Metal News for November 22, 2004
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17 news articles posted on this day.
Date Set For Killswitch Engage Re-Release
Killswitch Engage will reissue their self-titled debut album on January 11th via Ferret. The new version will be remixed and remastered by guitarist Adam D and will include their original 4 song demo.
God Forbid Tour Update
Dallas Coyle (guitars) of GOD FORBID checks in with the following report from Europe:
"We're back again to let you know how the Weapons of Mass Destruction Tour with Caliban and Machine Head is going. Today we're in Lille, France ready to play in front of another sold out crowd. This tour has been absolutely crazy and we've been meeting more and more people each day who are feeling the metal GF is supplying. Two days ago in Tilburg we had a crazy party night. Everyone from Caliban and Machine Head was at the club partying hard, dancing, drinking and just acting plain stupid. Dave was buying everyone drinks and Robb was going around biting peoples heads! Yeah, it was that type of night and guess what? We still have four more weeks left. On Sunday we hit the UK and bring the madness to the Brits! I know they are ready for it; we are. So, to all you crazy M-F'ers out there, keep it real and dodge the draft!"
Never Enough Hatebreed
In addition to their stint on the 2005 edition of the Big Day Out Festival, Hatebreed are also planning to play some headlining Australian dates. For now, their Australian/Japanese schedule is as follows:
January 21st Auckland, NZ - Auckland Ericsson Stadium (Big Day Out)
January 23rd Brisbane, AUS - Gold Coast Parklands (Big Day Out)
January 26th Sydney, AUS - Sydney Showgrounds (Big Day Out)
January 30th Melbourne, AUS - Melbourne RAS Showgrounds (Big Day Out)
February 04th Adelaide, AUS - Royal Adelaide Showgrounds (Big Day Out)
February 06th Perth, AUS - Claremont Showgrounds (Big Day Out)
February 09th Osaka, JPN - Club Quattro (Extreme The Dojo Vol.12)
February 10th Nagoya, JPN - Club Quattro (Extreme The Dojo Vol.12)
February 12th Tokyo, JPN - UNIT
36 Crazyfists Opt Out Of Tour
36 Crazyfists have opted to not take part in the previously announced Nonpoint, Candiria and Dry Kill Logic tour to instead spend time writing new material for their next album which they plan to release in the fall of next year.
Entombed, Crowbar, Pro-Pain, Mighty Nimbus To Tour
Candlelight Records, in cooperation with Metal Maniacs and Revolver Magazines, proudly announces its first label tour for the United States. Set to kick off February 7 at BB Kings in New York, the tour will feature Stockholm's Entombed, New Orleans' Crowbar with Florida-based Pro-Pain and Minnesota's The Mighty Nimbus.
Entombed, earlier this year seeing the proper stateside release of their latest album "Inferno/Averno," return after a long hiatus from the US stage. Guitarist Alex Hellid says, "This is the tour we've been waiting for! Who will survive and what will be left of them?" During the tour, Candlelight will release the highly requested and anticipated Unreal Estate album. More...
Pain Announce New Single And Tracklisting
Pain is back with a brand new single coming up in January/February 2005 "Same Old Song" taken from the forthcoming album "Dancing With The Dead," which will hit the stores in February/March 2005. Peter agrees that Pain's melodies and riffs are stronger throughout the new album. "I have concentrated more on the actual songwriting - strong melodies, good riffs - as well as making sure the programming is less straight-ahead and grooves more." So expect a fucking killer album!!!
Album Tracklisting: More...
Confessor Post "Sour Times" MP3 Online
Confessor has posted the song "Sour Times," from the new EP, "Blueprint Soul." For mp3 downloads, visit the Confessor website. You can order the full EP on the SHOP page of their website.
Rhapsody Announce New Single
Rhapsody has just confirmed that they will enter the recording studio together with film legend Christopher Lee, to re-record the song "The Magic Of The Wizard's Dream" from their latest release "Symphony Of Enchanted Lands II - The Dark Secret." The single will be released worldwide early next year (2005).
The song will be produced in four different languages (English, German, French and Italian) and will feature a duet by Mr. Lee and Rhapsody singer Fabio Lione. Besides offering multiple versions of the song, such as an orchestral version, two brand new studio tracks will be included. More details about the two new tracks will be released shortly. More...
Kataklysm Finish New Video, To Release DVD In 2005
Canadian hyper blasters Kataklysm shot a new video for their "Serenity In Fire" track "The Resurrected." The filming took place in Los Angeles on November 6th with director Joe Lynch. In other news, the guys continue working on their upcoming DVD, "The Test Of Time," which shall be released in late 2005. The DVD will include live and behind the scenes footage of the "No More Serenity" tour as well videos, interviews and a "making of" of their next studio album. They are currently on tour with Napalm Death and Cannibal Corpse.
Primal Fear Drummer To Hold Workshop
Randy Black, drummer of the German Metal Commando Primal Fear, will hold a workshop in the "Rockland" in Witten, Germany, on December 4th. The event is scheduled to start at 17:00 CET – you can get more information by telephone: +49 (0)2302 76 09 26.
Shadows Fall On Japan's Extreme The Dojo
Due to circumstances beyond our control, Shadows Fall's show tonight (November 22) at Clutch Cargo's in Pontiac, Michigan has been cancelled. There will be no rescheduled date.
Shadows Fall played in Japan for Extreme The Dojo with Killswitch Engage and Caliban last year and can't wait to get back. Here are this year's dates:
Feb. 7 Tokyo Club Quattro with Shadows Fall, Everytime I Die, As I Lay Dying
Feb. 9 Osaka Club Quattro with Shadows Fall, Hatebreed, Everytime I Die, As I Lay Dying
Feb. 10 Nagoya Club Quattro with Shadows Fall, Hatebreed, Everytime I Die, As I Lay Dying More...
Lamb Of God To Do UK In-Stores
Lamb of God will be signing copies of their Epic Records debut "Ashes of the Wake," at the following Independent Retail Accounts. Come out and meet the band! All in-stores are from 4:30-5:30pm except Oxford which starts at 3PM. (Please check the store to confirm as schedules may change - thanks!)
Monday, 11/29
The Music Box
13, Market Place,
Wallingford,
Oxfordshire
OX10 OAD
Tel: 0149-183-6269
Thursday, 12/2
Crash Records,
35, The Headrow,
Leeds,
West Yorkshire,
LS1 6PU
Tel: 0113-243-6743
Tuesday, 12/7
Spillers Records.
36, The Hayes,
Cardiff,
South Glamorgan,
CF10 1AJ
Tel: 0292-022-4905
Wednesday, 12/8
Solo Music
22a, The Market Arcade,
Guildhall Shopping Centre,
Exeter,
Devon,
EX4 3HW
Tel: 01392-496-564
Heavy Metal In Iraq
In The War Against Terrorism (or TWAT for short) the ultimate weapon is apparently rock music. Troops working in Fallujah, Iraq have a new weapon of choice - heavy metal!
The armies are reported to have tried using loud blasts of AC/DC, Metallica and other bands to discomfort their enemy.
James Hetfiled had the following to say about the use of his music as an offensive tool, "For me, the lyrics are a form of expression, a freedom to express my insanity," Hetfield told a US radio station. "If the Iraqis aren't used to freedom, then I'm glad to be part of their exposure. We've been punishing our parents, our wives, our loved ones with this music forever. Why should the Iraqis be any different?"
He says that he understands why heavy metal can be used as such a destructive tool for interrogation, "It's the relentlessness of the music. It's completely relentless. ... If I listened to a death metal band for 12 hours in a row, I'd go insane, too. I'd tell you anything you wanted to know."
Mustaine: Ulrich Thinks He Created Heavy Metal
Megadeth mainman Dave Mustaine has told The Edmonton Sun that his Christian faith kicked up a notch while recovering from a nerve injury in his fretting hand. He couldn't play at all for more than a year. Megadeth was shelved — for good, he thought — but the "fire" kept burning.
"I had a pretty profound spiritual experience during the process, too," he says. "I believed in God my whole life, but I was never really ready to serve Him until I said these six simple words: 'What have I got to lose?'
"People say, oh, Dave became a Christian. They think I'm a pussy. I'm not. I'm still the same guy. If you make me angry, you still make me angry. It's just the way I'm going to respond to it.
"One of the things I decided early on is that I'm not going to go around telling people they're doing something wrong. That would've been the same as when everybody was doing this sobriety police stuff in the music industry, which I thought was absolutely pathetic. I was on tour with Aerosmith and they had their sobriety police out and I said, 'How gay is that?' "
He goes on and on in much the same vein, spontaneously weighing in on a variety of musical and political issues and taking a nice shot at Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich - "The guy thinks he created heavy metal. Metal created you, buddy."
Read the full article at The Edmonton Sun.
Jagermeister Tour Live Pics From Philadelphia
I recently attended the Jagermeister show in Phliadelphia, on the 22nd of November and had the chance to take a lot of pictures, the best 35 of the 100+ are up in the gallery section. Click here to see the pictures.
Headline News
Snapcase Planning Final Show
Snapcase guitarist Frank Vicario recently posted a few messages on the group's website suggesting that the band will soon be calling it quits and are in the process of scheduling their final show, which will apparently take place in mid-January in Buffalo, NY. More specifically, here are some postings by Vicario:
"Snapcase isn't broken up... yet. We're in the process of organizing last show(s) for early next year. So for all intents and purposes we're pretty much done... [later] Unfortunately it's looking more and more like it will be one last show in our hometown and that's it. Look for an announcement soon and for those who are still interested in seeing Snapcase play one last time, keep your schedules open in mid-January. It's no mystery that the popularity of the band has been waning over the past few years and it's tough to keep flogging a dead horse when hearts are in other places, whether that be with family, jobs and/or other bands. We reached an impasse where our core fan-base had been dwindling due to disenfranchisement with our newer material and since we were a band who had been around for a while, many people had already pigeonholed what they perceived our sound to be and were reluctant to give us a chance. You know how it is? We sure do."
Meanwhile, it appears that Vicario will be playing full-time with his new band, Ourselves, which also features Snapcase members Ben Lythberg and Dustin Perry. Check out their Purevolume page here.
Twiggy Ramirez To Join Nine Inch Nails?
Former MARILYN MANSON/current A PERFECT CIRCLE bassist Jeordie White (a.k.a. Twiggy Ramirez) is strongly rumored to have joined NINE INCH NAILS' touring lineup. Two recent photos of White in the recording studio with NINE INCH NAILS during the making of their new album have popped up on NIN's official web site (Photo#1, Photo#2), with one of them appearing to depict Jeordie laying down bass tracks for the CD, which is believed have a working title of "With Teeth". Adding fuel to the speculation, MARILYN MANSON stated in an interview with the New York radio station K-Rock 92.3 FM on Thursday (Nov. 18) that Jeordie was "in NINE INCH NAILS now" (Audio). There has been no official statement or confirmation on the matter from any of the parties involved.
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