Metal News for September 3, 2002
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14 news articles posted on this day.
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Daily Interviews
- Tartarean Desire interviews Lars Löfven from the Swedish death metal band Defleshed
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Daily Reviews
Tartarean Desire has loads of new reviews this week:
- Tuatha de Danann - Tingaralatingadun (folk metal, 2001; 2nd review)
- November's Doom - To Welcome The Fade (doom metal, 2002)
- Dark Legion - Bloodshed (death metal, 2001; 2 reviews)
- Judas Iscariot - To Embrace The Corpses Bleeding (black metal, 2001; 2nd review)
- Krieg - The Church (black metal, 2001)
- Bloodthorn - Under The Reign Of Terror (black metal, 2001)
- Urgrund - The Graven Sign (black metal, 2002)
- Octinomos - Welcome To My Planet (black metal, 1999)
- Orplid - Nächtliche Jünger (acoustic / neo-folk, 2002)
- Wurdulak - Severed Eyes Of Possession (black / death metal, 2002)
- Slayer - Diabolus In Musica (thrash metal, 1998)
- Heaven's Cry - Primal Power Addiction (progressive metal, 2002)
- Ice Ages - This Killing Emptiness (gothic metal, 2000)
- Antimatter - Saviour (electronic / atmospheric, 2002)
- Evereve - Regret (gothic metal, 1999)
- Atrox - Contentum (avantgarde metal, 2000)
- Enthroned - Carnage In Worlds Beyond (black metal, 2002)
- Trail Of Tears - A New Dimension Of Might (black / gothic metal, 2002)
- Abscess - Through The Cracks Of Death (death metal, 2002)
- Thine - In Therapy (melancholic rock, 2002)
- Pentagram - Turn To Stone (doom / heavy metal, 2002)
- Funeral For A Friend - Between Order And Model (heavy rock / metal, 2002)
- Disharmonic Orchestra - Ahead (death metal, 2002)
- Neurotica - Neurotica (heavy rock / nu-metal, 2002)
- Second Lass - Try To Paint A Fitful Love... (gothic rock, 2002)
- Runes Order - The Art Of Scare And Sorrow (ambient / industrial, 2002)
- Au - Alchímía (electro-folk, 2002)
Sublevel 7 Return
After over two years in hibernation to write new material, Sublevel 7, a melodic hardcore band, has emerged once again in New Jersey and will be hitting the studio to record a 5 to 6 song EP. For more information regarding Sublevel 7, check out their webpage.
Bleeding Through / Unearth Minitour
Bleeding Through has lined up a handful of dates for September. At this time Unearth is also slated to appear. Here are the schedule dates: More...
Bloodjinn News
Originally planning to tour the U.S. in October, Bloodjinn has postponed touring until late 2002 and early 2003. Instead, they will be focusing on recording a video for "A Decade Of Forced Existence," from their recently released full-length, Leave This World Breathing. In addition to the video, the band will also be recording live footage (at a few upcoming shows), behind the scenes material, and interviews for an upcoming DVD release on Forsaken Recordings in early 2003. As for touring, they will be hitting the road with Beloved for a few weeks in December, but otherwise, no solid plans have been made. For now, you can catch the band at the following shows: More...
Kreator Film Brazillian Show for CD/DVD
Kreator filmed their Sao Paolo show on September 1st at the Direct TV Music Hall for the upcoming Live CD/DVD due out in early 2003. According to leader Mille Petrozza “There has been a special relationship between Kreator and the Brazilian audience from day one to now. So when we thought about a place that could create the perfect atmosphere for a Live recording Sao Paolo came to our minds first. All the shows we have played there in the past years were magic ones!”
Hate Eternal Tour Brazil
Hate Eternal are bringing their live assault to Brazil this September, in support of their upcoming album King Of All Kings. Says frontman Erik Rutan, "This is our first time playing Brazil so we are fucking psyched. Brazil is one of the Death Metal Capitols of the World and we can't wait to let these fans hear our new material live. The new album, King Of All Kings, is the best work of my career and Hate Eternal is tighter than ever. Be warned!" The dates are: September 28th - Setembro Negro, Sao Paulo and 29 - Dokas, Recife.
Kataklysm Set New Tour Dates
Canadian death metallers Kataklysm have just returned from the Death Across America tour and are preparing to embark on a full-scale coast to coast Canadian tour in September/October, with support coming via Montreal's Necronomicon and Toronto's Blood of Christ. Exact dates and venues will be announced shortly.
According to an official press release, the Shadows & Dust touring campaign will start in late November with a month-long European tour where the band will hit the UK, France, Spain and Portugal with Hate Eternal and Deranged, followed by the X-Mass Festivals (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Belgium and Holland) with Six Feet Under, Marduk, Dying Fetus, Hate Eternal, Immolation, Macabre and Ragnarok.
Kataklysm is also in talks to shoot a video clip for the song "Beyond Salvation" in Regina (Alberta) during their upcoming Canadian tour. More details to follow. More...
Defenestration Part with Drummer, Management
British act Defenestration are once again on the lookout for a new drummer, having recently parted ways with Ben Gordelia.
According to frontwoman Gen, "there have been a series of set backs that have put us off track for a while but now as they seem to be being resolved we thought it time to explain ourselves. The drummer curse that has hit us time and time again has unfortunately hit again, Ben has decided to leave and concentrate on his recording studio. We are all sad to see him go but are well on the way to replacing him. Another setback is that we have ceased working with our management. This will not stop us, however. We are recording a demo of new stuff soon and are going to plan a tour. We have a second album written that kicks the shit out of the first and we cant wait to start touring the new stuff."
Dark Funeral Blame Tour Promoter for Cancellation
Sweden's Dark Funeral have rejected accusations by an Australian promoter that their "unprofessionalism" has resulted in their proposed Australasian tour being cancelled and have blamed the promoter's own unethical behavior for the tour's failure to materialize.
"Well, what can I say????" bassist/vocalist Emperor Magus Caligula began when contacted by Blabbermouth.net for a comment on the tour's cancellation. "It says [in the promoter's statement] that they have been organizing this 'tour' for 2 months???? Why did we hear about it just three weeks ago?? That's why and the only reason for us not coming over — we simply did not know anything about it! I must say it's [the promoter's] own unprofessionalism that has caused this, not ours. If they had contacted us, the band that they were booking, so at least we could prepare, and know what we were doing and so on... [But] noooooo.....
"I blame this on the so-called 'agency' to start a rumor and put the band in a bad position. I just feel sorry for our fans over there [in Australia] who have to suffer for being misled by a fucked-up agency .
"We do want to play Australia, but would then know so at least a few months (2-3) in advance.
"Sorry for this, bro', but there is nothing I can do..."
Suffocation's Mike Smith On Reunion
Suffocation drummer Mike Smith has denied former bassist Chris Richards' assertions that the legendary death metal act's planned reunion is purely money-motivated and has indicated that a new album from the group may surface sometime next year, provided the quintet's upcoming tour and subsequent songwriting sessions prove to be a success.
In the following exclusive interview conducted via e-mail, Smith offers insight into the group's future plans and their reasons for returning to the scene after a four-year hiatus. More...
Guns N' Roses Reportedly Working on US Tour
Guns N' Roses will reportedly kick off a 40-plus date North American arena tour in late October in the Northeastern U.S., according to Billboard Bulletin. So far, no dates have yet been announced, although rumors suggest that an October 22nd date at Chicago's Allstate Arena is in the works. Reports that the band is asking for a $500,000 guarantee per show have also remained unconfirmed at this time.
The forthcoming trek will mark the band's first full-blown U.S. tour since playing 29 shows in 1993 that grossed $13.7 million. The group successfully toured Japan and Europe this summer and made a surprise appearance last week on the MTV Video Music Awards, performing the new song "Madagascar" amid old favorites "Welcome to the Jungle" and "Paradise City".
In Flames Signing Session
In Flames will take part in an indoor signing session at Vintage Vinyl in Fords, New Jersey on Friday, September 27th.
The Project Hate Splits with Massacre
The Project Hate, featuring Jörgen Sandström of Entombed/Grave fame on lead vocals, have parted ways with Massacre Records and are presently seeking a new deal. According to guitarist Lord K (a.k.a. Kenth Philipson), "we do not want to make the same mistake again and sign a deal too fast this time as those two years at Massacre feel like they were [wasted], therefore we are checking out different labels and comparing them to each other.
"We are in the process of writing material for the third album as I type this and plan to record it sometime in the spring of 2003. We know we are damn good and what we need is a label that understands what we wanna do and has interest in supporting the material as it should be supported."
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