Ankla Get Strife Drummer

Ankla, a group which features Puya guitarist Ramon Ortiz among others, have now added drummer Aaron Rossi of Strife/Shelter fame to their line-up.

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Primer 55 Split

PRIMER 55 have announced their decision to disband "due to creative and personal issues." The band, who recently completed the Jagermeister $12 Riot U.S. tour with DOPE, had previously issued two full-length albums through the Island/Def Jam label.

The following is guitarist Bobby Burns' statement on the split: More...

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Stone Sour Shooting Inhale Video

Stone Sour have had a change of plans and will now be shooting a video for their new single "Inhale" on January 04th-05th. The clip is expected to be co-directed by band frontman Corey Taylor and Gregory Dark (Linkin Park, Drowning Pool) and should begin airing in February.

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Vintersong Focus on New Album

Sweden's Vintersorg, featuring members of Borknagar, Spiral Architect and Testament, have set the track listing for the follow-up to 2002's Visions From The Spiral Generator called The Focusing Blur.

"The next album is going to have the format of a concept/theme album, a story running through the albums entirety, and with a musical flow that includes small compositions between the 'real' songs," says mainman Vintersorg on the group's website. "The music takes off from Visions From The Spiral Generator and twists and turns through a vast genre spectra (as always with Vintersorg). From mellow prog to extreme metal, to ambient and folky vibes, spiced with a lot of effective contrasts, changing directories but united under a solid musical kingdom."

Referring to the title, Vintersorg explains: "It's set to The Focusing Blur and deals with man's hunger for science and faith... After understanding the most secretive processes, we always come to a new crossroad, with myriads of paths to follow, so our focus is more like a blur."

The Focusing Blur's track list is as follows: More...

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Enslaved Below The Lights

Norwegian avant garde metallers Enslaved have set Below The Lights as the title for the follow-up to last year's largely acclaimed Monumension and apparently have parted with drummer Dirge Rep after three albums.

Below The Lights, recorded at Grieghallen Studios in Bergen with Pytten, is slated for a March 2003 release through Osmose Productions. The record will feature the art of Truls Espedahl (Monumension), who has been given the green light to design the album from cover to cover. "Be prepared for a shocking experience!," exclaims Enslaved's website. Early song titles for Below The Lights are: "Queen of Night" and "Horns".

On the subject of Dirge Rep, Enslaved's website has yet to confirm his depature, but if it's indeed true, Enslaved is reduced to a duo (both original members), now that guitarist R. Kronheim is out of the line-up. Kronheim left on his own volition, while Enslaved viewed the action as "necessary change rather than a loss." Rep, however, isn't sitting idle. He's reportedly working in a new project, Orcustus, with Gorgoroth's Infernus and Tormentor, and may perform on the upcoming Ghaalskaag album, featuring members of Gorgoroth and Trelldom.

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Lemmy Gets Damned

Lemmy is to team up with The Damned early next year to work on an undisclosed project. This is expected to be released at some point in 2004, and may well include other guests.

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Doro In Crash, Cancels German Dates

Doro Pesch was forced to cancel three German dates in late December after being involved in a road accident. Fortunately, she escaped serious injury.

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