Metal News for April 7, 2002
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Headline News
Manson Hit With Wrongful Death Suit
Marilyn Manson has been hit with a ‘wrongful death’ lawsuit, filed by Maria St. John, the mother of Jennifer Syme, a former girlfriend of Keanu Reeves. She accuses Manson of giving Jennifer cocaine and encouraging her to drive while drunk; St. John’s daughter died after a party at Manson's house on April 1, 2001. The lawsuit seeks undisclosed damages. Commenting on the situation, Manson himself says:
“Words cannot express the pain that I feel over the loss of Jennifer Syme’s life. After Jennifer was sent home safely with a designated driver, she later got behind the wheel of her own car for reasons known only to her. Her death is sad and tragic.”
Summary/Misc
Daily Interviews
- Heavy Metal Universe interviews Nikolai of the Russian band Melissa (fr/uk)
Summary/Misc
Daily Reviews
Tartarean Desire has come through this week with a ton of new reviews:
- Agalloch - Of Stone, Wind And Pillor (folk metal, 2001)
- Archetype - Dawning (progressive metal, 2002)
- Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors (avantgarde metal, 2002)
- Autumnblaze - Mute Boy Sad Girl (melancholic rock, 2002)
- Susperia - Vindication (dark metal, 2002)
- Morifade - Imaginarium (power metal, 2002)
- My Minds Mine - Scenes Of The Complete... (grindcore, 2002)
- Holochaust - PanDEMOnium (doom metal, 2002)
- Empire - Hypnotica (hardrock, 2001)
- V/A - Dream Ballads (rock ballads, 2001)
- The Glasspack - Powderkeg (rock, 2002)
- Demons Of Dirt - Killer Engine (death metal, 2002)
- Lunatic Gods - The Wilderness (death metal, 2002)
- Myriads - Introspection (gothic metal, 2002)
- Rain Fell Within - Refuge (atmospheric metal, 2002)
- Emerald - Calling The Knights (power/heavy metal, 2002)
- To Elysium - Dearest Vile (gothic metal, 2002)
- No Return - Machinery (thrash metal, 2002)
- United Enemies - single (hardrock, 2002)
- Fourwaykill - Kill Or Cure (metalcore, 2001)
- WE - Dinosauric Futurobic (stoner rock, 2002)
- Taake - ...Bjoergvin... (black metal, 2002)
- Opera IX - Maleventum (occult metal, 2002)
- Raventhrone - Endless Conflict Theorem (epic metal, 2002)
- Therion - Symphony Masses: Ho Drakon Ho Megas (death metal, 1993)
- Running Wild - Black Hand Inn (heavy metal, 1994)
Heavy Metal Universe has some more:
- Iron Maiden - Rock in rio (fr)
- Iron Maiden - Run to the hills 2002 #1 (fr)
- Iron Maiden - Run to the hills 2002 #2 (fr)
- Medication - Medication EP (fr)
- Theory In Practice -Colonizing the sun (fr/uk)
- Motorhead - Iron fist (fr)
- Motorhead - We are motorhead (fr)
- Ozzy Osbourne - Down to earth (fr)
- Vanden Plas - Beyond daylight (fr)
- Voivod - The outer limits (fr)
- Voivod - Negatron (fr)
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