Metal News for September 20, 2004
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18 news articles posted on this day.
Mosh For Tots Info
Mosh For Tots will be taking place on December 4th and 5th at Club Rockit in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The event is designed to collect money, food, and toys for needy families during the holidy season. More bands will be added, but here's the latest lineup:
Flat Earth Society
Burning Bridges
Herod
Dogz Of War
Colin Of Arabia
Names For Graves
Sons Of Azrael
In These Walls
A Day And A Deathwish
Two Knives
Full Recovery
In Time
Proven
God Fobid Shows Being Filmed For Video
Shows during God Forbid's upcoming tour with A Life Once Lost et al will be filmed for the group's third video, this time for the song "Gone Forever." The video will be directed by Zach Merck (Shadows Fall, Atreyu) and should make its debut this winter.
First Blood Finish Recording Songs For Split CD
California's First Blood, featuring Carl Schwartz and Doug Weber of Terror, have finally finished recording two songs for their long-awaited split with Blacklisted. The split will be released by Deathwish Inc. as part of their Dead Man's Hand series. Meanwhile, the group will be flying to Florida for two shows in November, below.
11/6 Miami FL @ TBA w/ Embrace Today, more
11/7 Orlando FL @ TBA w/ Embrace Today
Cave In And Converge Collaborate
According to a post on their website, Cave In have recently spent some time at Kurt Ballou's Godcity studio with members of Converge working on a "collaborative recording project." They are currently working on five songs. No word yet on when or how the material will surface.
Vince Neil Leads The Chicken Dance
A three-minute video of Motley Crue singer Vince Neil leading the "Chicken Dance" at Cincinnati's Oktoberfest-Zinzinnati on Sunday (September 19) has been made available for download. Check it out at MBony.us.
Rhapsody & Christopher Lee To Do Signing Session
According to the official Rhapsody website, the band and actor Christopher Lee, who provides several narratives on the new album "Symphony Of Enchanted Lands Part 2: The Dark Secret," will be doing a signing session at the Forbidden Planet Megastore in London, England on September 27th between 5:00pm and 6:00pm. Lee will only be signing copies of the album and his DVD, "Jinnah," no other film or TV related items.
For more information go to www.forbiddenplanet.com or call (++44) 020 7420 3666.
There will be a limited edition of the new album that will include a bonus DVD featuring a Making Of documentary, video clips and interviews, including one with Lee.
Former Iced Earth Drummer Joins Sebastian Bach
Posted on www.sebastianbach.com:
I am pleased to announce the addition of drummer Mark Prator to the band ! We have been shredding all month in preparation for our Mexican tour this week! Mark Prator is the drummer on the Iced Earth album "Dark Saga" & is also the man behind the kit on the "Demons & Wizards" album with Jon Shaffer. The music is steady, solid, & heavy. We are really gearing up now for the new album & we cannot wait to play Mexico this week with Mark Prator on the drums so look out Mexico, we are gonna kick your ass!
Trivium Check In From Studio, Video To Be On HBB
Hello Friends…
"We received some good news last week – our video for ‘Like Light To The Flies’ will debut this Saturday - September 25th - on MTV2 Headbangers Ball. This weeks HBB will feature videos from bands on the upcoming HBB Vol 2 CD due to hit stores September 28th."
"Be sure to check the site over the next few days - we will be testing our online shop - we will have our 2 CD's ('Ember To Inferno' & 'Trivium' our self-titled demo) a couple of T-Shirts to start and will be adding more things over time."
"Word from the studio - Travis has completed all drum tracks and he and Jason are now editing at Audio Hammer - 5 songs completed. Recording guitars will happen later this week or early next week – so far so good."
"Well that's all for now - Thanks for the support."
"\m/"
"Matt, Travis, Corey & Paolo"
E-Town Concrete, 12 Tribes & Diecast To Tour
E.Town Concrete, Twelve Tribes, Diecast and Devilinside are planning to hit the road for a tour together shortly. More info as it comes.
Motograter Drop Off Tour American Head Charge Join
Motograter look to have dropped off of the upcoming "New Level Of Aggression Tour 2004" in favor of performing on the "American Apathy Tour" alongside Dope and Twisted Method. As a result, American Head Charge have now taken their place on the trek, which will also feature Dry Kill Logic. A full list of dates is expected shortly.
Metallica To Have New Album Out Late 2005
METALLICA's lead guitarist Kirk Hammett recently spoke to the freetimes.com and said he said "the band's hoping to head back to the studio after finishing its current tour and have an album done by late next year." You can check out the entire article here.
Slipknot Mercedes Benz Being Auctioned On Ebay
A special one-off SLIPKNOT Mercedes is up for grabs and bidding on E-Bay right now, head here to check the online auction out.
Opeth Guitarist Peter Lindgren Ties The Knot
OPETH guitarist Peter Lindgren married longtime girlfriend Jessica Svensson on August 21 at Gålögården outside Stockholm, Sweden.
In other news, Peaceville Records reportedly have plans to release a 5.1 surround sound mix re-release of OPETH's fourth album, "Still Life". More information will be made available soon.
Also on the OPETH-related front, OPETH session keyboardist Per Wiberg has laid down his keyboard tracks at Studio Fredman for the new SPIRITUAL BEGGARS album, tentatively due in early 2005. He also recently embarked on a shorter tour of Northern Sweden with legendary blues band SKY HIGH, led by famed guitarist Claes Yngström.
Cradle Of Filth T-Shirt Gets Banned
According to Roadrunner Records U.K., merchandise company Blue Grape have had their printing plant refuse to handle the proposed artwork for the new CRADLE OF FILTH T-Shirt. The factory (TOT Shirts Ltd.) have been forced to reject the order since staff literally downed tools in disgust. The proposed artwork (see it here) features the image of a bare-breasted woman seemingly bleeding from between the legs and the band's logo on the front, with the words "You Gilded Cunt" on the reverse. Blue Grape have had huge demand for the T-shirt with worldwide orders flooding in. The company have no choice but to work on an alternative design.
The director of TOT Shirts Ltd. stated: "It is believed that the requested image and associated wording will cause offence to the general public and to our staff due to the controversial nature of the subject."
It wasn't long ago CRADLE OF FILTH found their fans the subject of a brush with the law for the now infamous "Jesus Is A Cunt" T-Shirt. Lord Provost of Glasgow demanded the shirts be removed by the police from Tower Records. The Catholic League of America, along with the Governor of Wisconsin, campaigned heartily for the shirt to be banned.
Further religious controversy is being fuelled by CRADLE OF FILTH's upcoming visit to Chile — where a Satanist teenager stabbed and murdered a priest. The promoters are having to bring in extra security for the backlash this has now created against the band and it seems CRADLE OF FILTH will not get the welcome to South America they had hoped for.
Over in the U.K., the "Gilded Cunt" track has been subject to the usual censorship only being allowed plays on radio post mid-night. Radio One's "Rock Show" have championed the track here, being careful to adhere to ITC rulings forbidding presenter Mike Davies from actually saying the "C" word whilst introducing the track… without a forewarning.
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Ministry's Al Jourgensen Speaks To Chart Attack
You might notice something different about Ministry’s latest effort "Houses Of The Mole" (Sanctuary/EMI). It’s decidedly more aggressive and, dare we say — organic — than many of their past releases. Sure, it’s still incredibly industrial sounding, but thanks to a key personnel change (the departure of cohort Paul Barker) and a bit more anger at the world (as in, ranting for this whole damned interview about George W. Bush), "Houses Of The Mole" could very well be Ministry’s most influential, effective album to date.
ChartAttack: People are saying this is your strongest album in years. To what do you attribute that?
Al Jourgensen: The computers left with Paul. It was time to split up and we both knew it. Now I can get back to jamming out songs. It wasn’t that much of a difference aside from losing the computers. We got wasted, puked and came out with a record.
ChartAttack: Every song here starts off with "W." Something on your mind?
Al Jourgensen: George W. Bush is everywhere, so we figured we'd start out with "No W" and let him get all of the rest. I’m sick of Dubya, that’s all. The song "Wrong," "W T.V." is about this culture under George W’s stewardship. There’s plenty of railing against our government on this album.
ChartAttack: Do you like being the only industrial-tinged band on a punk compilation?
Al Jourgensen: I don’t care if it’s that or country and western; I’ll put time, money and energy into making sure this cowboy doesn’t get back into power. And his cronies… they’re cockroaches. You spray and spray, but they keep coming back. Hopefully we’ll call the right exterminator and get rid of ‘em forever.
Read the full article at Chart Attack.
Marilyn Manson Connects Iraq And Columbine
Manson equates Columbine with the Iraq War in one simple observation:
I've had my grasp on morals for some time since my dad's experience [in Vietnam], but also because I had to sit there and think 'Why is it OK that we're blowing the shit out of some other country and two kids blow up a high school?'" he says. "What's the difference? Because somebody says? At the end of the day it's all killing. You can drive yourself crazy in circles going round about that but it's... it would take an hour at least just to go down that path. I think art is your escape. That's what keeps me going.
Read the full article at Chart Attack.
Cromok To Play In Kuala Lumpur
Now this shows you can’t keep a good metal band down. Cromok, one of Malaysia’s most prominent heavy metal bands, will be bringing the house down this Wednesday at Hard Rock Cafe, Kuala Lumpur.
The band, now consisting of original members, Sam and Miji, has added one of Malaysia’s most blistering axeman, Hillary Ang to its line up. The trio recently released their latest effort, "Untitled," on July 27 and the gig at Hard Rock marks Cromok’s return to playing live after an absence of almost eight years.
Read the full article at http://www.star-ecentral.com.
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