Metal News for June 8, 2001
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6 news articles posted on this day.
Candlelight Records & Nocturnal Art Deal
Candlelight Records & Nocturnal Art have entered into an agreement that will allow Candlelight to release Nocturnal Art Productions material in North America. The first releases to benefit form the partnership will be from Limbonic Art and Sirius. Both bands will perform at the Milwaukee Metalfest.
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Signings
- Grave Digger has signed to Nuclear Blast. Their next album will be called 'The Grave Digger' and is due in October.
- Inside Out Music has signed Symphony X to a North American deal and picked up Evergrey worldwide.
- The label Hammerheart has picked up Dimension F3H featuring Morfeus of Limboninc Art. Demons of Dirt have also been signed and are expected to appeal to fans of At The Gates and The Haunted.
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Movement
- Angel Dust touring guitarist Ritchie Wilkinson has been confirmed as full-time replacement for Bernd Aufermann. Bernd parted ways with the band due to
personal differences will now focus on his 'Shining' project. - The new Infernal lineup has been confirmed as Blackmoon (vocals and guitars), Demon Alzazmon (drums) and Equinox (bass). The band is looking into adding a second guitarist.
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Daily Interviews
Custom Heavy has several new interviews including:
- The Lord Weird Slough Feg
- Souldivider
- Voodoo Shock - Ex-Naevus leader Uwe Groebel speaks.
- Flatblak - Singer/guitarist Mikel Link speaks for these Satanic stoners from Canada.
Metal Update also has an interview with Katatonia this week.
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Daily Reviews
Custom Heavy has loads of new reviews this week:
- (V/A) South of Hell: 14 Songs From the New South
- Paul Chain: Sign From Space
- 500ft of Pipe: Dope Deal
- Sanity Assassins: Resistance is Useless?
- Sanity Assassins: The Massacre
- Eerie Ln.: Voodoo Music Box=20
- Season to Risk: Live Show
- Gammera: Smoke and Mirrors
- Goatsblood: S/T=20
- Neil Young: Harvest
- The Lord Weird Slough Feg: Down Among the Deadmen
- Backbiter/Elope: Split=20
- Hatewave: Hatewave=20
- Duster 69: 2=20
- Agents of Oblivion: S/T
- Bal-Sagoth: Atlantis Ascendant
- Dimmu Borgir: Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
- Glasspack: American Exhaust
- Ad Nauseam: Demo CD-R
- Stank: Slug Trail Eyes
- Souldivider: The Big Relax
- Bongzilla: Live
- Rebreather: Need Another Seven Astronauts
Metal Judgement has an even 10 reviews this week:
- Circle of Dead Children 'The Genocide Machine' (Committee Review)
- Mushroomhead 'XX' (Committee Review)
- Napalm Death 'Enemy of the Music Business' (Summary Judgment)
- Karaboudjan 'Sbrodj' (Summary Judgment)
- Bal-Sagoth 'Atlantis Ascendant' (Summary Judgment)
- Regurgitate 'Carnivorous Erection' (Summary Judgment)
- Church of Misery 'Masters of Brutality' (Summary Judgment)
- Adolf Castle 'Really Crazy Germans' (Summary Judgment)
- Crimson Glory 'Transcendence' (Classic Review)
- Core Device (Demo Review)
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Site Watch
- Get ready for your NIGHTMARE to come to life. Check out Dry Kill Logic's 'Nightmare' video on RoadRunner.com.
- Photo's of some of the bands that played at Bloodstock have now been posted on the festival's site.
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