Metal News for September 17, 2001
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11 news articles posted on this day.
New Exodus Album?
Exodus vocalist Paul Baloff has reaffirmed the reunited band’s intentions of recording a new studio album for release in late 2002 through an as-yet-undetermined label. The group has already composed nearly an album’s
worth of new material, and is planning on heading into the studio in early 2002 to track the effort, the group’s first all-new studio release since 1992’s Force Of Habit.
At the moment, Exodus are bound to the contract they signed with Century Media Records in 1997 - a deal that resulted in the release of the classic live CD Another Lesson In Violence at the end of the same year. But various financial disputes appear to be standing in the way of continued collaborations between the band and the label.
Bizkit Update
"Limp Bizkit [have] been shacked up in a rehearsal space writing our new album," reports frontman Fred Durst. "We have to take things to a place where we can reinvent ourselves. You'll understand what I mean soon enough." Meanwhile, Bizkit may release a remixed version of their Chocolate Starfish album.
Metal Does Charity
Good Works
- Godsmack plans to donate all proceeds from sales of merchandise at its shows over the weekend in Darien Center, New York and Scranton, Pennsylvania to a fund benefiting the families of New York police officers and firefighters.
- KISS Army OnLine, the non-profit outfit that has put out three KISS tribute CDs to benefit charity, has made arrangements to donate proceeds to victims relief organizations via its Web site. Those who donate $20 will receive a KISS tribute album of their choice, and those who donate $50 will get all three of the currently available tribute albums (though larger donations are certainly welcome). Each donor will also receive a color 19x27 KISS Army poster personalized with the information concerning the donation. Contributions via Visa and MasterCard can be made at www.kissarmyonline.com.
Road Rage Update
A number of dates have been juggled around for the Roadrunner Roadrage Tour, which will feature Fear Factory, Machine Head, Chimaira and Ill Niño. The most prevalent changes are as follows:
- October 08th Tuba City, AZ - Community Center
- October 09th Santa Ana, CA - Galaxy Theatre
- October 10th Tuscon, AZ - Rialto Theatre
- October 12th Ventura, CA - Ventura Theatre
- October 20th Dallas, TX - Canyon Club
- October 21st San Antonio, TX - Sunset Station
- October 23rd Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
Pitchshifter Start Strings 2 Go
The UK act PITCHSHIFTER have just launched a new web site that sells strings online. According to the band, "we set up "Strings-2go" for musicians who are pissed off with paying too much money for strings. We offer free U.K. Delivery at low prices." For more info, go to: http://www.strings-2go.co.uk.
OTEP On The Way
OTEP are due to enter the studio next month to begin work on their debut album, tentatively entitled Sevas Tra, with producer Terry Date (i.e. PANTERA, DEFTONES, MACHINE HEAD). An early 2002 release through Capitol Records is expected.
Beseech Gets New Singer
Swedish “gothic metal” act BESEECH have acquired a new singer by the name of Erik Molarin and have made available for download three brand new songs via their page at mp3.com at this location. BESEECH are no longer signed to Pavement Music and are currently seeking a brand new record deal.
Mustaine And Lars Chat
MEGADETH’s Dave Mustaine on a mystery “former bandmate” (presumably Lars Ulrich) via a posting on MEGADETH’s official web site: “A very special friend from SF called me today and we are going out tonight to talk about what it used to be like when we were in a band together. It is times like the past few days when one really realizes that all we have is each other.” Mustaine later revealed in his Tour Diary that was posted at Metal Sludge that the mystery person was in fact “an ex-drummer from an ex-band up here in SF”, making it clear that he was in fact talking about Ulrich. No information is presently available about the contents of the duo’s conversation over dinner, but based on Mustaine’s recent track record, we will not be kept waiting for very long to find out all the juicy details, if there are any to be reported.
New Tattoo Schedule / Headliner
SLAYER will reportedly carry on with their planned appearance at the revised dates on the upcoming European Tattoo The Planet tour, following PANTERA and STATIC-X’s decision to pull out of the trek.
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Summary/Misc
Daily Reviews
Custom Heavy has the following new reviews:
- JPT Scare Band: Sleeping Sickness
- 7000 Dying Rats: The Sound of No Hands Clapping
- Gas Giant vs. WE: Riding the Red Horse to the Last Stronghold of the Freaks
- Mandra Gora Lightshow Society: Beyond the Mushroom Gate
- Truth and Janey: No Rest for the Wicked
- Vaz: Demonstrations in Micronesia
- Total Fucking Destruction: cd-r v.3.0beta non-demo
- Gorilla: Gorilla
- Marshan: Kings Thursday on the Friday Street
- Backdraft: Here to Save You All
While Electric Basement has reviews of the following:
- Balance of Power
- Brass Kitten
- And a special gig review of of Deep Purple in Monte Carlo
Summary/Misc
Daily Interviews
Custom Heavy has a few new reviews online:
- Sons of Otis
- Eyehategod
- Dern Rutlidge
- Khanate
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