Metal News for July 25, 2003
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14 news articles posted on this day.
Immolating DVD
Immolation are working on their upcoming DVD due to be out in November. The disc will feature shows recorded in Holland during their 2 recent tours in various places like Amsterdam [in front of 3000 people], Tilburg, Antwerpen, Paris and LA. The DVD will also contain bonus sections, band features, and "multi angle views".
Dimmu Borgir Limited Release Information
More information has been released about the Dimmu Borgir 'Death Cult Armageddon' limited release:
There will be 2000 copies released on September 8th, the limited release includes a heavy and numbered metal box (size 25x20x5 cm) with padlock (yes a padlock! keep your troo blaspheming secret!), including high-class configured loose-leaf notebook (to stay troo and write all blaspheming down on!) (size 17x22) with metal and parchment booklet pages (parchment, troo, ah yes..so troo), wrapped in embroidered black velvet cloth (just what the demons wanted - velvet! so troooo), including the CD with bonustrack "Satan My Master" - Bathory Cover + set of 10 high-class postcards (postcards! for mailing your troo friends all around the world - to tell them you have uber-collector item and they don't!).
(please note the humor in the aforementioned post)
Pissing Razors Set Release Date
Pissing Razors have set a September 23 release date through Spitfire Records for their new studio album, "Evolution". Recorded earlier this year at Krank Studios in El Paso, Texas, "Evolution" is the band's fifth album and first studio release to feature new vocalist Andre Acosta.
Hate Eternal, Arch Enemy US Dates Announced
Arch Enemy will be doing a mini-tour of the U.S. in August/September, with Hate Eternal, Evergrey and Black Dahlia Murder as support acts.
Arch Enemy guitarist Michael Amott commented: "Yes, we can put your minds to rest, we can confirm those ugly rumours! We thought it would be a good idea to come over and play a few shows in the U.S. around the release date of 'Anthems Of Rebellion'! It's a cool package that's been put together for these dates…something for everyone! We can't play more shows right now in the U.S., as we will be on the road with Nevermore in Europe… But we will definitely be coming back for more later in the year!"
Arch Enemy "Anthems of Rebellion USA 2003" tour dates w/ Hate Eternal, Evergrey, and Black Dahlia Murder: More...
The Project Hate Post New Song Online
A brand new The Project Hate track, titled "Congregate", has been posted online at this location. "Congregate" comes off the group's forthcoming third album, "Hate, Dominate, Congregate, Eliminate", due on August 25 through Entombed's label imprint, Threeman Recordings.
The follow-up to "When We Are Done, Your Flesh Will Be Ours" will contain the following cuts: More...
Trouble to Record New Material in October
Reunited doom legends Trouble, who recently replaced longtime bassist Ron Holzner with Chuck Robinson (formerly of This Tortured Soil), are set to enter the studio in October with producer Vincent Wojno (Machine Head, Kreator, Konkhra) to record their long-awaited new album, titled "Seven".
According to frontman Eric Wagner, 15 songs have been written so far for the album. "It's still heavy, it's still Trouble, maybe a little more modern," says Eric. "It's still us. It's our seventh album and it was going to be seven years since our last album, but now it's going to be a little more." More...
Burnt By the Sun Complete New Album
Relapse Records recording artists Burnt By the Sun have completed work on their highly-anticipated new album, entitled "The Perfect Is The Enemy Of The Good".
"The Perfect Is The Enemy Of The Good" was recorded at New Jersey's Trax East Studio with producer Matt Bayles (Isis, Vendetta Red, Mastodon, Blood Brothers). The final track listing for the album is as follows: More...
Amon Amarth to Play First Show in Israel
Sweden's Amon Amarth will play their first-ever live show in Israel on August 14 at the Barbi CluB in Tel Aviv. Support at the concert will come from Leng Tch'e, the Belgian grindcore band featuring Sven De Caluwé of Aborted, and the young and promising local death metal band Solitary.
Iron Maiden Announce UK Dates
Iron Maiden have announced the details of the U.K. portion of their "Dance Of Death World Tour", which is scheduled to kick off in Europe in mid-October. Tickets for the U.K. shows go on sales on July 30.
Iron Maiden U.K. (and Irish) tour dates: More...
Cold Records Offers Up Three New Discs
Sweden's Cold Records announces 3 releases from Swedish supergroups.
Newly formed Cold Records have announced the signing and album releases of three bands that all have members from Sweden's legendary music scene.
First up is classic death metallers Incapacity with their album "Chaos Complete" which will be released on July 24th. The lineup for this throwback outfit should make all fans of that Sunlight sound quiver with glee? More...
Headline News
Ozzy's Manager, Bobby Thomson, Passes Away
Ozzy Osbourne's longtime tour manager Bobby Thomson (50) ,who had worked for Osbourne since 1983, died in his sleep on Thursday night at the Townshend Hotel in Birmingham, Michigan, after an 18 month battle with throat cancer. Thomson, a native of Glasgow, Scotland, and a resident of Los Angeles, was discovered in his hotel room on Thursday morning.
In a statement Thursday, Osbourne said, "We are devastated by the loss of our dear friend Bobby. He has been a part of our family for 23 years and loved very much. He will be greatly missed by all of us. Our sincerest sympathies go out to the Thomson family."
Read the full article at Launch.com.
ManMade God Tour On Through The Summer
ManMadeGod, after finishing up their Taproot tour will be hitting the road for a month or so with Ra, and a few of the Adema/Powerman 5000/Spineshank dates: More...
Linkin Park Singer Needs Surgery For Hernia
After Linkin Park finishes touring behind 'Meteora', frontman Chester Bennington will undergo surgery for a hiatal hernia, a condition that occurs when part of the stomach slides above the diaphragm, allowing stomach acid to flow freely into the esophagus. "I'm kind of queasy all the time," Bennington told MTV News. "I'm basically gonna be sick to my stomach until I have the surgery done. Every night when I sing, it kind of pisses off the hernia. Last night I was vomiting when I was singing." (ed. If only we had a commenting system here, I'm sure this would be entertaining...)
Read the full article at MTV.com.
Ozzy Can't Remember His Life Story
WENN reports that Ozzy Osbourne would love to pen his life story — if only he could remember what actually happened during it. "They want to do a book on me, but it's going to be the thinnest book in the world because it's going to be like, 'Ozzy Osbourne was born December 3, 1948, and today I had a can of this fu**ing SOBE energy drink'," he explained. "I have to go back to periods of my life and find people who knew me at that time and find out what I was like. It's like one incredible adventure for me."
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