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Metal News for November 18, 2003

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Beatallica Completes Second EP

Beatillica have completed their second EP and say "it sounds simply killer. way better than "garage dayz nite", seriously. shane, the beatallica producer, has done an amazing job."

The new songs should be available for download in the near future with a new web site, as well as t-shirts and other merch. We'll keep you posted when this all heppens.

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Zakk Wylde's "Grail" Found

In the year 2000, Zakk Wyldes famous Bullseye Les Paul was lost. Traveling from Dallas to Houston, the band (Black Label Society) was pulled over due to the trucks back doors being open. Upon investigating the trucks contents, two guitars were found missing. One was a replica that was recovered on July 4th be an observant woman traveling behind the truck. A reward was posted for the beloved "Grail" to no avail.

As of today, November 17th, 2003 - "The Grail" has returned home. A medical technician from Dallas area made the move. Jerry Weisenger emailed long time friend and Attorney Randy Canis (original webmaster for Zakk) and told him of "The Grails" travels. Apparently the guitar made it to a pawn shop in Dallas. It was purchased just to be, once again, sold back to another pawn shop. Jerry Weisengers friend, who pawned the guitar, was not able to pay the price to retrieve it, so Jerry helped out and paid for it. The friend never came by with the money so Jerry decided to keep it. The guitar was stored for 7 months before he pulled it out to clean it. He pulled the pick-ups out and saw ZW engraved into the backs of them. He knew, what he had always suspected, that this is Zakk Wyldes guitar.

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Summary/Misc

Daily Reviews

Tartarean Desire has a load of new reviews:

  • Cadaveria - The Shadows' Madame (thrash metal, 2002)
  • Charon - Religious / Delicious (CDS) (gothic rock / metal, 2003)
  • Dargaard - The Dissolution Of Eternity (darkwave, 2001)
  • Dark Stone - Blood Vengeance (demo) (black / death metal, 2003)
  • Darkwell - Suspiria (gothic metal, 2000)
  • Dornenreich - Her Von Welken Nächten (black metal, 2001)
  • Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence (progressive metal, 2002)
  • Entombed - Uprising (death metal, 2000)
  • Funeral - In Fields Of Pestilent Grief (doom metal, 2002)
  • Hypocrisy - Catch 22 (death metal, 2002)
  • Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter (black metal, 1999)
  • Katatonia - Brave Murder Day (doom metal, 1996)
  • Lost In Lunacy - Dreams (demo) (metal, 2003)
  • Mass Of Virtue - Circle Of Fate (demo) (progressive metal, 2003)
  • Miseria - The Night Of Fetus (demo) (heavy metal, 2003)
  • My Dying Bride - The Dreadful Hours (doom metal, 2001)
  • My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans (doom metal, 1993)
  • Narcissus - Crave And Collapse (metalcore, 2003)
  • Purgamentum - Deathenchanté (demo) (death metal, 2003)
  • Sepultura - Roorback (thrash metal, 2003)
  • Siebenbürgen - Grimjaur (black metal, 1998)
  • Silver Mountain - Breakin' Chains (heavy metal, 2002)
  • Strangulation - Withering Existence (death metal, 2003)
  • Swallow The Sun - The Morning Never Came (death / doom metal, 2003)
  • Taiga - [demo] (folk metal, 2001)
  • The Meads Of Asphodel - The Excommunication Of Christ (black metal, 2001)
  • The Storyteller - Tales Of A Holy Quest (power metal, 2003)
  • WWIII - When God Turned Away (heavy metal, 2002)

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Soulfly's Marcello D. Rapp Joins Abloom

Marcello D. Rapp (formally of Soulfly) has offically been handed the bass spot in Abloom. Jon "Tumor" Fahnestock has left to concentrate on his Lo-Pro project.

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Ephemeral Sun To Play First Gig, Release Details

EPHEMERAL SUN is playing at Jaxx Nightclub in Springfield, VA, next Friday, November 21st, 2003. The bands that ES are playing with are as follows:

Symphony X
Devin Townsend Band (Strapping Young Lad)
Brave
Odin's Court

Show starts at 6:30 and EPHEMERAL SUN is playing second. Tickets are $15 each.

This is EPHEMERAL SUN'S first gig playing out so they would love to see you all in attendance!

EPHEMERAL SUN plans on recording their full- length LP sometime around JAN/FEB and have enough material for more then one CD. It is a large mix of all styles of music, mixing together into something very original. The new songs contain more of Laurie's vocals then the "Prototype 19.5" Demo did and will include re-recorded versions of the songs on the demo since they have progressed from the original form.

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Autumn Tears Close To Completing EP

AUTUMN TEARS is getting very close to completing their long awaited LP. They are very happy with the results so far and are excited to give the newest release to the public.

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