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-- NEWS --


PISSING RAZORS
Eddy Garcia and Rick Valles are officially playing with Ministry - Eddy
Garcia is playing bass and Rick is playing guitar - Pissing Razors will be
releasing a new album next year

HELMET
due to a broken collar bone injury sustained by band leader Page Hamilton
while mountain biking, the band has been forced to revise their tour dates
and will now launch their first tour in seven years in early October -
this news also affects the release date of 'Size Matters' which has been
moved to October 5 from its original September 14 release

CALLENISH CIRCLE
drummer Gavin Harte has returned to the fold

PLACE OF SKULLS
drummer Tim Tomaselli has left the group to pursue personal interests

FALCONER
bassist Magnus Linhardt has been added to the lineup

LUCUBRO
the band has decided to part ways - new projects are expected to rise from
the ashes

RETCH
the band has replaced the drum machine with drummer Brian Wishin
(Entorturement) and are hitting the studio this January to record a new
MCD

TRIVIUM
Jason Suecof (Capharnaum, Crotchduster) will be producing the band's debut
album for Roadrunner Records

NEW SIGNINGS
Crash Music: Disgorge
Escapi: Eidolon



-- HELP WANTED --


BAND wanted - Paul Di'anno is looking for a new band for live work
throughout Europe - must be a twin guitar line-up and must live in Europe
and be able to
play both old and new style metal and rock, and must be great musicians
with no girlfriend problems - must have a good back-line, along with their
own back-line
transportation - must have much experience of live work
together along with proof of their previous live shows - no individual
musicians need apply as this is strictly a full band line-up that is
required - contact: Leajameshart@aol.com

DRUMMER wanted - Lividity seeks drummer - based out of Peoria, IL. /
Champaign, IL - influences: Cannibal Corpse, Deicide, Suffocation, Morbid
Angel, Obituary, Slayer, Napalm Death - must be experienced and dedicated
with double bass, blast beats, grind, and contributor to the writing
process - great personality, easy going, hard working, serious inquiries a
must - own equipment, transportation preferred - no addicts - contact:
kibler4@sbcglobal.net

DRUMMER & BASSIST wanted - Baltimore's Spinal Remains seeks drummer and
bassist to complete lineup - must be over 18 - must be interested in
death, grind, black metal - contact: spinalremains@requiemrecords.com

MUSICIANS wanted - Toronto's Winterheart seeks drummer, second guitarist,
bassist - progressive black metal band influenced by Ancient, Behemoth,
Cradle Of Filth, Gorgoroth, Immortal - contact: totalraquio@hotmail.com



-- REVIEWS --


- METAL JUDGMENT -
http://www.metaljudgment.com

Mastodon 'Leviathan'
(Abyss, Death, Hel)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/albums/mastodon_frames.html

Ewigkeit 'Radio Ixtlan'
(Abyss, Death, Hel)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/albums/ewigkeit_frames.html

Wolf 'Evil Star'
(Abyss)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/wolf_frames.html

After Forever 'Exordium'
(Behemoth)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/afterforever_frames.html

Morifade 'Domination'
(Martyr)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/morifade_frames.html

Pig Destroyer 'Painter of Dead Girls'
(Metal Militia)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/pigdestroyerp_frames.html

Luca Turilli 'Prophet of the Last Eclipse'
(Equinox)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/lucaturilli_frames.html

Rebreather 'Half Speed Ahead'
(Lugubrious)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/rebreatherh_frames.html

In the Woods 'Heart of the Ages'
(Kefka X)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/inthewoodsh_frames.html

Ghoul 'Maniaxe'
(Slither)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/ghoul_frames.html

Windir 'Likferd'
(Goatwhore)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/windir_frames.html

Contaminated VI
(Ember)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/variouscont6_frames.html

Tribunal Records 2003 Sampler V.2
(Requiem)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/varioustr03_frames.html

A Tribute to the Beast Vol. 2
(Dguy)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/variousatttb_frames.html

Mastodon, Fear Factory - Concert
(Death, Hel, Requiem)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/ffmastodon_frames.html

Leeway 'Desperate Measures' - Classic
(Requiem)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/classics/leeway_frames.html

Manifest - Demo
(Jotun)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/demos/manifestb_frames.html



-- NEW RELEASES --


8/09 - Glittertind - Evige Asatro
8/10 - Einherjer - Blot
8/10 - Enslaved - Vikingligr Veldi / Hordanes Land
8/10 - Borknagar - Epic
8/10 - Esqarial - Inheritance
8/10 - Spinal Cord - Remedy
8/10 - Entombed - Inferno w/ Averno
8/10 - Goatsnake - Trampled Under Hoof
8/10 - All Else Failed - This Never Happened
8/10 - Endicott - The Words In Ink Don't Lie
8/10 - The Crown - Crowned Unholy
8/10 - Iced Earth - The Blessed And The Damned
8/13 - Necrotic Disgorgement - Suffocated in Shrinkwrap
8/23 - Napalm Death - Leaders Not Followers 2
8/23 - Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry (rerecording)
8/23 - Lullacry - Fire Within
8/23 - Grave - Fiendish Regression
8/24 - Insision - Revealed And Worshipped
8/24 - Transmission0 - 0 (Zero)
8/24 - Lullacry - Fire Within
8/24 - Single Bullet Theory - Behind Eyes Of Hatred
8/24 - The Mandrake- Burning Horizon At The End Of Dawn
8/24 - Ewigkeit - Radio Ixtlan
8/24 - Further Seems Forever - Hide Nothing
8/24 - Meliah Rage - Barely Human
8/24 - Anvil - Back To Basics
8/24 - Old Man Gloom - Christmas
8/30 - Dio - Master Of The Moon
8/30 - Kingdom Come - Perpetual
8/30 - Edenbridge - A Livetime In Eden
8/30 - Lamb Of God - Ashes Of The Wake
8/31 - Jordan Rudess - Rhythm of Time
8/31 - Children Of Bodom - Trashed, Lost & Strungout
8/31 - Mastodon - Leviathan
8/31 - Danzig - Circle Of Snakes
8/31 - Resident Evil: Apocalypse
9/06 - Cataract - With Triumph Comes Loss
9/06 - Amon Amarth - Fate Of Norns
9/07 - Amorphis - Far From The Sun
9/07 - Grave - Fiendish Regression
9/07 - Unleashed - Sworn Allegiance
9/08 - Pain Confessor - Turmoil



-- IN PRINT --


TERRORIZER
http://www.terrorizer.com

issue #123 is out now featuring: Megadeth, Mastodon, Old Man Gloom, Today
Is The Day, Jesu, Mortiis, Turasis, Hirax, Unearth, Zao, Black Eye Riot,
Refused, The Hidden Hand, Saint Vitus, Nightwish, Das Oath, Gay For Jonny
Depp, Psypus, Transmisson Zero, Five Knuckle, Stand Up Guy



-- ON THE NET --


AUTOEROTICASPHYXIUM
http://www.maxpages.com/aeazine2

issue #10 out now featuring interviews with Ruptured Zine, Black Winter,
Brutality Radio, Bug Slayer Comics, CD reviews, zine reviews, film reviews



-- TOUR DATES --

(dates are subject to change - check local listings)


CRADLE OF FILTH

09/23 Monterrey, MEX
09/24 Mexico City, MEX
09/25 Quito, ECU
09/26 Bogota, COL
09/28 Pereira, COL
09/30 Santiago, CHL
10/02 Sao Paulo, BRA
10/15 Ottawa, ON
10/16 Montreal, QC
10/17 Quebec City, QC
10/18 Toronto, ON
10/20 Minneapolis, MN
10/22 Milwaukee, WI
10/23 Chicago, IL
10/24 Saint Louis, MO
10/26 East Peoria, IL
10/27 Cincinnati, OH
10/29 Columbus, OH
10/30 Detroit, MI


SOULFLY w/ ILL NINO & CRISIS

8/27 Kansas City, MO
8/28 Sauget, IL
8/29 Urbana, IL
8/31 Ft. Wayne, IN
9/02 Minneapolis, MN
9/03 Milwaukee, WI
9/04 Chicago, IL
9/05 Royal Oak, MI
9/08 Columbus, OH
9/09 Cleveland, OH
9/10 Rochester, NY
9/11 New York, NY
9/12 Philadelphia, PA
9/15 Hartford, CT
9/16 Worcester, MA
9/17 Sayreville, NJ


SHADOWS FALL w/ CANDIRIA & ALL THAT REMAINS

09/16 Manchester, NH
09/17 Danbury, CT
09/18 Pittsburgh, PA
09/19 West Springfield, VA
09/22 New York, NY
09/24 Poughkeepsie, NY
09/25 Philadelphia, PA
09/26 Fitchburg, MA
09/28 Cleveland, OH
09/29 Chicago, IL
09/30 Detroit, MI
10/01 Rochester, NY
10/02 Lathem, NY


YES w/ DREAM THEATER

8/27 Holmdel, NJ
8/28 Wantagh, NY
9/02 Syracuse, NY
9/03 Allentown, PA
9/05 Madison, WI (without Yes)
9/07 Minneapolis, MN
9/08 Merrillville, IN
9/10 Denver, CO
9/11 Loveland, CO
9/13 Albuquerque, NM
9/14 Mesa, AZ
9/16 Alpine, CA


FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF TOUR DATES GO TO:

http://www.metalupdate.com/tour.html



-- LINKS --


HELMET
http://www.helmetmusic.com

CALLENISH CIRCLE
http://www.callenish-circle.com

PLACE OF SKULLS
http://www.placeofskulls.com

FALCONER
http://www.falconermusic.com

LUCUBRO
http://www.lucubro.com

TRIVIUM
http://www.trivium.org

DISGORGE
http://www.deathmetal.com/disgorge/

EIDOLON
http://www.eidolon-nightmareworld.com

THE ENSOMBEROOM - STUDIO
http://www.geocities.com/ensomberoom/



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