Metal News for August 26, 2002
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12 news articles posted on this day.
Wicked World Signs Anata
Wicked World has announced the signing of ANATA to the label as part of a multi-album worldwide deal. Anata hail from Varberg, Sweden and have previously released two highly acclaimed albums, 'The Infernal Depths of Hatred' (1998) and 'Dreams of Death and Dismay' (2001) both through the French Seasons of Mist label. Describing themselves as progressive yet brutal Death Metal the band certainly have a technical edge to their sound that displays their musicianship to its utmost, but they also retain a high degree of darkness and devilry that marks them apart. More...
Summary/Misc
Daily Reviews
Metal Reviews has 13 new ones this week:
- Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors
- Artrosis - Fetish
- Aska - Nine Tounges
- Cradle Of Filth - Live Bait For The Dead
- Darkane - Expanding Senses
- Divercia - Modus Operandi
- Evil Wings - Kite
- Haggard - Awaking the Centuries
- Hate Eternal - King Of All Kings
- Last Tribe - Witch Dance
- Primordial - Storm Before Calm
- Stratovarius - Black Diamond
- Thyrfing - Vansinnesvisor
And Tartarean Desire has a bunch more:
- Bizarre Embalming - Necrosadistic Surgery (grind, 2002)
- Tactile Gemma - Tactile Gemma (gothic / trip-hop, 2001)
- Iced Earth - Days Of Purgatory (heavy metal, 1997)
- Ahumado Granujo / Utopia - split cd (grind, 2002)
- Pigsty - The Return (grind, 2002)
- Mincing Fury And Guttural Clamour Of Queer Decay -
- Lamentations (grind, 2002)
- Satarial - Heidenlarm (black / folk metal, 2002)
- Lake Of Tears - The Neonai (gothic rock / metal, 2002)
- Byrd - Anthem (hardrock, 2002)
- V/A - Lion Music Free Promotional Sampler 2002 (hard rock / metal, 2002)
- Ophiolatry - Anti-Evangelistic Process (death metal, 2002; 2nd review)
- Labrat - Ruining It For Everyone (grindcore, 2002)
- Number One Son - Majority Of One (nu-metal, 2001)
- 7th Nemesis - [promo cd] (black / death metal, 2002)
- Liquid Tension Experiment - Liquid Tension Experiment 2 (progressive, 1999)
- Doom - Total Doom (punk / hardcore, 2001)
- Total Stranger - Obsession (2CD) (hardrock, 2001)
- W.A.S.P. - Unholy Terror (hardrock, 2001)
- Graham Bonnet - The Day I Went Mad (hardrock, 2001)
- Vanden Plas - Far Off Grace (progressive metal, 1999)
- Vesperian Sorrow - Psychotic Sculpture (black metal, 2001)
- Black Sabbath - Dehumanizer (heavy metal, 1992)
- Korova - Dead Like An Angel (avantgarde metal, 1998)
Helloween Confirm New Guitarist
Germany's Helloween have finally confirmed, via the band's official webmaster, the addition of former Freedom Call guitarist Sascha Gerstner to the group's ranks. Gerstner replaces Roland Grapow, who was dismissed from the band last year.
Helloween are said to be nearly done with the pre-recording process for their much-anticipated new album at singer Andy Deris' studio Mi Sueno in Tenerife, Spain. A spring 2003 release is expected.
Evereve Book Studio Time
Evereve have booked studio time for November in order to start recording their new album. According to the band it will be more hard driving guitar oriented, and “music for orgies of mass enjoyment on the dark side of the planet and everyone's invited." It is scheduled for an early 2003 release through Massacre Records.
Lamb of God Complete Video
Lamb Of God have completed work on their first music video. for the track "Black Label," from the New American Gospel record. The video features the band live in concert, with footage (reportedly lots of fan shots, etc.) culled from the last two years of touring, including stints with Gwar and Cannibal Corpse. No official word yet on when or where the video will surface. In case you didn't know, Lamb Of God will enter the studio in November with Devin Townsend (Soilwork, Strapping Young Lad) to record the follow-up to New American Gospel. A late winter/early Spring 2003 is being eyed.
The End Rock Canada
The End has just begun a two-week tour of Canada. Although The Separation Suicide will not be joining the tour as was originally planned, Winnipeg's KEN mode will join them for a week of dates. Speaking of KEN mode, they recently completed the production of their first full length entitled Mongrel with mastering by Nick Zampiello of New Alliance East in Boston, and layout by Aaron Turner of Hydra Head. As for The End, look for them to release material on Relapse Records in the coming months. Here are the tour dates: More...
All That Remains Line Up Lengthy Tour
All That Remains have lined up a wealth of dates for November and December. They will be joined for various dates by Today Is The Day, Bloodlet, Origin, Scar Culture and others. Here is the schedule:
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Slipknot/ex-MalevolentCreation members form band
Slipknot guitarist Mick Thompson is in talks with former Malevolent Creation/Suffocation drummer Dave Culross about putting together a project band "which is bound to be rather extreme," according to the skinsman. "We should be getting together in September or October in Iowa" to begin work on the material for the group's debut album, presumably not due before mid-2003 at the earliest. More...
Enemymaker888 Recording New Disc
Britain's Enemymaker888 (formerly Rainmaker888) are in the process of recording their debut album, Planet Dow Jone$, due later in the year through an as-yet-undisclosed label. 16 tracks are being recorded, with 12 set to appear on the album and the remaining songs to be included as bonus tracks for other territory releases.
The tracks recorded during the sessions are as follows: More...
Firebird Complete New CD
Britain's Firebird, led by former Carcass/Napalm Death guitarist Bill Steer, have completed work on their as-yet-untitled album at Berno Studios in Malmö, Sweden for a late 2002 release.
12 tracks in total were recorded, with the European release likely to contain 10 cuts and the Japanese version (via JVC Records) to include a bonus song.
The complete list of tracks recorded for the effort is as follows: More...
Only One Nevermore Ballad
During an online chat conducted on Sunday, August 25th, Nevermore frontman Warrel Dane revealed that the group's forthcoming CD, entitled Enemies Of Reality, will contain "only one ballad", because "it's time to get as heavy as possible for Nevermore." The singer also indicated that the album is tentatively due to be released in February 2003, presumably through Century Media Records, with whom the band have had a long-running dispute for several months. Artist extraordinaire Travis Smith will once again create the cover for the album, which is due to be recorded later in the year with producer Andy Sneap
Milano Doesn't Care About Europe
Former S.O.D. mainman Billy Milano has reportedly abandoned plans to record a new M.O.D. album with original guitarist Tim McMurtrie and is instead utilizing the services of guitarist Joe Affe and drummer Danny Burkhardt to complete work on the album he began recording earlier in the year, entitled The Rebel You Love To Hate.
"Nuclear Blast [Records] didn't seem happy when I turned in some [rough mixes] of one of my songs, 'Wigga'," Milano told Blabbermouth, "Markus [Staiger, President of] Nuclear Blast basically told me he didn't 'get it!' I could say, 'This is my best record' and give everyone what they want to hear. But honestly, this is my best record, and when Markus told me he didn't get it and everyone I played 'Wigga' for loved it, it made me wonder. So I was going to put a record of traditional M.O.D. stuff together with Tim McMurtrie, but it seemed like more work than it was worth. In the end, I am going to finish this record, The Rebel you Love to Hate, and that's that.
"I don't give a shit if Markus gets it!!" the singer continued. "I couldn't care less if I sell one record in Germany or Europe. I am an American artist. I am going to tour and have fun in my own country. Although, you can't get Cuban cigars here like Europe, so you never know." More...
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