Metal News for August 7, 2002
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9 news articles posted on this day.
Impious Working in the Studio
Impious is currently in the studio working on their upcoming The Deathquad mini CD. Their full length, The Killer, is complete and will be released on the 9th of September.
Cruachan Looking for Musician
Cruachan is looking out for a new full-time band member who can play keyboard, violin or flute. Anyone interested get in touch with Keith Fay cruachan@ireland.com. Furthermore the band started working on material for the follow-up to the very successful Folk-Lore album. An exclusive box set with the title A Celtic Trilogy, including picture disc vinyl of all Cruachan albums, will be released later this year.
FATA Tour Dates
As usual, From Autumn To Ashes will continue to tour this Fall, embarking on stints with Suicide Machines in September and Thursday in October. Full itineraries haven't yet been announced, but here's what's been scheduled thus far: More...
7 Angels 7 Plagues Gears Up for Tour
Just weeks after finding a new vocalist, 7 Angels 7 Plagues will be making an extensive run of dates through Canada before hitting the Midwestern United States. Here's the schedule:
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Cavity Announce Breakup
Sludge-core outfit Cavity has officially announced it will break up shortly due to musical differences and commitment issues within the band.
"When individuals form a band, sometimes the only thing they have in common is a love for the music and even then sometimes not," explained bassist Dan Gorostiaga from his home in Miami, Florida. "Within Cavity, we had accomplished our musical vision which I am very proud of, however since starting this band over 10 years ago, we have all grown as people and mostly in too different directions to continue." More...
Headline News
Halford Suffering From Exhaustion
Former Judas Priest and current Halford frontman Rob Halford is suffering from exhaustion and has asked for time off to recharge his batteries, according to a posting by Rob's longtime personal manager John Baxter on Halford's official web site.
Says Baxter: "After recently crisscrossing the planet twice within a three-month period, conducting promotional interviews, in-store appearances, 'live' show engagements, etc., Rob has asked for time off to recover from exhaustion." More...
Necrophagia Announce Drummer
Necrophagia have added a new full-time drummer in the shape of Daemonia skinsman Titta Tani.
As previously reported, NecrophagiaA—whose line-up is completed by Killjoy (vocals), bassist Iscariah (ex-Immortal, bass), Frediablo (Gorelord/Wurdulak, guitars), Fug (Wurdulak, guitars), and Mirai Kawashima (Sigh, keyboards)—will shortly begin recording their new album, The Divine Art Of Torture, for a Halloween released through Season of Mist Records. Among the tracks set to appear on the forthcoming CD are the following: More...
Hearse to Release EP, Debut Album
Sweden's Hearse, consisting of former Arch Enemy/current Nonexist frontman Johan Liiva (vocals/bass), Max Thornell (drums), and Mattias Ljung (guitars), will issue a 7" EP, entitled Torch, on August 12th through Hammerheart Records. The group's debut full-length album, entitled Dominion Reptillian, is due at the end of the year.
Johan and Max had previously played together in the band Furbowl (from 1990 up until 1994), which issued two albums through the Black Mark label.
The Gathering's Festival Schedule Falls Away
Due to circumstances beyond their control, The Gathering have had three of their festival appearances cancelled. Here's what drummer Hans Rutten had to say on the band's web site:
"We just came back from Budapest and we were informed the Moscow, Crete (Greece) and Vicenza (Italy) festivals are all cancelled."
"The festival in Moscow on the weekend of 24th & 25th August has been completely cancelled. The city authorities originally refused to grant a licence for the proposed open air festival. The promoter then moved the event to an inside venue. However, his main sponsors then withdrew their financial support and he was not able to secure alternative sponsors."
The promoter of the festival in Crete has advised us, band and our booker, that they cannot proceed with the booking of The Gathering for their festival on 17th August. The reason given is that the production and infrastructure costs have gone way over budget and will not be able to pay the artists, unless they make some cuts to the proposed bill."
"Finally, the proposed festival in Vicenza, Italy on 15th September has also been cancelled, due to lack of sponsorship."
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