Metal News for July 24, 2003
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9 news articles posted on this day.
Cage Signs With Hellion Records For S.America
Cage has signed an exclusive licensing deal with Brazil based Hellion Records for the release of the band's new CD "Darker Than Black" for the territories of Brazil, South America and Central America. Hellion Records has set the 1st week of September 2003 for the release of "Darker Than Black".
Hellion Records label head Moises Della Monica, has stated "I´ve really enjoyed the album very much and I could say that it is the best heavy metal album of 2003".
Cage in addition is currently signed to Massacre Records (Europe), Fugative Records (United States / Canada) and The Art Records (Mexico).
Final Wacken Running Order Posted
Germany's Wacken Open Air festival has posted the final band running order on their website. The recently confirmed Breed 77 are the last band to be confirmed. On the W.O.A. offical page you can see the first pictures of the site setup.
Hate Eternal Postpone European Tour
Hate Eternal were forced to postpone their previously announced European tour from September to January because of scheduling conflicts brought about by their recently confirmed participation in the Rise Of Brutality 2 U.S. trek. The latter tour, which will be headlined by Hatebreed and will also include appearances by Terror and Cephalic Carnage, will kick off on September 12 and run through October 8.
Orphaned Land Enter Studio to Record Third Album
Long-running Israeli metallers Orphaned Land have entered the studio to record their third full-length album, tentatively titled "Mabool", for a late 2003 release through Century Media Records. "In order to celebrate this exciting announcement, Metalist Productions have decided to raise a special event called 'Special Orphaned Concept Eve' that would be held in Tmoona Theater, on Tuesday, [August 5], [at] 22:00," according to a post on the band's site. "The event would have two parts — the first would be a screening of chosen clips from the acoustic show and others. Right after the screening, the crowd would be moved to the second part of the evening: Shows by Arafel, Vultures, The Knell, Tears of Israfel! The bands would also perform covers for Orphaned songs. In the end of the event there would be an Orphaned Special on stage, including Orphaned Land members." More...
Cathedral Sign WIth Nuclear Blast
U.K.-based cult doom rockers Cathedral have signed a deal with Nuclear Blast Records. The group's follow-up to last year's "The VIIth Coming" is tentatively due in early 2004. Cathefral were previously signed to Dream Catcher Records in Europe and Spitfire Records in the U.S.
Cathedral will be teaming up with Strapping Young Lad and Samael for a North American tour beginning in early September.
Confirmed dates are as follows: More...
Arch Enemy to Play Korean Rock Fest
Sweden's Arch Enemy will make their first-ever appearance in Korea on Friday, August 8 at The Busan International Rock Festival on Daedepo Beach. Arch Enemy will be headlining the event, which will also feature an appearance by fellow Swedes Soilwork and a host of local acts, including Crash, Trans Fixion and Gumx.
Arch Enemy guitarist Michael Amott commented: "This has been a long time coming. We were supposed to play in Korea a couple of years ago, but it didn't happen, so it feels great that we are finally playing there now. We are very excited about going to this festival and exposing the Korean music fans to our brand of metal!"
Dream Theater Drummer Does Led Zeppelin Tribute
After the great success of his BEATLES tribute band YELLOW MATTER CUSTARD, DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy has been asked to assemble another special one-off tribute project for his appearance at the Montreal Drum Fest in November.
Portnoy's LED ZEPPELIN tribute band HAMMER OF THE GODS will once again feature Paul Gilbert (RACER X/ex-MR.BIG) on guitar, as well as Dave LaRue (DIXIE DREGS, PLANET X) on bass and Daniel Gildenlöw (PAIN OF SALVATION) on vocals.
This special one-time-only project will appear on Friday, November 7 at the Montreal Drum Festival, with a possible "warm-up" gig to the general public earlier in the week. More details will be made available soon.
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Savatage To Perform For First Time In 8 Years
For the first time in eight years, bassist Johnny Lee Middleton and drummer Steve "Doc" Wacholz will join vocalist Jon Oliva and guitarist Chris Caffery on stage for the Criss Oliva 10th Anniversary Memorial Concert to remember and celebrate the life and contributions of Jon's brother, late SAVATAGE guitarist Christopher Michael Oliva.
The concert will take place on Friday, October 17, 2003 at the Green Parrot Pub in Largo, Florida and pre-show tickets for the event will go on sale Friday, August 1, 2003 through www.crissoliva.com. Proceeds will be donated in Criss' memory to the CADD/Alcohol Free Kids Organization. Special-edition, limited merchandise will be available at the show and will include an AVATAR DVD with a 25-minute-long memorial of Criss.
As most SAVATAGE fans know, in the early morning hours of October 17, 1993 Criss Oliva and his wife Dawn were en route to the Livestock Festival in Zephyrhills, Florida when tragedy struck. They were hit head-on by a drunk driver. Criss was killed and his wife Dawn suffered severe injuries.
Anathema Recoding New Album
ANATHEMA have entered Parkgate Studios near Hastings, U.K. to begin recording the follow-up to 2001's "A Fine Day to Exit", tentatively due in late 2003/early 2004 through Music For Nations Records.
"Things are going very well here," ANATHEMA guitarist Daniel "Danny" Cavanagh writes on the band's official web site. "For the fist time in a while we recorded live together. Drums, bass, guitars and even vocals on a few songs. The sounds we have got going are very powerful. We aim to keep things simple on this album, maximizing the tones that we have, feeling that its not necessary to stack lots of elements together to create a big sound. The songs themselves lend themselves to this simplified approach, being uncomplicated songs that get to the heart of the matter without having to go round the block to get there, if you see what I mean."More...
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