Scum Of The Earth Announce Headlining Tour

Scum of the Earth, the new band from ex-Rob Zombie guitarist Riggs, announced today they will embark on a nationwide tour supporting their Eclipse Records debut, "Blah, Blah, Blah, Love Songs for the New Millennium." The tour will commence October 26, the very day the albums drops, canvas most of the U.S. and venture into Canada. Riggs recorded Blah' with an all-star cast of friends including Zombie drummer John Tempesta (White Zombie, Rob Zombie) and his brother Mike Tempesta (guitar, Powerman 5000), marking the first time the brothers have played together on record, SOAD drummer John Dolmayan, as well as Clay Others (bass) and more. On tour, Riggs will be flanked by Adema guitarist Ransom, PM5K drummer Adrian Ost and others.

"We're trotting out the scummier side of the Scum family," says Riggs. "Lock up your daughters and small animals."

Blah' was produced by Michael Beinhorn (Korn, Red Hot Chili Peppers) and Irv Gotti. It will be the first CD to feature UMixIt interactive technology, an enhanced feature that allows listeners, should they desire a little more grind in tracks like 'Pornstar Champion,' to play producer/Dr. Frankenstein and isolate, violate and remix on their computer, up to 16 audio tracks by emphasizing, cutting back or removing any instrument or vocal.

In addition, Scum of the Earth has lensed a video for the single 'Get Your Dead On' with director Rob Prior (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), based on his upcoming film Shadow Walker, currently in pre-production. The unique horror film's main character will be the basis for the clip which, in an unprecedented move, will introduce the mythology of the Shadow Walker villain before its appearance in a film, comic book, or video game (each is scheduled for release next year). Prior conceived the Shadow Walker, a violent creature from New Zealand folklore that moves only within darkness, with groundbreaking comic book writer Paul Jenkins ("Origin: The True Story of Wolverine," "Spider-Man: Return of the Goblin," "The Incredible Hulk," "Darkness: Resurrection"). Prior, a renowned master of photorealistic comic book art (he crafted the creatures for the Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel), designed the Shadowalker.

Jenkins and Prior decided that music video would be the ideal medium to introduce what they hope will be the breakout monster franchise of 2005. Scum of the Earth, a breakout monster band, is a natural partner.

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Forever I Burn Lining Up Winter Tour

Forever I Burn are lining up a handful of winter shows in support of their latest release. If you can help with any of the open dates, send an email here. The routing is as follows:

11/5 Bound Brook NJ @ Hamilton St. Cafe w/ My Bitter End, more
11/6 Poughkeepsie NY @ Club Crannell w/ Cipher, My Bitter End
11/7 Connecticut @ TBA w/Cipher, My Bitter End
11/13 Philadelphia PA @ Lasalle University w/ How it Ends, Cipher
11/14 Baltimore MD @ TBA w/ Cipher
12/18 TBA
12/19 Springfield MA @ Fat Cats w/ The Acacia Strain
12/26 Philadelphia PA @ The Electric Factory w/ Hatebreed, God Forbid, more
1/3 Long Island NY @ TBA
1/7 TBA
1/8 West Virginia @ TBA
1/9 TBA
1/14 Wilkes Barre PA @ TBA w/ One Dead Three Wounded, Within Distance
1/15 Albany NY @ TBA w/ One Dead Three Wounded, Within Distance
1/16 TBA

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Radiation 4 Winter Tour Called Off

Radiation 4 winter tour we announced earlier today is no longer happening. Instead, the group will be hooking up with Psyopus and Into The Moat for 8-10 days on the west coast in early January. We'll have dates as soon as they're confirmed.

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Ex-Burnt By The Sun Drummer Joins Municipal Waste

Drummer Dave Witte, who recently left Burnt By The Sun, has now joined Municipal Waste, the Richmond thrash/metal band that signed with Earache Records earlier this year. Here's what Witte had to say about the move:

"I am an ultra whirlwind holocaust attack, stoked to join The Waste. It's a thrill to be a part of a band that is fun. Expect some serious thrashin' action."

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Psyopus and Paria Plan Novermber Tour

Psyopus and Paria will be touring together next month. Here are the dates that have been released thus far:

11/5 Omaha NE @ Ranch Bowl
11/6 Dubuque IA @ Sublime
11/9 Shelby Twp. @ Manalow House
11/10 Buffalo NY @ The Icon w/ Nonpoint
11/11 Poughkeepsie NY @ Club Crannell
11/13 Wilkes-Barre PA @ Cafe Metropolis
11/14 Harrisburg PA @ Charlton United Methodist Church
11/15 Montclair NJ @ Bloomfield Ave Cafe.
11/16 Lynchburg VA @ The Whore House
11/18 Myrtle Beach SC @ The Lime Light
11/19 Jacksonville FL @ Thee Imperial
11/23 Memphis TN @ The Caravan
11/24 Nashville TN @ The Muse

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Between the Buried and Me Replace Guitarist

Between the Buried and Me have officially filled the space left by former guitarist Shane Blay with Dustie Waring of Glass Casket. The band's reports that Glass Casket is still together and Dustie will continue in both bands.

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Marilyn Manson Artwork Available For Sale Online

Marilyn Manson's artwork has now been made available for sale at the website www.marilynmansonartworkonline.com. When you buy the artwork it comes in wood frames on a floating silk mat with non-reflective glass. The Watercolor Fine Art Editions are made with archival watercolor ink on watercolor paper. Marilyn signs and numbers each piece.

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Despond Demo Free For Download

The official website of French doomsters DESPOND has been updated with the following message:

have decided to enable every metalhead to put an ear on the long time sold out debut demo tape of DESPOND, entitled "As my Soul reaches Infinity". Originally released in 1995, this demo shows the very first musical shapes of DESPOND.

From this day, you can download the complete version of this demo, including classic songs such as "Tears of a sad Spirit" and "Never-ending Night".

To download the demo, go here.

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Racist CDs Confiscated At Madison Schools

Racist CDs distributed to students at Madison Middle School and Scott High School have been seized by school officials. The schools confiscated about 40 Panzerfaust Records CDs given to students as they walked to school or were getting on buses earlier in the week, Madison Vice Principal Jeff Nelson said Friday.

Nelson called the CDs "unwanted propaganda.''

"We don't appreciate, nor do parents appreciate the fact that adults would have the nerve to approach 10 to 18-year-olds,'' Nelson said.

The CDs contain 15 songs with titles such as "White Supremacy,'' "American Justice,'' "Thirst for Conquest,'' "White Kids,'' and "Tales of Honor,'' Nelson said.

In a purported recording of a telephone conversation with Scott Principal Leonard Bolton posted on Panzerfaust's Web site, a man identifying himself as "Byron'' threatened to sue the school for taking the CDs.

"These CDs were not being listened to at school, nor were they creating a disturbance, so you had no authority to confiscate these CDs,'' he said.

Panzerfaust, based in the Minneapolis suburb of Newport, says on its Web site that white teenagers are the target audience for its CD. The label also said it sent out 5,000 CDs -- most were direct-mailed to teenagers nationwide with interests including heavy metal music or skateboarding. Calvert said he bought bulk mailing lists to obtain the teens' names and addresses.

Read the full article at Sunday Gazette.

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New Rammstein Video In The Works

Rammstein has been filming the video for "Ohne Dich" (translated: "Without You"), the third single from their new "Reise, Reise" album. It's being shot at a secret location "in the mountains" by director Jörn Heitmann, who was responsible for the band's "Ich Will" and "Amerika" videos. The single is due to be released in November.

In other news, Germany's VIVA TV aired a Rammstein special on Saturday, October 23rd called Feat. Rammstein. The 30 minute program will be repeated on October 25th at 5:00pm CET, on the 26th at 8:15pm CET, and on the 27th at 2:00pm CET. It will also be shown on VIVA Poland. Go to this location for complete broadcast information, under "television."

"Reise, Reise" has taken Europe by storm since it's release on September 27th, having reached platinum in the band's German homeland in only a week.

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1349 Confirmed For Denmark's Aalborg Metal Fest

1349, the Norwegian black metal band featuring Satyricon drummer Frost, are the latest act confirmed for the Aalborg Metal Festival 2004, a two-day event set to take place November 5-6 at Studenterhuset in Aalborg, Denmark. The following bands are currently confirmed to perform at the festival:

Friday, November 5:

17:00 - 17:30 SCAMP
18:00 - 18:45 WITHERING SURFACE
19:15 - 20:00 THE DEFACED
20:30 - 21:30 ILLDISPOSED
22:00 - 23:00 TBA
23:45 - 01:00 TBA

Saturday, November 6:

14:00 - 14:30 JERKSTORE
15:00 - 15:30 TBA
16:00 - 16:45 SCARVE
17:15 - 18:00 VOLBEAT
18:30 - 19:30 HEAVEN SHALL BURN
20:00 - 21:15 ZYKLON
21:45 - 23:00 DARKANE
23:45 - 01:00 DOWNSET

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