More Anthrax Audio Streams and Tracklistings

There are a few new audio streams available online to promote Anthrax's upcoming releases of Alive 2 and Anthrology: No Hit Wonders (1985-1991). Here they are:

• Got The Time (Windows Media)


• Got The Time (Real Audio)


• Madhouse (Windows Media)


• Madhouse (Real Audio)

Here are the various tracklistings for the upcoming Anthrax video and CD packages and products. More...

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Black Label Society Replace Bassist

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY have now officially confirmed the departure of bassist James Lomenzo. "The decision to part ways with James Lomenzo was a mutual one between James and [BLACK LABEL SOCETY mainman] Zakk [Wylde]," the band write in a press release.

"John 'JD' DeServio will be playing bass on the BLACK LABEL SOCIETY 'Mafia' post-Ozzfest tour. Most of you will remember J.D. from the early BLACK LABEL SOCIETY days, and we're excited to have him back rockin the low end once again.

"Zakk has always said that the bass position is like 'Mount Bassmore' and Zakk enjoys playing with many different bassists."

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY will be embarking on a U.S. tour with BRAND NEW SIN beginning in mid-October. The band's latest album, "Mafia", has sold 169,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

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Twisted Method Guitarist's Death Still A Mystery

The News-Press is reporting that it could take weeks to determine what killed the former guitarist for popular Cape Coral, Florida rock band TWISTED METHOD, according to the District 21 Medical Examiner's Office.

Andy Howard, 23, died Friday (Sept. 16) in bed at his home, police reported.

The medical examiner's office hasn’t ruled on a cause of death, and it's awaiting results from blood work and toxicology.

TWISTED METHOD manager Charlie Pennachio said the medical examiner told him Howard probably died of heart disease, but the office wouldn't confirm that Monday afternoon.

A visitation is schedule from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at Fuller Funeral Home, 1910 Del Prado Blvd., Cape Coral. Relatives and friends are invited.

Funeral services haven't been scheduled.

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Through The Eyes of the Dead Survive Van Fire

Justin (guitars) talks about the fire that overtook the THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD tour van:

"Yesterday we had transmission problems in our van and it caused the van to go up in flames. We didn't lose anything of huge value and all of our equipment is safe. Everyone got out of the van just fine and no one is hurt. We did lose some of our bags, blankets/pillows, shirts, hoodies, cd's and other miscellanious items. With the help of Prosthetic, we were able to get a new van and make it to the show (although we were really late). We will definitely continue the tour with Ion Dissonance and The Red Death. Thanks to everyone for your support so far. Words can't describe how much we appreciate it. "

Remaining tour dates are as follows: More...

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Reflux Update On European Tour, In Writing Mode

Reflux has issued an update about the recently wrapped European tour:

"The tour was nothing short of the coolest fucking tour we have ever done in our lives. While the overnight/all day drives through European hell was some of the most brutal transporting of our bodies we have ever done, the shows w/ Darkest Hour and Beecher made everything worth it and then some. Not to mention travelling through so many amazing countries and seeing things thousands of years old added to the overall experience that was the Undoing Ruin 2005 Tour. We will definitely be headed back to Europe as soon as we can in 2006. For now, we are taking some time off from the road to write for our next record. Our next tour for certain is a Prosthetic Records Tour in the states w/ All That Remains and The Esoteric starting Nov 18 that will take us out to Cali and back. There will also be a Toronto and Montreal show for all you awesome Canadian people. We will be posting some pics and other stuff we promised that are long overdue soon. And if you ordered merch from our webstore and haven't gotten it, we're on it!! Thanks for caring. You Rule, <3 the flux"

As previously reported, Reflux have announced three tour dates in the States so far:

10/28 Lynchburg, VA - CVCC
10/29 Fredericksburg, VA - KC's
11/05 St. Louis, MO - The Creepy Crawl (Calico System)

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Candiria To Play Red Cross Benefit

Candiria will play their first show in New York City since last February. The show will benefit the Red Cross and will also serve as a warm-up gig for the band as they prepare for a European tour. The show will take place on October 3rd at the Knitting Factory alongside a reunited Home 33, No Redeeming Social Value, We're All Broken, and This Is Hell. Tickets are $10 and proceeds will go to the Red Cross.

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Arsis finish new EP

Hot on the heels from their critically acclaimed debut, "A Celebration of Guilt," the unstoppable Arsis continue to fry minds and melt frets with their brand new 3-song EP, "A Diamond for Disease." Featuring the 13-minute title track, originally composed as a score for NYC's Ballet Deviare, A Diamond for Disease is an ultimate magnum opus of epic melodic death metal that explores layer upon layer of romantic lead guitar, that effortlessly manages to swim and dart between spidery mazes of mutating rhythms that recall the very best of "...And Justice For All" and "Heartwork." This is by far the band's most advanced material to date, as it was written from a standpoint of orchestral-like complexity, and as such, embraces a painstaking degree of detail in both harmony arrangement and melodic counterpoint. Look no further... "A Diamond for Disease" is an absolute swirling vortex of symphonic riff-o-rama destined to be 2005's most powerful sonic orgasm. "A Diamond For Disease" was recorded with Eyal Levi (Misery Index) at Hairy Breakfast Productions and mastered by James Murphy (Death, Testament, Disincarnate). The artwork and layout was created by the talented Mark Riddick.

Arsis will perform live with Ballet Deviare January 6th - 8th at 59E59 Theaters in New York City. Please see balletdeviare.org for more information about this special performance.

Arsis' "A Diamond For Disease" will be released in stores on October 25, 2005. A 3 minute sample of the epic 13 minute title track is available at Arsis' official website, worshipdepraved.com.

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Arch Enemy Announce New Guitarist

Arch Enemy have announced the addition of guitarist Fredrik Akesson, who replaces the departed Chris Amott. Akesson, a native of Sweden, has previously played with such bands as Talisman, Krux, and Tiamat. Comments Arch Enemy's Michael Amott:

"This guy, he just simply kills on the axe! Rhythms and Leads – he's really got a shredding and musical style. He was down here rehearsing with us last week and we had a great time playing music and hanging out. We are eagerly looking forward to hitting the road again, this time with Fredrik on board the good ship Arch Enemy."

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Kylesa Announce Drummer For European Tour

KYLESA have announced that drummer Jason Cadwell has replaced Brandon for their European tour. He will also be behind the kit for the upcoming Decibel sponsored headline tour this fall alongside Coliseum and Torche. The tour dates are as follows: More...

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Python Signs To Chavis Records

Chavis Records and New York metal outfit, PYTHON, have signed a deal to record a brand new full length release beginning in December, 2005. The new project, titled ‘Demons Within’, will be released in 2006. The band is currently in the final writing and pre production phase and will head to Alpine Sound beginning late December.

Label owner Bill Chavis had this to say about the signing:

"It's a great fit for the label. I've wanted to delve into the heavier market for sometime but really hadn't found the right band until now. The guys in Python are young, aggressive and are very talented. Their music and style are exactly what we're looking for to further expand our growth in the music industry but more important unleash more metal to the masses. It reminds me of 1980 something all over again. They possess everything that the "God Fathers" of thrash did and still do to this day."

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Stormgarde Post Entire Demo For Download

German melodic metal newcomers STORMGARDE are offering their entire new demo as a free download from their redesigned website. The complete track listing for the demo is as follows:

01. Everything (I did was wrong)
02. Fear
03. The Nightstorm
04. Left Alone

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Bleed The Sky US and European Tour Dates

Bleed The Sky will be touring the U.S. with My Ruin this fall. The group will then hit Europe as part of Hatebreed's headline tour with Agnostic Front, Napalm Death, and Born From Pain.

9/23 West Hollwyood, CA @ Whisky A Go Go
9/26 El Paso, TX @ Surges
9/27 Lubbock, TX @ Space 1110
9/28 San Antonio, TX @ Bonds 007
9/29 Heights, TX @ Hero's Harker
9/30 Houma, LA @ Brickhouse
10/1 Jacksonville, FL @ Thee Imperial
10/3 Nashville, TN @ The Exit/In
10/5 Knoxville, TN @ Corner Lounge
10/6 Jonesboro, GA @ Breaker's Music Hall
10/7 Wilmington, NC @ Gracies 121
10/8 Fayetteville, NC @ Jester's Pub
10/9 Hickory, NC @ Hickory Undergroud
10/10 Winston-Salem, NC @ Ziggys
10/12 Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
10/13 Harrisburg, PA @ Dragonfly
10/14 Reading, PA @ The Silo
10/15 Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Music Terminal
10/16 Pittston, PA @ Staircase
10/17 Asbury Park, NJ @ Stone Pony
10/18 Chicopee, MA @ Cabot Street Pub
10/19 Erie, PA @ State Street Tavern
10/20 Akron, OH @ The Voodoo
10/21 Rochester, NY @ Steel Music Hall
10/22 Limestone, NY @ Rock N' Rick's Flood Zone
10/23 Lakewood, OH @ Hi-Fi Concert Club
10/25 Cincinnati, OH @ Never On Sundays
10/26 Detroit, MI @ I-Rock Nightclub
10/27 West Frankfort, IL @ Hoshis
10/28 LaSalle, IL @ 9th St. Pub
10/29 Monmouth, IL @ Rivoli Theatre
10/30 Dundee, IL @ Clearwater Theatre
10/31 Sioux City, IA @ Lewis Bowl (The Annex)
11/1 Omaha, NE @ Slammer's
11/2 Manhattan, KS @ PJs
11/4 Oklahoma City, OK @ Purgatory

12/1 Schlachthof Wiesbaden
12/2 The Forum London
12/3 Fun Box Amalie Essen
12/4 Ancienne Belgique Brussels
12/5 Große Freiheit Hamburg
12/6 Löwensaal Löwensaal
12/7 Wien Arena Wien
12/8 LKA Stuttgart
12/9 Paradiso Amsterdam
12/10 Alter Schlachthof Dresden
12/12 Huxleys Berlin

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Nine Inch Nails Drummer Taken Ill On Stage

Jerome Dillon, drummer with Nine Inch Nails, was taken ill onstage during the band's show in San Diego on September 16. He complained of chest pains, and was rushed to the hospital. The band were forced to curtail their set after ten songs, but intend to make it up to ticket holders.

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Fall Of Serenity Sign To Lifeforce Records

German metal/hardcore band Fall Of Serenity have officially joined the Lifeforce Records roster. Formed in 1998, the group has previously release three albums in addition to a split with Heaven Shall Burn. Their fourth, and as-of-yet untitled full-length will hit stores in spring of 2006. You can download one of the band's recent demo tracks here. Fall Of Serenity guitarist Eddy Langner has released the following statement:

"Having signed to Lifeforce Records makes us very proud and confident. Our new home has been an awesome label for ages, and the guys and girls there are known for their good work and their close connection to the scene. It is a huge step forward for Fall Of Serenity. We are extremely happy and excited to work with Lifeforce Records, and are looking forward to our debut release on this great label next year."

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Caputo Says Roadrunner 'Destroyed' His Solo Career

Blistering.com recently conducted an interview with LIFE OF AGONY frontman Keith Caputo. An excerpt from the chat follows:

Blistering.com: Looking back to 1997, "Soul Searching Sun" was just released and "Weeds" was heating up radio charts. Why did you leave LIFE OF AGONY when it looked like they were finally breaking into the mainstream?

Keith: "I wasn't ready to be famous back then. Even though I was bigger than I thought I was, that wasn't my determining goal. I didn't really have any goals. I liked the more indie aspect of it, and I still do now, but it's a different story. I'm going to be 32 years old this year; we're becoming a much better band musically, creatively. Things weren't right in the band's marriage and even if we did blow up, my happiness wouldn't have been genuine. I really didn't give a fuck at that point. It just wasn't right back then. I wear my heart on my sleeve, that's just the type of person that I am, and if I'm not 120% behind something, or if I'm not really feeling something, then I'm not going to put myself in a situation to make other people happy and to make other people money. We had a lot of people around us just taking, taking, taking. We didn't have the proper keys around us, the proper management or the proper label. I fucking hated Roadrunner. I hated how they treated and robbed the band. I hated all of it, the lawyers, the management, the band. I felt like this band was trying to do so much good and I just couldn't handle the negativity that came along with it; the drugs, the lying, the cheating. It wasn't me. So I fucked it off and I stuck to my roots. I believed in what my heart was telling me and I followed my heart, and to me, that's the most important thing to do in life. Creativity has got to be pure, you can't fake it. It's got to be nurtured with the utmost respect as you possibly can. Creativity knows when it's being used in the wrong. The universe is a very sensitive thing. It wasn't right and you just know that. I'm not the type of person to just sit and procrastinate and be in a situation where I wasn't feeling good about it. That was that."

Blistering.com: So then you went and recorded a solo record, "Died Laughing", which is one of the most beautiful records that I've heard in my life. You have so many great songs on that record.

Keith: "What a gorgeous record and Roadrunner fucked that up too."

Blistering.com: That's what my next question was going to be. It wasn't released here, what was that like as an artist?

Keith: "Oh, it destroyed me! It destroyed me. I thought I'd delivered Roadrunner the greatest record musically that they'd ever had in their entire glossary of bands. I gave them a record that they could not handle. It just goes to show you that their staff was not strong enough to really work this. After working with Epic Records and realizing how serious these people take their jobs and their titles, Roadrunner is a fucking soup kitchen compared to Epic. It's fucking ridiculous what they did to me. I moved to Europe for that fucking label! I was still robbed and taken advantage of and… fucking whatever."

Blistering.com: Did that crush you musically?

Keith: "I'm still crushed about it. I have a whole roster of music that when the moment comes again to do a proper solo release with all-star musicians, I'm going to take that opportunity and run with it. Roadrunner just destroyed it, they destroyed that record and that record has so much life; it's so beautiful."

LIFE OF AGONY's latest album, "Broken Valley" (Epic), has sold 24,000 copies in the United States since its June 2005 release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. This number pales in comparison to the total sales of each of their proper studio album released through Roadrunner: 1993's "River Runs Red" (158,000), 1995's "Ugly" (83,000) and 1997's "Soul Searching Sun" (65,000). The band's sole release for SPV Records, the "River Runs Again: Live 2003" live album and DVD, has sold approximately 13,000 copies in the U.S. between its various formats, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Read the full article at Blistering.com.

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Vince Neil Tears Calf Muscle, Cuts Motley Crue Set

Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx posted the following message in his online diary on Sunday:

"During 'Live Wire' last night Vince's [Neil] left leg completely gave out. He said it felt like a snap or he had been hit was something extremely heavy in the calf. It was right before intermission and after we finished the song without him, we went backstage where he was surrounded by paramedics. They said he probably tore something in his calf and he needed to go to the hospital right away. He wanted to go back onstage, but to be honest, he couldn't even stand. Finally he was rushed to the hospital and the report is that he did tear the muscle, but it's not as bad as it could be. He will be able to perform but can't really jump around until it heals... Usually these type of injuries take up to six weeks to heal so he's very lucky."

"We have a day off today and tomorrow is a show in Memphis, then another day off. So that leaves him more time offstage than usual. We honor the tickets for the show in Atlanta.

"Vince feels horrible, and he wanted to finish the show but I think it's better he didn't in the big picture.

"From all four of us, we're very sorry and will be back to Atlanta. No shows will be cancelled."

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H.I.M. "Wings of a Butterfly" Chart Position

H.I.M.'s new single, "Wings of a Butterfly", has registered the following first-week international chart positions:

#1: Finland
#4: Spain
#10: U.K.
#18: Austria
#35: Ireland

"Wings of a Butterfly" comes off H.I.M.'s new album, "Dark Light", due on September 27 via Sire. The follow-up to 2003's "Love Metal" was recorded in Los Angeles and mixed at New York's Electric Lady studios with producer Tim Palmer (DAVID BOWIE, OZZY OSBOURNE). Audio samples of all 10 tracks that are slated to appear on the new CD, plus the two cuts that will be included on the limited Internet edition of the album, can be heard on the H.I.M. fan site H-I-M666.com.

H.I.M. will embark on a U.S. tour with FINCH and SKINDRED beginning in early October.

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Nonpoints New Single Now Online

NONPOINT have posted their first single from their upcoming November 8th "Bullet With A Name" online. The song, 'Bullet With A Name On It' hits radio in early October and can be listened to it here.

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The Adored Change Name, Tap GGGarth

The Adored have changed their name to For The World and are gearing up to release their GGGarth Richardson (Rage Against The Machine, Mudvayne) produced Columbia debut early next year. The band have been mixing the effort with Adam Kasper (Queens Of The Stone Age, Cold) as of late.

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Remembering Never Name New Album, Begin Work

Remembering Never have recruited producer Zeuss (Shadows Fall, Hatebreed) to helm their upcoming new album "God Save Us", which they expect to have in stores through Ferret in February.

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Clutch Books A Few Headlining Dates

Clutch have booked a new string of dates with Kelly Carmichael tapped to serve as support, here's the rundown:
October 25th Greenville, SC - The Handlebar
October 26th Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade
October 27th Raleigh, NC - Lincoln Theatre
October 28th Richmond, VA - Alley Katz
October 29th Jacksonville, NC - Coastal Plains Raceway
October 30th Tallahassee, FL - The Beta Bar
October 31st Ft. Lauderdale, FL - The Culture Room
November 02nd Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade
November 04th Dallas, TX - Trees
November 07th Austin, TX - Emo's

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New Mnemic Frontman Speaks

MNEMIC and front man Michael Bøgball have parted ways leaving former Transport League and B-Thong member, Tony Jelencovich to become the new front man. Tony has made the following statement regarding his place in MNEMIC:

"Hi all you metalheads.
I´m very flattered to have been asked to join the band! And now i´m fucking in! It will be a ride my friends !!!!! The Mnemic guys have been friends of mine since a few years now, and i´ve always liked the guys and their music !. I know that there will be alot of wonderings around people: "Will this guy really make it !?" ! And for sure i will.. but i will do this my way and i will NOT BE A COPY OF MICHAEL ! It will be different !!!

For the people who don´t know, i´ve been singing for several (!) years and have a shit load of stage experience since my days with B-Thong & Transport League and my current project: M.A.N !

I´m very excited about it all !, see you on the road guys ! "

MNEMIC will be touring with Messhugah, God Forbid and The Haunted in the United States in the fall.

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