Fireball Ministry's Second Great Awakening

FIREBALL MINISTRY will perform their last U.S. show of 2003 November 10 at The Viper Room in Los Angeles. Next, the band will launch a European trek December 3 in Germany with famed British hard-rockers Uriah Heep and heavy metal gurus Blue Oyster Cult. These dates are on the heels of FIREBALL MINISTRY’s October U.S. tour in support of THE SECOND GREAT AWAKENING, their newly released Nuclear Blast debut with opening act Puny Human (whose drummer is Iann Robinson from MTV News). The Los Angeles stop on the tour--also FIREBALL MINISTRY’s CD release party--at the Troubadour brought out members of Slipknot and System of A Down.

Meanwhile, FIREBALL MINISTRY’s current single “Flatline” is beginning to gain momentum at radio, climbing both the metal and rock charts. In addition, the video for “Flatline” has been officially added to MTV2’s “Headbanger’s Ball” and will soon hit other video outlets. Directed by Dylan Carter, the clip takes place at a warehouse in downtown Los Angeles and features the band’s live performance contrasted with a hooded spy planting cameras and filming the band voyeuristically.

On THE SECOND GREAT AWAKENING, Grammy Award-winning producer Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters One By One, Danzig, Velvet Revolver) underlines the co-ed band’s massive stoner-rock thunder and classic 70’s crunch in a modern sonic mix that’s melodic and unforgettable. Standout tracks include the raucous anthem “King,” the steady, heavy-hitting “Master Of None” and the haunting rock of “In The Mourning.” An homage to the cult album covers of the 70’s, THE SECOND GREAT AWAKENING features the exclusive cover artwork of cult comic artist/graphic novelist Dan Brereton.

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Opeth Caught In Crossfire

Sweden’s Opeth were involved in harrowing experience in Oslo – they were caught in a shoot-out between bank robbers and the police. Their tour bus was parked dangerously close to the bullet-riddled encounter, but fortunately nobody was hurt. The band issue their first DVD, ‘Lamentations – Live At Shepherd’s Bush Empire’ through Music For Nations on November 24. Presumably, they now have a new slant on shooting a show!

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Demon Hunter Track Listings

Demon Hunter have announced the tentative track listing to their upcoming new album "Summer Of Darkness", it is as follows:

"Not Ready To Die"
"Our Faces Fall Apart"
"Everything Was White"
"Beheaded"
"Annihilate The Corrupt"
"I Play Dead"
"Beauty Through The Eyes Of A Predator"
"The Awakening"
"Less Than Nothing"
"Rise And Fall"
"My Heartstrings Come Undone"
"The Latest And The Last (The Wheels Of Judgment Turn Slowly)"

The band will begin recording the album this month and are shooting for a May/June release date through Solid State. Guest appearances from Howard Jones of Killswitch Engage/Blood Has Been Shed fame, Brock Lindow of 36 Crazyfists, Mike Williams of The Agony Scene, and Trevor McNevan of Thousand Foot Krutch are all expected to be included on the effort when it arrives in stores.

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Exhumed, Behemoth, Wehrwolf To Team Up For Tour

Exhumed, Behemoth and Wehrwolf will be teaming up for a North American tour beginning in late November.

The following is Behemoth's latest posting on their official web site:

"We've done 11 shows till now [as part of the The Unnatural Born Killers Tour 2003 with Six Feet Under, Skinless and As I Lay Dying]. Yesterday we played in Montreal, Canada and this was absolutely the highlight of this tour. It seems like Canada will become one of the best markets for as, as well as the greatest crowds we've ever had ! Wanted to say that we totally appreciate what u guys in Montreal have done to us...the response went far beyond my expectations. More...

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Rob Zombie Interviewed By Steve Niles

Rob Zombie was recently interviewed by one of the biggest names in horror comic books, Steve Niles, for comic book web site Comic Book Resources. Read the interview here. As previously reported, Zombie and Niles are currently collaborating on a new horror series titled "The Nail". "The Nail" will be co-written by Niles and Zombie and will feature art by Ben Templesmith. The series, which will premier in early 2004, will be published by Dark Horse Comics, Inc., one of the largest comic book publishers in the United States. Click here to see the cover. Zombie is currently working on the sequel to his directorial debut, "House of 1000 Corpses", tentatively due next spring.

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Six Feet Under Cancel New York Show

Six Feet Under have cancelled tonight's show at L'Amour in Brooklyn, New York "due to a booking conflict between the promoter and the club," according to a post on the band's web site. "The date will be made up in January." No further information is available at this time.

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Metallica Gets The 'South Park' Treatment

The members of Metallica were recently seen as characters on the animated TV show "South Park" (picture). No actual members of Metallica were used for voice-overs of their characters, but instead were impersonated by professional actors. The episode was a humorous take on the issue of downloading music from the Internet, a subject over which Metallica have been a target of many parodies and jokes since the Napster battle in 2000.

In other news, HMV Japan is listing December 17 as the release date for the third single from Metallica's "St. Anger" CD, "The Unnamed Feeling". The video for the track is expected to premiere later this year and the single will impact radio on December 2.

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