Site Update

Metalunderground.com Radio

It's been probably close to six months since the RIAA filed suit against Launch.com for their Launchcast service because it gave the user too much control in what music is served by allowing them to rate artists/albums/songs to affect their frequency of play. When the site went down, I removed the link and wrote them off. Well, just this week I went to check them out again and noticed they are back up and running, and metalunderground radio is still there!

So now, I present you with the new radio link (on the right) to listen to the station I've set up through Launch.com. The service and software are still not 100% rock-solid, but if you've got a decent connection to the net and it works fine for you, then I'm glad someone is enjoying it! It's free, afterall, and has only cost me some time to set it up. I try to keep the best metal on here and weed out the 80s hair metal and newer pop-metal - you may hear some of that but only very infrequently. They don't give you 100% control, afterall.

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Summary/Misc

Daily Interviews

Custom Heavy has four new interviews:

• Bronx Casket Co. - Overkill's DD Verni and Tim Mallare go all MetalDoomGoth on us...
  
• Sour Vein - Drug Doom lives!
  
• Grand Magus - Black Magick Rock from Stockholm!
  
• Hillbilly Devilspeak - Old school punk rock from AZ!

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Daily Reviews

Custom Heavy has a bunch of new reviews this week:

• Anathema: A Fine Day to Exit
  
• UGH!: Terminus
  
• After The Sun: Anguish to Black
  
• Duncan Wilder Johnson: Destruct-A-Thon
  
• Serberus: Our Dying Grace
  
• Watchmaker: Kill.Crush.Destroy
  
• Ironia: A Granite Scale
  
• Iron Kind : Iron Kind
  
• War Between One : Under the Surface
  
• Dirt Merchant : The Redeye Induction
  
• Zero The Hero: Demo 2001

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Team Work

Various guest appearances are tentatively slated to appear on Team Sleep's forthcoming Maverick debut, which is expected out early next year.

Here is the Guestlist and Tracklist: More...

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'Taken' Lose Drummer

Taken has announced the departure of their highly praised drummer, Troy Born. Here's the official statement from Troy: More...

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'Prevent Falls' Sign With Equal Vision

Equal Vision Records has added New Jersey post-hardcore band, Prevent Falls, to their roster. The label cites similarities between the band and such groups as Helmet and Quicksand, with an indie punk twist. The band has been in existence since 1998 and have previously self-released a full-length entitled 'Solutions Have Problems'. Their EVR debut is slated for release in March of 2002. Look for the band on the road this fall playing numerous weekend shows on the East Coast, and eventually on tour next summer to support the album.

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Blood Has Been Shed

Blood Has Been Shed have demoed some new material with producer Zeus (Shadows Fall, God Forbid). The new stuff is being described as heavier and more technical than their previous offerings. The band will be releasing a 6 - 8 song CD of all new material in January. In touring news, the band will be playing a series of weekend shows all the way into December, in addition to planning a tour of the West Coast.

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Families Stick Together

Staind frontman Aaron Lewis rocked the stage with Linkin Park during the latter's hit "One Step Closer" at the Family Values tour stop Wednesday in East Rutherford, N.J. Headliners Stone Temple Pilots invited members of the New York City Fire Department onstage. Meanwhile, the release of Staind's upcoming DVD has been bumped back to 2002.

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