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SIX FEET UNDER recorded live footage for their new CD / DVD release "Double Dead" at the Lab in St. Paul, Minnesota on June 14th for a November 4th 2002 release (European release date). The show was professionally shot on film by Dave Roth, who directed ‘The Day The Dead Walked’, ‘Victim of the Paranoid’, and ‘Manipulation’ videos, and was digitally recorded live by Chris Carroll who worked with the band on the "Maximum Violence", "Graveyard Classics", and "True Carnage" CDs. Songs recorded from shows in WA and CO will also be featured on the live CD, which will be released as set hence the title "Double Dead". Also included on the DVD is the rare in store signing that took place at Root Cellar Records in St. Paul, MN. DVD box: ‘The Day The Dead Walked’, ‘The Murderers’, ‘Waiting For Decay’, ‘Impulse To Disembowel’, ‘Feasting On The Blood Of The Insane’, ‘No Warning Shot’, ‘Silent Violence’, ‘The Enemy Inside’, ‘Victim Of The Paranoid’, ‘Manipulation’, ‘Torn to the Bone’, ‘4:20’, ‘Bonesaw’ and ‘Torture Killer’. Special Features: inside Death Metal, photo gallery, discography. DVD: Recorded live on June 14, 2002 at The Lab in St. Paul, MN – no overdubs were used! Cover artwork by Paul Booth (www.lastrites.com). Bonus audio CD: ‘War Is Coming’, ‘A Journey Into Darkness’, ‘Revenge Of The Zombie’ (all recorded in Seattle, WA), ‘Night Visions’ (recorded during sound check in Seattle, WA) and ‘Hacked To Pieces’ (recorded in Denver, CO).
CANNIBAL CORPSE will be releasing "Worm Infested", a six song EP including three unreleased tracks from their most recent release, "Gore Obsessed", a Japanese bonus track, a European bonus track, and a limited edition bonus track that appeared on "Gore Obsessed. "Worm Infested" is a strictly limited edition collectors EP, which will only be available through the initial pressing. The exact release date for the European release is not set yet, but it looks like a late October / early November release. "Worm Infested" tracklisting: ‘Systematic Elimination’ (previously unreleased), ‘Worm Infested’ (previously unreleased), ‘Demon’s Night’ (previously unreleased cover song of ACCEPT), ‘The Undead Will Feast’ (previously released in Japan only), ‘Confessions’ (previously only released on the European version of "Live Cannibalism"), ‘No Remorse’ (METALLICA cover, previously only released as a limited edition bonus track on "Gore Obsessed").
Florida’s BRUTALITY has reunited, but are still lacking in a suitable drummer. They’re programming the drum tracks on a drum computer at the moment, but that is only supposed to be for temporarily usage. So, anyone reading this in the Tampa, Florida area can contact the band at the following phone number: (813) 933 2312. You will get an answering machine, but if you identify yourself Mausolus will pick up if he’s there.
KREATOR will tour England and Ireland with support from DESTRUCTION from October 27th at the Woughton Centre in Milton Keynes, England to November 3rd at the Rosetta Bar in Belfast, North Ireland.
A Neil Kernon remixed version of MACABRE‘s "Grim Reality" album will be released next year via Decomposed Records. In tour news, Macabre will be on the road in North America with CANNIBAL CORPSE, HATE ETERNAL, CATTLE DECAPITATION and CEPHALIC CARNAGE in November and December, and will also hit Europe in December with SIX FEET UNDER, MARDUK, HATE ETERNAL, DYING FETUS, IMPALED NAZERENE and IMMOLATION.
CANNIBAL CORPSE, DEW-SCENTED, SEVERE TORTURE and VIU DRAKH hit the road in Europe from September 19th in Eindhoven, NL until October 19th in Rotterdam, NL.
PUNGENT STENCH‘s Holy Inquisition tour kicks off on September 8th at Przestrzen Graffenberga in Warsaw, POL. The dates conclude on November 16th at Oho in Oberwart, Austria.
LOWBROW, featuring former OBITUARY / SIX FEET UNDER guitarist Allen West, is doing a US tour which begins on September 13th in Tampa, FL at The Brass Mug and ends on September 26th in Orlando, FL. Check out the LOWBROW site for tour updates – www.lowbrow.50megs.com
According to DIMMU BORGIR guitarist Silenoz, the band is "working hard on new songs all the time and the process is going very well! We’re extremely enthusiastic about the new material, which, so far, can be described as somewhat of a mix between Dimmu’s old school sounding classic tunes and new militant death marches!"
In a recent interview with Britain’s Live4Metal, DEICIDE drummer Steve Asheim revealed details about the band’s forthcoming album: "We’ve got three or four songs we’ve been working with. It sounds like DEICIDE. It’s all it’s cracked up to be DEICIDE-wise. It’ll be heavy with brutal vocals, Satanic, and slobbering."
LIMBONIC ART‘s "Ultimate Death Worship" album is being released in Europe on double-vinyl.
GORGOROTH have entered the studio in their hometown of Bergen, Norway. According to King Ov Hell, "Eight brutal, Satanic tracks have already been recorded." Infernus, King and Kvitrafn have finished their parts and are awaiting the release of Ghaal from prison, sometime in September. In other news, guitarist Tormentor has left the band. No official word on why he chose to depart, but Gorgoroth has decided to continue as a four-piece. They will use a session guitarist for live performances.
The Generation Armageddon Festival tour takes place in Europe through October and November. Acts on the bill include: IMPIOUS, BLOOD RED THRONE, SEPTIC FLESH, PRIMORDIAL, ANCIENT RITES and DISMEMBER. The dates kick off on October 28th at a yet-to-be-confirmed venue in the UK and wrap up on November 25th at a venue in Portugal.
SATYRICON will tour in October beginning on the 3rd at Stroket/Driv in Tromso, NOR and wrapping up on October 12th at Rockefeller in Oslo, NOR.
IMP Records in Germany have reissued RAZOR‘s classic "Evil Invaders" and "Malicious Intent" albums on CD.
AMON AMARTH finished the recordings for their fourth longplayer "Versus The World" in the Berno studios, Malmö, Sweden. Here’s the tracklist: ‘Death In Fire’, ‘For The Stabwounds In Our Backs’, ‘Where Silent Gods Stand Guard’, ‘Vs. The World’, ‘Across The Rainbow Bridge’, ‘Down The Slopes Of Death’, ‘Thousand Years Of Oppression’, ‘Bloodshed’ and ‘… And Soon The World Will Cease To Be’. The album will be released on the 4th of November, 2002. The limited first edition will be a double-CD with lots of bonus material. The content of the second CD is not confirmed yet, but will be announced soon.
A second edition (pink vinyl) of the DRILLER KILLER / VIU DRAKH Split EP is in the making…
Dutch Death / Thrashers KATAFALK have been signed by Cold Blood Industries. Their debut "Storm Of The Horde" will be recorded at Sing Sing Studios, Holland (My Mind’s Mine a.o.) this month.
THE WOUNDED have made their first VHS Video with live performances, backstage stuff and the original ‘Billet Doux’ – videoclip (as seen on TMF). The video will soon be available at the merchandise stand during live shows and throughout their website (www.the-wounded.nl)
DEAD HEAD are currently working on their new album "Assumption Is The Mother Of All Fuckups". The recordings are planned for January 2003.
TO ELYSIUM are currently writing material for their next album, as well as Daemusinem.
DISSENTER will be touring in Holland at the end of October.
VOID OF SILENCE have completed their search for a new singer. After having tested many proposals and candidates from all around the world, VOID OF SILENCE decided to join forces with Alan Nemtheanga, wellknown singer from Irish top band PRIMORDIAL. The great and immediate feeling between the band and the singer and his great will to join VOID OF SILENCE, not to mention the incredible artistic qualities and the experience Alan got after so many years in Primordial, lead the band to choose Alan as the new official member of the band. VOID OF SILENCE is now ready to start the creative process for the new album, out on Code666 in 2003.
Dutch Death Metal maniacs SEVERE TORTURE are banned from the stages in Switzerland. The band was scheduled to play in the Z7 venue in Switzerland on their upcoming European tour as support for Cannibal Corpse. Official reason for this ban is the (according to the local promoter) perverse, disgusting and very offensive cover artwork of their new album "Misanthropic Carnage", which (also according to the local promoter) shows a total lack of respect for other human beings. Severe Torture hereby appologizes to their Swiss fans and they hope to play in Switzerland soon! On top of that the normal album-version got censored for the official shop distribution in Germany. So for Germany the album is available in a limited edition with censored cover artwork.
The new NEFAS CD "Seven Times Seven" will be out in Sept. / Oct. on Bones Brigade (http://bones.brigade.free.fr)
INFERNAL MAJESTY‘s ‘Death Of Heaven’ track is available at MP3.com. This demo version differs from the CD version. The band are now back in rehearsals and are booking shows for October and November.
FUNERAL INCEPTION‘s "Anthems Of Disenchantment" album is out now through Warpath Records. The new band was formed by ex-BLOODY GORE’s Mithos (bass) and Rio (guitars) along with members Doni (vocals) and Pandi SDS (drums). Bloody Gore no longer exists since the departure of Sony (drummer).
DECAPITATED have finished shooting their first video, after completing their coast-to-coast US tour. The track is ‘Spheres Of Madness’, off the band’s latest album, "Nihility". Director Dave Bone describes the video as "a homage to one of the greatest horror flicks ever made."
HOUWITSER have parted ways with guitarist Michel Alderliefsten.
DEMIGOD have added TORN drummer Tuomo Latvala as a replacement for founding member Seppo Taatila.
As reported by Blabbermouth, EXODUS are making plans to go into Tornillo, Texas’ Sonic Ranch Studios in late October or early November to begin recording their new album. Producer Andy Sneap will head up the project and mix the album at Backstage in Derbyshire, England.
After four years apart, SUFFOCATION have regrouped and are currently rehearsing for some upcoming shows and possibly a new album. The band’s lineup is said to include: Mike Smith (drums), Terrance Hobbs (guitar), Guy Marchais (INTERNAL BLEEDING / guitar), Frank Mullen (vocals) and Josh Barohn (bass).
CALLENISH CIRCLE plan to record their new album in January 2003. The band will head to the Stage One Studio for four weeks to record their fourth full-length album with producer Andy Classen. Niklas Sundin will be responsible for the artwork.
NECRONOMICON will tour with KATAKLYSM and BLOOD OF CHRIST in September. Dates will be announced soon.
Unique Leader Records will release BRUTUS‘ new album. An early 2003 release is expected.
DEEDS OF FLESH are working on material for a new release in early 2003. So far they have completed five tracks, one being over 12 minutes in length.
DARK ANGEL have reunited, including four of the members that appeared on the classic "Leave Scars" album; Jim Durkin (guitar), Eric Meyer (guitar), Ron Rinehart (vocals) and Gene Hoglan (drums). The bands plans for the future will be revealed soon.
SATYRICON‘s new album, "Volcano", has been released in Scandinavia through EMI and will appear in the rest of Europe on October 21st. According to their website, deals with Asia and North America are still pending.
MARDUK are planning to do two promo clips in connection with the release of their next album. There’s also plans to record a full concert for a DVD release, which will also contain the promo clips and a lot of additional material.
USURPER have their website up and running at www.usurper.us. Meanwhile, the band are preparing to go into the studio with producer Neil Kernon to record their Earache debut, due out in early 2003.
THE DEFACED‘s are going to record their second album "Karma In Black" in Queenstreet Recording studio, starting August 1st. It will be produced by Klas Ideberg and Rickard Larsson. 11 brand new tracks will be recorded of which one is destined for the Japanese version of the CD. www.thedefaced.com
Danish Thrash Metal heroes INVOCATOR returns after a 7 year break… From 1991 to 1995 the band released the quite successful and superb albums "Excursion Demise", "Weave The Apocalypse", "The Early Years" and "Dying To Live". They did a lot of touring throughout Europe and were considered one of the best exponents of the European Thrash Metal scene. However, the band decided to split in 1996, and until now there has been no sign of life. But – from out of nowhere, vocalist / guitarist Jacob Hansen (who over the cause of the years has evolved into one of the most sought-after Metal producers in Europe) returns with a new reformed INVOCATOR, consisting of old-time bassist Carsten Mikkelsen, guitarist Flemming Lund (ex-Autumn Leaves) and drummer Jacob Gundel (ex-Withering Surface). With the choice of studio being obvious (as Jacob Hansen himself works at the Aabenraa Studios), and the signing with Intromental Management, the only thing left for the band to do was to find the perfect record label. After a short search, which ended up with multiple offers from various labels in the Metal scene, INVOCATOR signed with Scarlet Records. The new album, the band’s first in 8 years, is said to be "… nothing short of a pure metal attack – from Heavy Metal, thrashing overload, supreme melodies and outstanding technically skilled musicianship, this release has got it all. It is something new and unique, yet it still is INVOCATOR as we’ve always loved them, and like you’re going to love them in the future to come… very soon." www.invocator.com/
HIMNOS RITUALES DE GUERRA zine was forced to change their e-mail into hrdguerra@bs-networks.com due to a computer and e-mail server crash. They lost some trade and order info so if you were about to do any business with them, make sure to contact them again at this new email address.
Sweden’s GRAVE have completed their new album, "Back From The Grave" – the tracklisting is as follows: ‘ Rise’, ‘Behold The Flames’, ‘Dead Is Better’, ‘Four’, ‘No Regrets’, ‘Resurrection’, ‘Below’, ‘Bloodfed’ and ‘Thorn To Pieces’. The album will also feature a bonus disc – a compilation featuring the following rare GRAVE demo tracks: ‘Into The Grave’, ‘Annihilated Gods’, ‘Infernal Massacre’, ‘Deformed’, ‘Reality Of Life’, ‘Morbid Way To Die’, ‘Sexual Mutilation’, ‘Extremely Rotten Flesh’, ‘Brutally Deceased’, ‘Septic Excrements’ and ‘Reborn Miscarriage’. Tracks 01-03 are from the 1988 "Sick Disgust Eternal" demo, tracks 04-07 are from the 1989 "Sexual Mutilation" demo and tracks 08-11 are from the 1989 "Anatomia Corporis Humani" demo. A release date for "Return To The Grave" has not yet been set.
NASTY SAVAGE have reformed and recorded two new songs for a forthcoming CD due out through Crook’d Records later in the year.
INCANTATION‘s current tour of Europe with PANDEMIA kicked off on August 22nd at Cafe Twede Zit in Gent, Belgium. Dates conclude on August 31st at Canix in Lottum, Holland.
TotalRock reports that late EXODUS singer Paul Baloff has been immortalized by German fan Jürgen Kappel. Kappel, a paleontologist, has named a just discovered fossilized species Laqueichnus Baloffi, in honour of the frontman.
The upcoming HATEBREED / SIX FEET UNDER tour kicks off on September 9th at Numbers in Houston, TX. Dates wrap up on October 5th at the State Theatre in St. Petersburg, FL.
SAMAEL‘s first two shows with new guitarist Makro went very well. In related news, the band will deliver a 10 track project under the name ERA ONE in order to fulfill their label’s request. Music on the release will consist of programming and vocals but won’t involve any guitars or other live instruments. A Fall release is expected.
INSISION have announced their inclusion on the DEICIDE European Tour in November. Also on the tour are ANTAEUS, CENTINEX and MYSTIC CIRCLE. The dates kick off November 6th in Bradford, UK and wrap up on November 28th in Marsielle, France.
Brand new, never-before-seen promo clips from December, EPHEL DUATH and USURPER are now available for viewing at the "video" section of www.earache.com. In total, about 40 clips from most of the bands on Earache, past and present, are available to download and stream in hi and lo res formats.
Bruchstein Records will be organizing a Benefit Concert For The Victims Of The Flood in Eastern Germany on Saturday the 14th & Sunday the 15th of September at the F.T.C. location in Neiden (near Torgau). Bands that are willing to play for free will get a sleeping place, catering & money for the travel (gas). Contact: e-mail: bruchsteinrec@aol.com, Phone office: + 49 (0) 3421-773815 / Wolfgang: + 49 (0) 173-1487225, Fax office: + 49 (0) 3421-773815
Ledo Takas Records (Lithuania) and Agonia Promotion (Poland) are currently organizing a tour in October 2002 with the following bands: GRIEF OF EMERALD, OBTEST, SEAR BLISS, SKYFORGER and BESTIAL MOCKERY. Some shows are already booked in Germany, Hungary, Benelux, etc. and the dates will be announced very soon. But they are still looking for more clubs and promoters to book this package, both in the above mentioned and other countries too. So, everybody who can help, should get in touch immediately. The tour will take place between October 10th and 27th. It will follow this way: Czech – Slovakian – Hungarian – Austrian region (October 10-14), Germany (October 14-20), Benelux – France – Spain (October 18-24), France – Italy – Germany (October 23-27). Between August 21st and September 8th please contact Agonia Promotion (noxfil@poczta.onet.pl) only, because Ledo Takas will be on vacation. ledo@banga.lt, www.ledotakas.com