - Threshold - Critical Energy (CD/DVD) 2/03 - Gadget - Remote 2/04 - Leviathan - The Tentacles Of Whorror 2/06 - Atomizer - The Only Weapon Of Choice -- IN PRINT -- EXPLICITLY INTENSE http://www.explicitlyintense.com issue #13 is out now featuring: Nevermore, The Devin Townsend Band, The Black Dahlia Murder, Monstrosity, Enslaved, Jadis, Divine Rapture, Engine, Immersed In Blood, Mindfield, Wehrwolfe, Kill 2 This, Sinister, Battlelore, Goatwhore, Leviathan, Pentacle, Six Feet Under, Mirrorthrone, plus free CD -- ON THE NET -- ETERNAL FROST WEBZINE http://www.frostgrind.cjb.net the final issue (#15) is now online featuring: Blood Cult, Chemikiller, Darkness Eternal, God Is Myth Records, Hellacaust, Honey for Christ, Human Taxidermy, Nokturnel, Nunslaughter, Rain Paint, Secrets She Kept, Shroud of Bereavement, Seraphidian, Terminal Descent, Witches Brew, Spawn of Satan / All That Is Evil, Damnation Army / Rotten Minds HIT THE PIT http://www.hitthepit.com new interviews: Converge, Arson, Unearth, Killswitch Engage, Jetfuel, Lamb Of God, Shadows Fall TRANSIENT http://www.transientband.com the space rock side project of Shadows Fall vocalist Brian Fair and former Overcast guitarist Scott McCooe, has launched their official website - MP3s of their latest demo are available for download -- TOUR DATES -- (dates are subject to change - check local listings) ARCH ENEMY w/ ZYKLON & STAMPIN GROUND 2/17 Cologne, Germany 2/18 Aalen/Stuttgart, Germany 2/19 Munich, Germany 2/21 Vidia, Italy 2/22 Bergamo, Italy 2/24 Barcelona, Spain 2/25 Madrid, Spain 2/27 Paris, France 2/28 Hellendoorn, Netherlands 2/29 Eindhoven, Netherlands 3/02 Hamburg, Germany 3/03 Osnabruck, Germany 3/04 Essen, Germany 3/05 Antwerpen, Belgium DREAM THEATER 1/24 Stuttgart-Boblingen, Germany 1/25 Brussel, Belgium 1/26 Frankfurt-Hochst, Germany 1/27 Koln, Germany 1/29 Paris, France 1/30 Dortmund, Germany 1/31 Nôrnberg-Fôrth, Germany 2/02 Berlin, Germany 2/04 Frauenfeld, Switzerland 2/05 Milan, Italy 2/06 Bologna, Italy 2/07 Rome, Italy 2/10 Barcelona, Spain 2/11 Madrid, Spain 2/12 Oporto, Portugal 2/14 Istanbul, Turkey 3/03 Portland, OR 3/05 San Francisco, Ca 3/06 Los Angeles, CA 3/25 Toronto, ONT 3/26 Quebec City, QUE 3/27 Montreal, QUE 4/01 Boston, MA 4/02 Philadelphia, PA 4/03 New York, NY 4/22 Nagoya, Japan 4/23 Osaka, Japan 4/24 Osaka, Japan 4/26 Tokyo, Japan 4/28 Seoul, Korea EXHUMED 2/05 Sacramento, CA 2/06 Las Vegas, NV 2/07 Albuquerque, NM 2/08 Amarillo, TX 2/09 Oklahoma City, OK 2/10 Little Rock, AR ICED EARTH w/ PRIMAL FEAR & THUNDERSTONE 3/19 Antwerpen, Belgium 3/20 Hardenberg, Netherlands 3/21 London, United Kingdom 3/22 Paris, France 3/23 Lyon, France 3/24 Madrid, Spain 3/25 Bergara, Spain 3/27 Barcelona, Spain 3/29 Milan, Italy 3/30 Pratteln, Switzerland 4/01 Koln, Germany 4/02 Nurnberg, Germany 4/03 Filderstadt, Germany 4/04 Wien, Austria 4/06 Hamburg, Germany 4/07 Malmo, Sweden 4/08 Gothenburg, Sweden 4/09 Stockholm, Sweden 4/11 Helsinki, Finland ICED EARTH w/ CHILDREN OF BODOM 4/18 Columbus, OH 4/19 St. Louis, MO 4/20 Chicago, IL 4/21 Minneapolis, MN 4/23 Detroit, MI 4/24 Milwaukee, WI 4/25 Cleveland, OH 4/26 Toronto, ON 4/28 Montreal, QC 4/29 New York, NY 4/30 Philadelphia, PA 5/01 Worcester, MA 5/02 Washington DC 5/04 Atlanta, GA 5/05 Orlando, FL 5/07 New Orleans, LA 5/08 Houston, TX 5/09 Austin, TX 5/10 Dallas, TX 5/12 Denver, CO 5/14 Vancouver, BC 5/15 Seattle, WA 5/17 San Francisco, CA 5/18 Santa Ana, CA 5/19 Phoenix, AZ 5/21 Los Angeles, CA OPETH w/ MOONSPELL & DEVILDRIVER 1/23 Vancouver, BC 1/24 Seattle, WA 1/25 Portland, OR 1/27 Los Angeles, CA 1/28 Phoenix, AZ 1/29 San Diego, CA 1/30 Anaheim, CA 1/31 San Francisco, CA 2/02 Denver, CO 2/03 Lawrence, KS 2/05 Dallas, TX 2/06 Austin, TX 2/07 Houston, TX 2/09 Tampa, FL 2/10 Fort Lauderdale, FL 2/11 Orlando, FL 2/13 Atlanta, GA 2/14 Charlotte, NC 2/15 Washington, DC 2/16 Cincinnati, OH 2/18 Minneapolis, MN 2/19 Chicago, IL 2/20 Detroit, MI 2/21 Latham, NY 2/22 Montreal, QC 2/24 Toronto, ON 2/25 Rochester, NY 2/26 Philadelphia, PA 2/27 New York, NY 2/28 Worcester, MA FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF TOUR DATES GO TO: http://www.metalupdate.com/tour.html -- SPONSORS -- EVIL EYE PRODUCTIONS http://www.evileyesight.com UNRESTRAINED! http://www.unrestrainedmag.com METAL BLADE RECORDS http://www.metalblade.com -- LINKS -- MINISTRY http://www.animositisomina.com STRATOVARIUS http://www.stratovarius.com VENOMOUS CONCEPT http://www.venomousconcept.com ANNIHILATOR http://www.annihilatormetal.com EXHUMED http://www.exhumed.us SKINLESS http://www.4skinless.com RAGING SPEEDHORN http://www.ragingspeedhorn.co.uk SINGLE BULLET THEORY http://www.singlebullettheory.net THROCULT http://www.throcult.com CIRCLE OF FEAR http://www.circleoffear.com ICED EARTH http://www.icedearth.com LACUNA COIL http://www.lacunacoil.it CENTURY MEDIA http://www.centurymedia.com CRASH MUSIC http://www.crashmusicinc.com DAVE LOMBARDO http://www.davelombardo.com PROBOT http://www.probot-music.com HEAVEN SHALL BURN http://www.heavenshallburn.com NECARE http://www.necare.net CROWPATH http://www.crowpath.com LIONSHEART http://www.lionsheart.com DECEIVER http://www.cruor.com/emf/ CONIFER http://www.coniferkills.com RAISING KUBRICK http://www.raisingkubrick.cjb.net DELTHOID http://www.delthoid.com RICHARD CHRISTY http://www.richardchristy.com -- READER SUPPORT -- METAL UPDATE DONATIONS http://shorl.com/janimopratika suggested donation: $5 average donation: $15 |