Metal News for October 21, 2002
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15 news articles posted on this day.
Theory of Ruin & Totimoshi US Tour Dates
Bay Area trance-rock trio Totimoshi will be touring the US in November Supporting Theory of Ruin (Escape Artist Records, ex-FUDGE TUNNEL / NAILBOMB). Here are the dates: More...
Summary/Misc
Daily Reviews
Metal Reviews has nine new reviews:
- Agalloch - The Mantle
- Arwen - Memories Of A Dream
- Axel Rudi Pell - Knights Live
- Cannibal Corpse - Worm Infested
- Dimension Zero - Silent Night Fever
- Enshadowed - Messengers Of The Darkest Dawn
- Immolation - Unholy Cult
- Scars - Scars (featuring Gary Moore)
- White Skull - The Dark Age
Blind Guardian Tour North America
(Press Release) Global chart-topper’s BLIND GUARDIAN will embark on their first-ever North American tour beginning November 15th at the prestigious and now sold-out ProgPower Festival in Atlanta, Georgia. The month-long headlining expedition will be in support of the band’s most successful and critically acclaimed release to date, A Night At The Opera. More...
Displeased to Re-Issue Internal Suffering Disc
Displeased records will re-issue the first Internal Suffering full length, Supreme Knowledge Domain (originally on Qabalah /Repulse records), with re-mastered/improved sound and bonus track. Release is scheduled for late 2003.
To/Die/For Album Well Underway
The new, third, album of To Die For is well under way. The album, Jaded, will probably have ten to eleven tracks, and is being recorded at Astia Studios. As special guest, Marko Hietala of Nightwish will provide some vocals. After the recordings are done, the band will then begin to train new guitarist Joonas Koto.
Wage of Sin, Undying, Misery Signals Tour
Initial scheduling has been set for the upcoming tour featuring The Wage Of Sin, Undying, Misery Signals (ex-7 Angels 7 Plagues), and The Judas Cradle. Here is the info: More...
Radiation4 Sign With Century Media
California's Radiation4 has reportedly signed a recording contract with Century Media Records. Although no further details have been disclosed, look for an announcement in the near future. Prior to that development, the band parted ways with guitarist Clint Heidorn and Taken guitarist Chad Tafolla has been filling in for the time being. R4 plays an energetic amalgum of rock, metal, and Mr. Bunglesque stylings. The bands only release, a self-released EP, is nearly out of stock and will not be repressed.
The Bled To Enter Studio
Tuscon, AZ outfit The Bled will be entering Flying Blanket Studios (Recover) on October 27th to work on the first of two releases for Fiddler Records. The release will consist of four tracks from their His First Crush EP, three songs from their 10", and two new tracks. All of the previously released material will be remixed and remastered. The effort remains untitled and is tentatively slated for release in early-2003. The band will being recording their new full-length in late-January. In the interim, look for the band to play dates with such bands as Atreyu, Avenged Sevenfold, and Hopesfall.
Here is the track listing for the CD: More...
Schulinder Memorial Video Taken Off Sale
Here’s a recent posting by Chuck Schuldiner’s mother Jane at www.emptywords.org. “I want you to know that as of October 16th, I have decided to stop offering the video of Chuck's memorial, although I will certainly honor the orders I have received to this date. Thank you for your heartwarming responses to this video. I am profoundly pleased and touched by the many memorials around the world planned for December 13th. I look forward to hearing about them from all of you.”
Ripper Joins Cover Band
Back home, in Northeast Ohio, Judas Priest singer Tim "Ripper" Owens is passing the time by joining a Disturbed cover band, The Sickness. According to sources, Owens is not the lone vocalist, but trades singing duties with another on tracks by nu-metal standards like Limp Bizkit, Godsmack, Linkin Park, Creed and Drowning Pool. In a more metallic vein, Alice In Chains and Priest's 'Green Manalishi' are also included. The band reunites Owens with bassist Dennis Hayes, from his pre-Priest days in Winters Bane, as well as Tim Simmelsberger from his first band, Brainicide.
Metallica Tribute Final Tracklist
The final track listing for the forthcoming Metallica tribute CD, A Tribute To The Four Horseman, due on December 2 via Nuclear Blast Records, is as follows:
01. Primal Fear - Seek & Destroy*
02. Therion - Fight Fire With Fire*
03. Destruction - Whiplash
04. Anthrax - Phantom Lord
05. Sonata Arctica - Fade To Black*
06. Burden of Grief - Master Of Puppets
07. Dark Tranquillity - My Friend Of Misery
08. Crematory – One*
09. In Flames - Eye Of The Beholder
10. Primus - The Thing That Should Not Be
11. Apocalyptica - Harvester Of Sorrow
12. Die Krupps - Battery
13. Sinner - Wherever I May Roam*
14. Rage – Motorbreath
Breaking News
Steve MacDonald Reportedly Commits Suicide
Steve MacDonald, drummer for the long-running Canadian death metal act Gorguts, reportedly hung himself a couple of days ago after battling depression for the last few years. An official statement from the rest of the group is expected by the end of the week.
Darkane Added to No Mercy Festivals
Darkane are the latest band to have been confirmed for the forthcoming No Mercy/Easter Festivals 2003 European tour, which is also set to include performances by Testament, Marduk, Pro-Pain, Nuclear Assault, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, Malevolent Creation, Graveworm, Callenish Circle and Arkhon Infaustus. Another as-yet-undisclosed co-headlining act — rumored to be either Morbid Angel or Dark Angel — will reportedly be added to the bill.
Confirmed dates so far are as follows: More...
Black Cloud Post Video Clips
Black Cloud, the Quebec-based "all-star" thrash metal tribute band consisting of ex-Voivod bassist Jean-Yves Thériault (a.k.a. Blacky), ex-Obliveon guitarist Pierre Rémillard, Martyr guitarist Daniel Mongrain, Cryptopsy drummer Flo Mounier, and Ghoulunatics vocalist Patrick Mireault, have posted video clips of three songs performed during a recent rehearsal session in preparation for the group's November 9 gig at Montreal's Le Medley.
The tracks available for viewing are as follows:>
01. Piranha (Exodus)
02. Circle Of The Tyrants (Celtic Frost)
03. Betrayer (Kreator)
A band photo has also been posted online at this location
Headline News
Endthisday End It
Just two months after the release of their debut album "sleeping beneath the ashes of creation" Endthisday decided to go part ways. Here is the official statement from the band:
"It's sad to face, but we are breaking up. It was time for a couple members in Endthisday to move on and devote their attention more to other aspects of their lives, and we all respect their decision. We're pretty sad about it, but we know the time has come. Everyone is 100% on good terms with each other and will wholeheartedly support each others futures. Above all, we'd like to thank everyone who has supported us throughout our existence. We couldn't have done anything without your help. Lifeforce Records, all of the bands that we've played with, all of our friends, everyone that we've met as a result of this band, anyone who ever heard us and gave us the time of day... you mean the world to us. So, to all of those people, thank you from the bottom of our hearts."
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