Metal News for August 5, 2004
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8 news articles posted on this day.
Otep Partners With Rock The Vote & More News
Otep has partnered with “Rock The Vote” to bring voter registration through software on the band’s new enhanced CD, House of Secrets (released July 27). Listeners will be able to click over to a website and access voter registration info within seconds. Thus, making registration a hassle free process for new voters and banishing the red tape that usually discourages citizens from future voting.
In making the announcement, Otep stated: “We are very pleased to be a part of the new American movement; to be informed, to be involved and to take action in something that means so much to our youth. We are happy to be joining in alliance with ‘Rock The Vote’, an organization that reaches out to young voters and lets them know that they can make a difference this political year.”
Along with offering easy access to voter registration, House of Secrets is also enhanced with videos, exclusive poetry, drawings, photographs and 3D artwork. Listeners with the limited edition version of the album will be able to use the red and blue CD case as glasses through which to view the album’s 3D artwork and lyrics.
On the tour front, Otep is reporting from the road during this summer’s Ozzfest tour on XM Satellite Radio, the nation’s leading provider of satellite radio. The band’s lead singer (and namesake) Otep and bassist Evil J’s program, entitled “The Front Line,” gives listeners a weekly, first hand perspective on life on the road. The show appears on XM Liquid Metal, XM’s 24-hour uncensored hard-metal channel, as well as the hard-alternative-rock channel Squizzz and Boneyard.
Along with being on the OZZFEST tour, Otep will also be featured on MTV2’s Headbangers Ball on Saturday, August 7th at 10PM EST.
New Music For Metallica's St. Anger Buyers
The Metallicavault.com website has been updated with some new graphics and music. The Vault is your place for FREE live downloads of Metalli-shows from the past. To access the Vault, you must use the code that came with your purchase of St. Anger (inserted on a piece of paper) and simply sign up with your e-mail address. If you already registered, and forgot your log in, click here to retrieve it.
Road Rage Commences Without 3 Inches Of Blood
The Road Rage 2004 tour featuring co-headliners Chimaira and Machine Head with Trivium opening, has commenced. As hinted by various sources, 3 Inches Of Blood is not opening with Trivium. You can check out a Road Rage ecard here with music and info on the tour.
Metal Underground .com will be covering the 10th Anniversary of 'Burn My Eyes' show in Philly in which Machine Head will play 'Burn My Eyes' in its entirety, as well as the DC show the following night. Stay tuned for some interviews, reports and hopefully photos from the shows right here next week.
Narnia Confirmed For Revolution Metal Fest
NARNIA have issued the following update through their website (www.narniaworld.com):
“We are very happy to announce that Narnia are going to perform on 20th of November at Revolution Metal Fest 2004, in Mexico City together with MORTIFICATION, SAVIOUR MACHINE and more."
For more information www.revolutionmetalfest.com
Abdullah Voted Scene's Best Cleveland Metal Band
ABDULLAH have issued the following report:
“We're proud to announce that Abdullah was voted Best Cleveland Metal Band in the Scene Magazine 2004 Music Awards. We were happy enough that Scene invited us out to play live at the awards ceremony (which was headlined by SEVENDUST and a few other national bands?), but to win this award as well blew our minds.”
You can read a review on the event here.
The Banner Sign With Ferret Music
New Jersey hardcore band The Banner have signed with Ferret Music. The group has previously released material with Blackout! Records and War Machine Records. You can download a song from their split release with Dead Wrong. The group will enter the studio later this year to record their Ferret debut.
Prosthetic Records Signs Invocation Of Nehek
Prosthetic Records has officially signed Connecticut's Invocation Of Nehek. The band is currently finishing up work on their self-titled debut, which they began tracking on July 1st. Recording has been taking place at Blue Jay Recording Studio (Aerosmith, Billy Joel) in Carlisle, MA with Unearth guitarist Ken Susi producing. The album will hit stores on October 26th. You can download some of the band's demo material here.
Headline News
Shai Hulud Changes Name, Loses Singer
Shai Hulud have now changed their name to The Warmth Of Red Blood. Since finishing their last album, in addition to parting ways with vocalist Geert Van der Velde, Matt Fox and Matt Fletcher have been writing material for their next album. Although they've got a new name, according to the band, "the new music and lyrics are a continuation and progression that still finds Shai Hulud's message, style, and sound intact." Of course they are now in search of a new full-time vocalist. They're looking for candidates who are drug-free, over age 24, and passionate about music. If you're interested, download this MP3 (a rough instrumental demo from Shai Hulud's last album) overlay vocals, and mail a CD to the following address:
Matt Fletcher
5 Gerry Road
Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
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