Impaled Lose LeBarre to a Lobotomy

Impaled guitarist / vocalist, Andrew LaBarre has left the band. Here's the tongue in cheek anouncement:

"Following a complete self-administered lobotomy, Andrew LaBarre has been forced to take leave from his duties in the hallowed halls of St. Julien's Hospital, bringing his tenure in Impaled to an abrupt end."

The group is actively seeking a replacement:

"Impaled seeks a suitable replacement for Andrew LaBarre - all applicants must be adept in the art of soloing, willing to travel to a great number of symposiums and be able to pick music up quickly – contact: impaled@impaled.info"

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Therion Already in the Studio

Therion have been busy working on the successor to their last effort, 'Secret Of The Runes', which is said to be making good progress. The recording has already been finished and the band is taking care of the mixing at Danish Sun studios together with producer Lars Nissen. If all goes well, the album will available in May 2004.

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Re:aktor Finish Clip for Damage Zone

Re:aktor just made an amazing clip for their club-hit “Damage Zone”, which turned out to be excellent. Re:aktor stands for a futuristic kind of Industrial Metal, modern and fuckin’ heavy. Check it out at this location.

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Stampin' Ground UK Tour to Feature New Line up

Stampin' Ground will be hitting the road in the UK in November and December in support of their new album, A New Darkness Upon Us, released by Century Media in Europe on October 27th.

These shows will be the bands' first since their Sepultura UK support in July and the first with their new line-up, after long serving bassist Ian Glasper has decided to step down from the band.

Finding it increasingly difficult to give 100% commitment to the band, founder member Glasper is instead opting to concentrate on his family, his record label, writing a book and other journalistic interests. A full statement can be read below.

Ian did, however, want to finish the latest album before bowing out and Stampin’ Ground are pleased to announce that his permanent replacement is Ben Frost, former guitarist in UK metalcore band Unite. No stranger to Stampin’ Ground, Ben has known the guys for six years and was seen playing bass with the band on the Sepultura UK tour in July. More...

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Spectral Mortuary to Release Debut EP

Danish death metallers Spectral Mortuary will soon release their first demo, Among Corpses (In The Mortuary).

The demo will feature three tracks. Spectral Mortuary’s lineup, who play in the classic old school death metal style, includes Nikolaj Balle (vocals), Christoffer Rigbolt (guitar), Jesper Hog (rhythm guitar), Morten Siersbæk (drums) and Rune Koldby (bass).

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James Murphy Lands Endorsement Deal

Former Testament/Death guitarist James Murphy has finalized a deal to be endorsed by Caparison Guitars. Other artists using Caparison guitars: Arch Enemy, Soilwork, The Haunted, and Killswitch Engage, among others.

In other news, Murphy has posted the following message on his web site:

"Here's what I've been up to... I just mastered the new Enforsaken [CD] for Century Media/Olympic Records called 'The Forever Endeavor', on which I also played a guest guitar solo. I also finished 5 guest solos for a band in Greece called Memorian and right now I'm working on mixing the CD of a Polish band called Demist. All this and still organizing the Death tribute and trying to find the time to write Disincarnate material... whew!!!"

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Ephel Duath's Tiso Starts Imprint

Ephel Duath mastermind Davide Tiso has launched a brand-new label imprint through Code666 Records, dubbed Amaranth Recordings. According to a post on Ephel Duath's web site, the label "will work with genres usually not touched by Code666, like post-rock, electronic, trip-hop, post-hardcore and dark wave.

"The word 'amaranth', beyond to being a clear callback to the Ephel Duath's album 'The Painter's Palette', efficaciously encloses the concept that lives behind this label: 'amaranth' comes from the ancient Greek, is the substantivized present participle of the verb 'amaraino', it means 'not to wither, to be durable'. The connection is simple: to produce music that goes out from the actual consumerism and standardization being something that last in the time, something than does not wither."

Amaranth Recordings can be contacted at: More...

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The Kovenant Explain Cancellation, Plan New CD

The Kovenant have posted the following message on their web site:

"The show in Oslo Rockefeller on the 18th of October was sadly cancelled. Lex got some throat problems, and is now forbidden to sing, or strain his voice for 6-8 weeks. A new show will be set up as soon as possible. And the band is currently working on the next and final album to be released on [Nuclear Blast Records]. The plan is for it to be recorded sometime next year. And hopefully be released next year as well. The DVD is also going along pretty well, although slow. The amount of material to be edited is staggering... Winter approaches."

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Bloodstock 2004 Tickets On Sale Tomorrow

Bloodstock (the UK's only REAL Heavy Metal Festival) 2004 Tickets will go onsale at www.bloodstock.uk.com on 1st November 2003 (tomorrow!). The festival dates are set for the weekend of September 3rd and 4th 2004.

Weekend tickets are £39
Friday only tickets are £20
Saturday only tickets are £30

No booking fee will be added for tickets ordered before 1st January 2004. After this date a £1.50 fee will be applied to each ticket. So order now to avoid a booking fee.

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