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Metal News for January 20, 2002

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10 news articles posted on this day.

Burnt By The Sun Tour Dates

Burnt By The Sun's latest full-length release, "Soundtrack to the Personal Revolution" is out and the band are preparing to tour in support of it.

Relapse has also posted a couple of MP3s of their latest stuff:

And finally, here are the tour dates: More...

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Daily Reviews Part Deux

Custom Heavy has a bunch of new reviews:

  • Icepick Revival/Hawgjaw live Split CD
  • Fallout: So Heavy, it's Metal
  • Majesty: Doomsday Machine
  • Black Moses: Emperor Deb
  • Borknagar: Empiricism
  • Lock Up: Hate Breeds Suffering
  • T.A.N.G.: Defenders of Rock
  • Low Gravity Circus: Demo
  • Stone of Abel: Forgotten
  • Trenchant: Trenchant
  • Spleen: Premature Ashyxiation
  • Five Minute Major: Headstage and Souprize
  • Pungent Stench: Masters of Mortal, Servants of Sin
  • Ossian: Ecoforia [mentalhallucinationdevice]
  • Sparzanza: Angels of Vengeance
  • Smoking Bird: Losing Touch
  • Superhighway Carfire: Shell Of A Man
  • Torman Maxt: The Foolishness of God
  • Blood Red Throne: Monument of Death
  • Stoner Kings: Brimstone Blues
  • Roadsaw: Rawk n' Roll

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Daily Interviews

Custom Heavy has some new interview this week:

  • Thee Plague of Gentlemen: CH talks with guitarist/vocalist Steve McMillan
  • Penance: Interview with drummer/founder Mike Smail
  • Cream Abdul Babar
  • Roadsaw: Bassist/founder Tim Catz gives us the scoop on the new album.
  • Resistant

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New Reject Drummer

The Rejects, featuring Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison on guitar and Static-X star Tripp Eisen, have a new drummer in Katie Scabs. The band will release their debut album later this year.

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NIN In Stores

Nine Inch Nails will make their first ever in-store appearance on Tuesday, January 22 in New York. It’ll happen at the Virgin Megastore in Times Square to promote the CD/DVD ‘And All That Could Have Been.’

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Rage Against The Machine = Civil?

According to internet rumours and contrary to earlier reports that Rage Against The Machine would keep their name after the departure of lead man, Zack de la Rocha, the new band featuring former Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell plus the remaining members of Rage Against The Machine will be calling themselves Civilian. But this is not confirmed as yet by any official source.

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System of a Down Cancel New Zealand Show

System Of A Down were forced to stop their set at the Big Day Out Show in Auckland, New Zealand after a barrier collapsed. Last year a fan died in Sydney after a crush at the front of the stage.

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New Lifeforce MP3s

Lifeforce Records has new MP3s from Cataract and The Year of Our Lord online. Both bands' new releases are expected on February 25.

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Boiler in C Sharp and Tour Dates

Boiler recently completed the final mastering of their CD "Cow Tipping In C Sharp". The CD, produced by Alex Perialas (S.O.D., Testament, Bad Religion, Pro-Pain) and Jason Arnold for WFO Productions, is slated for release in April 2002. Fans can pre-order the CD at Boiler's official web-site.

The CD features 12 new songs, as well as "The Adventures of Earl & Cletus" and commentary by Totalrock.com's DJ Malcolm Dome (on tracks marked with *)

Here's the complete tracklisting: More...

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Daily Reviews

Like a machine, Metal Reviews has seven new ones:

  • Callenish Circle - Flesh_Power_Dominion
  • Emperor - Prometheus - The Discipline Of Fire & Demise
  • Hush - II
  • Norifumi Shima with Concerto Moon - Gate Of Triumph
  • Stormwind - Reflections
  • The Armada - The Scent Of Darkness
  • Tribute To Iron Maiden - Transilvania 666

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