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go there and sign upfor your self. --------- METAL UPDATE --------- -- http://www.metalupdate.com -- The Metal Update will deliver a weekly report to your email inbox. To sign up, go to MetalUpdate.com and click the SUBSCRIBE! link. The Metal Update is free. This week's Metal Update went out to over 14,400 subscribers. -- NEWS -- ANTHRAX the band has parted ways with bassist Frank Bello - the reason for the split has not been disclosed - Joey Vera (Armored Saint, Fates Warning) will fill in for the Japan / Australia tour dates DIO bassist Jimmy Bain has officially left the band - no replacement has been named at the present time - Ronnie, guitarist Craig Goldy and drummer Simon Wright will be entering the studio at the end of March to record a new album BORKNAGAR Tyr was unable to lay down bass tracks for the upcoming album due to personal reasons - as a result, he and the band mutually agreed to part ways on good terms - drummer Asgeir Mickelson acted as session bassist ACHERON guitarist Michael Estes has parted ways with the group - he has been temporarily replaced by Stacey Connolly (Life Is Lost), but the search for a permanent replacement is ongoing ABORTED the band has parted ways with longtime drummer Frank due to musical differences - Dirk (drums on Goremageddon & the Haematobic EP) will be filling in on the European tour with Cannibal Corpse WINDIR in the wake of Terje "Valfar" Bakken's death, the band has decided to call it quits - a final double album will be released as a tribute to the fallen vocalist and all proceeds will go to Valfar's family THE OLD DEAD TREE drummer Franck Métayer has decided to leave the band in order to devote himself to his personal life PILLORY the band's lineup has been solidified with the addition of vocalist Pete Adams - a full length release will be recorded in May CANDLELIGHT RECORDS the label has confirmed the North American license for all Tabu Recordings titles - formed in 2003, Tabu Recordings is owned by Tuba Records, Scandinavia's fastest growing independent distributor - the new partnership will see the US and Canadian release of all new and reissued catalog titles from the Norwegian record label through Candlelight's stateside operation ROBOTIC EMPIRE the label has teamed up with Chris Smith (The Now, Welcome The Plague Year) to form a sub-label called Turnstile STRATOVARIUS Timo Tolkki was attacked last Sunday in Granada, Spain by a man armed with a knife - Tolkki was cut twice on the arm and punched in the face - he was taken to a nearby hospital where he was treated and released DIMMU BORGIR the band won the "Spellemannsprisen" (Norwegian Grammy award) in the metal category for 'Death Cult Armageddon' beating out Enslaved and Old Man's Child who were also nominated KITTIE the group has settled its lawsuit against Artemis Records and will spend the month of March recording its third release 'Until The End' SAVATAGE Jon Oliva, Zak Stevens, Chris Caffery and Steve "Dr. Killdrums" Wacholz will unite to perform a set from Savatage's entire discography in an exclusive performance at ProgPower V this September in Atlanta NEW SIGNINGS Scarlet Records: Withering Surface Regain Records: Frontside Candlelight Records: Belef Napalm Records: Collapse 7 GWN / Grind It! Records: Utopy Bloodbucket Productions: Time Of Death Negative Earth Records: Deadlock -- HELP WANTED -- VOCALIST wanted - 80's U.K. thrash band Blood Money seeks vox (age & sex not important) with the ability to bellow out a brutal intensity of thrash/speed metal, as well as high power melodic vocals - currently writing material for new album - if you reside in the U.K. and have a set of lungs in the likes of Dio meets Araya, contact: gramedeus@lineone.net BASSIST wanted - Houston based extreme metal band Crimson Massacre seeks bassist - equipment, finances, lack of life and touring dedication are a MUST - influence: older Cryptopsy, Suffocation, Morbid Angel, Absu, Demilich, Monstrosity, Angelcorpse - 4 week tour coming up in May - contact: JmJ109@Juno.com DRUMMER wanted - NYC extreme metal band Aiwass seeks drummer - featuring members of Malevolence and Audax, Aiwass recently finished recording debut album - influences: Zyklon, Emperor, Acid Bath, SYL, Neurosis - need THE drummer to begin recording new tracks/retracks and touring - contact: tate@illwilled.com DRUMMER & GUITARIST wanted - Las Vegas' Bloodshot seeks drummer and 2nd guitarist - must have pro gear, pro attitude, transportation and be financially stable - we have rehearsal space, 18 track recording studio and serious label interest - working on 2nd album - influences: Slayer, Pantera, Motley Crue, Slipknot, Testament, Cradle of Filth, Hatebreed - contact: contact@bloodshotfans.com MUSICIANS wanted - after a long absence from the TX death metal scene Wayne Knupp original vocalist & one of the founding members of Devourment seeks musicians to form a band in the Chicago area where he now lives - contact: WayneKnupp138@hotmail.com -- FEATURES -- WATCHMAKER http://www.metalupdate.com/interviewwatch.html Saying that Kill.Fv<cking.Everyone. is as intense and violent as anyone can get is probably the understatement of the year. Easily one of 2003's best albums, Watchmaker are once again ready to take no prisoners and forge on in raping and pillaging all in their path. In this interview from Unrestrained!, vocal terrorist and utterly intense personality Brian Livoti enlightens readers as to what lies behind the insanity and brilliance that is Watchmaker. . . .and in case you missed these recent features: Sepultura http://www.metalupdate.com/interviewsepultura.html The Quill http://www.metalupdate.com/interviewthequill.html Iced Earth http://www.metalupdate.com/interviewicedearth.html -- REVIEWS -- - METAL JUDGMENT - http://www.metaljudgment.com Decapitated 'The Negation' (Abyss, Death, Hel) http://www.metaljudgment.com/albums/decapitatedneg_frames.html Into Eternity 'Buried In Oblivion' (Abyss, Death, Hel) http://www.metaljudgment.com/albums/intoeternityb_frames.html Nora 'Dreamers & Deadmen' (Slither) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/nora_frames.html Scythe 'Poetry Of Illusions' (Behemoth) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/scythe_frames.html Mercury Tide 'Why?' (Zilla) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/mercurytide_frames.html Hedfirst 'Hedfirst' (Requiem) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/hedfirst_frames.html Exmortem 'Pestilence Empire' (Lugubrious) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/exmortem_frames.html Karmakanic 'Entering The Spectra' (Solomon) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/karmakanic_frames.html Harkonen 'Shake Harder Boy' (Jotun) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/harkonen_frames.html Opeth w/ Moonspell & DevilDriver - Concert (Abyss, Hel, Redwolff) http://www.metaljudgment.com/concerts/opethmd_frames.html Trouble 'Run To The Light' - Classic (Death) http://www.metaljudgment.com/classics/troublerun_frames.html Mindscape - Demo (Blind) http://www.metaljudgment.com/demos/mindscape_frames.html The Goddamned - Demo (Snake) http://www.metaljudgment.com/demos/goddamned_frames.html -- NEW RELEASES -- 2/23 - Debase - Unleashed 2/23 - Primal Fear - Devil's Ground 2/23 - Fleshcrawl - Made Of Flesh 2/23 - Council Of The Fallen - Deciphering the Soul 2/23 - Orphaned Land - Mabool 2/23 - God Forbid - Gone Forever 2/23 - Nattefrost - Blood And Vomit 2/23 - Monstrosity - Millenium 2/23 - Threshold - Extinct Instinct 2/23 - Cruachan - Tuatha na gael 2/23 - Vond - Selvmord 2/23 - Hate - Awakening Of The Liar 2/23 - Katatonia - Brave Yester Days 2/23 - Orphaned Land - Mabool 2/23 - Tribute To Possessed - Seven Gates of Horror 2/24 - Error 2/24 - Pain of Salvation - 12:5 2/24 - Prong - Scorpio Rising 2/24 - Anathema - A Natural Disaster 2/24 - Anata - Under A Stone With No Inscription 2/24 - Deicide - Scars Of The Crucifix 2/24 - Wolverine - Cold Light Of Monday 2/24 - Exmortem - US Berzerker Campaign 2/24 - Beloved - The Running 2/24 - Anata - Under A Stone With No Inscription 2/24 - G3 - Live: Rockin' In The Free World 2/24 - G3 - Live in Denver (DVD) 2/24 - Opeth - Lamentations Live. . . (DVD) 2/24 - Every Time I Die - Hot Damn! (CD/DVD) 2/24 - Cannibal Corpse - The Wretched Spawn (CD/DVD) 2/24 - Threshold - Critical Energy (CD/DVD) 2/25 - Wolf - Evil Star 2/25 - Runemagick - On Funeral Wings 2/25 - Obscene Eulogy - Defining The Hate 2/25 - Lugubrum - De Vuette Cuecken 2/25 - Astriaal - Renascent Misanthropy 2/28 - Necrophagia - Goblins Be Thine 2/28 - Worst Case Scenario - The Formula For Hatred 2/29 - Devils Whorehouse - Revelation Unorthodox 3/01 - Parabellum - Stainless 3/01 - Abaddon Incarnate - Dark Crusade 3/02 - Five Foot Thick - Circles 3/08 - Textures - Polars 3/08 - Occult - Nocturnal Predator 3/08 - Destruction - Live Discharge (DVD) 3/09 - 100 Demons 3/09 - Sex Positions 3/09 - My Dying Bride - Songs Of Darkness. . . 3/09 - Centinex - Decadence 3/09 - Decapitated - The Negation 3/09 - Fleshcrawl - Made of Flesh 3/09 - Tarot - Suffer Our Pleasures 3/09 - Tesla - Into The Now 3/09 - The Blinding Light - The Ascension Attempt 3/09 - Frost - Raise Your Fist To Metal 3/09 - Arsis - A Celebration Of Guilt 3/09 - Scarlet - Cult Classic 3/09 - Dissenter - Contamination 3/09 - Gamma Ray - Skeletons In The Closet 3/09 - Mutilation - Possessed By Reality 3/09 - Deadsoil - Forever The Enemy 3/09 - Haste The Day - Burning Bridges 3/09 - Heavenly - Dust To Dust 3/09 - Fahrenheit - Chain Reaction 3/09 - Metalium - As One 3/09 - Brides Of Destruction - Here Come The Brides 3/09 - Horror Show - The Holiday (7") 3/09 - A Life Once Lost - A Great Artist (12") 3/09 - Atreyu - Suicide Notes. . . (CD&DVD) 3/10 - Azaghal - Perkeleen Luoma 3/10 - Krieg - The Black House 3/15 - Dark Discliple - Unholy Hate Gore 3/15 - Edguy - Hellfire Club 3/15 - Autopsy - Dead as Fv<k 3/15 - Derketa - Goddess Of Death 3/15 - Disciples Of Mockery - Prelude To Apocalypse 3/15 - Dr Shrinker - Grotesque Wedlock 3/15 - Frankenstein Drag Queens - 6 Years. . . 3/15 - Atrocity - Cold Black Days (single) 3/16 - Seventh Key - The Raging Fire 3/16 - Grip Inc. - Incorporated 3/16 - Godsmack - The Other Side 3/16 - 36 Crazyfists - A Snow Capped Romance 3/16 - Merzbow - Venereology 3/16 - Mortician - Hacked / Zombie 3/16 - Exhumed - Platters Of Splatter 3/16 - Evergrey - The Dark Discovery 3/16 - Evergrey - Solitude, Dominance, Tragedy -- IN PRINT -- SOUND OF THE BEAST http://www.soundofthebeast.com the Paperback Edition is out now - touted in hardcover as "the gospel of heavy metal," Ian Christe's Sound Of The Beast returns in revised and expanded paperback with a global overview of heavy metal developments in Lebanon, Egypt, Morocco, Malaysia, Israel and Iraq -- ON THE NET -- LORDS OF METAL http://www.lordsofmetal.nl issue # 35 is now online featuring: Amaran, Axel Rudi Pell, Ben Jackson Group, Caliban, Chimaira, Deathwitch, Debase, Deicide, Domine, Dyecrest, Edguy, Ektomorf, Error, Every Time I Die, Firehouse, Fragments Of Unbecoming, Funerus, Grip Inc., Hypnos69, Hypocrisy, In Flames, Kataklysm, Monster Magnet, Morbid Angel, Morifade, Nasty Savage, Notre Dame, On Thorns I Lay, Prototype, Ragnarok, Ramessess, Rapid Notion, Red Tape, Sabbtail, Seventh Key, The Prowlers, The Vision Bleak, Vintersorg, Whispering Gallery, Widow THE LAST DAY http://www.grindgore.tk this new webzine has risen from the ashes of grindgore.tk and focuses on hardcore grind crust bands LIVE METALLICA http://www.livemetallica.com taking a cue from Phish (livephish.com ) and Primus (primuslive.com), Metallica has launched this new site where fans can download entire shows from each stop of the band's tour - $9.95 for MP3 and $12.95 for FLAC -- ON THE TUBE -- HEADBANGER'S BALL http://www.mtv.com/onair/mtv2/headbangers_ball/ Iced Earth's Jon Schaffer and Tim Owens will be appearing this weekend on MTV2's Headbanger's Ball in the U.S. - the episode airs on Saturday, March 6th at 10:00PM ET following Headbanger's Ball, MTV2 will be running a program on Lamb Of God's 'Terror and Hubris' DVD -- TOUR DATES -- (dates are subject to change - check local listings) HEADBANGERS BALL TOUR w/ Damageplan, Hatebreed, Drowning Pool, Unearth 3/25 N. Myrtle Beach, SC 3/27 Winston-Salem, NC 3/28 Norfolk, VA 3/31 Philadelphia, PA 4/01 New York, NY 4/02 Lowell, MA 4/05 Grand Rapids, MI 4/07 Chicago, IL 4/10 Detroit, MI 4/17 Corpus Christi, TX 4/22 Atlanta, GA 4/23 Zephyrhills, FL 4/25 Orlando, FL 5/04 Hollywood, CA 5/05 San Francisco, CA ICED EARTH w/ CHILDREN OF BODOM & EVERGREY 4/18 Columbus, OH 4/19 Sauget, IL 4/20 Chicago, IL 4/23 Milwaukee, WI 4/24 Detroit, MI 4/25 Cleveland, OH 4/26 Toronto, ON 4/28 Montreal, QC 4/29 New York, NY 4/30 Philadelphia, PA 5/01 Worcester, MA 5/02 Springfield, VA 5/04 Atlanta, GA 5/05 Orlando, FL 5/07 New Orleans, LA 5/08 Houston, TX 5/09 Austin, TX 5/10 Dallas, TX 5/12 Denver, CO 5/14 Vancouver, BC 5/15 Seattle, WA 5/17 San Francisco, CA 5/19 Scottsdale, AZ 5/21 Los Angeles, CA SOIL w/ MY RUIN 3/06 Spartanburg, SC 3/08 Norfolk, VA 3/09 Baltimore, MA 3/10 Huntington, WV 3/12 Cincinnati, OH 3/13 Cleveland, OH 3/14 Columbus, OH 3/17 Orono, ME 3/18 Manchester, NH 3/19 Saugus, MA 3/20 Bristol, CT 3/22 Chicago, IL 3/24 Minneapolis, MN 3/25 Milwaukee, WI 3/26 Madison, WI PROGPOWER V http://www.progpowerusa.com 9/17 - 9/18 -- Atlanta, GA Savatage, Into Eternity, Dreamscape, Tad Morose, Edguy, Kamelot, Adagio, Wuthering Heights, Brainstorm, Pain Of Salvation FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF TOUR DATES GO TO: http://www.metalupdate.com/tour.html -- SPONSORS -- EARACHE http://www.earache.com EVIL EYE PRODUCTIONS http://www.evileyesight.com UNRESTRAINED! http://www.unrestrainedmag.com METAL BLADE RECORDS http://www.metalblade.com -- LINKS -- ANTHRAX http://anthraxtheband.com DIO http://www.ronniejamesdio.com BORKNAGAR http://www.borknagar.com ACHERON http://www.acheron666.com ABORTED http://users.pandora.be/sven.decaluwe1/ WINDIR http://www.windir.no THE OLD DEAD TREE http://www.theolddeadtree.com PILLORY http://www.pillorygrind.com CANDLELIGHT RECORDS http://www.candlelightrecords.co.uk TABU RECORDINGS http://www.tubarec.com ROBOTIC EMPIRE http://www.roboticempire.com STRATOVARIUS http://www.stratovarius.com DIMMU BORGIR http://www.dimmu-borgir.com KITTIE http://www.kittierocks.com SAVATAGE http://www.savatage.com WITHERING SURFACE http://www.witheringsurface.dk FRONTSIDE http://www.frontside.alpha.pl TIME OF DEATH http://www.timeofdeath.net CIRCLE OF DEAD CHILDREN http://www.circleofdeadchildren.net -- READER SUPPORT -- METAL UPDATE DONATIONS http://shorl.com/janimopratika suggested donation: $5 average donation: $10 _ _ | |_ _| | | | | | |_ |_______|_) ===== if you, your band, your label, your wwwsite or your 'zine have information that you believe would be of interest to Metal Update readers, please contact the Metal Update at editor@metalupdate.com © Copyright 2004 by http://www.metalupdate.com - All Rights Reserved Metal Update PO Box 214 Norwich, CT 06360 USA |
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