Metal News for October 2, 2003
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Finger Eleven's 'One Thing' Video Online
The brand new video for "One Thing," Finger Eleven's new single is online now. "One Thing" just debuted on Rock radio charts. Finger Eleven also goes on tour with Evanescence in Europe in the near future.
Helix Lends Tracks To 'Trailer Park Boys'
Canadian heavy metal rockers HELIX will license tracks from their upcoming CD release "Rockin' In My Outer Space" for new season episodes of Canadian series Alliance-Atlantis hit comedy TV series "Trailer Park Boys". "Trailer" creator/director Mike Clattenburg will also feature Helix lead singer Brian Vollmer in a separately filmed promo segment to be added onto the next "Trailer Park Boys" DVD release.
Heavy metal icons Helix, with their strong international fan base, have been rocking for 30 years, charting gold albums for Capitol Records, while touring the world with bands like "KISS".
Brian Vollmer, the descendant of a US 'Circus Hall of Fame' acrobat, is also a classically-trained vocal coach that teaches 'Bel Canto', a scientific style of singing made popular during the 'Golden Age Of Opera' and taught to him by Eduardo Johnson, the youngest member of the New York Metropolitan Opera. Because of his powerful range, Vollmer is frequently a guest soloist for many symphony orchestras. He lives in the heart of London, Ontario known as 'The Forest City', in a Victorian-furnished estate called 'Planet Helix' and is the author of the upcoming tell-all rock bio "Gimme' An 'R'".
Gearing up for their 2004 "HELIX : 30th Anniversary" celebrations, HELIX will play a special concert, Thursday October 9 at the "Hard Rock" Cafe, 279 Yonge Street, Toronto, showcasing their classic heavy metal music from the 1970's and beyond.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre Tracklisting
Here's the tracklisting to the upcoming soundtrack for Texas Chainsaw Massacre:
- PANTERA - Immorally Insane
- HATEBREED - Below The Bottom
- SOIL - Pride*
- STATIC X - Deliver Me*
- MUSHROOMHEAD - 43
- SEETHER - Pig
- NOTHINGFACE - Down In Flames*
- 40 BELOW SUMMER - Self Medicate
- MOTOGRATER - Suffocate
- SHADOWS FALL - Destroyer Of Senses
- MESHUGGAH - Rational Craze
- FEAR FACTORY - Archetype(remix)*
- MORBID ANGEL - Enshrined By Grace
- INDEX CASE - Listen*
- LAMB OF GOD - Ruin
- SWORN ENEMY - As Real As It Gets
- CORE-TEZ - Five Months*
* previously unavailable
Black Sabbath Boxed Set Delayed
Rhino Records reports that BLACK SABBATH's upcoming box set, "Black Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath (1970-1978)", has been pushed back to an early 2004 release. No reason or official release date was given but should be expected soon.
Soilwork NOT Joining Filth/Type O Tour
Henry from SOILWORK has spoken out on the bands official message board that the band never was confirmed to be on the CRADLE OF FILTH / TYPE O NEGATIVE tour, and can officially say that they will not be joining it.
"As I said before, it was not confirmed.... and now we can inform you guys that SOILWORK will not join this tour!"
MOONSPELL will be the opening act instead.
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