Metal News for September 1, 2003
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Bang Your Head Festival Confirms Three More
Germany's Bang Your Head Festival has confirmed three more acts for the 2004 festival. They are: GOTTHARD, MAGNUM and RUFFIANS. Other acts already announced are PRIMAL FEAR, BLAZE, OMEN, CAGE, MAJESTY, ANGEL and LILLIAN AXE with many many more to be announced.
The Takeover Tour With Sworn Enemy
The Takeover will be heading out with Sworn Enemy on the "As Real As It Gets" Tour 2003 later this month. The tour will run until Oct. 24th. Here are the first batch of dates:
Thurs. Sept. 18th Lancaster, PA @ The Chameleon
Fri. Sept. 19th Norwalk, CT @ The Roxy w/ 25 Ta Life
Sat. Sept. 20th Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Loft
Sun. Sept. 21th New York, NY @ CBGB
Mon. Sept. 22nd Providence, RI @ The Met
Tues. Sept. 23rd Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
Weds. Sept. 24th Wilkes Barre, PA @ Café Metropolis
Beatallica Nearly Done Recording EP #2
Jaymz is in the studio laying down the vocals for the last two songs of the new batch. Krk has to do a few clean guitar parts yet, but other than that and mixing, the songs are basically done.
Beatallica's been in the press a lot the last month-- Revolver magazine has an article, as do the current issues of Ice and Bizarre, both featuring interviews with the band, so run to the newsstands and check 'em out.
And a Beatallica group on Yahoo! has also been set up for fans to chat amongst themselves.
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