Metal News for October 22, 2002
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Guitarist Leaves Pissing Razors
Guitarist Cesar Soto has left Pissing Razors and has teamed up with fellow ex-PR members Joe Rodriguez (vocals) and Mat Lynch (guitar) in a new band called Fueled II Fire.
In a recent posting to the Fueled II Fire (formerly Wick=War=Burn) message board, Soto stated that "I just wanted to let the fans know that I have left [Pissing Razors]. Because of personal differences with the band, I have stepped out. I wanted to thank all the fans for the support on the tours and the records. I gave the band 110% and am very thankful for every fan out there. I will be appearing on the live record 'Live In The Devil's Triangle', coming out soon. This is not the end, though, and I am looking forward to my new band here with my old friends Mat Lynch, Joe Rodriguez and [drummer] Danny Diggler [a.k.a. Danny Contreras]."
Soto's exit from the group comes on the heels of the departure of frontman Jason Bragg, who was reported to have left due to "creative differences." Jason has since been replaced in the group by Andre Acosta.
Summary/Misc
Daily Reviews
Metal Judgement has 14 new judgements:
- Dillinger Escape Plan 'Irony is a Dead Scene'
- Primordial 'Storm Before Calm'
- Today is the Day 'Sadness Will Prevail'
- Rage 'Unity'
- Dies Irae 'The Sin War'
- Internecine 'The Book of Lambs'
- Bongzilla 'Gateway'
- Grayscale 'When The Ghosts Are Gone'
- Devolved 'Technologies'
- Shroud of Despondency 'For Eternity Brings No Hope'
- Aria 'Forever'
- Opeth 'Orchid' (Classic Review)
- Lugosi's Needle (Demo Review)
- Phoebe's Phobia (Demo Review)
And Blistering.com has a few more reviews:
Kyle Comments on Exhorder Pantera "Feud"
Vocalist Kyle Thomas of the much-missed New Orleans metallers Exhorder, cited by many as the originators of the riff-heavy power-groove approach popularized by Pantera, has spoken out about his group's alleged influence on the latter band the belief by some that Pantera "ripped off" Exhorder in order to attain their early major label success. More...
Ace Is Still Hungry
Former Skunk Anansie guitarist Ace is shortly to release his first solo album, ‘Still Hungry?’, through Snapper. The album includes guest appearances from the likes of Lemmy, Benji (Skindred), Yap (One Minute Silence) and JJ Burnel (Stranglers).
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