Metal News for December 2, 2002
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17 news articles posted on this day.
Summary/Misc
Daily Reviews
Metal Reviews has a dozen new ones this week:
- Angel Smile - (Demo)
- Bathory - Nordland part 1
- Cauldron Born - ... And Rome Shall Fall
- Celesty - Reign of Elements
- Darkwell - Conflict of Interest
- Dies Irae - Immolation
- Dionysus - Sign Of Truth
- Iron Maiden - BBC Archives
- Old Man's Child - The Pagan Prosperity
- Overkill - Wrecking Everything Live
- Paradise Lost - Erased MCD
- Pathos - Katharsis
Nephasth Prepare to Enter Studio
Nephasth are getting ready to enter the studio in order to record their new studio album. The title of the album will be Conceived By Inhuman Blood and is scheduled for a May 25th 2003 release.
Twelve Tribes Update
We haven't mentioned Twelve Tribes in awhile, so we thought we'd provide a little update. As some of you may know, the band recently posted three new songs
Beloved Recording Sessions Pushed Back
Once again, studio dates for Beloved to record their Solid State Records debut have been pushed back. The band was originally supposed to record with Brian McTernan in November. However, due to scheduling conflicts, the band then made plans to record with GGGarth Richardson in late-December. Now, as a result of "bad timing," recording will not take place until mid-January. Unfortunately, the band was to be on tour at that time, so they will now be forced to drop off several dates with Money Bags Gram and Prevent Falls, and additionally, they will also miss the first leg of their tour with Norma Jean and MewithoutYou. At this point, the group has finished their songs and has been demoing the tracks with Noel Hunter and Brian Lewis.
On Broken Wings Signs with Eulogy
Massachusetts band On Broken Wings has officially signed with Eulogy Recordings. Earlier this year the metalcore outfit released a six-song CD entitled Number One Beautiful. The group will be recording their Eulogy debut in March or April, and the effort should hit stores by Summer 2003.
Houwitser Engage in Damage Assessment
Dutch metallers Houwitser have set Damage Assessment as the title of their new studio release, which will supposingly be out sometime next year through Osmose Productions. Among the song titles set to appear on the CD are the following: Primitive Mind, Skineater, Paradise to purgatory, Clean till the Bone, Malice, Hunger for the Feast.
Beast Feast Goes Up In Flames
The official Beast Feast 2002 website, www.beastfeast.net, has confirmed that In Flames will perform on the second day of the festival, which takes place on December 14th and 15th at the Makuhari Messe Event Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
Appearing at the festival are: Day 1- Soulfly, Motorhead, Arch Enemy, Converge, Shadows Fall, Today Is the Day, Burnt By the Sun, Bat Cave, Pulling Teeth, Undown, Yellow Machinegun and more. Day 2 - Slayer, Down, Murderdolls, In Flames, Nile, Killswitch Engage, Suns Owl, United, Cocobat and more.
The Haunted Head South
The Haunted’s official website, www.the-haunted.com, reports that the band have scheduled the first three dates for their next world tour, which will support their forthcoming new album, One Kill Wonder, due out through Earache on February 17th. Set to take place in March in South Africa, the confirmed dates are:
March 3 - The Mercury - Capetown,
March 7 - Burn - Durbin
March 8 - The Door - Johannesburg.
More confirmed tour dates will be announced soon.
Headline News
Stoned Wizards Festival Postponed
The Stoned Wizards Festival, which was scheduled to take place in Paris, France on Dec. 8 has been postponed until the spring of 2003. A new date will be announced soon. Among the artists that were scheduled to appear at the event were Cathedral, Hermano, Nebula, The Mushroom River Band, Orange Goblin, Solarized, Lowrider, Misdemeanor, Blackstone, Loading Date and Eon Megaherts.
Amon Amarth Set US Release Date
Sweden's Amon Amarth will issue their latest CD, Versus The World, in North America on Jan. 14, 2003. The 2-CD limited "Viking Edition" will also be available, but only in regular casing and not as a digipack. In other news, Amon Amarth will embark on a European tour in April. More information will be made available soon.
Shadowlord Announce New Members
Dutch extreme/melodic metallers Shadowlord have announced the addition of keyboardist Daphne Alberda and second vocalist Marit Pietersen to the group's ranks.
The septet, which has been in existence since 1995, have just released their debut full-length CD, titled Scourge Of Heaven, through State Off Art Productions.
For more information on Shadowlord, visit the band's official web site at this location.
Dawn Patrol, Wytchcraft Confirmed for Show
Dawn Patrol, Wytchcraft and an as-yet-undetermined third act will perform at a special concert on Jan. 31, 2003 at Talentschuppen in Steinfurt-Burgsteinfurt, Germany.
The show, which is being staged by Unstoppable Force Concerts, will serve as a warm-up gig for Doom Shall Rise — the first-ever European two-day doom metal festival — which is set to be held on Feb. 7-8, 2003 in Crailsheim, Germany.
For more information on this concert (in German), click here.
Skinless Select Producer for Next Album
New York-based death metallers Skinless have tapped veteran producer Neil Kernon (Nevermore, Macabre, Cannibal Corpse) to man the knobs during the recording sessions for their next studio effort, due in the spring via Relapse Records.
Tankard Do Covers
Veteran German thrashers Tankard have recorded cover versions of Manowar's "Fast Taker" and Metallica's "Damage Inc." for inclusion on upcoming tribute albums being released by Nuclear Blast Records. The two tracks, which are due to surface next year, were recorded at Stage One studio in Bühne, Germany with producer Andy Classen, who worked with the group on their latest CD, B-Day.
Assassin Confirmed for Wacken
Assassin, the reunited German thrash act that released a couple of promising albums in the late '80s via the SPV label (1987's "The Upcoming Terror" and 1988's "Interstellar Experience"), have been officially confirmed to appear at next year's installment of Wacken Open Air festival.
The event, which is scheduled to take place Jul. 31-Aug. 2, 2003 in Wacken, Germany, will include performances from the following artists, among others: More...
Elvenking Add Kleid on Vocals
Italy's Elvenking have announced the addition of vocalist Kleid as the official frontman for the group after Damnagoras was forced to quit due to mounting health problems, and the inclusion of violinist and keyboardist Elyghen into the fold.
"He already recorded the preproduction demos of the new album, and the results are amazing," exclaimed Elvenking of the new vocalist. "More than this, the sound is enriched by Elyghen's violin and keyboards, which will define brand new folk atmospheres. Elyghen already helped the band in Heathenreel, recording the violin tunes. Everyone in the group is happy to have these folks on board, we're sure they are totally fit for the band, both as musicians and as individuals." More...
Dark Funeral Sever Ties With Necropolis
Stockholm, Sweden: Dark Funeral and MNW/No Fashion Records would like to announce that effective IMMEDIATELY they are no longer contractually bound to Necropolis records. Official Termination of Contract papers were delivered to Owner/Operator Paul Thind of Necropolis records as of week ending 11/22/02, officially ending Dark Funeral's tenure with said record label. This is a result of Necropolis' records deliberate breach of contract with the band Dark Funeral and MNW/No Fashion Records. Dark Funeral waited patiently for Necropolis records to honour their agreement with them, and after many failed attempts by the band to legally force them to make good on their agreement, the band and record label had no other choice than to choose this course of action.
Dark Funeral guitarist and spokesman Lord Ahriman has this to say about this development: "Before we signed this North American deal with Necropolis Records, we were warned by pretty much everybody to not sign with them. It is apparently well-known within the scene as well as between various business associates that Paul and his Necropolis record label have routinely not paid most they have worked with. They have defaulted on payments towards their artists, for studio sessions, to their distributors, etc. We had heard these rumours, and the warnings coming in to us, but we didn't want to judge anyone before we had investigated it further by ourselves." More...
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