January 2003 Archive
...PUSH CULT will be the featured entertainment at a wrestling tournament to be held on Saturday January 25, 2003 at the Carrabus Arena in Concord, NC...
...SCARZ WITHIN will release the concept CD, "Nothin’ Sacred Part 1," on February 4, 2003. Visit http://www.scarzwithin.com for more info...
...Target, the discount retailer with the snazzy commercials, is offering a special BON JOVI CD that features eight songs previously unreleased in the United States. The CD will retail for $6.99 and is a Target exclusive...
...SUPARED, featuring ex-HELLOWEEN vocalist Michael Kiske, will release their self-titled debut on February 25, 2003 via Noise Records...
...REVEREND vocalist David Wayne was involved in a 3-car wreck in Tacoma, WA. David Wayne is expected to make a full recovery...
...Studio wiz Jonathan Bates, under the moniker MELLOWDRONE, has released a six-track EP titled "A Demonstration Of Intellectual Property"...
...ROB ZOMBIE will release the soundtrack to his movie, "House Of 1,000 Corpses," sometime in March 2003. The soundtrack will feature five ROB ZOMBIE tracks as well as material from RAMONES...
...MONSTER RODD, featuring Scott Dalhover of DANGEROUS TOYS, will be playing The Underworld in Dallas on January 24, 2003...
...KAMELOT's latest effort, "Epica," is available now...
...Dates for the 2003 Jagermeister tour have been announced. Click here to find 'em...
...Rock legends AEROSMITH and KISS will be joining forces for a co-headlining tour beginning in August 2003 and running through October 2003...
...Brian Fair, vocalist for SHADOWS FALL, has been recording new material with his side project TRANSIENT...
...SnoCore 2003 tour dates have been announced. Click here for dates...
...HAMMERFALL will film an upcoming gig in their hometown (Gotenburg, Sweden) on February 20, 2003 for a future DVD release...
...ICED EARTH have signed a deal with SPV/Steamhammer Records...
...LAMB OF GOD are in the final stages of mixing their latest effort, "As The Palaces Burn." Guest performers include Chris Poland (ex-MEGADETH), Steve Austin (TODAY IS THE DAY), and Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD)...
...The 2003 installment of the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival will be held on Friday May 16 and Saturday May 17. CRADLE OF FILTH are scheduled to headline...
...Displeased Records has signed CIRCLE OF DEAD CHILDREN - "Human Harvest" should be available by late Spring 2003...
...SINGLE BULLET THEORY are in the studio recording their newest CD, "Route 666"...
...WILL HAVEN have disbanded...
...FROM AUTUMN TO ASHES will be heading into the studio in February 2003 with Adam from KILLSWITCH ENGAGE producing...
...VYNDYKATOR have scheduled some more gigs. Click here for show information...
...Hear some cool heavy metal on-line at Audio Aggression every Monday from 7pm to 1 am Eastern Standard Time at this location http://162.39.1.85:8000/listen.pls...
...Displeased Records artist PERISHED have finished recording their latest effort, "Seid," (although the band notes that this title is subject to change)...
...THIN LIZZY has joined the roster of bands performing at the Bang Your Head Festival in Germany on June 28, 2003...
...Norwegian progressive/black metallers ENTRHAL are currently recording material for a Summer 2003 release on Displeased Records...
...SALEM are now offering two new songs for free download from their new album, "Collective Demise," at the band’s site in the downloads section. Visit http://www.salemband.com for more information...
...KISS will be performing at the Rain In The Desert concert hall of the The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, NV on March 16, 2003...
...The "Mark After Dark" cable TV show is currently seeking bands on it shows. For more details visit http://www.markafterdark.com...
...Pete Yorn, a decidedly non-metal musician, has covered the RAMONES' "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" for the upcoming RAMONES tribute CD, "We’re A Happy Family," which is due in stores on February 11, 2003...
...THRESHOLD were recently given the honor of the #1 album of the year for "Critical Mass," by Radio Maldwyn beating out DEF LEPPARD for the top spot...
...AUDIOSLAVE, featuring ex-SOUNDGARDEN vocalist Chris Cornell and ex-RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE members Tom Morello, Tim Commerford, and Brad Wilk, have announced tour dates for North America. Click here to see if they’re coming near your town...
...WAITING FOR AUTUMN are hitting the road. Click here for tour dates...
...Also on the road are NEAR MISS. You know what happens when you click here...
..."Real Life" is the latest CD from DRIVE, SHE SAID and it will be available on Frontier Records on March 24, 2003...
...BLACK CROSS have signed with Equal Vision Records...
...RING OF FIRE will release another slick slab of melodic power metal titled, "Dreamtower," on March 24, 2003...
...KREATOR will return to North America for another round of live gigs. Rough Edge will post more information as it becomes available...
...Hed(P.E.)'s latest effort, "Blackout," will be available on March 18, 2003...
...HELLOWEEN will release their latest and still untitled CD on May 5, 2003 in Europe. A North American release date has not yet been set...
...LINKIN PARK's latest CD will be entitled "Meteora"...
...WILL HAVEN have disbanded...
...NIGHTWISH have entered a recording studio to lay down tracks for an upcoming CD...
...SAMAEL will release a live album in Spring 2003 and will tour North American in late Spring 2003 and early Summer 2003...
...THEORY OF A DEADMAN will film a video for their next single, "Make Up Your Mind"...
...BACKDRAFT, hailing from the musical hotbed of Stockholm, play a Southern-styled heavy rock. Their debut album, "Here To Save You All," will be released on February 25, 2003...
...Frontiers Records has secured the European territories' release rights to GLENN HUGHES' "Songs In The Key Of Rock" which is currently in the final stages of recording...
...SIR HEDGEHOG's self-titled debut has been repackaged and re-mastered and beefed up with bonus tracks. "Sir Hedgehog" will be in stores on February 25, 2003...
...The NAMM Convention is being held in Anaheim, CA on January 17-19, 2003. Featured performers include Jeff Berlin, John Novello, Jordan Rudess (DREAM THEATER), Andy West (RAMA–1), Mike Keneally (BEER FOR DOLPHINS), Michael Manring (ATTENTION DEFICIT), Billy Sheehan, Steve Morse (DIXIE DREGS, DEEP PURPLE), THE SKOL TRIO, and Simon Phillips...
...Fuzzy, lo-fi killers ACID APE will have a new album in stores on March 2, 2003...
...TORMENTION invite you to check out their website and listen to their mp3s at http://www.tormention.net...
...Dirtbag Clothing Inc. has
enlisted SOULFLY drummer Roy Mayorga
for a limited clothing sponsorship. Dirtbag will be launching its music website
at www.dirtbagmusic.com soon and will focus on marketing and merchandising for up and coming unsigned bands...
...While PESSIMIST is on temporary hiatus, founding PESSIMIST member/guitarist Kell McLaughlin has re-joined DIABOLIC (McLaughlin was a founding member of DIABOLIC when the band got its start in 1996) – DIABOLIC has redoubled their song-writing efforts for the upcoming full-length CD tentatively titled "Torrential Reign"...
...Also making use of his time while PESSIMIST is on break guitarist Bill Hayden has rejoined the F.O.G. line-up with John Childs on vocals to record a CRADLE OF FILTH song for an upcoming tribute CD...
...PUDDLE OF MUDD is currently working on their sophomore album, a follow-up to the multi-platinum "Come Clean." The band is aiming for a late Spring 2003 release for the still untitled album. John Kurzweg is producing...
...TYPE O NEGATIVE are finishing up the recording and mixing of their latest and still untitled effort...
...21st Century Schizoid Night will be held on January 16, 2003 at the Sixteen-Fifty club in Hollywood, CA – the featured bands include COSMOSQUAD featuring Jeff Kollman, McGILL-MANRING-STEVENS featuring Michael Manring, and BUTTERMILK featuring Kofi Baker. Famed ex-MEGADETH guitarist Chris Poland is expected to join BUTTERMILK on stage...
...CHIMAIRA's sophomore effort doesn't have a release date yet, but it does have a title: "The Impossibility Of Reason"...
...HOT ACTION COP will release their self-titled debut CD on Lava Records on March 25, 2003. HOT ACTION COP is said to have an organic sound not unlike RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS and FISHBONE...
...COAL CHAMBER mainman Dez Fafara's latest side project is called DEATHRIDE...
...A 34-track retrospective covering the career of punk icons ZEKE will be titled "Live And Uncensored." A release date of March 18, 2003 has been scheduled...
...STONE SOUR will film a video for their next single, "Inhale"...
...MACHINE HEAD's forthcoming live album, containing 14 songs, will be titled "Hellalive"...
...Low Frequency Records will release the debut album from Finnish metallers REVEREND BIZARRE on January 31, 2003 in European and Scandanavian territories. The album is titled "In The Rectory Of The Bizarre Reverend" and the band has apparently has CATHEDRAL frontman Lee Dorian very excited...
...HAMMERFALL have just been added to the Bang Your Head Festival to be held on June 27-28, 2003 in Balingen, Germany; the festival will also include performances by SODOM, OVERKILL, HYPOCRISY, and AMON AMARTH among others ...
In the only Grammy categories that matter:
The nominees for Best Metal Performance are:
KORN: "Here To Stay"
P.O.D.: "Portrait"
SLIPKNOT: "My Plague"
STONE SOUR: "Get Inside"
ROB ZOMBIE: "Never Gonna Stop (The Red, Red Kroovy)"
The nominees for Best Hard Rock Performance are:
FOO FIGHTERS: "All Of My Life"
GODSMACK: "I Stand Alone"
P.O.D.: "Youth Of The Nation"
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE: "No One Knows"
SYSTEM OF A DOWN: "Aerials"...
...ALCHEMY X will be performing a number of live shows throughout March 2003 and April 2003 – the shows will be recorded for a future live EP to be released in late Summer 2003 that will include as bonus tracks a new ALCHEMY X song and a cover of RAINBOW's "Stargazer"...
...Italian gothic rockers MY SIXTH SHADOW are tentatively scheduled to play their first North American gig at a goth/industrial festival in Minneapolis, MN on April 18, 2003. Rough Edge will post more information as it becomes available...
...Drummer John Caton has left VYNDYKATOR – however, drummer Chris Scorsese of ALCHEMY X has joined VYNDYKATOR as a temporary (and perhaps full-time) replacement; Scorsese's first show with VYNDYKATOR will be on February 8, 2003 at Winners in Saratoga, New York...
...LACUNA COIL have dropped off the OPETH/PARADISE LOST tour due to immigration problems...
...Ritchie Fontana, who recorded four drum tracks on Paul Stanley's solo disc, has a new interview on-line at: http://www.geocities.com/drummerinterviews/richiefontana.html...
...SUSPERIA have split with Nuclear Blast Records...
...ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW have broken up...
...LAMB OF GOD's latest effort will be titled "As The Palaces Burn" and is due on April 15, 2003 on Prosthetic Records...
...THE BLOOD BROTHERS will release their first ever DVD, "Jungle Rules Live," on February 4, 2003. The DVD will feature 11 songs from the band's September 27, 2002 performance in front of a hometown crowd in Seattle, WA as well as three audio-only bonus tracks...
...ACCUSER have reformed...
...TRAPT continues to tour in support of their best-selling debut CD. Click here for tour dates...
DECEASED guitarist Mark Adams has just unveiled his DECEASED related website - http://www.upthetombstones.com - which features a thorough history of the band, personal recollections, and photos...
...LITTLE MORPHINE ANNIE are currently in the studio and expect to complete the recording process by the end of February 2003 – Rough Edge will post more news when it becomes available...
...http://www.indiebandmanager.com was voted as one of the five best music-related websites of 2002...
...The latest interview with producer/vocalist ROB ROCK (ex-IMPELLITERI /AXEL RUDY PELL /DRIVER) is now available at the following location: www.desertrockpromotions.com/interviews.htm...
...Dave Castillo, drummer for OCTOBER 31, has also joined DECEASED behind the drum kit – King Fowley will concentrate on vocals...
...Zdenka, former lead vocalist of FORTY DAYS LONGING, has joined GARDEN OF SHADOWS as the full-time lead vocalist; Ash (ESTUARY OF CALAMITY) and Laurie (formerly of RAIN FELL WITHIN) are helping out on bass and keyboards respectively...
...PRIMER 55 have split up...
...SILENT RAGE vocalist/guitarist JESSE DAMON will be available soon as copies have been produced...
...DirecTV will show BLUE OYSTER CULT's "A Long Day’s Night" every weekend on Channel 103 throughout January 2003. As always, the band is currently on the road. Click here for tour dates...
...Chavis Records will release the self-titled debut of L.A.-based rockers LEGACY, Norwegian metallers BANGKOK BABES' latest effort, "Locket N Chain," and the newest CD, "Luna," from pioneering progressive symphonic rockers MIRTHRANDIR...
...L.A.-based metallers DROWNLOAD will release their newest CD "Less Resistance To Ground" in early 2003; DROWNLOAD are planning a tour after the CD's release including potential dates with such acts as STATIC-X, GODHEAD, and UNION UNDERGROUND – check out the band's official website at http://www.drownload.net...
...TOTAL ECLIPSE has signed with LMP Music – the band's debut CD, "Ashes Of Eden," is available in Europe and other territories now and will be available in the United States on February 25, 2003...
...The history of thrash metal is recorded in a 450 page book written by the staff of RockDetector; the book is titled "A-Z of Thrash Metal" and comes with a CD featuring acts like AGENT STEEL, GOD FORBID, MERENDINE ATOMICHE, EXODUS, DECEASED, and many more...
...GRADE 8, the hardcore band whose new CD is due in stores soon, is on the road. Click here for tour dates...
DOG FASHION DISCO
is looking to add a second guitarist to the band; here are the requirements:
* incredible stage presence
* superb musical talent
* easy to get along with and outgoing
* no herion addiction
* between the ages of 21 and 28
* willing and able to relocate to the Maryland area (or at least live within a
five hour drive from Maryland)
* NO RESPONSIBILITES ... you can't have a mortgage or family to support (in other words the band must be your first priority)
* You can accept the fact that you will be on the road 8 months out of the year, not making
a lot of money, sleeping at The Fleabag Inn, and riding around in a van with
five other smelly guys
If this glamorous lifestyle sounds like your dream come true then e-mail the band’s manager at
derek@dogfashiondisco.com...
...THE GREAT KAT was chosen as the third best guitarist of 2003 by the Metaleastteen webzine...
...The line-up for the January 18, 2003 show at the DAV Hall in Burbank, CA that will be filmed by LA Metal Live will feature INFAMY, SACRIFICIAL SLAUGHTER, CESSATION OF LIFE, PYOSISIFIED, and UNSACTIFIED – visit http://www.lametaltv.com for more info...
...Sacramento, CA-based emo-core sensations SHORTIE have signed with Earache Records...
...RECLUSION, hailing from Gothenburg, Sweden will record their new disc, tentatively titled "Inventory Of The Morgue," in February 2003 at Los Angered Recording Studio; Andy la Rocque (KING DIAMOND) & Risza will produce the album...
...54 is the name of the new project featuring former KLANK members Pat and John – the band cite an incredible array of influences and can be heard at this site http://www.soundclick.com/bands/2/54.htm...
...AMERICAN HI-FIs new album, "The Art of Losing," will be available on January 25, 2003...
...BRAND NEW SIN recently filmed a cameo appearance in Jack Black's new film, "School Of Rock," - we'll post more information as it becomes available...
...Five new bands have been added to the 2003 Sweden Rock Festival: MOTORHEAD, QUEENSRYCHE, URIAH HEEP, TWINBALL, and SQUEALER ...
...Cleveland-based GATLIN's song, "Undivided," debuted at number 1 on a local Cleveland rock radio station beating out such established acts as GREEN DAY and THE USED...
...Adult entertainment star Jenna Jameson was recently interviewed by KISS' Gene Simmons for the Winter 2003 issue of Tongue Magazine...
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