May 2003 Archive
...METALLICA's newest album, "St. Anger," will be released five days ahead of schedule and will now hit stores on Thursday June 5, 2003...
...Vocalist Matt Barlow has left ICED EARTH; ICED EARTH's latest CD will be on hold until a new vocalist can be found to re-record the vocals tracks to the upcoming "The Glorious Burden"...
...MORBID ANGEL have entered Diet Of Worms Studios in Seffner, Florida to record their next album. Guitarist Trey Azagthoth, drummer Pete Sandoval, and bassist/vocalist Steve Tucker along with co-producer Juan "Punchy" Gonzalez are in the studio. Gonzalez is MORBID ANGEL's live front-of-house sound engineer for the past eight years. Tentatively dubbed "H2K3," MORBID ANGEL's next album is officially as-yet-untitled but is rumored to begin with the letter "H" in keeping with the alphabetical order of all the band's preceding albums beginning with their 1989 Earache debut "Altars Of Madness" and continuing through their last release, 2000's "Gateways To Annihilation"...
...FLAMETHROWER's self-titled debut will be released on Dead Teenager Records on September 2, 2003. The album was produced by Jack Encino who produced Nirvana's "Bleach"...
...DEICIDE are currently in Tampa, Florida writing and rehearsing material for their forthcoming, as-yet-untitled Earache debut...
...TEN 67, featuring ex-EUROPE drummer Ian Haugland on lead vocals, has released a single titled "Rock N Roll Allright." TEN 67 will be hitting the festival circuit during the Summer of 2003...
...SVENIA invite you to download their latest song, "Death Is Waiting For Your Heart," by clicking here: http://www.svenia.org/Svenia_-_death_is_waiting_for_your_heart.mp3...
...KILLSWITCH ENGAGE have demo'd a track tentatively titled "When Darkness Falls" for the follow-up to the impressive "Alive Or Just Breathing"...
...Perris Records have just signed ENUFF Z'NUFF. ENUFF Z'NUFF are also touring this Spring and Summer...
...Alt/modern rockers REVIS' latest effort, "Places For Breathing," debuted at #1 on the Billboard Heatseeker charts...
...FIREBALL MINISTRY are in negotiations to sign with Nuclear Blast Records. The first record to be released will be a full-length album titled "The Second Great Awakening"...
...Alt rockers AM RADIO will release the debut album on Elektra on July 1, 2003...
...ROB ZOMBIE is hosting the third and final installment of his guest host appearance on MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball" on June 7, 2003. His special guests for that show will be his brother Spider's band POWERMAN 5000...
...Vocalist Joe Comeau has split from ANNIHILATOR...
...Metal Blade Records have signed FRAGMENTS OF UNBECOMING and RIVAL...
...CHIMAIRA's sophomore release "The Impossibility Of Reason" has made an impressive debut on the Billboard Top 200. Their album sold over 8,300 copies its first week at retail; the album debuted at #2 on the Heatseeker chart, #16 on the Hard Rock chart, and #117 on Top 200 chart. A Rough Edge review is coming soon...
...Garage rockers THE DRAGONS will release "Sin Salvation" on Gearhead Records on August 19, 2003...
...VYNDYKATOR continue to write material for their next album, tentatively titled "The Chromium Underground"...
...AFTERSHOK will be playing the second stage at the June 10, 2003 POISON gig at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pavillion. AFTERSHOK hit the stage at 6:30p.m...
...THUNDERCORE, GORMAN PROPHECY, HTD and BUSTHEAD will be performing live at the USO Benefit Event/Tribute to the Troops on July 4 and 5, 2003 for military troops, their families, and the Atlanta area residents...
...ALCHEMY X will record their upcoming shows for material to be included on a live EP which will also include a remake of the BEATLES' "He Said, She Said" and other surprises..
...Craig Goldy has rejoined DIO as a temporary touring guitarist while guitarist Doug Aldrich fulfills his responsibilities in WHITESNAKE...
...Italian thrashers MERENDINE ATOMICHE have released their latest full-length "Walk Across Fire"...
...SPOCK'S BEARD will release their latest studio album, "Feel Euphoria," on InsideOut Music America on July 8, 2003. "Feel Euphoria" is the first SPOCK’S BEARD album to feature drummer Nick D'Virgilio as lead vocalist...
...Spin magazine has declared THE GREAT KAT as
"The Speediest, Scariest Female Shredder Of All Time"...
...Despite reports to the contrary MAUDLIN OF THE WELL will in fact continue to make music that fits within the metal spectrum even as their split with Dark Symphonies Records makes it appear that they are abandoning metal altogether...
...ON BROKEN WINGS will release their debut full-length CD on Eulogy Recordings on June 10, 2003...
...Swedish melodic rockers FATAL ATTRACTION have released "Simplicity Rules" on Adrenaline Records...
...ROCK CITY MORGUE, featuring Sean Yseult of WHITE ZOMBIE, will release "Some Ghouls" on June 10, 2003 on Antidote Records. Click here to read our review...
...Melodic rockers JOURNEY are celebrating their 30th anniversary in 2003 and they touring this Spring and Summer. Click here for dates...
...REACH454 are on tour with POWERMAN 5000. Click here to find out where and when...
...Power thrashers HYPNOTIC FACE have just finished the final mix of their latest album “The End Of Sanity” – we’ll post a release date when it becomes available ...
...STATIC-X are working in the studio on material for their third album which has tentatively been titled "Shadow Zone"...
...OTEP front-woman Otep Shamaya has just launched a new website featuring her artwork, satirical cartoons, photographs, and political commentary. To check out it out click here http://www.theworldisaholocaust.com/...
...AUTOMATIC ANIMAL are playing gigs around California. Click here for dates...
...POWERMAN 5000's "Transform" is in stores now...
...Victory Records has signed PREMONITIONS OF WAR and SCARS OF TOMORROW...
...LAMB OF GOD will shoot a video for "11th Hour" on May 23, 2003 with a tentative scheduled date for mid-July for an airing on MTV2's Headbanger's Ball...
...HIMSA will release "Courting Tragedy And Disaster" on June 17, 2003...
...BURNT BY THE SUN have finished recording their latest album, "The Perfect Is The Enemy Of The Good." Expect a September 2003 release on Relapse Records...
...HALFORD have split with Sanctuary Records...
...Helen Vogt has joined FLOWING TEARS as the band's new vocalist....
...Steve Tucker has rejoined MORBID ANGEL...
...SLAYER's DVD, "War At The Warfield," will be released on June 17, 2003...
...DARK ANGEL have postponed their Summer 2003 touring plans due to an injury suffered by vocalist Ron Rinehart...
...MAUDLIN OF THE WELL have split from Dark Symphonies Records and will be pursuing musical paths typically unrelated to metal...
...True metallers WYCKED SYNN will release "The Vision" on July 1, 2003...
...ACROMA have released their debut album, "Orbitals," which was produced by Silvia Massy Shivy (TOOL, MACHINES OF LOVING GRACE, POWERMAN 5000), on Universal Record...
...THROCULT will release "Soldiers Of A Blackened War" in North America on June 10, 2003 on Crash Music and July 10, 2003 in Europe...
...Legendary guitarist Steve Hackett will release his latest solo album, and his first new material in four years. "To Watch The Storms" will be released on InsideOut Music America on June 3, 2003...
...Victory Records have sent all (well, almost all) of their bands on the road – click here for tour dates...
...LIVING SACRIFICE have broken up...
...GODSMACK's latest CD, "Faceless," has been certified platinum with more than 1 million copies sold in the five weeks since its release...
...BLUE OYSTER CULT's gig on May 31, 2003 in Las Vegas, NV, along with Paul Rodgers and KANSAS has been cancelled due to an injury to Paul Rodgers (FREE, BAD COMPANY)...
...Melodic rocker Michael Sembello will release "The Lost Years," a compilation of his material over the last two decades, on July 7, 2003...
...CKY will open METALLICA's concert at the famed Fillmore in San Francisco on May 18, 2003...
...On the strength of airplay on college radio stations, rock radio stations, and satellite radio stations TYPE O NEGATIVE have been one of the most added bands to playlists throughout North America. TYPE O NEGATIVE's latest album, "Life Is Killing Me," will be available on June 17, 2003...
...JANI LANE (WARRANT) will release his debut solo album, "Back Down To One," on Z Records on June 28, 2003...
...Victory Records have signed BAYSIDE and MADCAP...
...ZEBRA will release "IV" on July 7, 2003 in Europe. "IV" is ZEBRA’s first studio album in nearly 17 years...
...CELEBRITY's latest album, "Lovesick," will be in stores on May 20, 2003...
...CHIMAIRA have filmed a video for "Down Again" which was lensed by Paul Brown...
...MONSTER MAGNET have signed to Steamhammer/SPV Records...
...SEPULTURA's next CD, "Roorback," will be released on May 27, 2003...
...BLACKMORE'S NIGHT will release a new album entitled "Ghost Of A Rose" at the end of July 2003...
...FIREBIRD, featuring Bill Steer, will release their third album on June 2, 2003...
...After six years BRAZEN ABBOT will release "Guilty As Sin"...
...MARTY FRIEDMAN's "Music For Speeding" will be released on May 20, 2003. Click here until May 27th, 2003 to join in...
...HALFORD, PAIN MUSEUM, and CAGE will be playing at the 4th and B club on Wednesday June 11, 2003 in San Diego, CA...
AGE OF RUIN have signed to Eulogy Records and will release their debut full-length CD in early 2004...
...LIMBECK, on Doghouse Records, will release "Hi, Everything's Great" on June 17, 2003...
...ESCAPE FROM EARTH will be performing at Bottom Lounge in Chicago, IL on Friday June 20, 2003...
...To hear a 60-second sample of a live version of "Snow Giant" with Bobby "Leatherlungs" Lucas on vocals visit http://www.overlorde.com and click on MP3 & Video section...
...ALBERT REACT, hailing from Lancaster, PA, combines the best of THIS DAY FORWARD, THURSDAY, GLASSJAW and AT THE DRIVE IN and are working on new material for their upcoming full-length album...
...AXENSTAR are recording their second album at Underground Studios in Sweden. AXENSTAR will record the classic KISS song, "Thrills In The Night," as a bonus track for the Japanese edition of the album; expect a November 2003 release...
...TYPE O NEGATIVE will release their newest album, "Life Is Killing Me," on June 17, 2003. Advance buzz is very, very good...
...SEPSISM, EPICEDIUM, SELF INDUCED PAIN, and INHERIT DISEASE will play the at the A&M Roadhouse in Oxnard, CA on Friday May 16, 2003...
...CALICO SYSTEM invite you to check out their songs at http://www.calicosystem.com/audio.htm...
...The first run of the upcoming ROYAL HUNT album, "Eye Witness," will be a digipak including two exclusive bonus tracks in the form of a special version of "Martial Arts" and a live acoustic version of "Follow Me"...
...The upcoming JEFF SCOTT SOTO live disc, "JSS Live at the GODS," will be released on June 23, 2003 as a CD version and as a DVD on July 7, 2003...
...BOTTOM will be playing the Troubadour in Los Angeles on June 7, 2003 along with NEBULA, JUCIFER, and ACID KING...
...OPIATE FOR THE MASSES have just released their debut album, "Goodbye"...
...ON BROKEN WINGS has finished recording their Eulogy Recordings debut, "Some Of Us May Never See The World." Preview the track "Listless" at http://www.eulogyrecordings.com/audiovisual/sounds.php. "Some Of Us May Never See The World" will be in stores June 17, 2003...
...UNEARTH will be touring with IN FLAMES. Click here for dates...
...AMERICAN DOG's latest release, "Red, White, Black & Blue," will be in stores on May 20, 2003 via Glue Factory Records and will feature three bonus tracks including a version of Ted Nugent's "Wang Dang, Sweet Poontang!"...
...THE JUDAS CRADLE will tour most of Summer 2003 and then finish recording their debut record sometime during Fall 2003...
...DEEP PURPLE are mixing their latest studio recording...
...UNSUNG ZEROS are continuing to write new material for their next album...
...MY SIXTH SHADOW have set July 18, 2003 as the official European release date for their new album "10 Steps 2 Your Heart"...
...Dutch rockers SILENT EDGE will release their debut album, "The Eyes Of The Shadow," at the end of June 2003 in The Netherlands and at the end of July 2003 in the rest of Europe; negotiations have begun an official release outside Europe...
...Grammy-nominated guitarist Marty Friedman (ex-MEGADETH) will release "Music For Speeding" on Steve Vai's Favored Nations label on May 20, 2003...
...German artrockers ALIAS EYE have been confirmed for the progressive rock festival "Slottsskogen goes progressive" in Gothenburg, Sweden on August 16, 2003; meanwhile ALIAS EYE continue to record material for their next album which is entitled "A Different View Of You" and is scheduled to be released in November 2003...
...Southern rockers LEADFOOT are on tour all throughout Summer 2003. Click here for the first set of dates ...
...Canadian rockers HEAVEN'S CRY are busy writing songs for their third album with recording to be completed during Fall 2003, the album to be released at in Spring 2004, and followed by a European tour in Autumn 2004...
...Crash Music is having a huge sale through May 31, 2003 – get 3 CDs for $25. Visit http://www.crashmusicinc.com for more information...
...HEART will release a double CD package, "Alive In Seattle," on Sony's Epic/Legacy label on June 10, 2003. A performance DVD with the same title will also be available...
...THE HIDDEN HAND, featuring Wino (ST. VITUS, THE OBSESSED, and SPIRIT CARAVAN) recently completed their debut recording titled "De-Sensitized." The single contains two parts and has been issued as a limited edition 7-inch single on the Maryland-based label, McCarthyism Records...
...DAZE has released the debut full-length CD, "Girl," on Ratcage Records. It is available now...
...MONEEN's "Are We Really Happy With Who We Are Right Now?" will be released on June 17, 2003 on Vagrant Records; MONEEN will tour with BRAND NEW beginning July 1, 2003. Click here for dates...
...GATSBY'S AMERICAN DREAM will release their sophomore effort on July 31, 20031 entitled, "Ribbons And Sugar." "Ribbons And Sugar” was produced by James Paul Wisner (DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL, FURTHER SEEMS FOREVER)...
...AUTOMATIC ANIMAL, featuring members of the now defunct HERBERT, have just released their debut CD. Click here to sample some tracks and purchase the CD on-line...
...TAKING BACK SUNDAY are on an extended break. Rough Edge will post news about the band’s activities when it becomes available...
...SKID ROW bassist Rachel Bolan is currently racing in a semi-pro league at race tracks across the South...
...ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT and MISFITS will pay tribute to Joey Ramone at a concert at New York City's Webster Hall on May 16, 2003...
...ROB ZOMBIE has signed with Lions Gate Films to write and direct a sequel to his directorial debut, "House Of 1000 Corpses." Look for "House of 2000 Corpses" (just a guess) sometime in April 2004...
...PULSE8 will be in Louisville on Saturday May 10, 2003 for a show at EXPO 5 and May 16th at Never on Sunday's with LEFT OF CENTER; visit the band’s website at http://www.uwillpulse8.com for directions to shows...
...EVERGREY will be making two special festival appearances in the U.S. at the 6-Pack Weekend Festival at The Odeon in Cleveland on June 13 & 14 (alongside such legendary acts as CANDLEMASS, TROUBLE, and NEVERMORE) as well as a return to the increasingly acclaimed Prog Power Festival at Earthlink Live in Atlanta on September 5 & 6 (with NIGHTWISH, RAGE, and SYMPHONY X) ...
...Aggressive rockers CLASS OF ZERO will be playing at the famed Whiskey A Go Go on Saturday May 16, 2003...
...DUST TO DUST will release "Sick" on June 3, 2003. TYPE O NEGATIVE's Kenny Hickey guests on the CD as a guitarist...
...Italian prog-rockers KINGCROW have released an EP titled "Matzmariels." A full-length album is due in Fall 2003. For more information visit http://www.kingcrow.it...
...WARRANT will launch their revamped website on Monday, May 19, 2003...
...ETHER SEEDS will release their self-titled debut CD on June 17, 2003...
...DARK MOOR's new singer is Alfred Romero. DARK MOOR's next album will be recorded at New Sin Studios in August 2003 and is tentatively scheduled for a November 2003 release...
...AXENSTAR have started recording their second album "Far From Heaven" at Underground Studios (STEEL ATTACK, ZONATA, FRETERNIA). "Far From Heaven" is currently scheduled for a November 2003 release...
...VHALDEMAR have finished writing songs for their second album and will enter the studio shortly...
...CELESTY will perform at the Nummirock 2003 Festival in Finland...
Australian rockers JET have signed to Elektra Records and will release their four-song EP, "Dirty Sweet"...
...BRAINDANCE will headline the Batcave in New York City on May 17, 2003 at 10:30 p.m....
...DARK MOOR's new vocalist Alfred Romero has officially joined the band. DARK MOOR plan to record their new album in New Sin Studios during August 2003 with a tentative release date of November 2003...
...Melodic hard rockers RAMOS will release "Living In The Light" sometime in July 2003 on Frontiers Records...
...Crash Music has signed TRANSPORT LEAGUE. "Grand Amputation" will be released on July 7, 2003...
...Tour dates for RA, THE PB ARMY and DEAD TO FALL can be found by clicking here...
...The first confirmed dates for the IRON MAIDEN, DIO, and MOTORHEAD tour have been announced. Click here for dates ...
...U.S.-based label The End Records is the exclusive distributor of the new CD from THE GATHERING which is titled "Souvenirs" and is scheduled for a May 6, 2003 release...
...DEFYANCE, the Iowa-based progressive-power metal band whose last CD, "Transitional Forms," featured world-class metal vocalist Lance King, is negotiating to contribute the song "Connection" to the Germany-based Heavy Oder Was magazine's next installment of the Metal Crusade compilation CD series...
...Original ELECTRIC WIZARD band members Mark Greening (drums & piano) and Tim Bagshaw (bass) have left the band to concentrate on their new project which has been baptized RAMESSES...
...WICKED SYNN, part of the Chavis Records label, will release "The Vision" sometime during Summer 2003...
...SEPULTURA will release their latest CD, "Roorback," in June 2003...
...COBRA VERDE have released "Easy Listening" on Muscle Tone Records...
...GLENN HUGHES will release "Songs In The Key of Rock" on July 9, 2003 on Frontiers Records. The CD will be available as a limited version digipak with 1 bonus track or as a regular jewel case without the bonus track...
...Speaking of Hughes, the "Hughes Turner Project" has just been released and is a terrific pairing of Glenn Hughes and Joe Lynn Turner, featuring special guests John Sykes, Paul Gilbert and Akira Kajiyama...
...VYNDYKATOR have begun the writing process for their next album tentatively entitled "The Chromium Underground"...
...BROKEN TEETH, featuring Jason McMaster and Paul Lidel both formerly of DANGEROUS TOYS, will be playing at the Red Eyed Fly in Austin, TX on May 8, 2003...
...BURNS BLUE will release "What If" on July 9, 2003 on Frontiers Records...
...VYNDYKATOR and ALCHEMY X vocalist Bob Mitchell will be singing on solo projects featuring JACK FROST and BRIAN “HELLSTORM” WILLIAMS...
...METALLICA will film a video at San Quentin Prison and will perform live for prisoners the following day...
...BLACK LABEL SOCIETY's latest release, "The Blessed Hellride," debuted at #50 on the Billboard charts. Very impressive...
...DOUBLEDRIVE's latest CD, "Blue In The Face," is available in stores now...
...CHIMARIA will release "The Impossibility Of Reason" on May 13, 2003...
...TYPE O NEGATIVE will release "Life Is Killing Me" on June 17, 2003. The new CD is already accruing huge buzz...
...BOB CATLEY will release “When Empires Burn” on May 26, 2003 on Frontiers Records...
...THE BLOOD BROTHERS are on tour – click here for tour dates...
...VON KULL will be opening for BONGZILLA at The Depot in Baltimore, Maryland on May 17, 2003...
...HAREM SCAREM will release "The Early Years" on May 26, 2003 on Frontiers Records...
...VYNDYKATOR and ALCHEMY X are planning European tours for 2004. Rough Edge will keep you informed with new information when it becomes available...
...JETHRO TULL will be touring North America throughout Summer 2003 in support of their latest slate of re-maters. Click here for dates...
...Arise Records has made available mp3 files of their upcoming releases from DARK MOOR, RED WINE, and STEEL ATTACK. Visit http://www.arisemetal.com for more information...
...DEFAULT is in the studio recording the follow-up album to "The Fallout"...
...POWERMAN 5000's latest disc, "Transform," will be in stores on May 6, 2003...
...CELEBRITY have dropped off the HOPESFALL/EVERY TIME I DIE tour due to injuries suffered by members of the band while trying to break up hostilities at a recent gig...
...Cleveland-based local favorites GATLIN recently beat out national contenders THE USED, CKY, and ANTRHAX in radio sponsored battle of the bands...
...AFTERSHOK are currently writing material for their sophomore CD...
...MEANS TO AN END, featuring ex-skate punk and current race car driver Tony Dwyer, will be touring throughout the U.S. during July 2003 and August 2003...
...S.T.U.N. will release their major-label debut,
"Evolution Of Energy," on June 24, 2003 and will be playing on the Warped Tour...
...TAKING BACK SUNDAY will be appearing on The Jimmy Kimmel Show on May 14, 2003...
...Dead Serious Productions has lined up another Evil Shred Friday on May 16th at the A&M Roadhouse in Oxnard with SEPSISM, ANEMOSITY, INHERIT DISEASE and SELF INDUCED PAIN...
...REVOLUTION SMILE have been added to the second stage for the first half of the OzzFest 2003 and the New Zealand-based THE DATSUNS have been recruited to open the second stage for the entire swing...
...NOTHINGFACE have just released their latest CD, "Skeletons,"...
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