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-- NEWS --
CHIMAIRA
drummer Richard Evensand (Soilwork) has been replaced by Kevin Talley
(Misery Index, Dying Fetus)
MISERY INDEX
Adam Jarvis (All Will Fall) has replaced Kevin Talley
QUEENSRYCHE
the band will be performing 'Operation: Mindcrime' in its entirety on the
upcoming Fall/Winter tour - in addition, Queensr˙che plans to debut a
portion of the music from the upcoming sequel studio album tentatively
titled 'Operation: Mindcrime II'
INTO ETERNITY
Pit Magazine assistant editor Adam Sagan has been added to the lineup as
touring drummer
HIGH ON FIRE
the band will be joined by bassist Joe Preston (Thrones, Melvins) for
their forthcoming U.S. tour -
Preston replaces long time bassist George Rice
BRICK BATH
the band has recently parted ways with bass player Pete Stone - Scott
(Rock) Rockstead has been recruited as permanent replacement
TNT
long time bassist Morty Black has parted ways with the band to pursue
other musical interests
FORLIS
Killjoy (Necrophagia, Enoch) has joined the band and will handle vocals
and lyrics from now on
DARKTHRONE
Nocturno Culto and Fenriz have launched a new label called Tyrant
Syndicate Productions in cooperation with Peaceville Records - much of the
daily operations will fall to Nocturno Culto and the releases will go
through Peaceville - the first signing is Oslo's Aura Noir
LACUNA COIL
after 92 weeks, 'Comalies' cracked the Billboard 200 landing at #194
NEW SIGNINGS
Roadrunner Records: Nightwish
Candlelight Records: Crowbar
Metal Blade Records: Winter Solstice
Crash Music: Valume Nob
Abacus Recordings: Caliban
Prosthetic Records: Invocation Of Nehek
Retribute Records: The Shattering
Neoblast Records: Vicious Circle
Vortex Motions: Spirit Disease
Retribute Records: The Shattering
Sorbus Productions: Kaihoro
Earache Records: Adema, Mistress
Nuclear Blast Records: Stormwitch, Communic
Karmageddon Media: Glittertind, Adimiron
The End Records: Novembers Doom, Second Sky, Unexpect
-- HELP WANTED --
DRUMMER wanted - Kings'-Evil seeks powerful drummer with thrashing touch -
contact: kingsevil60@hotmail.com
DRUMMER wanted - Scar Culture seeks drummer - band will record sophomore
album this year and follow up with tour - must be reliable, dedicated,
experienced - double bass and immaculate time a must - 18-35 - contact:
scarculture718@aol.com
DRUMMER wanted - DC/Maryland/VA female fronted atmospheric metal band with
medieval, Celtic influences and classical violins seeks drummer - already
receiving radio play and getting reviews, just need a drummer to record
full length and play live shows - contact: band@todesbonden.com
GUITARIST & DRUMMER wanted - death metal band in San Diego seeks pro
players to complete the line up and get the ball rolling again - we got a
sound going now but want to expand and modernize - contact:
sanitysvoid@aol.com
BASSIST & DRUMMER wanted - The Broderick seeks dedicated full time bassist
and drummer - influences: The Red Chord, Killwhitneydead, Premonitions of
War, Clutch, Origin, Terror, All Shall Perish, Deicide, Pig Destroyer,
Unearth, All Out War, Slayer - located around Chicago - shows booked and
lots of connections - contact: Metallust1@yahoo.com
DRUMMER available - seeking death/black metal band- need two guitarists,
bassist & vocalist - must be 100% serious about playing music, have good
equipment & at least 5 yrs experience - must be willing to travel a lot
for shows - contact: Swalesd84@aol.com
-- REVIEWS --
- METAL JUDGMENT -
http://www.metaljudgment.com
Ozzfest 2004
(Abyss, Death, Hel, Redwolff)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/concerts/ozzfest2004_frames.html
Malevolent Creation 'Warkult'
(Abyss, Death, Hel)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/albums/malevolentw_frames.html
Chaosbreed 'Unleased Carnage'
(Martyr)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/chaosbreed_frames.html
Unsane 'Lambhouse'
(Requiem)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/unsane_frames.html
My Ruin 'The Horror of Beauty'
(Ember)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/myruint_frames.html
Carcass 'Choice Cuts'
(Abyss)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/carcass_frames.html
Kreator 'Live Kreation'
(Dguy)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/kreatorlk_frames.html
Six Reasons To Kill / Absidia 'Morphology of Fear'
(Slither)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/srtkabsidia_frames.html
SUNNO))) Concert
(Redwolff)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/sunncon_frames.html
Black Sabbath 'Sabotage' - Classic
(Death)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/classics/sabbath_frames.html
Silent Scythe - Demo
(Kefka X)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/demos/silentscythe_frames.html
Ruttolapset - Demo
(Lugubrious)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/demos/ruttolapset_frames.html
IdolEyes - Demo
(Sabbath)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/demos/idoleyes_frames.html
Pyuria - Demo
(Behemoth)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/demos/pyuria_frames.html
Sunwheel Psychedelic - Demo
(Jotun)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/demos/sunwheelpsy_frames.html
-- NEW RELEASES --
7/20 - The Dillinger Escape Plan - Miss Machine
7/20 - Magister Dixit - Infernal Martyrism
7/22 - Zillion
7/26 - Alabama Thunderpussy - Rise Again
7/26 - Turisas - Battle Metal
7/26 - Metal Church - The Weight Of The World
7/27 - Saint Vitus - V
7/27 - Cathedral - The Serpent's Gold
7/27 - Kittie - Until The End
7/27 - My Fate - Happiness Is Fiction
7/27 - The Amenta - Occasus
7/27 - Starwood - If It Aint Broke, Break It!
7/27 - Code Black - Penetration
7/27 - HateSphere - Ballet Of The Brute
7/27 - Cathedral - The Serpent's Gold
7/27 - Ninnuam - Process Of Life Seperation
7/27 - My Fate - Hapiness is Fiction
7/27 - Pyrexia - Cruelty Beyond Submission (re)
7/27 - Various Artists - Voices From The Arctic Circle
8/01 - Moonlight Agony - Echoes Of A Nightmare
8/01 - Core Device - Our Fellowship Eternal
8/03 - Nonpoint - Recoil
8/03 - Threshold - Subsurface
8/03 - Darqueside Music - Darqueside Of The Underground
8/09 - Glittertind - Evige Asatro
8/10 - Einherjer - Blot
8/10 - Enslaved - Vikingligr Veldi / Hordanes Land
8/10 - Borknagar - Epic
8/10 - Esqarial - Inheritance
8/10 - Spinal Cord - Remedy
8/10 - Entombed - Inferno w/ Averno
8/10 - Goatsnake - Trampled Under Hoof
8/10 - All Else Failed - This Never Happened
8/10 - Endicott - The Words In Ink Don't Lie
8/10 - The Crown - Crowned Unholy
8/10 - Iced Earth - The Blessed And The Damned
8/13 - Necrotic Disgorgement - Suffocated in Shrinkwrap
8/23 - Napalm Death - Leaders Not Followers 2
8/23 - Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry (rerecording)
8/23 - Lullacry - Fire Within
8/23 - Grave - Fiendish Regression
8/24 - Insision - Revealed And Worshipped
8/24 - Transmission0 - 0 (Zero)
8/24 - Lullacry - Fire Within
8/24 - Single Bullet Theory - Behind Eyes Of Hatred
8/24 - The Mandrake- Burning Horizon At The End Of Dawn
8/24 - Ewigkeit - Radio Ixtlan
-- IN PRINT --
SNAKEPIT
http://www.truemetal.org/snakepit/
issue # 13 is out now featuring: Agent Steel, Armoros, Beyond, Black
Steel, Bullet, Byfist, Death Militia, Exodus, Forced Entry, Infernal
Majesty, Insanity, Iron Angel, Jag Panzer, Label Special (Music For
Nations), Legacy, Malediction, Maltese Falcon, Napalm Death, Repulsion,
Siren, Thrust, Trauma, Unseen Terror, Vixen, Witchslayer
-- ON THE NET --
TARTAREAN DESIRE
http://www.tartareandesire.com
new interview: Freedom Call, Ensiferum, tribute to the late Quorthon of
Bathory
LIVE 4 METAL
http://www.live4metal.com
new interviews: Evergrey, Winds, 1349
-- TOUR DATES --
(dates are subject to change - check local listings)
DANZIG w/ DOYLE, MAYHEM, DEVILDRIVER, DEATH ANGEL & EYES OF FIRE
09/29 Las Vegas, NV
09/30 Denver, CO
10/01 Kansas City, KS
10/02 St Louis, MO
10/03 Omaha, NE
10/05 Minneapolis, MN
10/07 Milwaukee, WI
10/08 Detriot, MI
10/09 Cleveland, OH
10/10 Chicago, IL
10/12 Pittsburgh, PA
10/14 New York, NY
10/15 Philadelphia, PA
10/16 Washington DC
10/17 Atlanta, GA
10/19 Orlando, FL
10/21 Corpus Christi, TX
10/22 San Antonio, TX
10/23 Dallas, TX
10/24 Oklahoma City, OK
10/27 Spokane, WA
10/28 Seattle, WA
10/29 Portland, OR
10/30 San Francisco, CA
10/31 Los Angeles, CA
DEICIDE w/ GOATWHORE, DIABOLIC & CATTLE DECAPITATION
09/16 Ft Lauderdale, FL
09/17 Atlanta, GA
09/18 Fayetteville, NC
09/19 West Springfield, VA
09/20 New York, NY
09/21 Philadelphia, PA
09/23 Pittsburgh, PA
09/24 Cincinnati, OH
09/25 East Dubuque, IL
09/26 Minneapolis, MN
09/27 Chicago, IL
09/29 Denver, CO
10/01 Seattle, WA
10/02 Portland, OR
10/04 San Diego, CA
10/05 Los Angeles, CA
10/06 Santa Ana, CA
10/07 Las Vegas, NV
10/08 Albuquerque, NM
10/09 Oklahoma City, OK
10/10 San Antonio, TX
10/11 Corpus Christi, TX
10/12 Houston, TX
MACHINE HEAD w/ CHIMAIRA, THREE INCHES OF BLOOD & TRIVIUM
8/06 Worcester, MA
8/07 New York, NY
8/08 Philadelphia, PA
8/09 Washington DC
8/10 Norfolk, VA
8/13 Atlanta, GA
8/14 Orlando, FL
8/20 Grand Rapids, MI
8/21 Detroit, MI
8/22 Columbus, OH
8/23 Chicago, IL
8/28 Denver, CO
MONSTER MAGNET w/ BONGZILLA
08/27 Seaside, NJ
08/28 Springfield, VA
08/29 Virginia Beach, VA
08/31 Chicago, IL
09/01 Minneapolis, MN
09/04 Portland, OR
09/05 Seattle, WA
09/07 San Francisco, CA
09/09 Los Angeles, CA
09/10 Phoenix, AZ
09/11 Salt Lake City, UT
09/12 Denver, CO
09/18 Little Falls, NJ
09/19 Philadelphia, PA
09/21 Hartford, CT
09/26 Boston, MA
09/27 Allentown, PA
09/29 Poughkeepsie, NY
09/30 Lancaster, PA
10/01 Baltimore, MD
10/02 Huntington, WV
THE RED CHORD w/ A LIFE ONCE LOST
8/06 Anaheim, CA
8/07 San Diego, CA
8/08 Phoenix, AZ
8/10 Houston, TX
8/11 Dallas, TX
8/13 Tallahassee, FL
8/14 West Palm Beach, FL
8/15 St. Petersburg, FL
8/16 Charlotte, NC
8/17 Norfolk, VA
8/18 Poughkeepsie, NY
8/19 Augusta, GA
8/20 Worcester, MA
8/21 Danbury, CT
8/22 Montreal, QC
8/23 Toronto, ON
8/24 Farmingdale, NY
8/25 South Amboy, NJ
8/26 Syracuse, NY
8/27 Philadelphia, PA
SLIPKNOT w/ SLAYER & HATEBREED
08/06 Lubbock TX
08/09 Little Rock, AR
08/13 Cedar Rapids, IA
08/18 Ottawa, ON
08/27 Darien Center, NY
09/22 Switzerland Geneva, SWI
09/23 Milan, ITA
09/25 Dresden, GER
09/26 Berlin, GER
09/27 Munich, GER
09/29 Stuttgart, GER
09/30 Dusseldorf, GER
10/01 Leuven, BEL
10/03 Glasgow, UK
10/05 Birmingham, UK
10/06 Manchester, UK
10/08 Cardiff, UK
10/09 London, UK
10/10 London, UK
10/14 Stockholm, SWE
10/15 Oslo, NOR
10/17 Helsinki, FIN
10/19 Copenhagen, DEN
10/21 Rotterdam, NETH
10/23 Paris, FRA
FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF TOUR DATES GO TO:
http://www.metalupdate.com/tour.html
-- LINKS --
CHIMAIRA
http://www.chimaira.com
MISERY INDEX
http://www.miseryindex.com
QUEENSRYCHE
http://www.queensryche.com
INTO ETERNITY
http://www.intoeternity.com
HIGH ON FIRE
http://www.highonfire.net
BRICK BATH
http://www.brickbath.com
TNT
http://www.tnttheband.com
FORLIS
http://www.forlis.cjb.net
DARKTHRONE
http://www.darkthrone.no
LACUNA COIL
http://www.lacunacoil.it
NIGHTWISH
http://www.nightwish.com
CROWBAR
http://www.crowbarmusic.com
STORMWITCH
http://www.stormwitch.de
WINTER SOLSTICE
http://www.wintersolstice.net
VALUME NOB
http://www.valumenob.com
ADEMA
http://www.ademaonline.com
CALIBAN
http://www.calibanmetal.com
INVOCATION OF NEHEK
http://www.nehekmetal.com
VICIOUS CIRCLE
http://www.viciouscircle.tv
SPIRIT DISEASE
http://www.spiritdisease.net
COMMUNIC
http://www.digidesign.no/communic/home.html
GLITTERTIND
http://www.glittertind.net
ADIMIRON
http://www.adimiron.net
KAIHORO
http://www.kaihoro.cjb.net
NOVEMBERS DOOM
http://www.novembersdoom.com
SECOND SKY
http://www.swano.com
UNEXPECT
http://www.unexpect.com
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