Metal News for January 13, 2003
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14 news articles posted on this day.
Sathanas Almost Finished Recording
The new album of Sathanas, titled Hex Nefarious, is almost finished. The album will see the light of day soon through Drakkar Productions.
Silent Edge Find New Drummer
Dutch band Silent Edge finally found a new drummer, Marco Kleinibbelink. Marco finished the drum work for the debut CD (to be finally released in May), but because of the difference with the other recordings, all drum parts were re-recorded. This caused some of the other instruments to have to be re-recorded, and this resulted in a delay of the release date.
Bane lines up West Coast Tour
Hardcore heroes Bane will be heading to the West Coast in late-February for a small tour. Here's the tentative schedule: More...
Misery Index to Record in March
Baltimore metal/grind outfit Misery Index has been busy writing material for their debut full-length. They've written about ten songs and will be entering a Montreal studio this March to record with Jean Francois (of Kataklysm). Artwork and lyrics are being completed now, and an album title will be made official within the coming weeks. Look for the effort to hit stores this Summer via Nuclear Blast Records.
Circle of Dead Children Sign to Displeased
Circle of Dead Children have inked a deal with Displeased Records. Their upcoming full length, Human Harvest (CD and LP), will be recorded shortly for a late April 2003 release. Upcoming live shows include January 18th at Mr. Muggs in Ipsi, Michigan, 31st at Club Laga in Oakland, Pennsylvania, April 25th/26th at Ohio Brutalize Your Mind Fest 2003 and May 23rd, 24th and 25th at Maryland Death Fest 2003.
Inferno Fest to Kick Off With Super Group
Various members of Dimmu Borgir, Red Harvest, The Kovenant, Blood Red Throne, Mayhem, and Susperia will make up a "once-in-a-lifetime" cover band that will perform at a kick-off party for the 2003 installment of Inferno Festival on Jan. 18 at Rockefeller Music Hall/John Dee in Oslo, Norway. According to the festival's official web site, "about 20 members of [the aforementioned bands] will play some of their favorite songs from the likes of Slayer, Black Sabbath, Anthrax, Kiss, Accept and Death." National TV will reportedly be filming the whole kick-off, and it will be recorded and (hopefully) released by Edgerunner Records later in the year.
The 2003 installment of Inferno Festival is scheduled to take place at Rockefeller Music Hall/John Dee on Apr. 17-19. Among the artists scheduled to appear at the event are Immortal, Vader, Children of Bodom and Taake.
Hypocrisy, Vader Confirmed for X-Mass Fest 2003
Hypocrisy, Nile, Vader, Misery Index, Dew-Scented and Disbelief are among the acts confirmed to take part in the X-Mass Fest 2003 European tour, set to take place Dec. 7-21. Exact dates and venues will be announced in the coming months.
Spiritual Beggars Announce Swedish Date
Swedish hard rockers Spiritual Beggars, the band featuring former Carcass and current Arch Enemy axeman Mike Amott, will perform a headlining show at Rockstugan in Halmstad, Sweden on March 21.
The group, whose fifth full-length album, On Fire, was released in the U.S. in October, will embark on a four-date Japanese tour in April.
March Metal Meltdown Announces Some Bands
Overkill, Nuclear Assault, Exciter, Sinner, Grave and Darkane are among the artists that have been confirmed to appear at this year's March Metal Meltdown 5 festival, set to take place Mar. 7-8 at The Cricket Club in Irvington, New Jersey. MarketYourMusic.com has apparently been authorized by promoter Jack Koshick to release a partial list of confirmed national headlining acts for the event, the tickets for which officially went on sale this past Saturday (Jan. 11) via all Ticketmaster outlets.
The following is a list of bands (in alphabetical order) that have so far been "confirmed" to appear at March Metal Meltdown 5: More...
Mexican Promoter Blames DT Management
A Mexican promoter in charge of the recently-cancelled Dark Tranquillity tour of Mexico/Colombia went on a local radio station Saturday night to explain his version of the events that led to the concerts being jettisoned less than a week prior to their scheduled kick-off date.
Santiago Jimenez, head of Metalipsis Productions, told XHJD 98.9 Monterrey's Saturday metal show "Distorsión" that Dark Tranquillity's management was largely to blame for the cancellations due to their unreasonable last-minute demands and lack of communication in the days prior to the band's scheduled departure from their native Sweden.
The following is Jimenez's explanation for the tour's cancellation, as translated from Spanish and summarized for Blabbermouth.net by Eloy Espinosa, a resident of Chihuahua, Mexico who was planning on attending the Monterrey show: More...
Mike Portnoy say Arch "sounds better than ever"
Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy spent two days last May recording at the Carriage House in Stamford, Connecticut for the hugely-anticipated solo debut from original Fates Warning vocalist John Arch, due later in the year through Metal Blade Records. "I must say that it is soooo great to hear one of my favorite vocalists of all time again!!!," Portnoy wrote on his official web site (www.mikeportnoy.com). "John sounds better than ever!"
Tentatively titled "A Twist Of Fate", the 20-minute EP features additional guest appearances from Fates Warning guitarist Jim Matheos and Fates Warning/Armored Saint bassist Joey Vera. "These songs are awesome and I was able to lay down some smoking drum tracks," Mike said. "John's melodies and harmonies are so incredibly creative and original... He really is one of a kind and it's so great to have him back in action (and I'm honored to be along for the ride!)."
RIAA Site Hacked Again
The Register has been flooded with reports that the RIAA.org has been defaced again. Several readers included screen grabs, showing that the front page today carried the following message.
RIAA - 0wn3d by.... ;p
oooh riaa want's to hack Filesharing Users / Servers ? - better lern to secure your own server...
Sorry Admin - had to deactivate ur accounts - they'll be reactivated after 2 hours
greetz : Rage_X, BRAiNBUG, SyzL0rd, BSJ, PsychoD + all the others who want to stay anonymous :]
wanna contact ? mailto:h4x0r0815@mail.ru
Underneath the greets, there was a list of RIAA 'recommended' file-sharing tools, such as KaZaA and eDonkey. Downloads from these sites are 'sponsored by www.riaa.org'.
The RIAA site has been hacked four times in recent months.
Durst And Al, Not Britney
Limp Bizkit mainman Fred Durst has moved quickly to quash recent internet rumours that he’s been working with Britney Spears. However, Durst has confirmed that he's been recording with Ministry’s Al Jourgensen in the studio, and that the first single from the new Bizkit album is to be titled ‘Crack Addict’. The album itself, titled ‘Less Is More’, is due on April 1.
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