Metal News for December 17, 2002
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Daily Reviews
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- BLOODBATH Resurrection through carnage (fr/uk)
- SALEM Collective demise (fr/uk)
- TALIANDOROGD Neverplace (fr/uk)
- SERPENT ECLIPSE The seven desires & wolves blood (fr/uk)
- VULGAR PIGEONS Summary execution (fr/uk)
- NEBEL Nebel (fr/uk)
- YWOLF Trilogy of the night (fr/uk)
- SYMPHONY X The odyssey (fr/uk)
- THERION Live in midgard (fr/uk)
- LACUNA COIL Comalies (fr/uk)
- SERAPHIM The soul that never dies (fr/uk)
- PRONG 100% live (fr/uk)
- SEPULTURA Under a pale grey sky (fr/uk)
- EVERGREY In search of truth (fr)
- FAITH NO MORE Album of the year (fr)
- KING'S X King's X (fr)
- OPETH Blackwater park (fr)
- PLATYPUS When pus comes to shove (fr)
- RAINBOW Bent out of shape (fr)
- SHAMAN Ritual (fr/uk)
- SYMPHONY X The divine wings of tragedy (fr)
- URIAH HEEP Fallen angel (fr)
Testament Get Tempesta
Testament will be joined by Rob Zombie drummer John Tempesta, who has also worked with Testament in the past, for their upcoming series of shows on the US West Coast. This is because regular skinsman Jon Allen is dealing with a family emergency.
Headline News
Stuck Mojo Reform For New Year's Show
Stuck Mojo have reformed for a one-night show. The band will play a special New Year’s Eve show in Atlanta. The line-up will be vocalist Bonz, guitarist Rich Ward, bassist Keith Watson and drummer Bud Fontsere.
Whitesnake Confirm New Lineup
Joining vocalist David Coverdale are guitarists Reb Beach and Doug Aldrich, bassist Marco Mendoza, drummer Tommy Aldridge and keyboard player Timothy Drury. The band start a co-headlining tour of America with the Scorpions in Jacksonville, Florida on January 29. Also on the bill are Dokken.
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