Powderburn To Open For Slayer

Metal artist Powderburn has secured a slot in the Jägermeister Music Tour’s date in San Antonio, headlined by heavy metal icons Slayer. This tour is sponsored by Jägermeister, one of the world's leading premium spirit brands - and imported from Germany by Sidney Frank Importing Co., Inc. This represents their Fall tour edition, which is also featuring Killswitch Engage and Mastodon. The show is scheduled for Friday, December 3rd at Sunset Station in San Antonio. "It still hasn't really set in yet," adds Ken Lockman, PB’s guitarist and lead vocalist. "There's a few bands you dream about opening for and Slayer is definitely one of them."

Earlier this year, Powerderburn, based out of Austin, Texas, obtained a full sponsorship by Jägermeister. Other Texas dates in the Jägermeister Music Tour include Dallas, Houston and Corpus Christi. For more info, please visit Powderburn's official website and Jagermeister Music Tour.

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Metal Masters' Righteous Revival

Toronto Star wrote an article about how "evil isn't what it used to be."

Parents groups, conservative politicians and religious wingnuts worried daily that exposure to metal was promoting everything from promiscuity, substance abuse and casual violence among teens to an overall increase in Satan's power over the surface of the earth. Tipper Gore, of the then-notorious Parents Music Resource Centre (PMRC), claimed the music told young people "It's okay to beat people up" and successfully lobbied for warning labels to be affixed to potentially offensive recordings. Geraldo Rivera presided over a straight-faced, primetime "news" special exploring the links between heavy metal and Satanism.

Ozzy Osbourne — already notorious in the midst of his drunken "lost years" for biting the heads off a dove and a bat (the latter, in Ozzy's defence, was accidental) — found himself dragged into California court over the first of two ludicrous legal claims that his song, "Suicide Solution," had convinced an unfortunate teenager to kill himself. British metallers Judas Priest would face a lawsuit of their own in Reno, Nevada a couple of years later when the families of two more suicidal teens claimed subliminal messages on the band's 1978 album, "Stained Class," had coaxed the boys to "do it." Slayer would be next in court in the '90s when three teens who murdered, then raped, a 15-year-old girl in a horrific "virgin sacrifice" claimed the band's blood-spattered lyrics were responsible.

Read the full article at Toronto Star.

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Mortal Decay Death Alive And Well in NJ

Long standing New Jersey death metallers Mortal Decay (their releases date back to the ill fated JL America label) are still punishing the East coast of the US and are even performing newly written material, including 'Reanimate'. More information will soon be available, at the forthcoming (soon to be online) website: www.mortaldecay.net.

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Seventh One New Album Details Revealed

Swedish power metallers Seventh One have revealed the complete track listing and cover artwork for their sophomore album, "What Should Not Be", due on September 27 through Armageddon Products.

The follow-up to 2002's "Sacrifice", "What Should Not Be" (view cover here) will contain the following songs:

01. Eyes Of The Nation
02. How Many Years
03. Mercenaries Call
04. Ancient Oath
05. Gallows Pole
06. Awaken Visions
07. What Should Not Be
08. Where Infinity Ends
09. Shattered Glass
10. Scattered (bonus track, Japan)

A Japanese release via Spiritual Beast willl follow in October.

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Crimson Moon Rehearsal To Be Released On CD

Long-running U.S. black metallers Crimson Moon will have their "Under the Serpentine Spell" rehearsal recording released on CD before the end of the year by Sweden's Total Holocaust Records. This recording has been completely remixed and remastered and "easily sounds 1,000 times better than any of the bootlegs that have been circulating around the last couple of years," according to a press release. Crimson Moon, who have been in the U.S. black metal scene since 1994, contain members of the underground occult bands Nibiru, Akrabu, Sabnack and Akhkharu. A cassette version of "Under the Serpentine Spell" will be issued via Silcharde Records.

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Ancient Know How To Spell

Norwegian black metallers Ancient have issued the following statement regarding the song "Horroble" on their most recent CD, "Night Visit":

"After numerous unintelligent comments, made on certain reviews written by evidently unintelligent people about the title of the song 'Horroble', off Ancient's new album 'Night Visit', the band would like to communicate officially that the title is indeed a PLAY ON WORDS. It is a mix between the word 'horror' and the word 'horrible' and it is a concept about a horrorific attitude / state of mind. The lyrics will explain this. The band is very aware of the correct spelling of the word 'Horrible'. Sorry about this remark, but the band thought it was obvious. Evidently, for some people it isn't..."

The band's sixth album, "Night Visit" was released in June through Metal Blade Records. The follow-up to 2001's "Proxima Centauri" was recorded at Mirage and Alpha-Omega studios and was mixed at Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden with producer Fredrik Nordström (Hammerfall, In Flames, Dimmu Borgir, Spiritual Beggars, etc.). Mastering was done at Sterling Sound in New York City.

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Mnemic New MP3 Samples Posted Online

Two MP3 samples from the sophomore Mnemic album, "The Audio Injected Soul", have been posted online at the the group's official web site. Check out the songs "Deathbox" and "Door 2.12" at this location.

"The Audio Injected Soul", due on September 27 through Nuclear Blast Records, was recorded at AntFarm Studios in Aarhus, Denmark with producer Tue Madsen and is said to be "much faster and more dynamic" than last year's "Mechanical Spin Phenomena".

Commented the band in a posting on their web site: We are at the moment extremely busy doing press for the new album, and also preparing our new live set for the forthcoming tours. At the moment we are actually looking at different touring possibilities. This time around its going to be much more intense than it has ever been in our entire carriers. As soon as everything is in place, we will let you all know about it.

"Regarding all of you, who have leaked the album out on the Internet — cool, we don't mind, as long as you buy the album. The reason for me bringing this up, is because the 3D Dimensional sound was not included into the promo versions of the album. The final master was sent a couple of days later to the label, and this means that the 3D Sound is included on the final product, hence the tracklist is also different. All of this means again that you have to buy the album to have the full effect of the 'Audio Injected Soul'.

"We all know what day it is today -— the 11th September...i am not going to say anything else than this; These are very dark times we live in, we are all worms and we all feed on each other, please make it a better place for everyone."

Mnemic recently filmed a video for their new single, "Deathbox", with director Patric Ulleaus (Dimmu Borgir, In Flames, Lacuna Coil) of Revolver Films. The video was shot in Gothenburg, Sweden at the Revolver Studios. Check out pictures from the video shoot at this location.

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The Monolith Deathcult Finish Recording New Album

Dutch brutal death metal band The Monolith Deathcult have completed the recordings for their album, "The White Crematorium". "Due to a delay in the mixing process, the scheduled release date [through Holland's Karmageddon Media] will be postponed," the band write on their web site. "The album will now be released somewhere in January or February 2005 instead of November 2004."

The Monolith Deathcult's debut album, "The Apotheosis", was released in 2002 through Cold Blood Industries. The group have previously toured Europe with the likes of The Crown and Skinless.

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Totimoshi To Support Helmet on Half of Tour

It's confirmed, Totimoshi will be supporting Helmet on seventeen of their twenty-four U.S. tour dates beginning this October. Complete tour dates are below. If you weren't able to catch Totimoshi this last time around on tour with High On Fire and Nebula, then here's your chance. The video for "Make Your Day" is complete and has been submitted to the various video channels. A version of that video will be available for download through the Devil Doll / This Dark Reign website soon.

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Conquest To Sign With Mausoleum Records

Conquest are said to be signing a record deal with the legendary heavy metal record label Mausoleum Records, based out of Germany. The band are currently working in the studio on their new project titled, "End of Days", which will be a 6 song EP. Also a concept CD, "End of Days" touches on truth and fiction taken from Derrick's twisted mind and their history through out the CD. However, this CD is being put off until a later date. More information as it becomes available.

In other news, on Sunday, October 31st, Conquest will be opening for none other than the infamous Slayer, Killswitch Engage and Mastadon at the Pageant, in St. Louis for the Jager Music Tour. Tickets are $25.00. Age(s): 21+. Doors are at 6pm and the show starts at 7pm. Get your arses there and show some support - this is a MUST SEE show!

Conquest's DVD titled, "Transition: Volume One" is no longer available. It is currently out of stock and there are no plans to produce any more. In addition, Damnation has sold out as well. There will be no more reprinted as the guys are now completely focused on "No Boundaries" and their upcoming release, "End of Days".

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New Powerman 5000 Song Posted Online

A brand-new Powerman 5000 track, entitled "The Last Night On Earth," has been made available for download here (MP3, 2.2 MB).

"The Last Night On Earth" is one of three new Powerman 5000 songs recorded recently at guitarist Adam 12's studio, Qi (prounounced "chee") Lab Studios in Los Angeles, CA for inclusion on THQ's "WWE SmackdownT Vs. Raw" video game, which is set for release November 2 exclusively for PlayStation 2.

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