April 2003 Archive
...PRIMAL FEAR have just finished recording two new cover songs for forthcoming Nuclear Blast tribute albums: "Die Young" from BLACK SABBATH and "Two Minutes To Midnight" from IRON MAIDEN...
...RAUNCHY's latest effort, "Velvet Noise," is in stores now...
...TIDFALL are in the studio working on new material for their next and still untitled CD...
...LACRIMOSA have released their latest CD, "Echos"...
...RIGHT OF CENTER will be playing McReds on Friday, May 2, in Van Nuys, CA...
...KREATOR will release a live album titled "Live Kreation" and a DVD titled "Live Kreation – Revised For Glory" on June 23, 2003...
...SAMMY HAGAR is now signed to Sanctuary Records. His first Sancutary release will be a live album, due on May 19, 2003, entitled "Sammy Hagar & The Wabos Live Hallelujah"...
...SUPERJOINT RITUAL will be touring in advance of their still untitled sophomore release. Click here for dates...
...CESSATION OF LIFE, SELF INDUCED PAIN and a few other bands rocked the A&M Roadhouse in Oxnard on Friday evening. The entire evening was better than expected with the above-mentioned bands capping the evening. To hear CESSATION OF LIFE yourself check out our Sounds page by clicking here...
... KATAKLYSM, hot off the release of their latest effort, "Shadows & Dust," are already making plans to record their next album which is tentatively titled "Serenity In Fire"...
...Nightmare Records is having a huge sale on hard rock and heavy metal CDs - visit http://www.nightmarerecords.com or more information...
...Punk rockers ANGRY AMPUTEES will release their debut CD, "Slutbomb," on Dead Teenager Records on July 22, 2003. Production assistance was provided by the legendary Jack Endino...
...VENDETTA RED will appear on the Last Call with Carson Daly show during the week of May 12, 2003 (the performance will be taped on May 7, 2003). VENDETTA RED's major label debut CD, "Between The Never And The Now," will be released on June 24, 2003...
...The classic line-up of TWISTED SISTER will reunite for a tour during Summer 2003. We'll post dates as they become available...
...REVIS have landed the opening slot on PEARL JAM's late Spring/early Summer tour...
...DECONSTRUCT are opening for MEMENTO at The Boardwalk in Sacramento, CA this Friday, April 25, 2003...
...LIMP BIZKIT have set aside the 19 songs already recorded for their new album to concentrate on recording new material with their new guitarist Mike Smith (ex-SNOT)...
...JOHNNY LOKKE has released his second CD, entitled "Wrecking Ball" on Big Riff Records. The CD features 12 tracks in the Iron Maiden/Halford vein and Stefan Leibing, guitarist for the band Primal Fear, contributes solos on two tracks...
...Glenn Hughes and Joe Lynn Turner, two former DEEP PURPLE vocalists, have joined forces to record "The Hughes/Turner Project." The CD is available now for purchase...
...The tour bus carting CHIMAIRA crashed into barricades while traveling from Pittsburg on April 21, 2003 to their next gig. No one was hurt and only one show was cancelled...
...Tour dates for LAMB OF GOD, SHATTERED REALM, AEROSMITH and KISS can be found by clicking here...
...The Ventura Theatre will hold another local rock night on Saturday, May 10th featuring NYLUS, RIB SHOT, TSP, PINION, SPECIAL DAY CLASS, DEPARTED and ESCAPING NOTHING. Tickets are cheap and the doors open at 7:00 PM so be there!...
...DIMMU BORGIR have finally entered Studio Fredman to begin recording the follow-up to "Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia"...
...KILLSWITCH ENGAGE have landed a slot on the prestigious OzzFest 2003 tour...
...Melodic metallers LION'S SHARE are holding auditions for the vacant drummer and bassist positions in the band - all those interested are invited to submit demos, bios and photos to: JK Productions, ATTN: Lion's Share, Vinterv. 8K, 135 40 Tyreso, Sweden. All live auditions will be held in Stockholm sometime in the fall. For more information, visit the official LION'S SHARE homepage at http://www.lionsshare.org...
...THEORY OF A DEADMAN are currently touring with 3 DOORS DOWN...
...The new album from the legendary KING’S X will include newly recorded versions of songs from the band's pre-KING’S X days. The album is scheduled to be released on May 20, 2003. The band will also begin touring in May. Click here for tour dates...
...DOUBLEDRIVE will release their debut album for Roadrunner Records, entitled "Blue In The Face," on April 29, 2003...
...CROSS CANADIAN RAGWEED will release "Don't Need You" as their first single...
...KAIZEN will release their debut full-length CD, "Clear The Path," on May 20, 2003...
...BRAINDANCE will be playing the Albion-Batcave on May 17, 2003...
...CHIMAIRA will release "The Impossibility Of Reason" on May 13th...
...Santa Barbara's MOTOGRATER will release their self-titled debut CD on May 27, 2003...
...MUST will be playing at Scorz in Nashua, NH on Thursday April 24, 2003 and the Fleet Skating Center on June 13, 2003...
...DAMONE will finally release "From The Attic" on May 6, 2003...
...STEREO 360's latest album, "Enjoy Life Poolside," is available now....
...AMERICAN DOG have joined forces with Jagermeister. Craziness will ensue...
...SOCIAL BURN and THE FORMAT will be touring during Summer 2003 under the WB banner...
...SYSTEMATIC will be the opening band on the STONE SOUR Spring 2003 tour...
...SATANIC SLAUGHTER. Mini-tour. Germany. Dates here...
...UNHOLY GHOST will make their live debut with MALEVOLENT CREATION in Ft. Lauderdale, FL on May 30, 2003; also, UNHOLY GHOST will begin shooting their first video for the track "Under Existence" at locations in Tampa, FL in late April...
...PAUL D'IANNO & KILLERS and FINNTROLL have been confirmed for the Sweden Rock Festival to be held June 6-8, 2003 – for more information visit http://www.swedenrock.com...
...FIREBALL MINISTRY will play a gig at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, CA on Thursday, April 17, 2003. The band is at work on their latest CD...
...WYZARD's 1984 debut, "Knights Of Metal," will be released on CD for the first time by Perris Records on May 6, 2003...
...CHARGER will be touring with TODAY IS THE DAY – click here for dates...
...DUST TO DUST will release their latest album, "Sick," on June 3, 2003...
...Perris Records will reissue PRETTY BOY FLOYD's "Electric Boyz with Electric Toyz," with five bonus tracks and new artwork on April 18, 2003...
...SEA OF GREEN's latest effort, "Chemical Vacation," is in stores...
...NON-DIVINE have just finished recording three new songs for their upcoming full-length project...
...VHALDEMAR have been voted best new band by the readers of Brazillian metal magazine Rock Brigade...
...Music from STEREO GENTLEMAN's "Rolling Head" has been licensed to Gulp Music for inclusion in various TV and movie soundtracks...
...CIBORIUM invite you to check out their new webpage at http://ciborium.no.sapo.pt...
...On Thursday, April 10th at 5PM PST, ROB ZOMBIE will participate in an online chat regarding his long-awaited horror film, "House of 1000 Corpses." Click here for more information...
...In anticipation of the release of their sophomore effort, "Karma In Black," THE DEFACED have posted a new track, "The Fading Suns," on their official website. Go to http://www.darkane.com to hear the track...
...ETHER SEEDS are currently touring with SEVENDUST...
..DEAD LEAVES continue to talk with Atlantic/Lava Records about a possible contract...
...DEW SCENTED will be recording the follow-up to "Inwards" with Andy Classen at Stage One Studio in Bühne, Germany. Expect a Fall release on Nuclear Blast Records...
...SUN CAGED have signed to Lion Music...
...Eulogy Recordings will release their first DVD release, entitled "Eulogy 2K3." The DVD will feature performances by ON BROKEN WINGS, UNTIL THE END, BURY YOUR DEAD, SHATTERED REALM, UNSUNG ZEROS, WHERE FEAR AND WEAPONS MEET, THIS DAY FORWARD, UNEARTH, and EVERGREEN TERRACE...
...MISTER KITE are in the studio recording their second album...
...Lion Music will be releasing a DEEP PURPLE/RAINBOW tribute album titled "Blackmore’s Castle"...
...WINTERLONG's new album is titled "The Second Coming"...
...DEPSWA are touring with EVANESCENCE and COLD. Click here for dates or click here to hear DEPSWA...
...STRATOVARIUS are touring Europe with SYMPHONY X and THUNDERSTONE rounding out the bill...
...LAMB OF GOD will release their latest album, "As The Palaces Burn," on May 6, 2003 on Metal Blade Records/Prosthetic Records. The band will be touring beginning on April 15, 2003. Click here for dates...
..."Marathon," the latest album from Canadian prog-rockers SAGA, is in stores now...
...HENRY ROLLINS, already famous as a musician and actor, will be taking his acting skills to a different level as the lead role in "Mace Griffin Bounty Hunter" which will be an interactive video game...
...Eulogy Recordings has signed THE JUDAS CRADLE...
SYSTEMATIC's latest effort will be in stores on April 15, 2003...
...Norwegian black metallers GORGOROTH have finished mastering their new album, "Twilight of the Idols (In Conspiracy with Satan)," at Polar Studios in Stockholm, Sweden...
...MSP Records has announced that rock guitarist Neil Brocklebank will tour the United Kingdom. Check out http://www.neilbrocklebank.co.uk for more details...
...IN FLAMES have finished filming a video for "Trigger"...
...More heavy metal music on the web. Check out http://www.iwradio.fr.st to hear some...
...SINNER have recorded songs originally recorded by DEEP PURPLE and MOTORHEAD for inclusion on upcoming Nuclear Blast tribute albums...
...Capitol Records/Chrysalis Records will re-issue three more JETHRO TULL albums on May 20, 2003: "A Passion Play," "Songs From The Wood" and "Heavy Horses" will be the featured titles and each will be re-mastered and have bonus tracks...
...SOILWORK have finished recording a video for "Rejection Role," the opening track on their new album, "Figure Number Five" which will be released on May 6, 2003...
...BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION have parted ways with guitarist John Corabi...
...TO/DIE/FOR have finished recording their new album, "Jaded," which will be released on April 22, 2003...
...BYFIST, featuring Davey Lee and Nacho Vara of REVEREND, will unleash their new lineup with Rob Steele (ex-BITTER HARVEST) and Jay Wegener (ex-HEIR APPARENT) on April 26, 2003 at the Bonds 007 Club in San Antonio, Texas. Also on the bill will be DIVINE RUINS, ANCIENT RITES, and BLIND SACRIFICE...
...Alt-rockers FLUPEJAC will play a free ($3 for those under 21) show at the Troubadour in Hollywood on Monday April 7, 2003...
...Zakk Wylde of BLACK LABEL SOCIETY will be making an online chat appearance at the http://www.Guitar-Guitar.com chat room on Tuesday April 8th, 2003 from 12:00pm to 12:30pm Pacific Standard Time...
...ANATOMY OF A GHOST, the newest band on the Fearless Records roster, play high-energy hardcore. The band will be re-releasing their debut album "Evanesce" soon...
...THIRD EYE BLIND will be playing a 20-date tour of small venues...
...BIGWIG, New Jersey-based hard-hitting, political punk rockers, are touring with LESS THAN JAKE...
...NORMA JEAN continue to tour – click here for dates...
...BRAZIL are touring with ATOM AND HIS PACKAGE...
...Last weekend's Extreme Thing Sports and Music Festival featuring Ska Summit in Las Vegas was attended by approximately 10,000 people – a recap of the event will be featured on the Fox Sports Net action sports show, 54321 on Wednesday April 9, 2003 – the segment will feature interviews with REEL BIG FISH, FISHBONE, VOODOO GLOW SKULLS, BUCK O NINE, THE SKELETONS, and Monique Powell formerly of SAVE FERRIS...
...FORGOTTEN SUNRISE will release their debut album on My Kingdom Music...
...DYNAMITE BOY, pop-punkers, are currently in the studio working on their fourth album to be released in the Fall of 2003...
...CAGE have been added to the Milwaukee Metal Fest XVII to be held July 25 and July 26 at the U.S. Cellular Arena...
...Power pop rockers JUNCTION 18 will be touring the East Coast dates soon. A full list of dates is available at http://ww.fearlessrecords.com/junction18_tourtest.html...
...WARRANT vocalist Jani Lane has signed a deal with Z Records to release his solo debut, "Back Down To One"...
...Pop-punkers KNOCKOUT will be touring the Midwest during the months of April 2003 and May 2003...
..."Predator Of The Empire" is the title of the third album from STEEL ATTACK and it will be released on April 7, 2003...
...Spanish heavy metallers RED WINE will release their third album, "Suenos y Locura" on April 14, 2003...
...NEAR MISS, featuring ex-members of BIGWIG, will be touring Canada in April 2003 and May 2003 with SMACKIN' ISAIAH...
...ex-ZONATA guitarist Niclas Karlsson has joined FRETERNIA...
...ROCK KILLS KID are on the road. Visit http://www.fearlessrecords.com/RKK_tourtest.htm for more information...
...Von Blomberg (a.k.a. Hellhammer) has left THE KOVENANT...
...THE BLOOD BROTHERS are shooting a video for "Ambulance Vs. Ambulance"...
...STONE SOUR and RA are on the road together. Also touring are DOG FASHION DISCO. Click here to see dates...
...Displeased Records will re-issue NINNGHIZHIDDA's debut full length album, "Blasphemy," with a bonus track...
...Frank Aresti will join his old bandmates in FATES WARNING for their upcoming tour with DREAM THEATER and QUEENSRYCHE; meanwhile FATES WARNING drummer Mark Zonder will not participate in the tour due to other commitments and no replacement has yet been named...
...R.O.C. will be recording a new CD sampler soon; R.O.C. have announced a new guitar player has joined the band and he will play his first show with the band at McReds in Van Nuys on May 2, 2003...
...METALLICA have announced that their new album, "St. Anger," will come packaged with a free DVD. The DVD will feature the band playing all eleven songs on the album with new bassist Robert Trujillo – "St. Anger" is set for a June 10, 2003 release...
...AUTHORITY ZERO will be touring with EVERCLEAR...
...STONE SOUR's debut disc has been certified gold (500,000 copies sold)...
...BON JOVI will sell a limited edition CD & DVD/VHS package only on QVC beginning on April 12, 2003 and at 8pm EST the band will be on QVC live as part of a look at the band’s sound check process and will field questions from callers...
...Italian power/speed metallers HIGHLORD have signed to Arise Records...
...OSMIUM's new release, "From the Ashes," will be in stores sometime in May 2003...
...DREAM THEATER and QUEENSRYCHE, with Chris DeGarmo back in the fold, will be co-headlining a tour later this year with FATES WARNING opening. More when we have it...
...PERFECT WORLD, featuring Kelly Hansen of HURRICANE and Fabrizzio Zee Grossi on bass, are in the studio recording songs for a September 2003 release...
...SEA OF GREEN have released their latest CD titled, "Chemical Vacation"...
...TUBRING are on the road. Click here for tour dates...
...THRICE are in the studio recording the follow-up to "The Illusion Of Safety"...
...CKY have released a limited edition 7" vinyl single with two tracks - and it's only available at Hot Topic stores...
...The infamous Jim Rose Circus now have their own 'reality' show. The series starts on Monday, March 30 at 10 p.m. on the Travel Channel(?). Check your local listings for more information...
...DEMON and TAD MOROSE have been added to the Sweden Rock 2003 Festival...
...CELEBRITY will be touring with HOPESFALL and THE BEAUTIFUL MISTAKE. Click here for tour dates...
...REVIS are touring with OLEANDER and EVANESCENCE...
...HED(PE) will be on "Rockline" this Monday, March 31 at 9:00 p.m. PT. Check local radio listings for airtimes...
...Greg Luker is leaving BLOODSAK...
...AMERICAN DOG's latest album, entitled "Red, White, Black & Blue," will be in stores on May 20, 2003 on Glue Factory Records...
...VIRGIN STEELE's David DeFeis will debut his opera "Lilith" in Memmingen, Germany on June 24, 2003...
... Argentinean heavy metallers RIPIO have recorded their first CD "Condenado a Vivir"...
...PUSHCULT have almost finished recording their latest CD, "Pretty Little Suicide"...
...DVS Records have signed three new acts: DESPERATION, DYNAMIC LIGHTS, and ASCENSION THEORY...
...GODSMACK will release their third CD, "Faceless," on April 8, 2003...
...ANDRIANGALE will release their live disc, "Live Program," on May 22, 2003 on Z Records...
...NECROPHAGIA have announced some European tour dates. Click here to see 'em...
DEAD LEAVES are playing an all-ages gig at The Coal Hole in Shamokin, Pennsylvania on Friday March, 28, 2003...
...SKINDRED are releasing their latest disc, "Babylon," on Bieler Brothers Records on April 22, 2003. The band is also on tour. Click here for tour dates...
...EMI/Capitol Records is releasing a 12 CD boxset of THE STRANGLERS' singles featuring 28 songs...
...MOTOSIERRA have just released a 7" single, "Give Me The Money," on Bad Attitude Records. A full-length album on vinyl titled "Kick Ass Rock'n'Roll" will be available soon on No Brains Records...
...KANSAS' DVD, "Device Voice Drum," will be shown on Direct TV throughout the month of April 2003 on the FreeView program...
...THE WHO are giving "Who's Next" the re-issue treatment with extra studio recordings and 1971 concert as extras...
...FLUPEJAC are playing a free show at the famed Troubadour on Monday April 7, 2003. The band will be handing out CDs featuring demo tracks of material for their upcoming CD, "The Hard Way"...
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