Let It Die and To Kill Embark Upon Euro Tour

Let It Die and To Kill have just embarked upon a European tour. Here are the dates:

30/09 Italy - Rome @ Sonica w/ Doomsday
01/10 Italy - Firenze @ CPA
02/10 Italy - Milano (cusano milanino) @ La cattedrale w/ Abel Is Dying
03/10 Switzerland Lugano- Viganello @ centro giovanile
04/10 Italy - Tourin @ Soundfactory
05/10 France - Grenoble @ Eve w/ Still Rise
06/10 France - Paris TBC
07/10 Belgium - Mechelen @ JH Joko
08/10 UK - Bournemouth @ mister smiths w/ Truth In My Hands
09/10 UK - Hartlepool @ Rovers Quoit Club
10/10 UK - Brighton @ The Freebutt
11/10 UK - Day Off
12/10 UK - Hull @ the ring side
13/10 Belgium - Oostende @ jeugdhuis K2
14/10 Germany Rosswein @ Jujendhaus w/ Blue Monday, Go It Alone
15/10 Germany - Ahrensburg @ Juki 42 w/ Grey Line, Time Has Come
16/10 Sweden - Linkoping @ Skylten
17/10 Norway - Oslo @ Subscene
18/10 Norway - Stavanger @ Metropolis w/ Purified In Blood, xAd Armax
19/10 dayoff
20/10 Denmark - Copenhagen @ Stengade 30 w/ As We Fight
21/10 Germany - Berlin @ Roadrunner's place
22/10 Germany - Leisnig @ AJZ w/ The Legacy
23/10 Hungary - Szekesfehervar @ Base w/ Bridge To Solace
24/10 Hungary - Budapest @ marco polo club
25/10 Austria - Graz @ Forum keller
26/10 Slovenia - Ljubljana @ Orto bar
27/10 Austria - Vienna @ Arena
28/10 Austria - Innsbruck @ Workstation

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7 Angels 7 Plagues Reunion Shows Revealed

Details have been solidified for the upcoming 7 Angels 7 Plagues reunion shows (any futher updates will be available here). Here the dates/venues:

Friday 12/16 - Binghamton, NY @ The American Legion Post 80 w/ My Bitter End, TBA
Saturday 12/17 - Milwaukee, WI @ Bucketworks w/ Since By Man, Amora Savant, TBA
Sunday 12/18 - Milwaukee, WI @ Bucketworks w/ Dead To Fall, TBA

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Brick Bath Show Cancelled Due To Power Outage

San Diego, CA-based thrash metal act BRICK BATH have issued the following statement regarding the cancellation of the group's New York City show last weekend:

"BRICK BATH would like to apologize to everyone that showed up to see them at the Brooklyn Music Terminal in Brooklyn, NY last weekend on September 24th. As far as the band and road manager knew, the show was still on until they arrived at the venue for sound check and the venue's power was out with a sign on the door. After speaking to the promoter, the band was advised that the show would be cancelled. A make-up show in December will be announced shortly as the band is currently on a U.S. tour promoting their new CD, 'American Currency', on the Crash Music label".

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Embrace Today Plan East Coast Tour Dates

Prior to a full U.S. tour with Seventh Star, which will run from 11/26 through 12/23, Embrace Today will be touring a bit in the East. Here are the dates:

10/14 Syracuse, NY @ Wescott Community Center w/ Freya
10/15 Dayton, OH @ 180 Skatepark w/ Battleground, Suffocate Faster, XDeathStarX
10/16 Moline, IL @ Cara's Studio w/ Ignite The Will
10/17 TBA
10/18 Lexington, KY @ Short Street Lounge w/ Son of Day, Tears to Glory
10/19 Augusta, GA @ Sector 7g
10/20 VA Beach, VA @ Sweet Caroline's
10/21 Amityville, NY @ Village Pub South
10/22 TBA

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Tusk Plan Re-Issue and New Release

With the first Tusk album, "Get Ready" recently going out of print, both the label (Hewhocorrupts Inc.) and the band have decided to completely re-do the project with a bigger and better feel. "Get Ready" V2.0 is a remixed (by Greg Norman, recorded Pelican's newest offering), remastered (by Alan Douches) project with bonus content (rare live radio performance set and enhanced interview and live material) and new artwork completed by the one-and-only Aaron Turner (Hydrahead, Isis). The new CD will, therefore, be an essential item for both people who have never heard the classic (loose application of the term here) album and those who already own it.

"Get Ready" V2.0 has a projected street date of January 24th, 2006.

In other Tusk news, the group will be releasing a 30 minute, one track record in 2006 via Tortuga Recordings.

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K. King Says Slayer Never Got Sided Like Megadeth

U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine recently conducted an interview with SLAYER guitarist Kerry King. Several excerpts from the chat follow:

Metal Hammer: Shouldn't you be releasing a record soon? It's been four years since "God Hates Us All".

Kerry King: "It seems like everybody under the sun says, 'We want a new record,' but at the same time, they keep saying, 'We'd really like you to come back on tour.' That shit bumps everything on the backburner. The funny this is Dave [Lombardo, drums] and me have had a 10-song demo we did up at his house that's been lying around since March 2004. I know Jeff [Hanneman, guitar] has written a couple , and I've written a couple more since then, so this week we're going to start the process of getting back together and nailing this thing. With luck, we'll start recording by September. I'm hoping to work with Dave Sardy, who was with us for 'Undisputed Attitude'. Lombardo wants Rick Rubin for drums, and I've no problems with that because, in my opinion, it's what he's best at. But I think we're all pretty much agreed that the overall producer will be Sardy."

Metal Hammer: Is Lombardo back for keeps now?

Kerry King: "As far as I know, Dave is back in the band. It was 12 years we were apart, and that's 12 years of growing up for everybody. Actually, I think we're probably a better band because of it. It seems to me like Dave's having a great time, and I know he gets up in front of some of those 30,000 crowds and thinks, 'Man, this rocks!' he's playing better than he's ever played."

Metal Hammer: It's every metal geek's dream. The original, class-of-1982 SLAYER lineup reunited.

Kerry King: "Exactly. Having Dave back in the band is one of the highlights of my whole time in SLAYER. There are kids that could've been into us for over 10 years that never got to see us the way we are meant to be. I just saw ANTHRAX at one of those Euro festivals with Joey [Belladonna] — and I liked John Bush to death, y'know, he was a great singer — but something just happens when Joey plays. As for [JUDAS] PRIEST, when Ripper joined, I didn't see 'em once."

Metal Hammer: Having been around for almost a quarter of a century, what do you think SLAYER did right that the other pioneers of the thrash movement did wrong?

Kerry King: "Well, we never took time off from the thrash movement like METALLICA did. We didn't get sidetracked by pop music like MEGADETH did. We didn't lose our frontman like ANTHRAX did. I probably felt competition with those bands at the time thrash was taking off, but we always knew that none of those bands were better than us. We just went out and kept doing our thing."

Metal Hammer: What do you think went wrong for METALLICA?

Kerry King: "One word: 'Load'. But also, whenever you think enough of yourself to play with an orchestra, that's when you're too big. People say to us, 'When are you guys going to do that?' And I'm like, 'Never.'"

Metal Hammer: You've had your fair share of run-ins with MEGADETH over the years.

Kerry King: "People say, 'What's your problem with [Dave] Mustaine?' To which I say, 'Well, he's a cocksucker, for one thing.' But my problem with MEGADETH is, I don't know who that band is anymore. It's like the METALLICA thing. Who's METALLICA? Is METALLICA the band that did 'Master of Puppets' and 'Ride the Lightning', or is METALLICA the band who got to the point where they felt they could put out 'Load' and 'Reload'? It's lie, 'Who are you?'"

Metal Hammer: How long can you keep this up? It's hard to imagine SLAYER not being around.

Kerry King: "It's hard to put a time scale on it. I do know I can't do this for another 25 years. We're more of a physical band than a band like [BLACK] SABBATH, who can keep coming back. Tony [Iommi] is a great guitar player, but if you put a time-lapse camera on him, he'd probably move 10 feet the whole show. We can't be like that. If we had to come and do a show when I was 60, I'd probably bust a vertebra."

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Vote For Your Favorite HBB Video Of The Year

MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball" and Revolver magazine are teaming up to bring you the top metal videos of 2005. They have compiled 50 of the hottest metal and hardcore videos that premiered on the "Ball" this year — including LIFE OF AGONY's "Love to Let You Down", ARCH ENEMY's "Nemesis", BLACK LABEL SOCIETY's "In This River", CORROSION OF CONFORMITY's "Stone Breaker", DARK TRANQUILLITY's "The New Build", DISTURBED's "Stricken" and THE HAUNTED's "No Compromise". To vote for your favorite video, go to www.mtv2.com. The results will be seen on "Headbanger's Ball" and in an upcoming issue of Revolver.

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Brand New Emperor Photos Posted Online

Several photos of EMPEROR's surprise performance at Scream's 15-year anniversary party at Oslo, Norway's Rockefeller Friday night (Sept. 30) have been posted online at this location (all photos were taken by EMPEROR guitarist Samoth's wife Erin).

As previously reported, EMPEROR reunited after four years to play a surprise three-song set at Scream's anniversary event. Samoth told producer Patrizia Mazzuoccolo of the Norwegian metal radio show "Tinitus" that last night's performance was "a short teaser that we are using to announce full headline shows we are doing next year. This is a cooler way of announcing them instead of telling people through our web site." It was announced last night after the band's set that EMPEROR will headline the Inferno festival (April 13-15, 2006) in Oslo, Norway and Wacken Open Air (August 3-5, 2006 in Wacken, Germany) next year.

The illustrious black metal band, whose split in 2001 took the scene by surprise, performed three tracks — "The Loss And Curse Of Reverence", "I Am The Black Wizards", "Inno A Satana" — and received a rapturous welcome by an ecstatic crowd.

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Fundraiser For Jailed Eyehategod Frontman

Legendary New Orleans sludge kings EYEHATEGOD have issued the following statement:

"[EYEHATEGOD frontman] Mike Williams has been arrested, and is being held in Morgan City Jail, about an hour west of New Orleans. We won't elaborate on the details as a precautionary measure; if you'd like to know, write him (info below). he was on probation at the time of his arrest, so having a cop breathe in his general direction was a threat to his freedom.

"As of [mid-September], Mike was in good spirits. Jimmy [Bower; EYEHATEGOD/SUPERJOINT RITUAL guitarist, DOWN drummer] was able to visit with him, and said he looked healthy, and most importantly, has a positive outlook and good sense of humor with regards to his situation. He did say they had no TV, so drop him a line; show your support when it counts the most. No magazines, CDs, stickers, etc... just letters. Keep in mind that his letters are screened, and this a small, Christian town (this is a major understatement). Please do not write anything that may affect his treatment as an inmate. We wanna keep his only connection to everyone wide open.

"We will be releasing a two-CD set in order to raise money for his defense. One will be our set from Tokyo (three songs from this are featured on 'Preaching...'), and the other from our last tour. Both recordings sound great. We will release this on the band's 'label,' Press Pause Media/Cassettes, so that ALL of the money, excluding pressing costs, will go toward Mike's defense. Any help with distro, advertising would be greatly appreciated as we barely have enough $$$ to press this. We will try to have this out within a month. Contact Gary (ghawg@bellsouth.net) for anything related to this release. Seriously, your help will make a difference."

Mike Williams' contact address:

Morgan City Jail
ATTN: Mike D. Williams (inmate)
P.O. Box 1670
Morgan City, LA 70380
USA

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