Metal News for September 15, 2003
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19 news articles posted on this day.
Summary/Misc
Daily Interviews
- Tartarean Desire has a new interview with Swedish heavy metal band Last Temptation
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Daily Reviews
Tartarean Desire has a load of new reviews:
- Advent - The Dawn (black metal, 2003)
- B-Code - Without Colour (nu-metal, 2003)
- Britney's Krack - [demo cd] (punk rock, 2003)
- Dark Funeral - Diabolis Interium (black metal, 2001)
- Deforge - Freedom Release (death / thrash metal, 2003)
- Detonation - An Epic Defiance (death / thrash metal, 2003)
- Dew-Scented - Impact (death / thrash metal, 2003)
- Disgorge - Necrholocaust (death metal, 2003)
- Divine Decay - Maximize The Misery (thrash metal, 2003)
- Enders Game - Game Over (thrash metal, 2003)
- Hyperion - Industrial Religion (death metal, 2003)
- Insane Asylum - Enter My Corridors (industrial, 2003)
- Iron Maiden - Dance Of Death (heavy metal, 2003)
- Legen Beltza - Insanity (thrash metal, 2003)
- Luna Ad Noctum - Dimness' Profound (black metal, 2003)
- Misery Index - Retaliate (death metal, 2003)
- N.C.O. - Pure Black Disease (death metal, 2003)
- Psychotogen - The Calculus Of Evil (death metal, 2003)
- Rossomahaar - Quaerite Lux In Tenebris (Exploring The
- External Worlds) (black metal, 2003)
- Sacriversum - Mozartia (death metal, 2003)
- User Ne - Tarantos (black / folk metal, 2003)
Boysetsfire Australian Tour Dates
After finishing a European tour, Boysetsfire heads to Australia next month for a run of recently announced dates. Take a listen to songs off TOMMOROW COME TODAY on the BOYSETSFIRE music page.
Here are the Australian tour dates: More...
Marduk Announce South American Dates
Swedish black metallers Marduk have completed the list of dates for their South American World Funeral Tour, here they are:
10/2 - Brasília/DF (Brazil)
10/3 - Belo Horizonte/MG (Brazil)
10/4 - São Paulo/SP (Brazil)
10/5 - Curitiba/PR (Brazil)
10/6 - Porto Alegre/RS (Brazil)
10/8 - Buenos Aires (Argentina)
10/10 - Concepcion (Chile)
10/11 - Santiago (Chile)
10/12 - Valparaiso (Chile)
10/13 - Cali (Colombia)
10/14 - Bogotá (Colombia)
10/15 - San José (Costa Rica)
10/16 - Mexico City (Mexico)
10/17 - Aguascalientes (Mexico)
10/18 - San Luis Postosi (Mexico)
10/19 - Monterrey (Mexico)
Satyricon Cancels Two Shows
Satyricon have cancelled their shows in Trondheim and Kristiansand, no reason has been given.
Satyricon will still be playing the Moonfog jubileum show with Dodheimsgard and Displin. Joining Satyricon will be Darkthrone's Nocturno Culto to play some old classics.
Kreator: Plans for Album, Tour
German thrashers Kreator will enter the studio in May 2004 to begin recording their new album, tentatively due late next year through SPV Records. The band are currently preparing for the "Art Of Noise Part 2" tour (also featuring Nile, Vader, Amon Amarth and Goatwhore), which is scheduled to kick off on October 1 in Houston, Texas. After that, the band will head over to South America to play 10 to 15 shows. Exact cities and dates will be announced soon. In addition, Kreator have just confirmed headlining appearance in Bucharest, Romania on December 13.
5 Times the Morbid Angel
Morbid Angel's forthcoming CD (to be released on 22 September), "Heretic", will be released in several different formats, according to the group's label, Earache Records.
01. Box set -- "Heretic" CD plus an 18-track unreleased "Bonus Levels" CD and free "Heretic" sticker, all housed in Deluxe Box. Available in stores in Germany only, or direct to your door from Earache's webstore.
02. Double Disc Slipcase -- "Heretic" CD plus "Bonus Levels" CD housed in slipcase. Available from Earache USA on wholesale basis only.
03. Double Disc -- comes with "Bonus Levels" CD. Available in stores everywhere.
04. 12" Vinyl Picture Disc -- available from vinyl specialist stores everywhere.
05. Regular Single-Disc CD -- available from stores that have no clue about the double-disc edition!
Premonitions of War Set to Enter Studio
Toledo, Ohio's Premonitions Of War will be entering the studio next month to record their newest album. The group will be at Mana Recording Studios (Hate Eternal, Malevolent Creation) in Tampa, Florida from October 12th until October 19th recording the effort with Erik Rutan (of Morbid Angel noteriety). The album is expected to hit stores in early-2003.
Behemoth to Return to US
As previously reported, Behemoth are set to make their return to the US as part of the Un-Natural Born Killers tour featuring Six Feet Under, Skinless and The Black Dahlia Murder. The Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles and XM Radio sponsored trek will kick off on October 16th in Tampa, FL. and end in late November.
Behemoth vocalist/guitarist Nergal describes his excitement over the upcoming tour, "We’re extremely excited about coming back to the US. There's been some confusion about our touring plans, but we decided to go on with Six Feet Under, and make another round across the States... We will be touring in a slightly different line-up. Unfortunately, we have to go without our new bass player Orion, but luckily we will have some help from our friend, Istvan, from California situated Black Metal band Rise. It's going to be our third tour in the U.S. and it feels really great to do it again... the shows we did along with Deicide, Danzig, Nile and Halford earlier this year proved that this is a perfect territory for spreading our message and music. If everything goes fine, we'll be playing more than 30 shows this time. Thank you for all the support. You deserve the best and u will get it! Stay strong and await the divination.”
As previously reported, confirmed dates on the Unnatural Born Killers Tour 2003 are as follows: More...
Arthemesia Part with Drummer
Arthemesia have posted the following band lineup news at their official website: “Mor Vethor (drums) had to leave the band, because his skills didn’t match the requirements of our music, thus all recordings are now canceled.
We will restart the recording sessions again in the late spring with our new drummer. And I promise our new drummer will blow your head away (we will inform his name sooner or later, let´s keep some secrecy for awhile)! Consider yourselves warned!
Due to the postponed studios, the album will be out in October 4th.”
The band’s new album, ShamaNatahS - II Describe I Mind, will feature the following tracklisting: More...
Headline News
Exhumed Banned in Germany
Due to pressure from German government ratings groups, Relapse Records German distribution partner SPV has been forced to withdraw Exhumed's new record, Anatomy Is Destiny from distribution on the brink of its release and on the eve of the band's European headlining tour.
Ratings groups deemed the band photos inside Anatomy Is Destiny (‘dead shots' taken by acclaimed photographer Alex Solca) far too realistic and gruesome for mass consumption.
Vocalist/guitarist Matt Harvey comments; "Censorshit...here we go again. Well, censorship is nothing new to Exhumed, especially in Germany. It never fails that someone there is hell-bent on filtering what people can see and hear. Ultimately, despite every effort on the part of both Exhumed and Relapse to release Anatomy Is Destiny the way it was intended to be released, outside pressure from government ratings groups has blocked our record from being distributed in it's current form."
A new version of Anatomy Is Destiny, devoid of band photos and lyrics, will surface in Germany-proper, in early October, but Harvey continues: More...
Headline News
Terra Firma Call it a Day
Terra Firma, the Swedish band headed by Unleashed guitarist "Fast" Freddie Eugene and former St. Vitus/Count Raven vocalist Lord Chritus, have decided to disband, according to Stoner Rock.
Freddie is said to be in the process of launching a new project with Terra Firma drummer Izmo which will reportedly head in a direction similar to TF, only "rougher and better written."
Tiamat Record New Video
Sweden's Tiamat have finished filming the promotional video for their new single "Cain" with Revolver Film Company's (www.revolver.se) award-winning director Patric Ullaeus.
"Cain", due on September 29 through Century Media Records, will contain a radio edit of the album opener, the straight, up-tempo rocker "Love In Chains", and an exclusive cover version of the old W.A.S.P. classic "Sleeping (In The Fire)" — all packaged in a nice digipak with cover artwork by mainman Johan Edlund himself. "Cain" comes off TIAMAT's eighth studio album, "Prey", due on October 27 through Century Media.
The self-produced CD, which is being described as one of Edlund's most personal recorded statements to date, was mixed and mastered at Finnvox Studios in Helsinki, Finland. Although it is not a concept album, there is a strong unifying theme running through each of the 13 tracks.
The complete track listing for "Prey" is as follows: More...
Dead of Winter Announce New Members
Chicago doom metal act Dead of Winter have announced the addition of ex-Avernus guitarist/current Fleshgrind bassist James Genenz and ex-Avernus drummer William Hamning to the group's ranks. The band, who are currently writing material for a new demo, hope to secure a label deal in 2004 and release their debut album shortly thereafter. In the meantime, sample the song "In Vain" at this location.
Dragonlord Announce West Coast Dates
San Francisco Bay Area black metallers Dragonlord, featuring members of Testament, have lined up two shows in late October:
Oct. 24 – Concord, CA @ Cadillac Ranch (w/ Death Angel)
Oct. 28 – San Francisco, CA @ Cat Club
Dragonlord are expected to release the follow-up to 2001's "Rapture" in 2004 through Spitfire Records.
Death Angel Added to "Get Thrashed" Documentary
Reunited San Francisco metallers Death Angel have been added to the lineup of bands featured in "Get Thrashed", the upcoming documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene.
As previously reported, Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax, Testament, Overkill, Voivod, Disturbed, Slipknot, Kittie and Meshuggah are among the other bands covered in the documentary, which is tentatively due before the end of the year. The brainchild of director Rick Ernst, a long-time freelance producer for MTV, the film will include interviews, live performances and archival footage.
Exhumed Announce Two Tours
Relapse Records recording artists Exhumed have announced two headlining tours in support of their brand new album, Anatomy is Destiny.
Exhumed will kick off their first North American tour in support of Anatomy is Destiny on September 20th in St. Paul, MN. Support on the tour will be provided by Kataklysm, Diabolic and Malignancy. Following the North American tour, Exhumed will head to Europe with labelmates Cephalic Carnage and France's Inhume in tow, heading up a three week jaunt that begin October 11th in Paris, France. The 22 city tour will conclude November 2nd in Zottegem, Belgium and will include performances in Spain, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Belgium in addition to 5 shows in France, centered around the tour's kick-off date.
Exhumed tour dates: More...
Wolverine Post 'New Best Friend' MP3 Online
Swedish metallers Wolverine have put a new mp3 online titled "New best friend". The song can be downloaded here.
Here's the full update from the band: More...
Incantation Seek Guitarist
Death metallers INCANTATION are in search of a session touring guitarist with the possibility of becoming a full-time member.
"INCANTATION is looking for someone with talent, dedication, integrity, and the sincere commitment for the Incantation style of death metal. This means NO egos, rockstars, scumbags, backstabbers, etc.
So if you think you've got what it takes to be a true metaller, contact John@Incantation.com."
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