Metal Update 7/09/2004[views:8374][posts:0]______________________________________ [Jul 9,2004 10:57am - the_reverend ""] --------- 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 15,030 subscribers. -- NEWS -- MEGADETH drummer Nick Menza has rejoined the band and is currently learning material from the forthcoming album ‘The System Has Failed’ due on September 14 SAXON Jorg Michael (Stratovarius) has replaced Fritz Randow on drums for upcoming tours and the next album dubbed ‘Lionheart’ - Randow has left the Saxon to pursue other projects but may rejoin the band in the future MISERY INDEX guitarist Bruce Greig quit the band - former guitarist/ vocalist Mike Harrison (featured on ‘Overthrow’ and the ‘Commit Suicide Split’) will be filling in on all dates in the United States and Europe from the July 21 date in Buffalo through Hellfest WINTERS BANE drummer Mark Cross (Helloween, Metalium) has been added to the lineup SINGLE BULLET THEORY original guitarist Doug Rush has been replaced by Carlos Alverez (Shadowdance) ATREYU ‘The Curse’ debuted at #32 on the Billboard Top 200 selling 34,145 copies in its first week DEICIDE in the wake of the success of ‘Scars Of The Crucifix’, the legendary Florida death metal band has re-signed with Earache Records for a worldwide two album deal NEW SIGNINGS Century Media: Mercenary Limb Music Products: Domain Karmageddon Media: Siege Of Hate, Finnugor -- HELP WANTED -- GUITARIST wanted – Prophecy is fresh off the European tour and seeks second guitar player – contact: jarrod@prophecysdomain.com DRUMMER wanted - Massachusetts' Discreate seeks an experienced drummer to compliment our style - extremely serious about this band and need someone who can give the music what it needs - ages range from 22-25 - influences include all genres of metal, but mainly speed, thrash, melody and powerful grooves - contact: alexmetal78@hotmail.com BASSIST wanted - Philly based death metal grind band formed in 1998, With Immortality, seek experienced bassist - must have own equipment and be willing to play the Philly / NJ area - band plans to record and tour soon – influences: Cryptopsy, Cephalic Carnage, Pig Destroyer, Cannibal Corpse, more – contact: wi213@hotmail.com VOCALIST wanted – VA’s Worst Case Scenario seeks singer - band in the vein of Lamb Of God / Hatebreed with a touch of death metal - currently negotiating a record deal with an independent label in PA – contact: thedarksideofsteetteaming@yahoo.com BASS & VOX wanted - band looking for bassist, full time vocalist in or near Tennessee – must have own equipment, dedication, transportation, 5 years or more playing experience – influences: Slayer, Black Sabbath, Repulsion, Marduk, Nile, Incantation, Deicide, Origin, Iced Earth, etc. – contact: noise_maestro@yahoo.com -- FEATURES -- KILLSWITCH ENGAGE http://www.metalupdate.com/interviewkillswitch.html 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 Today Is The Day 'Kiss The Pig' (Abyss, Death, Hel) http://www.metaljudgment.com/albums/titd_frames.html Dokken 'Hell To Pay' (Abyss, Death, Hel) http://www.metaljudgment.com/albums/dokken_frames.html Exhumed 'Platters Of Splatter' (Hel) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/exhumed_frames.html Place of Skulls 'With Vision' (Redwolff) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/placeofskullsw_frames.html Omen 'Eternal Black Dawn' (Martyr) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/omen_frames.html Denata 'Art Of The Insane' (Dguy) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/denataa_frames.html Skid Row 'Thickskin' (Goatwhore) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/skidrow_frames.html Klimt 1918 'Undressed Momento' (Lugubrious) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/klimt1918_frames.html Life In Your Way 'The Sun Rises. . .' (Behemoth) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/liyw_frames.html Various Artists 'Uncorrupted Steel 2' (Slither) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/variousus2_frames.html Antonio Vivaldi 'The Four Seasons' - Classic (Equinox) http://www.metaljudgment.com/classics/vivaldi_frames.html Death du Jour - Demo (Sabbath) http://www.metaljudgment.com/demos/deathdujour_frames.html Lisa the Wolf - Demo (Lugubrious) http://www.metaljudgment.com/demos/lisathewolf_frames.html -- NEW RELEASES -- 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 - Neurosis - The Eye Of Every Storm 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 7/02 - Warren Appleby - The Terrible Beauty 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 - Algol/Shroud Of Despondency - Whispers. . . 7/13 - Incapacity - Ninth Order Extinct 7/13 - Dokken - Hell To Pay 7/13 - Meshuggah - I 7/13 - Carcass - Choice Cuts 7/13 - Forensics - Things To Do When You Should Be Dead Anyway 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) 7/15 - Hollywood Hairspray III 7/20 - The Dillinger Escape Plan - Miss Machine 7/20 - Magister Dixit - Infernal Martyrism 7/22 - Zillion -- IN PRINT -- METAL MANIACS http://www.metalmaniacs.com the September 2004 issue is out now featuring: Born From Pain, Cadaver, Centinex, Crisis, Dan Lorenzo, Dawn Of Azazel, Daughters, Draugar, Exodus, Finntroll, The Great Deceiver, Khold, Into Eternity, In Flames, Morgion, Nihil Nocturne, Susperia, Tad Morose, Tiamat, TT Quick, Vomitory, Yngwie Malmsteen, 16 -- ON THE NET -- LORDS OF METAL http://www.lordsofmetal.nl new interviews: Agathodaimon, Alyson Avenue, Borknagar, Cattle Decapitation, Demonoid, Dokken, Drowning Pool, Eonostem, Exciter, Frontline, Galadriel, Hirax, Human Temple, Inner Shrine, Jerry Gaskill, Killswitch Engage, Lacrimas Profundere, Leaves Eyes, Mar De Grises, Mayhem, Motörhead, Nebelhexë, Necare, Negator, Neurosis, Next Waste Dimension, Perzonal War, The Eternal, Thorn.Eleven, Today Is The Day, Walls Of Jericho, Y&T, Zebulon -- TOUR DATES -- (dates are subject to change - check local listings) CLUTCH 7/09 San Francisco, CA 7/10 Los Angeles, CA 7/11 San Diego, CA 7/13 Phoenix, AZ 7/14 Santa Ana, CA 7/28 Columbus, OH 7/29 Newport, KY 7/30 Flint, MI 7/31 Flint, MI 8/02 Lawrence, KS 8/04 Denver, CO 8/06 Austin, TX 8/07 Houston, TX 8/08 Dallas, TX 8/11 Orlando, FL THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN 7/09 Padova, ITA 7/10 Moutier, SWI 7/18 Baltimore, MD 7/19 Baltimore, MD 7/21 Boston, MA 7/25 Elizabeth, NJ 7/26 Toronto, ON 7/27 Toronto, ON 7/29 Detroit, MI 7/30 Cleveland, OH 7/31 Chicago, IL 8/01 Chicago, IL 8/03 Boulder, CO 8/06 San Francisco, CA 8/07 Los Angeles, CA 8/14 Austin, TX 8/16 New York, NY 8/17 New York, NY 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 LAMB OF GOD w/ ATREYU & UNEARTH 7/17 Syracuse, NY 7/21 Cincinnati, OH 7/25 Salt Lake City, UT 7/30 San Diego, CA 8/01 Scottsdale, AZ 8/06 Corpus Christi, TX 8/08 Houston, TX 8/09 Tulsa, OK 8/11 Little Rock, AR 8/13 Davenport, IA 8/15 Minneapolis, MN 8/20 Louisville, KY 8/22 Omaha, NE 8/25 Charleston, WV 8/30 Baltimore, MD 9/03 Tallahassee, FL OZZFEST http://www.ozzfest.com Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Slayer, Dimmu Borgir, Superjoint Ritual, Black Label Society, Slipknot, Hatebreed, Lamb Of God, Atreyu, Bleeding Through, Lacuna Coil, Every Time I Die, Unearth, God Forbid, Devildriver, Darkest Hour 7/10 Hartford, CT 7/12 Boston, MA 7/14 Wantagh, NY 7/16 Holmdel, NJ 7/18 Bristow, VA 7/20 Columbus, OH 7/22 Nashville, TN 7/24 Denver, CO 7/27 Seattle, WA 7/29 San Francisco, CA 7/31 San Bernardino, CA 8/03 Albuquerque, NM 8/05 Dallas, TX 8/07 San Antonio, TX 8/10 Kansas City, KS 8/12 St. Louis, MO 8/14 East Troy, WI 8/17 Detroit, MI 8/19 Cleveland, OH 8/21 Chicago, IL 8/24 Indianapolis, IN 8/26 Camden, NJ 8/28 Pittsburgh, PA 8/31 Raleigh, NC 9/02 Tampa, FL 9/04 West Palm, FL FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF TOUR DATES GO TO: http://www.metalupdate.com/tour.html -- SPONSORS -- EVIL EYE PRODUCTIONS http://www.evileyesight.com -- LINKS -- MEGADETH http://www.megadeth.com SAXON http://www.saxon747.com MISERY INDEX http://www.misery-index.com WINTERS BANE http://www.dcarecordings.com/winters_bane.htm SINGLE BULLET THEORY http://www.singlebullettheory.net ATREYU http://www.atreyurock.com DEICIDE http://www.deicide.com MERCENARY http://www.mercenary.dk DOMAIN http://www.domainband.de SIEGE OF HATE http://www.siegeofhate.com FINNUGOR http://www.finnugor.cjb.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 |