September 2003 Archive
...Z Records are finalizing "Rock the Nations 4," their latest compilation CD, which will include new material by WILD HORSES, VON GROOVE, FINAL FRONTIER, FEMME FATALE, LRT, LIFE, THE MILLIONS, JANIE LANE, NARO and more...
...The release of WILD HORSES' "Dead Ahead" has been delayed for three weeks...
...GREG RAPAPORT has signed a regional distribution deal with NationJam LLC for his most recent release "Wyrd." The CDs will now be available at all Trans World Entertainment stores (FYE, Coconuts, Saturday Matinee, Strawberries) in the new NewYork metro area. The CD is also available online at CD Baby and Guitar Nine Records. Check out Greg's new site at www.gregrapaport.com...
...ABORTED are working on new songs for an EP release next year, timed to coincide with their April 2004 European tour with CANNIBAL CORPSE and KATAKLYSM...
...BEHEMOTH will join SIX FEET UNDER, SKINLESS and BLACK DAHLIA MURDER for a tour beginning October 16....
...FLESHGRIND's new CD, "Murder Without End," is now available...
...More G3 tour dates, starring JOE SATRIANI, STEVE VAI and YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, have been announced. Click here to find 'em...
...In other JOE SATRIANI news, "The Satch Tapes," originally released on VHS in 1992, will be re-released next year on DVD. Satriani is currently writing and recording a new album, due out about the same time as the DVD...
...STEVE VAI will release a two-hour live DVD shot at the legendary Astorai Theater in London. The DVD will be due in stores later this year. In addition, Vai will release "Mystery Tracks Archives Vol. 3" on September 23rd. Available only through Vai.com, the 10-CD "Secret Jewel Box Set" is a collection of rarities, bonus tracks and film soundtrack pieces. For more information on the boxed set and how it works, check out http://www.vai.com...
...YNGWIE MALMSTEEN will soon release "Attack!" his 22nd solo album, in the United States. The CD was previously available in Europe and Asia only...
...METALLICA have scheduled several December indoor dates in Europe. Click here to find them...
...DAMONE have added a few dates to their tour. Click here for dates. Check out: http://www.damone.net to pre-order tickets...
...PRIMUS has re-united with LES CLAYPOOL and LARRY LALONDE and will tour the U.S. beginning October 14th. The "Tour de Fromage" will feature two sets by the band with the first set will vary nightly, taking songs from the band's impressive catalog while the second set will be a start-to-finish performance of the band's classic "Sailing the Seas of Cheese" CD. Click here for tour dates...
...LEADFOOT are touring Southern California and elsewhere. Click here for tour dates...
...LIFE OF AGONY will soon release a double-live CD, "River Runs Again: Live 2003," featuring eighteen live tracks plus three bonus studio tracks from the bandmembers' side projects: Alan Robert's AMONG THIEVES; Sal Abruscato's SUPERMASSIV and Keith Caputo's solo material...
...Four Kung Fu bands - ANTIFREEZE, AUDIO KARATE, THE GOD AWFULS and, of course, THE VANDALS - will appear on an upcoming MP3 collection entitled "Go-Kart MP300 Raceway." Called the first commercially-sold all MP3 compilation, the double-disc set contains 300 songs by 150 bands! How cool is that! The CDs will be released on November 4th...
...KUNG FU bands are on the road, where they call home. Click here for various tour dates...
...MONEEN have joined the SAVES THE DAY / TAKING BACK SUNDAY tour that began recently in Hartford, CT. Click here for tour dates...
...MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD have signed with Deathwish Records...
...INTEGRITY will release "To Die For" on September 23rd...
...Frontiers Records will release the following CDs on November 10th: PRIDE OF LIONS "Pride of Lions"; PERFECT WORLD "Perfect World"; HARDLINE "Live at the GODS Festival 2002" cd; HARDLINE "Live at the GODS Festival 2002" DVD...
...BON JOVI will release "This Feels Right," on November 4th. The CD is a showcase of the band's biggest hits, "reworked from an acoustic base." I know, I know - you're thinking, "Not another damn unplugged album." But "This Feels Right" promises to be more than that. According to the press release, the new CD "is not the band performing their most popular songs with two acoustic guitars. Each song has been broken down to its core elements, re-discovered and re-crafted, constructing an album that takes the songs you thought you knew in a whole new direction." Adds Jon Bon Jovi, "We went into the studio thinking we were making an acoustic record. We had a definite idea of the record we were going to make. But once we began experimenting with the songs and trying out new ideas we created a very different, unique album. We made a complete left turn and took the project down a different road."...
...Dead Teenager Records will release SPEEDDEALER's "Bleed," on November 25th...
...FIREBALL MINISTRY will perform live on October 16th in celebration of the October 7th release of their new CD, "The Second Great Awakening," on Nuclear Blast Records. The show will take place at the legendary Troubadour club in L.A. with special guest PUNY HUMAN...
...SMILE EMPTY SOUL, in support of their self-titled debut, have paired up with FUEL for a U.S. tour. Click here for tour dates...
...In other FUEL news, the band will perform special five-song sets at various Best Buy stores. Click here to see when and where...
...CATTLE DECAPITATION will join CREMATORIUM, DIMINISHED, CERBERUS, NEMA, SELF INDUCED PAIN and ANEW at the American Legion Hall in Reseda, CA on October 3rd...
...The first video from SEPULTURA's latest release, "Roorback" - a cover of the U2 song, "Bullet From the Blue Sky" recently debuted on MTV's Headbanger's Ball. But you can stream the video by clicking this link: http://www.spvusa.com/btbs.ram...
...ANATOMY OF A GHOST is on the road. Click here for tour dates, click here to read our review of their CD, or visit www.anatomyofaghost.net for more information...
...SHATTERED REALM begins their European tour on September 12th. Click here for tour dates...
...TRIVIUM will soon release their "Ember to Inferno" CD on Lifeforce Records . For more information, check out www.trivium.org...
...OTEP is on the road with SLAYER, ARCHENEMY, HATEBREED, SOULFLY and others. Click here for dates...
...TORA! TORA! TORRANCE! is also on the road, as are KITTENS FOR CHRISTIANS. Click here for dates...
...BILLY CORGAN of ZWAN and SMASHING PUMPKINS fame, will present a multi-media performance of his own poetry on Wednesday, September 17th at 6:30 PM at the Art Institute of Chicago's Rubloff Auditorium. For more information, check out www.poetrycenter.org...
...TSAR will play the Fonda Theatre in L.A. on September 12th, sharing the bill with THE WALKMEN and KAIT-O...
...You can now pick up DIRTY AMERICANS 5 song EP, "Kiss 'Em All Goodbye," at http://www.towerrecords.com...
...Roadrunner Records have released a new series of CDs entitled "Two From the Vault." Each CD contains not one, but two great, classic albums on one CD. Titles include:
ANNIHILATOR: 'Alice In Hell' / 'Never Neverland'
EXHORDER: 'Slaughter In The Vatican' / 'The Law'
FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY: 'Caustic Grip' / 'Gashed Senses & Crossfire'
GANG GREEN: 'You Got It' / 'Older...'
KING DIAMOND: 'Abigail' / 'Fatal Portrait'
MERCYFUL FATE: 'Melissa' / 'The Beginning'
OBITUARY: 'Slowly We Rot' / 'Cause Of Death'
PESTILENCE: 'Consuming Impulse' / 'Testimony Of The Ancients'
SUFFOCATION: 'Effigy Of The Forgotten' / 'Pierced From Within'
For more information, check out http://www.roadrun.com/roots...
...THY MAJESTIE has left Scarlet Records after more than four years and are currently looking for a new record deal. The band is currently completing work on the last two songs of their new album, a historical concept album based on Joan of Arc...
...STREET DOGS, featuring original DROPKICK MURPHYS vocalist Dan McColgan (who left the band to pursue a career as a Boston firefighter) will release their new CD, "Savin Hill" on September 23rd. The band will follow with a tour with THE BRIGGS beginning October 11th. Click here for tour dates...
...In other STREET DOGS vocalist Mike McColgan will sing the national anthem at Fenway Park on September 24th...
...ATTACKER will enter the studio beginning September 13th to record a long (and we mean looooong)-awaited follow-up to their 1988 opus, "The Second Coming." The new album, entitled "Soul Taker," will be released worldwide through Iron Glory Records and features the return of original vocalist
Bob Mitchell (VYNDYKATOR,
ALCHEMY X). The new record will be released on CD and on special edition vinyl picture disc. A track-listing follows:
1. The End
2. Forgotten
3. Sleepy Hollow
4. Tortured Existence
5. Soul Taker
6. Jack
7. The Conquerors
8. Return To Mordor
9. Raging Fist
10. Until We Meet Again
For more information, check out http://www.attacker.tv...
...UNSUNG ZEROS have stepped in for COUNT THE STARS on the current JULIANA THEORY tour. The band also has several headlining dates scheduled. Click here for tour dates...
..."Confluence and Scrapes," ALBERT REACT's debut full-length, will hit stores on November 4th...
...THE JUDAS CRADLE are in the studio, recording their next CD, "Too Bad They're All Dead," due in stores on November 25th...
...AGE OF RUIN have almost completed recording material for their new CD, due in February 2004...
...EVERGREEN TERRACE will join STRETCH ARMSTRONG, BEAR VS. SHARK and BURNS OUT on the road in October. After that stretch is complete, the band will join up with GLASSEATER and CALICO SYSTEM for a full U.S. tour. The band is also planning a DVD release in early 2004...
...THE SCARIES are on tour, in support of their new CD, "Souvenir." Click here for tour dates or visit http://www.thescaries.com for more information...
...LIMP BIZKIT will release their new CD, "Results May Vary," will hit stores on September 23rd. The band previewed two of the songs from the new CD, "Stick 'Em" and "Behind Blue Eyes" (a WHO cover) on their recent Summer Sanitarium tour. "Results May Vary" is the first CD featuring new guitarist Mike Smith (formerly of SNOT) and also features guest stars Snoop Dogg and Brian "Head" Welch of KORN...
...AMORPHIS will tour Europe this autumn in support of their new CD, "Far From the Sun." Click here for tour dates...
...Goth rockers M. FRANCIS FESTER have disbanded. Drummer
R.I.X. and bassist D'nile have joined forces with vocalist
Reverend Rane and Guitarist Vyper from
WITHERED DECAY and guitarist Vlad and keyboardist
Drakk of DARK DECEPTION to form a new entity,
ETERNAL SLEEP. For more information, check out their website at
http://www.towson.edu/~mrix/eternalsleep.html...
..."The Wolf," the new CD by ANDREW W.K., is now in stores. Check out some of the songs and the video for "Never Let Down" by visiting Andrew's website at http://www.awkworld.com. In addition, Andrew will be personally calling 1,000 of his fans to thank them for buying the CD. All you have to do is buy the CD, register and check the website to see if your name has been chosen...
...The release of "Future Unknown," the debut Maverick/Reprise album from THE RISING, has been re-scheduled to October 14th...
...KMFDM will release "WWIII" on September 23rd through Sanctuary Records. Vocalist/keyboardist/bassist/ringleader Sascha "Kapt'n K" Konietzko says of the new CD: "The fears, the vulnerability and the McCarthyism that slowly creep into the remote corners of one's brain are all weapons of mass distraction. This is serious and needs to be opposed and eventually debunked. But I have to say that we have no interest in making only intensely serious statements, either. We see art as art, and politics for what it is. KMFDM's lyrics simply reflect the absurdities that we all are bombarded with every day." A KMFDM interactive e-card is available for download here: http://www.sadisticcreations.com/kmfdm. The band will also hit the road with BILE beginning in October. Click here for tour dates...
...ZZ TOP, whose latest CD, "Mescalero," has just been released, will also release a box set entitled, "Chrome, Smoke & BBQ: The ZZ Top Box" on October 14, 2003. The set includes four CDs and 80 remastered tracks from the band's 14 albums. Also included will be an 80-page book featuring a biography of the band and a track-by-track account by band members Billy F. Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard.. A limited edition (15,000 only) of the set will be released in special BBQ Shack packaging with added features...
...OZZY OSBOURNE has been forced to reschedule several of his upcoming European tour dates from September to October. Click here to find the re-scheduled dates...
...Victory Records' COUNT THE STARS were in a serious highway accident recently, totaling the band's van and trailer and leaving singer/guitarist Chris Kasarijan with broken ribs, a collapsed lung and stitches. The rest of the band suffered only minor cuts and bruises. COUNT THE STARS have had to cancel their remaining dates with THE JULIANA THEORY through at least September 20th at which point the band may continue touring, depending on Kasarijan's recovery. For more information, check out http://www.victoryrecords.com/tours.html...
...SIMPLE PLAN's CD, "No Pads, No Helmets ... Just Balls," has just been certified platinum. The band will soon announce a North American headline tour will kick off in early November and run through January 2004. A DVD will also be released, probably in November...
...JACK FROST of SEVEN WITCHES will release a solo album in October...
...INTEGRITY will release "To Die For," their new CD, on September 23rd. For more information, check out http://www.bringingitback.com...
...CONVERGE, A LIFE ONCE LOST and BREATHER RESIST will hit the road together beginning September 26th. The bands are touring in support of, respectively, their "Long Road Home" DVD, the "A Great Artist" CD and the "Only in the Morning" MCD. For more information, check out www.convergecult.com or www.alifeoncelost.com or www.breatherresist.com...
...RINGWORM will join the Rise Of Brutality 2 Tour with HATEBREED, MADBALL, TERROR and HATE ETERNAL for a number of dates. Click here to find 'em or for more information, check out http://www.ringworm13.com...
...EMBRACE TODAY and WITH HONOR will hit the road together. Click here for tour dates...
...OSMIUM have scheduled several dates in support of their full-length debut, "From the Ashes."
Click here for dates...
...MEATJACK have released "Days of Fire," a collection of ten new songs from the veteran band. The band plans to tour extensively in support of the new release...
...WYCKED SYNN will take part in the METAL THUNDER SOUTHWEST USA TOUR, sharing the bill with CAGE, AGENT STEEL, DREAMS OF DAMNATION and DEATH 2. Dates have yet to be confirmed but the tour will star in November. More as it becomes available...
...KISS will present their "Symphony" on the big screen before the same day it ships to DVD. The complete program will play on September 9th at 7:30 PM at Regal Theaters across the U.S. Visit http://www.regalcinemas.com for more information...
...SLIPKNOT have returned to the studio to work on their next CD...
...ALL OUT WAR and THE BURIED AND ME will release their new CDs on October 21st...
...FL will play the famous Viper Room on Monday, September 8th at 10:45 PM. If you're in the area, check them out...
..."Streetcore," the final album from late CLASHer Joe Strummer and his band The Mescaleros will be released on October 21st...
..."A Great Artist" by A LIFE ONCE LOST is in stores now. The band is on tour in support of the new CD. Click here for tour dates...
...CURSED will hit the road with GIVE UP THE GHOST, MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD, & DAUGHTERS In September. Click here for tour dates...
...GREAT WHITE will continue their club tour to benefit the family of the victims and the
survivors of the horrific fire at the Station nightclub in Rhode Island. Click here for
dates...
...BLACK STEEL have been busy writing and demo-ing material for their next CD and will soon head into the studio to record the follow-up to their successful "Destructor..."
...LEADFOOT are on tour with the PB ARMY. Click here for dates and places...
...MEATJACK, described as "Maryland's answer to psychosis and utter brutality," will soon release their new CD, "Days of Fire." The band will tour in support of the CD beginning early October. Click here for tour dates...
...PROJECT BOTTLECAMP will tour the West Coast for most of October. Tour dates will soon be announced. Until then, you can click here to hear what the hell the band sounds like: www.projectbottlecap.com...
...THROCULT plan on shooting a video for their "Eclipse of the Blood Moon" soon. The band has several live dates scheduled. Click here to find 'em...
...Hope you caught R.O.C. live on the Internet at http://www.studiocam.org this past Sunday. If not, you can catch the band live at the Cat Club in Hollywood on August 26th at 8:00 PM...
...SINGLE BULLET THEORY has joined the upcoming KING DIAMOND / ENTOMBED tour with NOCTURNE also on the bill. Click here for tour dates...
...DIMMU BORGIR have completed the mixing of "Death Cult Armageddon," their latest CD. Says guitarist Silenoz, "The new Dimmu Borgir album has been a hard and long fucking road to hell, and Death Cult Armageddon is what we're bringing back. With that we're pleased to announce that this will be considered our most epic, majestic, somber, evil and grimmest release to date, containing absolutely everything we're known for - the never-ending presence of atmosphere, diversity and variety! In other words, it's huge! Darkness is once again upon us!"...
...HAMMERFALL fans: If you took some good tour shots recently, Hammerfall wants them! The band is looking for some good tour shots to possibly use in their upcoming DVD. If you've got some - sent a few samples to the band at hammerfall@nuclearblast.de. Prizes will be awarded if your photos are used...
...HELLOWEEN will tour the world in support of their "Rabbit Don't Come Easy" CD. JAG PANZER will join the band in the U.S. For more information, check out http://www.helloween.org...
...PRIMAL FEAR will premiere a new song, "Sea of Flames," during their upcoming European Festival tour. The band will also release a DVD, "The History of Fear," in late August. The DVD will also come with a 45-minute live CD...
...THERION are in the studio, recording their new CD. Says band member Christofer Johnsso: "Recording is going very well. It is indeed the most ambitious thing we've ever tried to do, and we will be busy with it until the autumn." For more information, check out http://www.megatherion.com...
...CASANATRA is on the road again. Click here to find out where and when...
...The FOO FIGHTERS have announced a new video for the song "All The Way." Click here to see it: http://www.jackson-music.com...
...VERTIGO, featuring TOTO vocalist Joseph Williams, well release their CD on October 20th...
...ILL NINO's "How Can I Live" single, from the hit "Freddy Vs. Jason" soundtrack, continues to bust out everywhere, garnering huge airplay. The band will join up with labelmates SPINESHANK for a tour beginning in September. Click here for tour dates...
...NEVERMORE will tour in November and December with DIMMU BORGIR, CHILDREN OF BODOM and HYPOCRISY. Click here for dates...
...STRAPPING YOUNG LAD will release a new EP which contains four new songs and four cover songs. The band is also on the road. Click here for tour dates...
...ARCH ENEMY, JAG PANZER, HELLOWEEN, KRISIUN, DEICIDE, LACUNA COIL, NEVERMORE, DIMMU BORGIR, and many, many more are on the road. Click here for tour dates...
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