December 2000 Archive
...JOE COMEAU, new vocalist for ANNIHILATOR, and LIEGE LORD guitarist PAUL NELSON have teamed up and recorded a version of URIAH HEEP's classic, "Too Scared to Run" as part of Century Media's "Tribute to Uriah Heep." The CD is due to be released in February 2001...
...ALONE is scheduled to play The Metro in Chicago on Sunday, January 21st, 2001. For more information, please write alonemusic@aol.com or visit the Alone website at http://www.alonemusic.com...
...GUNFIRE, the Italian metal band, have announced their new website at http://www.lottoitalia.com/gunfire and ask you to pay them a visit...
...Speaking of gunfire, TED NUGENT will travel to South Africa in July with ZACHARY MARTIN, a 16-year old from California with bone cancer, to take the youth bowhunting for zebra, warthogs and impalas. Says The Nuge, "Let me tell you, when you go hunting with Ted Nugent, there is no Janet Reno around to stop you. There is nothing more beautiful than that." Of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, who have declined to grant hunting trips to children with life-threatening illnesses in the past, Nugent says, "Make-A-Wish just makes me want to puke my guts out. What could be more pure than the last wishes of a young child? And to deny that because of political correctness? That's just outrageous." Adds Zachary Martin, "Going hunting in Africa, and with Ted Nugent. It's been a dream of mine to hunt with him ever since I started watching his shows." Say what you want about Ted Nugent - the man speaks and acts his own mind...
...MUDVAYNE will premiere their debut video, "Dig," at 12:00 a.m. EST, New Year's Eve at their website http://www.mudvayne.com. The opening introduction to the band's debut album, "L.D. 50," just happens to be entitled "Monolith" - after the brooding artifact from Stanley Kubrick's classic film, "2001: A Space Odyssey," hence the band's premiere at the beginning of 2001...
...It's a little late (our fault, not theirs) but OVERLORDE invite you to pay them a visit at http://www.overlorde.com for a holiday greeting and thank you message...
...TOOL's "Salival - Alive on Arrival" has probably sold well over 100,000 units by now, debuting at #38 on Billboard Magazine's Top 200 Album Chart. In fact, the multi-media box set has proven so popular that the band's label is under pressure to produce more to meet consumer demand. Included in the set are a 70-minute CD containing unreleased live material and studio tracks, two covers songs, a DVD (or VHS) containing all 4 TOOL videos and a 56-page book containing performance shots and video stills. It's a pretty cool set, folks. And you can buy yours by clicking here...
...THRESHOLD have completed recording their new studio album, "Hypothetical," and will be completing the final mixing in January. The CD, which runs 55 minutes, will be released in March 2001. Visit the band's website at http://www.thresh.net for more info, screensavers and the nine minute song "Voyager II" from their 1998 CD, "Clone."...
...The new CD by MINDCAGE is tentatively entitled, "Human Remains." However, work on the CD will be postponed until Spring 2001 so that DHP (Dietrick Hardwick Project) can record "Myriad Lives: A Tale of Madness, Intertwined" first. To sample some audio clips of DHP, please visit http://www.mindcage.com/myriad/myriad.html. In addition, the entire MINDCAGE CD, "Encapsulation" is now posted at mp3.com with several songs available for download. Check it out at http://www.mp3.com/Mindcage...
...Guitar slinger YNGWIE J. MALMSTEEN will chat with fans online at Metal Edge on Wednesday, December 20th. For more information, please visit http://www.metaledge.com...
...HESS's "Opus 1" is currently featured at http://www.guitar9.com/opusone.html. The CD has been selling very well internationally and has been garnering excellent reviews. A Rough Edge review is forthcoming...
...KATATONIA have completed mixing and mastering their new album. Their label, Peaceville Records, promises more news next month...
...The one and only LEMMY of MOTORHEAD has had to cancel the rest of the band's European tour after a bout of influenza and a doctor's orders to take a much-needed rest. The band, in the midst of celebrating it's 25th anniversary, played 39 shows in 48 days and were keeping an obviously grueling schedule. Lemmy finally agreed to do as the doctor ordered and will rest for two to three weeks until he is fully recovered. Then, the 25th Anniversary Celebration can begin anew...
...SNOCORE 2001 has been announced, and this year it's gonna be two tours: SNOCORE ICICLE BALL and SNOCORE ROCK. The Icicle Ball will begin in January 17th in Las Vegas and will feature GALACTIC, LES CLAYPOOL'S FROG BRIGADE, LAKE TROUT and DRUMS AND TUBA. Snocore Rock will begin January 19 in Las Vegas with FEAR FACTORY, KITTIE, THE UNION UNDERGROUND, SLAVES ON DOPE and BOY HITS CAR. For tour dates, please click here or visit http://www.snocore.artistdirect.com for more information...
...The latest SPINAL TAP merchandise has been released: Three 12" figures of the band with exceptional detail and features. In an e-mail release advertising the new merchandise, the band hinted at the possibility of more Tap shows in 2001. For more information, please visit http://www.spinaltapdirect.com or http://www.tapster.com...
...THE OFFSPRING have announced their new movie, "Huck It!" which will be available December 12th on VHS and DVD. In addition to "an hour of fast action and live performance," the release will also include live audio tracks for "Staring at the Sun," "All I Want," "Gone Away" and "L.A.P.D." For more information, please visit http://www.offspring.com...
...PRESSURE 4-5 have signed with Dreamworks Records. The band is tentatively scheduled to go into the studio in March to record an album due out in July 2001. Congrats!!...
...THRESHOLD have completed recording their fifth studio album entitled "Hypothetical." The CD is due to be released in March 2001. For more information, or to download a full 9-minute version of "Voyager II" from the band's "Clone" album, please visit http://www.thresh.net...
...DOKKEN have released "Live From the Sun" on CMC International Records. The CD/VHS/DVD features the band's performance on November 4th, 1999 in Anaheim, CA. Says vocalist/guitarist Don Dokken, "The night was sort of magical because we were all having a lot of fun, being there with all our friends at the end of months on the road." Adds Jeff Pilson, "It's particularly appropriate now because we've been through so much in recent years and I think this recording shows that we've come out stronger -- not only personally, but musically." The DVD and VHS feature a slightly different song order and the addition of "Paris is Burning" and acoustic tracks, "Will the Sun Rise" and "Walk Away." For more information, please visit http://www.dokken.net...
...Dark Symphonies has signed MAUDLIN OF THE WELL to a brand new, double full-length CD deal. The band will enter the studio right away to begin recording their new CD. According to Dark Symphonies, the new CD will be a "conceptual piece tied together by unique atmospheric, instrumental interludes." For more information, please visit http://www.darksymphonies.com...
...Z RECORDS is currently searching for a singer in the
DIO/DAVID COVERDALE style for an as-yet-unannounced new signing. All we can tell you is that the band's other members have all been involved in successful acts over the past decade. If you think you're just the ticket, please send two
CDRs, videocassette and a photo to:
Z Records
PO BOX 58
SKELMERSDALE
LANCASHIRE
WN8 6FN
ENGLAND...
...ARABIA will release their debut album in April 2001. At the moment, the upcoming CDs title is "One Thousand and One Nights"...
...HARDLINE have joined forces with Frontiers Records and Now & Then Productions for their upcoming
comeback CD. Explains the band's JOHNNY GIOELI, "Although I never felt I left the rock scene, I certainly slowed down quite a bit. The slowing was great timing as I was blessed
four years ago with my beautiful daughter Kaitlin who I got to spend a tremendous amount of time watching her grow. Now I am SO SO SO SO ready to put out another Hardline record for all of the fans who really believed it was more than a one record wonder... Neal Schon and I spent days, months and years writing songs that would have been on future Hardline records. Will I use them????? Hmm. I don't know. I have swarms of new ideas turning in my mind for the new record. Why am I doing this record? Not for money-not for fame-but for the love of a great melodic chorus. Sometimes when I stop and think of the past, I can still hear the crowd and see the millions of faces and their reactions...I live for this...and I am going to make this the record of records" Gioeli will produce the record, which is expected to be recorded in March 2001 in Los Angeles...
...MCY.com have acquired exclusive worldwide rights, including digital, broadcast, cable, satellite, DVD home video and radio, to SAMMY HAGAR's "Cabo Wabo Birthday Bash," a live recording of Sammy Hagar and the Waboritas filmed in Chicago on November 18, 2000. No news on release plans as of yet. We'll keep you informed or you can look for new information at http://www.mcy.com...
...This year's L.A. Music Awards found RANA ROSS winning "Most Outstanding Bassist." Says Ross, "I was especially pleased by this award because it was not gender specific, I was chosen out of all bassists period, regardless if male or female." Other winners included KLOS 95.5's JIM LADD as Radio DJ and BILLY PRESTON for Lifetime Achievement and the late RANDY RHOADS for Lifetime Of Influence. OZZY OSBOURNE accepted the award on Rhoads' behalf...
...Blue Worm Records want to let you know that REMOVER MP3's are available at http://www.mp3.com/remover. The band's CD should be released this month and REMOVER will play a showcase at 7th St. Entry in Minneapolis on December 13th with REDOVERLUNAR, ALIGN and COLD CRANKING AMPS. The showcase will be aired over the ‘net at http://www.dcn.com. Check ‘em out...
...The first MP3 from OVERLORDE has been posted on the band's website at http://www.overlorde.com. The track is entitled "Hell Hath No Fury" and features Bobby "Leather Lungs" Lucas (formerly of SEVEN WITCHES)...
...BOB MITCHELL's new band is called VYNDYKATOR. The band has just signed a two CD deal with Old Metal Records and expects to have new material released by Summer 2001...
...TESLA's original line-up will reunite for three concerts in December, scheduled for San Diego, Las Vegas and Fresno. In addition, the band is discussing the possibility of recording a new live album. Tour dates follow. For more information, please visit http://www.teslatheband.com or http://www.teslaweb.com.
Thursday, December 7th San Diego, CA 4th & B
Theatre
Friday, December 8th Las Vegas, NV House Of Blues
Saturday, December 9th Fresno, CA Warnors Center
...TYPE O NEGATIVE is hitting the road on a mini-tour in support of their recently released greatest hits package, "The Least Worst of Type O Negative." Click here for tour dates...
...Earache Records have released, "Immortalized," which
they are calling "the world's first ever specifically programmed DVD+." What that means is that the DVD includes 20 extreme video tracks from Earache bands, bonus live materials, hidden extras, state-of-the-art menus, discographies and photos. The DVD+ contains a standard video disc on one side and 17 audio tracks on the other - this second side being playable in your standard CD player. Featured on the video side are:
Morbid Angel: God Of Emptiness
Cathedral: Hopkins (Witchfinder General)
Napalm Death: Breed to Breathe
Carcass: Heartwork
Entombed: Wolverine Blues
Pitchshifter: Triad
Godflesh: Crush My Soul
Dub War: Enemy Maker
Sleep: Dragonaut
Iron Monkey: Supergorgonizer
Linea 77: Meat
At The Gates: Blinded By Fear
Brutal Truth: Ill Neglect
Misery Loves Co.: Prove Me Wrong
Extreme Noise Terror: Raping The Earth
The Berzerker: Reality
Vader: Dark Age
Bolt Thrower: Cenotaph
Pulkas: Loaded
Gandalf: Morning Sun
and, on the Audio Side:
Morbid Angel: At One with Nothing
The Haunted: Hollow Ground
Linea 77: Ketchup Suicide
Cathedral: Sea Serpent
Misery Loves Co.: Your Vision was Never Mine To Share
Gandalf: Morning Sun
Cadaver Inc. - Primal (demo)
Garden Of Shadows: Twilight Odyssey
The Berzerker: Pain
Decapitated: Blessed
Hate Eternal: Praise Of The Almighty
Corporation 187: Hypnotic Illusion
Massacre: Corpse Grinder
Carnage: Infestation Of Evil
Ultraviolence: Elektra
Mortiis: I Am The World
Autonomy: S/K/N/S (demo)
Hell, how can you go wrong? Buy it now for only $20 by visiting http://shop.earache.com...
...CATHEDRAL have completed their new album, due for release in February 2001. The new CD's title is "Endtyme."...
...TOOL will release a collection of unreleased live and studio tracks on December 12th as well as a DVD/Video of groundbreaking Tool videos. Included on the CD (which runs over 70 minutes) will be covers of "No Quarter" (by Led Zeppelin) and "You Lied" (recorded by Peach). The DVD will contain all four of the Tool videos and a 56-page color book of never before seen performance shots and video stills. The band is currently in the studio at work on their latest CD, due in April 2001...
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