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Metal News for December 4, 2003

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Veil To Enter The Studio

Dec 4, 2003 at 11:25 PM by deathbringer.

VEIL are ready to enter the studio to record an entire full lenght debut album after their partnership with 2KKRECORDS. The album will have 12 songs and is titled is PSYCHOTIC.

Veil's lead guitarist, EDGE, will leave the band for personal problems and he will be replaced by GENTLEMAN (k-again) for Italian live dates. Maybe in the future.

EDGE will produce the album with Pigo (k-again,veil) at the DOPPIOPUNTOSTUDIOS in Milan.

Their next live gigs are as follows: More...

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Fireball Ministry Doesn't Like 'Stoner Rock' Tag

Dec 4, 2003 at 9:06 PM by deathbringer (Source: Electric Basement).

In an interview with Electricbasement.com, FIREBALL MINISTRY guitarist EMILY J BURTON responds to the band's "stoner rock" tag, "To me, 'stoner rock' proper implies a certain amount of 'jamming' which usually turns out to be a bad thing. I think what's awesome about stoner rock is the emphasis on great tone, but I also think a lot of stoner rock bands forget to write songs. A 10-minute song should not have only one riff. I do think it's pretty lame that all the stoner rock bands get called ''retro'in a negative sense like it's 'your dad's music'but bands like Jet or Kings of Leon are fucking hailed as the New Era of Rock. Cream did it 800 times better 35 years ago."

Read the full article at Electric Basement.

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El Caco Nominated for Norwegian Alarm Award

Dec 4, 2003 at 8:57 PM by deathbringer (Source: Black Balloon Records).

El Caco has been nominated to win the prestigious Norwegian Alarm Award 2004. Major music journalists nominate the candidates and the audience votes for the winners over the Internet. The nominees for this years best metal-album are El Caco, Dimmu Borgir, Thulsa Doom, Enslaved and The Cumshots. The Alarm Awards takes place in Bergen, Norway on the 14th of February 2004.

Upcoming El Caco gigs :

12.28.03 Lillestrøm, Norway - Martins
01.16.04 Torsheim (Vang), Norway- JotneRock
03.13.04 Trondheim, Norway- Samfundet

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Atomship Recording Debut CD For 2004

Dec 4, 2003 at 8:51 PM by deathbringer (Source: Wind-Up Records).

Atomship is in the studio prepping their debut CD for an early '04 release. Get a sneak peek of 2 songs including "Pencil Fight" at Atomship.com

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Evanescence Gets 5 Grammy Nominations

Dec 4, 2003 at 8:48 PM by deathbringer (Source: Wind-Up Records).

Evanescence have 5 Grammy Nominations this year. The band is up for Album of the Year, Best New Artist, Best Rock Album, Best Rock Song "Bring Me To Life" and Best Hard Rock Performance "Bring Me to Life". In other award news, Evanescence will be performing at the Billboard Music Awards on Wednesday Dec. 10th. The band is nominated for the New Artist of the Year Award.

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Iron Maiden's 'Rainmaker' Debuts At #13

Dec 4, 2003 at 4:22 PM by deathbringer (Source: Ytsejam.com).

IRON MAIDEN's "Rainmaker" has entered Britain's singles chart at No. 13. "Rainmaker", written by guitarist Dave Murray, bassist Steve Harris and vocalist Bruce Dickinson, comes off IRON MAIDEN's latest album "Dance Of Death", which has sold 95,459 copies in the U.S. since its early September release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. A video for the song, which was shot at London's Roundhouse studios in Camden, was reportedly rejected by MTV Europe after the music channel deemed the group's audience "too old," according to Dickinson.

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Alice Cooper Gets Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame

Dec 4, 2003 at 4:16 PM by deathbringer (Source: Rockdirt).

Rob Zombie was on hand to see Alice Cooper honored with a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday (December 2) in Hollywood, California. Check out pictures from CelebrityPhoto, StarFile, GlobePhotos, GettyImages, WireImage, Colourpress, DailyCeleb, LFI, and Yahoo.

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