web version here: http://www.metalblade.com/mbr-updates/MBupdate3-4-04.html
March 4, 2004

NEWS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CATTLE DECAPITATION studio update!
"Humanure is coming along great. We're really getting along with Bill Metoyer and this album will definitely stand out more than the last one. So far we've completed the drums and now we're on to guitar. We should have 3 songs completed and ready for vocals by the end of the day!"

**Photos by Phil Reyes

UPCOMING HOMETOWN SHOW!
April 11th at The Epicenter:
SIX FEET UNDER
CATTLE DECAPITATION
BURY YOUR DEAD
THE RED CHORD
ON BROKEN WINGS
THE HEAVILS
DODECAMERON

$15 ALL AGES. SHOW STARTS @ 7PM!!!

http://www.cattledecapitation.com/

AS I LAY DYING Update from Tim:
"We are enjoying our time off, and are using the opportunity to write some new material. Our co-headlining tour with Every Time I Die is coming up and for this tour we have planned on changing our set list a little and will be including an unreleased song. I just got news that we have been confirmed for the New England Metal & Hardcore Fest. Make sure you get out and check us out."



**Photo by Justin Lewis



http://www.asilaydying.com



UNEARTH update:
"All is going well in the studio. We are busy as hell making the best record we can possibly make. Adam D. is busting balls and taking names. This record will slay."

Unearth

**Make sure to check out Unearth live on the Headbangers Ball tour starting 3/25/04 in N. Myrtle Beach, SC at the House of Blues. More dates in the tour section.

http://www.unearth.tv



BEYOND THE EMBRACE
Beyond The Embrace have just confirmed dates supporting Prong. They will be hitting to road this May in support of their new album "Insect Song", which was produced by Ken Susi of Unearth and will be released May 18th, 2004.

BEYOND THE EMBRACE supporting Prong
5/01 Tacoma, WA Hell's Kitchen
5/02 Portland, OR Sabala's
5/05 Denver, CO Bluebird Theatre
5/07 St. Louis, MO Creepy Crawl
5/09 Chicago Heights, IL Oasis One Sixty
5/12 Niagara Falls, NY Palmeri's
5/13 Baltimore, MD Thunderdome

http://www.beyondtheembrace.com

THE CROWN update on Crowned In Terror re-make:
The Crown has just completed the re-recording and mixing of 2002's highly praised "Crowned In Terror" with original vocalist Johan Lindstrand recorded at Bohus Sound Recordings. There are also new bass tracks, sound replaced drums, and the whole thing has been remixed with a complete new sound. The re-worked album will go under the name "Crowned Unholy". Release date to be announced.

"We finished mastering the remake of the album yesterday 25th, and it RIPS! Replacing vocal and bass tracks did wonders to the production! Finally it sounds like it's supposed to!!!" Janne

http://www.thecrownonline.com/

VEHEMENCE update from the band:
We are gonna be in the KUPD (Phoenix) studios with INTO THE PIT host Marcus Meng on March 14th to debut some songs off our new CD "Helping The World To See"! This will be the first time anywhere that these songs will be played!

Expect to hear a few new tracks like "By Your Bedside" and "Spirit Of The Soldier".

So be sure to tune in to KUPD 97.9 INTO THE PIT on Sunday March 14th at 9pm.

CD comes out April 6th!!!!!!

http://vehemence.brutaldeath.net/

BRAINSTORM
"We have some great news, mostly for all our U.S. fans! We are proud to announce we will be playing on another U.S. festival: ProgPower USA V! We'll be playing for an hour on the second day, Saturday 18th."

ProgPower USA V
September 17th-18th, Atlanta GA, USA

Friday: Into Eternity, Dreamscape, Tad Morose, Kamelot, members of Savatage
Saturday: Adagio, Wuthering Heights, Brainstorm, Pain of Salvation, Edguy

For more info got to http://www.progpowerusa.com/

http://truemetal.org/brainstorm

ANCIENT update:
Ancient have finally completed the recordings and mixing session for the upcoming album, which will be entitled Night Visit. The album was recorded in Italy and mixed by Fredrik Nordstrom at the notorious Studio Fredman in Sweden. Mastering should take place within the next week and will be handled by Chris Athens at Sterling Sound (New York City). The artwork and layout is currently being completed.

The music of the new album shows a much deeper maturity in the songwriting process of the band and it focuses more on dynamics and variety of atmospheres and feelings. As far as the band is concerned, it is definitely the best production yet.

A video for the title track Night Visit has also been shot and will appear in an uncensored version on the upcoming album.

Metal Blade Records will release Night Visit the 1st of June 2004.

http://www.ancientband.com

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:
**Lambgoat.com contest for As I Lay Dying/Every Time I Die/The Black Dahlia Murder/Scarlet tour coming soon!

**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 Soundstomp.com
Soundstomp.com and Metal Blade Records are proud to present The As I lay Dying, Every Time I Die, The Black Dahlia Murder and Scarlet contest.

How do you enter you may ask? Simple just e-mail us at soundsto@soundstomp.com with your name and address. The winners will be picked at random.

The Grand Prize Winner will receive two tickets to a show of their choice:
3/23 Indianapolis, IN Emerson Theatre
3/24 Detroit, MI Shelter at St. Andrews
3/25 Cleveland, OH Peabody's
3/26 Buffalo, NY The Continental
3/27 Toronto, ON Club Rockit
3/28 Toronto, ON Club Rockit
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
4/08 New Orleans, LA Dixie Tavern
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
4/23 Chicago, IL The Venue

Two runner-ups will receive either The Black Dahlia Murder CD and poster or the As I Lay Dying CD and poster. Enter soon contest ends March 18th 2004. Have fun kiddies!!

**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
3/24 Detroit, MI Shelter at St. Andrews
3/25 Cleveland, OH Peabody's
3/26 Buffalo, NY The Continental
3/27 Toronto, ON Club Rockit
3/28 Toronto, ON Club Rockit
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
4/08 New Orleans, LA Dixie Tavern
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
4/23 Chicago, IL The Venue

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.


NEW MP3's CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ON www.metalblade.com
Tarot - Suffer Our Pleasures - Pyre of Gods
Fleshcrawl - Made of Flesh - Beneath a Dying Sun
Cannibal Corpse - The Wretched Spawn - Severed Head Stoning
Fragments of Unbecoming - Skyward A Sylphe's Ascension - Shapes of the Pursuers
Gorerotted - Only Tools and Corpses - Masticated by the Spasticated
Six Feet Under - Bringer of Blood - Amerika The Brutal
As I Lay Dying - Frail Words Collapse - Forever
The Black Dahlia Murder - Unhallowed - Funeral Thirst

TOUR UPDATE:
CANNIBAL CORPSE Tour of the Wretched with Hypocrisy, Exhumed, and Vile
3/04 Pittsburgh, PA Club Laga
3/05 Worcester, MA The Palladium Upstairs
3/06 Irvington, NJ The Cricket Club
3/07 Philadelphia, PA The Trocadero
3/09 West Springfield, VA Jaxx
3/11 Atlanta, GA Masquerade
3/12 Tampa, FL Masquerade
3/13 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Culture Room
3/14 Orlando, FL The Social

UNEARTH
Headbangers Ball tour w/ Hatebreed, Damage Plan, Drowning Pool, Unearth
3/25 N. Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues
3/27 Winston-Salem, NC Millennium Center
3/28 Norfolk, VA Norva Theatre
3/31 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
4/01 New York, NY Roseland Ballroom
4/02 Lowell, MA Paul E. Tsongas Arena
4/05 Grand Rapids, MI The Orbit Room
4/07 Chicago, IL The House of Blues
4/10 Detroit, MI Harpo's Concert Theatre
4/17 Corpus Christi, TX The Pavilion
4/22 Atlanta, GA Roxy Theatre
4/23 Zephyrhills, FL Zephyr Hills Festival Park
4/25 Orlando, FL Lee Vista Park
4/30 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
5/04 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Palladium
5/05 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
*More dates coming soon!
OzzFest 2004
7/10 Hartford, CT Meadows Music Theatre
7/12 Boston, MA Tweeter Center
7/14 Wantagh, NY Tommy Hilfiger at Jones Beach Amphitheatre
7/16 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
7/18 Bristow, VA Nissan Pavilion
7/20 Columbus, OH Germain Amphitheatre
7/22 Nashville, TN Starwood Amphitheatre
7/24 Denver, CO Fiddler's Green
7/27 Seattle, WA White River Amphitheatre
7/29 San Francisco, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
7/31 San Bernardino, CA Hyundai Pavilion
8/03 Albuquerque, NM Journal Pavilion
8/05 Dallas, TX Smirnoff Music Center
8/07 San Antonio, TX Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
8/10 Kansas City, KS Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
8/12 St. Louis, MO UMB Pavilion
8/14 East Troy, WI Alpine Valley Music Theatre
8/17 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Center
8/19 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center
8/21 Chicago, IL Tweeter Center
8/24 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Music Center
8/26 Camden, NJ Tweeter Waterfront
8/28 Pittsburgh, PA Post Gazette Pavilion
8/31 Raleigh, NC Alltel Pavilion
9/02 Tampa, FL Tampa Bay Amphitheatre
9/04 West Palm, FL Sound Advice Amphitheatre

AS I LAY DYING Co headlining tour with Every Time I Die, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, and Scarlet
3/23 Indianapolis, IN Emerson Theatre
3/24 Detroit, MI Shelter at St. Andrews
3/25 Cleveland, OH Peabody's
3/26 Buffalo, NY The Continental
3/27 Toronto, ON Club Rockit
3/28 Toronto, ON Club Rockit
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
4/08 New Orleans, LA Dixie Tavern
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
4/22 Rock Island, IL UAW Hall not part of tour
4/23 Chicago, IL The Venue
end tour
4/25 Huntington, WV River Valley Riot
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
4/30 Worcester, MA The Palladium **New England Metal & Hardcore fest** not part of tour
5/01 Montclair, NJ Bloomfield Avenue Café
5/02 Washington, DC Nation Breakdowns Not Bombs Fest w/ Zao, Darkest Hour, and many more!
end tour
7/04 Bushnell, IL Cornerstone Festival
7/15 Wilmar, MN Sonshine Festival

THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER
3/21 West Dundee, IL Clearwater Theater
Tour w/ Every Time I Die, AS I LAY DYING, and Scarlet*
3/23 Indianapolis, IN Emerson Theatre
3/24 Detroit, MI Shelter at St. Andrews
3/25 Cleveland, OH Peabody's
3/26 Buffalo, NY The Continental
3/27 Toronto, ON Club Rockit
3/28 Toronto, ON Club Rockit
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
4/08 New Orleans, LA Dixie Tavern
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
4/22 Rock Island, IL UAW Hall not part of tour
4/23 Chicago, IL The Venue
Tour supporting SIX FEET UNDER and THE HEAVILS
4/24 Des Moines, IA Hairy Mary's
4/28 Girard, OH The Dome
4/29 Cleveland, OH Peabody's
end tour
5/01 Wilkes-Barre, PA Metropolis with Soilent Green, and CATTLE DECAPITATION
Tour with Vital Remains, CATTLE DECAPITATION and Watch Them Die
5/02 Fayetteville, NC Jester's Pub
5/03 West Springfield, VA Jaxx
5/04 Farmingdale, NY Downtown
5/05 Philadelphia, PA The Trocadero
5/06 Albany, NY Valentine's
5/07 New York, NY The Knitting Factory
5/08 Providence, RI Club Liquid
5/09 Cleveland, OH Peabody's
5/10 Louisville, KY Pappy's
5/11 Sauget, IL Pop's
5/12 Cedar Falls, IA Reverb
5/13 Milwaukee, WI Vnuk's Lounge
5/14 Chicago Heights, IL Oasis One Sixty
5/15 Omaha, NE Ranch Bowl
5/16 Denver, CO Rock Island
5/17 Salt Lake City, UT Lo Fi
5/19 Los Angeles, CA The Key Club
5/20 Santa Ana, CA Galaxy Theatre
5/21 Phoenix, AZ Mason Jar
5/22 Albuquerque, NM Launch Pad
end tour
5/23 Fort Collins, CO Starlight
5/25 East Dubuque, IL The Arena
5/26 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock
5/27 Chicago, IL Fireside Bowl

CATTLE DECAPITATION
3/19 Anaheim, CA Chain Reaction
3/20 Phoenix, AZ The Mason Jar
3/21 Los Angeles, CA The Knitting Factory
Tour supporting Soilent Green
4/21 Shreveport, LA Little Joe's Tavern
4/22 New Orleans, LA Dixie Tavern
4/23 Memphis, TN Hi Tone
4/24 Indianapolis, IN Rehearsal Studios
4/26 Youngstown, OH Hyabinghl Music Hall
4/27 Reading, PA Soundwaves
4/28 Baltimore, MD SideBar
4/29 Hagerstown, MD Wilson Ruritan
5/01 Wilkes-Barre, PA Metropolis w/ The Black Dahlia Murder
Tour with Vital Remains, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, and Watch Them Die
5/02 Fayetteville, NC Jester's Pub
5/03 West Springfield, VA Jaxx
5/04 Farmingdale, NY Downtown
5/05 Philadelphia, PA The Trocadero
5/06 Albany, NY Valentine's
5/07 New York, NY The Knitting Factory
5/08 Providence, RI Club Liquid
5/09 Cleveland, OH Peabody's
5/10 Louisville, KY Pappy's
5/11 Sauget, IL Pop's
5/12 Cedar Falls, IA Reverb
5/13 Milwaukee, WI Vnuk's Lounge
5/14 Chicago Heights, IL Oasis One Sixty
5/15 Omaha, NE Ranch Bowl
5/16 Denver, CO Rock Island
5/17 Salt Lake City, UT Lo Fi
5/19 Los Angeles, CA The Key Club
5/20 Santa Ana, CA Galaxy Theatre
5/21 Phoenix, AZ Mason Jar
5/22 Albuquerque, NM Launch Pad
end tour
6/05 Corona, CA Showcase Theatre

THE HEAVILS
3/12 Rockford, IL Minglewood w/ Suspect Absent and Novacaine
3/26 South Bend, IN Cheers w/ The Dorks and Bullbilly
Jager Music Tour with Slipknot, Fear Factory, Chimaira and many more
4/02 Birmingham, AL Sloth Furnace
4/03 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle
4/04 Myrtle Beach, FL House of Blues
Tour supporting Six Feet Under
4/09 Los Angeles, CA The Knitting Factory
4/10 Corona, CA Showcase Theatre
4/11 San Diego, CA The Epicentre
4/12 Phoenix, AZ Mason Jar
4/15 Portland, OR Paris Theatre
4/16 Seattle, WA Studio Seven
4/24 Des Moines, IA Hairy Mary's
4/25 Chicago Heights, IL Oasis One Sixty
4/30 Niagara Falls, NY Palmeri's

SIX FEET UNDER
w/ Bury Your Dead and On Broken Wings
4/02 West Palm Beach, FL Spanky's
w/ The Red Chord, Bury Your Dead, On Broken Wings
4/03 Augusta, GA The Plus Eight
4/04 Baton Rouge, LA Th 415 Club
4/05 Victoria, TX Mario's Ballroom
4/06 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit
4/07 El Paso, TX Club 101
4/08 Albuquerque, NM The Launch Pad
w/ The Red Chord, Bury Your Dead, On Broken Wings, THE HEAVILS
4/09 Los Angeles, CA The Knitting Factory
4/10 Corona, CA Showcase Theatre
4/11 San Diego, CA The Epicentre
4/12 Phoenix, CA Mason Jar
4/13 Ventura, CA Majestic Ventura Theatre
w/ The Red Chord, Bury Your Dead, THE HEAVILS, Misery Signals
4/15 Portland, OR Paris Theatre
4/16 Seattle, WA Studio Seven
4/18 Salt Lake City, UT Albee Square
4/19 Denver, CO Bluebird Theatre
4/20 Omaha, NE Ranch Bowl
4/21 St. Paul, MN The Lab 4th Street Station
w/ The Red Chord, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, THE HEAVILS
4/24 Des Moines, IA Hairy Mary's
4/25 Chicago Heights, IL Oasis One Sixty
4/28 Girard, OH The Dome
4/29 Cleveland, OH Peabody's
w/ THE HEAVILS
4/30 Niagara Falls, NY Palmeri's

KING'S X
4/23 Springfield, MO Murphy's
4/24 Little Rock, AR Juanita's Cantina Ballroom
4/25 Atlanta, GA Smith's Olde Bar
4/27 Birmingham, AL The Nick
4/28 Nashville, TN Exit Inn
4/29 Charlotte, NC Amos' Southend
4/30 West Springfield, VA Jaxx
5/01 Farmingdale, NY Downtown
5/03 New Haven, CT Toad's Place
5/04 Pittsburgh, PA Hard Rock Café
5/06 Seaside Heights, NJ The Saw Mill
5/07 Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights
5/08 Attleboro, MA Jarrod's
5/09 Philadelphia, PA North Star Bar
5/10 New York, NY BB King's Blues Club
5/12 Toronto, ON Club Rockit
5/13 Ferndale, MI The Magic Bag
5/14 East Dubuque, IL The Arena
5/15 Chicago Heights, IL Oasis One Sixty
5/16 Saint Paul, MN The Rock
5/18 Sioux Falls, SD Oaks Convention Center
5/21 Santa Ana, CA Galaxy Theatre
5/22 Phoenix, AZ Mason Jar
5/23 Los Angeles, CA House of Blues Sunset
5/24 Porterville, CA Charlie's Engine House #5
5/25 San Francisco, CA DNA Lounge
5/27 Tucson, AZ The Rock

BEYOND THE EMBRACE supporting Prong
5/01 Tacoma, WA Hell's Kitchen
5/02 Portland, OR Sabala's
5/05 Denver, CO Bluebird Theatre
5/07 St. Louis, MO Creepy Crawl
5/09 Chicago Heights, IL Oasis One Sixty
5/12 Niagara Falls, NY Palmeri's
5/13 Baltimore, MD Thunderdome

MARCH METAL MELTDOWN
3/12 The Black Dahlia Murder

MINNESOTA METAL FEST
3/19 The Heavils 4 PM
3/19 The Black Dahlia Murder

NEW ENGLAND METAL & HARDCORE FEST
4/30 The Black Dahlia Murder
4/30 As I Lay Dying
4/30 Cattle Decapitation
5/01 Six Feet Under

BW & BK 6-PACK WEEKEND
6/05 Brainstorm

L.A. GATES OF METAL FEST
6/06 Cattle Decapitation

European Tour Dates
UNEARTH
6/19 London, Great Britain Barfly

SIX FEET UNDER Tour with FLESHCRAWL and CRIMINAL
3/04 Munich, Germany Backstage
3/05 Zingonia, Italy Motion
3/06 Trier, Germany Exhaus
3/07 St. Lievens Houtem, Belgium Fabriek

AMON AMARTH
3/05 Reykjavik, Iceland Grand Rokk
3/06 Reykjavik, Iceland Tonlistarthrounarmidstodin
10/02 Ankara, Turkey Hippodrom Rock Station Festival

CANNIBAL CORPSE No Mercy Festival tour w/ VOMITORY, Kataklysm, Hypocrisy, Exhumed and more
3/30 Osnabruck, Germany Hyde Park
3/31 Essen, Germany Zeche Carl
4/01 Berlin, Germany Halford
4/02 Praha, Czech Republic Abaton Club
4/03 Wien, Austria Planet Music
4/04 Salzburg, Austria Rockhouse
4/05 Pratteln, Switzerland Z7
4/06 Milan, Italy Alcatraz
4/07 Ludwigsburg, Germany Rockfabrick
4/08 Strasbourg, France La Laiterie
4/09 Erfurt, Germany Live Arena
4/10 Antwerpen, Belgium Hof Ter Loo
4/11 Paris, France La Locomotive
4/12 Tilburg, The Netherlands 013
Tour with Kataklysm and Aborted
4/13 London, Great Britain Electric Ballroom w/ GOREROTTED
4/14 Dublin, Ireland Whelans
4/15 Bradford, Great Britain Rio
4/16 Rennes, France Antipode
4/17 Woippy, France Salle Saint Exupery
4/18 Notre Dame De Gravenchon Arcade
4/20 Macon, France Cavazik
4/21 Toulouse. France Havana Club
4/22 Irun, Spain Tunk
4/23 Barcelona, Spain Mephisto
4/24 Madrid, Spain Caracol

VADER
3/13 Zabreh na Morave, Czech Rafanda Club
3/14 Lomnice nad Popelkou, Czech Sokolovna
3/15 Plzen, Czech Pod Laompou
3/16 Praha, Czech Matrix Club
3/17 Brno, Czech KD Svatoboj
3/18 Nitra, Slovak Republic Stara Pekaren
3/19 Martin, Slovak Republic Mlyn Club

BRAINSTORM
3/27 Aalen, Germany Rock It w/ Armada, Defending the Faith
Tour with Edguy
4/02 Pilsen, Czech Republic KD Serikova
4/03 Zlin, Czech Republic Golem Club
4/04 Nitra, Slovak Republic PKO
4/06 Budapest, Hungry Pitöfi Hall
4/07 Vienna, Austria Planet Music
4/08 Milan, Italy Alcatraz
4/10 Pratteln, Switzerland Z7
4/11 Strassbourg, France La Laiterie
4/12 Lyon, France Transbordeur
4/14 Madrid, Spain Aqualung
4/16 Valencia, Spain Republica
4/17 Barcelona, Spain Razzmatazz
4/18 Bergara, Spain Jam
4/20 Bordeaux, France Barbey
4/21 Paris, France Elysee Monmatre
4/23 Losheim, Germany Eisenbahnhalle
4/24 Kaufbeuren, Germany Zeppelinhalle
4/25 Lichtenfels, Germany Stadhalle
4/27 Stuttgart, Germany Longhorn
4/28 Oberhausen, Germany Turbinenhalle
4/30 Langen, Germany Stadthalle
5/02 Köln, Germany Live Music Hall
5/04 Osnabrück, Germany Halle Gartlage
5/05 Hamburg, Germany Dock's

GOREROTTED
3/20 Brighton, Great Britian Concorde 2 Southern Trend Kill 2 Festival
4/13 London, great Britian Electric Ballroom w/ CANNIBAL COPRSE
Tour with Disgorge, Sanatorium, and Amputated
4/22 London, Great Britain The Garage
4/23 Bristol, Great Britain Full Moon
4/24 Bradford, Great Britain Market Tavern
4/25 Nottingham, Great Britain Old Angel
4/26 Birmingham, Great Britain The Royal George
5/08 Rotterdam, Holland Baroeg Club Unique Leader Death Festival
7/16 Austria Katenbach Open Air Festival

DISILLUSION
4/17 Leipzig, Germany Moritzbastei CD Release Party with Asterius, Carven and more
4/23 Dresden, Germany Tittytwister
5/01 Hauzenberg, Germany Walpurgis Metal Days
5/07 Volkach, Germany Backstage
5/08 Giessen, Germany Jokus
5/20 Ludwigsburg, Germany Rockfabrik
5/21 Montabaur, Germany Camelot
5/22 Lörrach, Germany Metal Forces Festival

RED AIM
6/04 Aalen, Germany Rock It
6/05 Karlsruhe, Germany Uni
7/16 Bebra, Germany Rocktown O.A.

SYMPHORCE
7/31 Schaumburg, Germany Himmel Open Air
9/11 Raismes, France Raismes Festival

PIORNO ROCK FESTIVAL
Amon Amarth
Callenish Circle

WACKEN OPEN AIR 2004
Amon Amarth
Brainstorm
Cannibal Corpse

BANG YOUR HEAD!!! OPEN AIR 2004
Ballistic

SUMMER BREEZE FESTIVAL 2004
Brainstorm
Criminal
Disillusion
Fleshcrawl
Fragments of Unbecoming
Gorerotted
Six Feet Under
Vomitory

PARTY-SAN OPEN AIR 2004
Gorerotted
The Crown
Vomitory

SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL 2004
Brainstorm

WITH FULL FORCE 2004
Six Feet Under

BRAIN DEAD FESTIVAL
Gorerotted
Vomitory

RELEASE SCHEDULE: updates in BOLD
2/10 Fragments of Unbecoming Skyward -A Sylphe's Ascension CD
2/24 Cannibal Corpse - The Wretched Spawn CD/DVD
3/09 Fleshcrawl - Made of Flesh CD
3/09 Tarot - Suffer Our Pleasures CD
3/23 Metal Blade Records 20th Anniversary Show DVD/CD
4/06 Disillusion - Back to Times of Splendor CD
4/06 Vehemence - Helping the World to See CD
4/20 Vomitory - Primal Massacre CD
4/20 Spock's Beard - Beware of Darkness Special Edition CD
4/20 Spock's Beard - Kindness of Strangers Special Edition CD
4/20 Spock's Beard - The Light Special Edition CD
5/04 Torchbearer - Yersinia Pestis CD
5/04 Vision Divine - Stream of Consciousness CD
5/04 Armored Saint - A.S. Magazine - Lessons Not Well Learned DVD+CD
5/18 Beyond The Embrace - Insect Song CD
5/18 The Heavils - Heavilution CD
5/18 Rival - State of Mind CD
6/01 Ancient - (TBA) CD
6/15 Cattle Decapitation - Humanure CD
6/29 Unearth - (TBA) CD

RADIO NEWS:
CANNIBAL CORPSE - The Wretched Spawn
CMJ Loud Rock: #1 Added, #3 Debut
CMJ Crucial Spins: #1 Added, #6 Debut
FMQB's Metal Detector: #1 Added, #5 Debut
R&R Specialty: #2 (up two spots)

GOREROTTED - Only Tools and Corpses
CMJ Loud Rock: #9
FMQB's Metal Detector: #34 (up 5 spots)

FRAGMENTS OF UNBECOMING - Skyward - A Sylphe's Ascension
FMQB's Metal Detector: #31 (up 10 spots)

VADER - Blood + Reign Forever World
FMQB's Metal Detector: #48

THE CROWN - Possessed 13
FMQB's Metal Detector: #24

SYMPHORCE - Twice Second
CMJ Loud Rock: #64

Upcoming Add Dates
FLESHCRAWL - Made of Flesh - 3/9
VEHEMENCE - Helping the World to See - 3/30
DISILLUSION - Back to Times of Splendor - 4/6
VOMITORY - Primal Massacre - 4/13
TORCHBEARER - Yersinia Pestis - 4/27
VISION DIVINE - Stream of Consciousness - 5/4
BEYOND THE EMBRACE - Insect Song - 5/11
RIVAL - State of Mind - 5/25