Incantation Post New MP3 Online

Listenable Records have posted a new mp3 of the American Death metallers INCANTATION, ‘Decimate Christendom’.

As previously reported, the album "Decimate Christendom" will be released on August 30th as a limited edition CD and features the following tracklisting: ‘Decimate Christendom’, ‘Dying Divinity’, ‘Oath Of Armageddon’, ‘Blaspheme The Sacraments’, ‘Merciless Tyranny’, ‘Horns Of Eradication’, ‘Unholy Empowerment Of Righteous Deprivation’, ‘Thorns Of Everlasting Persecution’, ‘No Paradise Awaits’, ‘Eternal Darkness Under Conquered Skies’, ‘Feeble Existence’ and ‘Exiling Righteousness’ (bonus track).

Also, Incantation will be touring Norway in November with RAGNAROK, KRISIUN and BEHEMOTH. Confirmed dates include: More...

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Omnium Gatherum Complete New Record

Finnish melodic death metallers OMNIUM GATHERUM have completed work on their forthcoming album, "Fall Grave Silence".

"The recording and mixing of the new OG album is now completed, big salutes and many "Ky`yyl" celebration screams to Nino Laurenne and Teemu Aalto who produced and engineered the album at Sonic Pump Studio (in Helsinki, Finland). Killer`n`kick ass stuff coming indeed! And here`s what Mr. Producer has to say about this: " Fuckkiing great shit!" Next we are heading to Finnvox studio to master the album and then it`s...READY an` Willing!"

An October/November release is expected, through Rage Of Achilles.

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Sarah Jezebel Deva Launches A New Side Project

ANGTORIA is the name of the new project featuring Sarah Jezebel Deva ( Cradle Of Filth, Mortiis, Therion), Tommy Rehn ( MOAHNI MOAHNA) and Chris Rehn ( ABYSSOS).

They have completed a five song demo, which includes the following tracks: Six Feet Under’, ‘Confide In Me’, ‘Little Girl’, ‘Deity Of Disgust’ and ‘I Cried Alone’. Check out some audio samples here.

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Susperia On The Road With Mortiis

Norwegian metallers SUSPERIA have confirmed details of a major European tour in support of the recently released Unlimited album. The band, Athera - vocals, Memnock - bass guitar, Tjodalv - drums, Elvorn and Cyrus - guitars, are set to team up with fellow Norwegians Mortiis on a double headline package under the banner of The Unlimited Grudge Tour 2004. Starting in the UK on 15th September the tour will run through 19 countries finishing in Belgium on 14th November.

As previously reported, Susperia appear at The Hole In The Sky - Bergen Metal Fest V in Bergen, Norway on Friday 27th August 2004. The band will perform at the USF venue alongside KREATOR, KATATONIA, ENTOMBED among others.

Dates on The Unlimited Grudge Tour 2004 are as follows: More...

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Mortician Confirm Live Show

MORTICIAN have announced one live show in August as a warm-up for their upcoming fall North American tour. The brutal New York metallers hit Dingbats in Clifton, NJ on Friday, August 20, 2004.

Mortician will release their new live album, "Zombie Massacre Live", on July 27th via Crash Music. The album is over 60 minutes in length and includes 37 tracks of "pure sonic terror."

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ZZ Top Guitarist To Guest In New QOTSA Album?

Billboard.com is reporting that Queens of the Stone Age were joined this week in a Los Angeles studio by ZZ Top guitarist Billy F. Gibbons. According to QOTSA's official web site, Gibbons "rolled into the studio ... at the stroke of midnight and left at 5 in the A.M."

It is unknown if Gibbons' contributions will make the cut for Queens of the Stone Age's next Interscope studio album, QOTSA's first since the spring departure of bassist/vocalist Nick Oliveri. Group leader Josh Homme is recording the set with drummer Joey Castillo, multi-instrumentalist Troy Van Leeuwen and "Desert Sessions" collaborator Alain Johannes. Assisting Homme during the sessions is producer/engineer Joe Barresi, who worked on QOTSA's self-titled, 1998 debut. Queens of the Stone Age's last album, 2002's "Songs for the Deaf," has sold 901,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

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Living Loud Plans To Tour U.S. Next Year

According to the Deep Purple fan site The Highway Star, Living Loud — the new "supergroup" consisting of Bob Daisley (Ozzy Osbourne, Rainbow, Uriah Heep) on bass, Steve Morse (Deep Purple, Kansas, Dixie Dregs) on guitar, Don Airey (Deep Purple, Rainbow) on keyboards, Lee Kerslake (Uriah Heep, Ozzy Osbourne) on drums and Jimmy Barnes (Cold Chisel) on vocals — are currently in discussions to tour the U.S. in January next year.

Living Loud's self-titled CD and DVD will be released through EMI International in three formats: The original studio CD with two bonus live tracks ("Crazy Train" and "Good Times"), the DVD, or a DVD/CD double-pack titled "Loud & Live." The DVD will be available in PAL and NTSC formats, and will feature two bonus tracks not found on the CD ("Gimme Some Lovin'" and "Good Times"). Exact release dates have yet to be confirmed. In addition, negotiations are in place with iTunes to release a recording of the group's entire April 26 show in Sydney exclusively in the coming weeks.

Preview clips of three tracks from the Living Loud DVD have been posted online. The songs available for viewing are "Crazy Train" (Quicktime), "Good Times" (Quicktime) and "I Don't Know" (Quicktime).

Living Loud's debut album was recorded in Florida at Greg Rikes studio with producer Darren Schneider, who has worked with Deep Purple, Matchbox Twenty and Creed. The keyboards were subsequently laid down and at AIR studios in London, where the entire affair was mixed. The album includes five new original songs written by Steve, Jimmy, Lee and Bob, along with several cover versions of various Ozzy Osbourne classics.

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Silent Force Post Sample MP3 Online

An MP3 sample of a brand-new Silent Force track, entitled "Ride the Storm," has been posted online at this location.

"Ride the Storm" comes off the group's third album, "Worlds Apart," due September 20 through Noise Records. The follow-up to 2001's "Infatuator" was produced by Dennis Ward (Angra, Pink Cream 69) at House of Audio studio in Karlsdorf, Germany.

Silent Force, who feature in their ranks former Royal Hunt singer D.C. Cooper, parted ways with InsideOut Music last summer after they were deemed to be "not the right fit" for the label's roster. The band will support Cans (the solo project of Hammerfall singer Joacim Cans) on Friday, August 13 at Zeche in Bochum, Germany.

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Marilyn Manson To Appear In Area 51 Videogame

Marilyn Manson will appear in the soon-to-be-released Area 51 videogame by Midway Games Inc. Area 51 is one of the last of Midway's arcade franchises (from back in the day) to be given a makeover for present-day consoles. Manson will appear in the form of an alien that the team calls "Edgar." He becomes responsible for sending special messages to help guide you to your goal. Edgar communicates by reanimating corpses. A tentative late 2004 release is expected.

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Germany's Spawn Sign To Morbid Records

German death metal band Spawn have signed with Morbid Records. The group's new album, "Human Toxin," was recorded at DailyheroRecordings Studios and mastered at Mega Wimp Sound (Disinter, Dying Fetus, Haemorrhage). A December 2004 release is expected. The group had previously toured Europe with Krisium and Cryptopsy, among others.

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Cans Tour Dates And Lineup Revealed

More details have been revealed about the touring lineup for Cans, the solo project of Hammerfall singer Joacim Cans. Joining Cans in the group's current incarnation are drummer Mark Zonder (Fates Warning, Warlord), guitarist Stefan Elmgren (Hammerfall), keyboardist Danielle Soravia, guitarist Danny Gill and bassist Fredrik Larsson.

Upcoming Cans tour dates:
Aug. 09 - Bananpiren - Göteborg, SWE
Aug. 10 - Klubben - Stockholm, SWE*
Aug. 11 - Markthalle - Hamburg, GER*
Aug. 12 - Rockfabrik - Ludwigsburg, GER*
Aug. 13 - Zeche - Bochum, GER**

* Support: DIONYSOS
** Support: SILENT FORCE, DIONYSUS

Cans' debut album, "Beyond The Gates," was released in April through Sanctuary Records. The CD was recorded between November 2003 and February 2004 at Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden, Frankie's Hideaway in the U.S. and House of Music Studios in Germany, and was mixed and mastered at Twilight Studios in Germany. The recording lineup on the CD was as follows: Cans (vocals), Mat Sinner (bass, Primal Fear, Sinner), "Metal" Mike Chlasciak (guitars, ex-Halford, Painmuseum), Stefan Elmgren (guitars, Hammerfall) and Mark Zonder (drums, Fates Warning). An MP3 of the song "Fields of Yesterday" can be downloaded at this location.

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Evanescence's Amy Lee Worried About Drawing Crowds

Evanescence singer Amy Lee has admitted to Launch Radio Networks that she was a little nervous about being able to draw enough fans to fill the seats on the band's current North American tour. "It's a little scary, because you always look at the numbers," Lee said. "Like, when we're booked to play a place that's maybe 15,000 or more people, that's a really large amount of people. And when you're thinking of it in terms of, like, 'I'm headlining, can we really pull that many people?', it does make you a little nervous, I guess. You're always, like, just kind of hoping until that last week, when you start to see them really selling, you're like, "Okay, good, whew! Awesome.' (laughs)"

Seether, Breaking Benjamin and Three Days Grace also appear on the tour.

Upcoming Evanescence U.S. dates:
Jul. 26 - Sunrise, FL - Office Depot Center
Jul. 27 - Orlando, FL - TD Waterhouse Centre
Jul. 29 - Charlotte, NC - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Jul. 30 - Atlanta, GA - HiFi Buys Amphitheatre
Jul. 31 - Portsmouth, VA - NTELOS Pavilion @ Harbor Center
Aug. 02 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center
Aug. 03 - Noblesville, IN - Verizon Wireless Music Center
Aug. 04 - Bonner Springs, KS - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

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Anthrax's "Metallum Maximum Aeturnum" Release Date

Anthrax singer John Bush has been in the studio finishing up the vocals for the group's upcoming collection of Joey Belladonna/Neil Turbin-era songs performed by the band's current lineup, dubbed "Metallum Maximum Aeturnum." According to guitarist Scott Ian, the band may change the title of the collection to "Old School, New School, Our School: Metallum Maximum Aeturnum" or "Metal Thrashing Mad: Metallum Maximum Aeturnum." "We'll mix it when we get home after Budapest and it's scheduled for release November 8 in Europe and November 23 in the States," he said. "Australia is in there as well. Both releases will have different extras. I think the Japanese release (a week before Europe) comes with a puppy."

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Lullacry Excited About U.S. Tour With Nightwish

Finland's Lullacry have set August 24 as the U.S. release date for their five-track EP, entitled "Fire Within." The CD, which features two new songs, "Fire Within" and "The #1 Rebel," two remakes of classic Lullacry tracks, as well as a cover version of W.A.S.P.'s "L.O.V.E. Machine," the EP is a sweet taste in anticipation of the band's full-length follow-up to 2003's "Crucify My Heart," tentatively due in January. Download a short MP3 sample of the EP's title track at this location. The lyrics to the song can be viewed here.

In anticipation of their upcoming North American tour with Nightwish, Lullacry guitarist Sami Vauhkonen had this to say: "We're really excited about the upcoming U.S. tour! We did one show at Milwaukee Metalfest last year and we had a really great time. It's awesome to be coming back again and playing in cities like L.A., New York, San Francisco and so on. We'll definitely show you some Finnish rock attitude. Load your icebox with MGD's 'cause we are thirsty folks, haha! See you on tour & I hope I'll have some time to chat with U.S. Lullacry fans. Rock on!"

Lullacry w/ Nightwish:
Aug. 16 - The Opera House – Toronto, ONT
Aug. 17 - Metropolis – Montreal, QUE
Aug. 19 - Trocadero – Philadelphia, PA
Aug. 20 - Palladium – Worcester, MA
Aug. 22 - B.B. King’s Blues Club – New York, NY
Aug. 23 - Phantasy Theater –Lakewood, OH
Aug. 25 - House of Blues – Chicago, IL
Aug. 26 - Quest Club – Minneapolis, MN
Aug. 28 - Cervantee – Denver, CO
Aug. 30 - Cajun House – Scottsdale, AZ
Aug. 31 - House of Blues – Anaheim, CA
Sep. 02 - House of Blues – Los Angeles, CA
Sep. 03 - Slim’s – San Francisco, CA
Sep. 05 - Graceland – Seattle, WA

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Ministry Announce North American Tour Dates

Ministry will launch their "EViL DoER" North America Tour in Las Vegas September 7 with very special guests My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult. Featured guest artists will be announced for specific cities throughout the tour, as they are confirmed. The "EViL DoER" N. America Tour is being routed until the November 22, 2004.

"EViL DoER" tour dates:
Sep. 07 - Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
Sep. 08 - Phoenix, AZ @ Marquee Theater
Sep. 10 - El Paso, TX @ Club Xcape
Sep. 11 - San Antonio, TX @ Sunset Station
Sep. 13 - New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
Sep. 14 - Houston, TX @ Meridian
Sep. 16 - Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theatre
Sep. 17 - Denver, CO @ Ogden Theater
Sep. 18 - Fort Collins, CO @ Apple Theater
Sep. 19 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Bricks
Sep. 21 - San Diego, CA @ 4th & B
Sep. 22 - Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues
Sep. 24 - Los Angeles, CA @ House of Blues
Sep. 25 - Los Angeles, CA @ House of Blues
Sep. 26 - San Francisco, CA @ The Grand
Sep. 28 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Theatre
Sep. 29 - Seattle, WA @ Fenix Underground
Sep. 30 - Vancouver, BC @ Commodore
Oct. 01 - Edmonton, AB @ Red's
Oct. 02 - Calgary, AB @ MacEwan Hall Ballroom
Oct. 03 - Saskatoon, SK @ Prairieland
Oct. 05 - Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings Theater
Oct. 06 - Regina, SK @ Doris Knight Hall
Oct. 08 - Sauget, IL @ Pop's
Oct. 10 - Chicago, IL @ The Vic Theatre
Oct. 19 - New York, NY @ BB Kings
Oct. 20 - New York, NY @ BB Kings
Oct. 21 - Poughkeepsie, NY @ Chance Theater

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Therapy? Finalize Tracklisting For New Album

Therapy? have finalized the track listing for their new album, "Never Apologise Never Explain," tentatively due this fall through Spitfire Records. The Pete Barlett-produced follow-up to 2003's "High Anxiety" will contain the following cuts:

01. Rise Up
02. Die Like A Motherfucker
03. Perish The Thought
04. Here Be Monsters
05. So Called Life
06. Panic!
07. Polar Bear
08. Rock You Monkeys
09. Dead
10. Long Distance
11. This Ship Is Sinking
12. Save The Sermon
13. Last One To Heaven's A Loser

"The mastering came out sounding excellent so we’re just finalizing the front cover artwork and working on the CD booklet," the band writes on their web site. "In the next couple of weeks we'll be doing a photo shoot for the album and other than that we’re still on for a late September/early October release date. Also looking forward to seeing all our friends at the Alive festival."

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Anaal Nathrakh Name New Album

British black metal act Anaal Nathrakh have set "Domine Non Es Dignus" as the title of their second full-length album, tentatively due before the end of the year through Season Of Mist Records. The follow-up to 2001's "The Codex Necro" is being recorded at Necrodeath studios and will include the following cuts, among others: "Revaluation of All Value," "To Err Is Human, To Dream – Futile" and "Procreation of the Wretched." No further information is currently available.

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Beseech To Support Therion In Stockholm

Swedish "gothic metallers" Beseech will play an exclusive gig with Therion on September 30 at Klubben in Stockholm (Therion's only gig in Sweden in support of their new album). In other news, Beseech have uploaded photos from their appearance at the Tuska 2004 festival in Helsinki, Finland last weekend. Check them out here.

Beseech's fourth full-length album, "Drama" was released in January through Napalm Records. The follow-up to 2002's "Souls Highway" was recorded at Studio Mega and was mastered at the Cutting Room.

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Germany's Shepherd To Release Sophomore Album

Defunct German doomsters Shepherd, whose sound was previously described by Doom-Metal.com as "old-fashioned riffing doom in the vein of genre legends like St. Vitus, Pentagram, The Obsessed and Black Sabbath," will posthumously release their second album, "The Coldest Day," on August 16 through Exile on Mainstream Records (Europe excluding Germany will receive the album on September 6, while the German release is expected on September 16).

The album was recorded by The Hidden Hand bassist/vocalist Bruce Falkinburg (The Hidden Hand, Clutch, Stinking Lizaveta) at his Phase Recording studio in College Park, MD. It features guest appearances by the mighty Scott "Wino" Weinrich (The Obsessed, St. Vitus) and ultra-slow German doom jazzers Bohren & Der Club of Gore, who recently released their critically acclaimed fourth album, "Black Earth," through Mike Patton's (ex-Faith No More) Ipecac Recordings.

"The Coldest Day" track listing:
01. Monday
02. Tuesday
03. Wednesday
04. Thursday
05. Friday
06. Saturday
07. Sunday
08. Doomsday

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Attacker Post Live Footage Online

Reunited New Jersey metallers Attacker have uploaded live footage from their appearance at the Keep It True II festival on April 10 at Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany. Download a video of the band performing the track "Tortured Existence" at the festival at this location (10.6 MB).

Attacker released their latest studio album, "Soul Taker," in January through Iron Glory Records.

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Anthrax Guitarist: Bush Was A Terrible President

Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian has posted the following message on the band's official web site:

"As [the Anthrax webmaster] Brent says on the home page, 'Voting counts, opinions don't,' and I know my opinion means nothing to anyone except me. At least it shouldn't. Use your own brain. Use the Internet for something other than metal and porn for five minutes a day and find out for yourself what is going on. Make up your own opinion and then yell it at everyone as loud as you can like I do! There's an old saying, 'Opinions are like assholes, everyone has one.' Well my saying is, 'Your opinion is an asshole.'

"Seriously, don't listen to me, or Bill O'Reilly (or anyone on Fox News), or Al Franken, or Bill Maher (although I usually agree with him on political issues, he does date whores), or CNN (remember BASKET FULL OF PUPPIES?), or Rush 'My Back Is Killing Me' Limbaugh, Janeane Garofalo (especially Janeane Garofalo OY!), or even Michael Moore, whom I love and adore. Listen to yourselves. Ask questions. Demand answers.

"Why were the Bin Ladens allowed to fly out of this country two days after 9/11?
Why are we paying over two dollars a gallon for gas?
Which Olsen twin needs a cheeseburger?
The 9/11 Commission report just came out (even after Bush and his lackeys tried their Texas best to suppress it, they threw 3 million dollars at it, compared to 50 million to investigate Clinton's Whitewater deals, priorities hello!) and it says there was no link between al Qaeda and Iraq. No link. So why did we go to war with them? WMD's? They must be with the real killers that OJ is looking for. More...

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Soil Parts Ways With J Records

Chicago's Soil have officially parted ways with J Records, the label that released the band's last two full-length offerings. The group's 2001 effort, "Scars," has sold 222,082 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan, while its follow-up, 2004's "Redefine" has shifted 64,832 units to date. Soil have plans to stay out on the road in the States until September.

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Rhapsody Members On Canada's Musique Plus

BW&BK is reporting that Rhapsody singer Fabio Lione and keyboardist Alex Staropoli will appear on Musique Plus this coming Monday, July 26 at 3PM. The Italian power metallers are in town promoting their forthcoming album, "Symphony Of Enchanted Lands Part 2: The Dark Secret," which is scheduled to be released in September through SPV.

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Brujeria Singer Arrested In Mexico

Brujeria singer Juan Brujo was arrested for possession of an illegal weapon (machete) and illegal drugs following the band's performance in Tijuana, Mexico on Saturday, July 17. Brujeria guitarist Dino Cazares (aka Asesino) sent this message to Blabbermouth.net regarding the incident:

"The venue [in Tijuana] hired police officers as security for the concert because of the reputation that Brujeria has. Just before we were about to hit the stage, the police stopped Brujo for his machete that he takes on stage, they pulled him aside and questioned him, asking him what it's for and why he was wearing the Mexican flag bandana on his face. They said he was desecrating the flag, which is a major offense in Mexico. They continued to search him and found a substantial amount of a controlled substance (marijuana). Asesino [aka Dino] tried to democratically intervene with the police but all he got was 'Shut the fuck up and get the fuck out of here.' Asesino went and got the promoter to try and reason with the police. After a few minutes of negotiations between the promoter and the police, a financial compromise was agreed to only allow Brujo to perform the show but still to be arrested immediately after the band's performance and taken to jail, where he spent three days negotiating his release. Finally, yet another financial compromise of thousands of dollars was agreed [upon] and all charges were dropped and he was released from jail in time for rehearsals with Brujeria for their upcoming show at the Ventura Theater on Saturday, July 24."

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Upcoming Goatwhore Shows

Upcoming Goatwhore shows:
07/25 Dallas, TX Club Indigo [Deep Ellum] (w/ The Black Dahlia Murder, Deadman Circus, and Demonseed)
07/26 San Antonio, TX The Sanctuary (w/ Cannibal Corpse and The Black Dahlia Murder)
07/27 Oklahoma City, OK Bricktown Live (w/ The Black Dahlia Murder)

Dates with Cattle Decapitation, The Black Dahlia Murder, and Watch Them Die
07/28 Denver, CO Climax Lounge
07/29 Lawrence, KS The Bottleneck
07/30 Milwaukee, WI Modjeska Theater (Milwaukee Metal Fest)
07/31 Des Moines, IA Hairy Mary's
08/01 Minneapolis, MN Ascot Room @ Quest Club
08/02 Omaha, NEB Ranch Bowl
08/03 Detroit, MI The Shelter at St. Andrew's
08/04 Toledo, OH Masonic Auditorium
08/05 Reading, PA The Silo
08/06 Irvington, NJ Cricket Club
08/07 Poughkeepsie, NY The Chance
08/08 Hartford, CT Webster Theatre / Underground
08/09 Farmingdale, NY Downtown
08/10 Richmond, VA Nanci Raygun
08/11 Baltimore, MD Thunderdome
08/13 Portland, ME The Asylum
08/14 Worcester, MA The Palladium
08/16 Hagerstown, MD Wilson Ruritan
08/17 Nashville, TN The 5 Spot More...

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Ex-Pestilence Bassist Available For New Project

Former Pestilence bassist Jeroen Paul Thesseling is currently available for progressive and technical bands or (studio) projects, according to a posting on his official website.

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Kreator Album And EP Update

Here are some words from Mille at his returm from England taken from the Kreator's site:
"Dear girls and boys, back in Essen after a 6 week stay in England. Sneap starts mixing the songs today, and I cannot wait hearing the final results. SPV are planing a worldwide release of the album for January 2005, followed by an extensive world tour, including massive sound and lights + a killer stage design in the style of the new cover artwork, wich will be made by austrian artist Jochim Luetke, check some of his work here. In case you have not seen the clips of the drum + vocal recordings yet, go here.
Before the actual album, we will release a special price 4 track EP, including previously unreleased live material and non-album tracks.
Here are the new song titles :
Enemy of God
Impossible Brutality
Suicide Terrorist
Murder Fantasies
Dying Race Apocalypse
One Evil Comes - A Million Follow
Dystopia
World Anarchy
Voices
Under a Blackened Sky
When Death Takes Its Dominion
The Ancient Plague

The style of the songs is pure brutal thrash. Tons of fast shit, sick solos, aggro riffing....
I am really psyched about the new shit, can´t wait to hear what you think about it.... Looking forward to get back on the road again, to play for you all.
Greetings from Essen, Germany,
Mille"

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Necrophagia Post New Song Online

A brand-new Necrophagia track, entitled "Unearthed," is available for preview at www.necrophagia.com/main.html.

"Unearthed" will be featured on Necrophagia's next full-length release, "Harvest Ritual Vol 1: Penance," tentatively due next summer. Recording for the CD will take place at state-of-the-art studios around the world and is expected to be completed by the year's end. Basil Gogos (Necrophagia, Rob Zombie, Misfits) will again be doing the cover artwork, and Cristie "Crusty" Whiles and Nico Claux will be doing additional designs. Other songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Return to Texas", "Cadavera X", "London (13 Demon Street)" and "Bleeding Eyes of the Eternally Damned." Finishing touches are now being put on both Necrophagia DVD releases: "Nightmare Scenarios," which features videos with Coffin Joe, Paul Naschy, Jose Moral and Alex Chandon, among others, and "NecroTorture/Sickcess." "NecroTorture" is a live performance filmed in Valencia, Spain and "Sickcess" is a gore-filled road movie directed by Fred Vogel and Killjoy (both of whom are involved in Toe Tag Pictures). The DVDs will be released before year's end on Red Stream, Inc. Frediablo's design company, Dimidea, designed the cover for "NecroTorture/Sickess" (as well as the upcoming Gorelord/Wurdulak DVD "Drunk, Decayed, and Damned")."

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Cold Sign To Atlantic Records

Cold have signed a new deal with Atlantic Records following their split with the Geffen label back in March. At the time, the group's frontman Scooter Ward blamed the split on "a disagreement on how to promote our band. They wouldn't do what we wanted, so we asked if they would let us go," he said.

Cold have completed eight songs for the follow-up to 2003's "Year of the Spider" and plan on entering Long View Farm Studios in North Brookfield, MA with producer/former Ugly Kid Joe guitarist Dave Fortman (Superjoint Ritual, Evanescence) "a couple of weeks after [Dave] finishes [producing the new] Mudvayne" album, according to Ward. "We will probably start touring again in December (headline only)," Scooter said.

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Adagio Separates From Singer

"It’s with great regret that we have to announce that David Readman is no longer the singer of Adagio.

Before anything else, I would like to mention that this decision has nothing to do with our personal feelings with David. We’ve been great friends, we had a lot of fun together but it was clear that a longer collaboration with Bottom Row (David’s management) would have killed the band in no time.

I will not go into details, but all I can say, is that each new show, studio album or new project have been subject to really unpleasant negotiations, under the threat of being blocked many times and it was not possible for us to work under such a permanent pressure anymore.

We’ve done all the possible to keep on working with David, but after few years, we’ve decided to stop making compromises, and to finally take the best decision for Adagio’s future.

We have now to move forward, and so we’re looking for a new singer.

As the band has a lot of upcoming things going on like the Prog power fest in Atlanta in September and the recordings of the next album before the end of the year, some auditions will take place very soon.

So, if you’re living in Europe, you have a great voice and above all, if you think you have your chances to become the new singer of Adagio, then please send:

- 1 good quality MP3 representative of your voice
- A short bio
- 2 recent pictures

to: adagio.management@wanadoo.fr

All demos will be listened, and if you’re selected for an audition, you will receive an e-mail confirmation within one week. All the e-mails have to be sent before August 10th.

Thanks a lot for your understanding and support,
Adagio

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