NEWS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
UNEARTH on both Headbangers Ball and Ozzfest!
We are very pleased to announce that all the rumors are true. Unearth have been asked to play the Headbangers Ball tour and Ozzfest! The band will head out for the HBB tour right after completing work on their new album which is out on June 29, 2004. After they are done with the HBB dates they will head out to play the second stage at Ozzfest.

Here's what the band had to say:
Touring with Hatebreed, the most credible, hard working hardcore/metal band around today is something we have wanted to do since this bands inception. As a lot of you know, Damage Plan is the new band featuring Vinnie Paul and Dimebag Darrel of Pantera. For me personally it is a dream come true to tour with those guys. Pantera helped mold heavy music into what it is today and it is a complete honor to hit the road with those dudes.

Even though our next CD does not come out until June 29th, we just had to take this tour. We want to personally thank Jamey Jasta for all his help.

We will be playing a ton of new material on the tour to give everyone a sense of what this record will sound like.

We are completely stoked to be on this summers Ozzfest with such an amazing line up. The main stage has great bands such as Super Joint Ritual, Judas Priest, Slayer and of course Ozzy among others.

However, the second stage is a stage of friends and peers. Bleeding Through, God Forbid, Every Time I Die, Lamb of God, Hatebreed, Slipknot, Atreyu and Lacuna Coil.

Such an amazing time for us. Thank you to all who have supported us through the years. This summer will be an amazing era for metal and hardcore.

Stay tuned for more details...

Unearth

http://www.unearth.tv/

THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER Update from Brian:
"Due to unfortunate circumstances the Entombed tour has been cancelled, in addition we have had to cancel the Sun & Steel Festival in Florida. We are very sorry to all of our fans that were hoping to see us on the road this March. We are still scheduled to play the March Metal Meltdown in New Jersey, and we just got confirmation that we will be playing the Minnesota Metal Fest, so come down and check it out. It looks like we will be shooting a video for Funeral Thirst from Unhallowed. Jason Joseph will be directing the video; if you're not familiar he directed the Contagion video."

*photo by Wade Gosselin

**Be sure to check out The Black Dahlia Murder when they hit the road in the end of March with label mates As I Lay Dying who will be co-headlining the tour with Every Time I Die and Scarlet who will be the opening band. Tour sponsored by AMP Magazine and LambGoat.com.



http://www.theblackdahliamurder.com

CATTLE DECAPITATION studio update & other news:
Cattle entered the studios this weekend (2/21) in Burbank, CA with Bill Metoyer (Slayer, WASP, and Six Feet Under) at the helm!!! We'll be recording all the drums starting this weekend and then heading down here in San Diego to the one and only Butthole Studios (aka Vegan Village of South Park) to record the rest of what will surely become 2004's veggie-gore epic, HUMANURE!!! The band promises that you will be upset, disturbed, disgusted and completely hooked by this material. Forget what you know. The shit hits the fans on June 15th, 2004!!!

The Metal Blade 20th Anniversary Party CD/DVD will finally be available March 23rd!!! Cattle Decapitation will have a live track featuring the infamous beef jerky mask singer Travis Ryan sported throughout the set, randomly spitting coagulated yogurt onto the helpless heaps in the front row. Also appearing at the show was Armored Saint, Engine, Lizzy Borden, Vehemence and who could forget the almighty Cannibal Corpse (a drunken Cattle Decap. vocalist joined them for the song "Skull Full Of Maggots")... This shall be quite interesting indeed.

The 31G DVD called "This Is Circumstantial Evidence" featuring the "old school" Cattle Decapitation lineup of Travis Ryan, David Astor and Gabe Serbian (now drumming for The Locust) will finally be released on April 5th! Includes more old ass footage of such artists as The Locust, Moving Units, Swing Kids, Orthrelm, The Get Hustle, The Blood Brothers and many more!!! Check out this old concert from Cattle's "Human Jerky/Homovore" era filmed by Strictly Amateur films.

Cattle Decapitation have confirmed a spot on the upcoming 31G Tribute To The Birthday Party, an early seminal punk/no wave band from the 80's... They will be covering the song "Sonny's Burning". Also featured on the comp will be The Locust, Some Girls, Numbers, and a ton of others... This will be interesting as it will be the first non-metal song ever covered by Cattle Decapitation. Killer. Dave would never have let this happen...hahaha... whoo hoo!!! This won't be happening until later this year, so don't hold your breath.

Cattle vocalist Travis Ryan will appear on a remix CD/LP of Justin from Locust/31G's old band The Crimson Curse. Travis' old solo electronic project The Mono Source completely destroys the song "Blood Thirsty Lust". It will be out sometime in March/April on King Of The Monsters.

There are more tour dates coming soon!!!!

-decap

http://www.cattledecapitation.com/

AS I LAY DYING
As I Lay Dying has just announced a run of tour dates with Crematorium, Judas Cradle and Mortal Treason. They have also been confirmed to play at the Breakdowns Not Bombs fest in Washington, DC.

*photo by Mark Coatsworth

AS I LAY DYING Tour with Crematorium, Judas Cradle and Mortal Treason
4/27 Syracuse, NY The Furnace
4/28 Poughkeepsie, NY The Loft
4/29 Patchogue, NY The Oasis
5/01 Montclair, NJ Bloomfield Avenue Café
5/03 Spartanburg, SC Ground Zero
5/04 Nashville, TN The Muse with Mercury Switch
5/05 Johnson City, TN The Rambis
5/06 Gadsden, AL The Old Santos with Mercury Switch
5/09 Baton Rouge, LA The Furnace

BREAKDOWNS NOT BOMBS FESTIVAL
A benefit for MercyCorps featuring 22 bands on 2 stages!!
Darkest Hour, AS I LAY DYING, Zao, Evergreen Terrace, On Broken Wings, Remembering Never, Embrace Today, Burnt By The Sun, A Life Once Lost, Misery Signals, Scarlet, Twelve Tribes, Judas Cradle, Reflux, Crematorium, Since The Flood, If Hope Dies, Mortal Treason, World Apart, Summers End, Today And Everything After, and Lex Vegas.



Sunday May 2nd
Club Eastcoast
13989 Jefferson-Davis Hwy
Woodbridge, VA
703-490-5504

Doors 11:30AM
Ticket- $15 in Advance, $20 at the Door

For more info about the festival go to: http://www.eebooking.com/. For more info about MercyCorps go to: http://www.mercycorps.org/.

http://www.asilaydying.com

"VARIOUS CRAP"- A RETROSPECTIVE OF DAVE BROCKIE'S WORK OPENS ON SATURDAY
MARCH 6TH AT 7 PM
Dave Brockie, (A.K.A. "Oderus Urungus") has been working in both visual and performance art for over 25 years, and soiling himself for over 30. As the frontman and one of the original creators of the theatrical Heavy Metal band,
GWAR, he has splattered and entertained millions of fans around the world. Now, for the first time ever, MF Gallery in New York City will be holding a retrospective of his work; including both old and new pieces, all-new performances and general insanity.

Dave Brockie describes the show in his own words:
"The show is called 'Various Crap' featuring Chippy and the Iso-Chamber. It will be a retrospective of one artist's work, (me!) from the earliest scribblings to the latest disaster. In addition to showing paintings, drawings and sculptures from the last 20 years; for the entire duration of the show, (March 6th through April 24th) I will be doing a performance art/endurance piece inside the dreaded the 'Iso-Chamber'. The night of the opening, (Saturday, March 6th at 7PM) there will be a performance by 'Chippy', my latest discovery, a half-man, half-chipmunk, half-beaver lounge entertainer. At the end of the evening's festivities I shall climb into the "Iso-Chamber", where I shall remain for the duration of the show, forced to sustain myself on only what I can order over the telephone. On Saturday, April 24th at 7 PM, I shall hopefully re-emerge from the 'Iso-Chamber', and declare myself even cooler than David Blaine, another famous DB that can suck my balls."

"Various Crap" will be on view at MF Gallery at 157 Rivington St. NYC (Between Clinton and Suffolk Sts.) from March 6th to April 24th. The Opening Party will be on Saturday March 6th at 7PM and the Closing Party will be on Saturday, April 24th at 7PM. Please call (917) 446-8681 for more information, or visit the gallery's website at http://www.mfgallery.net/

http://www.oderus.com/

VOIVOD - WAR AND PAIN to be re-issued:
Metal Blade Records will re-issue the furious, groundbreaking CLASSIC album of VOIVOD - WAR AND PAIN - in an ULTIMATE DELUXE Edition!

WAR AND PAIN was originally released in 1984 - this is the official "20th Anniversary edition"!

The packaging will be the same as for the OMEN box set - meaning this will be a 3-CD-release in a stunning package with loads of bonus stuff - all lyrics and lots of cool photos included as well!

Here you have the complete track listing:
Disc ONE:
"WAR and PAIN" - Re-mastered
1.VoiVod
2. Warriors Of Ice
3. Suck Your Bone
4. Iron Gang
5. War and Pain
6. Blower
7. Live For Violence
8. Black City
9. Nuclear War

ANACHRONISM - 1st show June 1983 -
10. Condemned To The Gallows
11. Blower
12. VoiVod
- TO THE DEATH - metal massacre 5 sessions -
13. Condemned To The Gallows
14. VoiVod
15. Iron Gang

Disc TWO:
MORGOTH INVASION - Live Demo December 1984
1. Build Your Weapons
2. War And Pain
3. Condemned To The Gallows
4. Warriors Of Ice
5. Helldriver
6. Horror
7. Black City
8. Nuclear War
9. Blower
10. Live For Violence
11. Ripping Headaches
12. Iron Gang
13. Korgull The Exterminator
14. Suck Your Bone
15. Witching Hour (Venom)
16. Chemical Warfare (Slayer)

Disc THREE - CD-ROM: Enhanced Part
- Biography 1985
- Comments 2003
- Lyrics
- sounds
- Video clip
- Pics
- Art
- Wallpapers
- Screensavers

** Release date T.B.A.**

http://www.voivod.com/

VISION DIVINE album Stream Of Consciousness will be released through Metal Blade Records!
The new album, entitled Stream Of Consciousness, will feature an important line-up change. Michele Luppi, an amazingly talented voice that perfectly fits into the music of VISION DIVINE, has replaced former singer Fabio Lione.

For those who don't know: VISION DIVINE is the brainchild of ex-LABYRINTH mastermind Olaf Thörsen, and this new album is his best work to date!

A new start for the band, there's something very unique in store for this third album; a 'concept-story' based on one song (60 minutes long) divided into 14 chapters linked together. A journey through the inner human self with one aim: to discover the real meaning of life.



Track listing:
01 Stream of Unconsciousness
02 Secret of Life
03 Colours of my World
04 In the light (Instrumental)
05 The Fallen Feather
06 La Vita Fugge
07 Versions of the Same
08 Through the Eyes of God
09 Shades
10 We are, we are not
11 Fool's Garden (Instrumental)
12 The Fall of Reason (Instrumental)
13 Out of the Maze
14 Identities

Metal Blade will release the album in all territories except for Italy and Asia on May 4, 2004.

http://www.metalprovider.com/visiondivine/index2.htm

TORCHBEARER
Swedish Metal maniacs TORCHBEARER have finished the recordings to their debut album Yersinia Pestis! Having the final result in our hands we are pretty much impressed! TORCHBEARER is the mean bastard son of DARK FUNERAL, DEICIDE and HYPOCRISY, the perfect link between Death and Black Metal with hints of Thrash every now and then. Loads of great guitar riffs, catchy song structures and a high technical approach - pure quality delivered!

Yersinia Pestis is the first album of the collaboration between Cold Records from Sweden and Metal Blade Records. Cold Records is dedicated to discovering new talent of the Swedish Extreme Metal scene and together with the marketing and promotion power of Metal Blade we try to build up those bands to take over the world!

The album was recorded in the Black Lounge Studios in Sweden with producer Jonas Kjellgren (Carnal Forge, Centinex). Pär Johansson handled the artwork.

Yersinia Pestis will be released the May 4, 2004!

TORCHBEARER feature in their ranks musicians of highly acclaimed bands like Unmoored, Incapacity, Solar Dawn, Setherial and Satariel.

Line-up:
Pär Johansson Lead Vocals
Christian Älvestam Guitars & Backing Vocals
Göran Johansson Guitars
Mikael Degerman Bass
Henrik Schönström Drums

Track listing Yersinia Pestis:
- Assail The Creation
- Sown Are The Seeds Of Death
- Dead Children, Black Rats
- Faith Bled Dry
- Bearer Of The Torch
- Pest Cometh
- Fad Advanced Closure
- Thus Came Dying Unto Kaffa
- Shorespread God
- Failure´s Dawn

METAL BLADE RECORDS opens up eBay Store!
Check out the new Metal Blade Records eBay store for all the latest and hard to find Metal Blade releases since the company's beginnings!!! The store is constantly being updated with CD's, LP's, cassettes, and more!

http://www.stores.ebay.com/metalbladerecordsstore

QUICK BITS:
Now you can get your very own Metal Blade artist Buddy Icon for AOL IM! Icons for As I Lay Dying, The Black Dahlia Murder, Cannibal Corpse, King Diamond, Six Feet Under, Beyond The Embrace, Cattle Decapitation, and UNEARTH are now available for download on the Metal Blade site here.

CONTESTS:
**XM SATELLITE RADIO SPONSORS CANNIBAL CORPSE 'TOUR OF THE WRETCHED'
XM Satellite Radio has been named an official sponsor of the upcoming Cannibal Corpse 'Tour of the Wretched' w/Hypocrisy, Exhumed and Vile. Each winner will receive a pair of tickets to the Cannibal Corpse show in their area and one grand prizewinner in each market will also receive CDs of the bands on the tour.

http://www.xmradio.com/

**Contest on PivotalRage.com
Thanks to the fine folks over at Metal Blade Records we have some cool shit to give away. All you have to do in order to win is subscribe to our mailing list, which can be found HERE. On March 4th, the winners will be randomly selected from the people on the mailing list. We like to see return visitors, and we realize people don't always check back on our website as often as they want to. This way not only do you get a chance at winning some cool stuff, you will also be emailed every week or two with updates on what has been added to the website. Most of our contests will be run in this fashion, so keeping your email address on the list assures you entry for most of our future contests. Without further ado, here are the prizes:

1st Place Winners (There will be 2)
Each will get a guest list pass for the As I Lay Dying/The Black Dahlia Murder/Every Time I Die/Scarlet Tour. You pick the city near you, and we'll get you in for free.
3/23 Indianapolis, IN Emerson Theatre
3/25 Cleveland, OH Peabody's
3/29 Montreal, QC Salle L'x
3/30 Providence, RI The Living Room
3/31 New York, NY The Knitting Factory
4/01 Philadelphia, PA The Trocadero
4/02 Baltimore, MD Ottobar
4/03 Richmond, VA Alley Katz
4/04 Charlotte, NC Casbah
4/05 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
4/06 St. Petersburg, FL State Theatre
4/07 Orlando, FL The Social
4/09 Houston, TX Fat Cats
4/10 Dallas, TX The Door
4/11 San Antonio, TX Sin 13
4/13 Phoenix, AZ The Mason Jar
4/14 West Hollywood, CA The Whisky
4/15 San Diego, CA Soma
4/16 Pomona, CA Glass House
4/17 Petaluma, CA Phoenix Theatre
4/18 San Francisco, CA The Pound
4/19 Salt Lake City, UT Albee Square
4/20 Denver, CO Rock Island
4/21 Kansas City, MO Spitfire

2nd Place Winners (There will be 3)
Each will get a free CD. We have As I Lay Dying's Frail Words Collapse, The Black Dahlia Murder's Unhallowed, and Gorerotted's Only Tools and Corpses. These 3 winners will be emailed once they have won, and which CD they get will be on a first come first served basis. Details will be explained to the winners.

**ShatteredSilence.net CONTEST to win AS I LAY DYING/BLACK DAHLIA MURDER concert tix!
What Can You Win?
Grand prize (1)
2 Tickets to one of the following shows, plus meet and greet AS I LAY DYING and THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER:

AS I LAY DYING, Every Time I Die, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, and Scarlet tour:
3/23 Indianapolis, IN Emerson Theatre
3/25 Cleveland, OH Peabody's
3/28 Montreal, QC Salle L'x
3/30 Providence, RI The Living Room
3/31 New York, NY The Knitting Factory
4/01 Philadelphia, PA The Trocadero
4/02 Baltimore, MD Ottobar
4/03 Richmond, VA Alley Katz
4/04 Charlotte, NC Casbah
4/05 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
4/06 St. Petersburg, FL State Theatre
4/07 Orlando, FL The Social
4/09 Houston, TX Fat Cats
4/10 Dallas, TX The Door
4/11 San Antonio, TX Sin 13
4/13 Phoenix, AZ The Mason Jar
4/14 West Hollywood, CA The Whisky
4/15 San Diego, CA Soma
4/16 Pomona, CA Glass House
4/17 Petaluma, CA Phoenix Theatre
4/18 San Francisco, CA The Pound
4/19 Salt Lake City, UT Albee Square
4/20 Denver, CO Rock Island
4/21 Kansas City, MO Spitfire

Plus you get 2 CD's and 2 posters of As I Lay Dying and The Black Dahlia Murder so you can get them signed. Those dates are part of the tour with Every Time I Die and Scarlet.

Don't miss out; both bands are kick ass!

I'm siked for the voivod, that's about it