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-- NEWS --
CANNIBAL CORPSE
guitarist Jack Owen has left the group as his "heart just wasn't in it
anymore" - the band is currently teaching another guitarist the set list
for the 'Wretched Spawn' tour
GORGOROTH
Frost will not replace drummer Kvitrafn as originally intended as his
dedication to 1349 and Satyricon proved to be a conflict - vocalist Gaahl
has been sentenced to 18 months in a prison for charges stemming from an
incident in which he allegedly assaulted a man
NUCLEAR ASSAULT
guitarist Scott Harrington (Minus, Aimed Aggression) has been added to the
lineup rounded out by original members John Connelly (v), Danny Lilker (b)
and Glenn Evans (d)
DENATA
the band has called it quits due to "lack of inspiration"
PLANET X
guitarist T.J. Helmerich has replaced Tony MacAlpine
TRANSPORT LEAGUE
guitarist Dan J has left the band due to personal and economical problems
- the search for a suitable replacement is underway
BEYOND THE EMBRACE
Chris Parlon (Marazine) has been recruited to take over on bass guitar
HEAVENLY
Maxence Pilo, Pierre-Emmanuel Pelisson and Frédéric Leclercq have left the
band due to musical differences and are in the process of starting a new
project
EVOKEN
the band is in the studio recording their new album with new keyboardist
Denny Hahn - John Paradiso will be holding down bass duties as the band
has parted ways with Steve
BEHEADED
vocalist Melchior Borg has been added to the lineup in time for the
recording of 'Ominous Bloodline'
SEXDIGITAL
the band has completed its lineup with addition Berklee graduate Annemarie
on guitar
THE DARKNESS
the Brits have reportedly enlisted Robert "Mutt" Lange (AC/DC, Def Leppard) to produce their next album
MACHINE HEAD
'Through The Ashes Of Empires' entered the Billboard Album Chart at 88,
selling over 11,000 copies its first week
NEW SIGNINGS
Metal Blade: Soilent Green
Century Media: Napalm Death
Unique Leader: Beheaded
Trustkill Records: Terror
Conquer Records: Supreme Lord
Animate Records: Purgatory
Demolition Records: David Lee Roth, Twisted Sister
Listenable Records: Anorexia Nervosa, Jigsore Terror, Incantation (Europe)
-- HELP WANTED --
DRUMMER wanted - Circle of Dead Children seeks a drummer to fill in for a
few months while Mike Bartek recovers from wrist surgery scheduled in June
- contact: newmedia@lcsys.net
GUITARIST wanted - true metal band with label support, contacts, merch,
songs & rehearsal space south of Pittsburgh, PA needs shredding guitarist/
writer/ performer willing to rehearse a couple nights a week, record &
tour - influences: Malmsteen, Vivian era Dio, LaRoque, Rhodes, Maiden,
Ryche, Rainbow, Iced, Fates, Priest, W.A.S.P. - must have cool look/ image
& be open minded enough to go as sick & theatrical as need be - contact:
jmyers@cleorecs.com
VOCALIST wanted - Obliteration still seeks vocalist - interested parties
should learn "Blinded by Fear" by At the Gates and most of the songs on
our demo which can be downloaded on our website - recordings, compilation
appearances and shows will commence shortly - pro attitude is mandatory -
contact: Ceremonium@aol.com
VOCALIST available - NY extreme metal vocalist relocating to Florida
mid-summer - seeking musicians (g, b, d, k) to start black metal outfit in
the vein of Thorns, Emperor, Dimmu, 1349, old Thyrane - also a concert
promoter/ band manager looking for Florida extreme bands to work with on
bringing the cold to the south - contact: Kaosmetal@aol.com
-- FEATURES --
SCARLET
http://www.metalupdate.com/interviewscarlet.html
YOB
http://www.metalupdate.com/interviewyob.html
DEVILDRIVER
http://www.metalupdate.com/interviewdevil.html
CENTINEX
http://www.metalupdate.com/interviewcentinex.html
-- REVIEWS --
- METAL JUDGMENT -
http://www.metaljudgment.com
Evergrey 'The Inner Circle'
(Abyss, Death, Hel)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/albums/evergrey_frames.html
New England Metal And Hardcore Festival 2004
(Abyss, Death, Hel)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/albums/nemhcf2004_frames.html
Witchcraft 'Witchcraft'
(Slither)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/witchcraft_frames.html
Vader 'Blood / Reign Forever World'
(Kefka X)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/vader_frames.html
Lunaris 'Cyclic'
(Requiem)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/lunaris_frames.html
Waco Jesus 'Filth'
(Lugubrious)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/wacojesus_frames.html
Khanate 'Things Viral'
(Redwolff)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/khanatetv_frames.html
Circle Takes The Square 'As The Roots Undo'
(Metal Militia)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/ctts_frames.html
Terror Of The Trees 'Devil Worship'
(Behemoth)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/terrorott_frames.html
Various Artists 'A Tribute To The Four Horsemen'
(Dguy)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/mettribute_frames.html
Kataklysm 'Temple Of Knowledge' - Classic
(Kefka X)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/classics/kataklysm_frames.html
Magus Beast - Demo
(Zilla)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/demos/magusbeast_frames.html
Voodoo Temple - Demo
(Equinox)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/demos/voodootemp_frames.html
-- NEW RELEASES --
4/26 - Heaven Shall Burn - Antigone
4/26 - Kotipelto - Coldness
4/26 - Dream Evil - The First Chapter
4/26 - Totalt Jävla Mörker - Människans Ringa Värde
4/26 - Atrocity - Atlantis
4/26 - Anasarca - Dying
4/26 - Nephasth - Conceived By Inhuman Blood
4/26 - Blaze - Blood And Belief
4/26 - Razorback - Animal Anger
4/26 - Wolf - Evil Star
4/26 - Intense - Second Sight
4/26 - Finntroll - Nattfödd
4/26 - Chaos Breed - Brutal
4/26 - Kotipelto - Coldness
4/27 - Winds - The Imaginary Direction Of Time
4/27 - Suffocation - Souls To Deny
4/27 - Morgion - Cloaked By Ages, Crowned In Earth
4/27 - Evergrey - The Inner Circle
4/27 - Machinegun Kelly - White Line Offsides
4/27 - Tiles - Window Dressing
4/27 - Nekromantix - Dead Girls Don't Cry
4/27 - Black Nasa - Deuce
4/27 - Jerry Gaskill - Come Somewhere
4/28 - Infinited Hate - Revel In Bloodshed
4/30 - Stabwound - Human Boundaries
5/01 - Terrorist - mata o muere
5/01 - Ascension Theory - Regeneration
5/03 - Vision Divine - Stream Of Consciousness
5/03 - Tiles - Window Dressing
5/03 - Scorpions - Unbreakable
5/03 - Crematory - Revolution
5/03 - Blut Aus Nord - The Work Which Transforms God
5/03 - Nebelhexe - Laguz - Within The Lake
5/03 - Hecate Enthroned - Redimus
5/04 - High Volume
5/04 - Death Angel - The Art Of Dying
5/04 - Insomnium - Since The Day It All Came Down
5/04 - 1349 - Beyond The Apocalypse
5/04 - Silent Drive - Love Is Worth It
5/04 - Torchbearer - Yersinia Pestis
5/04 - Vision Divine - Stream of Consciousness
5/04 - Vernon Reid & Masque - Known Unknown
5/04 - Drop - Suckerpunch
5/04 - Ghoulunatics - Sabacthany
5/04 - Ghoulunatics - It's a Live!
5/04 - Anvil - Back to Basics
5/04 - Armored Saint - A.S. Magazine (DVD/CD)
5/05 - Katatonia - Brave Yester Days
5/05 - Malamor - Dead To The World
5/08 - Demon Hunter - Summer Of Darkness
5/10 - Amoral - Wound Creations
5/10 - Freedom Call - Live Invasion
5/10 - Heimdall - Hard As Iron
5/10 - StormHammer - Lord Of Darkness
5/10 - Linea 77 - Numbed (DVD)
5/11 - Killswitch Engage - The End Of Heartache
5/11 - The Red Chord - Fused Together. . . (+bonus)
5/11 - The Great Deceiver - Terra Incognito
5/11 - Stampede Queen - A Night At The Cockfights
5/11 - Joacim Cans - Beyond The Gates
5/11 - Infernal Majesty - One Who Points To Death
5/11 - Judas Priest - Metalogy (box)
5/13 - Depredation - Slaughtered Innocence
5/14 - Cropment - Spiral Of Violence
5/15 - The Eternal - The Sombre Light Of Isolation
5/16 - Without End - Disaster Is Man
5/17 - Cemetary - Phantasma
5/17 - My Darkest Hate - At War
5/17 - Without End - Disease Is Man
5/17 - Imperanon - Stained
5/17 - Cancer - Corporation$
5/17 - Abominant - Conquest
5/17 - Ophiolatry / Infernal Dominion - Split
5/17 - Mithras - Forever Advancing Legions
5/17 - Niya - Head Held High
5/17 - Disarmonia Mundi - Fragments Of D-Generation
5/18 - Velvet Revolver - Contraband
5/18 - ChaosBreed - Brutal
5/18 - Hirax - The New Age Of Terror
5/18 - Beyond The Embrace - Insect Song
5/18 - An Evening with John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess
5/18 - The Project Hate - Hate, Dominate, Congregate. . .
5/18 - The Heavils - Heavilution
5/18 - Rival - State of Mind
5/18 - Blut Aus Nord - The Work Which Transforms God
5/18 - Amen - Death Before Musick
5/18 - Vond - Selvmord
5/18 - Possessed Tribute - Seven Gates Of Horror
5/18 - Destruction - Live Discharge (DVD)
-- IN PRINT --
BRAVE WORDS & BLOODY KNUCKLES
http://www.bravewords.com
issue #79 is out now featuring: Fear Factory, Dismember, Death Angel,
Exodus, Blaze, Warrior, Morgion, Finntroll, Cans, Cadaver, Clutch,
Kotipelto, The Clan Destined, Madmen & Sinners, Uphill Battle, Battlelore,
Hearse, Lunaris
GUNS N' ROSES: THE BAND THAT TIME FORGOT
http://shorl.com/higragrurojyha
Paul Stenning's new book is a documentary of the GN'R's last decade
focusing on the life of Axl Rose and the recording of 'Chinese Democracy'
- there are rare photos, a huge chapter on promos, collectibles, etc. and
new revelations on the band's early days
-- ON THE NET --
LORDS OF METAL
http://www.lordsofmetal.nl
issue #37 is now online featuring: Among The Living, Blaze, Cruachan,
Danny Danzi, Death By Design, DevilDriver, Double Cross, Dreamaker, Evil
Masquerade, Forsaken, Infinited Hate, Inner Wish, Into Eternity, JK
Northrup, Jorn, Kiuas, Kultur Shock, Leatherwolf, Magic Kingdom, Node,
Occult, Officium Triste, Ribspreader, Saltatio Mortis, Scars Of Tomorrow,
Shadows land, Silent Stream Of Godless Elegy, Sirenia, Stormlord, The
Bones, The Great Deceiver, Toto, Vision Divine, Vomitory, Voodooshock,
Within Y, Wolf, Zeke
PIVOTAL RAGE
http://www.pivotalrage.com
new interviews: The Black Dahlia Murder, Trivium, Blood Duster, Arsis
LIVE 4 METAL
http://www.live4metal.com
new interviews: Hammers of Misfortune, Celtic Legacy, Gorerotted, As I Lay
Dying
CHRONICLES OF CHAOS
http://www.ChroniclesOfChaos.com
new interviews: Dimmu Borgir, Nightwish, Aborted
-- TOUR DATES --
(dates are subject to change - check local listings)
DEAD TO FALL
5/15 Michigan City, IN
5/16 Chicago, IL
5/17 Milwaukee, WI
5/18 Des Moines, IA
5/19 Kansas City, KS
5/20 Denver, CO
5/21 Salt Lake City, UT
5/23 Spokane, WA
5/24 Seattle, WA
5/25 Portland, OR
5/26 Sacramento, CA Ê
6/02 San Antonio, TX
6/03 Corpus Christi, TX
6/05 Baton Rouge, LA
6/07 Nashville, TN
6/10 Orlando, FL
6/11 Naples, FL
6/12 W. Palm Beach, FL
6/14 Daytona Beach, FL
6/15 Hebron, OH
6/19 Arlington Hts, IL
DEICIDE w/ AKERCOCKE, MYSTIC CIRCLE & IN AETERNUM
6/05 Nijmegen, NETH
6/08 London, UK
6/09 Newport, UK
6/10 Dublin, IRE
6/11 Edinburgh, UK
6/12 Sheffield, UK
6/13 Waarschoot, BEL
6/14 Essen, GER l
6/15 Aarhus, DEN
6/16 Stavanger, NOR
6/17 Bergen, NOR
6/18 Oslo, NOR
6/19 Trondheim, NOR
6/21 Oulu, FIN
6/22 Helsinki, FIN
6/23 Jyvaskyla, FIN
6/24 Stockholm, SWE
6/26 Muenster (Breitefeld-Dieburg), GER
6/27 Le Mans, FRA
6/28 Paris, FRA
6/29 Toulouse, FRA
7/01 Irun, SPA
7/02 Barcelona, SPA
7/03 Madrid, SPA
7/04 Porto, POR
7/05 Santiago De Compostela, SPA
ICED EARTH w/ CHILDREN OF BODOM & EVERGREY
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
5/19 Scottsdale, AZ
5/21 Los Angeles, CA
6/01 Las Vegas, NV
6/02 Salt Lake City, UT
6/04 Oklahoma City, OK
6/05 Lawrence KS
6/07 Grand Rapids, MI
6/08 Cincinnati, OH
6/09 Towson, MD
6/10 Winston Salem, NC
6/11 Norfolk, VA
6/12 Pittsburgh, PA
6/14 Sayreville, NJ
6/15 Latham, NY
6/16 Providence, RI
6/17 Rochester, NY
6/18 Flint, MI
KATAKLYSM w/ MISERY INDEX, CANNAE & THROUGH THE DISCIPLINE
5/01 Worcester, MA
5/02 Cleveland, OH
5/03 Milwaukee, WI
5/05 St Paul, MN
5/06 Fargo, ND
5/08 Salt Lake City, UT
5/09 Boise, ID
5/10 Seattle, WA
5/11 Portland, OR
5/12 San Francisco, CA
5/13 Corona, CA
5/15 San Diego, CA
5/16 Phoenix, AZ
5/18 Oklahoma City, OK
5/19 Dallas,TX
5/20 Metairie, LA
5/21 Tampa, FL
5/23 Nashville, TN
5/27 New York, NY
5/28 Syracuse, NY
5/29 Ottawa, ON
OZZFEST
http://www.ozzfest.com
Ozzy Osbourne, 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,
Otep, Throwdown, Magna-Fi
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
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UNRESTRAINED!
http://www.unrestrainedmag.com
-- LINKS --
CANNIBAL CORPSE
http://www.cannibalcorpse.net
GORGOROTH
http://www.gorgoroth.org
NUCLEAR ASSAULT
http://www.nuclearassault.us
DENATA
http://listen.to/denata
PLANET X
http://www.xplanetx.com
TRANSPORT LEAGUE
http://www.transportleague.com
BEYOND THE EMBRACE
http://www.beyondtheembrace.com
HEAVENLY
http://www.heavenlymetal.net
EVOKEN
http://www.evoken.com
BEHEADED
http://www.beheaded.net
SEXDIGITAL
http://www.sexdigital.org
THE DARKNESS
http://www.thedarknessrock.com
MACHINE HEAD
http://www.machinehead1.com
SOILENT GREEN
http://www.soilentgreen.net
TERROR
http://www.terrorhc.com
PURGATORY
http://www.purgatory666.de
TWISTED SISTER
http://www.twistedsister.com
ANOREXIA NERVOSA
http://www.mother-anorexia.com
INCANTATION
http://www.incantation.com
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