Metal News for October 15, 2001
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14 news articles posted on this day.
Elitist Sign Rakoth
Elitist Records, the new division of Earache, have signed Russian avant-garde metal maestros Rakoth. The band has signed a four-album deal and begins work on a brand new, as yet untitled, album in the New Year. The band previously had successful albums on Italian label Code666.
Family Values At More Odds
Five upcoming concerts on the Family Values Tour 2001 have been canceled. Organizers cited "circumstances beyond our control" for the nixed gigs. In addition, three other stops have been rescheduled. Meanwhile, Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland slammed rap-rock acts Friday during his band's Chicago-area headlining slot when he shouted, "F**k nü-metal!"
Blind Guardian's Premiere
Century Media and Progpower have arranged a deal to premiere the first single from Blind Guardian's as-yet-untitled full-length called, And Then There Was Silence, between sets at ProgPower 2.0 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Here is the rest: More...
Sixth Seal Part With Founder
Boston-based black/death metal outfit Beyond The Sixth Seal have recently parted ways with bassist and founding member Rob Devlin following the band's successful European tour.
Read the full article at Digital Metal.
MTV Rejects Ozzy's First Video
Here is what Ozzy Osbourne told Launch.com about his video:
"Before this dreadful thing happened I'd made a video for my first video off the album, 'Gets Me Through', and it had fire in it and it had some blood and things in it. And MTV so rightly sent it back, and said, 'We can't allow this because of what's just gone down with the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. We can't play it. We feel it'd remind so many people of what.... Because a lot of people lost a lot of loved ones in those terrible things, you know?'"
Humanimal Release Debut
HUMANIMAL, which features in its ranks TALISMAN members Jeff Scott Soto (vocals), Marcel Jacob (bass), and Pontus Norgren (guitars), will release its debut CD through Z Records on January 28th, 2002.
A Peek At Nocturnal Rites
Swedish melodic power metal gods NOCTURNAL RITES have revealed several song titles that are set to appear on the group’s as-yet-untitled new studio album, which is tentatively due to be recorded in early 2002 and released during the summer through Century Media Records.
Here they are: More...
Dimension Zero's First Attempt
Sweden's DIMENSION ZERO—featuring IN FLAMES guitarist Jesper Strömblad, ex-IN FLAMES axeman Glenn Ljungström, ex-MARDUK vocalist Jocke Göthberg and LUCIFERION/DIABOLIQUE drummer Hasse Nilsson—have entered Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden to record their first full-length album, entitled Silent Night Fever.
Here is what Jocke and Jesper have had to say about the recording progress so far: More...
Manmadegod Finish Up Recording
San Francisco Bay Area’s MANMADEGOD, featuring former FORBIDDEN guitarist Craig Locicero and drummer Steve Jacobs, have completed the recording process for their as-yet-untitled debut CD for American Recordings at Los Angeles’ Ocean Studios and are about to enter the Sol 7 facility to begin mixing the effort, which is tentatively due in late March/early April. Produced by Brian Dobbs (i.e. ECHOBRAIN) and executive-produced by Rick Rubin (i.e. RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, SLAYER), the album will feature approximately 12 tracks out of the 20 that were tracked during the sessions.
Among the titles that are set to appear on the album are the following: More...
Headline News
Former Testament Guitarist Starts Recovery
Former TESTAMENT/DEATH/OBITUARY guitarist James Murphy is presently recovering at his parents’ home in Lakeland, Florida after undergoing surgery on September 17th to remove a pituitary tumor the size of two golf balls from his head, with which he was diagnosed in early September.
Read the full article at Blabbermouth.
Headline News
Deterrence and Prevention of Cyberterrorism
There's an interesting article from Wired.com about the kind of crap the RIAA is trying to get away with.
WASHINGTON -- Look out, music pirates: The recording industry wants the right to hack into your computer and delete your stolen MP3s.
It's no joke. Lobbyists for the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) tried to glue this hacking-authorization amendment onto a mammoth anti-terrorism bill that Congress approved last week.
Read the full article at Wired News.
Summary/Misc
Daily Reviews
Metal Reviews has seven new ones:
- Dragonhammer - Blood Of The Dragon
- Hypnos - The Revenge Ride
- Motorhead - No Sleep 'til Hammersmith
- Pink Cream 69 - Endangered
- Royal Hunt - The Mission
- Therion - The Secret Of The Runes
- TransAtlantic - Bridge Across Forever
Agonia War'zine has a bunch of new reviews as well including, Black Widows (Recital Records) , Brainstorm (Metal Blade) , Darkfall (Self-financed) , Darkthrone (Moonfog Productions) , Grave Digger (Nuclear Blast) , Funebris (Last Episode) , Monolith (Promotape) , Plenty Suffering (self-financed) , Pungent Stench (Nuclear Blast), Urgehal (Fleshforbeast Records) , Zorn (Last Episode)
Electric Basement has a new review of American Dog's "Red, White, Black and Blue" Label Demo
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