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This week’s Metal Update went out to over 14,920 subscribers. -- NEWS -- MONDO GENERATOR drummer Alfredo Hernandez (Kyuss, Queens Of The Stone Age) has been added to the lineup SECOND SKY the legendary Dan Swanö (Edge Of Sanity, Unicorn, Nightingale, Pan-Thy-Monium, Bloodbath) is back with this new project - Second Sky is the musical continuation of Unicorn and derives inspiration from “Post-Prog” with a strong emphasis on big choruses and great vocal hooks THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER drummer Zach Gibson (Gutrot, Mutilated) has replaced Cory Grady who was asked to leave the band due to personal and professional conflicts DECEMBER Eric Dellon (Shallow Water Grave, Zombie Apocalypse) has been recruited as new vocalist NOMINON Jonas Mattsson has parted ways with the band – guitarist Juha Sulasalmi will take over the vocal duties until a suitable singer has been found - bassist Joel Andersson (Immersed In Blood) has joined the fold BLACK MASS Lord Shermos has rejoined the horde on bass guitar TESTAMENT fans at the Sweden Rock fest were treated to a guest appearance by early Testament vocalist Steve “Zetro” Souza (Exodus) who sang “Burnt Offerings” with Chuck Billy RANDY RHOADES KnuckleBonz, Inc. their plans to create a Randy Rhoads sculpture for the Guitar Hero limited edition collectible figure series VICTORY RECORDS the label has cut a deal with DVD producers Dragon Well Digital Media Group that will see the Washington, D.C.-based company’s multimedia products exclusively distributed by Victory in North America NEW SIGNINGS The End Records: Second Sky Empire Records: Pyorrhoea DRT Entertainment: GWAR -- HELP WANTED -- MUSICIANS wanted - drummer and guitarist in the Philadelphia area seek bass, vocals and lead guitar for newly-forming band- musical style is a blend of sludge, thrash and hardcore with many other elements – influences: Slayer, Black Sabbath, Isis, Eyehategod, Acid Bath, Botch, Mastodon, Agalloch, more – must be dedicated, friendly and willing to pursue this band as main project - practice on Sundays in NE Philly - racists, junkies, and other such scum need not apply – contact: johnnysin55@hotmail.com MUSICIANS wanted - guitarist and drummer seeking demons influenced by extreme death and black metal in the Central Florida area - looking to spread havoc and blasphemy to the world – influences: Emperor, Mayhem, Bathory, Beheaded, Enthroned, Darkthrone, Setherial, Dark Funeral, Old Man's Child, Diabolic, Hate Eternal, Immortal, more - must have own gear and transportation - contact: EmperorHorde666@aol.com GUITARIST wanted - ex–Lionsheart bassist Eddie Marsh seeks semi professional 2nd lead guitarist (European based with record label and touring experience) for new band to break a deal with a major – influences: Iced Earth, Slipknot, Evanescence, Disturbed, Rammstein, Judas Priest, Arch Enemy, Halford, Iron Maiden, more – contact: halestonemedia@aol.com DRUMMER wanted - Denver based thrashers Clusterfux (Rodent Popsicle Records) seeks drummer - influences: DRI, the Accused, English Dogs, The Exploited, GBH, Exodus, Broken Bones, most 80's punk/thrash crossover bands – contact: clustrfxjsh@aol.com VOCALIST wanted - New York area musicians seek vocalist for death / grind band – Brooklyn rehearsal room - contact: akpvengeance@optonline.net -- FEATURES -- KILLSWITCH ENGAGE http://www.metalupdate.com/interviewkillswitch.html With enough determination, every tragedy can be turned into triumph. This is the story of Killswitch Engage, who bounced back after the loss of their vocalist and drummer after the release of their debut 'Alive Or Just Breathing'. They quickly found replacements in the form of vocalist Howard Jones and drummer Justin Foley and became a better band in the end. The band's comeback 'The End Of Heartache' sold in excess of 37,000 copies in its first week on the shelves, the fourth highest chart debut on Roadrunner Records. Metal Update cornered bassist Mike D'Antonio and confronted him about the new lineup, his artwork techniques and his thoughts on the band's recent success. recent features: SATYRICON http://www.metalupdate.com/interviewsatyricon.html THE GATHERING http://www.metalupdate.com/interviewgathering.html SCARLET http://www.metalupdate.com/interviewscarlet.html -- REVIEWS -- - METAL JUDGMENT - http://www.metaljudgment.com Motorhead 'Inferno' (Abyss, Death, Hel) http://www.metaljudgment.com/albums/motorhead_frames.html Imperanon 'Stained' (Abyss, Death, Hel) http://www.metaljudgment.com/albums/imperanon_frames.html Katatonia 'Brave Yester Days' (Requiem) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/katatonia_frames.html The Gathering 'Sleepy Buildings - A Semi Acoustic Evening' (Ember) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/gatheringsb_frames.html Apostasy 'Cell 666' (Behemoth) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/apostasy_frames.html Ensoph 'Opus Dementiae: Per Speculum Et In Aenigmate' (Redwolff) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/ensoph_frames.html Endominion 'Invoking Deception' (Lugubrious) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/endominion_frames.html Catch 22 'Awaken' (Slither) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/catch22_frames.html Integrity 'To Die For' (Metal Militia) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/integrity_frames.html Triumph 'Live At The US Festival' (Equinox) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/triumph_frames.html U.D.O. 'Nailed to Metal: The Missing Tracks' (Dguy) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/udontm_frames.html Various Artists 'Phases: The Dark Side of Music' (Martyr) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/endcomp_frames.html Type O Negative 'October Rust' - Classic (Kefka X) http://www.metaljudgment.com/classics/typeo_frames.html Lecherous Nocturne - Demo (Sabbath) http://www.metaljudgment.com/demos/lechnoct_frames.html The Hollow - Demo (Goatwhore) http://www.metaljudgment.com/demos/hollow_frames.html -- NEW RELEASES -- 6/12 - Thanatos - Undead.Unholy.Divine. 6/14 - Disinter - As We Burn 6/14 - Withering Surface - Force The Pace 6/15 - Underoath - They're Only Chasing Safety 6/15 - Eighteen Visions - Obsession 6/15 - Heaven Shall Burn - Antigone 6/15 - Brandtson - Send Us A Signal 6/15 - Dark Tranquillity - Exposures 6/15 - VoiVod - War and Pain (box) 6/15 - Sebastian Bach - Forever Wild (DVD) 6/16 - Disinter - As We Burn 6/16 - Cock And Ball Torture - Egoleech 6/17 - Praying Mantis - The Best of Praying Mantis 6/18 - House of Shakira - First Class 6/20 - Lord Belial - The Seal Of Belial 6/20 - Thunderbolt - Inhuman Ritual Massmurder 6/21 - Borknagar - Epic 6/21 - Apokrypha – To The Seven 6/21 - Agathodaimon - Serpent’s Embrace 6/21 - Carnal Forge - Aren´t You Dead Yet? 6/21 - Jag Panzer - Chain Of Command 6/21 - Acheron - Decade Infernus 1988-1998 6/22 - Eisbrecher 6/22 - Scorpions - Unbreakable 6/22 - Torn Within - Allied With Bitterness 6/22 - Ministry - Houses of the Molé 6/22 - Tribunal Records No. 50 6/22 - Flotsam & Jetsam (DVD) 6/25 - Vesania - Firefrost Arcanum 6/25 - Crash Compilation - Death is an Extreme 6/26 - Goratory - Sexual Intercorpse 6/26 - Iced Earth - The Blessed And The Damned (Best Of) 6/28 - Malevolent Creation - Warkult 6/28 - Esoteric - Subconscious Dissolution. . . 6/28 - Lacrimas Profundere - Ave End 6/28 - Anathema - Were You There? (DVD) 6/29 - Unearth - The Oncoming Storm 6/29 - The Forsaken - Traces Of The Past 6/29 - Today Is The Day – Kiss The Pig 6/29 - Atreyu - The Curse 6/29 - Borknagar - Epic 6/29 - Jungle Rot - Fueled By Hate 6/29 - Susperia - Titled Unlimited 6/29 - Nebelhexe - Laguz Within The Lake 6/29 - Rush - Feedback 6/29 - Nocturnus - The Nocturnus Demos 6/29 - Infernal Gathering - The Second Chapter 6/29 - sunn0))) - White2 6/29 - Relapse Single Series Vol.3 6/29 - S.O.D. - Speak English Or Die (LP) 6/29 - The Berzerker - Principles And Practices. . . (DVD) 6/29 - Dream Theater - Live In Tokyo / LIVEtime (DVD) 6/30 - Scent Of Flesh - Valor in Hatred 6/30 - Emeth - Insidious 6/30 - Oxidised Razor / Autophagia - Split 7/05 - Hirax - The New Age Of Terror 7/06 - Eradykate – Rektaliation 7/12 - Ewigkeit - Radio Ixtlan 7/12 - Lana Lane - Return to Japan 7/13 - Incapacity - Ninth Order Extinct 7/13 - Dokken - Hell To Pay 7/13 - Carcass - Choice Cuts 7/13 - Forensics - Things To Do. . . 7/13 - Killing Theory - Dead. Buried. Forgotten. 7/13 - Twilight Ophera - The End Of Halcyon Age 7/13 - A Perfect Murder – Unbroken 7/13 - Candiria - What Does Not Kill You 7/13 - Illogicist - Subjected 7/13 - Canvas Solaris - Sublimation 7/13 - Cattle Decapitation - Humanure 7/13 - Ancient - Night Visit 7/13 - Mortician - Zombie Massacre (live) 7/13 - Neal Morse - Testimony Live (DVD) -- IN PRINT -- UNRESTRAINED! http://www.unrestrainedmag.com/current.html issue #24 is out now featuring: Cannibal Corpse, Death Angel, My Dying Bride, Deicide, Mayhem, Kataklysm, Morgion, Mutiilation, Orphaned Land, The End, Raunchy, Amaran, Exodus, Vintersorg, Soulfly, God Forbid, Abrasive Outlets, Kevi-Metal Rimshots -- ON THE NET -- VAMPIRE MAGAZINE http://www.vampire-magazine.com new interviews: A Life Divided, Anasarca, Audiopain, Beyond The Void, Blaze, Chastisement, Cruachan, Dis, Disarmonia Mundi, Enid, Intestterror, Khold, Killaman, Lyzanxia, Mennen, Morbius, Node, Orphanage, Rival, Rushmoon, Superchrist, The Forsaken, Therion, Vehemence, Visceral Bleeding, Wapenspraak & Drinkgelag LIVE 4 METAL http://www.live4metal.com new interviews: Atomic Bitchwax / Black Nasa, Destiny, Pure Sweet Hell, Killwhitneydead, Tribute to Quorthon (Bathory), Suffocation, Bob Daisley Interview: Part II, Scarve, Anwyl TARTAREAN DESIRE http://www.tartareandesire.com new interviews: Aeternus, Mayhem, Deathchain, Joakim Göthberg (Dimension Zero) -- TOUR DATES -- (dates are subject to change - check local listings) DANZIG 7/02 Phoenix, AZ 7/03 Tuba City, AZ 7/24 HUN 8/20 Stuttgart, GER 8/21 Tolmin, SLO 8/23 Nürnberg, GER 8/24 Münster-Breitefeld, GER 8/28 Bergen, NOR DIO 7/16 Moscow, RUS 7/17 St. Petersburg, RUS 7/18 Helsinki, FIN 7/20 Gothenburg, SWE 7/21 Karlskoga, SWE 7/23 Madrid, SPA 7/24 Pamplona, SPA 7/25 Barcelona, SPA 7/27 Valencia, SPA 7/29 Zaragoza, SPA 7/31 Vigo, SPA 8/03 Worgl, AUT 8/04 Karlsruhe, GER 8/05 Nurnberg, GER 8/06 Hamburg, GER 8/07 Rijssen, NETH 8/09 Manchester, UK 8/10 Glasgow, SCO 8/12 Birmingham, UK 8/13 Folkstone, UK 8/14 London, UK 8/15 Nottingham, UK FEAR FACTORY w/ SWORN ENEMY & MASTODON 7/26 Towson, MD 7/27 Philadelphia, PA 7/29 Clifton Park, NJ 7/30 Hartford, CT 7/31 Boston, MA 8/04 Buffalo, NY 8/10 Milwaukee, WI 8/12 Minneapolis, MN 8/13 Davenport, IA 8/14 Bellefontaine, OH 8/15 Chicago, IL 8/17 Denver, CO 8/18 Albuquerque, NM 8/20 Phoenix (Tempe), AZ 8/21 Los Angeles, CA 8/22 Las Vegas, NV GOD FORBID 7/11 Augusta, ME 7/13 Quebec City, QC 7/15 Rochester, NY 7/17 Glens Falls, NY 7/21 Johnson City, TN 7/26 Vancouver, BC 7/28 St. Helens, OR 7/30 Las Vegas, NV 8/06 Lubbock, TX 8/09 Little Rock, AR 8/13 Cedar Rapids, IA 8/14 Ottawa, ON 8/20 Cincinnati, OH 8/25 State College, PA 8/27 Darien Center, NY 8/29 Virginia Beach, VA 8/30 Spartanburg, SC KATATONIA 6/26 Nummijärvi, FIN 7/03 Istanbul, TUR 7/06 Athens, GRE 8/19 Abtsgmünd, GER 8/21 Tolbin, SLO 8/26 Kristiansand, NOR 8/27 Bergen, NOR 8/28 Stavanger, NOR 8/29 Oslo, NOR RADIATION 4 w/ THE ESOTERIC 6/29 San Francisco, CA 6/30 Sacramento, CA 7/01 Gresham, OR 7/02 Seattle, WA 7/04 Vancouver, WA 7/05 Boise, ID 7/06 Jackson, WY 7/07 Salt Lake City, UT 7/08 Denver, CO 7/09 Joplin, MO 7/10 Kansas City, MO 7/11 Cedar Rapids 7/12 St. Paul, MN 7/13 Madison, WI 7/14 Elgin, IL 7/15 Columbia, MO 7/16 Louisville, KY 7/17 Indianapolis, IN 7/18 Ypsilanti, MI 7/19 Columbus, OH 7/20 Fredonia, NY 7/21 Rochester, NY GATHERING OF THE BESTIAL LEGION http://www.bestialfest.cjb.net 6/26 - Hollywood, CA Dark Funeral, Mortician, Sadistic Intent, Anal Blast, Fleshgrind, Unholy Ghost, Impaled, Noctuary, Dreams of Damnation, Phobia, Disgorge, Throcult, Resuscitator , Nokturne, Abyssmal Nocturne, Scarred, Epicedium, Nuclear Winter , Willow Wisp, Nema, Winterthrall, Mictlantechutli, Damnation, Necromis, Black Holida, Nymphotomy, Coffin Texts FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF TOUR DATES GO TO: http://www.metalupdate.com/tour.html -- SPONSORS -- THE END RECORDS http://www.theendrecords.com EVIL EYE PRODUCTIONS http://www.evileyesight.com UNRESTRAINED! http://www.unrestrainedmag.com -- LINKS -- MONDO GENERATOR http://www.mondogenerator.com THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER http://www.theblackdahliamurder.com DECEMBER http://www.clutchmove.com NOMINON http://www.nominon.com BLACK MASS http://www.usblackmass.com TESTAMENT http://www.testamentlegions.com RANDY RHOADES FIGURINE http://www.guitarhero.net VICTORY RECORDS http://www.victoryrecords.com DRAGON WELL DIGITAL MEDIA http://www.dragonwell.net PYORRHOEA http://www.pyorrhoea.org GWAR http://www.gwar.net -- READER SUPPORT -- METAL UPDATE DONATIONS http://shorl.com/janimopratika suggested donation: $5 average donation: $10 _ _ | |_ _| | | | | | |_ |_______|_) ===== 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 © Copyright 2004 by http://www.metalupdate.com - All Rights Reserved Metal Update PO Box 214 Norwich, CT 06360 USA |
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