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--------- 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 14,615 subscribers. -- EDITOR'S NOTE -- Metalheads: The Metal Update will be taking next week off. Metal Judgment will be updated as regularly scheduled. Thanks for your continued support! Brant editor@metalupdate.com -- NEWS -- SUFFOCATION bassist Derek Boyer (Decrepit Birth) has been added to the lineup DECREPIT BIRTH Risha Eryavec, who was part of the band in the mid to late 90's, has taken over bass duties - Mike Turner will be adding his skills as second guitar player UNEARTHED this new band features former Iced Earth members Gene Adam (v), Dave Abell (b) and Mark Prator (d), along with Bill Owen (g) of Iced Earth forerunner Purgatory MISERY INDEX former drummer Kevin Talley will sit behind the kit for all of the band's upcoming touring activities - however, Misery Index is still looking for a drummer to fulfill future obligations ACHERON Stacey Connolly (Life Is Lost) has been made a permanent member A LIFE ONCE LOST bassist Nick Frasca has decided to leave the band to focus on other personal achievements - his replacement is Amir Ali Mohammed Azir Ashraf (The June Spirit) REQUIEM AETERNAM Alex Hernández (Immolation) has joined the band to lay down the drum tracks for the upcoming album OBLITERATION due to personal reasons and an unwillingness to commit fully to Obliteration, Jose has left the band LION'S SHARE guitarist Bruce Kulick (KISS, Grand Funk Railroad) recently recorded a guest appearance for the new album KRAZY FEST Initial Record's annual music festival which was slated for its seventh year this summer has been indefinitely postponed - originally scheduled to take place May 28-30, Krazy Fest 7 will either be rescheduled later in the Summer/Fall or not at all. . . HELLION lead singer Ann Boleyn will be on the starting line as a qualified entrant in the 108th running of the Boston Marathon on April 19th IN FLAMES 'Soundtrack To Your Escape' scanned 10,660 copies in the first week securing the highest 1st week SoundScan number in the Century Family / Nuclear Blast America history - the album landed at #145 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart NEW SIGNINGS AFM Records: Doro Regain Records: Samael Eclipse Records: Scum Of The Earth Abacus Recordings: The Abandoned Hearts Club Liquor And Poker Music: The Hellacopters Firebox Records: Scent Of Flesh, Grave Flowers Galy Records: Torn Within, Disphoria, Anhkregh, Augury -- HELP WANTED -- VOCALIST available - versitile Staten Island, NY vocalist looking to start or join metal band - have a good clean voice and an extremely brutal death growl - can also sing thrash - influenced by all styles of metal from Black Sabbath to My Dying Bride to Vital Remains - have a PA and experience/ demos - contact: mpgangemi@hotmail.com VOCALIST wanted - former members of Blood Feast and Twilight's Eve seek vocalist for immediate recording - rehearsals in New Jersey - sound and direction are in the vien of: The Haunted, Arch Enemy, Exodus, Opeth, etc. - female and male singers apply - contact: jblich@optonline.net DRUMMER wanted - brutal old-school DeathMetal band The Cauterized seeks drummer - must have serious double bass and blastbeat chops - style: Morbid Angel/ Carcass/ At The Gates - based out of Hollywood, CA - contact: alexxx_666@hotmail.com -- FEATURES -- YOB http://www.metalupdate.com/interviewyob.html The ultra underground nature of the doom metal scene is balanced by the passion of its followers. Vocalist / guitarist Mike Sheidt is a case in point. His band, YOB, is a crushing, heavy and unique doom outfit from Portland, Oregon. And, not only is Mike completely devoted to the music he creates, but he is a huge supporter of the music scene as well. Without such drive and enthusiasm, doom would be. . . doomed. Mike has a lot to say, so the Metal Update got the low down on the down low. recent features: DevilDriver http://www.metalupdate.com/interviewdevil.html Centinex http://www.metalupdate.com/interviewcentinex.html Watchmaker http://www.metalupdate.com/interviewwatch.html -- REVIEWS -- - METAL JUDGMENT - http://www.metaljudgment.com Fear Factory 'Archetype' (Abyss, Death, Hel) http://www.metaljudgment.com/albums/fearfactorya_frames.html Vehemence 'Helping The World To See' (Abyss, Death, Hel, Sabbath) http://www.metaljudgment.com/albums/vehemenceh_frames.html Goatwhore 'Funeral Dirge For A Rotting Sun' (Metal Militia) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/goatwhorefd_frames.html Widow 'Midnight Strikes' (Dguy) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/widow_frames.html Circle II Circle 'Watching In Silence' (Zilla) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/c2c_frames.html Asterius 'A Moment Of Singularity' (Redwolff) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/asterius_frames.html Life of Agony 'River Runs Again: Live 2003' (Requiem) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/loarralo3_frames.html Metal Devastation - Festival (Sabbath) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/metaldev_frames.html Six Feet Under, The Red Chord, On Broken Wings - Concert (Death, Hel) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/sfutrcobw_frames.html Anthrax At The Whisky - Concert (Death, Hel) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/anthraxwh_frames.html Nevermore "I, Voyager" - Video Shoot (Death, Hel) http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/neverivvid_frames.html Samhain 'Novemeber-Coming-Fire' - Classic (Slither) http://www.metaljudgment.com/classics/samhain_frames.html Vengince - Demo (Slither) http://www.metaljudgment.com/demos/vengince_frames.html Scenteria - Demo (Equinox) http://www.metaljudgment.com/demos/scenteria_frames.html Balthazor - Demo (Behemoth) http://www.metaljudgment.com/demos/balthazor_frames.html -- NEW RELEASES -- 4/04 - Infliction - Denouncing The Flesh 4/05 - Disillusion - Back To Times Of Splendor 4/05 - Skyming - Machine Genova 4/05 - Reign Of Erebus - Inversion Principle 4/05 - Theatres Des Vampires - Blackend Collection (4 albums) 4/05 - Insomnium - Since The Day It All Came Down 4/05 - Khold - Morke Gravers Kammer 4/05 - Sceptic - Unbeliver's Script 4/05 - Cruachan - Pagan 4/06 - Vehemence - Helping The World To See 4/06 - Nocturnal Rites - New World Messiah 4/06 - Total Devastation - Road Map Of Pain 4/06 - Hearse - Armageddon Mon Amour 4/06 - Lunaris - Cyclic 4/06 - Infernal Majesty - One Who Points to Death 4/06 - W.A.S.P. - The Neon God: Part One - The Rise 4/06 - Zeke - 'Til the Livin' End 4/06 - Dead Poetic - New Medicines 4/06 - Pro-Pain - Fistful Of Hate 4/06 - Edguy - Hellfire Club 4/06 - Proto Kaw - Before Became After 4/06 - In Flames - Soundtrack To Your Escape 4/06 - Anthrax - Music Of Mass Destruction (DVD) 4/07 - Arkham - Chapter III: The Madness From The Sea 4/08 - Phantom Limb - Veins Of Unholy Capacity 4/08 - Rite - The Creep Had It Coming - Part 1 4/12 - Mindgrinder - MindTech 4/12 - Thou Shalt Suffer - Into The Woods Of Belial 4/13 - Satyricon - Volcano 4/13 - Joe Satriani - Is There Love In Space? 4/13 - Heathen - Recovered 4/13 - Subterranean Masquerade- Temporary Psychotic State 4/13 - Aina - Days Of Rising Doom - The Metal Opera 4/13 - After Forever - Exordium 4/15 - Necare - Ruin 4/15 - Withering - Gospel Of Madness 4/19 - Leash Law - Dogface 4/19 - Neospastics - Plasticlove 4/19 - Patrick Rondat - Ephemeral World 4/19 - Dark Funeral - De Profundis Clamavi Ad Te Domine 4/19 - Ayreon - Day Eleven Love 4/19 - 1349 - Beyond The Apocalypse 4/19 - Cadaver - Necrosis 4/19 - Susperia - Unlimited 4/19 - Finntroll - Nattfödd 4/19 - Aborted - The Haematobic 4/19 - Susperia - Unlimited 4/20 - Fear Factory - Archetype 4/20 - Vulgar Pigeons - Imperialism 4/20 - Cadaver - Necrosis 4/20 - Khold - Morke Gravers Kammer 4/20 - Dismember - Where Ironcrosses Grow 4/20 - The Haunted - One Kill Wonder (limited) 4/20 - Training For Utopia - Technical Difficulties 4/20 - Debase - Unleashed 4/20 - downset. - Universal 4/20 - Crowpath - Red On Chrome 4/20 - Machine Head - Through The Ashes Of Empires 4/20 - Black Label Society - Hangover Music Vol. VI 4/20 - Queens Of The Stone Age - Stone Age Complication 4/20 - Persuader - Evolution Purgatory 4/20 - Beyond Surface - Destination's End 4/20 - Dyecrest - The Way of Pain 4/20 - Withering Soul - Apparitions Of The Surreal 4/20 - Vomitory - Primal Massacre 4/20 - Kult Ov Azazel - Triumph Of Fire 4/20 - Unholy Ghost - Torrential Reign 4/20 - Queensrÿche - The Art Of Live (DVD) 4/20 - Anthrax - Music Of Mass Destruction (CD/DVD) 4/23 - Spastic Ink - Ink Compatible 4/26 - Heaven Shall Burn - Antigone 4/26 - Kotipelto - Coldness 4/26 - Dream Evil - The First Chapter 4/26 - ChaosBreed - Brutal 4/26 - Totalt Jävla Mörker - Människans Ringa Värde 4/26 - Atrocity - Atlantis 4/26 - Anasarca - Dying 4/26 - Nephasth - Conceived By Inhuman Blood 4/26 - Blaze - Blood And Belief 4/26 - Razorback - Animal Anger 4/26 - Wolf - Evil Star 4/26 - Intense - Second Sight 4/26 - Finntroll - Nattfödd 4/26 - Chaos Breed - Brutal 4/26 - Kotipelto - Coldness 4/26 - Joacim Cans - Beyond The Gates 4/27 - Winds - The Imaginary Direction Of Time 4/27 - Suffocation - Souls To Deny 4/27 - Morgion - Cloaked By Ages, Crowned In Earth 4/27 - Evergrey - The Inner Circle 4/27 - Tiles - Window Dressing 4/27 - Black Nasa - Deuce 4/27 - Jerry Gaskill - Come Somewhere 4/30 - Stabwound - Human Boundaries -- IN PRINT -- THE TRUTH ABOUT METALLICA http://www.joelmciver.co.uk 'Justice For All: The Truth About Metallica' is no simple biography - as well as telling Metallica's story with a level of detail and eyewitness veracity which has never been attempted before, author Joel McIver has exposed the biggest myths about the band and told the simple truth about how they originated and what the real facts are -- ON THE NET -- PIVOTAL RAGE http://www.pivotalrage.com new interviews: In Flames, Himsa, Gorerotted, Raunchy, Exodus, Bleeding Through, Byzantine, Hondo Maclean TARTAREAN DESIRE http://www.tartareandesire.com new interviews: Misericordia, The Great Deceiver, Abramis Brama, Decapitated, Edguy, Hypocrisy, MindGrinder MEGIDDO http://shorl.com/bijumolohibre follow the link above for RealVideo footage of frontman Aldrin Montecinos catching his beard on fire while attempting a fire-breathing stunt at a recent show -- ON THE TUBE -- SLAYER / MONSTER GARAGE http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/monstergarage/monstergarage.html Slayer will make an appearance on the Discovery Channel's Monster Garage finale 'Episode 40: Rock 'em Sock 'em Scions' on Monday night 4/19 at 9pm ET/PT -- TOUR DATES -- (dates are subject to change - check local listings) EXODUS 4/16 Chicago, IL 4/17 Cleveland, OH 4/18 Indianapolis, IN 4/19 Columbus, OH 4/20 Pittsburgh, PA 4/21 Wantagh, NY 4/22 Irvington, NJ 4/23 Philadelphia, PA 4/24 West Springfield, VA 4/26 Atlanta, GA 4/27 Orlando, FL 4/28 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 5/01 Dallas, TX 5/02 San Antonio, TX 5/04 Gallup, NM 5/05 Tuba City, NM 5/06 Phoenix, AZ 5/07 Tucson, AZ 5/08 San Diego, CA 5/09 Santa Ana, 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 MONSTROSITY w/ DARK DISCIPLE 5/01 Zwickau, GER 5/02 Berlin, GER 5/03 Hamburg, GER 5/04 Frankfurt, GER 5/05 München, GER 5/07 Katwijk, NETH 5/08 Arnhem, NETH 5/09 Stuttgart, GER 5/10 Münster bei Darmstadt, GER 5/11 Essen, GER 5/12 Heidelberg, GER 5/13 Innsbruck, AUT 5/14 Bergamo, ITA 5/15 Marseille, FRA 5/16 Nancy, FRA 5/17 Paris, FRA 5/19 Ljubljana, SLO 5/20 Bratislava, SK 5/21 Graz, AUT 5/22 Ceske Budejovice, CZR VITAL REMAINS w/ THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER & CATTLE DECAPITATION 5/02 Fayetteville, NC 5/03 West Springfield, VA 5/04 Farmingdale, NY 5/05 Philadelphia, PA 5/07 New York, NY 5/08 Providence, RI 5/09 Cleveland, OH 5/11 Sauget, IL 5/12 Cedar Falls, IA 5/13 Milwaukee, WI 5/14 Chicago Heights, IL 5/15 Omaha, NE 5/16 Denver, CO 5/19 Los Angeles, CA 5/20 Santa Ana, CA 5/21 Phoenix, AZ 5/22 Albuquerque, NM YOB 5/07 Portland, OR 5/12 Eugene, OR 5/14 Medford, OR 5/15 San Francisco, CA 5/17 Phoenix, AZ 5/18 Albuquerque, NM 5/19 Denver, CO 5/21 Lawrence, KS 5/23 Madison, WI 5/24 Chicago, IL 5/26 New York, NY 5/27 Allentown, PA 5/28 Washington, DC 5/30 Youngstown, OH FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF TOUR DATES GO TO: http://www.metalupdate.com/tour.html -- SPONSORS -- EARACHE http://www.earache.com FEAR FACTORY http://join.netmusicpromotions.com/index.html?aid=40 EVIL EYE PRODUCTIONS http://www.evileyesight.com UNRESTRAINED! http://www.unrestrainedmag.com -- LINKS -- SUFFOCATION http://www.suffocation.us DECREPIT BIRTH http://www.decrepitbirth.com MISERY INDEX http://www.misery-index.com ACHERON http://www.acheron666.com A LIFE ONCE LOST http://www.alifeoncelost.com REQUIEM AETERNAM http://www.requiem-aeternam.com OBLITERATION http://www.obliteration.net LION'S SHARE http://www.lionsshare.org KRAZY FEST http://www.krazyfest.com IN FLAMES http://www.inflames.com DORO http://www.doropesch.com SAMAEL http://www.samael.info SCUM OF THE EARTH http://www.scumoftheearth.com THE ABANDONED HEARTS CLUB http://www.theabandonedheartsclub.com THE HELLACOPTERS http://www.hellacopters.com SCENT OF FLESH http://www.scentofflesh.net GRAVE FLOWERS http://www.metalprovider.com/graveflowers/ -- 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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what happened to Suffocation's previous bassist????????? |
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hahahaa slayers gonna be on that monster garage show ahha |
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Kalopsia said:
Well he's quit before and he quit again. I think he was only going to record the cd and go back to his 9-5. | |||
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